Christmas glitter!

So, the last challenge of the year has just started at Glitter n Sparkle..

"Christmas with glitter!"

I got this delightful image from BUGABOO.
Scarves hats and antlers have been glittered,
 with my micro fine coloured glitters,
which i sprinkle after applying my glue pen to the little areas i want glittering.
It's a great way to only cover smaller areas and
to get it very precise!
I coloured the cats with my promarkers.
I added a freebie sentiment and also
the frostyville border which I diecut on my bigshot.
The backing paper is from a dovecrafts set of papers that I found
on offer last year, but hadn't got round to using yet.
The little stars are the leftover cutouts from the frostyville border.

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

613 create - atg holiday happiness - 4 Jan
Addicted to stamps - snowflakes with a stamp - 8 Jan
Dis digi designs - happy holidays - 1 Jan
Colour crazy  - atg - 24 Dec
Crafty catz - atg - 23 Dec
Crimbo crackers - animals - 1 Jan
Cute card thursday - snowflakes - 22 Dec
 I love promarkers - hats - 27 Dec
Creatalicious - atg christmas - 2 Jan
Crafty calendar - christmastime - 29 Dec
Dies r us - snow 29 Dec

Anything goes!

It's the old favourite challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle blog..

"anything goes!"

I used Polkadoodles "burger" image as I can think

of a few men that this would be a great card for!

I coloured the image in, with my promarkers, 

fussy cut around it and 3d foamed it to give some depth from the card,

The sentiment was printed onto the card

and I popped some backing paper behind, a bit like a napkin. 

This was a really fun image to colour! 

Back to the Glitter n Sparkle blog...

So, I have got enough unpacked now to join back with the 

Glitter n Sparkle blog challenge, 

which is "traditional christmas colours" this week.

I used the image "butterfly wings" from Crafts and Me. 

It was lovely to colour with my promarkers.

I cut the edge with my frostyville border and added some golden glitter. 

I bought new holly die in Hobbycraft yesterday,

so used that in the corners. 

A simple stamped sentiment finished the card.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:
Christmas cards all year round - atg christmas - 1 Jan
Crafters cafe - christas - 14 Dec
Creatalicious - atg traditional christmas colours - 14 Dec
Delicious doodles - tradional christmas colours - 1 Jan
Dies r us - christmas - 15 Dec
Crafty Calendar - christmas time - 30 Dec

Candy cane heart

At Patties Creations this month, the new challenge is:

"anything goes - christmas or winter."

I used Patties image "candy cane heart."

I fussy-cut the image and coloured with my promarkers.

I hand-drew the little branch, as I knew that's what I wanted -

but I don't have a branch stamp or die.

I embossed the edge of the white and backed it all

onto the candycane paper - again, I embossed and inked that around the edges too.

I added a sentiment done on the pc
and used some glitter-dust on the whites of the candy canes and the
tops of the branches.

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

Christmas card challenge - candy cane - 15 Dec
Christmas cards all year round - atg christmas - 1 Jan
Crafters Cafe - christnas - 14 Dec
Crafty Calendar - christmas time - 30 Dec
Dis digi delights - traditional christmas colours - 17 Dec
Hiding in my craft room - christmas colours - 10 Dec

I'm back!

Well, hello!

Long time, no blog...

Such a lot has been happening with us these last few months -

feels like we have been in the middle of a whirlwind!

To cut a long story short, we have moved house.

 For many reasons.

It has been a very stressful time.

BUT... we are now so much happier!

We are at the point where we feel like we are now home,

and our 2 cats have just started playing out - and LOVING the new back garden!

AND I have been able to make a card!

Finally!

Yey!

I really enjoyed it - although the craft stuff is not totally unpacked yet... 

I still have ...um... 10 underbed boxes left to unpack in here!

But I have got enough stuff out to start creating again. 

Happy.  :)

(AND I have my very own little craft room,

which I don't need to share with anything / anyone else.)

So - here goes. The first card I have made in our new place..

This is for Patties Creations November challenge - "Birthdays"

The lovely image is called "black eyed susans" 

and I just love the simplicity and delicacy of this image.

I coloured it carefully, with my promarkers and popped it on foam pads

(after fussy cutting around it).

The frame behind the flower is diecut and embossed

and the sentiment was a freebie I found at Desert Divas.

