Steampunk Owl

The theme at Daring Cardmakers this week is Ink It Up so I got some Distress Inks out for a play. For the background I've used Old Paper and Frayed Burlap stamping the Kaisercraft Bubble Wrap stamp with the latter. The Stampendous Steampunk Owl is stamped with Frayed burlap and coloured with Old Paper and Peacock Feathers with a touch of Walnut Stain on the branches. I've added some garden string and a clock charm from an old bracelet

Dahlia Fold at Technique Time Tuesday

This is my third different technique for Technique Time Tuesday and I must say I enjoyed the first two a lot more! The design team have some lovely examples so I thought I'd have a go. I've made the flower and added some additional pairs in the corners. The centre rose is from a pack on got on Ebay and a little lace to finish. I'm really not sure if I'll try this one again

You are purrrrrrrrfect

The theme at Cuttlebug Mania this week is to use a cat or cats on you project. Now as you might imagine I have lots of cat stamps so it was a difficult choice which one to use. I've been looking for a nice paw print embossing folder but I've only found a border one or one with bones on too so I decided to make my own. I've used scraps of white card and my EK Success paw border punch and a fine pair of tweezers

I used this section of punched card to line up the paws putting dots of glue into alternate paws

 It took a bit of time as the paws are quite small but I was quite pleased with the result

This is the embossing sheet

and this is the resulting embossing

The embossing isn't deep (I've used two layers of the paws so I may add another later) but it does show up.

Once I'd sorted the background I looked up and saw this Memory Box cat die so decided to go with that instead of a stamp. I've also use a Marianne Birdhouse die and stamp set and a bird die which is also by Memory Box. I wasn't sure what colour to do the birdhouse and when I looked through my scraps I found one of the cuff things that go on the bottom of takeaway hot drinks and thought it would be perfect

It's finished off with a sentiment by Wild Rose Studio. I'm also entering this into the Snippets Playground at  Pixie's Crafty Workshop

We're lucky that Buddy doesn't seem to be interested in all the birds that we get in the garden but he does spend hours sat on the compost bin watching mice in the woodshed. I took this from my craft room window this afternoon

Tic Tac Toe Birthday Card

I've managed a little time in the craft room today but as I can't sit for very long at a time, it's not been too productive. I have managed to make a card for the Cuttlebug Mania challenge. The girls have given us a lovely Tic Tac Toe challenge and I have chosen the centre line of their grid which is Ribbon, Embossing and (cup)Cake. For my card I've used a couple of small Cuttlebug folders with Core-dinations card stock which I've distressed to show the embossing. I rarely use these small folders but I'm quite please at how they have come out so I'll be looking at the others I have. Some criss-crossed ribbon and a bow to finish. 

CD Sunday Wedding

The theme this week at CD Sunday is Weddings. I've been a little poorly this week and not even been in my craft room but I wanted to enter this challenge as they were kind enough to pick my Purple Paradise card as their winner last week. I was feeling a bit better this morning but as time was running out I needed a quick card so I've gone to my folder of leftovers from other projects and found this lot from The Polka Doodles Love & Cherish CD

and this is the quick card I came up with. As it's mostly from leftovers, I'm also entering it into Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground - again, just in time

Spots & Stripes

That's the challenge at Docrafts this week. For my card, I've used this layout at Sketch N Stash

I'm also entering this card into the Forever Friends Fortnigtly challenge which is Pastel Colours so I've used some papers from the 6x6 Forever Friends pads that I've had for years - they're from two different packs. The topper is a relatively new purchase from the Forever Friends Kraft ultimate kit. The butterflies are a Sizzix Embosslit die and the flower is from a Papermania pack. The sentiment is by Craftwork Cards

Sweet Baby

This is my card for the Marianne Design challenge and I'm just in time for it. I've used this pretty layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches

I've used the Marianne Design Petra Small Ovals for the image which is Don & Daisy baby coloured with Promarkers. The three backing papers are from Eline's Romantic Nursery and the flowers are cut from the leftover pieces of card with a Marianne die. The greeting is from the Tab and Text die and stamp set but I've cut it with Stampin Up punches. The buttons are from my stash

Sunday Sketch & Stamp 155

Sam has given us this fantastic sketch to work with this week

For my card I've used a backing paper from the My Mind's Eye Come Away With Me pack. The image is from Plane & Simple by Stampin Up cut out with oval Nesties. The sentiment is also by Stamin Up from the  Itty Bitty Banners set. The planes and buttons are from my stash

Potting Shed

I'm trying to get some "Dad" cards done for the charity shop. For this card I've followed this sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches

I've used another Kanban topper and some backing papers that were on my desk. Some twine and a Stampin Up sentiment finish this quick card

Purple Pansies

The theme this week at CD Sunday is Purple Paradise. For my card I've used The Big One CD and this poppy design from the Labelled With Love section. The backing paper is from an old Papermania Creative Tones pack and the sentiment is by Craftwork Cards. Lace and gems from my stash finish it off