Add a tag - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all,

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to meeeee!!! As you're reading this, I am most likely off participating in joint birthday celebrations with my grandfather. He's 92 today!

while I did make him a birthday card, it doesn't fit this week's theme at Sweet Stampin', which is add a tag, so I made another, using the excuse for a spot of shabby prettiness...

The stamp is a Creative expressions one I got (myself, lol) for Christmas, and the papers are LOTV. Flowers are a combination of Craft Box and Wild Orchid Crafts.

The tag pulls out and has "Have a Bloomin' great day" stamped on the back.

Your turn, come and share your "tagged" creations with us (but don't forget to stamp!). If you need more inspiration, my fellow Sweeties have prepared some great things for you!

I'm off to locate some cake!

Have a most fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x

Focus on the sentiment - Sweet Stampin'

Hi all,

Back to my regular week for posting some Sweet Stampin' inspiration, and this time we're looking for you to Focus on the sentiment.

I always enjoy this challenge, and I picked one of my favourite sentiments to use this time.

It's not just me, is it? One simply has to love Audrey Hepburn. Is there really anyone out there that doesn't?

The stamp is of course LOTV, and the papers My Mind's Eye. Such a pretty pad, and I'm starting to run low. Noooooooo!

Hope everyone is well. All is good on this end, apart from a very unreliable internet connection these past few days. Our new "upgrade" is anything but!

Have a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

Black and white - The Crafting Cafe DT

Good morning ladies and gentlepeoples!

The challenge over at The Crafting Cafe this month is Black and white and we're being sponsored by Inky Impressions.

I decided to use the fab sentiment they supplied us with, and made this card:

Considering how difficult I find black and white, I'm actually rather pleased with this one!

There's still a week to come and play along, so I hope we'll see your entries over on the challenge blog!

Have a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

Focus on the sentiment - Sweet Stampin' DT

And a very good morning to all of you!

I had an oopsie a couple of weeks ago. I'd been so busy preparing for a trip to London for the Country 2 Country festival ( alongside a couple of fellow "sweeties"!), that I plumb forgot to have a card ready for the Sweet Stampin' challenge that week! Shock! Horror!

Suitably mortified at having messed that up, I have doubled my efforts, and have two cards to share for our Focus on the sentiment challenge this week.

Mostly because I made a card that I decided I didn't like and I really, really wanted to have some messy mixed media fun, so I got out my Distress Paints, stencils, texture paste and a whole lot more and made this:

I soooooo enjoyed making this one, and I must admit I'm kinda proud of the flower, which has come out even better than I'd thought it would. I have of course been heavily inspired by the gorgeous work of Kathy, who makes such fantastic mixed media cards and more.

But of course, I decided in the end that there's so much going on, that the lovely LOTV sentiment isn't exactly the "focus" anymore, so figured I'd share the original card too (slightly blurry photo and all, lol), which also happens to sport a LOTV sentiment.

Quite the opposite of the first card, no? lol.

Alrighty then, it's your turn to go have a play around with sentiments and join our challenge this week (There's a Sweet Stampin' goodie bag up for grabs) and do be sure to check out what my fellow Sweeties have created for you. Sooooo much purtiness!

Hope you're having a fab weekend. mine will consist of lots of running around, karate grading for the youngest and all that fun stuff!
Hugs,

Sammy-x

I'd like to enter my mixed media card into the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge - Girly
A Vintage Journey - anything Tim (loads of fun with distress paints and a couple of Tim's stencils too!)
As you like it - Favourite type of stamp. Rubber for me, easily. It's so much more convenient to use, especially in mixed media and the like. You can stamp over the top of pretty much anything, and onto bulky items that won't fit into a printer either. You can also use part of a stamp, go for second or third generation impressions... The possibilities are endless!
Dazzling Diva challenge - Spring or anything goes

Add a heart - Sweet Stampin' DT

Morning all!

The new challenge at Sweet Stampin' this week is "Add a heart", which is of course apt for this time of year.
However, I decided to forego the cutesy lovey-dovey kind of card in favour of a slightly more jaded, but oh so funny, sentiment.

I found this sentiment stamp at GNPE last October, and it was in my basket without a moment's hesitation. It's so funny. And it's funny because it's true, lol.
But I guess that since I never got a diamond (and I don't believe there are amethysts in a deck of cards!), I don't need to go looking for the club and spade. Yet! ;-)

Now then... It's your turn. And yes, you can make something a little sweeter if you prefer, lol. Just be sure to check out what my fellow teamies have been up to, because there's so much loveliness to inspire you there.

Have a fabby weekend!

Sammy-x

Sentiment only - Sweet Stampin' DT

Good morning my dears.

We have a super fun challenge starting at Sweet Stampin' today. The theme is Sentiment Only.

Now, those of you who, like me, religiously follow everything LOTV, will know of the lovely Kathy, who designs DT cards for them using only the sentiments. I just adore her work, and my design of this card has probably been heavily influenced by what I've seen there!
And of course, I had to pick one of the fabulous LOTV sentiments to use!

This card is actually a lot smaller than I am used to working with... Usually, my cards are 14x14cm, but this one is 10x10. It was fun playing with the smaller size, but it would be too restricting with an image, I think.
The paper is First Edition (and glittered, which is hard to tell from the photo) and the flowers are from WOC. The pearls have a lovely gold sheen to them, which I thought really complemented the yellow and green colour scheme.

So that's me! Please do go see what my fellow teamies have created for you all, and then come join in, as you could be in the running to win a pack of ribbons from Crafty ribbons!

And there's also £10 up for grabs this month from Cuddly Buddly!

So what you waiting for!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes


Have a fantastic day!

Sammy-x

Focus on the sentiment

Good evening my lovelies, another unscheduled stop here...  I was originally making a DT card, however, the current Sketch N Stash challenge caught my eye, and it just so happens to end 2 days before that particular DT post goes live, so I changed tack and made this instead.

When I was at the last LOTV open day, my daughter was exclaiming over their fabulous large sentiments, so I figured I'd get a set, as I'd been after some for a while anyway. And today I finally got 'round to using one! For this card I chose the Birthday one from the Fabulous Statements set.

I really, really LOVE the papers I used. Well, I say paper, it's actually closer to card, as it's super thick. They're also gorgeous and so very vintage, and I wish I had even the faintest idea where they're from! I remember ordering them online at some point about a year ago... They were loose sheets of 8x8 double-sided vintage designs and I honestly have no idea what they are. If anyone recognises them, please holler!

It's also an accomplishment in that hubby liked it enough to go out of his way to say it was nice and a great guy's card. Without being asked! (normally, getting an opinion from him is like pulling teeth, lol)

Aside from playing along with Sketch N Stash, I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

As you like it - What's your favourite, spots or stripes? (Stripes for me! I looooove stripy paper!)
Bunny Zoe - Shabby chic/vintage
Challenges 4 everybody - Anything Goes
Here come the boys - Sentiments only
That Craft Place - Sentiment
Totally gorjuss - 3 patterned papers


That's it from me for today. Sweet dreams everyone,

Sammy-x