Floral

Over at The Colour Crazy Challenge this week,

we are being sponsored by Fred She Said.

I got this simply lovely image, called Floral 1. 

As soon as I saw this image, I knew I wanted to make a simple card. 

 It was a lovely image to colour with my promarkers. 

The background was embossed on my bigshot.

The sentiment was stamped.

Punched butterflies finished off this card.

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

Jans Digi Stamps - atg - 3 Aug

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 17 July

Crafty catz - atg - 15 July 

Crafty gals corner - atg - 14 July

Summer Fun

Hi all!

Its the start of our new challenge at Patties Creations! 

The challenge is always anything goes, or a theme runs each month too - 

this time it is 'Summer Fun!'

 I used images from 2 of Patties sets: Flip flop trio and Seashells border 2. 

The Flip Flops were fun to colour - They come in a set of 3

but I chose 2 pairs and made them look fun and summery,

with my promarkers and other alcohol pens.

I tore up a piece of sandy looking card and white card, layered them over a blue paper

to form a sand/ sea combo. 

The white was tucked just under the brown, to look like the water's edge.

I printed the seashells rather small and coloured them too. 

I added a touch of stickles to the blue paper, to give sparkly reflections of the sea. 

The sentiment is from a new set of stamps I got recently, from a bootsale

and I added the heart so close that it looks like part of the word (I hope!).

I carefully edged all edges with ink pads.

I am pleased with this card.

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

Creative knockouts - outside fun - 7 July

Crafty gals - atg - 13 July

Passion for markers - just not birthday - 5 July

Jan's Digi Stamps - atg - 6 July

Girly birthday

Welcome to my blog!

I'd like to share a card I made for my DT position at The Colour Crazy Challenge Blog - 

I used an image from a new sponsor for us - Conie Fong.

This one is called "Princess Molly with balloon"

I coloured this with my promarkers and other alcohol pens 

and popped it on 3d foam pads, with some co-ordinating papers behind. 

The butterflies are from my Martha Stewart punch and I diecut the lacey border.

The balloon has been covered with glossy accents to give it that shiny look.

 

My favourite springtime flower

At Pattie's Creations this month,

I have used the lovely image "sweet nectar" 

for her "anything goes / things that fly" challenge...

I coloured this image with my promarkers and other alcohol pens,

and added some slight glimmer with a Wink of Stella

on the bird. The utterflies were punched and the fancy corner is

a cuttlebug diecut shape.

The sentiment was stamped and I layered it all on 

a piece rom a 6 x 6 paperpack which I bought in The Works.

A fab new sponsor for our team...

 Welcome back! Thanks for visiting me to see what I've been up to. 

I've been enjoying myself recently, with images from a new sponsor 

for us at The Colour Crazy Challenge:- Twinkle Lane Designs.

Their images are gorgeous and new to me, 

and I couldn't resist using both images to make cards with.

My first card uses the image "donut stack."

The sentiment comes with the image - and there are a few other sentiments too, 

which my teammies have used. 

I coloured the image with my promarkers and other alcohol pens

and popped it onto a lovely backing paper - kraft paper with white hearts on 

(recently bought in Hobbycraft).

I added a strip of stripy paper and some "confetti" - 

which I had forgottten all about, until I started putting this card together. ..

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

My next card also uses a Twinkle Lane Designs image:  New Baby.

This was so lovely to colour with my promarkers and I used so many different blues!

I 3d-foamed the rattles ad alphabet blocks, matted and layered,

added some punched butterflies and a bit of dry embossing around the edge. 

For the sentiment, I used half of a diecut shape, 

inked around the edges and I hand-wrote the "welcome!" myself. 

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

At last...

I'm a bit late with this - sorry! 

Our challenge over at Pattie's Creations is anything goes - or Flowers.

I used Patties delightful image - potted daffodils. 

I made it into a mothers day card for my mum...

 I coloured the daffs and pot with my promarkers and other alcohol pens and 

fussy-cut some of the daffs, to put on 3d foam to give them some depth.

I used the head of one of the daffs and drew a stalk to it, to use as a flower along the bottom of the 

pc generated sentiment. 

The butterfly is also one of Patties images, coloured in the same way.

I sat the image on the edge of the frame,

dry embossed the edges of the white rectangle, and added a diecut 

corner in the top right hand corner.

