Saffire's Stamping

This fortnight's challenge #20 on the Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog is Anything Goes. I did pick the gorgeous Polly Poinsettia as my free image which the lovely Manderly sent to me, but as I have no printer at home I have to wait until I pop into work this week to print it off (It's the half term holidays here in the UK so I have a week off work - or a week to catch up on everything I'm behind in I should really say!). So instead I used the gorgeous Emily Winter Wonderland for my card and will do another one after I've printed off Polly! I thought Emily would look lovely in shades of aqua and white and came up with this colour combo. Recipe: Stamps: Emily Winter Wonderland from Lacy Sunshine, Snow Swirled from Stampin' Up, Stocking Prints from Papertrey Ink Papers: Pool Party, Whisper White, In Colors 2013-15 DSP Stack all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Silver Pearlescent from local craft store Inks: Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Wh

Another Christmas card this time. I need a lot more of these than I do Hallowe'en ones so you'll be seeing a lot more too! This card is for My Besties Challenge Anything Goes  and for My Besties Aussie Challenge #9 to use white on white plus one other colour. I chose Wisteria Wonder for my other colour as I thought it would give a cool feel to this card. (I'm lucky enough to be picked as a winner from both of these challenges last week - am just now anxiously waiting for my winning digis to arrive by email! Thank you so much for randomly choosing my cards!) And here's my gorgeous Christmas Fairy Twinkle - gorgeous name too! Recipe: Stamps: My Besties IMG960 Christmas Fairy Twinkle from Sherri Baldy, Snow Swirled from Stampin' Up, Signature Christmas, Holiday Photo Finishers both from Papertrey Ink Papers: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White both from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, White Pearlescent card from local craft store Inks:

This card uses one of my favourite Hallowe'en Tilda images along with the cute little bats too! This is for Marvelous Magnolia's Challenge #50 to make either a Hallowe'en or Fall card, Totally Tilda's Challenge #83 to use tickets somewhere, ColourQ's Challenge #211 to use the colours below and I'm entering another one into Totally Gorjuss' Challenge #207 Spooky as I think this is gorgeous and spooky! And here she is...The colours are sort of there, but kind of covered up for the most part. The Happy Halloween ticket is actually stamped with Wisteria Wonder, but looks grey in the photo! Recipe: Stamps: Bat Tilda, Bat, Fence all from Magnolia, That's The Ticket, Halloween Bash both from Stampin' Up Papers: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Oct 31 Patterned Papers from Fancy Pants, Black Glitter Card from local craft store Inks: Sahara Sand, Smoky Slate, Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango all from

Charisma Cardz Challenge #42 this week is to make a white on white card, so I used this as a chance to make another Christmas card and used a combination of Confetti White card with white glitter paper to come up with this fairly CAS card. Recipe: Stamps: Snow Swirled from Stampin' Up Papers: Confetti White (Retired) from Stampin' Up, White Glitter Paper from local craft store Inks: Silver Ink from Ink It Up Accessories: Create A Flake 3 Dies from Spellbinders, Diamond Stickles, Ornate Frame Dies from DoCrafts, Snowflake Embossing Folder from DoCrafts (possibly) And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by! 

I'm trying to catch up on all the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges, but it's not really happening for me. I keep getting sidetracked and making other cards! This first card is for Challenge #8 It's A Cover Up in which you had to have a hidden greeting. I used my zipper die from Papertrey Ink where you have to pull back the tab to reveal the rest of the sentiment (It says "...a birthday as special as you are."). I also used the colours from Color Throwdown's Challenge #265 for this one, keeping it fairly plain so the sentiment part was the focus. And here's my card... Recipe: Stamps: Daydreamer, Movers & Shakers Sentiments both from Papertrey Ink Papers: Crisp Cantaloupe, Not Quite Navy (Retired), Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, In Colors 2013-15 DSP STack all from Stampin' Up Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe, Not Quite Navy (Retired), Pistachio Pudding all from Stampin' Up Accessories: Baked Brown Sugar Stretch Ruffled Trim

And now it's time for a Christmas card. I keep making the odd one here and there and slowly I am building up my Christmas card stash! Eventually I might have enough! (I always end up being short and frantically making more on Christmas Eve!). This card is for Crafty Little Fairies Anything Goes Challenge , for the newly found (by me anyway) In The Pink's Challenge #30 to use the sketch below and for Lili of the Valley's Monthly Challenge Anything Goes . I have no idea how I have never seen this challenge blog before, but it is just perfect for me as I love everything pink! And here's my gorgeous Winter Fairy... Recipe: Stamps: Winter Fairy from Lili of the Valley, The Snowflake Spot (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Tremendous Treats: Christmas from Papertrey Ink Papers: Regal Rose (Retired), Whisper White both from Stampin' Up, Silver Pearlescent card from stash, Copic X-Press It Blending Card Inks: Regal Rose (Retired), Blushing Bride, Pink Pirou

I have made a few Hallowe'en decorations and tons of cards this year, but we still need to go pumpkin hunting and pick up some goodies should we get any trick or treaters on Thursday. This is one of my last Hallowe'en cards and is for My Besties Challenge to use a background stamp (I used the Witch's Dresser from Alota Stamps, which works perfectly for this cute My Besties witch cooking up some brew!), for My Besties UK Challenge Too Cute To Spook , for Totally Gorjuss' Challenge #207 Spooky   and finally for Scrapbook Stamp Society's Challenge #24 Anything Goes with the option of Hallowe'en . And here's my little cutie. I kept the card fairly plain in terms of embellishments as there just was simply no room to put any anywhere other than the ribbon along the top as both stamps are reasonably large. Recipe: Stamps: My Besties IMG043 from Sherri Baldy, Witch's Dresser from Alota Stamps Papers: Old Olive, Basic Black, In Colors 2010-12 DSP Sta

It's time for another fabulous sketch at Sketch Saturday! This week we have  Stamp Fairy here to sponsor us once again and this weeks prize is a fabulous $10.00 gift certificate to spend at the  Stamp Fairy  store! Here is Sketch #282 designed by our queen of sketches Jen! And here's my card using Santa 3 from StampFairy. I adapted the sketch to fit a square card as my Santa image was too large for an A6 sized card. I'm also entering this into Papertake Weekly's Challenge to use a Christmas Tree - mine is hidden a bit by Santa but you can see it peeking out! Recipe: Stamps: Santa 3 Digi Stamp from StampFairy, Holiday Lights from Papertrey Ink, Snow Flurries (Retired) from Stampin' Up Papers: Ruby Red (Retired), Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Holiday Treasures DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card  Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers Accessorie

It's Challenge #23 of the Hope You Can Cling To Card Drive in honour of Breast Cancer Month over on Splitcoast Stampers today and today's challenge is to make a card inspired by a fairy tale. I just got this adorable little Fairy Princess digi stamp and thought she would be perfect for this challenge. I've actually made this one for a friend at work whose 6 year old daughter is going in to hospital for an eye operation next week so I made it all cute and girly with the requested brave princess sentiment on it. Hope she likes it! And here she is...And boy did that sentiment take me forever to do! I don't have a small enough alphabet so had to keep masking letters from sentiments in a PTI set, but I kept getting them wonky or the ink would be on the next letter and get on the paper. After about 6 attempts at doing all the words together, I gave up and decided to have them separately instead. At least this way if I had a word that was perfect I could keep it instead of s

Wow can you believe we are on Challenge #22 of the Hope You Can Cling To Card Drive already?! where has this month gone? Today's challenge is a nice simple one - use flowers on your card. You don't have to use pink on your card, but I thought I would and love how soft and pretty this one is! Recipe: Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Asian Fusion all from Papertrey Ink Papers: Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Subtles DSP Stack (Retired) all from Stampin' Up Inks: Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi all from Stampin' Up Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Ribbon (Retired), Neutrals Buttons (Retired), Pink Pirouette Two Toned Ribbon (Retired) all from Stampin' Up And that's all from me today folks and don't forget to come and join in the challenge today!

This is Hope You Can Cling To Challenge #21 - my own challenge for this very worthy card drive. All month Splitcoast Stampers are hosting a series of daily challenges to support Breast Cancer Month and I was asked to be a hostess this year. My challenge is a very personal one and is dedicated to my lovely Aunt Heather, who unfortunately  was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Luckily for her, it was caught very early and her treatment was started immediately. So far the treatment has been very successful and we hope it now stays away for good! Heather truly showed what a strong fighter she was throughout her whole treatment and her love of life is just amazing (she's putting on a huge family party later on this year to celebrate "Life" and just how important it really is to be with loved ones!). One thing I love most about her is her love of all things Elvis - I think she still has a clock of Elvis on her living room wall! Now he's not my cup of tea, but I do

Just a quick little card I made today using the sketch from Just Add Ink's Challenge #187 and CC441 to use Night of Navy, Cajun Craze and Soft Sky, although I did a mix of Soft Sky and Pool Party on this one, but you can't really tell! (Well I hope not anyway!) And here's my card. Recipe: Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Asian Fusion all from Papertrey Ink Papers: Cajun Craze, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Comfort Cafe DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up Inks: Soft Sky, Night of Navy, Cajun Craze all from Stampin' Up Accessories: Regals Button (Retired), Pool Party Baker's Twine both from Stampin' Up And that's all from me today folks! Thanks for stopping by!

I just love these funky witch's boots and just had to squeeze a Hallowe'en card in using them! this card is for ColourQ's Challenge #211 to use this fab bright combo and for Papertake Weekly's Challenge to use Halloween colours. I'm also entering it into Hope You Can Cling To Challenge #18 Put Your Brave Boots On to make a card with boots or shoes on. And here it is. I used some scrap strips to make a stripy background of sorts, but actually quite like how it came out, even though it wasn't quite the way I pictured it! Recipe: Stamps: Bootiful Occasions from Stampin' Up Papers: Lucky Limeade (Retired), Basic Black, Whisper White, In Colors 2011-13 DSP Stack (Retired), In Colors 2013-15 DSP Stack, Brights DSP Stack (Retired) all from Stampin' Up Inks: Basic Black, Lucky Limeade (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers Accessories: Window Frames Framelits, Basic Black Satin Ribbon (Retired) both from Stampin' Up And t

I really like this cupcake stamp but have hardly used it, probably because I usually use my marker pens to ink it up and it never comes out very well that way, so today I stamped each part with the ink pad and cut them out before reassembling them. This was a much better stamped and clearer image this way! This card is for Charisma Cardz Challenge #41 to use a food image and for Fussy and Fancy's Challenge #100 Celebrate , in honor of their 100th challenge! And here's my card. Recipe: Stamps: Sweet Cake from Stampin' Up, Half & Half from Papertrey Ink Papers: Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Eastern Elegance DSP all from Stampin' Up Inks: Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Garden Green Marker all from Stampin' Up Accessories: Crushed Curry Polka Dot Ribbon (Retired), Eyelet Border Punch (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Heart Banner Die from La-La Land Crafts And that's all from me for this post folks! T

I love me some butterflies and even better if they are sparkly ones! I used the colours from Color Throwdown's Challenge #264 and the sketch from SC453 for this one and although the colours are definitely not a combo I would choose myself, I do quite like it. And here's my card with lots of sparkle! Recipe: Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Kind & Cosy both from Stampin' Up Papers: Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Whisper White, In Colors 2011-13 DSP Stack (Retired), Silver Glimmer Card all from Stampin' Up Inks: Night of Navy, Pool Party, Calypso Coral all from Stampin' Up Accessories: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Loopy Border Die from CArt Us, Circle Nestabilities, Big Scalloped Circles Nestabilities both from Spellbinders And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by.

It's that time again! yep. It's another fabulous sketch from the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and this week we are sponsor by the cute Sassy Studio Design The prize going to the winner of this week's Sketch Challenge is a fantastic 4 digital stamps from the  Sassy Studio Design Store And here's Sketch #281 designed by our queen of Sketches Jen ! And here's my take on it using Little Honey's Holiday Snow White - isn't she just a cutie! I'm also entering this one in to Crafty Little Fairies Christmas in October Challenge .  Recipe: Stamps: Little Honey's Holiday Snow White Papers: Bordering Blue (Retired), Soft Suede, Silver Glimmer Paper all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Vintage Autumn Basics No. XI Patterned Paper, Die Cut Letters Patterned Paper both from Maja Designs Inks:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers Accessories: Soft Suede

A couple of weeks ago I was picked as the DT favourite for the My Besties Lavender Challenge and as well as winning a few digi stamps, I was invited by Sherri and Cindy to be the guest designer for today's new challenge, which is to make a baby or kids card. Now for those of you who know me, I don't do babies (or I should say they don't do me. Must be the lack of maternal instincts they can sense!), but I do like kids (I have to really as a primary school teacher :P). So I jumped straight onto this challenge and made a cute girly birthday card. I used lots of pink and didn't cover it in flowers like I normally would! Not sure little girls like pretty flowers so much. I totally loved making this card! And here she is using IMG562. Recipe: Stamps: My Besties IMG562 from Sherri Baldy Designs, Make A Wish, Make A Wish Additions both from Papertrey Ink Papers: Regal Rose (Retired), Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Always DSP (Retired) all from Stamp

Such a pretty name for a little girl, don't you think?! This is my effort for Lacy Sunshine's Challenge #19 to use fall colours. I do actually have the digi stamp that Lacy Sunshine are offering as the challenge digi this week, but I used her on this card the other week and haven't got any more printed off and as I haven't got a printer that actually works at home, I thought I would use a different stamp and I'm glad I did. I totally love this stamp and how she came out in these Autumnal colours. Recipe: Stamps: Honeysuckle Rose Flower Pot Pretties from Lacy Sunshine, Embellishments from Papertrey Ink Papers: Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Whisper White, Haiku DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card Inks: Tangerine Tango from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers Accessories: So Saffron Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, Die-Namics Double Scallop Border Die from MFT, Foam R