CELEBRATIONS

 What a wonderful long weekend  filled with celebration.

 Which leads me nicely to the new challenge over at Fab'n'Funky challenges....

This time we want...........

CELEBRATIONS

Share with us your celebrations, be it birthday, christenings or like me anniversary.

Somehow my husband and I have reached our 30th wedding anniversary

(no we don't know how either 😜)

And naturally you have to have a celebration for that......so.....INVITES!

According to the wedding anniversary chart 30th is pearl and the colour green, and of course being a little bit of a traditionalist I incorporated them into my invites.

I used pearl white pearlesant card for the numbers and flower (unfortunately the camera didn't pick it up), green on green for the main card and a lovely floral paper from deep in my stash.

If I remember, I will make a tiny video so the gorgeous pearlesant card can be seen in all it's glory, the sheen is magical.

Nearly finished another dress for my granddaughter, so will share that with you soon.

Ankle is on the mend so back to geocaching soon to.

Enjoy our new challenge and don't forget to leave our lovely DT's some love.

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Dies or Stencils

 Good morning,

This week over at Fab'n'Funky challenges we want you to use

"Dies or Stencils"

or both

My great nephews 4th birthday was my inspiration for this card

I dug out my old Waltzing Mouse stamp set - Half Pint Heros.

First thing I did was make a 6x6in card and add a back topper (5.5x5.5in)

 

Cut white cardstock 5x5in, using Imaginations Starry trail stencil and S.U.Bashful Blue inkpad to create a background

Stamp rocket onto the background

Personally I like to have a scrap of card to check the colours before I start colouring in.

And here is the finished card

 

Plus I stencilled the insert

Happy crafting

Hugs & Happy thoughts 

Buffy xx

2 or more Patterned papers

 So we're here again

 

"2 or more patterned papers"

This got me thinking about which of my stamps I could use to make this interesting

I decided on my W.M.S Playful Pinswheels stamp set.

And a few scraps of patterned paper from my stash.

To make it a bit more of a challenge, I made it turnable. I'd like to say spinnable BUT it's a little stiff and requires physical interaction.

And This is just what I hoped it would be

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

#532 C.A.S. with Colour pallette option

 

Good morning all

It's Buffy here with our new challenge for this week here at Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 

 

Our challenge this week is 

 

C.A.S

(we want to see your clean and simple creations. But to add a little bit of extra to the challenge we have a colour pallette too)

I'm quite proud of the colour pallette I created for this challenge. I used one of my photo's from our Portsmouth trip.

 

I stamped the little sailboat and clouds (F.T.L.S -Ahoy Matey set) and created a mask for it.

I then used Bashful Blue inkpad and a sponge to blend in the sky.

The boat was finished using Promarkers (Ice-grey 1, Ice-grey 2, China-blue and Burnt-Sienne).

If I had felt like it I could have made a larger mask that would keep the blue sponging in a more confined space but I liked the more natural roughness.

Please check out all our lovely DT blogs.

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Christmas no card

 Hello

Another exciting week over at Fab'n'Funky challenges

Our challenge this week is 

Christmas but not a card

(anything christmassy but not a card)

 So I had a little bit of fun with my best friend Heather and we made 

Paper Baubles

Super simple and fairly quick to make

You just need:

• 6 circles (all the same size)
• Glue/double-sided tape
• String/ribbon

 All our lovely DT always appreciate a visit - HERE

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx

Sunshine at Fab'n'Funky #522

 Hello

So this week over at Fab'n'Funky we are looking for

Sunshine Colours

I had great fun using stencils for this creation. (Stencil I forgot I had 🙈)

So I started with the lightest colours 

I bought these a little while ago and I am really enjoying using them, "finger ink blending brushes", I find they are much smoother than the foam finger blenders and they don't breakup like foam does.

And of course I label them after use, who wants to cross-contaminate their blenders 😉

For the narrow branches I used a good old fashioned cotton buds

 Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best.

The finishing ribbon was simply put on using double-sided tape.

Just slowly worked my way round the corners, folding them at 90degrees to produce a neat 45 degree angle.

Please leave the lovely design team some love and go have some fun.

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Fab challenge

Hello my lovelies, I hope you have had a GREAT week and you are ready for some more sharing.

So here is Fab'n'Funky's challenge offering

Our challenge this week is 

NEW

optional-change it up

this weeks theme is all about new, so babies, homes, jobs, etc. 

(Optional extra - try one colour scheme but for both 1 male & 1 female version.) 

I decided to colour-in my chosen stamp with the same colours, I then based all the backing papers and accessories on those colours.

So the Prams are coloured in using ProMarker colours March Hare, Tawny Owl & Olive green, with slate on the tyres. The backing papers were from the same collection (can't remember the name 😔) with a muted colour palette. 

I also used a woodgrain textured paper, minimising its use on the feminine version. 

Stamps - WMS sentiments & FtLoS New arrival

Ink (sentiments) - SU Olive green

Corner punch

Wooden gems 

 All our lovely DT always appreciate a visit - HERE

Hugs & Happy thoughts

Buffy xx

Fab'n'Funky Flowers

 So over at Fab'n'Funky challenges we have a lovely cheery theme

Flowers

Show us your flower power 

And I have two offerings to share with you.

Firstly a subtle green stepper, I have to confess it's a little bit of cheating as it is a TL die I bought a few years ago at Doncaster Crafting Live. The flowers are another TL die from my 2019 advent calendar.

This bright & bold card consists of some fabulous patterned paper I have had for over 5 yrs.

Pastel strips in one direction with bold strips woven the other way. I couldn't resist adding black flowers (TL die). This card was created with one of my friends in mind. I  know she'll like the bold colours. Not sure how she's going to feel about the 3 sheet of A4 that are the letter I included 🤣.

Please visit all our lovely DT's over at Fab'n'Funky challenges and leave them some love.

Back very soon with some crazy creations.

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx