Penguin

                                                At The Colour Crazy Challenge this week,
                                                    we are being sponsored by Bugaboo.
                                            I got the gorgeous image: Winter penguin ski...

 I popped him on a backing of snowy paper and a little hill I cut out (and glittered along  the top of it.) I coloured, using my alcohol markers - promarkers and spectrum noirs.  The sentiment is a vellum sentiment -  I bought a whole pack of them in The Works for £1 recently - a real bargain! Someone sent me the snowflakes a few years ago -  I can't remember if they were punched or diecut... but I glittered them! I finished this card with a double (dry) embossed square and some doodling around the edge.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Kitties in the window

At Patties Creations this month, Pattie's challenge is:

Christmas with animal(s).

I used 'Allie Winter Window' ...

we recently got two kittens - well, a mum cat and her kitten boy.

 (She is only 18 months though.)

and I based these cats on our two. 

I popped the image on 3d pads and added a diecut cat in the top window,

which I coloured (with promarkers) like our Chester. 

The image comes with the bigger cat in the bottom window

 (which I coloured to look like our Bella). 

The little gingerbread garland came from a piece of christmas backing paper -

I fussy cut those out (And it took aaaages!) 

The green garland is made up of lots of little punched ferns and I fussy cut some teeny hearts

and added some dovecrafts pearls effects berries. 

I cut a tree and presents from backing paper and added these to the card - 

along with a stamped sentiment. 

I love this image and am going to give this card to my In-laws, for Christmas. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty catz - last minute christmas - 13 Dec
Cardz 4 galz - cute christmas - 20 Dec
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 29 Dec
Creative moments - atg - 1 Jan
I love promarkers -  atg - 17 Dec
Sheepski designs - your favourite things (my cats!) - 15 Dec
A passion for promarkers - christmas critters - 11 Dec

Christmas cards

I'm not on the team for this week's challenge at The Colour Crazy Challenge,

but when I found out that our sponsor was Knitty Kitty Designs, I knew I had to join in!

I was delighted to spot the image : Christmas Catflap.

I made 2 cards with this image: one for my Mum and Dad and one for my Hubby.

First up, is my Mum n Dad's card...

Believe it or not, the "snowy" backing paper is wrapping paper!

I couldn't find just what I needed in my stash, then my eyes fell on my wrapping paper rolls

and I found the perfect thing!

I fussy-cut the bunting - from a sheet of docrafts paper I have had for yonks.

The super-cute image was coloured with my alcohol markers, 

and touches of nuvo glitter and glossy accents

were added, here n there. 

I added a "6" on top of the door, for my Mum n Dad's house number and

a little bit of pavement in front of the house, so I could add the stamped sentiment.

Now for my Hubbys card...

Made in much the same way as the other card, I added a stamped and coloured

 (and glittered!) mistletoe branch above the door and a banner along the bottom. 

I added some extra lines on the door, to make it look a bit more

 like our own front door. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - atg with spots / stripes - 29 Nov

Creative fingers - atg - 29 Nov
Brown sugar - atg -
Crimbo crackers - atg with animals - 5 Dec

Imagine that - atg - 6 Dec
Crafty sentiments - atg christmas - 26 Nov
Cutie pie - cute animal - 3 Dec
Jan's digi stamps - atg - 2 Dec

Cheers!

Dr Digi is the sponsor this time, over at the Colour Crazy challenge 

(and our theme is anything goes, as usual).

I got this fab image called "Pint glass" 

which I found perfect for a card for my Brother-in-law. 

The backing paper comes from a pack I bought in a Pound shop (I think!) and

I dry embossed a line around the edges of this paper. 

I stamped the "birthday" part of the sentiment and hand-wrote

the "happy " and "brother" parts.
(I made the LUKE label on the pc. )

The spotty paper comes from a DCWV pack.

I loved colouring this digi image with my alcohol pens...

 it was quite quick and easy. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Creative fingers - atg - 1 Dec
Through the craft room door - atg - 27 Nov
Jan's digi stamps - atg - 2 Dec
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 5 Dec

Gift time. (50)

At Patties Creations this month, Pattie has decided to have an "anything goes" challenge - 

so you've no excuse mot to join in! 

I used her image "gift time" to make a card for a man.

The image: a stack of presents, was lovely to colour. 

I added a die-cut frame (on 3d foam), stars and balloon-numbers. 

I got the sentiments for free from Desert Divas.

Embossing and inking the edge of the grey spotty card finished this card off.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pink Gem - atg - 6 Nov
Crafty friends - atg - 17 Nov
Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 Dec
Seize the birthday  - birthday - 7 Nov

Birthday princess

Today, I wanted to share a card with you, which

I made for the Colour Crazy Challenge - anything goes.

The sponsor this week is Moonflower...

I used the image "Gigi Princess."

She was beautiful to colour with my alcohol pens and white sakura pen. 

Going through loads of my papers, I couldn't find any that I 

was happy with, with this image. So,

I popped her on an embossed background and 

added a simple, punched butterfly.

Halloween traditions

Over at Patties Creations this month, we are challenging you to create

 something in the theme of "Autumn ' Halloween."

