Babies / Children

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle, the challenge is to make a card with the theme 

babies / children.

 My first card was made with an image from Bugaboo... "Boo Peek horse"

I coloured this image with soft colours with my promarker and mirage pens. 

I used a backing paper form the dovecraft "tea party" set. 

The banner along the middle is also a dovecrafts paper...from the pet collection.

In the corner, to finish off, I popped some cuttlebug diecut corners.

When / if I need to, there is room for me to add a name to this card, to personalise it.

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

Pink elephant - anything goes  - 7 July 

Whoopsi Daisy - pastel colours - 6 July

A gem of a challenge - for a baby / child - 4 July

Suzy bees bloomin challenge - anything goes - 5 July

Crafty Catz - anything goes - 3 July 

My second image this week, comes from Lacy Sunshine... "Freesia flower pot pretties"

Again, coloured with my promarkers and mirage pens. 

I used a marianne diecut and snipped and rearranged it, slightly.

The butterfly is diecut from cheery lynn and 2 dovecraft flowers finished this card.

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

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 6 July

Cutie pie - cute girls - 4 July

Paper makeup - butterflies - 7 July

Melonheadz - for kids / kid images - 7 July

Lacy sunshine - anything goes - 6 July

Craft for the craic - something summery / flowers - 2 July

Graph it  - anything goes with alcohol markers - 11 July

Use some yellow...

This weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle, is to add some yellow...

I got this image "Better than Tarzan" from Stamping Chef.

I used my promarkers and mirage pens to colour her

and a digi frame i made on the pc, from a camouflage backing paper. 

I bought the cheeta paper in a little set, in America, about 10 years ago,

 and I have never used it - before now!

I handcut the little tag at the bottom, which is waiting for a sentiment, and punched the border.

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

 

Memas crafts - only men allowed - 31 June 

The craft garden - yellow, orange and lie green (leaves) - 31 June

Creative fingers - anything goes - 27 june

Colouring crazy - blondes - 27 June

Creative moments - anything goes / for the boys - 30 June

Clear it out - anything goes - 24 June

Try it on tuesday - one for the boys - 24 June

Love to create - anything goes - 24 June

 

Curious George

I was recently asked to make a "Curious George " birthday card, and came up with this...

You can't see from the photo, but I put glossy accents on the bincoculars

and used my new docrafts alphabet dies for the letters of her name. 

A craftwork cards sentiment was the finishing touch, on the dovecrafts background paper.

The punched butterfly is from Martha Stewart.

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

Crafts galore encore - anything goes - 29 June

Creatalicious - happy birthday - 30 June

The stamping boutique - for a child - 27 June

Cuttin and stampin - birthdays - 24 June

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 23 June

Incy wincy designs - bright funky colours - 23 June

Love to create - anything goes - 24 June

The crazy challenge - for the little ones - 23 June

Ditzie digi designs - anything goes - 29 June

Fathers day challenge...

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle, we are challenging you 

to make a fathers day card, this week...

I used "fathers day" image from QKR Stampede 

and also the sentiment "my Dad" came from there, too.

She is coloured with my promarkers and mirage pens.

The wood-look frame and colours behind it, are a digi that I have had for ages 

and cannot remember where I got it from...sorry!

I raised the frame on foam pads, and you can just about see

that I also dry-embossed just inside the outer edge of the card, too.

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

That craft place - men - 22 June

Cupcake inspirations - for the boys - 21 June

Ditzie digi designs - anything goes - 27 June

Cards galore encore - anything goes - 28 June

Ladybug crafts - for the boys - 30 June

Seemacrafts - make it cute - 31 June

Sisters of craft - anything goes - 1 July

Colour me creative - anything goes - 20 June

Totally gorjuss - something for dad - 21 June

Patties creations - fathers day - 27 June

Sister act - anything goes - 20 June

Aud sentiments - sentiment for a guy - 18 June

Sassy studios - all about the man - 18 June

Milk coffee - for dad / special male - 19 June

Moving along with the times - CAS - 19 June

Papercrafting journey - anything goes - 25 June

Hobby book designer - for dad / male - 25 June

The male room - fathers day - 25 June

Pennys challenge - anything goes - 17 June

Word art wednesday - anything goes - 18 June

Crafty sentiments - fathers day/ male - 16 June

Try it on tuesday - one for the boys - 23 June

Craft your passion - fathers day - 16 June

Cutie pie challenge - cute one for dad - 20 June

Paper makeup - for the men - 16 June

Pink elephant - fathers day - 17 June

Cat digi

What a super-cute cat I got this week,

over at Glitter n Sparkle! 

(Daisy kitten form Fresh Brewed Designs)

I coloured her with my promarkers...

as you can see, I usually colour my cats in grey, 'cos I have 5 grey shades

and not enough shades of any other colour! lol!!

But... that has all changed... 

I have been to a craft fair today and invested in some more mirage alcohol markers,

so should be able to have some different coloured cats soon! heheh...

I cut out the label shape on my bigshot,

chalked the edges which it was still in the die, inked the edges

and hand-wrote the (very true!!) sentiment. 

I got the backing paper last weekend, from "the works."

There are about 32, 6 x 6 papers in the pack...and they cost just 99p!!

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

Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 13 June

Sister act - anything goes - 13 June

Creative moments - anything goes / monochromatic - 17 June

I love promarkers - use a digi - 10 June

Ladybug crafts - make it monochrome - 9 June

Top tip tuesday - monochrome - 9 June

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 8 June

Fathers day collection

 Thought I would have a doodle this week,

and came up with this little collection, after being inspired 

by looking on the internet...

This is the overall collection..

...hand doodled... each card took about 10 mins!

I just drew straight on, with pen, 

coloured hap-hazardly in my promarkers

and embossed a line around the edge.

Hey Presto!

Here they are... in more detail....

I would like to enter these (as a collection, cos they are all so similar)  into the following challenges...

Crafts 4 eternity - for the boys - 12 June

Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 13 June

QKR Stampede - fathers day - 12 June

Aud sentiments - any sentiment for a guy - 17 June

Crafters cafe - masculine - 17 June

Crafting for all seasons - Boys - 9 June

Word art wednesday - anything goes - 11 June

Cutting and stamping - fathers day - 11 June

Incy wincy designs - for the man in your life - 9 June

 For this final card, 

I remembered some toppers I had... well...

they are actually from wrapping paper! I cut out all the cans separately 

and backed them on card, to give them a bit of strength.

Then just worked round the image...

Have sold this one, already! 

(and was inspired to make more of these...

all similar, but none the same... to be blogged about soon!)

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

The stamping boutique - dad / masculine - 14 June

Charisma cards - fathers day - 11 June

Milk coffee - for dad / special male - 19 June

Fab n funky - fathers day - 10 June

Cardz for guys GD - Fathers day - 9 June 

Through the purple haze - make your own background - 7 June

Cute!

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle, I got a really cute image...

Garden cat pots form Bugaboo.

I can't actually remember where I got this paper from... I know

it was in a set of papers, but that's it!

I punched the flowers in glittery card and added gems for the middles.

I coloured the image with a mix of promarkers and mirage markers. 

I have had loads of cards to make this week, while I have been off on half term hols

and I'm afraid I left this one till a bit last minute.. slap my wrists!

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

Paper makeup - use a digi - 8 June
Whoopsi Daisy - bright colours - 8 June
Cards galore encore - anything goes - 30 June
Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper - 30 June
Seema crafts - make it cute - 1 July
Catered crop - garden party - 8 June
Ditzie digi designs - anything goes - 14 June
Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 8 June
Crafty Catz- anything goes - 5 June
Part time tuesdays - anything goes - 3 June
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 8 June

Owl.

Made for my cousin, who loves owls!

I got the paper and topper set for this card, from a charity shop, at a cost of 40p.

I got about 12 sheets in the pack, inc topppers, vellum and papers....bargain! :)

The heart die is a precious heart from memory box.

The brown organza ribbon is from my stash.

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

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 2 June

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 3 June

 Try it on tuesday- feminine and fancy - 10 June

Card mania - clean and simple - 31 May

Crafting form the heart - anything goes - 2 June

Lexis creations - happy birthday - 9 June

The pink elephant - anything goes - 2 June

Whoopsi daisy - lots of layers - 2 June

Dream Valley - things with wings - 31 May

The sweetest thing- sketch - 1 June

Boys...

Another "male" card. :)

This weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle 

is "add some metal" ...

...so my metal, is the dragonfly on this card.

The image is called "Nolan" from Fred She Said.

(and it was pre-coloured!!! very handy for a quick card!)

The fence, toad, snail, worm and words were digi images I already had.

I cut the green "grass" and leafy stalk from a 6 x 6 dovecrafts paper sheet.

I think I got the metal charm - dragonfly - from Meiflower.

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

Thats crafty - use kraft - 30 May

Wags n Whiskers - one for the boys - 30 May

Digistamps 4 Joy - anything goes - 28 May

The paper shelter - use a charm - 28 May

Fantastic tuesday - one for the guys - 27 May
Inky chicks - metal embellishment - 8 June

I'm so very late!!!

 ... with my challenge cards...these are for the challenge that is just ending!

Apologies...I have been extremely busy this week, mainly with comissions from 

work colleagues, including cards and a "project" - 

which turned out to be a 12 x 12  framed page.

Anyway - this weeks wonderful image is called "Purrfect together" from Doodle Garden.

I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it!

Wasn't quite sure at first how to make it into a card for a male / male colours,

 but stuck with a black/white combo and thought it could work for a valentines / anniversary card.

The papers behind the image are from a dovecrafts stack, and

embossed with a wonderful hearts embossing folder, I bought whilst in Canada.

I coloured the image with my pack of 5 grey shaded promarkers.

(die is called precious hearts... my new and fave die at the mo.)

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

Brown sugar - anything goes - 29 May

Crafty Catz - embossing - 29 May

Craftitude - use a die - 29 May

Sister act - anything goes - 30 May

The house that stamps built - DCC521 ~ Monochromatic - 4 June

I love promarkers - anything goes - 28 May

Flat friends - dies / punches - 31 May

Papertake weekly - oooh, so cute! - 27 May

Artistic inspirations - anything goes / dies -26 May

 Card mania - CAS - 31 May

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 26 May

Created with love - lots of layers - 31 May

I was lucky enough to get two images...and this one is from 

The Stamping Boutique - called "A.J the Builder"

I used my dovecrafts brick embossing folder and chalked it with varying brown colours.

I coloured the image with promarkers and Mirage pens...

and added some "builders digi elements " that I have had forever, on my pc. 

The sentiment is craftwork cards and the corners are photocorners I have also had forever! 

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

Jellypark challenges - bold and bright - 5 June 

Crafty girls - anything goes - 30 May

Divas by design - anything goes - 28 May

Fantastic tuesday - one for the guys - 27 May

Ooooh, a baby!

My friend had a baby boy last week...

... and I wanted to make them a special card.

I remembered this image, which I won from Di's Digi Downloads a little while ago,

that I hadn't got round to using yet. 

I coloured it with my promarkers and added a strip of blue gingham paper 

(always good for baby cards, I find!)

I printed out babies name, birth date, time and weight

and embossed a hearts background, with a new folder I bought,

whilst we were in Canada.(my fave folder at the mo!)

Precious hearts die-cuts ( my fave die at the mo!)

and a little gingham paper bow finished this 6 x 6 card.

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

Flat friends - use dies / punches - 1 June

Ladybug crafts - use your fave embellishment - 27 May

2 sisters - baby - 31 May

Scrap bitz - pretty pastels and alcohol markers - PASTEL 14 - 24 May

Di's digi designs - use those markers - 23 May

Hiding in my craft room - use those scraps - 17 May

A creative romance - one for the boys - 22 May

Crafting for the craic - baby - 27 May

Creative corner - baby - 20 May

Crafts 4 eternity - sketch - 16 May

Aud sentiments - sentiment for a child - 19 May

Fantastic Tuesday - CAS - 19 May
Cuttlebug mania - baby - 27 May
Just inspirational - anything goes - 19 May
Papertake weekly - pretty pastels - 19 May
Through the craft room door GDT- anything goes - 20 May
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 19 May
Crafty boots - blue and white - 25 May

Pink..kitty?

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle, the theme is... "for a female"

I got this really cute image of a cat, called Fluffball Kitty Floral from Fitztown,

 which I coloured with my derwent watercolour pencils. 

I used a backing paper from My Minds Eye,

and the border, flowers, leaves and butterfly are all punched. 

I had a friend in mind for this card, as I was making it... her birthday is the end of this month.

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

Come and get it - birthdays - 17 May

Ditzie digi design - anything goes - 17 May

Pile it on - fuzzy (cats hair!) - 19 May 

Feeling crafty - for a girl / lady - 27 May

chocolate coffee cards - circles and squares - 21 May

Crafting by design - anything goes - 25 May

Divas by design - pink - 14 May

Creative moments - anything goes - 19 May

Hobbybook - add a sentiment - 13 May
Graph it markers - pink! GDT - 16 May

*Hugs!*

What a great image I got this week, from  Meljens -  A girl and her kitty.

This week, the challenge is to use or add a tag...

Quite a simple card, I handcut the shape of the card into a tag,

coloured the printed image with my promarkers,

and added a deep blue ribbon and a little tag, stamped

with one of the words from my new stamps, that I recently bought in Canada,

at the very wonderful Hobby Lobby.

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

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 26 May

My sheri crafts - in celebration of moms - 10 May

A creative need - others day / card for a woman - 1 June

Crafty Catz - anything but square - 10 May

Fairy tale challenge - cute only - 9 May

Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 9 May

Sister act - anything goes - 9 May

Cards galore encore - anything goes - 31 May

Doodle pantry - any digi goes - 24 May

D.L art - anything goes - 1 June

Meljens - anything goes - 9 May

Milk coffee - bright colours - 8 May

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 6 May

Come and get it - anything goes with a digi stamp - 10 May

An Easter card

The image I got for this week, is"Allie in Egg with Sentiment" from Patties Creations, for the challenge 

over at Glitter n Sparkle. 

When I saw this image, I thought my niece would like it, so used it on her Easter card.

I had to add the chick separately, as that wasn't a part of the image, 

but I also wanted to add a chick because it was mentioned

in the sentiment. 

I I hand-cut and embossed the egg shape with hearts and added a brown organza ribbon.

The backing paper came from a set I bought in a £1 shop,.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

Animal friends - easter / spring (with an animal) - 30 April

It's Spring!

I love the colours in this fresh, spring card. 

I got the "Lovesick kitty" image from Eureka, over at Glitter n Sparkle. 

So cute!

I used marianne dies (birdcage and bird)

and I hand-cut the heart.

I coloured the kitty with my promarkers and stamped some little easter eggs

which i got in a free set of stamps last year - it was on the front

of a magazine... can't remember which one, now. 

The backing papers came from a set I bought in a pound shop a few years ago... I'm finally

getting round to using them! lol. 

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

Crafty hazlenuts patterned paper - anything with patterned paper - 30 April

A shaped card

I got a fab little image this week, from Sassy Studios, for my weekly challenge over at the

Glitter n Sparkle blog...

...where we had to make a shaped card.

I struggled to come up with a suitable shape at first, 

but then remembered the trusty old shape -"stack of presents" -

which I hand-cut and paper pieced. 

I used some papers from docrafts, for the presents....
 which I though, were quite patriotic colours of our uk flag.
Or, I guess, they could also be for the US flag...with the star aswell!

The star sentiment is from craftwork cards. 

I used a selection of my promarkers

to colour the image, on the new card I bought last weekend at Sincerley yours craft show.

The card is super smooth - just right for my alcohol pens - and is 280gsm. 

(Bought at Limetree craft stand at the show)

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

Creative moments - anything goes - 22 April

Passion for promarkers - add a sentiment - 15 April

Shopping our stash - paper piecing - 14 April

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 15 April

Love to scrap - anything goes - 20 April

Challenges for everybody - anything goes - 2 May
Chocolate, coffee and cards - use stripes - 19 April
Crafty hands - anything goes - 25 April
Daring cardmakers - flag it up - 18 April
Sister act - anything goes - 18 April
Aud sentiments - sentiment for a friend - 22 April
Sassy Studios - it's hip not to be square - 1 May

Pearls and lace

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle, the challenge

is to use pearls and lace...

