Crafty-Stamper: 2023

the sisterhood of crafters-ATG

crafty catz-ATG

creative creases-fun folds

allsorts-ATG

inkspirational-moodboard(Autumn colours)

love the scrap-ATG

mix it up-ATG

colorful options-orange

triple B-ATG blooms/birds/butterflies

we love stamping-ATG

simply create too-use stamps

happy little stampers-ATG with watercolouring

beautiful blossoms-ATG

inspiration station-prompt(Autumn colours)

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x x

Saturday, 9 September 2023

Made a Zine

Morning and I found this tutorial to make something out of an 11" x 8 and a quarter inches paper/card I had never heard of before a Zine so I made one lol.You just fold and make one little cut-thats it and you decorate using little oddments and I knew I had some Vintage adverts BUT whilst looking for them I found an almost empty paper pad from Studio light,had it for years and I had used all the papers but left a few pages of the colourful image to fussy cut but never found the right project-but this was it!I fussy cut all the image,sentiments and the little washi tape images and the two strips the birds were standing on was candles but thought that was going just too far!When closed it measures 4" x 2 and three quarter inches (10x7cms) Quite enjoyed making this little fun Zine.The B.paper was from K&C in the QVC Dawn Bibby days.

Front and Back--

Pages---

challenges-----

crafting from the heart-no cards

a place to start-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG

daisy chain-dots/stripes

Unicorn-layer it up

mini album mania-mini albums----- A Brand new Challenge Blog

everybody-art-challenge-ATG

lil red wagon-square/rectangle/I used to make square but have made more rectangle lately

day of the month club-international dot day

inkspirational-mood board(colours)

the outlawz-card free zone

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Double Tucked Fold Card

Morning and I have made a a 6" Double Tucked Fold Card for the ATG challenge at

The Crafty Addicts.I used papers from a 13 Arts-Rosalie paper pad.I fussy cut some flowers for the inside corners and one of the bird cages to hang from the ribbon-ribbon from stash.Really easy to make (Brenda lol)just folding and scoring after you cut the card size, folds pretty flat for posting too.

challenges-----

CRAFT-shabby chic?

creative creases-fun folds

allsorts-ATG

lil patch of crafty friends=ATG----------TOP 5

everybody-art-ATG

triple B-blooms/birds/butterflies

lets craft and create-ATG

corrosive-ATG

crafty calendar-ATG

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

Carol x x x

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Happy Birthday and Bees

Morning and my second DT post today is for the Birthday challenge at Dragonfly Dreams.Welcome to our two GDT Jan R and Lynda(Loopyloo)

I used a sketch using a tutorial I saw at Beccys Place.

The P.papers are from The Paper Boutique,black enamel dots and little Bee from stash.The Steampunky flowers are from a platic bag full of loose stamps so your guess is as good as mine! I stamped them,cut the petals and layered after colouring with a light grey promarker,the Happy Birthday is from Stampin Up,I drew the line around the card with a fineliner pen and ruler.

challenges-----

try it on Tuesday-lets go outside

addicted to stamps-birthdays

cardz4galz-cute animals/insects

Happy little stampers-birthday

AAA birthday challenge-animals

corrosive-ATG

simply create too-use stamps

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

Carol x x x

Garden Delights

Morning and I have two more DT posts today-the first one is for the Garden Delights challenge at Stamping Sensations.We have a prize of a £25 vocher from Stamp Addicts.Hope you will also check out our GD Helen.

I used a stamp set from Stamping Art I bought off a FB decluttering page,this is a pretty large stamp 5and a half inches x 4and a half inches with four more stamps in the set too.I used my favourite border stamp from Crafters Companion-had it years,and coloured the image with Cosmic Shimmer Iridescent watercolours-Decadent&Precious Metal set,the b.paper is from The Works.

To show the shimmer---

challenges-----

try it on Tuesday-lets go outside

cardz4galz-cute animals/insects

allsorts-ATG---------------------------TOP 5

mix it up-ATG

critter crazy-ATG

crafty animals-ATG

creative artiste-ATG

crafty calendar-ATG

Happy little stampers-ATG-watercolour----------------FAVOURITE

we love stamping-ATG

corrosive-ATG

simply create too-use stamps

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

Fingers crossed John is doing okay and whinging about been stuck in the house!Me on the other hand am a bag of nerves! and on the port although to be fair I would still be on the port lol

Carol x x x

Saturday, 2 September 2023

Card Chain Swap

Morning and time for the Card Chain Swap Reveal. 32 cards were exchanged.

I made a card using the CAS,sketch,colours and veg themes and my card went to Renata in The Netherlands.

I used a stamp set from The Love Of Stamps coloured with promarkers.I received a beautiful card from Joanne in California

challenges-----

make my Monday-hobbies(gardening)

try it on Tuesday-lets go outside

the paper shelter-add a sentiment

lil red wagon-small/larger(small)

allsorts-ATG

a place to start-ATG

simply create too-use stamps

Thank you for dropping by and any commenrs are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Friday, 1 September 2023

Sapphire and Opal

Morning and I have three DT posts today the third one is for the new challenge at Birthstone Challenges-Sapphire and Opal.Sapphire is my Birth Stone too.

I made a Diamond Point card and used double sided P.paper from The Works, a die cut frame from Spellbinders and white embossed the Rose from Honey Doo Crafts,the little opal gems are from Stampin Up I won at Creative Creases last year.

Challenges-----

my time to craft-use dies

double trouble-something/anything/everything

Pennys- ATG

we love2create-ATG

corrosive-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

mix it up-ATG

Patties creations-ATG

simply create too-use stamps

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

Carol x x x

Eclipse Card

Morning and as it's 1st of September I have three DT posts today-the second one is for Tracies Recipe challenge- Pink/Pearls/Sparkle at Pearly Sparkles.I found a pre printed =pre coloured image from a couple of years ago from a freebie site,and a die I bought of someone on FB decluttering so no idea whose it is.Put them togetherand made another eclipse card,dewdeops from stash-had those years too and the stamped sentiment is from Stampin Up.

challenges-----

my time to craft-use dies

sweet stampin-wedding/anniversary

the paper shelter-add a sentiment

Pennys -ATG

mix it up-ATG

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

Carol x x x

Vintage 1st Anniversary

Morning and 1st September can you believe-I have three DT posts today,the first one is for the Vintage challenge at Scrapping4fun.I made an anniversary card for Son and DIL first anniversary which was on Wednesday and I went Vintage as I made Vintage wedding invites for them last year.

Die-cut frames are from Spellbinders-foliage and flowers had for years and on magnetic sheets and long forgotten whose they are.I stamped script on the flowers and added card candy,used kraft paper and oddments of p.paper distressed,hessian,coruggated card board,tiny pearls and a little wooden Bee and heart.

Thank you for all your lovely caring comments about Hubby-really appreciated.

challenges-----

the creative crafters-ATG -------------WINNER

my time to craft-use dies

use your stuff-Vintage

double trouble-something/anything/everything

CRAFT-shabby chic----------------WINNER

mix it up-ATG

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

Carol x

Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Beautiful Sunflowers

I found these sunflower images in bottom of a box that Gecko Galz were selling for Ukraine a couple of years ago and made a card using a tutorial a FB friend sent me, b,papers from stash.Card folds flat into a 6" envelope.

EDIT--- Spent all day yesterday at hospital with hubby-he had a small heart attack and they wanted him transferred to another hospital-he said no after two years of bad health plus Dementia and Altzhimers he refused and said he wanted to go home spend time with family and take his chances -so if I am slow responding to comments this is why-I still need to keep busy and sane so will maybe manic or slow!

challenges-----

double D-sunflowers

Simon says-bright and cheerful

krafty chicks-all occasions

creative crease-fun folds

allsorts-ATG

CD Sunday plus-ATG

double trouble-something/anything/everything

beautiful blossoms-ATG/mood board

lil red wagon-small or large (large)

Pennys-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Monday, 28 August 2023

Butterflies Galore

Morning and I made a stepper birthday card just for something to do mainly to have a play with a set of butterfly stamps I bought of someone decluttering on FB.

I made a stepper card and used some oddments of p.paper from The Works,then stamped the butterflies onto the paper,and onto a seperate piece of card for a topper with a stamped sentiment from a craft mag freebie set quite a few years ago,the 3 large butterflies fussy cut and all the other butterflies are from a Docrafts set.All the butterflies are coloured with Faber Castell polychromos pencils.

Challenges-----

try it on Tuesday-lets go outside

the paper shelter-Summertime(playing for fun)

addicted to stamps-birthdays

Pennys-ATG

Simon says-bright and cheerful

Butterfly spot-pick a row---step card/P.paper/flower(on paper)

cardz4galz-cute animals/insects

krafty chicks-all occasions

daring cardmakers-billions of butterflies

creative fingers-ATG(playing for fun)

creative creases-fun folds

allsorts-Butterflies-------------TOP 5

inspiration station-prompt-butterflies

colorful options-yellow/green/rainbow

a place to start-ATG--------------------------TOP SPROUT

613 Avenue create-ATG

AAA birthday-ATG

Happy little stampers-Birthday/ATG

double trouble-something/anything/everything-1,2&3

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Saturday, 26 August 2023

Letters and Words

It's the last Saturday of the month---ALREADY!!!---and time for the Smash Your Stash journal page challenge with my crafting friend Vicki. Hope you will check out her blog as she makes amazing journal pages.The challenge this month was "Letters" which I decided could be words-hope that's okay Vicki?

