What a Star!

At last its Saturday! This week has been a long week for me. The kids are off school and the weather is rotten and wet. We have had a lazy day today, i seem to be just going on circles and not getting anywhere fast!

Anyway i better get on with sharing my card with you as i am making the dinner at the same time and dont fancy having it burnt!

I have been playing with another Saturated Canary digi stamp called "Nevaeh! Krista's images are just fab. I coloured her with Promakers. The sketch is from Stamps & Fun = Creativity. Its a fab sketch and i have just angled some of the layers but can still see the sketch clearly.

My papers are Papermania capsule, Boysenberry. My flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, lace from Hobbycraft and my sentiment was computer generated and all the other embellishments are from out my stash.

I would like to enter my card into these following challenges;

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Sketch

Passion for Promarkers - Stars

Tip Top Tuesday - Layer it up

Sweet Stamps - Lots of Layers

Totally Papercrafts - Layer upon Layer

Paper Playtime - Sentiment and Buttons and Bows

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card! I really do appreciate all the lovely comments!                        

Beary Big Hugs!

Good Morning! Just popped on to post this card before i head out to Edinburgh for the day.

Cant decide quite what the weathers going to do so i better take a jacket and umbrella just in case! You know what Scottish weather is like!

Okay onto my card. I have used my very favourite image..Beary Big Hugs from Belles and whistles. I have coloured her with my promarkers.

The papers are from the Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper pad which i love so its hard to cut into them! Every scrap gets kept from these papers!

The sketch for the Belles and Whistles challenge is fab and the twist is to use your fav shape on it. I have made a rosette from Kraft card stock and punched a circle of my papers and topped with a button. My flowers are from WOC and the vines cut from my Pot-Pourri Cricut Cart. The lace and gems are from my stash.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

Belles and Whistles - Sketch with a twist

Elisabeth Bells World -3 in a row (my row is diagonal and used Gems, Lace and Buttons

Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes

Marks finest papers - Lace

Creative card Crew - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Simply Done!

(This is my second post for the day. The Crafty calender Challenge post is below!)

I thought i would ink up one of the Simply Sassy stamps that i got from the show in Glasgow on Thursday. Had a great day but the bank balance aint feeling so good!

I am not one for clean and simple cards but i think i did not bad to stay away from lots of swirls, ribbons, and lots of clutter on this card. The sketch is from the Sugar Bowl Challenge. The optional was clean and simple..as i said i did try! The image is called "Bed Time Snuggles" and i coloured her with Promarkers.

The paper is My Minds Eye, Lost and Found. I inked the edges of all the layers and mats with Spun Sugar distress ink.  The swirl is from Marianne design  and the punch is a Martha Stewart one. (cant remember the name!) The flowers are from  WOC and pearls are from my stash.

I am entering the card into the following challenges;

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch and CAS

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sugar Rush

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Hope your having a great weekend! Off to do some of the dreaded housework!

                                                                                                                                       

Boy oh Boy!

Hi, Hope your enjoying your weekend! David is off to the Rugby in Edinburgh and i have been trying to get bits and pieces of DT work done. I did say trying because every time i get my paper lined up, ruler just in the right place one of the kids shout on me for something!

Anyway i made this card a few days ago for someone and thought i might as well get it posted and enter a few challenges.

Recipe

Papers - MME lost and Found

Image - The DigiStamp Boutique (TJ)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

Sentiment - MME Lost and Found Glittered Die Cut.

Die Cuts - Scalloped Square Nestibilities and Stars from Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cart.

Misc. - Brown ink for distressing edges and Swiss Dots Embmossing Folder.

Heres the challenges i am entering with this card;

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - One for the boys

http://creativecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Card for a Teen

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Dude Time!

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ - Distressing

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Hope you enjoy whats left of your Sunday!

Thanks for visiting!

                    

Two cuties on a stroll!

Hi This is just a quick post. Its 3am and i cant sleep so thought i would post the card i made earlier.

The image is a new Bildmalarna "Little Winged Friends "stamp which i got from Dies to Die For, its called "On Walk" It is absolutely adorable and just love them. I coloured it with Promarkers and have dotted glossy accents on the flowers and leaves.

The sketch i followed is from Friday Sketchers, its a fab sketch! My 2 papers are from a Docrafts pack called Honey and Hugs. The border is cut from my Cricut Story Book Cartridge and i have layered it with Glossy Accents and sprinkled it all with Glamour Dust. The photo doesnt to it justice, it looks great IRL.

The flowers are a mix of papermania ones and a handmade one. The leaves are from the Story Book Cartridge and again covered in Glossy Accents and Glamour Dust. The sentiment is one from a free pack that i got in a magazine! I coloured the hearts and gave it the same treatment of glossy accents and glamour dust!  The lace, charm, pin and gems are from my stash.

Heres the challenges i am entering with the card;

http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Flowers

http://cutie-stampers.blogspot.com/ - Stripes

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Let it Shine

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Use 2 Patterned Papers

Thanks for visiting and having a look about!

Chocolate box!!

