Mum's the Word at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days

Over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days this time it's....

Mum's the Word.....

and you can interpret that as you like.  Do come along and join in this time.

I made a card using Jenni's Lily digi image available here.  I printed 6 and decoupaged 3 to make them look more 3D and am very pleased with the result.

 I cut 4 circles the same size and applied ink on the edges.

 I also added pearl gems to the image.

And finally I added doodles all around the edge of the card.

Ingredients:~

Lily digi image available from Cardmadfairy Digi Days;

Promarkers~ Dusky Rose, Rose Pink and Maroon;

Pearl gems from stash and

Sissix Framelits for circle shapes.


Challenges:~
Crafts 4 Eternity Digital Delights
Scrapbook Sisters Spring Flowers and
Partytime Tuesdays Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking and do go along ans see the other DT work here.

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days DT card

A TASTE OF THE ORIENT CHALLENGE

Over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Jenni has set a fabulous challenge for you this time .......we are looking for 'A Taste of The Orient'.  Over on Jenni's site she has produced some brand new beautiful digi images just perfect for playing along and being in with a chance to win some gorgeous images from our sponsor, Little Claire's.

 Have a sneak at these images ~

Aren't they just fabulous?  I have to say when I read 'Orient' I nearly had a fit as I am not a 'lover' of that but when I saw Jenni's Blossom, I knew I could make a perfect card for the Challenge. I kept the card simple as I wanted the image to be the centre of it so all I added was a dictionary definition of 'blossom' which I think has worked out fine.

The pink handmade paper is from a pack I bought in The Works some time ago but fitted in perfectly with the digi image and the burgundy layer is white card coloured with PMs to be an exact match.  I printed the image off twice and decoupaged one on top of the other after colouring with my PMs - I just love how Jenni kept the image uncluttered and very clean.

I added some wee floral gems in pink and then made an oriental style tassle using embroidery thread and a bead I got off a pair of flip-flops that fell apart after one use!! Knew those beads would come in handy one day!!

I would like to thank you for coming here and having a browse and look forward to visiting you back to see your work.

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days DT card

This was meant to post at 10am but gremlins in blogland again?  I do hope not as I have just managed to sort out my PC to comment etc..........................

Over at Jenni's Cardmadfairy's Digi Days this time, we are sponsored by the fabulous Glitterbabe of Glitterbabe Digis.  This week the challenge theme is a sketch and there is also a twist, we'd like to see the colours below and the sketch as the predominant colours on your creation. The sketch can be flipped or rotated just so long as we can see the basic design in your project.  Do come along and join is girls and guys of course...................

Jenni has some fabulous new images that are so versatile - perfect for paper piecing, colouring with amy medium and able to be resized, rotated, etc.

Here is my DT card using Daisies coloured with PMs; DP from Pink Petticoat and ribbon from my stash.

Aren't Jenni's new images utterly fabulous?

Thank you for all your comments and welcome to my new followers!  Do try to get back to you all but not always possible every day so sorry! :)X

Jenni's Birdie

This is my second post fro tonigh tso pls scroll down to see anothe card.

This particular card has been made using Jenni's fabulous new Birdie image.

I paper-pieced the image using a freebie paper from somewhere and then stamped swirls and flowers on the body of the bird to compliment the paper.  The brown main DP is a fab brown coloured freebie from Bearly Mine (sorry it looks a dire green colour in the pic - think the light in the kitchen was all wrong for it).  The stunning ribbon is from The Works and it is such a lovely colour of mocha it matched perfectly.  The buttons are pink too even tho they look an awful peach colour ~ I really want to get into my craft room very soon so that I can set up a 'photo' area where the light will be ideal.

This is my first twisted easel but I am not entirely sure I like the 'shape' so think I will stick to normal easel cards from now on.

I am entering this into the following challenges:~

FabNFunky Buttons and Bows;

Bearly Mine Vintage Easel and

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge Birds.

Brand new digi images from Jenni

Hello blogging friends,

No card yet today but some fab news about new images for those oh-so-hard-to-make male cards!!

Over at Cardmadfairy's Card Creations Jenni has produced four fabulous new images just perfect for boys/men.  Here is a wee peak of them just for you so pop over to Jenni's and get them now ~
  

Aren't these images just fabulous?








May be back later with a card but not sure yet.

Wedding Challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days!!

Update:~

For some reason this post did not post as scheduled on Friday so here it is now bloggers! 

Well it is a very special day for a very special Royal couple today and over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days we are having a Wedding theme in our challenge this time......and we are sponsored this time by Whoopsi Daisy.

