Penny Black 'Whispers'

Hello all.
Hope you are well and having a great day.
Much of my time is still spent 'chicken watching' as I explained in this post from my other blog (Eve Marie Makes).
They have settled down a bit but now the new ones just fly up to the top of the coop which is about 5 foot high and stay there until I let the others out in the garden and they know that it is safe to come down!!

On to today's card:

Items used:
Penny Black stamp 3377K Whispers
Stampin Up 'Mocha Morning' papers download (I think that they are my favourite papers)
Stampin Up 1 1/4, 1 3/8, 1 1/2 circle punches
Stampin Up 1 3/4 scalloped circle punch
Josy Rose nail heads
Gel pen
Rubber Stamp Tapestry sentiment
Button and ribbon from stash

I have combined a few challenges with this card and would like to enter:
Sketch and Stash challenge (5 days left) My neglected items are my nail heads which I should use more often!!
Pixie's-snippets-playground 'use snippets'(3 days left)
Papertake Weekly  'Anything goes'  (5 days left)
Penny Black Saturday challenge 'Your favourite Penny Black stamp' - SERIOUSLY!!! How the heck can anyone chose their favourite!! LOL!  Well I chose this one as it was the MOST difficult to get hold of - as in 'AUSTRALIA' !! But I just had to have it and I'm glad that I have.

So that's all folks as Bugs Bunny would say!!
Thanks for stopping by my little old blog today - TTFN

Eve x

Perfectly Penned

Good morning all.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend - shame about the weather. Who stole the sunshine?!

Here is my card for today which I thought would be good for a male!:

I used lots of snippets of card which have been embossed ( saved from a previous card ). Then I punched the ends with SU hexagon punch which saved measuring or die cutting. The sentiment is SU 'Perfectly Penned' stamped with 'Soft Suede' ink pad and the card base is SU 'Crumb Cake'.

I hope to squeeze in some craft time today after I've done some dreaded housework! Wouldn't it be so nice to have a cleaner...cook....gardener....laundry service............etc..,etc.,   sigh!

Thanks for stopping by today - TTFN.

Challenges:
Pixie's-Snippets-Playground  'use snippets' ( 6 days left )
Sketch Saturday  'follow the sketch'  ( 5 days left )

Forever Young - Take 2

Hello again!

Here is my second card for the Less is More challenge:

 

Items used:

 

                                            Framed Tulips ( last day of special offer )



Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Crumb Cake cardstock

 

Crumb Cake ink pad ( sponged )

 



So that's it for me today from a very sunny Devon!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope that the sun is shinning for you too. TTFN.

Forever Young - Take 1

Good afternoon lovely blog people!

I have two cards to share with you today both for the Less is More challenge where the theme is 'one layer - shadow stamping'.

I messed this card up in a couple of places but I think that I managed to cover up my mistakes!
The card originally had the sentiment stamped at the bottom but I smudged it so I chopped it off!

I used:   ( please click on the pink links for further information )

sentiment-





Field Flowers                                               Old Olive ( sponged )    

                                                                        

 Marina Mist ( sponged )


 

 

 Subtles collection cardstock                            Stampin Trimmer for scoring and cutting
                         
                            

 

 

Sadly the Stampin Up set 'Forever Young' is retired but there is a digital download here.

I also used Liquid Pearls and a corner rounder.

 

So that's entry numero uno - back in a bit with another.

 



Turquoise Vivid Vases

Good morning blog people!

Here is my second entry for Less is More and Pixies-snippets-playground which I made while hubby was watching the dreaded football last night!
Without Glossy Accents:

With Glossy Accents:

I think that I prefer it with Glossy Accents but that's probably because I'm addicted to it!
Which one do you prefer?

Items used:
Please click on the links below the images for more information

                                                                         Vivid Vases

                                                    Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper

                                                         In Colour Stampin' Write Markers

                                                             In Colour Cardstock

I also used SU black cardstock and a small snippet of Sweet Sorbet DS paper.


Stampin Up! are now having weekly deals where there are lots of bargains to be had - click on the link below to find out more:

                                                Weekly Deals at Stampin Up!


So that's it from me today thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic day! TTFN.

A Touch Of Turquoise

Hello blog friends- Happy Saturday!

Super happy in our house as my youngest has two weeks off school now but lots of revision is on the agenda as he is in year 11 so his final exams are looming :(

Today's card is for the Less Is More challenge where the theme is 'A Touch Of Turquoise':

Items used:
Stampin Up!: cardstock from the 'in colour' pack, Banner blast punch, 'Happy Watercolour' sentiment, paper from the 'Fresh Prints' pack and SU dimensionals.
Twine from stash.

Pretty rubbish weather here today but who cares when you're crafting!
Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by - TTFN.

