E for Engagement

Hi fellow crafters.  It has been many days since I have been at my craft desk, but today I had to put an insert in to a birthday card I needed for tomorrow and so while I was there.....I started thinking of what theme I could use on my E tag for our alphabet tag/card challenge.  I was initially leaning towards Easter as I have a few Easter stamps and embellishments...but no...spying this Happy Engagement stamp in my stash I decided to play with it and thus...my tag was born!  Thanks for taking a peek.  I am off now to prepare for my working week....the first in over 12 months....eek!  I hope you have a good week whatever you may be doing.

 

Thank you....

Well, it is a cold wet day here today so what better way to spend it than tucked away in my craft room.  After playing with two cards I have only managed to make the one...will have to go back to the other one tomorrow.  For this card I have played along with the team at CAS(E) this sketch! and the sketch for this week CTS#112.  I really like this DP I had in my stash so after choosing to use it my card evolved from there!  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

 

More Tags.....

Yeah! Another creative Saturday afternoon....today I had intended to make some cards and play along at a couple of blog challenges....I got a little side tracked!  It is has been in the back of mind that I needed to get started on my C and D tags for our challenge organised by our crafty friend Robyn.  Well, I am happy to say these tags are no longer on my mind but sitting on my desk beside me!  My C theme is Clocks...I did struggle a little with this tag but I am happy with the way it turned out....

 

I thought I would keep the momentum going and play with my D theme tag, and this one came together nice and easy...D for dance and dress...

Thanks so much for taking a peek.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

 

Wishing you...

Well I have managed to sneak in a little more time at my craft desk again today so have made another male card to add to my stash.  This time I have played along again with the Tuesday Morning Sketches team and their latest sketch #287.  I had to improvise with the shape as the circle dies I have just weren't big enough and I actually never intended to colour the image on this card but it just wasn't doing it for me so I sponged it with some bisque ink and some distressed ink as well and now I'm okay with it.  Thanks for taking a peek and I hope the week ahead treats you kindly.

 

Happy Birthday...

Just the one quick card for me today, on a cold, wet, dreary day here in Tasmania!  For this card I have played along with the CAS(E) this Sketch! team and their sketch for this week CTS#110.  This time around I have made a male birthday card as I know I have a few male birthdays coming up throughout the year.  Nice and easy today...stamped the image and then just sponged 2 different distress inks over the image using an oval fiskars template to guide my sponged area, then finished by just stamping the sentiment directly onto the card.  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

to wish you happiness

I am back today to post another card I started yesterday, which still needed some tweaking this morning.   For this card I have played along again with the team at Tuesday Morning Sketches and sketch #286.  My card took shape around the DP that I chose from my stash....and yes, I know, I have gone with the black and white again but.....I have made this card for a scrapbooking friend who has an upcoming birthday this month (thanks Robyn for the reminder) and this DP reminds me of some of the papers I have seen her using when our group of crafting friends used to get together.  I hope she likes this card...I secretly do, lol.  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

I thought of you today....

Well, happily I am back at my stamping desk again this afternoon and once again I am playing along with the team over at CAS(E) this Sketch!  This week's sketch CTS#109 is by Sam and it was just so clean and simple that I had to play along.  I have made this card for a former work colleague of mine who has an upcoming birthday this month.  Like myself she likes black and white...that is actually the only colours I have ever seen her in...so I hope she likes this card with a splash of red!  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

the treasure of friendship....

I have been lucky enough to actually get two cards made today and for this, my second card, I have played along at Tuesday Morning Sketches and their sketch #285.  This is the first time I have played along with this blogspot, hopefully it won't be my last.  I really like this sketch by Melissa Craig and knew as soon as I saw it I would be playing along and even though it took a little more playing than I thought, I'm pleased I persisted.  Thanks f or taking a peek.

 

Happy Birthday

Well I managed to get myself organised this morning and was able to enjoy an afternoon of me time, which meant being locked away in my craft space listening to music, eating chocolate and having cups of tea delivered to me by my hubby....needless to say I had a great afternoon!  My first card for today came together really easily, which is a huge change for me.  For this card I have played along at CAS(E) this sketch! and their sketch for this week CTS#108.  The design team as always have made same great cards and as you will probably be able to tell, I took my inspiration from Hannelie and her colourful card.  As soon as I saw Hannelie's card I knew I would have to use my Happy Birthday Washi Tape to make this card.  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

 

 

Everything about you....

Whilst on a roll with my ideas coming together...I actually made another card on Sunday to play along with the current challenge at Freshly Made sketches FMS170 and also to play along at TIME OUT challenges and their Challenge #23 Valentine's Day With the Optional Twist of Hearts.  I was actually attempting to make a card with hearts using a totally different layout on Saturday without success, and have my sister-in-law/stamping buddy Vikki W to thank for putting me on to this layout from Freshly Made Sketches.  I also took a little bit of inspiration from the cover of one of my favourite books, "PS I LOVE YOU" which I finished rereading on Sunday morning...have lost count of the number of times I have read this book, but I'm sure it won't be the last time either...lol.  Thanks for taking a peek.