Flowery Thanks!

The current Simon Says Flickr Group challenge is "Playing with stencils" and as I don't have many stencils I decided to improvise with my new Leafy Branch die from Simon says.  I cut the image from a piece of old card and used this as a stencil to create the leafy background  with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  I also added some Salty Ocean ink around the leaves.  I then added a Sunflower that I had already stamped and coloured  and found in my bits box.  Not sure of  the make of the stamp. 

 

I then just added the die cut sentiment , also from Simon Says. 

Have a great week.

Hugs

Sally

Its been a while!!

 

Its been a while since I posted a card here,  my daughter is a teacher and she is on her summer holidays, she had planned a holiday of a lifetime this year and was visiting Australia!  Because of Covid it was all sadly cancelled so she had a staycation in Dorset with Mum and Dad.  Its been a lovely few weeks for us all and even our son came down for a week.  It was a little strange not being able to go out much but we did fit in some paddle boarding and lots of long walks plus a visit to our local restaurant, luckily the weather was good although its turned stormy over the past few days.  

She has now gone back to Surrey so I have found time to get back in the craft room to make a couple of new baby cards.  They are both very similar but with colour variations to suit a boy or girl.

The elephant stamp is from Heffy Doodles and the square dies are Simon Says.  The baby word is made using the small alphabet set from Altenew.

Very simple to make and this has helped me get back in the card making groove,  its strange without the family in the house and I am missing them.

I shall add these cards to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Oh so Cute".

Have a great weekend

Hugs

Sally

Starry, Starry Night!

Time to play along again with the Christmas Kickstart Challenge  This time the theme is "Starry, Starry Night "I made this really simple card just using my Simon Says dies.

The silver background paper  has been embossed with a falling snow folder and adhered to the base card.  I then die cut the various elements of the gnome  and adhered it to the Merry Christmas frame. The background paper is old and from my stash.

I am also adding this to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Reach for the stars" I love this little gnome ands know its going to be well used .

Its another wet day here but the weather is set to improve tomorrow, looking forward to getting in the garden again.

Have a great week

Hugs
Sally

A post at Last!

Summer got in the way of my creating , I have been in the garden and going out for walks, we live near the beach so that is also calling at this time of year.  Today its raining hard so I have been creating again!!  

This card was quite hard to photograph as the gold kept reflecting and I couldn't get a true likeness of the colours, the flowers are a pastel pink.

I used the Simon Says centre cut flowers and stamped and embossed in gold the coloured with my Zig Brush markers.  I then fussy cut one edge and layered up on the green and gold card before adding the gold die cut sentiment.

I shall add this card to both the Simon Says Flickr challenge and the Love handmade cards Challenge.

Have a great weekend
Hugs
Sally

Dies and stamps!.

A quick, simple card for the challenge over at the Simon Says Flickr Group  , the theme is "Friendship" .  I stamped and coloured the Flora Background stamp onto some patterned paper and die cut , I then cut a square of the dotty paper using the Simon Says stitched square dies and layered up onto white card before adding the die cut sentiment. I am also adding this to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge.

Its another wet and miserable day here , really hoping summer comes back soon.

Have a great week
Hugs
Sally

Friendship!

 
Made this card for the Simon Says Flickr Group Challenge "Friendship" using the Simon Says Centre Cut Flowers which I stamped and embossed in white before colouring with Zigs and fussy cutting.
I then cut die cut a square background card and embossed half with a wood grain folder.

I layered up the flowers onto foam tape and then added a gold die cut sentiment.

I shall also add this card to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes".

Hope you are having a good week , we are having a mini heatwave at the moment but are expecting some thunderstorms tonight, I do love a good storm!!

Hugs
Sally

Summer Fun!!

Our summer seems to have disappeared, its cold and raining and I am missing the sun.  Decided to play along at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Summer Sun" to cheer me up a bit  !!

I had these older Paper Smooches "Surf and Turf" stamps so decided to ink them up again and colour with Zigs , I then fussy cut.   I smooshed some blue and green ink onto the card base and then layered up the pelican and balloons.   The Birthday die is from Simon Says, it is a portion cut from the Birthday circle die.  I have layered onto a blue card base.

We are expecting thunder storms today so I shall be in my craft room creating,  hope the weather is better where you are.

Hugs
Sally

Floral Birthday!

  It was a wet and miserable weekend here in Dorset so I had time to play around with some textured backgrounds, I used an old "Happy Birthday" text Hero Arts stamp which I stamped and embossed in white.  Next I blended with Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade distress ink to  create the colour, I then added some embossing paste using the Simon Says Falling Snow stencil.  Very pleased with how it turned out.

To finish I stamped and water coloured some Spring flowers from the Simon Says stamp set onto water colour paper and fussy cut them out.  I layered up on the card with the die cut gold sentiment.  A bright cheerful card for a very dull day!!

I shall add this card to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Metallic" and the Flickr group challenge "Anything Goes"

Have a great week
Hugs
Sally

Adult Shaker!!

After making the child's shaker card  yesterday I was in the mood to make another, this time a little more femanine.  I had this Simon Says Flora Background panel already stamped, embossed and coloured and I knew it would make a great shaker. I added the shaker front and the die cut sentiment and then lots of glittery sequins. 

I shall add this card to both the Flickr Love Handmade cards Challenge and the Simon Says Flickr group challenge.

Hope you have a great weekend
Hugs
Sally

Childs Shaker Birthday

Love making Shaker cards, and I knew this " Critter Crowd" stamp from Simon Says would be perfect for one.   I stamped and coloured the image with Zig markers and then fussy cut.  The sentiment is also from Simon Says, I added these to my frame die cut and added lots of sparkly sequins for the shaker element.

I shall add this card to both the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Something Metallic" as my sequins are metallic.  Also the Simon Says Flickr Challenge "Anything Goes".

Hope you are having a good week, our lockdown is starting to ease off a bit and we have been able to get out a bit more.  Looking forward to some shops opening next week and our little town can get back to some sort of normality!

Hugs
Sally