Sarah Hurley Blog Hop Prize and CAS on Sunday #2

I won another prize! Sarah Hurley, illustrator and designer, hosted a blog hop recently in honour of the launch of her new website - sarahhurleydesigns.co.uk

On the hop, i decided that my favourite item in Sarah's online shop was her set of 3 hand drawn Rose digi stamps. As my prize, she very kindly sent me these stamps! Thank you so much Sarah - the roses are gorgeous! They can be found here!

I have never ever used a digi stamp! I rarely use rubber stamps! But i'm getting into this and loving it! I bought some Pro-markers and printed the bigger of the roses and set about colouring it just with what i had available.

I have used this stamp on this weeks CAS on Sunday blog Challenge.

The Challenge this week was called 'Making the Rounds' with theonly instruction being, make a round card - in a clean and simple manner of course!

I glued the image to a base card, added a red organza ribbon and stamped 'I love you.' with my Tuxedo black Momento pad. Very simple, stylish, and very much a first for me.

I'm happy with the results, I feel on reflection that I could have used a different colour base card - perhaps red or black. I think maybe not having the flower in the centre would have given more scope for other embellishments around the edges or perhaps down one side/along the bottom.....
So many ideas for the next one!

Mo xxx

WOYWW #194 And Retro Sketches Challenge #51

Busy, busy, busy... and tired! That's what i've been for the last week or so hence no posting from me!
So, to get back into the swing of things here's what's on my workdesk on Wednesday 20th of February, for WOYWW #194 over at Stamping Ground -

I've got my wee box of 6x6" paper pads out looking for some inspiration - I sometimes find that a paper i've not used for a while will spark some imagination in me and I can create something fab with it! My Retro Sketch challenge card for this week has dried over night so is sitting waiting to be entered and i've got a stamped image of 'My Mother's Dress' stamp waiting to be used. My new Pro-marker pack and stack of new Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads are there if you look hard enough! And, i discovered that my Cricut and Cuttlebug will both sit happily together on top of the drawers.

So.... on to the Challenge card, Retro Sketch Challenge #51.

Ok, so I basically used the sketch to the letter! After seeing the sketch, I found this large paper flower and the little ones looking lost in a box so found some papers to match - the Craftwork Cards Glitter Candy Cane paper pad. Its a quick and simple card, some matting and layering with the 3d blooms glued in place and a stamped 'congratulations' on the bottom. My kind of style - quick and easy!

Mo xxx

I'm a winner....already!

Well.... over in the 'about me' intro section, i said something about entering blog competitions! Having dived into the world of craft blogs over the last few weeks I realised that there are a huge number of competitions going on at any one time and I figured - you've got to be in it to win it!
And I have won! Wow!

The Craftwork Cards Blog is one that i have been following for a few years now and I love their cards, papers, stamps and most of all I have a Card Candi addiction - no card is complete without glitter and Card Candi! The blog is full of ideas and hints and tips and the designers all have very different ideas of how to use the products which can be found on their shop website - Craftwork Cards.

The Blog is currently running a Monthly Card Challenge. January's theme was 'Let It Snow' and so i dug out my Winter Wonderland Goodie Bag and some die cut snowflakes and away I went! I did submit three cards but (thankfully!!!) the best of the three was the one chosen at random to win the prize for Jan!

This isn't the original photo - that was a bit dark so i took some new ones for today! You can see the entry on the Craftwork Cards blog here.

Here are a couple of close-ups so you can see the details! 'Let it Snow' was cur from a circular CWC message and I have Star Dust Stickles detail in the centre of each printed snowflake. I cut a section from the card and used die-cut snowflakes to hold it all together using strong glue to ensure the card doesn't fall apart! Lots of glitter and of course Card Candi complete the card.

I hope you enjoy seeing my entry up close.

I've already made a couple of cards this morning for the new February Challenge over at Craftwork Cards - pop back tomorrow for a sneaky look!

Mo x