CAS(e) This Play Date!

Morning all!

There's a fab sketch by Chrissy over at CAS(e) This Sketch this week. So many ways I could have used this - I decided to combine it with the colours from Play Date Cafe:

Now this severely limited my options! In the end I just threw a few bits and pieces together and hoped for the best..sometimes that's the best way isn't it? I white embossed a hexagon Mama Elephant stamp on to the grey background and layered a bright pink (and very ancient) Glitz rubon, together with a Studio Calico vellum speech bubble and button. I thought it looked a bit bare so luckily I had some teal paint which I splattered over it.

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

Casology - again!

Hello everyone,

A very quick post today. Remember how I said Mr Mojo went walkabout when I did this week's Casology challenge using the cue word 'wheels?' Well I thought I'd have another go at it. I've based it on this card which I did for Ardyth's birthday:

Of course, I managed to precisely stamp all those tyre marks without so much as a single smudge. I was so proud of myself. Then I began stamping the wheels on to acetate with Stayzon - smudges everywhere! So there was only meant to be 2-3 wheels  scattered in a somewhat arty farty way. Instead, I've had to cover the whole thing just to hide the ink blotches...oops!

That's all folks...have a good one!


Claire x

Freshly Made Sketch

G'day bloggers. Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

There's a fab sketch by Rita over at Freshly Made this week:

I love those kraft papers by Stampin Up, especially mixed with the bright colours of the MME papers. The stamp is from Studio G, stamped in black and with a touch of KindyGlitz for some added sparkle.  

I really do need to go for a smooch around blogland today - I'm such a snail crafter I just never seem to have to time to look at what everyone else is doing. So, if you have made a comment, thanks so much for making the time and I'll definitely be over for a visit soon!

Cheers,

Claire x

Casology - Week 47

Good afternoon bloggers,

This week's Casology word is 'wheels' and for once in my life I knew I had the perfect Kaisercraft set to use. Unfortunately I picked it up and my mind did a total blank...there were just so many possibilities but I have to say I found it 'wheely' quite difficult. Excuse the appalling pun:

In the end I decided to do some masking with the gorgeous vintage car. I love the wheel mark stamp so I'm thinking I may have a go with that one a little later too - hopefully my brain will be back in gear by then!

Have a 'wheely' great day and thanks for stopping!

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

A Double Date at Mojo Monday

Hello again folks,

It's contest time over at Mojo Monday and this week's sketch is by Julee Tilman.  Challenges are always just that little bit sweeter when there's the potential to win a crafty prize aren't they?

Since I was feeling a little bit lazy last night, I didn't bother searching for some new patterned papers and stuck with the colour scheme over at Play Date Cafe. I've used some Waltzingmouse doilies to stamp and emboss the circles . The little elephant would have been lovely stamped but my elephant stamp was too big so I cheated by fussy cutting some patterned paper from MME. Now I'm just waiting for the next bundle of joy to be born....

Thanks for stopping,

Claire x

Play Date Cafe

G'day folks,

Here's the colours for this week's challenge over at the Play Date Cafe - a perfect match for Crate Paper's Pink Plum range:

Mr Mojo's gone walkabout yet again in the last couple of days but it's always easier when you have patterned papers in the exact colours isn't it? I embossed the Stampin' Up flower onto the plum background, then added a couple more blooms on some vellum.

I'm also putting it into the Simon Says Stamp challenge for this week which you can find here - the theme this week is 'anything goes.'

Thanks for stopping,

Claire x