From The Heart Stamps Blog Hop - CASE It!

It's the first Friday of March so it's time for a team blog hop at FTHS!  For something a little different, this month we've all been given another team member to CASE!  I was given Jo and went with her Flurry post from February.

Apologies for the darkness of the photo - trouble with my laptop monitor and it looked fine when I did it and now I have a new one, oopps!  So, I've used the Flurry stamp and printed it onto different papers from Carina Gardner - O Christmas Tree and then I've layered it all onto another sheet and added half pearls for a bit of bling.

I don't think I've paper pieced before and rather enjoyed it so you never know - I may do it again!

So, back to the hop!  If you've arrived at me from Michelle then you are on the right track!  Don't forget to leave me a comment before you hop back to the blog.  One lucky commentator will be chosen from each of our blogs to win a digi stamp of their choice from the store.  Plus one of the commentators from the FTHS blog will be in with a chance of winning at $15 voucher to the store!

The hop will end on Monday 7 March at 6am EST and all winners will be announced on the From The Heart Stamps blog on Wednesday 9 March.

Good luck!

Simply Create Too Challenge 24 - Pumpkins

It's time for another Simply Create Too challenge and the theme this fortnight is:

Pumpkins

I've gone for the cute angle and used a Jellypark digi - Boy In Halloween Pumpkin Costume and coloured it with Promarkers.  He's been added to the card with foam pads so he stands out a little.

The papers are from Carina Gardner - Haunted collection and I've used black card from my stash to layer plus some twine and some bat confetti.

Good luck with the challenge and to see the rest of the teams samples and also how to enter, just go to Simply Create Too!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Play:  Simply Cute
Dutch Dare:  Photo Inspiration
Crafting For All Seasons:  Costumes / Dress Up
I Love Promarkers:  Halloween
Paper Pretties:  Halloween
Going Grey With Scrap Creations:  Pumpkins

Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Carina Gardner, Haunted
Everything else:  My stash

Cuppa Tea

And here is the second of the Jellypark new release digi stamps! It would have been blogged rather sooner if I'd have not selected the wrong year... wishing my life away!


I've coloured the tea cup with Promarkers and I've made a little gift card holder with papers from Carina Gardner - Fresh Picked Spring as I thought the flower pattern went really well with the tea cup!

The green organza ribbon is from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Ribbon
Di's Digi Designs: Pastels
Crafty Ann's: Anything But A Card
Hotshot Crafts: Ribbon
Charisma Cardz: Ribbon
Daisy Doodles: Tie It Up

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Carina Gardner: Fresh Picked Spring Papers
• Everything else: My stash

Dandelion Clocks

And yes, another Lili of the Valley pre coloured image! Again, I bought this from the ebay shop which sells all the end of line and discontinued stock (along with fantastic customer service from Lucy too!)


I've actually used papers that are from a Christmas collection although, to be honest, most of them could be used for any time of the year - Carina Gardner Santa's Sleigh paper collection. The hot pink is an offcut of card. I've added some ribbon from my stash and another princess charm. The ribbon bow is actually tied three times as I used my trusty wooden bow maker - you just can't see the fanciness in the photo!

I've added a bit of sparkle with stickles to the image and that's about it! Great images for quick cards that look fab!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Card Positioning Sketches: 5th Anniversary, day 12
Sir Stampalot: In The Garden
Sparkles Forum: Things With Wings
Diva's By Design: Things With Wings

• Papers: Carina Gardner - Santas Sleigh
• Image: Lili of the Valley pre coloured die cut image
• Everything else: My stash
  

Jellypark Challenge 14 - Something In My Pocket

It's time for another Jellypark challenge! And I must say that this one had me stumped for a while but then when the light came on, I was well away! The theme is:

Something In My Pocket

I've made another gift card holder using papers from Carinia Gardner - Fresh Picked Paper collection (with a scrap bit of card inside to write the message) and I've used the Cupcake Ticket, coloured it with Promarkers, layered it onto some more scrap card and added ribbon through the top.

The ribbon is from Meiflower and I've just tied it in a simple bow across the front.

A little bit of corner rounding and some inking and its complete! Good luck with the challenge - hope you can join us!

I'll be back later with one of two new release stamps!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Do You Stack Up?: Pink - Picture Inspiration
Moving Along With The Times: Spots or Stripes
Gingersnap Creations: Ribbon
Paper Pretties: Sentiment as Focal Point
Simon Says Stamp: Spots or Stripes

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Papers: Carina Gardiner - Fresh Picked Paper Collection
• Ribbon: Meiflower
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 6 - Black and White

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge and I'm upto number 6 already! It's a nice and easy (well, I think so!) theme this time:

Black and White

For more details on the challenge and how to enter, pop over to the challenge blog.


I've used one digi image from the elements pack from Santa's Sleigh by Carina Gardner and its been printed directly onto some cardstock and then layered up with more - carefully inking and glittering around the edges.

I've used a Spellbinder Nestabilities die as a template to draw around as the die itself was not the right shape for the image and I wanted something fancy. I've added two pearls to the tops of the gifts and some wide black satin ribbon from my stash for the main bow and thinner ribbon underneath.

Good luck with the challenge! For more details and how to enter, please go to Crimbo Crackers!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Bearly Mine: Anything Goes
Crazy Amigo: Winter
Digital Tuesday: Winter Wonderland
Lexi's Creations: Untraditional Christmas
Crafts and Me: Christmas Anything Goes
Diva's By Design: Merry Christmas
I Brake For Challenges: Clean and Simple

• Image: Carina Gardner - Santa's Sleigh Elements Pack
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities used as template
• Everything else: My stash

Jellypark Challenge 12 - ABC

We have a great challenge for you over at Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge and this fortnight the theme is:

ABC - Anything But A Card

I do like making these gift card holders and they are so easy and quick to make too! I've adapted my usual template as these papers all printed as 8x8 so I had less to use!

All the images are from Jellypark and all have been coloured with Promarkers. The papers are all from digi kits, and from left to right:

Echo Park - Sidewalk Chalk; Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird; Creativity by Crystal - Me and My Brother; Carina Gardner - Fresh Picked Collection; Creativity by Crystal - Me and My Brother.


And then I've used a contrasting paper from the same collection on the inside and added an offcut of card so a message can be written on. A bit of inking around the edges plus a brad to hold the two flaps together and some suitable ribbon etc and they are complete!


Good luck with the challenge! For more details, please visit the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday: Stripes
Delightful Challenges: Anything Goes
Just For Fun: Summer Theme (hope these are not too cute!)
Tip Top Tuesday: A Gift

• All Images: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Various - see above
• Everything Else: My Stash
  

Simply Create Challenge 55 - Pumpkins

It's time for another Simply Create challenge and the theme this fortnight is:

Pumpkins!

Perfect for those spooky and cute Halloween cards! We are also sponsored by Jellypark so we get to play with an image!


This digi called Pumpkin Costume was released last Friday and I made a similar card as part of the Jellypark DT. It's been coloured with Promarkers.

Again I've used papers from a digi pack from Carina Gardner called Haunted bought from Jessica Sprague plus I've added some table confetti bats from my stash. I've used matt gold card for layering and a kraft card blank.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Catz: Halloween
Do You Stack Up? Halloween Inspiration Picture
My Mums Craft Shop: Spooky Time
Tip Top Tuesday: Trick or Treat
Papercrafting Journey: Use a Digi
Paper Play: Halloween
Shelly's Images: Tic Tac Toe (Kraft, Digi, Pumpkin)
Mami Doodles: Black and Orange

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Carina Gardner digi pack
• Everything else: My stash
  

Pumpkin!

If you are looking for the OWH Fundraiser blog hop click HERE!

Two new digi stamps were released on Friday at Jellypark and here is one of them! Its called Pumpkin Costume and I've coloured it with Promarkers plus some inking.

I've used papers from a digi pack from Carina Gardner called Haunted bought from Jessica Sprague plus I've added some table confetti bats from my stash. Quite a bit of distressing going on here with this card! I've used a kraft card blank as my base and kept it quite simple.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

2 Sisters: Pumpkin Patch
Alphabet Challenge: Soon Be Halloween
Card Makin' Mamas: Halloween
Raise The Bar: Orange and Black
Our Craft Lounge: Colour Inspiration
Fab n Funky: Distressed or Torn

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Carina Gardner - Haunted digi pack
• Everything else: My stash