Simply Stampin Challenge

Good morning crafters,

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Simply Stampin' this week we are asking you to DIY DSP so just to be clear we want you to make you very own Designer Series Paper, and use it in a project.

I am still trying to get ahead for Christmas, so for my DSP I went with my fav new Christmas stamp set Watercolour Winter, It's a very versatile set, so it's perfect for this type of challenge.

I started off by choosing my stamps, I decided to go with the 2 step poinsettias, I was planning to just use the outline image but then change my mind and decided to alternate the block image and the outline. here is how my DSP turned out.

I started to make my card and then decided, I'd make a matching card and tag set, plus I still have plenty of my DSP left over to make something else!!

I teamed Real Red, Whisper White, and the Champagne Glimmer paper for real added glamour, and the great thing about it is you only need to use alittle for that great wow effect!

I wanted my DSP to be the main focus of the card and tag so I've tried to keep them pretty simple, I hope you like them, and that myself and the rest of the DT have inspired you to create your very own DSP and join in the challenge with us!

Can't wait to see you designs, xx

Simply Stampin' Theme Week

Good morning crafters,

You all did such a good job with those colours last week, that this week we thought you needed a little more of a challenge, so this weeks Simply Stampin theme is Totally Tags.Whether you use them on a card, scrapbook page, or you just want to make up a stash of them we want to see multiple tags!

I decided to make a tag card, the tags are tucked into a pocket and can be re-used, as a tag or a bookmark.

This card is for my boyfriends mum for Mother's day, so I wanted to make it special, I've added all my favourite things, ribbon, crochet trim, paper flower, antique brad, and if you look closely you'll spot a cute little Antique Tag dangling from the flower, there are so sweet, and I think they'll be popping up a lot in the future!

I don't think you can see but the centre of the flower (made with the scallop circle punch) is an Antique Brad, here is a close up of the tags,

I have left the other side blank so they can re-used if Julie wants too.

If you need more inspiration for your take on the challenge then head over and see what the rest of the team has come up with, xx

Monster Bookmark.

Good morning,

I made this cute little book mark Sunday but have been waiting to be home early enough to get a good photo, luckily I have a couple of days off this week so I managed to take one this morning, however it is raining so it's still not a brilliant shot.

I got my boyfriend a book he had been hinting for for Christmas which he started reading before mummbling at me have you got a book mark. I knew I had some but when I bought out butterflies and hearts he turned his nose up. So I set about making him a more suitable bookmark for him to use.

He's really a big kid so I thought that my Make a Monster stamps would be perfect! I used these together which my Two Tags die and this is how it turned out.

I'm quite pleased and so was he when I mentioned that I'd added a googly eye!!

Hope to soon you back soon with some more goodies from my craft room, plus don't forget there is still time to enter into this weeks Simply Stampin' challenge, you could have a go at making one of these bookmarks and enter it.

Simply Stampin' To Die For.

Hello again,

This week over at Simply Stampin' we are asking you to get busy with your dies and create a card or project using them. At first I was stumped, I thought of a shaped card but I have done that before so I wanted to use my dies in a way I hadn't before.

I ended up using two dies, The Daisies Die and the Two Tags die to make a card and matching mini bag. The Daisies Die is great for making flowers with great depth. 

You can see the dimension a little better on this photo, to make the flower you will need to cut 3 of the larger Daisy and 3 of the smallest Daisy, I shaped the larger petals in one direction and the smaller Daisy petals in the opposite direction, and inked the edges for more interest.

I can't wait to see what you make out of your dies, so get creating! xx