A Hero Arts Unexpected & Caardvarks Circle Card!

It's me again! Second post today ... I wonder how long this will last! LOL! Anyway, back to the point! This is another card from my productive day yesterday! I decided to incorporate Hero Arts Unexpected Colour Challenge with the New Caardvarks Circle Challenge.

I don't tend to make many circle cards but I really did enjoy making it so I may just have to make another! The colours Leslie Lightfoot had chosen on Wednesday and I guess all of the days I found a real challenge, but I gave this one a bash!

I created a very simple background paper in Photoshop using HA Merry Holiday Boarders Digital Kit. The ornaments are stamped and cut out & mounted onto the card. The Merry Ornament is up on foam pads. I added some bling a ding & there you have it!

{Ingredients}

CS: PTI Enchanted Evening, SU! Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Ink: SU! Summer Sun, Garden Green, Not quite Navy & Ruby Red

Stamps: Hero Arts Merry Ornament C4208, Cheer Ornament D4214, PTI Signature Christmas, SU! Tree Trimmings

Accessories: Hero Arts Digital Kit Merry Holiday Boarders, Gems, Nesties, Foam Pads

Oh well, it's back to work tomorrow :( but we will have plenty to talk about as I'm off out tonight for a work charity night. The guys at work are doing a Full Monty for a local Baby Hospice 'Zoe's Place'. It's gonna be a laugh for a good cause & I can't wait! More Christmas cards tomorrow to share.

Bye for now & thanks for stopping by! Comments are always appreciated!

Perfect Plum!

Hello There! yesterday was a fairly productive day in the studio, I managed to do some college work & get some cards made! I happened to stop by Moxie Fab World & stumbled across the Plum Crazy Challenge! I haven't used 'Plum' colours for a while & fancied having a go. I decided to make a floral card as I have a few birthdays coming up & need some female floral cards.

I went straight to my trusty PTI In Bloom set & also used Hero Arts Antique Flower Background. I decided to use a Sketch from Our Creative Corner which really helped me & I am super pleased with this card.

I added some looped Plum Pudding Top Notch Twill at the top & some linen thread tied in a bow at the bottom! The middle layer of the bloom has stickles to add a lil sparkle!

{Ingredients}

CS: SU! Perfect Plum, Pale Plum & Whisper White

Ink: SU! Perfect Plum, Ranger Distress Embossing Ink

Stamps: PTI I Bloom, Hero Arts Antique Flower Background S5264 & All Occasion CL272

Accessories: Linen Thread, White EP, Star Dust Stickles, Foam Pads, PTI Plum Pudding Top Notch Twill.

I have another card to share later & I am being organised today & scheduling a post for tomorrow while I am at work! Thanks for stopping by!

Passion for PTI Ho Ho Ho Challenge!

Hello There! Well, today I got up in the mood for Christmas & stopped by The Passion for Papertrey Blog & decided to join in on their current Challenge. Their challenge is Christmas! Not surprising as it's only 49 days away! This is the first time I have entered into a challenge over there but I'm sure I will be playing along again as my PTI stash is steadily growing!

I decided to use the supplies which were out on my desk which is overly messy! I had the Snowfall Additions set, Signature Christmas & Enchanted Evening CS & ribbon plus my Labels 1 Nesties to hand!

I kept the LO of my card real simple & was fairly pleased with the outcome! It's a card that can be made in bulk for sure as it only took me bout 15 min to put together! I added some Star Dust Stickles around the white label layer for some sparkle & added another glitter gem to the snowflake centre.

{Ingredients}

CS: SU! Whisper White, PTI Enchanted Evening & Spring Rain

Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, Memento Black

Stamps: PTI Snowfall Additions & Signature Christmas

Accessories: Nesties Labels 1, Crop-o-dile, PTI Enchanted Evening Satin Ribbon, Stickles Star Dust, Foam Pads, PTI DP.

Well I hope to make at least one but maybe two more Christmas cards today along with doing some college work! Thanks for stopping by today!

Kick Start Mojo for Christmas!

Instead of getting other things done like college work & housework I decided to kick my Christmas card making into action! I decided to use this weeks Mojo Monday challenge! Again it's been a while since I used one of their sketches.

I decided to use a mix of PTI & Hero Arts stamps for this card. The sketch was fun & I kept my card simple!

The background was stamped using Fresh Snow ink from PTI onto Enchanted Evening CS, I really like this effect. I added some more glittery gems too! I think this sentiment is FUN from Hero Arts & it's been in my stash for a long time now!

I stamped one of the snowflakes from Snowfall additions onto Whisper White using Enchanted Evening ink & punched it out using a Woodware paper punch. I added some stickles for a glittery effect which is a lil hard to see in the photos.

