LOTV Sweet Fairy

Good morning - bbrrrrrr I'm freezing!

I've done a fairy card this time around - a nice and fussy fairy card lol.

Challenges:-

CreativeMoments - Anything Goes/add some sparkle

Chocolate, Coffee, Cards - A Sketch

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Emerald Faeries - Things with Wings

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Make it Cute or Sweet

Loves Rubber Stamps - Use lace

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

Sister Act - Anything Goes

LOTV Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Glitter N Sparkle - Bling it up

Divas by Design - Vintage with lace

Items Used:-

Handmade base card

Pebbles inc "My Girl" 12 x 12 paper

Mint Julep Basic Grey 6 x 6 paper

LOTV Fairy and Sentiment stamps

Hunkydory glitter - Diamond Sparkles Butterfly Trails

Spellbinders Nestabilities Floral Oval die

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace, ribbon, gems, butterfly from my stash

Pro-Markers:-

Blush, pastel pink, baby pink, rose pink, dusky rose, antique pink, cinnamon, cocoa, grass, tulip yellow, pastel blue, denim blue

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day

No Challenges Today - Just a Simple Card

Good rainy and wet afternoon to you all.  Hope you are well and having a nice day today.

Im just popping on to post a card I previously made and I really don't feel like looking for challenges today, maybe tomorrow.

I think it took me a couple of days to get over Brandon's gerbil dying and then having to tell him it died.  He broke his heart crying but was much better the following day bless him.

Anyhow, i'm going on a bit aern't I lol.  Here is my card....

I made it for my sister.


Do you know.  I make cards for my family and I never get feedback from some of them on the card.  I feel like they could say something as I put extra effort in but they never do.  I have now made the decision to just get store bought cards for those that can't be bothered to even say thanks lol.  The funny thing is, it's my friends who appreciate it more.  If i got a handmade card I would be gushing over it - maybe that's just me.

Anyhow, hope you like my card (sorry for waffling).

Thanks for looking and have a lovely day!

Poor Brandon, Poor Gerbil

Good morning all.  Hope you are all good.  I had a bit of an upsetting morning as one of my son's gerbils passed away right before my eyes.  He had tumours and as I was ringing the vet to have him put down because I could see he was suffering, he took his last big breaths and died.  Brandon is going to a friend's house for tea after School then when he comes home, I've got to break the news :0(

Anyhow, I thought I would come on and post a card I made and have a look around for some challenges.

Challenges:-

Crafting for All Seasons - For the Girls

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Get Your Girl On

In the Pink - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Paper Pretties - Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Make it Feminine

Delicious Doodles - Must use a Ribbon

The Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog - Anything Goes - 1st feb

The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes  (4 days - Fri)

I have made this card in readiness for one of my nieces upcoming birthdays.

Items Used on Card:-

Handmade card blank
Cuddly Buddly sentiment stamp
Fiskars border punch
Free papers from a magazine
Wild Orchid Flowers
Silver metal corner coloured with antique pink pro marker

Pro-Markers:-

Tan, caramel, pastel pink, henna, burnt umber, baby pink, rose pink, antique pink, leaf green, grass, lemon.

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day.

Brandon's First Attempt with a Kenny K Boy on Bike Image

Good morning!!  Rubbish weather today here.  Hope it's a little better where you are.

Onto this card which was not made by me (although I did make one similar, but will save for a later date).  It was made by my 7 year old son Brandon.  He's been dying to get in on the whole cardmaking and entering challenges thing, so this weekend I sat down with him and he got his hands on my pro-markers at long last.  We had a lovely time making cards together and he learnt a little about using different shades and skin tone.

Challenges:-

I Love Pro-Markers - One for the boys

Addicted to Stamps - CAS

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters Challenge - CAS

Little Red Wagon - CAS

Crafting with Dragonflies - Anything Goes

Creative Creations Challenges - Less is More

Charisma Cardz - It's a Boy Thing

A Gem of a Challenge - For the Boys

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Cardz for Guys - Monochrome

Let's Create Challenges - Masculine

Totally Papercrafts - One for the Boys

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Items Used:-

Kenny K image

Handmade base card

Red Card from Hobbycraft

Whimsy sentiment stamp

Pro Markers

Glossy Accents for glasses and little plate on the front of the bike

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day.

No Fuss Christmas Teddy

Good Afternoon - cold today.  We had some snow last night but it was more like a covering of icing sugar.  Luckily it hadn't frozen over night so wasn't too slippy getting out and about earlier on.

Onto my card.  Its for the ABC Christmas Challenge blog that I vowed to play along with all year and this is my third time putting an entry in, so i'm doing OK there :0)

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for Bare Essentials

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters Challenges - CAS

Little Red Wagon - CAS

Crafting with Dragonflies - Anything Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room - CAS

Creative Creations Challenges - Less is More

 
Unfortunately, for some reason, blogger won't let me upload a second picture of a close up of the teddy ?????

Items Used on Card:-

Handmade card base

Red card from Hobby Craft

Wild Rose Studio Milton Bear clear stamp

Papermania wooden rubber stamp for sentiment

Ribbon from stash

Pro-Markers:-

Vanilla, putty, tan, baby pink, lipstick red, poppy, cardinal red, pear green, forest green.

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day.

Friends Don't Let Friends Wine Alone

Good morning all - it's gone sunny here in Buxton now, even though earlier on, when taking my lad to School it was pouring it down and it was freezing as well.  Bit warmer now!  I've come back from yet another Yogalates session and i'm aching just a little.  You think it's going to be easy because it's all sitting down (or standing up) and stretching, but it's harder than you think.  I know it's a lot harder than what I thought it would be lol.

Anyhow, onto my next card....

I agree with the sentiment by the way :0)

Challenges:-

Crafting for all Seasons - for the Girls

Design Divas By - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Get your Girl On

In the Pink - Diecuts and/or Punches

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi

Digi Designs Challenge Blog - Spots and Dots

Creative Creations Challenges - Less is More

Without Words - Spots and/or Stripes

Paper Pretties - Anything Goes

This was a fun card to make, I really enjoyed it.

Items used:-

Bugaboo digi image and sentiment

Handmade card blank

Card and gems from stash

Echo Park 6 x 6 paper - So Happy Together

Crate Paper Random Stand Outs for pinwheel

Fiskars border punch

Glossy Accents on the eye glasses, wine glasses and bottles (picture doesn't show this up though)

Pro-markers:-

Blush, pastel pink, vanilla, mustard, rose pink, dusky pink, antique pink, cardinal red, tan, cinnamon, caramel, burnt umber, pear green, moss, pastel blue, denim blue, ice grey 1

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day

Decoupaged Butterfly

Hello there, hope you are all good today.  I've not long returned from a session at the gym called Yogalates.  I now make myself go to this twice a week because I really do need to shift my butt and get fit lol.

Anyhow, I was inspired to make this card because of some papers that were free in the centre of a crafting magazine, details below.  I thought they were gorgeous and I don't really like to use these papers because they can be a little flimsy and difficult to work with, but I couldn't resist them.  You can download the papers from the website but it can get a little expensive printing out papers, with the cost of the ink.  I tend to like to stick to printing digi stamps out with our printer.  I actually did get to make 2 cards with the papers.  The other card will be on my blog sometime this week.

Challenges:-

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Decoupage (My butterfly wings are decoupaged)

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Make it feminine

Divas by Design - Use Ribbon

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Month long challenge

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times - Girly Cards

Emerald Faeries - Things with Wings

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Items Used:-

Handmade base card

Hero Arts butterfly rubber stamp

Papers from Quick Cards Made Easy, January 2014 issue

Ribbon and gems from Meiflower Crafts

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Card and glitter from stash

Pro-Markers:-

Baby pink, rose pink, leaf green, grass, forest green, lemon and ice grey 1

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day.

Rock On

Good Morning everyone - my what a cold one today and frost on the ground too.

Anyhow, I've done a male card this weekend.  I do like doing male cards.  I like getting a break from all the pink and flowery cards sometimes lol.

Challenges:-

Charisma Cardz - It's a boy thing

A Gem of a Challenge - For the Boys

Dream Valley Challenges - Boys/Men

Scribble and Scrap - Always Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenges - Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Happy Birthday

Cardz for Guys - Happy Birthday

Let's Craft and Create - Masculine

Crafty Girl's Challenges - Anything Goes

Pennys Challenges - Embellishments

Cool isn't he?  He's from Bugaboo stamps and he is called Rock Star.  A new favourite of mine I think.

Items used for card:-

Handmade Base Card

Brown Card from Stash

Wild Rose Studio Polka dots 6 x 6

Pebble inc. My Guy Argyle 12 x 12

Pebble inc. My Guy Stripe 12 x 12

Theresa Collins Extreme boy 12 x 12 for the strip

Chipboard Stars from Angel Crafts (coloured with pro markers)

Spellbinders Standard Circles large

Pro-Markers:-

Pastel pink, blush, cinnamon, cocoa, henna, burnt umber, pear green, moss, ice grey 1 and 2, peach, mango, spice, pastel blue, denim blue.

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely (if cold) day.

Shopping for Two

Good morning all.  Today I have a card to share that I made for my fella's eldest son who is now expecting.  It's so sweet and exciting and they also asked me do I want to be called Nannie or Grandma.  I was a bit shocked because at 45 I never expected to be called either ha ha ha, but I like Nannie ha ha ha.

Challenges-

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Something New

Corrosive Challenge - New Beginnings

Craft Mojo - All things New

Crafting for all Seasons - All things Bright and Beautiful

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Pink and Patterned

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

The Stampin' Chef - Anything Goes

Wags n Whiskers Stamps - Anything Goes

Fairies Challenges Blog - New Beginnings

Cupcake Inspirations - Sparkle

Card Mania Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges 2 - New

Try it on Tuesday - Something New (New Digi Image)

Delicious Doodles - Flowers

Hobby Cutz - Something New

I think it's a lovely idea to get a pregnant lady a card to celebrate the fact that she is expecting.  I got one when I was pregnant and I loved it, made me feel so special.

The gorgeous image is from Bugaboo Digi stamps. 

Items used on card-

Handmade card blank

Pale yellow card

Papers that came free in various magazines

Fiskars border die

Spellbinders Floral Oval nestabilities

Marianne designs creatables build a flower die for the leaves

Ribbon, metal flower and pearls from my stash (ribbon actually came off a gift I received)
Glitter from Hunkydory

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Pro-Markers-

Blush, dusky pink, vanilla, tulip yellow, mustard, mint green, denim blue, baby pink, rose pink, antique pink, caramel, cinnamon

Thank you so much for looking and have a lovely day

I Really Need to Practice Black Hair

Good morning all - it's a cold one isn't it.

I did this card for my little Niece and I am really rubbish at doing black hair.  Will really need to practice this !!

Challenges:-

Natalie and Amy - One for the Girlies

Digi Galore - Girly

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

Crafting By Design - Birthday Challenge

Crafting By Design - Month Long Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

I have used another image from my Here Come the Girls CD.  She's got swagger this one I think and I love her hairstyle.  Unfortunately I'm a little too old for that great outfit lol.

Items used:-

Hand made card blank

White card

 6 x 6 We r Memory Keepers papers (Travel Light)

Kanban gems

Black peel off letters

Stamped sentiment

Chipboard camera shapes from Angel Crafts

Glossy accents (on camera lens)

Pro-Markers:-

Tan, satin, caramel, baby pink, black, cool grey 2, cool grey 4, honeycomb, spice, apple, leaf green, moss, pastel blue, denim blue.

 Thank you so much for looking and have a great day.

Mr Snowman

Hi there,

I've had a busy day.  I started off by taking my cat to the Vets.  She's very old (20) and she needs a regular checkup as she is on painkillers for her joints.  Because of her age the vet said she now has an irregular heartbeat and she's slowly losing weight.  Although she is losing weight, it is not something that is just happening its very gradual over the years.  She's my shadow and wants feeding all the time.

Anyhow, here is a Christmas card that I did for the ABC Christmas Challenge blog, like I said I am going to keep joining in with this one so I will have a load of christmas cards at the ready for Christmas 2014.

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge Blog - A is for Anything Christmas

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes with Pearls or Buttons

Without Words - Spots and/or Stripes

Sorry, my photos from 3 onwards are not brilliant but I found it hard trying to get good pictures of the inside of the card.  Something to practice I think.

