Clearly Besotted

 with Clearly Besotted Stamps!!  I love Steph's range of stamps and the quality of them is amazing, they stamp beautifully.
I have had a couple of sets for a while, but not blogged what I have done with them so here goes ...

Girly princess ...

Supplies:

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Once Upon a Time

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Once Upon a Time

Colouring medium: Versamark ink spots

Papers: SU cardstock

Embellishments: twine and button from stash

Tools: 

 And Pirate ...

 This is a fab stamp set for pirate loving boys, young and older!!!  I stamped up the ship and sails and then embossed the coredinations cardstock, sanded and tore it to create waves.

Supplies:

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Ahoy Matey

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Versamark and SU ink pads

Papers: SU cardstock, Coredinations Whitewash

Embellishments: 

Tools: CB D'Vine Swirls embossing folder

Challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes


 

 

My Favourite Cards of 2012

Debby is running the annual favourite cards fest - just post your 5 favourites, add your linky to her post and have a peek at everyone elses.

Ohh it was hard to choose - so many I absolutely loved ... but here goes ...

I love Krista (Saturated Canary) images, they are fabulous to colour.   I just love the texture on this and the autumny colours.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

I have been so lucky to join the Crafty Sentiments DT this year, and the December release was amazing 9wait until you see January's release!!).  I love the stamps, they are a joy to colour, although Jasmin's hair can be a tad challegeing!!  I love the pose of Jasmin on this image, very celebratory.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

I am a big tag maker, not just the TH grungey style but pretty tags too ...

You can find the details on this card HERE.

A new love this year has been felt rolled flowers - so easy to make and they add lovely texture to cards.  As does cheesecloth, another latest love.  I love the fresh, yet autumny feel to this - autumn is my favouirt season, so many lovely earthy, rich colours.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

This was the first card i made for That Craft Place's DT - Lisa is such a lovely person to design for and has an amazing shop , both online, facebook and in Eastbourne.  Black and white is something I struggle with, so I was really pleased with the result of this colouring session.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

I do like mermaids, and this Sugar Nellie one has to be one of my favourites.  I got some new storage for my dies this year, which means that i can find them more easily, and so i an using them more.  I just love how this came together.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

And here she is again, in one of my favourite colourways, and one of my all time favourite paper pads, MME Stella Rose Hattie.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

I really have chosen at least another 10 or more ... 

 

Lets play ball

I needed to get a birthday card made for one of 'Beth's boyfriends'-  she is 6 years old and keeping her options open, with 3 on the go LOL!!!!!   This is for boyfriend number 1, the most serious one LOL!!!!  He is into football, but doesn't support  team, so I coloured him in the local kid's football team colours, and added a bit of grass, although really it should have been mud with all this rain!  I added the sentiment tags, attached with brad and then Beth 'kindly' added the lipstick and freckles!!!!  He has slightly more rouged lips than I would like, but apparently I hadn't done them lip colour ... she is quite the critic is our Beth!!!

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Lets play ball

 Sentiment: LOTV

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Basic Grey Oliver

Embellishments: brads

Tools:

 Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
My Heart Pieces - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Pixie Dust Studio - any celebration will do

Aud Sentiment - anything with a sentiment
Dutch Dare - Celebration

 

My Favourite Christmas Cards of 2012

Debby is running the annual favourite Christmas cards fest - just post your 5 favourites, add your linky to her post and have a peek at everyone elses.

Ohh how do I choose just 5 favourites out of the 120+ cards I made this year??!!!

I have a new stamp company love of my life this year - the lovely Steph has set up her own company, and I just adore the stamps, such amazing quality.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

And how can you resist James Bear from LOTV?  Particularly matched up with winter trees??

You can find the details on this card HERE.

Oh I did like those die cut trees this year!!  And Tilda catching snow, loved colouring this image in.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

Now I have always had a soft spot for Sugar Nellie stamps ... especially Rosie, she has to be my favourite stamp EVA!  And one of my bestest crafty friends has her in their house - took alot to part with this card ;)

You can find the details on this card HERE.

ANother Magnolia - I have refound my love for Tilda this year, love the latest stamps. 

You can find the details on this card HERE.

And Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of Tim Holtz.  Since he isn't doing the 12 Tags of Christmas this year, I had to use these fab stamps on cards.

You can find the details on this card HERE.

That Craft Place Challenge

 The theme for the  final challenge of 2012 for That Craft Place is Snowy Christmas.

I used my distress inks (iced spruce, faded jeans and chipped sapphire) to create the wintery background, and then spritzed it all with dewdrop glimmer mist.  When it was dry I stamped the snowflake stamp using flitterglu and rubbed mega flakes over it.  Finally I stamped the Father Christmas and sleigh and sentiment.

