Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Bows, Buttons and Lace

Hello my craft friends and followers

It is that time again for our next challenge over at Scrapbook Stamp Society.  The theme for this challenge is Bows, Buttons and Lace.  I have used the digi "off to the ball" by Artist Heather Valentin who does the most amazing digis and who is a well known artist for many years.  You can purchase this digi here.  There are prizes to be won and these digis are just lovely.  We look forward to seeing your designs with the images.  Don't forget there are freebies available on the blog Addicted-to-Stamps.

Recipe & Method

1.  Again I have used an 8 x 8 pearlescent white card.
2.  The first layer is card from my stash which is green and lovely white daisies on.  I then used a lace white doily for the second layer.
3.  The image has been printed off onto Neenah card and coloured in using watercolour pencils, Sakura glitter pen and Cosmic paints have been used for the carriage.
4.  I then cut out the topper using Spellbinder scalloped circle.  I then distressed the edges using Dew Drops Versamagic Aloe Vera.
5.  The corners have been cut out using Spellbinder edge die in gold pearlescent card.  I attached a green button to each corner.  The bow is made with lace ribbon.

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Splish Splash

Good Afternoon to all my crafty friends and followers

I hope you are all basking in the sunshine, looks like the weather is going to change from tomorrow :(  Well I have been for my pamper session and I am feeling very relaxed.  I have a busy afternoon and evening getting a birthday card made for a special friend and an order too.  I made this card last night and intended to post it this morning but time has just run away from me and I wanted to post about an Award I had received from Karen. 

Recipe & Method

1.  The base card is from Kanban Crafts.  The first layer is from Tim Holtz Distress Collection of Core-dinations in weathered wood.  I have cut this out using one of my Spellbinder dies and then using Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Patchwork I have run it through my Grande Calibur.  I then took a sanding block and distressed the card.
2.  I stamped "Tommy splashing in Puddle" using Stazon ink onto Supersmooth card.  This stamps is one of Elisabeth Bell's Stamps which I won over at Elphine House, Australia.  I coloured Tommy in with my watercolour pencils and Spectrum Noir pens.
3.  Using Ranger's glossy accents I highlighted the puddle.
4.  To finish off the card I attached 4 buttons which I threaded raffia through before attaching to card with Pinflair.  The little duck was in my stash and he looks real cute by the puddle.

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Chic Fleur

Good afternoon my crafty friends and followers

I hope the weather is good where you are.  Here in Warrington it is glorious, clear blue skies and getting warmer compared to a chilly start.  I hope to go and sit in the garden for a couple of hours this afternoon, but we will see as I have a couple of orders to get done.

Today my card is made using kits from Kraftyhands, they do some really lovely paper kits as well as CD's too.  I bought a couple at the NEC and as I hadn't crafted for nearly a week I started using the Fleur Francais in combination with the Chic Boutique Toppers.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is made from Centura Pearlescent A3 Card from Crafter's Companion which I have scored and made a 6 x 6 card.
2.  The first layer is from the Fleur Francais paper kit from Kraftyhands which I have attached pink lace before layering onto the base card.
3.  From the Chic Boutique Toppers I have taken 2 toppers with the same design, trimmed around the first topper and distressed with Dew Drops Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid around the edges then layered down with foam pads.  The second topper I have cut out the perfume bottle and inked the edges with the above metioned ink pad and attached this to the topper using Pinflair gel.  I then used glossy accents over the perfume bottle.
4.  I have attached pearl swirls, some roses with a spray of pink gems from my stash.

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Spring has Sprung

Good Morning my crafty friends and followers

Whew back home and shattered after a busy weekend at the NEC.  Thank you to all of you who stopped by and said "hello" it was lovely meeting you all.  I had a really good time but I sure did miss my crafting.  So you can all guess what I will be doing for the next 4 days.............. yes crafting to my hearts content.  I have a few ideas I want to play around with so can't wait to get my inks and crafty goodies out to start and play.

