Music Sweet Music

Autumn is knocking the door and when you need some cheering up (cheer up and chin up), Art Impressions stamps are just perfect for any occasion.

Here is one of my favourites, hehe, it's me although I don't have a piano, but enthusiasm is like looking at the mirror, perfect :)

Card blank - 8x8 die cutting using Go Kreate Frilly #7

Stamp - AI - U1527 Betty

Coloring - Promarkers from Letraset (old name)

Backing papers - Dovekraft / Lidl 

Gems - stash

Flowers - me, scraps, gems, glue and Tonic Studios punch

Distressing touch - Ranger Tim Holtz

Sentiment - sort of from Cliff Richard's Congratulations song

Challenges for this one:

Passion for ProMarkers - #415 Pretty in Pink

Looking for Greener Grass

There is something very sweet in this stamp. From the biggest to the smaller they work together to give Mr Big Pig a chance to look for the greener grass. 

Got this stamp from eBay years ago, but unfortunately never got the front part. Never mind, this is such a beauty anyway. Not the first time I made this to a card :) 

All farm animals like spring and yay! will get out and enjoy sunshine, nice warm promise of summer and want to wonder around. (Clearly I have no idea of real farm life, but here we go!)

Stamp - Art Impressions U1719 Pig (front and) Back

Colours - Prismacolors Pencils

Card blank - Craft UK

Backing papers - Trimcraft

Flowers - small made using Cheery Lynn die + distress inks

Flowers - big made using Britannia die + distress inks

Card stock - Image stamped on Papermill 300gsm ivory card

and white hammered card backing is from Crafter's Companion

Cutting die - Go Kreate Frilly #3

Anything else - stash

Some nice challenges:

Crafty Catz – #162 - Anything Goes with a twist: Touch Of Pink (PIG)

Art Impressions Stamp Challenge  #204 Spring-y Cards

Moving along with the Times 2W,3E #41 Handmade or Die Cut Flowers

A Very Proud Grandma Presents

Long time since last blogging. Well, here I am now and happy. Happy because I am a GRANDMOTHER. It was quite certainly one of the happiest days in my life when son told me the news that they are expecting. I was laughing and crying same time, heart was singing tunes and I felt so proud and happy for my son and daughter-in-law.

Here's the one I sent after birth.

Colouring by Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Flowers coloured using Distress Inks

Embossing board is Keepsake Glitter Girls Board #50

Die cuts Marianne Design

Cardstock Crafter's Companion

Challenge for this:

Passion for Promarkers - Week 385 It's a boy

Through The Craft Room Door - March 7 - 13

Best of Friends Part Two

Lovely windy Sunday here is Yorkshire and it would be just fantastic to go for a brisk walk. Or take the washing out to dry. Or sit at the craft room table and make something. Heh, here is the latest from the craft room table!

This is stamp from Art Impressions and all their stamps makes me laugh, designer really has captured the best facial expressions and gestures and postures.

Those beautiful staples are from Tonic Studios.

It was only yesterday when I said that won't be using light lines regularly, but here we are. Crumb Cake from Stampin Up was perfect for this. Really nice lines for this sort of pastel colouring.

Card blank Craft UK

Stamp Art Impressions

Ink Stampin Up Crumb Cake

Colouring Flexmarkers

Punches Tonic Studios

Staples Tonic Studios

Embossing Folder Couture Creations

Frame freebie Silhouette cutting file

Backing Papers and Ribbon stash

Here we go with couple of challenges:

Art Impressions - #133 Best of Friends

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #31 Some Pastel Colours

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge  - #25 Frame It

Thanks for visiting xxx

Best of Friends

Awww... Lovely stamp from Art Impressions! A proper wooden block and excellent quality. But what was weird, I never got the second part of the stamp :(

When colouring the stamped image, I remembered there is a good background for this one, and it is from Digi Doodles Shop.

Together... Doing something together and reach the target or get to the goal post is something you cherish forever.

See all those orange handles? All done on purpose and it is for Fiskars :) 

Friendship is a wonderful thing.

I usually don't put sentiments, because "one picture is worth of thousand words" and this therefore is suitable for many occasions. 

Stamp - Art Impressions U1719 Pig (Front and) Back

Digistamp background - DDS

Colouring - Promarkers

Design Paper - First Edition Family Ties

Kraft - stash

Challenges:

Art Impressions - Challenge 133 - "Best of Friends"

Crafty Catz - #226 Animals

Speedy  Fox and Friends - The letter T (TOGETHER)

A Chick(en)

AI i.e. Art Impressions has huge variety of rubber stamps and this is from a collection called Bird Brains

There are few in my stamp drawer, so I nope there will be more in the near future :)

First I wrote sentiment by hand, but wasn't happy after all, had to print it out. Because I already posted the pics, I left them here of course. 

