Simon says STAMPTEMBER challenge

Hi everyone!

I'm here with a card for a college of mine, who recently undergone heart surgery. I just wanted a simple one and I thought of these old Teresa Collins' clear stamps, vintage finds, which really goes with anything!

I truely love this set, but I use them far to rarely - and what do you know... They ripped?!?!? Both the story- stamp and the time-stamp which you put in the window of the bingo card :( Crying my eyes out now!! I'm actually considering to rebuy them...

I couldn't resist to put some of my latest buy at I am roses, but pastel combo of the R6-roses. Gorgeous mix of colors! Love every one of them. I also added the cherry blossom and the tiny rosebuds from my stash. Of course I also sprayed them with Biscotti pearl mist, before I stucked them down.

This card is entered in SSS wednesday challenge - stamp-it and blog hop
. I was really pleased as I put it together, but I can now see that I could have done with some background stamping as well... A fav of mine is to combine these stamps with the background stamp from Tim Holtz' papillon cling set. I also really need to work on my stash on sentiments... Reason to shop ;)

Products used on this card:

Teresa Collins' clear stamp set vintage finds #1

Teresa Collins' clear stamp set vintage finds #2

Memento ink desert sand

Adirondack dye ink hazelnut

Neenah 80lb paper, desert storm

Biscotti pearl mist

IAR small natural skeleton leaves

IAR ZR6-595 1" roses, pastel colormix

IAR S3-827 cherry blossom, brown mix

IAR T1-147 tiny rosebuds, cream

Flatback pearls

I hope you liked it :)
Thanks for visiting!

DT-post for Anyone for Anya

Hi everyone!

We have a new photo challenge at Anyone for Anya and this week it's strawberries for inspiration. I'm getting a craving just thinking about it.

So I used my CC design rubber stamp, but changed the colour scheme to pastel instead. She is coloured with my copics on smooth neenah paper and die cut with spellbinders lacey circles.
The background paper is from my favorite collection by Prima marketing Sunkiss. The frame and the distress is all in the paper already. The chipboad corner and the wooden ticket is also from Prima. The paper flowers and leaves are from I am roses. In the midst is a stick pin from Christy P from a swap at Creating a crafty life. There are also some goodies by MB's Treasurista from my time as a GDT-member.

Thank you for visiting!
Please leave a comment if your have any questions.

Products from MB's Treasurista:
Stamens
Small acrylic flower
Mini satin flower w pearl center
Mesh bling, lt pink
Pleated Satin n'Lace trim
Twine in blossom

Lacey challenge at Anyone for Anya

Hi everyone!
Today we're highlighting lace in our creations at Anyone for Anya.

I have Anya from hats off sitting on a background of vintage script from Prima's script and ledger paper pad. My gorgeous lace is from MB's Treasurista, Ivory floral venise lace #2 far to the left I've covered the edge with some mesh bling in brown also from MBT. The cluster of flowers are from I am roses, colored with Lindy stamp gang sprays. I've also added a G45 stapels ornate  metal key from the Rubber Buggy.

Have a great day:)
Thank you for visiting!

Magnolia flower tag with G45 elements from The Rubber Buggy

Hi all!

I haven't made a tag in what seems like forever.
I think I went a bit over board - LOL!

I started by stamping Magnolia chicken wire underneath the Magnolia paper rose ornament from once upon a time. This paper is so shabby that you could just use the paper, but for some reason I just can't help but to tear and tug it a bit more. The Magnolia paper is distressed with Tim Holtz weathered wood and the tag is distressed with vintage photo.

I stamped the post card from Graphic 45, french country, and distressed it with tattered rose, after tugging some in the corners and shaping it I just adhered it with some washi tape from Prima Divine. The little pocket is is stamped again with the Magnolia chicken wire and then with the bumble bee from Graphic 45, French country, same set as the post card.

After that it's flowers galore. I'm tucking flowers everywhere :)
Here I used I am roses paper flowers, but you can find similar flowers in the store from Wild Orchids Craft. They're exaclty the same, I 've been wondering too :)
In the midst I tuck some Magnolia vintage berries in ivory and on the top of the tag is just satin ribbons in different colours and widths. To create some movements I added a garment pin with a butterfly charm.

Finally, the back of the tag is really simple.
I stamped the back of the tag with Magnolia postage stamps and then I distressed a piece of "Scandinavian summer" paper with vintage photo. I then used another postage stamp from the same Magnolia set and stamped over both the tag and the layered paper in order to make it more coherent.