I chose the halloween theme and used 

one of Patties newer images: caramel apples.

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and quickly realised that that

was the only colour I wanted on the card. So I rifled through all my black / white / grey papers

and came up with these - from a Dovecraft set (I think). 

I layered the papers, inking the edges  and matted the image in the middle.

The little bats, ghosts and moon are actually halloween confetti - 

I just found it in my stash. (I completely forgot I had it!)

I may add a sentiment at some point... 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar - atg - 1 Nov
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 29 Oct
Creative knockouts - lots of layers - 10 Oct
Crafting by design - atg - 26 Oct
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 Nov

Birthday

As usual, at The Colour Crazy Challenge blog, we 

have the theme - anything goes!

I chose to use the image "Mouse Daisy" - which I won recently, from A Day for Daisies.
(I believe the shop is taking a break for now)

This is the first time I have used the image and it's really sweet.

I coloured the mouse and flower with my alcohol markers, and made the little spots on

Mouse's dress stand out, by popping on a teeny blob of liquid pearls on each spot.

The sentiment "birthday wishes" was a freebie from the "desert diva " blog 

and I computer generated her name. 

The number is some stickers I found recently when having a craft room tidy up!

I simply trimmed the image slightly smaller than the card

and dry embossed the edges. 

I like the effect.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Brown sugar - atg - 1 Oct
CAS on sunday - animals - 1 Oct
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 30 Sept
Crafting by design - atg - 1 Oct
The paper shelter - use a digi - 28 Sept

Hapbee birthday!

At Patties Creations this month we are challenging you to make a card with

"Things that fly."

I used Patties image cute little image called "honey bees." 

(The image doesn't come with this many bees... i printed off a 

few extra for my card - the beauty of digital stamps!)

The paper is from a pack I bought in the states about 5 years ago.

The "birthday is a new stamp I got -

and I hand-wrote the "Hap.." myself, sitting the bee

perfectly to finish the word. 

I added the little spots behind the bees and some dry embossing

around the blue paper and faux stitching around the yellow paper. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

A perfect time to craft - atg - 27 Sept
Digi doodles - atg - 28 Sept
Love to craft - atg - 1 Oct
A gem of a challenge - atg - 10 Sept
Catch the bug - atg - 15 Sept
Di's digi designs - atg - 22 Sept
Creative fingers - atg - 22 Sept

It's summer!

We had a real heatwave here,

just as I was making this card...

At Patties Creations this month, we are challenging you to use a

"beach / under the sea" theme.

I used the image called "beach time" which was wonderful to colour. 

I really played with my alcohol pens and tried to get some texture in the sand,

using a pointilism technique. 

I diecut the sentiment, after colouring various grades of blues.

I haven'y used this die before and I have had it for years!

The baking paper came from a papercraft pack that I've had for yonks, too. 

I tried to make the image resemble an old polaroid picture. 

The butterflies are from one of my favourite punches from

Martha Stewart.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Love to craft - atg - 2 Sept
Scribbles - summer - 15 Aug
Sweet stampers - atg - 10 Aug
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 Sept
Crafty Hazelnuts - patterned paper - 1 Sept
Cardz 4 galz - summer fun - 15 Aug
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 31 Aug
Imagine that - atg - 5 Sept
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 5 Aug
Creative moments - atg - 7 Aug
Die cuttin divas - atg - 6 Aug

I like how this one came out.

Snow White

The theme this week at The Colour Crazy Vhallenge is,

as always, Anything Goes.

Th image I got to play with this time, is called Lilly Snow White

and is from Moonflower.

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers

and plopped some glossy accents onto the apple, for that shine.

The leaves and swirls are from diecuts and I

punched the little flowers and middles, and the butterflies.

I doodled a little on the flowers with white pen, to add something more. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative moments - atg - 5 Aug
The paper shelter - atg - 15 Aug
Digi choosday - atg - 2 Aug
LeeAnns world - atg -  3 Aug

Birthday cake for Dad

At  Patties Creations this month, we would like to to

 include some "food / drink " on your project.

I used one of Patties newer images called 

"birthday cake slice."

I know many, many people, who I could make a card for, 

with this image on the front!

I decided to make this card for my Dad, 

whose birthday is this week. 

I made a rainbow cake for him, with icing and hundreds-and-thousands sprinkles on the top.

A little sign is stuck into the cake

and I used my new happy birthday die 

(cut twice, once in black, once in white and layered over the top of "happy")

and made a little "Dad" sign with my (precious hearts) hanging bow and the letters of Dad dies.

The paper was a bargain pack I bought on the car boot sale last week 

and I cut a patterned border with my fancy scissors. 

Funnily enough, we went out for a meal at the weekend, with Dad,

and one of the cakes on the dessert menu, looked a LOT like this one!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Get creative - atg - 2 Aug

Yoga

This week. over at the Colour Crazy Challenge, 

our sponsor is: Little Blue Button stamps.

I used the image called 'Pose of an elongated triangle.' 

I coloured this image with my promarker pens and fussy-cut it.

I embossed the edges of a dotty square and made her a little 

yoga mat to work out on. 

A simple background of  embossed stars

and a  hand-written "namaste" finished this card.

I am thinking of giving this card to a work colleague who loves yoga.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Imagine that challenge - atg - 5 July
Digi choosday - atg - 12 July
Creative moments - atg - 7 July

I love promarkers - atg - 9 July
Simon says stamp - stripes and / or stars. (I used stars!) 11 July

Wedding season.

Summer is almost here, and so is wedding season.

So,  Patties Creations would like you to share your "wedding" cards with us this month. 

I used Pattie's image: wedding bands with ribbon. 

I used my new gold/brown blend and dark red blend Tri-blend Spectrum noir pens.

3 pens in one - a great idea and super to work with. 

The "congratulations" stamp is a new one too...

I bought it in a set on a car boot sale, for a few pence! 

I think the embossing folder finishes this card well. 

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

A gem of a challenge - atg - 22 June?
Cards galore encore - atg - 30 June
Ccc digis - add a ribbon - 1 July
Scrap from your heart - wedding - 1 July

Pretty.

This week, over at the Colour Crazy challenge, 

Ching Chou Kuik is sponsoring our "anything goes" challenge. 

I used the image called "lucky clover."

(although I coloured the clovers, like they were flowers.)

 The background paper is from Pink Petticoat - which is sadly no longer trading.

  I dry embossed the edge of the image and the edge of the backing paper.

 I like this effect.

 The sentiment was a freebie a loooooong time ago!

 (I can't remember where from, sorry!)

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and added a touch of liquid pearls, then a little diamond stickles glitter. She shimmers in the right light.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Brown sugar - flowers - 4 June
Jo's scrap shack - atg - 12 June (ish)
The fairy and unicorn - white witch - 1 July
Addicted to stamps - flowers - 2 June

Pretty in pink.

For our challenge at the Colour Crazy Challenge this week,

our sponsor is Tiddlyinks.

As always - anything goes is the challenge. 

The image is called "Bloom beautifully Emma"

and it comes as this image,

 this image with a cute little girl

 and the little girl on her own. 

I chose just to use this part to make a card for a friend.

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers and added a computer generated sentiment.

The butterfly on the right was printed, fussy-cut and I used 

3d foam on the back of the Wings to make it more 3D. 

The backing paper came from my stash

and I inked and dry embossed the edges to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Gem of a challenge - atg- 18 May
Creative fingers - atg - 20 May
Jos scrap shack - atg - 15 May
Creative knockouts - friendship - 10 May
SOuthern girls - atg - 9 May
a2zscrapbooking - may flowers - 1 June
Simon says stamp - birthday 9 May

A 60th card.

A work colleague friend is turning 60! 

She loves her garden, so I thought the lovely image,

"Three cactus in pots" was a great image to use, from Patties Creations. 

The theme of our challenge this month is "birthdays."

This was a great image to colour with my promarkers and other alcohol pens.

I backed the image on a piece of patterned card

and used diecuts for the words and numbers. 

A little faux stitching and embossing finished the edges of this card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Catch the bug - atg - 12 May
Crafty friends - use more than one die - 12 May
Crafty Catz - atg - 10 May
Creative fingers - atg - 20 May
Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 June
Simon says stamp - birthday - 9 May

Birds

I have joined in with team D this week, over at 

The Colour Crazy Challenge

A day for daisies is the sponsor 

and I used the image "afternoon snack."

I used my promarkers and alcohol pens to colour the image, 

stamped the tree branch and flowers

and added some teeny diecut flowers over the top.

I chalked a sky background on the tag and ran an embossing folder

through my bigshot to create a textured background.

I may add a sentiment to this card, but haven't chosen it yet. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - atg- 19 April

Creative fingers - atg - 19 April

Jo's Scrap shack - atg - 23 April

Creative knockouts - spring is on the way - 18 April

Southern girls - frame it - 18 April

Lilies

At the Colour Crazy Challenge, we are being sponsored by

Fred She Said. 

I love this image - called Calla Lilies.

This image is so lovely to colour; I used my promarkers

 and other alcohol pens.

I hand-wrote the sentiment  and drew

a few extra stalk ends beneath the sentiment.

The edges were inked and embossed and I finished off with two cuttlebug die-cut corners.

I am pleased with this simple and effective sympathy card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
A gem of a challenge - atg - April 13
Creative fingers - atg - April 21
Jos scrap shack - atg - April 18
Cardz 4 galz - flora or fauna - April 12
Crafting with an attitude - atg - May 1

Poppies.

At Patties Creations this month,

we are challenging you to make card with hand-coloured "flowers".

I chose to use Patties Poppies - a gorgeous image to colour!

I teamed the image with black and white paper, polka dot paper

and a few hints of red here n there, on a diecut shape. 

(Including the diecut "love" word.)

The whole thing was then backed onto an embossed piece.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

A gem of a challenge - atg - Apri1 13 

Di's digi challenge - show or add texture (embossed backing) - April 20

Crafty Catz - use your dies - April 13

Creative fingers - atg - April 21

Jos scrap shack - atg - April 18

Cardz 4 galz - flora or fauna - April 12

Crafting with an attitude - atg - May 1