The dock can sea you now...

Inspired by the nautical colours from this weeks CASual Fridays Challenge, this versatile i-Spy Sketch, and The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe - Blue / Dry Embossing / Masculine, I thought I'd try a technique new to me, involving dry embossing a strip of watercolour paper, using my bubble border embossing folder, then wet embossing the raised sections using my Versamark Clear Embossing pen and clear embossing powder, before over-spraying the dampened watercolour paper with Dylusions Fresh Lime and Vibrant Turquoise, and a couple of drops of Sapphire Glimmer Mist.  The Alley Way Stamps Castaway fish was stamped in Versamark Watermark Ink then heat embossed with Denim Zing, and watercoloured in Dylusions Fresh Lime and Vibrant Turquoise.  Inside reads "Hope you're feeling ship shape soon!", 'cause there's nothing quite like a sea-sick fish LOL!

Hope you are having a FABULOUS week :)

TAWS Blog Hop - WIN 3 sets of stamps!

Had to have a BUNNY card for the TAWS blog HOP!  Don't you just LOVE this cute little guy from the The Alley Way Stamps Cover Ups set, seen here with Alphabet Soup sentiment.  Love the gorgeous green Echo Park paper too.  I hand cut the letters with a craft knife using the chipboard letters from Scenic Route as a template - you can achieve a similar effect by printing a template on the computer using Berkley or a similar block letter font. Broke out my washi tapes for the first time - the checks were a freebie with a magazine, but I think there will be some more washi on my wishi list!!!

Don't forget - One lucky person will win ALL 3 NEW TAWS sets TODAY!! So if you want that person to be you.. all you have to do is comment on the hop!
There are many ways you can win...
1. Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog
2. Comment on the DT blogs (links below)
3. Post about it on facebook or your blog
4. Like TAWS on Facebook
(leave a separate comment for each thing you do)
You have until July 31st 9:30pm TAWS time (August 1st at 1:30pm EST in Australia) to leave comments.

TAWS DT Blogs to visit:

Hop on over to Tracy for your next dollop of FABULOUS TAWS inspiration!

Joining in the fun at:
Catered Crop - Washi's Up Recipe Swap
Pile It On - Cute as Can Be Challenge
Stampin' for the Weekend - Gorgeous pink & green {heart} Photo inspiration
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Win Stamps, TAWS Sneak Peeks Day 3...

Over at The Alley Way Stamps Sneak Peeks, each day you will have the chance to win a free set.. All the comments posted today will go into a random drawing and one of you will win a new August set. We are doing this for every sneak peek, and it get's better. On our blog hop tomorrow, you have a chance to win ALL 3 Sets! 

Sneaking a peek at the FAB new The Alley Way Stamps Admit One set, seen here with Jibber Jabber and Chatterbox sentiment... isn't it a blast!!!  Love these papers by Echo Park and Bella, and inspiration from these FAB colours at CAS-ual Fridays this week.  Added texture with Craft Concepts Starry Night embossing folder too, so it's perfect for The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe - Blue, Dry Embossing, Masculine.

Bee my Honey...

Couldn't resist using The Alley Way Stamps new Cover Ups hexagon stamp for the Hooked on Hexagon Challenge over at Moxie Fab World, Paper Crafts Shaped Card Challenge and Shaping Up Blog Hop & Give Away.  Papers are a combination of Bo Bunny and  Echo Park, stamped with sentiment from Alphabet Soup and Chatterbox, with the little bee from ei-ei-o.  Used the neat trick of laying down a glue line to create my bee trail using The Twinery Stone twine.

Hope you had a FAB weekend!

Sunshine, Freedom & A Little Flower...

Inspired by the colours from this fortnights floral CR84FN Challenge and this versatile sketch from The Paper Players, I christened my Gorjuss Little Foxes girl and flower in Stampin' Up Chocolate and paper pieced them using a mix of Authentique, Basic Grey and Studio Calico papers, with her hair coloured using Copic E59 Walnut. The sentiment sticker is also from Authentique Carefree, finished off with dark brown hemp cord from The Ribbon Carousel.

Hope you have a FABULOUSLY crafty weekend & don't forget to stop by 

The Alley Way Stamps blog for your chance to win some great new stamps!

You Light Up My Life, Tea-Light Holder

As soon as I saw this gorgeous reindeer and "You light up my life" sentiment in the The Alley Way Stamps Fa-la-la set I knew I wanted to make a tea-light holder - where the candlelight can be seen flickering through Rudolph's nose. Too easy with the fab new battery-operated tea-lights on the market!

Papers are Prima's North Country - I used an 8"x8" paper to ensure it fitted around the outside of my tea-light holder, and cut out the hole for Rudolph's nose before stamping and hand-cutting the tag then wrapping it around the holder using some gorgeous Ribbon Carousel twine.

Joining in the fun at Party Time Tuesdays Christmas in July Challenge too!

Don't forget - only one day til The Alley Ways Behind the Alley Sneak Peeks - 

highlighting the fab new AUGUST sets plenty of opportunities to WIN!!  

Each day you will have the chance to win a free set, 

and on the TAWS blog hop you have a chance to win ALL 3 SETS...

A CAS-ually Dynamic Moxie Fab I {heart} You...

  

Inspired by this weeks Stamp It! Cards Week The Love Card Challenge, CAS-ual Fridays Back in Black and Dynamic Duos Poppy Parade & Basic Black.  Really tried to focus just on the stamping today!  This card was created using The Alley Way Stamps Alphabet Soup and Jibber Jabber.  Stamped my alphabet (minus I {o} U) in Basic Black, then lined up my I {heart} U and stamped in Stampin' Up Poppy Parade.  The love sentiment was stamped in Versamark Watermark and clear embossed for added texture, and finished off with this gorgeous gingham ribbon :)

Hope you have a FAB week, with plenty of crafting time!