Colours of Summer at Allsorts

I have the honour of choosing the optional theme at Allsorts Challenge this time.

It's Colours of Summer and here is what I made.

 Inspired by this...

Where's Bowie 🤣🤣

I think I have managed to incorporate most of the colours. I used a very old stamp set called Zinnia by Flourish stamps that I think came from Waltzing Mouse Stamps a very long time ago. I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers, added glossy accents to the vase and lid and stickled around and on the image. The card base was covered with some scraps of Doodlebug Designs papers that luckily matched!!  As you can see our summer garden is bold and beautiful. We pack in the bedding plants tightly to leave as little space as possible as Bowie really does love to dig holes and lie in them to keep cool!!

One prize, Butterfly stamp and stencil from Visible Image

                        Many thanks for your company and I shall see you again soon xx

Favourite Safari animal at As You Like It

 Hello friends and visitors, we are on safari at

and would love for you to share your projects featuring your favourite Safari Animal.

I don't have a favourite, as such, but I am rather partial to this adorable rhinoceros stamp from  Tracey Hey Set Rhino Rascals.

I used a Dovecraft paper pack "More or Less" to make the base and coloured the rhinoceros with Promarkers to match.

Thank you for popping in today, your visit is always much appreciated xx

Seaside at Allsorts

Val has chosen a perfect optional theme at Allsorts Challenge 

it's Seaside and here is what I made to tempt you.

 I have used a mix of paper pads, a Craftwork Cards 8x8 pad and the beautiful sketched shell is from a 12 x 12 scrapbook paper collection. It's a flippy kind of design that I made for my Uncle's recent Birthday. I am on a mission to be more creative with my card shapes...we'll see how that goes!!

The prize for the winner is...

                                    Collection of stamps for one winner from Stamp Addicts

That's all for now. See you soon xx

Summertime at We Love Stamping

It's reminder time at 

WE LOVE STAMPING 

There is still heaps of time to join in our Summertime theme, Anything Goes also welcome.

Now, for me, summertime means strawberries. I bought some plants earlier in the season that, sadly, did not do well. Jackson did manage to "borrow" a couple though!! Anyway, strawberries were very much in my mind when I made this...

I went a bit "shabby" and used  a Maja Designs paper pad, one of those that I bought to look at rather than use. For a change I inked with shabby shutters to compliment the leaves and roughed up the edges with my scissors. The stamp is, again, an old one that is from another Crafters companion set that I bought from shopping telly back in the day. I coloured him with pencils and resisted the temptation to use blending oil but was still happy with the result.

We are still baking here in the UK. Our fields are parched, we have more tomatoes than we know what to do with and the dogs are walked and the pony ridden before the local world is awake!!

I hope that you have a good weekend wherever you are. See you in a bit!!

Favourite Pet at AYLI

 Hello all. It's a new challenge day at

As You Like It and the theme is favourite pet.

This time I have chosen a dog (with his support cat!!). My long suffering  longstanding blogging buddies will know that we are owned by two sprollie dogs, Bowie and Bumble. They rule the roost in our house (aided and abetted by the pony of course) and never get on the sofas or loiter at the fridge just in case they get a slice of ham from Martin...as if!!

I made this card for Martins Birthday using a Crafters Companion stamp, from the aptly named, Barkley series. The gingham paper is from Marianne Designs and the colouring was done with Promarkers. I always like blue and kraft so made the base with leftover card from Connor and Amelia's wedding invitations. 

I hope that my UK friends are surviving the ongoing heatwave. I am thankful that for one day a week I am in an air conditioned office!!

Thank you for your visit. It's most welcome. See you soon xx