Jac's Playground

Meet Gaffi

2012-01-25T23:05:00.001Z

As I am sure you are all aware, Friday is Digi Release Day over at Crafty Sentiments Designs, well I have a sneek peek here for you of one of this weeks 2 adorable images. This was a real fun card to make. Meet Gaffi, isnt he adorable? I coloured him using copics, my cs has been inked and embossed, then I dug out some very old ribbon that I have had for ever! added the buttons and the wooden giraffe button that I bought coz I thought it was adorable not coz I had any idea when or how I was going to use it! lol and I finally added the sentiment that was cut using the Cricut and Straight From The Nest cartridge. Dont forget that Gaffi is available from Friday over at Crafty Sentiments Designs.

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

Friday Sketch #9

Crazy 4 Challenges #120 ~ Childs Birthday Card

Creative Inspirations #147 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

He loves me

2012-01-25T17:37:00.000Z

For this card I have used He Loves Me which is from the recent stamp release from Crafty Sentiments Designs, I have coloured her with copics and paper pieced her top and trousers using papers from the digi kit by Raspberry Road Designs called Fitting Room, I have used paper from the same kit for the background and the bloodheart flowers which were cut using the Cricut. I added glitter in the form of askura pens to her flower, belth, patch and bracelts. (unfortunately doesnt really show in the pic) The flowers and heart charm are from my stash and the wonderful sentiment ticket is from a soon to be released digi set of ticket sentiments which will be available over at Crafty Sentiments Designs this Friday along with 2 more fab new images so dont forget to check the store out on Digi Day Friday.

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

Stamp Scrap & Doodle ~ Have a heart

Sentimental Sundays #86 ~ Die cuts

Paper Sundaes #104 ~ Paper Piecing

Cupcake Crafts #176 ~ All You Need is Love

Tuesday Throwdown #82 ~ So Charming

TFL

Crafty Sentiments - Lace & Pins

2012-01-24T09:00:00.001Z

This week over at Crafty Sentiments its the turn of Caz to host and the theme is Lace & Pins. Now lace & pins aren't something I use a lot of, so this was a bit challenging for me. I only have 2 pieces of lace, actually make that one now! lol (the other bit is pink) I decided to make a flower with the lace using a circle of card and lots of ds tape. I filled the centre with some crystal glaze and little white beads then added some more beads to my pins before backing them all with a flower shape cut with the Cricut, the main background is also cut with the Cricut as is the sentiment and butterfly (I'm really liking the paperlace cartridge, can you tell! lol) I glittered the butterfly and added it using a foam pad for extra dimension. My image is Patches Looking Out from Crafty Sentiments Designs who has had a touch of copics added, cut with nesties then mounted onto another oval cut with nesties and embossed.

Well thats what I did, I hope you like it, now be sure to check out the fabulous work by my wonderful teamies it really is amazing and then join in with our lace & ins challange, we love popping by to see your creations.

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

Crafts and Me #67 ~ Use pins

Totally Papercrafts #100 ~ Make your own flower

Sweet Stampin' ~ White on White

Challenge up Your Life #61 ~ Thanks

Allsorts #138 ~ Needles & Pins

2 Sisters #75 ~ Embossing

TFL

Sweet little Kai

2012-01-22T11:30:00.000Z

This sweet image is Kai and she is available as a digi stamp over at Crafty Sentiments Designs she was released on Friday along with Patches Goes Fishing. I have coloured her with my copics and added a little fabric bow to her hair band, papers are First Edition ~ Daydream (glittered) and all the other embellishments are from my stash.

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

Sketch and Stash #79 ~ new image the rest is all old stuff

PaperTake Weekly ~ Buttons, Bows, Bling & Blooms (wow managed to get them all!)

Crafty Catz #116 ~ Buttons & Bows

ABC Challenge ~ H is for Happy Birthday

TFL

Get well soon!

2012-01-21T21:15:00.000Z

Well I had planned on having a crafty day today but it didnt really work out that way, never mind I have managed to make this Get Well Soon card. I have used an adorable digi stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs called Porly Bun Bun Bear. My colours came from the background paper by Shabby Princess which I came across in my papers drawer and it went from there. Don't usually use a lot of orange but it kinda felt right for this card. Coloured the image with copics and cut out using a nestie, the border is a Crafty Cutters die from Crafty Sentiments Designs, the corners, leaves and sentiment were cut using the Cricut and the flower and brad are from my stash.

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #89

One Stop Craft Challenge #166 ~ under the weather

TFL

Patches goes fishing

2012-01-20T09:00:00.001Z

Every Friday over at Crafty Sentiments Designs its going to be Friday Digi Releases Day and that starts today, there are 2 fantastic new images available and I have used Patches goes Fishing for my card, isnt he cute? I have coloured with copics and added a tiny bit of stardust (doesnt really show in the photo!) to the frog and the water. My papers are K&Co Classic K Bailey which I have had for quite some time now! The green spot ribbon is actually papermania adhesive fabric ribbon from the Hampstead range, the swirls I cut using my cricut and the stamp is from the Portobello Road range again Papermania then just a few little gems from my stash.

So don't forget to check out the store every Friday to see some great digi stamps.

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

Sketch Saturday #190

One Stop Craft Challenge #165 ~ On the spot & Ribbon

Sentimental Sundays #85 ~ Ribbon (+ sentiment)

Crazy Challenge ~ Tic Tac Toe (flourish/image/word)

Fab 'n' Funky #104 ~ Bingo (digi image, flourishes, lots of layers)

TFL

My 2012

2012-01-19T20:31:00.000Z

Well some of you may remember that last year I took part in the Heart Journal at TGF and when it finished promised myself I would do something else so I have decided to document my year on a monthly basis by means of a scrapbook and the idea is that thru the month I will take notes of what has been happening in my life, take pics and at the end of each month put together a 12x12 scrapbook page. So for now here is my title page. I bought the Papermania Portobello Road papers just because I love them and am hoping to get hold of the album too, my local shop sold out but then they only had 2! so waiting to see if they get some more in! The tags are cut on my Cricut as are the numbers then I got stuck and after much thought I remembered some VERY old month rub ons well it took me about 20 mins to actually find them and then I began to wish I hadn't! Some of them didn't work very well and I ended up having to write over them with a black pen but I got there in the end and hey presto my title page.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Paper Cutz #120 ~ For the new year

Allsorts #137 ~ Celebration of Nations

Truly Scrumptious #72 ~ Something Forgotten (definatley my rubons!)

TFL

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

2012-01-17T09:00:00.001Z

Gosh another week gone! That means its time for another challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and Jo has chosen a theme we know you all love and its 'Anything Goes' so no excuse not to join in the fun! I have used another of the fabulous new release stamps, this time I have used 'Love Boat Bunnies' and the minute I saw this stamp I knew I wanted to use it for an anniversary card for my Mum & Dad, I have used the Cricut to cut out Happy Anniversary which I have added to the inside of the card as it really didnt work on the outside! I have cut a panel for the background using my new Paperlace cartridge as it reminded me of waves then I mounted my image (available at Crafty Sentiments Designs) which is coloured with copics and a tiny bit of sakura on the water on top of the panel and then added a flower from my stash and some leaves cut with the Cricut. Hope you like it.

Now dont forget to check out what the rest of the fabulous DT have been up to and then please do join us we love stopping by your blogs to see what you have been up to.

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

Crafty Catz #115 ~ Use something new ~ new stamp, new cricut cartridge

Crafts 4 Eternity #54 ~ Colour challenge Ice Magic

SCSC #168 ~ Anything goes with Blue

Crazy 4 Challenges #119 ~ Monochromatic in blues

TFL

Ria's first project of the new year

2012-01-16T11:13:00.000Z

Ria and I came across 2 t-shirts that were of a one shoulder design, they were too small for me and too big and a bit old for Ria so she decided to recycle them and as one was green which is one of her friends favourite colours an idea for a bag sprung forth! So with some triming and fiddling and trying out new stiches for stretchy material this is the finished item which she has given to her friend for her birthday. Both seem very pleased with the outcome and it is helping to build Ria's confidence with the sewing machine! (it wasn't the easiest thing to photograph either! lol)

Ria would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky #103 ~ Recycle it

Crafts and Me ~ Bumper Christams Challenge ~ Anything Goes

OSAAT #96 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

He loves me, He loves me not.

2012-01-11T21:45:00.000Z

I am just lovin' these new stamp releases from Crafty Sentiments Design. I have used a gorgeous image called 'He loves me' and as soon as I saw her I knew which paper I wanted to use, its from a digi kit by Raspbeery Road Designs from a kit called 'Groovy Garb'. I have of course coloured her with my copics and added little bits of stardust for a bit of sparkle. The oval nestie I embossed with one of my new papermania folders and the heart border I cut using my new Paper Lace cartridge for the cricut which arrived yesterday, the red flowers are part of a candy bag I won over the holiday season at Fab 'n' Funky and the charm and brads are from my stash and the purple cord Ria gave me from her jewellery making stuff.

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

Friday Sketch Challenge #8

One Stop Craft Challenge #167 ~ Bingo (emboss/die cut/flowers)

Challenge Up Your Life #60 ~ Bingo (Purple/die cut/sparkle)

OSAAT #95 ~3 embellishments (flowers, charm cord)

Papertake Weekly ~ Die cut (and cute)

Crafty Creations #152 ~ Something New

TFL

Crafty Sentiments - Water Theme

2012-01-10T09:00:00.003Z

This week the challenge over at Crafty Sentiments is a 'Water Theme' and several of the new releases work so well for this theme, I chose to use Annabel the Mermaid and I teamed her up with a 'swimming Billy' from an earlier release both available at Crafty Sentiments Designs. They are coloured using copics, I added some stardust to Annabel and some crystal glaze to Billy. The background paper is a piece from my scrap drawers that gave me the impression of water (sort of!) To this I have added a sandcastle and some vines cut using my cricut and I have created a little underwater scene. I dont often create scenes but really enjoyed putting this one together.

Dont forget to check out the rest of the amazing DTs work you will not be disappointed and then why not 'dip your toes in the water' and join us for the challenge.

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

Crafts and Me ~ Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes #102 ~ Saturated Colours

Crazy Challenge #102 ~ Lace and/or pearls, Annabel has a star of pearls in her hair

Crafty Cardmakers #59 ~ NO floral embellishements

Cupcake Crafts #174 ~ Something New

Mad for Markers ~ New colour combo challenge, I dont really use the BG so that is what I went with here.

I have used BG15, 34, 49, R00, 11, YR 04, 16, E57, 47, 49

TFL and now its over to you. xx

Ooops - a happy mistake!

