STAMPAVIE AND MORE..."SPRING BLOSSOMS"

This week at Stampavie and More we have a sketch to follow by Nette,hope you will all come and join in it's a lovely sketch to work with...thank you Nette.

Still sticking with my Stampavie stamps i've gone for a Sarah Kay image and a burgundy and green colour combo....must try and get away from the green,i've used it alot lately.

I've also made the rose on this card,i'm pleased with how this as turned out....if you would like to have a go at making one you can find the tutorial here,really easy to make,but i think very effective,i will be making some more.

RECIPE FOR CARD:-

STAMP:-Sarah Kay "Spring Blossoms".

COLOURING MEDIUM:-Promarkers,Prisma's and Sansador.

PAPER:- Basic Grey "Sultry".

EVERYTHING ELSE:- Brads and dew drops from stash and a Fiskars "Threading Water" punch used to make decorative edge.

Hope to see you all again this week...thank you everyone who joined in on the challenge last week.

Have a lovely day

Take care

San xx

JUST MAGNOLIA'S WEEK 2......"PINK and GREEN".

Well it's the second week at Just Magnolia's,and the theme this week is "Pink and Green",when this challenge Blog was set up i set myself abit of a challenge to join in on this one every week...i've got afew much neglected Magnolia's that need to see the light of day....lol.

Having said that these are new stamps i've used today...love these :0).I've done some masking with a post-it note so that i could sit Tilda on the watering can...abit hit and miss with the position...i need to get a stamp positioning thingy,you know what i mean..lol.

Recipe For Card:-

STAMPS:- "Spring Tilda" and "Watercan" coloured with Promarkers,Prisma's and Sansador.

FLOWERS:- Prima's,middles -paper roses,flat back pearl,mini button and flat backed glass bead all from stash as is the ribbon.

LABEL HOLDER:- Making Memories.

SENTIMENT:- Papermania,from the Clare Curd's signature range.

Well that's about it....hope you're all enjoying your day,

Take care

San xx

STAMP WITH FUN CHALLENGE 4......SKETCH BY BEV.

This week at Stamp With Fun (challenge 4) we have a sketch for you to follow by our GD Bev,lovely sketch to work with and one i will be using again...so thank you Bev.

What image to use was an easy decision for me this week,my second set of the "gorjuss" had arrived so just had to have a play.

RECIPE FOR CARD:-

Stamp:- Sugar Nellie "Gorjuss girls set 2" from Funkykits.

Colouring medium :- Promarkers,Prisma's blended with Sansador and alittle glamour dust on the tips of the wings.

Paper:- Funky Fairy download "Hope" collection.

Sentiment:- Clare Curd's sentiment range.

Flowers:- A mixture of Prima's,Flora Doodles and one i'm not sure of the make.

Others:- Pearls(thank you Chris),gems and heart phone charm from stash.

Dovecraft "Flower Garden" punch used for decorative edge.And all ovals and circles cut with nesties on the Wizard.

Well that's about it for now.....all that's left to say is a big thank you to those who joined us on the challenge last week we had a fantastic response...hope to see you all again this week,i'm sure we will with this fabby sketch of Bev's.

Have a lovely day,

Take care

San x

DU2DS,WEEK 4....."THINGS WITH WINGS".

Week 4 at DU2DS and the challenge this week is "Things with Wings",now this could cover a multitude of things....images,papers,charms as long as there's something on your project with wings and of coarse there must be one digital image (this can be any companies image).

For my DT card i've gone with one of Sandra's (Sandra Dry Digi Images)fairy images "Rosabella Wish"coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's with alittle glamour dust added to her wings,every fairy needs some sparkle...lol,she's been cut out using nesties and mounted onto 3d dimensional tape to raise it slightly from the base card.

The papers are abit of a mixture the patterned paper is a free download from Summer Driggs "Sweet Spring Time" and the rest are Basic Grey "Sultry" and "Sugared".

I've made a trailing rose effect over and around Rosabella by punching some leaves out of the same BG paper using my Leone Em "Ash Branch" punch and then added afew tiny paper roses i'm really pleased with how this as turned out it sort of brings the backing paper to life a continuation shall we say.

The sentiment is Whiff Of Joy from the "Fairy Useful Sayings",the gem in her hair is a nail art gem these are brilliant sometimes the adhesive gems are alittle too large and the ribbon from stash.

I must say i'm "fairly"(pardon the pun) pleased with how this as turned out and hope you like it too :0).look forward to seeing all your fabby creations this week so please come and join us,thanks to everyone for your support last week we had some amazing cards hope to see you all again this week.

Have a lovely day everyone

Take care

San xx

JUMP INTO MY POUCH....

Well yet another week's rolled round and time for another challenge at Stampavie and More....this week there's a sketch to follow by Nancy,thank you Nancy a great sketch to work with.

