Wine, anyone?

I was so chuffed this week, to get this Bugaboo image -

Glass of wine.

I knew it would work perfectly for this weeks Glitter n Sparkle theme:

Add a sentiment.

I made this card for a friend who is going to be 30 in a few weeks. 

I think I could make cards with this image, many times over for many friends of mine! lol..

This was quite a quick and simple card to do once I had 

printed off the image and sentiment.

(you get them both on the same download from Bugaboo.)

I coloured the image with my promarkers and added a diecut 30 and diecut corners.

I raised it all on 3d foam and popped it on a background I embossed.

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

Kitty bee designs - birthday - 3 July
Lia stampz - atg - 30 June
Paper creator - atg - 30 June
Sls lines - atg using die cuts - 12 July
Sugar and Bettys -atg - 30 June
Basteltraum - birthday - 15 July
Creative moments - atg with wet or dry embossing - 6 July
Inspiration destination - atg - 30 June
Pennys paper crafty - atg - 30 June

Beer Monster!

Pink Gems is sponsoring us over at Glitter n Sparkle this week,

with the theme of "One for the boys."

I used 'Beer monster.'

(which comes black and white, precoloured, and with

 a separate sentiment - 'beer monster.')

I used the precoloured version of this image, to save a little time,

and added a 'birthday wishes' sentiment to the beer monster sentiment.

I matched it up with some 6 x 6 paper from the paper cellar.

I made some strips matted on black, with the same paper, to give some interest.

The 21 was die cut with my new number dies 

- which I love - 

and the beer mug is  quickutz die that I have had for yonks. 

I fussy cut the beer monster and mounted him on 3d pads.

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

Ladybug crafts - use your dies - 31 June

Die cuttin divas - masculine with die cuts - 23 June

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 22 June

Crafting for all seasons - its a boy thing - 23 June

Fresh brewed designs - anything goes - 30 June

Inspiration destination - anything goes - 23 June

The paper shelter - make it digital - 24 June

Pennys paper crafty - anything goes - 24 June

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 21 June

Crafty cardmakers - for a man or boy - 28 June

Digi sketch challenge - all about men - 21 June

Words to scrap by - its a mans world - 27 June

Thanks!

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the theme is...

"include a diecut"

and I used 4 different diecuts with my image from 

Scribbles Designs, called "flowershop."

I just adore putting red, white and kraft together, 

just as I adore a red and white stripey awning on a shop. 

It was a lovely image to colour and said it was a "thankyou " card, 

straight away, to me.

The sentiment is from craftwork cards.

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

Allsorts - flower power - 18 June

Di's digi designs - use  diecuts - 19 June

Just us girls - diecuts - 19 June

Word art wednesday - anything goes - 16 June

Doodle pantry - anything goes - 26 June

Cards galore encore - anything goes - 30 June

Scribbles designs - something beginning with "b" 

(butterflies, blooms, brown, beautiful image !?!?)

Another card for Dad!

Again, I was blessed with an image from Ikes Art...

"Windmill"

This image is so lovely on it's own, I really thought I did not

have to do much more than colour it....

...which I did with my promarkers. 

It took a while! :)

I just added a sentiment from my pc, and embossed a simple line around the edge.

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

Art Impressions - for the fellas - 18 June

Crafting muskateers - shades of summer - 30 June

Digi galore - fathers day - 30 June

Mema's crafts - atg / masculine - 30 June

Words 2 scrap by - it's a mans world - 28 June

Inky impressions  - for a man - 9 June

Paper shelter - make it colourful - 9 June

Simon says stamp - make it masculine - 10 June

Ike's world - lyrics - 16 June (lyrics - windmill in old amsterdam.... for those of you leaving me a comment from ikes world,. and havent heard this song, type it in in google... its about a mouse who lives in a windmill... "he sang every mornin' how lucky i am, livin in a windmill in ol' amsterdam!)

Pennys paper crafty - atg - 9 June

Fathers Day

"Fathers Day" or "graduation" 

is the challenge this month, over at Patties Creations.

Seeing as I don't know anyone graduating and we have

my Dad and Hubbys Dad, 

I thought I would make a fathers day card....using "Mallards."

I printed the image and coloured it with my promarkers.

I decoupaged both ducks and added a sentiment on my pc. 

I thought the brown corners were reminiscemt of those elbow patches older men

 seem to have on their jumpers / jackets  :)  

The backing paper is from an animal skins set of papers I have

from "the works" (which was a bargain £1).

I thought the pattern would fit so well with the colour of the ducks. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges....
Art Impressions - for the fellas - 18 June
Cards galore encore - atg - 30 June
Digi galore - fathers day - 30 June
Mema's crafts - atg / masculine - 30 June

Words 2 scrap by - it's a mans world - 28 June
Crafting by designs - atg - 27- June
Inky impressions - for a man - 9 June
Simon says stamp - make it masculine - 10 June
Love to scrap - fathers day / masculine - 15 June
AAA - for the guys - cas - 6 June

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

I'm early!!

