Summertime!

Hey there fellow crafters, its time for me top share my latest DT make for 'Simply Create Too' where this month the theme is....

ALL SUMMER LONG

so beaches, BBQ's boating, ice-creams etc

I decided to go along the beach theme & mashed a few different stamp sets together!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Krafty Chicks- stamps act

Crafty Creations- ATG

Crafting Happiness- Summer

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- Beach hut, sandcastle & gulls- Creative Stamping Issue 59

Images- Hippo- from the 'Cooling Off' stamp set by Clearly Besotted

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black

Nuvo markers by Tonic in green

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in purple

Beach hut- coral shades, true blue shades & true blue blend

Sandcastle- gold brown blend & bright pink blend

Sand- sweet vanilla, apricot blush & sandcastle

Hippo- ice grey blend & blender

Ice cream- muted brown blend & dusty purple blend

Sky- salty ocean

Sign- aged mahogany & vintage photo

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Beach Life' by Helz Cuppleditch

'red' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

'kraft' card from the 12 x 12 kraft stack by Papermania

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Lynda Chapman

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'beach sign' die cut form the 'tropical' mini collection by Cut & Make

All stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop back later as I have another make to share with you.  Until then take care xx

Stunning!!!

Hi there, can't believe how little I am crafting....this new job is fab, I love it, I really do, but it does take me away from my crafting lol...need to get myself more organised me thinks!

Anyhoos, I'm here today to share my latest DT make for My Time To Craft. Where for the next fortnight the theme is....

BIRDS

so get out your feathered friends & join in with us.

I decided to use a stamp of one of my favourite ever birds, a cormorant. They are just amazing birds to watch, I absolutely love them & I always have a smile when I see one!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Patties Creations- things that fly

Aud Sentiments- ATG with a sentiment

Lavinia World- use rubber stamps

Path of Positivity- ATG

Paper Girls- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Cormorant' from the Coastal Birds stamp set by the RSPB

Images- 'The lighthouse & wooden posts from the 'By The Seaside' stamp set from The Creative Stamping Magazine

Faber Castell Polychromo Pencils in brown

Spectrum Noir Metallic Pencils in red

Wooden posts- van-dyck brown & raw umber

Lighthouse- mortuum, permanent carmine, light cadmium yellow, cold grey V & light yellow ochre

House- cold grey V, light yellow ochre & burnt sienna

Cliff side- bistre & burnt ochre

Grass- hooker's green & leaf green

Cormorant- black, cold grey VI, cold grey V, cold grey IV, blue, purple & green

Sea- light phthalo blue

Papers & Embellishment

DP- 'Chalkboard' 12 x 12 stack by Crafty Sensations

'green' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Images stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

Sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'6" white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fab 'feathery' things the design team have created.

I will be back tomorrow with another DT creation,  for Sheepski. Until then take care xx