Gorjuss kraft

Now I don't usually like children stamps without noses and mouths, but I do kinda have a soft spot for the Gorjuss girls. I think it's because they're a little bit goth.

This is on a kraft stepper card, picked a pack up for a couple of quid in a sale the other day, and I quite like them- wish I'd got more. The only problem is that they're a bit floppy, but hurray, I solved the problem with some eyelets and ribbon.....

The images are stamped straight to the card, and coloured with my beloved watercolour pencils, then outlined with black pen and glittered with stickles.

The flowers are gorgeous fake suede, with a bit of added baker's twine at the back. 

The Simon Says Stamp challenge this week is to stamp and show Kraft

I'm also entering into the Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge- button it 

and the Crafting Musketeers challenge- use a stamped image

as well as the Daring cardmakers festival of flowers challenge.

WOYWW- Craftermath

Morning WOYWWers! How's it going?

My desk shows the craftermath (new favourite word), or a week of minor crafty dabbling, and absolutely no tidying up.

I've not been feeling too well this week, so I've been doing a lot of sitting in front of the telly with my pencils and scissors and some images. Sparkly points for spotting:

• New green and pink canisters, recycled packaging to hold my washi tapes
• The only pencil sharpener in the house that doesn't mangle pencils instead of sharpening them (it's purple)
• My gorjuss girls bargain stamps- a steal at Hobbycraft last week
• The set of 15 mini stamps that I bought for just one stamp.......although lots have proven to be very useful

Have a good WOYWW and if you want to do more desk snooping- go over to Julia's Stamping Ground.

Monster bookmark tutorial

I made this tutorial for a craft group I'm part of on Facebook, and thought I'd share it here as well! It's how to make a corner bookmark.

One way is to cut off an envelope corner and decorate, or, if you want to go from scratch....

Cute eh?

Dad, clocks and a drunk frog

So..... heck of a week in the Sparkly household. Bit tough emotionally- sorting out lots of things about my Miss Little Legs' move to a new school in September, plus lots on at work, the last episode of Game of Thrones (oh how I lurve that show), and the last couple of days have seen an annoying bout of ill health :( I've managed a couple of crafty things this week, but really only the must-makes, nothing extra. Along with the rest of the country, I've been making Father's Day cards.....

This one is for the faux metal challenge at the Stampotique Designer challenge blog. I finally read the label on the dull brown tub of embossing powder I've had in the drawer for an eternity. Turns out it's copper! Hurray!!

Ooh and I promised you a drunk frog too.....well, maybe tomorrow....

I'm also entering this into

 the Papertake weekly challenge- Hello boys

Crafty Cardmakers- Fathers Day

Birthday bat

A quick card to show today.

The background is swiped with Distress Inks. I edged the Stampotique image with white pen so that it stands out.

I'm entering this into the Cupboard Trilogy challenge- birthdays

Sepia and gingham

I'm quite liking clean and simple at the moment- although it's not easy to do- it's not my natural instinct to leave things be, I tend to keep tinkering.....

I don't often stamp directly onto the card, but it gives a lovely effect if you're brave enough! Loving a bit of gingham too- thought it was a bit dark to start with, but the more I look, the more I like it!

The Allsorts challenge is Here come the girls- I think this fits!

Oriental flowers

These poppies are an all time favourite stamp. So easy to use and really effective.

It really lends itself to a red and black theme.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

 Stamping Sensations challenge- Summer blooms

Card and scrap- Use flowers

Hobbycutz- Roses and flowers