New Challenge blog

My friend Carol (from the ever popular "Carols paperplayce") has started her very own challenge blog, you must pop over and give her some support. You can find her new blog in my "Blogs that Challenge" on the right hand bar. Go on you know you want too!!!

New Stamps

Hi everyone,
I'll bet you thought I'd got lost? I have been to Spain for 5 weeks as we have a small house over there, and since I've been back I've been sooo busy catching up with everyone and everything!! But yesterday I went to the "Colmans" month end event and picked up a couple of new stamps, so of course even though the weather is fab I just had to have a go!!
The stamps are by "Buzzcraft" and called "fairy doodles"I thought they are great. The papers are "basic grey""cupcake".
Let me know what you think? what age group do you think these are aimed at???
Cheers

Two new blogs

Hi, two friends who are really talented card makers have just started their own blogs, please pop over and say hello (I still love to get comments left on this blog, don't you??).Their addresses are on the left side of this screen under "blogs I love"
Enjoy!!!

Penny Black Challenge

Have you seen the Penny Black Challenge for this week?? It's a recipe challenge, the recipe is 3brads, 2 ribbons and 1 flower. This is my entry. believe it or not it almost took longer to get a picture of it than making the card, my camera is definitely on the blink!!!! Recipe for the card is:-
1 5 x5 inch white card.
3 Penny Black stamps from "Every which way"
water colour pens,
Joanna Sheen paper from the Baby love cd rom
Cuttlebug "swiss dots on half of card.
3 brads
2 pieces of ribbon
1 flower
1 "just for you" stamp from hot off the press
green stickles

Hope you like it?

Papermania stamping for men

Whoo hoo!!! I've finally got my hands on the new Papermania "Stamping for Men" set of clear stamps. So last night I sat down and made this card. It's a white 5 x 5 inch square card, I used a square of "Basic Grey" "Archaic" paper (thought it looked a little like water). Stamped the fisherman (there is a fisherman, a golfer and a handyman, with sentiments and birthday beer stamps as well) coloured him with Marvey Le Plumb pens and then did the faux stitching I tried on the last card. One of the stamps is a small fish, so repeat stamped this at the bottom of the card to show the ones that got away, added the "Gone fishing again..." sentiment. Glazed the fisg and there we are. later today (after I've been to the local market I'll try the other stamps but if they are anything like this one it will be good fun!!!

Time to Craft Challenge

Have you seen the challenge over at "My Time to Craft" the sketch looks like this
This is my interpretation, I used the stamp I got from the "Stamparama" at Stevenage,its a "Penny Black" (love those stamps), coloured it with "Sakura" and a koi brush. Added a little glitter to the centres of the tulips, the papers are "Basic Grey ""Cupcake" love the bright Spring colours!!! Especially in this damp weather we are having!!! Where is the sun!!!! the "Stitching" has been done by paper pricking and drawing around with a felt tip pen, a small piece of ribbon and a hand made sentiment label!! and this is the end result!!!

Pink Elephant Challenge

While making the charity cards I popped over to Carols Paperplayce and saw that she was the designer for this weeks "Pink Elephant Challenge so whilst the dinning room is in a mess with paper etc. etc. etc. (do you end up in a mess as well), I thought I'd have a go! so this is my interpretation of Carol's sketch!!The stamp is by "Penny Black" coloured with Pens, the backing is done on the cuttlebug and then 3 small Pink/green gems and some pink chiffon and velvet ribbon from stash. Hope I've done it justice!!!