Get Well Bunny

CAS-ual Friday challenge this week is to make a card based on your blog header.  Well mine is purple and CAS ... so here you go!

Image from LOTV (coloured with copics), Paper Smooches sentiment.

• CAS-ual Friday CFC72 - toot your own horn
• Layout from Clean and Simple #210
• Simon Says - anything goes
• Stampin for the Weekend #18 - feeling floral

Get Well Girlie

I got this Marianne heart die aaaages ago and think I've maybe used it once.  Bad me.  I'm determined to use more of my stash as I think I have plenty of it!  (I know, you can never have enough though!)

Image coloured with mixture of copics and promarkers, paper pieced butterfly and flower.
Marianne Design heart die.
Whimsy butterfly die - it comes with a fancy tail, but I just cut it off.

• Layout from sketch at Sweet Sunday #164
• The Crafty Pad #181 - things with wings
• Willow Sketchie challenge - anything goes
• Simon Says ... anything goes
• Colour theme from The Play Date Cafe -  Cobalt...Goldenrod...Peony

Sick Kitty

I 'found' this stamp recently at the back of my stash and thought he deserved a wee inking.  I don't make many one layer cards, so I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
Coloured with pencils, paper pieced his wee bandage and blinged up his nose with some black glitter.

• Stampin for the Weekend #12 - show us your style ... mine's cute / CAS
• CAS-ual Friday CFC58 - pretty in pink
• Fab'n Funky #126 - polka dots
• Try it Tuesday - anything goes

Don't look now!

Hee, how's this for a fun card!  I bought this wee stamp from Hambo aaaaaages ago cause I thought he was so funny, and then when he arrived in the post I was stumped as to what to do with him!  I mean, what do you do with an image of a flasher?!! So he's sat unloved and uninked in my crafty stash, til now....
This card is for a friend of ours who's going for a wee surgical op in his, ahem, 'nether regions'!  Ta Da, suddenly this image is just perfect!  Do you like the addition of the wee saw brad?  It was nearly going to be a pair of scissors, but I thought a saw was even funnier!  I know, I'm evil.  But boy did I have a good laugh making this!

Paper pieced his robe, and cut a few stars with a Taylored Expressions die.  Sentiment / letters from Paper Smooches.

• Sketch from Sketch'n stash #90
• Ribbon Carousel RCC58 - heavy metal
• Fab'n Funky #126 - polka dots
• My Mum's Craft Shop #62 - about the boys
• Play Date Cafe - blue, black and white (though I think my blue should have been bluer!)
• Alota Rubber Stamps - blue + 1 other colour
• Creatalicious #35 - anything goes

I've noticed that I'm always complaining in my blog about the weather, so from now on I'm looking for the positives!  Hmmm - hard to do when it didn't stop raining yesterday for even 5 minutes!  Well, at least I haven't had to bother watering my garden!  And the Six Mile Water was in very impressive form today ... usually its a nice ambient river, but today it was a total torrent.  A wee man (isn't there always a wee man no matter where you go who knows everything?!) told us the water had dropped about 4ft from yesterday!

High Hopes challenge #138

My last post as GDT with High Hopes :( but this week's challenge is super easy ...

Anything Goes

(as long as you use a High Hopes stamp!)
You'll want to pop over to High Hopes anyway for sneak peaks of their new release!

Doesn't this whale look lovely and cool, I'd love to have my tootsies soaking in the Atlantic Ocean right now, we're still cooking in the sunshine here!

Coloured my whale with pencils and added some glitter to the water.  Sentiment from Paper Smooches alphabet.  Wave border die from Taylored Expressions.

• I flipped the sketch from Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge TESC160 
• Creative Inspirations #164 - anything goes
• Charisma Cardz #20 - no flowers allowed
• Hotshot Craft challenge #8 - die cuts
• Totally Gorjuss #133 - something new (my new bakers twine and corner punch)

Get Well Smooches

Hee, did you miss me?  We've been super busy in work and I've had no mojo, but I did get a wee visit to the craft show in Belfast to buy some new goodies .. none of which I've actually used on this card (but I'm sure I'll be sharing some over the next while!)  Not too many bargains about, and I managed to spend a fortune, but sure I'll enjoy playing with them!

I hope to get a wee visit round  my bloggy buddies over the next night or two, but there's a programme on Rome tonight that I want to see ... and pretend we're back there again!

• This card is for this week's Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.  I was inspired by the colour theme (my panel to the right is actually purple, but for some reason it always photographs slightly bluey) and I embossed my kraft cardstock to match the little cones.  I thought this would make a good get well card for a bloke, not too girly or fussy!
• Cards 4 Men #9 - texture
• Kaboodle Doodles #116 - emboss it
• Catered Crop - get krafty recipe swap
• Sketch from Monday Lunchtime #218 at Techno Stamper

Sick Bunnie

I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday and that my 2 weeks off work is almost up already.  I had thought that I'd maybe get a chance to get my card stash restocked, but I've been too busy!

I think I've only had ink on this Lilli of the Valley stamp once before ... coloured him with promarkers; popped my bunny and the grapes up on dimensionals and added clear gloss to the grapes too.  I've also rediscovered my Sakura jelly roll starbust pen (which I used to colour the spoon) and I love and I've no idea why I ever neglected it!

Oh, by the way Paper Smooches have a blog hop on at the minute with peeks of their new release!

• Sketch from Mojo Monday #221
• Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #87 "Anything Goes
• Wee Memories #80 - anything goes
• Sparkles 1st Birthday challenge - anything but Xmas

When life give you lemons ...

...make lemonade!  (Don't think I've ever had home made lemonade though!!)  This is another of my new High Hopes stamps, doesn't it just scream summer!  (High Hopes blog and Dream Valley Challenges both have 'summer' themed challenges this fortnight ... still a week left to play along)
I coloured my image with Promarkers and added some sparkle to the straw and then covered the glass in clear gloss.  I also touched my clear gems with a purple marker and then some purple stickles.  I think my sentiment (from Paper Smooches) gets a bit lost in the top corner, so I might stamp it again in the bottom corner.

• Sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp #63
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Fussy and Fancy #41 - summer
• Polka Doodles #28 - long hot summer
• Your Next Stamp #46 - buttons

When life gives you lemons...

...make lemonade! Or, when the weather gives you a yeuchy overcast drizzly day ... make cards!!  So apologies in advance for blogger overload this evening!
I won this little Lemon Tree image a while back and thought it was about time it was given another outing.  Coloured with promarkers and frosted lace stickles added to lemons.

• Sketch from Card Patterns #120
• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #139 - an image containing a household item ... I did struggle with this, but then I figured a basket would be kept in the house!
• My Mum's Craft Shop #10 - seeing spots
• Stampin for the Weekend #10 - lemon and lime

Simple Get Well card

(Click HERE for my Sweet Stampin GDT: use a photo post)

I found this digi in my stash and was soooo tempted to write Get Whale Soon on my card, but unfortunatley I didn't have enough E's in my peeloff stash!  I think this image is a freebie from Stretch'n bubbles but honestly can't remember.  Used my fabby new swirly Tim Holtz embossing folder and a wee bit of stickles for the water.

• Sketch from Clean and Simple #123
• Kaboodle Doodles #49 - Do it with Digis
• I kinda muddled up my colours from Just Us Girls #67 and should have used a different shade of blue

What's on Your Workdesk

I haven't shown you my messy table for a while, but I got some new goodies from High Hopes today and thought I'd share them with What's on your workdesk Wednesday! Here's a wee close up ... I was lucky enough to win 3 of these stamps in a recent weekly challenge and I think the others are from their new release.

So of course I couldn't wait to get some ink on these! And first up was the little Xray dude .... coloured with copics and popped up his head and the little mousey.  (The little hanging silver star was a recycled embellie from one of my Mum's Christmas cards)

• Sketch from Splitcoaststampers SC314
• Top Tip Tuesday #16 - add some metal
• Tuesday throwdown #30 - embossing
• Fab'n'Funky #54 - anything goes
• Colour combo from Color Throwdown #123

Popped balloons!

This is an oldie stamp I got aaaaaages ago from I Brake for Stamps .... I cut out an extra red balloon and popped it up on dimensionals.  Coloured with copics and the white strip on the red balloon has Smooch Illuminate on it for a bit of sparkle.

Sketch from Cute Card Thursday #144

Sir Stampalot December challenge - Travel the World

The Crafty Pad #102 - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes #49 - cut it out

CES Challenge #17 - anything goes

Sick Doggy

Ohhhh its another bitterly cold day, no sign of this snow shifting yet!  We don't 'do' snow in Northern Ireland, give me a good rainy day any time!  Though at least its not a patch on what they're getting over the pond in England and Scotland.
I've been making some doggy themed cards for a Chrissy pressie for a friend who runs a dog visiting charity (where dogs visit hospitals and residential homes) so thought I'd share one of them.  This one uses a Heltz cuppleditch stamp (at least I think that's how you spell it, too lazy to get off the sofa and go and check!)

Sketch from Friday Sketchers #130

Stamptacular Sunday #87 - use Fall colours

Poor sick doggy

I love this Helz Cuppleditch stamp but there's something about this card that I think just isn't right .... any constructive criticism or suggestions welcome!

ETA: Thanks for the comments on my LO - in the end I added a few flowers in the bottom r-h corner and it kinda balanced it a bit better

Sketch from Sketch Saturday #112

Paper Sundaes #27 is make your own flowers - I used some dies to make mine, curled the edges and added some brads for the flower centres

Colour combo from One Stop Craft #89

Supplies
Stamps: Doggy from Helz Cuppleditch; sentiment from Simon Says
Paper: Basic Grey
Accessories: Lace ribbon; copic markers; red stickles; Marianne Creatible flower dies; pink brads; nestabilities

Etsy Inspired Seahorse

This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge #97 is to use Mermaid's Tears Jewelry as inspiration.  I kinda used these two pices to take the theme for my card- the seahorse, the colours and the pretty swirl

Sketch from 2 Sketches for You #56

Totally Papercrafts #25 is a recipe: 1 X IMAGE, 1 X RIBBON, 2 X PAPERS, 3 X EMBELLISHMENTS

Our Creative Corner : Beach theme

Daring Cardmakers - we are sailing (beach / sea related)

Supplies

Stamps: image from Stampin Up 'fishy friends'; sentiment from Simon Says

Papers: Rubber Soul 'Hoop-la'

Accessories: blue seed beads; dimensionals; Tim Holtz border die; swirly doo-da thingy and bling from stash; blue promarker; white gel pen; Bow Easy

A dirty dog and a pink kitty!

Just a quick post - unfortunately for Ruby its bath time!  I think she knows and she's hiding at the bottom of the garden at the minute - I'll have to get something tasty from the cupboard to lure her in and then do a surprise snatch and grab!  

I won this Basic Grey paper in some candy way last year and was determined to use some today!  Though it took me 3 efforts to get my image coloured so that it sort of matched - so far today my cat has been  light brown, blue and now pink!

S2G Twisted Thursday #61 challenge this week is to use something old (my paper)  (BTW S2G have a fabulous wedding card blog hop on at the minute)

Sketch from Paper Sundaes #22

Your Next Stamp challenge#18 is buttons

Charisma Cards #24 is Bling

Supplies

Stamp: Shirley's 2 Girls

Paper: Basic Grey

Accessories: copic markers; Glossy Accents (on flowers); black stickles (cat's nose); Martha Stewart punch; ribbon and pink gems from stash; Bow Easy; brown chalk (for distressing round edges); dental floss (to tie on button)

A Thhhhick Thhhhnake

Here's one of my Hambo stamp bargains ... he's only little, but soooo cute!?
I think my mojo is having a wee sleep somewhere ... I'm putting it down to having 'too good' a time yesterday at our niece's wedding!  ;o)    I think I got my colour combo wrong - the grass doesn't really look right against the blue and yellow, oh well!

I flipped the sketch from Jen's I{heart}2stamp

Sir Stampalot's June challenge is to use punches

Supplies
Stamp: Hambo stamps
Accessories: Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder; glossy accents (on snake); gems and ribbon from stash

Simon Says ... Pink (or blue) with green and brown

Sorry for the really rubbish photo, but I left making my Simon Says card to the last minute and its a dark evening here.  You'll have to trust me that the darker BP is a lovely shimmery brown paper, which I embossed using an old Ellison folder.  I coloured my sick kitty with my collection of Promarkers (which consists of 3 markers!!)

I also used an old Stampin Up little dot stamp and versamarked the dots on the blue BP.

Sketch from Posh Designs #16

Simon Says challenge: Use pink or blue WITH green and brown!

Just Us Girls challenge #35 is Dry Embossing

Cute Card Thursday #114: No Designer Papers

Quixotic challenge #27: Emboss it

Supplies

Stamp: Whipper Snapper kitty; dot 'I think' is from Stampin Up Nice and Narrow

Accessories: cuttlebug and Ellison embossing folder; white gel pen; Promarkers; peel off sentiment and little flowers; eyelet and ribbon from stash; Martha Stewart punch; glossy accents on nose, collar and thermometer

My first stitched card!

Sorry, I know this is my 4th post of the evening but I've been M.I.A. for a week with no mojo, so I'm making hay while the sun shines!

OK, so I know the lines aren't the straightest, but I think it looks pretty good for a first attempt!  Took us a while to suss out how to thread the machine, and in the end we discovered that we should have ignored the written instructions and threaded it how common sense would tell you to thread it! 
Anyway, this stamp is yet another of my new stamps from Little Claire Designs (Thanks Minnie!)  Doesn't really show up in the pic but the green BP has little anchors versamarked and the red paper has the little life rings.  Added clear gloss to the clouds, boat and sails and popped up the little rings on dimensionals.
Hope you all had a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp #26 - its their Birthday so you can pick which sketch you'd like to use (I chose sketch 5)

The Secret Crafter challenge #79 is A Day Out (well I'd love a day out on a yacht, wouldn't you?!)

And luckily for me there's a few sewing challenges this week:

• Allsorts #48: In Stitches
• Your Next Stamp #14: Stitching Real or Faux
• Sweet Stampin #22: In Stitches

Poor sick doggy

Oooh, its been such a lovely day - nice and bright and sunny!  Ruby spent most of it out sunbathing!

Did you have any luck on the Grand National?  As usual we backed a couple of big donkeys again, but at least it was good to see our local lad, Tony McCoy, FINALLY winning the big race!

Supplies: stamp from Heidi Cuppleditz (think thats how you spell it), copic markers, Martha Stewart punch, clear dew drops, Stampin Up corner punch

Sketch from Papertake Weekly #38

Creative Inspirations #55: Blue, Green, Brown

Crafty Creations #62: Paper Piecing (I paper pieced the little cushion and the slippers)

The Secret Crafter #78: Get Well Soon