I had a blast making this tag - I could barely stop :)
Let me know if it would be of interest to anyone for me to make a start to finish video tutorial of this tag.

Have a great day!
And please stop by The Rubber Buggy store for more products.

Bubbling Tilda

I have a new favourite stamp from Magnolia=D
This bubbling Tilda is from 2010 fairy collection, didn't I say I was the last one to find out - LOL!

I used a lot of layers on this card which is based on the MFT sketch MFTSWC113. I was going for shabby chic, but I'm not sure I understand the concept... If anyone would take the time to explain it to me I would greatly apprechiate that. I'm sure there are more to it than is shown on my card.

The Rubber Buggy is also looking for new DT members!!! Kellie is so generous with the DT packages you will not be sorry you entered.
More instructions HERE, but go ahead and apply:)

Challenges entered:
CMC  Copic challenge - Anything goes
MFT Wednesday sketch - MFTWSC113
Tilda's town - Fussy and fancy or understated and elegant
Marvolous Magnolia - Punch a bunch
Stamp & create with Magnolia - Spring pastel colours
Down under Magnolia - Especially for you
Midweek Magnolia - Shabby chic
Simon says stamp - anything goes 

Products used:

Bubbling Tilda Magnolia

Magnolia background chicken wire

Papermania card base 6x6 white

Coredinations cardstock 

Prima sun kiss paper pad 6x6 (striped paper)

G45 le romantique (spotted paped)

Spellbinders lacey circles - largest

Sizzix framlites circles - 2nd largest

Cheery Lynn's die  olive vine

Lindy Stamp Gang - Nantucket pearls coral starburst spray and magical

LSG A bit o'bubbly

Distress ink victorian velvet

Distress ink dried marigold

Copic markers

IAR

Tiny 3-tone brown leaves

Small 3-tone brown leaves 

Small white leaf

T1 tiny rosebuds ivory

S3 cherry blossom white

R21 rose white

R2 2-tone roses peach-yellow

Prima e-line flower

White pearl spray

Magnolia chandelier garland spray green

Flat back pearl

Lace with pearl center

Anya travels TGF-FFF

Hi y'all:)

I've been dying to use my graphic 45 song bird paper and now I finally caved in and played some. I love this paper and I'm hoarding it like crazy - LOL!

The colours are absolutely amazing and I'm so fond of my Anya from Hats off, she looks so sophisticated in her travel suit. Here I coloured her in black and red to match the paper. The "black" is coloured with the darker shades of Cool gray for shadows and depth.


I recieved the coordinating stamps from Hampton art as a birthday gift, but I haven't had time to use them yet. I'm so pleased with the effect it had on regular red card stock in archival jet black, normallly I only use this card stock for Christmas cards.



Punches and dies used on this card are: Tonic studios corner punch for ticket corners, Spellbinder's labels 10, MFT's decorative doily duo - the smaller one.

For embellishment I made a spray of white glass beads and cherry blossoms from I am roses, which I shimmered up with biscotti perfect pearl mist. The black flourish is from recollection's bling on a roll.




I will have a hard time to part from this card, but for now I'm entering it in TGF-FFF  - punch it!
Natalie and Amy's challenge - favorite things (G45 Bird song, TGF stamp, I am roses flowers)
Dies to die for - anything goes

Now I must go and buy more G45 paper to replace the ones I used - LOL!!!
Thanks for visiting!
Have a great day:)

Another Tilda card:)

Hi again:)

I have yet another DT creation for the Rubber Buggy. Did you know that besides all adorable Magnolia stamps and paper, Kellie also stock the Magnolia ink Magazine? Here is a magazine packed with inspiration, instructions and, occationally, a free stamp. This Tilda stamp with the super cute puppy as a gift came last winter. This is my first try with my new stamp.

Now let me take you through the card step by step.
The background is white cardstock distressed with vintage photo and stamped with a note stamp from Artemio. It is the layered on top of a ready to go card from Papermania. On the right hand side I layered satin ribbon on top of some trim. This was colored with Lindy's and vintage photo distress stain. For some bling I added a strip of bling mesh in brown.

I used a piece of scrap from DCWV performance stack with notes on and layered on cardstock. The other paper is regular cardstock die cuts from MFT decorative doily duo, the bigger one (I blinged that one up with flat back pearls) and spellbinder's lacey circles.

For embellishment I used a lot of I am roses and I coloured the white ones with LSG salt water taffy - this is my favorite pink, I love how delicate and subtle it is and it works so wonderfully well with brown tones. From IAR I used: small sceleton leaf, white rose leaf (which is coloured with clam bake beige magicals), S10-flower, R2 rose and cherry blossoms in vintage brown and white. I also have 2 clay roses, pearl spray and clear Magnolia chandelier garland. The last pieces are charms which originally was in gold and tibetian silver, but I covered them in adirondack acrylic paint dabber in sand.


As usual, I coloured my stamped image with copic markers:)

Challenges entered:
Midweek Magnolias - pink, pearl and ribbon
Marvelous Magnolia - new beginnings
Simon says stamp vintage challenge - what are you known for (Magnolia and maybe a bit vintage)


I hope you like it!
Thanks for visiting!!!

Graphic 45 January Challenge

Graphic 45's January challenge is to make a project using the Place in time collection. This was a perfect opportunity for me as I won a 12x12 place in time from G45 last when the collection was released (which was lucky for me, since the collection is very costly in Sweden). I also have a lot of photos to scrap so a layout was a given choice.

As I've mentioned before I'm not aload to show the actual pictures. But I understand that the blurriness messes up the work that is put in the the project. So here I carefully put the embellishments around the photo mat and stamped a piece of card to replace the photo for this post. 

I just had the best time putting this together. The photo has lots of sun flowers in it along with a young boy. So the August mat was just perfect. I ripped the corners since there are only two swirls on each side and I wanted them all to show. So I distressed all the edges with vintage photo and then I glued it on to another 12x12 paper from DCWV tradewinde pad and to "bind" it together I splattered Lindy's stamp gang dark chocolate truffle on top of it. I'm thrilled with the result and very impressed with myself for coming up with the idea - LOL!

I had so much embellishment for this layout thanks to the Place in time collection, lace, chipboard, flowers, bling and more. But then I discovered that you wouldn't see any of the gorgeous background. So I down sized on the embellishment, but I now regret not making another layer underneath the photo mat instead. So typical of me:)

But let me tell you about the embellishments I did add. I thought the puffy daisy from I am roses would make great sunflowers, to get the perfect golden yellow I used several of my LSG's. Golden sleighbell, grab a guy gold and glory of the seas gold turned out to be a huge hit togheter. So super sunny and super shimmery. I added a button with twine. I made a banner with the MFT banner die, but in order to make it bend like I wanted I cut it apart and hot glued it to twine. The stickers are from Jenni Bowlin and spells "sunflower" in Swedish.

I up-cykled a staples packaging, I really like it and added a butterfly on top of it. The butterflies are from Tim Holtz stamp set papillon in espresso that I fuzzy cut. I will do more of these, super easy and cute to have a stash of.  I also put a double scalloped MFT die cut under the side of the photo mat too.  I used a lot ot MFT dies on this layout:) Both the large and the small leafy flourish and the layered label die.

 
On the layered label die I stuck a sticker from the place in time sticker sheet. I also tucked a chipboard piece from the place in time, merely for the colours and a bit boyish embellishment. I also used to stamp with the sunflower from the paper collection. On the opposite side of the photo mat is a chipboard piece from Prima.

I hope you like it, this became one of my best layouts and I could problably have done a lot more, but I'm kind of limited since I need it to stay somewhat flat.
Thanks for stopping by!

Tilda for the Rubber Buggy

Hi again everyone!

Here's a spring-like card just to remind us all what we're waiting for now that the season of Holiday has past.

I used Dancing queen Tilda I colored her with just normal color pencils that you can by in almost any store. The paper is from Prima songbird sun kiss paperpad 6x6 (the stamps are from prima songbird), I stamped branches with leaves in bundled sage distress ink. Also with prima stamp is the little bewinged bug stamped in adirondack butterscotch. On the left side is a double scalloped boarder from MFT in green and I finished it with I am roses S-10 flowers. The sentiment "fly away" is from Tim Holtz sticker pad chit chat.
To finish the card I glued a butterfly in chipboard from Prima.

Thanks for visiting!

Iceskating Tilda

Hi all!

This will probably be the last wintery card you'll see in a while. But since it's still snowy outside in Sweden I could not help but be inspired for this card.

I used winter skating Tilda from Magnolia's special stamps and coloured her with copics of course:)
The paper I used are G45 Olde curiosity shoppe 8x8 which you can find in the Rubber Buggy store.
I also used "summer memories, Scandinavia map" (odd name, the map look quite wintry to me?) paper, but it's not stocked at the moment.

For embellishment I used lots of I am roses, which I stuck Martha Stewart ultrafine glitter in crystal and diamond stickles on. You also see some pine branches die cuts from Cheery Lynn. I also added some bling with an iridescent sprays with I cut apart and I added a rhinestone to the compass.

 

Sentiment die cut from Bo bunny's SNOWFALL noteworthy

Challenges entered:
Tilda's town - anything goes
Natalie and Amy's challenge - Favourite things (Magnolia, copic colouring and IAR)


Thanks for visiting!
Tomorrow I'm hosting the new challenge for The rubber buggy - so be sure to check back!

DEC IARCC

Hi,
Just wanted to share a little wrapping of a bottle I made. The trouble when you gift bottles are they are difficult to wrap and you still see what's beneath the paper. So I wanted to try something different and thought I at least cover the label of the bottle.

It was easier then you might think and did not take much time at all.

Products I used:
Tim Holtz distress tool, stamps of snowflakes and greetings, aged mahogany and brushed corduroy distress ink, Martha Stewart lacey doily edge punch, dies from Cheery Lynn and Memory box, ivory pearl spray, I am roses R22-410, R2-827, T1-147 and a small natural skeleton leaf, brown eyelets, gift wrapping string, sticky tape.

 I'm entering this to I am roses December challenge - all wrapped up
Simon says stamp challenge blog - Merry Christmas!!
Simon says stamp vintage challenge - Gift-spiration


Have a great day everyone!
Thank you for taking the time to visit!
Merry Christmas!

MFT sketch challenge MFTWSC99

Hi y'all!

Today I needed to take a break from all Christmas card - even though I love it!
Through out the years I have managed to assembly quite a collection. Here I thought I carefully only bought non-seasonal products to be able to use all year around?!

All though there was those cute Penny Black stamps that got me going - I bought 4 sets at once (Jolly Follies, Christmas critters, holly-jolly and the wonder)... And then there was this adorable wooden mounted rubber stamp that was great for embossing a greeting sentiment... And then I just couldn't miss out on this great mixed stamp set with snowflakes and sentiments in Swedish... And I got my favorite Magnolia stamp in my first DT package for the rubber buggy - it was love at first sight. I got hooked on Magnolia stamps there and then - you will see that stamp a lot to come I'm afraid:) Not to mention all the Christmas paper pads I have hoarded - now there's where I draw the line. I do not buy Christmas paper, that is why I buy all the mentioned stamps! But I could not pass up the reduced prize on MME Lost & found Christmas - love the vintage colours! And Maja Design Vintage winter... Still unopened 'til this year... And Teresa Collins Christmas home - but that one I made a mini album with and I have not yet filled it so I need backup paper for journaling and mat photos on... Which is why I have 2 6x6 pads and 2 12x12 sets... Ok, that's might be me over doing it... I also did not mention the Maja Design It's Christmas time that I bought recently which is even more gorgeous then last year - so no I can break the package of the one:) or that I also got Teresa Collins Christmas cottage paper... Not to mention that I forgot about all these papers when I ordered 12x12 sheets from Magnolia to make Christmas cards with... Am I alone in this or are there others just like me out there? Please let me know... or if I should get help - LOL!

Anyhow, back to my non-Christmas card. Nagging in the back of my head is a thought that I have not yet made a card for a couple of friends who recently got a beautiful baby girl. So I grabbed some pink paper and headed to MFT's sketch challenge. I love a good sketch - it makes the card come together so fast when you can just follow someone else sketch and you don't have to figure out the layout first. That's the hard bit for me at least. And I have not participated in a MFT challenge for quite a while now, so it was fun fun fun. They have also started with a LO sketch challenge for scrapbooks as well - that is just Christmas early for me as I have tons of photos to scrap, but since I have started with mini albums (although chunky and heavy), my inspiration for 12x12 LO have seemed a bit dry lately...

So I matted simple pink paper on white cardstock which is 4x6. I also turned the sketch as I had a specific stamp in mind for the image. I think I stuck to the sketch pretty well I used the MFT file tab die-namics and stamped "It's a girl" on with pigment ink in lilac, I also edged all the papers with the same ink. I put lots of flat backs and used some organza ribbon which I layered behind the paper. The image is MFT Baby makes three, which I got as a freebie from last years black Friday sale. It's super great, I have made several baby cards with this set. I coloured it with my copics - really quick and easy. To top it off I coloured some i am roses flowers with LSG salt water taffy magical, made a couple of stick pins and added a twig of Magnolia chandelier garland clear and there you have it!