My Mum was thrilled with this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Dragonfly dreams - butterflies and or flowers - June 5

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 15 May

Sheepski designs - for the girlz - 1 June

Gem of a challenge - atg - 21 May

Just us girls - flowers - 13 May

Retro birthday

Over at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog this week, 

the very popular Dr Digi is our sponsor. 

I got this fab, retro image "unwind"

and used it to make a card for my friend's birthday. 

 I used some retro patterned papers from my DCWV paper pack,

inked all the edges and added white dots with my sakura pen.

The image was simple to colour and I 

drew on some lines to make it look like an old cassette tape I used to have

and it was also handy to have somewhere

to write the sentiment! 

You can't tell on the picture, but I 

used glossy accents on the tape parts of the cassette. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges: 

Gem of a challenge - atg - 23 April 

Allsorts - masculine - 23 April

Craft rocket - for the boys / men - 1  May

Creative knockouts - atg - 21 April

Jan's digi stamps - atg- 2 May

Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper - atg - 1 May

Mother's Day

At Patties Creations, the usual "anything goes" challenge

has just started - but you can join in with the theme, which is butterfly/dragonfly.

I used two of Patties images:

Butterfly 1 (both butterflies are this image, just flipped and resized.)

and Succulents with hanging vases...

 I wanted to make this into a Mothers day card for my mother-in-law

and used backing papers in colours I knew she would love. 

I added a sentiment onto the succulents image, which I coloured with my promarkers

and other alcohol markers. 

I used glossy accents on the vases and coloured and fussy-cut the butterflies. 

I added a little 3d foam underneath the wings to give some dimension

and a punched leaf next to the sentiment. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door - atg - 27 April

Paper funday - atg - 1 May

Crafty Catz - atg - 14 April

Hummingbird

Hi! 

Hoping you are all well - I have just turned another year older, but hey ho! 😊

I love the way this card came out...

I made it for the Colour Crazy Challenge - 

with our sponsor this time : Ching Chou Kuik.

This image was a darling to colour - it's called "Misty Allure Hummingbird."

 I was so pleased with the hummingbird, that I took a closer picture of the bird.

I coloured this image using my alcohol promarkers

and white sakura pen for all the white patterned parts.

I used some liquid pearls here n there and a punched butterfly, from Martha Stewart.

I didn't want to detract from the image so made a simple dotty embossed background

with a few embossed lines on the right. 

It has no sentiment yet - I'm not 100% sure it needs one! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - atg - 25 March

C,R,A,F,T - for a female - 24 March

Creative Knockouts - Spring is in the air - 25 March

Critter crazy - atg with a critter - 26 March

Ching Chou Kuik - spring or easter or floral -  28 March

Crafters cafe - use some flowers - 11 April

Cards galore encore - atg - 1 April

I love promarkers - atg with leaves - 29 March

Shopping our stash - spread your wings - 29 March

A pretty posy

At patties Creations this month, 

the challenge, as always now, is "anything goes."

 I have used the image called "lavender posy."

It was a little fiddly to colour with my promarkers, but worth the time, I think.

I think I used 5 different shades of purple on this posy! 

I have highlighted them subtley with a wink-of-stella, and have glossy accented a few of the stems.

I embossed a line around the image, inked the edges,

matted it onto darker purple and onto a spotty strip.

The sentiment was stamped, matted and inked, too.

Tiny little Martha Stewart punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - feminine - 9 March

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 6 March

Crafty Catz - atg - 11 March

Cards Galore Encore - atg - 1 April

Creative sketchy girls - flowers - 20 March

The crafting challenge - spring - 1 April

Snowmen in February!

For my final guest designer spot at the Cut It Up challenge blog,

we were challenges to make a card using "snowmen" 

with Oddball Stamps. 

I used Chilly Willy Snowman... and it's only a dollar!!! 

 I flipped the digital image, so that I could have 2 snow-people, 

looking at each other. 

When I had placed them inside the window

(I cut out the inside frame so I could see both snowpeople properly

and pushed the frame right up to near the top, to make 2 small top windows ),

I decided that they looked like they had kissed

so made a little mistletoe for the top of the frame.

The sentiment is from Craftwork cards. (I've had it for years!)

I embossed the bottom piece of backing paper, to resemble panelling on a wall. 

So in all, the window frame, snowflakes, and robin are all diecuts. 

I coloured the snowpeople with my promarkers and other alcohol pens.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative fingers - atg - 11 March

Creative knockouts - atg - 3 March

I love promarkers - atg - 1 March

Digi choosday - atg - 6 March

Jan's digi stamps - atg - 7 March

Crafty Catz - atg - 4 March

Rainbows follow bad weather

Over at The Colour Crazy Challenge this time, 

we are being sponsored by Oddball Stamps.

I have used the image: Rainbows, from the Creepy Cutie Collection

I just loved this image and sentiment and coloured it with my 

promarkers and other alcohol pens. 

I used a white sakura pen for the white highlights. 

I fussy-cut around the rainbow, and kept the bottom of the card intact. 

A piece of blue card slipped behind the rainbow, 

and I dry-embossed and inked the edges. 

I found some rainbow washi tape, which I ran along the bottom, 

and added a couple of punched butterflies. 

I would like to enter this into the other challenges:

I love promarkers - atg - 1 March

Paper Funday - atg - 2 March

Digi Choosday - atg - 1 March

Through the craft room door - atg - 1 March

Jan's digi stamps - atg - 9 March 

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 21 Feb

 

Love

Over at the Cut it Up challenge blog, 

I've designed my second card for them as guest designer. ..

I embossed a piece of kraft card in my bigshot

 and inked the ridges to draw out the wood-look.

The Love die is from Crafters Companion and the heart die is from

Memory Box - it's the precious hearts die and I carefully cut the heart off the bottom

of the string.

I felt it needed a bit of something ore so after inking the edges,

I added some washi tape. 

The butterfly was printed on the pc and fussy-cut. 

I think I will give this one to my hubby for Valentines day.

 i would like to enter this into the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday - male - 17 Feb

Creative knockouts - love / valentines - 17 Feb

Crafty gals - add a heart - 8 March

Lil red wagon - be my love - 16 Feb

Crafter's Cafe - CAS - 13 Feb

Dies R Us - love / valentines - 14 Feb

 Mirtillamente - atg - 1 March

Cardz4guyz - love - 22 Feb

Love

At Patties Creations this month 

the theme is "anything goes and / or Love"

I love Patties image called "apothecary jar" and decided to make it into my own...

 The jar comes with the lid attached - I carefully cut it to separate it.

I drew some hearts inside the jar, coloured with my promarkers and a few other alcohol pens.

I used some baker's twine to attach a little (X-Cut) diecut label,

on which I handwrote the sentiment.

The embossed background is from an embossing folder I'd forgotten I had!

I really like it though and will be using it more.

A line of dry embossing around the textured piece finished this card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Pink gem - atg -12 Feb

Di's digi designs - red and / or pink - 19 Feb

The Paper shelter - for the one you love - 19 Feb

Simon says stamp - with love - 10 Feb

Paper fun day - atg - 1 March 

Dies R Us - atg / love - 14 Feb (X-Cut die label)

Digi Doodles - love / friendship - 1 March

Shopping our stash - my heart BEETS for you - 15 Feb

Jans digi stamps - atg - 7 Feb

With deepest sympathy

 I'm over the moon to be a guest designer over at Cut It Up challenge blog 
for the next 3 challenges.

This time, the challenge is: "hard to say..." (ie: sympathy, sorry, belated)

I recently got a couple of lovely new dies and wanted to try them both, so made 2 cards...

This first card simply uses a Creative Expressions die - Daisy Edger.

I put a slither of washi tape to the straight edge,

punched out the butterflies with my Martha Stewart punch 

and added a stamped sentiment.

I love how intricate this die is. 

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

Creative knockouts - use a die - 3 Feb

Through the craft room door - atg - 2 Feb

Crafters Cafe - CAS - 13 Feb

Happy little stampers - atg with dies - 1 Feb

This card uses a frame die for the works - I love stitched dies!

The new die here is the flowers...it's a die and stamp set. 

The first set like that I have bought!

It's called 'Blooming stamp and die set' by Karin Joan. (Studio Light)

Again, the sentiment was stamped

and I used my promarkers to colour the image. 

Those Martha Stewart butterflies have come out again - I love that punch!

The lines along the edge finished the card, and are dry embossed.

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

I love promarkers - atg / flowers - 1 Feb

Jan's digi stamps - atg - 9 Feb

Passion for promarkers - embossing - 2 Feb

Die cut Divas- Flowers - 1 Feb

Perfectly CAS - diecuts and flowers - 12 Feb

Squeeze the day!

 

Over at the Colour Crazy Challenge, we have the pleasure of being
sponsored by my friend Pattie, at Patties Creations.

This is the lovely image: life gives you lemons.

This was a super-cute image to colour.

I used my promarkers and alcohol markers. 

I inked the edge of all the backing papers and added a strip of washi tape to the embossed piece.

The sentiment was made using sticker letters for the main word

then I hand-wrote the rest.

I like the word play on this card - from "seize the day."

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

Creative fingers - atg - Feb

Creative crafting Uncles - atg - 1 March

C.R.A.F.T - ATG - 3 Feb

Creative knockouts - atg - 28 Jan

Gnome birthday

 Happy 2022!
I hope you had a lovely Christmas with family and friends and
 that 2022 has started well for you.

We were having a lovely time, until I went and fell over on a walk

on New Years Eve!

I'm now sporting a large scabby knee and a very tender kneecap.

Luckily, I have had this cute image to play with, from Patties creations...

He is called Bubble the Gnome.

The challenge for January is either "snowmen / snow" or "anything goes."

I'm not wanting to make any more Christmas cards just yet, however I do have a few 

birthday cards to make for the next few months, 

so choose "Bubble the gnome" for a card for my sister's boyfriend. 

I coloured him with my alcohol markers and 3D'd his beard and nose. 

The stamped sentiment is from Kaiser crafts 

and I diecut the stars, adding a little punched star in the corner.

The edges are all inked and I did some dry embossing along some edges. 

I'm pleased with the way this one came out...my first card for 2022!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - atg - 14 Jan

Cut it up - birthday card with a diecut - 13 Jan

Fab n Funky challenge - keep it simple - 19 Jan

I love promarkers - atg - 18 Jan

Digi choosday - winter birthday using blues - 17 Jan

Passion for promarkers - January Blues - 12 Jan

Through the craft room door - atg - 19 Jan

A place to start - atg - 1 Feb

Jans digi stamps - atg - 7 Feb

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 16 Jan

Cheeky snowman

Over at the Colour Crazy Challenge blog, our sponsor this time is Digi doodles -  

I used this cutie snowman called "Jolly O'l Sparky Snowman."

 I coloured it with my promarkers and a few other alcohol pens, 

added a sentiment from my pc and stamped on some snowflakes and glittered the 

snowflake centres. 

The snow has been glittered in parts ( which didn't show too well on the photo)

and it has all been backed onto two christmassy papers.

A little row of Christmas bulbs sits above and below the image and it is 

finished with a Christmas present in the corner

and a diecut strip of holly n the corner.

Winter fun

At Patties Creations this month, the theme is "Winter Fun!"
and when I saw this bauble image, I knew immediately how I could
turn it into a winter-fun card...

Obviously, kitties have to feature! 
Seeing as one of our kitties loves to climb the Christmas tree 
(we have not been able to have any of our glass decorations up for the last 2 years
while we have had our little two!)  I thought I would sit one on a bauble, while the other watches.
The cats (and mouse) are actually peel-offs!
I don't really use peel-offs normally,
but thought they would be "purrfect" for this card!

I coloured the baubles with a selection of my grey promarkers 

and the bows with some other, coloured pens. 

The sentiment was from my pc and I embossed the image before

matting it on some christmas docrafts paper. 

I drew on the candy cane bar along the top and added bows to finish the baubles off. 

Mistletoe kisses

Yey! Another Christmas card done..

Over at The Colour Crazy Challenge,

we are bring sponsored by "All Dressed Up" and I got to use

this lovely image called "mistletoe kisses."

 I used it to make a Christmas card for Hubby's Mum and Dad.  

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers

 and popped it on a background that looks like ribbons, stitched together. 

Carefully, I added lots of punched fir branches to the top, in green and gold

and dotted on some red liquid pearls.

The finishing touch was to draw faux-stitching round the edge of the white diecut shape. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges: