A masculine card for IBSIC #94

Hello

Today I am popping in to share a card I have made.

I am linking up to the current Challenge at Inspired by stamping here

and also to the Customer Gallery Contest

Here is my card

I used Inspired by Stamping Chevrons stamped in SU Night of Navy, SU Bermuda Bay and Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral. The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping Celebrating 2 years. The card front is mounted onto SU Night of Navy cardstock before attaching to my card base.

This card will be going to one of my nephews.

Hope you have a great weekend planned. For me it is 6 hours or so of netball Saturday and a Bounce birthday party Sunday.

Thanks for stopping

Cheers

Vicki

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Uniko background builder vines…

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Today’s card I am linking up to the current challenge at Uniko

Challenge #21 – Happy Birthday Bev here

I started by stamping images from Uniko Background builders Vines with SU Lucky Limeade and Old Olive. I used Tim Holtz Abandoned coral to stamp a few flowers. The sentiment is from Uniko Classic numbers stamped in memento tuxedo black ink. I finished the flower centres with liquid pearls. The stamped image was die cut using Inspired by stamping Fancy Label dies 3 and mounted with foam tape onto a Victorian Rectangle die cut from green cardstock from my stash.

Please ignore the black dot and the poor photography – I appear to have something on my camera lens! The colours are as in the first pic.

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Cheers

Vicki

A late Mother’s Day share…

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Today I am sharing the Mother’s Day card I made for my Gran. A little late. I didn’t get a chance to visit Gran until late last week. Gran has become forgetful so she didn’t notice I was a few days late.  It can be rather funny some days to explain who you are!

I am linking up to challenge #44 at Scribble & Scrap here

I used Annabelle Stamps Designer Flowers, Stemmed Flowers (leaf) and Butterfly Sunshine (sentiment). The inks I used were SU Smoky slate, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight and Tim Holtz Abandoned coral (reinker + uninked pad). The sentiment is also from Annabelle Stamps Designer Flowers stamped in Memento Tuxedo black and die cut with Inspired by Stamping Fancy Label Dies 3 and PTI oval limitless layers dies.

This is a pair of fingerless mittens I made for Ms 10

This is the link to my raverly page here

and the free pattern from the Casting on couch here.

I am also sharing this finished jumper.

I was given this partially complete by a friend. I finished it last week.

Original pattern from Country Crafts June 1987.

Thanks for stopping

Cheers

Vicki

Watercolour blooms…

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Today my card is inspired by watercolour.

I am linking up to the following challenges here and here

Birthday

and

Here is my card

I started with some watercolour paper and added the inked watercolour background using PTI Spring Moss ink. I stamped the leaf image from Uniko Background builders Vines also in PTI Spring Moss ink. The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping Celebrating 2 years stamped in versafine onyx black ink. The flower from Uniko Flower #6 was stamped with SU Pink Pirouette and Regal Rose ink and fussy cut out before popping up with foam tabs. I mounted this onto black cardstock.  To finish off I added a few sequins.

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Cheers

Vicki

More NBUS…

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Today I am sharing 2 birthday cards.

I am linking up to

NBUS #3

My NBUS is Mama Elephant Water blooms stamp set

and

Inspired by Stamping Monthly Challenge

sentiment stamp (and ribbon)

The recipient of this card, Ms S,  is the daughter of an old friend (we have been friends since we started high school a few years ago!).  Ms S loves Paris and is studying French by attending weekend classes (Dad is a French influence). This has lead to a very French gift with Eiffel tower jewellery holder, stationery and some new jewellery. So the card had to follow the theme.

I began by searching the web for pictures (I don’t have an Eiffel tower stamp although I’m sure they are out there) and printed one I liked from here. I then used my NBUS Mama Elephant Water Bloom stamp set and SU Rose Red ink triple stamped along with SU Certainly Celery. When the stamping was done I trimmed and mounted onto SU Rose Red CS. I added Inspired by Stamping ribbon and the sentiment from Inspired by Stamping Fancy Labels 3 also stamped with SU Rose Red. I punched the sentiment using 2″ and 2 1/4″ circle punches. The finished size of this card is 15cm x 21cm.

The second card I am sharing is for Mr M who is 17 today – Ms S and Mr M share a birthday Mr M is 2 years older.

Mr M is a Whovain so a Dr Who inspired card is a must.

