Thursday 22 April 2021

Birthday Girl

 Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the April new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are and they are now available in the Etsy Store here



For my Design Team card I used the lovely Birthday Girl image.





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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 
Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Birthday Girl painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Lavender, blue and yellow card are Pion Design
Antique Lace card from Lime Tree Crafts embossed with a Creative Expressions Dots embossing folder
Oval scalloped edge die
Square stitched dies
Balloon die I have had ages its a magazine freebie
Twine is from Walmart in Florida
Happy Birthday die is Presscut
Small paper stars around the stamp 
Pearl bows from Brenda's lace and ribbon specials now closed 


I hope you can find time to take a look at the new release stamps . Have a good week and stay safe. 

Love and hugs Carole x





Thursday 15 April 2021

Wild About Flowers

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our April Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.


The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my April Design Team project  I used a lovely Stamp called Wild About Flowers .





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Card Recipe


7x7 Blank card cut with a Go Kreate Frilly die 10
Papers are Maja Design Denim and Girls Tough But Sweet from Crafteezee cut with the same die
Stamp is Wild About Flowers from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Foliage leaf is a Joycraft die
The stitched edge flower dies I bought in a craft stash sale a while ago and not sure of the make.
Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley stamped with Paris Blue Memento ink
Sentiment cut with a Spellbinder die Labels 18
Small dark blue resin flowers from my box 

I hope you can find time during April to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Have a great week and stay safe Love and  hugs Carole x











Thursday 1 April 2021

Spring Lamb

 Good morning everyone I hope you are all well . My post is an exciting one as this is my first Design Team card for my new Design Team I have been asked to join Sheepski Designs and I was delighted to accept Andrea's kind invite to join the Challenge Blog team.





For my first Design Team card I used a lovely stamp called Spring Lamb



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Card Recipe


Rocker card shape is made using a Spellbinder Grand Nestabilities Decorative Circles
Stamp is Sheepski Designs Spring Lamb painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Green card my box 
Yellow Card is Martha Stewart from Michaels in Florida
The daffodil paper was from some papers I was given and are not labelled
Small yellow circle is from the same die set 
Circle dies are Spellbinder
Grass die is a Joycraft die
Fence die is one I bought from a De-Stash sale not certain of the make
Sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts
Small lamb button was from a craft shop in Kendal indoor market a few year ago
Bakers twine my box
Peeled Paint Distress ink on the edges


Well I hope you can support my new Design Team and  join in the challenge the theme for April is Animal Magic


Have a very Happy Easter weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x