Distress Bear

I really wish  I used water colour paper for the backing inside of sticking it on to the actual card, it quite obvious that they are not quite the same shade and camera as made it worse.

My little bear is from Penny Black called A Bear Hug and his holding a banner from MFT Sending Sweet Celebration Wishes . I did stamp, coloured and cut it down to fit his arms.

I placed him on a background of Oxides that I had left over and I stamped a sentiment from Simon says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday

CAS Panda

I made this card with the Freshly Made Sketch for last week.

I found some Doodlebug Simply Spring but I think I may have stolen the check paper from the pack that was in the Party like a Panda card kit.

I made the Grassy Edge with the Simon says Stamp die and the clouds are from the Picture Book Sky die.

If you not very good at fussy cutting the panda I would recommend buy the matching dies to Party like a Party which is available as a stamp only. Here's a link if you want to buy them together.

To finish I used one of the Simon says Stamp Stitched Banners and one of great sentiments that came with the panda stamp set.

Love Signs

I do love using this cutie called Love Signs from Mo Manning, I especially love how I can layer her dress.

I've used a Mojo Monday Sketch 521 but I've turned it so the leaves are in top corner. The leaves by the way are an old Memory Box die along with the little flowers. The sentiment is a retired Stampin Up and I've used their scallop punch which is an old black version one.

To finish some pearls for the flower centre and I paper pieced the balloon.

The UK heatwave has finally finished and I can get back to crochet my Sacred Space Blanket from Helen Shrimpton it's now large enough to be too hot underneath it.

Tim Holtz Christmas

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is  Anything Goes

We are showcasingTim Holtz Products this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Totally lost what day it is, my poor blog as been quiet over the bank holiday so a quick post before I forget its Wednesday.

Recently I have got my hands on Funky Festive from Tim Holtz Sizzix and previously got Tim Holtz Botanicals stamps, just needed a reason to use it.

So I made a smooched background using Oxides and then stamped the leaves back-ground stamp, job done.

Then it was all about assemberling my festive parts, when altogether I inked the edges to make it more grungy. Just needed a sentiment, look what fell in my basket Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Ribbon.

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The Flood

I wanted to record what happened to MIL when she was in a care home near her home, the arrow points to where the home was. Luckily they were evacuted before the river/canal burst its banks.
The photos were saved from Facebook.

I also wanted to have a go and distressing on a layout of course now I wich I hadn't stamped across the right but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Otherwise I think it didn't turn out that bad.

Not CAS

Now this isn't CAS, I've used that fabulous die from CASual Fridays Tin Roof Cover but I've added the Nuvo Crystal Drops for the centres.

Again I've used the Happy Birthday from Simon says Stamp along with their Thoughtful Messages for the wishes.

This time though I've used the Simon says Stamp Cosmo Stem die to give a bit extra colour.

Eva

I've been meaning to make this card with Mo's Eva image and paper piece the hat and shoes.

To make the card I used my favourite dies, first the Crochet Border from MFT which can make the border round the circle snipping as you add it. The unbranded flower dies that look like EK success Retro Punch. Finally the Stampin Up retired sentiment.

I must try a use some of the rest of craft room. I've recently got my hands on some Picket Fence Blending Brushes to practice with and I want to practice some watercolouring not sure whether to just use a paintbrush or get a decent water pen which I've never had much luck with.

Clean And Simple!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Clean And Simple

We are showcasing Casual Fridays this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Well I got the Simple part sorted but not convince that its that Clean but I brought the Tin Roof Cover specially for the challenge, OK I didn't check what the challenge was but I love this die so much I couldn't not use it.

I just used the Simon says Stamp Happy Birthday but just used the Birthday. The wishes stamped sentiment is from Simon says Stamp Thoughtful Messages. 

Like I said a very Simple and quick card to make but don't worry a fussy one was made afterwards it will be blogger soon.

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Birthday Footballer

Nice and easy card, the little chap is from LOTV digi image and I have used Simon says Stamp Stitched Rectangles including the sentiment banner.

The sentiment is stamped from Simon says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday along with their Holiday Shapes Stars. 

Apologies for the quick post but I'm keep falling alsleep and I'm headachey tired no idea where it comes from. I need to feel better for tomorrow, I'm saying Goodbye to a friend who was robbed of his life through Dementia.

Birthday Cat

I've used some old scraps of Doodlebug pattern paper for a card for my son's birthday card. The stars are Simon say Stamp and MFT also the sentiment banner is MFT too.

The little puddy cat is a LOTV digi, I think I've Simon says Stamp Stitched Rectangles along with their Tiny Words Birthday.

Still struggling with the neck and shoulders but it is easing with plenty of rest.

Ice Skater

I go swimming with Friday Swimmer (who by the way received the Queen Award for Voluntary Service this year) and while have a drink of coffee we overlook the ice skating ring which is used all year round and not just for Christmas. Which gave me the idea to make a Birthday card using Mo's Skater C.

I used some old LOTV papers which sadly they don't make anymore along with some of my favourite dies. Like the MFT Crochet Border and the unbranded Flower dies. The sentiment is an old Stampin Up stamp with one of their punches which I don't know if they still do.

I'm struggling this week I have dodgy shoulders at the best of time but I caught my neck somehow and the pain as spread to one of my shoulders so no card making for me.

Midsummer Blues

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Midsummer Blues

We are showcasing Avery Elle this week, which just so happens to be Simon says Stamp Brand of the Month. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the challenge Blog. You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

Mmmm I made a nice card (the one below) then at last minute realise a huge mistake I made, the clue is in the name of the challenge.

I used Avery Elle Pierced Hexagon for the challenge, it came with the cute flower dies too.

So with a little help from Simon says Stamp Moments of Grace stamp which has the lovely script and the perfect fit inside my Hexagon. Not forgetting the Quilted Hearts Background stamp from Simon says Stamp.

My little white dots are Nuvo Crystal Drops Simple White, I keep saying less is more but I don't seem to be able to stop myself.

Here you can see the green version with flowers made with left over scraps of card.
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Odds and Ends

Couple of layouts with some photos I wanted to scrap with. I do love how using the scraps can make sure a great page. The black word strips are a Tim Holtz word book. The camera was on a paper that I cute out. The Cheers are some American Crafts I brought at Hobbycraft. The other words are a Simon says Stamp Heart Smile die.

I used some stamps that are now retired from Stampin Up. The sticker words from various sticker sheets and some very old Basic Grey letters that I thought was time to use up. The perfection is a die from Simon say Stamp