Quick post, quick card.

Hello every one... it's bright and sunny here in Crewe at the moment but it was very wet and blustery this morning..
 My son rang me asking for a new baby girl card, urgent, he said, so I cracked on and made this very quick card.

How cute is this.....

Thank you for looking, xx Suzi B xx

My turn for Mid Week Motivation at MMM

 Good morning all, welcome to the  MMM mid week motivation
 I thought I'd share a grid card using digi images from bitm@p via Etsy.

 I printed the download onto A4 card, cut out the square then picked the six I wanted to use.
The second layer of backing paper was made using Versafine Vintage Sepia for the script stamp and Vesafine Onyx Back for the swirl. I used the second stamping for the swirl. The edges of the paper where distressed then  DI Antique Linen added around the edges and slightly into the centre, followed by vintage sepia just on the edges....
I stamped a different swirl around the edges of the first layer then used Vintage Sepia on the edges which had been distressed .  The squares were added via sticky fixes to black card stock and three of the butterflies cut out and layered up.

First layer up from base card.












Second layer.... Distressing not shown on photograph  :(  black card stock with butterfly squares fixed on top of this layer. Then I added the little flower which was part of a jewellery sale bought for a £1 bargain!

Thank you for looking, enjoy your day and have crafty fun.
xx Suzi B xx

Anything that flies

Good morning and happy May Day to  all in the UK ... happy Monday to everyone else :)  It's my turn to host this weeks Make My Monday challenge, I've chosen

Anything That Flies 

Pop across to the blog  and take a look at the  surprise  awaiting you this week, in the form of a prize... you'll have to visit MMM to see what it is... here's my card

MATERIALS
Crafty Individuals dragonfly craft mask

Personal Impressions Dragonfly woodblock stamp. The first stamp I ever bought and I love it.
Designs by Ryn Water droplets stamp 
Craft-T Products decorating chalks... for the background paper Glimmer Mist Hydrangea
Sticky Fingers; shake-n-spray: silver and aqua
Printed acetate for the wings
water splashes
Bling from stash
White and aqua card stock
Vesafine Onyx black ink

The dragonflies were stamped  first onto white card and cut out then adhered just bt the body to the backing paper. Then it was stamped onto coloured  acetate but this time I only cut out the wings before alayering up.

Hope you can see the gold flecks from the Glimmer Mist,  the water splashes and the water droplets which are very muted... but they are there :)

 Ok, ok here's a sneak peak of the prize over  at MMM

As usual the team has some great pieces to share with you.Can't wait to see your" flying" creations. :)
 have a good week
 xx Suzi B xx
Challenges.
Love to Scrap! challenge Blog: : Anything Goes
Make it Monday::  Always Anything Goes

Colour wheel at LIM

Hello Blogger buddies and welcome, I'm pleased to see you. At last I've been able to join in the fun at LIM after being AWOL for a couple of weeks or so :( This week Chrisie and Jen would like us to choose two opposite colours from a colour wheel.
I chose the colours green and violet/red 

Here's mine. For some reason I struggled to get a decent picture. hope you can make it out
 Materials
Papermania Urban Stamps: Botanical Print. randomly coloured direct to stamp with:
Whispers stokes  as near to green and violet/red as I could get.
 The sentiment was lying on my desk after being used on another project ( tomorrows actually) so decided to use it again ... it works well with this card. It's one of my "lost stamps"... in other words I've lost the original packaging.

 I've outlined various parts of the image... especially the clock fingers or is it hands?! and the dots of the Dandelion.

 I hope all the UK bloggers are having a great BH week end,enjoying the sunny weather.... Gosh you people who are not of the UK will perhaps not understand our obsession with the weather... it's sooo variable, we never know from one day to the next or even within the same day! do I need a coat or not, do I need an umbrella?... lol
 take care lovely people, see you tomorrow
xx Suzi B xx
 

 Oops forgot to show the colour wheel

Suzi B xx

Circle Journal

April started the Cubby Hole's Circle Journal challenge. There are 14 of us in this challenge which means I wont see my journal again until June 2014!!...
 I should have handed my journal in to "The Boss" (Carol owner of the Cubby Hole craft shop) on the 27th but since it was all so last minute (excuses, excuses I'd known about it for a month! ) I actually handed it over on 29th... terrible I know.... Suzanne (Carols right hand woman) will be furious we've had strict instructions from her NOT TO BE LATE handing in our journals!
 Now onto the journal

My chosen subject is "Significant Places" I chose to use a 12"x12" Hobby Craft journal. Which journal to use was a great debate for me...   what size? should I make my own? ... not good for me cos I'm useless at it ,etc etc. In the end I'm glad I went for the 12x12... 

