Colour Q #240

Hello for the second time today!

I'm getting back into floral mode with the next Colour Q palette - an ultra pretty combo of soft pinks and greens:

I've also played with the Cardabilities sketch and since I've used a whole heap of papers from MME I thought I'd join in with their May challenge too - to use MME enamel dots creatively. Not sure if it's that creative but since I bought a whole heap of them it was a good excuse to go a bit dotty.

I've just confirmed a quick holiday for me and the big bloke today...5 nights in Singapore - without the kids.  Our first real break on our own in 8 years to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.  Can you imagine? 5 days on our own, without any interruptions...what bliss.

Happy stamping everyone!

Claire x

Fanatical about New Stamps!

Hello bloggers!

Happy New Year!  Hope you had a good one.  Mine started off with some happy mail direct from Waltzingmouse Stamps....don't you just love that? Couldn't resist having a quick play at Waltzingmouse Fanatics and Cardabilities before I take a break from blogland for a few days:

My lovely father-in-law's birthday is in a few weeks - the perfect excuse to use My Kind of Guy. I had a small off-cut from an Art Deco Background in black cardstock, which I cut to size.  I also used a small drop of Dimensional Magic on the monocle just to give it a bit of shine.

Well, that's it for me now.  I'll be missing in action for the next few days so see you in a couple of weeks!

Thanks for stopping,

Claire x

Cardabilities Play Date

Morning all,

I can't remember the last time I played along at Cardabilities - there's a gorgeous sketch by Karan Gerber and I've combined it with the pretty pastel colours at Play Date Cafe:

I've embossed the Waltzingmouse flower background onto vellum and added a chipboard ring which I inked, covered in dimensional magic and sprinkled with glitter.

Just a quick one again today...it's kids holidays here in Australia so I have some mothering to do!

Thanks for stopping and particularly if you take the time to comment.

Claire x

Cardabilities + Play Date

Have to be super snappy with this post as both challenges close in a soon!  I've been lusting over the colour scheme over at Play Date Cafe but, despite having 2 weeks to get it done,  I waited right until the last minute to have a play. Luckily I had some left over scraps of MME papers that fit the colour scheme pretty well - I also used a sketch from Cardabilities just to speed that mojo up a bit....

I stampede a Waltzingmouse doile and used that as a base for the flower. That Stampin Up sprig of leaves is getting an absolute hammering in my Cuttlebug at the moment...it seems to be ending up on everything I do!

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x