Bunny Hearts

 

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a good week. My post this evening is to showcase the February 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 beautiful designs each month.  They are now all available in the Etsy Store here

For my Design Team inspiration I used a lovely stamp called Bunny Heart

Card Recipe

Shaped card is from my box I think it was from Craftwork Cards ages ago

Stamp is Bunny Heart from all Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Heart banner is Penny Black

Heart dies are Spellbinder

Bunny dies are from Printable Heaven 

Pink Twine my box from Walmart in Florida

Grey card my box

Happy Easter stamp is Lili of the Valley

Rectangle die is Sue Wilson Creative Expressions Nobel Stained Glass rectangles

I hope you can take a look at our new release stamps

Cat Person

 

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are all well and having  a good week. My post this evening is to showcase the May 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 beautiful designs each month.  They are now all available in the Etsy Store here

For my Design Team inspiration I used a lovely stamp called Cat Person

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Cat Person painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Cat paper I found on Pinterest

Square Stitched dies

Oval dies are Tattered Lace Frilly Edge dies

Round Birthday sentiment is Craftwork Cards now closed

Silver pearl hearts and Flowers are from my box

Pink Twine on the fussy cut cat I cut from the paper

 

I hope you can find time to look at our  new release stamps this month.

Buttercup Cottage

 Good evening everyone today sees the launch of our May challenge at Sheepski Designs  the theme this month is Anything Goes.

For my design team inspiration I used a lovely stamp called Buttercup Cottage.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Buttercup Cottage from Sheepski Designs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Green Card Michaels in Florida

Floral paper is from a Hunky Dory Pad Primrose Lane

Square Stitched Dies

Fence dies are from a craft stash sale not sure of the make

Small house is made with small square dies

Sentiment is a Lili of the Valley Stamp

Card Candi Craftwork Cards now closed

I hope you can join in our May Challenge just remember the theme is Anything goes.

  https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.com/

Snowy Days

  Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our October  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 .

For my October Design Team project  I used a Christmas Stamp called Snowy Days

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

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

Paper is from Paper Addicts Arctic Christmas Pad

Blue /Grey card my box

Square stitched dies

Tree die is Joycraft die

Sentiment die is First Editions

Card candi Craftwork Cards now closed

Small trees cut from the paper

Stickles on the snow

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge this month

Gaming Boy

 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 .

For my April  Design Team project  I used a great Stamp called Gaming Boy

Card Recipe

Blank Kraft card is from Mad Hatter Crafts

Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Gaming Boy painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Backing paper is from Pinterest 

Blue card my box 

Dies are MFT Die-namics In and Out stitched Rounded Square

Happy birthday die is Presscut

Wooden arrow is from I think Michaels in Florida

Card Candi Craftwork Cards now closed

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge this month

Christmas Deer

 Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our September 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 project  I used a lovely Stamp called  Christmas Deer Its just such a lovely festive stamp and I used a new Marianne die I bought recently that I've been wanting for a while and finally found.

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Stamp is Christmas Deer from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils and some Ground Expresso Distress ink on the background

Cream marbled card is from my box might be Ross papercraft

Brown paper is from a Works 12x12 Christmas pad I bought a couple of years ago

Die is Marianne Large Christmas Ornament which I finally found on Amazon

Square stitched dies

Circle stitched die

Sentiment is from a pack from Craftwork Cards long ago

Small trees come with the die as do the small stars 

Twine is from Walmart in Florida 

Gold bells my box 

Well I hope you can take a look and and join our new September Blog challenge.

Keep crafting. Love and Hugs Carole x

Clunk Clunk

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our  Monthly Challenge  over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an  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 fun  stamp called Clunk Clunk

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Clunk Clunk from All Dressed Up St,amps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Teal card is from Michaels in Florida

Red check paper is Craftwork Cards

Largr banner die I bought from eBay the narrow banner die is MFT

Blue metal cogs are from Michaels in Florida last year

Twine to make the knot is Brendas lace and  ribbon specials now closed

Happy birthday die is Presscut

Number 5 die is Tonic Studio

I made this into an age 5 card as I have a couple of five year old birthdays coming up 