I started by printing 2 of these. I layered these to create my 3D tardis for the front of my card. I was inspired by Tina’s card here. I adhered this to a piece of SU crumb cake cardstock and then I sponged the edges with crumb cake ink. I die cut “17” into the Kaisercraft licorice card front with Papersmooches Numbers die and inlaid the “17” using SU Crumb Cake cardstock. The banners are stamped in crumb cake using SU banner blast and the co ordinating punch. The middle banner is also stamped with a sentiment from PTI Tiny Tags in black ink. The Tardis was then added to the card front with foam tabs.

As Mr M is having friends over for pizza and cake after the movies tonight I have printed these to add to cupcakes. (Still have to make the cupcakes)

 Thank you to those who made their digi images available for me to use.

Thanks for stopping – a long post today.

Cheers

Vicki

NBUS Chevrons…

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Today I am sharing my card with

the monthly challenge at Scrapbook boutique

= colour inspiration

and

IBS Monthly Customer Gallery Contest

and

NBUS#3 challenge

the IBS chevron set is my NBUS

and

This card is for Ms 15’s boyfriend who is celebrating his 15th Birthday today.

I have used Inspired by Stamping Chevrons triple stamped in SU Bermuda Bay and SU Coastal Cabana inks. The sentiment is stamped on the inside of the card using SU Smoky Slate ink and Papersmooches Hullabaloo. I used SU Word Bubble framelits to reveal the sentiment.

 Thanks for stopping for a peek.

I plan to be back tomorrow and share Mr M’s birthday card.

Cheers

Vicki

A few tags…

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Today I have some tags to share

I am linking them up to these challenges at

Inspired by Stamping

and

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Blog

I started with SU Very vanilla cs 5cm x 8.5cm. Using the Scallop tag topper punch I created a tag and finished by rounding the corners. The inks I have used are SU Cherry Cobbler, SU Baked Brown Sugar, SU Always Artichoke and Memento Tuxedo black. The stamp sets used are IBS Build a stocking, IBS Holiday Ornaments, IBS Sugar & Spice and SU Holiday Home. The tags are finished with SU cherry cobbler tulle ribbon.

The tags

The gifts for my book club friends next week.

Book labels, book mark made using Jane’s Doodles stamp sets see post here and some Christmas tags. The box is an adaption from Sam’s at Pootles here. Thank you. I used some SU patterned paper (Be of good cheer).

Last night my friend and I crafted from 8 pm – 1 am making paper Santas – 12 for her and nearly 30 for me. This took a little longer than I thought but it was nice to chat and craft at a leisurely pace.  I will share some pics later in the week when the Santas get their arms and legs!

Thanks for stopping

Cheers

Vicki

A christmas tree…

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I am sharing another card I have made using Jane’s Doodles digital stamps

I am linking up to the challenge at Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Blog

I have once again coloured Jane’s image with alcohol markers. I added a wink of stella and glossy accents to the christmas lights. The patterned paper is old SU and the sentiment is another computer generated sentiment from my stash die cut with Inspired by stamping banner die and popped up with foam tabs.

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Cheers

Vicki

A little Christmas with Jane’s Doodles…

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I am sharing a card I have made using a digital stamp from Jane’s Doodles.

I am linking up to the challenges at

Snowmen

and

This is a digital stamp from Jane’s Doodles. I coloured him with alcohol markers. He has some wink of stella on his nose and the ground as well as some glossy accents on his nose. The card front is some Kaisercraft patterned paper. I popped the oval die cut snowman up with foam tape. The snowflakes are from a carl punch.  To finish I added a computer generated sentiment I found in my Christmas stash and die cut with the banner die from Inspired by Stamping.

Thanks for stopping

Cheers

Vicki

Build a stocking…

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I have used the colour inspiration from the current challenge at Inspired by Stamping

For these cards I have used Inspired by Stamping Build a stocking and Festive Frames stamp sets, SU Ink and Lily Bee design Jingle tiny tablet paper pad.

A pic of the two cards

I will be linking to Inspired by Stamping monthly challenge and IBSIC #87 and Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra Challenge.

Whilst I had these sets out I also created these cards

I used Inspired by Stamping Christmas Wreath, Build a stocking and Festival Frames with Lily bee patterned paper.

A busy few days coming up.

Miss 9 has School sports day, Mr 16 has a Yr 12 exam even though he is in Yr11 followed by his Yr 11 exams and Ms 18 & Ms 14 have parties to go to.

Next week is dance dress rehersal I have one or two adjustments to make and finish dresses/costumes for Ms 18 and Ms 14.

I hope to get some creating done – even if it is just with my new library buddies. One lady has just purchased a big shot so she has been bringing it for show and tell. It is a blast to see her having such a great time.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Vicki