Exploding box card.

Hello! I am so excited to welcome you here from my lovely teamie Jaine’s Blog as part of the Sarah Hurley World of Imagination blog hop Launch. Sarah has been working on this range for over a year, and we are all so excited to share some of the range with you!

I am delighted to share this amazing Tutu Crown with you!!!!! I LOVE it and cannot wait until I can get one for myself, after all who can resist a bit of princess chic when we are crafting? And best of all, they come in a range of colours.

Each of us teamies will be showing an exciting item that is part of the new range, and if you comment on all of the blogs, the Mayor of Make Believe will be waiting for you to comment on the final blog and he will pick one lucky winner to receive the item of their choice! But please don’t wait as the draw closes on the 15th at midnight GMT.

It’s time now for you to hop over to the lovely Ria’s Blog. Thanks for popping by today x

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!!

How exciting, 2 weeks today is Christmas Eve!! I love this time of year, always have, and always wondered if it is something to do with my name lol.

Yesterday I decided to finally make my Christmas cards that I have to post, and I used The Most Wonderful Time Digi Kit from Sarah Hurley. As most of you know my style is mainly clean and simple, and I decided to stick with this for my Christmas cards. I adore the tree digi that I used on the front of this card and felt it really should be the focus of the card. I printed it and the backing papers onto glossy photo paper and had to put the flash off when I took a picture, as it was just reflecting the flash too much! I popped on some silver mirri card just to add something extra.

Ingredients

The Most Wonderful Time Digi Kit by Sarah Hurley

Glossy photo paper

silver mirri card

I hope everyone is getting into the festive spirit and is having The Most Wonderful Time.

I would like to enter the following challenges;
Clear it Out – Anything goes with stash(mirri card)
Ladybug Crafts Ink – Keep it clean and simple
Paperminutes – Christmas with traditional symbols(tree)
SweetStamps – Simple Christmas
CAS on Sunday – Christmas

There is a new range on the block.

And I would like to say “Welcome to 31 Spook Street” . And the residents of this street are The Strange Family. I am soooo super excited and lucky to have had a sneaky play, and teased you all with a sneaky peek, with this spooktacular new range from Sarah Hurley .

I had a play with the Digi Kit to make this card, and a couple of the stamp sets are winging their way to me. As soon as I saw them, I knew I had to have them, especially when I saw the really cute cat, owl and ghosts wooooooo. Though best of all is this little chap that I have coloured as he is called “Malcolm Strange” and I adore him, nothing to do with the fact my hubby is called Malcolm 😉 The digis in the set are coloured or black and white, so ideal if you want to make a quick card, or like me want to create a scene with one or more of the characters. I popped Poe the Owl and Muffin the Cat in, just so Malcolm wasn’t alone. You may have noticed the awesome skulls and bones on the background paper, that is also from the set and is featured in different colours, and they all work perfectly together.

Ingredients

31 Spook Street Digi Kit Paper & Digital Stamps

Coloured with Promarkers and Flex Markers

Malcolm – Hair – Ice Grey 4 & 5

Face – Leaf, Apple & Meadow Green,

Shirt – Cool Grey 1,

Waist Coat – Aubergine, Plum & Purple

Buttons, Bow Tie & Hankie – Orange & Burnt Orange

Trousers – Warm Grey 4

Shoes – Warm Grey 5

Muffin – Cool Grey 1, 3 & 4, Bright Orange and Salmon Pink

Poe – Tawny Owl, Grey Squirrel and Purple

Post – Auburn(FM) and Burnt Sienna

Stampin Up Punch and Stamps

“Boo” sentiment made using Block Alpha Stamps

Bakers Twine, Pearlised card and orange paper from stash.

I really hope you can pop over to 31 Spook Street and say hello 😀

I would like to enter the following challenges;
Clear It Out Challenge- Let’s Hear it for the boys
Passion For Promarkers – For The Boys
Shopping Our Stash – For the kids
Cards For Men – String it Up
Digi Sketch Challenge – For The Boys
Cutie Pie Challenges – Cute one for the boys
Glitter n Sparkle – Male cards
Opus Gluei – Boo!
Creative Corner – Happy Halloween

Sneak Peek Time

The seasons are changing, yippeeee, and Halloween is on its way. And to celebrate this Sarah Hurley will be launching a brand new exciting range!! But, I have been playing with some of the kit (I know, how lucky am I?) and made something really cool!

I can’t show you the completed project yet incase Sarah confiscates my kit!!! Though I will share a sneak peek of it.

