Laughing Ducks

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Winter Stanley

Good morning everyone - are you good today? I hope so.

Christmas is getting ever closer isn't it? Can't believe it is now just around the corner so now I have a Christmas card to share with you....

I love this cute little dog. He is from Digi Stamp Boutique and is part of a digi stamp set called Winter Stanley. I have coloured this in with Pro-Markers and the papers are a mixture of Magnolia 12 x 12 (in the background) and Wild Rose Studio Polka Dots 6 x 6 (for the corners).

I used my punch and cuttlebug folder to make the border at the bottome. That lovely gem in the centre of the flower is from the works.

Challenges:-

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes

Crafting at the Weekend - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Get Ready for Christmas

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Bingo (I have used embossing, digi, ribbon)

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Digi Stamp Boutique - September Customer Challenge

Love to Create Challenge - Love or Ribbon

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Layer it Up

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day.

Monday, 29 September 2014

I've Been Tagged

Good Monday Morning to you all!

I've been tagged by the lovely Sarah at Mallows Crafty Bits. It is part of The Creative Blog Hop (every Monday) and is fun to join in with. Now Sarah has been commenting on my blog for a very long time now and she is so encouraging and I am so very grateful for all her wonderful words on my blog. I have loved Sarah's work as it is always so pretty and she does some lovely shaped cards, so pop along and have a peep and say Hi! You won't be disappointed. Thank you Sarah :0)

So, here we go...question time...

1) What am I working on now.

At the moment I am working on a card for my DT post at Penny's Paper-Crafty. Just before putting this post together I had just added my card to my DT post at Love to Scrap Challenge Blog. I have also printed out some cute Christmas puppy images to make into Christmas cards. Coming this week lol.

2) How does your work differ from others in your genre?

I don't think my work differs from others in my genre if I am honest. Especially since I take inspiration from what I see of people's work on their blogs and from magazines. I really do find blogs to be so very inspiring and really helpful in the creation of my cards. I'd be so lost without my blogging friends and their blogs.

3) Why do I do what you do.

Because I absolutely love crafting. I always have done and I always will. I started out making dollshouse furniture from egg cartons and loo rolls when I was a little girl. At that time I also use to sew little purses from scraps of fabric that I found. In my twenties I discovered cross stitch, then in my thirties scrapbooking and shortly after cardmaking. I think I have gone along the same path as most crafters do lol.

4) How does my creative process work.

When I am making cards, I start first by thinking or finding a sketch for my layout (Sketch Saturday has some really great ones). I then pick my papers and then my image and pro-marker colours. I pick my papers first as I like to match the image to the papers. Sentiments and embellishments come last if there is space. That is the order I follow and that is what helps me to put some semblence of a card together lol.

I just want to thank my blogging friends for all their inspiration and their kind words on my cards. I don't have a huge number of followers, but the ones I have, I cherish.

Now here are my nominees:-

Pauline at Crafting with Cotnob

Fantastic layouts on her cards. She does male cards fabulously (male cards are a fave of mine).

Julie at Julies Crafty Creations

Now Julie gave me the position of DT member on the Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog. At the time, I wasn't too confident and was at a low ebb. I had crafted before but I was just getting back into it, so I am very grateful that Julie gave me a chance as it boosted my confidence loads. Also her cards are gorgeous!!

Shuly Cartes
I met Shuly through the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog and right away she was very welcoming and encouraging and it is a real pleasure to work with her. Also, she creates some beautiful interactive cards which I adore.

Thanks so much for reading all this and have a really great day

Saturday, 27 September 2014

Funtime Dan

Good morning all - hope you are all good. Really glad it's the weekend and Brandon has just gone to football so I can get a card up YIPPEE!!! lol.

Here it is...

I do like Digi Stamp Boutique images and this one is called Funtime Dan. I won this stamp and it was part of a set of 3 Funtime Dan images. I also treated myself to a set of cute christmas puppies from Digi Stamp Boutique which I love and cards from them are coming soon :)

I coloured Dan in with promarkers and once again my papers are 6 x 6 Kraft in Colour (I can't get away from these papers and my pad is almost finished lol). The cogs are a Papermania die set and the sentiments are digital from Dilly Beans.

Challenges:-

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

CCC Digi Creations - Digi/Man in your Life (once again, little man for me lol)

Crafting at the Weekend - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Birthday Celebrations / Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Digi Stamp Boutique - Customer September Competition

Moving Along with the Times - Recipe Image, Papers, Colours

Pink Gem Challenge - Clean and Simple (if it's not simple enough - please delete from challenge)

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes - Twist is Use Some Red

Sweet Stampin' - Cards for Men (Big or Little)

Thanks so much for looking and have a great weekend

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Cheers Alf

Good morning all - it's nearly Friday YAY lol.

I have another card to share today...

Now originally I had made this card using a sketch from Sketch Saturday with every intention of entering the challenge last week. I missed the deadline though :(

The image is from Digi Stamp Boutique and is called Cheers Alf. I have coloured him in with Pro-Markers and the papers are once again (my absolute favourite without a doubt) Doodlebug 6x6 Craft in Colour. So many possibilities with this little pad lol.

Challenges:-

As You Like it Challenge - Favourite Digi Stamp (This is a new favourite of mine because I love how he is holding a bottle of beer (not Glass) as most of the men I know drink from bottles, so I am going to be using this A LOT!)

CCC Digi Creations - Man in your Life

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Use a Charm/Add Metal (The button is metal)

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Use Autumn Colours

Creative Moments - Use 3 Layers

DigiStamp Boutique - September Customer Challenge

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes

Passion for Pro-Markers - Autumn Colours

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes with Spots or Dots

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day.

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

New Challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Sponsored by StampArt Designs and Fred She Said

Good Afternoon lovely crafters.

Today we have another wonderful challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty. The theme this week is Spots and Stripes. Please come over and join in the fun.

For the first time I have attempted a shaker card! I have spots on my paper and my ribbon is stripey (which you can just about see).

Here it is.....

Isn't this image too cute? It is from Fred she Said and is called Kiss Me Scottie. I coloured my image in with pro-markers and then constructed it into a shaker. I have embossed some plain white card and the spotty paper is just a scrap from my stash. The red card is from Hobbycraft and the corners are from the Whimsy Corner Dies set.

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Challenges:-

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Christmas Critters

Come and Get It Challenges - Use 3 of Something (3 Red Snowflakes)

Craft Your Passion - I Can See Clearly (Use Something Transparent) I have used Acetate to make up the shaker bit on my card.

Crafting by Designs - Get Ready for Christmas

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Fab n Funky - Christmas

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Main Colour Red

Open Minded Crafting Fun - Roll out the Red

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Oh How Cute

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Use Spots or Dots

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day

Monday, 22 September 2014

Birthday Bobbi with Balloons

Good Afternoon everyone. Did you have a nice weekend? We did. It was peaceful and there was some sun, a bit chilly, but nice all the same.

I have a card to share...

This sweet image is called Birthday Bobby and is from Digi Stamp Boutique. A cutie, don't you think.

Coloured in with my pro-markers and the papers are from my favourite 6 x 6 pad at the moment called Doodlbug Kraft in Colours. The bow and flower ribbon at the bottom are from the works and the corners are Whimsy Corner Dies Set. Everything else is just from my stash.

Challenges:-

Come and Get it Challenges - Use 3 of Something (I have used 3 different papers)

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - My Style (my style is always using a stamp rubber or digi (coloured with pro-markers teamed with the designer papers - yep that's my stylee)

Crafty Boots - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Digi Stamp Boutique - September Customer Competition

Glitter n Sparkle - Must Use Pink

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes Twist Use Spots or Dots

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Ribbons & Bows

The Squirrel and The Fox - Happy Birthday

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day.

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge No. 195 Sponsored by Karleigh Sue and Stampart Design

Good afternoon crafty friends.

Today we have a fun challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty. The theme this week is Embossing Wet or Dry. Simples :0)

Please come along and join in the fun.

Here is my card.

My fabulous image is from a new sponsor of ours called Karleigh Sue and this one is called Fall Fab. Lovely isn't she. I've coloured her in with pro-markers (of course lol). The papers are from a 6 x 6 pad by Paper Mania called Sweet Nothings. I've seriously had this pad for about 6 or 7 years! You can see some embossing on the die-cut circle behind her and also I have embossed my greeting (the greeting folder was a freebie from a magazine from this year - bet lots of you have this lol).

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