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

Purple and black

At Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is to use

"purple and black."

I got the delightful image "happy new year" from

Crafts and Me. 

I chose to make a birthday card - for a friend

who is due to have her baby, around her birthday

and she is desperate to have a bottle of prosecco!  (or five! .. after the birth.)

I used my alcohol markers 

to colour this image, a border punch, a die from "The Works" 

and the butterflies are punched with my

 Martha Stewart punch.

The image is slightly raised on 3d foam.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Creative fingers - atg - 5 Nov
QKR Stampede - atg - 27 Oct
Little miss muffet - atg - 2 Nov

Fall / autumn

The new Glitter n Sparkle challenge has just started...

this week we are asking you to show us your 

creativity, using "autumn colours."

Here is a card I made for the challenge this week...

This wonderful image came from Crafts and Me.

It's called "bottom of the garden." 

I added a sentiment from my pc and 

coloured it with my alcohol markers,

then mounted it onto a brown patterned paper.

After embossing the edge of the card and inking the edges

 of the image and brown paper,

I added a few autumnal punched leaves and a diecut "Dad".

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

A gem of a challenge - birthday - 13 Oct

Crafty friends - atg - 20 Oct
Crazy for challenges - make a card - 14 Oct
Dis digis - add a sentiment - 20 Oct
Colour crazy - atg - 21 Oct
Crafting with friends - atg - 21 Oct
That's crafty - forever autumn - 13 Oct
Little miss muffet - atg - 19 Oct
Creative moments -atg - 18 Oct
Crafty addicts - atg - autumn colours - 31 Oct

Autumn colours

"Kokopelli Southwestern Tile"

was the perfect image this month, for the challenge "shades of autumn"

 at Patties Creations.

I loved colouring this image with my promarkers.

I had real fun, making extra patterns on the border.

I mounted it simply, onto a kraft card and added a simple border there too.

I would like to add this to the following challenges:

 Brown Sugar - orange, green and brown - 3 Nov
Colour crazy crafts - atg - 22 Oct
Crafting with friends - atg - 21 Oct
Creative knockouts - atg - 13 Oct
Creative moment s- atg - 18 Oct
Crafty Addicts - atg - autumn colours - 1 Nov
Crafting from the heart - atg - 9 Oct

Happy Birthday!

Our Glitter n Sparkle birthday is coming up

so we would like to make a "Happy Birthday" card this week!

My image this week, is called "cupcake"

and is from "A Stitch Back in Twine."

I didn't want this card to be too girly and sparkly,

so kept with the aqua / brown / white combo, with a little magenta -

seen in my design on the cupcake holder and in the butterflies. 

I spent ages colouring the icing on the cupcake.. I'm still not sure if

 I got it how I really wanted it.... 

and the photograph isn't too good, as I hardly seem to be at home in the daylight hours, 

so had to photograph this after the natural light had gone.

Anyway...

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Colour crazy - atg - 10 Oct
Crafty catz - birthday - 29 Sept
Creative fingers - atg - 10 Oct
Jos scrap shack - atg - 2 Oct
Simply papercrafts - atg - 30 Sept
Crafty creations - atg - 27 Sept
I love promarkers - atg - 2 Sept
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 26 Sept
Little miss muffet - atg - 4 Oct
Seize the birthday - birthday - 26 Sept

Our nieces birthday

This weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle is

"anything goes" again! 

Lacy Sunshine is our sponsor this week - and I have used

"the ultimate creative craft girl LS superhero" image.

I knew this would make a perfect card for our niece, who is soon to be 14!

The image was lovely to colour.

I played about with the background paper...

knowing I wanted the pink star paper and white.

The white shape in the middle was cut from my new die

which I got in The Works.  

(Its a nesting die... set of 6 I think, £5. Bargain!)

ALISHA and 14 were die cut in my bigshot. 

I handcut the bunting.

She loooves bunting. (like me!)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafting with dragonflies - special occasion - 24 Sept
Crafty calendar - kids / babies - 30 Sept
Createful heart digis - atg - 15 Sept
Classic design team challenge - atg - 1 Oct
Daisy chain - in the pink - 1 Oct
Sparkles - birthday - 14 Sept

First day at school

What a great challenge over at Patties Creations this month -

"Back to school"

Perfect for my little nephew, who is starting his first day 

in reception, in September...

I used Patties image called "ABCD with characters."

I decoupaged the little pictures, popping them on 3d foam.

I coloured each letter and picture with my alcohol markers

and added some punched stars.

I embossed and inked around the edge of the image and 

added a computer generated sentiment.

Game of Thrones themed...

It was Hubby's birthday last week, while we were visiting Yorkshire

and I had made him this birthday card...

We both LOVE Game of Thrones... 

so thought I would try to base his card on the show.

I downloaded the font, quickly and easily

played with the "winter is coming" quote, and 

used Tyrion Lannisters words... 

"That's what I do - i drink, and I know things!"

(Much like my hubby! hahah !)

He loved the card and thought it was very clever. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Kitty bee designs - birthday - 9 Sept
Little miss muffet - atg - 8 Sept
Through the craft room door - atg - 5 Sept

My first Christmas card!

The great "Ikes art" is sponsoring our challenge this

week at Glitter n Sparkle -

where the challenge is the old favourite...

anything goes!

The image is called "winter robins" 

and I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.

It was a lovely image to colour. 

The sentiment was on my pc.

I added some micro glitter and liquid pearls to represent the snow.

The gingham paper and the bunting are from a

christmas dovecraft paper pack from a few years ago. 

(The bunting had loads of strings across a page...and I just

fussy-cut a string of bunting out.)

I said to my mum, 5 weeks ago, that over the summer holidays,

 I would like to make some christmas cards... I have just managed this one so far...

but there's still a week to go. 

You never know! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative fingers - atg - 9 Sept
Hiding in my craft room - any holiday - 3 Sept
Christmas sweet stampin -  Christmas - 4 Sept

Crafting by designs - atg - 3 Sept
Crafty creations - atg - 30 Sept

Best fishes... pisces.

This weeks challenge is all about the "zodiac" 

at Glitter n Sparkle, 

and I used the image "pisces" from Artsi Doodles...

I coloured the fish with my alcohol pens

..I used 6 different shades of yellow and orange.

I mounted them onto 3d foam

and made the background by colouring bars of blues

and aqua greens - using about 8 colours of blue and aqua.

I punched some small circles, in aqua 

and added them as bubbles... like a border.

I also popped a little highlight in the top right of each bubble,

 and covered each one

in glossy accents. 

The finishing touch was my handwritten words...describing

the characteristics of Pisces. 

I hope you will join in the challenge this week, with us.

I would like to enter this into these other challenges:

Dad's birthday

It;s "anything goes" challenge

at Patties Creations this month! 

I used an image I have been hankering after for a while now...

"star quilt"

I knew that my Dad would love this, coloured up, as I knew it would

remind him of his holidays in America and Canada.

The colouring took a while, to be fair. Haha.
My promarkers are up to the job though~! 

I added a couple of other details with my white sakura pen..

 like a few small hearts in the stars

and some stripes, spots and waves. 

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and the 

'Dad' is diecut. 

Crafting with an attitude - atg - 30 Aug
Little Miss muffet - atg - 10 Aug
Star Stampz - hand coloured image - 18 Aug
Crafty galz - celebrate - 8 Aug
I love promarkers - for the boys - 23 Aug
The sisterhood of crafters - boys to men - 8 Aug

3 little birds...

Well... How cute are these 3?

I love 'em!

They are from Sparkle n Sprinkle - the download is called "Wilson".

The cute 3 come with 2 sentiments. 7

Obviously, I have just used one on this card.

Its a great set - as you can use all the birds together like I have, or seperately.

I paper pieced each bird... colouring in their eyes, beaks and feet, 

with my alcohol pens.

I added a leafy backing paper

and a bit of embossing around the edge.

When I decide who I can use send this card to, I have room at the top, 

to add a name. 

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

Brown sugar - atg - 4 Aug
Fussy n Fancy - atg - 5 Aug

Little Miss Muffet - atg - 10 Aug
Seize the birthday - atg birthday - 2 Aug
Craftaholics r us - atg - 2 A ug
Crafty Creations - atg - 3 Aug
The crafty addicts - atg and something humourous - 2 Aug
Aurora wings - atg with animals - 6 Aug

Baby Chick

What a little cutie I got this week

for the "anything goes" challenge at Glitter n Sparkle...

It's called "baby chick" and it's from Ppinkydolls.

It was so quick and simple to colour

with my alcohol pens,

then I added an ebossed background, a banner strip of paper 

from Pink Petticoat 

and some punched flowers and butterflies.

I love the colours of this card - soft and pastel.

(and the teeny little sentiment  nec.xt to the image

also came from Pink Petticoat.)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 5 Aug
Pink gems - animals - 21 July
Crafty friends - floral - 29 July
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 1 Aug

Mmmm...chocolate!

Uh oh!

I just realised that my "schedule post" didn't work!

This post was due on my blog on July 7th , as Pattie started

her new challenge at Patties Creations. 

Please don't ask me why it didn't come on - I have NO idea!

So I aplogise Pattie... late, but you know I was ready in plenty of time....

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One of my favourite challenges has just started at Patties Creations...

"something sweet - cake, candy, etc"

An excuse to use one of my fave images from Pattie... 

'chocolate chip cookie jar.'

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and fussy cut around it.

I punched the border and the backing paper came from

 a lawn - fawn paper pack that I won a little while ago.

I loooove lawn fawn papers!

I punched the llittle butterflies and 

stamped the sentiment on the little banner at the bottom. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Colour crazy- atg - 22 July
Crafting with friends - atg - 21 July
Little miss muffet - atg - 27 July

Freedom...

Sorry we are a bit late this week! 

At Glitter n Sparkle there have been some unforseen circumstances, 

which have resulted in us posting a new challenge a little later than usual.

Apologies! x

Anyhow.. the challenge this week is "freedom"

and I found a great image at Fabrika Fantasy...

My idea of freedom... 

having the time and place to dawdle along the beach, 

with the wind in my hair. 

(Although, Hubby would be with me, and our cat - Timbit!

Oh, and lots of chocolate!)

I coloured the background with my chalks, to give the 

soft impression of the beach, that I wanted. 

I printed out another image of the girl and coloured her with my alcohol pens

and decoupaged her back on her original place.

(just stuck down.. no 3d foam.)

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.

I embossed the edge of the image and 

chalked the dark blue backing.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Make my monday - summer brights - 10 July

Card mania - summer fun - 30 July
Delicious doodles - beside the sea - 1 Aug
Aurora wings - atg - 17 July
Crafting from the heart - atg - 10 July
Addicted to stamps - summer / beach - 9 July
A gem of a challenge - summer colours - 6 July
Kitty Bee designs - girly cards - 14 July
Shopping our stash - lazy summer days - 5 July

Masculine again!

At Glitter n Sparkle this week, we are being sponsored by Sasayaki Glitter.

The image I used for the "Fathers Day / Masculine" challenge, is:

Boy with Kite.

I thought he would be a really cute image to use

 for a masculine card, for a little boy.

Apart from colouring with my alcohol pens,

embossing the edge and 

raising the whole image on 1mm 3d foam pads, 

That's all I did with this image. 

I felt it needed to be kept clean and simple. 

Lazy days

I have had 2 birthdays to make a card for this week...

 My best friend - Craig, and a work colleague, Val.

Being the time of year it is, I thought these images would work wonderfully.

Craig is a foster carer and I think he would love

a scene like this in his life... as it's usually very chaotic for him!

His cat in this scene, would make it all the more perfect for him,

and a little more quiet and chilled for his cat, I think! 

I bought some sheets of these images, but I don't remember the make...sorry!

I added some papers from my stash. The knotty paper strips accross the middle

and up the right hand side, comes

from a docrafts seaside set. 

I embossed a line around the image and added a pc sentiment,

I hand made the little bunting by freehand-cutting

small triangles and using my white sakura pen to put on little patterns.

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

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 16 June

Creative fingers - atg - 26 June

Fussy and Fancy - pamper your pets - 25 June

QKR Stampede - for the guys - 16 June

Crafty animals - atg with an animal - 1 July
Through the purple haze - use an animal - 14 June

I made this card in a very similar way.

These images are just beautiful. 

All the backing papers came from the docrafts seaside set -

 it is quite an old set.

 Infact, I think I bought it a few years ago... very, very cheaply.

Val went for her holiday in Llandudno recently, so I thought she would like this image. 

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

Dis digi stamps - birthdays - 17 June

Colour crazy - atg - 24 June
Crafters cafe - atg optional twist travel - 15 June
Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 July
Lets create - girls, girls. girls - 1 July
Little miss muffet - atg - 15 June

Cheeky Monkey.

All Dressed Up 

are the sponsors for our challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle.

I got the image "cheeky monkey"...

...which I think is so so cute!

I made a sentiment on the pc, while printing off the image.

I coloured with my alcohol markers

and embossed around the edge.

The backing paper is one out of my much-too-large collection!

I punched the leaves, flowers and the butterfly. 

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

Crafting from the heart - atg - 12 June
Crazy challenge - use flowers - 20 June
Come and get it - anything goes - 10 June
A gem of a challenge - for the boys / men - 8 June
Delicious doodles - include an animal - 21 June
Colour crazy - atg - 17 June
Little Miss Muffet - atg - 15 June

For the boys

"For the boys / Use a masculine image"

is this months challenge at Patties Creations. 

I thought a little outside the box and went for the...

"baby clothes duckie set."

As well as all the items on the washing line,

 you also get a baby grow and a baby cardi in the set!

But of course, you can use this set for a baby boy OR a girl, 

depending on what colours you use. 

A fabulous bargain!

I made a little washing line form thin wire, and curled the ends around a pencil.

Also, I embossed the background piece with swiss dots

and used one of my new bargain dies. ..

the scallop and stitched circle.

It's the largest one in a set of 3 scalloped circles, and then there's 

a little flower die in the middle ( not used on this card).

I bought the set of 4 dies in  "The Works " for a measley £3!

I love a bargain.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting from the heart - atg - 12 June
Come and get it - atg - 10 June
Great Impressions - masculine - 1 July
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 16 June
A gem of a challenge - for the boys / men - 8 June
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 July
Colour Crazy - atg - 17 June
Little Miss Muffet - atg - 15 June

Pink and one other

We have Kenny K sponsoring us this week at Glitter n Sparkle

and the image I used was: Jeannie - pretty Genie 

This is such a cute image to colour, and perfect for our 

"white and one other colour"

challenge.

As you can see, I chose pink as my other colour!

I fussy cut around the image and bottle after colouring with my alcohol pens

and I added some spots of white here n there too. 

I embossed the background with the stars

embossing folder, which I thought would go well with Jeannie.
I coated jeannies clothing in "wink of stella" - a glitery subtle sheen,
which is beautiful, but a nightmare to photograph!

A simple sentiment (from Pink Petticoat -who sadly, is no longer trading)

finished off the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - pink - 27 May
Allsorts - happy birthday - 26 May
Crating with an attitude - atg - 29 May
Little miss muffet - atg - 1 June
Sasayaki glitter - colour pink - 3 June
In the pink - razzle dazzle - 25 May

Lollipop Munchkin

At Glitter and Sparkle this week,

the challenge is ...

