Less Is More - Week 139

Good Morning,

Another super quick post from me today, as I am heading out in about an hour and still have to get ready.  My card today is for this week's Less Is More Challenge and this time we have been provided with a sketch.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Chrysanthemum Stamp and Die
White Embossing Powder
VersaMark
Ink Dusters
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spun Sugar

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Washi Tape

Good Evening,

So glad it is Friday, it's been a busy week.  I am spending a couple of hours crafting this evening before I sit down and relax.  The first card I have made is for the monthly challenge over at Uniko Studio.  This month we have been asked to use Washi tape, which is perfect for me, as since I learned how to make my own washi tape I have fallen in love with it.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Wonderful Washi
Uniko Studio - Bright Butterflies Die
Uniko Studio - Sentiment
Black washi tape from my stash

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CAS(E) this Sketch #47

Good Morning,

Sorry another post and dash from me today.  Work is super busy right now so just managing to squeeze in some crafting time.  Today's card is for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Time
Stampin Up - Sweet Essentials
Stampin Up - Dazzling Details

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Relax

Good Morning

A quick post this morning to share my card for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.

Supplies Used:
DigiStamp Boutique - Digi Stamp
Computer Generated Sentiment
ProMarkers
Glossy Accents

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CASology - Week 63 Autumn

Good Afternoon,

This week's Cue Card at CASology is 'Autumn'.  I have rediscoverd how much I enjoy using my ink dusters so for this week's card I went with an inky panel.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - French Foliage
Inkylicious - Ink Dusters
Stampin Up - Express Yourself (Sentiment)

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

and this week's Guest Designer - LeAnne

I am also entering this card into this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge which is to use Fall Colours and a Leaf.

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Snowmen

Good Evening,

Well it was another gorgeous sunny day today, so didn't reach my craft desk until this evening when the sun disappeared.  I ended up making a Christmas card for this week's Merry Monday, where the theme was snowmen, even though the weather was about as far away from Christmas as possible.

Supplies Used:
Mel Jen Designs - Digi Stamp
Inkylicious - Sentiment
ProMarkers
Pink Petticoat - DP
Stampin Up - Dazzling Details
Glossy Accents

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Less Is More - Week 138 - Felt or Fabric

Good Afternoon,

We seem to be having a bit of an Indian summer here in the north east of Scotland. Temperatures are supposed to be up to 21c, which would be a nice day in the middle of summer, never mind September. So hopefully it lasts for a few more days.

My in laws were visiting for the weekend so there was no crafting for me until lunchtime when they headed back home.  The first thing I wanted to make was my entry into this week's Less Is More challenge.  This week was have been asked to create a card using felt or fabric.

I actually ended up making two cards for this challenge, as just when I finished my first card a second idea popped into my head.  I will share my favourite one first.

Supplies Used:
MFT - Loopy Bloom
Unity Stamp Co - Music of my Heart
Felt from my sewing box
Clearly Besotted - Leafy Accents Die
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiment
Clearly Besotted - Tag Along Die

For my other card I stamped on canvas for the the fabric part of the challenge and then water coloured it

Stampin Up - Canvas
Stampin Up - Simply Sketched
Watercolour Pen

Off now to make some more Christmas cards.

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Feel Better Soon

Good Evening,

I had such a busy day at work today so to wind down I escaped into my craft room.  Unusually I ended making an inky scene, I don't think I have done one of those for ages. Must remember to dig out the ink dusters more often, it's easy to forget the great effects you can get from them.

Supplies Used:
Hero Arts - Butterflies
Inkadinkado - Ferns
Stampin Up - Pocket Silhouettes
Stampin Up - Express Yourself (Sentiments)

Challenges Entered:
Less Is More - Get Well Soon
Addicated to CAS - Get Well
One Layer Wednesday - Fly Away With Me

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Merry Monday # 75

Good Morning,

So far this year I have resisted making Christmas cards, it just felt too early.  Then when I eventually sat down to plan how many cards I have to make I had a bit of a panic.  I am very lucky that I am able to sell my cards in a local shop so not only do I have to make for friends and family I have to make stock for the shop.  So after my large wake up call I have finally made a start.  Thankfully there is quite a few Christmas challenges out there to provide some much needed inspiration and the one I used for my card today is Merry Monday over at Always Playing With Paper.  The challenge this week was to use Dark brown, red, vanilla and champagne or gold with some shimmer.  Hopefully I have ticked all the boxes with this card.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Welcome Christmas
Ribbon and Sparkles from my stash
Computer generated sentiment
VersaMark
Wow Embossing Powder - Gold Sparkle

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CASology Week 62 - Arrow

Good Afternoon,

This week's Cue Card at CASology is 'Arrow'.  For some reason I always struggle to use my arrow stamps, so instead of putting myself through the anguish of trying to get them to work I had a raid through my embellishment stash instead.  Luckily I have some of the super cute shaped paper clips from Stampin Up and one was an arrow, so I just had a to design a card round it!

Supplies Used:
MFT - Chocolate Sentiments
Stampin Up - Cute Clips
Stampin Up - Ribbon

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

and this week's Guest Designer - Janet

Baby Subway Tag

Good Evening,

It has been a while since I joined in with the challenge over at Muse, but this week I just happened to be playing with my new Freshly Squeezed stamp set when the new challenge launched and I figured I could create a tag using my stamp set.

Supplies Used:
Freshly Squeezed Stamps - Subway Series Occassions
Nestabilities
VersaMark
Wow Embossing Powder - White
Twine from my stash

Here is the gorgeous Muse card from Marion Vagg

I am also entering this into Jackie Rockwell's Pantone Challenge under Lemon Zest.

Off now to do some housework (what fun)

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Congratulations

Good Morning,

As most of you will probably know Beverley, the wondeful owner/designer of Uniko Studio recently got married in Hawii (so jealous).  I am a bit late getting her Congratulations card made, but finally finished it last night and hopefully it will be winging its way there now.  Hop on over to her blog and see some picks, it looks so beautiful.

My inspiration for the card came from the latest Moxie Fab World Challenge - All That Glitters Is Gold.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Graphic Flowers Die
Uniko Studio - Chrysanthemum (Sentiment)
Martha Stewart Heart Punch
VersaMark
Wow Embossing Powder - Gold Sparkle

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Dainty Doilies

Good Afternoon,

Having a nice lazy crafting day today and finally making a start on the dreaded Christmas cards, but I am not quite ready to post them on my blog yet.  So thought I would share I card I made for a challenge instead.

Supplies Used:
Waltzing Mouse - Dainty Dollies 2
The Alley Way Stamps - Delicate Doilies
Uniko Studio - Chrysanthemum - Sentiment
Annabelle Stamps - Pearl

Challenges Entered:
CAS(E) this Sketch #45

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Less Is More - Get Well Soon

Good Morning,

It's that time of the week again when Chrisse and Jen set us a new challenge over at Less Is More and this week it is 'Get Well Soon', with the added challenge of it being a one layer week.

Supplies Used:
Waltzing Mouse - Blessed By You
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
The Twinery - Bakers Twine
Inkylicious - Ink Dusters

Must dash now, heading out and still have to get ready.

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Clearly Besotted Challenge #4

Good Evening,

My second post of the day, I am back with my card for the latest challenge over at Clearly Besotted.  We have been asked to do our own background stamping.  After having a look through my stash of Clearly Besotted stamps I decided to use a set that I haven't shared that often on my blog.

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Warm Wishes
Clearly Besotted - Tag Along (Stamp and Die)

My task for this evening is to have a clear up of my craft desk, I can't see the bottom of it anymore. So enough is enough.

Hope you all have a nice evening.

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Thinking Of You

Good Morning,

This week over at The Friday Mashup they are asking us to create 'Thinking of you' cards for National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.  As part of the mash up they are asking us to either donate our cards to a charity or send them to Heidi on the DT to send to her H.A.N.D.S.  Tragically a friend lost a grandchild to stillbirth this week, so my card will be going to her instead.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Wonderful Washi
Uniko Studio - Bright Butterflies (Die)
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Pearls from my stash

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CASology Week 61 - Silhouette

Good Afternoon,

This week's Cue Card at CASology is 'Silhouette'.  I love the look of Silhouette stamps, they can create such a dramatic look to a CAS card.  I chopped and changed my mind over which stamp to use for this challenge, however in the end I used the adorable 'Twinkle Toes' set from clearly besotted cause it is just so darn cute!