It is also a special day for me as Graham and I are off to Norfolk (after the wedding of course!!) til Monday.  It is the first break where I will be able to walk in comfort and do the things I want to do without being in pain.  For those of you who are interested I am now on NO painkillers at all - not even Paracetamols - tho I have them on me wherever we go.

Using Jenni's fabulous Button Heart Digi image, I created a background paper which I coloured parts of with Promarkers; this was mounted onto a very textured ruffly red paper.  The digi image I used is from Pink Petticoat and is a Lola Rose one; this too was coloured in parts with PMs then mounted onto the same red paper.  The silver ribbon was also mounted onto the red paper (difficult to see in the pic but it is so textured and I could stroke it all day and night!).  The sentiment was made in Word using an Autoshape in which I put text that I then cut around and once again put onto the red paper.

I glammed the whole thing up a wee bit by adding lovely pearl shapes. God knows how I managed to get them in the heart shape but I am rather impressed with my skill there, he he.

I love the Lola Rose images but they seem to have disappeared from the cardmaking scene but I wanted to let you crafters see how versatile Jenni's digi images are - you can see here how I used the Button Heart to creat my own paper; I could also have coloured it in Paint; resized, flipped, etc in various other software programs.  Hard to see but I actually fadded the edges of the paper square.

I am entering this one into the following challenges:~

Tip Top Tuesday Open Challenge;

Incy Wincy Designs Buttons and Bows.(too late for this one)

Ingredients:~

Backing paper made using Button Heart from Cardmadfairy's Creations;

PMs used ~ Blush, Ivory, Satin, Caramel, Sandstone, Marsh Green, Poppy, Ruby, Cool Grey 1, 2, 3 & 4;

Red textured paper from The Works;

Lola Rose digi stamp from Pink Petticoat;

Pearl gems and silver ribbon from stash.

Special Offer at CARDMADFAIRY CREATIONS

As a special offer for the Easter long weekend all CARDMADFAIRY'S  digi stamps are Buy One get One Free, for every digi stamp that you buy for only 99p you will be able to choose another - totally free of charge - and if you buy 3 you will get six images for only £2.97 - what a bargain!! The offer starts at midnight UK time on Thursday 21st April and continues until midnight on Monday 25th.

So don't delay - get over there and buy some of Jenni's fabulous creations - they are versatile, fun to play with and can easily be resized/rotated etc.

Recipe Challenge DT card

                     

Hello my friends,

I am back doing my DT work again for the fab Jenni over at Cardmadfairy Creations and her great Digi Days Challenges and here is my card for this fortnight's challenge ~ following the recipe of 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments.

This time we are sponsored by Waxfruit so do come and join in. (Apologies for the quality of my pic - camera a bit heavy after my op but promise to get a better one next time!)

I used the ever so gorgeous Chloe digi image available here.  Colouring her with my PMs, I mounted her onto torn lilac card edged with ink, then mounted that onto 6X4 card covered with lilac striped paper.  The stripe across the card is using another lilac paper - this time with tiny wee white flowers on.  The embellishments all came from my stash - the 3 flowers are actually white but I inked them up with my lilac Whispers Archival Ink.  The ribbon is also from my stash and I tried to fix it to look less normal and I think it worked.

I hope you are all well and I hope to get along and do some more commenting this week now that I am feeling so much better!

Several cards for you & Challenge Entry

Hello blogger friends,

I am pleased to say that I am now able to craft so have managed over the last few days to come up with some creations to share with you - they are for nothing in particular - just for fun and to get my juices flowing again!

I have recovered well and see my neurosurgeon at the end of May to get the all clear to live my life as normal!  I am still taking one/two strong painkiller per day but that is due to the fact that I had become addicted to them and have to wean myself off them.  Some of you may know the horrific side-effects of withdrawal from these awful pills so you will know what I am going thru right now!  I will get off them completely in time but it may be some months yet but getting there.....

I have to thank many of you for the lovely cards and crafting goodies you have sent me to cheer me up.  I always knew there was lots of special folk out there - it just took crafting for me to locate you all!!

So please have a look at what I have managed up til now - I cannot promise to return your kind comments as I still have to limit my time at the PC etc.

Mother's Day

DIL Bday card using Beatrix Potter CD Rom (she loves Rabbits!)

Card for Lynne to give Michele using fabulopus Simply Sassy stamp! I adore them and HAVE to collect them all!!

Easter card using Flirty Fairy from Cardmadfairy Creations

Challenge card for Sugar Bowl following sketch

I just love these fabulous stamps and am hoping to place another order very soon - need them, want them, have to have them!!  Coloured using Promarkers and DPs are from a gift from the fabulously kind Nic (Coops) - thanks so much Nic you are far too kind!

Bday card for special 2year old!

'Sara' from Cardmadfairy Creations

Hello my friends.  Hope this finds you all well and enjoying dry sunny weather like it is here in N London.
For those of you who follow my neck problem I am pleased to tell you that I am having my Pre Op MRI Scan on Sunday so hopefully not too long to wait now girls!

Todays card is using the fabulous Jenni's 'Sara' from Cardmadfairy's Creations ~

You can get her here and I have to see she is a gem to play with - she is so versatile and has an air of mystery about her.  I very simply coloured her with Promarkers and matted and layered the image onto purple and green card.  The DPs were freebies in a magazine some time ago (sorry can't remember which or when); the sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon is from my stash.

I am entering this into the following challenges:~
Pear Tree Designs Free For All &
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes!


I hope you like her as much as I do and I have plans to make several more cards using her with completley different looks so do come back please.

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge No1

Welcome to Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge No1!

 We hope you will pop along and join in the fun - all you have to do is use a digi image ~ any digi image but if you use one of Jenni's then you get two chances to win ~ SIMPLES!!  Make you card, project etc and enter into the Challenge eto be in with a chance to win Jenni's fabulous new Love related Digi Set - I can assure you IT IS FABULOUS!!  This challenge runs for 2 weeks so come on and join in the fun!

Jenni's DT have been working with her new images for a few weeks now and for the challenge this fortnight ~ Romance ~ this is what I came up with ~

Using the ever-so-pretty 'Valentine's Vase' from Jenni's new range and design papers from Pink Petticoat I made this anniversary card for my son and his lovely wife (cannot believe its been a year).
I coloured the image using my Promarkers ~ Poppy, Ruby, Pear Green, Marsh Green, Ivory & Cool Grey 2 ~ and simply layered it onto card printed from Pink Petticoat's Perfect Papers range and handmade papers from The Works.  I added the ribbon, gems & sentiment (made using Bigshot and Sizzix Greetings Dies and font paper from Pink Petticoat.

I am entering this into Moving Along With The Times Red Challenge.

I will be back later to post lots more cards I have made using Jenni's fab new images so do come back..............

Another card using a Cardmadfairy Digi image

Many of you will have seen 'All Dressed Up' before on my blog but this time she is in purple!  I do hope you have all  been along to Jenni's New Challenge Blog to become a follower and be in with the chance of a fabulous prize (see previous posting)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:~

I Love Promarkers Lavender & Lace and

Fab'n'Funky's Delight in Your Digi.

Ingredients:~

Image is All Dressed Up from Cardmadfairy Creations coloured with Promarkers~

Ivory, Blush, Shale, Amethyst, Lavender & Cool Grey 1;

Papers & card are from Papermill Shop;

Brown card embossed using Papermania Swiss Dots Folder;

Lace edging made using XCut punch;

Doily and Sentiment stamp I got as a Bday pressie from my buddy Mandy;

Gems are from my stash;

Lace along the top is the off-cut of the lace part along the bottom (thought it looked too good to toss out!).

Insight from Cardmadfairy Creations And Blog Candy

Well folks I have been missing for a few days - had to go home to Scotland to attend the funeral of a close family friend with my Mam.  At least it let me spend some time with her which I cherish immensely as you all know from previous posts.

As some of you may already know the very talented Jenni from Cardmadfairy Creations had put together a DT for her soon-to-be-live Challenge (see post on sidebar) and she has some beautiful new digi images being released very soon so please come along and join in.

Jenni has some fabulous Candy up for grabs here and all you have to do is comment and spread the word about Jenni's fab new Digi Challenge starting on Friday 4th February! 

And WOW Jenni is offering not only the pictured candy but a set of her NEW Love Related digi images (and I can tell you they are FABULOUS girls!)

Using one of Jenni's current images, I have created this card ~

I printed off the beautiful image and coloured parts of it with Promarkers, stuck it onto a piece of Rainbow Jute Mesh that I picked up somewhere (not sure where tho') and then placed them onto black shiny paper.  The flowers and ribbon  are from my stash, and the sentiment is from a rubber stamp I got as a present from my buddy Mandy.

I am actually quite happy with this one - I am trying to find a style of card or a genre that I like to concentrate on rather than skipping around with everything.  But I am hoping to move into my daughter's old room quite soon so then I can dedicate the space to my cardmaking rather than using the dining room/kitchen tables!!

'Inspire' from Cardmadfairy Creations

I want to share with you this card I made using 'Inspire' from the very talented Jenni at Cardmadfairy Creations.  This image is different in that it is more like a photo and gives the crafter quite a lot of scope on how to play with it.

Instead of using a backing paper, I simply coloured the card itself with Whispers Archival Inks in Archival Black, Cherry Red, Pine Green & Savoy Green.  The image itself I coloured using my PMs and the beautiful sentiment is a freebie from Rainbow Echo Designs that I mounted onto red hammered card and distressed the edges. The flower I made using a red ribbon which I gathered on one edge and added a ready made green flower from my stash.  I am very pleased with the outcome and hope you like it as much as I do.

If you do then you too can have this stunning image to play with by visiting Cardmadfairy Creations.

 Remember also that Jenni is starting up a brand new Challenge - Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - on 4th Feb so do come along and play with us.

Cards using Cardmadfairy Digi images

I would like to share with you 2 cards I have made as part of Jenni's Design Team for her new Challenge Blog over at Cardmadfairy Do It with Digis which is coming along on Friday 4th February (see post below for more details and link).

The pink one I am entering into the following challenges:~
Fab'n'Funky Anything Goes and I Love Promarkers Recycled.

Ingredients:~

Image Digi from Cardmadfairy Creations Stylised Flower 2 coloured with PMs~

Moss, Pear Green, Marsh Green, Pastel Pink, Rose Pink & Burgundy - image outlined in Satin;

Papers from Papermania Hampstead Collection; Core'dinations Whitewash Collection and from my stash;

Ribbon is recycled from PJs;

Gems from Hampstead Collection and wooden butterfly from collection bought from Button Shop in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland on a recent visit.

This second blue and green card is again using one of Jenni's stunning floral digis.

I am entering this one into Bearly Mine's new challenge after following their sketch for this week and using one of Donna's fabulous Freebie Design Papers..

Ingredients:~
Image from Cardmadfairy Creations coloureed with PMs:~
Marsh Green, Pear Green, Moss, French Navy, China Blue & Duck Egg - outlined in Satin again.
Paper from Bearly Mine Freebies Range - inked around the edges with Whispers Archival Ink in Savoy Green & Pine Green;
Ribbon from my stash as are other backing papers used for matting and layering.

Brand New Challenge Blog Coming Soon

The fabulous Jenni over at Cardmadfairy Creations has set up a new Challenge Blog which is starting on Friday 4th February and, as part of her Design Team, I invite you to come along, be a Follower and join in the fun. 

Jenni creates beautiful digi images for all occasions and some of the Design Team creations using them can be found in the Gallery on Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge Blog - just have a look along the top under the beautiful header and you will see Challenge/ Digi Images and Gallery.  She is keeping us busy by introducing new images time and again and you are able to purchase them as soon as they are available.

Feel free to check thru my blog as I have several cards made using Jenni's Digis - under the label 'Cardmadfairy Creations'.

Jenni is also offering one lucky Follower some Blog Candy Giveaway!! So please do come along and join in - it will be fun I promise.

Clean and Simple Flower

Using Jenni's Stylised Flower 2, I come up with this fabulous card last night.  I coloured the digi image with my Promarkers and used archival ink on the edges, matted and layered onto card from The Papermill Shop and added a dotty ribbon. I added a doily that I had inked the edges of too - first time I have used a doily and I have to say I am rather impressed with the result!
                                   
I just LOVE how the colours of the PMs make the flower look 3D and am sure you will be seeing lots more of these on my blog as they are such a versatile digi image.

Ingredients:~
Stylised Flower 2 from Cardmadfairy Creations;
Promarkers:~  Sandstone, Apple, Meadow Green, Forest Green & Marsh Green; outlined in Ivory;
Whispers Archival Ink in Pine Green;
Card from The Papermill Shop;
Ribbon from stash;
Fabulous doily was given to me as a gift from a very special friend.

Snow Owl from Cardmadfairy Creations!

Keeping with the simplicity of Jenni's Xmas Owl available from Cardmadfairy Creations, I decided to keep these cards very plain.  I used my PMs to colour them in and various textured brown and red card was used for matting and layering. It is all from Papermill Shop.  The sentiment is computer generated using Word and Textboxes - very easy to do but very effective when using different fonts for this.

Hope you pop along to see Jenni's other digi images - there are around 56 I think (last time I looked anyways!!) - suitable for different occasions and diffent sexes and ages etc.