A Bit of Masculinity with out the Fish!!!!

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

I needed to make a male Birthday card for my boss, so here is what I came up with. He likes, history of locations hence the stamps on the bunting and the clock charm and vintage car.

The base colour is chocolate brown card as is the contrast.  The papers are from Grimsby Crafts.  The image is Stampin with the Dragon.  Lace from stash as is the charm.  The bunting and postcard are cut from the papers used which was a 12 x 12 and this card is an 8 x 8 inch square.  Ready for all those work signatures.

As always, I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for the lovely and inspirational comments you leave, which allows me to hop on over in return to see your own lovely work and welcome to my new followers. 

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Digi Stamps for Joy - Anything Goes extra for masculine
The Paper Shelter - Charm
Anything Goes Challenge - Make your own embellishments
Card Mania - Happy Birthday
Creative Cards - cards for men

hugs

xx

Lighting the Way for the Winter Wonderland Challenge DT

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today sees the next challenge at the

Winter Wonderland

with the theme this week being hosted by the very talented Linda, the theme is

Anything But a Card

We are sponsored this challenge by the fabulous

LOTV

who are offering the winner a gift voucher of £10

So here is what I created for my design team inspirational piece but don't forget to hop on over to the main challenge site to see the rest of the design teams gorgeous creations.

Now I do have to warn you that this is photo heavy and you may need some refreshment before you start.

Settled?????

 right here we go

I made a lantern with acetate sides sounds quite simple doesn't it, it was honestly.  You see I recycled a box that I got a lovely Christmas gift in last year.  I took off all the bits and bobs, removed the original ribbon hanger, cleaned off all the labels from the acetate and cleaned the inside. All before I could then decorate it.

I added some gorgeous Xmas papers to the top and sides.  I stamped out several images and coloured, glittered these. I used my new Cheery Lynn Holly die scroll/flourish, some lovely cherry red tiny pearls and a white gel pen sakuro pen to create the snow effect on the acetate.  I cut a piece of ribbon knotted it and threaded it through the newly punched hole in the top.

So now you know how easy it was, have a look at the other images

This is the purple hue of the electric candle showing 

Pickles with Present and Milton with Poinsettia

both images by Wild Rose Studio

This is the red hue of the electric candle showing the same images

This is with the light on in the purple hue with Pickles and Tilly (Tilly is the new release image)

Close ups of images from Wild Rose Studio with links to them

Mia with Cracker

Milton With Poinsettia

Pickles with Tipple

Tilly With Gift

As always, I would like to thank all my wonderful followers and visitors for their lovely inspiring comments, which allow me to hop over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

ABC Christmas - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Anything but a card

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - Anything Goes

Flourishes - Winter Inspired Projects

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

House of Gilli - Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious - Christmas

Hugs

xx 

Snowman Hugs by Wild Rose Studio's

Good morning to you all again, hope that this finds you well and if you are feeling a little under the weather due to illness or the horrid cold that you pick up again soon :)

Two days in on the back to work thing and not too bad, but then I have Friday off due to working last Friday so a four day week sounds so much better especially when you have special plans for Friday :)

This is something that I created over the weekend and could not resist using this fabulous image call

Snowman Hugs 

by Wild Rose Studio

part of the recent new releases for Traditional Xmas

So here is what I did with it

The base layer and contrast is the silver mirror card, and I added layers of my new Marianne dies and a few pearls on top of some old MME papers and just a sprinkling of pearls from the Hobby House.  All topped off with some TH distress ink, love how it shows up the detail on the die cut.

here is a close up of the image

coloured in copics with a little Atyou clear glitter on the snowman and a touch of the Atyou red, blue and orange to create extra depth of colour and more sparkle, which you can never see on the photo's.

If you want to see more of the Wild Rose Studio collection or be inspired by others hop and see us on 

Facebook 

or in the 

Wild Rose Studio's gallery

I would like to say hello to my new followers, and as always I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for the lovely and inspirational comments you leave, which allows me to hop on over in return to see your own lovely work.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

A & T Emerald Faeries - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Punches/Die Cuts

Flourishes - Winter Inspired Projects

Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything Goes

Fashionista - Anything Goes

House of Gilli - Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious - Christmas

edited due to numerous suggestions to enter this card into the 

ABC Christmas Challenge of U Up to You

enjoy the rest of your day

Hugs

xxx

ATC Turnaround HM&FM Challenge Midweek Squeeak !!