I've used a Rachelle Anne Miller stamp for my card,and have decided i will stick to using just Stampavie stamps for this challenge...as the title says you can use others now,but to be honest in a way it is much easier to stick with one make of stamps,the only decision is which image then.

We had a good response again last week with some gorgeous creations...thank you for joining in and hope you'll all be back again this week.

RECIPE FOR CARD :-

STAMP:- Rachelle Anne Miller "Jump into my pouch".

COLOURING MEDIUM :- Copic markers...thought i should get them back out....it's been awhile since i last used them,i'm not too happy with effort,far too dark,never mind practice makes perfect so they say.

PAPER :- Anna Stemplewska....this is what i recieved in some blog candy i won off Bev...gorgeous paper thank you Bev,i haven't wanted to use it....you know how it is there's some papers that need to be stroked for awhile before we can bring ourselves to cut into them...lol

SENTIMENT :- Quickutz "Moxie".

FLOWERS :- Xcut punch.

EVERYTHING ELSE :- Ribbon,buttons and glamour dust from stash.

Well that's about it folks...hope you all have a lovely day,the sun's shinning here again this morning,hope it is where you are

Take care

San x

STAMP WITH FUN WK3......SKETCH BY MARLENE.

Well we're into week 3 at Stamp With Fun and this week we have a sketch for you to follow by our guest designer Marlene,lovely sketch to work with thank you Marlene,with such a great sketch hope you will all come and join in!!!.....a big thank you to everyone who joinied us last week you made some amazing cards.

This week i've gone yet again for another of my "Gorjuss" girls,can't wait for the pre-ordered second set to arrive :0).

RECIPE FOR CARD :-

Stamp - Sugar Nellie "Gorjuss girls set one" from Funkykits.

Papers - Basic Grey "Offbeat" and Summer Driggs "Limeade".

Colouring medium - Promarkers and Prisma's with Sansador.

Sentiment - Doodlebug rub-ons.

Flowers- mixture of Papermania,Prima and a one using Xcut punch.

Brads - Basic Grey "Cupcake"

Fiskars "Threading water" border punch for trim.

Well i'll love and leave you for now,hope you all have a lovely day...the suns out here,hope it is where you are,

Take care

San x

JUST MAGNOLIA WEEK 1.....SKETCH BY DONALDA.

A new challenge as started this week "JUST MAGNOLIA'S".....and as the title say's it's just for Magnolia stamps,well done girls for setting this up and must say a DT line up of extremely talented crafters.To get the ball rolling this week there's a sketch to follow,a lovely sketch by one of the DT Donalda...thank you Donalda a great sketch to work with,i have rotated it simple because of the sunflower paper i wanted to use.

So out come my much neglected Magnolia's,grabed me a few hours me time and made a card.

I wouldn't call this a pretty card by any means...just a fun card,something alittle different for me i think...lol,can't make up my mind whether i like it or not.....i'll let you decide,good or bad let me

know,and don't be afraid to be truthful i've got broad shoulders,i can take it...lol.

RECIPE FOR CARD :-

Stamp :- Magnolia "Tilda with sunflower"

Colouring medium :- Promarkers,Prisma's and Sansador....alittle Sakura for the spots on her dress.

Papers :- DCWV Spring collection...from QVC.

Flowers :- A mixture of Prima's and Papermania fabric flowers.

Brads :- Basic Grey "Cupcake"

Ric Rac ribbon from stash.

Doodlebug Rub ons "All mixed up" for the sentiment.

DARE U-2-DIGI STAMP...."PINK and GREEN".

Well yet another week as rolled round,it's Friday which means it's time for another challenge at Dare U-2-Digi Stamp,this week we have a colour combo challenge of "Pink and Green",the DT have come up with some amazing creations again.

This week i wanted to try to do something alittle different with my digi image,this what i come up with....i'm not too happy with it and it didn't turn out quite like what i had in mind...but hey some you win,and some you don't :0).

I used Chris's (sketching Stamper) "Heart Of Hearts" image which is shown in the photo above resized to two different sizes and printed out 5 of each onto a sheet of Provocraft 12x12 paper which i cut to A4 to make printer friendly.These i then cut out,added alittle glamour dust to the swirls with a glue pen and slightly curled the edges and layered to form the petals of the flower using silicon glue,a large button and fancy thread for the centre and ribbon for the stem.

The extra little flowers were punched out of the same paper using a woodware and Xcut punch.

The sentiment is from a See D's set "Garden Of Friendship" and all other papers are BG "Sultry".

Hope you will all come and join us again this week,we've had a great response the last two weeks,with some gorgeous creations....thanks all who joined us it's very much appreciated.

This week there's a prize on offer of two downloads...one each of both Chris's and Sandra's digi images of your own choice :0).

