Happy Holidays

Well, I made it down to my craft room, but I'm not really there yet with much motivation.  As I have a number of stamps and images coloured up, I think perhaps I'll try to make them into cards.  Hopefully Mr Mojo will be along soon!  Perhaps he will pick up those buttons that I spilled on the floor.....not allowed to bend yet.  I see a potential for a big mess!!

Here I have used water colours to colour this Simply Sassy stamp from Funky Kits.  The papers were from my leftover bits, and just a little bow for embellishment.  Christmas colours of red and green, with some gold metallic marker to provide the edging, and its all ready to go.  Won't be long now, until the holiday season is here, as fall is definitely upon us.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your day!

Some challenges for my card:

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - #57 FAV Christmas Color Combo

The Sugar Bowl - #129 Anything Goes    Challenge Winner

One Crazy Stamper - Christmas/Halloween/Fall

Creative Fingers - #95 Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's - #101 ATG with a twist ...starts with S     Top Picks

Craft Your Passion - #283 Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Let's Celebrate

Crafting by designs - Anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - Any Image Anything Goes

School Daze

We know that summer is drawing to a close when the kids all head back to school.  A lot of Mom's are smiling and doing the happy dance, I'm sure....once they finally get them ready and on their way! 

I'm hoping the kiddies have a nice smiley face too, when they head off to class, as does this little sweetie from Sugar Nellie.  This is a older rubber stamp, and once again I've used my water colours, playing with some nice shades of autumn.

Well, its the weekend now, so have fun and pretend you are young again!  ha ha.

Thanks for stopping by.

Some challenges for my card:

Creative Moments - #50 Anything Goes/Back to School    Top Picks

DL.Art -  #139 Back to School

Bearly Mine Challenges - Autumnal colour

Delicious Doodles - #100 Colours of Autumn

Vintage Stamping - #24 Anything Goes

The Artistic Stamper - Autumn Colours

Stampotique Designers Challenge - #163 Refresh It

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - #119 Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Let's Play Painting...

Amazing....I saw sunshine this morning!  It didn't last long though.  Soon it was raining again, and now it's grey and dreary.  Oh well, there's lots to be done inside too.  I intend to give a go at some sanding, if I can figure out how to work the sander.  A bit of floor needs some new finish....wish me luck!

 

First though, I'll post this card.  Today, I've used this cute Little Artist stamp by Sugar Nellie.  I painted with water-colours this time, something I try to do these days when I'm using inky stamps rather than digi's....I still have a problem with printer inks smudging.

I really like this Spellbinders die....adds some extra interest without being too feminine.  No ribbons, but a bit of washi tape and a bit of stamping in the corners to dress it up.  Add a sentiment and a bit of doodling, and I'm done.

Hope you enjoyed your visit, but now I had best get to work!

Some fun challenges for my card:

The Sugar Bowl - #109 Anything Goes

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Stripes

Loves Rubber Stamping - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - For all the Guys

Inky Impressions - #133 Dies and/or Punches

Heck of a Challenge - In The Frame

Clear It Out - Smores - use brown/white  Challenge Winner

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Keep It Clean and Simple

Bearly Mine Challenges - #111 Anything Goes

Paper Piecing...a first for me!

Well, they say you are never too old to learn new tricks...I guess that goes for techniques too.  I finally gave it a go with some paper piecing, and I liked it!  Although it takes a little time to cut out the pieces, you save time on the colouring, and it is definitely a different look.

Today's card uses a stamp from Sugar Nellie, titled Manga Girl #1, which has been sitting around just waiting to be inked up for quite some time.  She was fun to colour, and worked great for paper piecing.  I then cut her out with a Spellbinder's die, adding some walnut distress ink to give her a frame.

The papers are from MME, but I've added some additional stamping to the upper corners, and some fancy faux stitching to the outer edge.  Once again, I stamped the sentiment and then cut it out and matted it, with a lot of fussy cutting.

Added some extra embellishments for this one...a couple of brads, a gemstone heart and even some fancy flowers with some die-cut greenery. 

Here in Canada, we have a long weekend starting...so of course it's raining, but it's not too bad plus the temperature is perfect!  I think I have company coming in, so it's looking good....and here's hoping you have a wonderful weekend too!

Now for some challenges for my card:

The Sugar Bowl - #106 Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Paper Piecing

Kaboodle Doodles  - #182 Anything with Ink or Paint

Divas by Design - Favourite colour combination

Creative Craft Challenges2 - #15 Blue & Brown Challenge

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Best Dressed             Top Picks

Crafty Cardmakers - #97  1-2-3 (flowers, brads, gemstone)

Penny's Challenges - #138 Add some stitching - Real or Faux

ABC Challenge - S for Stitching

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes