It's been a while!!

Hiya, what a few weeks here we have had at Chez Christie, started off with what I thought was a touch of lurgy...ended up in the Emergency Docs at 11pm one evening being with a high temperature and a pulse of 143 eeeekkk. The diagnosis - Scarlatina, a form of Scarlet Fever!!! I had no idea people still got that in this day and age. I can tell you, it is the worst thing I have ever experienced. Hubby has been amazing, and has looked after me so well, he has the patience of a saint!! Anyway, after 2 weeks of monster sized anti-biotics, I am slowly getting better and trying to get back to some kind of normality and build myself back up.

So, today I thought I would gently ease myself in with a card I made a few weeks ago before the lurgy struck. I made a pile of cards using the fab new Sentiment Stamps from Sarah Hurley and this one is a Congratulations one, perfect for this time of year with all the exam results coming through. I wanted to keep the card quite Clean & Simple, so embossed some white cardstock, popped a ribbon on it and stamped the sentiment.

Ingredients

Sentiment Stamps from Sarah Hurley

Star Embossing folder

Memento Ink Pad

Ribbon, gems and card from stash.

Thanks for reading, it's nice to be back.

I would like to enter the following challenges;
Art Impressions Stamps - Simply Sentiments
C.R.A.F.T - Monochromatic
Cuttin & Stampin - CAS
C is For Challenge - Fresh and bright

New week, new challenge.

And this week it is with the fabulous girls over at Stitchy Bear Stamps, and this is my first DT card for them and I was really nervous as the girls on the team are super talented.  The theme this time is Use A Digi, with the winner getting a $20 voucher for the store if they use a Stitchy Bear Image, or $3 if they don't.

I was lucky enough to get the gorgeous "I'm Too Old For You" .

I coloured her using Promarkers, Flexmarkers and decided to pop some gemstones on the skulls eyes to make it a bit more girly.

I made the sentiment using stamps from Everyday Sayings Stamps from Sarah Hurley, they were just perfect for this card.

Ingredients

"I'm Too Old" from Stitchy Bear Stamps

Everyday Sayings Stamps from Sarah Hurley

Nesties

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Gemstones and ribbon from stash.

I really hope you can join us this time over at One Stitch At A Time xx

I would like to enter her into the following challenges;
2 Sisters  - Make it sparkle
Crafty Friends - Inspired by a song( Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N Roses)
Paper Creators - Think Pink
Aud Sentiments - Two word sentiment

Let's look Through The Craft Room Door...

And this week I am delighted to be the Guest Designer over at Through The Craft Room Door, and the theme this week as always, is "Anything Goes" and the prize is from Oozak.

I thought I would make a card for any occasion and used the gorgeous hand drawn Roses Digi Stamps from  Sarah Hurley, I coloured it using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and fussy cut it out. I made the background paper using a stamp from Stampin Up and distressed the edges with some pink ink. I added a sentiment from Stampin Up and some ribbon and pearls. The rose is on 1mm foam to give the card some dimension.

Ingredients

Hand drawn rose digi stamp from Sarah Hurley

En Francais Stamp and Sentiment from Stampin Up

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Pink Memento Ink Pad

Ribbon and Pearls from stash.

I hope you can join us this week.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Pink and white

C is for Challenge - Flowers

Digi Makeover - Anything goes, use a digi

Kaboodle Doodles - Anything French(background stamp is French)

Crafting Musketeers - Ribbons and Pearls

Paper Creator's Crafts - Think Pink

Bloggers - Create your own background

The sun has got his hat on.

And he's coming out to play! It is really warm and sunny here in Glasgow, and I am toiling with this heat! We have fans on in every room, and it is just too warm to do anything energetic, so today I took myself into the craftroom and made a bundle of CAS cards.

I am having trouble sleeping again, and the heat isn't helping lol. So I lie in bed thinking of different cards to make and keep a wee notebook beside the bed for my ideas. This was one that came to me at 1am last night.

I made ten in total, and made 9 of them with the sentiments from the new Sentiments Stamp Set from Sarah Hurley. I am always on the look out for a nice sentiment stamp set and this set has stamps for all occasions, ranging from "New arrival" to "Thinking of you".  I decided to use the "Thinking of you" stamp, but use lovely bright colours instead of the usual neutrals or pastels that I would use when using a sentiment like this.  As the stamp is a really generous size, I used two different colours of Memento Ink pads, to match in with the ribbon I found in my stash. I have lots of embossing folders, and really don't use them enough, so today I used my honeycomb one from Stampin Up.

Ingredients

Thinking of You stamp from Sentiments Stamp Set by Sarah Hurley

Honeycomb embossing folder from Stampin Up

Memento Ink Pads

Card Candi

Ribbon and orange pearlescent card from stash.

I hope you like my sunshiney card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

Crazy 4 Challenges - Let's get wordy

4 Crafty Chicks - Dry Embossing

Aud Sentiments - Two Words

Blue for a boy.

It's Friday wooo hooo!! And today's blog post is in total contrast to yesterdays pink card as I have made a baby boy card.  One of my friends sisters had a wee baby boy the other day and I thought it would be nice to send my friend an "Auntie" card. I can blog it now as I know it has safely arrived.

I used my favourite  Elephant Tinchie Stamp from Sarah Hurley and stamped him onto some blue gingham paper from the Oz Digi Kit, and cut him out. I cut some layers using nestie dies and embossed one of them with a dotty folder from Stampin Up. I used digi papers from Sassy Designs as the background layer and di cut two lots of letters using my trusty Tim Holtz Market Place Die to create a shadow effect.

Ingredients

Elephant Tinchie Stamp from Sarah Hurley

Blue gingham paper from Oz Digi Kit by Sarah Hurley

Digi Paper from Sassy Designs

Dotty embossing folder from Stampin' Up

Tim Holtz Market Place Die

Card candi, blue card and ribbon from stash.

I hope you like this, have a great weekend.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

4 Crafty Chicks - Dry embossing

Crafting By Designs - Show us your countries colours(Scotlands Saltire Flag is Blue and White)

Crafty Creations - Babies

Repeat Impressions DCC73 - Monochrome

Pink Sparkles.

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley Challenges and the theme this month is "Pink Sparkles".

I decided to make a card that could be used for a new baby or just for someone who likes pink, sparkles, elephants and stars.  I used the Elephant Tinchie and distressed it with Memento ink, them popped her onto a sparkly star die cut.  I made the awesome chevrons using Borders, Banners and Corners stamp set, I used a pink Memento ink pad, then used the second generation ink to create the shadow chevron, it is the first time I have done this and I love it.  The pink stamped corners from the set too, they are so versatile.  The sentiment comes from the Wish Upon A Star stamp set.  I distressed around the card too, you can never have too much pink ;-) 

Ingredients

Elephant Tinchie Stamp

Borders, Banners & Corners Stamp Set

Wish Upon A Star Girl Stamp Set

Memento Ink pads

Sizzix and Memory Box Dies

Pink glitter card from stash.

I am delighted with this card, as it is my first real "inky" creation. I hope you join us this time.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Divas by Design - Cute

Repeat Impressions DCC73 - Monochrome

Crafty Creations - Babies

Creative Card Crew - No designer paper

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes with an animal

Card & Scrap - Use a text stamp

In the summertime.

I can't believe it is the 1st of July, though you wouldn't know it from the weather here in Glasgow.  

It's time for a new challenge over at Digi Sketch Challenges, and the theme is "In the Summertime", with the lucky winner receiving 7 digis of their choice from the fabulous Bugaboo Digi Stamps. There is a great sketch to follow this week too.

I used Summertime Peekers, Flower Pot and coloured her using Promarkers and Flexmarkers, the limited edition summer set from last year worked perfectly with the digi papers I opted to use.  I used my trusty sentiment stamp and punch from Stampin' Up to complete the card.

Ingredients

Bugaboo Summertime Peekers - Flower Pot

Digi Papers - Hello Summer PP2 by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Sentiment and punch from Stampin' Up

Nesties

Butterfly punch

I hope the card encourages you to join in with us this time.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Corrosive Challenges -Summertime

Di's Digi Designs - Summer Fun

Digitally Sweet Challenges - Colour Inspiration

Stampin Dragon - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Summer

Creatalicious Challenges - All about summer