That's about it....hope you all have a lovely day,

Take care

San xx

WOJ CHALLENGE 26....BLACK,WHITE AND A DASH OF LIME.

The WOJ challenge this week is "black,white and a splash of another colour",i just had to enter,this is one of my favourite colour combo's....my splash of colour is a dash of LIME.

The image i've used is WOJ "Confirmed Melinda",coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's...keep saying it but i must get my Copics back out,it's been that long now i think i've forgotten how to use them....lol,

The papers are all a free download from Summer Driggs love these,they are called "Limeade".

The sentiment was computer generated using "Chocolate Box" font.

Ribbon from stash.

I have added alittle stickles to her wings,but this isn't showing very good.

That's about it for now...i'll be visiting afew of your blogs alittle later,

Take care

San xx

STAMPAVIE AND MORE....IT'S A BOY.

Well this week at Stampavie and More we have a sketch for you to follow by Ria one of our DT....lovely sketch to work with,thank you Ria.

For my card i've used a Rachelle Anne Miller stamp "Teddybear",i've coloured the teddy with Promarkers and Prisma's,the rest of the image as been paper pieced with the same gingham as i've used for the background....the paper is a free download from Chris (Sketching Stamper),thanks Chris.

The sentiment was computer generated "Chocolate Box" font.

A Dovecraft lace punch was used to create the decorative edges.

Ribbon,slider,glamour dust (on his bow),dew drop and teddy charm all from stash.

That's about it for now,so all that remains to be said is .....thanks to everyone who joined use last week,we had a good response with some lovely creations,hope to see you all back again this week.

I don't know what it's like where you are but at the moment we're having a really bad thunder storm...i hate the thunder and lightening :0( hope it passes soon.

Have a lovely day

Take care

San x

STAMP WITH FUN.....BROWN-PINK.

This week,week 2 at Stamp With Fun we have a colour challenge for you of "Brown & Pink",gorgeous colour combo i'm sure you'll all agree.

We had a brilliant turn out last week thanks to all that joined in,hope to see you all again this week.

For my card i've gone with one of the "Gorjuss"girls by Sugar Nellie purchased from Funkykits,coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's,then cut out using nesties.

The other two stamps i've used are "Love Envelope" by Magnolia and Maya Road "Postcard".

Papers are Raspberry Road "Mothers Love" and "In With The Old" Funky Fairy's.

Sentiment generated on the computer "Angelina" font.

Papermania fabric flowers,ribbon and flat backed pearls from bit box.

Hope you're all enjoying your Easter,and have had lots of chocolate and plenty of spare time to craft....

Take care

San xx

DARE U-2-DIGI STAMP..."BLING"

Our challenge this week at DU2DS is "BLING",which could mean glitter,glitter glue,gems,metal etc...all we ask along with the theme is to use a digital image somewhere on your project,now the image can be from any company,so why not come and join in and let your creativity "SHINE" through...pardon the pun.

For my card i've used one of Chris's (sketching stamper) digi images "Vicky",printed off twice,then used the one image to cut the parts of her dress out,i then adhered some embossed foil paper to these pieces so that i could paper piece her dress...the foil catches the light really well,but couldn't capture this on the photo :0(.

The rest of the image was coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's.To glam Vicky up alittle more i added glitter to her hairbands and gave her a necklace and matching bracelet,which i used nail gems,these are minute compared the the adhesive gems i normally use butare more in propotion to the image.

To finish off i used some broad satin ribbon and a slider from my stash,the nail gems i used are "moonstone" which change blue/orange in the light hence the blue ribbon.

Well that's about it,all that's left to say is thank you to those of you who came and joined us last week hope to see you all again,and any of you who didn't make it last week maybe see you this week :0),

Have a lovely day,

Take care

San xx

SKETCH AND STASH...."BEN'S KIND OF EASTER BUNNY"

Morning everyone...today i'm sharing a card with you i've made for challenge 7 at Sketch and Stash,this a great sketch to work with and i will definately be using it again,so thanks Becky.

The card is my son Ben's Easter card...when i saw this digital image from Victoria Case i just had to have it,the image is called "Easter Bunni" and i think brilliant for a multitude of occassions for those awkward men's cards we all love making....lol.

The image i coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's...must start using my Copics again.

The papers are also a download called "Houndstooth" from Designer Digitals.

Sentiment computer generated using"Angelina" font.

Ribbon and button from stash.Glamour dust on her ears.

Hope you have a lovely day,i'm off to the hairdressers :0(,i hate it...

Take care

San xx

STAMPAVIE AND MORE....."CUP OF TEA".

Another week as rolled round,where does the time go.This week at Stampavie And More the theme is "Red and White",a lovely colour combo.Hope you will all come and join in,to all those who joined us last week a big thank you you made some gorgeous cards.

For my DT card i decided this week to use a Sugar Nellie Leanne Ellis stamp "Cup Of Tea"available to purchase from Funkykits,coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's,not that there was that much colouring to do.

I didn't want to use any patterned paper on this card so just lots of layers,a couple of which i've used my Fiskars "Threading Water" punch on and another i've used a cutlebug embossing folder.

The cup i stamped twice so that i could 3d it with some silicone to give alittle bit of dimension to the card,this is not showing that good in the photo.

The flower and circle with sentiment was cut using my Wizard,the sentiment is Cornish Heritage Farm.

The ribbon is from Poppicrafts.

Well thats about it,hope you all have a lovely day,

Take care

San xx

"STAMP WITH FUN" LAUNCH....AND "WOJ"

It's launch day at "STAMP WITH FUN",and the first challenge is a sketch by one of our DT Saphira.....lovely sketch thank you Saphira.Also a big thank you to Mona,Tina and Jacqueline for all their hard work getting this up and running.Hope you will all come and join in,look forward to visiting your Blogs.

It's alittle cheeky of me i know but i'm going to enter this card in the WOJ challenge 24 which this week is "Let's Get Dirty".

RECIPE FOR CARD:-

WOJ stamps "Musing Melinda" and "Melinda Blowing Kisses",coloured using Promarkers and Prisma's.

Papers are all K & Co.

Sentiment is Hero Arts.

Prima flowers.

Butterfly,hatpins,beads and mini button all from stash.

Well that's about it,have a lovely day,

Take care

San xx

"DARE U-2-DIGI STAMP" LAUNCH......DT CARD.

Today is "Dare u-2-digi stamp" launch day WOOOO HOOO....as more and more of us are using digital downloads for our cards/creations this is a great challenge Blog to show them off.

To start you all off this week there's a lovely sketch to follow by Chris all that's asked of you is to use a digital image on you creation....this can be anybodies download.There's a great prize up for grabs this week too,Promarkers included.

For my card i've used one of Chris's (Sketching Stamper) digi stamps "Daisy Crazy" from the "Lots of Flowers" set,coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's cut out with nesties and 3d layered onto a background created with my "Texture" cuttlebug embossing folder.Once the card was embossed i then rubbed over with metallic rub-on.The sentiment is from Scrappy Cat,the pearl and beaded pearl trim are from stash.

That's about it...hope you will come and join us,look forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations.if your lacking alittle inspiration...which i'm sure you're not,check out the DT cards there's some stunning work.

Have a lovely day,

Take care

San xx

COLOUR CREATE WK 9......"LILAC & BLUE"

The theme this week at Colour Create is "LILAC & BLUE" and the optional extra's to use ribbon and swirl's.

There's some great candy up for grab's this week this is open to everyone entering this challenge,due to this all that's asked is for you not to combine challenges,boy would i like to get my hands on this little lot,included id the much sort after Anya's :0).

Enough of my waffling,onto my card.

Recipe :-

Base card Papermania "scolloped",i do like these but feel they are rather flimsy,i normally use a heavier base card.

All other card from stash.

The sentiment stamp is hero Arts "Treasure the Moments".

HOTP swirl stamp.

Fabric flowers Papermania.

Doily,ribbon,hatpins and beads all from bit box.

All edges distressed and then rubbed over with "Antique Linen" distress ink.

Well that's about it folks,have a lovely day
Take care

San xx

SWS....."DOTS AND STRIPES"....AND BLOG NEW'S.

Morning everyone,to say it's been a funny week over at Stamp With Stampavie is abit of an understatement.The challenge Blog was lost at one point and it didn't look like it was going to be restored,but low and behold if by magic it somehow reappeared :0).

Not thinking this would be the case a new Blog was set up ready for this week by Tina,Jacqueline and Mona "Stamp With Fun",due to all the hard work that's gone into setting this new Blog up the girls have decided to leave us and continue with the new challenge Blog...well Mona will be DT on both as will a number of us,so yes i'm now on the two.Stamp with Fun will start on Monday 6th April.

Hope you will all come and support both :0).

Stamp With Stampavie is now "Stampavie And More" which mean's you can now use any stamps that you want to,this week the theme is "Dots and Stripes"

It was about time my Sugar Nellie"Gorjuss" girls from Funkykits saw the light of day so after much deliberating "sitting" Gorjuss won,well her spotted dress and striped tights go well with the theme,coloured with Promarkers,Prisma's and Sansador,cut out and raised using silicone glue.

The papers are Rasberry Road "Mothers Love" and the sentiment is Papermania Clare Curd's signature range....an andy sent of sentiments.

Everything else from bit box.

Just before i say my goodbye's i need to say a warm welcome to some lovely girls who have joined use on the DT,it's nice to have you on board.

Well thats it folk's....hope you all have a lovely day,

Take care and happy crafting,

San xx