Space Judes Blog Hop - Simply Betty Stamps

My name is Denise, and I have a Simply Betty Stamps addiction!  If you have not checked out the wonderful stamps, take a cyber trip over to her web shop here.  There are some really lovely digi stamps, but also a full line of rubber and clear stamps.  You can now even commission a custom 'headshot' digi.  Believe it or not, I am in no way affiliated with Simply B Stamps, so all this gushing is actually coming from a place of love.

Anyway, to celebrate the release of a new line of digi stamps, which are for sale for a limited release, Betty's facebook group is having another Blog Hop.  The hopping starts at the Simply Betty Stamps Blog, so if you just happened here as one of my followers, or a new visitor, you might want to pop over to the main blog to hop along from beginning to end.

If you are following the hop, you should have come here from Olivia's blog.

Anyway, here is my creation.

I used two of the new Judes digital stamps, Outta this World Ali and Battle Galactica Lilly from the Space Judes set which you can see here.  I merged them in Craft Artist Professional software.  They are colored with Flex Markers.  I cut out some glitter and holographic card and paper using Nestabilites and Grand Nestabilities dies, put the lovely space ladies on top and viola!

I was really pleased with the final result, and I can't wait to work with the other Space Judes!

Right, this is a blog hop, so your next stop is Michelle's blog.  As the hop is not live yet, I have not seen the other people's creations, but I can't wait.  These digis are a joy to work with and I love getting ideas for different ways to use them!

It has been a busy blog week for me, so if you haven't caught up with me for a while, check out the current challenges of the blogs I design for including Crafty Boots Challenges, Just Inspirational Challenges, and the newest addition, One Stitch at a Time.  All three have fun challenges going and some great prizes...so definitely worth throwing your hat in.

Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

xx Denise

Betty's 3 Blog Hop

Hello lovely people!  I am very happy to be taking part in a special blog hop.  A bunch of fans of Simply Betty Stamps were lucky enough to get a hold of a pre-release set of the Betty's 3 digi stamps.  They are Movie themed and you can get them here for a limited time.  They will only be digis until they go into production as clear stamps I believe.

You should have come here from Leslie's Blog.   If you just happened here by chance and want to complete the full blog hop, it starts at the Simply Betty Stamps Blog.  There are some very talented folks and some adorable Bettys 3 along the way, so it is well worth the time to hop through.

Anyway, the pre-release set had six in the series, but as there are only so many hours in a day, and so much cooperation from my back, I only managed to color and card up these two adorable Bettys...

 
As you might have guessed, the first Betty is Lord of the Rings themed.  I colored the image with Flex Markers and used Papermania metallic markers for the headpiece and the belt buckle.  For the insert, I took the sentiment, which is also a Simply B Stamps design, and gave it a textured metal appearance in Craft Artist Professional.  It doesn't come out very well in the pic unfortunately.  The swirl paper is from Hunkydory, and the other papers are just random bits from my stash.  The circles are all cut out using Grand Nestabilities dies and the border is punched with a edge puncher.


Next, please say hello to Sherlock Holmes Betty.

Again, Betty Holmes is colored with Flex Markers.  I used bits of card and ribbon from my stash.  The black card just under the image has flecks of gold in it which you can just make out in the photo.  I added the gold corner flourish stickers to pick the shiny gold up a bit.

I've not finished the inside of this one yet, but as I have company, and the hop is starting in two hours I will have to leave it there.  I can assure you it is going to be lovely.  Actually, I really can, because the sentiment is another by Simply B Stamps!

Well, as this is a blog hop, you should get hopping....(but I would of course love for you to leave a comment before you go).  The next stop on your hopping tour is Teresa so stop by to see her Bettys 3 creation(s) and let her know what you think.

Take care and thank you so much for visiting.  Please come back soon if you can :)

xx Denise

Think Spring!

Hello to all my lovely visitors.  This post introduces the latest challenge at Just Inspirational Challenges.  The sponsor for this week is Stitchy Bear. 

This Week's Sponsor

Inspirational Photo

For my card, I used a digital paper, sentiment and image from Stitchy Bear.  Here is what I came up with....

The floral paper is a digital paper from Stitchy Bear.  I imported the paper into My Craft Studio and added the yellow and pink 'layers' as well as the framed sentiment.  The 'textured' yellow layer framing the pink is also a digi paper from Stitchy bear.  The image is colored with Pro Markers.  I am working on my technique with hair.  I think I am getting there...hopefully..lol.

The image layer and it's mat are cut out with Grand Nesties dies.  I really wanted the card to move from a muted background to the bright flowers in the forefront.  The flowers are from a set I got from Create and Craft.  They are the type of embellishment that you want to use on everything, but you want to horde it at the same time.  They are definitely too pretty to stay in a box though, so on the card they went.