Creative fingers - atg - 12 Nov
Jos scrap shack - atg - 12 Nov
Polkadoodles - atg - 20 Nov
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 30 Nov
Crafty girl creations - atg - 18 Nov
Digital delights - atg - 20 Nov
Little miss muffet - atg - 18 Nov
Creative moments - atg - 9 Nov
Digi choosday - atg - 9 Nov
Dream valley challenges - for the girls - 6 Nov
CAS on sunday - flowers - 11 Nov

I'm back!

Back to school - summer's over!

So...

This one's a bit different...

a bit unexpected.

At Patties Creations this month, 

the challenge is, 'back to school.'

I had a think  - and as I work in a school

I thought I would make a card for one of my colleagues.

I thought this might cheer her up a bit, on the first day back!

I used Patties image: Tropical drink with umbrellas

I coloured it with my promarkers

and made some teeny bunting, by hand-cutting some

tiny triangles, and inking the edges. 

The image has been backed onto a fab summery paper, from a

Lawn Fawn 6 x 6 paper pack. 

The spotty papers are from the same pack.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty galz - atg - 7 Sept
Aud sentiments - atg and a sentiment - 12 Sept
Passion for promarkers - make us smile - 7 Sept
Through the craft room door - atg - 7 Sept
Scrap creations - back to school - 20 Sept
Digi choosday - atg - 20 Sept
The crazy challenge - get ready for school - 22 Sept
Oh la la creations - girlie - 22 Sept
Crafting from the heart - atg - 6 Sept
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg -  8 Sept
Pink gems - summer fun - 7 Sept

Just stamping

This week, I made this card for a friends birthday.

Because of what I have available to me at the minute, 

I only used stamping and colouring on this card,

I used a stamp from "little claires"

and the sentiment came from a freebie set on a magazine, 

a few years ago.

I masked and stamped the flowers all round the edges of the card

and coloured them with my promarkers.

The sentiment was stamped onto a  separate piece of card

and I added some Martha Stewart punched butterflies.

I hope she likes this card. 

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

Crafters cafe - flowers - 14 Aug

Scribbles - how does your garden grow? -  16 Aug
613 Ave create - atg - 2 Sept
Live laugh stamp - atg as long as hand coloured - 1 Sept
Inky chicks - 5 or more flowers - 15 Aug
Digi choosday - atg - 30 Aug
Lemon shortbread - atg - 16 Aug
Crafty boots - use a stamp - 15 Aug
Addicted to stamps - atg - 17 Aug
I love promarkers - birthday - 24 Aug

11 years ago today...

I married the love of my life...

and not a day passes when I am not thankful 

that we found each other. 

I made him this card ...

I tried to keep it quite masculine, but with

a romantic / anniversary feel. 

Again, this was made with the paper pack I have 

been using from The Works. 

I diecut the "love"

and stamped the sentiment underneath the diecut.

The edges were inked, embossed and faux stitched. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative cottage - for the men / boys - 19 Aug

Paper creator - keep it simple - 1 Sept

Sisters of craft - atg - 1 Sept

Crafty gals - birthdays / celebrations - 11 Aug

Still trying to tempt in the summer....

Hmm.. I'm not so sure!  

We have had the odd hot day, with sun, but then within 24 hours, rain,

thunder and even hail! 

So... I thought I would try and help myself into the summer mood, 

with this months card for Patties Creations challenge...

Pattie is challenging you to make a card for the old favourite challenge:

"anything goes!"

I chose her image called "flip flop trio".

I knew instantly, what I wanted this card to look like -

and the paper I was going to use. 

(I have a real thing at the moment, for stripey paper!)

After printing off the image, 

I coloured it using my promarkers, 

in similar colours to the backing paper. 

I inked the edges of everything 

and embossed a couple of lines across

the long white edges. 

I wanted to keep this card CAS and so

added a simple (freebie) sentiment form desert divas.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafting by designs - atg - 26 Aug
Crafty creations - on the beach - 18 Aug
Crafty gals - birthdays / celebrations - 10 Aug
Digi choosday - atg - 10 Aug
Everybody art - summer / holiday - 11 Aug
Passion for promarkers - my favourite things ( promarkers, stripey paper!!, flipflops) - 11 Aug
Through the craft room door - atg - 10 Aug
Crafty cardmakers - summer - 8 Aug
Country view - hot summer days - 14 Sept
Paper creator - K.I.S - 1 Sept
Sisters of craft - atg - 5 Sept

anniversary 2

So, here is another one of 

the anniversary cards I have recently made. 

This one is for some special friends.

The paper came from the same paper pack as last time, 

(The Works, 99p)

and the stamp "always have" is from a lovely pack I bought in Hobby Lobby 

when we visited, over Easter.

A very lovely friend - Helen - bought 

the gorgeous "love" die for me, for my birthday. 

(and the little stars are the punchouts from my "frostyville die -

 that I must have cut a few years ago, but 

I can't throw anything away "that might come in useful!!")

A little embossing, inking and faux stitching around the edge, finished off this card!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Through the craft room door - atg - 10 Aug
Lemon shortbread - atg - 15 Aug
Bunnyzoes crafts - summer florals - 9 Aug
Crafty boots - use a stamp - 15 Aug
Simon says stamp - celebrate! - 9 Aug

Crafters cafe - flowers - 14 Aug

Creative cottage - atg - 15 Aug
Digistamps 4 joy - atg optional twist: roses - 1 Sept
Paper creator - Keep it simple - 1 Sept

Anniversary time...

I'm still here! 

I know I haven't been around much lately...

we are in the middle of a hectic, but exciting time.

Don't want to jinx anything, but will let you know when 

we are a few steps further ahead with our plans...

I have been able to get back to a little crafty time -

and oh, how I have enjoyed myself! 

I made this card for my Mum and Dads

anniversary, coming up next week.

I *think* they have been married 45 years... 

so wrote about that on the inside, but wasn't quite

sure enough - so didn't put it on the front. 

At the moment, I am working with limited supplies,

but created this clean and simple card.

Infact, I love the paper pack this came from 

(The Works, 99p per pack - 6 x 6 papers)

and have created 3 anniversary cards from that pack, which I 

will be sharing with you over the next week or two. 

So, this card was made with one paper, one stamp,

and 2 diecuts. 

 A little glossy accents picks out each of the hears on 

the paper background, but it's hard to see on the picture.

I would like to enter some challenges with this card...

Brown sugar - atg - 4 Aug

Jo's scrap shack - atg - 6 Aug

Aud sentiments - atg - 3  Aug

In the pink - use a stamp - 4 Aug

Southern girls - atg - 4 Aug

Addicted to stamps - CAS - 4 Aug

Seagulls...summer?

At Patties Creations this month,

 we would like you to...

 "make a splash! - include water in your image "

I used Patties gorgeous image,

Seagulls Roost

and thought this would be perfect for a fathers day card

for my father-in-law, as he loves holidaying at the seaside.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and

layered lots of colours, to give depth and a realistic feel.

The seagull in the middle, I decoupaged.

I did a little inking on the sky, to age the image a little

and mounted it all onto a woodgrain effect embossed piece.

I would like to enter this  into the following challenges:

Fathers day

At Patties Creations this month, we have set the challenge to make a:

"Fathers day or Graduation card."

I chose to make a Fathers day card...

and it was simple, with this fab "stacking pots" image!

I printed off the image, with an extra one too,. so I could 

colour (with my promarkers) and decoupage the pots.

The green watering can is a die cut (I forgot I had!,

 as are the gardening tools. 

I added a computer generated sentiment and

an embossed background...

This card is going to go to my Father in Law for Fathers day.

He loves his green house, and little allotment-like garden!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Scribbles designs - tools of the trade - 15 June
CCC designs - atg - 13 June
4 Crafty chicks - masculine - 8 June
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 27 June
Die cuttin divas - atg with die cuts - 6 June

Birds and flowers

With imminent (I hope) changes on the way for me, 

This will be my last DT post with Glitter n Sparkle -

just for a little while. 

I will return, as I love being a part of the team, but 

there's a bit too much going on at the minute...

So...

My last challenge with them for a while is...

"flower power."

I loved using this image - Home Sweet Home - 

from A Day for Daisies.

I printed it along with a little part of the branch and a

 freebie sentiment I found on the www.

I coloured using my promarkers

and added a little organza ribbon. 

I wanted to keep this one C.A.S and so

embossed a single line around the outside,

before adhering on foam pads, to the cardbase.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 4 June
the paper shelter - make it digital - 1 June
Crafty ribbons - flowers - 2 June
Creative hands friends - atg - 2 June
Creative knockouts - atg - 2 June

My favourite colour

Here is my second (and final) card as guest designer at The Crazy Challenge...

The challenge this time, is to "use your favourite colour"

Well... I LOVE blue, turquoise and purple

and I LOVE this image from A Day For Daisies.

