LOOKING SHEEPISH

Hooray! That's my 'proper' work finished for the week! Didn't think I'd get through today as I've come down with a stinking cold so feeling particularly sorry for myself ... just feel like curling up under the duvet!

Anyway I did put a very quick card together last night which is for two challenges; first up is Less is More and the theme this week is a One Layer Thank You card and there's another One Layer theme going on at CAS on Sunday so I'm dropping in there too.

I've used a digi-image with sentiment from Pink Petticoat which I've coloured with promarkers & Sakura gel pens then added a tiny gem to the flower and some fluffy stuff to my sheep for extra 3D. I decided the woolly sheep looked too bright and clean against the Kraft card so I've made him look more natural (I hope) with a few smudges of promaker to his fleece.

Off to have a look round your blogs now.

CHRISTMAS TRIO

I'm afraid it's got to be Christmas again ... the weeks are passing me by! Think a couple of these will only be suitable for hand delivery otherwise I'll need a bank loan to pay the postage ... hee hee!

So here goes, following my busy crafting afternoon I've a trio to share and first up is my entry to CAS(E) this Sketch. I've half-sneaked an idea from the lovely Beverley at Uniko Studio by stamping one of the circles from the Background Builders set and using it as a bauble. I've also grabbed a trick I saw somewhere else (sorry forgotten where) which was to adhere coloured paper to a clear button so I've given this a go to make my bauble.

My 'papers' are Christmas washi tapes layered onto green and red cardstock then I've wrapped some metallic cord from my stash around the card, then a bow to top my bauble. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted and there's a couple of silver pearls.





Next up is a combined entry to the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge, Color Throwdown and a brand new Christmas Challenge from one of my favourites ... Clearly Besotted. Have I told you I'm besotted with their products???

Card Recipe:

Image & Sentiment: Clearly Besotted - Signature Christmas stamps & dies
Papers: Shelly K & The Papermill Shop
Gems and Metallic Cord from my stash.

I'm not sure if you can tell from the photo but I've layered my bauble up on several layers of cardstock to make it a bit more sturdy then added glossy accents to the bauble and glamour dust to the decorative centre.
Thanks to Michelle Short at The Card Grotto for her tip on layering up the die cuts, especially if you are adding glossy accents.


  


So last but not least, here's my entry to Pixies Crafty Snippet Playground and CAS Colours & Sketches. I ran another craft class last week for some friends and this card is similar to one we made. I had 3 friends over and they each made 3 Christmas cards. The standard was amazing so looks like I'm going to have some competition! OR maybe it's down the the fabulous teacher!!!!!!!!!!!

I've used the button trick again with a couple of clear ones glued to sparkly DP. I wish I knew where the idea came from so that I can acknowledge the blog here.

So I've used Buttons, Gems, Bakers Twine, Scraps of papers from my stash
Glamour dust at the snow level, glitter card and it's Clearly Besotted again for the sentiment
The tree is made from layers of triangle shaped dies using Sizzix Framelits




So that's all for me. Can't promise how many posts I'll have during the week but will try to pop around your blogs. Off for tea now then Sunday night TV is the best. Pity it's the last Downton Abbey tonight until the Christmas special though - I've only just got back into it! Typical.

Enjoy your evenings.

MAN'S BEST FRIEND

Oh my goodness what a terrible blog buddy I am.

MONDAY when I last posted on here!!! Argghh! Must try and do better this week but you know how it is - life (work) have a nasty habit of taking over!

Anyway I have the house to myself shortly so hope to get my head down for some serious crafting. The eldest teen is at work until this afternoon and Mr Dazzle and our daughter are off to football. She's playing and he's coaching and they both LOVE it! Sadly, my enjoyment falls elsewhere and that suits them fine as the team tends to lose if I go! It's going to be bitterly cold for them as it's another of those mornings when you need the ice-pick out just to clear the windscreen! Love the crispness and blue sky though.

Anyway here's a card I've made for the challenge over at CASology where the theme is brown. Immediately a male card springs to mind and I adore the pre-coloured Vintage Boys Art Pad from LOTV so I've set it on a Kraft card with a little smidgen of DP from one of my amazing TK Maxx bargain paper pads, a couple of candy dots from Stampin Up some glossy accents to the cute pooch and a great birthday sentiment from Clearly Besotted. Think I may skip the recipe now!

That's all for now but I hope to have something else to post later if I can find my mojo!

DOUBLE POST TIME

Happy Monday friends

Another speedy post from me today ... first day back at work after half term so always a bit crazy!

Need to re-charge my batteries for tomorrow so don't think I'll be crafting tonight unless it's just a little glance in my sparkly cupboard - just to make sure everything is in order! You know what I mean!!!

So I'm combining a couple of cards I made yesterday but didn't get round to posting.

