Morning all!
It's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and this time we're looking for you to use dies or punches.
As you can see, I decided to die-cut a lot of hearts in different sizes, as well as a small flower and a couple of numbers for the focal point of this card. I then used some border dies too to prettify the edges a little.
So now it's your turn! Please do come and play with us over at Sweet Stampin'.
Have a fantabulous weekend
Sammy-x
Morning folks,
Time for the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and it's that time of the year where we're looking for cards for those special women!
I'm actually going to be seeing my mother on mother's day for the first time in decades! Living 350 miles away doesn't make it an easy task to just pop over for a cuppa!
My mum is extremely fond of tigers (you can't look anywhere in her house and not see one!), and she also loves black& gold combo, so I ended up with this:
Everything is metallic (even the tiger itself), but it doesn't show up in the photo very well.
So now it's over to you guys! Please do come share the creations for the special women in your life with us.
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all!
New challenge time over at Sweet Stampin', and it is once again time for your creations celebrating love!
A super simple card from me, using some funky paper, silver mirri card and a sentiment stamp. I tried this card several different ways, and when it works it's 100% down to the paper. Flimsy cheap papers make the card look equally flimsy and cheap. This paper is super thick with a linen texture and looks absolutely brilliant in person. So my tip: Treat yourself to some fancy papers. you know you want to ;)
Over to you guys now, please do come play with us!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all, and Happy New year!
The first Sweet Stampin' challenge of the year is starting right now, and we want to see something new!
You can interpret that so many ways, but I went with a card for someone who had a new addition to their family. I chose an adorable LotV stamp and papers, and made a card that included a pocket for a tag.
Morning all!
Our December Anything Christmas challenge is now up over at Sweet Stampin'!
I simply had to make a card with this fabulous Moose digi from The Paper Shelter for my daughter. This will be the first Christmas she's not spending with us, which is sad, but unfortunately she can't get the time off work.
Some gorgeous Maja design papers in the background, a LotV sentiment and a die-cut snowflake to finish it off, and it's ready to make its way down to Bristol.
Over to you guys! come share your Christmas makes with us at Sweet Stampin'!
Have a fantabulous day!
Sammy-x
Morning all,
13 may be unlucky for some, but when it comes to crafty challenge blogs, being 13 years old is quite the achievement! So come and help Sweet Stampin' celebrate 13 years of crafty goodness, by sharing your birthday themed crafty projects with us!
For my card, I have a commission for a 60th birthday to share (Sweet stamping' isn't quite there yet! but who knows...).
The brief was girly and sparkly, and I think I managed to achieve that with feminine colours/designs and silver glitter card to mat and accent.
Now it's over to you guys. we're looking forward to celebrating our birthday with you all!
Have a fantabulous day!
Sammy-x
Good morning all,
It's that time of year again, and time for the Hallowe'en challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.
For my card, I had a lot of fun playing with last year's Tim Holtz supplies...
The text stamps were perfect for adding a little interest to the background, and I just love, love, love that skull! (In fact, I've just now had an idea for a Marvel-related card... Must dig out my red Promarkers! ;) )
Now it's your turn. Come share your spooky (or spooky-cute) makes with us over at Sweet Stampin', we'd love to see them!
Have a fantabulous day,
Sammy-x
Morning all,
Yes, it's that time again. the time were some of us (ok, definitely me, don't know about you guys...) look at their stack of cards ready for Christmas and realise that instead of the towering stack we were expecting, there are only two... Oops!
So if you're anything like me and would like to do something about that, this week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is for you, as the theme is Christmas in September!
For my card I used a digi from The Paper Shelter and some papers that came as a magazine freebie about a decade ago (when I still got magazines, lol) and had some fun matching and layering.
Over to you guys!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all,
New challenge time over at Sweet Stampin', and this week we're looking for food or drink on your creations.
I just so happened to have had a commission for an 18th birthday card (with the obligatory pint), which worked perfectly.
I love the Kenny K digi (really miss them!), and it was the perfect image to use for the card.
Now it's over to you guys! Come play with us and show us what tasty creations you've come up with.
Have a fantabulous weekend,
Sammy-x
Morning all,
It's time for one of my favourite themes over at Sweet Stampin' right now. We're looking for your shabby chic, vintage or distressed creations. I made a card that ended up having a little of all of them...
I've always had a bit of a weakness for bookprint papers, and when they're all vintagey and distressed like this, even more so. And I thought rose gold pearls complemented them nicely, even if the one in the bottom right corner came out orange (!?) through a trick of the light.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone creates for this one!
Have a fantabulous weekend,
Sammy-x
My apologies blogland, I completely forgot to schedule my card, so I'm a little late to share the current Sweet Stampin' challenge theme of Use Numbers with you guys, although don't worry, there's plenty of time to join in still!
My contribution to the theme is something a little different from my usual, and involved some heart and circle dies and a whole heap of glitter card! Some equally glittery die-cut numbers and a stamped birthday sentiment finish off the design.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but rather than my usual go-to of 14x14cm, this one is a whopping 20x20cm! I had to go buy bigger envelopes! lol.