I printed the image and sentiment

and embossed and inked around the edge.

I matted it onto one of my fave papers and then again onto an piece which I 

had embossed with flowers, through my bigshot.

Finally, I inked the embossed piece

and added some small punched butterflies and liquid pearls. 

The image was coloured with promarkers.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Craft your passion - atg - 30 May
Our crafty corner - atg - 5 June
Hiding in my craft room - feminine - 30 May
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 4 June
Allsorts - happy birthday  - 27 May
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 31 May
Little miss muffet - atg - 31 May
Crafting for all seasons - embossing - 25 May

Wine

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, 

the old fave challenge is back - anything goes!

I worked with an image called "wine tableau" from Sparkle n Sprinkle.

I thought this would be a great image to use on a birthday card -

and would suit a lot of people I know! 

I coloured the image with my promarkers and

added some glossy accents to the grapes and wine.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting from the heart - atg - 30 May
Lil patch of rafty friends - atg - 4 June
Allsorts - happy birthday - 27 May
Little miss muffet - atg 31 May

Ribbon and / or lace...

...That's the challenge at Glitter n Sparkle this week.

Although I am a D.T member, I got a Patties Creations image -

One I don't own, and have been hankering after, for a while,

for the right challenge...

It's - Crystal Chandelier.

The image was so lovely to colour. 

I used all my 5 "grey" shades of promarkers

and a white sakura pen, to pop on some highlights.

The sentiment is from Pink Petiicoat - 

which is sadly no longer trading. 

All the little droplets are filled with little diamantes,

to give that extra bit of sparkle and bling.

I punched the bottom border, with a punch that loosely resembles lace

and added a little handtied ribbon up the side.

Embossing a clean line around the edge of the card and a little inking, finished this one.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cards galore encore -atg - 1 June
Chocolate coffee and cards - just us girls - 28 May
Creative corner - lets celebrate - 21 May
Creative fingers - atg - 28 May
Really reasonable ribbon - monochromatic with ribbon - 19 May
Simply papercraft - atg - 20 May

Guest Designer - challenge 1 !

I was delighted recently, when I won a 

guest designer spot

over at The Crazy Challenge!

The first of my 2 challenges is to...

"use 3 layers or more"

and handily, I needed a card for someone who has recently passed her driving test.

The image is from Beansie Doodles

and is called "Zilpha."

I coloured her with my promarkers 

and hnd-drew and cut a little 'broken' learner plate.

The background border sits on a piece of kraft card

which has an embossed line along the top

and a fancy cut bottom edge.

The paper across the middle is actually from an old road map!

I carefully picked the area where she lives and has been learning to drive. 

The sentiment was printed straight onto the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative card crew - atg - 15 May
Come and get it - card for a woman - 15 May
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 14 May
Crafting with friends - atg - 19 May
Crafty catz - female - girl cards only - 12 May
Simply create too - ladies only - 13 May
Simply papercraft - atg - 18 May
Crafting with an atitude - atg - 1 July

One for my mum

This weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle is to make,]

"One for the Ladies!"

An easy one for me - as I have my mums birthday coming up soon...

I dropped on the perfect image for my mum - combining her loves: 

cats, her kitchen and baking.

The image is called "Aurora - little baker and love kitchen."
and its from the East Wind.
I embossed with my favourite hearts folder - it embosses beautifully
and you can use it any which way -
and my other new favourite... I got it in the USA a few weeks ago - paw prints.
I have never seen a paw prints embossing folder before and knew
as soon as i saw it, I had to snap it up!
It again, embosses beautifully.
I added a red punched border and the image was matted and layered.
The flowers are so lovely.. from docrafts and the little tag is from craftwork cards.
On the original image, the little frame "hanging" at the top of the image, says "LOVE"
but I wanted to say MUM somewhere on the card..
and thought that was the perfect spot, so I
snipped a little piece of card to fit and handwrote the letters.
The herat diecut is from menmory box.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - female only - 12 May
Creative corner - ladies night - 13 May
Fussy n fancy - birthday - 21 May
Jos scrap shack - atg - 16 May
As you like it - favourite embossed papers - 19 May
Hannah and friends - flowers - 13 May
Crafting by designs - atg - 26 May
Crafty gals corner - celebrate mum - 12 May
Inky chicks - birthday - 14 May
Craft your passion - atg - 9 May