Friendship

Sorry for my absence (again) but I'm afraid GCSEs come first at the moment- once the kids are all done I'll be a lot less stressed and a lot more crafty I'm sure. But as it's now officially the start of the half term for me I rushed home to find my very first stamper 6 Stampin Up package- how exciting! Of course I had to make a little card too. 

I used the Language of Friendship stamp set with the matching bird/branch punch. This is the first SU punch I've bought and I'm very impressed with the cut and weight of it.

Hope you have a lovely weekend- I'll be back soon, 

Rebecca x

Crafty Ribbons- you're the best

Morning, time for another Crafty Ribbons challenge and this week is anything goes with ribbon. 

I used two lengths of Fresh stripe ribbon in black and fushia to make this CAS card. I tied the bows using my Papermania/Docrafts ribbon bow maker to ensure they were neat and the same size. The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted stamp set called "the best" and I added some pink sequins to finish.

Don't forget to pop over to the challenge to see what the rest of the team came up with, 

Rebecca x x

WOYWW

Morning, just  a quick snap of Tuesday nights desk for WOYWW- my poor neglected crafty space! What a dump- fancy playing eye-spy or crafty where's Wally? See if you can spot the following things lurky on my desk just waiting for me to have time to use them, clear them away or put them in the bin.

• Two new, unopened, Clearly Besotted stamps sets- "the best" and "teachers pet"
• An exhausted ATG gun in need of a new tape roll
• Approximately 1.6 million sticky pad backing papers 
• Several Promarkes (still) without coloured ID end spots
• An TWO inky dogs stamps, both in need of cleaning
• My newly purchased a beloved MME enamel dots
• A rather well used and dog-eared top sheet on my A3 scribble pad

Thanks for popping in- sorry about the mess (note to self; must make time to tidy and craft- not necessarily in that order)

Rebecca x

Happy birthday

Yey! I've found a tiny bit of crafty time and I have a card to share which is inspired by this weeks Muse card.

I loved the handdrawn feel of Marion's card so I used my PTI springtime doodle stamps to create my own scene, coloured it with Promarkers and added lots of glitter- I'm not sure if it's really worked (my hubby simply said it was "colourful" which I don't think he meant in a complementary way).

Thanks for stopping by, 

Rebecca x

Cupcake challenge- lavender and lace

Morning- Monday again and time for another Cupcake challenge and today the theme is Lavender and Lace. We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

For my card I used a lilac base card, with a purple sentiment and then lots of different lengths of ribbon, ric-rac and lace. I also added the heart charm (Making Memories), adhesive pearls and ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop over to the Cupcake blog to see what the rest of the design team created, 

Rebecca x

Border Collie

Hello, hope you're having a lovely Sunday. I've (eventually) finished planning for tomorrow's lessons and found time to make a card. I'm planning ahead and thinking about Father's Day already- as my dad adores Border Collies just like me I've made him this card using a stamp I bought on eBay years ago (sorry I don't know the make). 

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn (Dad's day) and the twine is from Doodlebug. The "enamel dots" are actually brads that I have cut the legs off.

Challenge inspiration:

Less is more- cats/dogs

The Paper players- masculine CAS

Sketch Saturday #259

 

Thanks for stopping by today, 

Rebecca x

P.S. thanks for all the lovely comments this week about my showCASe on LIM- they all mean so much to me and make me VERY happy when they pop up in my emails!

Sunshine

Good evening, quite a late post from me today. I spotted the Lawn Fawn blog (lawnscaping) were having a DT call and I couldn't resist having a play with some of my favorite stamps.The team are asking us to show the our style.

I guess my style would have to be CAS which fits perfectly with these gorgeous graphics and fonts from Lawnfawn. I chose this design as it was such a beautiful afternoon today when we were walking the dog and I finally think summer (maybe) is on the way!

Here's how I made my card. First I stamped the sun outline (from the Sunny Skies stamp set) on to yellow textured card and added the smile before fussy cutting it and adding adhesive foam to the back. Next I stamped the cloud outlines in black and then covered them with the "smile" sentiment (from the year three stamps set) in pale blue all over them.  I also added stickles glitter glue to give them a sparkle!

After cutting three of the clouds out I layered them all at different heights along with the sun. The sentiment is also from the Sunny Skies set but I only inked up the "sunshine" part (the whole sentiment says you are my sunshine). Finally, I added a length of ribbon onto the base card under the central panel and lined the indie with white paper.

Thanks for stopping by, 

Rebecca x x x