Saffire's Stamping

Good Morning! Well that's a week of my holiday gone already, but I am very much so looking forward to this week as we are heading off to London to see The Lion King! We have very good seats too, quite close to the front and I can't wait! I have wanted to see this stage show for years and finally had some money spare to pay for these expensive tickets!

Anyway talking of animals,Di's Digi Designs Challengethis week is all about animals acting like humans, so we want to see your images of dogs, cat, bears etc doing things that humans would normally do! I used the adorable Cat and Mouse Cupcake Tower for my card as I have never seen a cat and a mouse carrying a big pile of cupcakes before LOL You can find this cute image on the What's New page of Di's Digi Stamps website.

I have a pad of very bright, glittery papers that are really hard to combine as the colours just don't go with anything else, but they worked really well on this card.


This card is also for The Out…

Hello everyone and happy summer! My summer holidays are finally here, so I now have lots more me time, which means lots more crafting time! Yay!

It's time for the new Anything Goes challenge from the Art by MiRan Facebook team and this month the optional theme is to make your project a girly one! Nice and easy right?! Think pinks, purples, butterflies, flowers, ribbons, lace, anything girly!

I used the gorgeousSpring Blushesfor my card, which I have had printed for ages, but thought she was a bit too big for a card, but I found out she wasn't at all! I do think this hot weather is affecting my Copics though as they wouldn't blend properly on this image at all.


This card is also for Crafting With Friends Challenge #26 Anything Goes Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #169 A Walk In The Garden (OK she's really sitting in the garden, but I think it will count!) Polkadoodles Challenge Week 30 Anything Goes Little Miss Muffet Challenge #143 Anything Goes Creative Knockouts Challeng…

Good afternoon and welcome to a fabulous event from All Dressed Up. We have reached 3000 members in our Facebook group and to celebrate Wendy is giving away this fabulous image for free!

I thought the time theme was appropriate so pulled out my fairly new set from Clearly Besotted to add some fab sentiments and the clock was on the brown sheet of patterned paper, but I ended up covering it too much, so used another sheet to cut this one out of and added it over the top.


This card is also for Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #82 Anything Goes Through The Craft Room Door's Challenge Anything Goes Craft Your Passion Challenge #322 Anything Goes Digi Choosday Challenge Week 30 Anything Goes Inspiration Destination Challenge #96 Anything Goes
Recipe:
Stamps: Time To Celebrate (3000 Member Freebie) from All Dressed Up, It's Your Time from Clearly Besotted
Papers: Cherry Cobbler & Crumb Cake both from Stampin' Up, Curiosity Corner Patterned Papers from Trimcraft, Super Smooth Card from T…

Good Morning and welcome to another fantastic release from Faery Ink. This month Amanda also continues her fabulous Ophelia in Wonderland collection and this time it is as Alice. I have been toying with the idea of making a rando scrapbook of my colourings/creations instead of making cards all the time and today I am sharing my first entry.

I had loads of fun making this as the size was a bit bigger and I didn't feel like I had to conform to any sort of sensible card sentiments either. Usually I feel that they have to make sense, so that the card can be used (not that most of mine are as they are all stored in boxes!), but I just kind of went with it today!

I just love how this turned out and will definitely be adding more to this scrapbook.


This project is also for  Crafting From The Heart Challenge #122 Anything Goes The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge Anything Goes Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes Lemon Shortbread Challenge #20 Anything Goes Scrapbook Stamp Society Ch…

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge at The Paper Shelter. I have to admit I almost forgot to do my card for this challenge as it is not my usual week for my team's turn at doing the Paper Shelter challenge, so huge apologies to my teamies for not being on time and a bigger apology to Shirley for being so last minute  with it!

Anyway here's my card using the gorgeous Art Nouveau Bloom. Love this image!


Recipe:
Stamps: Art Nouveau Bloom from The Paper Shelter, Fluttering By from Whimsy Stamps
Papers: Crisp Cantaloupe (Retired), Lost Lagoon (Retired), Whisper White & In Colors 2013-15 DSP Stack (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Card Blank from Crafts UK Unlimited, Cardboard Patterns Paper from DecoTime
Inks: Lost Lagoon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Accessories: Whisper White Ribbon (Retired) & In Colors Sequins (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Leavenworth & Cascadia Butterfly Trio Dies…

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge at Crafty Sentiments. This week our challenge is animals, so we would love to see you use images of animals on your cards and projects. Suzette has a great range of different animal stamps in the Crafty Sentiments store, so why not head on over there and have a look!

I used the gorgeous Strawberry Delight for my card - a perfect image for summertime, don't you think?


Recipe:
Stamps: Strawberry Delight from Crafty Sentiments, Strawberry Patch Sentiments from Papertrey Ink
Papers: Old Olive from Stampin' Up, Berry Sweet Paper Bloc from Joy Crafts, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Card blank from Craft UK Unlimited
Inks: Basic Black & Real Red both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Silver At You Spica Pen, Pebbles Pearlescent Chalks
Accessories: Berry Sweet Strawberry Die 6002/0453 from Joy Crafts, Gems from Poundland, Flowers from stash, Doily from eBay, Old Swedish Lace Die from Magnolia
Copics Used: Bunny - …

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for one of the fabulous new releases from Faery Ink. This time I have picked to use Lahla Lady Drake. Dragons are a fave fantasy animal of mine, so this image just called my name! LOL

I was stuck for colour ideas as I tend to go for the same ones with dragons and then found these old  papers and thought they would make a change yet still keep to a fairly natural colour scheme.


Recipe:
Stamps: Lahla Lady Drake from Faery Ink
Papers: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz & Spice Cake DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place
Inks: Copic Markers
Accessories: More Mustard Ribbon (Retired), Neutrals Buttons (Retired) & Pool Party Baker's Twine all from Stampin' Up, Gilded Ovals Dies from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps
Copics Used: Skin - E000, E00, E01, E02, E21, R20 Lips - R20, R21 Hair - E55, E57, E59 Eyes - YG13, YG17 Skirt - BG0000, BG01, BG02, BG11, BG32, BG13, BG15  Bodice - E43, E44, E47 Cloak - YG11, YG61, YG6…

Yep another post from me for the Kit & Clowder 10, 000 member party. Being on the East Wind DT we got to play with this image, but it was another one I couldn't find my mojo to help me finish yesterday. Luckily she returned to me this morning and I managed to make this card up!

Just how cute is this Super Chunky image?! I coloured her up to look like my kittie Tallulah, who is a Blue British Shorthair and is a blue-ish, purple-ish, grey-ish colour depending on how the light hits her fur!

Here's a fairly recent picture of her, hissing at me telling me she is NOT under any circumstances going to move out of the way, so I can get my crafting stuff out from its little corner of the bedroom!


And here's my Super Chunky who seems to be loving that basket of wool! Just glad I don't knit as well as I know Tallulah would eat all the wool up! LOL

This card is also for Dragonfly Dreams Challenge Anything Goes Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #38 Anything Goes Lemon Shortbrea…

Good afternoon and welcome to an extra special post from me today. This weekend Alyce Keegan from Kit & Clowder is celebrating her 10,000 member milestone and All Dressed Up were asked to join in. Wendy has designed a fabulous image which you can get for free by following the links in this photoon Facebook.

A little late to the party as my mojo went off for a walk without me yesterday and I could not get motivated to get this card made up. The colouring took me long enough and it's quite a simple image too! LOL Anyway here's my version of Fairy Swing.


Recipe:
Stamps: Fairy Swing from All Dressed Up, Welcome To This World Greetings from Joy Crafts
Papers: Wild Wasabi from Stampin' Up, Everyday Spring Patterned Papers from Lemoncraft, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Card Blank from Crafts Unlimited
Inks: Wild Wasabi from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Accessories: Doo-Hickey Tilda's Lace Border Die from Magnolia, Isobel Lace Border Die from Joanna Sheen, Framed O…

Good Morning and welcome to another of my inspiration posts for the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This week I have used the gorgeous Radiant Butterfly from this set of 4 mermaid stamps.

I have this thing at the minute for coral and teal together, so tried to use those colours on my card with a few different hues. I also used some of my new birthday goodies on this one - I love my mermaids as I am sure you know, so added a few under the sea dies to my birthday list!


Recipe:
Stamps: Radiant Butterfly from the Mermaid Set from Ching-Chou Kuik, Little Mermaids from The Greeting Farm
Papers: Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, Wild Wasabi, Lost Lagoon (Retired), Crisp Cantaloupe (Retired) & In Colors 2013-15 DSP Stack (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Under The Sea Paper Bloc from Joy Crafts, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place
Inks: Calypso Coral from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers
Accessories: Under The Sea Dies from First Edition, Ocean Corner Dies from Joanna Sheen
Copics…