It's Halloween at Sentimental Sundays

Hi everybody

The weekend is going just too fast. 
At  Sentimental Sundays  it is Halloween time.  My card is certainly not what I planned - it was going to be something entirely different, but it did not work. 

On to a black base I layered two pieces of Apothecary papers - one spotted and the top one has the tree on it which I tore apart so that some of the spotted paper was visible. I overstamped with the spider, cat, wire and splodges - all Stampotique stamps and  I then stamped the web on a separate piece of orange paper and also a bat.  The skeleton was cut out and overlaid again.  The other stamps were all Tim Holtz.

For the inside I over printed one of the Sentimental Sundays freebie sentiments on to orange paper and inked the edges.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

All Sorts Challenge - Halloween
Addicted to Stamps - Halloween
Alphabet Challenge - Soon be Halloween
Card Making Mamas - Halloween
Craft your days away - Halloween colours
Crafty Calendar - Spooky Birthday
Crafting for all Seasons - Halloween
Delightful Challenges - Halloween
Di''s Digi Designs - Halloween
Dream Valley - Halloween
Inky Impressions - Trick or Treat:  Halloween
Just some Lines - Halloween
Pattie's Creations - Halloween
Sweet Stampin' - Trick or Treat
The Crazy Challenge - Halloween


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Valxx

Sentimental Sundays

Hi everybody

Hope you are having a great weekend - it almost fels like an Indian Summer .

At  Sentimental Sundays  this week we are asking for a card  that expresses Sympathy or Thinking of You.  Always very difficult subjects to tackle.

I have used a Stempelglede image from the Vintage Garden plate.  It is stamped with Stazon and colour with pencils.  I have brushed DI around the edges.  The sentiment is SU, and the papers are Memory Box Minuet.  Flowers and ribbon from stash.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy Friday - I followed the sketch
All Sorts - Green and Blue
Creations by Gilli - Anything that flies
Sweet Stampin - Anything but Birthday
Alphabet Challenge - P for pretty pastels
Fun with shapes and more - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Always anything goes
Jellypark Challenge - Get punchy or die cuts
Charisma Cardz - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Use at leasst one punch

I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you.

Hugs,

In the garden

At  Sentimental Sundays  we are haveing a Garden Party this week, with, of course, a sentiment.  That should allow for a lot of leeway to see lots of gardening projects this week.

The background papers for my card are from the Prima Madelaine pad - just love these papers, and the butterflies down the side panel tie in so well with the garden theme.  I have chosen this beautiful image of a wheelbarrow filled with flowers, which you can find here.  My sentiment is Floral Haven by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs for Whimsy Stamps.   I have scrunched up some seam binding down the side panel, and added roses which I bought at the Newbury Show from The Hobby House.  The punch used for the senitment is from SU, and the butterflies at MS.

The prize for this challenge will be four individual sentiment sets from the Raindrop Echo Designs Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection.   If you like the weekly freebies offered, please visit the store to see even more!

          
We have also been asked to help with the fundraiser for Kim Sherrod's friend whose son was admitted to the hospital for heart problems. Kim is trying to raise money for her friend to be able to see her son, but it's not going well. Her friend is struggling financially and can't afford to make the trip.


To help with the fundraiser, Ann (Raindrop Echo) designed some fab stamp sets that are going to be sold as digital stamps, but will also be available as clear stamps for those who prefer it.

To support the cause, make a donation and get yourself these gorgeous stamps, please click here.




I am entering my card  for the following challenges:

Anything Goes - Pick of the Bunch - Flowers
All Sorts Challenge - Free and Easy
Crafty Ann - Summertime
If the Shoe Fits - Summer
Inspire Me Fridays - Always Anything Goes
Mami Doodles - Flowers
Paper Play Challenge - In the Garden
Paper Star - Anything Goes
Phindy's Place Challenge - Delightful Die Cuts
Polka Doodles - In an English Country Garden
Sew many cards - Anything goes


I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you. Hugs,

The focus is on something Masculine at Sentimental Sundays

Good morning everybody

It's time for a  Sentimental Sunday Challenge,  and today we want to see the focus on something Masculine. This is always some of a challenge for me, but out came my trust Tim Holtz stuff and I managed to get something together.

My background paper is from the Thorndon Hall pack by PaperArtsy.   I have gone round the edges with distress ink and stamped some inky blobs over it.  On to that I have layered Kraft Resist paper, Glassine, and a piece of printed paper.  All have been coloured with distress inks.  Over them I have tied a piece of hemp string (from my local garden centre).  I have used the Old Jalopy die to cut the car, which is made from Kraft Resist paper over heavy brown cardstock.  The sentiment is Tim Holtz, and I have added some ideology bits - some cogs and wheel, and also a tag which says 'wander'.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Gingesnap Creations - On the Road

A Gem of a Challenge - Let's hear it for the boys

Sweet Stampin - One for the boys

Totally Gorjuss - All about boys

Crafters Companion - One for the boys

Hobbystuggu - Card for a man

The Stampman - Anything by Tim

I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you. Hugs

Anything Goes with a Sentiment

I'm looking forward to going to the Art Stamps England show at Newbury, and meeting up with my friend Anne - having some crafty chat and hopefully finding some crafty must-haves.

