Cheers!

Hello everyone, Ann-Marie popping in today to share with you all a little something of the crafty variety and it's a little something completely different for me too.

When I opened up my dt pack there was a set of My Favourite Things 'Jumbo Abstract Art' stamps and I looked at them and thought I'm not really sure what to do with those, so I had a little play with some ink and oh my it was such fun and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  It felt good to stretch myself and try something different and I now have lots of ideas buzzing around my head so I think I'll just leave that set of stamps on my desk so I can play again.

That "cheers" sentiment is part of a fab Avery Elle stamp set and they do stamp beautifully.

Items Used

My Favourite Things 'Jumbo Abstract Art' stamp set

Sentiment:  Avery Elle 'Cheers' stamp set

Okay that's all from me today.  Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the week folks.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'Bunch of Balloons'

Hello everyone a very happy Sunday to you.  It's Ann-Marie here today to share something crafty with you all.

I decided to make a card using the most cutest little elephant from Wild Rose Studio called "Bunch of Balloons" and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to 3d the balloons so that's what I did.  I picked out a sheet of beautiful paper from Carta Bella "Baby Mine Girl" pad and used this as my colour scheme for my card.

Items Used

Image:  Wild Rose Studio 'Bunch of Balloons'

Papers:  Carta Bella 'Baby Mine Girl'

Dies:  Die-namics 'Faux Crochet Border'

Bazzill Cardstock 'Quartz'

Okay that's all from me today.  I hope you have had a great weekend with a little crafting thrown in to the mix!  Thank you for stopping by.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'Enjoy the Little Things'

Good morning everyone Ann-Marie popping in today to share a little crafty make with you all.

When I opened my DT box I fell in love with this cute little pair from Stamping Bella's "woodsies" collection called 'Maisy and Madeline have some tea'.  They are just adorable and beautiful to colour up and it just seemed fitting to make a little teabag caddy to keep all my fruit teas in.

On the back of the tea caddy I used the beautiful little sentiment that comes with the stamp and just matted it up and used the cute Whimsy Stamps 'teapot and cup' die and popped them at the bottom.

Adorable little pair aren't they!

Items Used

Image:  Stamping Bella 'Maisy and Madeline have some tea'

Papers:  My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary 'Isn't She lovely - lovely lines'

Sentiment:  Stamping Bella 'Maisy and Madeline have some tea'

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'teapot and cup' die set

Okay that's all from me today.  I hope your week is going well so far and you've managed to sneak in a little crafty time!

Take care. 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

"Worry Less, Giggle More"!

Good morning everyone Ann-Marie popping in today to share a crafty make with you all.

I have made a card using a fabby little sentiment from the Paper Smooches 'Uplifters' set of stamps.  I love this set of sentiments and wanted to make something that used one of them as the main focus.  I chose a sheet of gorgeous MME Record It "Follow your Heart" papers and chose to stamp in a cheery yellow to compliment them.

Items Used

Sentiment:  Paper Smooches 'Uplifters'

Papers:  MME Record It 'Follow your Heart'

Okay that's all from me, thank you for stopping by and enjoy your Sunday folks.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Together Anywhere (No 2)

Hello everyone, it's Ann-Marie popping in today to share a crafty make with you.

A couple of weeks ago I used The Greeting Farm 'Together Anywhere' stamp set and made a girly card HERE so I decided to use the same stamp set but use the male image and make a masculine card this time.  I used a sheet of designer paper from the Echo Park For the Record 2 'Tailored' paper pad and based my image colour around this.  Added a little ribbon and string and a cute tie charm and my card was done.  I don't do male cards very often but I do love how this one has turned out.

Items used

Image:  The Greeting Farm 'Together Anywhere' stamp set

Sentiment:  The Greeting Farm 'Together Anywhere' stamp set

Papers:  Echo Park For the Record 2 'Tailored'

Tie Charm

Okay that's all from me today.  I hope you have had a great weekend and thank you for stopping by.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Spring Bringer

Good morning everyone it's Ann-Marie popping in today to share some crafty love with you all and today I thought I would bring a little bit of spring with me in the hope that it's soon around the corner.

I inked up an older Whimsy Stamps Wee image 'Spring Bringer' but she is still one of my all time favourites.  I coloured her up to compliment the oh so gorgeous Echo Park For the Record 2 'Tailored' papers which are actually on offer at the moment too over in the store.  I decided to mat them onto black card stock just to make the colours pop.

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Spring Bringer' by Wee Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Fluttering By'

Papers:  Echo Park - For the Record 'Tailored'

Dies:  Butterfly Frame Die

That's all from me today, thank you for dropping in and I hope you enjoy the remainder of your weekend.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx 

'Together Anywhere'

Hello everyone it's Ann-Marie popping in today.

I want to share with you a card I have made using an adorable image from The Greeting Farm 'Together Anywhere' rubber stamp set and my sentiment is also part of the set and some beautiful designer papers from My Mind's Eye Record It called 'Charmed'.  I coloured her up using copics to compliment the papers and kept it fairly simple by just adding a few flowers and some leaves cut using Die-namics 'Royal Leaves' die set. 

