Spectrum Noir October challenge

Today I am doing a post to enter a challenge. I have not done that in ages. A while ago I spoilt myself  and added Spectrum Noir pens to my coloring medium collection. They are having a challenge over on their blog and for October the theme is 'Flowers'. I have done quite a few cards already seeing that I am enjoying my pens so much. But for this challenge I will enter these cards. It is an image by Flourishes called From the Desk of. Not sure if I am allowed to enter two, please do tell me if not and I will remove the one card. Unfortunately I do not remember which colors I used. The pinks were probably PP5, 3 & 1 and the greens were more than likely DG4 and CG3. The greys would have been a whole selection of the greys. For the purple card the purples were more than likely HB3 and HB1, but there could be some LV2 with it. The greens could be DG4 & CG3 again.

A little feedback: Stamp Camp is something of the past - boohoo!! It was great, as always. I will now use products of mine that has just been sitting on the shelve most of the time, more often. Thanks to all the teachers, all the organiser as well as the people/shops that donated goodies. You have outdone yourselves again. Sometimes I wish it could rather be a week than just a weekend. I will post some of the Male cards we had to do for charity at a later stage.

Hope everybody is having a wonderful day with lots of  time to craft. We are having horrible weather for summer so I am staying indoors and doing lots of crafting.

Thanks so much for visiting!!

SD Challenge 19: Polka Dots

A very happy Saturday to all! We are having wonderful sunny weather and it is actaully a good day to be working in the garden. But who wants to work in the garden when you can craft :-)

There is a new challenge over at Sunflowers and Dragonflies - this time the theme is Polka Dots! Pop on over and have a look at what the DT has come up with - there are some real beauties. This weeks prize is two cute stamps - White Rabbit and Cheshire Cat.

In a previous post I mentioned that I had to make some more Xmas cards for my daughter. And without knowing about this challenge, I used some polka dot paper! I had this paper for quite some time and when she picked the base card paper, I so hoped that this red and creamy colored paper would match it. Well, it did perfectly. She picked the stamps and colors. The nativity scene stamp is from Great Impressions and the word stamp is from Country Crafts (formerly Best Rubber Stamps) - both are local stamp companies. The card size is 15 x 15cm and the instructions were for it to be flat, no 3D, and with only a little bling. She contacted me last night to say that she received the cards and that she is very happy with it.

So, that's another entry to a challenge. Keep your fingers crossed for me - I just love the Sunflowers and Dragonflies stamps and would love to own these two beauties. Maybe I should start working on another entry :-)

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a wonderful and creative weekend.

CupCAKE Heaven - Another Challenge Card

A very good day to all!

This is my second entry for the Sunflowers and Dragonflies challenge. Yes, you are allowed to do more than one entry - they just need to be in separate posts.

'Recipe' for this: Impression Obsession Cupcake stamps were used, this time the single cupcake imiges. Colored with Tombows, some Stickles on the icing and Glossy Accents on the cherries. The 'signposts' were done with glitter on double sided tape and the name stickers is from an old Making Memories scrapbook kit.

The 'roof' was made using tissue paper I got from our local Mr Price Home store. Stuck that onto ordinary white cardstock with wide double sided tape. I could not find scrapbook paper that I was happy with and when I saw this, it drew me like a magnet. I love the vibrant colors on it. As you can see from this picture, the 'roof' is at a slight angle - done with mirror tape.

Come on RSA girls, you still have till tomorrow to enter for this challenge!

That's it from me for today. Hope you like what you see and more so, that Beth and the DT will like it too. I have all my fingers crossed.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a wonderful crafty weekend.

My first challenge card!

Today I am posting a card that I have made for my first ever challenge! It is from the Sunflowers and Dragonflies blog - and it is the SD Challenge 18: Let them eat cake. You can find the post here. The prize is their fantastic cupcake set. Eversince I saw these stamps, I have been wanting them. If I don't win them, I will definitely buy myself all of the cupcake stamps early next year.

The stamp used is the Cupcake set by Impression Obsession. The cupcakes was colored with Tombows and the stand with Twinkling H2O's Sage. The floral paper strip on the side is from the Heidi Grace range - Flocked Cardstock, Heidi's Cute Cakes, Stripe Dècor. Other papers used is Bazzill Board and some locally purchased buff board. Oh, and there's some Glossy Accents on the cherries and strawberry.

Do visit their website - they have some great tutorials. Also pop over to their shop - some great stamps available there and they ship internationally.

Thanks for the challenge Beth!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a great day.