{Ingredients}

CS: PTI Enchanted Evening, SU! Whisper White & Bashful Blue

Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening & Fresh Snow

Stamps: PTI Snowfall & Snowfall Additions, Hero Arts Think of Christmas C3203

Accessories: Stickles Star Dust, Woodware Snowflake Punch, Foam Pads, Friskars Apron Lace Punch, Glitter Gems

This is my second post for the day so be sure to scroll down for more Christmas card shares!! Thanks for stopping by!

2 Challenges in 1 card!

WOW! I really don't know where the days are going! Time just seems to flying & I'm just about keeping up! I found a little time & inspiration the other night to make a couple of cards. The card I am sharing today was inspired by 2 challenges.

The first challenge I stumbled across whilst blog hopping! I really like Dawn's style it really appealed to me & so I bookmarked her blog & so came across a fun challenge she posted!

The second challenge I decided to incorporate is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. It has been a while since I participated in this so thought I'd give it a go!

Christmas is fast approaching & I haven't really knuckled down to making cards yet which is about right I always leave things till the last minute! Anyway, I thought the colours were very Christmasy & so I dug out some of my Hero Arts Xmas Stamps!

I really like this Angel stamp but it was the first time it was inked up for this card! The sentiment is from PTI Signature Christmas - the sentiments in this set are so good!

I added a Hero Arts felt snowflake & a glitter gem for a finishing touch! I am really quite pleased with the outcome of this card!

{Ingredients}

CS: Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy, BAshful Blue & Cream from SU!

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy from SU!

Stamps: Hero Arts Heart Angel E4856, Winter CM005, PTI Signature Christmas

Accessories: Hero Arts Felt Snowflakes, Labels 1 Nesties, Grosgrain Ribbon from Stash! Apron Lace Friskars Punch, glitter gem from stash!

I would have had it posted yesterday but my head was thumping after a study day at work & I am fussy and like to take my photo's in daylight which is quite hard as the nights draw in so quick at this time of year!

Thanks for stopping by!

Raspberry Suite Color Inspiration Challenge #18

Hey! I'm sharing a card I have made for Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge. Not feeling so great today so this won't be a long post! I really enjoyed using these colours and it got me into a Christmas mood!

I decided to come Hero Arts with PTI! Two of my favourite companies! I'm loving the sentiments from the Signature Christmas and had to use one on this card!

I stamed the Hero Arts design block background using Ranger Clear Embossing Ink & added Stardust embossing powder. This adds a lovely sparkly background - yummy!

The sentiment layer section is mounted on foam pads for dimension. I added some Raspberry Fizz Saddle Stitch Ribbon for that added finishing touch along with some HA gems that I coloured using my Copics!

{Ingredients}

CS: Very Vanilla, Green Galore from SU! Kraft, Raspberry Fizz & Dark Chocolate from PTI

Stamps: Hero Arts Holly Flourish S5067, PTI Signature Christmas & Vintage Labels

Ink: Ranger Clear Embossing Ink, SU! Chocolate Chip, PTI Vintage Cream

Accessories: PTI Raspberry Fizz Saddle Stitch Ribbon, Hero Arts Gems, Copic Marker, Stardust EP, Foam Pads, Fiskars Punch

Thanks for stopping by! I hope I feel a bit better this afternoon so I can make some more cards!

I'm Back with Season's Greetings!

After a very busy week of work & college I was finally able to relax & chill out Friday to today. It's gone mega quick & it's back to work tomorrow but it won't be as busy this week. Thank goodness!!

Anyway, yesterday I spent some time with crafting friends Kerry, Claire & Sheila and we had a trip out to a couple of craft shops to stock up on supplies, have a natter & eat GOOD food! After a day of inspiration I found some time to make some cards.

This card uses one of my new PTI purchases which arrived on Friday morning, it's the Signature Christmas by Dawn McVey. The sentiments are lovely in this set :) I also made this card to fit in with this weeks Hero Arts challenge of Holiday Accessories.

I used a Hero Arts Poinsettia Art Flower & added a vintage button & twine to the centre. The holly background layer was created using the Holly Flourish from HA. I used my SU! markers to colour it in then spritzed some water over what I had coloured to moisten it agin & then stamped onto my card sock.

{Ingredients}

CS: Kraft PTI, Very Vanilla SU!

Stamps: Hero Arts Holly Flourish S5067, Signature Christmas PTI

Ink: Real Red SU!

Accessories: Poinsettia Art Flowers HA, SU! Markers, Vintage Lace, PTI Bitty Dot DP, Oval & Scalloped Oval Punch SU!, Foam Pads.

I am really pleased how this card turned out. It has a vintage feel but still looks contemporary at the same time!! I hope to share a few more creations with you all this week.

Thanks for stopping by!