Saffire's Stamping

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new Outlawz Friday Colouring Challenge. This week our challenge is to make a project to say thank you or to be thankful.

I used Syrah from our sponsorVera Lane Studioto make a thank you card for my lovely friend Falguni for being a fabulous hostess on Friday night last week. She organised all the food and drink and wouldn't let us bring anything and a fabulous time was had by everyone! Good grub, gossip and giggles, what more could a group of girls ask for! LOL


Recipe:
Stamps: Syrah from Vera Lane Studio, Thanks All Ways from Papertrey Ink
Papers:  Marina MIst, Soft Suede & Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Curiosity Corner Patterned Papers from Dovecraft, Copic X-Press It Blending Card
Inks: Marina Mist & Bravo Burgundy (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Accessories: Bravo Burgundy Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up
Copics Used: Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20 R30 Hair - E42, E43, E44 Red - R56, R39, R…

Good Morning and welcome to another fabulous new release time for Julia Spiri Stamps. This month Julia has created a gorgeous new collection, The Fruity Collection and I got to work with the gorgeous The Kiwi Girl. You can find all these new digis in the Julia Spiri etsy store.

I kept to a bright fruity theme for this one and added my funky tropical fruit border along with some cocktails to put all these fruits in to too! I used some bright papers that Julia created for me to use as well - love the lime green especially!

This card is also for Inspiration Destination Challenge #60 Anything Goes Aud Sentiments Challenge #145 Anything Goes + A Sentiment Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #22 Anything Goes Craft Your Passion Challenge #288 Anything Goes Crafting By Designs Challenge Times 3 (I have three cocktails glasses, 3 layers of patterned papers and The Kiwi Girl has 3 slices of kiwi in her hair!)
Recipe:
Stamps: The Kiwi Girl from Julia Spiri Stamps, Fruit Fusion: Cherries from Papertr…

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the new challenge at The Paper Shelter. This week our challenge is called Brr! It's Cold Outside and we are looking for lots of cold colours in blue, white and silver. Perfect wintry colours, don't you think?!

I used the gorgeous Fantasy on Ice image for my card and kept to a very cold colour palette! Love the wintry feel of this one though.

This card is also for  Papertake Weekly's Challenge Let It Snow Stampavie's Challenge #250 Snowflakes Creative Inspirations Challenge #336 Festive Fun Glitter 'n' Sparkle's Challenge #163 Add A Die Cut or Punch Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Christmas
Recipe:
Stamps: Fantasy on Ice from The Paper Shelter, Winter Wishes 6410/0125 & Winter Wishes Stars 6410/0124 both from Joy Crafts
Papers: Soft Sky, Smoky Slate & Whisper White all from Stampin' Up, Winter Paper Bloc from Joy Crafts, Copic X-Press It Blending Card
Inks: Soft Sky from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Silver Star Ge…

Good Morning and welcome to my last inspiration post for Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps this month. This week I have chosen to use the gorgeous Alice and Cheshire for my card. I am a huge Alice in Wonderland fan and love love love this version of her. I do need to get myself some Alice themed sentiments though.


This card is also for Crafty Girlz Challenge #11 Anything Goes The Ribbon Girl November Use Any Image Challenge Craft Your Passion Challenge #288 Anything Goes Crafting From The Heart Challenge #86 Anything Goes Petal Lu Challenge Anything Goes
Recipe:
Stamps: Alice and Cheshire from Ching-Chou Kuik, Mega Mixed Messages from Papertrey Ink
Papers: Wild Wasabi, Night of Navy & Gingham Garden DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, White from stash, Copic X-Press It Blending Card
Inks: Wild Wasabi from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Accessories: Wild Wasabi Ribbon (Retired) & Daffodil Delight Ribbon (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Heart Swirl Vi…

Good afternoon and welcome to my very final post for the One Sweet Challenge blog. In case you were not aware, Lynette has decided to close down the Sweet Pea Stamps store to concentrate on getting her health back and therefore this challenge blog will be closing at the end of the month too. It is a real shame as I love so many of the stamp designers available through Sweet Pea Stamps, but I completely understand that Lynette has to put her health first.

I haven't been part of this DT for long, but I  would like to say a big thank you to Lynette and Aletha for inviting me to join the team and to the rest of the DT for making me so welcome. I wish Lynette lots of health and happiness and I hope to still keep in contact with her and the rest of the team.

Anyway onto my card. This time I have used the adorable Old Maid Bee from Sandra Caldwell - love this cute character! I used bee colours of yellow and black and my hexagon stamps which were gathering a bit of dust in their box! Funn…

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge over at The Outlawz Friday Colouring Challenge. This week we have a gorgeous Autumnal colour palette for you to use - I thought these colours would work great for a turkey themed Thanksgiving card, but as we don't celebrate it over here in the Uk, I have no images that would work at all.


Instead I went with a cute bear stamp that I found in my box of random stamps! This was also my first attempt at using distress inks without being in one of Tracy Payne's classes! I think he came out ok, but I think he needs a bit more texture on his fur. 

