Friends and coffee

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle,

the challenge is to use "black and white"

and I got this fab image from Bugaboo, called 'Girlz Coffee'.

The flowery paper at the back, is a dovecrafts paper.

The frame is a nestie (I forgot I had!!) 

The little notepaper is a stamp I bought in the range recently

(with hand written sentiment on)

and the cat, bird and flowers are all diecuts by memorybox. 

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

Sister act - anything goes - 28 Feb

Crafty Catz - for a special lady - 27 Feb

Crafting for all season s- dies and or punches - -1 March

Fresh brewed designs - animals - 24 Feb

Whimsy stamps - use a sentiment - 15 March

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes with a die - 24 Feb

Creative card crew - birthday with sentiment - 1 March

Through the craft room door - anyhing goes - 23 Feb

Digi galore - anything goes - 1 March

Suzi bees - anything goes / monochrome - 26 Feb

Another 40th...

...This time, for a male friend, who enjoys beekeeping, 

running marathons and drinking coca-cola!

I tried to incorporate all his favourite things, and I also

wanted to remind him it's no ordinary birthday!

Hence, the big numbers!! hahah!

I made the 40 happy birthday myself on the pc, and VERY carefully,
cut the inside of the 40, out (with a teeny pair of scissors)
and used one piece of an old

dovecrafts paper pack for the backing. The 40 is stood

on foam squares, so is raised from the backing.
The llittle circle in the top corner is a digi image from crafty sentiments,
called birthday circles.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Scrappers delights - anything goes - 4 March

Wonderful wednesdays - anything goes - 25 Feb
Creative card crew - birthday with sentiment - 1 March
Cuttin and stampin - anything goes - 2 March
CCC digi creations - digi / stripes - 1 March
Digi Galore - anything goes - 1 March
Your scrapbook place - anything goes / masculine -1 March
Come and get it - birthdays - 23 Feb
Lacy Sunshine - things with wings - 28 Feb

My first Aurora wings image!

I was thrilled, this week, to get this adorable image -"cat in flowers"

by Aurora wings

for our 'glitter n gems' challenge, over at Glitter n Sparkle.

This card has been glittered around the edge, with glamour dust, giving it a little distressed feel, 

and I also hand glittered those teeny Martha Stewart punched butterflies! 

(fiddly little things!!)  lol...

I really enjoyed colouring this image, which i admit, did take quite a long time!
I used  my promarkers in all my fave colours ...blues and purples to pinks and lilacs. 

The gems part of the challenge have been

fit into the centre of the flowers. 

A dry embossed line and a craftwork cards sentiment finished this card.

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

Partytime tuesdays - anything goes - 28 Feb
Top tip tuesday - fave colours - 17 Feb
Sparkle n sprinkle - anything goes with  loose glitter - 25 Feb
Digi sketch - for the girls - 16 Feb
Crafting muskateers - cute - 1 March
Cards galore encore - use a digi - 28 Feb
Crafty gals corner - anything goes - 17 Feb
Just inspirational - any animal - 16 Feb
Scrappers delights - anything goes - 17 Feb
Simply create too - anything goes - 28 Feb
Sister act - anything goes - 20 Feb
Little miss muffet - anything goes - 24 Feb
Crafty calendar - anything goes - 1 March
Digi galore - anything goes - 1 March

Another comission

This time, I was asked to make a card for a colleagues daughter, who was about to turn 12

and loved "everything pink and girly!"

I set to work with Pink petticoat backing paper and alsorts

of pink things from my stash... 

ribbon, memory box border, docrafts flowers.

I twiddled and fiddled with the sentiment for ages to get it the way I wanted it.
It was a hit, though! (phew!)

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

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 17 Feb
Whoopsi daisy - pretty in pink - 1 March
Incy wincy designs - use punch or die cut - 16 Feb
Get creative - red white and pink -25 Feb
Digi sketch - for the girls - 16 Feb
Craft your passion - anything goes - 15 Feb
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 15 Feb
Bunny zoes - for the girls - 8 March
That craft place - anything goes - 15 Feb
Cupcake inspirations - inspired by picture - 15 Feb
We do doobadoo - hearts and flowers - 28 Feb

Love is in the air

What a great challenge this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle...

"Love is in the air."

I made this card using 2 Scribbles images... 'tea cup' and 'teabag'.

I drew on the hearts myself, to help the card fit in more with our theme

 (and I glossy-accented the large heart).

The images were coloured with my promarkers and 

mirage pens - and I fussy cut the teabag and mounted it on 2mm foam. 

A pc generated sentiment and my new bargain ribbon finished this card.

(ribbon was from '99p stores'... 4 rolls of blue ribbon... 

36 metres in all, for a whopping 99p!

I  also bought pinks, and a white n black pack too.)

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

Basteltraum - anything goes - 15 Feb
Sisters of craft - anything goes - 28 Feb
Paper creators - love is in the air - 28 Feb
Natalie and amy - all about the love - 28 Feb
Emerald fairies - all you need is love - 28 Feb
Digistamps 4 joy - valentines/ love - 28 Feb
Digi galore - anything goes with a digi - 28 Feb
Crafts galore encore - use a digi - 28 Feb
Sister act - anything goes - 13 Feb
Simply create too - use hearts - 13 Feb
Patties creations - valentines love - 5 March
Crafts for eternity - with love - 13 Feb
Chocolate coffee and cards - love is in the air - 20 Feb
Brown sugar - anything goes - 12 Feb
Aud sentiments - valentine / love sentiment - 11 Feb
4 Crafty chicks - handcoloured image - 11 Feb
Paper shelter - be my valentine - 10 Feb
Fresh brewed designs - pink, love, or valentine - 10 Feb
Creative moments - anything goes / love - 17 Feb
Crafting by designs - anything goes - 26 Feb
Crafting for all seasons - have a heart - 26 Feb
Crafty sentiments - include a heart - 9 Feb
Clear it out - anything goes - 10 Feb
Crafty boots - hearts and valentines - 15 Feb
That craft place - anything goes - 15 Feb
Allsorts - love is all around - 13 Feb

Pile it on - use a bow - 15 Feb
Jelly park - love - 28 Feb
Come and get it - love is in the air - 14 Feb
AAA cards - love love love - 14 Feb

A commission for a doctor

I was asked by a colleague, to make a card for her doctor, who is retiring.

He has helped the family a lot over the years, 

and she wanted to give him a personal, heart-felt thankyou.

So she asked me to make him a  card.

I really enjoyed designing and making this card.

It just seemed to fall into place and fit together so quickly. 

I hand drew and cut the pieces ...the collar, the tie and the pocket. 

I coloured the tie with my promarkers and 

made the 'doctors' badge on my pc.

The clipboard is stamped with a new stamp I bought in 

The Range a couple of weeks ago, and I handwrote the sentiment straight on.

The final touch was a stethoscope.

I didn't even draw the shape...I just cut silver, black and white card pieces

and stuck them altogether. 

Altogether, once I had the idea in place, this card ended up being a quickie!

PS... my colleague was thrilled with it!!!  :)

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

Your scrapbook place - anything goes / masculine - 1 March

Bastletraum - anything goes - 15 Feb

Sisters of craft - anything goes - 28 Feb

Card mania - add a little red - 28 Feb

Sister act - anything goes - 13 Feb

Blog quick quotes - red and white - 27 Feb

Brown sugar - anything goes - 12 Feb

Scrappers delight - anything goes - 19 Feb

Inky impressions - red and white - 10 Feb

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 26 Feb

Passion for promarkers - one for the boys - 10 Feb

Cuttin and stampin - masculine - 17 Feb

Clear it out - anything goes - 10 Feb

Robyns fetish - anything goes - 7 FEb

That craft place - anything goes - 15 Feb

Corrosive challenge - splash of colour - 14 Feb

Our 40th year.

My friend turned 40 this week - oooh, its a big year for me and my friends. 

So, I picked Crafty Sentiments 'Birthday Circles' to use on her card...

The Birthday sentiments are actually a set of 4. 

This is one of them.

I cut the middle out so that I could fit the 40 inside. 

I didn't want to put a massive number on her card, but wanted it to blend in, subtley.

I found that cutting the middle from the circle, gave it a whole new look...and you could use

anything in the middle, as I also used a decoupaged duo of flowers from the backing paper.

The 4 candles symbolise her decades.

(I drew on the stripes and dots myself with a white sakura pen)

Her name looks white, but its actually pink in real life.

(Cut with Sizzix Wingo Zingo font)

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

Digitally sweet - anything goes - 26 Feb

Crafts 4 eternity - no patterned paper - 6 Feb

4 Crafty girls - anything goes - 5 Feb

Kratin Kimmie - anything goes - 4 Feb

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 3 Feb

Creative moments - anything goes - 3 Feb
Allsorts - flowers 7 Feb

I'm a guest designer, over at...

Lacy Sunshine!!!!  .. I'm so excited! :)

I was thrilled when they asked me and I got this image "Rory spreading love"

to use for this challenge - 'Include a heart.'

I wanted to keep the card quite simple, 

as the image is so lovely, I really didn't think it needed much more.

So... I coloured it with my promarkers, 

added a little glossy accents, Martha Stewart punched butterflies, 

a little dry embossing round the edge and then matted onto a lovely blue backing paper

and to finish, I hand-drew and hand-cut the straight side into this fancy shape. 

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

Chocolate coffee and cards - colours - 6 Feb
Wags n whiskers - hearts - 6 Feb
Simply create too - use hearts - 12 Feb
QKR Stampede - hearts - 6 Feb
Fussy and fancy - wings and things - 5 Feb
Digitally sweet - anything goes - 26 Feb
Time out - valentines day / hearts - 5 Feb
Little miss muffet - all you need is love - 11 Feb
DRS Designs - so shapely - 5 Feb
C.R.A.F.T - valentines day - 4 Feb
Aud sentiment - valentine or love sentiment - 11 Feb
Crafting for all seasons - things with wings - 2 Feb
Scrappers delight - anything goes & fave colours - 4 Feb
Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 3 Feb
I love promarkers - purples and blues - 3 Feb
Creative moments - anything goes - 3 Feb
Crafty sentiments - love / valentines day -2 Feb
Digi choosday - cool blue - 5 Feb
Eureka - hearts - 1 Feb
We do doobadoo - Romance - 7 Feb
My sheri crafts - valentines day - 7 Feb
Little claires - bright and beautiful - 14 Feb
Di's digi designs - include a heart(s) - 14 Feb