Simply Stampin' Sketch

Hello and happy Saturday to you!

And Saturday means it's time for another Simply Stampin' Challenge. This week we have a fabby sketch for you to try out :-) Hop over for lots more inspiration from the very talented DT ladies,

and this is what I came up with, it's a bright one this week, in the vain hope of some summer eventually arriving!!

I used the lovely Cheers to You for the summer cocktails and Tart and Tangy for the background and cherries on the front panel,

After stamping and colouring a row of glasses I cut them out with the SU! exclusive Top Note Die and covered the "glass" part in crystal effects,

Summer bunting was stamped with Dot, Dot, Dot and punched out using the star punch, the string is crotchet thread and attached with brads,

and I used some of the scraps inside,

So, what do you think of this weeks sketch? Great huh?

I really hope you will be able to join in with us this week and I look forward to seeing your creations,

Thanks for dropping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all you Dad's out there!

I have a super quick post as we are just off out to see Neil's Dad for lunch, this is the card I have made for him, very similar to the one I made for my Dad except I went with the "Z" fold again,

Background is stamped with Dot, Dot, Dot which I stamped off some of the times and then I spritzed it using a Real Red pen and the spritzer tool, I also roughed up some of the edges, you can see that better below...

Colours used were Pacific Point and Real Red, sentiment is the same Something to Celebrate level two set I have had so much use form already, love this set! Why not schedule a workshop and earn it for yourself??

One last pic of the card so you can see it all together

Anyway, that's me done for today, have a lovely day today, but especially if you are a Dad!

Stampin' Hugs,

Lily's Mojo Card

Hello there,

A little later than planned today as I had to finish this, I had it half done for a couple of days and to be honest I am still not sure if I like it as it is? hmm, well, here I am sharing it with you today but I might still change it up a little?? I'll let you know...

Anyway, I loved this weeks Mojo Sketch and I knew I wanted to use the Subtles DSP stack, so that was a good start eh? ;-)

I made the rosette from a strip of DSP which was 12"x1" and scored it at 1/2 cm intervals, nice mix of metric and imperial for you there ;-)

I sprayed just the rosette with shimmer paint mixed with alcohol to create a pearly wash, Subtles buttons top the circles which were stamped with Dot, Dot, Dot using versamark, bow tied with Seam Binding in Baja Breeze, LOVE this colour!

 Inside I added a little detail too with the sentiment in here from Crazy for Cupcakes cut with Modern Label Punch,

Well, do let me know what you think,

I am off to work in a mo to do training, really looking forward to that (not!)
Have a lovely day in the sun,

Stampin' Hugs

Punch Bunch Owl

Hello there,

How was your weekend? We had a nice relaxing one and I got to craft :-D

I made this card last week though, when I had complete crafters block! so I turned to my Colour Coach for a little help and my quick jot book of sketches, I do a rough copy of a sketch when I go onto a challenge site with the date it finishes, just in case I get a chance of entering in time ;-) (rare) and then I have a reference for times when I get stumped too!

Right, back to this one, Colours here are Rose Red, Not Quite Navy and River Rock,

and the super sweet Owl stamp from the sale-a-bration set Punch Bunch, squares are stamped with Dot, Dot, Dot,

this little sentiment is again from Punch Bunch and it fits perfectly in the frame from Hodgepodge Hardware, over the top of Marine Mist satin ribbon HERE in a share,

and here you can see I popped all the owls on dimensionals but the pink ones layer is popped too,

Well, I hope you like today's card, I will be back tomorrow with a Monster of a card :-)

Stampin' Hugs,