Going cuckoo....

How thrilled was I this week, when I got to play with 'Ikes Art - Cuckoo Clock'!?!

The theme over at Glitter n Sparkle, is..

"include an animal"

(on the last count, there were:

2 birds, one owl, three butterflies and a squirrel)

I love this image -

although it was a real challenge to colour! 

(You kinda think it all needs to be brown,

like a wooden cuckoo clock....)

...but I took that challenge and did my best with it. 

(Actually, I made a card after colouring the image, and just hated it, 

so ripped it up and binned what I couldn't reuse.

I had to print out the image again and I had a much better stab at it... )

So this is card number 2.

I'm much more pleased with it!

I coloured this with my promarkers...and used about 6 different shades of brown

 and 2 different greens

The two little birds (underneath the clock)

 were from my memory box die, which just fit beautifully.

The diecut corners are from a cuttlebug die that I got recently

(a bargain £1 for 4 corner dies,,,still sealed!)

and the butterflies are punched from my old favourite..Martha Stewart.

The distressed looking background is another fairly new item I have...

I won this on a blog challenge last year and hadn't got round to using it yet.

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

Crafty calendar - things with wings - 5 June

Fairytale  - feathers and wings - 6 June

Simply create too - KISS - 5 June

Simply papercraft - anything goes - 4 June

Crafty creations - all creatures great and small - 8 June

Crafty gals - critters - 2 June

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 2 June

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 2 June

Tuesday throwdown - anything goes - 2 June

The pink elephant - anything goes - 1 June

Love to craft - anything goes - 1 June

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 31 May

Girly

This week, I got the gorgeous image - "spa ha ha" from sweet pea stamps.

The challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle is "one for the ladies!" 

and I thought this card would suit one of my friends, brilliantly...

I love this image and didn't think it would need a lot of extra 'doing to it.'

Before printing out the image, I added the sentiment that came with it.

I did a really quick colour of the ladies skin, hair and bathrobes.

and embossed around the whole thing, then matted onto some patterned blue paper.

That was it!

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

Scrappers delights - anything goes - 31 May

Showcase your style - friendship - 27 May

Suzi bees - make it girly - 30 May

Polkadoodles - girly but no pink - 5 June

Crafting by designs - sentiments- 27 May

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 27 May

Creative corner - anything goes - 29 May

Creative knockouts - sentimentally yours - 28 May

A sweet card

I got this wonderful image - strawberry muffin - from Sunflowerfield designS,

for the challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle, which is 

USE RIBBON.

Almost immediately, I knew I wanted to use a red / white colour scheme, just because of

those delicious looking strawberries!

I diecut the border strip with my 'charlotte' memory-box die. 

The sentiment was printed on the pc.

I decoupaged the image and coloured it all with promarkers.

My favourite Martha Stewart punched butterflies made another appearance on this card, too:)

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

Sister act - anything goes - 22 May

Wags n whiskers - lots of layers - 29 May

C.R.A.F.T - birthday - 21 May

Moving along with the times - cute - 20 May

Fresh brewed designs - add ribbon or twine - 20 May

Imagination destination - anything goes - 20 May

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 20 May

Congratulations!

A supply teacher at our school was taken on permanently last week,. and she's thrilled.

So, I made her this card... and she loved it!

She said..."It's just my style!"

:)

The image is one I won, a while back, over at Beansie doodles...

she is called "Zilpha" and I thought this would be just perfect for the card.

I coloured her first, then picked a backing paper to go with her. 

This is actually a scrap - a piece I had saved, as it was a nice size and super, spring colours!

Its a lovely quality backing paper, I just found in my stash...

with glitter lines inbetween each stripe of colour.

A simple sentiment and a few punched butterflies, with an embossed edge

finished this card.