This is on the inside front cover explaining why I chose Significant Places

 Newborough beach and LLanddwyin Island why this is one of my Significant Places.

Page one about Newborough Forest and  Newborough beach.

page two about Llanddwyn Island and Saint Dwynwen.

The first place I have chosen is  Newborough  Beach and LLanddwyn Island on the Ilse of Angelsey. Even though my journal is 12x 12  it was difficult to only use two pages (rules) and include all the information I wanted to give... hence pockets of photographs with relevant info on the reverse. I would have liked to make a pull out booklet with the photos on but I wasn't sure how to go about it and time was of the essence.

I have amended the rules slightly... they can use peel offs if they absolutely must!!

My next journal belongs to Janet and her chosen subject is Snowdrops. I will blog the journal once it's been handed back to "The Boss" after the 25th May.

thank you for looking, enjoy the wonderful UK weather hope it lasts through the BH

take care 

xx Suzi B xx

 PS ... my craft room is looking quite tidy...  Blogger is taking so long to upload photos it was difficult just to sit and wait, so in some ways the "Blogger Bother" I'm experiencing at the moment has been ... helpful!

Missing photos from the MMM post

Front cover of ATC booklet

Reverse side

Front

Please see previous post  here for further information.
 Thank you for looking.
 xx Suzi B xx

Anything but a card for MMM

Good morning people,  I thought my MMM post would be late, very late! today cos I should be on the train on my way to Chester for the day with my buddies, Maureen, Jenny and Joan but here I am am sat at home with my morning coffee after a horrid night caused by coughing spasms.  I am way behind with  all my projects especially my Circle Journal for the Cubby Hole which should have been ready Saturday.! I finished it 12am last night  I'll give more information about the Circle Journal later this week.

Here's my MMM project which was finished well on time

I'm still having problems uploading photographs, see previous post  I've had to copy this from the MMM Blog....It's a little ATC booklet made with Dylusions Spray inks... and you know I've only got three  lol.
 The other side is made from the waste ink mopped up onto card...  I prefer it... sorry I know you can't see it. Maybe I'll be able to sort the uploading problem out and add the other photos later. I used lots of different stamps... wish I'd scheduled the post (which would have had the stamps listed ) at the time of making these ATC's then maybe I wouldn't be in this pickle! lesson learnt... never stop learning do we?
This post looks a bit messy because I had to make the image extra large for you to see it because it wouldn't enlarge as usual once posted onto the blog...  can't you tell I'm having a bad day :o(
 Don't forget to pop across to MMM to see the fabulous projects the rest of the DT have made.
Have a good day, I'm off for another coffee and a lie down :o)
xx Suzi B xx

If you would like to see all three photos here's a link to my face book page click on the thumb nails for a bigger picture. xx

Edited Tues 30th

After much investigating and resoring my PC back an earlier date I've managed to upload the missing photos but I think it's a blogger issue

This is the reverse side of the booklet using up the waste ink... I prefer this side.

front cover of folded booklet.


I hope Blogger settles down ...
Suzi b xx

Anything but a card

Good morning people,  I thought my MMM post would be late, very late! today cos I should be on the train on my way to Chester for the day with my buddies, Maureen, Jenny and Joan but here I am am sat at home with my morning coffee after a horrid night caused by coughing spasms.  I am way behind with  all my projects especially my Circle Journal for the Cubby Hole which should have been ready Saturday.! I finished it 12am last night  I'll give more information about the Circle Journal later this week.
Here's my MMM project which was finished well on time.

Arrrrgh!!! I'm having Blogger Bother!!

 I can't upload the photographs ... and whats more I've misplaced the project so I can't even scan it!... what the heck have I done with it?!!

Fancy Folds

Good morning all and welcome to this weeks MMM challenge which is to show some fancy folds on your cards or projects.
Here's mine

 

Products
 Stampendous Jumbo Cling
Dylusions Ink Spray: fresh lime, lemon zest and bubblegum pink..... I only own these three but can't wait to get more.
Archival black
Viva Pearl pen: black 
Cartridge paper
Green fine wire
Gems.

 
I blanked off the top of the card before stamping with Archival black. I then stamped the hydrangea onto cartridge paper that had been prepared with dylusions ink  which I'd spritzed onto a craft sheet then mopped up with the paper. I then cut out the flower head.  I also stamped onto the reverse of the paper and cut out... then stamped again in a random fashion onto the coloured side of this so that I could cover the back of the flower... sounds a bit jumbled but I think you'll get the picture
  I stamped the image onto green prepared paper and cut out the stem and leaves.

The butterfly was stamped twice and layered for dimension.  The sentiment is from a mystery bag of homeless stamps ... I put the strays into this bag when I have lost the original packaging  :o)

The team have as usual provide you with lots of inspiration do pop across to MMM have take a look.
 Congratulations to everyone who joined in last weeks "make your own background" challenge you were awesome ... it was sooo difficult choosing just hree...
 Thank you for stopping by, your visits are important to me and are much appreciated. I hope this week I get round to visiting you.
 Have a good week
xx Suzi B xx

Challenges
melonheadzfriends: Fancy folds.
paper playtime : more than one fold.
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Colour

Primrose Day

Hello and welcome... tomorrow is my older sisters birthday it just so happens to be Primrose Day as well. My dad always used to say to  Anne ( my sister who is 5yrs older than me and a fabulous artist ... jealous? who moi?.... just a bit ..) that her birthday was also Primrose Day. I never gave this a second thought until I decided to google... this is from Wikipedia
Primrose Day is the anniversary of the death of British statesman and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, on 19 April 1881.^[1] The primrose was his favourite flower and Queen Victoria would often send him bunches of them from Windsor and Osborne House. She sent a wreath of primroses to his funeral. On this day Disraeli's statue in Parliament Square, London is decorated with primroses, as is his grave in Hughenden, Buckinghamshire.
I then searched the Internet for a Primrose rubber stamp and found one  by Hobby Art. here's the card.... which  I am not too keen on.. 

 To be honest... this is the updated version

I cut out the leaves and shaped them to add more dimension

Here is the original

Now I'm thinking perhaps I should've left it alone....I know you lovely people will say which you prefer but I don't have time to redo it. I'm off to see Anne tomorrow. She lives a couple of hours away in a place called Warsop near Mansfield. Nottinghamshire. We used to have a lot of fun together, travelling around etc etc

but since she became ill with severe heart and lung problems, it has all been curtailed.... I miss our times together but when we do get together although less frequently we have a great time with many laughs.. especially when our younger sister, Eileen joins us.

Here she is the last time we spent a few days in North Wales, in fact in the same year (2007)  she was confined to a wheel chair... This photo was taken at the bottom of Mount Snowdon, North Wales. I made a srap book for her with all our escapades in glorious colour.. lol






Thank you for looking.
 xx Suzi B xx

Coulor challenge at MMM and bling alert

Especially as it's time for another Make My Monday challenge. This week Caz would like you to use the colours

 Brown and Blue

 

I found this a  quite tricky... not colours I normally use or put together... so thank you Caz for making me "think". 

Products

 DP:  Blue: Hot off the press

         Beige and Brown: The Scrap cake

 Stamps: SU Fresh Vintage

Versafine Vintage Sepia

Butterfly: Joycarfts 

Bits and pieces from stash.

The gorgeous scrap of coffee coloured guipure lace came from Fougeres Northern France... the shop I bought it from was amazing,  full from top to bottom of wonderful, expensive lace etc.I am too mean to use more than a scrap... I love it. The team at MMM have as usual  made some stunning pieces to inspire you pop across and take a look.