2012-01-08T23:44:00.000Z

Yes a mistake! There I was quite happily figuring out the different parts to my card so I put the Crafty Cutters border die (available from Crafty Sentiments Designs) thru my Big Shot admittedly with some quite thick cs thinking nothing of it, till it came out! Now it had cut around the edge but all the wee hearts and dots didn't get cut all the way through, so I'm hunting round for some more scrap cs to use as an extra shim to put it through again when I took another look and decided I actually really like how it looks, so keeping it that way I added it to my card (with a mental note to self that when using thicker cs add another shim if you want to cut it all the way through!) lol I have used some more new stash on this card. The image is '2 hearts' from the new stamp release over at Crafty Sentiments Designs, isn't it adorable? coloured with copics (of course!) The background paper is from the new Portobello Road collection by Papermania as are the sentiment stamps (2 different stamps) I have to say I love this collection and back in 2000 I was studying in London and Portobello Road was my local market and I loved it! Anyway I digress!lol the bow and button are from my stash.

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

Sketch and Stash #78 Majority is new stash except cs, button and bow

Crazy 4 Challenges #118 Do or use something new (image, paper and sentiment stamps)

TFL

New Baby Card

2012-01-07T18:08:00.001Z

Treated myself to a couple of new crafting bits yesterday when I went shopping and one of them was a lovely hearts embossing folder which I have used for my New Baby card. The image is the adorable Lucy with rattles which is available at Crafty Sentiments Designs (dont forget there is a sale on!) I have coloured her using my copics and added a touch of stardust to her rattles. The pale blue squares are embossed with the new folder and the corner and rattles are from Cricut cartridges, paper is from a freebie pack and the alphabet ribbon is from my stash.

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp # 87

PaperTake Weekly ~ Anything Goes (+ 'new')

Crafts and Me ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #102 ~ Use something new

Crafty Catz #114 ~ New beginning

Simply Create Too #4 ~ Layers, layers and more layers (more than 2 layers)

By the Cute & Girly ~ New Beginnings

Thanks for stopping by I hope you are all having fun using new stash! xx

Crafty Sentiments - Love and Romance

2012-01-03T09:00:00.001Z

Well here we are back for the first challenge of the year over at Crafty Sentiments, which is Love & Romance. Hope you all had a great festive period and are now raring to go in 2012. Crafty Sentiments Designs has a new release of stamps for your pleasure and they are adorable as I'm sure you will agree when you visit the other DT members blogs. For my card I have used 'Gypsy Heart', coloured her with my copics and added some gold gel pen and sakura stardust, I have also crystal glazed her crystal ball! I have also used one of the Crafty Cutters border dies also available at Crafty Sentiments Designs and used the 'waste' from the die to add rivets to her treasure chest and as hearts and jewels around her feet, (time consuming but really like the effect!) The red paper is from a digi kit called DirtyLove by JZ designs and the sentiment is computer generated.

Isnt she adorable? Dont forget to check out what the rest of the DT have been up to, you wont be disappointed, then join in with the challenge, we love coming round to see what you are creating.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me #66 ~ Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays #83 ~ Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes #101 ~ Something Old, Something New

~ my old is the digi kit and my new is the fabulous new

Gypsy Heart stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs

TFL

a Hanukkah card

2011-12-30T22:00:00.000Z

I don't usually make Hanukkah cards but one of the clients I work with has a jewish friend and he was taking her out for a meal and I agreed to make a card without really thinking about what I needed as I've never made one before so did a little research online and decided to go with the candles that they light during Hanukkah, I also added a traditional greeting inside. Although it is quite a C&S card I think it is effective and I hope she liked it. I used the Straight From The Nest Cricut cartridge for hte candles and then just peelof lettering.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SCSC #166 ~ Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge #163 ~ Winter Wishes

Paper Sundaes #100 ~ Celebrate

Creative Card Crew ~ Christmas Lights (I hope Hanukkah lights count)

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 23 ~ Letter to Myself ~ Final week

2011-12-29T23:31:00.000Z

Well here we are its the last page of TGF heArt Journal can't believe it all started just 23 weeks ago and what a journey I have had and it has been great especially when Ria has been able to join me. This weeks theme is 'Letter to Myself' so I decided to look at what had happend thru 2011 and then look at my plans and goals for 2012, I used some little envelopes which I unstuck and wrote inside then I did them up with some ribbon, all the lettering was done with my Cricut and the background paper is Bo Bunny. I might challenge myself to do another journal which documents each week of the coming year using pics and any new crafting techniques I pick up along the way!

Thank you for joining me on my journey I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss #111 ~ For Someone Special

Allsorts #134 ~ Blue & Brown

Creative Inspirations #143 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Still making Christimas cards! lol

2011-12-22T11:21:00.000Z

Yep here is another Christmas card, this time I have used freebie papers from Scrapbook Magazine from quite some time ago! The image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts Charming Christmas digi collection and finished off with some epoxy resin corners and snowflakes. Quick, fun and bright I think.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz #113 ~ Santas Hat

2 Sisters #70 ~ Kids Christmas

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #86 ~ I remembered to stamp this time!lol

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 22 ~ Music of the heart

2011-12-22T00:27:00.000Z

Gosh can you believe there is only one more week to go with the TGF heART Journal, what a journey it has been, one I have enjoyed and at times struggled with but now that it is nearing the end I think I will actually miss it! Anyway this weeks theme was 'music of the heart' well I listen to a very wide range of music and it really depends on how I am feeling at any given time as to what I will listen to so I wanted a way of adding all the different artists and bands on and this is what I came up with.

I was making a christmas card and needed some music paper, remembered a very old magazine (1934) that I picked up in a charity shop for 20p after making the card I decided to use some of the paper as my background then I noticed the book title was 'Popular Music' so just had to use that and it was edited by someone called Jack Payne so I cut out the edited by JAC part! Made the popular music title into a pocket and added 2 tags that I have used to write the names of the artists/bands that I mainly listen to at the moment. I just knew that old magazine would come in handy one day! lol

As always thanks for stopping by on this incredible journey, only one more week to go :(

Still making Christimas cards!

2011-12-21T21:16:00.000Z

Yep still making Christmas cards only a few more left now I think! lol This card uses an image from the Joanna Sheen Victorian Christmas CD which I have mounted onto some shiny red cs, the tartan paper is a digi from Raspberry Road Designs andthe music paper is from an old book (which inspired me for my heART journal page this week which isnt quite finished!) added some peel off corners a peeloff sentiment and a felt poinsettia. I actually used the sketch over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp then realised it doesnt qualify as its not stamped! doh!lol might try and do another card using the sketch if I get time.

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

Crazy Challenge #98 ~ Christmas

Creative Inspirations #143 ~ Anything Goes

Crafts and Me #66 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Crafty Sentiments ~ Bookmarks

2011-12-20T20:43:00.000Z

Ooops it seems I am somewhat late with my post today, I thought I'd sheduled but it seems to have gone amiss somewhere out there in the ether! Never mind better late than never!lol This week over at Crafty Sentiments we would love to see your bookmarks. For my bookmark I have used the image of Primrose 'A Good Book' which is available at the Crafty Sentiments Design Store, I have coloured her using copics and she is mounted on some cs printed with digi paper from Raspberry Road Designs and I have used an oval nestie to get the top shape, using the out of the box technique. Ria has already claimed the bookmark! lol mind you she is an avid reader.

Now don't forget to check out the fabulous work by the other DT members and as it is now so close to Christmas we will be taking a short break but will be back with another new challenge and new images on Tuesday 3 January so you get 2 weeks to join in with this challenge.

Oh and almost forgot, there is still a sale on at Crafty Sentiments Designs until 24 December so go and make the most of it.

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

OSAAT #93 ~ Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. xx

Christmas Sparkle

2011-12-17T11:10:00.000Z

I really enjoyed making this card but did get covered in glitter in the process! lol Just plenty of white cs some of which is embossed with swiss dots, borders punched with Tonic Studios punches, then the punch outs glittered with glamour dust, corners cut with Cricut and the image is from Charming Christmas available at Charmed Cards & Crafts to which I have added only a tiny amount of colour and then added the glamour dust finished off with some white organza ribbon and a snowflake brad.

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

Stamptacular Sundays #142 ~ Christmas glitz

Sketch and Stash #76

PaperTake Weekly # ~ I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Crafty Creations #148 ~ Embossing & Glitter

Creative Inspirations #142 ~ Whitewashed

Fussy and Fancy #52 ~ Monochromatic & Sparkle

One Stop Craft Challenge #162 ~ Christmas Sparkle

Sweet Stampin' ~ Sparkle & bling

TFL

Holly Pixie

2011-12-16T19:58:00.000Z

Just a quick and simple card for today. I used a pre coloured Holly pixie from the Pixies 1 collection available at Charmed Cards & Crafts to which I added some skaura stardust and glamour dust. The upturned flower pot that she is sitting on it cut from a Cricut cartridge and then I inked it to give it a bit of a used look. The pixie is mounted on foam pads for extra depth and the background paper is Bo Bunny. Like I said a simple card but I really like how it turned out.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' ~ Something with wings

Crafts and Me #65 ~ Christmas

TFL

Crafty Sentiments is sponsoring Chocolates, Coffee and Cards Challenges

2011-12-16T09:00:00.003Z

Did you know there is a new challenge blog on the block? Well there is and its called 'Chocolates, Coffee and Cards Challenges' They run fortnightly challenges and this week see Challenge No 2 ~ Tags. Crafty Sentiments Designs is very proud to sponsor 'Chocolates, Coffee and Cards Challenges' for this challenge and the DT were asked to join in the fun and provide you with some inspiration which of course we were very pleased to do. So without further ado here is my card for their Tag challenge. I have used the cute image tht was a freebie over on the challenge blog a couple of weeks ago and after colouring with copics I added a golden tag brad. Paper is a digi from Raspberry Road Designs and I stayed with the traditional colours for christmas throughout.

Well I hope you will join in the fun over at 'Chocolates, Coffee and Cards Challenges' .

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

SCSC #164 ~ All creatures great and small

One Stop Craft Challenges #161 ~ Traditional colours of Christmas

2 Sisters #69 ~ Christmas

Paper Sundaes #99 ~ Anything Christmas

OSAAT #92 ~Use a digi

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 21 ~ I 'heart'

2011-12-15T18:00:00.000Z

So this weeks prompt for the TGF journal was I 'heart' and I decided not to go with how much I love my family etc as for me that is a given so instead I took a snap shot of some of the things I 'heart' at this moment in time and that is how my page was born this week. I used a sentiments from Sentimental Sundays which I gave a glow in PSE5, then I cut several hearts using my Cricut out of some scraps of cs which I then wrote on and finally filled up the gaps with various peeloffs! Simple but fun to do and it will be interesting in years to come to see how my passions may have changed! lol

Thanks for joining us on our Journal journey, sadly it's nearly over :(

The last of Ria's presents made!

2011-12-14T22:32:00.002Z

Ok this is the last of Ria's makes, she should now be able to post anything she makes onto her blog in future as she makes things instead of hijacking mine! lol This time she used the blank covers from a Papermania chipboard album and covered it with some blue digi paper that I had stored on my pc from a long time ago! Then she went a bit mad with the Cricut! This is an album for her friend who has rather a cute bunny and Ria knows she has plenty of pics of him so thought this would be the perfect place for them, I suspect Lydia will agree! lol A simple little book but effective.

Ria would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SCSC #164 ~ All creatures great and small

Allsorts #133 ~ It takes 2 (2 colours)

Crafty Cardmakers #58 ~ Use it 3 times

TFL

Crafty Sentiments - Purple & Green

2011-12-13T09:00:00.002Z

Now before I get onto this weeks challenge for Crafty Sentiments, I must remind you about the SALE that is going on right now over at CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS, dont miss out!

Right this week the challenge at Crafty Sentiments has been set by the lovely Jan and she would like us all to use PURPLE & GREEN I love this colour combo! For my card I have used some old Papermania papers and coloured cs. My image is the cute Let It Snow digi stamp which is available at Crafty Sentiments Designs, I used my copics and then went mad with my pots of glitter! The sentiment has been stamped using purple ink and cut out using a Crafty Cutters Vintage Die Lable also available at Crafty Sentiments Designs and the ribbon came free with a magazine this month.

Dont for get to check out the rest of the wonderful creations made by the amazing DT and then why not come and join us for this fun colour challenge.

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

Crafts and Me #64 ~ Winter (snow/snowflakes)

Creative Inspirations #141 ~ Snow much fun

Stampin' for the weekend #22 ~ Christmas

Totally Gorjuss #110 ~ Let It Snow

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #85

TFL

Some more of Ria's makes

2011-12-12T16:27:00.000Z

Ria has been making bookmarks for some more of her friends (she also made a matching bag charm to go with the blue flower bookmark but wrapped it before I had chance to take a pic! lol) These are really pretty irl and not sure that the pics do them justice the are not easy to get good pics of.

It takes her a little while to plan her presents because she likes to think about what each friend likes but her final pieces are always beautiful (and yes I know I'm biased but they really are! lol)

We would like to enter these into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #112 ~ Anything Goes

Cupcake Crafts #172 ~ Dont look at the light!

TFL

More of Ria's projects

2011-12-10T21:31:00.000Z

Ria has been busy recently with revising and exams but has squeezed in some gift making too. Here I am showcasing 2 wall plaques one is quite steampunkish and the other is a cute girly one but they are a variation on a theme. The images are Tickled Pink and TGF, papers are DCWV Natural stack (steampunk one) to which she has added some stamped images too, First Edition Papers Hideaway for the cute girly one.

We would like to enter these into the following challenges:
Crazy challenge #96 ~ Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts #96 ~ Anything But Christmas
Thanks for stopping by.

Heavy Work ...

2011-12-08T22:19:00.000Z

... thats the name of this cute image from the Santa's Little Helpers collection from Charmed Cards and Crafts. I have used a precoloured digi stamp as I just loved the colours and had just the right papers to match it (from Raspberry Road Designs). I love it when a card comes together that well! It doesnt happen to me very often! lol Just added some pearls and ribbon from my stash and job done!

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #84

OSAAT #91 ~ Be Square

Creative Card Crew ~ Tis the season

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 20 ~ I have a dream

2011-12-08T19:01:00.001Z

Another page I struggled with this week, I really could not get anything to come together until I remembered some printed vellum I bought ages ago just because I liked it! Didnt know what I was going to do with it but there you go! lol Anyway I thought it might just work for me this week. I cut various sentiments using the Cricut and then fixed them to the reverse side of the vellum for a more muted look, then attached my 'dream Big' to the front and got carried away with my wc pencils and colouring in the flowers on the vellum! I must say that I am pleased with the end result. Only 3 more weeks of the Journal to go now too.

The sentiments for this are Live well, Laugh often and Love but it was really hard to get decent pics. As always thanks for joining us on our Journal Journey. xx

Another one done!

2011-12-07T21:29:00.000Z

Yes another Christmas card for the pile. This time I have used some Bo Bunny papers I won last year, I love the vintage feel to these. The sentiment is cut with the Cricut from some gold card the same as the card base. It is quite sparkly irl but doesnt show in the picture! ribbon is from my stash.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

2 Sisters #68 ~ Punches/dies ~ holly is a quickcutz die

Our Creative Corner ~ Haul out the Holly & Decorate (Sketch)

Paper Sundaes # 98 ~Sundae Bar ~ I used red & die cuts

MTTC #168 ~ Vintage Christmas

Tuesday Throwdown #77 ~ Celebrate the Season

Crafty Creations #147 ~ Card with a sentiment

TFL

Non Christmas!

2011-12-06T21:29:00.000Z

Ok in the flurry of card making I have managed to find a little time to make a revision book for Ria, I made some a while ago but she has now decided she would like one more (for the moment anyway!) So here it is. Cute TGF image, coloured with copics, paper is Raspberry Road Designs Butterfly Dreams and the sign, flowers and leaves are Cricut.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crazy Challenge #96 ~ Anything Goes

PaperTake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Crafty Sentiments ~ Snowflakes

2011-12-06T09:00:00.001Z

This week over at Crafty Sentiments Shell is our host with a fab theme of 'snowflakes' so lets see all your snowflakes. My card this week is very sparkly and was very hard to get a decent pic off but I tried! I have used the wonderful stamp 'Gone Sledging' available at Crafty Sentiments Designs and I have coloured the image usng my copics and added a tiny bit of glamour dust to the coat and boots. My background is a piece of black holographic card, then I have used some silver holographic card for the icicles (Marianne Creatables die) and for the snowflakes (Cricut Doodlecharms)I have cut the plain black card using a Crafty Cutters die (Crafty Sentiments Designs Vintage Lable) and then I found some fibres that you iron to melt them together I think they are called Angel Hair but I'm not sure. So this card really does sparkle in the light!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the amazing DT have done this week and we also have a new GDT member too. We hope you will find the time to join us for our challenge as we love coming to visit you to see your wonderful creations.

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

One Stop Craft Challenge #160 ~ Let It Snow

Sweet Stampin' ~ Snow

Stamp Scrap & Doodle ~ Holiday Card

Sketch Saturday #184

TFL

3 for 1

2011-12-05T17:08:00.001Z

Well I was thinking about away of speeding up my christmas card making and thought I always try and make each card different but as I still need to do quite a few I thought I ought to make some duplicates so that is how these cards came about. I bought the tall card blanks quite a while ago and really dont seem to use them very often so I decided that Toy Soldier George from the Bumper Digital Christmas Collection from Charmed Cards and Crafts would be the ideal image and what was even quicker was that these images come pre coloured (bonus! lol) the papers are by Raspberry Road Designs and I have had them for ages and love them for Christmas cards then it was just a case of adding some presents and labels (cut with Cricut) and hey presto. Now I shall be going through all my images and seeing about some more quick cards! Sorry about the poor quality of the pic couldnt quite get the lighting right today.

I would like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #76 ~ Masculine Holiday card

Totally Gorjuss #109 ~ Sketch

Crazy Challenge #96 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Another one done!

2011-12-04T00:27:00.000Z

Yep another Christmas card made and yes I used the Cricut (the JOY banner), papers are all MME (glittered) and a little piece of embossed cs. The image is a digi stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I added some little red gems to his holly and used clear stardust on his scarf and hat band which doesn't really show in the pic then finished off with some flat backed pearls. I'm a little undecided with this one, one glance I like it the next I dont and then back again! (theres no pleasing some people!lol)

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

Sketch N Stash #75 ~ All old stash but new Cricut! lol

Totally Papercrafts #95 ~ Let It Snow

Crazy 4 Challenges #116 ~ Christmas Movie ~ The Snowman

TFL

Christmas is coming ....

2011-12-03T21:25:00.000Z

.... and I need to get more cards made! lol Todays card believe it or not uses the Cricut! lol I have used it for the phrase, the holly leaves and the slotted diamonds which I have then threaded onto some gold ribbon. Papers are all MME and then added some gems for berries. Seems strange not having a stamped image! I have used the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp and just realised that I haven't stamped! doh! lol Still I like the sketch!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy #51 ~ Photo inspiration

Crafty Catz #111 ~ Colours of Christmas and sparkle

TFL

One of Ria's projects

2011-12-03T15:14:00.000Z

Ria is making her gifts for friends at school this year but she can't put them on her blog incase the friends happen to stop by! So she is sharing my blog for the time being to showcase her staff! lol She has used a Papermania Bare Basics board book cover to make an album for a friend who is in to her photography. Papermania paper for the background, a TGF digi image Audrey who she has coloured with copics and done a little paperpiecing too. Peeloffs for the letters and then she has been using the Cricut for the Smile sentiment and hearts and finished off with a wooden button that has been glazed.

And we found a challenge for her to enter too:

Fab 'n' Funky #101 ~ Anything Goes

Do you remember the other day I also posted the little handbag she made from a pair of jeans? Well she was very lucky and made the Top 5 over at Crafty Cardmakers, she was really pleased with that and I was so proud of her.

Thanks for stopping by. xx

Gone Cricut Crazy! lol

2011-12-02T22:02:00.000Z

Oh yes I have been having fun playing with my new toy! lol This is such an awesome piece of kit and I kinda went a bit crazy with this card! I have used an image which is actually as a freebie available for this week only over at Crafty SentimentsDesigns isn't he cute? I've coloured him with my copics and then matted him onto gold embossed card, the tree paper is a piece of MME and the snowflake paper is from my stash. Then I set the Cricut to work. The snowflake border is from Doodlecharms, the individual snowflakes are from Christmas Cheer and the For You is from Walk In My Garden, see told you I went a bit crazy! lol

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sundays #140 ~ Anything Christmas

Crazy Challenge #95 ~ Stars and/or Snowflakes

Friday Sketch #6

TFL

:) :) :)

2011-12-02T13:44:00.000Z

Ok I am officially a VERY VERY happy bunny, on Wednesday I went to see a great friend of mine who is a crafty friend and she passed onto me a wonderful item ... A Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter as she has upgraded and ... she has lent me some cartridges to allow me to get started too, how wonderful a friend is she! And ... I'm on leave now until Sunday 11 December so I have time to play too! Yes a VERY VERY happy bunny!

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 19 ~ Chaos

2011-11-30T22:06:00.000Z

The theme this week for The Greeting Farm Heart Journal is 'Chaos' and this got me thinking about how quite often whats going on inside my head feels like and often is chaos that I have to make sense of so that is how my page came into being. I have used a wonderful digi stamp from Charmed Cards and Crafts from their Let It Shine collection as this summed up my feelings in picture form and then I just jotted down some of the thoughts that swirls around in my head! But I did have to add my antidotes too! lol. Enjoy.

Once again thanks for joining us on our Journal journey. xx

I would also like to enter this into the following challenge:

Fab 'n' Funky #101 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments ~ A recipe

2011-11-29T09:00:00.001Z

This week over at Crafty Sentiments the lovely Hazel is our host and she has provided us all with a recipe which goes like this ~ 1 ribbon, 2 images and 3 papers. So I set to and then realised that I had actually ended up using 3 iamges (whoops lol) I have used the stamps 'Primrose and the snowman', 'Christmas Fun' and 'Sledging', thought they all went together nicely to give a fun in the snow sort of theme to the card and they are all available at the Crafty Sentiments Design Store. Used copics to colour and added several different colours of glitter. Papers are I think Papermania and matted onto some gold holographic card. Finished off with a gold snowflake charm on my little piece of ribbon.

Well thats what I did with the recipe, dont forget to check out what the rest of the talented ladies on the DT got up to and then why not join in with the challenge yourself? Go on You know You want to! and we'd love to stop by and see what you do.

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

Crafty Catz #110 ~ Snowmen

Totally Papercrats #94 ~ Christmas

Totally Gorjuss #108 ~ Sparkle

Crazy 4 Challenges #115 ~ Snow

Paper Sundaes #97 ~ Winter wonderland

TFL

New stamps and a masculine card

2011-11-25T10:59:00.000Z

Ok I treated myself to some new stamps on Tuesday while I was in Dorchester after a training session for work! Its the new papermania Urban stamps I only got 2 of the 4 sets (for the time being!lol) at first I was a bit dissapointed when I inked them up as the ink didnt seem to hold to the rubber and I wasnt getting a good stamped impression then I remembered reading an article in the December issue of Papercraft Inspirations about conditioning your new rubber stamps which basically involves rubbing an eraser over the stamp before use, so I tried this and now they are stamping beautifully! So I had some fun with them and the result is my card which is a bit vintagey and a bit steampunikish but all in all I really like it. Ria likes it so much she is doing a version of it as a piture for a friend for christmas so will let you see her version when its finished. Anyway on to my card I have used the stamps and papers from the DCWV Natural stack and my image is a digi stamp which is available at Crafty Sentiments Designs and is called (Jack) ~ Lets go out, and he is coloured with copics as is the little peeloff sentiment.

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

Sketch Saturday # 182

Sweet Stampin' ~ Birthday

Cupcake Crafts #169 ~ Teenage Boys

Creative Card Crew ~ Monochromatic

Fab 'n' Funky #100 ~ Happy Birthday

Crafts and Me #62 ~ Shabby Chic/vintage

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 18 ~ Mothers &/or Fathers

2011-11-23T22:24:00.000Z

Well for this weeks TGF Heart Journal I have gone with the Mothers part of the theme and added and thier daughters as I really wanted to use the photo of the 4 generations of my family and when Ria and I were looking at it we worked out that there is 1 great grandma, 2 Nans, 3 Mums, 3 Daughters, 2 granddaughters and 1 great granddaughter! I also used some vintage Christmas postcard paper from Bo Bunny as the picture was taken at Christmas and I wanted to convey the passage of time too. Hope you like it.

Thanks again for stopping by on our journal journey. xx

Crafty Sentiments ~ Use some metal

2011-11-22T09:00:00.003Z

This week over at Crafty Sentiments its Jo who is our host and the challenge is to use 'metal' which isn't as difiicult as it sounds at first, I mean there are brad, eyelets and charms for starters. I used a brad but then I took it a bit further and looked around the room at what else I had that was metal and there sat in front of me was a coke can and yes I used it! After washing it out and cutting it with an old craft knife and some kitchen scissors I had some small panels which I then run thru the Big Shot using a snowflake quikcutz die and hey presto I had me some shiny snowflakes but they looked a bit flat so I put them back thru the Big Shot in an embossing folder and now my snowflakes have texture too! For my image this week I have used 'Warm Wishes' from the Primrose Winter collection which is available at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Store and I coloured her with my copics added some glitter to the snow and fluffy bits, matted the image onto some silver mirriboard then placed that on some deep red cs which I embossed with snowflakes, the ribbon and brad are from my stash. For anyone not yet had a go at crafting with a coke can I can recommend it just be careful as the edges can be a bit on the sharp side.

So now its over to you, show us what metal you've got and don't forget to check out what the rest of the wonderful DT have been up to too.

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

Crafty Creations #144 ~ Recycle, recycle, recycle

Crafty Catz #109 ~ Snowflakes

Friday Sketch #5

Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturdays ~ Embossing

TFL

And now for something totally different!

2011-11-20T23:06:00.001Z

This is actually Ria's project but if I wait for her to put it on her blog we'll be waiting forever! lol She had a sewing machine for her birthday and kept putting off using it for the first time (nerves! lol) Well over the past couple of weeks she has slowly been using it with a little help and encouragement. We had spotted some awesome bags on a market stall that were made from old denim jeans and she wanted to have a go and we found instructions in a magazine so off we went and got some funky material for the lining and strap and bit by bit she has made herself a bag out of an old pair of her jeans and this is the end result that was finished this afternoon just in time for her to walk down with it!

and here is a pic showing the lining better, its called Mexican Day of the Dead. When we went looking for material we were going to use some blue jeans but as soon as she saw this she knew it was exactly what she wanted and had some black jeans to use. We are both really pleased with how it turned out.

We would like to enter it into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers #56 ~ Recycle

Crafty Creations #144 Recycle, recycle, recycle

Fussy and Fancy #50 ~ Make a gift/anything but a card

OSAAT #89 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Mr Snowman

2011-11-20T22:31:00.000Z

Yay! another Christmas card done, I've had a great weekend crafting! Thats the way I like it, I'm sure there are plenty of other things I should have been doing but they will all still be there tomorrow! lol This time I have used 'Primrose and the Snowman' which is available at Crafty Sentiments Designs coloured with my copics and some stardust and glitter added to the image and the leaves. Papers again I'm not sure about and gold cs and the flower is from my stash.

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

Creative Inspirations #138 ~ Sketch

TFL

Sledging Fun

2011-11-20T17:19:00.000Z

Another Christmas card made, daren't think about how many still to do! lol I have used 2 wonderful images called 'Sledging' and 'Christmas Fun' and they are both available from Crafty Sentiments Designs coloured them with copics and a tiny bit of sakura stardust, matted them onto some gold pre embossed cs wrapped some ribbon round and added some buttons, the background snowflake paper I have had for a very long time and I'm not sure what make it is anymore, possibly Papermania.

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

Cupcake Crafts #168 ~ Twos company

Stamptacular Sundays #139 ~ Boy oh Boy

OSAAT #89 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Playing around

2011-11-19T23:41:00.000Z

Ok I've been playing around with coke cans today! Now I have already tried cutting them with my nesties and that was successful and then I used alcohol inks to colour the cut piece and I liked the effect so today I was wondering what else I could cut with them and quik cutz dies work too and after doing that I embossed the cuts outs and was pleased with the results (you'll have to stop by on Tuesday to see the results of that!) so I had another go at embossing and here is the end result. A quick, simple and I think effective card, hope you like it.

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

Crafty Cardmakers #56 ~ Recycle

Crafts and Me #61 ~ 'Simples'

TFL

Went a bit mad with the glitter (and not a lot else!)

2011-11-19T14:33:00.000Z

Now don't get me wrong I do like a bit of bling every now and again so I tend to use my glitter in small amounts but this time the glitter just took hold! The end result is a very sparkly card which was very difficult to photograph at its best! The image is from a sheet of preprinted acetate that I bought at a craft show about a year ago (or it might have been 2!) along with lots of different colour glitters. I framed the image by using a Nellies Multi Frame and then debossed the remainder got out my glue pen and went mad with glamour dust. Hope you like it.

and also a closer look at all that glitter!

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

ABC ~ D is for dazzle

Fab 'n' Funky ~ Baby Its Cold Outside

Totally Gorjuss #107 ~ Swirly Whirly

2 Sisters #66 ~ Let it sparkle

Just Us Girls #111 ~ Red Green & White

Thanks for stopping by. xx

A bright thank you

2011-11-18T21:30:00.001Z

I just love this paper pack its by Raspberry Road Designs and is called 'Annies Room' it was a freebie a couple of years ago when I first started collecting digi scrapbook kits. I love its versatility as it works for most things and most seasons. I have frequently used it in the past for christmas cards and no doubt I will again this year! But for now I have made a thank you card with it and an image that came free a while ago with the Creativity magazine and this is the first time I have inked it up. I have added the image to the card on foam pads for some added dimension. The beaded dragonfly and flowers are from my stash and I used some pink peeloff letters for the sentiment. I think I like this even though it is quite busy for me! lol it is certainly bright!

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #81

Stamptacular Sunday #138 ~ punch it, my leaves and triangles are punches and I've used my nesties for the circlesTuesday Throwdown #75 ~ Lots of circles ~ scalloped circle, plain circle and spots on the paper
Mad for Markers ~ Anything Goes ~ I have used copics W3,5,7 RV21, 23 Y08 & YG95

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 17 ~ Soul Food

2011-11-16T22:16:00.000Z

Ok the theme this week for the TGF HeArt Journal is 'Soul Food' and the story behind this one is that when visiting my mum and dad earlier this year we had popped into a cafe for a quick cuppa and there on the counter was this piece of Gypsy Tart, (this is a traditional Kentish dish) now I havent had Gypsy Tart in years and I mean years so the next thing we were on the phone to my aunt who is the Gypsy Tart queen asking nay begging for a Gypsy Tart while we were there and she was very good and sure enough made a divine Gypsy Tart. Basically it is pastry case filled with evaporated milk and muscavado sugar whisked together and then baked in the oven til set, it is delicious but very difficult to describe the taste apart from very sweet sort of butterscothy, toffee yummy need I say more?! lol not good for someone trying to lose weight as I have put on a couple of lbs just thinking about it! lol Then we went on to Ria's choice well hers is a Choco Cheatza which is a concoction we came up with one evening while we were having a girlie night in infront of the tv and it consists of a square wrap base covered in choc spread, sprinkled with marshmallows and then put under a hot grill til the marshmallows start to melt and brown - very yummy and great fun and yes we have made them again and again! I also had a very crazy notion while I was devising the page that I would use canvas and colour it using coffee - yes I did say coffee! lol well I didnt have paint in the right colour and thought the canvas would soak up too much ink! just finished it off with a couple of stamped sentiments using espresso ink (of course!) Had great fun with this one.

Thanks for joining us on our journal journey xx

Crafty Sentiments - Spotlight Technique

2011-11-15T09:00:00.001Z

This week over at Crafty Sentiments Heather is our host and she has chosen a technique for the challenge and its 'Spotlight'. Now this is the first time I have tried this technique, seen it done and thought 'thats effective must have a go' but thats as far as I ever got! lol So no more dilly dallying! For my card I have used a cute new digital image that is available now at Crafty Sentiments Designs and its called 'Snowman Globe' for my coloured section I used copics and then added 3d crystal lacquer and a slight sprinkling of glamour dust. I was hoping this would give the impression of a snowglobe when it has just been shaken and the glitter is floating about, I like what I acheived. For the rest of my card the papers are MME and I added some gold ribbon and bows and stamped the sentiment in gold on a Crafty Cutters Vintage Label die cut also availbable at Crafty Sentiments Designs.

and a close up of the spotlight bit to show you the effect

Well thats what I made using this great technique, dont forget to check out what the rest of the amazing DT got up to this week and then come and join in our challenge, we look forward to stopping by to see what you create.

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

Totally Gorjuss #106 ~ Christmas Tradition

2 Sisters #65 ~ Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes #95 ~ Digital Image

Sketch and Stamp #74 Old stash is the papers and new stash is the new digi image.

