Fresh and floral

Using "Cup and saucer with flowers" from Pattie's Creations, 

I made my Mother-In-Law

a card for Mothering Sunday. 

 I used my alcohol markers to colour the image.

I fuss-cut round the image and popped it on 3D foam to give dimension. 

I inked and dry embossed around the edges of the spotty paper

 and inked the edges of the cross-hatched paper. 

A stamped sentiment and punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner - ATG/ Spring - 13 May

Digi Choosday - atg - 26 May

Sister's birthday card

My sister loves Gonks and I needed to make her a birthday card...

So I used this image from Patties Creations. 

 This gnome image is called "Gnome in teacup" and I fussy-cut away the teacup! 

My sister is not a lover of hot drinks, but loves Gnomes. 

I loved the fact that the gnome is popping up, over the sentiment, 

holding a star to 'create' her birthday wish.

I coloured (with my alcohol pens) and fussy cut the gnome and star....from Pattie's Creations.

I embossed a piece of card, adding some little white hand-drawn hearts every here and there.

I Inked the edge of a backing paper (from a paper pack I bought in a pound shop) I thought my sister would like and added some faux stitching with my white Sakura pen. 

I created a strip and stamped on the greeting, again,

inking and using faux stitching around the edge. 

A little sprinkle of glitter round the edge of the star, finished this card. 

 I would like to add this into the following challenges:

Allsorts - spring / atg - 11th April (updated - to add in all resources used)

Creative knockouts - embossing - 16th April

Krafty Chicks - birthday - 8th April

Crafty gals - atg - 8th April

Mothers day

Over at Patties Creations this month,

I have used one of her newer images to make a Mothers Day card

for my mum...

 I dry-embossed the card, added a simple strip of paper, which

I felt co-ordinated with the flowers I coloured. 

I used my alcohol markers to colour the image. 

The sentiment was stamped in the bottom corner.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Digi Choosday - atg - 30th March

Crafters Cafe - for the girls - 13th March

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral - 15th March

Classic Design - blooms or butterflies - 13th March

This card was a top pick at Beautiful Blossoms..

Spring flowers

 

Pattie's Creations has so many new images in her store...

and this is one of them - 'Fushia hanging plant.'

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and

fussy-cut around the image. 

I embossed a simple frame around the edge of the card

and stamped a sentiment in the bottom right corner.

 few punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cas on Sunday - atg - 19 Feb

Simply clean and simple - atg / greenery - 1st March

Krafty Chicks - birthday - 12th Feb

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - 1st March

I won, over at Simply clean and simple!

Happy 2026

 Starting 2026 with one of Pattie's newer images:

Christmas Cupcakes.

I made this for my sister and her family.

I used my alcohol markers to colour the cupcakes, 

I embossed the background and added a heart diecut.

The sentiment is stamped. 

The papers are from a new pack I bought for a bargain, on the car boot sale.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cut it up challenges - atg - 6 Jan

I love promarkers - atg - 7 Jan

Passion for markers - add a sentiment - 6 Jan

Meowy Christmas

 Pattie's Creations has given us the cutest Christmas cat image and I

used it to make a Christmas card for my Aunty and Uncle

who have a cute, ginger cat....

I coloured this with my alcohol markers

and added glossy accents to the "bulbs."

I glittered the baubles with glamour dust 

 and added a glittered line around the edge,

using a fine glue pen and glamour dust. 

This is all sat ona Christmassy-tartan backing paper, with a diecut

red bow in the corner. 

The sentiment is from my digital stash on the pc. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 Jan

Crazy Critter challenge - atg with a critter - 26 Dec

My first Christmas card this year...

At Patties Creations this month, I have used one of her fabulous new Christmas images...

"Holly Wreath".

 I just love this image...

It was so lovely to colour and to fussy cut! 

I used my alcohol markers to colour it,

 added some glossy accents to the berries and a 

few glittery blobs here n there, to resemble little bits of Christmas magic!

I popped some 3D foam on the back of the wreath and 

used a faux wood backing paper, along with a

beautiful berries and leaves backing paper.

It's hard to see in the photo, but there is some real sparkle to the dark paper!

The sentiment has been stamped.

I love this card - my first Christmas card of this year

and it will be going to a member of my family. 

 I would like to add this to the following challenges:

Little red wagon - Holidays - 1 Nov

Di's digi design - Hand coloured image - 10 Oct

Polkadoodles - atg - 1 Nov

Male card

This month, I used an old image from Patties Creations.

(Unfortunately this is no longer for sale in her shop, but she may bring it back-

 if enough people ask for it!)

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens 

and used some coloured backing papers -

including a star embossed piece.

I used a digital sentiment 

and a diecut star.

I also inked the edges of everything to give a bit of a vintage feel.

I wrote the name of the recipient on the gumballs... 'Charlie.'

