Crafty-Stamper: 2020

krafty chicks-all occasions

Patties creations-ATG

double trouble-something/anything/everything

diesRus-Christmas

passion for promarkers-Christmas

sweet stampers-Christmas

Ikes world-X for Xmas

country view challenges-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Sunday, 29 November 2020

Beer,Wine and Happy Mail

Morning and I have a birthday card made for BIL to give to their son-have made a couple for him before so had to rely on gim liking a drink although I think beer is his preference lol.He has also learnt Japanese and goes there about three times a year and luckily I had kept some Japanese newspaper which was packaging a few years ago-knew it would come in handy lol.

I made a pop-op box card wood grain paper from The Works, and all stamps (coloured with promarkers)were from a Stamp and die-cut craft mag freebie set last year.

challenges-

Simon says-Food and.or drink

TTCRD-ATG

Pennys challenges-ATG

the sisterhood of crafters-shaped project

krafty chicks-all occasions

2sisters on the blog-shaped card

corrosive challenge-ATG

crafty creations-ATG

Patties creations-ATG

the paper funday-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

scribbles designs-layer it up

My happy mail from Janette-thank you it's absolutely beautiful-love it

Carol x x

Thursday, 26 November 2020

Christmas and Stencils

Morning and I have another two Christmas cards to share which I made for my grandaughters-I used the Winter image from Morgans Artworld and coloured with promarkers.

Stencils were from Artisan Designs,MFT and the script stamp was a craft mag freebie.

challenges-

crafty catz-Christmas

allsorts-Christmas

pink gem-ATG

INTAAS-lots of pink in December

TTCRD-ATG

The paper shelter-Christmas card

I love promarkers-Christmas

sheepski designs-Christmas

Morgans artworld-ATG

sweet stampers-Christmas

sparkles forum-use a stencil

cardz4galz-cute Christmas

krafty chicks-all occasions

time out-quick

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Tuesday, 24 November 2020

Another "C" One!

Welcome to my new follower---ISHANI.

I have another Christmas card to share using a stamped image from a stamp swap on FB.Coloured with promarkers and added snow soft.

Dies from Creative Dies-scrap of Holly paper from stash and back P.paper was another paper I made using a selection of unused stamps.

challenges-

Simon says-Christmas

trimmies craft-Christmas

crafty catz-Christmas

allsorts-Christmas

pink gem-ATG

try it on Tuesday-Winter wonderland

chocolate Baroque-Christmas

creative inspirations-Winter wonderland

sweet stampers-Christmas

scribbles designs-layer it up

Thank you for dropping by and any comments much appreciated

Carol x x

Sunday, 22 November 2020

Butterfly Flag Card

I made a Flag card for the challenge at Butterfly Spot and for a neighbours birthday who loves butterflies.

The P,paper I have had for absolute ever!

The butterfly flourish die is from Joanna Sheen a long neglected die and the butterfly die for the inside was a craft mag freebie.Lac from stash-think I won that about three years ago.

Butterfly flouris and one of the inside butterflies were cut from some leftover smooshed card and the the other from a scrap of blue cardstock-stamped sentiment was also a craft mag freebie.

challenges-

TTCRD-ATG

Butterfly spot-flag card/flag fold/Butterfly/lace/French pink----------TOP 3

lets craft and create-ATG

the paper funday-ATG

crafty calendar-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Thursday, 19 November 2020

In the Words of Oscar Wilde

A late post for me today and I have a pretty much CAS card to share today which I made for a weekly challenge by Patricia on her FB page.This challenge was a sketch challenge.

The stamped quote and brushes were from an IndigoBlu set,diesfrom Creative Dies and the background was made with stamps and distress inks.

Feel free to right click and save---

Challenges-

CAS on Friday-use a big sentiment?

inkspirational-frame it

always fun-ATG

TTCRD-ATG

fabnfunky-hand stamped sentiment

Pennys challenges-ATG

lets craft and create-ATG

cute card Thursday-sentimental

krafty chicks-CAS

love to create-ATG

a perfectct time to craft-ATG

mix it up-ATG/make your own background

Thank you for dropping by and comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Sunday, 15 November 2020

More Christmas

We had grandaughters to sleep over two nights before lockdown and Ellie requested some Christmas cards for her best friends for---"tomorrow" in case the school closes too!

She chose the two images she wanted Winter Snow Muff Girl from Lemon Shortbread and Winter from Morgans Artworld but couldn't find the image in store so maybe discontinued.

Images were coloured with promarkers and papers and ribbons were all oddments from stash-stamped sentiments were from Penny Black and CAS-ual Friday.

challenges-

TTCRD-ATG

try it on Tuesday-traditional Christmas colours

the paper shelter-card for a child(they are all 13yrs old)

Pennys challeng-ATG

cute card Thursday-Wintry

krafty chicks-Christmas

time out-festivals

crafty cats-ATG

pink gem-ATG

Dis digi challenge-ATG

digi doodles-Christmas/Winter

Morgans artworld-ATG

sweet stampers-Christmas

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

carol x x

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Stencils and Distress inks

A break from Christmas cards- I have a CAS card to show today-stencilled background using a stencil from Imagination Crafts and Creative Expressions,script stamp was a craft mag freebie,the Chocolate Baroque Bee was stamped twice and layered -3-D foam pads under wings and Dovecraft Glitter glue added,stamped sentiment is from Stampin Up.

challenges-

krafty chicks-stamp act

cute card Thursday-ATG

allsorts-ATG

pink gem-ATG

catch the bug-ATG

TTCRD-ATG

we love to create-ATG

mix it up-ATG/make your own background

2 crafty critter crazies-ATG

creative artiste-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Saturday, 7 November 2020

Christmas Gnomes Singing.

Morning and the new challenge today at Creative Craft Cottage is Christmas /Winter and we are sponsored by Star Jam Lines and I used the cute image Christmas Gnomes Singing coloured with promarkers.

I added Dovecrafts Glitter glue on the sparkler in his hand and on the snowflake which I cut in half.

The background was stamped with a music score from Kanban -had that a few years, and the die -cut frames from The Works.This card was going to be black and white until I added colour to the gnomes lol.

challenges-

lil red wagon-colour me happy

cute card Thursday-ATG

time out-festivals

crafty catz-ATG/party time

crafts galore encore-ATG

cute as a button-ATG---------DT FAVOURITE THANK YOU WENDY

Corrosive -ATG

Ikes world-ATG

crafty creations-ATG

mix it up-make your own background/ATG

lets craft and create-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us this month

Carol x x

Thursday, 5 November 2020

Christmas is Coming

Morning and I have two DT post today the 1st one is for the "Christmas is Coming" challenge at Daisy Chain and I used the pre-coloured image Brighten The Holidays from Jans Digi Stamps,the sentiment is also from the set.

I made a stepper card -not made one of those for a while and used paper froma stash(at least a couple of years old) string of lights were gifted last year (and forgot to use them!)thank you LISA.

challenges-

crafty catz-Winter

creatalicious-ATG/humour

QKR stamped-ATG----------------------TOP 5

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG-------------------TOP 3

TTCRD-ATG

the paper shelter-Christmas

cute card Thursday-ATG

time out-festivals

2sisters on the blog-shaped card

digi doodles-Christmas/Winter

mix it up-ATG

we love Chocolate Baroque-Christmas

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join us

Carol x x

Grumpy Penguins

Morning and I have two DT posts today the 2nd one is for the Christmas/Winter challenge at

Craft Rocket.I used the fabulous Grumpy Penguins stamp from Katzelkraft,coloured with promarkers and distress ink in the background.

The stamped sentiment and humbug sweet are a set I won from Stamp Addicts -just cut it apart to fit.

The background was made using an unused stamp I found and was going to give away and thought I would just at least stamp it once in black then overstamped in blue and green distress inks-pretty cool I thought.

Feel free to right click and save if you like it---

challenges-

crafty catz-Winter

creatalicious-ATG/humour

all fun-ATG

TTCRD-ATG

the paper shelter-Christmas

krafty chicks-stamp act

time out-festivals

we love Chocolate Baroque-Christmas

mix it up-ATG/make your own background

sheepski designs-Christmas

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join us this month

Carol x x

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Is it Too Late To Be Nice?

Morning and I have two DT posts today the 2nd one is for the "Christmas" challenge at

CCC Digi Creations and we are sponsored By Bugaboo Stamp.

I used the image Sassy JJ Cheer coloured with promarkers and added glossy accents.The stamped sentiment is Penny Black and the stamped bubbles are craft mag freebies both silver embossed.

The little image and sentiment in the corner is a shrink plastic embellishment.

challenges-

Pennys challenge-ATG---

my time to craft-CAS Christmas

creatalicious-ATG/humour

catch the bug-use a trusty/new technique-embossing & shrink plastic-------------WINNER

all fun-ATG

digi doodles-Christmas

craft- deebowz-ATG

try it on Tuesday-emboss

sheepski designs-Christmas and/or sparkle

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join us

Carol x x

Happy Flowers Day

Morning and I have two DT posts today -the 1st one is for the ATG challenge at Unicorn.

I made a CAS card using an unused stencil/mask from the Works,scalloped dies from Creative Dies and a stamped sentiment from Chocolate Baroque.

challenges-

crafts galore encore-ATG

word art WEdnesday-ATG

catch the bug-use a trusted/new technique-stencilling

AAA cards-max white space

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x

Monday, 2 November 2020

Mirror Stamping

Morning and we have a "Mirror Stamping" challenge at A Place To Start.I went on youtube and checked it out as never done this before and almost never did this time either!Most of them said use a silicone mat which I don't have -or acetate which I tried twice with different stamps and smudged them -about to give up and go ATG-tried with stamping platform another two no nos and after about 4 attempts with this seagull stamp from stampin up finally managed it with a stamping block and added a bit of colour with promarkers.I added a can ring pull covered in Seth Apter Baked Earth embossing powder and a strip of numbers from inside kitchen roll inner.

As it was only a small stamp was going to make a bookmark but decided to make a header for one of my journal page inserts so quite pleased with result.

challenges-

Simon says-movie inspiration/The Birds

TTCRD-ATG

not just cards-ATG

catch the bug-New technique/mirror stamping

all fun-ATG

country view challenge-anything but a card

crafts galore encore-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you find the time to join us

Carol x x

Sunday, 1 November 2020

Xmas Jack Russell

Morning and can you believe it's November already???

I have three DT posts today and the 3rd one is for the Cute Critters challenge at 613 Avenue Create.

I used the Xmas Jack Russell image from Ikes Art and coloured in promarkers to match a neighbours dog who the card is intended for.

I cut out the image and put it on scraps of P.paper from stash-added glossy accents and texture is Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue,stamped bones and rag toy were craft mag freebies.

challenges-

Simon says-movie inspiration/Marley and Me

TTCRD-ATG

pink gem-ATG

cute as a button-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us this month

Carol x x

Three Chilly Penguins

Morning and another new month -I have three DT posts today and the 2nd one is for the Christmas/Winter Critter challenge at Pearly Sparkles.

I used Three Chilly Penguins from Dis Digis coloured with promarkers -added glossy accents/soft snow and texture is Rangers liquid pearls,scrap of P.paper from stash.

challenges-

crafty catz-Winter

Simon says-movie inspiration/Happy Feet

cute as a button-ATG----------DT FAVOURITE THANK YOU LINDA

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x

CAS -Clean maybe Simple NOT

Morning and another new month!!!I have three DT posts today and the first one is for the Christmas/Winter challenge at Dragonfly Dreams.

We are sponsored by Papernest Dolls and I was given the image North Pole Mini Santa coloured with promarkers.

CAS you think??? Simple not so much -in fact by the end of making this card the background stencil, was in the bin and was going to be closely followed by the card!!!

