Birthday Bunting

Today I'm sharing some bunting with you that I made some while ago but have never blogged. The triangles were cut out of a mix of coordinating basic grey papers using a sizzix die. The lettering is also die but using a Tim Holtz typewriter die. I simply threaded them all on to some ribbon I had in my stash and threaded a little button in between each one.

Sorry the photo quality is not great, I took it on my phone!
I'd like to enter this in to Simon Says Stamp Monday - home decor challenge

New baby

I debated not sharing this with you as I'm not very keen on the font and the photo is dreadful but I didn't want to miss out on joining in with this week's less is more challenge.

This is a simple bit of paper piecing with an old Francoise wooden stamp and some plaid paper from my stash. As I don't have any baby message stamps I used individual letters from do craft.
Thanks for popping by, Lou x
Is like to enter this in to these challenges;
Less is more, designer paper
ATCAS plaid

With a cherry on the top!

Tonight I'm sharing another 'Mum' creation with you. The stamp is by penny black mounted in to gingham with self adhesive ribbon. There is glossy accents on the cherries to give them that extra shine. I've had the card a little while but now seemed a fitting moment to share it with you as the theme over at allsorts is 'with a cherry on top' and there a are as few anything goes challenges around at the moment too.

I'd like to enter this card in to
Allsorts - with a cherry on the top
Penny black at allsorts - anything goes with stamping
Stamping sensations - anything goes

Rain again

Well it's been a busy day on the blog today but I've got one final post for you just in time for ATCAS's rain challenge.
I stamped little Claire's 'rain girl' then masked it a and a circle to create the inky background. I didn't have a suitable sentiment stamp so the message is handwritten in fine liner.
I'd also like to link this in to Casology's Sprinkle challenge since it seems rather fitting.

S is for...

Well it's time for another Alpha/ Dictionary challenge at the craft barn and this fortnight the letter is S... with an added Shell. I debated doing snail as it would be a little different, or Spaniel since mine is the light of my life! (and incidentally he is rather partial to the odd snail... eughk!) However in the end I decided to fully embrace the theme and selected S for ....

Shore

The acrylics came out along with lots of bits and pieces. I think I had imagined something a little more sophisticated and a little less gaudy but not to worry!

As I hunted through my stamps I was really rather stunned to find for all the beach huts and boats, I didn't have a single shell or starfish stamp to be found. Out came the stamp carving kit and that oversight was rectified in little under half an hour!

Anyway, this is the final page...

And a close up of the definition surrounded by beadazzleds et-al!

Thanks for stopping by today! Lou x

Saints, Dragons and Heros

Well they couldn't have timed it better over at Less is More, the same day my new Lavinia Stamps dragon arrived from the Craft Barn, they announced a dragon themed challenge! Unfortunately as Friday tends to be my crafting day, I've had to wait until now to have a play with it.

I teamed the dragon up with another Lavinia stamp - the castle, as well as a little inky goodness to make the rocky background et voila! Very simple I know, but then this is Less is More. I tied my colour scheme in to the Craft Barn challenge too (especially since that's where the stamp came from) to match their red and black theme this week.

Butterflies and Happiness

Hello!

I simply couldn't let Simon Says Stamp's Butterfly Beauty challenge pass me by this week, I just love crafting with butterflies!

I made this card with a Sheena Douglas stamp set that my Mum gave me.

I stamped the sentiment first and embossed it to make it stand out. The butterflies were stamped and masked while I smooshed a good bit of distress ink around the page. I added the flowers and grasses from the set also in distress ink and sprayed a bit of smooch spritz for the splatter effect. Finally I peeled off the masks and added some colour to the butterflies and some highlights using white gel pen.

I'd like to enter this card in to the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge,, Craft stamper spring flowers and Stamping Sensations challenge - one for the girls.