Pretty little birds

I have used "Sparrows in bird bath"

from Pattie's Creations, for this challenge...

 It tried to give a 3d look to the stone bird bath and a softness to the birds,

colouring with my promarkers and other alcohol pens.

The image is so pretty, so I paired it with a very pretty background paper. 

I added some punched butterflies ,

a die-cut bird and a stamped sentiment.

I like the way a dry embossed line finishes around an image so used that technique, too.

I would like to add this into the following challenges:

Cards Galore Encore - ATG - 1st April 

Passion for markers - things with wings - 8 March

Artistic edge

I was offered a guest designer spot at Mirtillamente,

using one of her wonderful images...

I have used "Svario: atelier Des arts"

and chose to base this card on the inner peace theme...

 The image was lovely to colour with my promarkers and other alcohol pens.

Some parts of the sentiment was stamped, and some parts are hand written.

I have put some parts on 3d foam... the orange paintbrush,

the paintbrush popping through the hand hole

and the tubes of paint. 

A few white highlights gave a little more depth to this image. 

I felt It only needed something really simple behind, 

as I wanted the image to be the main focus.

I thought the backing paper looked a bit like 

it had been water-coloured, and ripped edges gave it a creative edge.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges: 

Creative Knockouts - lots of layers - 9 March

Hearts and scrolls

I have used Patties gorgeous "hearts and scrolls~" image 

for this months challenge at Patties Creations.

 For this card, I decided to colour the background with my promarkers

and other alcohol pens.

I printed the image on card and cut out the centre heart,

mounting the whole thing on 3D foam pads. 

I stamped the sentiment in the middle of the heart

and added dots on the inside of the heart with my sakura pen 

and black dots on the edge of the white card.

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

Creatalicious - atg with love / hearts  - 1 March

Incy Wincy designs - valentines - 1 March

Cards galore encore - atg - 1 March

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 20 Feb

Mardi Gras birthday

Happy new year!

Hope you had a lovely time over the Christmas break.

I used the image "Mardi Gras mask" from Patties Creations

to make this card.

This was a lovely image to colour and layer.

I used my promarkers and other alcohol pens to colour this. 

I put 3d foam on the mask part and layered it, after putting some 

white (Sakura pen) hand-drawn little doodles on. 

I managed to find a paper in my stash, which had a fun-fetti

vibe to it.

The butterflies were punched with my Martha Stewart punch, inked 

around the edges and white dots added. 

I inked and embossed the edges of the card.

I would like to add this into the following challenges:

 

A little late..

Well, this one has been a long time coming... 

we have had no internet for a while, problems with our provider, and then the router box, 

and then the next one it was replaced with!

(and there have been loads of postal strikes, which have hampered things too!)

Anyway - I got this on here in the end...a little late though...

Patties Creations - Peek a boo elf. 

 This was quite quick to make, once I had the idea.

I coloured the elf with my promarkers and other alcohol pens, 

added a few little patterns with my white sakura pen and fussy cut

all the way around him.

I cut some stripey chirstmas paper to look like a wrapped present and added some

 spots and stitches on it with my white pen. 

The sentiment was stamped.

(I also dry embossed all around the edge.)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Lil patch of crafty friends- atg - 1 Jan

Crafty calendar - atg - 1 Jan

Jingle belles - christmas card - 26 Dec

Crafters cafe - atg - 14 Jan

Crafty friends -Traditional christmas colours - 1 Jan

The sisterhood of crafters - traditional christmas colours - 26 Dec

Fab n funky - last min christmas card - 1 Jan

Exclusive!

Hi! Over at the Colour Crazy Challenge this week, we sadly do not have a sponsor.

However, it does mean that we can use an image from any sponsor we like...

I used a new image from Patties Creations ...

Infact, it is soooo new, that it's not even out there yet.,.. 

so this is exclusive!

All I can say is, keep watching Patties page for this very cute and versatile image..

coming very soon!

 I just loved how I could make this image look so different 

for my sister and her family.

I used my promarkers and other alcohol pens to colour the mugs of delicious hot choc.

I tried to colour each mug like a mug I would choose to buy each of her family. 

Before I printed the images, I used a different sentiment to put their names on.

All the rest of the card needed, was a few

diecut snowflakes, a stamped sentiment and a cute slice of christmassy paper

for the mugs to sit on.

I think this one will make my sister smile.

I also think I will be making more on a similar theme for other family members...

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty hazlenuts paper challenge- patterned paper - 1 Dec

Happy little stampers  -  christmas - 4 Dec

Creative knockouts - time to be merry - 2 Dec 

Digi choosday - atg - 6 Dec

The holly and the ivy - atg - 12 Dec

Jans digi stamps - atg - 6 Dec

Party time!

 November is here already and it's tome for

another challenge at Pattie's CReations.

This time, I have used the image "Pinata and 2 maracas"

(but I didn't use the maracas on this card)

It w\s a lovely image to colour and fussy-cut.

I used a bow from my "precious hearts" die cut shape

and stamped and coloured the bough on blue paper.

The image has been stamped and I inked 

and faux-stitched around the edges.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cheers!

For our latest challenge at "The Colour Crazy Challenge"

we have welcomed our sponsor :  Scribbles designs. 

I got the fab image, beer mugs. 

 I printed the image twice, as a mirror image so that I could

"clink" the mugs together.

I coloured them using my promarkers and other alcohol pens

and added a backing paper, which I inked the edges of.

I cut out the sentiment on my big-shot and 

punched some stars, along with using a little

dovecrafts pearl effects, to act as bubbles, popping from the mugs. 

I embossed the outside edge of the card with a simple, straight line

and hand-drew a simple border around the edge of the patterned paper.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

Autumn days

'Anything goes / Autumn or Fall' is the challenge this month

at Pattie's Creations.

I used the image "Autumn Wreath"

(I really love this image and it superb to colour)

 I coloured the wreath with my promarkers and other alcohol pens 

and added glossy accents to the acorns. 

The sentiment is stamped,

along with the foliage along the top and bottom corners.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - I Nov

Shopping our stash - leaves - 11 Oct

Try it on Tuesday - autumn - 22 Oct

Creative knockouts - autumn - 14 Oct

Crafty Gals Corner - signs of fall - 13 Oct

Birthday wishes

At The Colour Craxy Challenge this time,

we are being sponsored by the lovely "Sweet November Stamps"

 I used the very cute image called Darcy and Bumble.

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

added a computer generated sentiment 

and embossed a star background on my bigshot.

A little backing paper and some glitter here n there 

(on her shoes and Bumble's wings. )

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Birthday flowers

I made this card for our challenge at The Colour Crazy Challenge -

using this image "tulips" from Sheepski Designs...

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

I used a stamp for the sentiment and used some backing papers that came as a freebie

with a magazine, yonks ago! 

The butterflies are punched with my Martha Stewart punch. 

Faux stitching with a pink fineliner finished this card off. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 Oct

Jan's digi stamps - atg - 5 Sept

Pink gem challenge - atg - 10 Sept

 

School days

Over at Pattie's Creations this month, Pattie's challenge

is "anything goes / school days."

I went along the school days theme, but with a twist..

 This card is for my Niece, who has just got her A-Level results 

and got into Uni. I'm so proud of her!

The image comes as a set of pencils, which I cut up - a very easy fussy-cut. 

I used my promarkers and other alcohol markers to colour the pencils. 

I stamped the sentiment,which came in a set I got on the car boot sale a few weeks ago.

I inked the edges in allsorts of colours, to give a rainbow effect edge.

I would like to add this into the following challenges:

Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 Oct

Jan's digi stamps - atg - 5 Sept

Make my MondaY - Back to school - 11 Sept

Pink Gem - atg - 10 Sept 

Di's digi designs - school days -18 Sept

 

Cute camera girl

 At The Colour Crazy Challenge this time, 

we are being sponsored by "All Dressed Up."

I have used the gorgeous image called,

"Smile - it's your birthday!"

I coloured the image with my promarkers and other alcohol pens

 and used a lovely trendy flower backing paper behind it. 

The image some with the sentiment, placed where it is on my card,

so all I wanted to add was the recipients name (which I handwrote).

I inked the edges of everything,

dry embossed a line around the backing paper 

and added  a few punched butterflies and a few dovecraft paper

 flowers, layered on top of each other.

Here is a close-up...

I would like to add this into the following challenges:

AAAbirthday - atg birthday - Sept 1

Creative Knockouts - atg - 17 Aug

Passion for promarkers - Say it with flowers - 17 Aug

Summer fun

At Patties Creations, her challenge this week is 
beach / under the sea / anything goes. 

I used her fab image called "Hang Thirty"

(I have no clue what this means, or why it's called this..hahah)

I coloured the sand, fence and sky first, with my promarkers and alcohol pens. 
I added some white brilliance inkpad swirls to form clouds, and 
a little white sakura pen to give them slight definition.

I paper-pieced the surfboards and inked the edges

and made some little bunting out of the same papers. 

The "birthday" is a diecut. I handwrote "Happy" and "Charlie"

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Jans digi stamps - atg - Sept 5

Shopping our stash - she sells sea shells - 17 Aug

Polkadoodles - atg - 17 Aug

Cards galore encore - atg - 1 Sept

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