StampFairy Sale

Our wonderful StampFairy designer Gerda is having a Birthday next week and in honour of that is holding a Birthday Sale.

http://www.stampfairy.com/

All digis are 50% off the original price until next weekend. The store shows the sale price already. If you do not see it, please refresh the browser. Even the sentiments and digi papers have been reduced - stop by and make a great bargain.

 

Be sure to stop by and take a peek, there have been lots of great new images added in the last few weeks.

Have a great weekend.

Stamp Something Embellished

Good morning, I hope that you are all finding a way to stay cool. For me that means staying indoors and playing with all of my crafty goodies. Our Christmas challenge had so many gorgeous Christmas cards so maybe we are all trying to think our way to cool.

Today is Friday and not only does that mean that it is the start of the weekend but it is also the start of another Stamp Something challenge. Our challenge this week is to Stamp Something Embellished.

Our Sponsor this week is Sugar Nellie Stamps and they have generously offered up 4 Sugar Nellie Stamps to one lucky participant.

I decided that this week I would try a vintage steampunk feel for my card which features Lil Victorian Lilith from Tickled Pink Stamps. The image was coloured with Copics and I have used some distress inks and along with a text stamp and a grunge floral to add so interest to the edges of the image block.

For the background I have used this great paper from the Basic Grey Curio collection which I tore and inked to give a burned  look to reveal the newspaper print below. I have stitched the layers and distressed the edges to add to the timeworn feel. If you look closely in the bottom left corner you will see where I have masked and inked a vintage compass onto my background papers.

There are so many different embellishments layered onto this card. All of the flowers are from my newly replenished supply from Wild Orchid Crafts. Behind the flowers on the left of the image there is part of a Prima rhinestone swirl. For some additional steampunk flair I have also added in some Tim Holtz sprockets and gears. There is also just a touch of ribbon and a birthday sentiment that I picked up in the dollar bins at Michael's.

I hope that you will join us with your own embellished somethings.

Before you begin crafting be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the great creations from the rest of the Design Team.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Use Newspaper

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Digi Stamp

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Colouring

Craft Your Passion - Text It

Try it on Tuesday - Steampunk
Crafty Catz - No Pink or Blue Allowed

O is for Old

Morning Peeps. Can you believe this weather that we are having? For those of you who are not aware, we are in the middle of a heatwave here. Even the dog wants to be inside. Tomorrow the temperature is supposed to feel like 46C with the humidity which is 114F. I am melting just thinking about it.

Over on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog we have a new challenge for you.  This week we would like for you to dig deep into your stamps and pull out your favorite oldies because

O is for Old

For my card this week I dug deep into my stamp drawer to find this great old stamp from Stampendous called Pookie Skates. A few years back all of my cards had this image on them. He has had a bit of a        re-vamp in colouring style since then. This time around he has been coloured with Copics. I just love this cheery and traditional red and green combo.

I have paired him with a great sentiment from LOTV, can't wait for their new release. I pulled some great MME papers that coordinated with the bright image to put the card together and I have embellished with some punched hearts to pick up on the love across the miles theme.

I want to thank you for stopping by. Be sure to visit the ABC Christmas Challenge blog and see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the team.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge - Glitter

2 Sisters Challenge - Christmas in July

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas Card

CES Challenges - Christmas

Creative Inspirations - Christmas in July

Christmas Inspirations - Free Christmas Project

Paper Sundaes - Christmas in July

 

StampFairy Colour Throw Down

Wow, summer sure has arrived. The temps have been in the mid to high 30 Celsius range all weekend and there does not seem to be any indication that this heatwave will be over any time soon. I have spent most of the weekend indoors where it is air conditioned and nice and cool.

We have a great new challenge starting today over on the StampFairy Challenge blog. This week we have a colour throw down for you.

Aqua, Melon and Kraft

My card this week features Lenny Ice cream. He is just so sweet and perfect for this summer heat. the colours were perfect for this image. Lenny has been coloured with Copics, I know big surprise there right? I was struggling to find papers to match the theme. The plaid is actually a card from MME that I cut apart and the remaining paper is from my scrap bin. I have finished it all off with a touch of ribbon and some Prima flowers.

I hope that you will join us for the challenge, please remember that to be eligible for a prize you must use a StampFairy image.  If you have not been by the store for a while now is a great time for a visit as there have been lots of great images added in the last few weeks.

Before you go, I want to introduce you to the newest member of the StampFairy family.

http://www.stampfairy.com/digistamps_birthdayoccasions_barryballoons.htm

Meet Barry, isn't he just the sweetest thing. I just love this fuzzy little guy.

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

Wags N' Whiskers - Birthdays

Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy July

Hanna and Friends - Birthday

Southern Girls Challenge - Happy Birthday

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Happy Birthday

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stamp Something for Christmas

Good morning, it looks like we have an extremely hot and sunny weekend ahead. I think that I will be spending lots of time indoors where it is cool. I see some crafting time for me.

Today is the start of a new challenge on the Stamp Something blog and this week we would like to see your

Christmas Creations

Our generous sponsors this week are DRS Designs and they are offering a $15 voucher to one lucky participant. They were also kind enough to provide  the DT with some lovely images to work with this week.

I chose to work with the adorably sweet Candy Cane Christmas Critter. He coloured up so quick and easy and was wonderful to work with. I had actually made the background for this card using scraps from a previous project. I added some peel off snowflakes to the upper corner for some holiday sparkle and the sentiment is from LOTV.

I hope that you will join us with your own Christmas creations. I do look forward to seeing them.

Be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog to see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the team.

I will add the challenges that I will enter this card in this evening.

Try a New Technique with StampFairy

Good morning. I hope that you all had a wonderful and sunny weekend. The weather here has been beautiful, perfect for swimming and outdoor concerts which is what I was doing this weekend. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end and today is the start of another work week.

Today is also the start of another StampFairy Challenge and this week we would like for you to show us something that you have made using a new technique.

For my card this week I have chosen to make a springfold card. I first saw this technique a few weeks back and had been wanting to try it so this challenge gave me the perfect excuse to give it a go. If any of you would like to give it a try you can do so by following the tutorial that I found here.

For this card, I have pulled out an image with my favorite snowman George. He has been coloured with Copics and accented with Stickles and liquid applique before I cut him out using my Spellbinders dies. The designer papers are from MME and Cosmo Cricket. I have kept the card simple as I felt that the design of the card already provided enough extra detail.

I hope that you will join us for our challenge. Be sure to tell us in your post what new technique you have used. Before you head off to start crafting be sure to stop by the StampFairy Challenge blog and see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the team.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas Card

Craft Your Days Away - Fancy Folds

Ccrafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Spots

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July

Do it with Digis - Spots or Stripes

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas in July

The ABC Challenge - Y for Yesterday (U for unusual folds)

Stamp Something with Bugs or Butterflies

Wow, it is Friday already. This week sure has gone by fast and it looks like we are in for a wonderful weekend. Today we have another great challenge for you and for me anyway it is an easy one. The theme that has been chosen is to stamp something with Bugs or Butterflies.

I have played around with my Distress inks again. This time I have uses some Tim Holtz stamps. I have stamped and embossed the butterfly and then over stamped with a flourish stamp that I had inked and misted with water for a watercolour effect. I then rubbed on some Tea Dye ink to tone down the white of the paper.

For the background I have embossed the cardstock with clear embossing powder and a background  stamp from Hero Arts to bring out the tone on tone watermark look. The polka dotted paper is from Pink Paislee. to finish off the card I have added a few more butterflies that I punched with a Martha Stewart punch and a simple sentiment that I stamped and embossed.

I hope that you will have a go at it and join us in our challenge. I do look forward to seeing your creations. Be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the wonderful creations from the rest of the DT.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope that you will visit again soon.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Stamp and Create - Ribbons and Bows

Bling it On - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Things with Wings

Alphabet Challenge - Just one Word

N is for No Nonsense

Good Morning, I hope that you are all having a wonderful week of sunshine.

It is time for another ABC Christmas challenge and this week our theme is 

No Nonsense

This time we want to see you make a no frills card, one that does not use any designer papers.

We have two sponsors for this weeks challenge.

Simon Says Stamp are offering one lucky entrant A $15 voucher

 

and the fabulous Karen's doodles have offered up
3 digis from Karen's doodles of their choice for our second lucky participant.

This week, I have decided to try something a little different for my card.  As we were not using designer papers I decided to have a play with a couple of background stamps for the focal point of my card. I must say that I had a blast playing with the distress inks but if one was to look closely I think that there is still a slight blue tinge to my fingertips.

To create this I have embossed a Hero Arts doily stamp in the bottom corner then used distress inks over the entire background to make the doily pop. I then inked up the snowflake background stamp and stamped over the entire thing, I matted the card several times and then added a simple sentiment and a snowflake peeloff sticker to finish it off.

You cannot get much simpler, this card was completed start to finish in under half an hour.

I hope that you will join us for our challenge this week. I look forward to stopping by your blogs for a visit. Before you head off to start crafting be sure to stop by the ABC Christmas Challenge and see the gorgeous no frills cards that my teamies have created to share with you.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Our Creative Corner - Christmas in July

For Fun Challenges - Christmas in July

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - Christmas in July

Less is More - Shades of Blue

Celebrating the 4th with StampFairy

Good Morning and Happy 4th of July to all of my American friends. I hope that you have all enjoyed a wonderful weekend.

Today Gerda has designed another wonderful sketch for our StampFairy challenge.

Being as it is the 4th of July, I have used Herb Patriot for my card today. Coming from Canada, I don't have a lot of use for cards in an Americana style but this sketch allowed me to keep it simple and by using the Celebrate sentiment it will be perfect when I need a card to send south of the border.

The designer papers were remnants that I had in my stash and the Stars are from a MME sticker set.

Remember that in order to win you must use a StampFairy image. Be sure to stop by the store as there have been many wonderful new images added in the last few weeks.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Stamp Scrap Doodle - Stars and Stripes

Creative Inspirations - Red, White and Blue

Craft Us Crazy - Red, White and Blue

Stamp Something Digi - Two Little Piggies

Woohoo, the weekend is here. Happy Canada Day Everyone!

You've gotta love a 3 day weekend.

You've also gotta love a new Stamp Something challenge.

As this is the first Friday of the month, its

Digi Day

I hope that we can tempt you to join us. We have some great sponsors this week who have been kind enough to provide us with some images to play with and they are offering up some great prizes to the winners of this weeks challenge.

For my card this week I was provided with this adorable image called Hog Wild Over You from

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps. Don't they look like they are so in love.

The image has been coloured with Copics and die cut with Spellbinders to fit the card.

All of the papers are from MME and they have been laid out based on a great sketch from the Sweet Stamps Challenge. I have die cut a little tag and tucked it behind the image and then layered on a few Prima Flowers and die cut leaves to embellish the card.

I hope that you will join us this week. I do look forward to seeing your gorgeous cards.

Before you head off to start crafting be sure to stop by the Stamp Something Blog to see the beautiful creations from the rest of the DT.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stamps - Sketch

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Get Punchy

Colour Throwdown - Challenge #148

Divas By Design - Diecuts and Punches