Last Make My Monday challenge for 2014

Jacqueline our talented Make My Monday leader  has chosen for the final challenge of 2014 the lovely and appropriate  theme:

Nativity

 Products

Stampendous 157: Nativity scene.

DI: stormy sky

Docrafts: Blue ink pad

Debbi Moore Designs: Peace stamp.

Glamour Dust.

You can just about see the glamour dust glittering .

 MMM is having a couple of weeks off then back in January 2015 with some fabulous new challenges.

 Thank you for looking

Suzi B xx

Angels

Hello and welcome.  I'm a bit late with the Make My Monday challenge  inspiration, where this week it would be lovely to see as part of your project some

Angels

 Here's mine, a very quick  Christmas card.

Products

Creative Expressions: Herald Angel

Glamour Dust

White and blue card stock

Mini 8 punch: Vine

Close up of the glitter

As you can see a very simple but I think an effective card.

This version is even quicker :-)

The blue card I used is very dark but its photographed a lot lighter?

Have a great week

Suzi B xx

The first fall of snow

Good morning, December already wow! How time flies. The challenge at Make My Monday has been chosen by the lovely Laura whose theme is 

SPRAY and MIST

 

PRODUCTS

Glimmer mist: various shades of blue, green and silver

Sticky Finger sprays: silver

Artemio stamps: trees

Crafters Companion : The Snowman: sentiments.... love these, plus I got them for half price... bargain!

white marker pens

Thick cartridge paper.

Twine, another bargain pack from TKMax

Snowflake charm.

  Here's Missi getting in on the act as usual when I retook photos this morning..... so this post has been edited from an earlier edition with older photos which I wasn't happy with.

 thank you for dropping by, have a great week

Suzi B xx

Challenges
Christmas card Challenge: week 53 anything goes
Fashionable Stamping: Winter Wonderland
order of the opus Gluei: let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Less is More 200!

A quick card to help celebrate Less Is More's 200th challenge. Although I've not had time to join in with the LIM challenge lately, I was there at the beginning ... it is one of my favourite challenges.
The theme this week is appropriately

 Celebrations

Not a brilliant photo... it's getting quite dark

 Congratulations to Chrissie the LIM Queen! .

Here's to another 200 challenges!!

 Suzi B xx
Edited later that evening lol
 I decided to add some bling ... well if you can't have bling at 200 when can you :-)

Still iffy photos will try to improve them tomorrow in the day light.

Suzi B xx

A card for Maureen

This card is one I made for my special friend Maureen.... The images are downloads from Cemerony and or Dezinaworld. I cant remember where the Friends stamp came from. It's one of my favourites that I've had since I first started rubber stamping, may have been from QVC. the text stamp is by Stampendous, another favourite. I wanted to use blues because thats her favourite colout but some how it ended up green! but at least it has butterflies... also one of her favourite things.

 Enjoy your Tues evening
Suzi B xx

A little bit of RED

Hello and welcome. Its my  turn to host the challenge at Make My Monday I would like to see your creations in

Black and white with a dash of RED

 I love this cat stamp from Katzelkraft.stamped with Versafine, onyx black coloured with Whispers strokes with an added touch of Glimmer Mist.

 I can't remember which set of Christmas stamps this little bauble is from... cute though!

 

The second card is made with one of my favourite La Blanche stamps.

The cheery Father Christmas has been raised up on sticky fixes all jazzed up with Christmas red Stickles. Sentiment on both is from the  Penny Black: Wonder set.
I find this idea a quick and easy way to get loads of Christmas cards , or any cards, done and dusted.
 See you soon
 Suzi B xx

Lets get Glittery!

 Hello and welcome.. Today its the turn of our leader,  Jacqueline to host this weeks Make My Monday challenge with the theme

USE GLITTER

 Now what could be better, especially at Christmas, we all love glitter, well I do :-) on our Christmas cards.
I have two cards to share with you... but I'm sure there will be more!

This is made with Stampers Anonymous: Christmas Time, coloured with Tim Holtz Distress  markers:barn door and peeled paint. the greeting is from Penny black: Wonder collection and of course, red and gold glitter. Hope you can see the glitter!

for the second one I used stamps from Holly Bird by Stampendous coloured id the same way with added glitter and Shabby White Frantage.

I quite like this little bird... even though I gave his tail a red stripe! only noticed it when it was uploaded. Its now been coloured out..ish :-)

have a great Monday... see you soon
Suzi B xx

Berries and Foliage

Hello and thank you for popping in to see me.

 Today Make My Monday has a lovely challenge theme chosen by  our fabulous  leader, Jacqueline.

 Berries and Foliage

This is a great theme to get me into the Christmas card making role!  I think I'll use it as a theme this year, thank you Jacqueline. I have made another card along this theme but I messed it up big style! although I usually display my mistakes not this time! :-)

Products:

All stamps: Stampendous : Holly Bird

Water colour painting with Distress Inks

Stickles.Versafine: Onyx Black

 As usual I look forward to seeing your creations, have a great day... have a great week!

Suzi B xx

Challenges
Christmas cards all year round: No patterened paper

Vintage Christmas.