"For the kids - be inspired by a kids film."

Can you guess the film I have been inspired by?

Haha...

yes... it's quite obvious.

"Wizard of Oz."

The lovely "lollipop munchkin" image is from Lacy Sunshine.

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers

and added a sweetie border... it's actually

a strip of border from a piece of 12 x 12 christmas paper!

A couple of butterflies and a pink petticaot sentiment

finished the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 20 May
Catch the bug - atg - 13 May
Creative fingers - atg -
Simply papercrafts - atg - 25 May
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 29 May
Little miss muffet - atg - 18 May
Fab n funky - lovely ladies - 9 May

A card for a female

This month, over at Patties Creations,

the challenge is...

"for the girls."

I have been after an excuse to use this image "country shelf" for a while. 

It didn't disappoint!

I used it to make a card for my Mother in Law.

(and I shall be making another version for my Mum, ]for her birthday,

in a couple of months  - as I know

she would love this too.)

I coloured the image first, 

then hunted through all my papers to find matching coloured

sheets to use.

Could I find anything like, in all my stash?

No!!

So... I hand coloured some white card, 

with my spectrum noirs and promarkers -

the same ones I had coloured the images with! 

Am I mad? Maybe...

I popped the image on 3d pads so it would stand off the card a little. 

The bottom white edge and the cat are diecut

 and the bottom edge of the blue, is punched.

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

Great impressions - feminine - 2 June
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 20 May
Catch the bug - atg - 13 May
QKR Stampede - mothers day / 12 May
Simply papercrafts - atg - 25 May
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 29 May
Little miss muffet - atg - 18 May
Star stampz - soft pastels - 11 May

Spring flowers

Ikes Art is the sponsor over at Glitter n Sparkle this week..

I got this gorgeous image called "hanging basket."

for our 'anything goes' challenge this week.

I coloured the image with my spectrum noirs and promarkers. 

I added some white gelpen high-lights to the bracket

and a little wink of stella, too. 

I embossed the background, to give the impression of trellis 

and even added some corner diecuts, 

to accentuate the hanging basket bracket. 

(which I also covered with wink of stella - but it's hard to photograph!)

The sentiment is stamped - this came from Inkylicious

and I inked and embossed around the edges of the image and 

added a hand -tied organza ribbon. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafting from the heart - atg - 30 April
Path of positivity - the beauty of nature - 30 April
Crazy challenge - leafy green - 5 May
Card mania - april showers bring may flowers - 4 May
Cards galore encore - atg - 5 May

A spring card

Spring, at last! 

well, this weekend, it is even feeling like summer!

Shame there is so much that needs "doing."

I was glad to take a bit of time out this week to create this card,

using FLOWER BIRD from Bugaboo,

for the weekly challenge at Glitter n sparkle. 

The image was so cute, I couldn't resist...

I used my promarkers and spectrum noirs to colour the image

and backed on dotty paper which I won in a challenge a little while ago. 

The purple paper

is a really good quality paper and I bought it in a paperpad

at poundland, last week! There were 4 different pads there...

and I got 2. 

Great quality and a great price for 32, A5 papers!

I took the ribbon from a box of chocolates that was wrapped with it! 

 A crafter wastes nothing! Lol...

Here are the challenges I would like to enter this card into:

Crafting circle - use a bugaboo image - 15 April
Cards galore encore - atg - 30 April
Crafty awesomeness - a bugaboo image - 30 April
Scribbles designs - birds of a feather - 22 April
Sweet stampers - animals - 9 May
Crafty calendar - april showers / spring - 2 ,May
Crafty friends - animals / birds - 21 April
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 1 May
Crafting with friends - atg - 14 April
Creative corner - farm friends - 20 April

Purple

This months challenge at Patties Creations is to use:

"Shades of purple"

I thought that 'Gymnast 2' would be the perfect image to use for this challenge.