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

Digi Choosday - atg - 30 Sept

Cards Galore Encore - atg - 30 Sept

Creative Crafting Uncles - atg - 14 Sept

Creative knockouts - lots of layers - 18 Sept

 

Chickens

Over at Patties Creations this month, I have used the
 "Silly chickens on coop" image... minus the coop!

 It just goes to show how versatile Pattie's images are. 

I coloured the chickens with my alcohol pens and fussy cut around them.

I embossed a panel and inked the edges for a background and a stamped sentiment.

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

Krafty chicks - atg - 6th August

Seize the birthday - birthday - 6 August

Can you handle the pressure - embossing and birthday - 8th August

Male 50 card

 I used one of the images in the Milestones set

to make this card. ..

But I changed it up a little, so that it would make a card

for a male friend, who enjoys being a beekeeper!

I  printed off the bees from Patties other image - Bee my Honeycomb

 and fussy cut the bees, colouring them with my alcohol markers and glittering their wings. 

The scroll is a basic shape, created in Publisher, with a greeting inside.

I wanted to keep the colours simple, so just used greens to colour the wreath and

a selection of greys to colour the 50, with a white pen to highlight.

Ice cream cones

 

At Patties Creations this month, I used her image:

Ice cream come celebration.

This was printed out and coloured using my alcohol markers.

I used coloured fine liners to draw on the teeny little 'hundreds and thousands' sprinkles.

I used glossy accents on the cherries and choccy drizzle.

I fussy cut around the image, added a sentiment and some cute backing papers, 

which I cut into strips to make the backing.

Finally, a few punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Relax with a glass...

For this card, I used one of Pattie's newer images - Frogtini.

 I chose this image for my friend's birthday card because

she has a pond on her garden - with loads of frogs and tadpoles in.

She is also partial to chillin' with a glass of something delish and sparkly!

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers and inked the edges.

I had added a computer generated sentiment and 

mounted the whole thing onto 3d foam tape.

The tile effect background border is a simple border 

of decorative washi tape. 

The butterflies are punched out and spots added with my white sakura pen.

 i would like to add card into the following challenges:

Mother's day

 For my mum's Mother's day card,

I decided to use Patties new image: Forget-me-knots...

We have lots of Forget-me-knots in our garden, which are all

just starting to bloom. They are beautiful!

I looked closely at the flowers before colouring this image.

I popped he image onto 3d foam and backed onto the grey and blue papers. 

I dry embossed the edge of the grey card,

as well as drawing on faux stitching.

A stamped sentiment and punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

As you like it - floral, because forget-me-knots are some of my favourite flowers... I have them all over my garden! -17th April

Crafters cafe - atg - 13 April

Glamorous girls

Pattie, over at Patties Creations has designed this fab image,

called "Martini girls please"

and I couldn't resist using it for my friends birthday card...

 As you will see, I will be making a fair few "50" birthday cards this year...

I'm turning 50 soon, too!

Anyway, I coloured the image with my alcohol pens

and added bits of glamour, using glitter, to the girls jewellery

and clothes. 

The 50 was diecut from sparkly gold, and the stars were punched.

I added a backing paper behind to set off the image and a stamped sentiment.

The first of the 50's.

I have a big birthday in a few months 

as does my sister and lots of my friends. 

Pattie has designed this set of images called milestones 

and you can get every big birthday in the set! 

 I added a computer generated sentiment into the image. 

I coloured the wreath with my alcohol pens and

glittered to number with stickles glitter glue. 

(It's really hard to photograph glitter well!)

The image was inked round the edges, and dry embossed, 

then backed on a piece of patterned paper.

patterned paper

Reindeer cheer!

 Happy new year!

I made this card recently, using Patties "Silly Reindeer" 

as a first Christmas card for 2025. ..

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and fussy cut round it. 

I glittered all the little light bulbs on the image and his nose!

Snowflake covered vellum was popped behind the image,

with a stamoed greeting and a paper edge, which was edged in gold ink. 

Passion for markers - atg - Jan 7

Simon says Stamps - cold and frosty - Jan 7

Creative inspirations - atg - Feb 1

Crafty gals corner - atg / make it merry - Jan 8

Cards galore encore - atg - Feb 1

Crazy Critter challenge - atg with crazy critter - Jan 25

Cute Christmas

Pattie's Creations has a new image in her shop..

"Christmas Cactus Trio"

I printed off the image and fussy cut along the bulb string. 

I stamped a sentiment, edged the sides in a thin gold pen and 

added an embossed piece of card at the bottom.

I used alcohol markers and a white pen to colour the image,

along with some fine, coloured glitters. 

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Dec

Creative Knockouts - time to be merry - 19 Dec

Krafty Chicks - use stamps - 12 Dec

Addicted to stamps - Christmas  - 12 Dec

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Dec

The sisterhood of crafters - atg - 10 Dec

Snow couple

 This month I have used Patties Creations image: Snow couple.

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and used some fine glitter

 on the hat, scarf and gloves.

I inked the edges of the back paper and used some stickles

on the snowflakes for extra sparkle.

The lantern and the greeting are diecut.

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

 

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