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

Have a great week stay safe and  I hope you all  well
Love and  hugs Carole x

A New Adventure

Good afternoon everyone hope that  you are all well today I'm sharing a card I have made recently for my cousin and  his wife who moved to a new home last Friday
I've used a Lili of the Valley stamp I have had for ages called  A New Adventure I think its still available as a digi

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Blue card is Tim Holtz

Spot card is The Hobby House

Kraft Card is Crafters Companion

Stamp is LOTV A New Adventure painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Square Stitched dies

Wonky Stitched squares are Creative Dies

The fence die I think is Tonic I bought it in a destash sale

Sentiment is from a LOTV stamp set Spring Sentiments

I made the house from square stitched dies

Card Candi is Craftwork Cards

Twine Brenda's lace and ribbon specials now closed

Really enjoyed making this especially the little house sentiment Stay safe everyone,  keep crafting and  sharing Sending love and  hugs Carole x

Jo's Daffodils

Good afternoon everyone today I'm sharing an Easter card I made recently using a Sheepski Design stamp called Jo's Daffodils it was a very generous freebie on Kit an d Clowder a few weeks ago.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Green card stock from Michael's in Florida

Papers are Hunkeydory Primrose Lane paper pad

Stamp is Jo's Daffodils from Sheepski Designs painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Frilly die is from eBay I think its a Tattered Lace design

Square stitched dies

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaf die is Marianne flower and  leaf

Twine is Brenda's lace and  ribbon specials now closed

Happy Easter sentiment is Lili of the Valley The small daffodil stamp came free in a magazine

Card Candi Craftwork cards

Well I hope you are all keeping well and staying home if possible. My husband cannot leave the house at all for 12 weeks as he is one of the 1.5 million cases at severe risk. He is good just needs to take extra care. I'm only going out for essentials now . This isn't what I expected to be doing this week as we should have been going to our apartment in Florida on Sunday for five weeks will certainly miss that sunshine and  my craft shopping. However we need to be safe and there is always next year  

Stay safe my friends sending love and hugs Carole x

Man Card

Good evening everyone tonight I.m sharing another card I made for the ladies at the Craft Group I go to to make a few weeks ago. Its a man card and I know these are not every ones favourite cards to make.but we all enjoyed making this card design.

Card Recipe

6x8 black deckle edge card from a pack I bought from Mad Hatter Crafts at Ross Papercraft show

The paper is a download I found on Pinterest 

Maroon card is Ross Papercraft

Black card is from my box

Stitched circle dies

Banner die is MFT 

Happy Birthday die is Press cut

Dark Grey satin ribbon from my box

Black paper twine is from Walmart in Florida

Card Candi is Craftwork Cards now closed

Ship stamp is from a Marianne Stamp Set I won years ago in a blog competition

Black archival ink 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and hugs Carole x

Little One

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend. My post this evening is to showcase the September 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

Beret Girl

 Floral Wellie 

Little One

See-Saw

For my Design team card i used the adorable Little One

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Little One from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent inktense Pencils

Papers are The Hobby House Green Yellow and  Pink.Blue spot is Craftwork Cards

Postage edge rectangle dies

Square stitched dies

Alphabet banner dies I think I bought these in Florida a long time ago might be MFT but not certain I've not used them for ages

Love wooden sentiment from eBay and  painted with Cracker Barrel navy acrylic paint from Walmart

Bakers Twin my box its Docrafts

Small paper hearts from the waste of a heart corner die I have 

Well I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are just great I had a lot of fun making this  card 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Miles First Day at School

Good afternoon everyone thought I'd share the card I made for my Grandson Miles Alexander for his first day at big school he is just four/ I've also added a couple of photos of him in this new uniform on his way  to school.

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is LOTV Back to School Boy painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Card is Ross Papercraft and Tim Holtz

Chalk board paper is a download from Pinterest

Stitched square dies

Frame die is MFT  

Metal alphabet tiles are from Studio Cards years ago

Card Candi Craftwork cards 

Sentiment made on the computer 

Miles on his way to Big School Gatley Primary 

What happened to those four years. I hope you enjoy this post he is such a gorgeous boy and we love him so much. Love and  hugs Carole x

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Parchment

Good morning everyone I hope you are all having a great week . Today I'm sharing a parchment design card I made a couple of weeks ago at the Craft Group I go to. Its ages since I did any parchment work and  I really enjoyed doing something different. I'm no expert at it but I think this parchment design has made a really pretty card

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card

Paper is Craftwotk cards

Parchment design is traced from an All Dressed Up Stamps freebie butterfly digital stamp free on the challenge blog page if you wish to download it

Parchment paper and  Pergamano white gel pen

Embossing tools and  mat

Spellbinder Floral Oval die

Pink alcohol marker pen to colour the reverse of the design

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch to make the parchment butterflies

Pink and white flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts

Pink pearls and string my box

With love sentiment I think is also Spellbinder 

Tim Holtz paper distress tool

Pink brads from my friend Carol who was running the class that day and  is very good at parchment work 

 I'm sorry I've not been around much recently I went out last Monday for afternoon tea with my Golden Girl friends. Some of you will know that I have Coeliac Disease  and  unfortunately I was extremely ill after having a very bad reaction to what must have been a non GF tea it took me most of last week to get myself back to normal . Sadly this is the risk I have to take when eating out you can only trust people when they tell you yes its all GF.

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone hope you have some nice things planned Love and  hugs Carole x

Why Not

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers its Wednesday so the start of our new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs and our theme is For the boys


Our sponsor for this weekly challenge is

Crafty Sentiments Designs  

Prize - 3 digi images

For my Design team card i used a great fun image called Why Not

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card 

Stamp is Why Not from Crafty Sentiments Designs painted with Derwent Inktense pencils

Kraft card is Crafters Companion

Papers are Craftwork cards  Maja design and Echo Park A Boys Life

Wonky stitched and stitched rectangle and square dies

Bakers twine is Docrafts

Wooden star button from Whitby Crafts

Giggle ticket is from a Tim Holtz ticket pad.

Card Candi Craftwork cards

Sentiment I made on the computer

I couldn't resist not adding this sentiment as this hands on hips and  expression is so like Miles when he tells his Grandad that's not funny .

I hope you can find time to enter the challenge this week we love all your entries.

As I've mentioned Miles I thought I'd add a recent photo he is growing so fast and starts school in September.  

Love and  hugs Carole x

Time for Cake

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and are have had a great week . My post this evening is to showcase the February new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps our first new stamps of 2019. 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

Be my Valentine

 

New Year, New Me

Stars and Back

Time for cake

For my Design Team card I used the fabulous Time for Cake

Close up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is All Dressed up Stamps Time for Cake painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Craftwork Cards

Flower Border Memory box 

Grass die Joycraft

Banner die  and  Square stitched dies

Pearls string Ross Papercraft show

Twine my box might be Docrafts

Sentiment is from a Lilibet stamp set I've had for ages

I hope you can take a look at these new stamps they are all gorgeous Enjoy the weekend everyone.  Love and  hugs Carole x

Scare Me !!

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers you guessed its that Wednesday so the launch of a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs as its getting very close to Halloween our theme this week is Scare Me !!

Our sponsor this week is

Ike's Art 

Prize - $20 gift certificate to store

For my Design Team card I used an image called Spooky House for my Halloween card .#

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Card Recipe

7 x7 Blank card 

Stamp is Spooky House from Ike's Art I printed the Digital stamp onto dark yellow card and painted it with Copic pens  N4. N6 and N8 I went around the edges of the windows with a Copic 05 black fine liner

Web patterned paper is Die Cuts With a View from Michael's in Florida

Purple and Orange card my box

Birds on a wire stamp is from the Life Possibilities Tim Holtz stamp set

The two sentiments are from a Halloween pack I bought in Michael's a few years ago

Stitched circle dies

Creative Wonky Stitched  circle dies from Craft Stash

Card Candi is Craftwork Cards

Clear Wink of Stella in the windows

Well I hope the you can enter the challenge I know some of you have been doing Halloween cards Its something I rarely make and  I think this is only my second one . I bought the Halloween craft stuff in Florida a few years ago to make my first one  and  these are the left overs I used on this card. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x