Summertime at We Love Stamping

 Sorry folks it's me again, this time to tempt you to join in at 

We Love Stamping 

where the theme for July, chosen by Lynn, is

SUMMERTIME

I made this

Once again I raided my stash and found a real life LOTV 8x8 paper pad scraps, so pretty. The sweet stamp is a VERY old red rubber one and from CC Designs. She was coloured with Promarkers to compliment the papers. Just recently I have refrained from adding Happy Birthday as a default sentiment so that I can add one later.

I hope that you are inspired and will join us again to be in with a chance to win

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2 prizes of Lavinia stamps and watercolours (photos not to scale). Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

See you soon xx

Sport & Hobbies reminder We Love Stamping

Hello all, I am here with your monthly reminder about our current challenge at

We Love Stamping where the optional theme is Sports & Hobbies

 As well as all the other things I do in my spare time I do love to ride my bike, daily if I can. We don't go far but have some lovely  20-25 minute routes that pass through neighbouring villages. This was my thought process for my second DT card. I used an old Bildmalarna grey rubber stamp and coloured her with Promarkers to compliment the My Minds Eye "On the Sunny Side" papers that I used as a background. 

Here is me doing my very best impression of the above stamp...NOT!!

See you soon xx

Sports & Hobbies at We Love Stamping

Anesha is hosting at

We Love Stamping this month and the theme is Sports and Hobbies

Two prizes of Visible Image sports stamps.

I had another lovely morning searching my stamps for something suitable. I suppose I "could" have made a purchase but managed not to and instead inked a clear stamp set for the first time!!

This is what I made. 

 The whole card was made using stamps from a set by Paperbabe Stamps, I've had the set for some time and am delighted to say that it still appears to be available, if you are interested. Anyway I inked the background, rainbow style, using distress inks. Used a different stamp for the sentiment tag. Inked a pom pom to resemble a ball of wool and used cocktail sticks and Hamma beads for knitting needles. Although I am pleased with the card it's planted an idea in my head that I should get my own knitting needles out and, truth be told, I have more than enough "works in progress" so should probably shelve that idea for a bit!! I'll keep you posted!!

Thank you for stopping by x

WLS SpringTime reminder

 I am here today with a reminder post for our current challenge at

WE LOVE STAMPING - Spring (or anything goes)

there is still time to join in.

I have used yet another very old stamp set that is still available here. It was my first set that had the grey spongy backing...that old!! First of all I inked the background then stamped the flowers, then stamped the heads again, coloured them and then stuck them to the base. I heat embossed all the words from the set and then cut them out and made up the sentiment. It looked a little bit flat so I added some pretty sequins for a little bit of shimmer.

Talking of spring, it's reverted to being a tad chilly and grey here in Dorset but we are promised some warmer days ahead so, fingers crossed.

Whatever your weekend has in store I hope you manage some crafty time.

See you soon xx

WLS Spring TIme

Happy April everyone!! A new month and a new challenge at

WE LOVE STAMPING where it's SPRING!! Anything goes is also welcome as long as there is a stamped feature on your card/project.

Two prizes of Lavinia stamps

I have been a little bit naughty and purchased a new digi stamp, Tulip jug from  Lili of the Valley, well at half price it would have been rude not to!!

I did, however, redeem myself by using an old MME paper pad, Fine and Dandy Girl. I picked out Promarkers to match colours in the papers and really enjoyed colouring the tulips.

 The sentiment is from a Craftwork Cards die cut set, goodness knows how old they are and I only have a handful of these oval ones left now, so useful. 

I am pleased to report that I am getting the hang of the pesky laptop and it made me smile to read some comments on my previous post from the vigilant visitors who noticed I hadn't posted my DT piece for Allsorts. 

With Easter a hop, skip and a jump away I will wish you a blessed weekend. I think the Easter Bunny might get a little bit soggy here in rural Dorset while laying out the clues for the egg hunt, but I am reliably informed that she gets any leftovers!!

Toodle pip for now xx

Wildlife at We Love Stamping

There is still  time at We Love Stamping so I am here with a reminder to come and join in. 

I have had such a fab time not spending money and using my forgotten stash and this make is just one of the products.

It fits the bill but doesn't look very "wild" though, more like wildly cute!!

 Remember Wild Rose Studio?!! Well, this is one of their elephants that I coloured with alcohol markers that I found in Aldi, and they are blooming fabulous too!! The paperpad is a Trimcraft one and the pretty die cut flower is made with the first floral die set I ever bought, it's a My Favorite things set.

There's ample time to make something to share with us, you'd be made most welcome xx

World Wildlife at We Love Stamping

It's World Wildlife day on March 3rd so we've used that as our optional theme at

We Love Stamping

  Of course you can share anything just as long as there is a stamped image on your project.

Here's what I made

The wildlife and words are from a Clearly Besotted stamp set called Wild Thing. It's not on the website so, I suspect, retired now as it is an old set. I stamped the characters coloured them with Promarkers and fussy cut them. The sky was made with an inked Dutch Dubadoo cloud stencil and tumbled glass DI. The "savannah" was created using a very old Memory Box grass die ( I can't find it anywhere, it's that old!!). I doodled a border for a bit of interest to finish it off.

 Two prizes of AALL and Create stamps and stencil (photos not to scale)

  

Thank you for your visit. See you soon xx

WLS half way Hearts

 Hello friends and visitors, it's half time at

We Love Stamping where Faith's theme is still going strong.

My inspiration this time is a pretty heart laden tag that I hand cut from Kraft card.

Another old set, this time from Marianne Designs Collectables COL1307 which included stamps and dies. So, I first stamped and heat embossed the pink scripty hearts, then filled the gaps  using the same stamp and purple ink. The mat for the heart is purple too as is the stamped "Big Kiss". I had great fun going through my ribbons, yarns and twine and decorated with a heart charm.

There is still time to join us, you'd be most welcome,

Sending you all love today xx

Hearts at We Love Stamping

 Love is all around at We Love Stamping this month where Faith has chosen 

💕Hearts💕

or Anything Goes

I used a very old Woodware stamp FRS170 Love that I coloured with Promarkers to match the pretty heart paper that was from First Edition "Sweet Nothings" paper pad. It really was a joy to colour and give some love to an old stamp and die too.

Looks like February is going to be just as wet as January was. I must confess that this winter I have seriously questioned my life choices when mucking out on cold, wet and dark mornings but then I get a lovely kiss from my boy and remember why!! I mean the pony not the Husband!!

Fingers crossed for an early spring. Our daffs are coming out and the snowdrops have been out for a little while now so it's on it's way!!

This was before Storm Chandra when we had a bit of blue sky!!

That's all for now. See you soon xx

We Love Stamping

It's midway point at We Love Stamping so I am here to tempt you to join us with another little card featuring the optional theme 

"NEW"

This little darling is from a MFT stamp, New Best Friend, set that I LOVE and have used several times when friends have welcomed new fur babies into their families. The starting point was the little piece of gingham vellum that I found in my "green" drawer together with some spotted embossed card too. I tore the paper edges on the right to add a little texture and heat embossed both stamps, black for the image and white for the sentiment. The image was coloured with Promarkers.

That's all for now. See you soon xx

All Things New at We Love Stamping

Hello everyone, yes it's me again and I have HUGE news to share.

I was delighted to be invited to join the wonderful team at 

WE LOVE STAMPING

so this is my debut DT project and I am sharing inspiration for our January Challenge

 All Things New, chosen by Mervi

Here's what I made...a new baby card

I had a little tidy up back in December and found a box of Lili of the valley grey rubber stamps so she was perfect for my card. Keeping with the theme of older stash I used an old My Minds Eye paper pad called...and used Promarkers to colour the adorable image in shades to match. I even added some old cheesecloth and lace, some twine and a favourite stamp/die combo from Mama Elephant for the dinky tag.

We have two prizes of Tonic Verso dies (ones received may differ from the photo below) and a $20 Whimsy gift card for entrants Worldwide.

  

I am looking forward to my journey ahead with this talented team and taking inspiration from them all to use my rubber stamps.

See you soon