Rudolph Days

It's time again for another Rudolph Days Challenge, I can't believe how fast it seems to come around every month. My card or should I say cards this month I have made with a favourite stamp of mine from Stampendous. I seem to use it each year and try to do something different with it each time. This year I stamped it using Salty Ocean Distress Inks and then dragged the colour using a wet brush and a little of the ink from a refill bottle when needed. I then coloured the holly using a Distress Marker  and red glitter glue. I used Stickles to add some sparkle to the houses and snow and then some Tonic Nuvo glitter glue on the oval. I added a sentiment that I had received on a free stamp set from a magazine to finish.

 Another 8 cards to add to my growing collection.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

21 Again

My post today is another of the four 21st Birthday cards that I had to make recently, this one from Mum to Daughter. I've used Lavinia stamps for this one with  Mustard Seed and Worn Lipstick distress inks for the background. The poppy pods were coloured using a distress pen in Ripe Persimmon and then a Wink of Stella over the top and also on the wings. The flowers were made using Tattered Lace duo folders and dies, coloured with the same distress inks as the background and I coloured the gems to match. I would also like to enter this card into the new challenge that has started over on the Perfectly Created Chaos blog which is Stamp It. Do pop over and take a look and maybe even join in too it runs until the 20th September.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

When I'm 65

Yesterday it was Hubby's birthday and he's reached his official retirement age, although he retired in 2012. We had a quite day together and finished it off with a trip to our local Indian restaurant. I had asked him what he would like to do to mark the occasion and he decided on a birthday tea, so later today I have family and friends arriving for just that. There is going to be loads of sandwiches, nibbles and cake all washed down with party drinks no doubt. As it's his 65th we are celebrating by going away and for this trip we are of to Vancouver and also an Alaskan Cruise. This is something that we have both wanted to do for sometime now. I'm also hoping to meet with a couple of blogging friends while there.

Below are a couple of the cards that I made for him, the first covers his favourite hobby, Fishing. And the second his latest obsession Golf. For the Fishing card I used an image from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia Collection and dies from All Occasion dies and Tonic. The image show two children a girl and a boy, we have one of each, hubby often took them both with him while fishing but I certainly did not dress my daughter in dresses.

 The second card was made using the Fairway to Heaven stamp from Indigo Blu. It was coloured with distress inks and distress pens with the sentiment being made on the PC.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge

I was inspired by the colours of this months Chocolate Baroque challenge and also by the the tulips that have just opened in my garden. So using one of last years Year of Stamping Tulips made the card below to enter.

I stamped the smaller of the two stamps using Memento ink and coloured using distress pens, I then cut out the image and mounted onto gold mirri card. The background was made using distress inks and then over stamping with a flourish stamp from the Patchwork Butterflies set. Finally the sentiment is from the Amazing Birthday set.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Butterflies At Sunset

I thought it was about time I posted something on here just to let you know that I'm still here. Hubby and I have been busy decorating, clearing the room was the easy part putting everything back after has taken a couple of days. Still this is the card that I want to share with you today. It's made using a stamp from Chocolate Baroque called Butterfly Dreams, I also used a stamp from a set called Fantastic Florals to make the backing card. It was all coloured with Distress Inks and Distress Pens and I used glossy accents on the berries.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Crazy Birds

I fell in love with the Crazy Birds stamps from Tim Holtz as soon as I saw them, so when they popped up on the Art From The Heart website they dropped straight into my basket. I had to make a quick card for my son this week and these hopped into my hand and said stamp me. I stamped the birds with Versafine Black Onyx and then cut the birds out with the scan and cut, then coloured them with Distress Markers. The background was made with Distress Ink pads, and the branches are from a Heartfelt Creations set - Birds and Blooms. I cut the branches down from the original size to short branches which suited the card better and then stuck them down. The words are from a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat pad, I just added the question marks with a black fine liner pen and the "happy birthday" was created on the PC using a type font to match the chit chat.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated

Sue