I would like to congratulate all who took part in last weeks make your own background paper you produced some amazing art... our job choosing the top three will be very difficult...

Look forward to seeing your brown and blue creations. have a good week

xx Suzi B xx

Challenges

Lexi's Creations: add lace and/or ribbon

Make it Monday: Always anything goes.

Grungy Aviator

Hello and welcome it's been a lovely, partly sunny, pleasant day here in Crewe , hope its been good where you are. It was my grandson, Shaun's birthday on the 7th...
here's his card.

 The awful thing is , Shaun hasn't had his card yet or his gift... I was ill last week and am only just about catching up.. tut tut.

Actually looking at this card now... perhaps he should have had it when he was 12! :o)... it will make him smile I'm sure... it's all tongue in cheek. Shaun is waiting to go in the air force as an aeronautics engineer. he has wanted to work with aeroplanes... especially jet fighters since he was just a small boy.

I'm sure his dad or himself will come up with a better way of closing the little booklet.


Products
Stampendous: Flying Machines
Delta: Travel map
IndigoBlu: sentiments and tickets 
The Stampsmith: Catolina Postal: postcard.
Paper Artsy: Minis.scientist, numbers and cogs
Craft Stamper: Pocket watch and Tempus fugit
Hobby craft:  aeroplane.
Couture Creations Embossing folder: Ascension.
DI: Vintage Photo
Verasafine: vintage sepia.
Kraft Card
Light green paper from an old Management Co. folder
I can't remember where the letters for "Shaun" came from.
 Thank you for looking... I really appreciate your visits and look forward to reading your comments.
 take care
 xx Suzi B xx

Challenges

It's all about the vintage: Travel

Whew! only just made it...

Morning all...  It's that time of the week again at MMM ... time for a new challenge. the lovely Fliss is our hostess this week and she would like you to

 Make Your own Background... 

no patterned papers must be used.

 

I used a Crafters Workshop  template over watercolour paper then spritzed with various Glimmer Mist and Sticky Fingers ink then sprayed with water, left to dry before removing the template. I then adhered it to white card , then onto a Kraft Card base.

 The butterfly is from a Marianne Creatables die, cut from backing paper made with a Tim Holtz mask and DI's. To give a little sparkle I sprayed it with Plasticote gold sparkle. the body is made from a small hatpin and seed beads. It is adhered to a Marianne Craftables doily type die cut

Backing paper made with TH mask and DI's

There are lots of inspiration and different techniques for making backing papers over at MMM. Hope you join us we'd love to see your designs and techniques.

 have a great Monday ... guess what it's sunny here in Crewe at the moment... hope it stays around :)

take care 

 xx Suzi B xx 

Challenges

 Country View Crafts: Butterflies

One Layer

Hellooo and welcome again to the  Make My Monday challenge which this week is hosted by Jacqueline and she would like to see a

One layer CAS card

A quick and simple card from me this week.

All images from Chocolate Baroque stamped onto pale cream water colour paper with Archival black ink  then coloured with Derwent  Inktense water colour pencils.... Sentiment and Ladybird added...voila... done!

Thank you for looking, pop across to MMM to be inspired by the fabulous artwork from the DT
Hope you have all enjoyed the bright but cold ( here in the UK) Easter. I over did the chocolate!... did you?

xx Suzi B xx

60's scooter

Hello,  happy Thursday to all.
 On Tuesday my friend Desi asked me to make a 60th birthday card for her brother-in-law, Peter. Her  brief was....  it must have his name and a scooter on the front... no pressure then!
Here's what I came up with.

What do you think, will they both like it?
The chevron stamp is part of a free set from a new stamping magazine called.. Get Stamping, scooter stamp is from Hobby Craft and the letters belong to a set from which I've lost the packaging. All stamped with Kaleidacolor: Spectrum. I used Glossy Accents on the scooter and letters. My Glossy Accent  is a bit discoloured cos I made the mistake of putting a hat pin in the top to stop it clogging .. but it went a bit rusty and coloured the glue... shan't do that again! but I think it looks OK. The banners are drawn freehand with a discreet 60 added.

 Bye for now
xx Suzi B xx