Glitter Me Silly

Well today my little girl turns 13!  Wait, what???  That can’t be right surely??  Yes, it’s true – she’s turning into a beautiful young woman right before my eyes!  I am so proud (wipes little tear from corner of eye)!  One of her obsessions is flamingoes – she has them EVERYWHERE!  We even brought a plastic one all the way back from Florida last year!  As it happens Simon Says Stamp have just released a Kelly Purkey exclusive die that would be perfect to make a card for her. But “OH NO!!” – how would I ever get it shipped in time for her birthday?  Impossible 🙁  In comes the gorgeous Debby Hughes to my rescue – Debby being one of Simon’s designers had been sent the die already and so she cut me a flock of lovely pink flamingoes so I could make her the ideal birthday card!  So here it is…

I’ve been at it again with the embossing paste on a vine stencil I picked up at the craft show last weekend – jings that stuff  is addictive!!  You can’t see it in the photo but there is a layer of acetate behind the circle aperture so it has a bit of glazed appearance when it catches the light.  The colour behind is achieved by mixing Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush inks and blending them onto the card with a blending tool.

Well that it for now, I’ll be back later with another card from the October release coming soon from Clearly Besotted – you’re going to love this month’s sets – I guarantee it!!

Cheerio!

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Hello all – popping in to share my card for the latest 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge.  We have a somewhat Halloweeny colour scheme going on this time but I’ve gone all Christmassey with it!

There is a great prize on offer this time too – a $20 gift certificate from Avery Elle – yumm!

Now where is this cute little fella from I here you ask!  Well, he features in a new stamp set called Let It Snow from Clearly Besotted Stamps’ October release which will be available at midnight on 6th  – make sure you stay up, lol!!

I have been loving the latest resurgence of stencil paste that has been showing up all over blogland.  Debby (Lime Doodle) has made some gorgeous cards recently with lovely textured backgrounds.  Now I knew I had a few tubs of the stuff somewhere buried in my stash – I had a real obsession with it a few years ago.  To my delight I found it and it was as fresh as a daisy!  I picked up a few stencils at the craft fair on Saturday too so thought the polka dot one would make a perfect snowy background for this cute little penguin!  I think I’ll be making quite a few of my cards with him this year – he’s adorable!

Thanks for dropping in on me – I hope you you get a chance to play along with the challenge – it’ll be great to see you!

Hugs,

Caryn xxx

Hello all – well what a weekend I’ve just had.  I got together with two of my favourite crafty pals, Stephanie and Aimes to attend the Happy Stampers North West Stamp Show which is held twice a year in the beautiful Hulme Hall here on the Wirral.  Steph was asked if she’d like to participate with a stand at the show and she said yes – yippee!  Apart from a couple of VERY late nights and a case of virtual exhaustion – it was fantastic!  Steph put so much thought and care into the display — it looked beautiful and we were run off our feet all day!  We were also lucky enough to meet a few fellow bloggers too – hey Vicky – which was lovely.  I think Clearly Besotted Stamps may have picked up quite a few new very happy customers!!

Here’s the three of us right at the start.

Steph’s lovely hubby Dean was with us all day too – what a star!

Here’s one of the cards I rustled up for the show using one of my all time favourite sets, Thinking of You.

Well, my last couple of late nights are seriously catching up on me now so must dash.

Thanks for stopping by.

Caryn xxx