Colour my world .....

.... Hi!  I've had a busy morning doing household stuff, but after lunch I managed to get a bit of time in my craft room and I've made a simple card for a couple of challenges:

• Less Is More - LIM#157
• Addicted to CAS - ATCAS#31

Stamps: Stamps of Life - Crayons2stamp, Words4crayons; CAS-ual Friday Stamps - Loving Thoughts, Butterbows
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point; Distress - Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves; Versafine - Onyx Black
Accessories: White Lustre Card

The challenge at Less is More - LIM#157 is a colour challenge and they picked rainbow colours - well, how could I resist?  And they celebrate their 3rd Anniversary this week too!  The cue word at Addicted to CAS is "LOVE", and I think this sentiment conveys that message well.  I stamped the little crayon in rainbow colours, cut them out and adhered them to the card.  I stamped the drawn line directly onto the card.  Finishing the front with the sentiment at the top.  On the inside I stamped a butterfly rainbow and a simple sentiment. 

I made this card for Kathryn - she is such a happy girl and she really does colour our world with love, laughter and joy!  She came home with her school report yesterday, she was so pleased - straight As!  We're so proud of her.

Colour wheels ...

.... Morning all!  You know when you have a "brilliant" idea and then when you do it, you find it wasn't quite such a good idea - well, my card today is a perfect example!!!  I used the following challenges to make it:

• Sweet Stamp Shop Use What You Have - UWYH#12
• CAS-ual Fridays - CFC111 - to use a button(s)
• Clean & Simple Challenge - FTL252

Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop - Colour Wheel; The Stamps of Life - Words4crayons
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black
Dies: Spellbinders - Circles Lg (S4-114) #5, On the Edge (S5-168)
Accessories:  Various designs papers and card scraps (too many to mention); White Lustre Card; SU Marker Pens - Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Pacific Point; Hessian Ribbon

So what was my brilliant idea?  Part of the UWYH challenge is to work on the stash you have and I have a large vast collection of paper and card scraps.  And, as I like to paper piece and I thought it would be a great way to use up some of this stash.  I obviously didn't think it through very well, as it took me ages to stamp and piece the colour wheel!!! While I'm delighted with how it turned out - I'm not sure I'll be doing it again soon :)  Here's a close up of the colour wheel showing the different papers and card I used, and you can see the tiny button too - matched to the scalloped trims.

Here are a few photos of some of my paper stash - I really must use it more often, but on a less time consuming project :)

As I type this post - I'm listening to Richard Thompson's 1000 Years of Popular Music on Spotify - such a good album and really puts you in a great mood for the day!  Here's a link to a quick review of some of the songs on the album:



That's all for now - have a great day!

Many thanks ....

.... Hi - good to be back!  I spent the day doing house stuff yesterday!  And this morning I've made a thank you card for two challenges:

• CASology - CAS19 - cue word is THANKS
• Do You Stack Up? - DYSU98 - they want a RAINBOW

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays - Big Thanks; Stamps of Life - Crayons2stamp

Inks: Memento - Lady Bug, Tangelo, Dandelion, Cottage Ivy, Danube Blue, Grape Jelly, Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Card from stash

I love rainbow colours - so bright, so cheerful!  This is an ultra clean and simple design, simply stamped the crayons and drawn line (second impression) onto white card and added the sentiments above.  I really like the different languages - and there are more in the set, but I couldn't fit them on!  I cut the card slightly larger than the card base and adhered with dimensional tape.  Super simple!  

It is a real pain when your stamp-a-ma-jig moves just a bit so that "gracias" is slightly lower than it should be!!!  Dang!!

That's all for now - I'm off to finish my UK Christmas cards - I want to get them written and parcelled up this weekend.  See you soon.

CR84FN64 - Sharpest crayon ....

.... Hello and welcome to CR84FN64 week two, and our super colours of light blue, green and yellow!  My card this week is totally different to the flowers, layers and lace of last week's card.  It is clean, simple and for my very smart daughter, Kathryn. A couple of times last week I mentioned trips to Kathryn's school for Parent/Teacher conferences.  Kathryn has settled in really well, made lots of friends and is doing brilliantly - this one is for her!  She had a present inside too - a $10 iTunes voucher!!

Stamps:  The Stamps of Life - Crayons2stamp, Words4crayons
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up! - So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi
Spellbinders: Labels 11 (S4-246) #4
Accessories:  Promarkers - Lemon, Canary, Yellow, Cool Aqua, Powder Blue, Sky Blue, Meadow Green, Apple, Leaf Green; Card from stash

I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to all things stationery!!  I adore paper (well, I would do as a crafter), pens, pencils, crayons, etc.  And it looks like Kathryn is a bit like me :)  I thought these new stamps (one that I won recently from DYSU) would be just perfect.  They are so easy to use; stamp the outline, then the solid colour and add the crayon stamp and cut out.  I used my Promarkers to lay down lines of colour to match the crayons, stamped the sentiment and cut it out with my Spellbinder die.  I edged the labels with black for definition and attched it to the card with dimensional tape.  Kathryn was thrilled to get the card and has it displayed on her desk!

For more inspirational cards using these fabulous colours (pictures courtesy of Magnolia Rouge), click on the links in my side bar or go directly to the CR84FN Blog.  Don't forget we are having an Open Design Team call - details on the blog.

Saying Hi! .....

.... I'm back again with a card for this week's Do You Stack Up? - DYSU90 challenge to use flags, banners or pennants.

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Vintage Banners, Bitty Banners; The Stamps of Life - Crayons2stamp
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Pool Party, Lucky Limeade; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Spellbinders:  Nested Lacey Pennants (S5-029), Eyelet Circles (S4-304) #2, Circles Lg (S4-114) #2
Accessories:  SU Card - Island Indigo; Card and ribbon from stash

This was quite quick to make.  I stamped the backing banners directly on to some white card and added the little bows, then cut it to fit on top of the blue mat layer and attached them both to the card base.  I stamped the largest of the vintage banners on white card and cut it out with the lacey pennant, attached it to the card and added some bows.  I finished off with a simple sentiment.  I'll be sending this to one of my friends in the UK.

I'm having a really fun day playing in my craft room.  That's all for now - see you later!