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

Fussy-cut wreath

At Pattie's Creations this month, I have used one of her newer images...

Hummingbird floral wreath, to create this card. 

 I coloured the image with my promarkers and other alcohol pens, 

then fussy-cut all around the image. 

I added some sparkle to the hummingbird (which is hard to photograph well)

and traced a shape which I cut out of the spotty backing paper, so the #wreath would look like it is framing the spotty paper. 

An inked, dry embossed edge and some punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bathing beauties

One of Patties newer images is the star of the show on this card - "Bathing beauties."

 

 I love this image - Bathing Beauties.

(There is another version of this image in her etsy store, too!)

I fussy-cut the image, after colouring with my alcohol pens and 

paper-piecing the girls swimming costumes!)

I used my alcohol pens to literally "dot" on the sand 

and used one of my favourite of-the-moment paper packs for the water4...

I ripped the edge carefully, to make it looks like waves coming onto the beach.

The "happy" is a diecut and the birthday has been stamped. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative knockouts - summer fun - 18 July

I love promarkers - pink blue and yellow - 9 July

The paper shelter = 3 of something - 9 July 

Fab n Funky - summertime - 18 July

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - 1 Aug

Di's digi challenge - hand coloured image - 21st July

Polkadoodles - atg - 20 July

Anniversary

At Patties Creations this month, I have used one of her older images -

but I still love it and it is so versatile.... Seahorse love.

The image comes as two seahorses touching lips, but you could easily 

just use one of them to be the main image on your card!

 The papers in the background of this card, 

came from  bargain paper pack I got in The Works. 

It was only £2 and is all sea themed papers. A bargain! 

I coloured the seahorse with my alcohol pens and printed off a sentiment.

(I made this card into an anniversary card for my husband's mum and dad.)

I added some "bubbles" on the wavy backing paper by adding 

some blobs of glossy-accents, waiting for them to dry, then adding a small 

white highlight, with my white Sakura pen. 

I also added some white dots along the wavy lines, to add some more pattern and interest.

 

I would like to add this into the following challenges -

 Creative Knockouts - 2 or more patterned papers - 21 June

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - 30 June

A Passion for Promarkers - atg - 11 June

Digi Choosday - atg - 18 June

 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 15 June

A Spring wreath

Pattie has been playing with my image suggestions and come up with this beauty...

 It's called "Twig wreath with Spring Flowers."

I love it!

It was lovely to colour, but a little tricky to fussy-cut the middle from!

I coloured this image with my alcohol pens and popped it on 3D foam,

with a green spotty paper behind. 

The sentiment was stamped and the heart is diecut, 

along with the punched butterflies. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simply clean and simple - cas with flowers - 6 June

Crafty catz - atg / summer - 17 May

Card 4 galz - mothers day - 16 May

Double D - flowers - 14 May

I love promarkers - atg - 14 May

Crafter's cafe - CAS - 12 May

My mum's favourite things.

Pattie has some new images in her etsy shop this month!

"Kitty on books" was the one I chose for this month...

 I was so excited to receive this image, as I had

suggested that Pattie creates this one! 

This is the kind of image that my mum loves..as her cat and her books

are her favourite things,

so this made a card- special to her, for Mother's day.

I carefully cut a frame out of patterned paper,

popped the kitty image (coloured with my alcohol markers) in the corner and 

added some heart-bubble die cuts. 

The sentiment was stamped and I added a diecut butterfly. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges: