Crisp, Clean, Beachy, Birthday Wish!

Hope you are all having a nice weekend. Here is a card I created last night while crafting with a lovely friend of mine :)

I played along with a few challenges... 

Pals Paper Arts: Sketch

Little Red Wagon: Beach Theme

Seize the Birthday: Birthday Card

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White

Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe, Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding, Smokey Slate & Soft Sky

Stamps: By the Tide, By the Sea Shore, Simply Wonderful & Bloom with Hope

Embellishments: n/a

Tools: n/a

Technique: Masking

Spring Flowers, I NEED SPRING FLOWERS :)

Hope you are all having a nice week... I have been not spending much time in my craft room lately, work has been busy lately!

I did however sneak away this evening and created 3 cards which I will be sharing with my Stampers Club later on this week... You will see a common theme, I NEEED SOME SPRING IN MY LIFE!!!


Card #1 was created for the following challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch - sketch

The Colour Throwdown - colour combination

Card #2 was created for the following challenges:

Fab Friday - sketch

Stampin' Royalty - colour combination

Card #3 was created for the following challenges:

The Paper Players - sketch

ColourQ - colour combination

My Cards:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe #1

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White & Irresistibly Yours DSP
Inks: Tuxedo Black, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Old Olive Blendabilities, Melon Mambo Blendabilities & Pink Pirouette Blendabilities
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Embellishments: n/a
Tools: Apothecary Framelit Die, Scallop Oval Punch & Stampin' Sponge

Card Recipe #2

Card Stock: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Always Artichoke & Irresistibly Yours DSP
Inks: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pear Pizzazz & Early Espresso
Stamps: Lotus Blossom
Embellishments: Calypso Coral 3/4" Chevron Ribbon
Tools: 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Circles Collection Framelit Die, Dots Decorative Mask & Stampin' Sponge

Card Recipe #3

Card Stock: Whisper White & Irresistibly Yours DSP
Inks: Tuxedo Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities & Wild Wasabi Blendabilities
Stamps: Love is Kindness & A Dozen Thoughts
Embellishments: Linen Thread
Tools: 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Sponge & Paper Snips

Choose the Road Less Traveled!

Each week at Colour Me...! we will have a creative colour challenge for you to get crafty and show us your best greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, etc. Only the colours we indicate may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, gray, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.

This week we are using...! Have fun :)

Our challenge ends on Mondays at 12:00 pm (EST). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Any type of paper crafty projects are welcome - greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, if it's craft we want to see it!
• We ask that you only use the colours listed for your project and of course neutrals are always welcome.
• Feel free to combine us with up to 3 challenges (including ours), with the exception of other colour challenges.
• Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us. 
• We reserve the right to remove any links if we feel any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, we are all here to have a good time!
• HAVE FUN!!!

Thank you so much Cornelia for joining us this month as our Featured Guest Designer! Your cards were an inspiration :) 

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White & Adventure Abound DSP
Inks: Versamark
Stamps: Adventure Awaits
Embellishments: Calypso Coral Embossing Powder
Tools: Embossing Buddy & Heat Tool

While you are surfing around in blog land why not stop by and say hello to the rest of the Colour Me...! Team :)

Angel Johns

Jenny Engelke

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

And our FABulous Featured Guest Designer for the month of February

Cornelia W

Happy Easter

Each week at Addicted to Stamps and More we have a fun challenge to help bring out your creativity! This week we have our Holiday Challenge going on!!! So break out your supplies, get creative and show us what you got :)

This week we are being sponsored by talented Designers over at STAMPlorations. You should really pop over and check out the fabulous images they have to share. We always have so much fun working with their delightful digitals!

Our challenges are not restricted to cards. You may make cards, scrapbook layouts, tags etc. 

To keep it fun for everyone we have a few rules:

• Please make sure to link back to the POST your entry is contained in NOT your whole blog
• Please mention Addicted to Stamps and More! in your blog with a link back to the challenge so others may join in
• Please do not backlink - all entries must be new
• You may combine up to 10 challenges in TOTAL 
• You may enter more than once provided each entry is different and abides with the rules of the challenge
• Please turn off Word Verification for ease of commenting on your blog :)
• We reserve the right to remove any links that do not comply with the Challenge rules. If any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, it will be at the discretion of the blog owner to remove these entries.

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White & Crisp Cantaloupe
Inks: Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder Blendabitilies & Wild Wasabi Blendabilities
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes & Flower {STAMPlorations}
Embellishments: n/a
Tools: Modern Label Punch & Word Window Punch 


Would love for you to stop by and say hello to the rest of the team! 

Anita Bowden / Barb Ghig / Carol Mayne / Cornelia Wenokor / Dana Warren / Deborah Frings / Julie Beech / Karen Mead / Kylie Purtell - Blog Creator! / Lee-Anne Cross / Rahmat Gouse / Sandie Munro / Sarah Platt / Shona Chambers / Sue Blamey / Tanja Kabel / Tenia Nelson / Vicki Parson / Wei Wei Wang

Something To Use... For Whatever You Choose!

 Each week at CASE-ing the Catty we are being inspired by the FABulous catalogues shared by Stampin' UP! We would love for you to join along in the fun with us. This week we are featuring creations from the Sale a Bration Catty and using some of the fun new ribbons & buttons!

You can directly CASE (Copy and Share Everything) or use a sketch/layout, colour combo, embellishment, just to name a few examples, as a springboard for your own creations.

Our challenge closes on Thurdays at 5:00 pm (AEDT). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Create a new project for the current challenge.
• Mention CTC Challenges in your blog post and link back here so others can join in on the fun. 
• Mostly SUO products (retired or current) to be used in your projects for CTC Challenges.
• Have fun and inspire others!

My Project:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!


Project Recipe

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Calypso Coral & Irresistibly Yours DSP
Inks: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana & Versamark
Stamps: Holiday Home & B.Y.O.G
Embellishments: Coastal Cabana 1/4" Polyester Ribbon
Tools: Stampin' Sponge, Piercing Mat, Piercing Tool & Essentials Paper Piercing Pack

While you are surfing around the blogisphere, why not stop by and say hello to the rest of the CASE-ing the Catty Design Team!

Bronwyn Eastley (blog creator) / Alison Barclay / Helen Heil / Jess Williams / Monique Fielder / Nikki Sadler / Rachel Palmieri / Rebecca Benson / Rebecca Scurr / Sharnee Torrents / Stasia Sloma

Hello, Peanut!

This past weekend we had a little furry friend come to visit :) This is Peanut, Ethan's class room pet. He was so sweet and so much fun to have around!

I thought it would be fun to create a page for our family scrapbook to remember his visit...

My Challenges:

MDS Monday - Sketch

The Colour Throwdown - Colour Combination

My Page:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!


Project created with Stampin' UP!'s My Digital Studio Software

Embellishments
    Staple & Stitching\Chocolate - Simple Stitches line 9
    Hodgepodge Hardware\Clip Assortment - library clip (re-colored) Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Hodgepodge Hardware\Clip Assortment - library clip (re-colored) Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Hodgepodge Hardware\Clip Assortment - library clip (re-colored) Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49

Stamps
    Designer Kits\Neon Notes\Neon Notes - hello world

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = GARDEN GREEN 95,135,85
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Petal Parade - designer series paper\Petal Parade - 8
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\On the Go - designer series paper\On the Go - 6
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Blossoms Abound - designer series paper\Blossoms Abound - 12
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch,  Filled with: Designer Series Paper\_Designer Kits\Everything Easter - designer series paper\Everything Easter - 9

Photos
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\IMG_9333
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\20150215_112451
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\20150213_165344
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12
    C:\Users\MarkandHayley\Desktop\Hayley Kew's Folder\Stampin' UP! Blog\MDS\carrots12     

Thank You

Each week at Colour Me...! we will have a creative colour challenge for you to get crafty and show us your best greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, etc. Only the colours we indicate may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, gray, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.

This week we are using...! Have fun :)

Our challenge ends on Mondays at 12:00 pm (EST). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Any type of paper crafty projects are welcome - greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, if it's craft we want to see it!
• We ask that you only use the colours listed for your project and of course neutrals are always welcome.
• Feel free to combine us with up to 3 challenges (including ours), with the exception of other colour challenges.
• Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us. 
• We reserve the right to remove any links if we feel any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, we are all here to have a good time!
• HAVE FUN!!!

A friend of mine directed me to a link to a FABulously talented crafting lady's blog and after watching her amazing tutorial I knew I had to give this technique a try. This is one that will take some practice for sure but I am happy with this my first attempt :)

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White & So Saffron
Inks: Real Red, So Saffron, Pool Party, Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Versamark & Chalkmarker
Stamps: Lotus Blossom
Embellishments: Clear Embossing Powder
Tools: Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Sponge, Blender Pen & Heat Tool

While you are surfing around in blog land why not stop by and say hello to the rest of the Colour Me...! Team :)

Angel Johns

Jenny Engelke

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

And our FABulous Featured Guest Designer for the month of February

Cornelia W

I Freakin' Love You!

Each week at Addicted to Stamps and More we have a fun challenge to help bring out your creativity! This week we have our Make Your Mark Challenge going on!!! So break out your supplies, get creative and show us what you got :)

This week we are being sponsored by talented Designers over at QKR Stampede. You should really pop over and check out the fabulous images they have to share. We always have so much fun working with their delightful digitals!

Our challenges are not restricted to cards. You may make cards, scrapbook layouts, tags etc. 

To keep it fun for everyone we have a few rules:

• Please make sure to link back to the POST your entry is contained in NOT your whole blog
• Please mention Addicted to Stamps and More! in your blog with a link back to the challenge so others may join in
• Please do not backlink - all entries must be new
• You may combine up to 10 challenges in TOTAL 
• You may enter more than once provided each entry is different and abides with the rules of the challenge
• Please turn off Word Verification for ease of commenting on your blog :)
• We reserve the right to remove any links that do not comply with the Challenge rules. If any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, it will be at the discretion of the blog owner to remove these entries.

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White & Stacked with Love DSP Stack
Inks: Real Red, Basic Black, Wild Wasabi Blendabilities & Pink Pirouette Blendabilities
Stamps: Yippee-Skippee, Perpetual Birthday Calendar & Totally In Love {QKR Stampede}
Embellishments: n/a
Tools: n/a
Technique: Herringbone

Would love for you to stop by and say hello to the rest of the team! 

Anita Bowden / Barb Ghig / Carol Mayne / Cornelia Wenokor / Dana Warren / Deborah Frings / Julie Beech / Karen Mead / Kylie Purtell - Blog Creator! / Lee-Anne Cross / Rahmat Gouse / Sandie Munro / Sarah Platt / Shona Chambers / Sue Blamey / Tanja Kabel / Tenia Nelson / Vicki Parson / Wei Wei Wang

... to heal your heart

My heart is hurting this evening for a couple who's heart is breaking. These cards are never easy to make but I wanted to reach out so they do not feel alone.

For this special card I have used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch.

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White & White Vellum
Inks: Coastal Cabana Blendabilities, Melon Mambo Blendabilities, Basic Black & Crumb Cake
Stamps: Petite Pairs
Embellishments: Basic Pearls
Tools: Butterfly Thinlet Die & Stampin' Sponge

a sweet tweet for YOU

Each week at CASE-ing the Catty we are being inspired by the FABulous catalogues shared by Stampin' UP! We would love for you to join along in the fun with us. This week we are featuring creations from the Valentine Section of the Occasions Catty!

Our son will be handing out these "tweet treats" to his class mates tomorrow!


You can directly CASE (Copy and Share Everything) or use a sketch/layout, colour combo, embellishment, just to name a few examples, as a springboard for your own creations.

Our challenge closes on Thurdays at 5:00 pm (AEDT). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Create a new project for the current challenge. 
• Mention CTC Challenges in your blog post and link back here so others can join in on the fun. 
• Mostly SUO products (retired or current) to be used in your projects for CTC Challenges. 
• Have fun and inspire others! 

My Project:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Project Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White
Inks: Real Red, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie & Daffodil Delight
Stamps: Hey, Valentine
Embellishments: Silver Staple & 1" X 8" Cellophane Bags
Tools: Paper Snips


While you are surfing around the blogisphere, why not stop by and say hello to the rest of the CASE-ing the Catty Design Team!

Bronwyn Eastley (blog creator) / Alison Barclay / Helen Heil / Jess Williams / Monique Fielder / Nikki Sadler / Rachel Palmieri / Rebecca Benson / Rebecca Scurr / Sharnee Torrents / Stasia Sloma

Wood You Be Mine? :)

Each week at Colour Me...! we will have a creative colour challenge for you to get crafty and show us your best greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, etc. Only the colours we indicate may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, gray, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.

This week we are using...! Have fun :)

Our challenge ends on Mondays at 12:00 pm (EST). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Any type of paper crafty projects are welcome - greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, if it's craft we want to see it!
• We ask that you only use the colours listed for your project and of course neutrals are always welcome.
• Feel free to combine us with up to 3 challenges (including ours), with the exception of other colour challenges.
• Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us. 
• We reserve the right to remove any links if we feel any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, we are all here to have a good time!
• HAVE FUN!!!

I am also entering this card in the Valentine theme challenges over at All Sorts Challenge, Watercooler Challenge as well as Just Us Girls :)

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla & Adventure Bound DSP Stack
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities, Pink Pirouette Blendabilities, Skin Tone Blendabilities, Smokey Slate Blendabilities & Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Wood You Be Mine
Embellishments: n/a
Tools: Wood Grain Embossing Folder

While you are surfing around in blog land why not stop by and say hello to the rest of the Colour Me...! Team :)

Angel Johns

Jenny Engelke

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

And our FABulous Featured Guest Designer for the month of February

Cornelia W

Kissed by An Angel

Each week at Addicted to Stamps and More we have a fun challenge to help bring out your creativity! This week we have our Anything Goes Challenge going on!!! So break out your supplies, get creative and show us what you got :)

This week we are being sponsored by talented Designers over at Sweet Pea Stamps. You should really pop over and check out the fabulous images they have to share. We always have so much fun working with their delightful digitals!

Our challenges are not restricted to cards. You may make cards, scrapbook layouts, tags etc. 

To keep it fun for everyone we have a few rules:

• Please make sure to link back to the POST your entry is contained in NOT your whole blog
• Please mention Addicted to Stamps and More! in your blog with a link back to the challenge so others may join in
• Please do not backlink - all entries must be new
• You may combine up to 10 challenges in TOTAL 
• You may enter more than once provided each entry is different and abides with the rules of the challenge
• Please turn off Word Verification for ease of commenting on your blog :)
• We reserve the right to remove any links that do not comply with the Challenge rules. If any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, it will be at the discretion of the blog owner to remove these entries.

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black & Stacked with Love DSP Stack

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities, Night of Navy Blendabilities, Skin Tone Blendabilities & Silver

Stamps: Something to Say & Conie Fong's - Kissed By An Angel 2 {Sweet Pea Stamps}

Embellishments: Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Cotton Ribbon

Tools: Itty Bitty Accents Heart Punch

Would love for you to stop by and say hello to the rest of the team!

Anita Bowden / Barb Ghig / Carol Mayne / Cornelia Wenokor / Dana Warren / Deborah Frings / Julie Beech / Karen Mead / Kylie Purtell - Blog Creator! / Lee-Anne Cross / Rahmat Gouse / Sandie Munro / Sarah Platt / Shona Chambers / Sue Blamey / Tanja Kabel / Tenia Nelson / Vicki Parson / Wei Wei Wang

Happy 4th Birthday Bradach!!!

We are going to celebrate a special little boy's 4th birthday tomorrow morning and I just HAD to make an extra special card for him! He decided after returning from a super fun Disney Cruise that he wanted to have a Mickey Mouse & Friends Party!

I wanted to rock out some punch art but I have to say I needed a little help with where to start and so I did a search and found Sharon's super cute card! Thanks for the inspiration :)

My Challenges:

Seize the Birthday - Birthday Theme, Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Masculine Birthday Theme Card 

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Daffodil Delight & Real Red DSP Stack
Inks: Basic Black & Dark Cherry Cobbler Blendability
Stamps: Memorable Moments, Sassy Salutations & Sketched Birthday
Embellishments: Basic Rhinestones, 1/8" Taffeta Basic Black Ribbon & Basic Black Bakers Twine
Tools: 1" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/8" Circle Hand Held Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Owl Builder Punch, Extra Large Oval Punch, Medium Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Word Window Punch

hey, valentine... glad you're in my school!

Had a chance today to get started on Ethan's Valentines for school :) Here are the cards I made for his teachers. You will be seeing his friends goodies a little later on this week...

Of course you know I love to play with a challenge or two when working on a project for the fun of it! I wanted to keep them fairy CAS to I thought it would be cute to have each be a different colour and them just spot colour the stamped image :)

My Challenges:

Sunday Stamps - Sketch

ColourQ - Colour Combination (worked out perfectly as he has 4 teachers!)

The Paper Players - I know fish are not furry, but they are little critters :)

My Cards:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Real Red, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black & Whisper White

Inks: Real Red, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie & Basic Black

Stamps: Hey, Valentine

Embellishments: Stacked with Love Designer Washi Tape & Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Tools: n/a