I found a page in my Pink Pig journal with a background already stamped over smooched colour,a flower and circle sentiment from AAll&Create,another sentiment stamp down the sides from Art Stamp,the words at the bottom from the Aldi mag,and the dictionary section was picked for the neighbour words on purpose!!!

challenges---

crafting from the heart-No cards

creative artiste-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Tuesday, 22 August 2023

Flowers Galore

Had a quick(yer right) look round pinterest for some inspiration and found Kerry's Papercraft. Thought I had just the right papers to use Blossom Meadow from Craft and You and used a circle punch and circle dies from Creative Dies.The papers are double sided so used for backgrounds too,quite liked it so made two lol.

challenges-----

cardz4galz-A Summer day-------------------------------TOP 3

lil patch of craft friends-ATG

triple B -birds blooms butterflies

a place to start-ATG--------------------------------RISING STAR

613 Avenue Create-ATG

through the purple haze-tic/tac/toe-punch/girly/floral

corrosive-ATG

lets craft and create-ATG

get creative-Summer

the paper funday-ATG/outdoors

beautiful blossoms-ATG

happy little stampers-ATG with dies

use your stuff-Vintage

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol xxx

Friday, 18 August 2023

Message in a Bottle Bookmark

Morning and time for the mid month inspiration for the ATG/Mood board option challenge at

Stamping Sensations.

For something different I made a bookmark using a used Woodware stamp set bought from a FB selling page.I smooshed the cardstock with oxide inks-stamped the rolled up message then over stamped with the bottle adding glossy accents,stamped the verse above and the bubbles and shells randomly,coloured with promarkers.On the reverse I stamped the rolled up message three times, more bubbles and shells after smooshing the cardstock with more oxide inks,glossy accentss added to the bubbles,ribbon and twine from srash and slipped into a PVC bookmark sleeve which I bought a pack of last year and thought it was about time I used them so made another one too lol.

FRONT---

BACK---

challenges-----

sweet stampin-based on a song -Message in a Bottle by The Police-----SPOTLIGHTED

inkspirational-clear/bottle

make my Monday- three images of anything

Simon says-fave technique-stamping

cupcake inspireations- add a bow/ribbon

creatalicious-Maritime

the paper funday-ATG/outdoors

the creative crafters-ATG--------------------------TOP 3

we love stamping-masculine

Day of the month card club-National beach day-----------WINNER

THank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Monday, 14 August 2023

Another New Fold,New Stamps and Papers

I made this actual Inside out Stepper Card a couple of weeks ago then mojo completely disappeared with how to decorate it! Then I bought a set of stamps from someone on a FB selling page,but no packaging so no idea whose they are-sorry.I stamped them out to see how they were found some Bee paper from The Paper Boutique and some new wood effect paper from Paper Favourites and finished it this after-noon,added colour with promarkers and the sentiments were cut from the edges of some P.papers from Craft and You.It looks complicated but is actually two stepper cards joined together and folds flat for posting.

challenges-----

I love promarkers-ATG ----------------------TOP 3

CRAFT-Summer

cardz4galz-A Summer day

sweet stampin-Based on a film-Secret life of Bees

Allsorts-ATG/all creatures great and small

Simon says-use fave technique---stamping

four Seasons-Summer

a place to start-ATG-------------------RISING STAR

613 Avenue Create-ATG

corrosive-ATG----------------------------TOP 5

lets craft and create-ATG

the paper funday-ATG/outdoors

incy wincy-sentiment/ Bees

Thank you for dropping by and all your comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Thursday, 10 August 2023

GDT and Sunflowers Smiles

Morning and can I just thank everyone for the lovely comments you leave on my blog posts and welcome to my new followers.

My post today is for a Guest Design spot at Star Stampz and the challenge is Favourite Colour Combination.As I no longer have a printer Helen kindly sent me the images Sunflower Smiles in two sizes so I made two cards.

The first one is a Diamond Point card using the image coloured with promarkers,and three papers from Paper Favourites pad Bohemian Flowers.

The second card used the image coloured with promarkers,papers from Crafts and You Design Blossom Meadow and a Spellbinders doily die.

Both Cards---

challenges----

CD Sunday plus-ATG-----------------------------TOP 3

creatalicious-ATG/different fold

passion for promarkers-dies/punches

I love promarkers-ATG

triple B-blooms.birds/butterflies

four seasons-Summer

colorful options-yellow.green

a place to start-ATG

613 Avenue create-ATG

corrosive-ATG

the paper funday-ATG/outdoors

2 sisters on the blog-Sketch (2nd card)

creative Aunts-ATG

mix it up-ATG

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

Carol x x x

Sunday, 6 August 2023

Picket Fence Card

Morning and my second DT card for today is for the Dragonflies challenge-chosen by Caz at

Dragonfly Dreams. I made a card to look like a Lattice Split Front card and using some P. paper from The Works with Dragonflies on.The stamped sentiment is from AALL&Create,the die-cut flowers and leaves are from Sweet Dixie and card candy from stash.

