Charming

Hi all,

Well another week closer to Christmas and time for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More.

Josephine is our hostess and she has chosen the theme "A Touch of Charm"  - she would like to see a charm added to your project.

I do like a tag on a card, so here's one! ...

I used a mannequin stamp from Kaisercraft, inked with Vintage Sepia. The flower is cut from cream felt using the Tim Holtz pinecone die and the charm is from my stash, tied with some gold twine.

I'd also like to join in at Addicted to CAS, whose Code Word is TAG

and CAS on Sunday, whose theme is Use Ribbon and/or Twine

Okay that's me for today, I seem to have a busy week this week.

Thanks for popping in.

Take care
Suze xx

Cut it Out for Crafty Cardmakers

Hi all,

Gee whiz, two posts in two days, it's not like me!

Anyways, time for another new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More.  Leslie is our hostess this fortnight and she has chosen the theme CUT IT OUT (you must use die cutting or punches on your project).

Here's my card ...

I used Stampin' Up DP which I cut with an SU framelit. Flowers are SU matching stamp and punch with a touch of Stickles in the centre. Sentiment is also SU, gold embossed and I also used an SU tag punch and some thin gold cord.

Our sponsors for this challenge are 

Hobby Art Stamps

and

Di's Digistamps

Hope you can find the time to join in our challenge.

Thanks for popping in.
Ta ra,

Suze xx

MWAH for Mrs P

Hi all,

A quickie post today to send get well wishes to a lovely (did I really use that adjective to describe her!) fellow blogger, Marie (Mrs P) who is having a tough time, not only with a gammy leg, but lots more besides!

The lovely Kylie over at the Addicted to Stamps Challenge has added the option of making a get well card, to the current challenge, to try and cheer the old bag up!

Well, I couldn't not join in, or I would never hear the end of it (would I Mrs P!)

The lips stamp is from Stampin Up, using real red ink and clear embossed.  Sentiment is PC generated.

Get well soon Mrs P!

Mwah!

Suze xx

Embossed Hearts

Hi all,

A very quick post to tell you about the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More.  The theme this fortnight is "DRY EMBOSSING".

As per my usual style, I have made a clean and simple card, suitable for a wedding or anniversary ....

Supplies Used:
Hearts cut with Sizzix Primitive Hearts Die
Embossing folders - Swiss Dots and Victorian Fleur
The bows and 'love' dies are from Memory Box
Coloured card and ribbon are Stampin' Up Raspberry Ripple

Thanks for popping in, hope you can find the time to join in our challenge.

I'll be back soon to tell you all about my Kaffe Fassett workshop.

Suze xx

A Glass of Rosé

Hi all,

It's my good friend Jenni's birthday today.  Now I have to admit I almost bought her a card as my 'card making mojo' has temporarily gone awol, but then remembering that she likes the "odd" glass of rosé wine, my neglected Silhouette machine came to the rescue ...

I cut a layered wine glass from silver miri, silver paper and pink glitter card. The sentiment is also cut from silver miri with the Silhouette. The DP is Stampin Up and I just added a little "J" glass charm to personalise it!

Now the eagle eyed amongst you may think that I'd been on the bottle, as the DP is upside down!  Well, I can tell you I was sober but I made it at night, without my specs on! Lol!

I'd like to link to CAS on Sunday - Birthday

Finally, I was in town on Tuesday and was surprised to see another parade coming down the main street.  This time it was the 4 Scots Regiment marching after their tour of duty in Afghanistan.  I have to say their kilts were fair swingin' in the sunshine! What a braw sight to see!

Okay doke that's me for today.  Thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

Anniversary Card

Oh dearie me, it's been two weeks since I last posted.  Don't ask me what I've been up to, cause I couldn't tell you, the days have just passed by in a flash!

I haven't found the time to do any more of my quilt but I've a wee anniversary card to show ...

Made almost entirely from dies, I used: Memory Box Prim Poppy and Resting Birds, Sizzix Decorative Accent Die and Stampin' Up Framelits.

I'd like to enter these two challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS
CASology - Anniversary

Okay dokes, thanks for popping in today, hope to see you all again soon (and thanks ladies for my recent win at Addicted to CAS for my baby card).

Take care,

Suze xx

Congrats with a Flourish

Hi all,

I've a quick and simple card for you today, made for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More. Elaine has chosen the theme "FLOURISHING", she would like to see some kind of flourish on your project.

This really was the quickest card ever ... I simply stamped the flourish from Stampin Up, Baroque Motifs twice with Rich Razzleberry; added the Papermania sentiment which I silver embossed and added a couple of glitter butterflies using a Martha Stewart punch.  A few little rhinestones finished it off.

Our sponsor for this challenge is The Stamping Boutique

I do hope you can join in our challenge, thanks for popping in today.

Take care
Suze xx

CAS Baby Cards

Hi all,

The weather at the moment is pretty rubbish for the end of May, so I stayed inside today and spent a little time crafting.

I've made a baby card for two CAS challenges.  Less is More are asking for DIE CUTS and Addicted to CAS are looking for TEXTURE ...

I cut a large heart aperture using a Sizzix die, then embossed with large dots.  I then used my two new Memory Box dies to cut the heart and sentiment.

Waste not, want not, I used the die cut heart to make another (less CAS) baby card.  Looking at it I should have placed the sentiment slightly higher, but hey ho, it's stuck down now! Lol.

Okay that's me for today but I would just like to finish by saying a big THANK YOU to all you lovely Limette ladies who paid me a visit last week.  Your kind comments were much appreciated!

Okay dokey, bye for now
Take care

Suze xx

Flowers for LIM

Hi all,

It's been SO long since I've joined in with the Less is More Challenge but when I saw the theme this morning was FLOWERS, well it just so happened I made a card yesterday which fits perfectly.

I've used the same Memory Box Poppy die as Chrissie and added Stickles to two of the flowers. The sentiment is from Stampin Up, embossed in gold.

Okay, that's me, short and sweet! Enjoy your weekend.  We were hoping to have a BBQ today but the sky is getting increasingly grey, so maybe it will have to be fish and chips instead!

Thanks for popping in

Suze xx

Quickie Birthday Card

Oopsie, I just realised today that I needed to do a birthday card, so I checked out the latest challenges and have taken inspiration from the sketch over at  CAS on Sunday and the photo inspiration at Addicted to Stamps. My card also fits with the current challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

Here's my card ...

The 3 squares were cut using Spellbinders, the foliage die is Cheery Lynn and the 3 birds are Memory Box.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up, embossed in gold.  Think it took me about 30 mins to do, so that's a quickie for me!

Thankfully the weather has been much warmer today .... we might get a summer after all!

CAS on Sunday

Addicted to Stamps

CAS-ual Fridays

Thanks for popping in, wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Suze xx

Lucky Cat

Hi everyone,

Goodness what's come over me - two posts in two days - is there a chance I might be getting my mojo back! Lol!  (you can see my fabric covered book here)

When I saw the cue word over at Addicted to CAS this morning, I felt inspired!  I had a quick think and decided to go for a Lucky Cat ....

Supplies Used:
Lucky Cat stamp is Hero Arts
Sentiment is Personal Impressions
SU Real Red Card and some Gold Miri
Chinese Ribbon
A touch of colour with Promarkers
SU Chalk Talk Framelit Dies

Thanks for the inspiration ladies (and that includes you Mrs P! Lol)

Wishing you all a great weekend

Suze xx

Grey Wetlands

Hi all,

Thought it was time to get my crafty finger out again as it's been 3 weeks since I last posted.  I haven't been completely idle though, I've started sewing a quilt - still in the early stages but I'll post what I've done later in the week if I've time.

I fancied making a card today but I feel I'm so out of practice at the moment that I had to look through the challenges for some inspiration.

I've gone with the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch and the theme at CAS-ual Fridays which is "Shades of Gray".  I was also at a Stampin' Up party recently and bought a heap of stuff, so I thought I'd better use some of it!


Here's my card ....

Supplies Used
Stamp - Wetlands by SU, stamped onto glossy card and lightly coloured with ink
DP is by Indigo Bleu
Gray cardstock is Stampin' Up
Sentiment is PC generated

It's taken me all afternoon to make this card and now it's time to go feed the hungry horaces - fish and chips tonight and I need to go get it as my husband is currently roaring at the TV as Scotland are playing rugby!  Honestly - he is sooooo loud!!

Thanks for popping in, 

Take care
Suze xx

Poppy Silhouettes

Hi all,

Well here we are at the end of another week, it's mid-term holiday here, so while the teenagers are still in bed, I thought I'd post this card I made yesterday.

I'm sure most folk love poppies, I certainly do, and I've much admired the Memory Box poppy die for quite a while, so I recently treated myself and I have to say, it cuts beautifully.

Supplies Used
Memory Box Poppy die
Stampin Up DP in Summer Starfruit
Sentiment is Hero Arts punched out with SU Petal Punch

I'm entering into this week's CAS-ology challenge:

Many thanks for coming to visit, wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Suze xx

Birds

Hi all,

I hope your Sunday is a bit sunnier than it is here.  We have horrible wind and rain and it's very dark and dismal. Definitely a day for staying in, so with the ironing done, I've managed a little bit of crafting this afternoon.

