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.

Lady Guinivere

Hello bloggers!

I am glad to see I am not the only one having problems leaving comments - seems lots of us are struggling so apologies to you all from me.

I am unsure abut this card as it is a bit too different for me as you will see.  I also mucked up when I stamped the safety pins - will see if you look closely - Sweep (my crafty kitten) decided to jump onto my shoulder at that precise second and I dropped the teenie weenie stamp right down on top of her dress!!! Of course it had to be already inked up too didn't it?

Colouring her with my good old PMs, I used Nic's (or tried to use it) tip on how to create a different looking background - as this is my first try at this I am reasonably happy with the outcome.  I used red crinkled paper, black glossy paper and white cardw with safety pins stamped on to tie in with the others.  To get the real pinned on look I masked a small part of the pin stamp and am very pleased with the look of them.

There is no closeup - too easy to see the mess I made boo hoo.

Ingredients:~

Lady Guinivere stamp from Funky Kits,

PMs used Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Cool Grey 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Henna, Cinnamon, Caramel, Sandstone, Cardinal Red, Ruby & Poppy;

All papers from stash;

Ribbon and brads from stash;

Safety Pin stamp from See D's Vintage Morsels from The Range.

I am entering this into the following challenges:~
Sketch Saturday's current sketch;

Fussy and Fancy Friday Recipe Challenge and

The Stamp Man Bingo Board ~ Torn/Ripped, Ribbon & Red.

Thank you all for your continued support!

Very Exciting News for Me!!

Hello my friends, I promised you exciting news and here it is ......................................................I have been spotlighted on Simply Sassy Blog today!!  The very talented Marie has chosen me and I am so priveleged and proud to be there - for me, this is the Ultimate Crafter Dream - to be posted on your favourite Stamp's Blog by the Design Team!!  I think I have died and gone to heaven!!  How childish am I?? Act your age Sheila not your shoe size he he!!


I would like to extend a massive thanks to the Simply Sassy Design Team for showing my cards on their fabulous blog!!

This is a card I have made especially for showcasing using the stunning Butterflies and Pigtails.   Following the sketch from Sketch Saturday's current challenge (rotated), I used Freeibe DPs from Papercraft Essentials, my PMs to colour the image, black & white cardstock, 2 dies and a Xcut border punch.

 The close up shows how I coloured the stamped image using my Promarkers - they are my fav medium for colouring but I was going to take Kerry's (the very talented Pickle) advice and try out the Prisma pencils but money is tight at the mo so they will need to wait a month or so.

I am going to enter this into the following challenge:~

Sketch Saturday's challenge - I rotated the sketch so hope this is still allowed.

Ingredients:~
Butterflies and Pigtails rubber stamp from Simply Sassy range coloured with PMs~
Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Pastel Pink, Dusky Rose, Rose Pink, Caramel, Cinnamon, Sandstone, Satin, Cool Grey 1;
Spellbinders Nestie for Scalloped black and white card;
Xcut 4cm Border Punch for black card;
DPs ~ Sweet Wishes freebie from Papercraft Essentials magazine;
Sentiment stamp is from Funky Hand's Our Betty range of clear stamps;
Sizzix Butterfly Die and small butterfly punch.

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!!

Entangled and Good News I hope.....

The above card will likely be my last for a while as I am now preparing to go into hospital next Tuesday evening for my Op on Wed!  I ahve so much to do around the house as we are currently redecorating a bedroom and rabbit-sitting this week.  I need to get a haircut/tint done too as I have been putting it off for ages waiting to find out when I am going in.  My greys outnumber the brown's now hence the need to tint it!!

I will miss blogging and hopefully will be back before too long - but can I ask my favourite bloggers to keep an eye on Challenges to see if I happen to win any that I have already entered.  If you do, would you be kind enough to email me at sheilamross@hotmail.co.uk to let me know (Graham will be checking my emails for me) as I wouldn't like to miss out on any prizes at the moment!!

Onto the card now that the formalities are out of the way ~

I coloured Entangled from FunkyKits using my PMs and following the Sketch Saturday currently on, I used coral and brown card to creat this masterpiece - do you like how I coloured her skin - I think she looks fabulous!  Other papers are frpom My Minds Eye.

