Missing You

Well the weather is lousy, cold, wet and very windy so perfect day to be in the craftroom creating! Over at TEW Facebook page there is a contest called 'I Heart You' so this is what I  came up with. The beautiful image is Aurora Heart Flower and I have coloured her with a mix of my markers. The Papers are Santoro and a little brown cs for the sentiment.  The image is mounted in a frame which I have then raised up on foam pads for a little extra demension.  The heart paper is glittered and I used a sparkle pen on the heart on her t-shirt.  I have to admit that I spent ages trying to add more to this, I tried flowers, gems, charms and all sorts but I just couldn't find anything so I felt it was better to leave it than add something that just didn't work! 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Fingers #104 ~ Anything Goes
Allsorts #353 ~ International Women's Day
Crafting From The Heart #102 ~ Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons #121 ~ Add sparkle
Thanks for stopping by x

Happy Mothers Day Take 2

Just sharing the card I made for MIL for Mothers Day.  No colouring!  I chose to die cut using the cricut to achieve a lattice background which is matted onto some green cs which has been embossed with a leaf pattern (new folder!) then I rolled plenty of roses using some pink papers and finished off with a stamped sentiment which is raised up using hot glue.  Quite simple but effective I think.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations #310 ~ Sentiment as focal point
Creative Inspirations #246 ~ Pretty Projects
Aloha Friday #66 In The Garden
Just Us Girls #333 Word Week ~ Flowers

Thanks for stopping by x

Happy Mothers Day

Yes I know that the day is almost over but had to be sure my card had arrived and this is the first chance I've had to actually upload it.  For this card I used the wonderful Diva Lisa Hmmm Cupcake from TEW, she is coloured with a mix of my markers and SN pencils and finished off with some SN Sparkle which doesn't really show that well in the pic.  I used some new papers that I got at the Range while I was visiting my Mum & Dad.  Papers are from a pad by DecoTime and are just called cardboard patterns with glitter.  I decided to do an easel card which I know my mum likes and as the challenge over at TEW is circles I went with a circle easel card!  On the top part I also embossed a decorative circle with a new folder I got at the same time as the papers (along with a few other bits! lol) added some green cs, a few punched hearts, some gem hearts and a pc generated sentiment and hey presto!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Boots ~ Something for the ladies
Ruby's Rainbow #124 ~ Celebrate Women's Day
Fab 'n' Funky #294 ~ Love
Crafting For All Seasons #121 ~ Add some Sparkle
Creative Inspirations #246 ~ Pretty Projects
The East Wind #50 ~ Going round in circles
Creative Fingers #104 ~ Anything Goes
Allsorts #353 ~ International Women's Day
Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #314 ~ Use 3 different papers

Good morning, how is it where you are?  Here in Dorset the sun is shining, there was a frost first thing but it's gone now, still bloomin' cold though but at least with the sun shining I can get my washing on the line.  Anyway you're not here to hear about my humdrum day you're here coz it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week the theme has been chosen by our fabulous teamie Dianne and she would like to see 3 different papers.  We have a wonderful and generous sponsor who supplied the team with fantastic images to play along with.  They are 

MELON HEADZ

blog..http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.co.uk/

PRIZE ....1 BUNDLE OF CHOICE FROM ETSY SHOP

I chose the cute Girly Melonheadz, coloured with copics and I thought she'd look good peeking out of the corner of the frame which is cut on the Cricut as is the sentiment, the feathers are die cuts, the papers are all from First Editions New Leaf pad. That's what I came up with but be sure to check out what my awesome teamies have been up to too, great inspiration.  Hope you'll find the time to join us.

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

Crafting From The Heart #101 ~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #283 ~ Frame It

Creative Fingers #104 ~ Anything Goes

Aloha Friday #66 ~ In The Garden

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #313 ~ For a Special Lady

Good morning just a very quick post as I'm off to catch a train in about half an hour, going to spend a few days with my Mum & Dad! It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week it is the turn of our wonderful leader Carol to choose the theme and she has chosen 'For A Special Lady' and we are sponsored by

POLKA DOODLES

Winners Prizes: - We will donate a £8/$15USD digi voucher to your readers maximum per challenge. Prize cannot be exchanged for cash and no overages are allowed on the voucher value.

I decided to put the Cricut to work and have made a little gift box using a pre coloured image from out generous sponsor. (was a bit pushed for time so these pre coloured images are fantastic for times like that!)  Added die cut and punched flowers and gems to flower centres. So what Special Lady doesn't like cookies!

Right now it's time to zip up the case (anything not in there, tough! lol) very quick coffee and out the door.

Thanks for stopping by x

Bright & Bold

The new challenge over at TEW is 'All Dressed Up' and I couldn't resist using Aurora Maui Maui, the papers I chose are Sassy Lass from Raspberry Road Designs, I love the bright and bold colours which I teamed up with some matching cs and then I added some glitter to the flowers and hula skirt using the Spectrum Sparkle pens.  The flower is cut on the Cricut and I added a pink brad.

I also took a close up of the image to try and show the glitter of the sparkle pens.

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

The East Wind #49 ~ All Dressed Up

Crafting From The Heart #99 ~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #281 ~ Layer It Up

The Paper Shelter #236 ~ Make it digital

Crafting For All Seasons #120 ~ 3 of a kind ~ 3 digi papers

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #83

Brown Sugar #186 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Fingers #103 ~ Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #103 ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #312 ~ Clean & Simple

Wow! it's Friday already, where is the time going?  So as it's Friday it's time for a fab new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our gorgeous Janette has chosen the theme of Clean & Simple ~ no dps ~ no fuss. We have 2 fabulous sponsors for you this week too who gave us wonderful images to use and they are:

DIGITAL PAPERCRAFT

PRIZE 3 DIGI IMAGES FROM ETSY SHOP

AND

SASAYAKI GLITTER

BLOG....http://sasayakiglitter.blogspot.com.au/

PRIZE 1 IMAGE OF CHOICE

I have used this super cute bunny from Sasayakiglitter and coloured him with spectrums and spectrum Sparkles and cut it out using a tear drop die, the background is embossed with hearts and the sentiment is stamped in grey and die cut then it's all matted onto a silver card blank.

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

Sweet Stampin' ~ CAS

Open Minded Crafting Fun  #2 ~ Love/Valentine

A Gem of a Challenge #162 ~ Love is in the air

Come and Get it ~ Love is in the air

Crafting From The Heart #99 ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by x

Sweet Isobelle

Just a quick post before I have to head off to bed, thought I'd share this card I made using the gorgeous stamp Isobelle from Crafty Sentiments Designs, she is coloured using a mix of my markers and I had a bit more of a play with the Spectrum Sparkle pens, it's just a shame they don't show up in the picture but her t-shirt, the heart and her 'wrist warmers' are sparkling oh and a touch in her hair too!  Also added a few gems, papers are Raspberry Road Designs, flowers are punched and then I've added some beads to the centres.

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

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #82

4 Crafty Chicks #285 ~ Bling
Brown Sugar #185 ~ Favourite colour combo
Creative Fingers #102 ~ Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #99 ~ Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by x

New Shoes!

Thought I'd pop on here and show you the card I've made from my Aunt who turns 60 or 15 depending on how you look at it!  Her birthday is on February 29th! lol  Anyway she's having a party in Kent and I'm on holiday at the time so I actually get the chance to go and am going to meet up with Ria at Waterloo and we are going to spend the weekend at my Mum & Dads so its win win all the way!  Now something you need to know about my Aunt is she is well known for her shoes, especially her high heels so this shoe die was just the perfect thing.  Cut it in gold and teamed it up with green cs and some more gold cuts, the corners were cut on the Cricut as was the 60. Hope she likes it.

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

4 Crafty Chicks #285 ~ Bling

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #311 ~ Red as the main colour

Here we are it's Friday again and time for another fabulous challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our fabulous Aunty Sue has chosen the theme and it's  'use red as your main colour', we are sponsored this week by

Sami Stamps

PRIZE

Sami Stamps will provide a 12$ gift VOUCHER to the shop at www.samistamp.blogspot.com (that's equal to 3 images of choice) to the winner. 

