Its 2.10am Sunday morning and I suppose I should be in bed but have been up making three totally different cards and changing my mind every five minutes!! Probably the tiredness kicking in but really wanted to get this card posted before I put head to pillow....
If you know me, you'll know exactly what I thought of when I saw this 'cue word' at CASology this week. Thats right, Peanut M&M's!! I admit I may be slightly addicted to them (okay, ALOT) but I don't drink, smoke or even drink tea or coffee, so I need some kind of excitement in my life!
Now I don't know if you've ever eaten a Peanut M&M but they aren't the most beautiful in their shape. They come in all sorts of roundy, knobbly shapes, not something I have ANY stamps of, so I knew I couldn't put them on a card. But after playing around the last few days I came up with something very, very close.....
Who would have thought little circles of chocolate would be so hard to put on a card???? This card too forever to make and its not perfect but I love every one of those M&M's and wish I could eat them right off the card!
I stamped the sentiment first (easy part..) and then stamped away with the small circle stamp in the different colours. Unfortunately I don't have an orange or brown ink pad, so didn't leave them out on purpose (just incase they are your favourites!).
I then stamped five little m's at a time with Versamark ink and heat embossed in white. I did them in small lots because no matter how much I swiped with my anti-static pillow, the powder stuck to every single dot. Thank goodness for a small paint brush!
I then spent a very long time carefully covering every single circle with Glossy Accents to give them the shine and domed look of the real thing. This of course warped the cardstock ALOT (which I knew would happen) but luckily it wasn't too bad by the next morning. Its so bright and colourful, and so me, I love it!
The sentiment is from Hero Arts 'Year Round Sentiments'. The circle stamp is from Couture Creations and the 'm' is from Rosies Studio.
I'm also going to link this to the Curtain Call Challenge where their inspiration is:
And will also link to the Virginia's View Challenge #8 where their theme is:
I better link quickly and get to bed or I won't get up tomorrow until lunchtime!! Happy World Card Making Day to everyone who is just starting their Saturday. I really enjoyed my card making tonight and have certainly made some wonderful 'card making' friends around the world with this hobby. Happy crafting!!
Take care
Shona
One week has flown by but there is still time to join in with our challenge at TIME OUT. Our theme is:
stamping with the optional twist of: apples
Meaning, you can stamp as little or as much as you like and if you go with the optional twist, you have the chance of winning a prize from Avocado Arts......yippee!
We have already had an amazing number of entries, with such incredible designs and ideas. And I'm sure we will have many more join in over the next week.
My card last week was 'stamping overload', so I decided to be a bit more conservative this time around and found a way to incorporate some apples....kind of.....
I've had this tree stamp for months and never knew what to do with it but I realised that with a few red enamel dots, it could turn into an apple tree!
After stamping the sentiment, I adhered the card straight onto a piece of black paper with white polka dots, that was ever so slightly larger. To keep with the natural look, I made a kraft card and used foam tape to adhere the panel. Phoebe looked at it the other day and said 'thats a cool apple tree', so thank goodness it looks like its supposed too!
The tree stamp is from Kaisercraft. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and enamel dots from Papervine. The black/white paper is from Lawn Fawn 'Peace Joy Love'.
I do hope you have a chance to join in with this challenge (it will be open till Wednesday 8th October 5pm). But if you don't have time to create, please pop over to TIME OUT to check out the entries and hopefully we will see you next time!
Take care
Shona
What a fantastic day today!! The sun was shining and the kids were happy. I showed Max how to play tennis for the first time today (which I think he enjoyed.....). We went to a local tyre place and managed to score 4 huge tyre inner tubes to float down the river with. Unfortunately when we got home I managed to roll one straight into a rose bush, so now down to three..... And the kids had their first tube float down the river after lunch, which was hilarious. Gotta love the school holidays!!!
I haven't joined in with CAS(E) this Sketch for a few weeks but when I saw this sketch, my mind popped up with an idea immediately. Although when I tried it out, it was a disaster but it lead me to something else that was much better:
My original idea was to have the word 'happy' as the stripes with 'birthday' across the top but it looked awful. I was looking for other words and found the XOXO in a new stamp set (shhh, don't tell my husband I went shopping last week.....).
I cut a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than the card front. I VERY carefully stamped the 'XOXO's' across the front. I then die-cut the 'love' three times from red card stock and glued them all together. This was stuck straight over the stamps. I stamped the 'you', held back from using too many enamel dots and adhered the panel with foam tape to the card front. I 'love you' too, my 2am this morning card!
The 'XOXO' stamp is from Fiskars 'Say What?'. The 'you' is from Hero Arts 'Year Round Sentiments'. The metal 'love' die is from Paper Smooches and enamel dots from Papervine.
Since I've used all words on this card, I'm going to link this to the Less is More Challenge - Week #191 where their theme is 'Mostly words'.
And for the last time I'll link to the Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge where their theme is 'Anything Goes'. This is my 10millionth entry.
I can feel all my 2am bedtimes kicking in, feeling very tired. Might have a night off from creating tonight and catch up on some tv in bed. With how I feel I will probably be asleep before the kids!
Take care
Shona
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