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.