Happy Valentines Day

Good afternoon, well I thought I'd share with you a card I made for Ria to give to her boyfriend today.  Now neither of them are really into the hearts and flowers type of things, although that's not to say he isn't romantic because he is and he is very thoughtful, so when I remembered I had this wonderful image from Saturated Canary it seemed the perfect choice, so I set to and Ria was very pleased with the end result.  So here we have a valentines card with a bit of a difference!

The papers are all scraps of the Natural Stack from DCWV, sentiment was generated on the pc and edged with copper embossing powder.  The image is coloured with copics and spectrum pens and pencils.

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

OSAAT #230 ~ Anything Goes with Love

Robyns Fetish #250 ~ Valentines card

Crafty Cardmakers & More #132 ~ Love, Love, Love

Crafting from the heart #46 ~ Anything Goes #2

The Crazy Challenge #90 ~ Love

Tuesday Throwdown #231 ~ Love is in the air

4 Crafty Chicks #233 ~ Valentines

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #84 ~ Love is in the air

Thanks for stopping by it's so nice to be back in blogland after a forced break! lol

Crafty Catz challenge #266 ~ For the boys

Oh wow!  I'm back at long last, I have been at a total loss without my landline and internet connections and its been 3 very difficult weeks but I'm back now and what better way to get back into the swing of things than with a brand new challenge over at Crafty Catz.  This week is the turn of our wonderful Aunty Sue to choose the theme and she has picked 'For The Boys' and I must say the super talented ladies of the DT have made such fabulous inspirational pieces. We have a wonderful sponsor too in the shape of 

CREATIVE CLASSROOM

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Ok so now its down to business, I used a wonderful image called Dudley balloons and it is an old image from Pollycraft Designs which I have had for quite sometime but this is actually the first time I have used him!  I don't know why as he really is a cutie! lol.  So he is coloured with copics and spectrum pens and pencils, the papers are from DCWV glitter stack and are all scraps, even the piece of green cs in the background is an off cut, the balloons are a Quikcuts die and I used some metal photo tabs and brads which I have had forever!  Finished off with a peeloff sentiment.

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

Open Minded Crafting Fun #29 ~ No Red & No Pink

A Gem of A Challenge #137 ~ Lots of layers

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Use a punch or die cut

Crafting from the Heart #46 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #12 ~ Anything Goes

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U Rock!

Trying to squeeze in some more crafting before having to go to work tomorrow and thought I'd use the fab freebie from KennyK that was available in December, the wonder Dixie Daisy.  I have coloured her with a mix of copics and spectrums with a touch of dark red stardust in her hair which doesn't really show up in the pic!  Matted her and the sentiment which is from Crafty Sentiments on some scraps of holographic mirriboard, the background glittery circles paper is from DCWV Glitter Stack (almost down to scraps with that pad too) Added some ribbon, a bow and flowers, which were also cut from some scraps and I added liquid pearls to the centres.  Right off to see if I can fit some more cards in tonight!

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

Crafting From The Heart #42 ~ Anything Goes #3

Papertake Weekly ~ Its all new ~ image and liquid pearls

Creative Inspirations #296 ~ Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks #229 ~ Flowers

Simply Create Too #77 ~ Happy Mothers Day or for a female

Aloha Friday Challenges #39 ~ Use your scraps

Brown Sugar #129 ~ Birthday for a girl

Creative Fingers #63 ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #89 ~ Anything Goes

Kenny K's Krafty Krew #187 ~ Anything Goes (twist You are special)

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Crafty Catz challenge #262 ~ New beginnings

Happy Friday everyone, it's the start to the weekend Yay!  Sadly for me though this means I am back to work on Monday having recuperated after my operation so less time to spend in my craft room but I shall just have to make the most of the time I do get in here! lol  Anyway as it's Friday that means a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week the wonderful Carol has picked our theme and it's new beginnings, so new baby, new home, you get the idea lol we have a fabulous sponsor for you this week in the shape of ...

CRAFTY RIBBONS

For my card I went with a New Job theme and I have used 2 digi stamps from the Greeting Farm and joined them together to make one, the background paper is from Raspberry Road Designs and as it had a creamy base to it I printed the image (mixture of dressy Edward and dressy Ebony) onto some cream paper I had and had to colour carefully as there was a certain amount of bleeding going on!  I coloured with copics and spectrum pens & pencils, the hair didn't blend as well as I would have liked but the suit got some nice texture to to it.  The sentiment was cut on the Cricut and the stars are all from the one starburst die by JS and I finished off with a little black liquid pearl on the flower on her hairband.

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

Sweet Stampin' ~ Girly but NO pink

A Gem of a challenge #135 ~ Something new ~ New Job

Crafty Boots ~ Out with the old in with the new ~ all stash is old except the liquid pearls (got 12 of them! pastels and brights! lol they are getting everywhere!)

Crafty Cardmakers #130 ~ Something old, Something New, ~ Old stash except for the liquid pearls

Papertake Weekly ~ Its all new ~ New job, new liquid pearls

The Paper Shelter #186 ~ Punches and/or dies

Fab 'n' Funky #242 ~ Something New ~ New job, new liquid pearls

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you come along and play with the Crafty Catz xx 

Warm Winter Wishes

OOh I was very lucky to win the Button Up challenge over at The East Wind and I got to choose 3 images as my prize, it took me ages to choose which 3 and once I had them I couldn't wait to have a play.  For this card I have used Aurora Reindeer, I saw lots of beautiful cards using this image in the run up to Christmas so I have used her here just as a winter greeting, so it's suitable for a winter birthday or just to say hello.  I have coloured her using copics and spectrum pens & pencils and I added glamour dust to her coat and hat.  I have embossed the background cs with snowflakes then rubbed over with espresso ink on a cotton ball, the edges of the image and pc generated sentiment have also been inked and I finished off with some green liquid pearls.

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

Creative Fingers #62 ~ Anything Goes #3

Art by Miran #23 ~ Anything Goes #2

Allsorts #293 ~ New & Cute

Quirky Crafts #1 ~ C&S

Sentimental Sundays #241 ~ Winter sparkle

Great Impressions ~ January ~ Snow friends

Love to Create #149 ~ Add some snowflakes

Crafting from the Heart #42 ~ Anything Goes #2

Tuesday Throwdown #227 ~ Sketch

TFL

Hola little Pablo

And that is the limit of my spanish! lol  I recently won a challenge over at Brown Sugar and the prize was 3 images from Lacy Sunshine and when I saw sweet little Pablo I couldn't resist and just had to get on and make a card with him.  I chose to go WoW and as a result wanted to keep Pablo quite pastel in colour, he is coloured with copics and spectrums.  The background, branches and flower are all cut on the Cricut (the branches and flower using my new cartridge picturesque) I embossed and banner shaped piece with stars and then used a label die from Crafty Sentiments Designs to cut the computer generated sentiment to which I added a couple of flat backed pearls.  The flower has been put together with a brad and foam pads for a little more dimension.  And there you have it!

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

Creative Fingers #62 ~ Anything Goes #2

Sister Act Card Challenge #88 ~ Anything Goes #2

Art By Miran #23 ~ Anything Goes

Allsorts #293 ~ New & Cute ~ new image, new cartridge for Cricut

Come and Get It ~ Humorous 
The Cutie Pie #83 ~ White on White and oh so cute
Crafting From the Heart #42 ~ Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly ~ its all new ~ Image and Cricut cartridge
Creative Card Crew #78 ~ For a child
TFL

Getting Girly over at Crafty Sentiments

Good morning all, did you see Suzette on C&C the other day?  She was great and those new stamps are gorgeous.  Well it's Tuesday so it's time for a brand new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and this week is my last card as a DT member as after over 4 years I have come to the decision to step down.

The theme this week is 'Girly' and I have used the adorable Lets Celebrate.  The papers are from Bearly Mine Designs (sadly no longer trading)  I coloured the image using copics and spectrum pens & pencils, I used the feathering technique for colouring her dress then cut her out using a teardrop die and cut another bigger one from printed vellum to mat her onto.   I have added some white feathers, clear gem strands, die cut flower, stamped sentiment and lots of pastel blue liquid pearls.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon #271 ~ Sparkle & Shine
The Paper Shelter #185 ~ Winter Blues
Ruby's Rainbow #95 ~ what did Santa bring ~ liquid pearls
Crafty Creations #280 ~ Brrr the blues #2
Simply Create Too #76 ~ Let's Celebrate
Creative Fingers #62 ~ Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #88 ~ Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity #208 ~ Blue Tones
TFL

Skating by ..

Been having a quiet play in the craft room tonight, making the most of it as I'm due back to work on the 19th so got to fit in as much as I can, kinda got used to not being at work having had all this time off due to my thumb op and thought I'd share the card I made.  I used this cutie from The Paper Shelter and coloured her using spectrum pens & pencils, papers are First Editions Neroli, the arch she is mounted on was cut on the Cricut as were the corners, added some lace, gems, stamped sentiment and finished off with some pastel blue liquid pearls.

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

Come & Get It ~ Snow Much Fun

Emerald Faeries #63 ~ All about the bling

Crafty Boots ~ out with the old (lace) in with the new (liquid pearls and picturesque Cricut Cartridge)

Crafting from the heart #41 ~ Anything Goes #3

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes #2

Die Cuttin' Divas #197 ~ Sketch

Little Red Wagon #271 ~ Sparkle & Shine

The Paper Shelter #185 ~ Winter Blues

Crafty Creations #280 ~ Brrrr the blues

Simply Create Too #76 ~ Lets Celebrate #2

TFL

Crafty Catz #261 ~ Polka Dots

Good morning, time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week it's the turn of the very talented Cindy and she wants to see 'Polka Dots' and our fabulous sponsor is 

inky impressions 

The prize will be a 10$ Gift voucher

The DT were given some wonderful designs to inspire you with.  I chose to use the sentiment and make it the focal point of my card, not something I do very often but I am pleased with how this turned out. The papers are First Edition Blank Canvas and the plain blue pieces I embossed with a raindrop fiskars embossing plate.  I distressed the edges and then cut a cloud using a Quikcutz die and gently inked the edges then added some pastel pink beads using invisible thread and raised the cloud on foam pads. A nice and simple card (like me then!) but I like it, hope you can join us this week.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Love to Create #148 ~ Anything Goes #2
Not Just Cards #10 ~ Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart #41 ~ Anything Goes #2
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
TFL

