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.

The first of the 50's.

I have a big birthday in a few months 

as does my sister and lots of my friends. 

Pattie has designed this set of images called milestones 

and you can get every big birthday in the set! 

 I added a computer generated sentiment into the image. 

I coloured the wreath with my alcohol pens and

glittered to number with stickles glitter glue. 

(It's really hard to photograph glitter well!)

The image was inked round the edges, and dry embossed, 

then backed on a piece of patterned paper.

patterned paper

Reindeer cheer!

 Happy new year!

I made this card recently, using Patties "Silly Reindeer" 

as a first Christmas card for 2025. ..

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and fussy cut round it. 

I glittered all the little light bulbs on the image and his nose!

Snowflake covered vellum was popped behind the image,

with a stamoed greeting and a paper edge, which was edged in gold ink. 

Passion for markers - atg - Jan 7

Simon says Stamps - cold and frosty - Jan 7

Creative inspirations - atg - Feb 1

Crafty gals corner - atg / make it merry - Jan 8

Cards galore encore - atg - Feb 1

Crazy Critter challenge - atg with crazy critter - Jan 25

Cute Christmas

Pattie's Creations has a new image in her shop..

"Christmas Cactus Trio"

I printed off the image and fussy cut along the bulb string. 

I stamped a sentiment, edged the sides in a thin gold pen and 

added an embossed piece of card at the bottom.

I used alcohol markers and a white pen to colour the image,

along with some fine, coloured glitters. 

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Dec

Creative Knockouts - time to be merry - 19 Dec

Krafty Chicks - use stamps - 12 Dec

Addicted to stamps - Christmas  - 12 Dec

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Dec

The sisterhood of crafters - atg - 10 Dec

Snow couple

 This month I have used Patties Creations image: Snow couple.

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and used some fine glitter

 on the hat, scarf and gloves.

I inked the edges of the back paper and used some stickles

on the snowflakes for extra sparkle.

The lantern and the greeting are diecut.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

 

Sparkle all the way...

Patties Creations image: Christmas baubles 2023

is the focal point for my card this month...

There are actually 3 baubles that come in the image, but this shaped one is my favourite.

I coloured it with my promarkers,

added a strip of paper behind the image,

with a thin slice of gold border. 

After dry embossing the edge of the card, I hand stamped 

the sentiment - and glittered the word "Sparkle". 

(It is really difficult to photograph that part! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges..

Creative inspirations - atg - 1 Nov 

ABC Christmas - traditional colours - 6 Oct

I love promarkers - atg - 9 Oct 

 

My first Christmas card this year!

I got this gorgeous image from Patties Creations, called 

Front Door set 2024. 

(I am very pleased that I managed to make a Christmas card in August!)

There are 2 images in the set but I chose to use this one for my 

mum and dad's Christmas card this year.

(The other image has summertime trees in front of the door - perfect for a "new home" card.)

I used alcohol pens to colour the image so it's like my parents door. 

I paper-pieced the doormat, stamped on the wording and 

added a few diecuts to enhance the image. 

I fussy cut around the trees added some inking around the edges, 

before popping the image onto the backing paper. 

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

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 15 Sept

C.R.A.F.T - Christmas - 12 Sept

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Sept

Creative Knockouts - ATG - 12 Sept

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Sept

The Holly and the Ivy -  Christmas - 11 Sept

Merry Little Christmas - Christmas - 15 Oct