Steampunk Saturday

Good morning.

Hooray it's Saturday and it is time for a new challenge at Fantasy Stampers. This fortnight we would love to see you Steampunk projects. This is my design team make - 

I spotted this great stamp on the Dies to Die for website and thought it would be perfect for the challenge. It is Steampunk Sissy from Whimsy Stamps which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens - 

• hair - TN7, TN8 and EB8
• skin - FS2, FS4, FS9 and CR1
• clothes - TB1, TB4, TB5, TB7, TB9, IG3 and IG5
• ground - BG1 and BG3
• sky - IB1

Ingredients - 

• blue centura pearl
• Chronology paper pad from Docrafts
• LaLa Land steampunk clock and steampunk border dies
• Spellbinder's spritely sprockets die
• Tattered Lace stepper card die set
• tumbled glass distress ink

Steampunk border

Steampunk clock

Spritely sprockets

We would love to see your ideas for this challenge, please remember that your design must include a stamped image (no digi stamps please).

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges - 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 330 - numbers (on the clock face)
http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - colour challenge - blue

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Traditional Christmas

Happy Friday everyone

And because it is Friday Winter Wonderland have a new challenge for you. This week the Snowflake team would love to see your traditional Christmas makes. I found this challenge just that - a challenge. I struggle with traditional anything, so Christmas was particularly tough. Then a Facebook friend jogged my memory. In the summer I had purchased a couple of stamp set from Card - io and I thought they would work beautifully so here is my design team make for the traditional Christmas challenge - 

Card ingredients - 

• Card-io stamp sets - festive fir cones and festive bouquet
• sentiment from LOTV's Christmas wishes stamp set
• Adirondack ink - lettuce and expresso
• Memento ink - cottage ivy and black tuxedo
• Distress Ink - fired brick
• Hunkydory diamond sparkles - festive gold
• Wow embossing powder - amber rose
• red card
• gold mirriboard
• Sheena's holly embossing folder
• Pebeo gold gilding wax

  Our sponsor this week is 

 and the lucky winner will receive a $12 voucher.

We would love to see all you traditional Christmas makes so why not get a head with your Christmas cards etc and enter this week's challenge.

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Anniversary congratulations

Good morning

This is a card I made for my sister-in-laws wedding anniversary -

I made the card base using Tonic's Petunia trellis die set and then decorated it.

Ingredients - 

• white and lilac centura pearl card
• silver mirriboard
• Tonic's Petunia trellis die set, Delicate daisy die set (for the flowers) and Royal fern die set
• Happy Anniversary stamp ( from Hobbycraft I think)
• Creative Expressions white embossing powder
• gems from my stash

I made the flowers using some scraps which I fussy cut. I think they were First Edition papers but I am not sure from which pad.

I lot of die cutting but a very simple card to construct and very effective. Love my dies, they make me look better than I am on many occasions.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Lesley

Metallic cogs

Hello folks, happy Monday to you all. They certainly come around quickly don't they??!!

This is a card I made recently for my brother in law. It is a variation  of one I made previously (a post called Metalwork) - 

It is quite a simple card really and the ingredients were - 

• craft metal
• matt black card (from Crafter's Companion)
• silver mirriboard
• Spellbinder's creative cogs embossing folder
• Spellbinder's sentiments 3
• Tonic's layering squares

I cut the sentiment from the craft metal.

Thank you for stopping by today. Enjoy your Monday.

Lesley

More Christmas fun

Good afternoon everyone

Happy Saturday to you. My jobs are finally complete for today so I thought I would spend some time in my craft room and updating my blog. This is a card I made this week using a Penny Black stamp that I bought a while ago and hadn't yet inked up.

The stamp is called Not till Xmas which I coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils - 

• cat - TN1, TN2, TN3, TN5, OR3 and 087
• mice - FS1, TN3, TN5, PP1 and 100
• presents - DR1, DR5, DR6, CT2, CT4, GB5, DG2, DG4, TB2, TB4, TB8, 068, 033 and 084
• ground - BG1 and BG3
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were - 

• red Bazzil card
• papers from LOTV's 'Twas the night paper pad
• Tonic layering squares
• Die'sire lace border 6
• ribbon from the Hobby House
• pearls from the Ribbon Girl
• sentiment from LOTV's Christmas wishes stamp set (set 75)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -

 http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk - use three or more patterned papers

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - anything goes (2nd entry)

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Lesley

Evergreen boughs

Hello folks

This is the last of my design team cards made for Sheena's recent shows in Germany.