Having a Cuppa

Been having a play with an image I bought from The East Wind recently, she is called 'Lucy Loo Morning Coffee' I have coloured her with copics and Spectrum pens & pencils, she was great fun to colour.  I've used Kraft cs and papers from Bearly Mine Designs, the label die is from Crafty Sentiments Designs to which I have added a couple of little skull brads then finished off with die cut flowers and little wooden buttons.  The sentiment is a stamp from TGF.  This is a card for a friend of Ria's who is about to turn 17, she has long blond hair and loves animals so I thought this would suit her just fine. lol

I've included a close up of the  fabulous image

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

4 Crafty Chicks #227 ~ Celebration

The East Wind #22 Button Up

Simply Create Too #76 ~ Let's Celebrate ~ Friends birthday

Art By Miran #22 ~ Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' ~ New ~ Images and papers

Gem Of A Challenge #135 ~ Something New ~ New image and papers

TFL

Exciting News!

I have some really exciting to news to share with you today regarding the fabulous Crafty Sentiments Designs.

Suzette the wonderful owner of Crafty Sentiments Designs will be showcasing some awesome new stamps over on Create & Craft!  There is a live show This Wednesday the 7th January at 11 am and these new stamps will initially only be available on Create & Craft.  You are not going to want to miss this show.  I was very lucky and got to have a play with just one of the new stamps and I'd like to show you what I did as a quick taster of what's to come.

The stamp I used is called 'Isobel' she is adorable and I made 2 cards with her. 

For my first card I went with a square and used Portobello Road papers and coloured Isobel with reds & blues to match using copics and spectrum pens & pencils.  The rolled roses are cut on the cricut and then added some punched corners and a punched butterfly.

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

Totally Gorjuss #269 ~ Anything Goes

Art By Miran #22 ~ Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge #87 ~ Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' ~ New ~ New stamp

Love to Create #148 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #10 ~ Anything Goes

And for my second card I wanted a softer more vintagey look.  I went with a rectangular card this time and did lots of distressing of edges, the papers are Santoro and I added part of an old postcard (the large rose picture), added some cream lace and a little stamped tag sentiment, the brad is from the same collection as the papers.  I coloured Isobel using copics and spectrum pens & pencils and the piece of mesh behind her is a paperlace Cricut die cut which I have heat embossed several times using black, antique gold and bronze poders I was looking for a bit of an old rusty feeling, I like how it turned out but needs a bit more practice! lol 

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

Art By Miran #22 ~ Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge #135 ~ Something New ~ New stamp

Love to Create #148 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Boots ~ Out with the old in with the new ~ cream lace old, stamp new

Not Just Cards #10 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #41 ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to tune in to Create & Craft on Wednesday at 11 am.

Crafty Catz #260 ~ Anything Goes

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you have all recovered from your celebrations and are ready to get creative because it's Friday which means it's challenge time over at Crafty Catz and this week our wonderful boss lady Carol has chosen the theme of 'Anything Goes' so a nice easy starter for the start of the year!  We are sponsored this week by

FITZTOWN

Fitztown is a group of talented artists and crafters. we make a variety of products including fine art, sculpting, woodcrafts, papercraft, cardmaking and many more

PRIZE.....3 digis of their choice. 

And the DT were given some wonderful images to tempt you to play along.  I have used 'Angelina Floral' and she is coloured with copic and spectrum pens and pencils, I added tiny gem to the small flowers surrounding her and then pastel yellow liquid pearls to the larger ones,  papers are from First Edition New Bloom for the floral one and Dreamcatcher for the plain one, the ribbon is from my stash.  Decided not to add a sentiment as this could be used for lots of different occasions.  Now don't forget to check out what the other Crafty Catz ladies have been up to and we look forward to popping round to see your creations.

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

Sweet Stampin' ~ Anything Goes #2

Robyns Fetish #244 ~ Anything Goes #2

Crazy Challenge #187 ~ Everything Goes

Creative Card Crew #77 ~ Anything Goes

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A Little Thank You

Happy New Year!  Just popping on quickly with a little thank you card I made using an image from Dilly Beans that I won recently.  She is coloured with copics and spectrum pencils, the papers are First Edition Dreamcatcher, the sentiment is cut on the Cricut the little butterflies are punched and I finished off with some ribbon and buttons from my stash.

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

Sketch Saturday #341

Robyns Fetish #244 ~ Anything Goes

ABC Challenge ~ A is for Anything Goes

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