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Hiding in my craft room - use your scraps - 16 May

Simply papercraft - anything goes / CAS - 21 May

Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 15 May

Crafty catz - CAS - 15 May

Craft for the craic - wings - 31 May

Chocolate coffee and cards - spring has sprung - 15 May

Art impressions - lovely ladies - 21 May

Fantastic tuesday - pastel colours - 12 May

Whimsy stamps - colour an image - 17 May

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes 12 May

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 18 May
Craft your passion - anything goes - 18 May
Avenue 613 - lets celebrate - 17 May

Embossing.

I was waiting for another excuse to use this lovely, embossed frame...

and the time has come, as over at Glitter n Sparkle this week

the theme is "embossing... dry or heat"

The mermaid image is called "Mermaid Joelene" and it's from

Spellbinding Stamps.

It is a lovely crisp image and gorgeous to colour. 

I used my promarkers and mirage pens to colour her, 

and I added a sentiment from the pc, and a little more embossing behind her, 

using one of my embossing folders.

I used Glossy Accents on all the bubbles.

and finished by inking the edges of the frame .

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

Just us girls - embossing - 15 May

Sister act - anything goes - 15 May

Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 15 May

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 12 May

Papertake weekly - anything goes - 12 May

Doodle pantry - use a digi image - 26 May

Whimsy stamps - colour an image - 17 May

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 12 May

Eureka stamps - feminine card - 11 May

Ave 613 - anything goes / lets celebrate - 17 May
Sentimental sundays - really girly - 17 May

Daisy delite

I just think this image is sooo sweet - It's called "Daisy delite daisy love pin up"

and it's from Lacey Sunshine.

It's the old favourite challenge this week, over at Glitter and Sparkle - 

it's ANYTHING GOES...

I had a friend in mind when I made this,

and I know she loves the green / yellow combo,

so used my promarkers to colour the image. 

The sentiment comes from Pink Petticoat

and the backing papers are from a set of 6 x 6 papers that I bought recently

in 'The Works'.

I punched the butterflies.

Inking all the edges gave it a bit of a softer feel.

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

Allsorts - april showers bring may flowers - 8 May

Catch the bug - anything goes - 8 May

Crafty calendar - things with wings - 1 June

Brown sugar - anything goes - 6 May

Chocolate coffee and cards - spring has spring - 14 May

Crafts 4 eternity - inspired by nature - 7 May

Fussy n fancy - lots of flowers - 14 May

Simply create too - pretty woman - 7 May

Thats crafty - keep it simple - 8 May

4 crafty chicks - anything goes - 6 May

Aud sentiments - things with wings plus sentiment - 6 May

Cute card thursday - use a sentiment - 6 May

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 25 May

Inspiration destination - anything goes - 6 May

Whimsy inspires - colour an image - 17 May

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 3 May

Crafts galore encore - anything goes - 30 May
Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper - use pattered paper - 31 May
Karleigh sue - may flowers - 31 May
Noor uk - flowers - 31 May
Come and get it - female - 9 May

Big birthday wishes.

This months challenge, over at Pattie's Creations, is to

"use flowers in your image" 

(Just flower embellishments are not enough... you must have flowers in your image.)

I used "thinking of you" from Patties Creations....

The image actually comes with the thinking of you sentiment, 

but I wanted to use this to make a card for my friends BIG birthday, so put a pink petticoat

sentiment with the image for this card.

It was lovely to colour with my promarkers and mirage pens. 

I added some stickles sparkle to the butterflies wings

(which is really hard to capture in a photo).

I finished off by edging, with a pin! 

(I carefully poked it in and out, all around the edge, to make a different kind of border.)

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

My time to craft - spring flowers - 1 May

Crafty calendar - add a sentiment - 1 May

That's crafty - keep it simple - 7 May

Aud sentiments - things with wings plus sentiment - 6 May

Love to scrap - anything goes - 3 May

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 6 May
Whimsy - colour an image - 16 May
Digi choosday - CAS - 19 May
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 5 May
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 3 May
Craft your passion - anything goes - 3 May
Crafty boots - thing with wings - 10 May
Come and get it - spring is in the air - 3 May