Another Christmas card

I quite liked the layout of the last card so decided to try it in blue. Instead of stamping the trees onto the paper, I stamped them onto card to add an extra layer. I might stick with this style and make a few more seeing as I've left it so late!

Christmas card

I finally got a Christmas card made the other day. I used some backing paper left over from last year and some ribbon from a swap I recently did. The trees were stamped in distress ink. I'm so glad to have got started!

ATC-Inspire

ATC Blog Challenge this week asks for lace on the ATC. I used a piece of paper I had left over that I'd sprayed with Perfect Pearls and inked over some sequin waste in purple. I've been desperate to use my new Indigo Blu stamps so I saw my chance and took it! 

Christening Card

I made this for a brother-sister christening and decided to stick to good old pink and blue! The background is embossed and coloured with Cosmic Shimmer. The stamps are from Art Journey-perfect for the occasion!

I'm going to pop this on Handmade Monday.

ATC-You looking at me?

This ATC is for the ATC Challenge Blog, which asks for mermaids. I can't believe I haven't got any mermaid stamps- I need to put that right! I decided to use Newt, one of my Stampotique stamps and turn her into a mermaid by cutting out a tail. She was not happy about it!

ATC Challenge Blog

The ATC Challenge Blog this week asks us to make a vintage ATC. I used a stamp that I think is from The Stampsmith (damn this memory!),stuck it over a pink Shimmer Mist background and gold embossed the edges before adding ribbon. I couldn't get a good photo because of all the glare off the gold!

Take One Stamp maze book swap

This is Netty's swap over on UKScrappers and involved making a maze book and stamping images using the face stamp from last month's Craft Stamper. Of course I couldn't resist! I used my Big n Juicy and stamped the background with a crinkled plastic bag before stamping the face. I coloured the eyes and lips with promarkers and used Glossy Accents on them. Can't wait to see what everyone else has done!Love that stamp!

This is the front of the book but I might add a bit more decoration to it yet!

My own image stuck in and the empty pages waiting for everyone else's images.

My images.

Month of the year ATC

The latest ATC swap I'm in on UKScrappers is a months of the year one. My month is November, so I used one of my Paper Artsy stamps with old fashioned gents on and embossed some flourishes around them in an attempt to make flames. They look a bit dark on the photos but aren't quite that colour in real life!

50th wedding anniversary card

My friend's parents celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this weekend so I couldn't resist making a card. As it was an autumn wedding I used autumn colours in the card. We had a great time at the party-well, 50 years has to be celebrated with style!

40th Birthday Tag

I made this tag for my friend's 40th birthday. I sprayed the paper with Glimmer Mist then stamped the squares and coloured some in with promarkers - you can't really see this in the photo. The text was clear embossed before distress ink was blended over the top. Then I added a few flourishes and embossed a few in red. Couldn't resist the Stampotique stamps so I'm going to put this in their challenge this month.

The quote's taken from the great Bette Davis.

Another Art Journey ATC

As I had some more paper left with the crinkled ink background I used it to make another ATC. I stamped one of my favourite Art Journey stamps over it and coloured bits with promarker. I stamped the girl's dress again and stuck it over the top to give a bit of definition. This is for the ATC Trail on UKScrappers.

ATC- World Occupational Therapy Day

This ATC was made for my friend Kirsty's celebration of World Occupational Therapy Day on 27th October. I've worked with many Occupational Therapists over the years and have seen how their work can transform the lives of children affected by a variety of conditions and traumas.
The background of the ATC was inspired by Jo Capper-Sandon's article on crinkled plastic bags in this month's Craft Stamper. The stamps are Art Journey and I'm also going to put this in their monthly challenge.

Boys-ATCs

These ATCs are for the monthly Anything Goes swap on UKScrappers. I had a play with some Glimmer Mist on black paper, bit of gesso then added a stamped image and sentiment. For once they turned out just how I wanted! I'm putting these on ATC challenge blog too- a recent discovery!

 The stamp of the boy is from my favourite Paperbag Studio set and the sentiment from PaperArtsy.

More Hearts!

I couldn't resist making another heart card for the Less Is More challenge-maybe I am a heart person after all! I used my only other heart stamp which is from Stampotique.  

Hearts-Less Is More

This week, Less Is More's challenge is a one layer card with hearts. I'm not a heart person and can only find two  stamps with hearts on. This is the card I made using the first of those stamps and I'm hoping to use the other one later. The image is embossed with a small gem added.

Colour of eyes-Less Is More

This week, Less Is More challenged us to make a card based on the colour of our eyes! I thought this would be an easy one but I've struggled! Thankfully I had a birthday card to make so used that opportunity to have a go.
On the first I splashed Cosmic Shimmer paint, stamped the Art Journey image then masked it while I added the text-the fabulous En Francais from Stampin' Up!

The second one I used the free stamp off this month's Craft Stamper. I stamped it in Brilliance Ice Blue and added a darker blue embossed image. It didn't come out the way I'd hoped so I'll probably cut it up and use the images elsewhere!

Mini Book Swap

I made these for a swap on UKScrappers. They're 3 inches by 6 inches and as my mojo hasn't been up to par recently I made them all the same! The background is Shimmerz and a text stamp with Art Journey flowers and Umbrella Girl stamped over the top. Some of the flowers have Glossy Accents but don't really show up. The wording comes from a quote about Autumn by Albert Camus- "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." I'm putting this in the Art Journey challenge.

This is the front of the mini book.

And these are the ten!

Sketch-Less Is More

This week's Less is More is a sketch card which I struggled with and to be honest could have done better- I just don't seem to have much time or mojo at the moment! I used a stamp I've used before but this time split the image from the sentiment.

Seeing Double-Less Is More

I'm back-has anybody missed me?! Been a bit under the weather but am hoping I really am back on track now!
This week's Less Is More is double trouble-use two of something on a one layer card. I thought it was a perfect opportunity to use this month's free Craft Stamper stamp.

Less Is More- 3 challenge

This week the challenge at Less Is More is to combine three previous challenges into one card. The three I chose were embossing, ink and the colours of the flag (because this was the week I missed out on). I decided to use my new Indigo Blu stamps which are fabulous! The sentiment is embossed,the whole thing is inked and the colours are, well, red white and blue!