Coming of age

Well what happened to those summer holidays?! As usual they were gone in a flash :( Loved spending time with my 2 kiddywinks, we had a few days out here & there & ended with a family holiday in Devon for a week. And yes, I think that was the wettest week of the school holidays, just our luck!
We did however have some very good news in August ... I'll share that with you next time ;)

Now, onto cards ... my friend's son turned 21 last week & inspired by the sketch challenge at Mojo Monday I made this:

I die cut the "21" from red card & stamped "21" lots of time on some white card stock.

Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

Supplies:
Stampin' Up Baja Breeze, Night of Navy & Real Red cardstock & ink pads
Simple Stories 'Snap Color Vibe' paper
MFT Stitched squares die
Craftwork Cards Candi alphabet/number stamps

Inspiration:


Cute card Thursday challenge - NUMBERS

Berry precious sister

Hello, I hope you're enjoying the summer. Here in the UK it's the school holidays so I'm enjoying some quality time with my kiddywinks while I can .. they're at that age now where they'd either be with their friends or on games/tablets/phones! I dragged them out kicking & screaming today to a local farm shop where we had a saunter round the farm & lakes &  even did the Minions hunt. You're never too old for the Minions :) I think they secretly enjoyed it.

Anyway, onto crafting. It was my sister's birthday a couple of weeks ago & this is what I came up with:

My sister means to the world to me & I don't know what I'd do without her. So this card fits nicely into this week's challenge at CASology where the cue card is "Precious". My sister is certainly precious to me! The card also fits nicely into the Less is More colour challenge this week which is to use Berry Shades.

Thanks for popping by & take care. Enjoy your weekend.

Tam x

Supplies:

CBS Fabulous Fuschias stamps & die

Happy bday sentiment  - CBS Fabulous Fuschias stamp set

Sister sentiment – CBS  You & I

SU Edgelits-Adorning Accents die

Ink pads – SU garden green & real red & elegant eggplant

Cardstock – SU Elegant eggplant & real red & CC white

Challenges:


Less is More
So the start of a new month means it's Colour week
and we've chosen Berry Shades

You nerd!

Recently it was mine & my husband's wedding anniversary. I was inspired by the one layer card week at Less is More where the challenge was to make a masculine card. Unfortunately our anniversary was after the challenge deadline so I couldn't join in. I was also inspired by Addicted to CAS where the code word this week is 'Chevron'. My husband is a bit of a computer nerd so I thought this quite suited him ...

I'm also entering this card at CASology where the cue card this week is 'Line'.

I was quite excited to see that 2 of my recent cards have been challenge winners! :)
My 'Home is where the heart is card here  was a weekly winner at CAS colours & sketches.
And the cute hamster card, 'I wheelie like you' here was a challenge favourite at Tag You're it
It's great to know that people like my cards & once again, thank you for all your lovely comments.

Supplies:
Paper Smooched 'Incognito' stamp set - glasses, eyes, eyebrows; lips & 'you nerd' stamped in SU Real Red
Clearly Besotted 'Basic Chevrons' stamp set - chevron stamped 3 times in Stampin' Up Tempting Turquoise
Hot off the Press dotted line stamp
Sentiments: Happy Anniversary from CBS 'Framed Sentiments', Hubby from CBS 'Many Mini Messages'

Inspiration



Thanks for popping by & take care.

Tam x

You're spec-tacular

I had a bit of a craft buying splurge recently & one of my treats was the 'Incognito' stamp set by Paper Smooches. It has some great stamps of specs & moustaches with some cool sentiments. I made a simple card using this set together with a matching spectacles die:

The specs were die cut from black card & I used Stampin' Up Candy Dots for the eyes. A bit of colour from the red striped Simple Stories 'Snap Color Vibe' paper adds to the funkiness!

Life's been a bit hectic here recently; my daughter had her school prom & a week later, a 'graduation' ceremony to celebrate the end of her secondary school life.

Now I may be slightly biased but I think she looks stunning. Or dare I say, quite spec-tacular :)

Thank you for popping by & for all your lovely comments, I really appreciate them.

Tam x

Inspiration
Less is More Colour challenge - red, white & blue

I Wheelie like you!

When I saw the inspiration tag at Tag You're It this week, the play on words made me think straight away of a cute hamster stamp set I have with a similar play on words, Lawn Fawn's 'Wheelie like you'. I bought it a few months ago to make my daughter's birthday card as she just adores her pet hamster (I'll share her card with you another time). I like the teal/brown combination on the inspiration card & the splattered effect & these 2 elements inspired me to make this:

I sponged Tim Holtz Salty Ocean distress ink through part of an MFT Petal Circles stencil onto a tag cut from white card stock with an MFT 'Tag you're it' die. I then sprayed a mist of water over it to give that 'swooshed' look! Once it had dried, I lightly sponged over with Tumbled Glass distress ink. This ties in with the challenge at Less is More this week where the theme is to use stencilling. The hamster & wheel were die cut from the matching Lawn Fawn die, the hamster was water coloured with Stampin' Up Soft Suede ink.

I hope you wheelie like my card :) Thanks for popping by. Take care.

Tam x

Inspiration



Less is More: Theme Week  and we'd like to see some Stencilling on your project. 

Home is where the heart is

Popping back for a quick blog post, I know, twice in one day!
I wanted to enter the one layer card challenge at Less is More this week where the theme is 'Home'. Once again, I've combined it with another challenge which is a colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, where the colours are yellow, green & grey.

Forgive the photo quality, as I said this is a quick post!

I used a Stampin' Up embossing folder to create a bit of texture & dimension with the oval frame. The house & sentiment are from Clearly Besotted 'Home Sweet Home' stamp set. The ink pads are Stampin' Up Basic Gray, Garden Green & More Mustard.

EDITED:
Tonilea, your comment below about the bent card stock & placement of the embossing folder; I too dented my cardsstock on the first attempt:

I put the embossing folder over the top of the front of my 10cm by 15cm card base & then secured it on the reverse with washi tape:

Normally to emboss a single sheet of cardstock with a Cuttlebug you  would use an 'A' plate & 2 'B' plates'.I sandwiched the card & embossing folder between an 'A' plate & 'C' plate & ran it through my Cuttlebug.  I found this out through trial & error using different plate combinations! It maybe that you have to try a few different combinations of plates & shims if you have another die cutting machine. I hope this helps. Good luck Tonilea, I'd love to know how you get on!

Thanks for popping by & take care!

Tam x

Challenges:

One Layer Card week

and the theme is 

Home

Father's Day

Good afternoon! Here in the UK it's Father's Day this Sunday. I saw the sketch at Mojo Monday card sketch challenge & thought it could easily be used for feminine or masculine cards. I combined it with Trend week at Just Us Girls where the challenge is to use stacked die cut sentiments.

I used my Spellbinders circle dies to die cut 3 circles from some old Craftwork Cards papers & matching ribbon I found, crumbs I must have had them for 5, maybe getting on for 10 years! Does anyone else hold on to the last scraps of papers 'just in case' or is it just me?!
I ran a strip of navy card stock through my Xyron Sticker Maker before die cutting the word 'dad' out of it 3 times with Clearly Besotted 'Dad' word die. Once the word has been die cut, it's quite small & fiddly to apply adhesive to so I found this method made it much easier! The 3 words were then stacked on top of each other & adhered to the smallest circle. To finish off the card I stamped the sentiment using Clearly Besotted 'All Occasion Sentiments'.

I hope you like it & would love to hear your comments. Finfgers crossed that my Dad likes it. And hope he doesn't look at my blog before Sunday!

Thank you for popping by, take care.

Tam x

Challenges: