Lots of birthdays!

 Hi everyone!

There are lots of birthdays happening at the moment, including Bev at Uniko,

who designed this birthday scramble stamp which is so versatile.

Allsorts challenge blog is having a huge 17th birthday celebration,

where I’ll be entering this …..

I’m trying to use the lovely papers I have in my stash…you know, the ones that are too good to use!

All the papers are retired SU, always lovely quality.

I’m hoping you can see the gold veins….its lush and vibrant.

This one is slightly darker. I coloured them with SU blend pens in different greens.

Coordinating SU cardstock used for the card base.

This one is bright white and silver foil, (the camera does lie🙄),

Coloured with blue SU blends, placed on a turquoise card base.

Lastly a thick speciality SU cardstock with silver foiled stripes, which I used as the card base.

All the papers started out 12” x 12”

I stamped it with silver embossing powder, then layered onto a silver foil card snippet.

It was a fairly quick and simple card making session for upcoming male birthdays.

Do join in the celebrations at Allsorts Challenge #850,

where there’s an abundance of fabulous prizes!

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Lights of Aurora

I made these a while ago, using Stampin’ Up! suite “Lights of Aurora”.

I expect some of you have seen this natural wonder, and I had often thought about making my own background using inks, as there’s tutorials online.

However, my time is always short, so was I glad when SU brought out this set of papers?!

There’s stamps and dies in the set too.

 A few scenes awaiting finishing touches…

Cased from Lynn Dunn, stamptastic designs

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Cased from Emma Goddard, Coastal Crafter

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Cased from Glenda Mollet

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I left them sentiment free, ready to personalise.

I then needed a card for a family member who lives near Snowdonia,

and I had some bits left over, so die cut a few more, to make this…

I was blog hopping when I saw AAA Colourful Colourboard #28,

so I decided to finish drafting this post to share.

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

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Creatures great and small

 At the We Love Stamping May Challenge, the theme is “all creatures great and small”.

This led to me looking at my old stamp sets, and I found SU “Animal Outings” and “Love You Lots”.

First I made a simple card with Love You Lots…..

Seize the Birthday #326 also has an animal theme as a feature.

Then a couple of tags…. 

I’m taking this one to Stamping Sensations, “cute creatures” theme for May

The Rhino from Animal Outings is going with me to Tag-along and ATC’s, where the theme is pink….

I didn’t think a pink Rhino would be right 😂, so thank goodness for the “anything goes” category 😃

Here’s all three for today..

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

xxx

Background Blocks Birthday Scramble

 Hello there, today I’m sharing a couple of cards using a new to me stamp from Uniko,

Background Blocks Birthday Scramble.

It’s as fabulous as the Christmas one, easy to colour in, paper piece etc.

One of my friends avoids colouring in as she is never happy with the end result,

so these cards are an alternative way to add colour…

Onto the Birthday Scramble stamp, inked in black,

I stamped balloons in shades of greeny blue, (or bluey green 😃),

using Uniko Balloon Bash, layered onto lost lagoon cardstock (SU).

This one I’m taking to the All sorts challenge #849, monochrome or AG

I used Uniko stencil Abstract Triangles to colour this one, using SU inks in blue, green, orange, purple.

The piece of white card I used didn’t quite fit, 

so I added a couple of strips of blue and orange top and bottom.

I’m taking this to the Snippets Playground #532 

as the white topper was a big scrap, and the strips were skinny scraps!

I often forget to visit My NBUS, where we can share our new stash,

and both the scramble and balloon sets are new, never before used,

so I’m taking this to NBUS challenge #86

Here’s a pic of both….

Allsorts are having a birthday celebration soon….so do share the news..

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

xxx

Snow Hut and Winter Pup

 Hello again!

I think this is the last of my recent wooden stamped cards,

Snow Hut

for Penny Black Saturday challenge for May - favourite or AG

( I’m not sure I can pick a favourite PB stamp, I love them all!)

using another sketch from Jules Always with a heart,

although I did turn it to suit.

(Jules has not been posting recently as she’s been caring for her mother with little time to craft,

but I would like to wish her well, and to say we miss her)

This one is a Hero Arts

Winter Pup

I used more paper scraps (retired SU), and added strips of silver to cover the joins.

There’s still time to join the Snippets Playground Challenge, a great incentive to use up your scraps,

and there’s always a fabulous prize to be won. “You have to be in it to win it”!

I hope to see you back here soon

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

xxx

Up the wooden hill….

 ……That’s a very old saying, “up the wooden hill”, to bed, 

which sprang to mind when I made this wooden staircase.

Retired Stampin’ Up! Ready for Christmas set was used for these two cards…

I had a spare coastal cabana card base, hence the non traditional colour of this first one.

I love the plate of cookies left out for Santa 😍

for the Merry little Christmas challenge #68 AG

Allsorts Challenge #848 AG. …..a special surprise over there!

I found some snazzy wallpaper for the next one, using more traditional red and green. (Retired SU)

The dog’s outfit is pretty snazzy too…

No stockings tied on the garland this time, but gifts waiting instead,

Sparkles Christmas challenge #184 , gifts

Love to craft #92 AG

Craft challenge #779 Christmas 

I am so glad I managed to get this retired set as it’s so versatile,

and it’s a bit like playing with a doll’s house…..what’s not to love!

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

xxx

Puppy Kiss with Paper Strips ……

 

…….and a whole lot more….

This old PB wooden stamp is called “Puppy Kiss”. He’s holding some mistletoe in anticipation 😃

Two things I love about wooden stamps,

 you don’t need a block, and it has the name and maker printed on it, 

so you don’t need to find out, if you mislaid the packaging.

This background is perfect for using up your papers strips that get left from all that cutting.

Take a piece of card, slightly bigger than you need, and start gluing them in the middle at an angle,

letting them overhang the edges.

(These are old SU papers)

Fill the page, alternating the colours and patterns, then trim to suit.

Hence I’ll be entering the above puppy into the new Snippets Challenge #531

Here’s what I made with the others….

PB “Naughty or Nice”

Allsorts Challenge #848 wants shaped cards or Anything Goes.

PB “Chill Day”

Taking this to Sweet Stampin’ for “Christmas” theme

It’s also “Rudolph Days” challenge, which I don’t often do these days, but this timing is 😊 good.

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and I really appreciate your comments

Take care and see you soon

Lesley

xxx