Thank you for reading this far. I realize I've been rambling most of the post - sorry about that...
Talk to you soon!!

If you have any question please don't hesitate to ask:)

Sept IAR challenge - A round Halloween card

This month challenge for I am roses is to make a circle card with a Halloween theme. Great fun!! I've been inspired about circle cards since Arlene´s card for La-la-land crafts. So here I had the best excuse to finally cave in and get the scalloped circles framelits - LOL!

But as luck have it, I don't have a single Halloween article in my stash... But fear not, I said to myself. It was the same thing with the school-themed challenge. Also held by IAR and also inspired by Arlene. So I sat down and like Italian Winne the Pooh "Penso, penso, penso..." And this is what I came up with!

The base of the card is black cardstock die cut with the scalloped circle. The other dies cut in black are Cheery Lynn design's garden gate and Tim Holtz's Holly branch - just the branch... In orange paper I die cut MFT's dog tag and cut away the top part with the pre punched hole in. The same orange paper was used to cut the smaller scalloped circle. All orange paper was edged with spiced marmalade and sprayed with Lindy stamp gang marigold yellow orange. 

Torn skeleton leaf to act like spider web

Dried glue looks like gooey drippings

I would like to say that this card came together quite fast when I got the idea out in the open. However, I just kept adding flowers and rose buds, which I coloured, thus drying time... There are so many rose buds in there it's crazy. I love IAR products, when I get started, it's hard to stop:)

You can glimpse my only Halloween article in there.
A ticket from Tim Holtz's set odds and ends.

I am roses used:

T1-15

R2-15

R2-310

R22-310, old R21-410 

GP2-827, the darkest tone

ZQLO-15

ZQLO-74

ZQL4-700

Dyed with LSG Marigold yellow orange , french lilac violet and Tattered angel's slate.

The birds are from Tim Holtz's mini ornates and stamped in archivals ink jet black.

Dies used:
Alterations Tim Holtz sizzix Holly branch
MFT dog tag
MFT ticket die
Cheery Lynn garden gate
Sizzix framelits scallop circles, the 2 largest


As this card turned out so dimensional I had to fold it backwards in order for it to close properly. You'll see what I mean in this youtube-video.

Thanks for taking the time to visit!!
Have a great upcoming week!

Still inspired by creamy latte

As this week's challenge at Anyone for Anya is one of my absolute favorites to work with, what to do but to let creativity flow - LOL!

The background for this card was found among my scraps. It has a metallic sheen to it and at a close look some linen texture, think cotton sheets. The colour combo is to die for, but I actually used the other side for Christmas cards (four years ago?! - you can imagine the size of my pile of scraps!), it has a vivid pattern i bronze tone on white.

As the paper itself gives the card some shimmer, I did not find the need of LSG's on the flowers. Thus this card came together pretty fast - armed with a glue gun and an ATG:)
The flowers are from I am roses and kawaii flexible mold roses.

Cherry blossom, mix pack of browns, S3 - 827
Rose buds, ivory, T1 - 147
Brown flower, S10 - 40

The image is from the greeting farm, as always - love TGF. The majority of my stamps are from TGF, but that's about to change. I recently won some stamps from C.C design and as I about to design for the rubber buggy who carries Magnolia, Sarah Kay, Mo Manning and Bildmalarna you will soon see some other stamped images - so bare with me:) 

I coloured cheeky rockability with:
Face - Ivory, E50 and blush
Hair - E51, E53 and cinnamon
Dress - E50 and soft green
Shoes - Satin




The TGF-FFF is about lace and I had some scrap pieces from my stash in a brown and a green tone. The sentiment is from complimentary greetings set from MFT and are not our BBF one of the heroes in our lifes? I believe so, I am lucky to have such a person, therefore I will cross my fingers and hope this card qualifies for Simon say stamp vintage challenge about heros. The sentiment is stamped on a die cut set from MFT too. The image and die cut are pop up with foam tape, but I left her little leg out and it does add more dimension and depth to the card.

I also entered this card in:
Whimsy stamps - anything goes 
Paper crafting journey - my sentiment exactly 
Natalie and Amy's - anything goes

If you have any questions, leave a comment.
Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

TFGSC 28

Lately my cards have been simple and clean, so now I wanted to bring the whole arsenal. Behold the result!

I love this set by TGF and I looked a good deal before I found someone who would ship to Sweden. I used it right away to make cards in which I enclosed a couple of tea bags and some chocolate to all my girls out there. Great happy mail during fall when it's dark and rainy, it was well appreciated. I'll think about doing it again this year...
 
Anyhow, I've got inspired by the TGFSC 28 sketch and I coloured the face and hair with promarkers and copics. For once I actually remember (meaning wrote down - LOL!) which colours I used.

Hair: E51, E53

Face: Ivory, E50, Blush, Dusky pink

Hairband: V000

Bathtub: Lindy stamp gang creme brulee cream

Legs of bathtub and frame of diecut: R000

Bubbles: Glossy accent

All the flowers are from I am roses and there are 2 flowers I've made myself of polymer clay using flexible molds from Kawaii. The flowers are coloured with LSG salt water taffy spray and magical, to add the same colour but still different intensity. I like the depth it made. There is also a skeleton leaf and some rose leaves coloured with LSG sea grass green, as they take the spray differently the looks of them also varies. Both of the sprays comes from LSG nantucket pearls set.

To top it of I made two stick pins I've added some pearls to and some prima bling of course.

The flowers are: R2-15, R5-15, R8-15, S3-310, ZQLO-151 and a small natural skeleton leaf.


For the boarder in background I used a punch from ek success and layered some pink trim I had in my stash. On top of that I glued some mini iridescent pearl trim also from my stash, so I don't remember where I got it from. For the rosette that was part of the sketch I used some pink satin ribbon, which I (after a lot of fiddling) managed to thread a heart on each end and tie a knot. I'm very please by the result as I never manage to tie a knot where both ends hangs down. Somehow one always keeps sticking up?!

My sentiment "me time" is stamped on paper with memento ink and I used a tim holtz framgent charm with some pink satin ribbon and bling on. The paper is from Bo Bunny Gabrielle collection and DCWV Mariposa paperpad and I distressed to edges good.

I've uploaded this card to:

Simon says stamp vintage challenge blog - summer distress

Anyone for Anya - Inspired by time

Whimsy stamps - lots of layers

House of Gilli - Favourite colour combination
Craft your days away - anything goes
Simon say stamp challenge blog - anything goes

Splitcoaststampers - MsScrapmess gallery

Facebook - Pi Scrapmess


If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks for visiting!!!

Back to school mini book - Aug IARCC

...Or more like start of school... I got inspired by Arlene's (butterflykisseswithlove) project where she altered a "box" to keep her son's kindergarten memorabilia in. Here is the rest of the mini book, as promised - I even made a video presenting it.

There has been a number of "back to school" challenges that I've thought to myself "I probably should sit this one out since I don't have anything school themed"... I've been looking on Graphic 45's ABC for quite some time now... But my monthly challenge is to use my supply rather then to increase it, due to space... and budget - LOL!

But what do you know?! Turns out I have plenty in my stash to make school themed project - don't I feel like a bag of nuts? The base is red cardstock from my christmas stash layered with black, yellow and orange paper. The orange paper is from Maja design "skärgårdsliv" and the yellow is from a collection pack from Simple stories summer fresh.

The numbers and letters in red are from Tim Holtz wordplay - love that die! I waited for months before it arrived, but totally worth the wait.

The stamped images are from the greeting farm, penny black and disney's clear stamp set winnie the pooh set 3. All are coloured with alcohol pens and fussy cut.

The flowers are from I am roses, which I've coloured with Lindy stamp gang Marigold yellow orange. The flowers I've used are T1-147, R2-15 and S3-151. I've also added some bling I bought a long time ago, i like that glass look to them, don't they look like dew drops.

I left a lot of layered black cardstock. I wanted to make it similar to an old classic blackboard. You could journal with a white pen to enhance the effect - put photos on them for photo mats - whatever you want.

I wanted it to look like he is throwing numbers in the air

The hedgehogs are actually carring a gift box, but here I've had them carring
letters - LOL!

More of the IAR, these are coloured with distressed with mustard seed and just a touch of LSG marigold yellow orange.

Challenges I've participated in:
I am roses - yellow (back to school)
Simon says stamp - animal antics
Simon says stamp - no rules
Whimsy Stamps - lots of layers
craft your days away - anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit, I hope I've inspired somewhat

'til next time!!