WMS Pajama Party!

Hello fellow partygoers!

It's the first day of Spring for us and it's an absolute beauty here in Sydney...clear blue skies and endless sunshine. Am I making you jealous?

Now I didn't think I was going to be up to any of the Waltzingmouse Pajama Party challenges due to a bad case of the sniffles but I have managed to get one done.  I've had a bit of help from  Colour Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches - can you tell I wasn't up to thinking any original thoughts last night? I also chose to do the 'golden oldies' challenge, which meant that I didn't have to think about which stamps to use either.

From memory, the first WMS stamps I bought were Musical Backgrounds, Very Vintage Labels no 4 and Fancy Phrases.  I used the teeny tiny musical note background for stamping my panel and to decorate my butterfly die cut, then popped it on to the stamped label. The 'hello' sentiment is probably my most used stamp out of my entire stamp stash...it's the perfect size and seems to fit on any card I make!

Since there's an 'Anything Goes' challenge over at Simon Says Stamp, I'm going to pop it over there too!

Well, that's all for me folks - my head is about to explode...happy partying! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment,

Claire x

Mama Elephant Challenge

Hello Bloggers,

Hope you are enjoying your Thursday!

There's a new challenge over at Mama Elephant this month based on this lovely pic of inspiration:

Now I really wish I'd done this at the beginning of the month since I'm not feeling the best and that does nothing for the mojo does it? The whole family has coughed and spluttered its way through the week so I admit I've been a little short on inspiration:

I've obviously been inspired by the colour scheme as well as the stripes, spots and the type on the cushions. I've used a couple of different sets - Type It and Basic Borders. It's a bit of a mish mash using ideas from previous cards but,  like I said, the mojo's kind of disappeared at the moment!

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

100 Freshly Made Sketches!

G'day again,

I couldn't possibly miss out on taking part at Freshly Made this week - it's their 100th sketch challenge and they've gone right back to the very beginning with the very first sketch by Cindy:

It's one of those annoying cards that looks better IRL I'm afraid. Not sure why..probably my lousy camera action.  Anyway, our next door neighbour is due to pop any day now with her first bub so I'm getting prepared for his arrival early. I've used a couple of Imaginisce stamps and embossed them with red, glittery embossing powder. The paper's are some leftover bits and pieces from Authentique.

Enjoy your day and thanks for popping by!

Claire x

Retro Sketches #78

Morning again bloggers!

Another week has gone by and another Retro Sketch is up  based on this brilliant card by Kasia. Here's the sketch:

 

I used a numbered background stamp from Kaisercraft,  die cut a star through the middle of it (always a bit risky with all that stamping done!), added a frame and popped a smaller star over the top. I then couldn't work out where to put the sentiment so stamped it on some acetate with StazOn and popped that on the top too. Talk about a lot of layers...I'll have to take out a second mortgage to post it!

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this week! Thanks for stopping by again,

Claire x

Paper Playing

Afternoon folks,

I'm so glad I've had the time to play the Casology challenge today - I've not had the chance to join in for the past few weeks.  The cue word is 'paper:'

I was trying to get the effect of newspaper print using the tiny happy-b-day stamp from Mama Elephant's Type It set.   It's been Daffodil Day today, in aid of cancer research so I added a bright yellow paper ribbon in it's honour.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend!

Claire x

Aqua and Black

Hello bloggers,

I'm having terrible difficulties with Blogger at the moment - it's driving me mad. Anyone else having trouble? A lot of the time I can't log in at all and any posts I try to write refuse to save. It also seems to take ages to download a page. So frustrating!   Anyway,  whilst I'm able to log on I'll quickly load my card for this week's Dynamic Duos and Freshly Made sketch by Rita:

The Dynamic Duos challenge also has the option to use embossing so I have embossed the medallion in white on to black cardstock. I've also used a Spellbinders embossing folder on the white base (although it's not showed up too well in the photo!)

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

Retro Sketches #77

Hi folks,

There's another great sketch over at Retro Sketches today and it's based on this fantastically fun card by Arielle:

I had a few ideas and ended up making a couple of different versions:

In the first I used one of the dies from Spellbinders Marvellous Squares to make the negative cuts and then popped it over some scrap MME paper. On the second I partially cut a circle and replaced the sentiment with a spaceship. I used a 6x6 Kaisercraft pad...perfect for the little boys in my life (and maybe the big one too!)

Hope you have time to join in the fun! Have a fabulous weekend!

Claire x