CASEing Kylie

Good morning fellow crafters, hope I find you fine and dandy.

Today sees a ne challenge over at Fantasy Stampers. We are going all girly this time with our theme of -

PRETTY IN PINK

We are also saying hello to a couple of new team members, pop along to check them and the rest of the team's inspiration out. Here is mine -

I made this with a couple of challenges in mind.

Over at Time Out they are CASeing KYLIE of Addicted to Stamps's card -

Isn't it so pretty. 

I took inspiration from her tag, flowers, ribbon and embossed front as well as the pink and white colourway.

I embossed the from panel using an old EF, I'm not sure of the make but it's probably it's first outing!

I cut a tag using a Marianne die from their CR 1254 set and added a chiffon ribbon bow to match my base card made from bubblegum pink Bazzil. I stamped one of my STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches daisies and heat embossed in white before colouring with DI Picked Raspberry in w/c style. The leaves are from a Hero Arts set, Stitched Frames embossed and coloured as before using some Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemon and Mowed Lawn DI. I fussy cut them all and adhered them to my tag. The greeting was from a Woodware set stamped in Picked Raspberry.

I shall also enter the following challenges:-

As You Like it Challenge - CAS or Fussy 

I'm really a CAS girl at heart, I don't do fussy!

Sweet Stamps BLOG challenge - Pink, White and one other colour

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

edited 15/2 to add HLS - Embossing

Thanks for popping by, call back soon.

Off out for a little crafty me time now, leaving Al and Max to their own devices!

Miserable Monday

Well the dry weather is a distant memory and we woke to a frost and then sleet!

My husband went to his shed and it took him 4 steps to realize that the sleet had frozen onto the ramp and made it a skating rink!

So after the hoovering, I thought I needed cheering up so here I am back in the craft room. 

Was going through my papers trying to find inspiration for a birthday card for my Sis, but none was forthcoming! So I sat with a cuppa and checked my challenge sites and fell onto the Less is More site. This week it is Anything goes on a single layer, always a tricky proposition. You really have to plan what and where you need to stamp. Well I thought I would get those gorgeous dandelion stamps out again and had to have a play. This is the result.

This time I used the same mask made for my Love and Cherish card with the Marianne (CR1254) Craftable die and stamped the flower heads and embossed them in white embossing powder. I used a mixture of Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans to colour the base card within the mask, which I moved around to create the tattered edge.

The greeting was from the same Inkylicious set stamped in Broken China.

 I shall enter it into the following challenges:-

Less is More - One Layer, Anything Goes

Creative Impressions - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Sentiments Only

Allsorts - Colours beginning with B - blues
Addicted to Stamps and more - Anything Goes

Well that's it folks, thanks for popping by.

Josh's 21st Birthday and Marianne Design Divas Guest Designer

Good morning fellow crafters. Its been a bit wild and woolly down here over the last day. Still the white fluffy stuff  is keeping away so far. I don't mind it when I have nowhere to go but with family descending from all points north for Christmas it would be better if it stayed away for the moment.

Now for some really good news. I have been asked to be a guest designer for this months Marianne Design Divas! A call went out in October and I sent my name in not thinking I would get the opportunity but hey if you don't ask you don't get. Now the hard bit of coming up with a design using 3 Marianne products. The theme of Anything goes made it slightly easier, but after the initial high of being asked its a different story to come up with a design that would not disgrace the team. So without further ado here it is:-

As it was an 'Anything goes' challenge I decided to make a card for my neighbour's son's 21st. 

I used the following Marianne Design products:-

Collectables COL1315  (checked and stamped)

Craftables CR1254 frame to cut striped LOTV paper edged in Faded Jeans and reinforcement dies in same paper as background.

Cardmakers rope blue/white JU0836

Josh is a keen Huddersfield Town supporter so this image from LOTV was just perfect. The stamp was coloured in 'Town' colours with Copics. and mounted on a starburst circle (Sizzix inverted scalloped circle) cut from the same backing paper. The trophy die cut in silver card is cut from an old Ellison die, with Tim Holtz 'Carnivale' numbers in white. Happy Birthday background stamp is Heroarts and assorted papers from the stash. The letters for the name is a Sizzix alphabet set- First Steps. The bunting I cut free hand from off cuts of the striped paper and edged in Faded Jeans distressed ink and glued onto cardmakers rope. 

I think the little reinforcements give a masculine option instead of the buttons, I usually like to use on men's cards.

I shall enter it in the following challenges:-

Stamping Sensations:- Free and easy

Here comes the boys :- Anything goes

Well that's it folks, thanks for popping around and for Blankina and the team for asking for my input.