Sunday Greens with a bit of love.

 

See  I just love this inkadinkado stamp set and I particularly love this little snowman. This was a quick and easy make, just snippets of card, the stamps,  a small handful of promarkers and a very  old sizzix tag die that hasn't seen the light of day for a very  long time. I've been sifting through old stash  with the mindset to get rid of it....it didn't work, but I have actually fallen back in love with old stash and that's definitely a good thing! ❤️ 

Less is more.

 My friend Kathy over at purple princess diaries has had the stamp set christmas characters by inkadinkado for years and I have always 😍 the set. I recently saw it for sale on ebay for just a couple of pounds. Well, I just couldn't resist and so I popped them in my basket and checked out. I am delighted by them and, in her honour,  as her favourite colour is purple and the fact that she loves clean and simple, here is my first make with them. I'm going to enter it in to the less is more challenge too as I know she loves the less is more challenge blog , so hopefully she will see this post. Thanks my friend, for your great taste in stamps and for your very good listening ears. This one is for you. 

Old coloured images

 Does anyone else have a little pile of coloured images just waiting for  a card host? Well, I did have, but I have thrown a few away as I wasn’t happy with them but I saved this one which I think I coloured with copics. I just matched her up with a doohickey poinsettia die and some Martha Stewart punch cut leaves and the job was done . 

Hello kitty

 I have a little girl in my family and this make is just perfect for her. It’s a sizzix die called “hello kitty princess” sometimes a quickish card is just what you need and this one fits the bill. I have used walnut stain distress ink around the die cut and the papers are old stampin up ones. 

Because you’re gorjuss

 I have quite a few of these gorjuss stamps and I usually distress marker colour them but today I used my promarkers. I love how this little lady turned out. I used a very old star die and stampin up papers that were gifted to me by a very dear crafty friend Diane.

Christmas Hoot

Here’s a little stamp set that I bought a few months back and I love them. They are so cute and are from clearly besotted.  I have dug out another Martha Stewart punch and this one is a holly leaf design. I have coloured my owls in promarkers , used echo park papers and Penny black nesting dies and so that’s just about it! 

 

Happy Halloween!

 I have this fabulous french fry box die from stampin up and it’s great for little treats for friends or family. So I dug our some green card and a circle punch and a set of stamps from stampin up that we’re perfect for this little project and I’m sure my nephew will love them! Trick or treat? Definitely a treat! 

Christmouse bauble

So here are the ingredients for my next card, minus promarkers, memento ink, penny black dies, vintage photo distress ink, glue and cardstock! I found it quite helpful to limit my ingredients as it forced me not to be distracted by stash hunting and decision making. Sometimes I find myself just looking through stash rather than creating, so pulling it out beforehand and not allowing myself to wander made me more creative. I have a few Martha Stewart punches and I love them but don’t use them enough so I’m digging them out for play! They are so much quicker than the big shot! The sentiment stamps are a stampin up set and I think I can do a lot more with them....hmm ideas are flowing! Have a good day all! 

  

Lili of the valley reindeer

 So, here we are... so much has happened since I was last here. Time to take stock and just use this little place to keep a record of my makes. 

Here’s my first creation after a longish period of Mojo loss. I have used some old echo park papers, almost at the end of that paper pad😄, a penny black sentiment, years old.. and a new stamp from Lili of the valley which is called festive reindeer. My image has been coloured with promarkers and inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink. The dies are from a set called ‘funky festive ‘by Tim Holtz. 

Hello

It’s been a long time since I have posted anything on here. My dear friend Kathy advised me that blogger had changed so I thought I should check it out. I couldn’t use blogger on iPad as I had trouble uploading photos, but looks like I can now. So here’s a thank you card I made another dear friend recently. I used a beautiful penny black image for this one. It’s been coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils. 

New Penny Black Saturday challenge.

Here’s my entry for the new Penny Black Saturday challenge Which has the optional theme of watercolour/water. The stamp is called fish are jumpin and looking at the date on it it’s from 2001. I don’t think Penny Black stamps age though and I do just love them. I’ve coloured this one with promarkers and is easily suitable for a male. Love it!

Goldie mermaid

Here’s a card I have had fun making today using Goldie from whimsy stamps. I just loved playing with my distress markers, dies and glossy accents and glitter glue. I’m entering this one in to Dis digi challenge blog where the theme is wings or tails and doesn’t she have an amazing tail?

It’s Christmas!

Ok so it’s July, almost August but I am behind on my Christmas card makes and I have some lovely Penny black stamps that I bought from my friend and I love them 😍. Anyway, look at me being all CAS it’s so unlike me, but actually I love how it turned out. I’m entering it in to Craftyhazelnuts challenge. It has been painted with distress ink markers. They are my new favourite go to!

More Penny Black

Here is another card I have made for the Penny Black Saturday challenge this stamp is called cake dance so is perfect for the food/drink theme. Who doesn’t love a good bit of cake?

Penny Black deliciousness

I have a growing collection of Penny Black rubber stamps and I love them all. I don’t dig them out often enough, so I am making a concerted effort to use them a bit more.  I have decided to play along with Penny black Saturday challenge blog where the theme is anything goes with the optional theme of food/drink. Hope you like it! My image has been painted with distress inks.

Christmas Snow

Morning. First day of the school holidays and I am sharing 5is lovely snow card! It’s a Lili of the valley stamp that I have coloured with distress markers. They  are my new favourite obsession. Papers are old ones, so using up stash as well!

Polkadoodles, holidays and school is out!

Yay, school is out for the summer so I finally have time to craft and time to sort out my craft stuff! Sometimes you can have just too much stuff that you no longer use, so I plan to destash over the next few weeks. I already have a bag of bits and pieces that I know my nephew will make the most of as he has the crafting bug and had used all the stuff I previously gave him. Anyway, I have played with distress inks and came up with this little card. I’m going to enter it in to the Polkadoodles challenge. The stamp is called “just for you Winnie” and is perfect for a girlie birthday.

Shall we dance?

It’s our wedding anniversary this month and we have managed 18 years! Can’t believe it has been that long. Here is the card I have made for hubby, using Lili of the valley stamps!

Forever friends.

Another day, a different Lili of the valley stamp! I love these little fairies and I have coloured them with distress markers. I really dug out some old stash for this card! The flowers date back to my very early days of crafting. I have loads of them and I am challenging myself to dig deep in to the narnia of craft supplies !

Fairy on tip toe.

Morning all. What a lovely sunny morning it is too. I finished this little lovely off last night. She has been coloured with distress markers. The papers are old dovecraft ones. I’m enjoying going through my mahoosive stack of Lili of the valley rubber stamps as I’m sorry to see they are going to stop them and you will only be able to get the digi versions. I love my digis too, but there’s just something about rubber stamps for me that feels like they are properly handmade.