Spring wreath

At the Crazy Colour challenge this week, 

as usual, the theme is "anything goes."

 I used this Sparkle n Sprinkle image - Leafy flower spring wreath . 

 I won this a few weeks back and knew this would make a gorgeous card

 - and it's very versatile! 

The great thing is, it's not only one image - it comes in black and white,

 coloured, AND with two sentiments! Bargain!

 I coloured it with a few of my alcohol markers:

 Spectrum noirs:  JG5, LG2, EB6, HB1, DR6.

Promarkers:  Rose pink, Bl28 Marchossom, Amythest.

The word MUM was cut on my bigshot - with my wingo zingo alphabet die. 

I embossed the white piece of card

 and inked the edge with my new chalk ink-pads.

The butterflies were punched.

I drew on some faux-stitching around the edge of the blue paper and inked the edge. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Card mania - embossing - 31 March

Cards galore encore - atg - 31 March 

Creatalicious - atg optional birthday - 1 April

Create and inspire - all about mums - 10 April

Ccc digis - for the girls - 1 April

Digi doodles - feminine fancy - 29 March

Fussy an fancy - spring flowers - 5 April

Simon says stamp - floral frenzy - 1 April

That's crafty - spring - 5 April

Die cutting divas - flowers - 28 March

Sister's birthday

A couple of days ago, it was my birthday! And my sisters, too!

(I'm 10 mins older.)

I made her this card...

... as I know she is always on her laptop! 

The image is from bugaboo - coloured with my alcohol pens. 

It's hard to see from the photo, but I cut out the screen part of the image and popped

a printed sentiment behind it -

I raised the pc image on 3d foam, with the birthday sentiment flat on the card base. 

Both the baking papers came from a new paper pad I got recently..

"craft sensations" by Grafix.

I got 4 paper pads... excellent value for money. 250gsm and double sided.

The little facebook thumb stamp came from a lawn fawn set. 

Sister was diecut with wingo zingo font

and the butterflies are punched with my Martha Stewart punch.

I would like to asdd this to the floowing challenges:

Crafty friends - for a special lady - 24 March
Crafty catz - atg plus optional bug (butterfly) - 23 March
QKR Stampede - atg - 24 March
Archiscraps - chevrons and blue - 1 April
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 April
Createalicious - atg (optional - birthday) - 1 April
Creative craft cottage - make it feminine - 4 April
Ccc digi creations - for the girls - 1 April

Happy Mothers Day!

A lovely friend bought a new stamp for me,and I knew immediately -

it would make a perfect card for Mothering Sunday, for my Mum. 

The stamp is from Inkylicious.

I met up with some friends last weekend, at the 

Sincerely Yours Papercrafts Show, in Leigh.

It was well worth a morning out and I bought some bits n bobs I needed / wanted. 

I also bought some new alcohol pens, which I haven't seen before... "nuvo" pens.

I bought 2 colour sets - and used a few of the pens on this card.

I was very impressed with them - and they only cost £3.50 for a set of 3!

The backing paper came from a set of papers I bought in the pound shop. 

A little dry embossing, stamping, diecut "mum" and some punched butterflies 

finished this card for my mum.

PS...she loved it!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

A gem of a challenge - mothers day - 16 March

Catch the bug - all creatures big and small - 17 March
Crafty friends - for a special lady - 24 March
Jos scrap shack - atg - 20 March
Fab n funky - mothers day - 14 March
Show us your pussies - anything cat goes - 2 April
Cards 4 galz - furry friends - 14 March
Craft rocket - something new (stamp and pens) - 28 March
Creative knockouts - diecuts / punches - 15 March
Little miss muffet - atg - 23 March

Cravings!

"Use green" is the challenge at Patties Creations this month... 

I saw this image - 'pickle jar with cover' and thought - "perfect!"

I just need a friend to become pregnant now... hahaha! 

I found the papers in my stash - yellow gingham and a green lacy paper.

Infact, I think the green lacy paper was some wrapping paper from a looong time ago! 

I added a light green matting card behind the lemon gingham

and some punched borders.

The hand-coloured image sits on a diecut/ stitched shape - 

which I inked the edges of.

I finished by adding some little green / white dotted corners and some faux-stitching,

along with a line of dry embossing all around the edge. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 April
Scribbles - go green - 15 March
Crafting with friends - atg - 15 March
Crafty catz - atg / twist - layer it up - 15 March
Simply create too - use green - 1 April

Little girl's birthday

As my friends little girl is about to turn 3, 

I knew this would be a great image to use on her card - 

from Lemon Shortbread, she is called "fairy flower scent."

 She was a delight to colour with my promarkers. 

 I popped her on a diecut stitched shape, made a little ribbon shaped sentiment,

and diecut the number 3 (mirri card) and her name. 

The little penant on the top right hand side is also a diecut. 

The backing paper came from a freebie paper pack. from Pink Petticoat (no longer trading).

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Aud sentiments - for a friend - 27 Feb

C.R.A.F.T - fantasy - 1 March

Crafting with an attitude - atg - 26 feb

Star stampz - make it girly - 1 March

Crafty awesomeness - atg - 1 March

Little Miss Muffet - atg - 7 March

Cute as a button - atg - 1 March

Crafty creations - atg - 27 Feb

I love promarkers - atg - 6 March

The paper shelter - things that fly - 28 Feb

Digi choosday - atg - 1 March

Through the craft room door - atg - 28 Feb

With love

At Patties Creations this month, 

the challenge is "love is in the air".

I have been hankering after this image for a while... 'heart candy box.'

After printing it off, I used my alcohol pens to colour it

then stamped and cut out a label

attached to a small length of bakers twine.

I backed the image onto a piece of pink petticoat paper, 

which came free with a magazine a long time ago. 

I embossed a single line around the paper to finish it off.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Elephant love

 The challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog this week, is -as always - "anything goes"...

I got a totally gorgeous image this time, from Bugaboo - called, "elephant love."

 It's a perfect image for valentines, which is just around the corner...

 although this time, I made a congratulations card

 and thought I could use it for an engagement card.

 The flowers are paper flowers - from Docrafts, I think. 

The darkest flower was punched. 

 Pink Petticoat (no longer trading) is the source for my sentiment.

 The heart paper is from a lawn fawn paper pack, 

while the roses paper came in a freebie paper pack, 

with a magazine, quite some time ago! 

 I inked the edges of everything on this card...sometimes using brown, sometimes pink.

 The border has been punched, and the butterflies, too.

I used promarkers and spectrum noirs to colour my image. 

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

A new year - a new design team!

Well, I must have done a reasonable job as a guest designer...

because I have been asked to join the design team at:

The Colour Crazy challenge.

I am made up!!! 

What a great start to the new year!

Here is my first card for the new team...

Using "birdhouse 3" from Polkadoodles -

this image was a delight to colour - and glitter!

I diecut the frame and "happy"

and punched the birds, butterflies and the hand-coloured blue borders. 

A colleague is moving into her first home in a matter of weeks 

and I made this card to give to her. 

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

Crafty catz - atg (with sparkle) - 11 Jan
Crafty creations - atg - 10 Jan
Crafty gals corner - atg - 17 Jan

First post of 2018!

Happy new Year! 

Hoping this year brings us all happiness and good health.

It is lovely for me to start the new year with a card for 

Patties Creations.

I used her images bundle - gingerbread family, for this months challenge 

"fun in the snow."

This is a super value-for-money bundle...

you get 5 images! 

each of the 4 here, on my card - gingerbread lady, man, girl and boy...

and then you get one image where they are all together, holding hands. 

I used the separate images for this card...sizing them to fit where I wanted them,

and I coloured them with my promarkers and spectrum noirs. 

I glittered the snowballs, which I cut by hand. 

I think the backing paper came from a DCWV pack I have had a long time.

The stamped sentiment is from Docrafts.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty catz - atg (with sparkle) - 11 Jan
Fussy and fancy - christmas - 12 Jan
Crimbo crackers - atg - 18 Jan
Addicted to stamps - holiday - 9 Jan

Christmas card for Hubby

Here is the last Christmas card I made this year.

It's for my Hubby... my Mr Perfect.

8 years ago, we were spending Christmas in New York. 

And, I got some fab new dies in summer, which I hadn't used yet... 

New York buildings. 

So, I made a card for him, using them...

I also used my window diecut.

and I fussy-cut the little cats out of a piece of wrapping paper. 

The background was embossed in my bigshot

and I also die cut the holly / berries, the bunting and letters.

The sentiment at the top is stamped. 

He loved the card and said it was worth waiting for  :)

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

Crafty friends - family and friends - 1 Jan

Pink gems - atg christmas - 4 Jan

Fussy and fancy - christmas - 12 Jan

Simply papercrafts - atg - 30 Dec

Thats crafty - atg - 28 Dec

Creative knockouts - tis the season - 29 Dec

The male room - christmas / winter wishes - 27 Dec

Apologies!!!

I need to apologise... 

I have been quite ill recently - had a whole week off work - 

which is not like me at all. 

So I have completely lost the plot in terms of what day we are on and 

which card I need to blog! 

This little beauty was made for my 95 year old Grandma.

I knew she would love this image:

Jolly Holly Postbox, from Artsi Doodles,

 for our "traditional colours" challenge - for Glitter n Sparkle....

I diecut "grandma"

and coloured and fussy cut around the holly postbox image. 

I paper-pieced one bird and stuck the other on 3d foam, to raise it. 

The holly and berries are also diecut.

I found the ribbon in my stash! 

Finally, i embossed the background with my snowflakes embossing folder. 

Grandma loved it!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps - seasons greetings - 25 Dec
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 Jan
Crafty friends - family and friends - 30 Dec
Daring cardmakers - the special ones - 23 Dec

Santa's snowglobe

It's my second month of being a guest designer at the Colour Crazy Challenge -

and I was delighted to use images from 2 adorable sets

over at Melonheadz.

The snowglobe and north pole sign come from the

"christmas clip art" collection

and the snowflakes used in the snowglobe,

come from "snow days" collection. 

There was very little colouring on this card - just the 

red of the north pole sign - and the grey of the bottom of the snowglobe. 

I used a lot of diamond stickles on the card -

on both the embossed and printed snowflakes. 

(I generated to winter wonderland sentiment on the pc, myself...

this sentiment does not come on the snowglobe.)

The snowflake border embossing folder was one

which I picked up for 20p, in the summer, at a car boot sale!

I'm really pleased with this one - and it was simple to make, too!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty cardmakers - christmas - 23 Dec
Scribbles designs - welcome to the north pole - 22 Jan

A family christmas card

So, I made a card for my sister and her family...

I could not resist making another card for our challenge at the 

Colour Crazy challenge, this time! 

I adore this cute christmas tree truck image, from Melonheadz - 

it's found in their Christmas Clipart collection. 

As soon as I saw this image, I knew my

little 5 year old nephew would love it...

I used my memory box frostyville border

and the country landscape border, 

along with a (free!) sentiment from Desert Diva Crafts.

Colouring with my alcohol pens, I also used a lot of stickles glitter on this one...

on the frosty border, the tree, the hillscape and the stars in the sky

 - which have come from a cuttlebug snowflake die.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps - seasons greetings - 25 Dec
Crafty cardmakers - christmas - 23 Dec
Crafty friends - family and friends - 30 Dec
Cute card thursday - atg - 27 Dec

Christmas candles

At Glitter n sparkle this week, the challenge is "winter."

I got this lovely image - xmas candles - from Ikes art.

I coloured it with my alcohol pens and added some fine glitter to the

white candles.

I used my swiss dots embossing folder to resemble snow and added a

sentiment from my pc. 

I think this one is from the fab site - Pink Petticoat, which is sadly no longer available. 

With sympathy

Sadly, I have been asked to make a fair few

sympathy cards recently. 

When I got "flower 3" image from Morgans Artworld, 

over at the Glitter n Sparkle blog,

I thought this would make a thoughtful and delicate sympathy card...

The sentiment came as a freebie from desert diva - and

it fits beautifully by the side of this image.

I coloured it with my alcohol pens and dry embossed the edges.

A simple card -

I don't think sympathy cards need much fuss or faff. 

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

Crafting from the heart - atg - 11 Dec
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 15 Dec
Crazy 4 challenges - colour it! - 9 Dec
Morgans Artworld - atg - 15 Dec

Christmas cards are coming...

At Patties Creations this month, 

we would like you to use "red glitter" on your project.

So easy to do, with the Christmas season just around the corner! 

Photographing glitter is not so easy though!

I used the red glitter on all the red berries in Patties image "wreath 2014" 

and on the edges of the ribbon too. 

I cut out, embossed and inked around the edges of the panels of the door,

cut out and inked a heart for the middle of the wreath,

added a gold 'door handle' which I piled with Glossy Accents,

and made a little golden 'letterbox' 

which I tucked in a tiny christmas card!

