In the Blue and New Promarker Storage!

Good Afternoon! I have just stopped in to share my very first attempt and colouring with Distress inks with you. I am really quite pleased with the results. I had tried previously but stopped after i had done the skin as my card was awful. I got my new Fabriano pad in the post yesterday so spent the day colouring. This thought was the very first try..just shows that anyone can do it!!

My Belles n Whistles stamps called "Patches and Braids" is new too. I had a bit of a shopping spree last week! She is so she cute and is a great image for all occasions i think. Looking close at my colouring i can see bits of shading that are not that great but overall i was happy with it. Practice makes perfect and oh my god, colouring with the inks is very addictive!

Card Recipe

Image - Belles n Whistles, Patches n Braids coloured with distress inks

Papers/cardstock - MME Lost and Found, Portobello Road and blue and white Cardstock.

Dies and Punches - Various Marianne design dies and TimHoltz "On The Edge".

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Embellishments - Charm, gems ribbon from stash.

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

I also got myself a new storage system for my Promarkers while on my shopping spree. Check this out... 

It looks impressive with them all set out like that. Its so easy just to  Only thing it it only holds 60 pens and i have over 100 so for now i have some in the wicker box beside my Flexmarkers. I am going to buy another rack the same but having the two of them will take up some room so going to need to get a shelf put up for them. I didnt realise i actually had so many. I dont think i have that many Promarkers left to get but i am in love with the Flexmarkers at the moment.
EDIT - Lots of people asking where i got the storage from. It was on Ebay. They do lots of sizes. Its a lady who's husband made her it because she couldnt find a storage system she liked and because its so fab they have started to sell them. Just Fab!

Back to my card... I would to enter it into the following challenges; 

The Sweet Shop - Sketch

Paper Sundaes - Beautiful Bows

One Stop Craft - Colour challenge - Blue

Totally Gorjuss - Swirly whirly!

One Stitch At a Time - Anything Goes

Thats me for now. I have got another card to share later tonight but for now i better get helping with dinner!

Hugs

A Pen Friend!!

Well its been another nice day here in Scotland. Not just as warm as the past few days but still sunny and dry! The kids are back to school tomorrow and i must say...thank god!!

Tonight i have made a card with one of my favourite images from Elisabeth Bell. I must admit i love all her images, they are all so sweet and a joy to colour. Over on the Belles and Whistles Challenge blog they have a sketch to follow. Its a great sketch to leave plain or dress it right up, i have dressed it up a bit but you cans till see the sketch clearly.

I have left the comfort zone a bit tonight! I have distressed all the edges of the card stock and DP's. I am not big on distressing, i do like the look but i felt mine always looked like a dog had chewed it! Anyway once i put the card together i really liked it and i am not so afraid of my distress tool now!

The image was coloured with Promarkers and little bits of Glossy Accents and glitter added here and there. The papers are "Lush" from MME and doily from Ribbon Box. The charm is made from scratch using beads, pins and chain made at different lengths. I think it works well and a nice change from my usual charms.

I printed the sentiment which says "A note for my friend.." and the rest of the supplies are from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

Belles and Whistles Challenge - Sketch

Paper Sundaes - Favourite hair colour combo (i used Promarkers - Sandstone, Caramel and the blending pen also a inktense pencil in shaded areas - willow)

Totally Gorjuss - 123 - i used 1 image, 2 ribbons (cream and brown) and 3 DP's.

Lexis Creation - Friendship

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday - Open challenge

Thats all for now! Hope you enjoy the rest of the week. Thanks for reading and for all the much appreciated comments.

Teddy Bo!

I am just popping by to post my Teddy Bo card for this weeks challenge and managed to combine with a few more too. Its a colour challenge this time..Duck Egg Blue and Brown. I love this colour combo!

I have coloured my image with promarkers. I love this image, its so cute! The sketch i followed is this weeks Totally Gorjuss challenge. It was a great sketch to play with.

I have used my Martha Stewart POTP punch. I used lace out my stash on my border, i am running out so must go get more of that one! The spotty paper is from papermania "The Big One" by Claire Curd. I have had this pad for such a long time and it is never ending! The flower and pearls are from my stash. The sentiment is a Personal Impressions one that i got not long ago, its has a matching set with relations/ages etc. Its good to have a whole set that covers everything in the same font.

Heres the links to the challenges that i am entering today;

http://teddybochallenge.blogspot.com/ - Duck Egg Blue and Brown

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Lace

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

Hope you enjoy whats left of the weekend!

Thanks for visiting!

Xmas Bling!

What a miserable, wet and dark day. The perfect day for crafting!! Heres my card that i made for a few challenges. The colour scheme was meant to be for the Totally Tilda challenge but i never got it finished yesterday morning so i was too late with it! Just my luck. Fortunately the Totally Gorjuss challenge this week was Non Traditional Christmas colours so my favourite icy blue scheme goes well. The Paper Cutz challenge is Christmas with Bling so i used new gems that i got that are just plain but shiny silver. I really love them, just that bit different to the gems i use all the time. The photo doesnt show them off that well. I have also played along with the Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club which is anything Goes this week.

I know this image is not a Xmas stamp but i thought it fits well and i coloured her with Promarkers. The snowflakes are from my Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge.

Heres the links to the challenges i have entered; 

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ - Not so Traditional

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas using lots of Bling

http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes!

As always thanks for looking at my cards and leaving such lovely comments.

Pink Tilda!

This is my card that i made for the Just Magnolia challenge which is a sketch by Dawny. I love her sketches, just right up my street and a dream to work with! The pink paper i used is a cut off from a paper that i had in my stash and the spotted one was i got in the sale at Hobbycraft for 25p, it has nothing on to say who is from. The image was coloured by promarkers. The square is embossed with the swirls folder using my cuttlebug. The ribbons, flowers, pins and pearls are from my stash and the sentiment is a Forever Friends stamp. 

The other challenges i am playing along with are the Totally Gorjuss Challenge and Our Creative corner challenge. The challenge at Our creative Corner was to use as many embellishments as you can. I used lots of pearls, 2 pins, lots of ribbon and flowers. I hope this is plenty!

Heres are the links to the three challenge blogs i have entered;

  http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - A Sketch by Dawny

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ - Pink

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ - Embellishments - The More the Better!

Thanks for taking time out to look at my cards and leaving such nice comments!

Cupcakes...Yummy!!!

Another day, another card! This card was made for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge which is "Not a Square". The base card was cut from my Cricut Wild Card Cartridge and the top scallop was from the Story Book Cartridge. The cupcake paper is from Trimcraft. I love the colours of these papers.The image is from LOTV and one of my favourites, very cute! I have coloured the image with promarkers. I am also playing along with "Fab n Funky challenge which is Yummy, Yummy, Yummy and "I Love Promarkers" challenge which is Cupcakes. Papercutz challenge is Anything goes this week so i have entered the challenge there! The flowers, ribbon and pearls are from my stash. 

Heres the links to the challenge blogs i played along with;

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ -Not  a Square.

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Cupcakes.

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!

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

Thanks you all for looking and the kind comments!

Transport the Baby!!

Hi, Hope your having a lovely weekend. The weather here is not too bad, suns out bit the wind is quite cold. 

Here a card i made last night for a few differerent challenges. The image is one of my fav from LOTV , she is just so cute! I am hoping that a pram passes as a form of transport for the I love Promarkers challenge and also the Crafty Creations challenge too. Its all doodlebug papers on this card and the border is one cut from my cricut Storybook Cartridge. I use this cart so much, would be lost without it to be honest! The flowers are hand made as usual and the leaf is again from my storybook cartridge. The colour scheme was to fit with the challenge at Flutterby Wednesday where they are looking for pink along side the usual butterfly, fairy or angel.     I have used a few gems to give to some bling!

I loved the layout of this card, this was from the Papertake Weekly Challenge.

I am a big ribbon fan so use it on most cards but i refrained this time for a change, i think the border works great instead. I added my old favourite Glossy Accents to little areas on the image and to the border, flowers and butterfly but it doesnt show up in the photo which is a shame cos she has got little glossy boots and bow!

Heres the link to the challenges i have played along with;

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

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Transport - Hope my pram passes for this one!

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Transport - My first entry to this challenge!

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ - Pink + Butterfly

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

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Jewelled!

Thanks very much for looking at my card! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sorry the picture aint that great!

Challenges!!

Here is my latest card for a few different challenges. I followed Bevs sketch from the LOTV challenge blog and used a LOTV stamp from my stash. The colours i used were to follow the Warm pinks, Chocolate and whites of the Colour create Challenge. The paper is Dovecraft "Piece of Cake". For the I Love Promarkers challenge "buttons" is the theme so i used buttons on the flower centres and also to embellish at the bottom of my card. I also used Promarkers to colour my image. To finish off i used the sentiment "congratulations" which is the sentiment required for the Totally Gorjuss challenge. My flowers were cut from my Cuttlebug as well as the swirls. I added tiny drops of my old favourite Glossy Accents sprinkled with MS glitters to give the cake a bit of bling!
Here are link to the challenge blogs i have entered this card into!
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-24-buttons.html - Buttons.
http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-58.html - Bevs Sketch and LOTV stamp.
http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-49-warm-pinks-chocolate-and.html - Warm pink, Chocolate and White.
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-40-congratulations.html - Congratulations Card.
This was fun and easy to mix the 4 challenges together!
Thanks for looking! x x

Challenges!!

Here is my entry for the following challenges;

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge #33 - Sketch
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #3 - Its Your Day..
The Corrosive Challenge  - Challenge #67 - Die Cuts

For this card i followed the sketch on Totally Gorjuss. The paper is from Bo Bunny and i used the cuttlebug to emboss the white background.The stamp is Midsummer Tilda coloured by pro markers. I used my Nestabilites to cut the scallop circle and my Cricut Wild Card Cartridge to cut the sentiment. Storybook and Plantin Schoolbook Carts were used for the flowers and branches. The pearls and ribbon finished it off.
Thanks for looking!