Full of Beans

A happy Monday to you all. So it's the start of a new week, and it's also time for another fabulous I {heart}sketches challenge over at From The Heart Stamps.

here's the fab sketch this week...

The twist this week is: No patterned papers, use card stock only.

Join in the challenge, and EVERYONE who plays will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp.
If you are the challenge winner, you will receive $5 discount for the store! :)
Remember though, you must use an image by From The Heart Stamps to be eligible, and please include a pic of the sketch in your blog post too.

Here's my DT card:

I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the right.
The image is Full of Beans Birdbrain, and has been coloured with promarkers, as is usual for me.
I decided to use the twist as well as the sketch, so no DP's are used here, but to add a 'design' I used 2 embossing folders, Swiss Dots, and a folder from the Mini Monsters Companions set which has a sweets and lollipops design.
I used my eyelet border punch, and tied on a piece of pink gingham ribbon to finish.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes (bye & thank you SFTW)
Hobby Cutz - use pink
I Love Promarkers - embossing

The challenge will close on Sunday at 10PM CST (4am Monday UK time).
Join us on Facebook and “Like” our page to see sneak peeks of the next sketch!

Happy Crafting! xx

HB2U Dude

It's Inspiration Thursday over at the LMM Facebook Group today.
Here's my card, a summery creation in response to the lovely weather we've been having of late, and hopefully to ward off the pending rain they reckon we are going to have tomorrow!

This is Casper Silvermist Dude, a Pollycraft image available from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
The papers are by Echo Park, from the Splash collection.
HB2U was cut using my Die-namics dies.

Challenges entered:
Creative Inspirations - clean & simple
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes
SSS Wednesday - anything goes
 
You can see more inspirational cards from my fellow Little Misses added to the group page throughout the day, I hope you'll pay us a visit.

And remember, our current challenge, which is Anything Goes!
So come on crafters, let's see your entries! :)

Have a fab day xx

Playing with a full deck

I'm here today with an Inspiration Wednesday post for From The Heart Stamps, and another Birdbrain image, hope you haven't got tired of seeing these fantastic little dudes, actually, how can anyone get tired of the Birdbrains, they are AWESOME!
By the way, have you seen the new images? *nudge* ;)

But wait! please don't go just yet, let me show you my card for this week...

My daughter wanted a funny card for a friend in her crib team, so I had to use Birdbrain Card Sharks...

and the text inside...

hmmm, now I see that the 2 l's on the word full look too close together in the photo, but in 'real life' it looks ok and is legible.
A simple design was needed, and I decided to match the cards to the background, so I paper pieced them with the same digi paper which is from The Last Key, by Bella Gypsy.
The text is computer generated.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Sweet Stampin - paper piecing
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes
Crafty Creations - things with wings
Creative Inspirations - clean & simple

A day to remember

Today is our daughter & new son-in-law's wedding day! :)

I wanted to keep to a CAS theme so that this beautiful Heart of Hearts die by Impression Obsession could really stand out.

I have added a verse to the inside, i've no idea who wrote it though, so I can't give credit where it's due...

Plan together for the future
but don't forget to live today
Enjoy each precious moment
of your journey on the way

Snuggle close when storm clouds gather
Love will overcome all fears
Build a picture book of happiness
to add to through the years

Fill your lives with special memories
that are made along the way
Always remember to take time
to say "I love you" every day

Enjoy a happy life together
Have fun and laughter too
For that's the very special wish
That we send to both of you

Lovely verse isn't it?

Here's a photo of the cake I have made for them:

Cake: top tier is red velvet, bottom tier is chocolate.

Congratulations Laura & Rich xx

Do Not Disturb

Good Morning :)
Have you noticed the new images over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps?
If you haven't seen them yet, then you need to get yourself over to the store, but before you dash off to do your shopping, let me show you what I have made using one of these new images, Polka Dot Pals Xara...

She looks so peaceful snoozing with her friends, that I decided that I didn't want to disturb them, so made a door hanger.

Not only are there some lovely new images to play with, but today sees the start of a new Anything Goes challenge over on the challenge blog, and as it's anything goes, then there's no reason why we can't see all of your fabulous entries is there? please join us and share your creations, you might even be our challenge winner ;)

Weekly Inspiration for FTH

My card for today uses the sketch from this weeks I {heart} sketches challenge for From The Heart Stamps...

