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

Paper Patchwork

Evening bloggers!

For the first time I've played in the challenge over at Curtain Call, where the inspiration is a gorgeous picture of a patchwork quilt.   I also combined it with MME's 'All You Need is Love' challenge - so I'm all set for next years Valentines....that's if I don't leave the big bloke for a younger/richer/better looking model. I keep threatening him....

I used MME's 6x6 pad 'The Sweetest Thing' for this one - saved me from having to go through my hoards of MME scraps to find papers that matched. I would seriously have been sat there all night.

Have a great day and thanks for looking!

Claire x

Getting Scrappy with MME

Hello folks,

Happy Halloween to you! Thank goodness it's almost over for another year - tonight has been spent following a horde of overexcited, sugar infused kids, stuffing their faces with chocolate and sweets, whilst blackmailing all the neighbours into giving them even more chocolate and sweets.   One day I'll actually be organised and won't force my children to wear an oversized costume, hastily put together from the $2 shop.

Now that the kids are in bed and I have a (large) glass of wine in hand I'll show you a layout I did for October's My Minds Eye challenge. I haven't scrapbooked for ages...in fact you can probably tell...but I so enjoyed it. Hopefully the scrappy mojo has begun to return:

I have to admit, it was a last minute layout and I would like to add some more bits and pieces but Mr Linky closes shortly so I've kept it very simple. All the papers are from the gorgeous 'Collectable' set...I truly could never get sick of them!

Thanks for popping by and happy haunting!

Claire x

MME September Challenge

Hello bloggers!

I've gone a little mad for My Minds Eye this week - every card I've made seems to feature some papers from their gorgeous new Collections set. So I thought I may as well enter their September challenge where the theme is 'Labour Day.' Since Labour Day is a US holiday, it got me thinking about Bank holidays in the UK which were always (without fail)  soggy and wet.  Hence the theme of my card which features one of PTI's stamps from their Scattered Showers stamp set:

 I love that raindrop stamp, although it's absolutely tiny and will probably get vacuumed up at some point!  After stamping it in the blue I added a little Dimensional Magic to make it shine. It's for a very close friend who's going through a hard time at the moment...if I can't be there with a hug,  I have to send a card instead!

That's all folks, have a fabulous start to the weekend!

Claire x

MME June Challenge

Hello folks,

So those naughty people at MME have posted a colour challenge for this month and I have to say I almost let it beat me:

Green, black, pink and orange. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to mix these colours without them clashing?  In the end I opted for a whole mish mash of different MME papers from a variety of ranges:

To be quite honest I'm not sure whether it's worked but I guess it will do for a kiddies card. I'm thinking I might have another bash at it with some different papers...as if I didn't get frustrated enough!

Thanks for stopping,

Claire x

MME Sketch Challenge

Hello,

Over at my favourite paper manufacturer they have a sketch challenge, based on a layout by Ronda:

Since my scrappy mojo is virtually non-existent at the moment I made a card:

I have such a ridiculous amount of MME papers that I am now in self-imposed MME exile and have banned myself from buying any more. Having said that, when I recently went to the US I put a sneaky 6x6 MME paper pad in my basket called Follow Your Heart. It really was very restrained of me - all the 6x6 pads were on offer and I could quite easily have bought them all and gone over my airline baggage allowance. I considered buying the whole range and leaving one of the kids over there, but for some reason the blokey didn't think this was a good idea....

Anyway, I used my trusty, square Nestability dies to cut a heap of patterned papers and instead of stitching it, tied it all together with some bakers twine. The sentiment label is from one of MME's stamp sets.

Hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping,

Claire x

MME/Gossamer Blue Contest

Hello Scrappy friends,

My Minds Eye and Gossamer Blue are having a competition for the opportunity to become a guest designer for both companies. Now that would be nice wouldn't it? Mine's a very late entry since the closing date is today but there's nothing like cutting it a bit fine and putting the pressure on is there?

I've used a few different papers from the Stella and Rose and Indie Chic ranges - I did have a major obsession with the Stella and Rose range when it first came out and used it on just about everything for weeks!

Anyway, here's hoping......

Have a fabulous weekend and thanks for popping by,

Claire x

Groundhog Day

Good morning blogland!

There's a challenge over at MME using Groundhog Day as inspiration for a project - either the day itself (Feb 2) or the movie of the same name. Remember that one?  Can you believe it was made 20 years ago? And it's probably 20 years since I've seen it! From what I can remember, Bill Murray keeps living the same day over and over again and eventually falls in love with Andie MacDowell. I seem to remember him as being a bit of a gruff, grumpy man, but ultimately one with a kind heart - rather like my bloke in fact. So, I've been inspired by the fact that the movie is a love story and I've made a Valentines card for him:

I've used an MME lace stamp at the base of the card  and the papers are from a few different collections. I've made so many CAS cards with heaps of white space lately, I actually found it quite difficult to get back into using heavily patterned papers again.

Well, hope you all have a lovely Valentines Day...my dozen red roses, eternity ring and box of very expensive Belgian chocolates still haven't arrived - but there's still time.

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

MME Challenge

Good morning scrappers!

Hope you had a wonderful, over-indulgent Christmas and that the effects of too much turkey,  Christmas pud and cheap wine have now worn off!

I managed to find a bit of time amongst all the madness and mayhem to do the sketch challenge over at MME:

 I really enjoyed making the card on my previous post and had a few bits and pieces left over so did the layout in a similar style...lots of bright colours on a pure white background, all matted on black. No Glimmer Mist, paints or stencilling...just pure, clean white.

Well,  New Years Eve tomorrow so the madness starts once more...hope you have a good one! Thanks for popping by,

Claire x