BE Inspired #10 and Awesome Blossom Winner...

Time for this fortnights The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge!  I was inspired by the gorgeous colours and patterns on these cushions.  Black and teal are not normally go-to colours for a Father's Day card - but I love how striking this turned out.  I just love the Couture Creations Royalty embossing folder, especially when used with Cor'dinations Cardstock and sanded to reveal the teal layer underneath.  The stacking Couture Creations Victorian Square dies look so different when placed on this angle, creating a perfect space for my Father's Day sentiment, created using The Alley Way Stamps Touchdown, Alphabet Soup and Christmas Magic.

How will you BE Inspired with The Alley Way Stamps?  You have until September 13th

Just in case you thought I forgot ;) the winner of their very own Awesome Blossom set is...

#17 AJ Reddicliffe I love your card, it would brighten anyone's day. :) 

(Please email we with your details AJ!)

and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all the Aussie Dad's!

TAWS Blog Hop... and an EXTRA chance to WIN!

The Alley Way September Release Blog Hop

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!!

YEP!! So if you want that person to be you... all you have to do is comment on the hop! 

You have until Aug 30st 9:30 PM TAWS time 
(aka August 31st 2:30PM EST Australia) to leave comments.

Here are the DT Blogs to visit:

Alison

Annette

Arielle

Audrey

Barb

Danielle

Kim

Lyndal

Tracy

The Alley Way Stamps Blog

Loving the new The Alley Way Stamps Awesome Blossom set!  To create the background I used one of the flower images randomly stamped watercolour paper in Versamark Watermark ink then heat embossed in clear, then randomly stamped with Versamark Watermark ink and Stampin' Up Concord Crush, before swiping the entire background with Distress Ink Shaded Lilac.  The Awesome Blossom butterfly was clear embossed onto Concord Crush cardstock, then fussy cut.  I created the sentiment with a combination of The Alley Way Design Christmas Magic, Chatterbox and Alphabet Soup, heat embossed in Zing Pewter, together with some alphas from my stash.  Inspired by the purple hues at Dynamic Duos.

To celebrate The Alley Way Stamps being available directly in Australia either through Scrapbook Boutique or The Stamp Spot you have an EXTRA chance to win, if you leave a comment here you could win your very own Awesome Blossom set.

TAWS Sneak Peek Day 2... Your Chance to Win Stamps!!!

I can't believe it's almost September already, and that means Sneak Peek time for TAWS!  Don't forget to drop by the The Alley Way Stamps blog for your chance to win one of the September sets!

Frankly I just {heart} this little monster!  I love that stamped stitching too!!  Just to show the versatility of these sets I have created a Valentine's Day card using two The Alley Way Stamps new September release sets - Ghoul-Friend and Touchdown. inspired by this gorgeous Retro Sketch by Danielle.  The hearts were created using Heidi Swapp chipboard hearts as a template.  Franky is coloured using Copics YG03 Yellow Green, YG17 Grass Green, YG67 Moss, Neutral Greys N0. N3 and N5 and R59 Cardinal.

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 Rule my {Heart}...

As soon as I saw the little crowns and hearts on this weeks Play Date Cafe, I immediately thought of this little Party Animal lion from The Alley Ways Stamps, and how perfect he would be as the ruler of my heart!  Inspired by this weeks cool Retro Sketch, I paper pieced my lion - using a mix of papers from MME, Basic Grey, Kaisercraft and SEI, and pop-dotted the layers, perfect for the Paper Players Paper Piecing Challenge (try saying that quickly LOL!)  The gorgeous ruler ribbon is from Little Yellow Bicycle, and the crown and heart are chipboard from Heidi Swapp, inked in silver to give them some added shine.

Hope your day has some added shine too!

Herd You're Moovin'...

Inspired by this weeks fab Retro Sketch, and the Simon Says Stamp Animal Antics and Little Red Wagons Dog Days of Summer, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to use this gorgeous mini moo cow from The Alley Way Stamps Cover-Ups - the perfect size to create a herd!  Thank goodness TAWS stamps are so versatile too - I was able to stamp my sentiment even though my Alphabet Soup is playing hide-and-seek, by using "heard you're" from Kitchen Gadgets, "Moov" from Get MOOvin, and "in" from Chatterbox.

Dog Days of Summer

Animal Antics

2B or Not 2B...

Back to School

The Play Date Cafe colours this week just reminded me of the old yellow grey lead pencils we used to use for school, which fitted right in with this weeks Back to School Challenge at The Pink Elephant - with a bit of teacher humour - and turned this Freshly Made sketch on its head!  If you don't use 2B pencils in your corner of the world, this card will probably make no sense what-so-ever LOL!

Stamped the pencils with Paper Smooches Smarty Pants and sentiment using Alphadots.  Papers are a mix of MME School Daze and October Afternoon.  Added Copics N3 Neutral Gray and YR18 Sanguine to make the pencils.  The card base is Bazill A4 cardstock - a fantastic weight cardstock, perfectly smooth for cards :)

We've been back to school for a few weeks now - finally looking forward to some warmer weather!