Today's card I made to celebrate the coming of Spring.  We are in for some lovely weather this week and I hope that it is nice where you are too.  Going to pick up new car today so will be back later on today with another card for you all.  Wishing you all a happy crafty day.

Recipe & Method

1.  I took a piece of yellow card and creased to make an A5 card.  The card is from Kanban Crafts.
2.  I took a piece of pearlescent gold card and using my Hougie board scored a frame for my topper.
3.  I have added gold corner peel offs, added gems and birthday sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by today

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Gritty Giraffe

Good Morning my dear crafty friends and followers

Well I hope you are all well this fine Sunday morning.  Today will be the last day at Birmingham and then I will get home about 8.30 tonight.  I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and it will be back to normal for 4 days and then I am off again to Hayling Island. 

This my friends is a digi from the artist Sherri Baldy, Sherri has been in the crafting business for more than 20 years and has recently started Scrapbook Stamp Society and Addicted-to-Stamps blog.  You can purchase this image here

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is from my stash which I have layered brown card from my stash.
2.  I have printed Gritty onto Neenah card and coloured with my watercolour pencils.
3.  I then cut this out using my scissor curvy to match the brown card.  I have inked the edges using Dew Drops Versamagic Thatched Straw ink.
4.  I have added gold card candy to the four corners and brown card candy to the two opposite corners on the brown card.  I have then added buttons to the opposing corners.
5.  I have then added the sentiment from my stash.

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Spellbound Beauty

Good Morning

Another card for you today.  I have used one of the toppers from the new Spellbound Fairy paper pack.
I really enjoyed making the samples for this paper pack and CD by Jem's Designs.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is from Kanban Crafts.
2.  First layer is pale pink card from my stash which I have cut out into a circle using my Spellbinder die.
3.  The fairy is from the paper pack by Jem's Designs which I have glittered up on the flowers and her top and skirt.
4.  I have added a feather and some gems on a strand and a pink rose to one side.  On the other side |I have added pearl swirls.

Thank you for Stopping by Today

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In Trouble Again

Morning All

As you know I have arranged to post while I am away and I hope this has posted.  I hope you are all keeping well and having a good week.  I have used another of Christine Haworth's Paintbox Poppets.  This one reminds me of my own boys when they were young and been up to mischief.

Recipe & Method

1.  Card base is from Kanban.
2.  First layer is brown Core-dinations which has been embossed using the cracked paving embossing folder.
3.  The image is from Paintbox Poppets "In Trouble Again" which I have decoupaged using Pinflair gel.
4.  I have added a sentiment and a bicycle charm tied with rafia from my stash.

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Fairy & Butterflies

Good morning my crafty friends and followers

Today I am going to the NEC for the show and will be assisting Kay Rutter (Hougie Crafts) on E18.  We will be setting up this afternoon ready for the show to begin on Thursday.  If you are going please come and say hello it would be lovely to meet you. 

I made this card using Elisabeth Bell's fairy stamps which is just beautiful.  I have used her before and I just love her. 

Recipe & Method

1.  The base card is an A4 card which I have scored to make an A5 landscape card.  This card is from Hunkydory and has some beautiful gold swirls and butterflies.
2.  I stamped the image onto Supersmooth card and cut out using Spellbinder Fleur-de-lis Rectangle die.  I coloured the image in using watercolour pencils.  I have glittered her wings and used Spectrum Noir pen to colour around the lily pad.  I then distressed the edges with Dew Drops Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid and then threaded ribbon around the decorative edge.
3.  I used Spellbinder die to cut out the border which I again distressed using the above ink pad.  I then added some gems to the edges.
4.  I cut out the butterflies using Martha Stewart Butterfly punch on Pearlescent pink paper and pale pink patterned paper and alternated them as shown.  Down the centre of each butterfly I have added pale pink pearl gems.  On the right hand corner I have added white pearls in a swirl.

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First DT projects for Ali-Crafts

Hello my crafty friends and followers

Well I had a fabulous weekend working with the lovely Kay at Harrogate and met a lot of old friends and new friends too.

Here is one of my first set of projects for Ali-Craft as part of their design team.  You can also visit their Facebook page here.  As a lot of you know I have an eclectic style to my crafting and I like anything and everything about papercrafting but also I have now moved into decorating frames etc.  This is my first ever project combining my love of grunge with some gorgeous papers and inks also my embellishments are ever increasing from the usual too. 

My first project I have used the house shaped shelving system which you can buy from Ali-Crafts at the Birmingham NEC HobbyCrafts show this coming weekend.  Look out for Ali and Iain who will be on Stand G01.  I have also used the new Tim Holtz Attic Treasures stamps and Graphic 45 12 x 12 papers which are simply fabulous to work with.

I have painted the house in white emulsion and then distressed the outside with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Stormy Sky. On the inside I have used a combination of Tea Dye and Wild Honey by stamping pad onto craft mat and a water brush to cover the area. I had a small canvas which I also painted and then stamped cotton reel toppers all over the frame using Black Stazon, I cut out this topper from the Graphic45 Eclectic Emporium paper and run around the edges using my scissors to give a distressed look and distressed the edges with Tea Dye. I attached the frame to the house using Pinflair gel. I added strong double sided tape to the top and some lace which I distressed a little with Old Paper Distress Ink.

The cotton reels were in my craft stash which I wound different embroidery threads around. I then stamped the cotton reel toppers from the stamp kit and added to both ends of each of the cotton reels.

When my father-in-law passed away I inherited his button box.  There were a lot of lovely goodies in this box as my mother-in-law was always sewing and I searched the box and found old button, and old sew needles book, an old tape measure, elastic, buckle, seamstress chalk, cotton and a thimble. 

Before adding all the gorgeous finds I used some of the stamps and stamped in a couple of the compartments using Tea Dye and from the above mentioned 12 x 12 sheet I stamped the image using Stazon onto the card then cut out and distressed the edges with my scissors.  I then distressed the edges with Tea Dye ink pad.  I attached this to the edge of the house.

This is a close up shot of the bottom of the house.  All the embellishments have been attached with Pinflair gel.  Don’t you just love the look of these buttons?  The needle pocket is just a brilliant find; I was so excited as it fitted in with this project so well.  Well the last photograph is the finished article.

The next 3 projects are cards which I have used the following, Graphic45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection, Steampunk and Butterfly Speccies; Debutante Collection Eclectic Emporium and Mechanical Mind; Stazon; Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Tea Dye and Old Paper; Versamark; WOW embossing powder; Spellbinders Donna-Salazar Sprightly Sprockets; an assortment of charms; ribbon; hat pins; wool from stash and tag.

Thank you for stopping by today and for all your continued support

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Paintbox Poppets Flower Gatherers

Good morning my crafty friends and followers

Well it is a beautiful spring day here in Warrington.  Washing has finished and I am going to peg it out.  I just love being able to hang my washing out and then ironing it as it spells so fresh.  I hope you all have a great day whatever you are doing.

I have made a card using Paintbox Poppets, don't you just love these images?  I wish I was as talented as the fabulous Christine Haworth.  I bought the CD and the stamps and some of the decoupage from Crafter's Companion and I love them.  I haven't had time to stamp yet but I will!

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is from Kanban Crafts.
2.  I have used Core-dinations blue card and cut out the border and leaves from Spellbinder Damask Accents dies.
3.  The topper is from the Paintbox Poppets die cut range which I have decoupaged using Pinflair gel.
4.  I have added the lace and flowers from my craft stash.

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In The Attic

Good Morning my crafty friends and followers

Well got back home last night from a very busy weekend at Harrogate.

Today I have 2 cards and a frame I made using the In the Attic CD from Kraftyhands.  As you know I became part of the Design Team this month and this is my first lot of samples for Mike and Ian.  This CD reflects all the toys of time gone by and after making the 2 cards my ideas where coming thick and fast for my third project which I hope you like.

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First samples for Kraftyhands

Please scroll down for the My Fair Lady Blog Hop

Good morning my craft friends and followers,

I have scheduled this post while I am away working in Harrogate with Kay.  I wanted to show you some of the cards that I have made using Kraftyhands paper packs.  They do CD's too and a lot of crafty goodies too.  Here are 6 of the cards I have made.  I hope you like them.

These would be ideal for the men in your life don't you think.  I have given the Linda touch. :)  Here are another 3 which would be good for the children too.

Anyway I would just like to say thank you for dropping by.  I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.  I will be back tomorrow. :)

Thank you for stopping by Today

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My Fair Lady Blog Hop

Good Morning my crafty friends and followers

Today Gill over at Creations by Gill M is hosting the My Fair Lady blog hop.  If you have arrived here from Becky then you are going in the right direction.  I love this film with Audrey Hepburn, what a fantastic part she played as Eliza Dolittle and some fabulous songs came out of this.  I have made 3 cards for this hop but I could have made more if I had had the time.  I have used Debbie Moore's One Fine Lady CD collection and was really spoilt for choice.  I hope you enjoy seeing my cards.

The only embellishments I have added to these three cards are ribbon, flowers, a leaf, feather, and gold mirri card.

Now it is time to hop on over to Val to see her fabulous creations for this blog hop.

Thank you for stopping by today

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Linda xxxx

DT Samples for Jem's Designs

Good Afternoon to all my crafty friends and followers

Well today on Create and Craft some of my second lot of samples I made for the lovely Sue Andrews of Jem's Designs were seen on TV for the new CD Spellbound 2.  I had so much fun making these cards as many of you know I am a fairy and butterfly fan.  The papers and CD are a must have for Jem's CD fans.  I was able to mix and match with both and really enjoyed making these samples.  A great big thank you to Sue and Linda for giving me this opportunity to work with this fabulous CD and papers.

Here are my samples for the Underworld CD

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Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Animal Kingdom

Hello everyone

I hope you are all well and life is being good to you.  Today over at Scrapbook Stamp Society is time for another fortnightly challenge.  The challenge is Animal Kingdom.  I have used the Wolf by the artist Mogan Fitzsimons and you can purchase this here.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is  white 6 x 6.
2. The first layer is printed from My Craft Studio Papercraft Library Men-y Happy Returns.  I have used Spellbinders Labels 23 and layered this onto the card. 
3.  I printed off the wolf onto Supersmooth card which I then just highlighted to wolf with watercolour pencils and then cut out using Spellbinders labels 23.
4.  The leaves are from my stash and the bits of wood are from my garden.

Thank you for stopping by today

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Little Mermaid

Good Evening my Crafty Friends and Followers

This is going to be my last "live" post until Monday as I am off to Harrogate tomorrow.  That doesn't mean to say that there will be no posts for a few days, I have 3 scheduled posts over the next 3 days while I am away for you to look at and comment if you so wish.  I wish you all a happy weekend and of course wishing  you all a fabulous Mothering Sunday and that you all get spoilt.

Some happy news for me too today, my second grandchild is going to be a little girl and my hubby and I are thrilled to bits as we only had boys so it is a lovely change to get more girly clothes etc.  Alice is doing well and the new baby is healthy too from what the Doctor's said when Holly had her scan today.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is A5 to which I have matted pale blue pearlescent card.  I have cut the edges of the card with a wavy cut.
2.  The second layer is cut out with one of my Spellbinder dies which I have used marbling inks onto in golds and purples.
3.  The little mermaid is one of the paintings by Christine Haworth's Dream Tide.  This is the lady who has also done the Paintbox Poppets and Angel Whispers.  Love her designs and I have had these a long time.
4.  To finish off I added the sentiment and a couple of decoupage shells and a couple of real shells.

