A Little KIS Splatter...

Had super fun with this fortnights Keep It Simple Splatter theme, perfect for this gorgeous Ink Splatter stamp from Neat & Tangled, combined with this cute birthday sentiment stamp by The Alley Way Stamps, and finished with three little MME enamel dots. 

Hope you take the time to get inky with Splatters! 

Remember to stop by the blogs of the Keep It Simple DT for some super Splatter inspiration

Anni

Christine

Mia

Tanja

Tenia

Love to see how you are inspired this fortnight!

Used the colour inspiration from Little Tangles Inspiration Photo Challenge, and 
The Alley Ways Stamps Be Inspired too!

N.BUS to French Ship...

To help celebrate the fabulous Darnell's 500th birthday... oops, no, that's not it! 500 followers, you can hop on over and join in the fabulous #1 N.BUS to French Ship Challenge! (I'm wondering whether this qualifies for Addicted to CAS Transport Challenge, or perhaps I've missed the boat LOL!)

I broke open my NBUS The Alley Way Stamps True Colors to play along (plus "you" from Jibber Jabber), so I'm joining in the fun at TAWS Be Inspired Challenge...

 

...and just because good things come in threes, and they have fabulous sketches, I'm playing along with CAS{E} this Skech too.

This made me SMILE :)
This too...

A CASE of Happy Birthday TAWS...

The Alley Way Stamps are celebrating their third birthday with fabulous discounts and giveaways, so I thought I'd join in the celebrations with this birthday card featuring TAWS Wish BIG balloons and sentiment, coloured vellum and gold embossing powder.  

Also playing along with TAWS BE Inspired (over on their new challenge blog), CASE Study with this gorgeous inspiration card from Donna Mikasa, Seize the Birthday and JUGS Paper Piecing Challenge.

  

This made me smile...

Win a Birthday KIS...

Another quick birthday card featuring The Alley Ways Stamps to celebrate the first birthday of Keep It Simple (KIS) Challenge Blog.  Be inspired by this fortnights Challenge colours, join in the fun and you could win a fabulous prize from The Alley Way Stamps!

Featuring The Alley Way Stamps Tropic Topic flamingo, with sentiment created from Jibber Jabber and Chatterbox, together with Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Dusty Concord, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers.

Inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch and playing along with Seize the Birthday

 

It's a Spring Thing...

Can you tell we're heading into Spring this side of the world... just thought I'd let you know in case my last few floral creations didn't give the game away!

Inspired by these gorgeous strong hues of pink and orange from Runway Inspired Challenge and The Alley Way Stamps Be Inspired, together with this fabulous Freshly Made Sketch.  Combining Memory Box Cluster of Carnations with the sentiment from The Alley Way Stamps Wish BIG... I love that the "c" ducks down perfectly to fit around the die-cut! This Rose Moka paper combines oranges and pinks perfectly and would be fun to re-create with inks.

  

Playing along with Seize the Birthday too!

Happy Bee Day...

OK so this is one of those cards that started in one place, and ended up in a whole other postcode - maybe even a whole other country LOL!  Inspired by The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired, those lemon pom-poms reminded me of this cute The Alley Way Stamps Priceless Joy bee, and the rest of the card evolved from there!  I stamped the bee onto the back of some yellow vellum, so he would be facing the right way, coloured in the black stripes on the reverse side too, then added some yellow paper behind his body, leaving the wings opaque. The cork hexagon was left over from an earlier project, but fitted the theme perfectly.  Added a couple more MFT die-cut hexagons, MME word stickers, and Neat & Tangled sequins, backed with Lily Bee Design papers (of course!!)  It was only after I finished the card that I realised how closely I had followed this weeks fabulous Retro Sketch - must have been lurking in my sub-conscious!  

Playing along with Keep It Simple Birthday Challenge,

Seize the Birthday Anything Goes Challenge, 

Moxie Fab Birthday Card Challenge and

Jackie's Rockwell Designs Lemon Zest Challenge too!

