Animals - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all,

Time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and this week the theme is a very easy animals,

Now I usually prefer people images, but this time I went with one that combines both!

You know, my daughter used to have a toy worm/caterpillar type creature when she was a baby. She called it Wriggles. Then at about 1 1/2 she chose herself a pink teddy when out shopping in town, which she named Cuddles. Wriggles has long since been abandoned, but Cuddles still has pride of place by her pillow. Never mind that she's almost 20; some friends you just hang on to!
As far as I can recall she never had an octopus, but still, this digi from The Paper Shelter really brought back memories for me :)

Right, over to you. Come share your animal makes with us this week. We're looking forward to see them!

Have a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

Distressed! - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all,

New challenge time over at Sweet Stampin', and this week's theme is Distressed!
Now this can be taken a number of ways (go take a peek at the DT inspiration to see what I mean), but it'll probably come as no surprise that I decided to go the shabby route for this one.,


So armed with a LotV sentiment stamp, some Maja design papers and my trusty TH distressing tool, this is what I made:

Flowers and lace and pearls, oh my! The yellow isn't exactly one of my go-to colours, but I have been trying to go outside my comfort zone a bit more recently. either way, I think the yellow works pretty well!

Now it's over to you guys. We hope you'll come and play with us!

Have a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x

Colours of fall - The Paper Shelter

Morning all,

It's time for a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter, and this week's theme is colours of fall (or of course autumn, for those of us that aren't American!).

Now I love, love, love working with autumnal colours, but for some reason I very rarely do, so I'm always glad to have a challenge theme like this to remind me there are other colours in the world besides pink, lol.

I used the gorgeous Autumn attitude for my card this week, but it was a difficult choice, as The Paper Shelter have so many beautiful autumn images to play with. There's even an autumn bundle!

So now it's your turn! Come and play with us over at The Paper Shelter, and you could win an amazing $30 gift voucher if you use an image from The Paper Shelter. And if you enter with a different brand image, you can still win three TPS digis of your choice (which you can then use to enter the next challenge, and so be eligible for the $30 voucher!).

Hope you have a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x

Peace day - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all,

There's a pretty groovy challenge starting at Sweet Stampin' today, as we're celebrating peace day!

Now I just so happened to have the perfect digi from The Paper Shelter printed out, so this is what I made:

Groovy, no? Some bright floral papers matched her very nicely, I thought.

Over to you guys! Do come and share with us this week!

Have a fantabulous weekend (I know I will, as I'll be off to a used book sale shortly!).

Sammy-x

Cards for kids - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all!

New challenge time at Sweet Stampin', and this week we're looking for cards for kids. That should be a pretty easy one, no?

I used the fabby Little Red Riding Hood from The Paper Shelter for my card:

I just love her! Such a great image to use for a little one, methinks.

Over to you guys! Please come share your creations for the younglings with us, and don't forget to go see what my fellow Sweeties have been up to!

Have a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x

Embossing - The Paper Shelter

Good morning all,

It's time for a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter, and this week's theme is Embossing of any kind, so whether you like to use embossing folders, or prefer heat embossing (or maybe you are a clever clogs with an embossing stylus!), we'd love for you to come and join us.

I normally prefer heat embossing, but ever since I discovered the new(ish) Tim Holz 3D Texture Fades, I've been a little addicted to them. My favourite is the foundry one, as it is perfect for industrial/steampunk type effects, but the lumber folder is rapidly catching up...

So, I used the lumber folder for my card today, and teamed it up with the adorable Forest Princess from The Paper Shelter. I chose her because she reminds me of my daughter (again! It's becoming a theme, lol), and decided I may as well get her birthday card out of the way (even though I'm a teensy bit early...)

You may need to click on the image to see the embossing properly as the card I used is very dark. It adds such a lovely bit of texture to it in person though, I was tempted to try and figure out how to emboss enough to use for wallpaper in my bedroom, lol!

So now it's your turn! Come and play with us over at The Paper Shelter, and you could win an amazing $30 gift voucher if you use an image from The Paper Shelter. And if you enter with a different brand image, you can still win three TPS digis of your choice (which you can then use to enter the next challenge, and so be eligible for the $30 voucher!).

Have a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

Watch out for pirates! - Sweet Stampin'

Good morning all,

A new challenge is just going live now over at Sweet Stampin', and this week we'd like you all to Watch out for pirates! So we're looking for anything nautical (actual pirates optional).

This of course was good news for me, because I love anything nautical, and I simply had to play along with team Wends this week!

For my card I used a super cute image from The Paper Shelter, and teamed her with some gorgeous Maja Design papers. Flowers, pearls and an anchor charm finish the card off just nicely.

Over to you guys. I can't wait to see the entries this week!

Have a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x