Play Date Cafe Challenge 39

I am doing a happy dance as last week I was the lucky winner of The Play Date Cafe Challenge 38 with this card.
For week 39 the colours are a little more challenging.  Julie Ranae was inspired by a trip to Dublin and a stay at The Russell Court Hotel and this is the colour palette they use.

I have had this lovely rich brown embossing powder in my stash for ages and its never really seen the light of day! At last it has proved that I didn't waste my money , the result is like molten chocolate and I will definitely be using it again.

The cream card is distressed with "Tea Dye" ink and the letter writing is also stamped with the same ink.  The ribbon is gathered onto some strong double sided tape to create the ruffled effect.

Yesterday the school where I work broke up for the summer holidays (Yipee!!) it has been a long tiring term so I am looking forward to relaxing for the next five weeks.  On Wednesday we are off to Italy for a fortnight,I can't wait!!
Sallyx
Supplies: Hero Arts Stamps,S5317 Starburst Lace, S4878 Old Letter Writing, CL383 Antique Engravings. Tea Dye distress ink.

Such a beautiful day!

Its been such a beautiful day here again that I was inspired to join in Jenny's challenge "Summer Fun".  I love this little beach hut stamp and had a few images already stamped onto some distressed backgrounds.  I have just got the Antique Engravings set from Hero Arts and the little shells fit perfectly with this design.  Then added a little bunting and attached it to an old postcard. 
The wording was the tricky bit so I decided to be brave and do it in my own handwriting, it hasn't turned out too bad!
Only three more days to the school holidays, I am really looking forward to the break as it has been a long tiring term.
Hope you are having a great week.
Sallyx
Supplies: Hero Arts Stamp CL383 Antique Engravings. The English Stamp Company Beach Hut.   Bundled Sage,  Broken China, Tea Dye, Wild Honey and Mustard seed , distress ink.

Vintage Birds

This is the colour palette chosen by Sarah this week at The Play Date Cafe ,  I have been so busy lately that I have not had time to play on this challenge for two weeks and I have really missed it.  I love colour challenges and they always choose great colours , this one is no exception, greens and lilacs go so well together.

I have had fun on this vintage style card using both digital images and traditional stamping. The vintage looking post card is from a digital image from Hero Arts called "Skyland Birds".

The background stamp is called Lace Background and is also Hero Arts , I stamped this in peeled paint, embossed in clear and then distressed.

I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend and only one more week till we break up from school for the summer, can't wait!!

Hope you all have a relaxing weekend too.
Sallyx
Supplies: Hero Arts Stamp S5341  Lace Background, Hero Arts Digital Kit  Skyland Birds,  Peeled Paint distress ink.

Starbust

Yipee at last I have found some time to make some cards!  I was inspired when I saw this amazing card by the lovely Pia in Denmark.  The Starburst Lace stamp by Hero Arts is really versatile and I have seen some beautiful cards in the flickr group, I also used my new cling Dots background, both these stamps were part of my prize for my June win.

The panel is distressed with Tea Dye ink and lightly stamped with Old Letter Writing also a Hero Arts Stamp.  The Moxie Fab World current challenge is classy and elegant, so I am entering these cards.






















This small card is just 2inches by 5 3/4 and is made with the scrap from a home made card blank, the background paper is Basic Grey.

Hope you are having a good week.
Sallyx
Supplies: Hero Arts Stamps  S5317 Starburst Lace, S4878 Old Letter Writing,  Tea Dye distress ink. Pirate Gold embossing powder.  Basic Grey Papers.

My Garden

Just a few photographs of some of the pots in my garden, its been such a busy couple of weeks that I haven't had time for crafting.  My daughter has been home from University and its also been so busy at the school where I work.  We are coming up to the end of term (only a week and a half to go and then 6 weeks off yipee) and there is always so much to do in the office at this time of year!
Sorry if I have not visited your blogs recently, I am hoping to catch up a bit this week.
Sallyx

Spotty Poppies.

This beautiful poppy has been self seeded into my garden and what a stunning colour it is, a gorgeous pink with these burgundy dots.
I was inspired to play again with my poppy stamp and came up with this.

Its not a brilliant picture as its dull here today, never mind you can still see the effect I was trying to achieve.  The background and poppy stems are all done with distress inks to create a soft watery looking background.  The poppy heads are cut from pink BoBunny spot paper.
I have had a really busy week and its the first card I have had time to make since last weekend I am going to add this to sweet Jennys challenge this week, which is a "Free for All" you can post any card you make between 11p.m. Saturday and the end of the challenge.
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.
Sallyx

Its Sunny Here

I used my sunburst stamp the other day as sand on a card  here after I had stamped the image I thought that it would also make a lovely summer sun. This is my entry for this weeks PaperPlay challenge which is:

Our theme this week is "It's Sunny Here" and we want to see sun or sunglasses on your projects.

I made my own  card blank and with the left over piece decided to have a go at a scrapling.
 This sweet little beach hut stamp is by The English Stamp Company and its been sitting on my desk all week, the weather here is beautiful at the moment and all I can think about is spending a lovely day down on the coast.  I will have to wait till the school summer holidays before I get the chance to do that!
Sallyx

Summer Holiday

The weather has been glorious here in the last few days and when I saw this weeks Play Date Cafe colour challenge I immediately thought of the beach and the summer sun.

Sarah Anderson has chosen this weeks colours and they are real rich earthy colours, I love them! My inspiration has come from  Suzannes stunning card, her background is so beautiful and I wanted to try her technique with the acetate and distress inks, it was such fun and I have lots of inky fingers now!!

At last I have my camera back from the repairers and was able to get a shot of this in the evening sun.

When I spritzed the background with water I used a small amount of perfect pearls in the water so the card has a soft shimmer which doesn't really show in the photograph.

I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend as the weather is set to stay warm, hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Sallyx

Sketch challenge

I can't seem to get away from my poppy stamps at the moment, maybe its because they make me think of long hot summer days!

The challenge at The Daring Cardmakers this week is a sketch challenge, I always find sketches a little tricky, I prefer colour challenges, but its good to tax the brain and try something different.

This is the sketch and the challenge is also sponsored by Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker  and Sarah's cards there are five prizes up for grabs so why not take a look at their blog.

June CCC

I just wanted to share with you the stunning card that I received from Jette in Denmark for the June CCC organised by the lovely Deborah. I love everything about this card, the beautiful lilac colours, the addition of the sheet music and the very pretty purple lace.  I have added it to my collection of cards from blogging friends, its such fun to look through them and imagine them being created in craft rooms around the world.

This is the card I sent to Linda aka Scrappin bari in the USA, I really love this Poppy stamp and I have made cards with it lots of times, its such fun trying to think of different ways of using the same stamp.

Enjoy your week.

Sallyx