Something with Wings

Happy Friday All!

And Happy Royal Wedding Day to all you UK readers! I hope you've had a great week. I've been super busy and didn't have time to craft at all. I can't believe it's been a whole week since my last post. Sorry about that! Sadly, though, I think that is how things are going to be for a bit as the summer time approaches and the kids get out of school.

Stamp Something

Today is new challenge day at Stamp Something and this week we want to see Something with Wings! It can be fairies or butterflies or bugs anything with wings will work for this one. I've chosen to use a new Whimsy Stamps fairy illustrated by Meljen's Designs. This one is called "Little Fairy Friend" and she's sweet!

I've colored the image with Copics and then added lots of stickles to her wings to glitter them up. The papers are Prima and have been distressed and stitched on the sewing machine and then painted with crackle paint. I've embellished with flowers, lace, vintage seam binding, pearls, and a tag with a fairy charm - soon to be available at Whimsy Stamps. Just need to get them loaded into the store, hopefully this weekend. The sentiment is from the Handmade Letter Seals set.

This card also fits at:
Crafts and Me - vintage/distress
Creative Card Crew - Child's Play
My Mum's Craft shop -  flowers
Scrapbook Sisters - distress
Stampavie and More -  pearls
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Fairies
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique - Winged Things
Make it Monday - Anything goes

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Hope you have a fabulous weekend too!

A No Calorie Recipe

Happy Friday!

How was your week? Good I hope! I'm looking forward to our weekend and celebrating Easter with the kids on Sunday. Wishing you and your family a Happy Easter too!

Stamp Something

Today is new challenge day over at Stamp Something and this week we have a recipe challenge for you. But the good kind, a no calorie recipe! We would like to see you create something with Flowers, Buttons, and Sparkle. You can of course add other items, but be sure to include these three in your creations.

Our sponsor this week is Funky Kits so I've used this sweet Gorjuss Girl and colored her with Copics and added some sparkle with stickles. The papers are from Prima and have been distressed with scissors and some crackle paint. They were also stitched on the sewing machine. I've embellished with ribbon, flowers, button, twine, beads, and more glitter. I also used the Postcard BG and Everyday Mini Postage Stamps from Whimsy on this card.

This card also fits at:
Aud Sentiments Challenge -  Anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. -  Flowers
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Glitter & glitz
Samuel Taylor's Challenge -  Distressing
Sassy Studio Designs -  Pastels
Southern Girls - Green & blue
Freshly Brewed -  sparkle and shine
My Mum's Craft shop -  glitter 
Scrapbook Sisters -  buttons

Thanks so much for dropping by today. I hope you have a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!

Happy Birthday

Hi All!

Hope you're having a good week. It's super raw and cold here today, so we've been snuggled up inside staying warm and that means stamping too! Hoping for some sunshine tomorrow though, getting tired of these dreary cold days.

I wanted to thank all the lovely ladies who have left comments lately about my sewing on cards. I have to admit though, it's all the machine! lol Really, if it weren't for wanting to have a pretty detail on a card, I would never even think twice about a sewing machine. I certainly don't sew and am horrible at it. I really believe if you have a sewing machine and want stitching on your card, drag it out and put it to work!

I made a card today that doesn't have any sewing and I'm thinking that it doesn't look as finished as my other cards. I guess I was being a bit lazy today and didn't feel like stitching, but looking at it now, I wish I had done some. I still like the card, but think the stitching really finishes them off nicely.

For this card I've used the image Cupcake Bliss from Whimsy Stamps with the sentiment from Balloon Sentiments and used the Balloon Die to cut the balloon shape. The image was colored with copics and then cut out and adhered to an embossed circle. The papers are MME Fine and Dandy with glitter added to the edges. I've embellished simply with sticky gems and a piece of twine on the balloon.

This card fits the challenges at:
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Lets Celebrate (sponsored by Whimsy)
Creative Craft Challenges - Embossing
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Open Challenge
KB Cute Monday - Birthday
Ooh La La Creations - Aqua, Bling and a Sentiment


Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a great Wednesday!

Floating Away

Good Morning!

Hope your week is going well so far. I can't believe another weekend is already over, they always go so fast. My kids are on Spring break this week, so we will be busy! Last Friday we posted a new Stamp Something challenge, but I didn't have my card ready. Now I do! So I thought I would share that with you today.

Stamp Something

The challenge this week is "April Showers" and you can interpret this in a few ways. One way is to use an image or paper with rain, clouds, umbrellas, etc. Another way is to use water coloring on your creation or create rain or clouds using various techniques. I have chosen to use paper with clouds and then to make my own clouds on the image by coloring them with Copics. I found a fab tutorial on our DT member Annika's blog.

The image is new from Whimsy Stamps and is called "Come Fly with Me" and it's been colored with copics and then used Annika's tutorial for creating the cloudy sky background. The papers are MME and have been stitched on the sewing machine. I've kept the embellishments simple on this card so that I can use it for a masculine birthday card. I've used some vintage seam binding and CE on the balloon to create a glossy effect.

This card fits the challenges at:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  One for the Boys
Craft Your Passion - You've been spotted (use dots)
Lawnscaping -  Critters
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Paper Playtime -  Weather
Stamp with Fun - Birthday
Let's Ink It Up - Stitching
Pile It On - Use a rubber stamp (no digis)
Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you have a great week! See you soon, I hope!