crafty pad # 21 All in the Shape!

This week at Crafty Pad

It's all in the 'Shape'..
and the shape we would like you to make your card
in is an Octagon. :)
You may use any stamp,
any embellishments/ribbons/brads etc. :)

If you use a Crafty Pad stamp your
name will be entered twice for the prize.:) :)

If you DO NOT use a Crafty Pad stamp
then your name will be entered once for the prize. :)

The prize this week is any single
crafty pad stamp of your choice. :) :)

Here is a simple octagon shape should you need it. :)

So here is my Faith in an Octagon.
I used some chalk inks then
burnished the background.
Stamped my fave flower from SeeD
all over with a darker chalk ink.
I used my crop o dile to make holes for ribbon.
Faith on the Cushion is coloured
using distressed inks.

Debbie had asked us to do this shaped card.
and I thought I like that shape...
lets make a smaller one
and add on my Fave Butterfly stamps...
OH you know they are my fave!!!

I gave this to Amanda on Saturday
on strict instructions not to
blog it till after Sunday!!!!

Again I used chalk inks and burnished it.
Used Crop o dile to make three holes.
I used curling ribbon as I wanted the curls
but wanted them to me quiet stiff too.

The wee green tag is sizzex die,
stamped with See D friendship poem.
It lifts out from behind the butterfly.
I used three different sizes of the
Butterfly stamps on the pages.

The last inside page is stamped with the
Butterfly verse from the stamp set.

I added some flowers punched out,
layered adding gems to the centres.
Finished it off with some peel off letters.

Remember!

THE CRAFTY PAD SALE STARTED SUNDAY 3RD MAY.

PLEASE USE THE LINKS IN THE SIDE BAR AT CRAFTY PAD
TO TAKE YOU TO THE STAMPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

ALL STAMPS ARE IN THE SALE.

POST & PACKING IS FREE. :) :)

Candy !!!

There is a new challenge blog starting on 26th May
and to get your going they are offering the colours
needed for the wholemonths challanges!!!
Go have a look at Passion for Promarkers.
This candy runs till May 20th.
Will look forward to seeing what the girls
challenges will be on there!
They are also shouting out a DT call
so go have a lookie at that!


To celebrate her son's Birthday Fiona is offering
some lucky crafter the chance to own
all 6 of the new


Gorjuss girlies and other goodies!
This is open till May 14th!

Fiona's cards are beautiful,
have a good look round while you are there!

Good luck if you enter these Blog Candies!

Saturday snaps !

We nipped on over to Kingussie to see Amanda
and Poppy Got to play with her doggy mate Gypsy!


We took these pictures on the way home!

we stopped here to have our dinner!

We went for a walk down here...

Poppy investigated the rabbit city!

She wasn't keen in crossing the bridge!

I loved this shot!

Only downside..... the midgies down by the river,
just after the rain....
were thicker than the hairs on a pipers a*$*!


*sorry*
But I got bitten to bits!!!

Saturday sneaky

Look what I got from the gorgous Debbi
over at Weewiccababe!

We shared a pre order of the new set of gorgeous girls
and swapped images of the ones we kept.

I must admit I do want to get this
wee one when the singles come out.

Now for a sneaky peek at tomorrows
Crafty Pad make.


Gonna come on over and join us
while you are there have a wee look
at the stamp sale going on.

Wee ones, not so wee now

This week 16 years ago I became an Aunt again,

on the Wednesday my Sister
had a baby boy 10 weeks early
weighing in at 2lb 4oz!
two days later on the Friday
my SIL had a baby girl quiet a few days late.
weighing in a fair bit heaver.....

This is the first time the two babies met!

Martyn & Eilidh.

They have always been so very different
from each other in all ways.
He has straight blonde hair
she is dark and curly .
Thats them either side of Martyn's
older sister Becca.
With Eilidh's wee brother Billy.
Talking of hair isn't Billy's fabulous!
He looks like a highland warrior in his kilt!


Martyn was always really skinny
& a lot smaller than
Eilidh & other kids his age.....

These picture were taken at the last family wedding.

They have grown up sooooooo MUCH!

Martyn is now much taller than Eilidh.

Happy Birthday You TWO!

Sweet 16 eh!

Crafty Muse ~ Mayday

Over at Crafty Muse the next challenge
will be a MayDay Creation ...
love, flowers, romance!

So we are looking for cards or makes that celebrate
the start of May, Spring or Beltene.
It is the time of year when warmer weather begins
and flowers and trees start to blossom.
It is said to be a time of love and romance.
It is when people celebrate the coming of summer
with lots of different customs that are
expressions of joy and hope after a long winter.

Beltane marked the beginning of the pastoral summer season
when the herds of livestock were driven out to

the summer pastures and mountain grazing lands.

There is a prize for this Challenge.
The winner can pick a download package
and
there will be new download packages available soon !!


Now....using vellum. and acetate.
combining it with crap lighting....
makes good pictures hard to get!

So I used Angelique and coloured her
like a sparkly daisy!
The flowers are vellum punched out
with wee green gems.
Acetate was stamped with my fave flower
stamp using white stayzon.
Cutting out the window with my nestie.
I also cute the same but smaller in yellow
and used it inside to cover the acetate edges.

Inside is another piece of green vellum
with flower peel offs coloured with sukura.

Angelique was given some sparkle
with glamour dust to her wings & petal skirt.
Come on over, join in & see what the other
DT girlies have made this fortnight!

love teen xx

so lovin this stamp

Well that was quick!
I spent hours online looking for this
stamp after using it at card class on Tuesday.

By the power of ebay it arrived this morning!
I had used the stamp I borrowed from June
to stamp up a few images using different
colours & types of inks.



I did the triple embossing on a heart again
but used a glittery red powder which didn't
work as well, and I lost the deep red I wanted.
I used my distressing inks to colour.

This one is for a friend at work,
again I triple embossed,
yes,
you will be seeing this done a fair bit!
I do prefer the embossing with silver powder.
I used versamark to water mark the
blue card, which is SU .

I do love the detail in this stamp.

Too much is not always a good thing....
I spent ages colouring this distressing ink
and then added sukura pen....

This might just might just end up in the bin!

Be back later with a sneaky peak
of my DT cards.