Father's Day

I have been feelign a bit poorly the last few days - shivery, choked up nose and ears, and utterly exhausted - but feeling a bit more with it this evening so I have a couple of cards to share with you guys.  I read that Blogger is still playing up for some of us tho as far as I know I am ok to comment so will try to catch up with you all tomorrow.......

My first card is for Father's Day and follows Sketch Saturday's current sketch so here it is........

I have to laugh at the image because it looks SO like Graham and he does like golf tho he doesn't play as much as he likes to. 

Challenges:~

Passion for Promarkers Sporting Marvels;

Sketch Saturday;

Charisma Cardz Boy Oh Boy;

FabNFunky Whateva;

Lexi's Creations Fathers Day/Man's Card and

Everybody Art Challenge.

Ingredients:~

Freebie image from Bugaboo;

Promarkers ~ Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Cornflower, Pastel Blue, Duck Egg Blue, Cinnamon, Caramel, Apple, Forest Green & Cardinal Red;

Papers were a gift so unsure what they are;

Ribbon from stash;

Scalloped Circles Nestie from Spellbinders.

Hippy Chick

 Hello my friends, and I hope your weather is as nice as it is here today in North London.  Sunny, warm(ish) and a light breeze. Perfect!

Today's card was made yesterday but couldn't get it uploaded here as my neck has been playing up the  last couple of days.  Can't put my finger on where the pain is tho but it doesn't feel like it was before my op - I do wonder if it is muscular as I am using muscles that have been asleep for over 3years.  I had a lovely warm soapy bath last night and that helped a bit.

I have used the gorgeous Hippy Chick and coloured her with my Promarkers (not sure I like the black and white look but have to try it).  The DP is from My Craft Studio Professional and is just a simple background paper with a floral design - perfect for this hip chick I think!  The black scalloped paper was made using an Xcut edger and the flowers I made all by meeself!!  They are hard to make out on the pics but all I did was cut a circle of black paper, then cut a spiral shape into it and coiled them together!! Hey Presto flowers!!  I like the distressed look on these fab Simply Sassy images so I did the edgs of the card I used with my scissors - can't get the hang of the distress tool I bought - may be I need to try another brand - any ideas girls?

Ingredients:~
Hippy Chick Rubbr Stamp from Funky Kits;

PMs used~ Cool Grey 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink;

DP from MCS Professional;

Ribbon and stamens from stash;

Xcut edger punch;

handmade flowers;

Rubber sentiment stamp from Paper Makeup Stamps (got it in a gift).

I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Pear Tree Designs Stamped Images;

FabNFunky Make Your Own Blooms;

Scrapbook Sisters Black and White;

Divas by Design and

Truly Scrumptious.

Thanking you very much for your comments - they are much appreciated.

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.

My Mojo is Back.....

I would like to thank you all for your kind wishes during my spell of non-crafting.  I am on the mend now thankfully and able to craft for a couple of hours each day along with light housework but no heavy lifting like shopping etc but that suits me at the mo. Graham and Lynne are being great getting shopping done and chores etc.

This card is my first challenge entry since my mojo came back and I thoroughly enjoyed making it.  I felt like I was in heaven sitting at the table with all my bits and bobs around me messy again he he!

Using the gorgeous Simply Sassy Stardust rubber stamp (which I got in a gift from a fabulous crafting buddy of mine - you know who you are.....!! and I am eternally grateful to you !), I coloured her with Promarkers, cut her out using a Nellie Snellen die and my BigShot, layered her onto a coral coloured shape I cut 'around' the Die (TY Jenni for that fab tip), the sentiment and spotty card are mounted onto same coral card and whole thing stuck onto fabulous DP from Funky Hand Papercraft Factory.  The embellishment stars I made using a freebie stamp and same DPs.

This image below shows clearer the stars that I made myself - I don't often think of stamping onto patterned paper but this worked a treat.

And finally this close up shows just how beautiful Stardust is - I have found that colouring her really is an art and she needs lots of layers of bright inks.  I have to let you allinto a secret that I have ordered the new Simply Sassy rubber stamps from Funky Kits so hopefully they will be dropping thru my letterbox tomorrow or Wed.

 

I am entering this into the following challenges~

Sketch Saturday - used there fab sketch again;

Get Funky - Spots and stripes;

FabNFunky All Spotty and Dotty and

Passion for Promarkers Make Your own Embellishments (which I did!).

Ingredients:~

Stamp Stardust from Simply Sassy range at Funky Kits coloured with PMs~

Ivory, Satin, Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink, Coral, Dusky Rose, Pastel Blue, Duck Egg, Moss, Sandstone, Caramel & Shale;

DPs are 'Joyful & Triumphant' from Papercraft Factory CD from Funky Hand;

Sentiment is freebie from Rainbow Echo Designs (Thanks so much for sharing);

Embellishments are freebie clear stamp from Simply Homemade magazine Issue 1 (Molly Blooms Rubberstamps);

Ribbon from stash.

Many thanks for looking!!

Luv A Latte

Don't you just adore these fabulous stsamps from Funky Kits?  I have fallen in love with them all!  Oooops my purse will be empty very soon again!!

This card is for the following challenges ~

I Love Promarkers Paper Piecing Challenge;

FabNFunky Make your own Embellishments;

Passion for Promarkers Coffee & Cream and

Sarah Hurley's Food & Drink Challenge.

I paper-pieced her fabulous t-shirt onto cream pearlised paper and am very pleased at how it came out - I know its not that obvious from the pics but I promise it is pp'd! I made my flower using brown and cream pearlised paper put thru my Bigshot with a scalloped circles Nestie, then scrunched them all up, unfolded them and added a small cream button at the centre.  The sentiment is from Rainbow Earth and I just love it as it is so true!  I also distressed the edges of the papers - one of my fav looks at the mo!

Ingredients:~

Rubber stamp 'Luv A Latte' form Simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie coloured with PMs~

Cool Grey 1, 2 & 3; Ivory, Satin, Blush, Pastel Pink, Sandstone, Caramel, Cinnamon, Henna, Duck Egg Blue and China Blue;

all papers from my stash cut using XCut punch;

Ribbon from stash;

Sentiment is a freebie from Rainbow Earth - (sorry on lappie at the mo so don't have the link).

Peek A Bunny

Hello bloggers! Well today in London it is pouring rain so I have not stepped outside the door!!  I have two cards to share with you but will only post one just now and will come back later once my painkillers kick in and I feel a bit dopey!!

This card is for the following challenges:~
Fab'n'funky's Tempting Texture;
Flutterby Wednesday's;
Pear Tree Designs Free For All and
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes.
I will need to publish this then come back later to link up as I am too sore right now to sit any longer.

Using the sweet Peek A Bunny from the Elisabeth Bell range at Sugar Nellie, I coloured her with PMs in the following colours ~

Ivory, Satin, Blush, Caramel, Cinnamon, Henna, Primrose, Buttercup, Canary, Apple, Meadow Green, Sandstone & Cool Grey 1;  I then distressed the edges using my scissors and mounted the image onto hessian then brown card - this was then mounted onto the stepper card.  I added the computer generated sentiment and several small green hearts, two massive butterflies (coloured with PMs) and the straw bow is mounted onto hessian along the bottom of the caed.  There is plenty texture there as the hessian and straw give a rough feel and the smothness of the card used gives a smooth feel.

I am counting down the days now til Sun then hopefully I should get a date for my op within a week or so - the neurosurgeon needs to see what changes have taken place since my last one scan(a year ago) but I tell him he doesn't need to see - I can tell him how much more pain I am in he he.

Ella with Flowers

I am getting really upset because I am not able to craft as much as I want to with my bad neck - and yes I am STILL waiting to hear when my op will be despite chasing them up twice already!! (can you guess I am not good at waiting for things to happen?) - but I have come up with htis card for several challenges ~

Using the ever so cute Ella with Flowers from Digistamp Boutique I coloured her with my Promarkers and cut out the shape using a Nellie Snellen die inking the edges with a PM.  Following Sketch Saturday's sketch, the DPs are from Funky Hand's Very Funky Blue for Boys range and darak brown pearlised paper from my stash.  The flowers I made using a Marianne Die Cut with the same papers and added a pearl gem to the centres.  The sentiment is computer generated - easy to do when you have access to a printer etc.

I am entering this into the following challenges ~

Digistamp Boutique February Competition;

Totally Papercrafts 'Friendship' challenge;

Sarah Hurley No 27 'Die Cuts';

Fab'n'Funky's 'Chocolate & Brown';

Sketch Saturday's current challenge and

I Love Promarkers 'Anything Goes'.

Ingredients:~

Digi image Ella with Flowers from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers ~ Ivory, Blush, Caramel, Sandstone, China Blue, Cornflower, Marsh Green, Apple & Satin;

Papers from Funky Hand's Blue for Boys range on Very Funky CD;

Pearlised dark brown paper and white card from stash;

Gems from stash.



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!).

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.

Crafty Cardmakers DT card

This week over at Crafty Cardmakers Challenge Blog we are looking for Stitching ~ either real or faux ~ so get your tiny needles, your machines or your pens out crafters.
I opted to use real stitching but wish I hadn't now as my stitching is awful - have to say its down to the fact that the tips of both my fingers I sew with are numb due to nerve damage and this is the first time I have used them since it happened - NO I DO NOT SEW WITH MY FINGERS - I use a needles but you all understood me!!

Using the beautiful Sarah Kay stamp (from my lovely friend Kathleen - thank you), I used PMs to colour her but wanted to keep the whole card simple so only used pink & grey. The backing paper is from Bearly Mine and I have to say I have fallen in love with it - isn't it stunning? The sentiment is computer-generated using Girls Are Weird font and I stitched the end of them together in grey thread.

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Ingredients:~
Sarah Kay stamp coloured with Promarkers in Rose Pink and Cool Grey 1 & 2;
DP is freebie from Bearly Mine.
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The card is on its way to Scotland (where my daughter is for the week) as she has been offered and accepted a place at The University of Hertfordshire to study Nursing on Secondment from her current job in the NHS starting in January. We are so pleased for her as she currently works as a Health Care Support Worker and is so good at her job she is wasted there and needs to further her skills and knowledge by doing this course.

As well as being a DT card this one is going into the following challenges:~
Passion for Promarkers Best Friends Challenge; and
FabnFunky Keep It Clean and Simple.

Fairymoon Crafts Challenge No 33 DT card

Over at Fairymoon Crafts this week our challenge is to use the fab sketch provided but also to add a 'Halloween' theme to your card.  I have used the ever-so-cute Halloween Range of stamps from Daisy & Dandelion featuring Pumpkin & Aubergine.  The images are coloured in using Promarkers and then layered onto black then red hammered card. Inked the edges with black archival ink also! The witch's hat and broom stick were then added as an afterthought!  I am not a Halloween lover as I got a really bad scare when I was MUCH younger and it has never left me tho I do like to see the wee kids dressing up.

 The close up shows just how cute and scary he looks!    And than damned spider (another hate of mine ~ can you hear me scream when one appears when Graham is away on business? Likely you can! At the moment the house is full of conkers ~ supposed to keep them at bay?)

I am entering this into FabnFunky's Things That Go Bump In The Night Challenge too!

Lily & Flowers

Look at this fabulous prize Fairymoon Crafts are offering for Challenge 31. It s a fab selection of 'Shop Til You Drop' goodies and all you have to do is visit the site and follow the sketch...............you have until 5pm on Sunday 17th Oct to get your entry in girls (and guys!)......

................this is my first DT card for the fabulous Fairymoon Crafts. Please come and play along - simple this week with a sketch to follow so get your thinking caps on and be creative. Using the beautiful Lily & Flowers from DigiStamp Boutique which I won recently, I have coloured her with my PMs, used backing papers and pearlised cream and brown paper, added faux stitching, a handmade sentiment and a big dotty bow recycled from a pair of jim-jams bought by my daughter.

I am entering this into the following challenges also:~

Passion for Promarkers Recycled;

I Love Promarkers Think Pink and

Fab'n'Funky Use a Digi Image.

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Ingredients:~

Lily & Flowers digi image from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers ~

Skin: Ivory, Blush & Pastel Pink;

Hair: Cinnamon, Caramel, Sandstone & Satin;

Dress: Blossom & Rose Pink;
Flowers: Rose Pink & Maroon;

Image edged in Cool Grey 1;

Pink papers from Basics Vibrant PP from Papermania;

Brown & Ivory pearlised papers from Papermill;

Sentiment made using cheapy stamp letters from The Range and

Ribbon recycled wrapping from pair of pyjamas from large national store.

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Chloe by Jenni

Well folks, I have caught the cold that so many people seem to have at the moment down here and I feel like s**t. I recently bought this beautiful digi image from Jenni at Cardmadfairy Creations along with another two which you will be able to see very soon. I think she is adorable in her bonny party frock (as we Scots say) looking bashful (or is that a guilty look I spy?). No matter, she is a wee honey! I coloured her with my PMs and mounted her on to black linen paper after inking the edges. Using 2 backing papers from Pink Petticoat Lola's Boudoir Range in black & white, I matted and layered again after inking; the dotty embossed paper is white linen paper put thru my BS with Papermania embossing folder; flowers are made using PP paper again and Marianne's Dies; the swirls are actually from a Sissix photo corner set I found in the sale bin at a nearby craft shop and the sentiment and pearls are both from my stash.

Those glorious folds in her dress really make me wanna dance right now but feeling so ill I can hardly keep my wee eyes open.

This card is going into the following challenges:~

Passion for Promarkers No 71 Vintage/Shabby Chic;

Double Dutch Sketch No 53;

Alphabet 'Vintage' Challenge;

I Love Promarkers Pearls & Swirls; and

FabnFunky Black & White with a Twist.

Ingredients:~

Image 'Chloe' from Jenni coloured with PMs ~

Skin - Satin, Blush & Ivory,

Hair - Primrose 7 Sandstone,

Dress - Pastel Blue, Cornflower, China Blue & Duck Egg;

Marianne's Floral Dies and Sissix Photo Corners;

Papers from Pink Petticoat & Papermill Shop;

Sparkles on dress from Glitzit.

Thanks you very much for commenting and please forgive me if I do not visit you over the next few days but I think I will need a couple of days in bed (and a hot toddy or two perhaps!).

Take care all and happy crafting :)X

One Cool Cat

What on earth is happening to the weather - summer returned yeaterday and today it is raining cats and dogs here.......just have to suffer it I suppose as its the one thing we can't control (please everybody don't be offended by this statement as I am well aware of global warming etc and I do the BEST I can to help fight it but it takes more then me!!!)

This first card for today is for 3 challenges - 1 of which is new to me adn to Ribbon Girl - The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge No1; FabnFunky 'Quote Me Happy' No 41 and Charisma Cardz Anything Goes Challenge. Now I have no idea what this shape of card is called but I used my Ultimate Pro - something I spent a lot of money on ages ago and have hardly ever used but hey presto - it came in useful.
I coloured in this cute freebie from Bugaboo and matted and layered him on orange and black card (had to ask Graham's help with measuring the front triangle - its great having a mathematician in the house), added sentiments and ribbon. I also used my paper crimper to jazz up the black under the ribbons.

I inked the edges of the image rectangle with Archival Ink to soften it up a bit.

Ingredients:~

Freebie 'Cool Cat' from Bugaboo some time ago (do pop along as she has Freebie every Friday and they are fabulous) coloured with PMs~

Honeycomb, Pumpkin & Spice;

Black & Cool Greys in 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5;

Papers from The Papermill;

Inked edges in Whispers Archival Black Ink;

Ribbons from stash;

Sentment I made myself using Croobie font.

Lovely long slim legs!

Well the weekend is almost upon us again! We have had a gorgeous day here in London but it is already starting to get a bit chilly as usual in the evenings.

This card is for 5 challenges:~ Charisma Cardz Sketch; Fab'n'Funky's Get the Photo Vibe; Totally Papercrafts Happy Birthday; Sarah Hurley Polka Dots and Circles and Polka Doodles Easel Card. Phew that was hard work! Its plain to see how it was made so I won't bore you with the instructions he he. But I WILL tell you where I got all the bits.....

Ingredients:~
Image 'Jessica' from Jenni coloured with PMs~

Skin - Blush,Ivory & Satin;

Hair - Sandstone & Caramel;

Dress and chair - Sandstone, Dusky Pink, Blossom & Dusky Rose;

Papers are freebies ~ My Minds Eye Quite Contrary Summer Papers and brown pearlised paper;

Felt flowers I made myself in Bigshot;

Pink flowers and butterfly from stash - originally from Papermania I think;

Sentiment stamp from stash.