Wish I was here!

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Colleen wants us to make a sunset.

Mine's not perfect but I'd like to be there lol!

You can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too, if you're not in the mood for a sunset.

Our party guest Carol and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you,

 so hope to see you in the gallery.

I diecut a circle in some copy paper and used that as a template to blend distress oxide inks in sunset colours.

I love silhouettes and these palm trees take me off to a lovely restful place!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, anything goes option

Alphabet Challenge, O for Outdoors

CASology

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Distress oxide inks; palm tree die brand unknown; Spellbinders circle die and Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Happy Little Stampers mix mash sentiment; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

WWC 327 - Dawn's Challenge : All things feminine

 Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Watercooler Wednesday and Dawn has an all things feminine theme.

My team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

All of the details are on the blog.

It must be the time of year where stresses and strains seem to increase!

This card is for a girlfriend who needs some carefree time (with or without butterflies !!)

The butterfly is coloured with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush and popped up on foam dots for dimension,

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge

Happy Little Stampers watercolour challenge

Retro Rubber, anything goes

Butterfly stamp is from hero Arts engravings set from 2011, and the sentiment from Casual Fridays Breath 2012

Supplies:

Hero Arts antique engravings butterfly; Casual Fridays Breath ; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Inktense pencils; hammered card base.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Sparkly Stencil

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and I've chosen stencils as the theme.

My team mates and our guest Carol have some wonderful inspiration for you, although if you aren't into stencilling, you can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too!

Look forward to seeing you in the gallery.

I have been collecting stencils for quite a while and need to use them more as they are perfect for quick and easy cards! Once you work out which one you are using lol!

This one is new to me from Simon Says Stamp and I used glitter paste and a diecut sentiment.

It's REALLY sparkly in real life!

(I think I'll invest in a light box as pics may show up better!)

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp folk dance stencil; Bo Bunny silver glitter paste; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle and MFT happy birthday script dies.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

WWC 326 - Helen's Challenge : All About Occasions

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Watercooler Wednesday and Helen is hosting an occasions challenge.

My team mates have some wonderful ideas to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.

All of the details are on the blog.

I've needed to send out a few of these cards lately. Paper hugs are about as close as some of us can get right now!

I used a new to me floral die and some designer paper. I've added another layer to the diecut for extra dimension. The sentiment is from a retired Happy Little Stampers set.

I'm linking up to some challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More

Allsorts, I love... Diecutting!

Dies R Us , anything goes.

 I've used a Memory Box die

Word Art Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Memory Box sketch flower spray die; Craft Consortium Ink Drops dusk paper; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Happy Little Stampers doodled flowers sentiment stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Grey & Red Christmas

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at CAS Christmas and Marcia has chosen a colour theme, grey and red.

Our guest this time is Darnell and she along with my team mates have some wonderful cards to inspire you. Hope to see you in the gallery.

All of the details are on the blog.

This is a new to me die.

 I cut a layer from black and from metallic grey cardstock and layered them up for dimension. Then added a scrap of red card behind the cut outs.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge, anything goes

Addicted to Stamps & More

Die Cut Divas Challenge, anything goes

Supplies:

Christmas Border die by Precious Marieke; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Stampin Up retired sentiment; versafine ink & fine metallic silver ep; grey metallic cardstock.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Just kidding...!

 

Hi everyone, it's back to work, or work from home next week, so I made this card to get in the mood lol!!

No, I love my job, although Covid has thrown a lot of challenges into the mix!

I picked this sentiment stamp up ages ago and couldn't think how I'd use it. When I saw this retired Stampin Up set with a chair in it I thought it'd be a perfect match!

I've used versafine clair inks and clear embossing powder.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge, anything goes

Make My Monday, embossing either. I've used wet embossing.

Mix It Up Challenge, anything goes. I'm joining in without the optional paper piecing.

Since these are never before used goodies, I'm also linking up to Darnell's NBUS Challenge

Supplies:

Riley and Company sentiment stamp; Stampin Up welcome to the team chair stamp; versafine clair ink; clear embossing powder; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Birthday cakes!

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Shirley has chosen cakes as our theme.

Our party guest Jenny and my team mates have some delicious looking ideas to inspire you so I hope you can play along.

Of course there is always the anything goes birthday option too! A great opportunity to build up your stash of birthday cards.

I purchased a few retired Penny Black stamps recently, so thought I'd ink this one up as it features a fabulous looking cake! Well what you can see of it lol.

I stamped the image in versafine clair nocturne and clear embossed it. Then coloured the image using distress markers (some of them have dried up!! need to google fixing that!) and prismacolour pencils. 

(The shading on and around the chooks looks a lot lighter in the photo).

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes.

Allsorts, anything goes with the option of nature

Little Red Wagon, animals from Old Macdonald's Farm

Penny Black Saturday Challenge, anything goes and I've used the option of wet embossing.

Supplies:

Penny Black best of luck stamp; Inspired by Stamping birthday greetings sentiment;

versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; distress markers; prismacolour pencils; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

WWC 325 - Heidi's Challenge : All Things Masculine

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Watercooler Wednesday and Heidi is hosting a masculine themed challenge this time.

The design team have some fabulous inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along. All of the details are on the blog.

I love the expression on the magician's face.  A green rabbit will do that to you lol!

I've coloured the image with Prismacolour pencils and the sentiment is diecut from some cardstock painted with opal paints, very shimmery in real life.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Allsorts, any real animal or creature.

I hope the green rabbit is ok?

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge, anything goes

Stamplorations, Summer vacation anything goes challenge

Stamplorations Never Ending anything goes challenge

Supplies:

Katzelkraft magician; Lawn Fawn reveal wheel sentiment stamps; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Stamplorations magical die; Art Alchemy opal paints; Prismacolour pencils; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Stitched Up

 

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Barb has chosen real or faux stitching as the theme.

Our party guest and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

If stitching isn't your thing then play along with the anything goes birthday theme and build up your stash of birthday cards.

I recently acquired some retired Stampin Up goodies and this quilt builder framelit and the embossing folder were amongst them.

I would love to get into quilting some day, but this is as close as I'll get for now!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, lots of layers

Addicted to Stamps & More

Aud Sentiments Challenge, birthday sentiment

Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Supplies:

Stampin Up quilt builder framelit and tufted embossing folder; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Happy Little Stampers sentiment stamp; versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; Craft Consortium designer paper pads.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x