Join in the challenge, and everyone who plays will receive a $1 discount code for the store, and if you are the challenge winner, you will receive a $5 discount code to the store! :)
Remember though, you must use an image by From The Heart Stamps to be eligible, and please include a pic of the sketch in your blog post too.


Here's my card...

This image is Birdbrain Ninja, and is coloured with promarkers.
You get the sentiment with the image, along with 2 others.
I used patterned papers by Dovecraft, from the Eastern Promise paper pad.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Lexi's Creations - for a friend
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
Sentimental Sundays - animals

Thanks for looking :)

Super Birdbrain SOTM

It's time for our mid-month reminder for the SOTM challenge at From The Heart Stamps.
Remember.... EVERYONE who plays, WINS!

If you joined in with the Stamp Of The Month challenge in May, you will have received Super Birdbrain via email.
You have until Monday, June 30th, at 11:59pm CST to submit your entry, using the image shown below, and if you do, you will receive next month's SOTM digi for free too.

If you didn't play last month and don't have this stamp, you can still join in by buying the image from the FTH shop.

This is the TOTALLY AWESOME image...

omg I LOVE him! *squeal*
and you get all of the sentiments shown here too! :)

Here's what I did with him...

I've fussy cut around this 'super' little dude and used one of the sentiments.
The papers are both from the same pad by Basic Grey (Life of the Party)., complimented with white and yellow card stock and red mirror card.
I finished the card with some punched stars.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Totally Gorjuss - Dad
Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - so macho (male cards)
The Male Room - Father's day
The Pink Elephant - Father's day/Masculine
Paper Makeup - For the Men
Papertake Weekly - For the Boys
Passion for Promarkers - Boys/Men
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes

Thank you for stopping by today xx

another...

Here's another Father's Day card...

The image is and older one, by Lili of the Valley and is called Armchair Bear.
I have loads of stamps that I don't ink up nowadays as I use digital images more and more, but it's always nice to get inky from time to time, and whilst going through my collection I was reminded how fab many of them are, I will have to start using them again :)

The layout i've used here is an old one, designed by myself from my Sketch Saturday days. You can find all of my sketches HERE.
This is sketch #203. Funnily enough, I used the same image for my SSDT card back then too! I only noticed this just now, when I went to the SS blog to grab the link. lol.
The papers are from 2 pads, My Mind's Eye, Stella & Rose, Gertie; and Basic Grey, Basic Kraft.
Spookily, I also used papers from these 2 pads on the SS card too!
(i'm starting to scare myself now)
The sentiment is computer generated, and I finished the card this time by adding some card candy.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - so macho (male cards)
LOTV's Monthly Challenge - male or sporty
The Male Room - Father's day
The Pink Elephant - Father's day/Masculine
Paper Makeup - For the Men
Papertake Weekly - For the Boys
Passion for Promarkers - Boys/Men
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes

Congrats

Morning! it's time for an inspirational post for Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

This is the card my son will give to his sister and new brother-in-law when they get married...

Image: Spencer & Claudia Wedding.
Papers: The patterned paper is unknown, it is a few years old now, from my stash. I've used red and gold mirror card too.
Dies: 'congrats' from Clearly Besotted Stamps; and 'By The Letter Uppercase' & 'Staggered Heart Border' by Die-namics

Please visit our Facebook Group or the LMMS page, where you can see other cards made by the Little Misses uploaded throughout the day.

And don't forget out current challenge, which has the theme, Funky Hair.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day :)

Father's Day cards

I have 2 cards to share today.
The first one uses an image from Just Inklined...

The papers are both by My Mind's Eye, Stella & Rose collections.
The spotty piece is from Mabel, and the striped from Hattie.
I diecut my lettering using Die-namics By the Letter dies.
The sentiment was printed off the computer.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Charisma Cardz - Father's Day
The Male Room - Father's day
The Pink Elephant - Father's day/Masculine
Paper Makeup - For the Men
Papertake Weekly - For the Boys
Passion for Promarkers - Boys/Men
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes



The following card was CASEd off Amy Rysavy (thank you for the inspiration Amy x)
I was looking at crafting videos in You Tube, and saw Amy's video for this card. I knew I wanted to create something similar, so straight away I bought the Die-namics tool charm dies and 'patiently' *cough* waited for postie to deliver them.

and here is an angled pic (sorry for the brightness from the gold mirror card)...

The wood grained patterned paper used here is from Basic Grey's Life of the Party pad. The 'nails' were just doodled on with a silver metallic promarker pen.
The tool charm die cuts were hung using brass brads.
'Grandad' was cut using Die-namics By the Letter dies.
The sentiment was printed off the computer.

I won't be entering this card into any challenges, as it was not my original design. Credit goes to Amy for this one. I just know that my Dad will love this card when my son gives it to him :)

Ok, so that's 2 down, 2 more to go.... Thanks for looking, later Peeps! xx

18th birthday cards

I was asked to make a couple of cards for an 18th birthday...

This image is by Stitchy Bear, well actually it's an image of one shoe, I added another shoe (with permission) as I prefer the look of the pair, although I did print the single shoe with pearls again so That I could layer it with foam pads. I printed an additional string of pearls too, after colouring them, I cut them out and gave them a coating of Anita's 3D clear gloss.
The paper is by Melissa Frances (Classic Elegance - Strictly Business)
I diecut the '18' with Die-namics By The Number dies.

And here's the other card...

This fun image is Funny Face by Redonkadoodles.
Both the floral & soft striped papers were free in a craft mag, it's from a pad called Bonnets & Bowties and is by Lili of the Valley & Nitwit Collections.
I've added this pretty border either side, using a cArt-Us die (fountain), then added some flat back crystals and punched flowers to decorate.
'Niece' was cut using Die-namics By The Letter dies.

I {heart} sketches #70

Happy Monday people! it's time for another fabulous I {heart}sketches challenge :)

here's the great sketch for this week...

This week's twist: use an animal of some sort.
Join in the challenge, and everyone who plays will receive a $1 discount code for the store, and if you are the challenge winner, you will receive a $5 discount code to the store! :)
Remember though, you must use an image by From The Heart Stamps to be eligible, and please include a pic of the sketch in your blog post too.

For my card, i've used Birdbrain Brew to make a Father's Day card for my husband from our son.

I rotated the sketch, but in hindsight, I think it may have looked better if i'd kept to the original, I rotated it because the bottle replaces the heart embellishments, but then I stuck this down before I added 'Dad' to the side of it.

Image: Birdbrain Brew.
Sentiment: handwritten, plus diecut 'Dad'.
Paper: Lawn Fawn (Peace, Joy, Love); other plain paper/card from stash.
Colouring Medium: promarkers.
Other Supplies: Die-namics 'By The Letter' dies; Cuttlebug 'Tiny Bubbles' embossing folder.

I'd like to enter this Birdbrain at:
Totally Gorjuss - embossing
Charisma Cardz - Father's Day
Simon Says Stamp - father's day / masculine

You can find more inspiration, and enter the I {heart} sketches challenge by clicking HERE.
Thank you so much for stopping by today :)

FTH June Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on this month's From the Heart Stamps blog hop.

Our theme this month is "One for the Guys"

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

If you have arrived here from the lovely Imke, you are in the right place, if not, why don’t you start at the From the Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything.

Here is my card, using an image from Birdbrain Football Fanatics.

Because an american football looks similar to an english rugby ball, I decided to colour up this image for an England rugby fan.
I used this week's sketch for my layout.

Papers: Bella Gypsy Designs, The Last Key and Moody Blues collections.
Sentiment: Birdbrain Football Fanatics.
Colouring Medium: promarkers.
Other supplies: Xcut 'diamond' border punch.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Paper Makeup - anything goes
Allsorts - for the guys
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
A Random Fan - let's polka dot (mine are massive!)
I love Promarkers - digi does it
Simon Says Stamp - father's day / masculine

Now, please head over to Kathy's blog to see what she has made to inspire you.

Thanks for hopping with us today. The hop will end on Monday June 9th at 6am, EST.
Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday June 11th.
Happy Hopping! x

Funky hair at LMM

Today is new challenge day over at Little Miss Muffet challenges. This time we want to see 'Funky Hair', no blondes, brunettes or red-heads (unless it's proper bright red), so let's see your blues, greens, purples etc.
Here's my card...

This pretty girl is Nimiane Mermaid, a digital stamp by Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
I've coloured her with promarkers. It was only after finishing the card that I thought I could have coloured her hair a different colour than aqua, maybe lilac would have looked good. The rocks were drawn in using promarkers too.
The sentiment is by Lili of the Valley, and the pretty scalloped trim by Stampin Up.
Hmmm, looking at it again now, I think i'll add a touch of lilac to the flowers in the sentiment.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Hobby Cutz Challenges - no designer paper
Paper Makeup - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
I love Promarkers - digi does it

Check out what the other Little Misses have made this week over at the challenge blog or on our facebook group.

Have a great day x