Such a cute image...girl with bunny from bugaboo. 

I used a  pink petticoat curly girlie sentiment,

and docrafts backing paper...it came as a freebie some time ago

in a pack,I think it was called pampered pets. 

(The paper in that pack is lovely!)

I thought it was reminiscent of lace. 

I added some lace look borders - punched, really

and little pearls...although the "pearls" around the image are liquid pearls.

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

Challenges for everybody - anything goes - 2 May

Crafting when we can - for a child - 13 April

Flat friends - include a sentiment - 1 May

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 14 April

Pile it on - feminine - 13 April

Mothers day cards.

I made a card for my Mum and a card for Mother-in-law.....

 This first one is  for my mum...

Appropriately, the challenge at Glitter n Sparkle this week, 

is "Mothers Day"

I got this great image from Digi Darla

and wanted to use my new die - precious hearts.

The backing paper is one of the first sets of paper I ever bought - 

I think it was called the "collossal paper pack" from docrafts.

Butterflies are MS punched.

Leafy die is marianne.

Cat die is memory box.

Flowers are from dovecrafts.

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

Dream valley - mothering sunday - 5 April

Pile it on - floral fantasy - 6 April

Allsorts - use those dies - 4 April

Papercrafting journey - anything goes - 9 April

Creative moments - things with wings - 8 April

Crafty sentiments  GDT - mothers day - 31 March 

Fantastic tuesday - use patterned paper - 7 April

For my Mother - in -laws card, I used pink petticoat backing paper,

marianne leafy die, dovecraft flowers, and precious hearts die.

I made the sentiment on the pc and cut round it to look like a tag.

I would like to enter this into the following cha;;enges...

Crafts 4 eternity - special mums - 4 April 

Delicious doodles - mothers day - 3 April

Jellypark and friends - mothers day - 10 April

Sister act - anything goes - 4 April

Crafty little fairies - add a tag - 2 April 

A very true sentiment ;)

This week, I got this fun image from QKR Stampede...Cat n Dog.

I knew which sentiment I wanted with it, as soon as I saw it.

It took me aaaages to find a paper to go with it, that I thought "fitted". 

I matted the backing paper (from DCWV),

coloured the image with promarkers, 

and embossed a line around the edge of the backing paper. 

You can't tell from this pic, but I added glossy accents on their eyes and noses. 

I thought this card would be suitable for a cat or dog lover...either a male or female. 

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

Brown sugar - anything goes - 27 March

Get inky - circles - 2 April

Patties creations - anything goes - 3 April

Simply create too - animals - 27 March

Aud sentiments - anything goes with sentiment - 25 March

Cute card thursday - its a wild world - 26 March

Crafters cafe - a square card - 27 March

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes, but square - 25 March

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 25 March
Flat friends - cards for men - 31 March
Doodle pantry - any digi - 24 March

A cat card

Well, I've not made a card with a cat on, for a good while...

So I thought I would change that, this week!

I got this image from Glitter n Sparkle, and knew how i would add the challenge part

for this week - "add some green".

The image is called cutie 12, from fitztown... coloured with promarkers.

The backing paper is from dovecrafts. 

the bee is a penny black sticker

and the paw print border along the bottom comes from a sheet of stickers,

that I think I bought in the states - a looong time ago. 

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

One stitch at a time - use a digi - 22  March

Corrosive challenges - go green - 29 March

Crafts galore encore - use a digi - 30 March

Crafts and me - anything goes - 4 April

Digi galore - use a digi - 30 March

Crafting for the craic - use green - 1 April

Simply create too - animals - 28 March

Sister act - anything goes - 21 March

Stampin with the dragon - lets go green - 20 March

Thats crafty - anything goes - 21 March

Aud sentiments - anything goes - 25 March

Penny paper crafts - anything goes - 18 March