Red Ferrari F50

Good morning to all my friends and  followers I hope everyone is OK and  you all enjoyed the long weekend despite the weather. Today I'm sharing a 70th birthday card I made recently  for a commission from a friend . Its a man card and the person who's birthday it is is mad on classic cars
I dug out a set of old Classic Car stamps by John Byars for Docrafts, I 've used the mini out of this set a lot and  decided this time to use the Ferrari F50 stamp and  I used the Ferrari colours for the thene of my card

The Card

The Box

The Stamp close up

Card Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Black Mirra card Jelly Bean crafts .Red and Yellow card my box

Stamp is Docrafts Classic cars Ferrari F50 painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Curved corner stitched die is from eBay 

Brackets and  hinges are a Joycraft die I bought recently from Crafts U Love

Metal cogs are from Michael's in Florida

Sentiment I made on the computer 

Twine is from Brenda's Lace and  ribbon Facebook shop 

Checkered flag charm my box I might have got them from eBay

I found the Ferrari badge on Pinterest and  printed it onto photo paper

The black 8x8 box I bought at Harrogate show last year from Anna Maire Designs

A4 dots Die' sire embossing folder

Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x 

Summer Blooms

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and are having a great week..My post this evening is to showcase the August 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 

Blooms and Butterflies 

  

Magical Unicorn

Summer Blooms

 Summer Hols

For my Design Team card I used the very pretty Summer Blooms stamp and  made a stepper card I've not mae one of these for a long time. .

Close up

Card Recipe

Scalloped edge stepper card was from Craftwork Cards

Stamp is Summer Blooms from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Brick paper was from a free paper pack by Craftwork cards in a magazine its the Botanica collection

Dies are Memory Box Summer border

Sizzix Sizzlits Floral Flourishes I bought them several years ago in Michael's Florida

Daisy lace from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Flower pots are from my box but sorry I cannot remember buying them

Sentiment is a Lili of the Valley rubber stamp from the Its Time to Party set 

Some Wink of Stella on the flowers

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week  Love and  hugs Carole x

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Inking and Afternoon Tea

Good evening everyone I hope you are all Ok and  had a good week not impressed with the weather we got spoiled with all the fantastic temperatures.
Well tonight I'm sharing something I made at craft group at our last meeting before the summer break.Its  an inked background using Distress Oxide inks and  then stamped It was led by another member Andrea I really enjoyed it but I was way out of my comfort zone .Its not perfect but I thought I'd share my first attempt with you.

Card Recipe

5x7 card 

White linen card

Distress Oxide Inks in various colours 

Stamps are Andrea's not sure of the make 

We made a mask to make the sun

I did enjoy doing this and am sure could improve. I'd certainly like to give it another go.

I'm ending my post with a photo with some of my lovely ex work colleagues at an Afternoon Tea get together at Wynyard Hall on Monday. A beautiful venue, great weather.and company.

Have a lovely weekend everyone. Our Son, Daughter in law and Grandson Miles are visiting for the weekend we are so looking forward to seeing them.  Love and hugs Carole x

Prom Princess

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers This evening is the launch of a new 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 August Design Team card I used a lovely stamp called Prom Princess There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the challenge blog.

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 blank Card

Stamp is Prom Princess from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Chandelier stamp is from LDRS All Dressed Up Stamp set Prosecco time painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Celebration Good Times from The Mad Scrapper

Dies are Joycraft Frame and Three Corners, the matching border, and Vintage Flourish Leaves
Stitched Heart die
Metal slider I bought from Brenda's lace and ribbon specials Facebook shop
Pink twine is from Walmart in Florida
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and Dainty Crafts
Black faceted gems from Michael's in Florida
Sentiment stamp is from a Lili of the Valley stamp set not sure if its still available I cannot see it on their Webpage
Some clear Wink of Stella on her headband,bow and also on the chandelier

Well I hope you can enter the challenge this month I noticed a few of my followers entered some great cards in the July challenge. Enjoy the rest of hte week everyone. Love and  hugs Carole x

Christmas Snow Globes

Happy Sunday to all my lovely friends and  followers sorry I've not been around for a few day its just those life things keep getting in the way of my craft time.Anyway enough of that, today I'm sharing some lovely Snow Globe shaped Christmas cards I made at Craft Group a few weeks ago. They are quite simple designs but I loved making them something a bit different for me Thank you to my craft friend Carol for bringing this great project for us all. I made  three very different designs.

Snow Globe Recipes

Snow globe shaped cards are from Craftwork cards

Papers, topper, candi, flowers and sentiment for the first card are all from Craftwork Cards 

Twine on all the cards is from Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials Facebook shop

Reindeer circle die and  Christmas scene are Tattered Lace I think but not my dies

I think the blue paper is also Craftwork cards

Sentiment die is Britannia again not mine

White embossed card is Jelly Bean crafts 

Reindeer charm my stash

Winter Decor Snow pen from Leanne Creatif topped with glamour dust glitter

We have got rain here today so after some jobs I will be catching up on some crafting as I'm out tomorrow with some friends for afternoon tea at Wynyard Hall.  Enjoy the rest of the day. Love and  hugs Carole x

Three Wise Men and Ruby Sweet

Good morning to everyone its the first Wednesday in August so has to be our extremely popular Anything Goes monthly challenge over at Crafting by Designs This will be a bumper challenge as it runs till the 4th September it is a our only challenge this month as the Design Team are having a summer break and  we will not be back again on the 5th September.

So for our bumper challenge we have four sponsors  this month each giving a great prize.

 Eureka Stamps   

Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images

                                                            Polkadoodles 
                                                               

                                          
                                             Prize - winner choice of 3 digi stamps


                                                   Di's Digis 

    

Prize - $12 voucher to store

                                                   StickerYou  

                                      Prize - $25 gift certificate to store

For my Deign Team cards I used Designs from Eureka Stamps Three Wise Men and from Polkadoodles Ruby Sweet '

Three Wise Men

               

Entering this into Winter Wonderland Christmas Blog Challenge Christmas gifts

Ruby Sweet

Close Up

I;m entering this into Polkadoodles Challenge

Card Recipes

Three Wise Men

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is from Eureka Stamps not coloured. I used the black and white image which is already pre shaded

Black Mirra Card from Jelly Bean Crafts

White card embossed with a Die'sire dots embossing folder

Stitched circle die

Memory box dies are Stitched Curves and Village border( I cut the pine trees off as I didn't think they looked quite right in the dessert !!)

Stars are a MFT Dienamics die

Gold elastic twine from my box

The small gold stars are from eBay they are beads.

Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley a recent purchase from Hochanda with the other LOTV new Christmas sentiment stamp set

Ruby Sweet

7x7 Blank Card

Papers are Maja Design Sofiera Enjoying the Fragrance

Stamp is Ruby Sweet coloured with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Die is LDRS Gilded Oval from Dies to Die For

Flower die is Memory Box Luxe Poinsettia dies

Pearl String and pearl flowers are The Hobby House from Whitby Crafts

Ruffle trim I bought in Walmart in Florida

Sentiment is from LDRS All Dressed Up Stamps Looking Gorgeous stamp set. I used the die to cut it out.

Pink Pearls my box

Wow that was a long post. I do hope that you can enter the challenge there is loads of time till the 4th September to add your lovely makes especially as its Anything Goes.

Enjoy the rest of the week and remember our next challenge is not till 5th September. Love and  hugs Carole x 

Benson Bear With Love

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers its that Wednesday again it seems to come
around so fast, so its the launch of our new weekly challenge over at  Crafting by Designs and the theme is once again Anything Goes

Our Sponsor this week is

Crafty Sentiment Designs     

Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images

The Design Team all used a lovely stamp called Benson Bear With Love

Close up

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank card

Stamp is Benson Bear With Love from Crafty Sentiments Designs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are from a Docrafts Back to Basics pad I bought at Harrogate show last year

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Wonky stitched rectangle dies

Hessian trim I bought in Spain last year from The Chinese Supermarket

Wooden teddies are from Whitby Crafts

Happy Birthday button is from Ross papercraft

Purple and  white twine is from Michael's

Craftwork Cards card candi

 Wink of Stella on the heart balloons

I hope you find time to enter the challenge. Anything Goes is always good. Enjoy the rest of the week  and  hte lovely sunshine.Love and  hugs Carole x

I've entered this into Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge

Little Ladybird

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great week..My post today is to showcase the July 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 

Little Ladybird

 Mermaid Rock

 Prom Princess

Summer Bird   

For my Design Team New Release card I used the gorgeous Little Ladybird

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp s Little Ladybird from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Lemoncraft Gossamer Blue and  Maja Designs A Gift for you Cause you're my Angel from Crafteeze and Mad Scrapper

Oval Frame die I cut it twice to make the border

Stripped Nasturtium flower die

Leaf die is Joycraft Vintage Flourishes

Ladybird ribbon is from Crafty Ribbnos

Ladybirds are from a Pound shop ages ago

Sentiment tag stamps are Lili of the Valley

Pearls my box

Turquoise Crisp Net wide ribbon  is from Boyes Stores

Aged Mahogany Distress ink on the edges

Well I hope you all like this new release and also managed to get the recent All Dressed Up Stamps freebie on Kit and Clowder . Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Baby Elly's Birthday

Good morning everyone its Wednesday so the launch of another weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs .Our theme for all of our July challenges is Anything Goes.
We have one great sponsor

Sasayaki Glitter  

Prize - 1 non-colored image

For my Design Team card I used an adorable stamp called Baby Elly's Birthday

Close up

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is Baby Elly's Birthday from Sasayaki Glitter painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Spot papers are all from some 12x12 sheets I bought last year in Michael's in Florida they are their own make Recollections

Die is Marianne Circle leaf and flower die

Square stitched dies

Letter banner dies I bought from eBay

The number one is a digi image from Pinterest

Silver and  white twine is also from Michael's

Wink of Stella on the stamp

Well I hope you can enter the challenge this week its a lot easier when its Anything Goes to add a project. Have a great week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Butterfly Wings

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers This evening is the launch of a new 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 July Design Team card I used a lovely stamp called Butterfly Wings There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the challenge blog.

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is Butterfly Wings from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Fika Soders Hojder

Heart border is from a Pion Border sheet My Precious Daughter I bought both of these when Live and  Love Crafts was closing and I still miss that shop.

Spellbinder Squares and  Fleur De Lis dies

Lace and  Lace Butterflies are from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon specials Facebook shop

Sentiment is from a Crafters Companion set

Purple flower Cabochon I think was from Michael's in Florida but not certain

Well I hope you can take a look at our challenge and  maybe enter i know a lot of you picked up the freebie from Kit and  Clowder so this would be a good chance to use it . Sadly I've not been around much for comments but my husbands hospital treatment is taking up a lot of my time at the moment. I'm just about keeping my head above water at present with my Design Team crafting

Hope you have all had a great weekend. Love Carole x
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I'm entering this into Crafteeze June Summer Challenge

Sweet Sugar

Good morning to all my friends and  followers its Wednesday and  the launch of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs our theme for all our challenges in July is Anything Goes .
Our sponsor this week is

Odd Ball Art Co by Lizzy Love  

Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images

The team were given an image called Creepy/Sweet Sugar to use I used the sweet one for this card

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is Sweet Sugar from Oddball Art painted with Copic Pens

Black gloss card and  Heart Embossed card are both from Jelly Bean crafts

Stitched heart die from eBay

Black crisp ribbon from Whitby Crafts

Black ribbon Boyes Stores

Sparkly hearts my box

With love sentiment is a Spellbinder die

Black hearts I cut from a heart corner die I have

I decided to use Copic pens for a change as I wanted to use a very white card and  unfortunately most of the good quality watercolour stamping card is always off white.

Well l hope you can enter the challenge this week its so easy with Anything Goes.

Enjoy the football semi final  this evening everyone lets hope they make it to the final. We've been invited to our friends to watch it on their new 55 inch telly now that's a big screen. Enjoy your week .   Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into Oddball Art July Challenge

Summertime and The Living is Easy

Good afternoon to all my friends and followers my post today is to alert you to a great give away by All Dressed Up Stamps on Kit and Clowder. Some of you may be aware that Kit and Clowder have 20 days of giveaways to celebrate reaching 20,000 followers that's a lot of followers.
Our giveaway is to celebrate Day 8 is Summertime and  here it is.

If you want a copy of this stamp this is the link to the Kit and Clowder Giveaway Event page there are also lots of other great giveaways if you've not been on the page already'

For the event the Design Team have been making cards using this stamp and  this is mine..

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 

Stamp is Summertime from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Coffee in the Arbour Grandma's old Porcelain

Blue card isTim Holtz

Stitched square dies

Frame die I bought on ebay

Border die is Memory Box Summer border

Butterfies are from a Dutch Doobadoo Paper Art sheet
The small butterflies I cut from a butterfly corner die I have
Pearl string from The Hobby House
Sentiment I made on the computer
Viva pearl pen

I hope you can all pop over and  grab this great freebie. There will be more of our Design Teams inspiration on the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook page and  Kit and  Clowder over the next couple of days. There are some fabulous designs. There are a lot of gorgeous beach scenes and I agree it does scream beach so to put a different slant on it I used mine to make a Summer garden scene . Its just right now though given the fabulous weather we are all enjoying in the UK.

Have a great day everyone. Love and  hugs Carole x