Recipe:
Stamps: Popcorn The Bear Thanks A Bunch from Crafter's Companion
Papers: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie Prints DSP (Retired) & Old Olive Prints DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Paper
Inks: Pumpkin Pie from Stampin' Up, Distress Ink Markers from Tim Holtz
Accessories: Pumpkin Pie Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Bu…

Good Morning and welcome to my card for this fortnight's challenge from the In The Pink Challenge blog. This fortnight we are challenging you to use either a fancy fold or use a fancy shape to make your card.

I chose to use a fancy fold and went with a twisted easel card. I love doing these as they are so simple yet so pretty to do! I used a gorgeous image from Wee Stamps as well that Sylvia Zet was giving away on her Facebook page last month I think it was. Lots of bright pinks on this one too!


Recipe:
Stamps: Wee Stamps Facebook Freebie from Sylvia Zet, Scrolling Script from Papertrey Ink
Papers: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz & Regal Rose (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Butterfly Kisses Patterned Papers from Lili of the Valley
Inks: Pear Pizzazz & Regal Rose (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Accessories: Regal Rose Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Filigree Border Die from Papertrey Ink, Leavenworth Butterfly Trio Dies from…

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge blog. This week we are showcasing some of the gorgeous Dollie stamps and I chose to work with Rose Bride Dollie. She is just beautiful and perfect for a wedding card.

I kept to a pink, white and grey combo and used a layout similar to one I found on Pinterest, but I didn't save it, so I have no idea who made it originally. It had a stamp on it from Lili of the Valley though!


Recipe:
Stamps: Rose Bride Dollie from Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps, Heart-2-Heart #9 from Papertrey Ink
Papers: Blushing Bride & Smoky Slate both from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Mr & Mrs Patterned Papers from Lili of the Valley
Inks: Blushing Bride from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
Accessories: Pink Pirouette Seam Binding from Stampin' Up, Pearls from Crystal Stickers, Clear Wink of Stella, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Pink Raspberry Liquid Pearls…

Good evening! Faery Ink are having a guest designer call and I just had to apply as I love their images! I love most things fairy, so I can't go wrong with these gorgeous images!

Manda has asked that we share an older project using one of her images. Now this was a bit hard to choose as I have many projects that I love using Faery Ink images, but I'm going to show The Grey Witch, which I entered into the Faery Ink Facebook Challenge Grey Scale with a pop of colour. I had never done this technique before and loved how this one came out! 




Manda has also asked that we share a new project for the DT call and I made a Christmas card using the beautiful Gabbie Holibell, one of my recent purchases. This card shows my style easily - lots of layers, lots of die cuts, Copic colouring and some ribbon. It's just missing some flowers, but I didn't think they would fit on this card really with everything else that is on it! It is also way more sparkly in real life too as all the whit…

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the new Lacy Sunshine Challenge. I don't know if it's me, but it seems like ages since my last Lacy Sunshine challenge. Must dig out my folder and have a play with these gorgeous girls some time very soon!

This fortnight we have a great tic-tac-toe or noughts and crosses (if you're in the UK! :P) board for you to play along with. Simple to use too - simply pick a row, a column or a diagonal line and include all of the elements in that line on your project.


And here's my card using the gorgeous Sparkletini Happy Hour Pin Up. I used the middle and right hand side columns to include die-cuts, sparkle, sentiment, use a digi, ribbon and pattern paper as well as using a hand coloured image and maybe lots of layers (I have 4 or 5 depending on how you count them!)
This card is also for Crafting With Friends Challenge #10 Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge So Glossy Di's Digi Designs Challenge Tic-Tac-Toe (I used the middle …

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new releases from All Dressed Up. Wendy is releasing 4 gorgeous new images again this month and I chose to use the adorable Christmas Penguins for my project. I love penguins - they are just so adorable waddling on the snow, but are just amazing swimmers and divers too!

As well as this amazing new release, it is also All Dressed Up's second birthday and to celebrate we are having a little blog hop with a fabulous new freebie image that Wendy has drawn and is generously giving away. Join in with the blog hop, leaving each designer a comment and you will be entered in the hat to win one of the new release digis for free!

You should have arrived here from Tracey's blog, but not to worry if you didn't. You can start from my blog and go round or you can go back to the All Dressed Up blog and start from there if you want.

I made a gift tag for a change as I thought this image would fit really nice in the tag shape. I rarely make fan…

Good evening and welcome to my post for the new Progressive Challenge from the Art by MiRan Facebook team. This month we have another fabulous image that Mi Ran has drawn for us, but to get ahold of this gorgeous gal, you need to head on over to the Facebook group and read the pinned post I have written! All the info you need is in there! See you there!

And here is Talkative Tracy. Love her! I used some of my new gorgeous papers from Lili of the Valley for this one and went for a more messy coloured hair style today. Sometimes I find that if I do the flicks the way my colouring class says, they look a bit like tiger stripes, so I went for a free for all today and this is looks a bit more natural!

This card is also for Fussy and Fancy Challenge #151 Flowers (waves at my own teammates!) Little Miss Muffet Challenge #124 Anything Goes Creative Fingers Challenge #97 Anything Goes Creative Knockouts Challenge #114 to use lace/ribbon/twine Aud Sentiments Challenge #144 Bingo (I used the right co…