TAWS Sneak Peeks Day 1...

As soon as I saw this fortnights gorgeous Tuesday Trigger: Frame by Frame at Moxie Fab World I knew couldn't wait to christen my new The Alley Way Stamps Doodle Frames.  They look fab inked in Versa Colours to create this series of picture frames, highlighting papers from Pink Paislee and MME, with a sentiment created using Doodle Frames and Jibber Jabber, inspired by this fortnights fabulous CAS(E) this Sketch too!

Don't forget to head on over to The Alley Way Stamps to check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Design Team and for your chance to WIN a set of these fabulous new stamps!

  

I Font You...

Tuesday Trigger - Soup to Nuts

Love & Marriage

This fortnights Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is fontastic!  Inspiration too from this weeks Love & Marriage Challenge at Less is More.

I pared back the inspiration to focus on the fonts and embossed my red base with Cuttlebug Typeset embossing folder before I centred and pop-dotted my negative die-cut My Favorite Things heart to align with the embossed I and U.  These Graffiti stamps from Paper Smooches are perfect to let that special someone know I font you!  They would be perfect for U R Fontastic too LOL!

TAWS Sneak Peek Day One - Pairfection!!!

Tuesday Trigger - Envy Becomes You

As soon as I saw the inspiration from Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World I knew I wanted to break out this gorgeous The Alley Way Stamps It's Fall About You pear stamp - but I had to wait til today's Sneak Peek to show you!!!

Just as these gorgeous chartreuse shoes are pairfection (the art of perfection in pairs!), so too is this new stamp set from TAWS, heat embossed using Zing Orchid, and coloured with Copics YG03 Yellow Green.  Matched with this lovely net ribbon from Create on Ormond, and completed with this sliver of Scenic Route paper I had been saving for a pairfect occasion.

Don't forget, today is the first day of the October Sneak Peeks over at The Alley Way Stamps!!!  Each Sneak Peek day you will have the chance to win one new stamp set. All the comments posted on the TAWS blog today will go into a random drawing and someone will win a new October set. But wait - there's more!!!  Join in the blog hop on Thursday you have a chance to win ALL 3 new sets!

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp - Emboss It Challenge 
and this weeks CASE Study - Challenge #109 too.

This made me smile :)

A Moxie Fabulous Fall...

I fell in love with this amazing colour combo in this fortnights Tuesday Trigger Autumn Awaits, and created my Fabulous Fall card using the Clean and Simple Sketch combined with the Moxie Fab Repetition Challenge and the Moxie Fab Movement Challenge.  I altered the sketch to a square to reflect the shape of the headscarf, and framed the card in striking green to reflect the glasses frames.  Using watercolour paper I generously swiped with Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade and Squeezed Lemonade, then spritzed with Dylusions Squeezed Orange (anyone else feeling thirsty lol!!) and Perfect Pearl Mist Sunflower Sparkle to create a background over which I repeatedly stamped with the Tattered Angels leaf, then fussy cut and pop-dotted onto white cardstock.  The falling leaves are placed to lead your eyes in an anti-clockwise direction around the Fabulous Fall sentiment, from Autumn Leaves of course!

Why don't you give the Moxie Fab Challenges a go too!

You're so QWERTY... Just my TYPE!

TYPE HYPE! Tuesday Trigger

I couldn't resist this fortnights Type Hype! Tuesday Trigger.  Thought it was perfect for a nostalgically romantic card!  Inside the card reads ...Just my TYPE!

I used Glitz Dance in Sunshine Paper Layers as the basis for my card - LOVE the old typewriter, faded text and love heart typewriter keys.  I added the sentiment using My Favourite Things Typewriter Alphabet, stamped in Versamark Watermark Ink and heat embossed with Zing Pewter, to create raised metallic letters - reminiscent of the old typewriter stalk letters. Mounted the QWERTY letters on foam tape in the centre of these cool pearl sheen Fancy Pants Off to School buttons.  Matted the sheet on red cardstock to reflect the red typewriter ribbon - and romance!  Backed with 7 Gypsies paper which I altered with Distress Ink in Old Paper to create a more old-fashioned, QWERTY feel LOL! 

Hope this weekend is just your type too!

Love is in the air...

Poppies are my favourites for a number of reasons, probably more so since we were married on ANZAC day, our youngest is a Remembrance Day baby, and who could forget walking through the fields of redheads in Italy!  But I digress LOL!  For me, poppies are the perfect flower for a love card ;)

Inspired by the gorgeous Tuesday Trigger "Plate of Pretty Poppies", Moxie Fab Stamp It! Cards Week The Love Card Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays Text Me Challenge and Do You Stack Up Red Challenge.

After getting all inky yesterday making this Tuesday Trigger Poppy card, I had a left over poppy which was crying out to be made into a card lol! The poppy had been created by using watercolour paper and stamping Stamp-It poppies in VersamarkDazzle Ink, sprinkled with American Crafts Zing Metallic Pewter embossing powder, and heat set.  I liberally swiped over the poppy with Distress Ink Barn Door and Shabby Shutters for the stems, then let loose with Glimmermist Gold, til the ink pooled. Once this was completely dry, I used Dimensional Magic to create a gloss finish over the image.  After fussy cutting the poppy, I stamped my text stamp (from my stash - not sure which brand) in StazOn Black ink, and over-stamped the Heidi Swapp "Love stamp using The Essential Glue Pad, before sprinkling with ultra fine red glitter. The poppies are pop-dotted, as is the grey cardstock mat.