I really like this simple-looking card...

but it is far too fiddly to make many of these for Christmas.  Lol!

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

Card Mania - christmas - 31 Dec
Crafty calendar - it's christmas! - 30 Dec
CAS on sunday - christmas - 15 Dec
Creative fingers - atg - 25 Dec

Thankyou

Thanks - thanksgiving is our  challenge this week

at Glitter n Sparkle.

Our sponsor this time is Sparkle n Sprinkle -

I used their gorgeous image :Basket of hope. 

There are also some more sentiments which come with this image - 

it's a wonderful little bundle of digi-loveliness!

I have to say - the basket did take a looong time to colour, but I feel it was worth it. 

Once I had coloured the imaged, I didn't feel 

that it needed too much more. 

i added the corners which I trimmed fro a piece of brown card

and coloured around the edges with a few 

different shades of brown alcohol pens.

Because I had made a gingham design on the cloth inside the basket,

I replicated that by matting the whole image on 

a red gingham paper.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty friends - add a sentiment - 1 Dec
Creative fingers - atg - 25 Dec
QKR Stampede - atg - 23 Nov
Creative with stamps - thankful - 1 Dec

A guest designer spot!

Woop woop!

I was invited to be a guest designer at Colour crazy challenge 

for a few challenges - and this is my first card for them.

The challenge is "anything goes" and I used the image

 "cute robin stocking" from Polkadoodles.

This was a really sweet image to colour. I used  a variety of my alcohol markers.

I embossed the background with my snowflakes folder and bigshot

and hand-doodled on each snowflake

with my white sakura pen. 

There's a spot or two of diamond stickles too, on each snowflake,
for a bit of sparkle n shine!

I cut and embossed a small border around the robin 

and added a sentiment from my pc.

I really enjoyed using this cute image.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty catz - atg / twist: sparkle n shine - 23 Nov
Creative fingers - atg - 25 Dec
Jo's scrap shack - atg - 26 Nov
2 Crafty critter crazies - atg with a critter/animal - 1 Dec

Crafty animals - atg - 29 Nov
C.R.A.F.T. - christmas - 23 Nov
Crimbo - atg - 22 Nov
Cute card thursday -  birds / animals - 22 Nov
 Hanna and friends - animals - 22 Nov
Little miss muffet - atg - 1 Dec

It's definitely Autumn here!

The neighbours here have a sycamore tree, 

which sits on the border between our house and theirs, at the front.

Its a beautiful (and big!) tree, which has been colouring and shedding it's

leaves for the past weeks. 

Infact, when we opened up the door one morning, after a windy night, 

there was a sea of leaves that greeted us! 

We had to wade through them, to get to the cars on the drive!

When the "fall colours" challenge came through this week - 

I just looked out of the bedroom window and tried

to pick *some* of the colours from that tree.

I couldn't possibly find every colour.  Lol. 

So... for our challenge at Glitter n Sparkle 

this week,  I got "air dreamer" image from Ppinky dolls

and played with those colours...

I coloured her with my alcohol markers 

and diecut around her. 

I popped her onto many layers so

that I would have a chance to use a lot of colours.

I even got some gold washi tape in there, which I bought

in Canada lat year, and haven't used yet.

(It's behind the image, going horizontally.)

A couple of paper flowers, layered, finished this card.

I haven't decided on the sentiment for this one yet.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps - autumn - 13 Nov

Crafty calendar - autumn colours - 30 Nov

Crazy for challenges - layer it up - 12 Nov

Hiding in my craft room - fall colours - 11 Nov

Dies r us - anything "fall" - 14 Nov

Love to craft - atg - 30 Nov

M-I-L's birthday

I made this one for my Mother-in-Law.

The image is from Patties Creations - 

and its called "three birdhouses" where (handily) the 

challenge this month is "birthdays."

I decided to use autumnal colours for this one.

I embossed the edge of the white backing piece, and 

nipped off the corners, before inking all round.

The little banner was made with my cute little new die,

which I bought last week in the Range. 

The kraft card in the background has been

 embossed in my honeycomb fence embossing folder.

The cat is a memory box die.

('Mum' is also a die - cut on my bigshot!)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative fingers - atg - 17 Nov
Jos scrap shack - atg - 14 Nov
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 27 Nov
Sparkles forum - autumn colours - 15 Nov