My Manly Stamper

My lovely husband, Colin who presently dying of man flu, dabbles in some stamping every now and then and thought that he might get on board with an online challenge, he combined two challenges in one. This is Colin stamping up his creation:



And this his creation, which you can also view on his blog Colblue Photography



I think he has done an awesome job, but he always thinks that he can do better, typical stamper!!

Inkspirations Challenge #63

Using new goodies from the Autumn-Winter mini I gave the Inkspirations layout challenge a go. I decided to do a scrapbook page using one of my wedding photos as my Wedding Album is a work in progress at the moment so I thought it was a good excuse to get a page done. Here is the layout challenge:




And here is my scrapbook page:

JAI Challenge 61 - Just Add Stamps

Hello All,

It is a gorgeous Saturday here, especially after the rain we had during the week. Our little princess Titten, was none too impressed when it was raining so she was making the most of it today and was soaking up the sun on the deck, one of her favourite places.



I needed to make some cards using the new goodies in the Autumn-Winter Mini, which starts on 1 April. My lovely up line Sharnee and I are holding a launch of the mini and it is always nice to see cards etc made with the new goodies. So I gave the new JAI Challenge a go, I had to think about this one, only stamps, ink and card stock. It was nice to get back to basics and as I drifted of to sleep last night I thought about what I might create. Here is what I came up with:



I have used a new Stampin Up set called Clearly for You, hope you like it.

Inkspirations Colour Challenge

Having enjoyed my first colour challenge so much I thought I would have a crack at theInkspirations. The colours for this challenge are:




I decided to do a scrapbooking page of our super gorgeous god daughter enjoying being outside picking one of her favourite foods, strawberries! This is what I came up with:

JAI Colour Challenge 60

Having caught the online challenge bug, I decided to give the next Just Add Ink Colour Challenge a go. Unfortunatley, I had to make a sympathy card for a male friend and thought that the colours would work well. Here are the colours for the JAI Challenge:



And this is what I came up with:

JAI Design Team Submissions

I decided to have a go at submitting some of my creations become a Just Add Ink (JAI) Design Team Member. I didn't think I had a chance of getting the job, but thought that it would be a worthwhile process to get some creative juices flowing. You had to submit a card (new or old) a scrapbooking page or card, created especially for the challenge and a new 3D project that hadn't been seen before. These are my creations:









I didn't get the position to be on the design team but I have been invited to be a guest designer along with some other talented ladies, so I am pretty chuffed with my efforts. Here is a link to the announcement on the JAI site JAI Design Team Announcement

Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge

I decided to give the JAI Sketch Challenge a go, this is my first attempt at an online challenge and I really enjoyed the process. This is the sketch challenge from Just Add Ink:





And this is my card: