Wedding card 2

So, here's another card I was asked to make for the wedding...

This is an A5 card.

I love the sentiment, and played about with the fonts on my pc. 

The heart is from the memory box precious hearts... I just cut it off the bottom.

The butterflies are punched, from Martha Stewart.

I placed 3 pearls onto the ribbon

and used one of my fave embossing folders for the background.

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

Crafting for the heart - anything goes - 3 Aug
Get creative - monochromatic using purple - 10 Aug
Crazy challenge - monochromatic - 3 Aug
Crafting muskateers- atg - 29 July
Allsorts - use a butterfly - 31 July

Crafty friends - use a punch - 31 July
Fussy n fancy - things with wings - 7 Aug
Simply papercraft - atg - 31 July
Sister act - atg - 31 July
Through the craft room door - atg - 4 Aug

Barrel of wine

This lovely image is called "wine barrel" and its from My heart pieces at Stitchy Bear Stamps.

I used it for this weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle...

"Beginning with a B"

So, I've got: 

barrel, bottles, booze (!), berries, brown, border.

I would stick a butterfly on there somewhere too, 

But I think this one's a card for a male.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and popped some parts on foam pads. 

I decoupaged the fruit at the top of the barrel.

I made the border frame myself ..I hand-cut the shape and embossed lines around each side, 

as well as inking the edges carefully...and you can't see it well,

but I have faux-stitched around all the edges of the frame, too.

I bought a bargain new embossing folder at the car boot last week too...

and used that inside the frame, as a background.

When I decide who this is going too, I may add their name / age

onto the wine bottle labels.

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

Fab n funky - no patterned papers - 11 Aug
Krafting kimmie -atg - 29 July
Dream valley - embossing wet or dry - 2 Aug
Love to scrap - atg - 3 Aug
Inkspirational - kraft - 31 July
Cards galore encore - use a stamp / digi - 31 July
Simply papercrafts - atg - 30 July
Sister act - atg - 30 July
Scrappers delight - atg - 31 July

Wedding card 1

There's going to be a couple of wedding cards coming up in the next few weeks... 

some friends are getting married and I have been asked to make cards for them,

from other friends... I haven't made my own to give them yet! :)

Infact, I've had another invite recently, so now there's 2 weddings to attend over summer..

I haven't been to a wedding for years,

and now 2 come along :)

Summer hols = great wedding season.

Love this card...so easy to make.

I used " tagul" to make the background...you can pick your own words,

colours, fonts,. etc.

I used the image 'Geeky love kiss' from Make it Crafty

and coloured it with my promarkers. 

The kissing couple have 3d foam behind them to stand them off the heart. 

A couple of punched butterflies and sparkly little gems finsihed this card.

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

Crafting by designs - summer hols - 29 July
I love promarkers - CAS - 29 July
The paper shelter - atg - 5 Aug

Wordart wednesday - atg - 29 July
Kraftin kimmie - atg - 29 July
Crafting from the heart - atg - 27 July
Love to scrap - atg - 3 Aug
Path of positivity - sharing - 2 Aug
Dis digi designs - hand coloured image - 1 Aug
Creative corner - wedding bells are ringing - 23 July

I do.....

The theme for this weeks challenge, over at

Glitter N Sparkle,

is... pearls and lace.

I was lucky enough to use the "I do" image from A Day For Daisies.

Sadly, I had no actual lace... so I improvised and used 

lacy punched border and a lacy butterfly diecut - that i only just bought 

(for a bargain 50p at a car boot sale!)

The image was a little beauty to colour with my promarkers.

I found the words of the sentment on the internet and typed them myself, 

using 2 different fonts on the pc.

I used a dovecrafts backing paper, which I think looks very lacey too.

The little heart buckle is made of teeny pearls and I used pearls on the border,

 the butterfly and the brides veil. 

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

Di's digi designs - hand coloured image - 31 July

Brown sugar - girly - 22 July

Crafting with friends - anything goes - 30 July

Dragons lair - shabby chic - 4 Aug 

Digitally sweet - anything goes - 30 July

Simply papercrafts - anything goes - 30 July

Hiding in my craft room - lots of layers - 28 July

Cheerful sketches - sketch - 30 July

Cards galore encore- use a stamp or digi - 30 July

Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper - patterned paper - 30 July

CCC digi creations - atg - 1 Aug

Digistamps4 joy  - atg - 31 July

Nordsalten hobby club - wedding cards and creations - 30 July

Crafting from the heart - atg - 18 July

Wordart wednesday - atg - 21 July

Creative corner - wedding bells are ringing - 23 July

The sun's out!

Summer is trying to appear!

:)

And as it just so happens, the theme this week at Glitter n Sparkle, is:

'summer sunshine.'

Here is my card...

I used "Crazy cat lady" digi image from Cute As A Button,

coloured carefully with my promarkers. 

I have to say - the background was a real labour of love. 

It took me so long to make it!

I cut and coloured the little hill separately, with my promarkers

and used lots of scraps of different yellow papers, plain and patterned.

I cut each one on my trimmer and inked the edges, then faux-stitched around 

all edges with a yellow fineliner.

The flowers are diecuts from memory box.

I stuck them all down and trimmed the edges to create the sunshine background.

I haven't decided on who this is going too yet, so have not added a sentiment yet.

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

Crafting by designs - recycle / reuse - 15 July

Inspiration destination - atg - 15 July

Pennys papercrafty - atg - 15 July

Word art wednesday - atg - 15 July

City crafter - you are my sunshine - 15 July

Clear it out - atg - 14 July

Papertake weekly - atg - 14 July

Pinspirational - photo inspiration - 21 July

Crafty Catz - summertime - 16 July

Digitally sweet - atg - 30 July

Sister act - atg - 17 July

The shabby tearoom - sweet as sunshine - 20 July

Poppies

I loved making this card recently, 

with my new spellbinders edging dies. 

I used a precoloured image from "Fred she said".

Poppies are a gorgeous flower and I think this image is gorgeous too. 

I used a sentiment from my pc and cut it with an xcut frame die.

I used my new edging does... 2 of them together made this edge. 

It was finished off with a little dry embossing,]some inked edges

and some martha stewart punched butterflies. 

(which I hand - dotted with a white graph it marker.)

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

Digitally sweet - atg - 30 July
Wags n whiskers - birthday - 23 July
Time out - nature with an optional teist: animals - 22 July
Inspiration destination - atg - 15 July
Little red wagon - birthdays - 15 July
Pennys papercrafty - atg - 14 July
The sisterhood of crafters - birthday - 20 July
Allsorts - strawberries and cream - 17 July
Dis digi designs - celebrations - 18 July
Scrappers delight - atg - 31 July
Craftin desert divas - birthday - 20 July
Melonheadz friends - clebrations - 20 July

New home

Its the challenge everyone loves this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle...

anything goes!

For my card this week, I got the lovely "birdhouse " from Crafty Sentiments.

Its such a lovely little image to colour, and really didn't take long.

I diecut the label shape and added some diecut swirly leaf branches

 and some dovecraft paper flowers, along with some smaller punched flowers and

diecut birds and butterflies.

Around the edge, I felt the need for something, so used my white graph-it pen 

to make a little dotty border.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...
Sister act - atg - 10 July
Jos scarp shack - atg - 10 July
Crafty catz - atg - 9 July
Crafty friends - atg - 17 July
Catch the bug - atg - 11 July
Creative craft cottage - spots or stripes - 7 July
Wordart wednesday - atg - 8 July
Pennys papercrafty - atg - 7 July
Crafting for all seasons - cute n summery - 6 July
Die cuttin divas - atg with diecuts - 6 July
Craft your passion - atg - 5 July
Get creative - include flowers - 12 July
Simply papercrafts - atg - 15 July

Pink flamingoes?!

Over at Patties Creations this month, Pattie has chosen,

"use water in your image" for this months theme.

I selected her 'Flamingoes' image...

... which I coloured with my promarkers. 

I backed it on some complimentary backing papers, 

which I inked around the edges of,

added some punched flowers and butterflies

and finished off with a sentiment I printed on my pc.

I thought this could make a lovely anniversary or girlie-birthday card.

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

Crafters Cafe - summer fun - 8 July
Crafting by designs - atg - 28 July
Crafting for all seasons - cute n summery - 6 July
Inky impressions - pink n girlie - 8 July
Pennys papercrafty - atg - 8 July
Aud sentiments - animal(S) and sentiment - 15 July
Pinspirational challenge - everything is better in pink - 6 July
Digi sketch - bright and beautiful - 5 July
Melonheadz friends - summer fun - 6 July
Simon says stamp - summer - 5 July
Crazy challenge - spots n stripes - 5 July
Di's digi designs - summer fun - 4 July

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