Summer Fun Wuth The Ladybugs.

Happy Ladybug Tuesday! it's time for a new challenge and the theme for this month is

"Summer Fun"

For my DT card I used the Magnum Add Ons stamping them on to a selection of pink off cuts and cutting them out, shaping them slightly and placing them on my card using PinFlair Gel. The number and sentiment are from the aptly named set

"Sentimental numbers" 

The bunting is hand cut and inky stitched before adding the name which I punched using Quickutz "Moxie Alphabet"

Please check out the LCI Stamp sale if you fancy treating yourself

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Almost But Not Quite.

I told you I'd made two cards of the same style, this is the younger version of the two, made for my niece.I know there's not much to it but I think it works.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Crafts And Me 94, Anything goes,
Divas By Design 45, Happy Birthday,
MMCSC67, Birthday Girls,
PWC216, Birthday Cards.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

A Little Apology

Evening all, I've been a busy girly, so much to do and not enough time to do it in, I'm sure that there's plenty of you around that are in the same boat. I had several birthday cards needed in a hurry and unfortunately, well to cut a long story short I never got my Southern Girl's DT card made for the Angels and Fantasy challenge that is now almost into its second week, please check out the Challenge blog for full details of the amazing sponsors this time, huge apologies to the rest of "Team Lou" ! 

Any way, I thought I'd share with you one of the cards that I needed from the list of family birthdays this week. I made a similar one a while back and when I made this one I also made a brighter, funkier version for a younger family member, I'll share that one at a later date..

I'm using this card for the following challenges:_

Anything Goes Challenge 72, Not Square,

BMC45, Shaped card,

Tuesday Alchemy, vintage,

Make It Monday 99, Anything goes,

The Shabby Tea Room, pink,flowers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Birthday Blue.

What a gorgeous day it is today, not a cloud in the sky and it looks like we could be in for more of the same this week!

A quick make for my nephews birthday, a diecut star frame, embossed background and some inky stitching. Four little brads that I've had for years and a button coloured with Copics to match the blue of the card stock.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Crafting When We Can 23, Monochrome,

C4C146, Stitching,

LIM77, Stitching,

Crafty Catz 142, Monochrome,

FWSAM 114, Numbers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x



Clock Watching

It's time for a new theme at Scrapbook Sister's card challenge, this fortnight it is

"Clock"

Now I haven't any clock stamps but I did have a sheet of clock faces that Julie W. gave me a few weeks back.

I used my Woodware girlie and the snail from a set by Marij Rahder, paper piecing them both and giving them dimension with a bit of Pinflair Gel. I added thin lines of stickles for the snail trails, the sentiments are computer generated.

I'm using my card for the following challenges:-

Crazy Amigo, Free,

LEJ12, Anything goes,

Oldie But Goodie, Flower power, (both stamps are years old)

ABC, T is for two of something,(stamps)

Creative Stamps 55, Paper piece.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Midway Blog Hop Reminder at LCI.

A quick reminder for you today that there's a

New Release Blog Hop Challenge

 on at Totally Ladybug Tuesday, this is a four week challenge this time as Kerry is giving us Ladybugs a bit of a break over the summer, LOL! Summer, who are we kidding, I even found myself wearing a cardi yesterday and I don't think my Umbrella has ever been used so much as it has these last few weeks.

I was treated to a pack of  pink Spectrum Noire pens at the weekend so I used them here, have to say that at first it felt extremely strange using the firm tips to colour with instead of the brush tips of the Copics but I'm definitely going to invest in some more, the thin tips were very precise and using the Copics blender and some firm pressure on the paper with my fingertip, any mistakes were easily rectified. Wish it would have been as easy to rectify my heavy handed addition of stickle as unfortunately it caused the printer ink to bleed slightly:(

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Get Hippity With Ippitty, Christmas,

Hooked On Crafts 22, Christmas,

Lollipop 84, Christmas,

Love To Create 24, 3 of something,

MIM84, Anything goes,

TSG165, Christmas,

Totally Stampalicious, Christmas,

That's it from me for today except,

Don't forget to check out the Cling Stamp Sale that's on over at LCI at the moment!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x



A Twinchie Bit Of Summer

I've not felt much like crafting this last week, in fact I've only nipped into my cabin to collect a couple of cards that needed posting. I have so much to get done this week and it's the last week of term, time to say goodbye to 50+ little characters as they begin their new life at "Big School" 

 Friday will be a sad day!

A quick look at the new challenge at "Show us your Twinchies" inspired me to grab my scissors and glue and make another tiny piece of art to put on my "Crafty Cabin" wall.

I had the perfect piece of paper to cut in to, "Paradise Beach" by Echo park, the inspiration for this came from a photo that I took of my feet whilst sat under a palm tree in Barbados a few years back, it certainly wasn't inspired by the British Summer that we are supposed to be having.

I'm using this Twinchie for the following challenges:-

Opus Gluei 135, Holidays,

Show Us Your Twinchies 2, Summer.

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a good week,

Julie.x