August Promotion

Hi Guys

I said yesterday that there was a new promotion on today.  The promotion is 20% of certain 2 Step Stampin' sets, there is a link on my side bar.

A few of us on ILWS have got together to do a blog hop and are using Scrapbooking as our base.  You should have come here from Zoë and will go on to Pat at the end of mine.  I have chosen to use Loads of Love which is on the promotion.  I have also used the Loads of Love accessories and the Tailgating wheel to compliment it.

Here are my offerings.

A little mini book.  I have done the corners of my mat with a circle punch, used the jumbo eyelets and doodled around the edge.

I have matted the photos onto Chocolate Chip and then added hidden journal pages that pull out with the round tab punch.

Now you need to go and visit Pat to see the fabulous creations she has made.

Until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Make a Scene

Hi Guys

Now this is not me making a scene in a physical sense but in my work.  Michelle my lovely teamie on TT's has set the theme this week and it is Make a Scene.

I have chosen to use my brayer again and actually had a happy accident.  I masked off to make the sun and actually went over the edge of the post-it so I had to make the reflection.  I have brayered the sky as I would usually.  I have masked off where the land is with 2 post-its, the top one with its natural edge and another that I have torn on the sticky part and used a sponge dauber to do the grass.

I did the reflection of the sun by just rubbing my dauber in horizontal lines down the page and then brayered the water over the top.  I have stamped and masked my Trendy Trees on the 'land' and 'Bambi' from Forest Friends.  To get the 'reflection' I stamped my image on the back of (smooth side) of my Stamp a ma jig imaging sheet and then placed it on my image where I wanted it ink side down and rubbed the ink onto my image and tadah you have a reflection.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Bus Number 2!!

Hi Guys

If you read yesterdays post you will know what I am going on about.

Here is card number 2 in 2 days.  It is a birthday card for my hubbys lovely Grandma.  I am safe posting this on the 'interweb' as she does not have access or any idea on how to.

I have used Baroque Motifs in the background and the little flower from A rose is a rose in the foreground.  I have then stamped and cut out the full bloom and the bud and layered it up on the card.  The colours I used are Pixie Pink and Melon Mambo for the roses.  For the leaves I used Certainly Celery and Garden Green for the leaves.  I have used the School Book Serif Numbers for the eighty stamped in Melon Mambo.  I have layered these on Very Vanilla and Melon Mambo.  I have done a bow in Melon Mambo polkadot ribbon in one corner.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy crafting

Emma xx

Tuesday Taggers

Hi Guys

I know that it has been a long time since my last post but it is like buses, nothing comes for ages and then 2 turn up at once.

Firstly today I am going to show you my Tuesday Taggers card.  This week the theme is Weddings which has been chosen by the lovely Pat and we are sponsored by Craft Barn.

I have used the Bride papers from SU! and have coloured with Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue using my brayer.  Roll over one way and turn it through 90˚ and roll over again, keep doing this until you have gone all the way round.

I have punched two holes at the top of the card and threaded through Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon and then tied in a knot.  I have used some lovelies from my pretties kit just to jazz it up a bit.

The birds have been made by using the 2 step Bird Punch from SU! in the same colour way and just switched the wings over.  When you are punching out the wings remember to place the card in upside down for one side otherwise you will end up with wings going the same way.  I have backed this all onto Very Vanilla card stock.

Well until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Tuesday Taggers Week 8

Hi Guys

Well this week on Tuesday Taggers it is a Tag for your Best Friend and mine is a nice simple one.

My Recipe

SU! Very Vanilla Card Stock for tag and inchies

SU! Rose Red Card Stock for matting

Silver Mirri board for matting

Images stamped with SU! Basic Grey inkpad

Images coloured with Sakura pen

Stickles

Stamp Sets SU! Doodle That 108545, Best Yet (hostess level one)

Ribbon from my stash

I really enjoyed doing this one. I made inchies with my images because they suited the size. I coloured them and then added the stickles just to give it some bling.

My best friend is ultimately my hubby which is why I have used the hearts, the flower is because I like flowers and the sentiment just says it all.

And best of all we are sponsored by the Craft Emporium with a fantastic prize.

I hope you all like it.

Emma xx

Stamp With Us Challenge

My entry for this weeks challenge on the Stamp With Us.  This week it is a colour challenge and here is the image we were given to work with 

So I used the colours.  I found it really difficult to stick to one colour and it is really challenged me this week.

So with no more said, here is my card for the challenge

Card base is very vanilla

Friendly background stamp

Close to Cocoa CS for my clock and sentiment and underneath my ribbon

Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

Chocolate Chip DSP (distressed by scrunching up paper and card stock)

Sense of Time stamp set from mini catalogue

Hope you all like

Emma xx

Sorry and a Crafty post

Here is my entry for the Stamp With Us challenge this week.  I have cut it a bit fine but none the less here it is.

The recipe for this card is:

Very Vanilla for the card base

Bashful Blue Designer Series Paper

Oval All (from the mini Catty) stamped with Basic Grey ink

Scallop Oval punch (from the mini Catty)

Large Oval Punch (from the mini Catty)

Close to Cocoa card stock for matting

Summer by the Sea stamped onto Very Vanilla with Basic Grey ink (softer finish)

Water coloured with Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Green Galore, Close to Cocoa and Barely Banana Stampin' Write markers

1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Bashful Blue (from the mini Catty).

I hope you like.

Emma xx