Would I like to...?

What a compliment! 

I have been asked to join the Sisterhood of Crafters

as a step-sister for this month...

Of course, I yelped, "Yes, please!"

The theme for this fortnight is 

"Thank"ful (use the word 'thank' on your card/project ... i.e.  Thanks, Thankful, Giving Thanks, With Thanks, etc.)

Here's my card...

I recently won over at Patties creations, and chose this image as my prize.

I was looking for an excuse to use it...

Anyone who knows me, knows I LUUURVE chocolate,

in just about any form. 

If someone was thanking me, a jar of choccy chip cookies would go down a real treat!

I finally got round to using an embossing folder that I have had for 

(I am ashamed to say) literally YEARS -  I inked over the embossing with gold and brown. 

I coloured the cookies with my promarkers and mirage pens

and the sentiment on the (handcut)tag is from Pink Petticoat, attatched with bakers twine.
Because pf the colour (brown) I used for the backing, I think card could be suitable for either
a female or a male... I know my hubby loves his choccy cookies too! :)

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

Catch the bug - food - 15 Nov

Challenge up your life - anything goes - 12 Nov

A crafty mess - anything goes - 31 Nov

Patties creations - colours of halloween -  13 Nov

Fussy and fancy - thankful - 13 Nov

Simply create too - give thanks / thankyou - 21 Nov

Blog quick quotes - gratitude / thankyou - 25 Nov

Wags n Whiskers - lets be thankful - 13 Nov

Milk coffee challenge - hand colour image - 19 Nov

Fresh brewed designs - fall colours - 19 Nov

Digi sketch  - food -23 Nov
Melonheadz friends - add a sentiment - 23 Nov

Cardz 4 Guys -  thankful - 17 Nov
Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 17 Nov
Digi choosday - CAS - 14 Nov
The pink elephant - CAS - 17 Nov

Toot my Scoot

The challenge this week. over at Glitter n Sparkle, 

is to use "Autumn colours".

This time, I got the "toot my scoot" image from The Stamping Chef...

Such a cute n sassy image from The Stamping Chef!

I added a digi sentiment - girls just wanna have fun -

and coloured it with my promarkers. 

The backing papers are all from an old 6 x 6 paper set

from dovecraft papers... perfect colours for this challenge!

I punched 3 flowers to keep the girly theme, and inked the edges of everything.

Another punched flower in her hair, finished this card.

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

A crafty mess -anything goes - 31 Nov

Sister act - anything goes - 14 Nov

Fresh brewed designs - fall colours - 18 Nov

Divas by design - bonfire colours - 12 Nov

Digistamps4joy - anything goes - 11 Nov

Creative moments - anything goes - 18 Nov

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 25 Nov

Wordart wednesday - anything goes - 12 Nov

Try it on Tuesday - colours of autumn - 12 Nov

PDE linky party - autumn colours - 10 Nov

Whoopsi daisy - add a sentiment - 9 Nov

Very handy...

Spookily so, infact...

This weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle, 

is to make a card "anything but square."

PLUS I got this image....(the door)

PLUS i had to make a card for a family I know who were moving house,

PLUS it's halloween and I thought this had a sweet but maybe spooky halloween look to it....

(which is good as they are moving at this time of year)

I was lucky to get the door border image this week, from Eureka.

I embossed my brick type embossed folder onto grey - slightly textured - card.

I punched the frills for the roof.

I coloured parts of the door, to give some feel of depth, with my promarkers, 

added a little sign I made, with the families name on,

and finished off with a little memory box die cut cat and birds.

I was pleased with the way it came out and it has gone down a treat with my friends :) 

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

Milk coffee - halloween - 6 Nov

Sassy studio designs - halloween - 6 Nov

Crafting by designs - halloween - 5 Nov

Digistamps for joy - anything goes - 11 Nov

Creative moments - anything goes / halloween - 4 Nov

Divas by design - anything goes - 4 Nov

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 4 Nov

Crafty cardmakers - die cutting - 11 No
Brown sugar - anything goes - 6 Nov

New page on my blog. ..

I have opened a new page on my blog... you will find it at the top, called 

STUFF FOR SALE

Drop me a message and a comment if you are interested in anything... 

all details are on the STUFF FOR SALE page. 

Thanks for looking! xx

Happy Halloween!

