Friday, 7 February 2014

Strawberry Patch

Good rainy morning to you all :0)

I've made another cute card.  I've actually had this Sugar Nellie stamp for a long, long time and was glad I got it out to use again.

Challenges:-
 ABC Challenge - Anything Goes with Colouring
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Cards Galore Encore Challenge blog - add gems, glitter, candi (i've added red glitter and there is a green gem on strawberry brad) 
Crafting By Designs - Month Long Anything goes in February 
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes
Fantastic Tuesday - Anything Goes 
 I Love Pro-Markers - Birthday
 Paper Make Up Stamps - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Something Old, Something New (Old image and papers, New white flowers and red glitter)
Pile it On Challenges - Ribbon
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Hey Cutie
Wags & Whiskers Rubber Stamps - Bingo (I've used Glitter, Ribbon and Red - Red Glitter, Red strawberries, Blue ribbon)




Items Used:-

Sugar Nellie Strawberry Patch rubber stamp
Handmade base card
Wild rose studio Polka dots 6 x 6 paper
Doodlebug 12 x 12 paper
Doodlebug Petite brad
Woodware leaf punch
Fiskars border punch
Bazil Basic green card
Flowers and glitter from my stash

Pro-markers:-

Dusky pink, blush, rose pink, pastel blue, denim blue, lipstick red, poppy, tan, caramel, cinnamon, chestnut, henner, pear green, moss, cool grey 2 and 4

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day.

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Elisabeth Bell

Good morning all - so cold isn't it and wasn't that rain and wind awful last night.  My lad was scared at the way it was smashing against our windows.

Anyhow, here is a cute card I'd like to share with you today.  I love this cute Elisabeth Bell image and I like the simple layout of the card.

Challenges:-

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Something Old Something New (New Digi Image and daisies.  Old Papers, ribbon, pearls and sentiment stamp)
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Die Cuts - (Spellbinders Circle and Scallop Circle dies)
Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday - Girly Challenge
Fantastic Tuesday - Anything Goes 
Scribble and Scrap Blog & Challenge - Always Anything Goes



Items Used:-

Handmade Card Base
Nitwit Papers
Bazil basics blue card
LOTV sentiment stamp
Flowers, ribbon and pearls from stash.

Pro-Markers:-

Blush, dusky pink, tan, cinnamon, baby pink, pastel blue, denim blue, pear green, moss, tulip yellow and mustard.

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day.

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Mister Old Fart

Good morning again - my second post today :0)

Here is a funny male card.  I love Gus from Bugaboo Digis, such fun to create with.  What a character!
 
Challenges:-
 
Cardz 4 Guys - Spots and Stripes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - This is a Man's World
Passion for Pro-Markers - Spots and Stripes
The Crafty Bloggers Network - All About Boys
Crafting By Designs - Month Long February Challenge - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug Challenges - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes





Items Used on Card:-

Handmade base card
Black card from Rymans
Glossy Accents (on glasses)
Papers were free from a magazine (ages ago) and are called "All Man Collection"
Chipboard arrow from Angel Crafts (coloured with Pro-markers)

Pro-Markers:-

Tan, putty, ice grey 1 and 2, warm grey 1 and 2, cinnamon, cocoa, honeycomb, spice, orange, leaf green, grass, mustard, blue pearl, china blue

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day

WOYWW 244

Good morning all - hope you are all good today.

I've been meaning to join in with the WOYWW over at the Stamping Ground for quite a few weeks now and today I finally, at long last, managed to do it YIPPEE lol.

Here are my pics......




These pics just show the general stuff I have on my desk when crafting and the last picture is the view outside my window.  It doesn't look much at the mo but in the summer it's lovely.

Thanks for taking the time to read and have a great day.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Dragon Lady

Good morning all
It's my fella's birthday today and this is the card I made for him.  He likes the dragon girl in Game of Thrones and he just likes dragons anyway, so this card is ideal for him.

Challenges:-

Delicious Doodles - Die cuts and/or punches (fiskars border punch, square die and bat die - those bats took forever to glue on!!!!)
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Time to get peeling - use peel offs (mine are the heart corner peel offs)
Fantastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Always Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Chevrons (on my green paper)
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Artisitic Inspirations - Anything Goes



It's a stunning image and was fun to colour.

She is from Delicious Doodles.

Items used:-

Handmade base card
Black card from Rymans
Black corner peel offs
Christmas collection papers (free from a magazine)
Echo Park for the record 12 x 12 paper
Fiskars border punch
CC Designs bats die
Spellbinders nestabilities large classic squares dies

Pro-Markers:-

Blush, coral, grass, forest green, leaf green, mint green, honeycomb, spice, ice grey 1, cocoa and henna

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

Monday, 3 February 2014

Peacock Feathers

Good morning again!  My second post today lol

I have made a CAS Card here and I really loved making it.  That Peacock stamp set is one of my favourites of my stamps.

The paper strip was just plain purple and I stamped the feathers on, then added pro-markers and glitter.  I really like how that turned out, my own designer paper lol.

Challenges:-

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Always Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Clean and Simple
Creative Moments - Anything Goes / add some sparkle (on my background feathers and peacock)
Sparkle and Sprinkle - Anything Goes using sparkle (on my background feathers and peacock)




Items Used:-

Hero Arts Clear Stamp Set
Papermania Colossal Paper Pack
Handmade Card Blank
Black Card from Rymans
Hunkydory Glitter - Crushed Lavendar
Kanban Gems

Pro-Markers:-

Orchid, amethyst, leaf green and grass

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day

Another Brandon Card using Kenny K

Good morning all.

I had another great time with my lad Brandon making another card on Saturday.

He's starting to understand a little about shading, but he does get a tad bit bored if the card is not being completed quick enough - typical bloke lol!!

Challenges:-

Moving Along with the Times - Birthday Boys (Happy Birthday stamped on the insert of card)
Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Lil Red Wagon - Child's Play
Send A Smile 4 Kids - For the Boys
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes




Another Kenny K image.  These make such great cards for lads don't you think??

Items Used:-

Handmade Card Blank
Black card from Rymans
Paper is Doodlebugs Petite Prints 12 x 12"

Thank you so much for looking and have a great day