Time for FUSION...

With over 100 amazing entries last week, are you ready to be inspired by the next FUSION Challenge?

PROCEDURES:

1. Play with just Jackie's sketch challenge.

2. Play with just Lesley's inspiration photo challenge.

3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.

4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.

The first thing I thought of when I saw the gradient layers, circles, chevrons and lime and grey FUSION was a cityscape and a spotted lime green mini.  The city skyline was created using Graphite Glimmermist on watercolour paper, it sparkles like crazy in the sunlight - spritzed lightly for the background layer and went to town on the foreground layer - heat set then die-cut.  The funky The Alley Way Stamps Priceless Joy car was stamped onto some Fancy Pants spotted paper and some of the left over watercolour sheet to paper piece the car tyres.  The sentiment stamped in Zing White uses a combination of The Alley Ways Alphabet Soup and Chatterbox.  I couldn't work out how to create my arrows til I noticed a left over piece from the chevrons on my last card and realised the chevron die cuts were the perfect solution.

Why don't you head over and check out the FABULOUS inspiration 
from the rest of the DT and Guest Designers

Hope you can join in the fun at FUSION this week!

Joining in the fun at CASology Travel Challenge and Just Us Girls Ombre Challenge too.

 

A Perfect Pair? Pairfect...

Thought it was a pairfect afternoon to see if my crafting efforts would bear fruit, playing along with...
Keep It Simple Fruity Challenge
The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge
CAS(E) this Sketch
Just Add Ink Just Add Green Challenge
I found the pairfect Cuttlebug embossing folder to pair with these gorgeous The Alley Way Stamps, heat embossed in Zing Cricket (I so think this should be renamed Hairy Lime after that fabulous Mini paint colour!) to reflect the lime green and white combo from The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge, (I reckon that chair is shaped like a pear tipped on its' side too, don't you!), and this afternoon I kept more true to this weeks hugely versatile CAS(E) this Sketch.

Could be the pairfect time for you to play along too...

This made me smile!

 

Just Add Ink Honorable Mention

I {heart} you Valentwine...

No I didn't mis-spell it I just couldn't resist a word play LOL!

Did anyone guess Valentine's Day is almost upon us?!?  Inspired by this weeks fab Retro Sketches, the colours from The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge, and Forever Mine hearts challenge from City Crafters.  I just LOVE this little plane from TAWS and thought it was a perfect time to do a Valentine version of one of my favourite cards.

City Crafter Challenge - Forever Mine

News from All of Us...

Inspired by the fortnights The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired, with The Alley Way Stamps No Peeking penguins all in a row in black and white with a splash of orange, perfect for this weeks Simon Says Stamp Black/White & a Splash of Colour, and what could be better to represent books than stamping on text paper, perfect for this weeks City Crafter Challenge - Book Paper.  The orange penguin and stylish TAWS Monster Mash bow tie are heat embossed with Zing Orange glitter, perfect for playing along with this weeks Addicted to CAS Lets Get Embossed Challenge too. Finished with some Kaisercraft bling and TAWS The Gang sentiment.

City Crafter Challenge - Book Paper

BE Inspired Holiday Sparkles...

It's Friday which means it's time to join in the fun at The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired!

1) You MUST use an image from The Alley Way Stamps (you can find freebies here!)
2) You must mention this challenge and link to it in your blog post.
3) The challenge linky closes on Jan 3rd at Noon, TAWS time (Mtn)!!!

I used The Alley Way Stamps Holiday Sparkles set, FREE if you order over $40 in December.  I love the nordic look of these stamps when embossed in white on a strong background colour. I love the sparkly paper snow and snowflake too!

Perfect for this weeks FAB Retro Sketch and this months Holiday Spirit Challenge at The Ribbon Carousel, and CAS Snowflakes Challenge at The Paper Players.