Calendar Catch Up

Two very quick and easy pages for The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge.  This week, the theme is ...

A wee mouse watching the falling autumn leaves.

The mouse is one of my favourite stamps and it's from La Blanche
Stamped leaves are from Stampin Up French Foliage
Die cut leaves are Tim Holtz Autumn Gatherings die
Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Barn Door, Vintage Phot & Frayed Burlap

and week five, which was ...

Stamps are PaperArtsy HP1005. Versafine Black Onyx, clear embossed
Distress Inks - Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet & Worn Lipstick

Thanks for taking the time to visit - I know we're all starting to get a little stressed and under pressure with *C* only 5 weeks away!

Have a lovely weekend.

Suze xx

Introducing Carmelle the Cow

The Random Redhead Challenge over at Gingersnap Creations this month is "Livestock".  I've decided to have a bit of fun ...

Let me introduce you to Carmelle ...

Here she is modelling daywear ...

(Carmelle cut with my Silhouette using My Mind's Eye DP, sentiment is TH Vintage Market die, various bits of hessian, raffia etc from stash, a touch of Barn Door DI and a bit of stitching)

and evening wear ....

(reverse side of the DP, Crushed Olive, Forest Moss & Barn Door DI's)

I was initially quite daunted by the On The Farm theme but I've found it great fun to do.  Why not join in the fun .... HERE - all the current challenges are listed in the top left corner.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Happy Crafting.

Suze xx

Not a tag at all.

It's a friend's birthday at the weekend so I thought I'd make her a tag card to fit in with this week's challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays, but as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men .....

I just couldn't get it to work, so it's ended up not a tag at all but a swirly panel thingy.  So I don't have an entry for the challenge but at least I've got the card made!

Tim Holtz Flourish stamp, gold embossed
Tim Holtz flourishes die
Sentiment stamp is Studio-g (thanks Aileen), Versamagic Purple Hydrangea ink

It's so dark today I had to take the photo under my kitchen lights.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Suze xx

How difficult can it be!

How difficult can it be do a one layer card with leaves on it ...

I missed the challenge last week at Less is More so thought I'd try and get in early(ish) this week.  I thought it would be easy - I bought the Stampin Up French Foliage set this week - perfect!  Alas, my creative juices were not flowing very freely and I have struggled a bit!

First I used the SU Very Vintage roller & SU Pale Plum Ink
Then stamped the French Foliage with Brilliance Gold Ink & Versamagic Hint of Pesto
I used a gold pen to draw border lines

At this point it was looking very boring and I didn't have a suitable sentiment to use, so I rummaged through my recent purchases, came across a set of uninked Tim Holtz stamps and thought I'd try and be a bit arty farty.

Not overly happy with it but I'm posting it anyway - I know you'll be nice to me!! Lol.

Have a great week everyone.

Suze xx

Craft Barn Giveaway

The Craft Barn are having a fabulous giveaway ... over £200 of crafting goodies ...

It's really easy to enter - just become a follower and post about their giveaway on your blog.

As David Dickinson would say - "You've got to be in it, to win it!"

Click HERE to go to their blog.

Suze xx

Calendar

My goodness, it's already week nine of The Craft Barn Calender Challenge, and for this week we have to use ...

The ninth month is September and for me the most important event that month is - it's my birthday!

So here's my page ..

Background ledger image from The Vintage Moth
Typewriter stamp is Hero Arts
Sentiment is computer generated
Old Paper Distress Ink

Thanks for taking a peek.

Suze xx

Another Harvest Mouse

The supply challenge over at Gingersnap Creations this month is "Raffia" and keeping with the overall theme of "On the Farm", I've made a tag...

I found the music sheet at The Graphics Fairy - mouse stamp is La Blanche
Black cardstock, lightly inked with Gold paint dabber
Tim Holtz Autumn Gatherings Die
Tim Holtz Rosette die
Liquid Beadz (nightmare to work with!)
Natural Raffia & a button

Why not pop on over to the Gingersnap blog - loads of inspiration and loads of fabulous tutorials.

Thanks for visiting & happy crafting!

Suze xx