Now it's over to you guys! We're looking forward to seeing your makes!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all,
The new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' this fortnight is a fun one. We're looking for 3 of a kind. So, let us see your creations with three of something on them!
I made a birthday card for a friend, which features three pretty white gems in the corner.
So now it's your turn! We're looking forward to see in triplicate this challenge, so don't forget to come share with us!
Have a fantabulous weekend,
Sammy-x
Morning all!
I know it's not my team's week over at Sweet Stampin', but I couldn't resist joining in this week, as the theme is the very fun inspired by a fairy tale!
I had a really adorable image from The Paper shelter that was perfect for this challenge!
Isn't she fab!? I just love her steampunky outfit.
Over to you guys! I'm hoping this will be a popular one, because I can't wait to see what people make!
Have a fantabulous weekend,
Sammy-x
Morning all!
Sometimes it's fun to use something besides a flowery designer paper for a card, no? At Sweet Stampin' we think so, so this week we're looking for your creations that feature book print, sheet music or maps!
(and yes of course you can use designer paper or stamps featuring those too!)
As using any of the above three is something I love to do, I have a stock of old sheet music, book paper and even an old atlas to use in my creations (an upside of volunteering for a charity is rescuing things like these from ending up in a landfill somewhere when they prove unloved in the shop!). Of course, because I love all three, I also had some difficulty choosing which to use, so in the end I went with all three!
So I used a page from an old book as the background, and had some fun with inks and texture paste. I then made a butterfly out of a layer of sheet music, book paper and finally old map paper to give it some dimension. (It was hard to get all the layers in one picture, but they're there!) A matching glass button, some twine and a sentiment, and my card was done.
And now it's your turn! Come share your bookish/musical/mappy creations with us. we'd love to see them!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Good afternoon bloggers!
Sorry I'm late with this. I wasn't paying attention when I filled challenge dates in my diary, and put it on the wrong week. Oops!
The current challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is an Easter/spring challenge, and comes with a gorgeous mood board made by our lovely Wends:
Between the colours and the flowers, I immediately thought of the French Country collection by Graphic 45, so I dug out the paper pad and made this for my mum for this mother's day just gone.
I do so adore sunflowers, and luckily my mum loved it too :)
So now it's over to you guys. Is there anything in that mood board that has your creative cogs whirring? If so, don't forget to come and share the results with us over at Sweet Stampin'.
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all,
It's new challenge time over at Sweet Stampin'! A quick glance at the calendar should leave you unsurprised that this week's theme is love, love, love.
And what could be more romantic than a trip gondola with your beloved? Ok, probably a lot of things if said beloved flails around, making the boat go in circles and capsizing the gondola despositing you both in the water, but let's just assume for argument's sake that they are a dab hand with an oar ;)
With that in mind, here's my card with a fab image from The Paper Shelter.
Rather looks like fun, no?
Now it's over to you guys! Come play with us over at Sweet Stampin'!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all!
There's a new challenge starting at Sweet Stampin', and this week we're asking you to use red on your creations.
I thought that was a great excuse to get started on my Christmas cards!
I had loads of fun stamping, colouring and fussy-cutting the carriages to make a toy train for Santa! I also really love the striped ribbon, which has a permanent home in my Christmas crafts box, as it's perfect for using on festive cards!
It was also rather fun to make a DL card, which is something I never do. It's so easy to fall into making the same size/shape over and over again, so doing something different definitely helps keep things fun!
Now it's over to you guys! Go see what lovely read creations my fellow Sweeties have put together for you over on the blog, then come and play along!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all!
It's new challenge time at Sweet Stampin', and this week's theme is add a button.
For my card I chose a fab stamp for Art by Marlene, which I teamed with some Maja Design papers to make a card for my mum (we lived in the Netherlands for some years, and my mum really loves Dutch-themed things).
And of course I added the button and some twine.
So, over to you! dig out your button box and come play along at Sweet Stampin'. We're looking forward to seeing your makes!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
Morning all,
It's new challenge time over at Sweet Stampin', and the theme is colours of autumn.
This worked out perfectly for me, as I wanted to use some papers with autumn colours (and rugby balls, lol) to make a birthday card for my wee brother. So I teamed them up with a fab LotV stamp, and made a card for my rugby-playing brother.
It even looks a little like he did as a youngster (only the hair is less curly than his, lol). Of course, he'll probably never forgive me for making the ball red instead of the obviously superior blue, but it needed to fit the colour scheme! ;)
So now it's over to you guys. Create us an autumn-hued make, and come share it over at the Sweet Stampin' blog. I always love this theme, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!
Have an awesomesauce day!
Sammy-x
Good morning blogland!
The new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is one I often struggle with... Feature an animal.
I very much prefer colouring humans, so I tend to avoid animals, but every now and then a stamp comes along that grabs me anyway, like this gorgeous Holy Night digi from The Paper shelter. I mean... could you resist that gorgeous deer? I certainly couldn't!
So, over to you guys. Is there an animal that just melts your heart? why not make a card with one and come share it with us!
Have a fantabulous weekend!
Sammy-x
