Time to play

What nasty wet weather we have been having, so what better time to go and get inky and messy!

I take part in a monthly swap (well most months I do, last month's is still sitting on my desk, it was hidden and I totally forgot about posting it, how stupid!!!!) This month is to make a box and put some notelets inside. The theme is Autumn.

I made a mini pizza box and covered it inside and out with a leaf stamp using lots of autumnal colours, and getting my fingers very messing in the process, but hey, that's the fun of it isn't it?

I have added a few spiders with another stamp and even his cobwebs, I wonder if the receiptient will notice them. I even stamped the ribbon with some leaf stamps too. I also went around all the leaves with a sparkly pen but that doesn't show up on the picture. The notelets are not all the same, but all have the same leaf stamp on them.

Using the same idea

I've used the same idea for this card for my friend's birthday and whilst the post it notes were still attached I used various stamps and a blue inkpad to add the flowers and bird. I also added some sparkle with a glitter pen on the bird and drew a fine line round the oblong with the pen but it doesn't show up on here. I did a background with the sparkly pen which you can only see if it catches the light.

(there looks like a little 'splodge' on the bottom rh corner but I did check before I sent the card and it wasn't there on the card.....there are several marks showing on my cards so me thinks I SHOULD clean the inside of the scanner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Can't wait to get my next issue of CS to see what inspires me next month.

I've done it again!

Ok, by now I think many of you have guessed I buy Craft Stamper every month and gain inspiration from it. I've been away for a week and was reading the magazine whilst away. How frustrated was I not to have my stash with me, so today I've done the washing, been to town and walked the dogs twice, so after all of that I just HAD to have half an hour to play. I thought this article looked so crisp I was itching to try it out. The idea is to mask off a shape using 'post it notes' and use distress inks to add colour, I've used yellow, spiced marmalade and red hot pepper on these.

My neighbour was taken into hospital at Tooting yesterday, and an op today so I don't think I will be able to get up there to visit unless I go with her hubby one day. Anyway I am just off to pop it through his door so he can take it up to her so she knows we are thinking of her. The other is self explanatory, a thank you card. I hope you like these, I am sure you will be seeing a few more like this but maybe using different colour combinations and stamps.

Wedding card

My dog trainer is off to the States to get married this month and I just had to make her a card.

I have cheated a bit with this one, as I found a scrapbook page with the bride and groom on and the swirls and flowers, I have added some wedding velum to the left hand side together with ribbons and extra glitter. I have also made a box using some very faithful stamps...yes there it is again my dear old swirl stamp and the dancing couple which I thought was quite like the card image. I made an insert which matches the box, but I didn't want to bend the card in half to scan it. I feel quite chuffed with this one, and hope she likes it (and the bottle of bubbly to celebrate with!)

I changed my mind

I found this stamp in the same series at the other one for my son, and as he is an avid footie fan thought he would appreciate this one more.

I used my cuttlebug to cut out 34 and stuck it on.

Bank Holiday

We have had quite a busy weekend but this afternoon I have found a little bit of time to make some cards.

One for a dear friend's anniversary and have scanned the insert as well. I have also made one for my eldest son's birthday in September, not too sure he will appreciate the image as he will be 34 this year!!!!! But I like it and have coloured it with my promarkers.

Grand daughter's birthday card

My eldest grand daughter will be 14 next month...how scary is that? This is the card I have made for her.

The image is from a Craft Stamper stamp from a few months ago and the letters are from Tim Holtz Vintage letters die cut.

Lots of cards

I have loads of birthdays next month so have started on making the cards as it's been such a wet afternoon, it's like winter looking outside, and very dreary.

Here are a few of them.

A Thank you card

In November I had some alterations done and a new kitchen fitted, however, one or two problems arose through no fault of anyone in particular, but the boss of the installations department has been so very helpful and this week the last of the problems have been completed.....so I thought I should send the chap a card just to thank him and the staff for everything they have done to rectify everything.

I've probably blogged a similar card as I have made a few like this, I love the flourish stamp (I am sure you know that by now as I've used it sooooo many times!!!!!!) and the owl stamp that came with the Craft Stamper several months ago....I think the addition of the googly eyes really finish him off.

91st birthday

I saw a card similar to this in this month's Craft Stamper. Although I didn't have the exact stamps I thought I would try to achieve something similar....So out came my good old faithful swirl stamp and my tapestry stamps that I haven't used for yonks....they provided the foliage which I added to the swirl. I coloured the flower with Marvy pens rubbed onto a tile and then water coloured in pink and a purply blue, added some glitter to the centre of the flower and a little onto the leaves, and used co ordinating ribbons. The lettering and number was achieved by using my 'bug' and some silver glitter paper.

I made a matching insert... this is the front of the insert and instead of black for the swirl etc I used a soft grey and lighter colouring for the flower

I need a 91st birthday card for the end of the month and thought this would be a nice card to send. (At least I remembered to scan it before I send it....I often forget to do that!!!!)