Dolly Pip

Happy Friday!

We have been looking forward to this weekend for some time as tomorrow one of my nieces is to be married, I hope that they have a long and very happy life together.  I do have cards and invitations to share with you, but not today.

Today I want to share this card featuring one of my favourite stamp ranges, The Sherbet Pips, which is part of the larger Sugar Nellies line from Funky Kits.  This one is called Dolly Pip.  I made this card as one of my DT pieces from the current Crafty Boots 'Use a Stamp' Challenge.

Once I had coloured the stamped image with Promarkers I mounted it onto some gold mirri card.  The papers are from a Timeless Textures paper stack and The Promise stack by First Edition.

I bought the 'sweets' some time ago as part of a candy pack from  ebay and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

There are still a couple of days for you to enter your projects into this Crafty Boots Challenge.

Good luck.

Dionne

Tiny Tiddler

Today I want to share a card with you featuring another of my rubber stamps.  I am really enjoying this Crafty Boots challenge because it has reminded me about the boxes and boxes of rubber stamps that I own.  I really should make the effort to use them more often and stop turning to my favourite digi stamp artists all of the time.

This stamp is not as old as the one I used for Monday's design.  It is from Funky Kits and is called Tiny Tiddler, it is one of their Sugar Nellie range.

I coloured the stamp with my trusty Promarkers and then die cut both it, and the slightly larger card from gold mirri, using Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 17 dies.

The swirling backing paper is from a Timeless Textures paper stack.  The gold strips were cut from gold mirri and I added the blue raffia, flat back gems and shells came from my stash.

Don't forget to add your project to this Crafty Boots Challenge.

Good luck.

Dionne 

The Toy Box

Back again with the Crafty Boots Mid Challenge Reminder, the current challenge is to 'use a stamp'.  This can be either an actual stamp or an electronic, digital, stamp.

For my card today I have dug out one of my 'vintage', wood mounted, rubber stamps by Stampendous.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver mirri and Real Red card.  I also made a rosette from the Real Red card using a Tim Holtze die.

The backing paper is from a paper stack called Timeless Textures.  The silver strips are washi tape from the Forever Friends range.

The rest of the Crafty Boots Design Team have made some lovely samples and we are lucky enough to have not one but three very talented Guest Designers this week - Andree (Aloha Cards), Lisa (Handmade by Lisa) and Carol (Crafty Stamper).  Seriously, make sure you take a peek at their work.

Dionne

Happy Hopper

Earlier this week I mentioned that we are expecting two babies over the next few weeks.  I have been busy with my knitting needles in anticipation of them both but, despite knowing in advance the sex of both babies, I had not had the time to make any cards.

The inevitable happened, the opportunity to see the first of the babies to arrive and no card.  I needed to whip up a card in the fastest time, so I resorted to raiding my old CD collection.  I decided on an image from the House Mouse clan - one of the Happy Hoppers.

With no colouring and the sentiment and papers coming as part of the design suggestions, it took no time to put together this card.

Here are the little cardigans I made for the new baby.  Judging by the size of him, they should fit him in the winter - I hope they keep him nice and warm.

Dionne

Ziggy Love

It is Friday already and the weekend is almost upon us.

I am back today with a quick reminder about the current Crafty Boots 'Use a Stamp' Challenge and to keep a bit of a promise.  I recently mentioned to a friend that I had purchased a zebra digi stamp some time ago and had never used it.  After a bit of encouragement from my friend I said that I would dig it out and use it.

This lovely zebra image is called 'Ziggy Love' from TeddyBo & Co and the pen of the talented  Gale Cook. 

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then mounted it on silver mirri card and some red polka dot papers.  The fetching zebra skin patterned paper and the zebra paper are both from an old Joanna Sheen/Jayne Netley Mayhew Collection CD.

Have a great weekend.

Dionne

Wedding Day

I have been looking forward to August for a long time.  During this month, and a week or two either side, we have a time for great celebration, with two weddings and two births.

Last weekend we were lucky enough to be invited to the wedding of one of the daughter's of some of our oldest friends.  It only seems like a few years ago that we were celebrating her birth and here she is a grown woman, with a hugely fulfilling career, walking down the aisle.  She looked stunning in her beautiful fishtail dress and her father was so proud.  Not to detract as all from the bride, but her sister and Maid of Honour, also looked amazing.

I find wedding cards very difficult to make, I do not know why but I have never found an image that I am completely happy with.  However this stamp from Indigo Blu is a big favourite of mine, it is very versatile and I love its intricate design.

The stamp is called Love Is and I stamped in with a purple Archival ink.  Once the ink was dry I mounted it on some holographic silver mirri card and some purple pearlised card.  The textured backing paper is from a gorgeous 12x12 stack called The Promise by First Edition.  The sentiment stamp is by Stampin' Up.

This card would, of course, be perfect for the current Crafty Boots 'Use a Stamp' Challenge.

Dionne

Jelly Pip

Can you believe it, it is the first of the month again, which means a quick 'pinch and a punch' for my dear friend Mrs Beez and a wholehearted welcome to a new Crafty Boots Challenge for everyone else.

For the next two weeks Crafty Boots would like us all to dust of our stamps and start using them.  You can either use an actual stamp or you can use digi stamps if you prefer.  Call me old fashioned but the mention of a stamp challenge sends me heading for my very extension stash of rubber and polymer stamps.  I know I hardly ever use them these days but this challenge really is the perfect excuse for a personal trip down memory lane.

This little lady has been with me for some time now, she is from the Sugar Nellie Home Grown collection and is called Jelly Pip from the Sherbet Pip range.

I coloured her with my F&C pencils before mounting her on gold mirri and some bright orange card.  All of the papers are from Stampin' Up and the card candy is from Craftwork Cards.  The butterfly die is also from Stampin' Up.  Finally, I printed the sentiment on my computer.

The other ladies in the Crafty Boots Design Team have been hard at work making some lovely cards, please pop over and take a look.

Dione