Good morning to you all in the land of blog, 

Flying by today to remind you that it is the Midweek Squeeeakkkk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for the

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

our wonderful Stacy chose the theme which is

ATC Turnabout
Take your ATC and turn it into a card creation

We have two fabulous sponsors this time around which you would not want to miss, 

a $25 Gift Cert to Simon Says Stamp

and 

a $10 Gift Cert to Sweet Stamp Store

So here is my design team inspirational piece, but don't forget to hop on over to the main challenge site to see the rest of the gorgeous creations by the team .

I created my little ATC and then created the card around it going for the Less is More look with duplicate layers of gold mirror card and green holographic with the top layer of just white.  The same layering surrounds the ATC topped off with a lovely Meecey sentiment and this gorgeous ribbon from Grimsby Crafts.

The image I was not too happy with this image the colouring of it that is, think my eyes were tired had done a lot this day, not that this is an excuse, but the image is from the unmounted set called 

House-Mouse Designs Christmas Rubber Stamps - Keyboard JSHM038  from Joanna Sheen's on line shop. I added liquid applique for the mistletoe berries and glitter for the snowy ground.

Well what are you waiting for - off you squeak and get creating and enter this super challenge, will see you over there!!!!!

I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for the lovely and inspirational comments you leave, which allows me to hop on over in return to see your own lovely work.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenge

Craftymess - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Xmas Colours
Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes

hugs

xx

Autumn Breeze Challenge - Joanna Sheen Design Team

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today I get to show you my very first creation for my new Design Team - 

Joanna Sheen, 

The theme is

Autumn Breeze

which means you need to use the Colours of Autumn

So here is what I created for my design team inspirational piece but do hop over and see all the rest of the wonderful creations on the main challenge blog

I made a thank you card, sort of thank you to all of you who left wonderful comments for all of the final 12 in the DT call, it just seemed to be the right thing to do :)

Recipe

Image - Joanna Sheen House-Mouse Designs Autumn Rubber Stamps - Flying JSHM017

Base layer and contrast a cappuccino pearlescent paper

Papers - Butterfly Gardens Stack by WRS

Die Cuts - small circle and scallop circle nesties (a good selection of nesties can be found here)

and Memory Box Dies - Joanna Sheen Macarena Corner - 98291

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Joanna Sheen 

Pearls - Hobby House

Stickles

Computer generated sentiment.

Here is a close up of the image, which has been decoupaged and glittered up, the base colouring is with copics.

Why not get some more ideas about what you can do with items sold in the 

Joanna Sheen shop 

As always I would like to welcome my new followers and say thank you to all my wonderful visitors and followers for their inspiring comments, which allow me to hop over and visit you in return

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life - Autumn/Halloween

The Stamp Man - Butterflies, birds, bees

Simon Says Stamp - Dies or Punches

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Hugs

xxx

Teddy Giving by Wild Rose Studio

Good morning to you all again, and hope that this finds you all well.

I created this little number on my last day off from work :(  yep that means that I am back at work again well until nearly Xmas that is. This morning the sun is out but that nip is in the air, will I think need to hop and put on a jumper. 

I made an error the other day as I stated that the image I had used was Teddy Giving when in fact it was Teddy with Gift, so this one is Teddy Giving and I apologise for the mis information. Although both are super images.

So here is the correct Image for Teddy Giving by Wild Rose Studio

I used some of the wonderful papers from the older range at WRS called 

Milton Xmas Papers

The base layer and contrast is the gold mirror card, and I added some Marianne dies, a Nellie Snellen behind the sentiment and a very old poinsettia with a few branches.

The image of course Wild Rose Studio - Teddy Giving

Sentiment from Wild Rose Studio from the Christmas Circles pack

here is a close up of the image

coloured in copics with some Atyou on the ribbons and tinsel, along with some more glossy accents on those baubles, do love the look this gives them.

If you want to see more of the Wild Rose Studio collection or be inspired by others hop and see us on 

Facebook 

or in the 

Wild Rose Studio's gallery

I would like to say hello to my new followers, and as always I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for the lovely and inspirational comments you leave, which allows me to hop on over in return to see your own lovely work.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Crimbo Crackers - Pink Christmas

Paper Play - Simply Cute

Pixie Dust Studio - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Ribbons

enjoy the rest of your day

Hugs

xxx

Hey Pumpkin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GBT Raise the Bar

Good morning to you all

Today I get to show you something that I really enjoyed creating for not just one reason but two

This creation was made in the main with lovely goodies received from the awesomely talented and super generous America and secondly I was asked if I would be a Guest Bar-Tender at

Raise the Bar

where their theme is

Hey Pumpkin

Use any pumpkin image to play along

So here is my GBT creation 

I made an easel card, where that new nestie die towers above.  

So here are the items used from America

Image

lime green mirror paper

all of the designer papers

and items from my own stash

Ribbon, charm, electrical shield, nestie dies and sentiment

Here are some close ups

The electrical shield tape was coloured in black and stretched to make a big web.  The silver pumpkin charm was coloured in lime green to match the base colour papers.  Those sparkly fabulous pumpkin papers all topped off with a lovely HM sentiment on a TH distressed die, but lets not forget that ribbon :) 

The image is coloured in copics and has an AI cob web stamp surround the image just on top of the TH distressing.  The Atyou glitter pens have been used to add extra sparkle to the pumpkin and the stalks and although in real life looks so sparkly my photo's just don't do it justice.

I would like to thank Joni for asking me to create for them this week and do hope you will all hop over and join in the challenge

I would like to say hello to my new followers, and thank all my wonderful followers and visitors for their lovely inspiring comments, which allow me to hop over and visit you in return.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges
Little Red Wagon - Fall Colours
Paper Pretties - Halloween
Anything Goes - Animals
Papertake Weekly - All Creatures great and small
Ribbon Carousel - Halloween Spirit
Colour Q - Halloween or Fall colours photo inspirational
Eureka Stamps - Trick or Treat
Hooked on Craft - Halloween

Hugs

xx

Vintage Red Wine for a very special lady

Good morning to you all in the land of blog

Today I get to show you a card I was asked to make by one of my copic ladies, Carol.  She had the image but really did not know what to do with it.  On looking at the image it is lovely and you would wonder why it would be so hard to use, however on stamping it up I could clearly see the issue.  The image is not a single line drawn image, so there are several outer lines, making it really difficult to actually colour it in.  I stamped it four times the first one was my practice piece and the others I decided to decoupage.

See what you think, I hope she likes it.

I have used gold mirror card and brown card as my base and contrast and some of the gorgeous feel vintage papers from the GCD Studio's Paris Nights stack, this is an 8 x 8 inch card to fit the size of the image and an appropriate sentiment.

I added some delicate lace flowers and wired gold ribbon from Grimsby Crafts, along with this lovely sentiment that I thought worked so well with the image.

here are some close ups

The sentiment

The image in two views showing the front and side so that  the decoupage can be seen

The image plate has been distressed as has the sentiment with TH old paper, the image has been coloured with copics.  Using a Toner Grey 3 on top of the deepest red to create the shade on the bottle cap and the red win.  A white highlighter with a small amount of glitter to highlight the markings on the glass.

I also added but not sure you can see it glossy accents on the red wine.

The image is from Stamps Happen and is called Red Wine Cellar

If you look closely you will see the multiple line edging.

Now when I took this photograph and looked at it on the screen to crop it, I thought how lovely the side vase looked with it's black and orange feathers and fronds and my little silk flowers, so I thought I would give you an insight into my photograph area :)

I would like to say hello to my new followers, and as always I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for the lovely and inspirational comments you leave, which allows me to hop on over in return to see your own lovely work.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Diva's by Design - Anything Goes

Fab n Funky - Vintage

Inky Impressions - Autumn Colours

Deep Ocean - Anything Goes

enjoy the rest of your day

Hugs

xxx