How amazing are the wee skulls and bones…and there is a cat 😀

I hope you are looking forward to the new kit, and I can’t wait to share the completed project x

Let’s look Through The Craft Room Door…

And this week I am delighted to be the Guest Designer over at Through The Craft Room Door, and the theme this week as always, is “Anything Goes” and the prize is from Oozak.

I thought I would make a card for any occasion and used the gorgeous hand drawn Roses Digi Stamps from Sarah Hurley, I coloured it using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and fussy cut it out. I made the background paper using a stamp from Stampin Up and distressed the edges with some pink ink. I added a sentiment from Stampin Up and some ribbon and pearls. The rose is on 1mm foam to give the card some dimension.

Ingredients

Hand drawn rose digi stamp from Sarah Hurley

En Francais Stamp and Sentiment from Stampin Up

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Pink Memento Ink Pad

Ribbon and Pearls from stash.

I hope you can join us this week.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Bunny Zoes Crafts – Pink and white

C is for Challenge – Flowers

Digi Makeover – Anything goes, use a digi

Kaboodle Doodles – Anything French(background stamp is French)

Crafting Musketeers – Ribbons and Pearls

Paper Creator’s Crafts – Think Pink

Bloggers – Create your own background

Pink Sparkles.

Hello, it’s time for a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley Challenges and the theme this month is “Pink Sparkles”.

I decided to make a card that could be used for a new baby or just for someone who likes pink, sparkles, elephants and stars. I used the Elephant Tinchie and distressed it with Memento ink, them popped her onto a sparkly star die cut. I made the awesome chevrons using Borders, Banners and Corners stamp set, I used a pink Memento ink pad, then used the second generation ink to create the shadow chevron, it is the first time I have done this and I love it. The pink stamped corners from the set too, they are so versatile. The sentiment comes from the Wish Upon A Star stamp set. I distressed around the card too, you can never have too much pink 😉

Ingredients

Elephant Tinchie Stamp

Borders, Banners & Corners Stamp Set

Wish Upon A Star Girl Stamp Set

Memento Ink pads

Sizzix and Memory Box Dies

Pink glitter card from stash.

I am delighted with this card, as it is my first real “inky” creation. I hope you join us this time.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Divas by Design – Cute

Repeat Impressions DCC73 – Monochrome

Crafty Creations – Babies

Creative Card Crew – No designer paper

Papertake Weekly – Anything goes with an animal

Card & Scrap – Use a text stamp

Somewhere over the rainbow.

It’s been a couple of weeks since I blogged, not been feeling great and haven’t been crafting, a sure sign I’m poorly lol. Today I went into the craft room and decided to have a play with some new stash that arrived a couple of weeks ago, that has been lying unloved.

I decided to try something a bit different for me, and used the Borders, Corners and Banner Stamps from Sarah Hurley, and lots of different colours of ink.

I cut a piece of white card and stamped with the thin chevrons, I only inked each colour once, the paler colour is the second generation ink so it fades perfectly. I popped some small diamontes onto it, and contrasted it with navy thick chevrons at the bottom. The sentiment is one of my favourites from Stampin Up.

Ingredients

Borders, Corners & Banners Stamp Set from Sarah Hurley

Memento Ink Pads

Sentiment and matching punch from Stampin’ Up

White card and diamontes from stash.

Here’s hoping the rainbow is a sign of improvement for me, I also discovered today I had won the Masculine Challenge over at Jellypark Challenges and have been invited to be on the DT for One Stitch At A Time, so it’s been an exciting day for me 🙂

Hope you like the card, have a good weekend. Carol xx

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Card Crafters Circle – Happy Birthday

Inspire me Fridays – Anything Goes

Stampin For The Weekend – Anything Goes

A.R.T. Card Challenges – Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft – CAS, not for flowers.

Somewhere over the rainbow.

I decided to try something a bit different for me, and used the Borders, Corners and Banner Stamps from Sarah Hurley, and lots of different colours of ink.

Ingredients

Borders, Corners & Banners Stamp Set from Sarah Hurley

Memento Ink Pads

Sentiment and matching punch from Stampin’ Up

White card and diamontes from stash.

Hope you like the card, have a good weekend. Carol xx

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Card Crafters Circle – Happy Birthday

Inspire me Fridays – Anything Goes

Stampin For The Weekend – Anything Goes

A.R.T. Card Challenges – Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft – CAS, not for flowers.