I coloured and fussy-cut the image.

A crafty friend recently gifted me the stamp, 

to stamp the sentiment.

I punched the stars out of a glittery card.

The paper was from my stash - I have had that piece for years and years, and thought

it would be perfect for this challenge!

I added a hand -doodled border with my white chalk pen.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting by designs - atg - 5 May
Crafty creations - atg - 13 April
The Paper shelter - digital - 13 April
Crafty girls creations - atg - 1 May
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 1 May
Colour crazy - atg - 22 April
Crafting with friends - atg - 14 April

Mothers Day!

At Glitter n Sparkle, the challenge this week is to

make a card for "Mothers Day."

So I made a card for my Mum.

I was so pleased to get an image from Sami Stamps, this week!

I got "tower of whiskers" which I fell in love with, instantly.

Perfect for my Mum, as she is definately a cat lover - much like myself!

So, I coloured all the kitties with my spectrum noirs and promarkers,

I played around with different papers for the background, for ages

as I couldn't quite get a good combination together.

The white frame was diecut, as was the "mum" and the precious tied heart,

I visited "the Range" the day after I started making this card, and saw the kitty pawprint stamp...

infact, there were 3 different sized pawprints

in the set and I thought it would go perfectly...

and at 99p, considering all the cat cards I make, I thought 

it was a real bargain!

I embossed the back, light-brown strip 

with the pawprints folder I bought last yr on holiday.

I think this card will make my mum smile.

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

Jo's scrap shack - atg - 1 April
Crafting from the heart - atg - 4 April
Cutie pies - dies and digis - 5 April
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 2 April

A double birthday

It's my birthday today  - and also my sisters!

So I made her this card....

I used these colours as they are her favourites.

I wanted to make a different card, and did not use an image this time.

I sentiment was free...

I think it was from desert divas.

The grey and white hearts border is a washi tape

which I picked up in Canada last year on holiday,

The flowers are from docrarfts, I just layered a few together

and glossy-accented pearls in the centres.

The banner was cut using a spellbinders edging die.

I printed out the butterflies and fussy cut them before

popping the wings onto foam pads.

The swirls are (again) from the little xcut holly leaf set I got at christmas,

at Hobbycraft.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty creations - atg - 30 March

Sisterhood of crafters - celebrating women - 21 March

Deep ocean - dots and or stripes - 20 March

Inky chicks - flowers - staped or embellishment - 31 March

Crafty cardmakers - for a special female - 26 March

Mermaid.

It's March - and the theme for this weeks challenge at 

Glitter n Sparkle is...

use some green.

From Spellbinding Stamps, I got the lovely -  Chrissy mermaid.

I coloured her with my promarkers and spectrum noir pens. I added 

wink of stella to her scales and hair too.. although you cant see the glittery effect

on the photo I took.

The sentiment was a freebie from desert divas.

The embossinf folder is one I bought last year, in Hobby Lobby, USA

and the die to cut the little swirls, came in a little pack with a few holly leaves and berries,

 from Hobbycraft.

(It's a cute little xcut die - only £2 i think!)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simple butterfly

I got a gorgeous image for this months "anything with wings"

challenge at Patties Creations this month...

I used "butterfly 1" for this card.

Because I wanted the butterfly to stand out, I 

picked quite a subtle backing paper.

I think this paper came free with a Docrafts mag, a while back!

The stamped sentiment was a stamp I bought on a car boot sale, a fortnight ago -

I paid 50p for about 6 stamps and an embossing folder (which I haven't used yet).

Bargain!

I coloured the butterfly with my promarkers and spectrum noirs and 

added some extra flecks of white with my sakura gel pen. 

The butterfly was also fussy-cut and raised on 3d pads.

Final finishing touches included inking the edges of the paper and the banner

and embossing a clean line around the paper.

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