FCCB Swap ..... A while ago !!

Over at FCCB this week we are having a card and Christmas tag swap......

.......I made my first Christmas tag of the year !!!!!!!!

...... Can't share it yet but I can share the altered wooden book I made for Cindy in our last FCCB swap a few months ago....

Mega picture heavy but no words yet !!

Anything Goes Challenge 95 Buttons Pearl and Lace

Welcome to my post for the start of the latest Anything Goes Challenge

Its one of my favourite challenge's

Button's Pearl and Lace !!

Our challenge is open for the next two weeks so please come and visit us and play along

I started my card with the beautiful Crafty Individuals stamp, cut her out using the smallest Spellbinder 5x7  card creator die and used Kaisercraft Lace stamp to fill in the top and botton of the die cut

I used black card for the second layer, using pink frantage and tarnished silver Cosmic Shimmer UTEE and the lace stamp embossed in white

I used a Marianne design heart to frame my pearl button and used cheese cloth and netting

The live love laugh stamps are this months Stamper's freebie 

There is also some home made music washi tape peeking through and

the back ground is a words stamp inked onto pearl card stock 

Many of the products used are available at the Craft Den, Lynne's on line shop. Check out my side bar for details of her classes, more coming soon!!

I would like to share my card in the following challenges

Fussy and Fancy - Button Up (28th June)

Live and Love Crafts - Birthstones (30th June) Pearl

Marianne's Design Diva's - Lace and Pearls (14th July)

The Hobby House - Anything Goes (27th June)

Country View Crafts - Die Cuts (30th June)

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes (21st June)

Anything Goes Challenge 94 Father's Day

Welcome to my post for the Anything Goes Challenge Blog

This fortnight we are celebrating Father's everywhere and are inviting you to play along and share your own Father's Day cards

I have done another stamp design for my card and I think I like it ?? !! ??

I used a mixture of craft, white and black card  for my layers and stuck them onto a 6"x6" tent fold card

I used this fabulous Kaisercraft stamp for the main image and coloured elements of it with Tim Holtz Distress Markers. The sentiment is also Kaisercraft

I used a random assortment of stamps for the white layers and the insert, the grungy look is growing on me but I made such a mess with the Distress Inks that I had to cover the back as well

I absolutely love these coffee stain stamps but I cannot for the life of me remember who makes them even though it's not that long since I purchased them

Lynn stocks some beautiful stamps in her shop The Craft Den (Links to Lynne's blog)

 Please pop along and have a look for yourselves when her new web site, which is under construction, is up and running (Coming very soon!!)

Our challenge is open for the next 2 weeks it's one of my favourite challenges because I absolutely love looking at all the cards and projects for some much needed inspiration where the boy's in our lives are concerned lol !!

FCCB Challenge #151 Bye Bye Birdie

Happy Monday !!

Happy March - Spring is in the air !!

FCCB's new challenge is 

#151 Bye Bye Birdie

It's a special one because we have 12 new ladies on our design team, although sadly that means we said bye bye to several of our lovely ladies

Please pop round to the FCCB blog and take a look at this weeks fabulous projects and then come and play along with us 

I have been messing around with some new toys this week, my get well soon present to me !!

Among them are some gorgeous Distress Inks, these ones's are Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass - BEAUTIFUL !! Thank  goodness for the internet and on line shopping in times of crisis lol

I made this card from a white landscape A5 blank and inked the edges randomly with the 2 colours, they blend amazingly well together

The first layer is white textured card stock inked with Tumbled Glass and stamped with my new Kaisercraft "Crackle" stamp, (I am stunned by the size and quality given the low price) in Shabby Shutters

I inked the opposite way round for the panel and placed a strip of Ice White card behind it, this card gives a much lighter and even effect once the ink dries

I used Straight from the Nest for all my Cricut cuts using the Ice White card, the birds are inked in Vintage Photo and layered up with tiny foam pads 

Super Simple card but lots of messy fun to make