Loving Paper Smooches...

I just LOVE Paper Smooches funky stamps - and their digital freebies! 

I loved the colours, textures and theme from this months Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge inspiration photo.  I chose a textured salmon pink background paper from Grace Taylor and used the double hearts digital freebie (with a cute arrow to represent the pin in the photo) as a template to create a stitching outline.  I then hand-stitched the outline in red cotton (also taken from the inspiration photo).  The cute sentiment from Paper Smooches Good Gab was stamped in Blazing Red StazOn ink. This panel was then mounted on kraft cardstock (to match the linen colour), and pop-dotted onto red linen textured bazzill.

Many thanks for stopping by :)

Version 2 - carved into the old oak tree

Right up my Alley...

Check out this gorgeous inspiration photo from The Alley Way Stamps - even if you don't have one of their stamps yet, you can play along by downloading some of their digital freebees!  This Inspiration Challenge still has a couple of days for you to join in :)

I have used this cute ladybird image and the word "sweet" from The Alley Way Stamps digital collection.  I have honed in on a little section above the bedhead for my inspiration - using a combination of yellow polka-dots and plain pink taken from the two banner flags right above the middle of the bed, and added some squiggly text reflecting the wrought iron in the centre of the bedhead, and a jagged grass negative die-cut representing the jagged edges of the banner.

How have you been inspired today?

A Players Mojo...

As soon as I saw this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge I thought of including playing cards as the background elements for this sketch, but it wasn't until I saw this weeks colours at the Paper Players Challenge that I knew which colours I had to use - this combo of red, teal, soft suede and vanilla would have to be one of my very favourite ever!!

Papers I have use are from MME Out & About.  I have tucked in a tiny sliver of Making Memories ribbon so you can just see the scalloped edge.  Love the My Favourite Things oval die-cut. Senitiment is created using Journalling Hand font.

Hope you come up ACES today too!

Taking a Colour Q...

Kept with the bird theme from this weeks Colour Q inspiration palette.  As you can see I am still having fun with negative die-cutting clouds from My Favourite Things :)  The bird is from MME, I replaced the chest panel to more closely match this weeks colour palette with papers from Making Memories.  Sentiment is created  using Journalling Hand font.

Almost forgot to add this in the celebrations over at The Pink Elephant Challenges too - this week is birthday week so inspiration is anything Ella pink.

Hope someone makes you feel ten feet tall today!


PS I feel ten feet tall after receiving this!!!

So Proud to be a Smoocher...

Fell in love with the Paper Smooches stamps - aren't they just divine!     

Discovered they have a fantastic Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge blog too.  This week was a great inspiration challenge from this Pinteresting photo.  I picked out the gorgeous and fresh colours and stripes, mixed with these great FREE digi-download stamps, pop dotted the coloured cardstock background for added interest and tied together with MME coloured twine.   I just love their simple and snazzy designs - makes for simple and snazzy cards in no time.  

P.S. Just realised my card could be interpreted as "knot" So Proud - perhaps I should have gone for "bow" So Proud instead LOL!!!! 

Friendship blossoms...

Love the gorgeous cherry blossoms and the tall glass shapes in this weeks inspiration photo from There She Goes combined with this weeks super colour challenge over at Colour Q, and I couldn't go past this fabulous sketch from Less is More. 

As I think I have more Valentines Day cards then Valentines to send them to, I designed this card as a frienship card - although Love blossoms does have a certain ring to it too :)  Inside reads ...in every season. 

The cherry blossoms are created using Cheery Lyn Cherry Blossom die-cuts, then dabbing a little of Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink and some LuminArte Pink Azalea to create the darker centres.  The blossom stamen are created by using a double length of white embroidery thread knotted in the centre then threaded from the top through the centre hole and double-sided taped to the underside of the flower to hold in place - and to secure the blossoms to the page.  The branch is one of My Favourite Things - literally too!!!

Will soon find out how the kiddies went at their first day back at school - hope friendship blossoms for them, and you, too.