The DT were given some gorgeous images from our very generous host to use to play along with this challenge.  I have used 'A Basket Full' and coloured her with a mix of markers and Spectrum Sparkle for the strawberries.  The papers are some very old ones from Shabby Princess that have been on my computer for ages, which I distressed around the edges.  The sentiment is a Cricut cut as is the little bird corner then I finished off with some red gems.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafting From The Heart #98 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments ~ Dies and/or punches
Thanks for stopping by x

If the shoe fits ...

Well it's the last day of my holiday today, back to work tomorrow on a 10-10 shift with a sleep in! Ha ha back with a vengence! So I thought I might as well have a little play here in the craft room.  It started with the shoe and went on from there.  Papers are from First Editions and are New Bloom with some off cuts of cs including whitewash and glitter, some have been embossed.  Various circle dies used, the shoe die was a recent magazine freebie, the flower stem die is also a recent buy and the sentiment is cut on the Cricut.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Fingers #102 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments ~ Dies and/or punches
Crafting From The Heart #98 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #308 ~ Hearts
Feeling Sketchy #138
Thanks for stopping by x

Is it just me ...

... or does everyone else get covered in glue doing decopatch?! After my mixed media project the other day I thought I'd do some more decopatch on a corner bookmark. Now I'm afraid I always cheat on these bookmarks and use a square envelope as my starting point instead of doing some fancy folding and to be fair the envelopes haven't let me down yet! lol. So after sticking down my envelope and then cutting a corner off I coated it with decopatch glue and torn pages from an old book, after tearing up the pages I also inked them (I really did get messy! lol) then stuck them to the back and the front of the envelope corner which has really given the bookmark added strength. While that was drying, I cut the frame and wording out on the Cricut using my new cartridge 'small talk frames and tags', brilliant cartridge, very versatile. made a back panel which I also decopatched then I coloured the fabulous image from TEW called 'Lucy Loo Mad Hatter' with a mix of my markers then attached her to the frame and added the back panel and finally added this to the envelope. This has be done to enter the Facebook challenge over at TEW where the theme is 'Not Now ... I'm Reading'

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

Ruby's Rainbow #122 ~ Anything Goes
Creative Fingers #102 ~ Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #98 ~ Anything Goes
Not Just Cards #29 ~ February
Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #310 ~ Ahoy Me Hearties

Well shiver me timbers if it isn't Friday already, where has the week gone?  That means time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our wonderful Nick has chosen the theme, and in case you hadn't already guessed its a 'Pirate' theme and we have a fabulous sponsor too

FABRIKA FANTASY

PRIZE.....3 DIGI IMAGES 

I decided to make a flag this week and had a play with Cricut to get the flag shape and also to cut the 'girlie' skull and crossbones.  The 'danger' sentiment is also cut on the Cricut.  I added the other sentiments cut using the sizzix neon mini alpha and finally added a die cut star burst.

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

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #29 ~ February

Crafting From The Heart #97 ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by x

1st attempt at mixed media!

Just wanted to share with you a project I've been working on which is my first attempt at doing some mixed media.  Been wanting to dabble but not really plucked up the courage till now!  So I took a piece of mountboard 12"x8" and covered it in deco mache paper, once dried I added some stars by stencilling through some metallic off cut with blue ink, then I a brown ink pad and went round the edges, put a top layer of decopatch glue on and left it to dry while I coloured the fabulous KennyK image, which is a limited freebie but you need to join the Facebook Club.  She is coloured with a mix of my marker pens and pencils, then I used my new Spectrum Sparkle pens, oh wow they are gorgeous, I had up until now been using Sakura Stardust pens but mine are old and drying up and not so reliable any more and I loved the fact that these have brush nibs, I am certainly not disappointed!  Unfortunately the sparkle doesn't show in the photo but I love their subtle addition to the image.  Anyway enough raving! I added a piece of mesh then cut out the flowers from some Kraft cs and beautiful papers sent to me by a friend in Poland which I have been saving to use for the right project and as this is for me I thought I deserved them! lol.  Once I'd made the flowers I then coated them with the decopatch glue and fixed them in place with some hot melt glue.  I used glossy accents for the flower centre and added some micro beads.  The sign is made from some s/a cork sheets I bought recently and the 'Jacs Playground' is cut on the Cricut from s/a white paper.  For my first attempt I am pleased with how this turned out, might just have to buy myself some acrylic paints and put my Cricut to good use making some stencils.  This was a lot of fun, a bit messy, but a lot of fun! Now I just need to decide if it is going to hang on the door to the craft room or the craft room wall!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Aloha Friday #64 ~ Favourite colour combo~ blue and brown

Simply Create Too #101 ~ Sparkle pens, new cork sheets

Creative Fingers #101 ~ Anything Goes

Just Us Girls #328 ~ wild card week ~ Tic Tac Toe ~ Dies cuts, stamp, flower

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #29 February

Ruby's Rainbow #122 ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by x

At Your Age!

Just thought I'd pop on to share the card I made for BILs partner who turns 50 tomorrow.  I have used the fabulous Stella from Bugaboo and I tweaked the sentiment slightly.  Stella is coloured with copics and Spectrums and I added glossy accents here and  there!  Used the new Cricut cartridge to cut out the sentiment, now its time to go play some more!

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

Tuesday Throwdown #278 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew #105 ~ Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #326 ~ They say its your birthday

Feeling Sketchy #137

Thanks for stopping by x

Feeling blessed

Well today I have had a fabulous day and I just wanted to share with you a picture of the wonderful crafting goodies I have received for my birthday:

2 boxes of Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens

Cricut Small Talk Frames & Tags cartridge

Xcut Feather dies

Signature Die Trailing Flowers

'A' plates for the Cut N Boss

double side tape and hot melt glue sticks

Cricut 12x12 cutting mats (not in the pic)

I am really looking forward to having a play tomorrow, after I've been food shopping! lol  And the best bit is that I have a week off work too! yay!  

Also got a fab cd by Train too.

I am definitely blessed xx

Crafty Catz Challenge #309 ~ Kids

Sorry I'm late posting today but the internet crashed out last night while I was trying to do my post then the laptop was spending forever installing updates, I gave up and went to bed! So here I am now, just got back from having a cortisone injection in my thumb and an xray. Last injection looks like another op is on the cards! Anyway I'm really here to post about this weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our fabulous Cindy has chosen a theme of 'KIDS' and we have an awesome sponsor in the form of 

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS

Prize is 3 digital images 

So for my card I have used this cute image from Crafty Sentiments called 'Why Not' and coloured him up with Copics and Spectrum Noirs, the patterned paper is from First Editions Neroli pad, used some cs from stash which I embossed then cut the stars using a new star die set. The sentiment is one I downloaded free a long time ago from Sentimental Sundays. When I was putting the card together it just looked to clean and smart so I attacked it a postal franking stamp and then grunged it up with some black ink, it looks so much better now that its not pristine, well it is for a boy! lol. Hope you can come along and play with us this week.

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

Crafty Sentiments Designs ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers #156 ~ Punches and/or dies

Crafting From The Heart #96 ~ Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Tic Tac Toe ~ Embossing, red, die cut

Tuesday Throwdown #278 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew #105 ~ Anything Goes

Simply Create Too #101 ~ Something New ~ star die cut set

Thanks for stopping by x

A little monochrome fun

Here's a little card that took a long time to come together, despite using a sketch!  I think it was more about the colouring and I couldn't decide if keeping the image monochrome too was the way to go!  I finally decided it was and here is my end result.  Used the awesome Kenny K image, background glittery paper is Santoro of London and the flowers are cut on the cricut from a scrap of grey checked paper, added the film strip die cut and coloured the image with Spectrums.

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

Sketch Saturday #395 (only just! lol)
Come And Get It ~ Embossing
Crafting From The Heart #95 ~ Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #343 ~ Anything Goes
Creative Fingers #101 ~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by x