Good morning, i have bee trying to post this since last night...not sure if there was something up with blogger but it kept saying i couldnt upload photos because i needed the proper licence or something??

Anyway here all fine now. I decided to make a box to hold chocolates for the kids to give to my mum.

Its actually a slider box and the whole sleeve slides of and leaves the plain pink box. Worked out great and just as i planned.

The image is one of the hAnglar stamps i found trailing the net. She is lovely, i love these stamps so i am on a mission to get a lot more...so hard to get though. I coloured her in with Promarkers. On her heart i used glossy accents and glitter, as well as on her bows in her hair etc.

The flowers are handmade and the leaves/vines are from the potpourri cartridge. I have not used that cut before but its quite nice with the swirls on there too. 

The paper is a Bo Bunny one i think, dont quote me on that one! The ribbons down each side has been pleated by used a run of double sided tape and then just folded it in as i went. To be honest i thought it would be quicker than sewing it the gathering it up but it wasnt! The edges are punched with my MS punch.

Heres is a front on view.

The sentiment was a free one from Birds Cards. I just found this blog the other day and its fab, she has cutting files on there too! Lots of great stuff! 

Here is the challenges i am entering with this choc box;

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - All you need is Love

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - Recipe 1,2,3 (I have used 1 brad, 2 fancy pins, and 3 flowers!)

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ - All sentimental

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Bingo! (i used Gems, Glitter, Ribbon line)

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Sentiment with Love theme

Thanks for looking and hope you have a great weekend!

Spots and Stripes!

Hi, Today we woke up to the deepest snow i have seen for years! David went out to see if he would get his car out and it was up over his knees all the way along the road...he had no chance, totally snowed in! Its so beautiful to look at but the kids are out and in because the schools are all closed and there is wet clothes and boots everywhere! They are having great fun though! They are making a full size igloo later seemingly!

Anyway onto the card i made as i sat at my desk watching the snow get deeper and deeper! The sketch i followed is from the LOTV challenge blog. I love this image i have used, she looks so different every time i colour her with a different colour scheme! I have used Promarkers to colour her and the white i have used flocking, not that you can see much if it in the picture. The colour scheme came about from the Daring Cardmakers challenge, they are asking for Spots and Stripes. The DP is "Jolly Happy Xmas" from Dovecraft. I have also entered the Passion for Promarkers challenge. They have a challenge and a blog hop running for 2 weeks. The Theme is "Old and New". Well this card really fits the challenge, The flower i have on my card i have had since i started out card making a good few years back. So old it had lost the green leaves from the back of it! The new things is the DP's and the charm and chain. I have seen a few people use a few links of chain to dangle charms from lately but the first time i seen it was on Bev's blog, "All The Things I Love".  The Crafty Catz Challenge is "Christmas" and Stampin B's challenge is to make a holiday card and the Paper Cutz challenge is Anything Goes this week so i am entering these challenges too.

Heres is the links to all the challenge blogs;

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch.

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ - Spots and Stripes.

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Old and New (Blog Hop too!)

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes.

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas.

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Holiday Card.

Hope your all enjoying the snow..if you have any! 

Thanks for looking!

Sugar Fix!

First of all, sorry about the poor photo. Its 2am and possibly the worst time to start taking photos! I couldnt sleep tonight so decided to have a sugar fix! Here is my entry to "The Sugar Bowl". The theme was to use the sketch given and the colour scheme of Black and White with one other. I chose pink as you can see! The sktech was a really good one to follow. I coloured my Gorgeous girl with promarkers. I love colouring these girls in and especially love colouring their hair!

I have also entered the card into the CES challenge. The theme is Lovely Lace so i have used 2 layers of the lace overlapping and think it adds a bit more depth to it. Passion for Promarkers challenge is "Stitching and Distressing. As you can see i have used Faux stitching around the black layer and also used my pricking took  around the other layers to create the "stitched" look! As for the distressing, i used black distress ink all around each layer. I didnt go too mad with it since its not really one of my best techniques and didnt want it to end up a mess. This is a area i need to improve on..lots!

So here is the links to the challenge blogs;

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/- Sketch and Black & White + One!

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Lovely Lace

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Stitching and Distressing

Thank You for taking the time to look!

Halloween's Coming!

Here is my Halloween treat bag that i made today. I thought i had a Halloween Tilda stamp in my collection but i couldnt find it so i had to just used this one and coloured her in with Promarkers and used colours to suit the theme. I made the bag from a cut from my Cricut Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge. Its a lovely shape, just that bit different. The sentiment was cut from my Wild Card Cart aswell as the bats. I used a touch of glossy accents on the bats and sprinkle with glamour dust. This was such a easy make and my daughter just loved it! She has took it already and has a few sweets in the bottom!

There are a few challenges this week with the Halloween theme so i here are the blogs that i am playing along with;

http://totallytilda.blogspot.com/ - Halloween Special!!

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Halloween!

http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Halloween!

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Halloween!

http://craftsandmechallengesblogspot.com - Halloween!

Also...

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Colour Combo (Orange, Black, Purple and Green)

Have a good weekend!

                                                               

Seeing Double!

This is just a quick post to my card for a few challenges that are about this week. The first challenge i am playing along with is the Just Magnolia Challenge. The challenge over there is 2x2 (2 of everything!) As you can see i have used 2 flowers and leafs twice, 2 sets of 2 gems, 2 DP's, and 2 charms. The charms are recycled from older cards that i have not given to anyone! It was harder than i thought using 2 of everything! The papers are from Bo Bunny and are scraps pieces that i had left over from other cards i made. I also used scrap cardstock from my scrap box that sits at my feet as i craft away. The Passion for Promarkers challenge is Recycled so i hope that all my scraps and old charms count! The colour theme of pink is fitting with two other challenges, I love Promarkers and Lets Craft and create. The image is coloured with Promarkers and the image of Tilda is fitting with the challenge over at Crafty Catz. The sentiment was cut from my Cricut Wild Card Cart and i sparkled it up a bit with glossy accents and glitter. I have also entered the card into the challenge at Craftalicious as the challenge is "Anything Goes".

This is the list of links to the Challenge blogs that i have played along with today;

http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Think Pink

http://craftaliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Tilda Week

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Think Pink

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - 2x2!

http://www.promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Recycled

Thanks For Looking!

     

Animal Crackers!

This is a card i made tonight for a few different challenges. The challenge at Creative Inspirations was to create a card thats anything other than a square or rectangle so i made this scalloped circle card. I cut the card base using my Cricut wild card cartridge as well as the 2 circle layers. The paper is from Bo Bunny. I really like pink and brown at the moment. The image of the rabbit is a LOTV stamp. It is meant to have a balloon in his hand but i just wanted the rabbit this time! The rabbit image fits with Pear Tree Designs challenge and also A Spoonful of Sugar challenge where animals is the theme for both. Passion for Promarkers challenge is "Sweet Treat" so the little cup cake is a perfect treat for that challenge! The flowers are punched and layered and finished with pearls. The challenge at CES is "Floral Frenzy" so the flowers and the floral paper fit with it great. This will be my first time entering at CES, its just a new challenge blog and looks great! I wanted to do something different with the ribbon on this card so i pleated it along the length of the card and put a bow at the side of the image and embellished with a couple of pins. I have also played along with the challenge over at Die Cut Dreams where they are looking for Pearls and Pins. I was going to add a sentiment to the card but i decided to leave it blank for now until i have a use for it!

Heres the links to the challenges i entered;

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything except square or rectangle!

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Floral Frenzy

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Animals

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Animals

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Pins

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sweet Treats!

Thanks for having a look and have a good night! (Well its now actually morning!)

Teddy Bears Picnic!!

This is my second post of the night as i have just finished this card. The sketch i used is from the Flutter By Wednesday challenge. You must also use either a butterfly, fairy or angel on the birthday card for it to count so i used a butterfly stamp i had in my stash. The challenge at Passion for Promarkers is "Teddy Bears Picnic" so i used this LOTV stamp and coloured it with promarkers. The papers are both from the Lush Collection from My Minds Eye. I just had to have them when i seen them! The ribbon is one i bought when i was on holiday from a lovely little farm shop that sold organic and home grown/made produce. The ribbon was expensive but worth it. The camera doesnt show it well.  I used used 3 pink brads which were the perfect colour for my papers and fits with the Party time Tuesday challenge which is a Birthday card with brads. I am going to also enter into the Paper Take Weekly Challenge. Their challenge this time is "Just The One" so i used one colour theme, Vintage Pink. I could also use just the one metal wire heart charm! The sentiment was just one i had in my stash from a pack of clear stamps.

There are a few other challenges i am entering into also so heres links to them all;

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-63-soft-shades-of-vintage.html - Shades of Vintage.

 http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Material world (Used my lovely ribbon!)

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Teddy Bears Picnic

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ - "Just the One"

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/ - Birthday card with Brads

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ - Birthday with Sketch and butterfly.

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Metal. (i used brads and a metal wire charm.)

Thanks for looking! Thats me off to bed, Good night...well its officially morning now!

Gone all Green!

 Here is another card that i made for some more challenges. I am on a roll now! Its great to have some time to get some crafting done but we are going away to the caravan on Friday morning and i have got nothing ready at all! Think i better get myself organised! Packing for 5 is not a 5 minute job, thats for sure!

I cut the card base using my Cricut and followed the sketch for Mojo Monday challenge. They gave the choice of circle or square so decided to go for the circle for a change from the usual square cards. The colour choice was to match the Passion for Promarkers challenge which is green. As with the chocolate card i made a few days ago, its not a colour i would pick out to use as the main colour but again i quite like it! The paper is Bo Bunny Island Mist and the patterned  floral paper is from Rico Design.

I am also going to enter the card into Pear Tree designs for the Birthday card challenge. This LOTV stamp is one of my favourites. She is so cute!

Here is the challenges that this card is entered into,

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ - challenge 149, Sketch!

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Green.

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Birthday.

Thanks again for looking and i better get a move on and get packed for my week away!

Take Care