Inspired by the RSPB bird watch that we participated in this weekend, (thank goodness we did it yesterday as there are absolutely no birdies flying about today!), I've made a card that fits 3 Challenges ...

Less is More - Sketch challenge
CAS on Sunday - Lovey Dovey
CASology - Contrast

 

Supplies Used
DP is Indigo Bleu cut with SU Framelit
Foliage Flourish is a Cheery Lynn die
Sentiment is Hobbycraft, gold embossed
Birds are Memory Box die, cut from gold miri

And some birdies from our garden ...

Chaffinches

Mr Robin

Okay, that's me for today, thanks so much for popping in.

Suze xx

New Baby

Hi all,

Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I posted, but my craft room is now tidy(ish) and I can finally breathe and work in it again.

After all the Christmas fairs, my card stock is severely depleted, so I've kick started it again with a baby card (gee, I'd almost forgotten how long it can take to make one card!) for the following three challenges:

Less is More - New Baby

Addicted to CAS - New

CAS(E) this Sketch #60

Supplies Used:
Little Chick: cut with my Silhouette
Sentiment: Woodware
Gingham stamp: Wendy Vecchi, SU Basic Gray Ink
DP & Ribbon from stash
Circle, Heart and Oval Punches

Thanks ever so much for popping in, hope to see you all again soon.

Take care

Suze xx

CAS for Crafty Cardmakers

Hi all,  

Thanks for popping in today, apologies again for being a very sparse blogger, been up to my eyes in craft fair stuff, however, only one more to go next weekend and then I can concentrate on other things - like Christmas shopping ... aagh, I'm always last minute!

I've a wee card for you today for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.  CAS (Clean and Simple) is the theme, hosted by the lovely Viv. (Thanks Viv for making this an easy challenge for me!)

A very simple card using a strip of Stampin Up DP and aTim Holtz dressform die.  The circular stamp is Stampin Up, inked in Summer Starfruit and I just finished it off with a wee bit of seam binding and some flowers punched from SU glitter card.

Our Sponsors for this challenge are:

Di's Digistamps

offering a $10 voucher

and The Stampman

offering a £10 voucher 

My card also qualifies for the current challenge over at Let's Craft and Create - Glitter.

Okay, that's me for today, thanks again for popping in.

Take care
Suze xx

The Color Purple

Hi all,

Another fortnight has passed and it's time again for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers. This time the theme, chosen by Fiona, is MONOCHROMATIC PURPLE.

Well I never realised how little 'purple' stash I have. This is the total sum of it ...

Showing the shine!

The large butterfly stamp is from Stampin Up, stamped with Versamark onto SU cardstock and clear embossed. I then die cut it using an SU framelit, matted onto a white embossed layer then onto DP.  The sentiment is Personal Impressions.



Our sponsors for this challenge are Di's Digistamps and Hobby Art

Okay, that's me for today, thanks for popping in.

Take good care,
Suze  xx

A White Stocking

Hi all,

It's been a while since I joined in with Chrissie and Jen over at Less is More, but this week's challenge of "White Christmas" really took my fancy - I do love a bit of "white on white"!

Very quick and easy, no stamping involved, just die cutting and embossing. The stocking is a Sizzix die, cut from white and glittery white felt.  The Spellbinder poinsettia is cut from vellum and the embossed sentiment is a Cuttlebug one.

Okay, that's it for today, I'm off out to enjoy the last of the good weather. It's so mild today but the temperature is forecast to plummet tomorrow!

Thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

Stamping on Fabric

Hi folks,

Well this must be one of the quickest cards I've ever made.

I really wanted to join in with this week's Less is More challenge  which is "Felt or Fabric" but when I checked it only had two hours until closing so I got my skates on rattled up this quick card.

I didn't have time to faff around so I took a chance and tried stamping on fabric ... and it worked ....

I used Stampin Up Markers and Versafine ink to stamp onto a piece of calico.  Luckily I had my sewing machine already set up so it just took a few seconds to stitch the calico to a square of SU Rich Razzleberry.

Okay, that's it, have a lovely weekend and thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

Baby Owl Card

Hi all,

It's me again, the reclusive blogger, here today with a quick CAS card for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.

It's our 100th Challenge and the theme is WINGED THINGS.

I've made a quick CAS baby card ...

I think I'm starting to get my creative juices back because as soon as I saw this fab owl stamp by Woodware, I just had to have it.  The  body of the owl is paperpieced and I've added extra colour with Promarkers.  The sentiment is also Woodware.

For the first time I'm also joining in at CAS on Sunday where their current challenge is Oh Baby.

Our sponsors for the Crafty Cardmakers challenge are Crafts and Me and Woodware Craft Collection.  I hope you can find the time to join in.

Okay, that's me for today, thanks for popping in, take good care.

Suze xx