Do check out the digis at Stitchy Bear -  they really have a wide range of styles in their digis.

Don't forget to pop over to Just Inspirational Challenges to see what the rest of the design team have come up with and to link up your own creations.

Okee dokee, I am off now to clear up my crafting supplies to make room for Virgin to install our fibre optic broadband on Friday...   I can't wait to have a speedier (is that a word) internet connection, but it does mean they have to be able to run the cable so my entire downstairs will be in disarray and my crafting will be a bit on hold for a bit.  Hopefully it will be worth it when it is all over!

Enough babble from me.  Take care and come visit again soon.  I love reading your comments, so please feel free to let me know what you think of my card.

xx Denise

And it was all Yellow

Happy Monday Morning to everyone!  This Monday is extra special because it is the start of another fun challenge over at Crafty Boots Challenges.  This fortnight's theme is yellow, and here is my card:

I used this adorable Sassy Cheryl image.  I love her images and couldn't resist coloring this beauty up in a pretty yellow dress.  The coloring was done with Flex and Pro Markers.  I used a Spellbinders Nestability die to cut the image layer and then an Edgeability die for the pink backing layer.

The flowers and the sentiment are from different Create and Craft kits that I purchased sometime last year and have been using sparingly.  I made a promise to try to use up at least some of my stash this year, so this was a perfect opportunity to do just that.

I do hope you will go over to Crafty Boots Challenges to check out the yellow inspired creations by the rest of the design team and to link up your own.  I really love looking at the wonderful projects you come up with.

I thought I would enter this card in the following challenges:

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Birthday
Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything with Flowers
Southern Girls Challenge - Get Your Girly On
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthday
Passion for Promakers - Cut it Out

Also, don't forget that Just Inspirational Challenges holds a new photo inspired challenge each week starting on Thursdays.  This is the photo inspiration for the current challenge (which is sponsored by Stamping Dragon Designs.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you come back soon.  Please feel free to leave a comment.  I really do love reading them.

Take care and I hope this is a start to a lovely week for you!!

xx Denise

A Beary Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone!

Although I have not been doing a lot of card making lately, I did find the inspiration to make some Easter cards for friends and loved ones.   I decided to post one of them and throw my hat in a few challenges.

This card is for my dear friend Ines, who hopefully will not see this post until after receiving the card.

The image is stamped from an adorable Forever Friends Easter set.  I just love these little bears.  They always bring a smile to my face.  This particular stamp is one of my favorites.  Anyway, The coloring is done with Flex markers with a bit of Papermania Metallic markers for the easter egg.

The layers are cut with Grand Nesties, and the purple layer was done with pre-embossed paper (Hunkydory if I remember correctly).

The base card is actually a fabric card from a Create and Craft set.  Although the card has a birthday sentiment on the front, I thought the colors and the pattern would work well with this image, so I just covered it with the layers.

In my personal card making, I don't tend to use tons of embellishments, but I thought the butterflies and flowers would be a nice compliment for the image.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Card Makin Mamas - Easter Time
Stampin' for the Weekend - Ready Teddy Go
Hanna and Friends - Easter / Spring
My Mum's Craft Shop  - Easter Creations / Animals
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter
Scrapalicious USA - Easter

Okay, well I have an easter dinner to sort out.  As I recently started weight watchers, this is slightly more challenging than usual.

I hope you all are having a wonderful Easter weekend and that the Easter Bunny brought you some of your favorite things.  I got some lovely Clarity Stamps (although they have not yet arrived, the Easter Bunny told me they are on their way.  YAY!!)

Take care and please feel free to leave a comment and visit again soon.

xx Denise

Just Inspirational - April Showers

Are you all ready for another great challenge from Just Inspirational Challenges?  Well, ready or not, there is a new challenge starting today and it is sponsored by Saturated Canary!

Here is my design team card:

I used the lovely 'One of those days' digi stamps from Saturated Canary and colored it with Pro Markers.  Then out came my Grand Nesties and some fabric effect flowers that I got ages ago from Create and Craft.  I toyed with the idea of adding a sentiment, but decided that for this card 'less is more'.  I think sometimes that image speaks for itself and this is one of those times.  I simply love the digi's at Saturated Canary, so if you have the chance, go have a look.

Hop on over to the main challenge blog at Just Inspirational Challenges to check out the lovely creations from the design team and to link up your own projects.  Here is the photo for the challenge to inspire you....

Please feel free to leave a comment if the mood strikes you.  Thank you for looking and as always, take care.

xx Denise