Cupcake Challenge 249

Hello everyone, this week over on Cupcake Challenge 249 we have a theme of anything but square and we are sponsored by My Crafty Heart who are giving us a £10 gift voucher as a prize.

This week I have made a set of 6 tags using my WMS Rescue Remedies set. This is my fav stamp from the set and it is well used, as I'm sure you will have noticed!!! I simply stamped the image with memento tuxedo black ink, cut it out using my nesties dies and distressed it with vintage photo distress ink. I then added a good length of satin ribbon to the top of each one.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card
Stamps: WMS - rescue remedies
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Trouvaille, nesties, crop a dile
Thanks for looking x

Creative Inspirations Challenge 220

Hello everyone, this is my final card as a guest designer for Creative Inspirations and I would like to say thank you to the girls for having me this month. Challenge 220 has a theme of anything goes plus the added option of ribbon.

For my card I used my WMS vintage garden flowers and it is stamped in memento rich cocoa ink and distressed with antique linen and vintage photo distress inks.

My DP is from Melissa Frances and I cut the decorative edge using a doohickey die. I finished off with some pearls and seam binding.

Finally, I also stamped my image onto an envelope.....nice little touch I thought!!

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card. Melissa Frances - 5th Avenue
Stamps: WMS - Vintage Garden Flowers
Embellishments: Seam binding, pearls
Tools: Sewing machine, doohicky die, TH blending tool, bow easy
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 247

Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 247 we have a theme of sentiment only and this week we are sponsored by Crafts U Love who are giving us a £15 gift certificate as a prize and Flat Friends who are giving us 6 images as a prize. I was in need of a quick get well card and this is what I came up with.....I can always rely on my WMS when I need something quick but elegant!!

For my card I have used a stamp from my WMS vintage labels 2 set and I have stamped it with memento tuxedo black. The sentiment is from the WMS fancy phrases set and this has been stamped with fired brick distress ink. I finished off with some ribbon and jewels.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White pearlised card
Stamps: WMS - Fancy phrases, vintage labels 2
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, distress ink - fired brick
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Corner chomper, nesties, trovaille, bow easy
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 241

Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 241 we have a sketch (by me!) to follow. This week we are sponsored by My Creative Classroom and they are giving one lucky winner a seat in a class of their choice.

For my project this week I have made a bit of home decor.....this was actually a present I made for my Mum and I love how it turned out. I used my fav WMS Vintage Garden Flowers and I stamped the main image with Memento rich cocoa ink, then distressed it with antique linen and vintage photo ink.

The DPs are by Teresa Collins and each element also had the distress treatment before being stitched. I added some pearl lace from the ribbon girls and some pearls to finish off.

Finally a closer shot. The picture frame is 5 x 7 inches and my creation is 6 x 4 inches in case anyone was wondering about the dimensions!

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card. Teresa Collins - Sweet Afternoon
Stamps: WMS - Vintage Garden Flowers
Ink: Memento rich cocoa, antique linen, vintage photo
Embellishments: Lace, pearls
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Chrysanthemum

Hello everyone, today I have a card to show you that was really quick to make but I LOVE how it turned out. I used my new WMS Vintage Garden Flowers....got these for Christmas but it is the first time I have managed to use them!!

I stamped the Chrysanthemum flower and text with memento rich cocoa ink and distressed the edges with my usual combo of antique linen and vintage photo inks. The DP is from Papermania and it had the same distress treatment. I stitched the edges of all the elements and I finished off with some ribbon and pearls.

And finally, an angled shot!

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card, Papermania
Stamps: WMS - Vintage garden flowers
Colouring: Memento rich cocoa, antique linen and vintage photo
Embellishments: Ribbon, pearls
Tools: TH Blending tool
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 235

Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 235 we have a theme of cool men......we would like to see cards for guys with cool colours. This week we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe Crafts who are giving us a £10 voucher as a prize.

I went for a CAS design. I used DP from my stash and stamps from WMS for my sentiment. I finished off with some stitching, ribbon and eyelets.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and blue card. DP from stash
Stamps: WMS
Colouring: Copic
Embellishments: Ribbon, eyelets
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 233

Hello everyone, today over on Cupcake Challenge 233 we have a theme of it's only words and this week we are sponsored by Yours or Mine Papercrafts who are giving us a $10 gift voucher as a prize.

For my creation this week I decided to do a home decor project. The stamp is from Waltzingmouse Rescue Remedies set and it is stamped with memento tuxedo black and distressed with antique linen and vintage photo distress inks.

The DP is from Teresa Collins and I have distressed each element before stitching the edges. I finished off with a flat bow and some pearls.

My final shot!

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card. Teresa Collins - Sweet Afternoon
Stamps: WMS - Rescue Remedies
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, distress inks - antique linen and vintage photo
Embellishments: ribbon, pearls
Tools: Trouvaille, nesties, sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 227

Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 227 we have a theme of "with bells on" and we would like to see bells of some sort on your card/project. This week we are sponsored by My Mum's Craft Shop and they are giving us a £10 gift voucher as a prize.

For my card today, I thought I'd make an early Christmas card and I used stamps from WMS Seasonal Remedies set. I stamped the image with memento rich cocoa ink and I distressed it with antique linen and vintage photo ink then I gave the same distress treatment to my background card and I repeatedly stamped my main image over again with antique linen to make my background.

I finished off with the usual stitching, some ribbon and a bell. This was very quick and easy to make but I really love the finished look, it also doesn't have a lot of layers either so hopefully it won't cost too much to post!!!

Supplies
Card/Paper: Ivory and red card
Stamps: WMS - Seasonal Remedies
Colouring: Distress inks - antique linen and vintage photo. Memento - rich cocoa
Embellishments: Ribbon, bell
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

A bit of recycling

Hello everyone, today I have 4 CAS Christmas cards to show you and to make these I did a bit of recycling!! After last christmas I put aside 4 cards that had been sent to us and I thought I could recycle parts of them to make some CAS cards for this year.

The patterned shapes and the snowflake came off one card and we received two cards with a red glittered front and a large gold glittered shape. I used my heart, star and circle nesties to cut shapes from the glittered card and I ended up with an assortment of die cut shapes. After a bit of arranging I decided what would go where and I created these four cards.....which I have to say I am really pleased with and they look really effective in real life!!!

All the sentiments came from WMS and I used my copic multi liner to draw in the fine black lines. I used my corner chomper to shape the corners and I finished off each card with a ribbon bow.

I hope you all have a fab Christmas and new Year. xx

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card
Stamps: WMS - Seasons of Love, Compliments of the Season
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Corner chomper, trouvaille, nesties
Thanks for looking x

Sleigh Bells Ring

Hello everyone, a last minute christmas card to show you today. I am entering it into the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 128.

For my card I have used my Waltzingmouse Sets: Compliments of the season and vintage labels 4. The DP is from basic grey and I have finished off with some ribbon.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and pink card. Basic Grey
Stamps: WMS - Compliments of the Season & Vintage Labels 4
Ink: Memento
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Nesties, trouvaille, bow easy, sewing machine
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 223

Hello everyone, this week at Cupcake Challenge 223 we have our last challenge of the year and we have a theme of Cupcakes so we would like to see something cakey on your card/project!! This week we are sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads who are giving us a $10 gift certificate for one lucky winner and Saturated Canary are giving one lucky winner two images of their choice.

For my card I used a stamp from my WMS Rescue Remedies set and it is stamped with memento tuxedo black ink. The DP is from DCWV and I thought it was perfect for the stamp!! I used an MS punch to create the decorative edge and I finished off with a doily, some ribbon and jewels.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and kraft card. DCWV - The Sweet Stack
Stamps: WMS - Rescue Remedies
Embellishments: Ribbon, doily, jewels
Tools: Sewing machine, corner chomper, nesties, MS punch, trouvaille, bow easy
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 221

Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 221 we have a theme of white on white and this week we are sponsored by our regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp who are giving us a $20 gift certificate as a prize and SK Digis are also giving us a $10 gift certificate as a prize.

For my card today I have used stamps from Waltzingmouse to create a clean and simple anniversary card.

The sentiment and frame were stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink and I added a row of jewels beneath the sentiment for a bit of bling!

The background was embossed with one of my favourite embossing folders called cottage floral by craft concepts and I finished off with some white satin ribbon.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card
Stamps: WMS - Fancy Phrases & Vintage Labels 4
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Sewing machine, trouvaille, embossing folder, nesties
Thanks for looking x

Cupcake Challenge 217

Hello everyone, today on Cupcake Challenge 217 we have a theme of Get Krafty and we would like to see some kraft card on your creations.

This week we are sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads who are giving us a $10 gift certificate and our regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp who are giving one lucky winner a $20 gift certificate.

This year the majority of my Christmas cards are going to be of the CAS variety and for my card I have used some of my favourite WMS. The main sentiment is from the seasonal remedies set and I stamped it using tuxedo black ink and then distressed it with antique linen and vintage photo distress inks. For the background I distressed my card with antique linen ink and I used the same ink to stamp some snowflakes from the WMS Seasons of Love set. Finally I finished off with some stitching and a bit of deep red ribbon.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and kraft card
Stamps: WMS - Seasonal Remedies, Seasons of Love
Ink: Distress ink - antique linen
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Sewing machine
Thanks for looking x