TFL

Christmas card time is upon us!

2011-11-12T22:04:00.000Z

Thought I'd better get cracking with my Christmas cards as I always seem to be doing them right up to the very last minute! So for this card I have used the adorable digi stamp Herbie the Bear which is available over at Crafty Sentiments Designs I have coloured him using copics and then a touch of sakura stardust for sparkle. Have used corrugated kraft card, red cs and white cs which I also embossed with snowflakes, added some snowflake brads and some red flowers to which I added some stickles.

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #80

OSAAT #87 ~ Use a digi

PaperTake Weekly ~ First Christmas (christmas card or card for a first christmas)

Digital Tuesday #136 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #143 ~ Kraft/brown, white/cream + 1 other (mine is red)

Crafty Catz #108 ~ Use a digi image

TFL

Billy's going back to school

2011-11-11T20:48:00.000Z

Ok so I know its not back to school time but I just adore this stamp of Billy carrying his books to school and couldn't resist using it and thought it worked really well with the glittery alphabet paper from the First Edition Paper pad 'Hideaway', the dotty paper is from the same pad. Billy has been coloured with copics as has my peeloff sentiment which was then placed on a Crafty Cutters Vintage label die then just added a few brads and a border. Both Billy and the Vintage label die are available at Crafty Sentiments Designs.

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

Our Creative Corner ~ Masculine card (no traditional colours) I felt the blue/green and splashes of orange weren't really trad.

Sketch Saturday # 180

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Picture Inspiration

Crafts and Me #60 ~ Birthdays

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 16 ~ heart 2 heart

2011-11-09T11:46:00.000Z

For this weeks theme over at TGF for the heART Journal it is Heart 2 Heart so they want to see lots of hearts and maybe also have a little herat 2 weart with yourself! Well I'm not a great one for lots of journalling I never really think I've got anything interesting to say! Anyway I knew that I wanted to shape my page this week so I called on Ria's skills as my heart shapes were not looking heart shaped! then for my extra hearts I added some playing cards which got me thinking a bit more and led to the small amount of journalling that I have acheived which I did in white gel pen. I am actually pleased with the way it turned out.

Once again thanks for joining us on our journal journey. xx

Crafty Sentiments - New Baby

2011-11-08T09:00:00.001Z

Tuesday means Crafty Sentiments Design challenge day and this week Axa is our host and her challenge is 'New Baby' I took this opportunity to have a go at a telescopic card which I saw over at SCS and I have to say this was fun to make. My papers are some digi ones I had stored on my pc but I'm not actually sure where they are from or who made them I have had them for so long and not used them before (I do know they were freebies!) For my image I chose the adorable Luke and coloured him with copics I teamed him up with a sentiment from the Lucy and Tiddles set Both these sets are available at Crafty Sentiments Designs along with Lucy and Rattle. Then I added a button, brads, some ribbon and funky fibre.

Telescopic card closed

Telescopic card open

Well thats what I have done, go check out the amazing work that the rest of the DT have made, your wont be disappointed and then join us for the challenge we'd love to see your gorgeous creations.

Oh and don't forget the special promotion going on at Crafty Sentiments Designs for a limited time only when you buy a Crafty Cutters border die you get a free stamp.

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

Crafty Catz #107 ~ Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge #156 ~ 3's 3 scalloped circles, 3 plain circles

Allsorts #128 ~ Anything but a square

2 Sisters #64 ~ Ribbon

TFL

Orange & Black

2011-11-07T22:17:00.000Z

Now I dont often use orange in my card making but Orange & Black was the colour combo thrown down for the challenge this fortnight over at Mad for Markers and as Halloween has passed I really had to stop and think about how I was going to get my orange in! Well it happened in the form of Jade from TGF this has to be one of my all time favourite stamps, so that was the easy part I used W 7, 5, 3 1, C 7, 5 black, YR 68, R 00, 11. Now to find orange papers so I hunted through my 6x6 papermania pads that I bought when I was starting out and found both papers so I stitched the panels to some paler orange cs which I also used for the Vintage Label die and the fancy hearts border, both by Crafty Cutters available at Crafty Sentiments Designs. The sentiment stamp is also TGF then I added some punched leaves, flower, button and fastenator.

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

Totally Papercrafts #91 ~ Stitch It

Friday Sketch Challenge #4

Quirky Crafts #23 ~ Attitude

TFL

Crafty Sentiments Designs Promotional offer

2011-11-06T23:38:00.000Z

Ok I have some news for you! Do you love border dies? Yes? and do you like snagging yourself a bargain too? Yes? well then take yourself over to Crafty Sentiments Designs because for a limited time only when you purchase a Crafty Cutters Border Die you get a FREE stamp and yes I did say FREE so what are you waiting for?

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 15 ~ Stickers

2011-11-02T22:36:00.000Z

When I saw the theme for this weeks heArt journal I thought it might be fun to make my own stickers as I had just come across some white glossy sticker paper that Ria had several years ago which came with a pc program for making your own stickers. Well I didnt bother trying to find the program but made my stickers using TGF image, sizzix dies and a Marianne Creatable die, I coloured all my stickers using copics which was strange as it is glossy paper so didnt colour in quite the same way as I'm used to! Finished off by adding a couple of sparkly butterflies and some (very old) rubbon texts. It was a fun page to do.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

PaperTake Weekly ~ Anything Goes (+ bling ~ my butterflies)

Thanks for joining us on our journal journey, we hope you are enjoying the ride. xx

Crafty Sentiments ~ More than 1 fold (but no easel cards!)

2011-11-01T09:00:00.001Z

Well here we are its Tuesday, did you enjoy the Crafty Sentiments Designs Birthday hop? We all did. We loved coming round to see all your wonderful no DP cards too, wow what a talented lot you all are. So onto this weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments challenge blog and its Doras turn to host and she has chosen 'More than 1 fold' but with a twist - NO easel cards! Mmm had to put my thinking cap on for this one then I received the weekly 'inklings' from Split Coast Stampers and they had a great tutorial for a side spring card so thats what I went with! Actually I found it easier than I first thought it was going to be and will definately be using it again.

I have used the cute stamp 'Taking a Nap' which is available at Crafty Sentiments Designs coloured with copics and some little green gems added to the chair. My papers are Bo Bunny and MME I have kept the card CAS as I felt it really didnt need anything else in order to get the effect of the folds and to show off the cute image.

Now one more thing before you leave here I just need to let you know that Suzette has got a wonderful offer going on over at the store Buy any pack of Promarkers and get 5 ultra fine nibs free! how good is that!

Ok so now its over to you, check out the rest of the DTs amazing work and then join in the fun, we are waiting to come visit you. xx

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

Our Creative Corner ~ Fancy Folds

One Stop Craft Challenge #155 ~ No Sentiment

OSAAT #86 ~ Christmas

Thanks for stopping by. xx

Yay! Blog hop day is here!

2011-10-30T09:00:00.001Z

Yep here we are Sunday 30 October and Crafty Sentiments Design is now 2 years old and for the past 4 days we have been previewing the new stamps that are available from today.

Today we are showing you another new stamp this one is 'Annabel ~ Hitting The Books' and is just adorable (actually the steps are a separate stamp but they are perfect together!) Now you should have got here from Suzette main blog which is the starting point of our hop. Now dont forget to be in with a chance of winning 2 of these wonderful new stamps you have to leave some love at all the DT blogs and then pop back to Suzettes blog and make sure you have remembered to put the banner in the side bar on your own blog.

Right so for my card I have used coredinations cs and papermania paper, my image is coloured with copics and I have added glossy accents to Annabels glasses. The sentiment is a freebie stamp from a magazine and I have stamped it onto the Crafty Cutters Vintage Label diecut and my flower is actually made from the Crafty Cutters Fancy Hearts border (both of these dies are available at Crafty Sentiments Design ) diecut which I have then concertinered just so that you can see how versatile these border dies are. Then mounted it onto some more of the cs and added a button and some wire.

Ok so the next stop on your hop is Shell and should you happen to get lost along the way pop back to Suzettes blog she has the full list for you. Happy Hopping.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenge:

Sweet Stampin' ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop. xx

Birthday Previews Day 4 ~ Billy Presents

2011-10-29T09:00:00.001+01:00

Whoo hoo day 4 of the Crafty Sentiments Design Birthday previews and today is the turn of 'Billy ~ Presents' I hope your enjoying all our fun previews and are looking forward to the hop on Sunday.Well today is the turn of Billy and this time he has some presents. I have used copics for colouring and some ink for the background of the stamped image. I used the out of the box technique for cutting the image out using a Go Create die, then used the next size up for the mat and embossed it with stars. My colour choices were decided because I really wanted to use the bright stripy paper and now its finished I'm glad I did. The sentiment is stamped on to blue cs cut using the Crafty Cutters Vintage Label die available at Crafty Sentiments Designs, I love that die! then I just embellished really simply with card candi (coloured the blue with copics to match)

Don't forget to stop by the other DT members who are showcasing 'Billy ~ Presents' today, they are: Suzette, Jan, Bunny, Heather and dont forget tomorrow is our Birthday Hop and you wont want to miss that!

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

OSAAT #85 ~ Emboss it

Crafts and Me #58 ~ Use Blue

Thanks for stopping by. xx

Birthday Previews Day 3 ~ Annabel Yummy Treat

2011-10-28T09:00:00.003+01:00

Whoo hoo day 3 of the Crafty Sentiments Design Birthday previews and today is the turn of 'Annabel Yummy Treat' I hope your enjoying all our fun previews and are looking forward to the hop on Sunday.

Todays card uses the beautiful 'Annabel Yummy Treat' and 'cake' coloured using copics and a bit of sparkle added with sakura stardust, my papers are DCVW glitter stack, I have also used a Crafty Cutters Vintage lable die and 2 sentiments from the recent digital sentiment set 'Birthday Set' both available at Crafty Sentiments Designs, the ribbon was cream but I coloured it with my copics as I just didnt have the right piece in my ribbon box (even after finding loads the other day when I was sorting out! how typical is that! lol) then I added some card candi and a little present charm.

Don't forget to stop by the other DT members who are showcasing 'Annabel Yummy Treat' today they are: Suzette, Jan, Hazel, Jo

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

Challenge up Your Life #55 ~ Colour challenge

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays ~ Bon Appetit

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #78

Birthday Previews Day 2 ~ Billy Back to School

2011-10-27T09:00:00.005+01:00

Here we are at day 2 of Crafty Sentiments Design Birthday previews, did you enjoy the wonderful samples from the DT yesterday? Gorgeous weren't they. Well today we are previewing 'Billy Back to School'. And don't forget you can also preorder the wonderful border dies, there is a choice of 2.

For my card I coloured Billy using my copics, the blue cs is actually shiny and came in a 6x6 scrapbook kit which I actually only wanted for the album but the cs has been in the drawer for ages and it fitted this card just right, the patterned piece is DCWV glitter stack and to that I have added some orange organza ribbon and star tag some wire, a couple of brads and some buttons that I have had hanging around for ages. These images really are fab to work with.

Don't forget to stop by the other DT members who are showcasing Billy Back to School today they are: Suzette, Jan, Bunny, Axa.

Dont forget to come back again tomorrow for the next preview.

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

Mad for Markers ~ Sketch Challenge

Totally Papercrafts #89 ~ Layer upon Layer

Thanks for stopping by.xx

Birthday Previews Day 1

2011-10-26T09:00:00.005+01:00

Welcome to day 1 of the birthday release previews of stamps that will be available at Crafty Sentiments Designs on Sunday 30 October when Crafty Sentiments turns 2. Now not only are there these wonderful stamps but if you head over to the store you will see there are 2 beautiful border dies that you can preorder, Fancy hearts and Fancy Floral, absolutely gorgeous and a great price too at only £9 each.

Well we are starting with a stunner of an image, this is 'Annabel Happy Days' and I think she is just adorable and when I saw her sat on her swing I really wanted to put her into an aperture so that she is 'swinging' The roses that were in my stash are where I got my colour inspiration from and really felt that the card did not require anything else. Annabel is coloured with copics and a tiny amount of sakura stardust. I really like how this turned out.

Please stop by the other DT memebers who are previewing today, they are: Suzette, Shell, Jan, Dora, Hazel, Jo

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge:

Our Creative Corner ~ Faces, I just love the expression on Annabels face in this image.

Dont forget to pop back tomorrow for some more previews and then join us for our Birthday Hop on Sunday. TFL

Crafty Sentiments ~ No Designer Paper

2011-10-25T09:00:00.002+01:00

Well I hope you are sitting comfortably as this will be quite a long post as I have some exciting news for you. Crafty Sentiments Designs is turning 2 on 30th October and to celebrate there is going to be a party! There is a new release of stamps and there are 7 awesome new stamps available and members of the DT will be showcasing these stamps over the next 5 days starting tomorrow and then on Sunday (release/Birthday day) there will be a blog hop and a chance to win! Win what I hear you shout! Well for those that take part in the blog hop and leave some love at all the DT posts showcasing on Sunday and post the banner on their own blogs will be in for the chance to win 2 stamps but that isnt just 1 winner, random.org will be picking 2 winners yes thats right 2 winners on the 1st November. How awesome is that? So do come along and join the fun, remember you have to be in it to win it! The blog hop starts off at Suzettes blog.

Right and now onto this weeks challenge which I am hosting and I have chosen the theme of No Designer Papers. Now this used to be a theme that terrified me, now I actually quite enjoy it! For my card I have embossed a piece of white card using a fiskars texture plate called 'whimsy' which I then inked round the edges. I used the digital image of 'Sally' available at Crafty Sentiments Designs and coloured her with my copics and just a touch of sakura stardust then cut her out using a Nellie's Multi Frame and while the image was still in the die I did some light sponging, the flowers and charm are all from my stash.

Well thats what I did, pop over to the Crafty Sentiments Challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT have been up to, you wont be disappointed and I hope you will join us for the challenge, we love coming to see what you have been up to and dont forget to pop back tomorrow when we start our 5 days of previews.

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

Crafty Catz #104 ~ Happy Birthday

Crafts 4 Eternity #42 ~ At least one metal embellishment

One Stop Craft Challenge #154 ~ No Designer Paper

Thanks for stopping by. xx

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 14 ~ Two Toned or Tonal

2011-10-24T22:05:00.000+01:00

Gosh I cant believe its been so long since I actually posted! Well there is a reason (couple actually!) firstly I have had dodgy internet and wireless goings on or not going on to be more precise and after lots of long phone calls we seem to have it sorted for the time being so keep your fingers crossed for me! Secondly did you see the banner at the top of the page? NO! why not its pretty big! Well FYI Crafty Sentiments Designs will be 2 on 30 October and to celebrate there will be a release of new stamps and we are having 5 days of previews from 26 - 30 October culminating in a Birthday Blog Hop on Sunday, we are all so excited and I have been busy making cards for the previews as I am going to be at work Tues-Fri so wanted to get uber organsied (especially for me!) So that is why I havent been around.

Now talking of being uber organised I have even managed to complete my HeART Journal page with time to spare! Actually I say I but this week Ria has been able to get involved too as she is on half term so not totally bogged down with homework! The theme this week is Two Toned or Tonal and as soon as I saw the theme it was screaming SKA at me. I love Ska music (amongst others) and when I was a bit younger was really into the music and was even a bit of a Mod (2nd time around I might add! lol) Now I didnt really do the little skirts (never quite skinny enough) but did do ski pants and black cardigans which we all used to button up then stitch them so as not to come undone and wear them back to front so the 'V' and buttons went down the back. Used to think it look uber cool! lol Anyway our journal page this week is a bit of an homage to the music of my youth. Ria very patiently did the paper weaving and then trawled the internet for the selection of images. Really like how this page turned out and how it revived old memories.

Well thanks for stopping by and joining us on our journal journey. xx

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 13 ~ Lucky Number

2011-10-20T09:31:00.001+01:00

Well I struggled this week with the 'Lucky Number' theme for the heArt Journal, dont really think of lucky numbers as such so in the end I went for a snapshot of the numbers that are relevant at this particular moment in time. The background paper is from a digi kit by SWEET Blossom Designs and its called 'numb3rs' then I have hand written the rest with the addition of a couple of stickers and the scrabble tiles.

Thanks for joining us on on our journal journey. xx

Now I'm off to buy some crickets for the dragons and back for more sorting!

Taking a break!

2011-10-19T11:21:00.000+01:00

Well I am on annual leave this week and have a cold (which is typical) so I decided that my craft room needed an overhaul! So far so good, have found that I have more ribbon than I ever imagined and I have cleared out the piles and piles of magaizines that have been sitting around for a very and I mean a very long time! So I started on this card last night working in a very small space on my desk with allsorts piled around me hoping it wouldn't all fall in on me and well I got to a point last night when it really just wasn't happening - do you ever get that? So I went to bed and have tackled it again this morning and everything just fell into place (I still have the piles of stuff on my desk to sort yet tho! lol) The image funnily enough is Primrose ~ Take a Break which is a stamp available at Crafty Sentiments Designs which is also where the sentiment stamp and Vintage Label die are available. The papers are BG Sugared, the flowers, gems and wire are all from my stash, I love the look of wire on cards but never seem to use it enough myself, must remedy that! lol

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

Totally Gorjuss #102 ~ Bingo ~ Flowers, swirls & bling

Friday Sketch Challenge #3

Stamptacular Sunday #134 ~ You Choose

Thanks for stopping by and now I must get sorting again but I hope to be back doing some more crafting later on. xx

Halloween card

2011-10-18T19:35:00.000+01:00

Well Halloween is just round the corner and even though we dont go in for it in a big way here, just a bit of trick or treating I decided to make a card for several challenges that are going on at the moment. I have used some digi paper by Raspberry Road Designs and stuck on some ghost and cat confetti which I then covered with some purple vellum which I stitched in place. The ribbon I found in my box of ribbons which I have been having a sort thru and I added some bright orange buttons to it to tie in with the bright orange Boo! on the black pocket I then added a wee ghost coming out of the pocket the image is a digi image from Crafty Sentiments Designs.

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

Crafts 4 Eternity #41 ~ Colour recipe Orange & Purple

Fussy and Fancy ~ Halloween or Fall

ABC ~ B is for Boo!

One Stop Craft #153 ~ Halloween

JUGs #106 ~ Colour Our World ~ Orange, green, purple & black

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #77

Paper Sundaes #91 ~ Halloween or Fall

Crafty Card Makers #54 ~ Cute with a dark twist

Crazy Challenge #89 ~ Halloween

Digital Tuesday #133 ~ Happy Halloween

TFL

Crafty Sentiments ~ Snowmen

2011-10-18T09:00:00.002+01:00

Well here we are its Tuesday again so its time for a new challenge with Crafty Sentiments and this week we'd like to see your 'snowmen' Do you remember the other day I told you about a super cute digi image called 'Let It Snow' that was available over at Crafty Sentiments Designs ? Well I just had to use him for my card this week! I coloured the image with copics and then added some glamour dust to his hat and scarf and then got my flowersoft out for the snow. My papers are Papermania (couple of years old now at least!) and for the cs background I stamped with green pigment ink and embossed with silver pearl powder and did the same with the sentiment which is stamped onto a cut out using the Crafty Cutters Vintage Lable die (available at Crafty Sentiments Designs) then added some christmassy ribbon. Dont forget to check out the Crafty Sentiments blog and see what the rest of the DT have been up to this week with their 'snowmen' you wont be disappointed.

and I couldn't resist showing you a close up of his cute face

and the sparkle in his hat!

Well thats what I've been up to now its over to you, lets see your snowmen!

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

2 Sisters ~ Sketch (and the aded extra of Halloween)

SCSC #156 ~ White + 1 other colour

Crazy 4 Challenges #109 ~ Heat embossing and upcoming holiday

TFL

Anyone For Anya ~ Picture Inspiration

2011-10-13T21:14:00.003+01:00

This week over at Anyone For Anya there is a picture to take inspiration from and I was inspired by the colours and they made me think of my DCWV Natural stack with foils. I love these papers. Anyway after choosing my papers I felt I needed a wee man for my image and after some deliberation I settled on Jeremy from the Roll Call collection. Coloured with my copics. A little bit of ribbon and some cogs added and it was done. The cogs are Spellbinders Shapeabilities and I love 'em!lol (great for male cards and doing steampunk) Ria did say if only he had some goggles on his head it would be a great steampunk card! lol

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

Sketch and Stash #72 ~ Newest stash is the shapeabilities and old stash is the ribbon

Crafty Creations #139 ~ 3 papers, 2 embellishments (cogs & ribbon) 1 image

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 12 ~ Watercolour Wonder

2011-10-12T16:14:00.000+01:00

Gosh I was stuck this week when i saw the theme for TGF heART Journal, watercolours are not a medium I really delve into very much (a little with my wc pencils but thats about it! lol) So took a while to work out what to do, I was thinking about trying to create a background wash going from grass up to sky and bits inbetween but while I was thinking about and looking out of my craftroom window I was inspired by the gardens and fields around with their autumnal colours and the trees so that was how the page was born! I used some very old leaf stamps by Royal Langnickel stamped with clear embossing ink then heat embossed using silver pearl powder, the sentiment is a freebie from Sentimental Sundays and then I used some very old paints that I bought when I was starting out and they were the closest I could get to paints like twinkling H2Os! after painting I buffed up the embossed leaves with some cotton wool. I'm actually pleased with how this turned out and this journal is certainly making us think a bit! lol

I would like to enter this journal page into the following challenges:

Stampin' for the weekend ~ Colours of Autumn

Fussy and Fancy Friday # ~ Fall or Halloween

Digital Tuesday #132 ~ Fall Colours

Fab 'n' Funky #94 ~ Crazy for Colour - Fall Colours

Thanks for joining us on our journal journey. xx

Meet Herbie, he is so cute!

2011-10-12T11:07:00.000+01:00

There are 2 new wonderful digi images available at Crafty Sentiments! So without further ado I would like to introduce you to Herbie the Bear, I know you are just gonna love him. I sure do!

For my card I coloured Herbie using my copics and coloured in a swirly motion to try and give the appearance of fur texture also added a little bit of glitz using stardust pens. The pp is MME Wonderful Winter glitter papers. The sentiment is a stamp which I stamped onto the Crafty Cutters Vintage Labels die available at the Crafty Sentiments store then just added some holly leaves and pearls from my stash.

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

Crafts 4 Eternity #40 ~ Sketch recipe

Totally Papercrafts #87 ~ Animals

SCSC #155 ~ Anything Goes with Sparkle

Allsorts #124 ~ Bear with us

Sentimental Sundays #76 ~ Anything Goes

And the other new digi image available at Crafty Sentiments Store is 'Let It Snow' another super cutie.

Thanks for stopping by. xx

Sketch Time at Crafty Sentiments

2011-10-11T09:00:00.003+01:00

Good morning to you all, well here we are it's Tuesday and that means its time for a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and this week its a sketch. The thing I love about sketches is how different everyones cards are even though they have used the same sketch! Here is the sketch

and here is my card using the sketch. I have tried to give my whole card a vintage feel even though my image is modern and cute. My papers are Bo Bunny and the music paper is from an old music magazine that I bought in a charity shop. I have coloured my image of Billy & Primrose 'A Christmas Song', available at the Crafty Sentiments Store, with copics and tried to keep the colours muted, once I had finished colouring I rubbed over the whole image using a cotton wool ball and caramel ink and then distressed the edges and inked over them with espresso ink, I also distressed and espresso inked all the different layers. I havent added any other embellishments or sentiment as I really didnt feel that it needed them.

Ok, so you've seen what I have done, dont forget to check the rest of the DTs awesome work over at the Crafty Sentiments challenge blog and then its over to you to join in with the fun and we look forward to visiting your wonderful creations.

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

Truly Scrumptious #67 ~ Distressing

Stamptacular Sunday #133 ~ So Distressing

OSAAT #83 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

GDT spot over at Mad For Markers

2011-10-11T06:00:00.001+01:00

I was so thrilled to win a GDT spot over at Mad For Markers, the wonderful owner of the Mad For Markers online shop is a good blogging buddy, who I am sure many of you know,Sammi who I met way back when I first started blogging and I have much to ~~blame~~ thank her for, my love of TGF images and of course my passion for Copics! If it wasnt for Sammi I probably would not have tried copics! Anyway whenever I get the chance I like to play along with the challenges over at the Mad For Markers Challenge Blog and just recently I was thrilled when Mr Random Org picked my card! So with out further ado here is my card for the current challenge which is 'Your favourite Copic colour combinations' and I managed to include 3 of mine on my one card. I have used a digi stamp from Charmed Cards and Crafts and coloured the jeans using B97, 93 & 95 (combo 1) Skin R00 & 11 (combo 2) hair E33, 35 & 37 (combo 3) papers are from a digi kit by A Work in Progress and Sweet Blossom Designs called True Blue, the sentiment and die cut are both from Crafty Sentiments then I just added a few buttons. Thanks Mad For Markers loved being GDT.x

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

Crafty Catz #103 ~ Recipe 1 image 2 papers and 3 buttons

Something a little different for me

2011-10-10T23:58:00.000+01:00

Ok this week when I saw what the challenge was over at Just Us Girls I wasn't sure about having a go but then thats what challenges are all about at the end of the day, challenging ourselves to try something new so without further ado here is my card for JUGs 'Black Magic' challenge and if your not sure what Black Magic is pop over to the JUGs blog and check it out I'm glad I did! lol

My image is a papermania stamp which I think I've only used once or twice before (I think I may have found a new lease of life for it now! lol) inked in white pigment ink, heat dried and then coloured with wc pencils and a little gel pen for effect. The sentiment is from PTI and the die cut is the new Crafty Cutter Vintage Label die from Crafty Sentiments. The cs is all from my scrap drawers and then I added some ribbon and buttons. Kept the whole thing simple so as not to detract from the image.

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

Stamp Scarp & Doodle Saturdays ~ Things that are round

Sentimental Sundays #76 ~ Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge #88 ~ Sketch

TFL

Friday Sketch #2

2011-10-09T22:43:00.000+01:00

Another great sketch this week over at the new challenge blog Friday Sketch Challenge so I just had to have a go and play along. I have used a very old sheet of pp from Papermania and some pink and green cs from my scrap drawers. The Pure Innocence digi image has been coloured with copics and cut out with a nestie, the mats are also nesties and the scalloped piece is a sizzix extended cut. Did some dry embossing for added texture and finished off with some flowers from my stash, some card candi and a silver peel off sentiment.

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

Digital Tuesday #131 ~ We Like to Party

Crafts and Me #55 ~ Use a digi

Paper Sundaes #90 ~ Favourite Colour Combo ~ pink & green is definately one of them

TFL

a black & white Christmas

2011-10-09T11:07:00.001+01:00

Gosh I really dont seem to have had much crafting time recently and feel really behind, but last night I did get the time to put this card together. I have used a stamp by Sheena Douglas from the Bah! Humbug! 1 set which I won earlier this year but have not inked up until last night. I inked it with white pigment ink and then heat embossed with clear powder. When I stamped it I wasn't sure how it would look and its not my usual style but I really like it. I kept the rest of the card very simple just adding some white organza ribbon and punch some little snowflakes in the corner of the black mat as I wanted the image to stand out. I really do like the way this turned out and may well be making some more like this!

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

Cupcake Crafts #162 ~ Black & White Christmas

Try It On Tuesday ~ Make it Minimal who are being sponsored by One Stop Card Crafts

One Stop Craft Challenges #152 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 11 ~ Bloom & Grow

2011-10-05T22:23:00.001+01:00

Another week of the TGF HeART Journal is coming to an end and this week the theme was Bloom & Grow and this made me think of the saying Mighty Oaks from little acorns grow and then I remembered having the acorn and oak leaf quickutz dies and that was the starting point for the page. cut the leaves from different colours representing autumn, the journal block is a TGF stamp, the tree is an embossing folder to which I added some ink for definition and hey presto one journal page.

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

Fab 'n' Funky #93 ~ use die cuts or punches

Totally Papercrafts #86 ~ Autumn

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturdays ~ Anything but a card

Simply Create #53 ~ use something older than 6 months (everything on my page is older than 6 months)

TFL

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers, Pearls & Pins

2011-10-04T09:00:00.005+01:00

Here we are time for another wonderful challenge with Crafty Sentiments, hope you enjoyed and played along last week. This week we are looking to see your flowers, pearls and pins. The DT ladies have made some awesome cards to show you this week. Now pins are a new thing for me, keep seeing them and liking what I see but never getting round to being brave enough to try it out myself but I finally took the plungs a few weeks ago and liked it! So this week gave me the chance to try it again! For my card I have used Primrose blowing bubbles which is available at the Crafty Sentiments Store and I have teamed it up with a sentiment from the recent birthday digi sentiments release. Primrose is coloured with copics and cut with a nestie, the papers are from First Edition Paper - Daydream, I have used pearls for the bubbles and added some coloured beads to my pearl headed berry pin, the flowers are some sparkly lilac mesh ones from my stash.

So there you have it, and now its your turn, we look forward to coming to see your gorgeous creations using flowers, pearls & pins.

This card is for my daughter who is 15 today, had to keep this one underwraps as she is usually the first person to see my cards when they are finished and therefore she has seen all the ones in my box! lol

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

Crafts and Me #54 ~ Flowers

ABC Challenge ~ A is for Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity #39 ~ Anything Goes

Sketch Saturday #175

Paper Sundaes #89 ~ Lots of Layers

Crafty Cardmakers #53 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Crafty Sentiments ~ Banners

2011-09-27T09:00:00.001+01:00

Whoo hoo, Tuesday again and time for another fab challenge over at Crafty Sentiments AND another new release, just take a look at the adorable Luke and Lucy images that are now available in the Crafty Sentiments store AND it doesn't stop there this week also sees the release of Crafty Cutters Dies which will work in your die cutting machines, this one is called Vintage Label. Phew what a lot of new stuff for you all.

And on to my card for the Banners challenge this week. I have used Lucy & Tiddles who I have coloured with copics and the sentiment is also from this stamp set. I have used some digital gingham paper and green cs. my banner is made using a newly acquired triangle punch and I inked the edges in green to make them stand out a bit more, added some pink pearls and then stitched across the top also added some stitching around the other matted piece and finished off with some ribbon and a bow.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT projects as there are several stamp sets available and they are all adorable, you wont be disappointed, then join us for the Banners challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog.

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

Paper Sundaes #88 ~ Anything Goes

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays ~ Your favourite colour ~ Love the pink and green combo, one of my faves

Stampin' for the weekend #17 ~ What a cutie

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 10 ~ Torn Between

2011-09-26T00:38:00.001+01:00

Wow had to work quick this week for our heART Journalling page with TGF as I am going away later today and wont be back til Friday. Ria and I had great fun tearing paper this week, Ria said she found it very therapeutic! The past couple of weeks have been a busy, hectic and at times stressful period, both personally and at work so feeling blue kinda fitted so we used lots of blue bits from magazines and as crafting always helps we couldnt resist getting the Big Shot in on the action!

Thanks again for joining us on our journalling journey. xx

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 9 ~ Cut & Paste

2011-09-25T11:36:00.000+01:00

Well the theme the heArt Journal for week 9 was Cut & Paste, and after some thought Ria and I decided to paste our heads onto some of our favourite TGF images. This was fun especially as neither of us really like having our pics taken! Hope you like it.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

Try It On Tuesday ~ Anything Goes ~ Wonderful World ~ wouldnt it be wonderful live life as our favoutie stamps, just think of the adventures we could invent and colour just how we want it! lol

Right we need to do our page for this weeks theme as I am away tomorrow until Friday and the closing date is Thursday, then I need to iron and pack, cook tea, visit MIL in hospital and hoepfully fit in some more crafting before bed!

Thanks for stopping by xx

Crafty Sentiments ~ Happy Birthday

2011-09-20T09:00:00.001+01:00

Good morning all, I hope you are all well and ready for another challenge because this week the challenge over at Crafty Sentiments is .. 'Happy Birthday' Nice and easy. My card uses the adorable Patches & Stitch all ready to party. I ahve used my copics and tried something a bit new for me and not coloured my bear in traditional browns but instead gone for blue and I have tried to add texture in the way I coloured but not sure that it worked all that well but I do like him blue with his pink party scarf on! I textured the background piece of card using a sizzix texture plate and went for paisley to go with the pattern on the pp which is a piece from my scraps drawers. The sentiment is also a stamp and is part of the Patches & Stitch set which is available over at the Crafty Sentiments store, the flowers, ribbon and gems are all from my stash.

Dont forget to stop by the other DT blogs and check out the amazing work and if you look closely you will see that a couple of them have a sneaky peek going on! Then please join in the fun over at the Crafty Sentiments Challenge blog as we love coming to visit you all.

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

Friday Sketch Challenge #1

Copic Creations #58 ~ Colouring fur with a twist

Fab 'n' Funky #90 ~ Bingo ~ stamped image, ribbon, flowers

Totally Gorjuss #98 ~ Nothing square about me

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturdays ~ Birthday

TFL

Mad for Markers ~ Spring Time

2011-09-16T20:20:00.000+01:00

Well this weeks challenge over at Mad For Markers is Spring Time so it was a great excuse to use my recent purchase of First Edition Papers Hideaway collection it was also a perfect reason to get Rosie ~ Spring Flowers inked up. Rosie is available at the Crafty Sentiments store. I coloured her using copics and cut out using a nestie, I added flowers and berry pins with some little beads and some flat beads for embellishment and the sentiment is also available at the Crafty Sentiment store.

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

OSAAT #79 ~ Anything Goes

Sketch n Stash #70 ~ Free Choice sketch ~ sketch 57 and my newest stash is the papers

Creative Inspirations #129 ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #90 ~ Bingo (flowers, sentiment, die cuts)

TFL

Pumpkin Pie

2011-09-13T22:56:00.000+01:00

For my card I have used the adorable Billy - Pumpkin Pie stamp available at the Crafty Sentiments Store. He really is cute and looks like he is enjoying his piece of pie! I have coloured Billy using my copics, the papers are from a kit by Raspberry Road Designs called 'Scarecrow Lane' love the boldness of the colours in this kit. I added some orange buttons leaves and flowers from my stash and added the sentiment which is also available at the Crafty Sentiments Store.

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

Crafty Creations #135 ~ Anything but a square

Totally Gorjuss #97 ~ Its a man thing

Totally Papercrafts #83 ~ Cute with buttons

PaperCutz #108 ~ Going to the pumpkin patch

One Stop Craft Challenge #148 ~ Food & Drink

Sentimental Sundays #72 ~ Autumn

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #72

Digital Tuesday #128 ~ Celebrate the season (any season)

TFL

Crafty Sentiments - Spots & Stripes AND MORE NEW IMAGES!

2011-09-13T09:00:00.001+01:00

Well here we are, its Tuesday and that means a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and one we know you will all love - its .....Spots & Stripes now not only is there a new challenge but there are some new images too, these are real cute manga digi images and lots of fun to work with. For my card I have digitally paper pieced her dress, then used copics to colour the rest of her and I have her leaning against a tree which is an element from a digi kit but unfortunately I cant remember which one at the moment, the grass is from a kit called George and the Dragon. The background paper and the paper used for her dress are Shabby Princess Vintage Flowers kit. The sentiment is from Sentimental Sundays and the gems and flowers are from my stash. The little scene was fun to put together in photoshop.

These new digi images are available NOW over at the Crafty Sentiments Store (*whispering* oh and there are even more wonderful things on the way so stay tuned!)

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the talented ladies in the DT have been up too and leave them some love, and when your done find your spotty and stripey papers and join our challenge, we love coming round to see what you have created.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky #89 ~ Its Funny

Stamp Something ~ Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life #52 ~ Paper Piecing (hope digital paper pieceing counts)

Crazy 4 Challenges #104 ~ orange, green, yellow and brown

TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 7 ~ Every cloud has a silver lining

2011-09-08T21:24:00.000+01:00

Ok its time for this weeks TGF Heart Journal page and only just got this one done in time! We struggled to think of how we were going to acheive this one as we have already used clouds on other pages and wanted something different. The theme of clouds made me think of the poem by Wordsworth whose opening line is 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' and that is how the page was born. W have used scraps of paper from my scrap drawers, the grass is cut using a Marianne Creatables Icicle die and the yellow flowers that have been used to symbolise the daffodils of the poem are a Tonic Stuidos punch. The clouds are cut using various dies (Cloud and cupcake topping!) and handcutting the large one all out of cotton wool pads and then adding the quote using silver peeloffs. We are pleased with how this turned out and are now ready for the next theme which comes out tomorrow.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges
Totally Papercrafts #82 ~ Not a card
Allsorts #119 ~ Green & Blue
PaperTake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
Thanks for joining us on our journey. xx

Crafty Sentiments - Meet Annabel!

2011-09-06T09:00:00.002+01:00

This week over at Crafty Sentiments we have a new challenge which is Halloween and to help you celebrate in style there is a gorgeous new digital image 'Annabel' and she is just so cute and she is available now over at the Crafty Sentiments store. For my card I coloured Annabel with my copics and added a little stardust, the water has had some 3d glaze put on it. My papers are from Raspberry Road Designs kits called Halloween Hoax and Bewitched and the ghost and animated pumpkins are some stickers that I have had in my stash for years and they came from £land.

Now if you pop over to the challenge blog you can see what the rest of the DT have created with this adorable digi stamp, then you can join us for the challenge.

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

Creative Card Crew ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations #127 ~ Sketch

Stamp Something ~ Digi Day

OSAAT #78 ~ Use a digi

Thanks for stopping by. xx

Anyone For Anya ~ A Sketch

2011-09-03T22:59:00.000+01:00

The challenge over at Anyone for Anya this week is a sketch and they are being sponsored by Mad For Markers so I just had to take part (last minute of course! lol) I have useda Miss Anya from the Dressy collection, coloured with copics, my papers are First Edition Papers Hideaway collection, flowers are from my stash and I made a little flower head with some mesh ribbon (still needs practice!) to which I added a little gem, the leaves are cut using a die from the cuttlebug quilled rose/carnation kit.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenge:

SCSC #150 ~ colours of autumn

TFL

Fussy and Fancy Friday a sketch

2011-08-31T23:37:00.000+01:00

The challenge over at Fussy and Fancy Friday challenges at the moment is a sketch and I used this as the basis of my card and thought it would work very nicely with an image I won recently from Tickled Pink Stamps of Lil Victorian Luca who I decided to colour with my wc pencils for a change and I'm quite pleased with how the image turned out as I dont use the pencils very often (love my copics too much! lol) Well the papers are all from the Neutral stack from DCWV, I love how some of this stack is foiled it is a great effect. I also used a fiskars texture plate to add some feather texture to a piece of the paper and then cut some cogs using my new nesties (lovin' those dies!) Finally added some cream ribbon threaded through a metal clock button. (Can you tell I'm still trying to get the hang of this Steampunk lark! lol)

I would also like to enter this card into the followng challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life #51 ~ Something for the men

One Stop Crafts #146 ~ Anything but a square

Crazy 4 challenges #102 ~ Male Themed

2 Sisters #54 ~ Boys and their toys

Fab 'n' Funky #88 ~ Go mad with embossing

Thanks for stopping by. xx

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 6 ~ Text Me

2011-08-30T20:51:00.000+01:00

Time for week 6 of the TGF Heart Journal and this weeks title is 'Text Me' so Ria and I decided to cover our page in different uses of text, such as word search, stamps, lists etc so we collaged the page and then I added some handwritten journalling asking how we got from decorative and descriptive writing to txt spk? and asking if our children will be able to spell words with vowels in them! lol!! Well once the page was finished it just didnt look complete so I ran a red ink pad over it, not sure now if that was the right thing to do but its done! but then I suppose that is the purpose of the journal to try out new and different techniques.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

Creative Inspirations #126 ~ Text Me

TFL

a bright & cheery card

2011-08-27T22:34:00.001+01:00

At long last I got round to treating myself to the new collection of digi stamps 'Let It Shine' from Charmed Cards and Crafts, I've loved their digi from the begining and they are what got me started with blogging and this new collection is not disappointing. One of the great things with these collections is that they also come with pre coloured images for when you are in a hurry! Well todays card uses a pre coloured image not because I was in a hurry but because I was looking for inspiration and when I looked at their dresses I knew what card I was using! The card is from the glitter stack from DCWV and it sparkles wonderfully which doesnt really show in the photo. The quote is from Sentimental Sundays and I thought it worked well with this image, then I coloured the chipboard flourish with copics and added some gems and ribbon from my stash.

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

Sentimental Sundays #69 ~ Birthdays

OSAAT #76 ~ Bling it up

Truly Scrumptious #64 ~ Rocked Up Pink

Totally Gorjuss #95 ~ As you like it

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturday ~ Sketch

TFL xx

Anyone For Anya ~ Vintage Vibes

2011-08-27T16:14:00.001+01:00

This week over at Anyone for Anya the challenge is Vintage Vibes so with that in mind I decided to keep my colour pallette to the E colours with my copics. I found a suitable piece of paper from the DCWV Neutrals pad and then I heat embossed some leaves on it using versamark and clear powder, I really like this effect but dont do it often enough. As this is going to be for my September page of my calendar I went with a back to school theme and thougt that the Anya image from the Spotlight collection looked a bit like she was in school unifrom. I used my new triangle punch to make the flag from a scrap of paper and stamped 'back to class' on it and fixed it to a 'berry pin'. I distressed the edge of the paper which doesnt really show that well in the picture and then added a folde flower and a little wooden flower to one corner and finished off with a wooden button rucksack to which I added 3d glaze.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crazy Challenge #81 ~ Back to school
Fab 'n' Funky #87 ~ Mono madness
Stamp Something ~ Back to school something
Totally Papercrafts #81 ~ Back to School
Allsorts #118 ~ Back to School
JUGs #99 ~ Back to School 3d

TFL

Another attempt at Steampunk

2011-08-26T17:31:00.001+01:00

I really like the look of Steampunk things so when I spotted the Nesties Sprightly Sprockets while on holiday I just knew I had to have them and they just happened to be next to the Tim Holtz Gadget Gears Bigz die and that just happend to fall into my basket as well! So todays project has put both of them to good use. So I started off with a mountboard background and covered with Papermania Regency papers, various cogs cut using the papers too. Also cut 2 gears from mountboard and coloured them using versamark and Ranger Perfect Pearls powders then I added a TGF image coloured with copics then some brads and a slider from my stash and a couple of old keys that Ria collected from Grandad while we were away oh and a piece of lace which I inked. Hope you like it, Ria does and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes #83 Sundae Bar (green & Twine)
PTW ~ Dies to die for ~I used loads on this one!

Try It On Tuesday ~ Wild card week ~ Hang it up

Crafts and Me #49 ~ Lace
Crafty Catz #97 ~ Metal & Lace
TFL

TGF Heart Journal ~ week 5 ~ Pieces of Me

2011-08-25T20:37:00.000+01:00

Yep week 5 of the Heart Journal with TGF and this week Ria and I chose 2 of our all time favourite images and we paperpieced them then added various text in the way of stamping, peeloffs and stickers which says things about us as individuals but more about us as mother and daughter. We are enjoying this joint project, I just hope Ria will still find the time once she is back at school next month.

The 'Top Chef' up in the corner isnt actually a compliment its referring to the fact that I usually end up burning the sausages! and Red Z and Sassy are our Mii characters!

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:
MTTC #154 ~ Here come the girls
Digital Tuesday #125 ~ Cute & girl ~ Audrey is a TGF digi stamp

TFL xx