Come join in the fun!

Tuesday Trigger Poppies...

As soon as I saw this weeks Tuesday Trigger"Plate of Poppies" at Moxie Fab World, I knew I wanted to try out a couple of inky techniques.  Using watercolour paper, I stamped my Stamp-It poppies and Technique Tuesday sentiment in Versamark Dazzle Ink, sprinkled with American Crafts Zing Metallic Pewter embossing powder, and heat set.  I liberally swiped over the poppy image and sentiment with Distress Ink Barn Door (Top), Shabby Shutters (Middle), and Forest Moss (Bottom), then let loose with Glimmermist Gold, til the inks pooled together. I dried off the excess ink with the heat setting gun, which creates an amazing shimmer - that is really difficult to photograph LOL!  Once this was completely dry, I used Dimensional Magic to create a gloss finish over the poppy image. To imitate the plate shape I finished off the card with a circle cut from dark grey cardstock and this gorgeous ribbon from Ribbon Carousel tied with red jute through a Basic Grey button (reflecting the crepe paper poppy centres).  Nothing better than an inky Spring card in the midst of Winter! 

Perfect for playing along with Do You Stack Up Red Challenge , Papertake Weekly Anything Goes with optional Gloss Highlight and Penny Black Allsorts Summer Blooms Challenge too!

 

Trigger Tuesday Retro Colour Throwdown...

Loved the colours and repetition of design elements in this weeks Man-tastic Trigger Tuesday, and with all those leaf shapes I had to make a heard you're leafing "we'll miss you" card of course!  Loved the vertical design element from this fabulously versatile Retro Sketch too!

Thought it appropriate having a "miss you" card based on negative space, so I created the leaf circles using a Heidi Swapp leaf mask and Tim Holtz Distress Inks Frayed Burlap, Fired Brick and Broken China - as close as I could get to this weeks gorgeous Colour Throwdown Challenge colours.  Sentiment is stamped using the same combination of inks and The Alley Way Jibber Jabber - just had to slightly alter the "well" to "we'll" with a well placed apostrophe (or was that we'll placed!)  Added some leafy texture with Craft Concepts Christmas Vine embossed background, and pop-dotted the leaf circles.

Many thanks for stopping by!  If you didn't I'd miss you ;)


This made me smile :)

Favourite of the Week

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger The Alley Way...

Second post for the day!!

OK so you have probably guessed by now that I LOVE brights and I LOVE gingham, so put on your sunglasses for this one ;)

This was actually the first idea I had as soon as I saw these delicious gelato-coloured cookies from Tuesday Trigger Bright Bite at Moxie Fab World all stacked up in a nice neat pile.  The cherry was fussy cut from Rose Moka Pique-Nique, and this gorgeous gingham cone was cut from Lily Bee Designs Double Dutch, perfect for the Gingham Challenge at Moxie Fab World.  I created the gorgeous gelato scoops from my scraps by stamping The Alley Way Get MOOvin' clouds in Stampin Up Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Versa Colour Lime - all good enough to eat!!!  I stamped the sentiment in the same inks, using a variety of alphas from The Alley Way Get MOOvin', ei-ei-o and Chatterbox.

Hope your day is delicious too!

The Alley Way Moxie Tuesday Trigger...

Second post of the day :)

The Alley Way Stamps are having a Design Team Call so I thought I'd start making a few cards to showcase their great designs - I just love their funky font!  Also inspired by this weeks delicious colours and shapes from the Tuesday Trigger Bright Bite, the very popular Gingham Challenge at Moxie Fab World and CAS-ual Fridays Punchy Challenge.  

I punched my circles from Lily Bee Designs Double Dutch and stamped them using The Alley Ways Jibber Jabber and Chatterbox.  The "World" was a combination of sentiment stamps "W" from "Wishes", "OR" from Color, "L" from "Cool" and "D" is an up-side-down "P" from "Prayers".  I have discovered that when you are stamping / masking using a variety of sentiments, it is always less risky to use letter/s from the beginning or end of the sentiment, rather than the middle :)  Pop-dotted "You" and "My" for added texture too!

Hope your world is full of colour too!!!

Trigger Tuesday Moxie Gingham Splatter...

Inspired by this weeks delicious Tuesday Trigger Bright Bites, Gingham Challenge in Moxie Fab World and the Splatter Challenge in Moxie Fab World together with CAS-ual Fridays Punches Challenge.  Love the bright colours and circles from this weeks Tuesday Trigger inspiration photo, I punched circles of solid colour from my Basic Grey and Pink Paisley scraps, and the checks, waves and spots are all Lily Bee Designs Double Dutch - a fantastic resource for gingham addicts!  The splatter was created by flicking the tube of Glimmermist in Olive Green, Cherry Red and Harvest Orange. This gorgeous sentiment is from My Favourite Things.

I discovered a really neat trick while making this card - I usually get really frustrated when I design a layout for my card (or scrapbooking) and then have to attempt to move all the overlapping pieces to stick it down, I thought what I need is a big not-so-sticky sheet to adhere to the top of my layout which enables me to turn my pieces over all at once, to adhere it to my cardstock base, then peel off the sheet.  Apologies to those who already know this trick, but I realised the answer to my problem was staring me in the face - POST IT notes!  So I was able to stick my layout down, in the right place, in no time flat!!!