Good morning, as I sit enjoying my breakfast the sun is streaming in through my windows......  hope it remains that way.

At  Make My Monday  this week the challenge is

VINTAGE

I decided to make a vintage Christmas card

 I printed the backing papers off my computer but i can't remember where I got them. The postcards are from last years 12x12 DP... no stamping, most unusual . I love the little Christmas bells. I'm also in love with sequins at the moment. I frequently used them when I first started making cards.... I have loads!

 The team at MMM would love to see your vintage creations pop across to thee challenge blog to see the lovely inspiration provided by my teamies.

I'm pleased that I'm managing to create at least once a week at the moment.... If you could see the chaos in my craft room you'd better understand that statement! I am a very messy crafter but I can hardly move around and every surface is stacked to the rafters so I am struggling to find stuff etc. It is the only room in my home which is not undergoing any alterations so consequently it has become a dumping ground for .. we'll you name it.. But its next on my list for a clear out ( well after the shed! I can hardly get in there iether but the old carpet and underlay that the fitters lifted on friday will be going to the tip today!) I think you get the picture :-).

Have a great day
Suzi B xx

Challenges
Craft-room Challenge: Vintage Christmas

It's Monday.....

Good morning and welcome! lovely to see you. It's my turn to host the challenge at Make My Monday, I would like your projects to be inspired by your take on.....

Shabby Chic 

here's mine

I am pushed for time this morning, (only made this card very late last night) The main images are from Crafty Individuals. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if there's anything you have a query about... thank you :-) please visit the MMM challenge blog to see the inspirational projects produced by the DT

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Challenges
 Craft-room Challenge: Vintage Christmas

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Its a very sad day for me today.... It's a year since my sister Anne passed away.... I miss her dreadfully

This photograph was taken in Snowdonia... She loved  North Wales. Anne became unexpectedly very ill later that same year...... Love you Anne xxx

Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble!

Good morning and welcome, thank you for visiting me today. It's Monday and yes you've guessed it's time for another  challenge at Make My Monday. It's Joans turn to host the challenge and she would like to see your projects focusing on

Halloween 

I don't have many Halloween stamps etc so it's always a challenge! I had a quick scan of Etsy and found some fabulous halloween type downloads including the tags I used for my project.

 This is a pocket guide for all witches and wizards who wish to always be prepared....

This is a concertina type project with the tags adheared to both sides and the little flap decorated with appropriate bits and bobs! :-)

Products

 Etsy:  Victoria Designs: Apothecary labels.

Stamps

Tanda stamps background set 2: spiders web

Blockheads paper Arts Victorian Eccenticities: lizard.

Chocolate Baroque: cat, pumpkin and bats.

Paper Artsy Minis: script MN84.

Distress Ink: Walnut stain

Versafine: Onyx black.

Bits and pices from my stash.

  In cases of emergency.... smash the glass!! make a wish and all will be granted.... may be?

Hope you can join us with this fabulous challenge, have a spooktackular week.

 Suzi B xx

 

Numbers............. 0123456789

Hello and welcome! thank you for joining me here in the Making Room ;-)

 It's Monday so time for another challenge at Make My Monday and I'm delighted to be able to join in..... at last!

 This week our lovely leader Jacqueline wants to see our

 Numbers

Here's my take on the theme a bright and breezy card that would suit a young mans 16th birthday or any occasion to do with the number 16!

The words and the Graffiti stamp were stamped a second time,  relevant pieces cut out, added to the images with sticky fixes

Products

 Light weight water colour paper

Brusho: Scarlet. lemon and Emerald green.

Oak house studio spray tubes filled with water, above colours added.

KaiserCraft clear stamps: Graffiti.

Katzelkraft: sorry no name or number.( smile and live tags)

Chocolate Baroque: UA4HC0177

Adirondack: Clover

Versafine: Onyx Black. 

 Hope you can join us at MMM  with this weeks challenge. Pop along to see the rest of the designs teams inspiration pieces.

 Have a great day

 Suzi B xx

Challenges
 addicted -to-stamps: anything goes. must use stamps
Fashionable Stamping; anything goes

Bad blogger!

Hello to you all, that is if you're still around, I hope so :)) 

 I've been a very negligent crafter and  Blogger since I moved house. I still have lots of renovations to do but the bigger stuff, is done! hooray! 

I'm hoping to get into my craft room this afternoon to try and turn it into a usable craft space once again,  not the dumping ground it has become. It was the only room not being altered in any way so consequently "stuff" just got dumped either in here or the shed! I can hardly move in here (craft room) or the shed! As to finding my crafty stash well that's another matter altogether! So fingers crossed that "normal or as near normal, services will be resumed in the very near future".

 I did manage to do one or two commissioned  cards. Here's on of my favourites, made for a friends grandaughter who is at uni studying fashion and design

If you're still around thank you for your patience and loyalty . Looking forward to catching up with you all.
 Suzi B xx

Tags and Toppers at MMM

Helloo and welcome its been a while since I last blogged but this morning I had time to play whilst I waited for the builders who were here to discuss the alterations and to sort out start dates etc.... which could be this week, eek! lots to do like clearing stuff out!! they are ringing me later today. If not this week it will definitely be next week.
 So this morning I played with my newly acquired Brusho paints. I've never used them before so this really was a leap in the dark!
 The challenge at Make My Monday this week is for

Tags  and Toppers

I chose TAGS

 Products
 Brusho Crystal colours: turquoise,Lemon and Scarlet.
Water Colour card
Stampendous: Large Tag
The Artistic Stamper: Birds of a Feather
Visible Images: Flower Inkognito
KaiserCraft: Just Believe.

For the background I sprinkled the dry paint onto damp water colour card, didn't get the desired look! so sprayed lots of water onto the card  then let it run off producing the look I wanted. I then just over stamped used what card was left to stamp the birds onto and cut out and attached. I would have liked to add them to a card but the builders arrived... so things got put on hold and since I'm very late I've just gone with the tags.

I hope you will join us for our Tags and Toppers challenge at make Make My Monday we look forward to seeing your creations!!

take care 

Suzi B xx

Birds at MMM

Oops! I'm rather late in getting down to producing a card for Make My Monday... only just finished it!
but here it is

 The lovely Fliss is our hostess  and the theme she's chosen is

 Birds

It's a lovely theme, I love birds on cards and was looking forward to making something for the DT but events over took me, like they do and are doing quite a bit these days so my card was a "hurry" job!

 Products

15cm x 15cm white base card.

Kraft card 14cmx14cm

DP: Papermania: Madame Payrauds

 SU: tag punch and stamp

Not sure where the Happy birthday stamp is from

Twine

Versafine: Onyx Black....  so a quick ans easy card. 

The reason my heads all over the place at the moment is down to all the alterations going on here at home

Would you like to see my new kitchen? which was fitted on Thursday... It took me ages to put all the kitchen paraphernalia back... fitting it all in, then remembering where every thing is!  

 I still need to choose wall tiles and the flooring... The flooring will not go down for quite some time yet... because I would like the same throughout!... and before that can occur, doors, walls and ceilings need to be removed, in the ceilings case, replaced... french windows added... hopefully all will flow! from one room to the other... The kitchen is the first job!!! the kitche fitter guys need to come back to put on doors and do bit of snagging!

here's the before shot!! taken the night before after I'd emptied all but essentials....

So please excuse my absence from commenting on your blogs... I do try!!  I think it might be some months  before I'm back to my blogging self :)

Suzi B xx

Butterflies

Good morning and welcome! Its Monday which means a new challenge at Make My Monday

 It's Laura's turn this week and she chosen

Butterflies

My time is limited due to new home improvements!!! This week my new kitchen arrives so I'm busy packing..... again! I managed to find time to join in though cos I love  butterflies and I've been dying to play with this stamp.... but now my PC's decided to throw a hissi fit! I'm using my tablet..Thank goodness for technology!

Products
Visible Image: butterfly incognito.
American Crafts: Stamp Markers.
Cartridge paper
Beads & glitter. I mixed three fine glitters ...yellow, pink & turquoise. I do have a close up photo on my PC .. fingers crossed I can sort out my computer to upload the photo!

Hopefully you will be able to join in and show us your butterflies.
Suzi B xx

Whey hey... PC is ok  just a small glitch.....here's the promised close up of glitter which you can just about see!

have  good day Suzi B xx

Holiday Time

Good morning, lovely to see you as its Monday its time for a new challenge at Make My Monday. This week Sue would like to see:

VACATION THEMES.

I chose to keep my card Clean And Simple using free stamps from the Get Stamping Magazine called Sea Breeze.

I lightly sprayed the card the water  then also lightly brushed two shades of Gelatos across the wet patch, then blended with a brush.  I used Versafine Onyx black for the image and sentiment... viola!...finito! I would like the sentiment to say 

" wish I was there"  ;o)

 Have a great week, 

Suzi B xx

Mail Art

Good morning and welcome to the first MMM challenge of July 2014. It's my turn,  to choose the theme....
 I would like to see your

Mail Art

I love looking at the mail art that is published in Stampington magazine, Pinterest etc.... I would love to decorate  my envelopes more often... but then again we email rather than write! .. (I love the physical act of writing) ... may be I should organise a mail art swap! :-) but not before, during or just after my new kitchen is fitted... hope fully very soon.
 This is a picture heavy post...

The backing paper: Tim Holtz Idea-ology paper pad: Wallflower. I didn't want to obscure the roses so I cut around the image with a craft knife so that the postcard would slip under. 

inks: DI: antique linen, Versafine: Vintage Sepia, Adirondack: sunshine yellow & watermelon.

The rose embellishment is, or rather was an earring from a set of 12 individual ones from a well known bargain fashion store.. I can't remember where the lovely little heart is from.

the cluster of tiny postcards is from Impressive Images: Essential elements 2005

This is a 6x6" envelope decorated with JOFY stamps the coloured with Whispers strokes.
 How cheery to receive correspondence in an envelope like this

This one you may have seen on a previous post but I thought I'd share it again because I like it :-)

Hope you can join us at MMM this week...
Have a good week
Suzi B xx