Birds

Oh dear, bloggers been messing about yet again !  taken me ages to get these three cards on here. Had a nice day with a friend yesterday, we both made cards just using this one bird stamp (Artistic Outpost) and a pad of Melissa Frances papers. I was on a roll with it yesterday but got up today and inspiration nil !  I'm fed up of the rain, although it has been a bit better today,need to get outside a bit to blow the cobwebs from my brain ! Putting the first card on these challenges:-

Alphabet challenges                 - F - for feathered friends
The Stampman                         - Shabby chic
Charisma cards                         - Shabby chic
Sir Stampalot                            -  birthday

Just seen that Artistic Outpost referral for April is Birds so am putting it on there too

Butterflies and vellum

Its the first time I've used this stamp and I got very frustrated as I couldn't get it to stamp perfectly,finally realised the stamp is faulty and has a couple of lines on the edges of the butterflies missing! filled the missing bits in with an embossing pen on the embossed layer. Coloured with perfect pearls for a nice sheen on the butterflies.  The piece down the lefthand side is stamped and embossed on vellum as is the small butterfly in the bottom corner. Found a few challenges to put in on

The Stampman - vellum
Make It Monday- anything goes
The Squirrel and The Fox - Things with wings
Flutterby Wednesday - Birthday card
Stamptacular Sunday - Anything goes

Pampered pets

This little book is what I keep a record of the cats, vets visits,worming, flea treatments etc.  The original book was from a pound shop, two for a pound I think? Thought I could make it look a bit prettier so inked and embossed and added a couple of photos in slide mount frames of which I seem to have an enormous amount lurking in a drawer.  I was a bit fed up when I got out my copic spray inks as none of them will spray anymore, spent ages trying to clear the sprays but still won't work, I always rinse the sprays before I put them away too, ended up decanting small amounts into mini sprays and using them that way.

Try In On Tuesday's challenge is Pampered Pets so I'm putting this on there

Beyond the sea

Been playing about with masking for this card, another chance to use my old favourite lighthouse stamp,the girl and the boats are from Butterfly stamps ( are they still around? haven't been at the show the last few times) Also used my watercolours which are something else that doesn't get used so much these days. Fashionable stamping challenge this time is nautical so hope this fits.  I bought some Hobby Art stamps at the last show after seeing loads of lovely cards made with them, I spent ages yesterday playing with them and produced ziltch ! I don't have a problem with masking usually but I just didn't seem to get the hang of those stamps, think they may end up in the "unloved and unused" drawer !

vintage dressmaker

I wanted to make something with the fabulous vintage dressmaker embossing folder that came in a lovely parcel of goodies from my lovely sister for my birthday (yes,yet another birthday,they are coming round far too often !) Embossed it on some white card and coloured with pan pastels, its a bit big for a card so it sort of evolved into a hanging using lots of sewing theme papers and bits and bobs,the model lady is from a large Stampers anonymous stamp.just cut her out and added her as it looked a bit bare on that side. After being so uncreative lately I really enjoyed making this piece.
Found quite a few challenges I can enter it on so here goes ...

gingerloft challenges - anything but a card
Craft us Crazy           - anything but a card
Just Keep On Creating - Anything goes
Stamp Pad                 - from the past
Always Crafting       - anything but a card
Make It Monday      -  anything goes
CCEE Stampers       -  use an embossing folder
I brake for challenges- anything but a card

Eccentric !

No blogging for almost two weeks and now two in one day, I was going to make an inky background for something and found this piece already done so made a quick atc with some of it. I love this eccentric looking man on his strange bicycle but haven't used it for some time, the curiosity wording is Tim Holtz and the Eccentric wording is Indigo Blu. This atc is  for

Make My Monday - Men/boys - wheels                             

Words

Finally got something to put on my blog ! I've been busy with Easter cards, seems more people are sending them this year and I've had to make more than usual. Also I've been in a very un-creative mood,even getting to the point where I've felt I might as well just give it all up, however last night I felt a little stirring of mojo and got out my tiny little collection of pan pastels (5!) and had a play with resist stamping with them, I do love how fast it is to create with them,just used two colours on here,overstamped again with Hero art Iris ink pad. The stamps are all Inkylicious except the butterfly which is a Tim stamp. This is for a new challenge I saw called Frilly & Funky and the challenge was for Words - I'll take your word for it, so hope this fits the challenge.

Easter Card

I fell in love with this botanical daffodil stamp as soon as I set eyes on it, I don't seem to have any Easter stamps for some reason so thought it might be appropriate for an Easter card. It had taken me longer to make the circle sentiment on the computer than to make the rest of the card! the first one I made I stamped the flower in the middle and smudged it and being in tidy mode tonight I had put the punch ,the stamp and the ink pad away so had to get them all out again! doesn't pay to be tidy ........
I'm putting this on a few challenges

Fashionable Stamping -Spring is in the air
Stampman - bingo - green/flowers and swirls
Try In On Tuesday - Easter
Paper and Such - spring or Easter

Back In Time

My First card made using Pan Pastels, love how fast can colour a background! stamped a cover a page stamp with versamark and used Pan violet shade to make the resist background. DP is a piece of Debbie Moore paper from a magazine, The Boot's number seven advert is a Inkilicious stamp I got at the Harrogate show and the flower is memorybox die, also one of my new aquisitions ! Made this for the Random Redhead challenge on Gingersnaps, the theme is go back in time to the last century ,I would think this advert would be about 1940 ish going by the lady's clothing.

Gingersnaps Creations Random Redhead Challenge - Last century

Time

Back from Northumberland yesterday after a lovely break, really lucked out with the weather, warm enough to walk on the beach without a coat, blue skies and sunshine !  Its a beautiful county,we love it up there, I have always said if I couldn't live in my lovely Yorkshire I would have to live in Northumberland.  Finally got a little play with some of my new stash and made this card for a family birthday on Monday.The collage stamps are from Designs by TabbyCat and the papers are Debbi Moore's. Somewhere I saw a challenge for "Time" so I'm off to look for it now.

Found the challenge after spending ages getting distracted skipping around various sites !

Crafty Cardmakers - Time 

Harrogate Show

Had a great time at Harrogate Show yesterday, got lots of new "stuff",there was loads of things to look at and ooh and ahh over, some lovely demos, finally gave in and bought some Pan Pastels after seeing Kay from Indigo Blu using them with her flitterglu and flakes, just had a very quick play with them and lurve them! going to need lots more colours .........  Caught up with lots of people haven't seen for a while and came home totally exhausted but ready to create... but we are off to Northumberland tomorrow for a few days so will have to wait until we get home to play. Back soon.

Family Women

Meandering Book !

 

 

 

This post is in a horrible muddle as I can't get the photos to stay where I put them . Its called a meandering book and thats just what its done,meandered all over the place!  The top photo is the book opened and the third one down is the book closed, I couldn't post it at  all with blogger as it would only let me post one photo.  The lilac in the background is not part of the book, just something I used to take the photos on.  The Gingersnaps Chestnut Challenge theme for Granny's Photo Album gave me the idea for this project. Often in the family tree the woman are not focused on as much as the men as they don't carry on the family name so I thought I would make a little book about them. I am fortunate to have photographs of them all back to my great,great,great Grandmother who was born in 1786, her youngest son was one of the early photographers. I was never lucky enough to know either of my Grandmothers unfortunately.One Grandmother and a Great,Great Grandmother were dressmakers so I like to think thats where my love of  sewing /haberdashery stuff comes from(not that I do any actual sewing these days!) 

Gingersnaps Chestnut Theme - Granny's Photo Album

Buttons and brads

Two posts in one night after a weeks absence !  I have so enjoyed making this card, love all things haberdashery......... I have bought a couple of Debbi Moore's magazines and although there is not a lot of magazine content the papers and the little stamp sets are lovely. Most of this card is made from the papers and stamps with the exception of the dress form which is Girls Paperie and the spotted paper which is out of my scrap box. I'm putting this on a these  challenges

Our Creative Corner           - Tic Tac Toe and the line Brads/buttons/blue
The Stamp Man                  - Vintage
Craftroom Challenge          - Vintage

Spring flowers

I made this card a few days ago for a challenge but since then I have been having a bit of trouble with broadband and gave up trying to do anything !Fingers crossed its working again now. Although I missed the challenge it was made for I found another couple of challenges it might fit

Crazy 4 challenges                         - spring is in the air
Gingerloft challenge                      -  spring
I have no idea what make the stamp is, have had it for years and had forgotten all about it, found it while I was looking for something else. The flowers looked a bit flat although I had tried to shade them, doesn't show up much on here , so I added a bit of glitter to them and covered the vase with glossy accents.

For a child

Gone all cutesy wootsy with this card, love those fat little dimpled legs ! Stamp is a Penny Black cling,papers were free with a magazine,buttons,trim etc all from stash. I have done quite a bit of crafting this week but nothing I can post on here. Anyhow this is for Fashionable Stamping challenge which is Make It For A Child. This will go to one our great grandaughters, I left enough room in the bottom corner to add a name later, luckily all three of them have short names!