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Lilac card Again!!!!

Good Afternoon my crafty friends and followers

Yes I have done a card in lilac again!  Sorry for those of you who don't lilac but as Kay would say everything Linda likes is lilac!!  Well it would be rude not to wouldn't it?  I have at last been able to get outside to photograph my photographs and this sure helps in showing them on my blog. 

Today I have used another of Sherri Baldy's digi's.  You can view a whole range of digi's at Scrapbook Stamp Society from fabulous artists such a Heather Valentin, Morgan Fitzsimons and Mitzi Sato-Wiuff to name but a few who all do the most amazing digi's and stamps too.  If you like my digi which is called Bunny and Beatrice then you can buy her here.

Recipe & Method

1.  Using card from Keepsake (The Glitter Girls) I made a stepper card.  This card is different shades of purples and lilacs with lovely floral design in gold.
2.  I printed of Bunny and Beatrice onto Neenah card cut out using Spellbinder die and coloured in using watercolour pencils and Sakura gel pens.  I then inked around her using Dew Drops VersaMagic in Pretty Petunia. I then layered her onto the card.
3.  I added pretty lilac feather and some beautiful roses also in lilac from my stash.
4.  To finish the card off I added the sentiment and attached to hat pins with lilac heads.

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Oh My Gosh - Editor's Choice Award

Evening to all my lovely crafty friends ands followers

Where do I begin with this story? 

At the end of February I got an email from Kristina Beckham Write and Editor for Shopaholic which is a blog network for Become.co.UK, a comparison shopping site with over 400 merchants to shop from. Become UK makes it easier for you when it comes to saving time and money on electronics, clothing, cosmetics, gifts and more. Optional: Shopaholic receives close to two thousand unique visits each week.
This is what Kristina wrote in the email to me:

"I stumbled across your blog, I run a blog myself and I look through so many blogs each day, so I feel I can easily recognise and appreciate extraordinary blogs. I absolutely love that you showcase so many unique card designs and your photography looks incredible as well.  Your craft designs give rather great tips and ideas foe different projects"  I would like to give you a button for your site for being an "Editor's Choice"

So today I can finally show you my award which I will be posting on my sidebar.

I would like to say thank you to all my crafty friends and followers as without you visiting and commenting and inspiring me this would not have happened.

Thank you for stopping by today

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Garden Mandie Lil Dollies

Good Afternoon my Crafty Friends and Followers

First of all I want to thank Lindsay for awarding me the Green Blend Award and to Marleen for the Versatile Blog award.  Thanks a lot girls you are the best :)

Well 5 lots of DT work finished and 2 more left to do before Friday Morning.  A little late blogging again but I had quite a bit of admin to do so here I am gone 4 o'clock posting my card. The sun is shining and lovely and warm here while I am typing up this post.  Finger's crossed that the weather is going to get better as the weeks go on. 

I do love my digi's from Scrapbook Stamp Society and of course for my  card I have used Sherri Baldy's Garden Mandie Lil Dollies which you can purchase here.

Recipe and Method

1.  Card base is A5 and from Kanban Crafts.  I have scored the front of the card to make an easel card.
2.  The pale gree card is also from Kanban Crafts which I have cut out using Spellbinder Die Label 23 I layered the first matt onto the base adding white organza ribbon and attached a Spellbinder die fancy tag two.  I inked the edges using Dew Drops VersaMagic Aloe Vera and then attached Happy Birthday.
3.  The easel part of the card I have layed the green mat down ensuring not to add adhesive to the top part.  I have added a swirl with leaves which has been inked using Dew Drops Versamagic Olive.  I attached a couple of pearl gems to the swirls.  I have also added a leaf and a flower which I have added a dragonfly brad to the centre and left the flower white.
4.  I printed of Mandie onto Neenah card and then cut out using Spellbinder die Rectangle.  I coloured her in using watercolour pencils.  I then inked the edges using Dew Drops VersaMagic Aloe Vera and then attached to the matt.  To finish off I added 4 pearl gems to the corners.

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Angelic Angela

Good Afternoon my crafty friends and followers

Another busy week ahead here in my Crafty Piece of Heaven lots of DT work to do before I go off to Harrogate on Friday.  I took time out from DT work today as finished one lot of work and decided to do a card for me this time before I start on another lot of DT work.  I got my 2 new CD's from Jem's Designs called Beautiful and Exquisite and I just HAD to have a go at one of them.  The beautiful won this time and I chose Angela.  There are some exquisite designs on this CD and I am sure you will love this.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is A4 Centura Pearlescent white card.
2.  I printed off from the CD backing paper with paper curl and the decoupage sheet.
3.  I added brown organza ribbon down the right hand side on the backing paper before laying this down.
4.  Cut out the first and third decoupage image and layered these down.
5.  I made a bow using brown organza ribbon, 2 hat pins with gold heads and beige flowers to make the spray.
6.  Down the ribbon I added 3 small roses and then added the sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by today.

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Linda xxx

Jug full of Joy

Happy Sunday everyone
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.  I am busy again this weekend with lots of crafting DT work.  I hope to be able to post them in future posts.  This is my last weekend this month at home.  Next weekend I am in Harrogate helping Kay and then I am home for 2 days then off to Birmingham again helping Kay.  When I get home from Birmingham hubby has a few days off so we can spend time together until I go off the Hayling Island for the Create & Crafting weekend.  This will be my first time back in Hayling Island since I was a young child as my Dad was based down there when he was in the Royal Marines.  Anyway onto my card for you all.  It is a Mother's Day card which is next Sunday.  Where is this year going? 

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is A5 which I found in my stash.  It has butterflies on it in different shades of green.
2.  I have added self adhesive ribbon in pale green up the left hand side.  To the right of the card top and bottom I have added gems from my stash.
3.  The matt is cut out using one of my Spellbinder dies to which I have added the topper which I have had for a long time and found while tidying a few weeks ago.  It is dufex die cut and I have layered this up using Pinflair.
4.  The sentiment says "Happy Mother's Day".
5.  The verse inside the card reads "Just to say... You are more than a mother to me, you are also my best friend Happy Mother's Day.

Thank you for stopping by today

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Sugar and Spice Blog Hop

Good morning my crafty friends and followers

Welcome to the Scrapbook Stamp Society "SUGAR AND SPICE Blog Hop" March 9th ~ 14th 2012!

The Scrapbook Stamp Society and our design team have a lot of adorable projects in store for you in our "SUGAR AND SPICE BLOG HOP".

There are so many great ideas and inspirations for what you can do with our Scrapbook Stamp Society digi stamps, we are so proud to show you our adorable and beautiful Sugar and Spice Creations.

Your invited to come hop along with each of us!!!  If you have arrived here from Sher you are on the right track.   Here is my creation for this hop.

I have used Pirouette Tippy Toes by the fabulous artist Heather Valentin which you can buy here.  I just love the digi's at Scrapbook Stamp Society and use them often.

There are PRIZES!!! We have a Grand Prize Winner & DT Blogs Comment Winners from a couple of our blogs!

There are two ways to be a Winner!

1.) We will randomly draw on Wed. March 14th our Grand Prize Winner and the winner will be announced at our next Blog Hop, Friday March 16th on our blog. Our Grand Prize Winner will receive 3 digi stamps of their choice from our Scrapbook Stamp Society Store. (Approx. value of $15.)

2.) Two of our design team members will do a random draw for one lucky person from their own blog on Wed. March 14th, They will pick the winner from the comments on their blog ... The WINNER will a receive a FREE DIGI STAMP!!!! How EXCITING is that!!!


You only need to do 3 things:

Follow our Addicted-To-Stamps blog
Like our Facebook Fan Page:
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3.  Comment on ALL the blogs including our main one!

Be sure to leave a way to contact you, in your comments.

AND there is more.... If you visit our store at http://scrapbookstampsociety.com and look through our Digi Store.... then go to our blog and tell us (in your comments) which Digi is your favorite ...You are then eligible for an EXRTA FREE Digi IF you are our GRAND PRIZE WINNER...

So now it's time to have some fun and enjoy Hopping through our precious Sugar and Spice Creations.

Thanks for hopping along with us at Scrapbook Stamp Society!


You should have hopped here from (insert blog address of person before you here)!

If not please start at the beginning which begins with Addicted-to-Stamps blog so you don't miss out on anything!

Your next stop is Gill blog!

 Thank you for stopping by today

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Linda xxx

Carrie Swan Princess

Good morning my crafty friends and followers

It is lovely and sunny here in Warrington with lovely blue skies and fluffy clouds but very chilly.  A couple of weeks ago I won over at Elphine House challenges and was able to choice 2 stamps as my prize.  I love Elisabeth Bell's stamps and this is my new favourite at the moment.  These stamps came all the way from Australia and took a week to arrive, how quick was that!! 

Another busy day here in Linda's Crafty Piece of Heaven, lots of Design Team work to do which I can't show at the moment but once I get the all clear I will be bombarding you all with my work.  I wish you all a happy crafty day and thank you for all your visits, you make my day.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is from Kanban Crafts which is A5 and white.  The base layer is from K & Co from my stash.
2.  Using scraps from my box I have used a piece of Kanban card and using Spellbinder's lables twenty I have cut out the second matting layer.  I have also used the same die for cutting out the topper too.  For the swirls I have used the same piece of card and used Floral Flourishes from Joy Crafts
3.  I stamped the image using Momento ink pad and coloured Carrie in with watercolour pencils.  The grass and the water in the pond I have used Spectrum Noirs.  Using my quickie clue pen I have glittered her wings. 
4.  Before layering the first matt I have added some lace and also made a bow using the same lace.  I have added roses and two hat pins with pearl head.  On the bottom right hand corner I have added some beautiful pearl swirls.

Thank you for visiting today

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Steampunk Beauty

Afternoon friends and followers

I can't believe where today has gone!!! I did plan to post this earlier but so engrossed in other DT work that before I knew it it was nearly 5.00 pm.  Following all the amazing comments you left me from yesterday's post showing my steampunk samples for Jem's Designs I have made this card especially for YOU my lovely friends and followers.  My style in card making is so eclectic which is just fun as I never know what each day will bring in my crafting.  I hope you all enjoy seeing today's post and enjoy the rest of your day no matter what you are doing.

Recipe & Method

1.  Base card is 8 x 8 square.  The first layer is a piece of card from my stash which is embossed which I have sanded of the sheen and distressed with Adirondak mushroom.
2.  From the steampunk pack of paper which you can purchase from Jem's Designs.  I cut out the girl in the cog and the hat. 
3.  Using Spellbinder Sprightly Sprocket dies by Donna Salazar I cut out the six dies using matt silver pearlescent card which I then distressed using Adirondak mushroom.
4.  I arranged the largest cog at the top and then added the steampunk sentiment down with a brad.  I then positioned the girl undernearth this and used two more of the cogs and added buttons to the centre.  After cutting out the hat I cut into the brim and added black lace and a white feather then placed onto the card.  The rest of the cogs I arranged on the card and added another button and brad to them.  To finish off the hat I added grey gems and another button.

This card is my way of saying a very big thank you to all your lovely comments and to also thank Susan, Linda and Sheenagh for giving me the opportunity of working with such fantastic materials.

Thank you for stopping by today

Hugs

Linda xxxx