Allsorts has good refreshing challenge this time: No Flowers! Oh, I love it.

Getting white look good is difficult, because it has so many other colours involved ;)

Stamp Art Impressions
Ink Memento
Colorine Letraset Promarkers
Die cut backing Tonic Studios
Cardstock Papermill Direct
Sentiment from chicken jokes (random searching)

Challenge or maybe two...

• I love Promarkers - Must use Promarkers - #213 CAS
• Animal Friends Challenge - Must have an Animal #13 Spring
• Sisterhood of Crafters  -  Animal
• Creative Card Crew  - #58 Animals 
• Brown Sugar – No. 88 - Clean & Simple
• Allsorts Challenge Blog - #253 No Flowers
• Craft Room - Humour

Good Things

Hello, hello, hello, where's the cat? (From Very Old TV programme)
Quick test colouring with Spectrum Noir pencils. Yay! Me likes!

Image: Art Impressions
Colours:  Spectrum Noir pencils
Cardstock: Papermills
Card blank: Craft UK
Ink: Memento
Distressing: Tim Holtz inks
Glue: Snopake
Flowers: Roses - Tonic Studios punches. Daisies by UbA
Leaves: Marianne Creatables
Design Paper:
Embossing folder: Freebie from a craft mag.
The rest: Endless wonders from the drawers

Thanks for popping by! :)

Together

Spectrum Noir Next Generation markers are even better than I thought. As everyone know, I have no patience at all, and quickly grabbed this stamp, neenah sheet and memento ink.

Then of course Spectrum Noirs and voilà!
neenah is really really smooth card, no bleeding at all :)

All flowers (well, daisies only) are made by yours truly, leaf design as well, thanks to old school book :)

One of my favourite stamps :)
Art Impressions stamp
Sizzix cutting die
Snopake glue
Flowers UbA (yes, that's me)
Spectrum Noir markers
neenah card stock for stamping
Memento ink
Envelobox 
Sentiment - can't remember who said it

Challenges:

• Spectrum Noir January Challenge - Animals
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Must use stamp- Challenge #74 Flowers
• Pile It On - Challenge #4 Animal (does pile of animals count? ;)
• The Corrosive Challenges - Challenge #191 All work and no play

About Friendship

 Ohdear :) More flowers :)

Good challenge for this one on Art Impressions Blog. "Layer it Up" Oh yes, my cup of tea :)

• card blank
• cream card background
• lilac(ish) stripe(ish) paper
• pink/green paper
• image

All flowers on card are homemade and looks like I like to make and add them more and more. Petal Pairs from Tonic Studios as well as dies from Marianne and Sizzix give excellent challenge to make a bloom!

• Craft UK card blank
• Art Impressions rubber stamp
• Promarkers for colouring the image
• Tonic Studios punches for flowers
• Marianne dies leaf 
• Sizzix die for flowers
• Spellbinders die frame
• Ranger distress ink
• Papermania backing paper
• Papermills Direct paper and card

This is made for
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - #107 Layer it Up
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #124 Anything Goes
Stampin' For The Weekend - Friendship
Pumpkin spice - #16 Faithful or Meaningful sentiment
Love to Scrap - Die Cuts and/or Punches 

Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem

When person retires from work, new life begins with things to do, places to go, and of course no race against clock. ;)

Kraft
Art Impressions
Prismacolors
Lyra pencils
Sizzix
Dovecraft

• Challenge or two
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• Ooh La La Creations - Male-themed
• Creative Card Crew  - #33 Masculine
• Here Come the Boys - cards only, must be masculine - Photo Inspiration (Couldn't be better, it's perfect! Carpe Diem!)

• Penny Black and More - One For The Boys
• Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes (I missed "For the Boys")
• Clearly Inspired - #71 Anything Goes 

Thanks so much for visiting :) 

Rushing Around

Kraft and Prismacolors and Art Impressions :)

Anyway! It's a snowstorm here in West Yorkshire (Really Horrible Weather), but I was brave and left my house to get my eyes tested and of course this is a perfect stamp for this occasion :D

"Through the storm and rain"

I think coloring is good, shades and all. When getting my new specs I might think differ. ;) 

Well, it's next Friday. These are my new frames: 

Art Impressions
Prismacolors
Kraft
Spellbinders
Craft UK
Go Kreate
Dovecraft

Challenge or two
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Favorite color with Kraft
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - 2E, SIO - #105 Perfect Pair, matching card and envelope
Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Anything Goes 
Cards by Lady Anne - Sentimental For Friday - M,E4, must use sentiment - cards unless specified - Anything Goes 
Through The Craft Room Door W,3E, - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :)