A Twitterpated Flutter!

A post at midnight on Wednesday can only mean one thing... yes, it's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps!  This week, it's Addicted to... Clean and Simple, so anything CAS goes!  If you'd asked me just a few months ago to make a clean and simple card, I'd have panicked beyond belief.  But now I just take it in my stride.  I have learned so much from having a go at CAS... card layout, design, colours... so why not challenge yourself if this isn't your normal cup of tea?  And if it is, well, you can show us all how it's done!

Here's my card:

It was ever so straightforward to make.  The base is Riding Hood Red, a paler red with a vague hint of pink in it, I think.  I rounded the corners on the bottom of this and my layer of Whisper White.  I ran the white card through my Big Shot with my Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and attached a strip of Twitterpated paper.  All that was left to do was arrange these pretty butterflies and add a few rhinestones to finish.

Supplies
Card: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Paper: Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Other: Embosslits Beautiful Wings, BigShot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, rhinestones


As always, do get in touch if these or any other SU goodies have caught your eye!  I'd be delighted to assist you with your crafty makes and place an SU order for you.  Just give me a ring on 07977 141605 or send me an email.  Remember that, during July, if your order comes to £45 or more, you receive two 9-yard spools of organdie ribbon and a box of 30 gorgeous Everyday Enchantment brads for absolutely free!

So many of you like the cat pictures I have started posting thanks to my husband's new love with Pinterest that I'm going to carry on with them for the time being.  I might even throw in the odd picture of a dog (don't tell Socks!) for you dog lovers out there!  Today's cat picture is a funny cartoon mapping the kitty brain:

So now go and have a nosey at the ATS blog and check out the rest of the DT's stunning creations, then have a wonderful crafty play and let us see what you make!

Thank you so much for visiting me today - I'll be back later with a sneaky peek at my work desk!

Less is More with Everything Eleanor

I found the Less is More challenge quite tricky this week, as we are instructed to take inspiration from their blog header.  It is a lovely blog header, but I just wasn't sure what to do with it!  In the end I decided to go with Everything Eleanor and use the colours, the flourish, the flowers and the gems from the header.

Here is what I did:

I stamped the flourish to begin with and then stamped the frame on another bit of Crumb Cake, before drawing around it and cutting out a slighter bigger frame in gold for an extra layer.  The sentiment is from Faith in Nature, while the small flowers are from the ever so useful Itty Bitty Shapes punch set.  The butterflies are, of course, those of Embosslits fame.  A few rhinestones and three score lines at the top finished off the card.

Supplies
Stamp: Everything Eleanor, Faith in Nature (sentiment)
Ink: Basic Black
Card: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, gold card (non SU - using up some scraps from last Christmas!)
Other: Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Itty Bitty Shapes Punches, rhinestones, Simply Scored board


As always, if these or any other SU goodies have caught your eye, please do not hesitate to drop me an email or give me a ring on 07977 141605.  I will be delighted to assist you with your crafty makes and to place an SU order for you.  Remember that all orders of £45 or more qualify for free organdie ribbon and Everyday Enchantment brads!  Click here for details.

Another day, another cat picture:

A big wave hello to my new followers: Sue from Sue's Card Craft, Lena from Lena's Crafts, Carys from CarysL Cards and Squirrel from SQUirrel's INK.  Socks and I are delighted to have you join the Furry Tale party!

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Bingo!

Thank you so much for your support for our first ever Addicted to Stamps challenge!  This week it's Addicted to... Bingo and here is my card:

When I made it I had in mind the line stamp/free/flowers but, now it's done, I see it also fits in with stamp/emboss/blue and gems/free/emboss.  I'm a genius and I didn't know it.

I stamped the gorgeous Apothecary Art image, coloured it using the colours from this week's Simply Stampin' challenge and die cut it out using my Framelits Labels dies, adding another frame in Bashful Blue to match the sentiment banner.  I wanted to make another banner from Crumb Cake and ran it through my Big Shot with my lattice embossing folder to provide some contrast.  I added some punched flowers to the stamped image for dimension, as well as a little Embosslits butterfly, layering one butterfly over another.

Supplies
Stamps: Apothecary Art
Ink: Soft Suede, marker pens in Bashful Blue and Lucky Limeade
Card: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Framelits Labels Collection, lattice embossing folder, pearls, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch set

As always, if any of these goodies have caught your crafty eye, do get in touch either by phone on 07977 141605 or by email.  I'd be delighted to assist you with your crafty makes and place an SU order for you.  A reminder that there are only a few more days during which you can take advantage of the fantastic free designer paper offer!

Do pop over to the Addicted to Stamps challenge blog to see what the rest of the talented DT has come up this week.  This is the first bingo challenge I've ever done, so if I can get out of my comfort zone, so can you!  I look forward to seeing what you create.

A big hello and welcome to my new followers Irene from All Occasions Cards, Papers and More and Claire aka Happy Days from What Shall I Make Today?  Two talented ladies so go and have a nosey at their blogs!

Thanks for popping by today,

All Quiet on the Blogging Front

Did you miss me?  I bet you thought you'd gone deaf not hearing from me for so long!  It's been a topsy turvy couple of weeks as I've been helping out with lots of different things leaving me very little energy and time at the end of the day to indulge in some crafting.  Hopefully things will be settling back to a degree of normality now...

I have heaps of new goodies to share with you now that the new Summer Mini Catalogue has launched.... oh so many beautiful stamp sets, scented embossing powder (yes, really!), baker's twine in the in-colours, framelits wafer thin dies, edging dies and embossing folders...... as well as a fantastic offer if you fancy joining Stampin' Up! yourself.  Far too much for one blog post so I hope you will pop back soon to learn more!

To business: it's mellow yellow week at Less is More... gosh it's a hard colour to use as the predominant colour of a card!  But it's so cheerful too that it was good fun to work with.  There are some fantastic submissions this week (as always!) so do pop over and have a look for some incredible inspiration.  Not only that but it's a birthday celebration at CAS-ual Fridays too with oodles of stunning entries to nosey at!

Here is my card:

The stamp is one of the gorgeous new sets called 'Apothecary Art', which coordinates perfectly with the Framelits wafer thin nesting dies.  I stamped in Soft Suede, before colouring in the flowers with So Saffron, a touch of Daffodil Delight and More Mustard.  The greeting was added in More Mustard using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.  All that was left to do was add the gorgeous little Embosslits butterflies: I made one layer from More Mustard card and another from paper vellum, adhering pearls down the centres.

Supplies
Stamps: Apothecary Art
Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, markers in So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and More Mustard
Card: Whisper White, So Saffron
Other: Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Framelits, paper vellum, pearls, stamp-a-ma-jig

We had a very busy weekend as we'd lined up lots of things we wanted to achieve. One of those was climbing Ingleborough Fell as you can see it from our house... and I have a thing about climbing hills I can see from our windows.  It was absolutely glorious weather, we made good time and visibility was superb from the top.  It really was a fantastic walk!  We're umming and ahing now about walking the Yorkshire Three Peaks this year.

Hope you had a good May Day weekend too!

Thanks for stopping by,