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Twinkle Toes
Avery Elle - Party Animal

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

and this week's Guest Designer - Deepti

My Digital Studio

Good Morning,

Stampin Up have now released My Digital Studio in the UK and even better you get a 30 day free trial to see if you like it.  I downloaded it last night and had a bit of a play so thought I would share with you my first project.  It is a mixed media project as I wanted to tailor it to suit the new challenge over at Annabelle Stamps, but I will try just a digital project later.  If you would like to download the free trial I can suggest using Aileen Skene's page (Stamp Up Your Craft), she is a Stampin Up demostrator and super helpful.  This link will take you to her online store.

My opinion on MDS, I really liked it! It's really easy to use and having all the Stampin Up colours ready to use means I can match up elements of my projects with no problems.

Anyway here is my first card attempt.

Supplies Used:
My Digital Studio - Ink Splatter 2 & 6
Annabelle Stamps - Daisy Delight
Clearly Besotted - Twinkle Toes (Sentiment)

Challenge Entered:

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Wonderful Washi

Good Morning,

Ever since I had my first attempt at making my own washi tape a few weeks ago I have been using the technique more and more.  I really love the effect and the fact I can chose any colour I want is perfect.  So when I seen the challenge over at The Friday Mashup was to create a project using Washi tape I jumped at the chance.  My card is also the is my last entry for Jackie Rockwell's Pantone Challenge.

Supplies Used:

Uniko Studio - Wonderful Washi

Clearly Besotted - Tag Along - Stamp & Die

Enamel Accents

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Jackie Rockwell Pantone Challenge

Good Afternoon,

I have been playing along with Jackie Rockwell's Pantone Challenge over the past few weeks, however she has now got through all the colours and time is running out to join in.  So I made completing the remaining colours my priority. And here they all are!

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Natures Treasures
Stampin Up - Ribbon
Uniko Studio - Time (Sentiment)

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Hoppy Birthday
Enamel Accents

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Banners
Nestabilities

Supplies Used:
Avery Elle - Modern Leaves

Supplies Used:
Hero Arts - Leavy Vines
Stampin Up - Curly Cute
Vellum
White Embossing Powder
Clearly Besotted - Butterfly Wishes - Die and Stamp

I have one more to share with you, however I am entering it into a second challenge so will share it in a second post.

Thanks Jackie for hosting such a fun challenge, I have really enjoyed it.

CAS(E) this Sketch #44

Good Evening,

I have finally managed to come up with a card that I like for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  I have had so many attempts at this one and they have all ended up in the bin!  Doublely pleased with this card as I have mixed patterned papers and I really struggle with that.

Supplies Used:
My Mind's Eye - On the Bright Side DP
Clearly Besotted - Honeycomb - Stamps and Die
Clearly Besotted - Butterfly Wishes - Stamp and Die
Vellum
White Embossing Powder
VersaMark

Here is the sketch for this week

Off now to put my feet up with a glass of wine and some chocolate.

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Less Is More - Week 136

Good Afternoon,

This week Chrissie and Jen at Less Is More have set us a colour challenge, using a striking photo inspiration.  The colours are dark green and rust.  Not colours I would normally use, but thought I would give it a go anyway.

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Tag Along - Stamps and Dies
Paper Smooches - Debonair
Twine and Ribbon from my stash

And here is the photo inspiration, isn't it stunning.

I am not sure if I am overly happy with this card, so might have another go at this challenge.

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CASology Week 60 - Apple

Good Afternoon,

This week's Cue Card at CASology is 'Apple' which was a tricky one for me, couldn't find anything suitable in my stash.  Thankfully a drawl through my digi stamp folders came up with this sweet Pink Petticoat digi paper. Since it is quite a busy paper I tried to keep the rest of my card as CAS as I could.

Supplies Used:
Pink Petticoat DP - Autumn Blosson
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Nestabilities

Now it's over to you guys, I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week, but before you get started have a quick visit round the rest of the Design Team for further inspiration.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

 Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Melissa Chipperfield

 Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely

and this week's Guest Designer - Sandie