It's the perfect challenge for this time of year, over at Glitter n Sparkle blog...

Halloween!

I only ever make one halloween card ...

for our niece, who loves halloween and trick or treating!

The image is from Fitztown... halloween 7.

You get all 3 pumpkins on the digi file. 

I drew the witches legs myself, after seeing several similar images on the www.

I coloured all the images with a mix of my promarkers and mirage pens.

added pc generated sentiment

and a martha stewart punched border.

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

Crafts 4 eternity - halloween - 31 Oct

Creative corner - halloween - 31 Oct

Fussy n fancy - orange and black - 31 Oct

Crafters cafe - spookable - 29 Oct

Thats crafty - spooky - 31 Oct

Scrappers delight - halloween - 4 Nov

The paper shelter - halloween - 29 Oct

I love promarkers - no patterned paper - 29 Oct

Fresh brewed designs - pumpkins - 29 Oct

Creative moments - halloween - 4 Nov

double click - 2 of: orange, black, purple, green - 29 Oct

Aud sentiments - 2 or 3 word sentiment - 4 Nov

Milk coffee - halloween - 6 Nov

Hanna and friends - halloween - 6 Nov

Tuesday throwdown - halloween colours - 28 Oct

We do doobadoo - halloween -
A gem of a challenge - spooky halloween - 7 Nov
That craft place - halloweeen  - 9 Nov

More autumn colours...

My mum recently asked me to make a card for her friend - for her 70th birthday. 

She asked me to include several things she loves...

gardening, sewing, her cat and the sun!

This is what I came up with...

All the images I used are from Debbie Mumm. I bought digi sets designed by her

at PC Crafter, but sadly - they are not online anymore.

Some of the elements are on foam squares, so slightly raised.

I faux stitched around the edges, and added some Martha Stewart punched butterflies. 

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

A Creative need - yellow and orange - 7 Nov
Brown sugar - anything goes - 30 Oct
Sister act - anything goes - 31 Oct
Whimsy stamps - anything goes - 29 Oct
Sisterhood of crafters - fall colours - 3 Nov
Paper pretties - happy birthday - 29 Oct
4 krafty girls - anything goes - 30 Oct
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 28 Oct
Digi choosday - birthday - 4 Nov
Crafty sentiments - use a sentiment - 28 Oct

It's beginning to look a lot like ... Christmas!

Yes... the lovely ladies over at Crafting by designs, 

asked me to be a guest designer for this fab challenge ... 

we are "getting ready for christmas!"

So, this is the card I came up with...

And here is a close up...

How lovely is that image?

It's from "Make it Crafty"... I won this stunner, on their challenge blog

a little while ago and have been waiting to use this image. 

I coloured the image with my promarkers

and added a little stickles icicles to the wreath and garland..although

you can't see that on the picture.

Glossy accents made the red ribbons and the light of the lanterns, look shiny.

After being matted on red, to lift the image, I sat the whole thing

on embossed snowflakes.... an embossing folder which I haven't used for a couple of years..
thought it could do to show its face again!

(you can see them better on the close up pic.)

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

Crafty hazelnuts christmas - use something you've forgotten or never used  - 24 Oct
(embossing folder and image)
Little Claires - christmas - 8 Nov
Christmas stampin -  christmas anything goes / use your imagination - 25 Oct
Inky chicks - christmas - 25 Oct

It's time...

... to celebrate!

Just this week, I won over at Patties Creations, so quickly chose my 2 free images as I

already had an idea for this image for a friends birthday card.

The image is called coo coo clock and i loved colouring this sweet digi!

I backed it onto an embossed background...one of my favourite ones, and inked the edges of everything...

including the little sentiment, which i stamped.

I decoupaged parts of the clock too and added some G.A to the clock face

and heart. 

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

Fairytale stampers - something new - 16 Nov

Stamping sensations - warm autumn colours - 29 Oct

Allsorts - embossing - 25 Oct

Chocolate coffee and cards - for the boys - 30 Oct

Patties creations - autumn colours - 30 Oct
Love to Create - anything goes / fall colours - 27 Oct
Crafting muskateers - autumn colours - 31 Oct

Autumn's here...

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is to ...

 "use some orange!"

So here are mine...

 First up, this is the very lovely Coco La Belle from Lacey Sunshine.

What a cutie! 

I coloured her with my promarkers

and inked the edges of all papers I used. 

The very back paper is the frst I ever bought...the collossal collection form docrafts.

The flowers are also from docrafts.

I punched the buttterflies and 

the punched strip came from a car boot sale!

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

Pennys paper crafty challenge - anything goes - 20 Oct

That craft place - girls. but no pink - 26 Oct 

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 19 Oct

This cheeky chappy comes from a new designer, over at Stitchy Bear Stamps

called "happy schoolboy holding pencil" from Ken Benner.

I cut up a little border, (which I bought in a little craft book in Canada years and years ago!)

for the little school supplies. 

I hand-drew the #1 myself, along with the faux-stitching around the edge.

I used a piece of graph paper (from school!!!) for the background banner shape.

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

Chocolate coffee & cards - for the boys - 30 Oct

Crafting fro the craic - something for a child - 31 Oct

Black and white

Theres a fab challenge on this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle...

Black and white.

I got this gorgeous digi image - Stacey Spectacular - from The Stamping Chef.

I paper pieced her skirt - grey paper, covered in tiny black hearts

and coloured the rest of her with my promarkers.

I added a strip of B/W paper i got on a 6 x 6 pad form "The Works"

and I felt the back of Stacey needed something, 

so popped it all onto a swiss dots embossed background.

Her glasses and bag strap, I couldnt resist giving a little pop of red.

A silver bow was the finishing touch to the banner sentiment (which comes with Stacey!)

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

Patties creations - embossing and an image - 17 Oct
Sister act - anything goes - 17 Oct
Aud sentiments - anything goes - 21 Oct
Doodle pantry - anything goes - 25 Oct
A random fan - monochromatic - 13 Oct
Papertake weekly - anything goes - 14 Oct
Paper makeup - anything goes - 13 Oct

Something beginning with... "B"

This weeks challenge, at Glitter n Sparkle,

is to use things beginning with a "b" on your card...

I got the Stamping Boutique logo, from the Stamping Boutique, 

which was a good start...  :)

I coloured the image in pastel shades of my promarkers,

added some blue, butterflies, birds, balloons, and bunting (I drew on the bunting, myself)

then used a border die behind the image.

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

613 Avenue create - anything goes - 12 Oct
Dis digi designs - girly - 11 Oct
Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 25 Oct
Catch the bug - anything goes - 11 Oct
Anything goes with a twist - anything goes - 10 Oct
Crafts 4 eternity - 3 of the same letter - 10 Oct
Sister act - anything goes - 10 Oct
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 7 Oct

My last card for my guest designer spot.

... over at Cardz 4 guys. 

Sob, sob!

I have really enjoyed the challenges and it has pushed me -

to come up with cards for males for the last 5 weeks.

Anyway.. here it is...

The challenge was "sport - no balls!" 

and all I could think of was swimming or cycling... but then I remembered my friend who loves running.

So, I found a digi of trainers and googled a water bottle and an ipod -

all of which I coloured with my promarkers. 

I gave the white piece a swish of blue chalk before sticking everything down.

A stamped sentiment finished this card.

(and I embossed around the image, as I think this always gives a finished look.)

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

Sentimental sundays - use kraft and sentiment - 5 Oct

We do doobadoo - something masculine - 31 Sept

Sister act - anything goes - 2 Oct

Chalk n stock - anything goes - 31 Sept

My besties - anything goes / blue - 6 Oct

Love this digi!!!

...and have been wanting it for a while. Couldn't believe my luck when I
got the chance to use it for this challenge!!

It's called "Pearls in my hair" from A Day for Daisies.

I just luuuurve this image... it's sooo beautiful and elegant!

Perfect for our "use some flowers" challenge this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle.

I am so pleased with how this worked out!

I used a flowers embossing folder, a piece of an old docrafts paper

from the "colossal" pack... purple hearts (to match her dress),

coloured the image with my promarkers, used a little glossy accents on the birds,

and memory box die cut flowers in the corners.

(they took aggges to assemble, as they are just so tiny!!)

Liquid pearls added to her hair and the flower centres, to finish.

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

Squirrel and the fox - happy birthday - 1 Oct

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 23 Oct

Dis digi designs - girly - 10 Oct

Brown sugar - anything goes - 1 Oct

Crafty Catz - happy birthday - 1 Oct

As you like it - fave digi stamp and why - 7 Oct

Wordart wednesday - anything goes - 1 Oct

Water

Over at Cardz 4 Guys this week, the challenge theme is  "water"

I love this freebie stamp I got on a magazine last year.

I chalked the background.

The deckchair stamp also came in the freebie pack, which I coloured with my promarkers.

The driftwood is part of a frame, from Delicious Doodles.

(I just used one side of the frame, and coloured with promarkers again.)

An  embossed frame around the whole thing, brought it all together.

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

We do doobadoo - masculine - 4 Oct
Crafts 4 eternity - your style (cas) - 26 Sept
Chalk n stock - anything goes - 1 Oct
Aud sentiments - for the men in our life - 23 Sept
Tokbobok - masculine - 1 Oct
Ladybug crafts - anything goes - 1 Oct
Crafts galore encore - make a card - 1 Oct
Addicted to stamps - for a man or a boy - 28 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 29 Sept
Crafty boots - anything goes - 28 Sept
Love to scrap - anything goes - 28 Sept
Oh la la creations - birthday boy - 28 Sept

Just pink!

Use Pink!... is the challenge over at Glitter n sparkle this week.

I used this super cute image from Bugaboo, called Party Bag.

I didn't put a name on it yet, as I'm not decided on who this will be for.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and used a forever friends backing paper.

The bag and the balloon are decoupaged and the balloon is also

covered in glossy accents. 

The dictionary definitions are a digi stamp. 

Martha Stewart butterflies finished this card.

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

Just us girls - colour - 25 Sept
Sister act - anything goes - 26 Sept
Graph it markers - pink - 26 Sept
Crafty girls - anything goes - 1 Oct
Passion for promarkers - make it digital - 24 Sept
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 24 Sept
The crafting cafe - shades of one - 1 Oct

For a male again.

This weeks challenge, over at Cardz 4 guys, is "no patterned paper"

It was much harder than I thought...as I discovered I have a LOT of patterned paper! lol  x

I used "Party bag" digi image from Bugaboo.

I used my promarkers to colour the image, and I layered it too... the bag and the balloon

are lifted, on foam squares.

I also diecut a pint of foaming beer and added that next to the bag.

The sentiment is from "Paper makeup" digi stamps. 

I added 3 stripes of different blues behind the image, and embossed a line around it all.

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

Squirrel and Fox - for a male - 26 Sept

Suzy bees - anything goes - 20 Sept

Brown sugar - celebrations - 18 Sept

Creative corner - male - 18 Sept

Sister act - anything goes - 19 Sept 

Sweet 7 designs - anything goes with colour twist - 24 Sept

Aud sentiments - for the men in our life - 24 Sept
Oh la la creations -birthday boy- 28 Sept
Paper makeup stamps - CAS - 22 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 22 Sept

Make a wish...

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, 

the challenge is to "use a punch"...

well, maybe I went a bit over the top.. I used 6 punches!! lol!

Such a great image - "all girl," from The Stamping Chef.

I thought the sentiment was quite appropriate to the image, as 

she looks like she's trying to make quite a decision ... wishing for so many things!
The punches used in this card... martha stewart butterflies...(my fave,
which i use on as many cards as I can!), corner punch, border punch, 2 flower punches and
the edge of another border punch (creating heart shape, just underneath he butterflies). 

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

613 Create - anything goes - 21 Sept

Fairytale stampers - favourite punch - 28 Sept
We do doobadoo - feminine - 20 Sept

Delicious Doodles - fancy and frilly - 18 Sept

That's crafty - girl power - 19 Sept

Wags n whiskers - for the girls - 19 Sept

My heart pieces - use a digi stamp - 20 Sept

Hobbybook designs - girlie - 17 Sept

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 16 Sept 

Just C.A.S...

For my 2nd card for my guest design spot over at Cardz 4 Guys, 

the theme is C.A.S (Clean and simple).

I love making a card with that theme... this was right up my street!

I used the "perfect blend" coffee cup and coloured it softly, with my promarkersand stamped a birthday sentiment, straight onto the card with a docrafts stamp.
Then, I added  a corrugated card, "cup holder",
a cream strip and a polka dot strip and embossed a square around the whole thing,
to bring the card together.
Finally, I handcut the nametag, stamping with with my tiny docrafts alphabet stamps.