...I've made a Father' s Day card already!

At Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is to make an "easel card"

and I picked the "Superdad" image from Bugaboo.

(The little stars i cut out and popped close to the hero, are also with the image!)

The circle sentiment was a freebie I found some time ago.
My precious heart cropped up again... so versatile!
I punched the border, and the sentiment along the bottom,
is a bargian stamp that i picked up from Inkylicious, at a craft fair a few months ago.
It's the first time I have stamped it and I love it!
The backing paper for this card, came from an old dovecrafts set...all about the sea -
other papers included anchors, beach-huts, lighthouses and fish.

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

Ladybug - anything goes - 30 April
Crafting muskateers - its a mans world - 28 April
Crafty calendar - add a sentiment - 1st May
Sister act - anything goes - 30 April
QKR Stampede - guy card - 30 April
Crafts for eternity - anything goes - 1 May
Chocolate coffee and cards - use a diecut - 1 May
Brown sugar - anything goes - 30 April
Creative card crew - use a sentiment - 26 April
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 27 April
Love to scrap - anything goes - 3 May
Cutie pie - all about the boys - 4 May
Crafty boots - red white or blue - 26 April
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 26 April
Robyns Fetish - easel cards - 2 May
Scribble and scrap - anything goes - 9 May

Anything but a card...

A real challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week - 

"anything but a card"..

I got my thinking cap on and remembered some cute little chipboard heart tags I have,

 tucked away, waiting for just the occasion!

Ta-Dah!

The time is now...

Both hearts use the same image : Precoloure triple cake

from Limited Runs.

(which meant, I didn't have to colour the image )

 although I did use some glossy accents on the runny choccy and the cherry...

I backed the heart with some paper and a pc generated sentiment, 

inked the edges a little and drew some faux hand stitching around the edge.

I used my cropodile to punch a small hole in the top,

 to hang the brown, organza ribbon.

This second heart was made much in the same way...

And, I just wanted to show you where I have decided to keep one of my hearts... 

on the sign in my craft room!

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

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 21 April

Doodle pantry - anything goes - 26 April

Inky chicks - stitching (faux) - 25 April

Pinspirational - anything goes - 27 April

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 20 April

Craft my Life - anything goes - no cards - 1 May

Craft your passion - anything goes - 19 April

Get creative - must include a tag - 19 April

Not just cards - anything  goes - 27 April

Pennys papercrafty - one for the girls - 21 April

Little miss muffet - anything goes - 22 April

Movin along with the times - anything but a square card - 23 April

Sassy studio - have it your way ..fave colour combo ...(how can it be anythign other than chocolate coloured?!?! lol) - 23 April

Crafting with an attitude- freestyle - 23 April

Crafty Catz - girly - 23 April

Hiding in my craft room - freestyle - 25 April

CAS butteflies

Ooooh, a challenge I found so easy this week, at Glitter n Sparkle - 

"include a butterfly" (or 5!! lol... )

I used the image " Garden 16" from Fitztown.

(which has 6 separate butterfly images, although I only used 5

as I like using odd numbers of things... :)  )

The thing that probably took longest about this card, was sizing up and lining up

correctly all those butterflies. 

I fussy coloured them all with my promarkers and added a little glitter to some of them

and fussy cut around them to make a different shaped card.

The sentiment was printed from my pc.

A simple embossed line around the edge, finished this card.

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

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment - 1 May

A gem of a challenge - spring is in the air - 24 April

The stamping boutique - spring - 25 April

Sister act - anything goes - 17 April

Jos scrap shack - florals and butterflies - 18 April

Aud sentiments - birthday sentiment - 21 April

Little miss muffet - anything goes - 21 April

DRS - birthday blues - 15 April

C.R.A.F.T - colour your image only - 16 April

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 14 April

The paper shelter - birthday with sentiment  - 14 April

Mod Squad - butterfly focal - 14 April

Little red wagon - spring is in the air - 14 April

Inky impressions - spring is in the air - 13 April

Crafters cafe - shaped cards - 15 April
Passion for promarkers - birthdays - 14 April
Papertake weekly - anything goes - 14 April

Deep ocean challenge - things with wings - 20 April

The shabby tearoom - rainbow of colours - 20 April
Incy wincy designs - CAS - 12 April
Craftin desert divas - anything goes - 13 April
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 13 April

Party time tuesdays - anything goes - 1 May

Creative fingers - anything goes - 17 April
AAA cards - springtime and CAS - 26 April

Lola (2)

I got another Lola image, from Craft sentiments this week...

she is sooo cute! 

This one is called "You're the best!"

It's for the "anything goes" challenge at Glitter n Sparkle.

I used a free paper for the backing, and embossed a panel for the sentiment.

I diecut the lacy edge along the bottom

and stamped the bunting onto another freebie (stripey) paper.

The butterfly is a has been punched .

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

Creative fingers - anything goes - 10 April

Crafty catz - anything goes - 9 April

Card mania - flowers - 29 April

Our creative corner - colour your world - 30 April

ABC - go digital - 13 April
Dis digi designs - spring is here - 10 April
Hiding in my craft room - think spring - 11 April
Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 10 April

Special day

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is the old favourite...

anything goes.

I have used a gorgeous image called "relaxing Lola"

from Crafty Sentiments, for my card.

I had a little girl in mind, while I was making this card.

All the paper I used are from the dovecrafts set "tea party".

I coloured the image with my promarkers and my new 'graph-it' pens

- which I won recently, on a challenge blog.

They are super easy to use and I got some gorgeous shades of orange, which I desperately needed!

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.

The flowers are from the dovecraft range. 

The butterflies are MS punched, and the birds and cat are memory box diecuts. 

I inked the edges of each paper and

drew some faux stitching on a few of the layers.

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

Corrosive challenges - hop into spring - 11 April

That craft place - Easter / spring - 10 April

Dis digi designs - spring is here - 10 April

Crazy 4 challenge - spring - 26 April

Die cuttin divas - anything goes and a die cut - 6 April
Catch the bug - anything goes - 11 April
Crafty calendar - add a sentiment - 1 May
613 avenue create - anything goes - 11 April
i love promarkers - kids have fun - 7 April

Easter time 2

I've made another Easter card!

This time, it's my card for Pattie's Creations.

I used a Pattie's Creations image - Easter basket.

Even though I dillied and dallied with this image for a while, 

I found it a joy to colour.

I loved trying to capture the light and dark on the basket weaves and on the eggs.

I tried to give the bow a luxurious feel too (with my promarkers).

I played around with this image after colouring it. as I knew I didn't need 

much more, as I wanted the main focus to be the basket.

It came to me in a flash of inspiration, all of a sudden...

I have an embossing folder that I knew would work well with this image

 and - used with Kraft card - I think it worked!

I added the punched border to resemble a white fence, that I thought would

 make the basket "pop" even more.

The sentiment was generated on my pc and i cut it (and inked it) to look like a little tag.

I carefully chalked the edge of the embossed piece 

and embossed a clean line around the whole thing.

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

613 Ave - anything goes - 4 April
AAA - CAS Easter colours - 22 April
Corrosive challenge - hop into spring - 11 April
That craft place - Easter / spring - 10 April
Pile it on - Easter / spring - 5 April
Robyns fetish - Easter - 4 April
My sheri crafts - Easter wishes - 4 April
Jos scrap shack - happy Easter - 3 April

Digi choosday - ovals (eggs ) - 21 April
Deep ocean - Easter / spring - 5 April

Crafty Catz - anything goes - 8 April
Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 10 April
The stamping boutique - Easter - 11 April
Country view - use kraft card - 31 April
Emerald fairies - spring flowers / Easter - 30 April

Anniversary

It's hubby's Mum n Dad's anniversary ...

and I made them this card,

as they love our cats.

The image is such a cutie! Its from "Dearie dolls".. a lady who designs digis in colour

and in black and white, and puts them free on her website. 

Thankyou, Mary Ellen!

I love the characters she draws and the little scenes she makes with them. 

Her cat ones are my faves, and I thought

this would be perfect for an anniversary card.

I also used a paper I got from the works - 99p for the pack,

some dovecraft paper flowers,

one of my bargain rolls of ribbon (4 rolls for 99p)

and a gorgeous precious hearts die cut.

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

Scribble and scrap - anything goes - 11 April

Suzi bees - add a sentiment - 3 April

Digitally sweet - anything goes - 31 April

QKR Stampede - add a sentiment - 3 April

Simply create too - anything goes - 9 April

Aud sentiments - anything goes plus sentiment - 7 April

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon - 1 April

Easter time

I thought it was about time I made a few Easter cards,

and so when the challenge of Easter cards came round at Glitter n Sparkle, 

it was just the poke I needed!

I used the image "Easter Lily and cross" from Stitchy Bear.

I didn't think it needed much more on this card. I embossed the edge,

 matted it on some colourful paper, added a sentiment from my pc, and a few MS 

punched butterflies, cut from a slightly sparkly card.

I coloured the image with my promarkers. 

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

Hiding in my craft room - any holiday - 4 April
My sheri crafts - use a cross, bunny or eggs - 5 April
Brown sugar - Easter - 2 April
Crafts 4 eternity - Easter  3 April
Jos scrap shack - happy Easter - 3 April
QKR Stampede - add a sentiment - 3 April
Simply create too - anything goes - 10 April
Crafters cafe - spring flowers - 3 April
I love promarkers - Easter - 1 April
Mod squad - Easter - 2 April