Strawberries & Good News

I haven't updated my blog for a couple of days as have been busy making cards for my first DT project for Creative Craft World so thought I would add some pics of the things I made for Crafty Ribbons this month you can see them their on their blog (much better photos than mine). To make this I followed the tutorial on this blog here. I used a white gel pen to put the white spots on the strawberries and the ribbon is from Crafty ribbons.

For this card I have used the swiss dots folder to emboss the red card, the green gingham paper is from pink petticoat. The strawberry is a free clipart coloured with promarkers with black gems added. The sentiment is printed on the computer. Ribbon again from Crafty Ribbons.

Change of colour for this last card, I have wraped pieces of the ribbon around strips of card and then stuck them to the card blank and used some stickles to fill the gaps. Gingham paper again from Pink Petticoat.

I would just like to add on the end of this post a huge thankyou to Janette from Stamping Dragon Designs for picking me as part of her design team I can't wait to start working with her fab designs.

This months swaps

This is the card I recieved from Marg for this month card swap on Crafty Place, isn't it gorgeous you can just see in the picture but each flower on the bp has a glossy centre and the fairy's wings have been glittered as has around the sentiment.

This is the stash that I recieved from Glittermum, you can just see at the bottom some chipboard shapes I've never used chipboard before so will be interesting to have a play with these. Hidden at the bottom of the picture are some little gem butterflies I had just run out of these so they will come in very handy

Here's the gorgeous papers that she sent me the photo really doesn't do them any justice.

This is the card I recieved for last months swap from Popkins isn't it fab, you can just see in the photobit the image is all glittered beautifully as is the edge of the sentiment and inside the card is another flower.

Thankyou for all my fab swaps I love doing this every month.

Aimee's Wall Hanging

I made this wall hanging for Aimee last night from the beer mats that the lovely Wendy from MSE sent me.

I covered the mats in paper from MME Penny Lane stack added a bit more glitter to the edges, then I cut a scalloped circle from some pink card and added some stickles around the edge. The letters I did on the computer and then cut them out and stuck them to some more MME paper and cut them out again. The flowers are prima e line ones coloured with promarkers, stamens are punched from some scrap paper and small pink gem added to the centre. I have then punched holes and tied each mat together with pink satin ribbon.

The picture on the top mat is a digi stamp that I won from Digistamp Boutique and was one I had to get as she is called Aimee.

Touchy feely ATC

This month on crafty place we we challenged to make a touchy feely ATC. Now that Choccy has recieved it I can post it.

 I coloured this little mouse which was a freebie from Bugaboo with promarkers and then added flock to the flower and the little heart, for his tail I used a piece of white rafia coloured black  Not sure where the backing paper was from as it was in my scraps box.The Ribbon has again been coloured with promarkers and the gems were from my stash.
The sentiment is a sticky one which I have rubbed red foil over.

I sent this little card with the atc. The blue card is embossed with crafts too butterfly embossing folder, the white mat is cut with nellie snellen dies and the butterfly is a 3d sticker from papermania.

Moving Along With The Times Challenge 42

I made this card for this months card swap on Crafty Place the theme was lilac & green, now I know that Marg has recieved it I can post it. I followed the sketch on this weeks Moving Along With The Times.

 The image was this weeks freebie from Pollycraft coloured with promarkers. I added some stickles to her wings along with a few gems. I have used gems for the flowers at the bottom of the image.
I embossed a wavy line onto the mat under the picture with my score board. the papers are all from Pink Petticoat Gingham collection and Grannies wallpaper collection. The border was cut with friskers threading water punch with a couple of card candy added.

Another Tilda card

This is another one of the tilda images that Sarah stamped for me.I started out with the intention of making a pink card didn't quite turnout the way I had imagined it would when I coloured in the image but I like the end result. The paper is from MME Penny Lane stack which I bought yesterday whilst shopping for seed potatoes lol, they are gorgeous papers all glittery. The silver card is bazill and the lime green is DCWV .

 I have coloured her with promarkers again and used some Anita's clear gloss on her boots and umbrella to make them shiny, on her boots I added a little sparkly pink chalk first so that the gloss is slightly glittery.
The ribbon is white organza again coloured with a promarker and the flowers are white Prima  e line coloured. The centres of the flowers are stamens punched from the backing paper with a pink gem. The sentiment is a personal impressions stamps I love these stamps as they are just the right size to add to small shapes like the circle.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges.

• One Stich At A Time - Thankyou card
• Truly Scrumptious - Follow the sketch with the optional theme of April Shower's

Girly card

I've made this card for the new challenge Something for the girls on Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge. Tilda was stamped for me by my friend Sarah thanks I have coloured her with promarkers and used some Anita's 3d gloss on her shoes. The papers are Basic Grey Kioshi.

The white flowers are Prima E line ones and the roses are from hobbycraft.

The ribbon is from my local haberdashery shop and was coloured with promarkers to match can't remember where I got the pin from they have been sat in my drawer waiting for me to use.The sentiment is stamped onto the middle section of my nellie snellen die

Choccy has asked how I colour the ribbon so here goes I lay the ribbon onto a scrap piece of card and the just gently run the wide nib of the promarker over the ribbon and then leave for a couple of minutes just to let the ink dry this way the card soaks up most of the excess ink rather than you fingers hth. 

Just a quick post

Just a quick post to let you all know that I have been asked to be on the design team at Creative Craft World I can't tell you all how excited I am but also how nervous I feel.

Another dragon

For this card I have used another fantastic dragon Jiggy with Flowers from Stamping Dragon Designs they are just so cute. I have coloured Jiggy with my promarkersadding a little stickles to the wings and some adhesive glitter dots to the centre of the flowers.
The paper is from papermania secret garden pad, the brown card is bazill and the tan coloured card is from papermania. The border is made from the same card which has been punched with my woodware border punch.
The flowers were punched out of white card and coloured with promarkers so they matched the ones in the image again I used glitter dots for the centres. The sentiment is one I was sent in a stash swap I think it is from Craftwork cards.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

• Marg's MSE challenge - Wings
• One Stop Craft Challenge 76 - Things with Wings
• Pollycraft Monday Challenge 39 Pink and Brown with a choice of yellow and green

Thomas

For this card I have followed the sketch at Sketch and Stash challenge you also had to use some  new, never used or neglected stash so I have used my new Lili of the Valley stamp Thomas Big Bunch of Flowers. I have coloured him with promarkers and some stickles added to the flowers. The papers are Basic Grey kioshi. I wanted to mount the papers onto some purple card but didn't have any the right shade (will have to rectify that)so coloured some white card with a suitable shade promarker. The purple panel has been run through the cuttlebug with the daisy folder and mounted on some shimmery black brazill. The ribbon is from my stash it was white but again I coloured it with a promarker. The flowers are some more that I got in hobbycraft this time I have added some stickles to the edges of the petals, the purple twirly bits is some white florist wire again coloured with promarkers.

I would like to enter this card in Sketch and Stash challenge 33, Cute Card Thursday challenge 107 Mono Mania,

Rock A Bye Jiggy

Stamping Dragon Designs are having a DT call with a difference, the difference being you have to use the image they chose. Well what a fabby image it was The lovely Rock A  Bye Jiggy. Now I have only recently found these fab images and have fallen in love with these cute little dragons, as my name suggests I love all dragons but my favourite type are cute little fellows like these.

I have coloured the image with promarkers and glittered their wings with stickles. I have paper pieced the drapes on the cot with some spotty pink paper. I have cut the mount with my nesties and embossed it with the heart embossing folder. Tied some pink organza ribbon around one layer into a little bow to the side of the image.  The border along the gingham paper is punched with a woodware punch.

The flowers are punched with a woodware flower punch out of pink card and pink gingham card I have curled the edges and used a white pearl for the centres. The leaves are punched with a woodware grass punchout of green bazill card .

The sentiment I have printed on the computer and again cut with nesties, added a couple of little flowers and a tiny white button as embellishment.

Just though I would add this photo which show the card at a slight angle as it shows off all the layers  on this card.

The papers are all from Pink Petticoat.

Blue & Silver Fairy

I have followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers for this card, The stamped image is Tiptoe Fairy from Lili of the Valley another one of the stamps I bought this month.The cardstock on th botoom of the card is gemstones from coredinations and has a lovely sheen to it. The backing paper is from a papermania pad that I bought cheap ages ago and have never used I don't think, I have mounted this on mirror card.The sentiment is from Daisy & Dandylion.

On the left panel I have criss crossed some silver elastic and then added this fab silver buttonhole sprig which I got in hobbycraft and tied some blue organza around it. I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:                            Friday Sketchers challenge 97, Lili of the Valley challenge 50 - Blue & silver, Pollycraft challenge 38 - anything goes.

The Sugar Bowl Challenge

I found this fab sketch on The Sugar Bowl challenge blog and just had to make a card with it. You have to use a Sugar Nellie image so I used the gorgeous Daisy, the please include option this time was flowers.

I have coloured her with promarkers adding a little stickles to the flowers which you can just see in the photo below.

 The papers are all from Basic Grey Lemonade collection, I have embossed the darker pink paper with daisy embossing folder. I've used some pink raffia lace underneath the layers, the sentiment is stamped with a couple of pearls added. The rose's are from hobbycraft the little green spirals were the stems of the roses which I have twisted round my tweezers.

Thankyou card

I made this card for my children to send to my great aunties who sent them some money for easter. The image  teddy with flower is one of the Lili of the Valley stamps I bought this month isn't he gorgeous, I have coloured him with promarkers and added a thanks stamp to his envelope. Not sure what the backing paper is as it was from a stash swap. the card at the bottom is coredinations white wash card which has been embossed with my new butterfly folder from crafts too. the ribbon again came from a stash swap and the dragonfly charm is from ebay. I have added some flatbacked pearls to the edges.                                             I would like to enter this card in the following challenges Allsorts challenge 47 Petals and Pearls , Our Creative Corner OCCSC10 I followed their sketch, Just Cute Bears Challenge 11 Yellow & Green, Teddy Stampers challenge 9 spring, Charisma Cardz challenge 14 Thank you

40th birthday card

This is a card I have made for an order, I have printed the digi paper straight onto the card blank, the letters are cut out on my cuttlebug and the covered with stickles, the flowers are punched with a glitter dot in the centre.

Ballet Matilda

For this card I have used another fab digi stamp from Digi Stamp Boutique this one is ballet matilda i have coloured her with promarkers and mounted her onto some mirror card. The flower in her hair I detached from a star embellishment I was sent in a stash swap, her skirt I have made from Tulle that I got here I coloured it with my promarker and the sew 4 layers along the top and gathered to the right size.. I have used the fab sketch over at Moving along with the times. The papers are again from a forever frinds pad matted onto brown card.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:
Moving along with the times challenge 40 - follow sketch and used pink and brown and ribbon.
Totally papercrafts challenge 10 - use a digital image or paper.
Digi Stamp Boutique monthly challenge - use a digi stamp boutique image.

Fairy Wishes

This is one of the fab images I won from Digi Stamp Boutique her name is Ruby I have coloured her with promarkers and used a gold gel pen on her wand and tiara. I added stickles to her wings for a bit of sparkle. The papers are from a forever friends pad. The flower is made from scalloped circles cut with nesties with a big blingy gem  for the centre. The sentiment was cut again on the cuttlebug, I coloured the letters with the same colour promarker as her dress and then added some stickles.

and gems to the top of the eyes.

Easter goodies

Over at Creative Craft World this week  the challenege was to use one sheet of 12x12 patterned paper/cardstock to make an easter project. You can add other 12x12 papers but these must be plain. Embellishments are also allowed too. These are what I have come up with. Paper is Basic Grey Cupcake and the rabbit image was  a freebie from Bugaboo Stamps.

Allsorts challenge week 45

The challenge over at Allsorts this week is to alter or recycle something. I decided to alter some pine frames that I bought in Wilkinsons 82p for 3

This is the first one I did the papers are DCWV all dressed up, the heart and swirl are cut on the cuttle bug as are the letters in the name. The flower is 3 scalloped nestie circles as shown here on Ikki's blog.

This one again uses DCWV papers this time from Rockstar stack. The stars were cut with a punch. I've used another one of my altered bottle tops on this one this time I cut a circle of the background paper which I stuck in the bottle cap and then put some small orange stars on top and covered with Anita's 3d gloss. The tag was cut from some scraps and the star is from my stash.                                          

Lots of bling on this frame with all the butterflies. Again DCWV papers can't remember which stack though. The image is from CC Designs coloured with promarkers

Friday sketchers challenge 95

I followed the sketch at friday sketchers for this card.

I have used basic grey Kioshi papers the circle is cut with nesties and embossed with heart folder. The image is from Greeting Farm and the flowers are prima both are coloured with promarkers.