Mid month inspiration

In our May mid month post we are spotlighting on Franceasca and you can read a little about her crafting below. She has also created another lovely card following this months Embossing and Texture theme, looks like some stamping onto fabric there Francesca, very nice.............

Here are her answers to the questions put to the DT..................

Q) When did your love of stamping begin?

A) I started stamping in 2004 when I couldn't find any wedding invites I liked my friend suggested I made them after hours of looking on the internet I found a stamp I really liked, bought it, made my invites and have been creating since.

Q) What do you enjoy most about it?

A) How one stamp can look so different depended on the way you use it .

Q) What is your favourite make of stamp ?

A) Wow this is hard I do have a lot of different  stamps that I adore mainly anything cute. 

Q) What is your most used stamp/product and why?

A) My most used product must be my copic pens I will use them on most cards and love spending time colouring.

Q) What colours to you most enjoy working with ?

A) My favourite colour combination is pink and green it can be used for so many different occasions.

Q) What inspires your designs?

A) Everything can give me inspiration, if I am making the card for a specific person I get inspired by their likes.

Thanks for looking everyone and if you have not already joined in this month I really hope you will do so, there is still a couple of weeks to get your thinking cap on.

May Challenge

Good Morning to you all, I hope you are all ready for our new challenge and of course a fabulous new sponsor..........Tonic Studios who are offering a fabulous prize of the Peruvian Lily Pick of the Bunch punch and stamp sets and a gorgeous lattice window die also from the same range all designed by our very own mega talented Ruth. 

Out theme this month as chosen by our teamie Francesca is......................

********Embossing and Texture********

Any sort of embossing goes be it dry or heat embossing and with so many fabulous dies and embossing folders available the sky is the limit and I am sure you are going to come up with some awesome entries, as you always do of course.

Tonic Studios who are this months sponsor are synonymous with quality and precision cutting products from scissors to punches, guillotines to dies. During the last year they have extended their range of products to high quality clear stamps  and very recently released their own design papers. Their products are available from many High Street craft stores and frequently feature on Create and Craft TV.

The March winner of your challenge was Fliss and this month we are really pleased to welcome her as our Guest designer, here's the fabby piece of artwork she has created for this months challenge...........

And a little more inspiration for the Design Team and several of them have used Tonic products and shown how versatile they are and can be used in so many different ways.....................

Brenda
Using Tonic Pick of the Bunch Rose Stamp and Punch set and Pick of the Bunch Chrysanthemum, Rudbecki and Lily stamp sets - my embossing is UTEE


Using Tonic Peruvian Lily Punch and Stamp set

Francesca


Lynne
Using Tonic Studios Simplicity Pattern Punch Daisy Border & Tonic Pick of the Bunch Fuchsia & Lily stamps

Pinky

Using Tonic Punch and Stamp floral designs set

Ruth
Using Tonic Arch window die and Peruvian Carnation Punch and Die set

Sally
using Tonic Pick of the Bunch Rudbeckia stamp set and simplicity doily square die

Tracy

Have fun with the challenge and we are really looking forward to checking out all your lovely work.

April winners

Morning all, just popping in to announce our April winners from all your fabulous entries, thank you all so much for sharing all your Special Occasion creations with us.

I will get right to it and tell you the name of the lucky winners of the super £40 voucher from PDA Card and Craft.........you will have such fun spending that's for sure.....................

Eret

Well done Eret please mail me with your full postal addy so I can let you know how to collect your prize. And don't forget to pick up our winner logo for your own blog.

Donna

Sue

Kelly

And our Top 3 this month......................

Congratulations to you all, please go collect our Top 3 sidebar logo for your own blogs.

I will be back Sunday with another great sponsor and challenge.

Totally in the Pink

It's that time of the month again when we all get to learn a little more about the Design Team and this month it's Pinky's turn to share some of her crafting secrets with us.

A reminder that our theme this month is Special Occasions (other than Birthday) and we have a fabulous prize on offer from this months sponsor PDA Card and Craft, it's a whopping £40 voucher to spend either at their on line store or in their shop, their range of products is much, much wider than their name suggests so do pop over and check out their web site.

And here is another stunning card Pinky has created for us.........and no prizes for guessing what her favourite colour is...................

Please join me and read on...............

Q) When did your love of stamping begin?

I bought  a newly released copy of Rubber Stamping about 13 years ago and  had a go with the free stamp. Of course I had to go and buy an ink pad and my stamp collection slowly grew from there.

Q) What do you enjoy most about it?

The versatility! I So many options...masking, decoupaging, ink techniques etc etc. Unfortunately I do not get enough time to actually PLAY anymore. 

Q) What is your favourite make of stamp ?

I don't really have one yet. I do love people stamps. Those you can use for a specific age groups. I love baby stamps and wedding stamps too.

Q) What is your most used stamp/product and why?

It has to be my Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad. Its constantly by my side, never gets put away. It just works perfectly along side my stamps and markers.

Q) What colours do you most enjoy working with ?

You have to ask lol ? I do love any shade of PINK but I also love shades of blue and shades of purple.

Q) What inspires your designs?

Most of my cards are orders so the recipient is what inspires me really. I always ask lots of questions when getting a card order and so my design comes about trying to fulfil the likes and colours of the recipient. 

Thank you so much for sharing Pinky.