Well, it is the last day of the holidays today! I shouldn’t really complain after having 6 weeks off ;) I thought I would have a day crafting and chilling before the madness begins again tomorrow!
On Thursday I bought the ‘Papercraft Essentials’ magazine and I couldn’t wait to have a go at crafting with the free Humphrey stamp! So here are my attempts…hope I have done him justice! He is such a sweetie!
My first card today is a twisted easel card, I’ve never had a go at these before and thought it was ok for my first attempt! I have used some Papermania papers, a Cuddly Buddly sentiment, a small doily and a little bit of card candi just to finish it off! I have coloured Humphrey in with my Speccies and ProMarkers. I’d like to enter this card into the Crafter’s Companion challenge this month which is ‘Christmas Wishes’ and the Christmas Stamping All Year Long challenge which is ‘Fancy Schmancy-try a different fold’.
My next card, again using little Humphrey, is a Christmas card ‘For a Special Friend’ and this is for the Winter Wonderland challenge this month. I would also like to enter this into the Sketch Saturday challenge this week…I really loved playing with this sketch…I have wanted to have a go at bunting on my cards for a while so this gave me the push I needed! I have coloured Humphrey in with my Speccies and ProMarkers again and have used ‘Autumnal Colours’ which is the challenge over at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week. On all of my cards today I have also stamped Humphrey with brown ink…this is the first time I have had a go at doing this and it does give him a softer edge which I really like…it doesn’t show up very well on the photo but I promise you it does! Lol!
My final project this week is a decorated notebook, using Humphrey yet again! I am going to use this little notebook to plan my Christmas cards and projects I think…Humphrey is so cute! I coloured him in again with my Speccies and ProMarkers, used some gems and stickles to glitz up the background paper I have used and used a little bit of ribbon and card candi to finish this project off. (Sorry for the amount of pictures for this one!) I would like to enter this into the Allsorts challenge this week which is to use ‘Blue and Green’ and the Totally Papercrafts challenge which is to make ‘Anything but a Card’.
That is it for me for now. I am going to continue to try and join in with challenges even though I am back to school tomorrow! Want to try and make sure my work/life balance is right this year…think I burnt myself out last year! So hopefully my blog will still be updated regularly! Thanks to all of you who are kind enough to comment on my creations, I really do appreciate it.
Don’t forget to join in with the Christmas Crafting challenge this month which is ‘Christmas Sparkle’ and we are also holding a Christmas ATC swap if you are interested…all of the details are here. Would be great to see you all joining in!
Thanks for looking!
Hugs
Arline
xx
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17 comments:
These are gorgeous hunni, love the colours, stunning creation hugs pops x x x
Gorgeous cards :)
Great take on the colourcombo!
Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week, good luck and I hope to see you next time too!
Hugs, Jill
Aw gorgeous cards think I will now have to go off and try and make some creations with my free Humphrey stamp too. Mumx
they are just lovely cards
hugs linda xx
these are all stunning arline.gorgeous colours and designs and the humphrey stamp is really sweet ;D
xx coops xx
Hi Arline
Love the name of your blog!
These are beautiful cards, isnt it a lovely stamp (I have it now too!) so nice to get a freebie on a mag thats great to work with... Your Blue and Green Card is lovely I like the soft tones they work so well with the image...
Thanks for joining in our Green and Blue themed challenge this week at Allsorts and good luck in the Draw...
Emma xxx
I juts picked this mag up today for the stamp. What gorgeous cards and notebook. Love the bunting. Thanks for playing along at Winter Wonderland. Hope to see you back on Friday. Marianne x (I have some candy.)
Love your cards they all look so different the colours are really christmassy . Meg
What a beautiful creation, love the colours Arline, thank you so much for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday challenge and the Winter Wonderland
Hugs Kate xx
Oh that is a cute stamp......havent bought that mag yet.......good luck goin back to school..... xxxx Amanda
Fab pad - saw that mag too - but thought do I really need it - may want it - but do I need it and managed to put it down.... - .
Thanks for joining us at Totally Papercrafts this week - Good Luck
Sarah x
Hi Arline, what wonderful cards! They are all beautiful!
Hugs Lynsey x
I've never seen a twisted easel card- too cool! I'm so glad you joined us this week at Christmas Stampin All Year Long :-)
Beautiful cards Arline :)
Thank you for joining in our Sketch Saturday challenge, good luck!
Jo xx
beautiful cards and book, really lovely images and colours
thanks for joing in the Allsorts fun and good luck in the draw
huggles
Amanda xx
Gorgeous cards!!!!
hugs,
Maria
Fabulous creations!!! Isn't he just the cutest?
Ali x
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