Saturday, 10 May 2008

......and Samantha the Martini Girl!

Well, as you have probably guessed, this is the 2nd card to be made with my new Rubber Romance stamps. This is Samantha........

As you can tell, another very simple card.....! Firstly, I mounted some Pink Petticoat paper onto a black card blank. I coloured Samantha with Whisper pens and mounted her onto more black card. I wrapped white ribbon around the card and tied both a black and a white bow to tied it in to the rest of the card. I finished the design with 3 white brads from the Eyelet Outlet.

How sassy is she?!

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Introducing Fiona the Princess....

This is my first attempt at using my lovely new Rubber Romance Stamps. Meet Fiona the Princess. Isn't she gorgeous?!

I mounted some spotty paper from the Shabby Princess Spring Breeze collection onto a lilac card blank. I coloured Fiona with Whisper pens and mounted both her and the 'Ooh la la' sentiment on to some more lilac card. I tied an organza ribbon around the card and added a die cut corner. I also doodled on the fancy corner with a clear Stardust pen but it doesn't really show in this picture. Finally, I added an adhesive gem to her hand to give a bit of bling...... I think she deserves it!

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Friday, 9 May 2008

What's YOUR Favourite Rock Song?!

Well? What IS your favourite rock song?!

The reason it is important? Well, Over on Pour Some Sugar on Me, the lovely Cass is offering masses of tasty candy to celebrate 5000 hits to her blog. "How do I get hold of this gorgeous candy?" I hear you cry?! The answer is simple............you tell her your favourite rock song!



P.S. Just in case you want to know.......... mine is 'The Bends' by Radiohead. Think that counts as 'rock' anyway.......! Pin It

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

New Toys!

I had a lovely surprise waiting for me when I got home from work today - a whole pile of Rubber Romance stamps that I ordered from the States last week. Aren't they gorgeous?!


I have to say, I am massively impressed with this whole transaction. I ordered directly from the designer who uses Etsy to sell their product. Each of the unmounted stamps are approx $5 each (about £2.50) and are a really good size. In addition, postage to the UK no matter how much you order is $4 (£2) ! That's cheaper than a lot of UK sites! To top it all off, the designer was really friendly when I emailed her and even chucked in 1 small 'Diva' image stamp and 3 sentiments stamps for free! AND, the order was dispatched last Friday and arrived today........all the way from California! So basically, I have got myself 9 image stamps and 3 sentiment stamps including P&P for the grand sum of about £20. Isn't that amazing?! I would certainly recommend to a friend ;o) .

Anyway, enough talking........ I'm off to play! I guess you can expect to see a lot of Rubber Romance cards from me in the near future.

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Monday, 5 May 2008

Pink Polka-Dots - 'Going Dotty'!

Ahh, I love bank holiday weekends....... all that time to sit and craft! Here is something I knocked up out of some freebie magazine papers and my new cosmobella stamp.


I know it's quite simple but I love this card - it's just so bright and girly!

UPDATE: Sharon has just given me a fab tip off! It would seem that this weeks challenge over at Funky Fairies Challenge Blog is 'Going Dotty'! I have an inkling that this card may fit the bill (!) so consider this my entry! Thanks Shari-Anne! ~x~


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Saturday, 3 May 2008

Card to Celebrate Beth's 100th Post

This is a card that I made today to take part in Beth's challenge to celebrate her 100th blog post. Beth posted a sketch and this is my take on it..................


I used my new Cosmobella stamp (mounted on 3D pads) and a gorgeous digikit download called Neopolitan. I coloured with my Whisper pens and highlighted with my Gellyroll pens. I embellished with adhesive gems and a metal 'Friends' tag from The Eyelet Outlet. I finished the card off by getting myself in a heck of a mess with lots of ink!

I'm really not sure about this card. I adore the papers. I like the image. Beth's sketch is fab. But something isn't quite right still......... any ideas?!

Hope you are all having a good BH weekend!

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Blog Candy Everywhere!

Blimey, everyone is offering blog candy at the moment............... isn't it brilliant?!!

Firstly, you should nip over to see Michelle at The Card Grotto as she is celebrating 40,000 hits to her blog. For those of you who aren't familiar with her work, she is an amazing cardmaker. She makes everything look so easy!

Secondly, Kitty is offering some scrummy candy to celebrate 20,000 hits to her blog. Make sure you visit by Wednesday 7 May.

Remember, you've got to be in it to win it!!!

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