But before that - It is time for  Sentimental Sundays,  and this week Anything Goes with a Sentiment.  This gives everybody lots of scope, and we are really looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

For my card I have chosen colours in dusky pink, cream, dark browny/pink and small amounts of green.  The papers are Pion, very, very pretty, and it is lovely that both sides are usable.  For the inmage, I brushed Distress Inks lightly on to some card, and then stamped over it.  The sentiment is LOTV, and a Prima flower ties in really well with the colours.  I followed the sketch at Create 4 Fun.

I am entering this card for the following challenges@

Create 4 Fun - follow the sketch

All Sorts - Free and Easy July

My Mum's Craft Shop - Something old, something new (old is papers - new is stamp)

Digi Doodle - Anything goes

Frosted Designs - Going Vintage

Inspire me Fridays - Anything goes

Stampin' for the weekend - My favourite things

I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you.

Hugs

We are Celebrating Summer at Sentimental Sundays

Welcome to the Sentimental Sundays “Celebrate Summer” blog hop.  Tuesday, June 21 is the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and we are ready for all the summer fun to begin.  For our friends down under who are moving into their winter months and may not feel like creating a summery project, they may be making “Sparkly or Shimmery” projects. What girl doesn’t like her bling?

You should have arrived here from Joanna .  If you didn't arrive from Joanna's  blog and would like to join in the hop, please start at the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog.

One of the things I love about summer are the butterflies that seem to miracuralously appear once the weather warms up and all the flowers start coming out.  So this is my take on Celebrating Summer.

My main image is a butterfly stamp designed by Jo Capper-Sandon for Stampotique.  I coloured some card with Distress Inks and then stamped the butterfly with Distres Inks.  I then darkened the colours by adding a bit more ink.    I have added diamond Stickles to the wings to give it a slightly ethereal feel.  My papers are 5th Avenue by Melissa Frances, and these have a slightly dreamy ethereal feel to them as well.  The lace is from stash.  I followed the sketch from Crafting Life's Little Pieces. 

We hope you will join in our “Summery or Sparkly” (plus a sentiment) challenge this week.   Our sponsor is the marvelous Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. This prize will be four INDIVIDUAL sentiment sets from the Raindrop Echo Designs Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection


Your next stop on the hop is Kimberly.   If you should happen to get lost along the way, you can find the blog hop list over at the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog.  Don't forget to leave comments along the way because there are 3 mystery DT members who will each choose a winner from the comments left on their blog hop posts.  The winners will each win a $10 gift certificate to Whimsy Stamps!   The hop ends on Friday, June 24 at midnight EST.  The winners will be announced on the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog on Sunday, June 26th.   So, hop on over to the next stop and good luck!

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Crafting Life's Little Pieces - I followed the sketch
Sweeet Stampin - Things with Wings
Delicious Doodles - Things that Flutter
Fairy Knoll - Sparkle
Inspire me Fridays - Always anything goes
Simply Create - Come Fly with us
The Stamp man - Butterflies and Dragonflies
Stamp Something - Something with pretty papers
The Rubber Cafe - Simply Summer
Alots Rubber Stamps - Summertime

I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you.

Tiny Dancer for Sentimental Sundays

Good morning everybody

This is my first post for  Sentimental Sundays.  I am so excited to be part of this team, and there are some great challenges coming up over the next few months which I am really looking forward to.

The prize for this challenge will be four individual sentiment sets from the Raindrop Echo Designs Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection.

Please pop to Sentimental Sundays and have a look at all the fabulous pieces of work there, and don't forget that there are sentimental freebies offered as well - 5 this week, all worth having to embellish your projects.

The theme this week is Inspired by Song, which can give rise to many ideas, but also difficulties, which I had trying to choose between several that I wanted to use.  We want to see your creations Inspired by Song, and make sure to include a sentiment. Also make sure to let us know how the song inspired your project.

Anyhow, my song is Tiny Dancer by Elton John, and friends know that I have been a lifelong fan of his music,  It also seems appropriate to me that I have chosen an Elton John song, as I am going to see Elton John in Cardiff on Wednesday, with some of the best seats ever!  I just hope my knee holds up, I don't think I can do any more damage than I have to it this week.

My main images are both digis, the dancer is from A Day for Daisies, and the piano from Stitchy Stamps.  The piano key stamp is Clarity stamps, which I stamped and then embossed the black keys.  The dancer is coloured with Copics, and then I have brushed distress inks around here.  The sentiment is a The sentiment is one from the Raindrop Echo Whimsy Stamps range designed by Ann Vento.  They are available here   The background paper is Prima, as is the flower, which represents the flamboyant floral embroidery Elton John always has on the right sleeve of whatever he is wearing on stage.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Mark's Finest - Flowers
Crafty Ann's - Use more than one image
Delicious Doodles - Texture - I have embossed the piano keys and dry embossed the stars on the side panel
Inspire me Fridays - Anything goes
Stamp Something - Use a Digi
Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - What'eva + DT Call
Paper Sundaes - Let's get sentimental
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes


I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you.

News, News !!!!!!!!!

I am really excited because I have been chosen as a DT for Sentimental Sundays.

One thing I do know - i am going to be working with a lot of really talented crafters, and hopefully making some more new friends in this crazy cyber world of ours.

As it is Sunday, a new challenge has been announced - ANYTHING BUT A CARD - so why not pop across and check out all the gorgeous creations from the team and join in the fun.




I really appreciate it that you take the time to look at my blog and leave such lovely comments. Thank you each and every one of you.