The inside of the card is made with one of the WS Designs card templates. When assembled all together it does look really nice.  I have added snowflakes inside the snowman apperture, which I hope you can see from my pics.

Unfortunately I don't have a pro-marker list for this post, so apologies.  I put them all back into storage before I marked them down.

Items used on Card:-

Bugaboo image

Handmade card blank

Papers are a mixture of Papermania and Magnolia (old collections)

Pearls are Papermania.

Snowflake die is Magnolia.

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely day.

Warning! May Cause Vasectomy

Good morning all,

I love this Bugaboo image and have wanted it for a long time, now I have it lol.

Challenges :-

Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Anything Goes

A Gem Of a Challenge - New

Crafty Sentiment Designs - New

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - New

ALBC - Celebrate

Oldie But a Goodie - New Beginnings

Come and Get it - Something New

Corrosive Challenge Blog - New Beginnings

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes using pearls or buttons

Items Used:-

Handmade base card

Blue Bazzil card

Button and ribbon from my stash

Pearls from Papermania

8 x 8 Paper Pad by Lili of the Valley, Nitwits, Petal Fresh

Pro-Markers:-

Coral, blush, baby pink, rose pink, dusky rose, pastel blue, denim blue, tulip yellow, cool grey 2

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely day!

Here Come the Girls

Hi there,

Well my boy has gone back to School today and I'm going to miss him being around.  We had a lovely Christmas break.

I have a cd which I bought from create and craft called Here Come the Girls by Creative Crafty World and my card features one of the images from it.

Challenges:-

Natalie and Amy - One for the Girlies

Digi Galore - Girly

Charisma Cardz - Birthdays

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenges - Free and Easy

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes with Pearls or Buttons (i've used three little pearls and 1 button)

Digitally Sweet Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Items used to make card:-

Handmade base card

Blue card, flower and button just all from my stash

Kanban pearls

Basic Grey Mint Julep 6x6 papers

Pro-Markers:-

blush, coral, baby pink, henna, cocoa, cinnamon, china blue, blue pearl, lipstick red, hot pink and cool grey 1

 Hope you all have a wonderful day and thanks for looking

I Know It's a Christmas Card but....

...... it's for a Christmas Card Challenge blog.  It's a good idea actually.  I might just have a lot of Christmas cards ready this year to send out if I keep up with this challenge blog.

Challenges:-

ABC Christmas Challenge - Zany

Crafty Hazelnuts - Anything as long as it's Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

She's saucy right ???? lol

Items Used:-

Handmade base card

Red Card from Hobby Craft

6 x 6 Christmas Papers (an assortment from packs that came free with magazines)

Diamond sparkles butterfly trails glitter

Britannia Dies - Set of 3 Poinsettias

Red Gems from Mei Flower Crafts

Pro-Markers:-

dusky pink, blush, baby pink, cocoa, caramel, tan, meadow green, grass, cardinal red, lipstick red, cool grey 2, cool grey 4, pastel blue.

Thank you so much for looking - Michelle

Funny Face

Hello there,

I have done this card specifically for a new challenge blog over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 which is taking over where Sweet Sketch Wednesday left off.  Really looking forward to joining in every week.

Challenges:-

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

Crafty Sentiments - Birthdays

The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy - One for the Girlies

Hiding in My Craft Room - Anything but a Holiday

Charisma Cardz - Birthday

Digi Galore - Girly

Isn't she hilarious.  I love her, so cheeky.  Glad I have this image now, I can see me using this quite a bit.  She's from Redonkadoodles.

Items used for card:-

Chipboard butterflies, coloured with Cardinal Red promarker, stamped with a Candi stamped and red glitter added.

Sizzex dies

Kanban pearls

Handmade base card

First Edition J'adore 6 x 6 paper pad

Sentiment from an Imagination Crafts decoupage stamp (drangonflies)

Red card from Hobby Craft

Pro Markers:-

putty, coral, vanilla, mustard, powder blue, denim blue, pastel blue, rose pink, antique pink, tan, caramel, lipstick red, cardinal red, cool grey 2, cool grey 4.

Have a great night and thanks for looking - Michelle