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

Creative romance - a touch of kraft - 12 Sept
Digitally sweet - chocolate and cream - 12 Sept
Cards galore encore - make a card - 30 Sept
Tokbobok - masculine - 31 Sept
The kraft journal - use kraft card / anything goes  - 13 Sept
Oh la la creations - CAS - 14 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 15 Sept
Crafty sentiment designs - spots and or stripes - 15 Sept
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 16 Sept

Thanks a bunch

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge (101) is to use a digi...

I use digis a lot on my cards... quick and easy to use, reuseable over and over

 and you can size them to whatever you need!

For this card, I used "Mixed Bouquet" from Eureka. 

I decided to use this image as a thank-you bunch of flowers.

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat...another wonderful digi company.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and mirage pens,

and added  a little gold bow. 

The backing paper is from a dovecrafts set of flowery papers. 

To finish this card off, I embossed a line around the inner edge.

Thinking on, if I made this card again, I would colour the rose in  a much softer pink...

maybe a vintage pink colour. I think it stands out a bit too much... nevermind.

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

Sister act - anything goes - 12 Sept

Aud sentiments - any sentiment other than birthday - 9 Sept

Hobbybook designer - girly - 16 Sept

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 30 Sept

Kraftin Kimmie - bloomin flowers - 13 Sept

Doodle pantry - any digi goes - 25 Sept

The sisters of craft - anything goes - 25 Sept

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 9 Sept

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 9 Sept

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 9 Sept

Soooo pleased... I was asked to be a guest designer for this month!

Well, how chuffed was I, when I was asked to be the September Guest designer

over at "Cardz 4 Guyz challenge." ?!?!

VERY!!! :)

So here is my card for this first of this months challenges - 

Man's best friend!

Awww..poor love... he is from QKR Stampede, and was lovely to colour.

I used docrafts papers -they are from an old range... all about pets. 

I hand-drew and cut the bone, and inked the edges of everything as a finishing touch.

I often find myself making mens cards on a kraft card....

 don't know why! I think it just "goes".

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

Robyns fetish  - use a digi - 7 Sept

Corrosive challenge - lets hear it for the boys - 15 Sept
Dis digi designs - all about animals - 13 Sept
Hiding in my craft room - freestyle - 6 Sept
A creative romance - a touch of kraft - 11 Sept
Brown sugar - anything goes - 5 Sept
Fussy and fancy - pets - 4 Sept
Sister act - anything goes - 5 Sept
Crafting by design - dog days of summer -4 Sep
QKR stampede - anything goes using qkr image - 15 Sept

Another "sassy" card

Here's the second card I made for this weeks "sassy" challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle...

The image is "Cameo 7" from Fitztown.

I really loved colouring her. 

This one came together quite easily, using a 6 x 6 paper from a pack

I bought in "the works". 

The strip across the middle, is from an offcut of a friends old wallpaper!

The butterflies are Martha Stewarts punched butterflies.

You can't see so well on the pic, but there are bits of gold glitter in the rose in her hair. 

The sentiment took the longest time to come up with.

I thought she was looking quite thoughtful, and hopefully, I have

managed to make this card quite humorous, with the addition of the sentiment.

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

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 27 Sept
Sister act - anything goes - 5 Sept
Creative corner - anything goes - 5 Sept
Suzy Bee's - anything goes - 6 Sept
4 crafty girls - anything goes - 6 Sept
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 8 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 31 Aug
Tuesday throwdown - anything goes - 2 Sept

Card 1 for this weeks challenge...

"Kitty in window" from Inky Impressions

was the image I was given to use on this card, for our "sassy" challenge 

- which I found really difficult! 

I decided to keep it quite simple, and make it just the right size to fit on a 6 x 6 card.

There's quite a lot to colour on this image,

but I really enjoyed it! (using my promarkers and mirage pens)

This card brings my fave things together... cats and chocolate! 

The sentiment reads... "chocolate is the answer... who cares what the question is?"

How true! 

I embossed a clean and simple line all around the image. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Hiding in my craft room - freestyle - 6 Sept
Di's digis - all about animals - 12 Sept
Fussy n Fancy - pets - 4 Sept
Brown sugar - anything goes - 4 Sept
Cute card thursday - anything goes - 3 Sept
Whoopsi Daisy - girly - 31 Aug
The Crazy challenge - cute little animals - 31 Aug
Crafty sentiments - animals - 1 Sept

Butterfly themed card number 2

This is the second card I made with the "butterfly" theme at Glitter n Sparkle.

I thought I'd go a bit more C.A.S...

The image was lovely to colour - Lizabeth butterfly kisses from Lacy Sunshine.

I decided this was such a lovely image, I would keep it quite simple.

After colouring the image, with my promarkers and mirage pens,

I only added another 2 butterflies and a sentiment.

I matted the whole thing on a lavender backing paper

and embossed a simple, clean line around it all.

I made the sentiment with different fonts, on the pc.

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

Creative corner - girly - 29 Aug
My heart pieces - use a digistamp - 21 Sept
4 Crafty Girls - anything goes - 6 Sept
Addicted to stamps - CAS  26 Aug
Crafters cafe - square cards - 27 Aug
Word art wednesday - anything goes - 27 Aug
Ladybugs craft ink - CAS  - 1 Sept
613 Ave - anything goes - 31 Aug

Oh, I love this challenge!

What a brilliant challenge this week over at Glitter n Sparkle - 

add some butterflies!

Oh, so simple for me...I add butterflies to most of my cards! (just love 'em!)

I also got the chance to make 2 cards with this theme and

this is the first one... (ps... I also love ladybirds!!)

Image is "Ladybird Butterfly" from Bugaboo.

Sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.

Coloured with my promarkers and mirage pens. 

The backing paper is from a "paper cellar" pack of 6 x 6 papers.

The swirly leaf is a marianne die

and I punched out the red flowers and added a black or white diecut centre

with a gem, to finish, I added dots with my white sakura pen - 

all around the edges of the flowers,

and dotted black round other areas.

I was quite pleased with how this turned out. 

Think the flowers are my favourite bit.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Fussy and fancy - pets/ fave animals - 5 Sept
Sister act - anything goes - 29 Aug
Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 26 Aug
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 24 Aug
My besties UK - anything goes - 25 Aug
The crazy challenge - cute little animals -31 Aug

A bit of a dreamer

I just love this image - Suzette, from the Stamping Chef. 

The challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, is to "add some metal".

I've been looking for an excuse to use that metal butterlfy, since I bought at 

at a craft show last year!

I used glossy accents to stick it to the card...

have never used that as a glue before, but it worked really well.

I coloured Suzette (which aso comes with the butterflies too) 

with my Promarkers and mirage pens. 

The paper along the side was an offcut from a paper pack.

(There's also an embossed offcut piece behind the image, too)

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat... and it's so true!

The bubbles were a very last min thing... 

I had some bubbles left over from a card I had just made for some friends,

and thought a couple would sit beautifully on this card... it looks so dreamy!

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

Cards galore encore - anything goes - 31 Aug
Bearly mine - anything goes - 30 Aug
Brown sugar - anything goes - 21 Aug
Sister act - anything goes - 22 Aug
4 crafty girls - anything goes - 22 Aug
Kraftin Kimmie - anything goes - 20 Aug
Crafty sentiments- anything goes - 18 Aug
Pinspirational - anything goes - 19 Aug

Whoopsi daisy - fussy cutting- 17 Aug

Yey!! My friends are pregnant!

How overjoyed am I?!

So, I quickly set about making them this card...

I won this fab image a little while ago, from "Make it Crafty"

and knew it was the perfect time to use it.

I made a word cloud, in a heart shape, on Tagul 

and fussy cut the image (which I had coloured with promarkers / mirage pens)

and raised it slightly on 1mm foam.

I just got a phonecall from Andrew (dad to be)...they loved it....

and are going to frame it!!! :) :) :)

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

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 19 Aug

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 19 Aug

Ladybug crafts - CAS - 31 Aug

Pinspirational - anything goes - 19 Aug

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 18 Aug

Lexis creations - (anniversary or) special occassion - 17 Aug

Whoopsi daisy - fussy cutting - 17 Aug

The squirrel and the fox - anything goes - 22 Aug

Through the purple haze -anything goes -  17 Aug

Hiding in my craft room - KISS - 16 Aug

Doodle pantry - any digi goes - 25 Aug

Crafts 4 eternity - anything goes - 15 Aug

Sister act - anything goes - 15 Aug

C.R.A.F.T - well done / congratulations - 13 Aug

Wedding card

It's wedding season!!

(And that's just the theme for this weeks Glitter n Sparkle blog challenge!)

The backing paper came from a set I bought in 'The Works' for 99p.

I die-cut the window and shutters... 

slap my wrists, I had forgotten I had those dies! 

The image is such a cutie...'Wedding Amy' from Crafty Sentiments.

I glittered her veil and little parts of her dress, to add some sparkle. 

A craftwork cards sentiment, a diecut precious heart and 

MS punched butterflies finished this card.

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

Crafts 4 eternity - anything goes - 15 Aug

4 crafty girls - anything goes - 20 Aug

Milk Coffee - use 2 or more diecuts - 15 Aug

A song in your heart - best day of my life - 19 Aug

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 12 Aug

Crazy challenge - love and marriage - 18 Aug

Today is....

Our 9th wedding anniversary.

I have made my wonderful husband, this card.

I tried not to go too fussy - he doesn't do fuss! 

The image is a gorgeous one from Di's digi downloads.

It's the first time I have printed off and coloured it. 

I bought the stamp in Canada - well, just across the border,

in Hobby Lobby, in the USA.

The papers are really old papers, from docrafts 'colossal collection' ...

years and years ago!

I think most of us bought these papers 'cos

they were such good value,

and most of us have loads of em left! hahaha..

I finished every edge with chalks... blue chalks around each edge of the papers

and I also chalked a background around the image, to give it some depth.

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

4 krafty girls - anything goes - 20 Aug

Chalk n stock - anything goes - 31 Aug

Delightful sketches - anything goes - 14 Aug

Hannah n friends - animals - 14 Aug

Crafting for all seasons - feature a creature - 18 Aug

Creative moments - anything goes - 12 Aug

Nutcrafters - anything goes - 20 Aug

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 13 Aug

Wonderful wednesday - anything goes - 12 Aug

Wordart wednesday - anything goes - 13 Aug

Crafty sentiments - add a sentiment - 12 Aug

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 12 Aug

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 12 Aug

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 11 Aug

Digi makeover - anything goes - 11 Aug

Crazy challenge - love and marriage - 18 Aug

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 29 Aug

Bearly mine -anything goes - 29 Aug

Crafts galore encore - anything goes - 31 Aug

Flat friends - use a quote - 31 Aug

Lexis creations - anniversary - 16 Aug

Glitter n Sparkle it.

The challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, is to add some glitter n sparkle!

The image (girls) is called 'Like totally 80's' from Fresh Brewed Designs.

I didn't have any neon bright colours, so printed off some paper in those colours

and paper-pieced every bit of the neon-ness they are wearing!! 

...it took aggges! hahah.

The backing paper came from the www. 

The glitterball, stereo and lava lamp were digi images I have on the pc. 

I find glitter very difficult to photograph...

but I used stickles icicle on all the white lines around the 'I 80's' and

the glitterball is covered with gold stickles, also there's

some on the brunettes top and leggins.

I handcut a few stars in the left over paper, to finish the card.

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

Robyns fetish - square or rectangle cards - 10 Aug

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 30 Aug

Sister act - anything goes - 7 Aug

Fantastic tuesday - square or rectangle - 21 Aug

Pinspirational - inspired by photo - 5 Aug

Anniversary card

It's my Mum and Dads anniversary today, so I made

them this card...

I got the stamp when we went to hobby lobby, over in the states, at Easter.

The backing paper is from a set of black n white papers

I bought, for £1.00 in 'the works'.

I love this paper... its so modern and 'fun'.

(I added the odd gem in places too) 

I punched the flowers with 3 different punches 

and added a black and white cat (memory box die cuts) along the bottom... 

they both love cats.

A couple of silver Martha Stewart punched

butterflies finished this card off.

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

As you like it - fave paper and why - 14 Aug

Digistamps 4 Joy - black and white - 5 Aug

Divas by design - anything goes - 6 Aug

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 6 Aug

Wordart wednesday - anything goes - 6 Aug

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 5 Aug

Die cuttin divas - anything goes - 4 Aug

Crafting form the heart - anything goes - 4 Aug

The crazy challenge - die cuts n punches - 3 Aug

613 Avenue - anything goes with sentiment - 3 Aug

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 29 Aug