Less Is More ,,, 3 shades of green :-)

Good morning/afternoon/evening all, depending on where you live :-) I hope you’re all enjoying the Easter weekend and are planning a big family get together over a yummy Sunday lunch :-)

My kids are grown ups now so no easter eggs ,, instead we have HUGE bars of my fave chocolate ,,, Cadbury’s ,,, YUM ! !

I am trying to join in with the lovely Limettes over on the less Is More Challenges as often as possible and when I saw the challenge this morning an idea immediately sprang to mind using my fab Pear stamp !! Could I find it !!!! NOOOO !! so onto plan ‘B’ :-

I have had this gorgeous Hero Arts Wildflower garden stamp for ages and it has never been inked !! shame eh !! So I thought I would try to make a watercolour look alike ,,, being useless at actually watercolouring !! :-)

I inked the stamp using the 3 green pens in a foliage markers pack, spritzed the stamp with pearl glimmer mist and stamped onto watercolour paper. I then topped up the colours here and there with a waterbrush. I added some vintage tape, a punched butterfly and a few Hero Hues green pearls to finish. The sentiment is from a Unity stamps set.

I then thought, as I was on an inky adventure ,, to get out my distress inks too and make a tag using the other stamp in the set ( I had used this one before ,,, once ,, :-))

I stamped the flower using versamark ink and embossed with white EP. I then used Shabby Shutters, Forrest Moss and Pine Needles inks to colour the background. I then stamped a couple of flourishes, sprayed the whole thing with pearl glimmer mist and then used a TH butterflies stamp and the sentiment stamp. To finish I used some fab flowery ribbon, some of the vintage tape and some black twine :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Challenges :

Less Is More ,,, 3 shades of green

Crafty Ribbons ,, Black/White + one colour

Crafty Catz ,,, CAS

Samuel Taylors ,,,,, Green .

This months fabulous prize is a pot of Indigo Blu "Yorkshire Dales" mega flakes, a tub of Flitter Glu and a sponge which allows you to apply your flakes effectively. Being a Yorkshire Lass I will be keeping my fingers crossed for this one

wildflower garden	foliage markers	Twine	Distress Ink
ATG Gun	Star Dust Stickles	Double Monarch	Lavish Trimmings
White Tags	Foliage Accents

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Fancy a game of BINGO ?? :-)

Hi all :-) It’s Good Friday so we shouldn’t really be gambling ,,,,, but a crafty game of Bingo can’t do any harm eh ! :-)

We are welcoming a new designer to the team this week. Kim aka Oak Pond Creations, Kim is a new blogger and is so very talented, even making digi images so hop on over to see her fab blog :-)

This week Victoria chose the theme and made a fab grid for us to choose our elements from :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab voucher for $25 on offer for one lucky entrant

For my card I chose 2 across Die Cut/ Lilac/Glitter

I used this very cute House Mouse image, this one is called Feeder Friends. I coloured with Copics and cut out using a circle spellbinder die, taking care to cut the tails and lift them over the die so they didn’t get chopped off :-) I love these papers, they are the first ever release from Lawn Fawn and are called Bright Side,, aren’t they FAB ! :-) I used a Martha Stewart border punch with mice , which has been discontinued now ! I used my fave Magnolia Doo-hickey Heart Swirl die and made 3 flowers using MFT Mini Rolled Roses dies. I added some ribbon and a few Robins Nest Dew Drops to finish :-)

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the TPC to see them

Challenges :

Do You Stack Up ,,,, Friendly Creatures

Cupcake Craftroom ,,, Bugs and Birds and Wings and Things ,,,

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop ,,, To Die For

Party Time Tuesday ,,,,,, Flowers

Crafting When We Can ,,, Things with Wings

Classy Cards and Such ,,, Bling ,,, pearls, rhinestones and/or glitter

Wild Rose Studio ,, New Baby

Hi all :-) I hope all is well with you all and you’re looking forward to lots of choccy on Sunday :-)

Dulce and Matthew, the owners of the Wild Rose Studio had a beautiful baby boy recently and I made this card for them :-)

I used this very cute ‘New Baby’ stamp, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Colorbox Pink chalk ink, the papers are from the WRS Annabelle’s Meadow pack. I used a Martha Stewart doily border punch,2 butterfly punches and made a panel using plain white card and a Swiss Dots folder. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the lace was in my drawer, I added some pearls and gems to finish :-)

Thanks for looking :-) I really appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

The DT Call is still open for the Wild Rose Studio so if you are interested please see more details here http://www.facebook.com/wildrosestudio

Challenges :

Flutterby Wednesdays ,,, Open

Just Keep On Creating ,,,, Anything Goes

Cards for Men ,,, The Great Outdoors

iCopic …. For a Child

Make My Monday ,,, man and boys-wheels

Stamp With Fun ,,, No Easter card

Crafty Emma ,,, No Girls Allowed ( 2nd entry)

Simon Says ,,,,,, FAVOURITE TOOL :-)

Before we get to the challenge, we'd like to wish you all a VERY Happy Easter this weekend!!! Enjoy the time with your family & friends and eat lots of chocolate !!!

This week Simon Says ,,,,,,,

USE your FAVOURITE TOOL!!!!

the DT work really hard to try to comment on all entries but we are having a few problems with blogger at the moment, I am sure you are all aware of it, so please be assured that every entry will be included in the prize draw :-) Good Luck to ALL :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too

We would like to welcome in the April Designer Spotlight ,,, MANDY

PLEASE be sure to head to her blog & send her some love, her creations are FABBBBBBBBB!!!!!!! :-)

As you may know I was a lucky winner at the Silhouette booth at the CHA, I won a Rhinestone Starter Kit ,,,, so then I HAD to get a Silhouette Cameo Machine to be able to use it !! :-) Thanks to Silhouette America and to the lovely Heidi for helping me get one :-)

I have to say ,, I absolutely LOVE this machine ,, my new bestest toy !! I have rearranged all my craft room to fit it on my desk next to my laptop so even when I am not actually using it I can still gaze at it ,,,

As it will be Easter this weekend I decided to have a go at making these very cute bunnies after seeing them on my HM&F teamie, Sue’s blog. They were so easy to make and I think they are FAB :-)

The machine cut everything out and I just added some chalk to the cheeks, for the girl I added some ribbon, googly eyes and hemptique twine . For the boy I added some Hero Arts black pesrls for his eyes and used some twine too. The spotty papers on the ears is from Kaiser Crafts.

I used Galaxy Markers to colour his nose and paws

I used a copic marker ( RV32) to colour her nose and paws

I popped some chocolates inside and closed with some DSST I did try magnet disks but they weren’t powerful enough ,,, :-)

I also made this T-shirt using the rhinestone kit !! :-) FAB eh !

I bought a plain T shirt from NEXT and glamed it up !! :-)

Thanks for looking :-) Mandy and the DT have made some gorgeous creations for you so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Creative Craft ,,,, Anything But a Card

Everybody Art ,…. Easter

Paper and Such Design ,,,, Spring or Easter

Creative Mondays …. Anything but a Card

Creative Stamp Friends ,,,, Easter Package

Love to Create ,,,,Bunnies, Chickies and Jelly

Totally Stampalicious ,,, Anything But a Card ( I didn’t see any rules saying we have to use a stamp, but if so my apologies and please delete my link xx )

Here Come the Boys ,,,, Anything But a Card ( the brown one ! ) :-)

Craft Your days Away ,,,, Easter

Crafty Emma ,,, No Girls Allowed ( the brown one ! ) :-)

Fussy and Fancy ,,,, Anything but a Square/Rectangle

Simply Create Too ,,,, eggs and/or bunnies

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ABC Christmas ,,, ‘G’ for ,,,,,,,

Hi all :-) another fortnight has flown by and we have a new theme starting today over on the ABC Christmas Challenge :-) This time it is Lacey’s turn to choose

I bought this cute House Mouse stamp recently and this is its first inking :-) It’s called ‘Cold Feet’ and I just love how they are all trying to keep warm in front of the candle, awww :-) I coloured with Copics and Iced Spruce DI from the Winter Seasonal set. I made the background using a Penny Black Pine Border stamp ( thanks Alison xx ) and I tore white card to create a snow drift. The snowflakes are Martha Stewart punches and I glittered them with Hero Arts white glitter and star dust stickled everywhere else :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi from Simon Says Stamp who will be giving a $15 voucher to the store

AND

Elizabeth Craft Designs with a prize of 3 sheets of outline stickers :-)

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some gorgeous cards and creations so hop on over to the ABC Christmas Challenge blog to see them :-)

Challenges :

Shopping Our Stash ,,,, At least 2 punched elements

Top Tip Tuesday ,,, Easter and/or Animals ( 3rd entry) my tip, torn card makes great looking snow drifts ,,, :-)

Pile It On ,,,,, Create a Scene

Crafty Ann’s ,,,, Christmas in March

Sparkles Christmas ,,,, Colour me Happy, fave colour combo, I must say I do like green and white on Christmas cards :-)

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas ,,,, Get Sentimental

Crimbo Crackers ,,,, Families, must have at least 2 of a family ,,, these meeces are siblings ,, lol :-)

Christmas Card Throwdown ,,, Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ,,,,, Anything Goes ! :-)

Hi all :-) Tuesday has swung around again and its time for a brand new theme over on the PTW ! :-)

ANYTHING GOES !! :-) + optional extra of Monochromatic

For my card I used this lovely Feeding Birds stamp from the Wild Rose Studio. coloured with copics and the edges inked with stormy sky DI. I used some flowery paper from an Annabelles Meadow pack and made the cloudy background using a copic air brush. I used a Martha Stewart PATP punch and a couple of butterfly punches, the ‘sun’ was made using a MFT Sunshine Die and a WRS Birthday Circles sentiment stamp. I added some Hero Arts pearls and gems and some vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Girl and the brad is from American Crafts.

We are sponsored by the lovely Lili of the Valley so a fab voucher on offer this week ! :-)

Challenges :

Crafty Bloggers ,,,,, Happy Bird-day

Stampin for the Weekend ,,,, Anything Goes

Anything Goes ,,,,, Anything Goes !