I stamped the poinsettia with twinkle embossing powder onto watercolour card and added a little shading with slate Spectrum Aqua. I then coloured directly onto the stamps with my Spectrum Aquas and stamped onto watercolour card. I dragged the colour out a little with a damp paint brush and then added a little glitter to the edges of the pinecones.

I used the following Spectrum Aquas - 

• poinsettia - slate (added just to the centre of the petals)
• boughs - moss and evergreen
• pinecones - chestnut, sepia and boulder

I made the background by scribbling onto a glass mat with kingfisher, charcoal and jasmine Spectrum Aquas, spritzing with water and then blotting with a piece of watercolour card. I then embossed the card with Sheena's evergreen embossing folder, sanded it back a little and then rubbed on some Pebeo silver gilding wax.

The other ingredients used were - 

• Yuletide greetings and perfect poinsettia stamp sets from Sheena's Perfect Partners Christmas range
• Christmas foliage and poinsettia die set from Sheena's Perfect Partners Christmas range
• watercolour card
• white and silver centura pearl
• twinkle embossing powder
• evergreen embossing folder from Sheena Douglass
• sliver Hunkydory glitter
• Pebeo silver gilding wax
• dazzler from the Hobby House

Thank you so much for stopping by today

Lesley

Anniversary wishes

Good morning folks

Last weekend was my parents Wedding Anniversary. They have been married for 51 years and this is the card I made for them.

Ingredients -

• white and lilac centura pearl
• Die'sire create a card square accordion die
• Die'sire ivy square overlay
• Spellbinder's anemone die set
• Happy Anniversary stamp (had it for years from Hobbycraft when I first started stamping)
• pearls from the Hobby House

Thank you so much for stopping by today

Lesley

Santa's Little Helper

Good Sunday morning to you all

Today I wanted to show you another Design team sample I made for some Sheena shows in Germany. This one features Santa's Little Helper stamp set and Little Elf die set from Sheena's Perfect Partners Christmas stamp and die range.

I stamped the elves onto Neenah card from Crafter's Companion and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir pens - 

• clothes - DR1, DR5, DR6, EB1, EB2, DG3, DG4, JG6, CT4 and GB5.
• skin - FS2, FS4 and FS9
• hair - TN7, TN8 and EB8
• scroll - EB1, EB2, DR1 and DG3

As these samples were for shows in Germany I was unable to use any sentiments but the scroll would be perfect for stamping a Christmas sentiment onto.

The other ingredients used were - 

• kraft card from Crafter's Companion
• red and green core'dinations
• Sheena's holly embossing folder
• Die'sire ivy die

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Autumn Leaves

Hello folks

Today's card is one I made for the new challenge at Fantasy Stampers. This fortnight the team would love to see your projects featuring Autumn Leaves.

This card features a lovely new stamp from LOTV called Calender fairies  - September which I have coloured with Spectrum Noir pens -

• leaves - GB6, GB7, DR5, DR7, DG3, DG4, OR1 and TN5
• wings - EB1 and EB2
• clothes - TN7, TN9, DR7, GB5, GB6 and GB7
• skin - FS2, FS8, FS9 and CR1
• hair - OR2, TN6, TN7, TN8 and TN9
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were - 

• Fairy calender - September stamp from LOTV
• sentiment tags stamp set 24 from LOTV
• Woodland folk paper pad from Docrafts
• Kraft card from Crafter's Companion (for the card base)
• Spellbinder's jewel flowers and flourishes die set (for the leaves)
• Spellbinder's circle and scalloped circle nesties
• Spellbinder's branching out die set
• buttons from my stash

You can enter the challenge upto 3 times but you projects must included a stamped image. The team look forward to seeing all your entries.

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Anything but a square

Good morning folks

It's FRIDAY - yeah and as it is Friday there is a new challenge at Winter Wonderland. This week we would like to see your Christmas projects that are "Anything but a square". Here is my design team card - 

Ingredients - 

• white and silver centura pearl
• blue core'dinations
• white and silver glitter card
• Embossalicious embossing folder - Nordic Christmas Christmas time
• Woodware snowflake punches
• Tattered Lace Merry Christmas die
• silver pearls 
• Tonic layering circles

I cut the sentiment twice and then shadowed the white one on top of the grey one.

I used the snowflake as a stopper.

This week we are sponsored by 

who are offering 3 stamps to the lucky winner.

So why not get ahead with your Christmas makes and enter our challenge. You can enter 3 times if you wish but your projects must be Christmas ones.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Festive fairies

Good morning

Another Design Team sample made for Sheena's German shows. This one features Festive fairy stamp set and Little fairy die  - 

I stamped the fairies onto Neenah white card and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils - 

• hair - GB8, GB10, EB5 and 104
• skin - FS2, FS4, FS9 and 089
• wings and clothes - IG1, IG2, IG3, 117, GT1, GT2, GT3 and 052
• holly - DG3

The other ingredients used were - 

• white and silver centura pearl
• white glitter card
• teal core'dinations
• Sheena's ivy frame embossing folder
• Pebeo silver gilding wax
• pearl diamond spray and sparkle (for the fairy wings)
• Woodware snowflake punch

I stamped and cut the front and back images of the fairies and stuck them together so it looked as if they were hanging over the edge of the card.

I embossed the core'dinations, sanded it back and then rubbed a little gilding wax over the embossed areas.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Lesley

Perfect Poinsettia

Hello folks

Today's card features Sheena's Perfect ponsettia stamp set and poinsettia die set from the perfect partners Christmas stamp and die range. It was made as one of my Spectrum Noir TV design team makes for some German shows that Crafter's Companion were presenting.

I stamped the poinsettias onto Neenah desert storm card and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir pencils -

• flowers - 023, 032, 093, 025, 026 and 028
• bow - 018, 085 and 088
• background - EB2

The other ingredients used were - 

• matt black card (from Crafter's Companion)
• red core'dinations
• kraft card (for the card base)
• gold gems from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - lots of layers (the poinsettias)
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - September challenge - anything goes

Thank you for stopping by today.

Lesley

Christmas Foilage

Good evening folks

This is one of the samples that I made for some shows in Germany featuring Sheena's Christmas perfect partners Christmas stamp and die sets.

This card uses Yuletide greetings stamp set and Christmas foliage die set.

I began by making the background by scribbling kingfisher, jasmine and charcoal Spectrum Aquas onto a glass mat and spritzing with water. I then took a piece of watercolour card and "blotted" up then ink. The background piece on this card is the second "blotting".

I then stamped the evergreen boughs onto the background. I coloured directly onto the stamp with my Spectrum Aquas and then stamped them onto the background. I coloured the pine cones in a similar way but stamped them onto a separate piece of watercolour card and then using the dies cut and embossed them. I then pulled the colour out with a little water. To get the shading correct I removed some of the colour using water and a piece of kitchen paper. Using the same method I made the twigs.

The Spectrum Aquas I used were - 

• background - kingfisher, charcoal and jasmine
• pine cones - boulder, sepia, chestnut and chocolate
• twigs - chocolate and sepia
• evergreen boughs - moss and evergreen

The other ingredients used were - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• silver centura pearl
• teal core'dinations
• snowflake embossing folder (from Crafter's Companion)

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

21 years and counting

Hello folks and a very happy Friday evening to you all

Well that is my first week back at work completed, roll on the next 7!!! It has been lovely to see the children again and to meet all the new ones. I think it is going to be a fun year.

This week was also my wedding anniversary and this is the card I made for my hubby - 

Ingredients - 

• matt black card
• gold mirriboard
• heart inkognito stamp from Visible image
• set 65 Quotables - Love from LOTV
• gold embossing powder
• Spellbinder's hearts embossing folder
• Spellbinder's Marvellous squares dies
• Tonic layering squares
• Tattered Lace numbers die
• Pebeo gold gilding wax

Thank you for stopping by 

Lesley

Metal work

Good morning

Well after six lazy weeks holiday it is back to work for me today. A gentle easing into this working lark with a training day - must try and stay awake!! 

Today's card was made for a male friend's birthday and I cannot take the credit for the design - I found inspiration on the Pinterest website www.ihaveinkyfingers.blogspot.it.

Ingredients - 

• matt black card and kraft card from Crafter's Companion
• craft metal
• canvas embossing folder from Textures range from Crafter's Companion
• Spellbinder's creative cogs embossing folder
• black soot distress ink
• Spellbinder's sentiments 3 die

I sanded the craft metal a little and rubbed some inks over it to distress it slightly.

The sentiment

A close up of the embossing detail.

Thank you for stopping by 

Lesley

PS. I just realised that it is the 1st Spetember today - where is the year going?