Staying cool in the pool.

Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping well. I had a little time on my hands so decided to play along with the current CASology Challenge:

The DT crew have come up with some of the most imaginative 'takes' on this theme, but I went a little more obvious with my interpretation.

I'm very fond of this Art Impressions stamp called Mrs Ed - Float On and always enjoy colouring her flowery bathing costume. I tried using the new Perfect Pool MFT stencil, but it didn't work out as well as I'd hoped - more practise needed!

Have a happy day!

CASology - LOL

When I spotted that the theme for the new CASology Challenge was LOL I knew I had to play along!

I think this card is more 'little chuckle' than 'laugh out loud', but I hope you like the combo of this sweet MFT pup, googly eyes and silly sentiment!

Thanks to the guys at CASology for a fun challenge and some great inspiration cards.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I've very much enjoyed making Christmas cards this year, especially after inking-up the gorgeous MFT Polar Bear Pals set. What a lovely set this is to use, but I can't help but wonder why there are no festive sentiments included.

I got busy with some distress inking and then stamped the sentiment (oldie from Stampendous, I think) and the polar bear using my Misti. I stamped, coloured, cut and stuck a second bear into place on the bacground. The cards look very cute in real life.

I'm linking my card to the current CASology Challenge: North.

and to Marina's The Librarian's Challenge, inspired by perennial Christmas favourite The Snowman. The bear's smile really reminds me of the Snowman's smile and I used the layout of the cover as my inspiration for the layout of the card..

I'm also linking to The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #66 - Cold and Frosty because that cute little Polar Bear must be feeling very cold and frosty indeed.  Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Have a happy Sunday, peeps!

Be my Valentine!

I'm delighted to be guesting for The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for Challenge #52 'K is for Kiss'.

I wanted to use this jokey sentiment for my guest card but couldn't find a good image to pair with it. Yesterday, I was pleased to find this image on Etsy so decided to make a second card just for the fun of it!

This card also fits in with a few other challenges, including Challenge #24 'See Red' over at Naughty or Nice Challenges...

Plus a few others:

The cue card at CASology this week is Valentine. My fellow Troublemaker, Lindsey, is guesting this week so I had an additional incentive to play along.

CAS on Sunday Challenge #76 is Valentine

And Just US Girls are having a 'Word week' and that word is Valentine!

Have a happy day everyone!

Make a wish... Splatters take #2

The cue at CASology for this week is: Sweet!

And what could be sweeter than a pretty little LOTV ballerina?

Isn't she adorable? It turns out that you can also buy her as a cross stitch kit.

As you can see I've continued to experiment with the splatter technique and am liking the results more on this card than my previous attempt.

Have a happy day everyone!

Friend(s).

Its good to have friends. Whether they are my IRL friends or my 'virtual' friends I count myself lucky to have people around me who will make me laugh and pick me up when I am down.

The challenge over at CASology this week is Friend. It was also the Less is More theme last week but I've missed the boat with that one!

I stamped the Darkoom door quote in black Versafine and clear embossed before getting inky with a range of Distress inks and a stencil. Some matting and layering and I called it job done!

I'm really taken with this quote and have some other ideas spinning around in my head about how I'll use it next. If you want to see some FAB-U-LOUS cards head on over to CASology to see what the DT girls and the challenge entrants have created. There's some stunning stuff on show!