Inky Impressions - Tag It Challenge

This week our challenge on Inky Impressions is to make a tag or make something with a tag. Each month there will be a fabby Inky goodie bag up for grabs. To be in with a chance of winning you must participate in each challenge for that month. 

For my DT submission I made a Tag with a Tag, lol. 

 I made the tag using kraft card and distressed it with brushed cordoroy ink. The music not paper is from a bundle of offcuts in my stash, not sure of the manufacturer, and it's also been inked. Behind the music paper I added some cream jute and then layered up with lace, scrappers floss and a flossed button. 

For the vellum tag I just disrtressed it with ink and used a Waltzingmouse Stamps sentiment. I'm not sure where I got these tags but they are by Craftime, and there are a few each of different sized white vellum tags in the pack. 

My image is Winter Marlee, but I've only used her head, lol. I covered my card with a piece of paper before stamping so that I only got to shoulder level onto the card. I coloured her using all earth tone copics - 

Skin: E00, 02, 21, 51

Hair: E50, 51, 43, 53

Hat/Scarf: E70, 71, 74, 77

Sweater: E40, 41, 42

Then I cut my image out using circle nestabilities and adhered it to the tag using 3D pop dots. 

This challenge will run until next Tuesday, January 25th Noon Eastern Time. 

Challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine

Bunny Zoe's Crafts (2nd monday) - Love is in the air

Craft Your Passion - Button up

Crazy Challenge  - Buttons

Paper Playtime - Use the word 'Love'

Corrosive Challenges   - Lace and Pearls

Pile It On - Anything Goes 

Top Tip Tuesday - All Sentimental

Getting Crafty with Ann - Valentine with no red or pink

Stamptacular Sunday -  Aything but a SQUARE

Thanks for visiting me today. Don't forget to hop over to my teamies' blogs to see their Tag It creations!

Have a great day

Sandie

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Whiff of Joy GDT -A Wiper Card

You can check out my Wiper Card tutorial, using one of the newly released stamps from the very sweet Valentines collection, over on the Whiff of Joy Inspirations blog.

Thanks for popping in

Sandie

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Waltzingmouse Stamps January Blog Waltz

Good morning!! It seems soooo long since we've had our monthly blog waltz even though we only missed one month!! This month the theme is Valentines, we want to see loads of Amoré!! If you haven't added your link to the forum thread and plan to play along you can do so HERE. It only takes a minute.

We will also be playing the watermark game. Each or the DT {may or may not have.. sneaky, eh??!!} added  some watermarks on their blog post today. Count how many watermarks in total you find by visiting each of the design team members' blogs and you could win yourself a very nice prize  - which is a full set of Waltzingmouse stamps of your own choice. Just remember - some watermarks may be well hidden, so look carefully ;) Once you are happy with your count you can post your guess HERE.

 

I have created a little Valentine gift set.

 The papers on this card were given to me by a friend. They were her scraps from a scrapbooking class she took and she challenged me to make something from them. Well, this is actually the 2nd card I've made from the scraps.. the other card I will share soon. I hope I did her proud, barely a piece was wasted.

 Believe it or not, I made these candies :D I had planned on giving them to hubster but, 3hrs after I made them, they are completely gone!! Not a single one left.. kids!!!! They are so easy to make that I might whip up another batch. 

Supplies

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Togetherness", PM Craft & white cardstock

Stamps - Victorian Frippery, Seasons of Love Tags

Ribbon - American Crafts

Martha Stewart punch

Pearl topped pins from my local drapery

Sewing Machine & white thread

Flat backed self adhesive pearls

Thanks for stopping by!!
Sandie
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Waltzingmouse Stamps- Sketch Challenge #30

Good morning everyone!! I am soooo glad it's the weekend. We've had a very eventful week and I think today we will just take it easy and chill for a time. Popcorn and a movie later I think ;) 

Today I would like to share with you my DT card for Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenges. It's a wonderful sketch and I really enjoyed the piecing it all together. I'm really loving machine stitching all my papers lately and this one certainly proved a challenge, lol. 

When I started this card I had black & white in my head, but somewhere along the way I got the idea that I wanted to add the red and white hearts and I'm kinda glad I did. I really love the way red pops against the black and white. 

The sentiment was in the paper pack, on a full sheet of playing card sized squares. I thought it was a wonderful sentiment and not one I've seen on a stamp anywhere so I trimmed it down to slot into the sketch design.

Materials

Papers: My Mind's Eye "Meadowlark"

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps "Sewing Box - Hugs"

Cardstock: Bazzil

Crystal Swirls - Prima

Challenges:

Baby Bud Designs - friends

Dutch Dare - all stitched up

Scrapbook Sisters - heart's desire

Sassy Studio Designs - use something that is over a year old (stamp set)

Freshly Brewed - black, white, one other colour

Ooh La La Creations (2 weeks) - Bling it on

Why not take a peek over on the challenge blog to see what wonderfully inspirational projects both the Mischief Makers and the Waltzing Mouse Design Team have created. 

Have a great weekend

Sandie

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Instyle Stamps Colour Challenge.

Good evening folks!! It's time for the very first Color Challenge of the year over on Instyle Stamps Blog. 

Use the colours in this photo to inspire you - you can use them all, or you can leave out the neutrals and use whatever neutral you'd like. Just be sure to focus on the shades of green and brown! 

My image is the very sweet Snow White from the Fairy Tales collection due to be released at the end of the month. 

 This challenge (and all ISS challenges) have a specific keyword. Please use this when you upload to any online gallery, so that your creation can be easily found. For this challenge, the keyword is ISSCC01.

Challenges:

Fairy Tale  - flowers

Stamp Something - anything goes 

AiFactory -  anything goes

 Moving Along With The Times  – make your dreams come true

Stampin' B's - use a die cut

Creative Cottage  - something new

 Fab 'n' Funky - warm, toasty colours

Stampavie and More - glitter
ColourQ - COLOR (melon mambo, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, taken with teal, white)

Thanks for dropping by

Sandie

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PaperPlay meets Whiff of Joy Challenges

Good morning. We have a very sweet challenge on PaperPlay this week -  Cutie Patootie :D So we would love to see you break out your cutest of images and ink them up!! 

I just couldn't resist using this uuuuber cute stamp from Whiff of Joy, called Henry with Love Balloon - which also happens to be the prize for this week's challenge. I think you'll agree he's definitely a cutie. I followed Jane's fabby sketch on Whiff of Joy Challenges.

He's been coloured using copic markers - E35, E33, E31, E30, R29, R27, R24, R20 and a tiny amount of stickles is added to the balloon. I used classic circles nesties to cut him out and the scalloped circle nesties on for the red card behind him.

The papers are from a pile in my drawer and for the life of me I can't remember what they are called. I've machine stitched them all. 

My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearl topped pins from the local drapery store. The pearl brad securing the bow to the ribbon is also from Whiff of Joy. 

Challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Use red and a die cut

Stamping Scrapping Central - flowers

Flourishes - all about your favourites (favourite supplies)

Oldie But Goodie Challenge  - bright & cheerful

Scrap-Creations - love is in the air

Bunny Zoe's Crafts  - Love is in the air

 Crazy Challenge  - Animals

Cupcake Craft - Something New

Lexi's Creations  - Say it with Love

Pollycraft - New Things

Stamping Scrapping Central  - flowers

One Stitch At A Time - Love and Valentines
Paper Sundaes  - Circles

 Wags 'n Whiskers - Valentine's Day

 Thank you so much for dropping in today. Don't forget to leave my teamies' a little love for all their hard work.

Inky Impressions - Winter Wonderland

Well it's Wednesday and that means another challenge from Inky Impressions. This week our theme is Winter Wonderland.. which is very appropriate considering all the snow some regions are still having. Our snow is gone and we now have our typical mild, wet weather... ugh!! Bring back the snow I say :D

For my card I've used Sofia, cute as ever, building her little snowman!! 

Papers are Basic Grey Jovial, I'm down to the last of these now :( and they are matted with rich red cardstock.

Copics used:

E37, E35, E33, E31, E30

BG18, BG15, BG13

R29, R27, R24

BG0000

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Cold and Frosty Morning
ABC DT Challenge - Baby it's Cold Outside

Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Use red and a die cut

Stamp with Fun - Snow

Stamping Scrapping Central (2 weeks) - flowers

Christmas Card - CHRISTMAS and Snowman

That's it from me today. Don't forget to check out my teamies' creations and link up if you play along. Have a wonderful Wednesday

Sandie

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