The first one is another Merry Christmas penguin and checking back I think I'm on a roll - that's 5 Christmas cards back to back! Whoopie! Not enough though! I couldn't wait to have another play with my penguin stamp set from Clearly Besotted as Stephanie is sponsoring this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge it seemed a good idea to use him. I'm also entering my card at A Gem of a Challenge where the theme this week is Christmas Is Coming.

I've seen some embossing paste on a few blogs and think it looks amazing although I don't have any and don't know how to use it so I've used my snowflake embossing folder then blinged it up with some glamour dust and hope it creates a similar effect.


Card Recipe:

Image & Sentiment: Clearly Besotted
Papers: Pink Petticoat
Cuttlebug embossing folder, MFT Die-namics party banners, Mini Candy dots and gems from my stash.
I've added stickles to his bob-hat which look a bit pink on the photo but they're not really plus some glossy accents to his feet and beak.





Next up is my entry to this month's Uniko Studio Challenge where the theme is Autumn foliage with a photo for inspiration:



To be honest I kept forgetting about this one as I was so intrigued with all the new Christmas release products. It's actually been quite difficult to produce this card and revert back to the Autumn shades having had a taste of the glamour, magic and sparkles of Christmastime!

For some reason these colours tend to make me feel sad - don't know why but I decided a Sympathy card would be good with this foilage blowing around in the breeze.

Card Recipe:

Image: Natural Treasures from Uniko Studio
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Twine and pearl gems from my stash

So that's all from me for today but looking forward to seeing what you've all been up to over the day.
See you soon

TOO CUTE PENGUIN!

Back again as promised and this time another Christmas card to add to my mini stash - going to have to work hard!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches
Dynamic Duos
Pixies Crafty Snippet Playground


Card Recipe:

Image & Sentiment: Cute Penguin Stamp Set from Clearly Besotted
Snowflake: Uniko Studio
Button, gem and metallic cord from my stash
A few sprinklings of glamour dust added to highlight areas too

   
That's all for now folks! Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by.

A BREAK FROM TRADITION

Morning all, just a couple of quick posts from me today and first up is my combined entry for CAS(E) This Sketch and the Colour Q Challenges.

If you read my post yesterday you'll realise my newest stamp set is the snowflakes from Uniko Studio and with them still on my desk plus the need to boost my Christmas cards in time for you know what I decided to break from traditional Christmas colours and use modern coloured snowflakes. And as it's Christmas I've added a strip of dazzling silver glitter card so hope that can pass for the basic grey colour.

Looks like another wet day so guess I may get chance for a bit more play later.

Back with another post in a moment.


Card Recipe:

Image: Snowflakes from Uniko Studio
Sentiment: Clearly Besotted
Candy Dots: Stampin Up
Pearls from The Hobby House


   

BLACK ON BLACK - TAKE 2

So here's my other card which started out as a Less is More Challenge card but I'm also going to drop it in at Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes) and CASology (Black).

Having spent a heck of a time on my first one this was completed quite quickly - I like them both so decided to enter them both.

Right off for tea and catch up with Strictly - catch you all tomorrow.  Enjoy your evening.




Card Recipe:

Image: Marianne Creatables Christmas Tree Die,
Beautiful fairy light embellishments from my Crafty American Auntie
with some black metallic cord from my stash to string the lights together
Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamped then embossed with Gold embossing powder

   

BLACK ON BLACK

Saturday already and hardly got any crafting done this week despite it being half term but I guess that bathroom shopping had to be done!

Anyway I do love Saturdays as I usually get chance to play with lots of challenges, whether I actually submit an entry to all of them is a different matter though! Often they end up in the bin!

When I saw the Less is More Challenge this morning I thought 'hmmm...that's not too bad' but it's harder than I thought and this first card took ages with loads of trial and error bits being flung in the rubbish! As it started to take shape I realised it could be combined with some other challenges too so here goes:

Rather than fireworks I decided to try my brand new snowflake stamp set from Uniko studio and I've stamped the background with snowflakes then embossed with black embossing powder, adding diamond gems to the centres for some added sparkle. I've used a sentiment from the same set of stamps and embossed with gold holographic embossing powder. I then stamped some black cardstock with different sizes of the snowflakes and embossed in different colours of embossing powders which I've owned for years but they hardly see the light of day. I've added pink and silver gems from my stash then cut it into a heart shape raised on 3D foam for added definition.

While my card was taking shape I decided this could also tie in with the theme at CAS-ual Fridays, where the theme is 'Embossing' and CASology, where their theme is BLACK. The sketch from Seize the Sketch came in handy too and I've added a sliver of pink design paper and a strip of pink gems from my Crafty American Auntie.

Last but not least Simon Says Stamp have an 'Anything Goes' theme so I'll be dropping it in over there too.

I was loving this black on black so much that I made another one so I'll post that one in a moment too.