I took at least 20 pics to get a decent one then remembered my daylight lamp-which was out of charge -turned to plug it in and stubbed my toe on a chair -after saying oops(or a word to that effect lol) I finally got a half decent pic.Two hours later I walked past the card on the table and thought ooh it doesn't actually look too bad-soooo here it is lol.The sentiment was Penny Black and texture Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue.

challenges-

CAS on Friday-Christmas

alphabet challenge-O for old folk

my time to craft-CAS Christmas

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join us

Carol x x

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Only Fools And Horses

Hi a little late but am sharing a card I made for Fathers Day but never blogged.It was a requested card for someones Grandad who loved Only Fools and Horses-hence the image which was googled.B.paper from stash and a piece of dry wall mesh,sentiment was computer generated in Dafont and added a can ring pull for good measure lol.

challenges-

Trimmies Craft-memories

alphabet challenge-O for old folk

allsorts-celebration time

make my Monday-masculine

TTCRD-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comment are much appreciated

Carol x x

Saturday, 24 October 2020

Vintage Iris

Morning first of all welcome to my new follower CINDY

I have a slimline card today using Vintage Iris from Woodware.

First of all I heat embossed the image in white on a water coloured background -I then stamped the image on a pre-made background in my backgrounds box-made quite a while ago so no idea what was used but there was some texture on their looked like Pebeo Copper Prisma had been dripped on-I then cut out the iris, circle and paper pieced.

The strip of numbers were cut from the inside of a kitchen roll and added two strips of washi tape---yes finally bought some lol.

I then added tape and partially stamped image to the envelope-too late for the challenge intended!

challenges-

crafty friends-embossing

all fun-ATG

incy wincy-Autumn colours

TTCRD-ATG

Simon says-layer it up

cute card Thursday-stamping

krafty chicks-all occasions

time out-white embossing

do-all kreatives-creative background

creative artiste-ATG mixed media

pink gem-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Envelope Card and Chocolate Baroque

Morning and welcome to my new follower KATHY

Would also like to thank another blogging friend CAROL for sending a beautiful thinking of you all card from NZ.

Not made a criss cross/envelope card for quite a while so decided to make one for the challenge at Butterfly Spot-using an envelope card(two versions to choose from) add a butterfly and use light green/soft pink and pale cream think I covered everything.

The B.paper is K&C from the Dawn Bibby era at QVC many years ago,ribbon from stash,the Magnolia and Butterfly are both stampsfrom Chococlate Baroque.

The butterfly was stamped onto P.paper (twice and layered)from The Works-the Magnolia was watercoloured with Art By Marlene watercolours and cut with a Spellbinders frame.

challenges-

sisterhood of crafters-ATG

butterfly spot-envelope card-----------TOP 3

Trimmies craft-ATG

all fun-ATG

starstampz-ribbon

we love Chocolate Baroque -ATG

Thank you for dropping by and comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Saturday, 17 October 2020

Birthday Cake and New Stencil

Late today but the card I am sharing was made trying out my new stencil from MFT-thank you Lisa.

I used Distress inks through the stencil,then offset the stencil with more colour-the pre-coloured birthday cake was cut from an Art By Marlene paper pad and the stamped sentiment was a craft mag freebie.

The clear dewdrop was added after I found a small black ink mark from goodness knows where???

challenges-

all fun-ATG

always fun-colour inspiration

TTCRD-ATG

Fab n funky-keep it simple

Trimmies Craft-ATG

krafty chicks-CAS

allsorts-birthday cake/cupcakes ------TOP 5

pink gem-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Lonnie's In Love

I was delighted to be invited as a Guest Designer after winning a challenge at Pennys Paper Challenges.

The challenge is ATG and sponsored by Digi Doodles,I used the cute image Lonnie's In Love coloured with promarkers -I added some doodling and chalk to the background-which didn't really work on the cardstock.Papers out of oddments drawer ---well one of the drawers lol.Stamped sentiment was a craft mag freebie.

challenges-

scrapping4fun-use digi/stamp/two words

pink gem-ATG

all fun-ATG

cute as a button-ATG