Tea for Two ... and some butterflies!!

 A couple of quick(ish!) and simple cards from me today ...

 I stamped the teacups and teapot from Visible Image Tea for 2 onto white cardstock and then onto the gingham paper.  Having cut the images out of the gingham I glued them over the ones on the cardstock.  Very simples!  I added the sentiment from the same stamp set, and then put it onto gingham paper and added gingham ribbon - gingham heaven!!!

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Tea for 2

Sentiment: Visible Image Tea for 2

Colouring medium: 

 Papers: Pink Petticoat Gingham

 Embellishments: ribbon

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Anything goes - seeing double (2 teacups)

Tuesday throwdown - paper peicing
Fab n Funky - add a sentiment

 I wanted some simple butterflies for a project I am making, and actually thought ahead for once and cut them out so I could use the cardstock in the negative.  I simply stamped the stripes and spots inside to create this simple card.

Supplies: 

Stamps:Clearly Besotted Stamps Building blocks

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Flutterby Dreams

Colouring medium: 

 Papers: 

 Embellishments: 

Tools: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes die

Challenges:

Less is more - OLC spots and stripes

Just us girls- negative die

Crazy4 - being negative
Papertake Weekly - 3,2,1 (3 butterflies, 2 patterns, 1 ink colour)
Flutterby Wednesday - any winged creature

 

Cute Card Thursday GDT

The theme this week for Cute Card Thursday is Simplfy ...

So I have gone very CAS - I simply stamped and diecut these butterflies, and put them onto crumb cake cardstock, before adding the sentiment - very simples!! 

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly wishes

Sentiment: Penny Black Take Flight

 Embellishments: 

Tools: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly wishes die

 Challenges:

 

Monday Playing

 We got up to quite heavy snow this morning and the girls were hopeful that school would be shut - I was pleased it wasn't as it gave me a couple of hours crafting before starting work :)

I coloured Nikki in using my pens, and then cut her out. Some of my DT teamie and I did a diecut swap before Christmas, so I used the fence from that swap to create the scene. I simply die cut the tree, added the fence and then some torn cardstock in front to create the snowy scene.  I added stickles and pearl to create snow and ice, and added a snowflake swirl to the corner.  I chose this spotty dp to give the impression of snow.

Supplies: 

Image: Saturated Canary Nikki

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: copics

Skin:E000.E00,E11,R20

Hair: W1,3,5,7

Clothes: BG0000,BG05,BG07,BG09

Papers:Bearly mine Designs mini dots

Embellishments: die cute fence,  stickles pearl pen

Tools: Marianne Design tree die, Memory Box snowflake swirl die

Challenges:

Saturated Canary - movie inspiration (The Cutting Edge)

Craft Your passion - totally teal

Cupcake Craft - create a scene

Stamp with fun - swirl

Stamps and fun=creativity - swirl
Creative Stamp friends - winter/winter sports

Make it monday

ANother tall CAS card - I think I am getting the hang of them!! I die cut 3 squares and added washi tape to them, before putting them on foam pads and attaching to the embossed background.  I stamped and diecut the butterfly, curled its wings and popped it onto the bottom square.  That was it really.
 

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly besotted stamps - butterfly wishes

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium:

Papers: linen cardstock

Embellishments: washi tape

Tools: swiss dots embossing folder, Clearly Besotted Butterfly wishes die

Challenges:

Make my monday - CAS sketch

 Simon Says Stamp - washi tape

CAS-ual Friday - long and short side

Cardmaking Mamas - CAS

Totally Gorguss - KISS

Creative Creations - keep it simple

Cutie pie - use 3 different textures (embossing, linen cardstock, smooth pearls & washi tape)

 

A bit more Clean and Simple

I am practising CAS again - I really struggle positioning, if you know what i mean.  I stamped the branch and then stamped and die cut the butterflies out.  I curled their wings and added some stamped flowers, and then added the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes, Leafy Accents,

SU bitty flowers

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Flutterby dreams

Colouring medium: SU and Versamark inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools:  Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes die

Challenges:

Everybody-Art-  pastel colours

Colour Throwdown - amythesyt, certainly celery, rose pink, saffron

Addicted to Stamps - nature

Flutterby Wednesday - open

Cards and More - use a die

Love this cute penguin couple, and as I have so many Christmas cards to make I thought I better crack on!!! I coloured the image with my pens and then added stickles, glamour dust and pearl pen.  I embossed some white cardstock, and I love this polkadot paper - you will be seeing more of it!!  Finally a sentiment and that's it.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Warm Winter Wishes

Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps Winter letter seals

Colouring medium: copics

C4-9, C1, R20, Y38,Y35, BG05, BG07, BG09, BG18, BG13, BG11

Papers:Bearly Mine Mini Dots

Embellishments: 

Tools: CB swiss dots embossing folder

Challenges:

 Christmas Sweet Stampin - cold and frosty

ABC Christmas - A for animal

The Sugar Bowl - sketch + let it snow

Without Words - baby its cold outside

Love to Create - winter wonderland

Partytime Tuesday - sparkle, glitter and shine

Creative Card Crew - snow and ice

Hotshot - CAS
ABC challenges - CAS 

Allsorts - CAS
Fab n Funky - winter
Crafts and Me - winter wonderland
Simply Create - let it Snow

 

New Dies from Clearly Besotted Stamps

Clearly Besotted Stamps are now doing dies - there are 3, one for their butterfly Wishes set, one for their Hoot set and one for their roamntic set.  I had to have the owl and butterfly dies to go with the stamp sets i have.  I love Steph's stamps, such good quailty, with clean, crisp results.

I used green ink to stamp the leafy branch onto the kraft cardstock, and then stamped the sentiment.  I stamped the owl out in brown ink and then coloured the heart in using my red promarker.  I used the die to cut him out, before popping him onto 3d foam pads nad placing him on the branch.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Leafy Accents, You're a hoot

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps You're a Hoot

Colouring medium: SU and veramark inks, red promarker

 Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: Clearly Besotted You're a hoot die

I stamped the flourish directly onto the card blank using green ink.  I die cut the butterflies and then stamped the butterflies onto them.  I layered one of them up and added teeny gems to their middles.  Finally I stamped the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes, With a flourish

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Happy Everything

Colouring medium: SU and veramark inks

 Papers: 

Embellishments: flatbacked pearls

Tools: Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes die

Challenges:

Paper pretties - bling

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - something new
Cute Card Thursday - Something New

Moving Along with the Times - thank you

CAS Friday - thank you

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes
2 Sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - CAS

 

Clearly Besotted

 with Clearly Besotted Stamps!!  I love Steph's range of stamps and the quality of them is amazing, they stamp beautifully.
I have had a couple of sets for a while, but not blogged what I have done with them so here goes ...

Girly princess ...

Supplies:

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Once Upon a Time

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Once Upon a Time

Colouring medium: Versamark ink spots

Papers: SU cardstock

Embellishments: twine and button from stash

Tools: 

 And Pirate ...

 This is a fab stamp set for pirate loving boys, young and older!!!  I stamped up the ship and sails and then embossed the coredinations cardstock, sanded and tore it to create waves.

Supplies:

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Ahoy Matey

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Versamark and SU ink pads

Papers: SU cardstock, Coredinations Whitewash

Embellishments: 

Tools: CB D'Vine Swirls embossing folder

Challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes


 

 

Oh Baubles!!

I love these diecut from LOTV - excellent for quick cards!  I had a spare bauble that i had stamped up and cut out a while ago, so I thought I would put them together on a card.  I embossed the top part of the white cardstock and stamped the sentiment on the bottom.  I cut the tags and threaded gold thread through them before popping them onto 3d pads to gove some dimension.  Finally a diecut border and some pearls.

Supplies:

 Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas, LOTV Diecut designs Traditional Christmas

Sentiment:Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Colouring medium: SU ink pads

Papers: SU cardstock

 Embellishments: pearls from stash

Tools: Spellbinders edgibility die

Challenges:

 Come and get it - sketch

Crazy 4 - tags

Winter Wonderland - baubles

Addicted to stamps - tag

Crafty pad - Christmas

Penny Black and more - any die will do

Crafty Creations - Christmas is comnig

 

Brown and Cream Christmas

I stamped the baubles directly onto the card blank, and then 'inked' up the middle section and the thread of them using my gold dabber.  The sentiment is stamped in sepia ink and I simply added some twine.
 

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Merry Little Christmas

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Merry Little Christmas

Colouring medium: gold dabber, sepia versafine ink

 Papers: 

Embellishments: twine

 Tools: 

Challenges: 

Cutie Pie - brown and cream Christmas

Craft Your Passion - CAS

Forever Friends - ribbon and twine

Stamps and fun=creativity - anything goes

Dream Valley - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' anything goes

 

Basic Grey Challenge

 The theme for the Basic Grey Challenge this time is the 3 S's (scallops, stitching, swirls)

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A very simple card from me this time, as we have had a lot of personal stuff going on.  I stamped the bauble in green and cherry cobbler ink and cut it out.  Having punched the border, I stitched the dp, and then threaded some gold thread through the paper and hung the bauble.  Finally I added the swirl corner accent and stamped the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

 Colouring medium: SU ink

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial 12x12"

Embellishments: twine from stash

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Ironworks motifs, Martha Stewart border punch

Challenges:

 Chocolate, coffee and cards - stripes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes  

Dutchdare - favourite things

 (Basic Grey papers, Clearly Besotted stamps)
2 Sisters - use a favourite Christmas stamp
Sweet Stampin - anything goes
Crazy for - inspired by a favourite Christmas Carol (Deck the halls)

 

Cute Snowman

I love Clearly Besotted stamps, they are fabulous quality and gorgeous designs.  How cute is this snowman??!!!  Having stamped and coloured him, I cut him out and put him on 3d pads over the torn white cardstock and snowflake paper.  I stamped the sentiment from the same set, added some bakers twine, and coloured the snowflake using picket fence distress stain.

Supplies: 

Image:Clearly Besotted Stamps - Merry Little Christmas

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Merry Little Christmas

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding

Embellishments: Tando snowflake, twine

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Charisma Cardz - feeling blue

Paperplay - snowflakes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes  

Dutchdare - favourite things

 (Basic Grey papers, Clearly Besotted stamps)

CAS-ual Fridays - torn

 

A couple of cards

 

 A really quick and easy Christmas card - I simpy stamped the tree and cut it our, before popping it onto te die cut circle.  I added some twine and that was it really!

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

 Colouring medium: SU ink

Papers: SU cardstock

Embellishments: twine from stash

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Ironworks motifs

 Challenges:

 Divas by Design - feeling festive

Kreative Stamp friends - CAS

Fab n Funky - die cuts, punches

 I stamped the two mermaids and coloured them with my pens.  As the image is quite big, I kept it all simple, simply adding viva decor pearl pen to the image for bubbles and some flat backed pearlss - no other embellishments!! Shock horror!!

Supplies: 

Image: Lili of the Valley - little mermaid 1 , little mermaid 2

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: copics

 Papers: Glitz Vintage Blue

Embellishments: pearls

Tools:

 Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - just add pearl

Creative Inspirations - lets Celebrate

Crafts and Me - bling it up

 

Two makes ...

 

I stamped the butterfly in tumbled glass in kand cut it out, before popping it on to foam pads directly on to the dp. I added a pearl to the butterfly, and stamped the sentiment straight onto the dp and that was that!

Supplies:

 Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes

 Sentiment: SU

 Colouring medium: tumbled glass distress ink

 Papers: Basic Grey Whats Up

 Embellishments: flat backed pearl

 Tools: 

Challenges:

 Kreative Stamp friends - CAS

Flutterby Wednesday- open challenge

Crafty Creations - just 1

Tilda is coloired in using my pens, and I simply matted her onto cardstock.  I added some twine and twill ribbon, and flowers and berries from my stash.

Supplies:

 Image: Magnolia Tida with tag gifts

 Sentiment: Magnolia

 Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Echo Park Very merry Chrismas,

 Embellishments:berries, flowers, ribbon, twine

 Tools: 

Challenges:

 Creative Inspirations - lets Celebrate

 Divas by Design - feeling festive

Crafts and Me - bling it up

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Midweek Magnolias - anything goes

 

2 takes on Christmas

 

I stamped the nordic pattern using wisteria wonder ink, and then cut out the banners.  The thin pattern is from the same stamp set and was stamped in black.  Having cut the bauble die out I stamped the sentiment and added the twine.  The kraft cardstock was popped onto 3d pads and attached to the card blank.
 

Supplies: 

Image: Spellbinders bauble die, WMS Nordic

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Colouring medium: SU Wisteria Wonder, versafine oynx

Papers: SU cardstock

Embellishments: twine

Tools: Spellbinders die, Cuttlebug

Challenges:

Just Add Ink - colour combination (cake crumb, very vanilla, wisteria wonder)

CAS-ual Friday - kraft on

Clean and Simple Stamping - sketch

And from CAS to ...

Having coloured the image in using my pens, I added chunky white embossing powder, stickles, glamour dust and pearl pen to create a sparkly, snowy background.  I distressed the edges of the papers and cardstock, before adding lace, ribbon and flowers.  Finally I stamped and cut out the tags.

Supplies: 

Image: LOTV Snow Queen

Sentiment: LOTV Christmas Sentiment tags

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Aspen Frost

Embellishments: lace, berries, aster daisies, rosehips, cherry blossom,  

stickles, glamour dust, Viva Decor pearls pen, Stampendous chunky white embossing powder

Tools: Tim Holtz distressing tool

Challenges:

Lili's little fairies - girls Christmas card

Happy Camper - shabby chic

Do You Stack up - wet or dry embossing

Papertake Weekly - firreworks (glitter and sparkle)

Fuss n fancy - anything goes

Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes

Dutchdare - ribbon and lace

WOYWW

Its Wednesday and I have a day of crafting planned as the girls are at their parents for the half term holiday.  I am also planning to spend some time hopping across the crafty blogs of blogland, courtesy of the lovely Julia and WOYWW.

 Here was creative space yesterday, late afternoon ...

A bit of inking going on - and yes that  is pink!! ...

And more inking, blue this time!!  I love this stamp set Twinkle Toes ... it is from Clearly Besotted Stamps and such good quality, really thick acyrlic and a dream to stamp.

And here is what I made after all that inky fun ...

I stamped the ballerina in Versamark starlight and then in versafine oynx on a separate piece of card.  Having cut her out, I popped her onto 3d pads, added stickles round the "frame" and then added the girl.  The sentiment is from the same set. 

This time I stamped the girl using versafine oynx and then stamped it onto scrap, before 'ghost' stamping it behind the girl.  I added stickles to the 'ground' and her wand.  The sentiment is again from the same set.

With the girls away I was able to 'pop' down to Eastbourne on Monday to visit the lovely Lisa who runs That Craft Place.  I am really lucky to be on her DT and she is an absolutely lovely lady.  She put me to work, assembling and painting a Tando Advent Tree (just like the one I was doing last week, and that is currently lying abandoned on my landing!!), and also making up hatpin kits.  It was a really long day - 8 hours round trip on the train, but I had a fab time.

Clearly Besotted with ...

 Signature Christmas from Clearly Besotted Stamps!!  And you have the chance to win a set here.  Steph and her design team are amazingly talented and full of inspiration.

I had a quiet Christmas card making session yesterday using this stamp set ...

This is my least favourite - hubby loves it, I think its a bit too red!!  

I just love this wreath, paired up with embossed dots and gingham - so Christmasy

 Then I had a play with the trees, creating night time snow scenes ...

 

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Colouring medium: SU ink pads

Papers: Diamond White, SU

Embellishments: gems from stash, red and green gingham ribbon

Tools: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder

Challenges:

 Christmas Stampin' All Year Round - traditional colours
Pile it On - holidays, any holiday
ABC Christmas Challenge-Anything Goes

Stamp & Doodle-Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge-Anything Goes
Cards Galore - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door-Anything Goes
Flourish-Winter
Keep On Creating-Christmas

 

Christmas - 2 takes on it!!

I am cracking on with the Christmas cards and have made a couple that are very contrasting ...

A very CAS Christmas card, and probably going to be one of my mass produced ones!!  I simply embossed some white cardstock with the wreath embossing folder and then stamped the wreath and bow in the centre.  Having stamped the text I matted it onto red cardstock and onto a card blank - very easy to do en masse!!

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas
Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Colouring medium: SU ink spots

 Papers: SU CHerry Cobbler

 Embellishments: 

Tools: Embossing folder, cuttlebug

Challenges:
Charisma Cards - CAS
Christmas Stampin' All Year Round - traditional colours

And now for something completely different - I do like making the odd vintage, embellishment heavy card ...

I coloured this cute LOTV fairy in using my promarkers, before distressing her with vintage phot distress ink and my paper distresser.  The dp is also distressed using the paper distresser and ink.  I added some muslim, lace, and ribbon, and added a bow with a wooden button at its centre.  The metal Christmas tree is a faulty charm - it has no loop!!! - so I glued it down using glossy accents.  I added the distressed decorative corner, WOC flowers and the LOTV sentiment.  Finally some teeny pearls were added to the decorative corner and the edge of the card, and the angel's wings and the edge of the image were stickled.

Supplies: 

Image: Christmas Angels - flying
Sentiment LOTV Christmas Grungy messages

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Basic Gery Frosted Aspen, Jovial

 Embellishments: WOC flowers, ribbon, lace, button and pearls from stash
stickles

Tools: Cuttlebug, Heartfelt Creation Die, Tim Holtz paper distresser

Challenges:
Crafts and Me - lace and pearls
Do you stack up - vintage
DutchDare - butons and bows
PaperPlay - wooden it be nice
Cute Card Thursday - glitter
Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes
CRAFT - metal
Fuss and Fancy Friday - anything goes

 Bearly Mine - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - bows and ribbons

The Paper Shelter - charming