Another Sunday Another Stamp With Us Challenge

Today’s challenge for Stamp with Us was a sketch challenge. I really enjoy doing these and thought I would have a go at a Scrapbook Layout.

Here is the sketchA few year’s ago I was lucky enough to go on an amazing holiday to the Maldives. I have decided to do an album about that holiday, and this will be the title page.

Ingredients are:
Card: Whisper White, So Saffron (Textured)
DSP: So Saffron, Rainbow Sherbet
Stamps: Life's a Beach, Just Beachy
Ribbon: So Saffron Striped Ribbon
Ink: More Mustard

I hope you decide to have a go at the challenge and look forward to seeing what you create.

Its a beautiful day here today and we have just been invited to a BBQ so no time to chat - I have to dash!

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back with more tomorrow

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Roses in Luton

Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to spend my morning with some lovely ladies at their card making class. I was also asked to design a project for them all to do. Now it has been raining a lot here so when I was thinking about a project to do I wanted something in sunny colours and that would remind me that summer is just around the corner, so I turned to the wonderful A Rose is A Rose Stamp Set. I also wanted us to make a card that the ladies could use for a variety of occasions. This is what we made – a sunny yellow rose and a matching gift box.
The card is Old Olive with a Whisper White Layer. The Whisper White Layer has been stamped with the Spotted background stamp in So Saffron and then the bottom two thirds was stamped in More Mustard with one of the stamps from the Rose is a Rose Set. Our Rose clusters were stamped with So Saffron and More Mustard for the flowers and Old Olive and Always Artichoke for the leaves. The greeting is from the wonderful Oval All Set, has been coloured using blender pens and layered with the Oval Punch and the Scalloped Oval Punch.
The gift bag was also decorated using the Oval All Stamps and the Oval Punches. If you would like instruction on how to make this simple gift bag please email me bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk. These look great in the Stampin’ Up! Papers and if you want to make some you are still just in time to get the lovely papers while they are on special offer. If you are in the UK and place your order with my before Sunday you can get four packs of paper for the price of three - an amazing 25% off. I also have a couple of spaces on a reduced price paper share still available – a 6x6 sheet of each of the 102 patterned papers available for just £16 including post and packing. If you take both places you could have the papers either 6x6 or have then 12x6 – ideal for scrapbooking! I am really enjoying scrapbooking and will have some more pages to share with you soon!

I have a couple of spaces still available on my card making class tomorrow (Saturday) so if you are in the Dunstable area and are interested in coming along please get in touch as soon as possible. We will be making cards that can be used for any occasion.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Stamp with Us Challenge

Hello everyone

Can you believe it is Sunday again already? I am really not sure where the time is going at the moment. Its been a busy week for us at the theatre with my OH and his son staring in the show. Now I know I am biased but I think they did a really great job. The audiences also seemed to enjoy their performances and everyone involved should be very proud of themselves. I did make thank you cards for the boys to give the crew but I did not get a chance to take a photo – whoops! I also spent an evening with some lovely ladies on Thursday many of whom were trying the Stampin' Up! Products for the first time - I had a blast and loved seeing what they created.

Anyway being as it is Sunday it is Stamp With Us Challenge Day. This week the challenge was a recipe challenge. We were asked to make a card with one patterned paper, two ribbons, a flower and a button. Here is the card I came up with.

I could not resist using my current favourite stamp again – Blooming with Beauty. This time the flower was coloured with my marker pens and stamped onto the Vellum Card Stock. One of the things I love about the Stampin’ Up! inks and markers is the variety of surfaces they can be used on. Also on this card you can see how well they work on the Twill Tape. If you are stamping or colouring onto vellum just work as normal but do remember that the ink takes a little longer to dry.


Ingredients for this card:
Card: Very Vanilla, Kraft and Vellum
Markers: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Papers: Haiku
Button: Button Latte Set
Ribbon: Twill Tape, Kraft Taffeta
Linen Thread

I have really enjoyed seeing how differently everyone interprets the challenge. I hope you decide to play along too, I would love to see what you come up with.
Unusually we have some lovely weather here – and its a long weekend – that never happens!!!! We are just off to see some friends for a BBQ so no crafting for me today, but I will be back with things to show you soon


Thanks for stopping by


Happy Crafting



Bekka



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Nice Neice?

I love this picture of my niece on Christmas Morning so was looking forward to scrapping it. While it was taken on Christmas morning I decided against using Christmas papers and instead opted for Bashful Blue teamed with Regal Rose to pick up on the colours in the picture.

The papers are from the Love Stories Simply Scrappin’ Kit and the Sweet Always collection. The flowers were made by punching out scallop circles and cutting down into them to form petals. In the centre of each is a small circle of the blue paper and a circle rhinestone brad.

I am pleased how this turned out, fresh and energetic – just like its subject!
Thank you for looking
Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Another Lay Out

Here is the next lay out I made this weekend. This one features a destination I can highly recommend for a very luxurious short break, Cottage in the Woods. As you can see the location is stunning and when every we have escaped there we have felt totally spoilt and come home feeling very well fed and very relaxed.

The background card is more of the lovely SU textured card, this time in Handsome Hunter. The patterned papers are again from the Haiku collection – its sooo versatile and I love how different they look in these two lay outs! There are also some elements from the Love Stories Simply Scrappin’ Kit and the chipboard letters were coloured with a Certain Celery Marker. The White rub ons are from the Cherished Memories set

Thank you for stopping by

Happy Crafting

Bekka Pin It

This weekend

I was mostly Scrapping and chatting! Thank you to all the lovely people I scrapped with – I had a wonderful time.

So today I am going to share another lay out with you – and yes it is another 12x12! This layout shows some lovely flowers my OH gave me last summer – just for being home at the weekend (I was working away from home at the time) They were so beautiful.

The background the lovely textured SU card in Really Rust and the papers are from the Haiku collection. There are also a couple of elements from the Petal Party Simply Scrappin’ Kit.

Thank you for looking - don’t forget that all the Stampin’ Up! Papers are on special offer this month – buy three and get a fourth free. You can read all about it here and if you would like to order some please email me –

bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Crafting

Bekka Pin It

Resurfacing?

Firstly I want to apologise for not having been around for the last week or so – as you know I had been feeling a bit under the weather and last weekend I took a turn for the worse. Well I am just about surfacing again and have things to share with you again!

This week’s challenge on Stamp With Us is a colour challenge in response to this picture.
And here is the card I made
The stamps are from the Mr & Mrs Stamp Set, the card is Whisper White, Old Olive and So Saffron. The inks I used are Old Olive and Really Rust. The patterned paper is from the Love Story Simply Scrappin Kit. Each flower has a rhinestone Brad from the Circle Rhinestone Brad collection in the centre.

I really enjoy these colour challenges – how about you? Why not have a go ...

See you all tomorrow

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Thank you for having me

The first challenge for the New Stamp With Us Design Team members was a theme challenge around the word Thanks. How wonderfully appropriate as I am so thankful to have been chosen to be in the team.

Inspired by some very pretty butterflies I saw in my garden I decided to make this

The card is Regal Rose, the papers are from the Sweet Always Pack and I have used the butterfly stamp from the Live Your Dreams Stamp Set. The greeting is from the Thank You Kindly Stamp Set. The butterflies were made using my Nestabilities and decorated with elements from the Pretties Kit and tied together with some Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon or some Silver Elastic cord.

You can see what the others came up with on the Stamp With Us blog here. I had a lot of fun making this card and cant wait to see what you all come up with in response to the Challenge.

Thanks for looking

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Soft Summer Saturday

I am very much enjoying the live chats and the challenges over at Stamp With Us. There was another fun one last night but this horrid cold stopped me from playing along so I thought today I would share one I made last week. The Challenge was to recreate one of the cards on the front of the Mini Catalogue. We were encouraged to mix it up a bit, but since I liked the original I kept pretty close to the original.

Have you ever used the Idea Book and Catalogue for inspiration? Its great on those days when creativity feels a little illusive. The Stamp Set is Soft Summer (I love to colour this one too!), the colours are Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Ruby Red.

I will be back tomorrow with my first Design Team Card – I would love to know what you think

Happy Crafting

Bekka

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Flower Free Friday

I have been somewhat under the weather for the last few days and not really feeling at all creative. I have however been enjoying colouring in so I thought today I would share another card featuring colouring in with you.

The glasses of beer were coloured with my Stampin’ Up! Markers, Barely Banana, Creamy Caramel and More Mustard. To create the blended effect I coloured the whole image with the lightest colour, then while the ink was still wet added a little of the Creamy Caramel to the edges and blended this in with some More Mustard, which was in turn blended with the Barely Banana. A little Bordering Blue provided the shadows. The images were mounted on More Mustard Card and More Mustard designer Paper from the Level 1 Hostess set.

Thanks for stopping by and please raise a glass to the weekend!

Happy Crafting

Bekka Pin It