Addicted to CAS #91

Hello blog buddies I'm here to announce the latest challenge  over at Addicted to CAS and sadly this will also be my last Design Team post as I am stepping down from this awesome group.
I am sorry to leave and it's with mixed feelings that I've made the  decision but sometimes life gets in the way of crafting and I feel I have taken on a few too many DT commitments so something had to give!
I do hope to join in the challenges though as much as I can and wish all the team lots of fun and success in the future. Catch up in blogland eh!
So I'm bowing out using a set from Happy Little Stampers, well 3  in fact and a 'Thanks' for having me on the team Kylie - it's been fantastic! Our host for this one is Jaydee who has chosen the codeword FLY

This uses:

Happy Little Stampers: Butterfly Birthday, Doodled Flowers

and Mish Mash for the little 'circles' berries perhaps.

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Circle die

Images coloured with Promarkers.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Create a Smile

with the lucky winner receiving ...

It's a CAS theme over at Addicted to Stamps & More this week

so I'd like to head over there with a second entry for the challenge.

There's more flying fun created by my fellow teamies over on the 

main ATCAS blog HERE plus we have a fabulous guest designer

joining us for this one: Gemma of My Girl Lollipop she has some 

awesome CAS and clever designs on her blog so I do hope you'll pay

her a visit and leave some friendly comments and love!

I do hope you feel inspired to play along and thanks as always

for stopping by my blog. Have fun and enjoy the challenge!

Addicted to CAS #90

Hello again friends and what a busy morning of posts I'm having and I hope you are  keeping up. Now depending on Mr Blogger this could be my 2nd or 3rd post  but either way I'm here to introduce the latest challenge at
Addicted to CAS
 Susan is our host for this one and she's chosen a fantastic, summer theme

It also happens to be the release day for the latest set of stamps from Uniko which popped through my door just a few days ago so the 'full' DT reveal, release and blog hop isn't until Saturday, 24th June although you can purchase the sets HERE from today. 
Quite by chance the new sets are called Paradise and Paradise leaves and in my imagination, Hawaii / Aloha brings visions of paradise to mind. I'm not sure whether a Toucan is a native bird of Hawaii but I'd like you to meet Bob the Toucan anyway!

The sentiments and images are all from the new stamp sets by Uniko

and the toucan is coloured using Zig Clear brush pens. I also used the pens

for my background sky with watered-down Wink of Stella to create a 

loose watercolour look which I kind of like. IRL there's lots of shimmer too!

I hope you feel inspired to play Aloha and there's plenty more inspiration over on the main Addicted to CAS blog HERE by my fellow teamies plus we have a super talented, cheery and happy guest designer joining us for this one.
Monika Reeck of Creative with Monika  I'm sure you'll have come across Monika around blogland as she enters  loads of challenges leaving lots of love and feedback as she goes! Do pop along and take a look at her stunning cards and fun blog posts.
Last but not least our sponsor for this challenge is 
and our lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in the store.

Over to you crafty folk now and can't wait to see your versions of Aloha.
Thanks as always for stopping by and have a load of fun!

Addicted to CAS #89

Hi again buddies I'm back and this time it's with the latest challenge for
Addicted to CAS  Our talented teamie Valentyna has chosen the codeword 'Petals' for this one

I've gone with my all time favourite go-to floral stamp set which is

the Gerbera set from Uniko and it's coloured with Zig Clear Brush pens

having embossed it in WOW metallic brass sparkle first. The sentiment is from 

the same set by Uniko and to finish a couple of sequins for that bit o' bling!

Our talented guest designer for this challenge is the winner of our 'Plaid'

challenge and it's Julie Beech of Handcrafted By Jules I'm sure she'd love a 

friendly visit and some encouragement so please pop across to her blog.

There's more petal magic inspiration from my fellow teamies over on 

the Addicted to CAS blog HERE and our sponsor for this challenge is

Our lucky winner will receive 3 digital images from the store.
I'd like to pop this in at another couple of challenges too: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  
and Time Out challenges - Inspired By Words

'May all your weeds be wild flowers'

Once again there's no way these flowers are weeds or wild but I so wish

they were what the weeks in my garden look like! 

Thanks as always for calling by today and I hope you feel  inspired to join us for this one.

Addicted to CAS #88

Hello again crafty buddies I'm back with the latest challenge details for Addicted CAS  where our super duper teamie, Carolyn is hosting and she's chosen 'Midnight'

Items Used:

Stencil: Tim Holtz

Stamps: Mama Elephant - Make a Wish, Clearly Besotted - Happy Travels

Avery Elle - Sentimental

the stencilled panel is popped up on fun foam for added dimension and my clock

is striking 'midnight' - I hope!

Our sponsor for this one is Sami Stamps and our lucky winner will receive a $12 gift card to spend in store

There's plenty more stunning inspiration over on the ATCAS blog HERE plus we have an AWESOME A* talented crafter guest designing for this one
Rahmat of Cards and Cooking Corner
I'm sure you'll have come across Rahmat on blogland but if not please head over and check out her talent plus leave her a little love!
Thanks as always for calling by and I do hope you'll feel inspired to play along!
Have Fun!
Before I skip off for the day there's another birthday girl in blogland who will be partying on Monday - Sandie of London Days and as she's a London lass and a 'purple' addict I couldn't resist making this card for her so it'll be winging it's way to her as we speak! Have a FAN-TAS-TIC day Sandie and HUGE birthday wishes. Hope it's a celebration to remember!

Addicted to CAS Challenge #87

Good morning friends, I'm back with details of the latest challenge over at Addicted to CAS and our wonderfully talented DT member, Anja is hosting this one.  The codeword she's chosen is 'Plaid' and if I'm honest this one took a while to make. 


I spent so long trying to design my own plaid background but nothing wanted to work for me so I ended up with a bin full of Duds!!!

Then I found a piece of design paper by Doodlebug in a plaid fashion and

although it covers the whole of the base of the card I've kept the rest

of the design very minimalist so hope it works ok.

The die-cut balloons are from Paper Smooches, The banner die is Sizzix Framelits, 

the sentiment is Happy Little Stampers with the balloon strings from Uniko:

Balloon bash. I couldn't resist a few extra Doodlebug sprinkles for added interest.

It's an anything goes week over at Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge

 so I'd like to head over there with this one as my second entry.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Create a Smile and the lucky winner will

receive a 15Euro gift card to spend in the store.

We also have a guest designer for this challenge; our lovely winner from the last on,

 Shona, of Twinearound

If you've never visited her blog before you are seriously missing a trick and a treat. 

I hope you'll pop along and leave some love and friendly encouragement.

I hope you'll feel inspired to play along and can't wait to see your cards this week.

Don't forget to head over to the main blog where there's links to my fellow teamies

cards and I'm sure they'd love a comment or two if you've time.

Thanks as always for calling by and catch up with you soon.

Addicted to CAS #86

Back again friends and this time it's to announce our latest challenge at Addicted to CAS with our host for this one being Ceal!
She's chosen 'Rain' as her codeword ... this week there's been lots of it  in the UK (where I live) but it's still not the easiest theme for me.

I've gone with a shaker style looking through a window die by  Clearly Besotted, Sponged rain droplets using a Simon Says Stamp stencil,  Umbrella stamp and die from Clearly Besotted: April Showers  with a sentiment from Uniko: Bright Butterflies

The codeword at CASology this week is pink so I'm dropping this card in there too and hope my 'pink' umbrella adds just the right amount of pink!

Our sponsor for this challenge is STAMPlorations and our lucky  prize winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend in the store.
We also have a guest designer joining us for this one ... Caroline Paton of Keep it Sweet and Simple I'm sure she'd love you to pay her a visit,  check out her designs and leave some love before you go.
I do hope you feel inspired to play along and don't forget to check out the awesome designs by my fellow teamies HERE on the main blog.
As always thanks for stopping by this morning and hope you have  a fun and crafty weekend. 

Addicted to CAS #85

Morning friends I'm back with another challenge announcement. This time it's Addicted to CAS and little me is the host for this one!

Kylie our fun and fab leader is also the sponsor of this challenge, with a $15 gift  certificate for our lucky winner. What better set to play with than the Birthday  Butterfly set from Happy Little Stampers - my new dies just arrived in time!

I started out by heat embossing 3 butterflies with Ranger pearl EP then

a bit of inky blending in some of my favourite distress ink colours:

Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, 

Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn, before spritzing with some

water and perfect pearls to create a wonderful shimmery effect.

I die-cut the middle butterfly and layered it up on 3 other die-cuts for 

added dimension. Using a 'Hello' word die from Paper Smooches I've

inlaid that one into my card panel with the 'my friend' sentiment from the 

Butterfly Birthday set. To finish some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I'd like to add this one to the following Anything Goes challenges:

Happy Little Stampers & Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge

   
I hope you'll pop across to the main ATCAS blog here to see my  fellow teamies cards plus we have a guest designer for this challenge too Shawna Standish - I'm sure she'd love a visit from you at her blog too.
Ok over to you and can't wait to see your talents in the inlaid-die department.
Thanks as always for stopping by and catch up again soon.

Addicted to CAS #84

Hello again friends, it's time to announce our latest challenge over at
Addicted to CAS
Our host for this one is Sweet Kobylkin and she's chosen 

Now to make this card I was so lucky to receive some happy mail from a lovely A* talented crafter, Joyce of Cards-By-The-Sea who kindly sent me some PTI die-cuts just because she's jolly generous and kind. Sadly it's not easy to obtain PTI in the UK and having commented on one of Joyce's cards using this same Peony die she popped some over the pond to me! So I've been waiting for an opportunity to use it as I didn't want to waste anything. What better occasion than the 'delicate' challenge this week - being a super  delicate die-cut and I've coloured it using distress inks in delicate tones too.

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Happy Little Stampers
  with a $15 gift certificate to our lucky winner!
There's more inspiration from my fellow teamies over on the main blog and I hope you'll find time to play along with us plus we've one super-talented guest designer with us for this challenge ... TaeEun of Rainbow in November.
If you haven't visited her blog before you are seriously missing a trick.  I'm sure she'd love a little friendly comment if you have the time!
Have fun and thanks so much for calling by!

Addicted to CAS #83

Hello again friends, it's time to announce our latest challenge over at
Addicted to CAS
and our new-mum Deepti is the host for this one; She's definitely the proud owner of one perfect little gift!

Here's my card and it was inspired by THIS card by Laura Bassen!  Her inky-blending is second to none and I couldn't wait to try it out with these  mini 'gifts' from Clearly Besotted: Out of This World stamp & die set.

I started out with the idea of making it a shaker but some of those gifts try to get 3-deep behind the acetate and will not budge despite a rather fierce shake! Laura's cards are always so vibrant and cheery so hope I've replicated that a little here! The sentiments are Uniko and I've used a Photo frame die from MFT Die-namics and a little stencilling to add interest to the base of the card with a dotty-type stencil by Tim Holtz
There's more inspiration from my fellow teamies over on the main blog and I hope you'll find time to play along with us.
Our sponsor for this one is STAMPlorations and our lucky winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend in the store.
Have fun and thanks for calling by!

Addicted to CAS #81

Morning friends, I'm here with the latest challenge for Addicted to CAS and our super teamie Bhavana is our host for this one choosing the code word


I decided to crack open a new set, to me, which Santa popped in my stocking! I've been admiring it for ages; it's the Layered Lily set from Altenew, inked using some of their gorgeous inks too and a couple of sequins for added sparkle! The sentiment is taken from a Clearly Besotted set: Say it in Style

Our sponsor for this challenge is 

http://www.eurekastamps.com

and the prize is 3 digis from the store

I hope you find some time to play along with this one and please pop over 

to the main blog HERE to check out the fantastic creations by my teamies!

Thanks as always for stopping by and I'll catch up again soon!

Addicted to CAS #80

Morning crafters it's time to announce the latest challenge details over at Addicted to CAS and our amazingly talented teamie Doni is hosting this one! WOW! Red - how does that inspire you? For me I've gone with 50 shades of red using a technique I saw over at Kristina Werner's blog as part of her Holiday Card Series HERE

Using my brand new Christmas gift of Gamsai Kuretake watercolours I've used

each shade of deep red to orange-red in layers onto card stock before embossing 

with one of the We R Memory Keepers Next Level embossing folders.

I've used the Lawn Fawn 'Love' word die negative space from my panel with 

a heat embossed sentiment from Clearly Besotted: In the Frame set. 

To finish a mini Red heart shaped nail head.

Our fantastic leader Kylie (Happy Little Stampers) is sponsoring the challenge

and our lucky winner will receive a $15 gift voucher to spend in store.

What's more we have an AMAZING Guest Designer for this week ...

Ardyth of Maskerade - I'm sure you have all come across her work but if

not you NEED to visit her blog as her designs are CAS, striking and totally awesome!

Don't forget to head over to the main blog HERE as my teamies have 

been busy in red this week and I'm sure they'd love it if you'd check out 

their cards and leave some love.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll be back soon

Addicted to CAS #79

Hello Blog friends and welcome back to the first challenge of 2016 over at Addicted to CAS
This one is being hosted by our talented teamie Jaydee who has chosen the Code Word: Cake - well who can resist that one!!! Even if we have over indulged over the festive season!
We have our first Guest Designer for 2016 too Elizabeth Stewart  our talented winner of challenge #76 (Hero) - I'm sure you'll  want to take a look at her stunning designs HERE
... and there's plenty of stunning cakes, created by my clever teamies  over on the main blog HERE so if you haven't already done so - please hop on over!

Here's mine ...

This one uses a mish mash of products from some of my favourite companies!

Clearly Besotted: All Occasion Cupcakes, Uniko: Balloon Bash & All Occasion 

Seniments #6 and Mama Elephant: Carnival Cupcakes with the images 

watercoloured using Distress Inks.

Our generous sponsor for this one, offering a prize of $10 to spend in store, is 

It's a birthday theme over at Time Out challenges 

Birthdays with the optional Technique Twist of adding sponging.

I've used minimal sponging to the icing on the cake but thought I'd

hop across there with this card. Their sponsor is Uniko and having used 

a couple of their sets on my card it would be rude not to! 

I hope you feel inspired to play along and I can't wait to see what you 

come up with for this one! I'm sure it won't be good for my diet motivation!!!

Thanks as always for stopping by and I'll catch up with you again soon.