Pastel Florals

Hi guys

No challenge entries today but I was recently asked to make a couple of specific cards and I'm here to share these with you.

The first is a sympathy card...

 

I've been wanting to use this gorgeous stamp since I received it.  It's part of the Clearly Besotted Stamps 'Happy Everything' stamp set.  Its such a beautiful design, I think I'll be inking up a few to keep for future use.  I also thought this was a good time for me to have a go with my new FlexMarkers and I'm really happy with my effort on this one.  I decided to use Memento London Fog on this card as I wanted a softer appearance than using black.

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Happy Everything (image); Clearly Besotted Stamps - With Love (sentiment)
• Ink: Memento - London Fog
• Coloured with Flexmarkers
• Pearls from stash

 

 

This was the second card request...

 

I really struggled with this one as I don't have any relative or age stamps!  I nearly reverted back to the dreaded peel-offs until I remembered I had a set of stamps which were alphabets and numbers.  I don't really like the end result of this one but decided to go with it as I have nothing else.  I'm hoping the lovely gerbera image will make up for it :)

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps: With Love (image); Dovecraft - Roman Alphabet (sentiments)
• Ink: Memento - London Fog; Versa Color - Sage
• Design Paper: Dovecraft - Back to Basics IV 6" x 6" Paper Pack
• Coloured with FlexMarkers
• Ribbon from stash

 

 

On another subject, this was the view we woke up to in Torquay this morning!  This was taken by my brother from his house.  What lovely spring weather! :)

 

That's all from me today, feeling a bit poorly today so I'm off to snuggle on the sofa with a nice cuppa.  I hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

Take care

Neet x

Muse Challenge #8

Good evening fellow crafters

Ever since I saw this week's Muse challenge on Monday I've had an idea in my head and I've only just managed to find the time to create it.  This week's Muse is Therese Calvird and her card design this week is really striking - I've included a pic of her design further down in this post.

I've drawn my inspiration this week from her lovely layout and this is my take on it...

 

and a closer view of the focal point...

 

 

I decided to use my new 'Blooming Marvellous' dies which I received yesterday from Clearly Besotted Stamps, to match the stamp set I already have.  I had a rummage through my stash of patterned paper (it didn't take long...lol!) and was so pleased to find this design paper to use as a background.  I love the way it echos the centre of the sunflower.  It was also great to use some different colours on a card, all my creations have been quite girlie lately so it was fun to have a change.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Blooming Marvellous
• Dies: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Blooming Marvellous, Xcut - Nesting Squares; Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Scalloped Ovals Large
• Ink: Versa Color - Green Tea, Canary, Brown
• Design Paper: Hot Off The Press - Cardmaker's Ultimate Pack Floral
• Ribbon and gems from stash

Here is the inspiration card made by Therese...

Thanks for visiting and if you haven't done already, go have a go at this challenge.  It's great fun!

Neet x

Two More for Mother's Day

Hi guys

I can now post the two remaining Mother's Day cards I made last week for myself and my brother to give to our lovely Mum.

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Kanban Crafts - Spring Meadow stamp set; Clearly Besotted Stamps - Happy Everything stamp set
• Ink: Memento - London Fog
• Coloured with Promarkers
• Gems from stash

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Blooming Marvellous and Happy Everything stamp sets
• Ink: Versa Color - Burgundy, Green; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Ovals Large, Classic Scalloped Ovals Large
• Gems and coloured cardstock from stash

Just a quick post today but as always, thanks for visiting.  I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and a lovely Mother's Day for all you mums out there :)

Neet x

Uniko Studio Label Love: Birthday

Hi all

Just a quick post tonight to share a card I made a few days ago although had to wait until today to upload it.

This is the first chance I have had to use one of the sets of stamps I won in the Uniko Studio blog hop last month, Label Love: Birthday.  They are such good quality and I will certainly be using these again and again, along with the Bright Butterflies set.  I'm still gutted I can't use the digi papers I also won, this being down to me not having a printer at the moment, that will HAVE to change as they look completely gorgeous, I want to get my hands on them!

and a closer view...

 

 

 

I love the little balloons in this set and thought the polka dots would tie in really well with the Kanban Sherbert Pips cardstock I have in my stash.  This took a while to make as I had to cut around the balloons and sentiment block before popping up on 3D foam.

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko Studio - Label Love: Birthday stamp set
• Cardstock: Kanban - Sherbert Pips
• Ink: Versa Color - Mint, Orchid, Baby Blue; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Die: Spellbinders - Edgeabilities Classic Scallop
• Twine: Doodlebug

 

Thanks for looking, see you soon.

 

Neet x

 

Less is More - OLC Spots & Stripes

Hi blogger friends

Dropping by today to share a card for the current challenge at Less is More.  The brief is to create a One Layer Card with the theme Spots and Stripes.

I trawled through my stamp sets and I actually really enjoyed making this one and I'm really happy with the result.

 

 

I ended up using 4 different stamp sets to come up with this design!  I wanted to use a spot stamp to create the petals of the flower but found nothing in my stash.  Then I cast my eye over them once more and the stamp I used was actually from the Clearly Besotted Stamps 'Merry Little Christmas' stamp set and is actually a tiny spotted bauble.  I was going to colour in the spots but decided to leave this card purely stamped (apart from the gem of course) and didn't want to introduce any other medium.  I stamped the vase a second time on a post-it note and cut it out to create a mask before stamping the striped background.

 

Materials used:

• Cardstock: Base card from stash
• Stamps: Penny Black - Salutations stamp set (vase and stem); Clearly Besotted Stamps - Merry Little Christmas stamp set (flower petals); Clearly Besotted Stamps - Building Blocks stamp set (striped background); Wild Rose Studio - Everyday Greetings (sentiment)
• Ink: Versa Color - Orange, Fresh Green, Sky Blue, Canary
• Gem from stash

 

Thanks for visiting as always crafting lovelies :)

 

Neet x

 

The Paper Players #135

Hi there

I've just made it with about an hour to spare to enter this week's challenge at The Paper Players.  LeAnne's theme challenge this week is 'In Stitches' - to create anything sewing themed, stitched of even funny.

I nearly passed on this one until I remembered a few bits I had in my stash that would fit the brief, and this is what I came up with...

 

and the embossed detail...

 

 

 

The patchwork embossing folder and design paper I used for this card are both from the Boofle range made by Docrafts.  The paper is from the 6 x 6 Designstax paper pad.  There are some really beautiful papers in there, most sheets are the designs featured in the patchwork paper I used on this card, they are double-sided with plain colours on the reverse and some are also glittered, really lovely designs to use as backings.  I finished off with some ribbon, a die cut sentiment panel and some coloured pearls.

 

Materials used:

• Embossing Folder: Boofle by Docrafts
• Design Paper: Boofle by Docrafts - 6" x 6" Designstax
• Die: Spellbinders - Classic Ovals Large
• Stamp: Woodware - Salutations stamp set
• Ink: Versa Color - Mint
• Ribbon and pearls from stash

 

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely evening, I'm off to fill my tummy with something yummy! :)

 

Neet x



Muse Challenge #7

Hi guys

Back with another quick post tonight.

I was so excited on Monday to discover that my card was voted Top 3 in last week's Muse challenge.  I feel so honoured to have received votes from so many talented crafters.  Thank you all so much :)

This week's design over at the Muse challenge blog was designed by Laurie Willison.  The card she created this week is stunning.  I absolutely love her design but I've struggled this week to come up with something anywhere near as beautiful.  I chose to keep the layout and colours the same as Laurie's card.  I used a brass stencil to create the embossed row of hearts as an alterative to the die cut hearts banner.

This is my attempt...

 

 

This was Laurie's beautiful creation we were to use for inspiration...

 

 

I only have one pack of kraft blanks and the shade is quite dark so I'm not entirely happy with them.  I know I didn't have to use kraft but I seem to have lost my mojo on this week's challenge and had brain block!

 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Hero Arts - Love Flourish; Hot Off The Press - Stamped Stitches
• Ink: Versa Color - White; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Cardstock and ribbon from stash

 

Hopefully my mojo will return for my next post!

 

Off to bed now, night all x