LIM a whole year:0)

Hi there crafty people, I hope today is a good one for you. I have been making cards over the weekend, nothing new there:0) I had to wait till today to take photographs though because the light here has been dire.
LIM is 1year old! Many congratulations and thanks to Chrissie and Mandi's hard work and dedication, I have loved taking part in nearly all of the challenges.
This week we have a sketch to follow and mustn't alter it!!

This card is  using a Paperbag studio stamp and Claudine Hellmuth's stamps Papertrey ink sentiment.

 The next card was a bit of an experiment using Tattered Angels mists, dribbling is something I gave up a while ago but it seems it's back LOL

I used Pardo Jewellery Clay for the heart and a Crafty individuals stamp. I added a large die cut sentiment here and can't really decide if I prefer it with or without mmmmm, what d'you think?











 It has a proper Swarovski gem, I love the intense sparkle they give and adhered with some Diamond glaze it has a little area of shine surrounding it. It's definitely the little things LOL










The consensus so far is split, some of you like the large sentiment and some aren't keen, LOL I appreciate all your help Thanks :0)





Thanks for visiting, Gay x

Big Stamps, cover a card!

That's right folks that's just what they do!! Hello and welcome, I'm struggling with the witty titles can you tell? Oh yes I'm afraid it's all gone to pot, big sigh, never mind, I think you'll get the gist:0)
I've been playing with cover a card stamps, making backgrounds and cutting them up

First a card, really clean and simple, I liked the designs and the play of colours so just laid them on my card base and played around with them, finally settling on this :0)

 I made an art journal page with just one of the strips I had cut.
Over at the Craft Barn there is a step by step gallery of how I made the paper for these and the team have been playing with the Impression Obsession Cover a Card stamps this week, they have made some gorgeous creations.
Thanks for your visit Gay xx


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OLW 76 Colour in Winter.

Hi folks I'm back with another card:0) This time it's for Susan's challenge over at Simplicity, it's OLW 76 and this is the challenge


OLW76 Rules

1. A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed.

2. Use white, gray, and a pop of bright color. (Black is allowed for sentiments if necessary.) Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum.

more info on the blog, click on the link above



 I used Banana Frog stamps, I will really miss them :{
White detail embossing powder and a little bit of bling,





Here, on the right is the first version, I could not decide where to put the little star, finally it went on the last star in the sentiment, I only included this photograph because it occurred to me that it was by far the better photo. The sunlight behind  the card was a bonus but replicating that could be very difficult :0)
I hope wherever you are in your day that it's a good one, Gay x

It's Rudolph day :0)

Hello there my crafty friends,  Over at Stamping for Pleasure it's definitely a Rudolph day and Sandra is collecting us up and inviting us to join her in making a Christmas card, so here is mine

Banana Frog have closed their store so I'm posting this rather sadly, it is one of my favourites of their stamp sets, Christmas Elegance.
Update, not closed yet if you would like a bargain some stamps are still available! HERE

I stamped and then sparkled with Sakura clear glitter gel pen and a waterbrush, you can see the soft glitter here..........















I hope you like and why not join us and be ready for next Christmas LOL Gay x

I would like to enter my card into the CAS-ual  Friday CFC  C36 challenge. ( thanks Jenny:0)!! )