Father's Day/Special Man - Sweet Stampin' DT

Good morning boys and girls!

Another Saturday, another challenge over at Sweet Stampin'! And this week we're looking for father's day/special man creations.

I took the opportunity to ink up a stamp I'd been looking forward to using for a long time. I've not had it all that long, but I'd been after it for a long time, and am so pleased to be able to use it now!
It is of course a fabulous Edwin stamp from Magnolia. And I thought it just perfect for a father's day card, because naturally, my daddy is my hero...

I decided on the colour scheme when I settled on the gorgeous LOTV papers. I just love this new "Father Knows Best" pad (though maybe it should be "Father thinks he knows best", lol), and I thought the blue one had a mediaeval/royal kind of feel to it, so I decided to go with blue and yellow.
I was stumped for ages on how to tackle the sentiment, as I had no stamps with the sentiment I wanted, and I couldn't get a printed one to do what I wanted. Then I remembered that I had a few metal father-related ones tucked away which I bought not long after I first started... And Lo! There was the perfect sentiment to use.

So there we have it. One father's day card. Of course we'd love it if you came and played along after you've checked out all the gorgeous work my fellow Sweeties have put into this challenge for you!

Have a great weekend!

Sammy-x

Pegs! - Crafting with Dragonflies DT

Hello all,

And here we are again on a Wednesday looking at a new challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies! The challenge this fortnight is to use wooden pegs on or as your project.

I decided to make a notice board. I took an old placemat, and covered it in Docrafts "Happy Days" paper. I then did the same with a few pegs and die-cut some shapes to use as labels.
A little more paper on the background and a hint of washi tape finished it off, and made it look like this:

I kinda love that chevron paper, even though it makes my eyes go funny, lol.

I liked the idea of having one central place to corral all those scrap bits of paper that need attention at some point or another. Normally they end up on a surface in either the living room or kitchen and from there vanish never to be seen again (or at least, they take some finding!). This should hopefully help, and it's cheery and colourful to boot!

Now then, my fellow Dragonflies also have some great ideas for using them, so I hope you'll go take a peek, and maybe you'll be inspired to play along?

Have a super duper day!

Sammy-x

Creatures - The Crafting Cafe DT

Good morning all!

It's the 24th, which means it's my turn to provide some inspiration for this months theme at The Crafting Cafe. And the theme is: Creatures

We're sponsored by Oak Pond Creations this challenge, and they provided me with this adorable image to work with:

I paired him up with some Basic Grey papers, and stamped a Dovecraft "London Line" sentiment to go with it.

It's fairly simple, but I wanted to show off the yummy papers, and the cute image too of course!

Now, there's still a week left for you to join us, so why not link up your creature creations over at The Crafting Cafe? You know you want to! ;-)

Have a super weekend!

Sammy-x

Anything but a card - Milk Coffee DT

Good morning my dears,

Oh, will you look at that! another Thursday! It isn't just me, is it? Someone has hit the fast forward button, as this year is flying along at an alarming rate!
Either way, this particular Thursday sees the start of a new challenge over at MilkCoffee! And it's a super fun one this fortnight (well, I think so, anyway!), anything but a card!

IO decided to make life difficult for myself, and set to making a mini album showcasing my favourite MC character, Tiffany. I used seven, yes seven different images, and gave them a page each. I tried not to go overboard with embellishments (with varying degrees of success, lol) in order to let Tiffany take centre stage.

Lots of pictures coming up!

And there she is. Isn't she lovely? It was a lot of fun to make, and I immensely enjoyed colouring all the images. Also, it's impossible to tell from the pictures, but I got to break in my new Sakura Gelly roll pen, and I am so in love with it! it gives such a gorgeous shimmer to certain things (like jewellery or some of her dresses), without being overpowering or compromising the colour!

Well, I hope you'll all go see what my fellow teamies have made, and then come join in the fun. You know you want to!

Have a great day all!

Sammy-x

Nothing floral/no flowers - Rhedd and Rosie's DT

Good morning my dears!

And we've rolled back around to another challenge at Rhedd & Rosie's! This fortnight, we're challenging you to use nothing floral and to have no flowers on your project!

At first I figured I'd take the easy way out and do a male card, but I decided I wanted to further challenge myself and do something girlie, with still no flowers in sight!

Obviously, the recent "Annabel" release from LOTV was going to be perfect for this! I used Annabel - Music to my ears, and used some Basic grey papers for the background, and a strip of music score paper from the LOTV "Heartfelt" pad too.

I embellished with some butterflies cut with a Joy Crafts die, a musical note from Fernli Designs, ric rac, pearls and liquid pearls.

I'd say the result is definitely girlie, but not a flower in sight! No leaves, branches or any kind of vegetation in fact! :-D

And now I shall pass on the challenge to the rest of you. Can you make a card with no flowers of any kind present? Of course you can! But if you get stuck, my fellow teamies have some more gorgeous examples if you care to go take a peek...

And as always there's a prize to be won:

Hope to see you there and have an awesome day!

Sammy-x

Milestone birthday - Sweet Stampin' DT and DT call!

Good morning everyone!

It's time for another challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and this week the theme is Milestone Birthdays.

But before I share my card with you, I thought I'd give you a heads-up that Sweet Stampin' are looking for new Sweeties to come join us. It's a really fun team and there's a lot of artistic freedom (as long as you use rubber or digi stamps!), so why not apply? We'd love to see you there! Full details are in this post.

Anyways, on to my card. I decided to break in one of my brand new Woodware stamps, and paper pieced the numbers, then used the same papers for the background.

I wanted to make something relatively masculine, but not blue, so I went with greens instead, using Basic Grey papers. The mat is very dark green card, and I added some green starry washi tape and dark green buttons. The "birthday wishes" came with the "18" stamp, and finally I did some faux stitching to finish it off.

And there we have it. Simple, yet fun, and I think it would work for a young man...

Your turn! Take a peek at my fellow Sweeties' work and leave then some love, and then we would love for you to come play!

In the meantime, have a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x

Congratulations! - Crafting with Dragonflies is 1 year old! + DT call!

Hello everyone!

Us dragonflies have our party hats on today, because Crafting with Dragonflies is one year old! Which of course means a matching challenge! The theme is Celebration, which can be any type of celebration you like, and I myself decided to go with Anniversary, using an image from one of our sponsors, Make it Crafty.

I fancied using a muted colour scheme, so went with mostly neutrals, with a hint of pink.

The papers are from the First Edition Love Letters pad, and I used one of my favourite Memory Box dies for the heart embellishments. I also used some Tattered Rose Distress ink to lightly colour the die-cut background around the image, as I felt the white was a little too white...

Now, we'd love it if you go see what my fellow Dragonflies have made, and join in with the fun, but there's an exciting opportunity for you all too... We're looking for a couple of new Dragonflies to join the team!
The full details are found here, but in a nutshell, if you fancy joining a fun group of crafty gals (for now, we welcome guys too!), to make not only cards, but all sorts of other items too (which was what drew me to the team in the first place), this is your chance!

In the meantime, have a fabulous day!

Sammy-x