Male card

This month, I used an old image from Patties Creations.

(Unfortunately this is no longer for sale in her shop, but she may bring it back-

 if enough people ask for it!)

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens 

and used some coloured backing papers -

including a star embossed piece.

I used a digital sentiment 

and a diecut star.

I also inked the edges of everything to give a bit of a vintage feel.

I wrote the name of the recipient on the gumballs... 'Charlie.'

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Digi Choosday - atg - 30 Sept

Cards Galore Encore - atg - 30 Sept

Creative Crafting Uncles - atg - 14 Sept

Creative knockouts - lots of layers - 18 Sept

 

Chickens

Over at Patties Creations this month, I have used the
 "Silly chickens on coop" image... minus the coop!

 It just goes to show how versatile Pattie's images are. 

I coloured the chickens with my alcohol pens and fussy cut around them.

I embossed a panel and inked the edges for a background and a stamped sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Krafty chicks - atg - 6th August

Seize the birthday - birthday - 6 August

Can you handle the pressure - embossing and birthday - 8th August

Male 50 card

 I used one of the images in the Milestones set

to make this card. ..

But I changed it up a little, so that it would make a card

for a male friend, who enjoys being a beekeeper!

I  printed off the bees from Patties other image - Bee my Honeycomb

 and fussy cut the bees, colouring them with my alcohol markers and glittering their wings. 

The scroll is a basic shape, created in Publisher, with a greeting inside.

I wanted to keep the colours simple, so just used greens to colour the wreath and

a selection of greys to colour the 50, with a white pen to highlight.

Ice cream cones

 

At Patties Creations this month, I used her image:

Ice cream come celebration.

This was printed out and coloured using my alcohol markers.

I used coloured fine liners to draw on the teeny little 'hundreds and thousands' sprinkles.

I used glossy accents on the cherries and choccy drizzle.

I fussy cut around the image, added a sentiment and some cute backing papers, 

which I cut into strips to make the backing.

Finally, a few punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Relax with a glass...

For this card, I used one of Pattie's newer images - Frogtini.

 I chose this image for my friend's birthday card because

she has a pond on her garden - with loads of frogs and tadpoles in.

She is also partial to chillin' with a glass of something delish and sparkly!

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers and inked the edges.

I had added a computer generated sentiment and 

mounted the whole thing onto 3d foam tape.

The tile effect background border is a simple border 

of decorative washi tape. 

The butterflies are punched out and spots added with my white sakura pen.

 i would like to add card into the following challenges:

Mother's day

 For my mum's Mother's day card,

I decided to use Patties new image: Forget-me-knots...

We have lots of Forget-me-knots in our garden, which are all

just starting to bloom. They are beautiful!

I looked closely at the flowers before colouring this image.

I popped he image onto 3d foam and backed onto the grey and blue papers. 

I dry embossed the edge of the grey card,

as well as drawing on faux stitching.

A stamped sentiment and punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

As you like it - floral, because forget-me-knots are some of my favourite flowers... I have them all over my garden! -17th April

Crafters cafe - atg - 13 April

Glamorous girls

Pattie, over at Patties Creations has designed this fab image,

called "Martini girls please"

and I couldn't resist using it for my friends birthday card...

 As you will see, I will be making a fair few "50" birthday cards this year...

I'm turning 50 soon, too!

Anyway, I coloured the image with my alcohol pens

and added bits of glamour, using glitter, to the girls jewellery

and clothes. 

The 50 was diecut from sparkly gold, and the stars were punched.

I added a backing paper behind to set off the image and a stamped sentiment.