Chickens

Over at Patties Creations this month, I have used the
 "Silly chickens on coop" image... minus the coop!

 It just goes to show how versatile Pattie's images are. 

I coloured the chickens with my alcohol pens and fussy cut around them.

I embossed a panel and inked the edges for a background and a stamped sentiment.

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

Krafty chicks - atg - 6th August

Seize the birthday - birthday - 6 August

Can you handle the pressure - embossing and birthday - 8th August

Male 50 card

 I used one of the images in the Milestones set

to make this card. ..

But I changed it up a little, so that it would make a card

for a male friend, who enjoys being a beekeeper!

I  printed off the bees from Patties other image - Bee my Honeycomb

 and fussy cut the bees, colouring them with my alcohol markers and glittering their wings. 

The scroll is a basic shape, created in Publisher, with a greeting inside.

I wanted to keep the colours simple, so just used greens to colour the wreath and

a selection of greys to colour the 50, with a white pen to highlight.

Ice cream cones

 

At Patties Creations this month, I used her image:

Ice cream come celebration.

This was printed out and coloured using my alcohol markers.

I used coloured fine liners to draw on the teeny little 'hundreds and thousands' sprinkles.

I used glossy accents on the cherries and choccy drizzle.

I fussy cut around the image, added a sentiment and some cute backing papers, 

which I cut into strips to make the backing.

Finally, a few punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Relax with a glass...

For this card, I used one of Pattie's newer images - Frogtini.

 I chose this image for my friend's birthday card because

she has a pond on her garden - with loads of frogs and tadpoles in.

She is also partial to chillin' with a glass of something delish and sparkly!

I coloured the image with my alcohol markers and inked the edges.

I had added a computer generated sentiment and 

mounted the whole thing onto 3d foam tape.

The tile effect background border is a simple border 

of decorative washi tape. 

The butterflies are punched out and spots added with my white sakura pen.

 i would like to add card into the following challenges:

Mother's day

 For my mum's Mother's day card,

I decided to use Patties new image: Forget-me-knots...

We have lots of Forget-me-knots in our garden, which are all

just starting to bloom. They are beautiful!

I looked closely at the flowers before colouring this image.

I popped he image onto 3d foam and backed onto the grey and blue papers. 

I dry embossed the edge of the grey card,

as well as drawing on faux stitching.

A stamped sentiment and punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

As you like it - floral, because forget-me-knots are some of my favourite flowers... I have them all over my garden! -17th April

Crafters cafe - atg - 13 April

Glamorous girls

Pattie, over at Patties Creations has designed this fab image,

called "Martini girls please"

and I couldn't resist using it for my friends birthday card...

 As you will see, I will be making a fair few "50" birthday cards this year...

I'm turning 50 soon, too!

Anyway, I coloured the image with my alcohol pens

and added bits of glamour, using glitter, to the girls jewellery

and clothes. 

The 50 was diecut from sparkly gold, and the stars were punched.

I added a backing paper behind to set off the image and a stamped sentiment.

The first of the 50's.

I have a big birthday in a few months 

as does my sister and lots of my friends. 

Pattie has designed this set of images called milestones 

and you can get every big birthday in the set! 

 I added a computer generated sentiment into the image. 

I coloured the wreath with my alcohol pens and

glittered to number with stickles glitter glue. 

(It's really hard to photograph glitter well!)

The image was inked round the edges, and dry embossed, 

then backed on a piece of patterned paper.

patterned paper

Reindeer cheer!

 Happy new year!

I made this card recently, using Patties "Silly Reindeer" 

as a first Christmas card for 2025. ..

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

I glittered all the little light bulbs on the image and his nose!

Snowflake covered vellum was popped behind the image,

with a stamoed greeting and a paper edge, which was edged in gold ink. 

Passion for markers - atg - Jan 7

Simon says Stamps - cold and frosty - Jan 7

Creative inspirations - atg - Feb 1

Crafty gals corner - atg / make it merry - Jan 8

Cards galore encore - atg - Feb 1

Crazy Critter challenge - atg with crazy critter - Jan 25

Cute Christmas

Pattie's Creations has a new image in her shop..

"Christmas Cactus Trio"

I printed off the image and fussy cut along the bulb string. 

I stamped a sentiment, edged the sides in a thin gold pen and 

added an embossed piece of card at the bottom.

I used alcohol markers and a white pen to colour the image,

along with some fine, coloured glitters. 

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Dec

Creative Knockouts - time to be merry - 19 Dec

Krafty Chicks - use stamps - 12 Dec

Addicted to stamps - Christmas  - 12 Dec

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Dec

The sisterhood of crafters - atg - 10 Dec

Snow couple

 This month I have used Patties Creations image: Snow couple.

I coloured the image with my alcohol pens and used some fine glitter

 on the hat, scarf and gloves.

I inked the edges of the back paper and used some stickles

on the snowflakes for extra sparkle.

The lantern and the greeting are diecut.

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

 

Sparkle all the way...

Patties Creations image: Christmas baubles 2023

is the focal point for my card this month...

There are actually 3 baubles that come in the image, but this shaped one is my favourite.

I coloured it with my promarkers,

added a strip of paper behind the image,

with a thin slice of gold border. 

After dry embossing the edge of the card, I hand stamped 

the sentiment - and glittered the word "Sparkle". 

(It is really difficult to photograph that part! 

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

Creative inspirations - atg - 1 Nov 

ABC Christmas - traditional colours - 6 Oct

I love promarkers - atg - 9 Oct 

 

My first Christmas card this year!

I got this gorgeous image from Patties Creations, called 

Front Door set 2024. 

(I am very pleased that I managed to make a Christmas card in August!)

There are 2 images in the set but I chose to use this one for my 

mum and dad's Christmas card this year.

(The other image has summertime trees in front of the door - perfect for a "new home" card.)

I used alcohol pens to colour the image so it's like my parents door. 

I paper-pieced the doormat, stamped on the wording and 

added a few diecuts to enhance the image. 

I fussy cut around the trees added some inking around the edges, 

before popping the image onto the backing paper. 

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

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 15 Sept

C.R.A.F.T - Christmas - 12 Sept

Creative Inspirations - atg - 27 Sept

Creative Knockouts - ATG - 12 Sept

Digi Choosday - atg - 17 Sept

The Holly and the Ivy -  Christmas - 11 Sept

Merry Little Christmas - Christmas - 15 Oct

Fussy-cut wreath

At Pattie's Creations this month, I have used one of her newer images...

Hummingbird floral wreath, to create this card. 

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

then fussy-cut all around the image. 

I added some sparkle to the hummingbird (which is hard to photograph well)

and traced a shape which I cut out of the spotty backing paper, so the #wreath would look like it is framing the spotty paper. 

An inked, dry embossed edge and some punched butterflies finished this card. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bathing beauties

One of Patties newer images is the star of the show on this card - "Bathing beauties."

 

 I love this image - Bathing Beauties.

(There is another version of this image in her etsy store, too!)

I fussy-cut the image, after colouring with my alcohol pens and 

paper-piecing the girls swimming costumes!)

I used my alcohol pens to literally "dot" on the sand 

and used one of my favourite of-the-moment paper packs for the water4...

I ripped the edge carefully, to make it looks like waves coming onto the beach.

The "happy" is a diecut and the birthday has been stamped. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative knockouts - summer fun - 18 July

I love promarkers - pink blue and yellow - 9 July

The paper shelter = 3 of something - 9 July 

Fab n Funky - summertime - 18 July

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - 1 Aug

Di's digi challenge - hand coloured image - 21st July

Polkadoodles - atg - 20 July

Anniversary

At Patties Creations this month, I have used one of her older images -

but I still love it and it is so versatile.... Seahorse love.

The image comes as two seahorses touching lips, but you could easily 

just use one of them to be the main image on your card!

 The papers in the background of this card, 

came from  bargain paper pack I got in The Works. 

It was only £2 and is all sea themed papers. A bargain! 

I coloured the seahorse with my alcohol pens and printed off a sentiment.

(I made this card into an anniversary card for my husband's mum and dad.)

I added some "bubbles" on the wavy backing paper by adding 

some blobs of glossy-accents, waiting for them to dry, then adding a small 

white highlight, with my white Sakura pen. 

I also added some white dots along the wavy lines, to add some more pattern and interest.

 

I would like to add this into the following challenges -

 Creative Knockouts - 2 or more patterned papers - 21 June

Crafts Galore Encore - atg - 30 June

A Passion for Promarkers - atg - 11 June

Digi Choosday - atg - 18 June

 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 15 June

A Spring wreath

Pattie has been playing with my image suggestions and come up with this beauty...

 It's called "Twig wreath with Spring Flowers."

I love it!

It was lovely to colour, but a little tricky to fussy-cut the middle from!

I coloured this image with my alcohol pens and popped it on 3D foam,

with a green spotty paper behind. 

The sentiment was stamped and the heart is diecut, 

along with the punched butterflies. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simply clean and simple - cas with flowers - 6 June

Crafty catz - atg / summer - 17 May

Card 4 galz - mothers day - 16 May

Double D - flowers - 14 May

I love promarkers - atg - 14 May

Crafter's cafe - CAS - 12 May

My mum's favourite things.

Pattie has some new images in her etsy shop this month!

"Kitty on books" was the one I chose for this month...

 I was so excited to receive this image, as I had

suggested that Pattie creates this one! 

This is the kind of image that my mum loves..as her cat and her books

are her favourite things,

so this made a card- special to her, for Mother's day.

I carefully cut a frame out of patterned paper,

popped the kitty image (coloured with my alcohol markers) in the corner and 

added some heart-bubble die cuts. 

The sentiment was stamped and I added a diecut butterfly. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Happy birthday!

 I made this card recently, for my friends young daughter...

I made this card using lots of scraps of patterned paper.

I used my guillotine to cut the scraps into strips to represent candles.

I cut the little flame shapes and added glossy accents ontop, 

and a touch of golden glitter pen.

The sentiment was stamped. 

I faux-stitched around the backing paper, with my Sakura pen

and added a dry embossed line around the edge of the card to finish it off.

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

Crafty Catz - atg - 5 April

Creative fingers - atg - 8 April

Craft rocket - atg - 1 April

Gem of a craft - 6 April

3 Cactus

I used a Pattie's Creations image for this card - "3 cactus in pots."

 I used my alcohol markers to colour the 3 images and

fussy-cut around each one, so I could pop them into a group. 

The middle cactus is on 3D foam, so it stands proud of the other two.

The sentiment is from a stamp from Kaisercrafts

and the papers have been in my stash a looong time! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sister birthday

I used one of Pattie's new images, called 

"Denim Pockets" from Pattie's Creations...

 It's a great little set of two pockets. One plain. The other has a little flower design to the right.

I used both on top of each other for this card.

My sister is denim-mad, 

so thought this image would be perfect for her.

I added the pretty flowery paper as it works so well with the denim, 

and gives a real girly feel to the card.

The words were stamped and the butterflies were punched. 

I enjoyed colouring the pockets with distress inks and a blending tool 

instead of my 'normal' - colouring with alcohol pens.

I feel that the distress inks gives a good denim look. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft rocket - birthdays - 1 March

Creative inspirations - atg - 1 March

Love to craft - atg - 15 Feb

Crafty Catz  - atg - 9 Feb

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 17 Feb