I am in too much pain to make this post much longer but I am entering this into~

Sketch Saturday & Allsorts 'Inspired by Nature' Challenges.

I will miss you all but like I say hopefully it won't be for too long and I can get going with my life again after 3 years of horrific, chronic pain in my neck, shoulder and all down my right arm.

Hippy Chick from Simply Sassy

I have been AWOL again my friends - this neck of mine is awful just now and oing anything at all aggravates it but I have managed to make this card over the last couple of days ~

I just adore these fabulously cute stamps from Funbky Kits don't you?

I stamped her onto Rymans Smooth card and put her thru my Bigshot with a Nellie Snellen Oval Die (poor thing I heard her squealing), then coloured her with my Promarkers.  Using the current sketch from Sketch Saturday I used papers with red gingham and pink dots from Pink Petticoat and distressed all the edges with my scissors (can't get on with my distressing too at all).  The sentiment is computer generated and once again put thru my BS with a Nellie Snellen square Dies (which has some lovely shapes on it).

I am entering this into the following challenges:~
Sketch Saturday;

Pollycraft Special Birthday;

Sentimental Sunday Red/Pink/White;

Creative Inspirations Distressed and

Craft Your Passion Use Pink.

Ingredients:~
Rubber stamp Hippy Chick from Funky Kits coloured with PMs~

Ivory, Satin, Blush, Pear Green, Pastel Pink, Sandstone, Caramel & Ruby;

Papers are both from Pink Petticaot matted onto red hammered card from The Papermill Shop;

Nellie Snellen Oval & Square Dies used.

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.



Engagement card

Hello happy crafters and I hope this finds you all well!  I have been feeling a bit 'off' the last couple of days but just can't put my finger on it - got no high temp but ache all over and feel about 90 years old (look it too according to my lovely family).

I have come up with this very simple card for Lynne and Michael to celebrate their engagement at the weekend. 
I am entering it into Sketch Saturdays current challenge.
Ingredients:~
All papers are from a very cheap pack from The Works ~ gorgeous hand made papers in one colour scheme (I bought red and green) - this particular one has vellum on the darker pieces;
Sentminet CG and then matted and layered onto black card using Labels Die in my BigShot;
Flowers I  made using same paper ran thru Marianne Designs Flower Die on BG;
Ribbon & Blobby things are from my stash.

From Cardmadfairy Creations digi images

Hello happy bloggers.  I have 3 cards to share with you today so here goes.  All of them are using the fabulous digi images from Cardmadfairy Creations so do pop along and see what Jenni has on offer at the moment!

The first of today's work is an extraspecial Christmas card for my Mam - my brother in The Netherlands and us here in London are going halves on a new telly for Mam and this will be used as the gift tag for it...we are all going to write something special in it and he will be home for Christmas so he can get the set up done etc.

Following the sketch provided by Sketch Saturday I used green and red textured card and lightly distressed the edges. The image is 'Flower 1' from Jenni's fabulous Cardmadfairy Creations and I coloured it with my Promarkers (details below), and then used my Sizzix Bigshot to cut inverted circles.  The sentiment is a freebie from a magazine, once again added to a Nellie Snellen oval diecut. 

Ingredients:~
Image is Flower 1 from Cardmadfairy Creations coloured with PMs ~
Sandstone, Burgundy, Ruby, Poppy, Forest Green, Meadow Green, Marsh Green & Grass;
Red and green textured card are from Papermill Shop;
Sentiment stamp freebie from magazine recently;
Sizzix Bigshot with Spellbinders used for inverted circles;
Nellie Snellen dies used for oval sentiment;
Ribbon  & flowers from stash.

Cardmadfairy's 'Snowbaby's Tree'

Well girls, I hope you have been across to Cardmadfairy's Creations to admire Jenni's stunning digi images?  Aren't they just adorable?  While you are there why not check out her previous designs too - there are some stunners in there too!  Great for playing around with in graphics software and My Craft Studio etc - whatever one you happen to have - I have yet to master Photoshop but getting there slowly! 

Anyways...on to my card.....

The ever-so-cute Snowbaby's Tree was coloured with Promarkers and glitter added to his furry collar, bobble and cuffs and the tree.  I deliberately kept the tree a neutral colour as I wanted it to be more obvious than the backing papers.  I matted and layered the image onto gold mirri, pale blue & white cardstock; used my Sizzix embossing folder to create the embossed pale blue (not easy to see in pic) and also a text embossing folder for the sentiment on the gold mirri, which was alos matteed and layered onto white card.  Two offcuts of the backing paper were used to create two small plates matted onto the gold mirri to follow Sketch Saturday's current sketch Challenge.  I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Sketch Saturday's No 127 and

Pollycraft It's Chill Time.

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Ingredients:~

Image is brand new Snowbaby's Tree from Cardmadfairy Creations coloured in PMs~

Sandstone; Satin; Dusky Pink; Ivory, Blush; Cool Grey 1; French Navy; Pastel Blue; Cornflower & China Blue;

Backing paper is Winter Wonderland from Dovecraft;

Plain coloured & Mirri from stash;

Sizzix embossing folders - Snowflakes and Text.

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Ovarian Cancer

Over at Bugaboo at the moment they are running a Challenge for us to make a card for a cause - I decided to choose (surprise surprise) Ovarian Cancer research.  Using Sketch Saturdays sketch for this week's challenge I created a small wall plaque whcih is going on my fridge door and anyone who comes in and helps themselves to milk for their cuppa can see it and perhaps become more aware of the statistics etc of this horrid disease.  I coloured the fabulous freebie from Bugaboo with my PMs and layered it onto My Minds' Eye BP, added a white ribbon (coloured teal with PMs) and some beautiful flowers I won  recently, then added computer generated sentiments tho they cannot really be called sentiments - I would prefer to say they are a statement.
All participants are free to use whatever colour ribbon they support and their is a fab link on Bugaboo's blog that relates what all the different coloured ribbons support - too many or me to list here so do pop along and see for yourself.

Mr & Mrs Foxglove

We have a lovely bright day here in London but it is very cold - to be expected seeing as its midway thru October!  Today's card is the first I have made using these fabulous Whiff of Joy rubber stamps I won recently - they are such good quality so I would say to anyone thinking of purchasing them to go ahead.

Using Mr & Mrs Foxglove, I stamped them on to Rymans' Smooth Card and coloured them with my good old PMs, layered the image onto red card and stuck it down onto fabuloud dark green leather-look textured paper.  I used a contrast striped paper in both horizontal and vertical to make the shapes fro the right-hand side and put them thru my Dotty Papermania Embossing Folder, mounted them onto green and red card and stuck down.  The flowers are made from the same card using Marianne's Florals and I stitched the middles with green thread in X shape.

I am using the new Editor thingy but not too sure about it - I suppose its like everything else that changes - nobody likes the new!!  When the Docrafts site changed there was uproar but it seems that most people have come to like it now after they made a few changes to suit members. 

This card is for two challenges ~ Ribbon Girl's Red & Green and Sketch Saturday.

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Ingredients:~

Mr & Mrs Foxglove rubber stamp from Whiff of Joy coloured with PMs ~

Hair ~ Caramel & Cinnamon;

Skin ~ Ivory, Blush & Pastel Pink;

Clothing ~ Moss, Marsh Green, Pear Green, Ruby & Poppy.

Papers from Papermill Shop and My Minds Eye;

Used Papermania embossing folder for textured dots on striped paper;

Sentiment made using cheap alphabet stamp set from The Range.

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Autumnal Earth Fairy

This little beauty is Earth Fairy freebie from Pollycraft and she is really versatile. I have previously used her coloured blue and now she has her autumnal colours on. Following Sketch Saturday No 124, I coloured her with Promarkers, inked the edge with Distress Ink and layered her onto pearlised brown, copper and autumnal coloured paper from MCS. The sentiment is computer generated and the flowers I made using a combination of all three papers punched and stuck together in three layers. I am rather pleased with the result considering I am not feeling 100% today - I had a painkilling injection for my neck at The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead yesterday and I have now lost my voice (much to my family's delight!!) and am exhausted as I didn't get much sleep last night. I am hoping to upload a very personal project I have been working on tomorrow so please come back to see if I have managed to.

This is going into the following challenges:~

Sarah Hurley's Flowers;

Sketch Saturday No 124;

Craftilicious Anything Goes;

Pollycraft It's A Fairytale and

Bunny Zoe's Autumn Love.

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Ingredients:~

Earth Fairy digi image from Pollycraft coloured with Promarkers:

Skin: Ivory & Blush;

Hair: Cinnamon & Sandstone;

Dress & Boots: Honeycomb, Coral, Pumpkin, Spice & Lilac;

Image edged in Cool Grey 1 and Tim Hotz Distress Ink in Tattered Rose;

Pearlised brown and coral card from The Papermill Shop;

Autumnal patterned paper from My Craft Studio The Collectors Edition;

Flowers hand made by moi and

Sentiment Computer Generated matted and layered onto same paper as previous.

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Fifi's Get Well Message

This wee cutie is one of the images I won in a recent Digistamp Boutique Challenge and this is the first time she has been out to play! I coloured her with Promarkers and layered her into gold mirriboard embossed using my Ultimate Pro; following Sketch Saturday's current sketch I used backing paper which was a magazine freebie some time ago and added coral card (one of which is embossed with Get Well sentment in Copper), brown linen card which I shaped using my Pro and then added ribbon and a bow. I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Digistamp Boutique October Competition,
Sketch Saturday No 123,
Sentimental Sundays Autumn with Sentiment
Creative Inspirations No 44 Get Well Soon and
Pollycraft No64 Anything Goes.
Ingredients:~
Image 'Fifi' from Digistamp Boutique coloured with PMs~
Skin : Ivory, Blush & Pastel Pink;
Hair : Satin & Sandstone;
Dress & flowers : Honeycomb, Coral, Caramel, Cinnamon & Henna;
Image edged in Cool Grey 1;
Papers freebie and from Papermill Shop;
Mirri, sentiment and ribbon from stash;
Ultimate Pro used to emboss edges.

Many thanks for your very kind comments!

Freebie Fairy

Well folks, I am still full of the cold, my head is thumping so hard and my ears are throbbing so yes I still have the cold. I haven't been outside the door today - isn't that disgusting? Still find time but not much energy to craft though.

This fairy was a freebie in a magazine last month and I have coloured her in Promarkers of various colours, and using Sketch Saturday's current sketch, matted and layered onto various colours of card from stash, added some ribbon (like how I knotted it in between each slit?), CG Sentiment using Carolinga font, added some rather dull blingy thingys and a photo corner in bottom left.

See how dull these cheap blingy thingys are in the above pic? Will not be buying them again from that cheap shop!!

Ingredients:~

All from stash.

Sorry not sure I am well enough to sit here and blog today, but you never know I may feel better later tonight. Apologies if I don't visit you....

Nearly forgot to say this is going into 3 challenges:~

Moving Along With The Times Fairies & Fantasy , Crafty Catz Bday for a Child with a Sparkle and Sketch Saturday No 122.

Really appreciate your comments folks,

Happy Crafting over the weekend!

Pink Pringle

It's been a while since Pringle has been out to play but he has come out today and I have colored him PINK! Poor Pringle I hear you say.....I thought he was perfect for Pollycraft's Cute & Cuddly; Creative Inspirations Pink & Black; Passion for Promarkers Make Your Own Flowers and Sketch Saturday's No 121. I have inked the edges of the Nellie Snellen oval and the pink/white lush paper with Distress Ink, added ribbon and floers made with my Bigshot and Marianne's flowers. Mirri board and a light baby pink papers are underneath all of this. I am not sure the colour of the bunny now matches the papers but its too late now!

I just love the shape of his/her big fat rotund belly! Makes me wanna give him/her a hug right now........

I am very pleased with these flowers that I made with pink & black paper and used a thin pen to round off the petals to make them more 3D; the underneath ones are bent back and the two at the front are curled forwards. Think I may make a stash of these one evening while watching Eastenders - I have loads of empty washing tablet plastic boxes I can store them in - smell nice too.

Ingredients:~

Pringle image from Funky Kits coloured with PMs~

Cool Grey 2 & 3;

Dusky Rose, Pastel Pink and Blossom;

Papers from stash,

Ribbon and sentiment from stash too.

Thanks for looking - really appreciate all your comments :)X