2012 card review

Hi everyone, hope you're all well. I was looking through the cards I've made during 2012 and thought I'd post 10 as my last blog post of the year.

Happy New Year!

Sue xx

Thank you and Happy Christmas !!

Hi everyone, I don't know if I will do another card post before Christmas so I just wanted to take this opportunity to say...

A BIG THANK YOU to all my blog members, fellow DT members, everyone who has supported the ATSAM and ATCAS blogs, all who have organised and sponsored card challenges this year and provided such fabulous inspiration, and everybody who has visited this blog and left lovely comments... big hugs xx

Wishing you all a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas and New Year !!!

Sue xxx

Addicted to CAS #3 - SWEET!

Hi everybody, a big thank you to everyone who entered our bauble challenge! Its great to see so many of you joining in.

Now its time for ATCAS challenge #3 - SWEET.

This is my DT card. I've made a one layer card, stamped the little bear holding the cake (Craftwork Cards) with black Archival and coloured with pencils.

This week our fantastic sponsor and Guest Designer is

JOANNA MUNSTER FROM INSPIRED BY STAMPING

who is offering a prize of a $20 gift voucher

Please do check out the amazing inspiration from the other lovely Addicted to CAS DT members. We hope you will find a little time in all the Christmas busyness for some crafting and look forward to seeing your fab cards and visiting your blogs.

Thank you for stopping by!

Peace,

Sue xxx

ATSM "Bingo Addict" Challenge 5

Hi everyone, thank you for all your amazing entries last week in our Make Your Mark challenge. Now its time for another Bingo challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This will be our last challenge for 2012 - the next one will be a Theme challenge on 9 January.

Our sponsor this week is

who is offering a prize of a fabulous PAMPER PACK worth A$84!!! 

I have chosen Red, Ribbon and Pearls for my DT card.

The Christmas wreath stamp set is by Craftwork Cards, stamped in black Memento and coloured with various shades of red Promarkers. I've also used some of the tiny stamps in the set to stamp onto some white CC Card Candi, and added red seam binding and pearls.

Please do pop over to ATSAM and take a look at all the fabulous creations made by our lovely design team which will be sure to inspire you and we hope you will be able to find a little time at this busy season to join in and have fun with our Bingo challenge - why not use some of those chalks which maybe you haven't used for a while or some pretty ribbon from your stash?

We're looking forward to seeing your beautiful entries and visiting your blogs!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week.

Sue xx

Make My Monday White on White

Hi everybody, hope your week has been OK so far!

This week at Make My Monday the challenge is to make a WHITE ON WHITE Christmas card, and you can use one other colour to embellish (I've chosen green).

For my card, I've used Marianne dies (snowflake die cuts by Craftwork Cards), sentiment by Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking!

Sue xx

Less Is More week 97

Hello everybody, its a ONE LAYER challenge this week at Less Is More, entitled ALL IN A ROW.

The bauble stamps are by Stampin Up!, scallop edge stamp by Paula Pascual, sentiment by Hobby Art. I stamped the baubles, scallops and sentiment with TH distress inks, drew the strings and bows by hand and added a touch of glitter glue.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue x

CASology Week 22

Hi everyone, and welcome to new member, Lada.

Week #22 at CASology is to use SPARKLE.

I've stamped the Christmas messages (Hobby Art) with a Big N Juicy ink pad to make my Christmas package and sparkly silver glitter card for the ribbon, and bow which is half of a punched flower.

Thank you for looking!

Sue x

Less Is More week 96 and Make My Monday

Hi everyone, the colour challenge at Less Is More week 96 is to use RED and GREEN.

The large poppy stamp is by SU!, the small poppy flower by Hobby Art, red and green inks by Tim Holtz.

I would also like to enter this into the Make My Monday challenge this week to make a card featuring your favourite flower.

Thanks for looking! Sorry I haven't been about much, had stressful things going on but I do appreciate your stopping by and its so good to read your lovely comments. Take care!

Sue xx

Addicted to CAS Challenge #2

Hi everyone, today is the start of Addicted to CAS challenge #2 and our code word is BAUBLE, which was chosen by our lovely design team member, Marie.

Our fantastic sponsor and Guest Designer is

JOANNA MUNSTER FROM INSPIRED BY STAMPING

Joanna is offering a $20 gift voucher as a prize to the winner of this challenge.

This is my DT card and I've heat embossed the bauble and sentiment with gold embossing powder.

Embossing folder by Darice
Bauble stamp and die by SU!
Sentiment stamp by Hobby Art

Please do check out the amazing creations by the other ladies in the design team.

The challenge will run for two weeks and we look forward to seeing what you have made and visiting your blogs.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sue x

Less Is More challenge 95

Hi everyone, I would like this to be my second entry in the Less Is More week 95 challenge to use something sparkly, shiny or glittery.

Tree branch cut with Marianne die, flower made with Nellie Snellen punch, added glitter to the branch and  a gem.

Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Sue x

Addicted to Stamps and More Sketch Challenge 4

Hello everybody, this week at ATSAM is a sketch challenge and we have a prize up for grabs from our wonderful sponsor

ALLTHATSCRAPS.COM

Will you be our first Top Addict to win a prize? Don't forget, to win this prize you must follow the rules as stated below the DT's inspiration.

Your entry should follow the above sketch - flip it, rotate it, substitute a shape if you need to but please try and keep the original sketch.

This is my DT card - an interpretation of a vintage Christmas card: made with tree stamp by Little Claire, coloured with Promarkers, various papers and a strip of vintage ribbon.

Please do check out all the gorgeous cards made by the other design team members HERE. We look forward to seeing your fab creations and visiting your blogs. Have fun and thanks for looking!

Sue xx

CAS(E) This Sketch challenge 6

Hello everybody, I've made this as a second entry for CAS(E) This Sketch #6.

Dies by Paula Pascual, butterfly punch by Nellie Snellen.

Thank you for stopping by!

Sue

Less Is More week 95

Hello everyone, the Less Is More recipe challenge this week is GLAMOUR AND GLITZ - a project to include glitter or bling, something that twinkles, sparkles or shines.

I've used Memory Box landscape die and the sparkle is provided by the gold twinkly card from which I cut the die and star. Sentiment stamp by Hobby Art.

Thanks for taking a look!

Sue x

Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches

Hi everyone, wanted to take a break from making Christmas cards so I made this using the Color Throwdown colours. The photo isn't very good and really doesn't do it justice, so I've taken another, not sure if this one is any good either! Feels like its been dark nearly all day.

inspired by the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #62.

Stamps and die cuts by Paula Pascual, sentiment stamp by Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking!

Sue x

CAS-ual Fridays CFC79

Hi everyone, this card is for the CAS-Fridays challenge, CFC 79.

DP from stash for the background, Memory Box landscape die, a little sponging with blue TH and glitter glue, sentiment by Hobby Art.

Thanks for looking!

Sue x

ATSAM - CAS challenge 4

Hello everyone. Hope all is well with you!

This is my DT card for the Addicted to Stamps and More CAS challenge #4.

The bird on a branch (Stampendous snow bird) was stamped with black Memento and coloured with pencils, with a little added sparkle courtesy of glitter gel pens on the snowy berries.

Please do check out the fabulous cards by the other DT members HERE.  Thank you to everyone who submitted their gorgeous entries for the red and white challenge last week and we look forward to seeing your lovely creations - anything you like so long as its CAS!

Thanks for stopping by.

Sue xx

Less Is More - Hardware

Hi everyone, and welcome to new member, Inger.

I've made another card for the Less Is More week 94 challenge to make a card using HARDWARE.

I've cut a little tag from white card, used a red Promarker and ruler to make the edge, the holly leaves were cut freehand and the holly berries attaching them to the tag are silver brads coloured red.**

The robin in stocking and sentiment stamps are by Hobby Art, coloured with Promarkers.

Thanks for looking.

Sue x

** TIP: you can use any alcohol pen or ink such as Promarkers, OHPs to colour silver brads and peel-offs, plastic buttons or any non-porous surface.

Less Is More week 94

The Less Is More theme challenge this week is HARDWARE - something made of metal, which could include brads, charms, eyelets, clips, staples, pins, studs etc.

I've used a silver metal snowflake brad, with a diecut snowflake, embossing and heat embossed the sentiment by Hobby Art in silver.

Sue x

Blue and White

For CAS-ology week 19, inspired by Retrosketches #38.

Embossed card and stamps by Craftwork Cards, sentiment by Dawn Bibby Designs.

Sue

Addicted to CAS challenge #1 - SNOW!

Good morning, everybody. I am pleased to say, today is the launch of the new challenge, Addicted to CAS yeeahh!!

We are joined by our very talented Guest designer Joanna Munster, owner/designer/illustrator of Inspired by Stamping.  Joanna is offering a prize to the winner of this challenge.

$20 Gift Voucher

Here is my design team card, which I made by first laying down a square of dark blue glitter paper, used a Memory Box die to cut out the aqua and white glitter paper and assembled with a white card frame. Sentiment stamp by Paula Pascual.

Don't forget to pop over to Addicted to CAS and check out the fab creations that the other design team ladies have made. The challenge runs for two weeks so hopefully there will be plenty of time to get your thinking caps on and we are looking forward to seeing your SNOW creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sue

CAS(E) This Sketch #6 and Play Date Cafe

Hi everyone, its time for challenge 6 at CAS(E) This Sketch and here is the card I made using my new Summer Silhouettes set by Stampin Up, which I've had for a couple of weeks but this is the first use! Here is the sketch.

I would also like to enter this into The Play Date Cafe challenge PDCC158 where the colours are

Thanks for much for taking the time to look.

Sue xx

Craft A Scene and Speedy Fox 133

Hi everybody, I've made this card for Craft A Scene, which has the theme of "Troubled Skies" for this month of November. The design team have made some amazing projects!

The boat and fence stamps are by Hobby Art.

I would also like to enter this in Speedy Fox & Friends challenge 133 to make a card with a fence.

Thank you for looking.

Sue x

Addicted to {Red and White} challenge 4

Good morning fellow crafters, hope all is well with you.

The colour challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More this week is RED and WHITE.

Here is my design team card using stamps by TPC. I began by stamping the background snowflakes, made the panel using a little Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder mounted on red card, stamped the sentiment and added some snowflakes punched out of red glitter paper.

Please do pop over to the ATSAM blog and check out the amazing creations made by the other lovely ladies in the design team..

Looking forward to seeing your entries and thank you for visiting, have a nice day!

Sue

One Layer Wednesday 113

Hi everyone, just time to squeeze in a couple more cards for One Layer Wednesday, the challenge this week is to use RED, GREEN and GOLD/YELLOW. I wanted to experiment with my Paula Pascual Christmas stamps.

For the second one, I've stamped freehand (don't think its too bad!) and used a darker shade of red. Wanted to play a bit longer and make a 3rd but I've run out of time.

Thank you for looking!

Sue x