When Does CAS Become Too CAS?

I think maybe I have acheived it in this card! I think maybe it doesn't quite hit the spot? I thought I'd share it here anyway. I have followed the Fall To Layout Sketch 179 but made it a multiple layer card. I have stamped the balloon from the SU! Crazy For Cupcakes set with blue ink and then coloured with Copic markers. I have then added the greeting from the PTI Birthday Bash Set in black ink. I have then rounded the corners with my WRMK Corner Chomper, mounted to PTI Blueberry Sky CS and then a card blank with a strip of PTI Enchanted Evening CS on it.

STAMPS: Stampin' Up!, Papertrey Ink. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. Memento Summer Sky. COPICS: B93, B95, B97. CS: Papertrey Ink. TOOLS: We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

Thanks for visiting today, I received my confirmation that I can now sell more on eBay so I will be adding more items soon - yay! Have a great day!

Sketch N Stash 82

This fornight over at Sketch N Stash we have a great sketch designed by the fab Jill ...

For my card I have first taken the The Paper Shelter - Spring Swing image and printed this from my PC; coloured with Copic markers and cut out. I have then mounted this with PTI Autumn Rose CS and added to base with 3D squares. The base is simply a sheet from the MME Lost & Found 2 Blush Collection with a border cut from more Autumn Rose CS using an SU! Scallop Border Punch. PTI Autumn Rose ribbon wrapped around and added to a white card blank. I have taken some white pearl pins {old neglected stash} and coloured them with a Copic marker and added these in the ribbon bow. Finsihed off with rhinestones.

STAMPS: The Paper Shelter. COPICS: E0000, E000, E00, R20, E23, E25, E27, E29, E53, E55, RV91, RV93, RV95, YG 61, RV32, RV34, B91, Blender. CS/PAPER: Craftwork Cards, Papertrey Ink, My Minds Eye. TOOLS: Stampin' Up! Scallop Border Punch. EMBELLISHMENTS: Papertrey Ink Ribbon, Pearls Pins from stash, My Minds Eye Lush Rhinestones.

We are sponsored by The Paper Shelter this fortnight, who are kindly giving away a £20 Gift Certificate to the winner. Hope you can play along with us, remember to tell us what your new or old neglected stash is. Thanks for visiting today.

LIM - Don't Scrap It

Happy Sunday everyone! This week over at Less Is More the challenge is Don't Scrap It - to use those scraps up. All my scraps are in an 8x8" box that lives on my paper shelf. As you can see from the pic it is completely full now. I saw THIS card over on Pinterest and loved it so much I have made my own version using the sketch. I have first taken a PTI white card blank and added a layer of PTI Spring Rain CS then more white CS. I have stamped the greeting from the PI Paula Pascual Big Sentiments Set using PTI Enchanted Evening ink. I have then cut various sizes of circles using Nestabilities dies from PTI CS in Stampers Select White, Enchanted Eveing, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist and Kraft. I have run these through my Cuttlebug using the SU! Square Lattice Embossing Folder and added them with either my ATG or dimensionals.

STAMPS: Personal Impressions. INK: Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening. CS: Papertrey Ink. TOOLS: Nestabilities, Stampin' Up! Embossing Folder. 

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend so far. It has been nice and sunny here in Surrey - makes a change for February!

Items For Sale

Hi all, sorry I haven't been around much this week with new cards but I have been busy sorting out my stash again. I have some items that I am selling on eBay. There is only few stamp sets on there at the moment but I will be adding more items in the next couple of days. Please take a look HERE if you are interested.

ETA: I didn't realise that you could only sell 10 items per month till my address is verified. I am going to have to wait 3-4 days for that to happen before I can add much more. I have tons here to add though, with some bargians to be had!

Thank you!

WOYWW - PTI Swatch Book

Hi there, I haven't taken part in Julia's What's On Your Wordesk Wednesday for a while so although my actual desk is pretty bare right now I thought I'd show you one of the items that I use on my desk. It is my homemade Papertrey Ink swatch book. It is a way for me to not only see what colours there is but to see what supplies I have. I have first taken the PTI cardstock that I own and cut each shade into a 2"x2" square, punched a hole in the top and added to a jump ring. I have labelled each one with my Dymo Label Maker and then on the back I have added a 'normal' label. This is where I write what co-ordinating products I own to match that colour - for example: felt, buttons, ink, ribbon etc. It makes it easier for me when making a card to know what products I have then I can co-ordinate them to my hearts content!

Hope this may have inspired some of you. It would work well with Stampin' Up supplies or another company for that matter too! Thanks for visiting today. It's raining here in Surrey, pretty misarble day actually but as I still have my cold I doubt I'd be outside anyway. Hope you all have a great day though!

Oh and before I forget I'll add it to this post hence it concerns PTI. Since my last post about postage costs, they have increased their lowest cost to $50. Yep, $50 even if you purchase just one item. I did a small  impromptu order on the last release as I was desperate for the new Maile Belles butterfly set and I could use my reward points for the majority of the order. Neadless to say though, I won't be ordering from them for quite a while, sadly.

Winner of RAM Stamps ...

The winner of the Rachelle Anne Miller stamps is ...

No 15 - Jackie Kinnear

Congratulatiosn Jackie, please could you e-mail me your address and I will get them out to you asap. Thanks to all that enetered. I still have more candy to give away so please keep popping back if you are interested. Thank you!

LIM - Die Cuts/Punches

Hi all, hope you had a great weekend. This week's challenge over at Less Is More is to use Die Cuts or Punches. Well I couldn't resist and used my PTI Butterfly die again! 

First I have taken a white card blank and rounded the corners with my WRMK Corner Chomper. I have then taken more white CS rounded the corners again and stamped the PTI greeting from the Little Labels set. I have run the panel through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder and taken some PTI Raspberry Fizz Satin Ribbon and wrapped this around the panel. 

I have die cut the PTI Butterfly first with PTI Raspberry Fizz CS then with glitter vellum, the layers have been attached with a PTI Raspberry Fizz Button tied with white WRMK Floss. I have punched the other two butterflies with a MS 3 in 1 Butterfly punch with the Raspberry Fizz CS and added SU! Rhinestones to the centers. The panel has been added to the card blank with 3D squares.

I liked the card so much I have made it using PTI Hawaiin Shores CS, Ribbon and Button as well! 

STAMPS: Papertrey Ink. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Papertrey Ink, Paperchase Vellum. TOOLS: Papertrey Ink Die, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Martha Stewart Punch. EMBELLISHMENTS: Papertrey Ink Satin Luxe Ribbon, Papertrey Ink Vintage Buttons, We R Memory Keepers Floss, Stampin' Up! Rhinestones.

Thanks for visiting me today. It is my first day of a week off {using up the last of my holiday} and I have woken up with a cold, how unfair is that?! Hope you have a great day!

Rachelle Anne Miller Candy ... Closed

Today I have two Rachelle Anne Miller stamps to give away. They are Giving Shelter & My Little Friends.

As always all you have to do is add your name to InLinkz and I will randomly draw a winner of 22nd February 2012. Only one entry per person please. Good Luck!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Happy Sunday!

Popcorn Candy Winner

Hey there, Random.org has picked a winner for my Popcorn Stamps Candy draw and it is ...

No 12 - Mandy

Congratulations Mandy, please could you send me your address and I will get your candy out to you asap! Thanks to all that entered, I will be back with another stamp candy shortly.

Die-Ing For A Challenge - Anything Goes

There is some exciting developments over at Dies to Die for. We have developed a new challenge blog called Die-Ing For A Challenge. It is a monthly challenge where you have to use dies as well as making your card based on the monthly theme. There are some great prizes too! This months challenge is a nice easy one, it is Anything Goes. So all you have to do is make a card using dies. Please see the Challenge Rules for more info.

So for my card, I have first taken a white card blank and added a strip cut using the MFT Die-Namics Solid Bracket Border die from DB Dragonfly CS. I have then cut out a circle using a Nestabilities circle from more white CS. I have cut a Doohickey Dragonfly first from DB Swimming Pool CS and then vellum and added MME Lush Rhinestones to the body. I have finished it off with the sentiment from the MFT Dies-Namics Notched Tag Die & Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

STAMPS: My Favourite Things. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs. TOOLS: Magnolia Doohickey Die, My Favourite Things Die-Namics Dies. EMBELLISHMENTS: My Minds Eye Lush Rhinestones.

Hope you will be able to join in with the challenge. Thanks for visiting today, hope you have a great weekend!

Male Happy Birthday - DTDF

For my card today I have made another male card using products available at Dies to Die for. I have taken some Bazzill Kraft CS and made this into a base. I have then taken some Bazzill Maraschino CS and layered this with Echo Park Little Boy Sailboats paper and added this to the base. I have taken the banner type dies from the MFT Die-Namics First Place Award Set and cut this with more Marischino CS. I stamped the 'happy' in the greeting from the CC Designs Amy R Big Words set in Memento Ladybug ink and then the 'birthday' from the CC Designs Amy R Handy Additions set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on to more Kraft CS. I have then cut this out with a Nestabilities Rectangle die and added to the base with 3D foam pads. I have cut a star using the MFT Die-Namics Stacking Stars set and added this to the panel. I have finished the card by adding Pebbles Inc Candy Dots to the blue panel. I have based the layout of this card on the MFT Sketch 52.

STAMPS: CC Designs. INK: Memento Tuxedo Black & Ladybug. CS: Bazzill Basics, Echo Park. TOOLS: Nestabilities, My Favourite Things Die-Namics. EMBELLISHMENTS: Pebbles Inc Candy Dots.

Thanks for visiting me today, see you at the weekend for something new to DTDF, a new challenge blog!

Popcorn the Bear Stamps Giveaway ... Closed

Today I have two Popcorn the Bear stamp sets to giveaway. Apologies for not knowing the names of them but I no longer have the packaging.

If you want them all you have to do is add your name to the InLinkz below and I will randomly pick a winner on Sunday 19th February. Only one entry per person please. Good luck!