LIM Chocolate, mmmmmm

Oh! yes! CHOCOLATE and Pink forgot about that bit LOL
Hi everyone, hope all is good in your world today:0) I have made a card for Less is More and I'm early (for me that is) :0) Chrissie and Mandi have challenged us to make a card with pink and brown in it, well brown means chocolate doesn't it?

'Man cannot live on Chocolate alone but a woman can!' Just about sums it up really tee hee!


I made my chocolates from a set of Gel-a-tins stamps funnily enough called Chocolate :0) Stamped onto card , coloured then Diamond glaze added and cut out, just a little TIP here if you have a white rim around you can colour with copics to conceal, I'm sure you know this but sometimes if you're new to stamping it helps:0) That's how I learned.
The Suchard label stamp is Tim Holtz, stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia and Distress ink, Spun Sugar sponged underneath.
Have a lovely day, Gay x

A new journal challenge

Hello there, Happy Sunday to you!
I have news of a new journal challenge over at the Craft Barn Blog there is a wonderful prize, well worth the effort of joining in, methinks!!! Look at these little beauties

                                                          Click HERE to go to the challenge :0)

Gio has made a beautiful page and I had a go too, it's all new for me and still a bit experimental so bear with me LOL! Gay x

A Paper Artsy card

It's another Craft Barn Saturday here on Crafty Musings, welcome. I'm pleased to see you :0) This week has been all about PaperArtsy at the Craft Barn Blog and so I made a card :0)

Simply stamped onto good quality card, before I stamped I gently swiped the stalk to make a highlight. I hope this makes it a little more lifelike. The die was cut out and I stamped the image later, the flower was stamped in StaZon in three colours onto vellum. I mounted the topper onto a splash of deep grass green, I really enjoyed making this card. Thank you for looking in, I hope your Saturday is a very good one, Gay xxx

This is what I used

PaperArsty Stamps Mini 67

Hot Picks 1005 and the postmark filmstrip die that co-ordinates.

StazOn inks: Olive Green, Vibrant Violet and Ultramarine

There are some great offers at the Craft Barn this week

15 % off Hot Picks and Lynne Perrella collections

use offer code HPLP15

25 % off the Squiggly ink minis 

                                                                   use offer code SI25

25% off some of the Ink and the Dog minis

(from MN20 to MN57 included price adjusted on website)

50% off all the other collections

use offer code PA50

Now I'm really late!

Hi folks, I hope you've had a good week?  It's been one of those messy weeks for me, didn't get much done! And now I'm late for one of my favourite challenges LIM many apologies ladies.

A recipe this week, three of something, two of something and 1 of something :0) and without further ado, my cards

The first is using my prize from July, wonderful WOW embossing powders


3 Embossing powders ( Black Twinkle, Metallic Silver Sparkle and White twinkle )
2 Colours blue and black
1 Sentiment

This is also for Rudolph day over at Stamping for pleasure  nearly didn't make this one either, sorry Sarn :0)

 By clicking on this pic you can see how glittery they are :0)















My next card,
I tree/ stamp
2 Layers
3, techniques, Stamping, masking, sponging

I can add more details if anyone would like just let me know, hugs Gay xxx