Baby Baby and Saturday candy

What a challenge this weeks theme at Allsorts was for me, but I have done my best to come up with something half decent for Wendy's theme of Baby Baby. Our sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy so every reason to join in for a really great opportunity to win one of their lovely stamps.

I have to admit that baby cards along with wedding and the like really do put the frighteners on me, mainly because most of the suitable stamps require colouring in which is right outside my comfort zone, but that is I guess what a challenge is all about.

I initially made the card below for the theme but was not really happy with it so the one above is a last minute addition after seeing the sweet baby images on Ignacio's Nicecrane web site and thinking this particular one would go very well with some Graphic 45 Secret Garden DP's and some silk ribbon in my stash which I used to make the flower. So here it is along with several Spellbinders, Cheery Lynn and Memory Box dies.

And this is the original make using a really old stamp from Stamp Happens happen which I coloured with watercolours, done a bit of matting and layering and used a piece of Nitwits DP to carry the colours, fairly simple stuff.

I would like to enter the top card for following challenges:

A creative romance - dies and punches
Chocolate coffee and cards - Anything goes
Wags and whiskers - Ribbons and bows
The sugar bowl - Anything goes

And the second card into:

Crafty little fairies - New baby
Delightful challenges - New beginnings

Now for the winners of last weeks candy who is re-drawn 20/9 as not claimed and new winner Marylin mailed, well done please mail me with your full name and postal addy. And this week I have a set of cute birdcage stamps, same rules as usual....................

• Add the Saturday Candy logo from my sidebar to your sidebar (not this picture)
• Be a follower of my blog
• A random winner will be selected from all comments left on my blog between now and Friday, so two comments during the week two chances of winning and so on.
• The winner will be announced next Saturday

Happy weekend everyone.

A bit of Flonz

Morning Peeps, thought I had better do a quick post before  work and  share  my  mid  month  inspirational pieces for FlonzCraft Vintage Stamping Challenges. There is a fabulous $20 store  spend to  be won  so I really hope you will join in this months challenge.

The one above is my take on this months theme of 'From the Garden', I love all the FlonzCraft elegant fashion ladies from the collection but I think this is one of my favourites. I have paper pieced the dress of the lady on the left and created a garden scene using Flonz blossoms across the top and grounded them with some cobblestones and a few flowers and pots. The sky and background was all done with Pan Pastels.

This second piece is a bit of a late runner as it was by second piece for the 'Wings and Things' August theme and should have been posted when we were on holiday but afraid I forgot. Quite a simple make using some DP's from stash and FlonzCraft butterflies from a trio set which I stamped onto coordinating DP, shaped the leading edge round the pattern and popped some lace behind.

Happy Wednesday all.

Nicecrane meets Cricut and some news

Good Morning Peeps, hope your weekend was good. 

Before I move onto my shares of the day I have a little bit of news which one or two of the eagle eyed amongst you have already noticed from the companies web site and that is I am now a member of the Prickly Pear Design Team. When I was asked if I would consider joining the team I was initially a little unsure as I often struggle with the computer and commenting etc., but there is no challenge involved, just creating with their fabulous products for display and promotional purposes. So my answer was yes and I feel very honoured to have been invited to be part of their talented team and will be sharing some makes with you very soon.

Now for a bit of Halloween and some of Ignacios Nicecrane latest releases and he has enhanced my photos with a bit of his magic and I think it really makes them pop and adds a bit more of an eerie feel as well. The top piece is a tag which I cut on the Cricut, inked with distress inks Ripe Persimonne and Black Soot, some random background stamping with Chocolate Baroque stamps, the image from the   sheet and a Sizzix TH tattered floral and leaves from the tattered pinecone die.

My second piece is a card using another of the Halloween image sheets and the base card with the spiders web edge was cut on the cricut using the Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge and some Pan Pastels used to colour it and the original wicked witch across the top is from the Autumn Celebrations cartridge.

I would like to enter my tag for:

Glitter and Sparkle - Add a bow
Corrosive challenge - All about Fall
My Sheri Crafts - Fall colours
Just for Fun - Colours of Autumn

Have a good week everyone.

Butterflies and Saturday candy

Our lovely Tracy Mouse is our host at Allsorts this week and would like to see butterflies featuring on our work so a theme I really love. Our sponsors this week are DigiStamp and FlonzCraft.

Two cards for me, the first using several stamps from one of our sponsors FlonzCraft, etched rose, butterfly corner and butterfly trio stamped onto a background of Dylusions Turquoise and Purple, a spritz of pearl glimmer mist then bleached out here and there. I added a little gold embossing to the rose and butterfly, the finally some lace and cord and two sentiment from Stamp Addicts Dream set.

And for my second card I started by masking the reverse side of a piece of centura pearl cardstock then adding distress inks mowed grass, peeled paint and olive to about three quarters of the area then spritzing with water..............dependent on how much water you add it might ooze under the edges of the masking tape as mine did but I thinks this adds a bit more interest. With the tape still in place I stamped the grasses using the same inks, then removed the tape and stamped the Penny Black butterflies, a little branch and added a birdie as well.

Now for the winners of last weeks candy who is Ruby, well done please mail me with your full name and postal addy. And this week I thought something a bit Christmassy, this lovely Christmas rose stamp and some ribbons, same rules as usual....................

• Add the Saturday Candy logo from my sidebar to your sidebar (not this picture)
• Be a follower of my blog
• A random winner will be selected from all comments left on my blog between now and Friday, so two comments during the week two chances of winning and so on.
• The winner will be announced next Saturday

Have a great weekend Peeps.

Note added: Ruby has been in contact with me this morning and is concerned that her name came out when she forgot to add my Saturday Candy logo to her blog and feels it would be unfair to claim the prize. Despite my reassurances she has asked me to re-draw the prize which I think is very honest of her so thank you Ruby and the name which came out of a new draw is Phill. Please mail me by Friday 13th, should I not hear from you I will reluctantly re-draw.  Re-drawn 13/9 and winner Emeli advised by e.mail

Victorian Young Ladies

Good Morning all my crafty Peeps, hope your week is going OK and I know lots of you have quieter houses this week here in the UK with the schools starting back for the Autumn term.

I thought I would share a couple more of the cards I have created using Ignacio's Nicecrane images which I am thoroughly enjoying working with. I must admit that I wasn't sure at first as I always have this feeling if a card is not stamped then I've not really done my work properly, but I take all that back because this new style of crafting........new for me that is, is a sheer delight. And of course much of that comes from the quality and style of Ignacio's products. So if it's a style of crafting you have never tries, then I urge you to give it a go.

The card at the top used an image from the Victorian Young Ladies image sets - links to all at the bottom, a background stamped with a Hero Arts script stamp......I got some stamping in you see........ a Spellbinder frame and flowers made using Tonic's punch and stamp Rose set.

The second card and my second Christmas card for the year.................at this rate of one I week I should be ready for Christmas in a few years time uses the adorable image Frame It by Kate Greenaway images just very simply matted up and embellished with some ribbon, poinsettias and holly.

Have a good Wednesday.

Garden inspired and fancy edge cricut cards

Morning Peeps, time for our new challenge at FlonzCraft Vintage Stamping Challenges and this month it's all about gardens, we would like to see 'Anything from your Garden', right up my street this one.

I have used one of the FlonzCraft corner stamps, cutting out just the flower heads and butterfly which was coloured with watercolour pencils and decoupaged. The heart is cut from some reclaimed corrugated and embossed with Frantage round the edges, some lace, seam binding and button and the DP is Bo Bunny.

I really hope you will join in our challenge this month, there is a $20 spending voucher for FlonzCraft stamps to be won.

I thought I would also share a few fancy edge cards with you. I let the girls all have a play with the new Cricut Mini at my workshop last week and suggested they all create a fancy edge card for one of their projects. The ability to weld different shapes on the virtual screen mat makes this sort of project so simple and also allows you to really personalise your work in just minutes. They were well impressed with the machine and Lisa tells me she has already been out and bought one. I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Hobby Cutz - Recycle
Joanna Sheen - Pretty in Pink (hope there's enough pink ?)

Thanks for popping in and see you all on my rounds.

Floral Inspired

Morning to you all, time for new challenges at Penny Black and More and Stamping Sensations where we have the themes of a sketch with the option of Autumnal colours and 'Poppy Inspired'.

I used an old favourite Penny Black image for my card above inking the stamp with distress markers then adding some random script around the edges.......I find if you use an unmounted stamp for this and just hold it in your hands to ink and bend as you stamp you can get background where you want it without the need to mask the image. The DP's are sold old ones which I think are Bo Bunny and the panel is cut from some recycled corrugated.

My poppy piece uses another favourite Penny Black image which I coloured with Pan Pastels, again adding some random text to the background in the same way as the card above, a Penny Black sentiment and ribbons.

Apologies my post is a bit short and sweet and my comments similar but the body's on go slow again and typing difficult.