Items Used

Image:  The Greeting Farm 'Together Anywhere'

Sentiment:  The Greeting Farm 'Together Anywhere'

Papers:  MME Record It 'Charmed'

Dies:  Die-namics 'Royal Leaves'

Okay that's all from me today.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed a crafty weekend.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

"Serena"

Hello everyone it's Ann-Marie popping in today to share a crafty make with you all.  

For my card I got to play with the sweetest fairy from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps - From the Hollow collection called 'Serena' and coloured her up with my copics.  I took my colour inspiration from Websters Pages 'Parkdrive' paper pack and this is a beautiful collection of papers and are a lovely quality to work with but I seem to have managed to cover the majority of them up but trust me they're gorgeous.

Items Used

Image:  LDRS - From the Hollow 'Serena'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Fluttering By'

Papers:  Websters Pages 'Parkdrive'

Dies:  Marianne Design Creatables 'Double Frame', Cheery Lynn Designs 'Fanciful Flourish'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Okay that's all from me today.  Enjoy the remainder of your week and I hope you get to sneak in a little crafting.  

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'You're Amazing'

Hello everyone it's Ann-Marie popping in today to share a little something with you all.  Today I have a card that is completely out of my comfort zone as there's no colouring, designer paper or ribbon involved but I do love how it turned out and I think it's a good thing to challenge yourself to do something a little different from your norm occasionally.

For my card I used the 'Gingham Background' stamp from My Favourite Things which is a lovely big stamp to work with and stamped up beautifully and teamed this up with one of the sentiments from the My Favourite Things 'Banner Greetings' set and used the matching Die-namics 'Banner Greetings' die to cut out the sentiment which makes things a whole lot easier.  I then layered this up on to a die cut heart made using Nellie's Multi Frames 'Heart' set which is actually on offer in the store.  Anyway, let me show you the outcome.

Items used

Sentiment:  My Favourite Things 'Banner Greetings' set

Background stamp:  My Favourite Things 'Gingham background'

Dies:  Die-namics 'Banner Greetings', Nellies Multiframes 'Heart'

Versafine 'Onyx Black' ink pad

Okay, that's all from me today.  I hope you have had an enjoyable weekend and thank you for stopping by.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Woodland Winter

Hello everyone Ann-Marie popping in today to share a little craftiness with you all.

Okay so I know you've all probably had enough of anything Christmas related but Tracy sent me the most cutest set of stamps and as my Christmas stash was still out all over my craft room I couldn't resist playing with them.  The stamp set is 'Woodland Winter' by Taylored Expressions and you get such a fab choice to play with and if you look on the shop website here there is even a set of matching dies you can use.  I kept my card really simple I paper pieced the tree from a couple of sheets from the paper pad 'December Documented' by Simple Stories, coloured up the cute little squirrel with my copics and stamped out one of the sentiments in the stamp set.  Such a simple card but I love it.

Items Used

Images:  Taylored Expressions 'Woodland Winter'

Sentiment:  Taylored Expressions 'Woodland Winter'

Paper:  Simple Stories 'December Documented'

stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink

Okay so that's all from me today.  I hope you had a lovely Christmas and wishing you all a very Happy New Year.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xx

A little Christmas Willow

Happy Sunday folks, it's Ann-Marie popping in to share some Sunday crafting inspiration for you. 

Well I'm back on to Christmas cards but I thought I'd try a clean and simple look again and it's all about the image and colouring on this so no designer paper in sight!  The image comes with some cute little sentiments and additional images too.

Items Used

Image:  Tiddlyinks 'Willow Christmas Fairy'

Sentiment:  Tiddlyinks 'Willow Christmas Fairy'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

That's all from me today, thank you for stopping by.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'Laughter is the best medicine'

Good morning everyone it's Ann-Marie popping in quickly to share a little crafty something with you today.

Well I had a little change from making Christmas cards and made a card just a little out of my comfort zone as there is not an image or copic in sight!  I used some gorgeous paper from The Scrapcake 'My Private Happiness' pad and boy this is just beautiful so pretty and just decided to team it up with a sentiment from a Paper Smooches set called 'Uplifters' and thought the sentiment and paper complimented each other lovely.  I added a little ribbon tied into a big bow and popped a Prima crystal on top for a little bling.

Items Used

Papers:  The Scrapcake 'My Private Happiness'

Sentiment:  Paper Smooches 'Uplifters'

Prima Say it in Crystals - yellow

Okay, that's all from me today.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Take care. 

Ann-Mare 

xxx

Two Turtle Doves

Hello everyone it's my turn, Ann-Marie, to share something with you all today.  

So what have I got to show you today; well I'm still in Christmas mode but this time I've made a little something for myself to keep.  I like all these pretty wall hangings I see in the shops so I thought hey I could make one of those and I like how it's turned out so I think I will make a couple more and have them hanging in my hallway at Christmas.