I will be back tomorrow with my favourite Christmas cards of 2012 ... and that will be Chrismtas completed on this blog until January!!!

Supplies: 

Image: IndigoBlu Here Comes Santa (out of stock)

Sentiment:IndigoBlu Here Comes Santa

Colouring medium:  Distress inks

Papers: white cardstock

 Embellishments: IndigoBlu mega Flakes

Tools: IndigoBlu flitter glue

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Pick of the year (anything goes)

Paper pretties - glitter
Crafts and Me - winter wonderland
Do you stack up - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - merry Christmas
Charisma Cardz - Santa Claus is coming to town
Card Crafters Circle - Christmas
Addicted to Stamps - blue Christmas/winter

 

Basic Grey Challenge

This is the last Basic Grey Challenge of 2012, 

and the theme is anything goes.  

We are sponsored by

 I coloured this gorgeous Crafty Sentiments party girl in using my pens - not brilliant with the peach shades - need more practise!!  I made an easel style card, and the dp is from Basic Grey.  I added some lace, layered flowers and pearls.


We are off to see the latest Tinkerbell movie with the girls today ... hope its ok!

Supplies:

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Annabel- party Girl

 Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Whats up

Embellishments: flowers, lace, pearls from stash

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Divas by Design - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Pick of the year (anything goes)

I love promarkers - anything but Square

Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Do you stack up- anything goes

 

Fairy cakes

 I am trully CHristmased out, so it was lovely to create something that wasn't in festive colours or Christmasy!  I coloured the image using my pens and added some glamour dust  othe fairy and insect's wings.  I kept it all clean and unfussy, just some seam binding and flat backed pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Fairy Cakes

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium:promarkers, copics for the hair

Papers:from digi stash, Nitwits I think

Embellishments: seam binding, flat backed pearls

Tools: 

Challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - green and blue

Cute Card Thursday - eat, drink and be merry

Cupcake Craft - cupcake

Sugar Bowl - sketch

Papertake Weekly - Pick of the year (anything goes)

Paper pretties - glitter

 Love to Create - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

 

Winter birthday

Not a CHristmas card, but a birthday card for a friend's little girl, who has a January birthday.  Jasmin works really well for both Christmas and winter birthdays.  Having coloured her with my pens I added some glamour dust.  I love the Whimsy seal, it really sums up children's (an my!) feelings about snow!


Better late than never - the winner of my candy is CraftyAnny - well done sweetie, email me your addy and i will get the candy out to you xx

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Jasmin Winter Skates

Sentiment: Whimsy

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny Serendipity

Embellishments: twine, snowflake charm

Tools: Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Challenges:

 Cute Card Thursday - so charming

Craft your passion - recipe

Stamp with fun - sketch

Bearly Mine - winter birthday

Papertake Weekly - Pick of the year (anything goes)

Paperplay time - Winter fun

Love to Create - winter fun

CRAFT - Winter fun
Paper pretties - glitter
Crafts and Me - winter wonderland
Divas by Design - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes

 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

 The theme this week over at Crafty Sentiments is glitter.

Another Christmas card from me - having coloured this adorable image in using my pens I added a very liberal amount of stickles to make it sparkle.  I have kept it very simple as I am liking the cleaner, less embellished style at the moment, and it goes through the post much easier lOL!! 

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Primrose and the Snowman

Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments Christmas circles

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Embellishments: ribbon, stickles

Tools:

 Challenges:

Joanna Sheen- with love at Christmas 

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Forever Friends - Christmas

Songbird - Merry Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
Stampavie and More - Christmas
Stampactular Sunday - Christmas time

Paperplay time - Winter fun

Love to Create - winter fun

Cutie Pie- cute Christmas

Anything Goes - traditional Christmas colours

Oldie but a goodie - use a sponsor's image

 

Happy Anniversary

Its our Wedding Anniversary on Thursday, but we have celebrated a little early and been away for the weekend as my parents offered to have the girls.  Hubby got all romantic and ordered champagne for the room ... didn't think he had a romantic bone in his body LOL!!!  Anyways this is the card I have made him for Thursday, very simple but hopefully elegant!

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps

Colouring medium: 

Papers: 

Embellishments: ribbon from stash

Tools: sizzix heart border embossing folder, Marianne Creatible heart

Challenges:

 Love to Create - anything goes

Totally Gorguss - for someone special

Less is More - Anniversary

Make it Monday

 

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Its our last Totally papercrafts challenge for 2012 - we are having a wee break to enjoy Christmas, but will be back in the New Year with a bigger team and some fab challenges for you.
This week's theme is a sketch from Lisa ...

 Having coloured the image in using my pens, I used my viva decor pen to add the snow, and added a bit of vintage photo DI to the edge of the image.  I stamped the sentiment up - and that was that - I didn't feel the need for embellishments, as it is such a fab sketch on its own.

Supplies: 

Image: DigiStamp Boutique Winter Dan Set

 Sentiment: LOTV Grungy Christmas messages

Colouring medium:promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny Snowflake

Embellishments: none (eek!!)

Tools: 

 Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - snow white

Joanna Sheen- with love at Christmas 

Totally Gorguss - oh no snow

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Cupcake Craft - Merry Christmas

Forever Friends - Christmas

Incy Wincy - Christmas with snowflakes

Songbird - Merry Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
I love Promarkers - one for the boys
Stampavie and More - Christmas
Just Add Ink - Christmas

I did another card using the same sketch - not as happy with the shading on this one, but i have had a stinking cold and chest infection so colouring hurts!!  I used this gorgeous Crafty Sentiments image and coloured her using my pens, before using a viva decor pen to create bubbles. I made holes and faux stitched round the dp - I was going to use my sewing machine but it decided to break on me!! I die cut some flowers, added some pearls and some ribbon.  Finally a sentiment.

Supplies:

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Annabel the Mermaid

Sentiment:  Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: MME

Embellishments:  die cut flowers, ribbon, pearls,

Tools: Memory box flower die

Challenges:

Sweet Stampin' - dies or punches

Love to Create - anything goes

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

 

More Christmas cards!

I can't believe I didn't make enough LOL!!  So 3 quick makes, all the same style, but different colourways ... I simply embossed the card blank, added a panel of patterend paper and some ribbon, the image, colored with my pens and some gems ... very quick!

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Comtemporary Christmas colours

Addicted to stamps and more - bingo (embossing, ribbon, free) 

Challenges:

Divas by Design - use some red

Crafts and me - WHy so blue? no blues

 Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - snow white

Joanna Sheen- with love at Christmas 

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Cupcake Craft - Merry Christmas

Forever Friends - Christmas

Songbird - Merry Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes

PaperPlay - Christmas is coming

Love to Create - anything goes

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

 Supplies:

Image: Stempleglede Grungy Christmas

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial, Aspen frost

 Embellishments: lace, ribbon, flat backed gems

Tools:

 

Primrose and the Snowman

I hope I am coming to the end of showing my Christmas cards - just 2 more to go after this one I think!!  I have coloured Primrose in using my pens and then added some stickles and pearl pen.  The white cardstock is simply embossed and I added some ribbon, snowflakes and gems.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Primrose and the snowman

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: 

Embellishments: punched and die cut snowflakes, ribbon, flat backed gems

 Tools: Marianne Creatible snowflake die, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, 

snowflake punch, embossing folders

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - snow white

Joanna Sheen- with love at Christmas 

Stampin for the weekend - snow

Fuss n Fancy - I love Christmas 

Totally Gorguss - oh no snow

One Stop Craft - Christmas Friends

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Cupcake Craft - Merry Christmas

Forever Friends - Christmas

Incy Wincy - Christmas with snowflakes

Songbird - Merry Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes

PaperPlay - Christmas is coming
Sweet Stampin' - dies or punches

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

Love to Create - anything goes

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - happy in the sentiment

 

Ellie's Birthday candy

On 7th December my baby is going to be 8 years old ... I really cannot believe that she is going to be 8!!!!  Anyway in honour of that I am offering up a little candy to someone.

 So what is on offer??

$12 Saturated Canary voucher

and

A suprise package.

All you have to do to win the goodies is ...

• post the picture of the gold present on your sidebar

• add your linky

• you don't have to be a follower 
• (I would rather you didn't follow, than follow and then remove yourself)

 Closing date is Monday10th December at 10pm and I will draw the prize soon after.

Cooking up a recipe

We have a recipe challenge for this week, over at That Craft Place - and not the cooking type!!  We want you to use1 image, 2 patterned papers, 3 colors (excluding skin tones, and 4 embellishments).

I coloured in the image using my pens and cut her out using nesties.  I have kept the layout simple, and added some mulberry flowers with button centres, a die cut corner and some ribbon - sticking to 4 types of embellishments was HARD!!!  Finally I stamped the sentiment in red ink and cut it out using my nesties.

Supplies:

Image: Kraftin Kimmie - Virginia

Sentiment: Kraftin Kimmie Holiday Trinkets

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Echo Park Very Merry Christmas

Embellishments: Joy die cut corner, prima flowers, buttons, ribbon

Tools: Cuttlebug, oval nestibilities, Joy metal shim

Challenges:

CRAFT - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - red and green

PaperPlay - Christmas is coming

I Love Promarkers - anything goes 

 Color Throwdown - red riding hood, crumb cake, basic black, gumball green

Paper Pretties - Christmas inspired

Crafts and Me - anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
Card Crafters Circle - December Celebration
Fussy and Fancy - I love Christmas