We have Denise as our Guest Designer, hope you will check out her blog.

challenges-----

Simon says-Summer

the paper funday-ATG/outdoors

crafty calendar-ATG

Thank you and hope you can join us

Carol x x x

Mood Board

Morning and I have two DT pots today the first card is for the Mood board challenge at

Stamping Sensations.Hope you will welcome our Guest Designer Karen.

I used my Giraffe stamp again from Pink Ink,stamped three times and layered up,watercoloured and glossy accents on the sunglasses and eyes.Die-cut frame from Spellbinders and B,paper from The Works.

2 prizes, Santoto Gorjuss girls stamps/die/stickers and Woodware stamp Craft Stash

challenges-----

the paper shelter-ATG

lil red wagon-multi purpose---------------FEATURED

Simon says-Summer

craft-Summer-------------TOP 3

kraftychicks-stamp act------------------------TOP PICK

sweet stampin-Based on fil/book/song--Giraffes have long necks-Book

allsorts-anything but square

sheepski designs-your favourite things/stamping watercolouring/dies

critter crazy-ATG

crafty animals-ATG

colorful options-yellow/green-------------DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT

lets craft and create-ATG--------------------TOP 3

craft rocket-animals

we love stamping-Anything stamped/masculine -----------------TOP PICK

Happy little stamper-ATG/watercolour

creative Aunts-ATG

love to scrap-ATG------------------TOP PICK

mix it up-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us

Carol x x x

Friday, 4 August 2023

Two Tier Treat Box

Morning and today I am delighted to be GDT at Creative Creases.

I made a Two Tier Treat Box using oddments of P.paper from The Works and I die cut a flower from the paper using Spellbinders Clematis die, and Galaxy truffle chocs inside.My sister brought me a Bee notebook so she got the box in exchange lol.

challenges-----

beautiful blossoms-ATG

try it on Tuesday-pretty papers

as you like it-gingham/florals-I prefer florals as most of my stamps are flowers and mainly make feminine cards.-------------------------TOP 3

crafting from the heart-no cards

triple B- birds/blooms/butterflies

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will come and join us

Carol x x x

Wednesday, 2 August 2023

July Card Swap Reveal

Morning and my second post of the day is for the July Card Chain Swap Reveal and 32 cards were exchanged and my card went to Bonnie in the U.S.A. I went with the sketch option again and used my AALL&Create stamps and sentiment that I won last month at Allsorts.I used the larger stamp in the middle and a smaller one in the squares-coloured with promarkers and the P.paper was an oddment I found just the right size.Scalloped circle die from Creative Dies.Not happy with how I placed the sentiment!

The beautiful card I received off Hilary.

Challenges-----

Simon says-ATG

krafty chicks-All occasions

beautiful blossoms-mood board

passion for promarkers-fave colour combo

I love promarkers-ATG/use a die

four seasons-Summer

lil red wagon-multi purpose

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated

Carol x x x

Florana Eclipse

Morning and I have two posts today,the first one is for the ATG challenge at The Crafty Addicts. I used the beautiful Florana stamp from Pip Art and had a play using the

Eclipse technique with a new(to me) die which I bought off someone decluttering on a FB selling page.Added touches of colour with a promarker and P,paper was from a Blooming Grunge pad by Crafts&You.Quite like how this turned out.The stamp is Florana from Pip Art coloured with promarkers.

Challenges-----

the paper shelter-ATG

I love promarkers-ATG/use a die

Simon says-ATG

cardz4galz-beginning with P-pink

krafty chicks-all occasions

crafty catz-ATG

passion for promarkers-fave colour combo

Morgans artworld-ATG

mix it up-ATG/aperture

lil red wagon-multi purpose

Sheepski designs-my favourite things-stamps/dies/beautiful papers

Creative Aunts-ATG

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

Carol x x x

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Mini Teabag Holder

Morning and I have two DT posts today the second one is for the Spots/Stripes challenge at

Pearly Sparkles and I made a mini teabag holder using scraps of papers from The Works and Graphic 45.Lace and card candy from stash(I found a tin with loads of them in)and made a little rosette for the top.It measures 3and a half inches(9cms) x 2 and a quarter inches(6cms)You could also omit cutting the small space and use as a gift/treat box.

challenges-----

try it on Tuesday-pretty papers

Pennys challenges-ATG

Simon says-ATG

creative creases-fun folds

allsorts-anything but square

crafting from the heart-no cards