I inked up an older Whimsy Stamps Christmas image called 'Two Turtle Doves' by Elisabeth Bell and coloured her with my usual copics.  I teamed her up with some gorgeous Maja Design papers 'Vintage Winter' and these are so so pretty and they of course inspired my colour theme which has turned out quite traditional.  I added a Whimsy Stamps sentiment 'Holiday Postage Stamps' and distressed it up a little with Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' distress ink.

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Two Turtle Doves' by Elisabeth Bell

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Holiday Postage Stamps'

Papers:  Maja Design 'Vintage Winter'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Stickles 'Diamond'

Okay so that's all from me.  I hope you are all having a great weekend and have managed to get a little crafty too.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx 

Mimosa - Christmas Flower

Happy Sunday everyone and I hope you've had a good weekend.  

I've been making Christmas cards again so I have one of them to share with you today.  I really do love Bildmalarna stamps and they have some gorgeous Christmas images and for my card I chose to use an older stamp but still one of my favourites.  This image is 'Mimosa - Christmas Flower' and I chose a very simple colour palette to compliment the Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics '9th December' papers I used.

Items Used

Image:  Bildmalarna 'Mimosa - Christmas Flower'

Papers:  Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics '9th of December'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Stickles 'Star Dust'

That's all from me today.  Thank you for stopping by to have a little look.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie

xxx

Warm Hands Warm Heart

Hello everyone Ann-Marie popping in today to share with you another little Christmas card I have made to add to my Christmas stock.   

I went all warm and cozy with my make today I have chosen to ink up the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps 'Warm hands warm heart' image by Time for Tea Designs.  I do so love this image and its fabby to colour too and to stay in keeping with the warm theme I inked her up in Memento 'warm cocoa' before colouring her in with my copics.  Once I had my chosen image the bit I find the hardest to decide on is what yummy papers to use and settled on some beautiful Bazzill papers called 'Nordic Pines' and love the colour combination in the set.  

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Warm hands warm heart' by Time for Tea Designs

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Tis the Season Notables 5'

Papers:  Bazzill 'Nordic Pines'

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'Notables 5' die

1.5" White Lace/Satin Centre Red

Memento 'Rich Cocoa' ink pad

Okay time for me to toodle on off folks.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend I know I'll be trying to sneak a little colouring in if I can.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Bildmalarna - Alva Feeling

Hello and happy Sunday everyone.  It's Ann-Marie stopping by today to share some craftiness with you all.

For my make today I stamped up the gorgeous Bildmalarna 'Alva Feeling'.  She is gorgeous and lovely to colour and I teamed her up with some beautiful Glitz Design '77' papers which inspired the colour choice of my image.  I also used the Memory Box 'Diamond Background' frame and wanted it to appear twinkly with stars so once cut out I snipped it up a little and made it square, popped in on a dark blue background to represent the night sky and then added some clear gems for sparkle.  A little ribbon to finish it all off with a little bit of sparkle in the middle courtesy of an old bracelet which had broken and my card was done.   Let me show you how it turned out.  I apologise for the colour and brightness of the piccies I took them outside and the light was very dull.

Items Used

Image:  Bildmalarna 'Alva Feeling'
Papers:  Glitz Design '77'
Dies:  Memory Box 'Diamond Background'
Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Okay time for me to dash.  I hope you are enjoying your weekend and thank you for taking the time to pop in.

Take care.
Ann-Marie
xxx

Saturday Birthday

Hello everyone and a very happy Thursday to you.

For my little piece of inspiration this week I thought I would decorate up a little gift bag.  I've been meaning to do this for a while as it's my daughter's birthday in a few weeks and thought I would fill it lots of girlie smellies for her.  I also thought that the Little Darlings Saturated Canary image 'Saturday Birthday' would work beautifully so inked her up with a lighter ink again and coloured with my usual copics and great news is she is on offer in the store at the moment too.  After much deliberation I chose to use some gorgeous Teresa Collins papers called 'Daily Stories' and I really do love the fresh colours in this set and that's where I got my colour inspiration from for the image.

Image:  Little Darlings Saturated Canary 'Saturday Birthday'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Postage Stamp Sentiments'

Papers:  Teresa Collins 'Daily Stories'

Memento 'London Fog' ink pad

1/4 " Crochet Trim

Okay that's it from me today.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your week.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Suzi with Bunny

Happy Wednesday everyone, Ann-Marie popping in today to share some craftiness with you.

I decided to play with a Wee Stamp for my card today and this one is 'Suzi with Bunny' and she's such a cutie pie.  I took my colour inspiration as normal from my papers and I used the gorgeous Bo Bunny 'Prairie Chic' papers which are really pretty folks and are actually on offer over in the store at the moment too.

My usual close up of the image for you.  She is just beautiful and delightful to colour peeps.

Items Used

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Suzi with Bunny' by Wee Stamps

Papers:  Bo Bunny 'Prairie Chic

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

1/4" Crochet White Trim

Okay folks time for me to go.  Enjoy the rest of your week and happy crafting!

Take care.

Ann-Marie

xxx