May Rudolph Days

It's the 25th of the month so that can only mean one thing. It's time for Rudolph Days. As always Maureen has a wonderful prize for the person that will be drawn at random at the close of the challenge and all you have to do to enter is submit one Christmas card over on the blog. My card for this month has been made using Kraft card, a stamp by Sheena Douglas that was bought a couple of Christmas' ago and not used until now. I stamped with Versamark and used black embossing powder over the top. I then used colouring pencils to colour. A CAS card but as always I didn't stop at one I made four altogether to pop into the box ready for December.

 Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

April Rudolph Days

 The 25th of the month is here again and that means it's time for the Rudolph Days challenge over at Scrappymo's. It my turn on the DT this month and my card for you has been made using the New USB by Sheena Douglas. I've used this gorgeous digi stamp of a beautiful Robin sitting on a branch. I really enjoyed getting the pencils out and losing myself for a couple of hours colouring 8 of these and then making them up into cards ready to go into my box for Christmas. The base card is A5 and the silver matting is from some wallpaper that I found in the DIY shop prior to lockdown last year. Not sure that I would want it on my walls but it looks great as a backing card. I do hope that you can come and join in the fun this month, Maureen always has a wonderful prize for the person who is chosen at random as the winner.

 Hoping that this finds you all keeping well and staying safe.

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

June Rudolph Days

Time once again for another Rudolph Days Challenge, they seem to be coming around really quickly even though we've been in lockdown. I must say I'm sorry for not having this posted earlier, normally I schedule my post the night before. But I'm having a few issues with my Mum at the moment and completely forgot to do it last night. Once this is live I'll will be off to see her again today. Anyway onto my card. I've been having a bit of a sort out during the last couple of weeks and I found a box of stamps and dies that I'm ashamed to say had never been used. They are by Sheena Douglas and from a Christmas Collection that she bought out in 2018 (No longer available). I used the Snowflake corner die and silver Mirri card and one of the stamps from the set. First I inked around the four sides of my card base and then added the sentiment with Archival Watering Can. Next I added the Snowflake corners and added some gems to each snowflake. Finally I added small fairies from Lavinia Stamps again using Archival Watering Can ink. I do hope that you can join in the fun this month, as always Maureen has a wonderful prize that some lucky person will win after being chosen at random.

I made five cards in total, three cards with a turquiose blue and two with shaded lilac DI.

Hope that this finds you all well and staying safe.

Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Pixie's Snippets Playground

I've been rummaging through my scraps boxes again and made this card with what I found in there. The die cut lattice was cut out and coloured a couple of years ago and then abandoned as it didn't fit with what I was doing at the time. So when I found I all neglected I knew that I wanted to make something with it. I also found a piece of backing paper in another box that looked good behind it. I used an A5 white card base and some flowers that I inherited from my Mum's forgotten stash ( she stopped crafting last year and has passed most of her stash onto me). Smile was cut out using Sheena Douglas dies and coloured to match the trellis and the backing paper, again using scraps. I'm off now to see who's playing at Pixies Snippets Playground this week.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Music

I made this card for my Great Nephews 18th Birthday which was a few days ago and I hadn't got around to showing it on here. Then just now I noticed that the challenge this time over a Cardz 4 Guyz was Music. So now would seem the right time to show you and also enter the challenge too. I used distress inks for the background and also a stencil from Sheena Douglas. The sentiment stamp was  a free one from the front of a magazine and the other two are from Visible image. The 18 Today was from All Occasions Dies and all was put together with a piece of Silver mirri card and an 8x8 black card base.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Snowflakes And Pixies Snippets Playground

My card today covers a couple of challenges firstly the Allsorts Challenge where they are asking for Snowflakes on your cards. Then Pixies Snippets Playground where you must include scraps or snippets on your card  (I stamped and embossed Christmas onto a scrap piece of card) and then finally Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge which is anything goes with the option of sparkle. I used an embossing folder from Sheena Douglas to make this card, coloured the background with blue distress inks and then used silver gilding wax lightly over the top. Mounted it onto some silver mirri card and then a white card blank.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