Round and Round

Good evening all.

Another glorious day here in Devon today at just the right temperature.

Here is my Less Is More challenge entry where the theme is 'Round and Round':

Items used:
Stampin Up!:  Petite Pairs sentiment, Petal Parade stamp, Candy Dots, Pool Party ink, Sweet Sorbet paper, card from the 'Subtle' collection and 1 1/2 inch circle punch.

I am determined to crack the 'Less is More' look and hope that I'm on the right track!  Your feedback is very welcome.

So that's it for today thanks for stopping by my blog and TTFN.

I have joined Stampin Up!

Happy Mother's Day to all you lovely mums out there!
I hope that you have been spoilt rotten.

Well my exciting news is out ................. I have joined Stampin Up!

I have been thinking it over for a while and finely decided to take the plunge. So I had a lovely chat with Michelle Last who was so helpful and answered all of my questions. Next I ordered my starter kit which arrived very quickly:

This was added to all of my other Stampin Up stash.

I haven't got any demo's planned just yet but watch this space. At the moment I'm just enjoying my goodies and building confidence.

Here is a card that I made today:

Items used:
Stampin Up:  Beautiful Wings embosslits, Designer Frames embossing folder, En Francais stamp, Field Flowers sentiment, Serene Silhouettes flower, Crumb Cake card, ink and ribbon, Elegant Eggplant card and ink, Mocha Morning paper - whew that's a long list!!


Hopefully I will get all of the links set up soon to my Stampin Up site.
So that's it from me today thanks for stopping by my blog and sharing in my new venture! TTFN

Challenge:
Sketch Saturday  mine is sketch number 267

Happy Birthday Claire

Good morning all.

I hope that your weekend has got off to a good start. The sun is starting to make an appearance so hopefully it might stay for a while!

Here is a card that I made for a friends birthday:

I saw this card on Pinterest and thought it was a great way to use all of those snippets of card so I gave it a go. I asked hubby what do you think these are and he replied 'puddings', eldest son said 'cakes' and youngest said 'chocolates' bingo!

Am I right in thinking that it is O.K to copy another persons card idea if you say where it came from? and if you don't copy it exactly. I would love for someone to set me straight as I don't want to offend anyone!

For this card I used:
Stampin Up: Perfect Plum ink, card and patterned papers, Elegant Lines and Fancy Fan embossing folders, Word Window punches and Teeny Tiny sentiments.
Ribbon, punches, Stickles, Liquid Pearls and other embossing folders from stash.

As I used snippets ( and have lots left over to make another card ) I will take this card over to Pixie's snippet's playground just before the gates close!

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some very exciting news.
 Thanks for stopping by my blog today and hope you have a fab weekend - TTFN.

Wedding card

Good evening all.

It has been a lovely day here in Devon up until about 4pm when it started to rain :(

Today's share is a card that I made for a work colleague who got married last week:

Items used:
Stampin Up: 'Elegant Eggplant' cardstock and ink. Four Frames stamp and co-ordinating punch. Label Love stamp and co-ordinating punch.
Cuttlebug  Kassie's Brocade embossing folder
Ribbon from stash

I chose purple to match the wedding invitations.

Very CAS today - is it 'enough' do you think?

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and hope that you enjoy the rest of your evening - TTFN.
Challenge:
Creative Corner Challenges 'a-little-texture'  ( 2 days left )

Happy Watercolour

Hello everyone.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend. It's a miserable day here weather wise and there are lots of puddles in the chicken run :(

Today's card is very clean and simple which is something that I struggle with but love to challenge myself with. Hopefully one day I will crack it!

Items used:
Stampin Up Field of Flowers, Happy Watercolour and ink
Die-namics die
ribbon from stash

Must dash as tea needs to be served!

Thanks for stopping by and TTFN.

Challenges:
Less Is More  'Yellow and Green'   ( 5 days left )
Allsorts challenge blog  'Spring is coming'  ( 4 days left )

Mocha Morning

Good morning lovely blog people. I hope the sun is shinning where ever you are!

As my last post said it is my nan's birthday and I have been racking my brains for a present. I mean what can you buy a 94 year old?!! In the past I have bought chocolates, fudge, soaps, flowers, fruit baskets etc..... but this year I had a good idea. I have made some birthday cards for her to write to her friends which will hopefully save her a few pennies:

Items used:
Stampin Up 'Mocha Morning' papers
Stampin Up stamps and punches
Some Pink Petticoat sentiments
Flowers and stitched ribbon from the Ribbon Girl
Rest of ribbon, gems, punches and buttons from stash

Hopefully she will like them and her friends will too!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and TTFN.

Challenges:
Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge  'Butterflies, Buttons and Bows' ( the last card )
 Pixies Crafty Workshop  'Use Snippet's'