Petal Party

Hi,

I'm scheduling this, so i hope Mr Blogger doesn't mess me around. Today is the mid month point at Penny Black And More  and the Challenge is 'Summer Flowers' and as usual we have some fabby sponsors too :

Penny Black

All Occasion Dies

Crafts U Love

Marianne Designs

And one lucky person using a Penny Black image will be picked to be Guest Designer for next month, so pop over to Penny Black And More, check out the other amazing inspiration the very talented team have come up with and join in the fun - but please do remember you can use any image you like, as long as it's not a Digi

I've seen quite a few of these 'Triple Stamping' cards around i wanted to give it a go, so i stamped : Penny Black - 'Petal Party/ 30-113 Transparent Set' and embossed in : WOW - 'White Embossing Powder', then distressed with : Tim Holtz - 'Spun Sugar' all over and coloured in the flowers with distress inks : 'Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry', the sentiment is : Penny Black - 'Salutations / 30-014 Transparent Set' the centre of the flowers are candy dots and the twine is from my stash.

We just wanted to thank everybody, who has left us kind words - re the passing of 'Whisper', it has meant a lot to all of us (Alan and H too), as it's been summer hols I have not spent a lot of time in the house, the hard bit for me will come, when H goes back to school in September ?, we took Whispers lead, towels and food to a rescue centre and they asked us, would we like to walk a dog, so since then we have spent every Saturday morning walking lots of different dogs, which has been lovely, it will take us a while before we get another dog, but we will.

I must confess, i'm a bit of a nightmare, when i'm upset, as i get my credit card out and  for those of you, who don't follow me on Facebook, here is my new craft purchase : 

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Star - Inspired

Hi,

As today is the first Sunday of the month, that means a new Challenge over at Penny Black & More and this month it's 'Summer Flowers' and as usual we have some fabby sponsors :

Penny Black 

All Occasion Dies

Crafts U Love 

Marianne D

And one lucky person using a Penny Black image will be picked to be Guest Designer for next month, so pop over to Penny Black And More, check out the other amazing inspiration the very talented team have come up with and join in the fun - but please do remember you can use any image you like, except Digi's.

I must confess this was not my favourite Challenge, as it was out of my comfort zone - I firstly stamped : Penny Black - 'Star - Inspried / 4156K / 2011' (i've added brown beads to the centre)  in brown ink and embossed it with : WOW - 'Clear Embossing Powder', then i used : Tim Holtz - 'Bundled Sage' and inked up the card, i then inked up : Penny Black - 'Letter Background / 1999L / 2010' with : Tim Holtz - 'Shabby Shutters' and stamped all over, the sentiment is : Woodware - 'Tiny Phrases'

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x