One Layer Christmas Card

I was thrilled when I clicked on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog at the end of last week and found out that I had won the October Challenge. For this months challenge they are asking for One Layer Christmas Cards.This is a challenge for me as in all of my years card making, I don't think I have ever made a one layer card. Until now that is. I've used a 6x6 white card blank, a piece of masking tape across the middle, Tim Holtz snowflake stamps and Distress oxides. I used a technique that Tim showed us a his recent workshop at Art From The Heart, which was to stamp with the Oxides and then quickly blend with a blending tool. The sentiment was from a set by Sheena Douglas.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

October's Rudolph Days

Well Christmas is fast approaching and we have reached the October Rudolph Days Challenge already. I have quite a stash of Christmas cards made ready for the big day. My cards this month use 3 different snowflake embossing folders, distress inks, gilding wax and a Sheena Douglas die. These were popped onto some A5 card bases with some mirri card. Simple but effective, I think.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Birthday Boy At Allsorts

This week the Allsorts Challenge is Birthday Boy, this could not have come at a better time for me as I have two Birthdays in just over a week away. For this card I started with an 8x8 card base and cut a piece of Sheena's stamping card just slightly smaller. I then coloured the background by using distress inks in various colours. Then taking one Sheena's swinging sixties stencils I inked through this to add to the the background. Next I took the Mod stencil with Moped and inked through this with Archival Black. I then just dusted around the outside with black ink. The sentiment was made on the PC and mounted onto a small scrap of black card. I'm sure I shall be back again later in the week with another card for this challenge.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

18th Birthday Card

I've been very quiet on the crafting front this week as we have had our grandson 4 days instead on the normal 2 days. But as I had a card that I made a couple of weeks ago but had not posted it on here , I thought I would show you this today. I used some new stamps from Sheena Douglas and the trusty Distress Inks for the background. I love these stamps, they are so handy for making cards for the younger generation and the older rockers of course. Hubby is off playing golf this weekend and now I have caught up with the housework and ironing I'm planning some serious crafting for the next couple of days.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Steampunk Roses

While moving some boxes of stamps about the other day I came across the one marked steampunk. So I decided before putting it away again to have a little play, this is the card that I ended up making. The roses and the cogs are from Chocolate Baroque off of the set called Steampunk Butterfly, and the distressed corners are from a set by Sheena Douglas call Ageing Beautifully. I started with an A6 piece of card and covered it with distress inks, after this had dried off I over stamped with the cogs and corner embossing with gold embossing powder. I then stamped the roses and also embossed with the gold embossing powder before colouring with distress markers. I then cut them out and shaped them to give a bit of dimension before sticking them on with glue gel. I then coloured a larger piece of card using the same colours and over stamped lightly using a matching colour with the cogs (they are so faint you can hardly see them). last of all I popped it all onto a brown A5 card base and used an All occasions Die for the Happy Birthday.

The challenge over at Stamping Sensations this month is Flower Power so I'm going to enter this card.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - By The Silvery Moon - Week 3

It's week three over on the Craft a Scene blog, and we're still asking for your scenes to be By the The Silvery Moon. For my card this week I've used all stamps by Sheena Douglas, and this wonderful steam train going through the station at night. I used distress inks to darken the card, then stamped the train and embossed with black glint embossing powder. I then took a wet brush and removed some of the ink to give light patches. I then used a white pencil and white jelly roll pen to high light some areas. For the moon I lightened using a little white gesso. I do hope that you'll find the time to pop over to the challenge blog and see what the DT have made for your inspiration.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - By The Sea Week 3

It's week 3 over on the Craft A Scene blog, and we're still asking for you to create a scene which is beside the sea/beach. There's still plenty of time to sort out those stamps and join us, we love to see your creations. For my scene this week I've used stamps by Sheena Douglas, and I've coloured it all using water colour pencils. I decided (in my mind of course) that this beach was in Cornwall, as the waves rolling into the beach look like surfers waves. In fact it reminds me of the beach near to where my In-laws used to live, with the sand dunes and the lighthouse. I do hope you'll pop over to the Challenge blog and take a look at the wonderful cards the DT has made for your inspiration this month.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

A Taste Of India

I love all of Sheena Douglas's gorgeous stamps and the Taste Of India stamps and embossing folders were no exception. So I bought them, cut them out ready to go and then they sat on the worktop ready to go. So yesterday I cleared a space, dug out the card and made this. It is for my husbands Brother-in-law, who's birthday next month. He and my Sister-in-law love holidaying in Goa, so this seem rather appropriate. I used two of the embossing folders and the large elephants stamp, along with some twinkling H2o's, guilding wax, distress ink pads, a little luminate gold paint and a sentiment which was from a Fiskers set of birthday sentiments..

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Week 3 Favorite Technique

It's week three over on the Craft A Scene blog and we are still asking for you scenic cards using your favourite technique. Like before I've made a card using a background that I had made for stamping scenes onto. As soon as I saw the colours on this piece I thought of Storms and this wonderful Oak Tree stamp from Sheena Douglas, along with the words. With the wet and windy weather we've been having here in the UK recently it seem quite apt. Along with the swirls of blue on the background I also over sprayed with some Glimmer Mists, then stamped the tree with Versafine Black Onyx. The couple standing under the shade of the tree was from a set from Inkylicious. I then went around the outside of the page with Chipped Sapphire distress ink, and put in the shadow of the tree with Black Soot. There are so many areas in the UK that have flooding at the moment the shadows could well be reflections. I hope any of you that are reading this have not been affected by the awful flooding and that you are all keeping safe and dry.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and you kind comments which are always appreciated.

Inspired By Our Recent Holiday

When we returned from our holiday, I had a small pile of stamps waiting to be cut out. Some that had been waiting from before Christmas, some that arrived while I was away. While cutting them out I was reminded of our trip by these beautiful shell stamps by Sheena Douglas. So when I had finished cutting them all out, my journal was taken out and I did this page. We have been many time to Florida, but this was the first time we had been to the west coast. It's such a beautiful area, I know that we shall go back again. The west coast also has lots of small islands just off of the main land, and to get to them there are lots of causeways and bridges built. As you go across the causeways you can park along them, and get out. So many of the locals fish off of the causeways, and as hubby is a fisherman had to stop and take a look. All along them there are shells, some big, some small and all different types.

Along with the fishermen and the shells there were lots of pelicans. These are such a common sight along the Florida coastline, but it took me nearly 2 weeks to get a photo of them. While we were stopped, we saw fish jumping out of the water (too fast for the camera). Hubby says they were being hunted by something bigger than them under the water, we never saw what that was though.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Week 3

I'm back again with my second scheduled post toady, this time with my Craft A Scene hat on. We are still asking for your Winter Scenes, with the option of making a tri shutter card (details over on the blog). For this card I made my background first by blending Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire distress ink over the page. Then I stamped with versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. The stamps used were all from Sheena Douglas, and the Little Bit Scenic range, apart from the sentiment which is from Chocolate Baroque. Do pop over to the blog and see what the DT have made for your inspiration this week.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Foul/Fowl Weather

I'm back again with my second post today, this time for Craft A Scene. This month we're asking for your Foul Weather scenes, and also to include a bird or birds in your scene. For this card I used a 6x6 card base, and silver mirri card for the matting. I used some matt card stock from Lavinia stamps to stamp my scene onto, and stamps from Lavinia, Sheena Douglas and Designs by Ryn.I started by stamping my Island in the middle of the card with blue Stazon, I also stamped the thistles and birds with Stazon. I stamped the willow leaves at the top using chipped Sapphire distress ink doing first and second generation stamping. Next using my brushes I used distress inks in milled lavender for the sky, and faded denim for the water. I went around the outside with chipped Sapphire and then added the raindrops, I have also added glossy accents too, in the hope that they look wet. I hope that you will pop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration this month.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue