Love Actually

A card for a few challenges from me today:
Create4fun - sketch
By the cute and girly - love
Creative Card Crew - Valentine
Cupcake challenge - four legged and furry
Passion for Promarkers - all creatures great and small
Papertake weekly Challenge - love actually
Simon Says Stamp - photo inspiration
Whiff of Joy - love
Stampavie and more - pink and brown
Henry was stamped and masked so I could add the roses. I used my promarkers to colour him, red I find particularly difficult to shade with ... might need to buy a few more reds!!! I used my nesties to cut the image, squares and mats out. I added some brown organza ribbon and tied some red organza knots. A couple of roses and punched leaves to finish.
He does look a happy mouse doesn't he!!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Whiff of Joy Henry holding a heart, Magnolia roses
Colouring Media: Promarkers
Papers: Basic Grey Infuse and blush
Embellishments: roses and ribbon from stash

New Year party card!

I have finally got into my craft room having spent alot of time playing with the girls and taking off all those annoying tags that hold toys in place in the packaging!!
I have combined a few challenges with this easel card ...
Simon Say Stamp - party! (well it will be given at a party!)
Cute Card Thursday - New Year
Stampavie and More - New Year
Stampin' for the Weekend - calendar
Create4fun - sketch
Stamp with fun - New Year

I made an easel card so I could use a calndar tab on the bottom part. Tilda is masked onto the bow ... and then cut out so there are no hearts. I added a bow and some gorgeous tea roses.
Here's a close up of the sketch.

And a close up of Tilda - I do like some of these new Tildas ... but a couple are a bit on the dodgy side for me!! She is masked onto the spoon (I think its a spoon!) and the hearts cut off.
Off to watch the girls open more presents ... last lot thank goodness!!!
Catch up with you later.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Tilda (Winter coollection); sentiment Hero Arts
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Blush
Embellishments: ribbon and flowers from stash

Fruitcake!!

That'd be the paper before you all get excited!! I am getting to the end of my BG fruitcake papers ... do I buy more or get something new next year ... hmmmm!

For this card I followed the Create4fun sketch, just rotating it.
Isn't Wee with his tree so cute!!!! I watercoloured him, then heat embossed the edges of the card with gold as a change from distressing them. I used card candy and gems, and a bit of ribbon - nice and clean and simple.

So then I needed to be a bit more vintagey!!
I followed the Just magnolia sketch for this.
Tilda is watercoloured and stickled and gold gel penned!! I distressed the papers in red and gold ink. The flowers are left over Primas from last year, and I stamped and gold embossed a swirl in the right top corner. The music paper (thanks mum!!) is distressed in vintage photo, red and gold and tied with twine.

As there is lots of glitter, glitz and bling I am also entering them for the Basic Grey Challenge and Cute Card Thursday.


Recipe:
Stamp(s): WOJ Wee With Tree; Magnolia Tilda with Vintage Roses
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers:Basic Grey Fruitcake
Embellishments: Prima flowers, brads, gems and ribbon from stash

A couple of quick cards

I have finally completed a couple of quick cards ... well they would have been quick if I had made them in one go!!!
The first one uses the Papertake Weekly sketch (another fabby one) that I have flipped, Stampavie and more's Stars challenge, and Creative Inspirations colour challenge - red and black.
I have had this Gorguss girl coloured in these colours for a few days - big intentions to make a card for a friend of Ellie's (she's a big girl - 10 next birthday!!!) I used flipped the sketch and stamped a border. The stars are made with my nesties, cut onto black card and then gold embossed, as is the sentiment. Simple black ribbon with some red ric-rac finishes it. The colour combo is stunning, and the gold just adds a bit!

This card is for a friend's wedding - I don't usually do wedding cards, but I thought I would make their card for a change.
I used the Create4fun sketch and the allsorts wedding challenge.
The glasses are stamed in versamark and embossed using gold embossing powder. The paper is from my stash. I used black velvet ribbon to add a bit of texture, and the greeting isn't an oval as it would have been huge with congratulations written in it!! I have kept it simple and added no flowers as I wanted a glittery, stylish card.

Sorry about the bad light - it has rained all day today and trying to find a light place has been ... well impossible!

Recipe:
Stamp(s):Sugar Nellie Gorguss Girl Little Star; Papermania Joyeux Noel set
Colouring Media: Promarkers
Papers: from stash
Embellishments: ribbon from stash

Just Magnolia embossing

This week's Just Magnolia challenge is embossing, and I have used the Create4fun sketch as a layout.
I have to confess to struggling with the layout as the image is so large and I really didn't want to size my card up. Anyway I coloured my image and inked all the edges with purple ink. I stamped some fancy bits in the corners as I didn't want flowers, and Iembossed the cardstock panels.
Recipe:
Stamp(s): Magnolia Tilda with Blueberries
Colouring Media: Promarkers and copics
Papers: BG Wiateria
Embellishments: none (gulp)

Finally a card ...

I haven't made a card for days as we have had visitors, and Ellie and I have been ill. With both girls in school and pre-school this morning I bashed on with some DT cards, but also had a go at making a challenge card.
I have used the sketch over at Create4Fun and the Allsorts challenge, something for the boys.
I love Hamish and have neglected him recently, so I inked him up and coloured him using copics and promarkers. I kept it all simple, being a boy's card, just adding buttons for embellies and a bit of distressing.
Recipe:
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Hamish and Tractor
Colouring Media: Promarkers and copics
Papers: Basic Grey Archiac
Embellishments: buttons and fibres from stash