Shoot For The Stars

Hi All,

Its been a very busy and stressful week at work and I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday!

Before making my card for this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch challenge I thought that I would give my work space a bit of a tidy up.  Hiding under a whole load of scrap paper I found some cork sheets.  I already had in mind what I was going to make but when I discovered these sheets, I thought that it would be a good idea to stamp my dart board image onto the cork.  I think it looks pretty good....even if I do say so myself ;)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Fusion #11

Hi All,

Quick post tonight with a card share for this weeks Fusion challenge.

This week I used Jackie's sketch.  I cut a piece of card stock into four separate pieces the spaced them apart and stamped the image.  I then matted those pieces with some brown card stock and stamped the the sentiment....quick crookedly lol.  

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Welcome Baby

Hi All,

Just a quick post before I have to get my butt into gear and start to get ready for work.

I'm playing along in this week's Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.  Apologies for the photo but it was taken late afternoon and we were starting to lose light.  I used the elephant image from A Little Lovin' set and paper pieced the mother and baby then used a sentiment from the same set.  I'll have to make another one up with a pink bubby for my stash

Well I better get myself moving.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Wishing You Sunshine

Hi All,

Hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine went too fast as usual :(

Another quick share tonight for this week's CASology challenge.....yellow.  For this card I thought that I would try out some ombre stamping.  I used a stamp from Mama Elephant's Filigree set and inked it up in a few different shades of yellow and finished it off with a sentiment from ME So Breezy.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Pauline

Dream Then Do

Hi All,


Happy Saturday!  Quick share today as I'm just about to head out.

Here is my entry into this weeks challenge over at Retro Sketches.  I absolutely love this stamp, its so pretty.  I used some patterned paper from October Afternoon for the ribbon, matted the main image with chocolate chip card stock and stamped the image and sentiment with chocolate chip ink.

Well I better get moving.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Pauline

Best Wishes

Hi All,

Time again for another CAS(E) this Sketch share.  

I've been hoarding away rolls of washi tape but for some reason I don't think to use it!  So I pulled out a roll to use on this card, to bring in a bit of colour to the neutral pallet.  I inked up the dogwood stamp from Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies set and the sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Filigree set.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Fusion Card Challenge #10

Hi All,

Dropping in tonight to share the card that I will be linking up to the current Fusion Challenge.  I used Jackie's layout but drew inspiration from the house in Lesley's photo.  The house has a very beachy feel to it so I used some pattern paper from My Minds Eye.  When I looked at it I immediately thought of a boardwalk.  I then die cut the little bird houses from Wplus9's Folk Art Florals and adhered them to the card. 

Looking at the photo, the last house looks a little crooked...best go fix it up!

Anyways, I'm going to head off now to catch up on the season finale of Game of Thrones.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Oh.Em.Gee

Hi All,

I have a few Saturated Canary digi images on my computer and every time that I open them up to decide which one I want to colour up, I change my mind.  I find them a bit intimidating, I think its because they are quite detailed with lots of folds and pleats and I usually only colour up fairly basic images with lots of open space.

But today I decided that I would challenge myself to print one out and colour it up.  I decided on Rollerskating Zombie, as she was the one with a lot less folds that the others.  It took me three goes, but I did it lol!  And I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.  I then adhered her to a card and thought that I would link it up to CASology.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Pauline

Love Always

Hi All,

I'm back again to share the card that I am linking up to this weeks Muse Challenge, and this week's muse is Laurie Willson.  I love the colours that Laurie used and also the repeat stamping.  Those are the two elements that I decided to work with.  All the stamps used are from Mama Elephant's Filigree stamp set and are inked up with Papertrey Ink's Harvest Gold.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

For You

Hi All,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  I've had a pretty lazy one so far but I'll have to start getting stuck into some things around the house.

Here is my take on this weeks sketch at Retro Sketches.  I spun the sketch around, used some stamps from Mama Elephant (Type It) and pattern paper from My Minds Eye.  I just can't seem to stop using Mama Elephants stamps....they are awesome!

While I was making this card I had a light bulb moment....old typewriters used daisy wheels, so I will also be linking it up to this weeks challenge over at CASology, the cue card being wheels.

Well I better make a start on some housework *groan*.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Pauline

Thinking of You

Hi All,

Wow....two posts in one day!

This will just be a quick one to share my entry into this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  I'm cutting it pretty fine this week, only a couple of hours to go!  I flipped the sketch around and used the kite image and sentiment from Hero Arts Thinking of You Kite stamp set and embossed the cardstock with a Papertrey Ink impression plate. 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Hello There

Hi All,

I can't believe its June already....this year is really flying by!

Time for another digital stamp release over at Angie Delarie Products.  This fortnight's release is called Dancing in the Dark.  I used one of the fairies from the set as my focal point and keep the card pretty CAS.  

To check out all the other DT creations head on over to Angie's blog. 

Have a great day everyone :)
Pauline

Hello Sweet Baby

Hi All,

I hope that everyone had (or is having) a great weekend.  What was supposed to be a quite one for me turned out to be quite hectic, but it was awesome catching up with friends and spending some well deserved quality time with my husband.

Just a quick post tonight to share with you all the card I am linking up to CASology, this week's cue card is Furry.  I coloured up these two cute little digi images from Sweet November (Safari Pals) with my copics and used a sentiment from Technique Tuesday's Sweet Baby stamp set stamped in chocolate chip ink from Stampin' Up.  This would have to be my all time favourite brown ink pad.  I'm not sure if you can tell from this photo but the little lion is popped up on some dimensional adhesive to add some depth.

Well it's just about my bed time so I best be off.

I hope you all have a fabulous week and thanks for stopping by :)

Pauline

Thank You

Hi All,

I have decided to play along with the current Muse Challenge.  This is another challenge which is a first for me.

This week's Muse is Michelle Williams.  I love the folk art style cards that are so popular at the moment so I bought the Wplus9 Folk Art Florals stamp set and dies with the intention of trying it out.  I have only used the set and dies on a couple of cards but haven't actually tried the folk art style stamping.  Michelle's card has inspired me to give it a go.  I used the stamps to create a heart wreath and rather that put a sentiment in the centre, I die cut the cute little bird house and popped it in the centre instead.  I then stamped the sentiment underneath. 

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Pauline