Basic Grey Challenge

Its time for another Basic Grey Challenge, and the theme this time is Be Charmed ... we want to see charms on your creations. 


We are sponsored by Heidi from Simon Says Stamp who is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore, just think of the goodies you could treat yourself to with that !!

This week I have gone back to some papers I haven't used for AGES - Euphoria ... but they seemed perfect for the weather and this Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy image, Butterflies and Pigtails.  Don't you just love her hair and innocent look!!  I coloured her in using my promarkers and copics.  She is quite a large image so I have left everything quite simple.  The ribbon is from my stash, as is the butterfly charm, and I added a little card candy to finish it off.

A couple of cards

I have a couple of cards to show today, one I made a while ago but haven't got round to blogging, and the other made this morning, before children awoke/arrived!!!

This is Sugar Nellie's Windswept Simply Sassy ... isn't her hair just fabulous!!!  I coloured her in using my Prisma pencils, think I'm getting the hang now LOL!!  I have kept it all simple, embossing the blue cardstock and matting everything onto red cardstock.  The ribbon is from my stash.
Challenges:
 The Ribbon Girl - red, white and blue
Fab n Funky - red/white and blue

I love my House Mousies and Happy Hoppers, and this cute bunny is perfect for the House mouse and Friends challenge this time.  He is coloured in distress inks and then cut out using my nesties.  The dp is BG Euphoria and I added some ribbon from my stash and some gems.  Simples really.

  Challenges:
Stamp with fun - sketch
House Mouse and friends - Travel/way to go
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Fluffy Bunnies
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Totally Gorguss - bling it on
 

WOYWW

Its Wednesday, so time to snoop round everyone's desks over at Julia's.

Not a big hive of activity .. I have some images coloured and I am eazi mounting my latest hAnglar kit.  Miffy is in disgrace, having thrown up a bird on the craft room floor so she is banned at the moment!!!
I have hurt my right hand so am resting it ... little card making going on at the mo, but plenty of coluring (there are times that being left handed is good LOL!!).

Papertake Weekly Challenge GDT

 Its my last Guest spot with the Papertake Weekly challenge and this week its  sketch challenge.

I coloured this fab Sugar Nellie Sassy, Fashionista, using my prisma pencils.  I embossed some of the cardstock using my flowers embossing folder, and matted both the DCWV dp and the cardstock onto yellow cardstock.  The ribbon is from my stash, the flower punched and the the flat backed pearls are from my stash.


 

Wedding

Wedding fever is upon us .. we have friends marrying on a pig farm in a teepee later in the year (I know, don't ask!!!) so here is a possible card for them ...

 I coloured the image using my promarkers.  The cardstock panel and velum panel are embossed using my D'vine swirls folder, and the lace, flowers and pearls are from my stash.  It ia really hard trying to get a pic of WOW cards with the sun shining ... loadsa glare!!!

We are at my parents for Easter Sunday, and the barbeque has just been lit, and  I am looking at lambs gambolling around in the fields ... hope you are all having a fabulous Easter too.
Challenges:
Just Magnolia - sketch
Totally papercrafts - Wedding
Stampin for the Weekend - wedding
Craft - flowers
Everybody-Art-Challenge - pearls
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Celebration
Passion for Promarkers - White on White
Simon Says Stamp - Embossing
I love Promarkers - Anything Goes
 

Less is More 2nd attempt

We have a Sundays with Santa group over on Facebook, which is designed to encourage us make a Christmas card each week ... I am 4 weeks behind LOL!!  So I combined no green, monochromatic and gingham to come up with this ...

 Sorry the picture is rubbish ... I can't get the exposure setting right on my camera.  I used my Cuttlebug Snowflake and stickled and glamour dusted it.  I added some blue gingham ribbon and stamped the Stempleglede sentiment directly onto the card.  I made lots of this style last year ... and didn't get to send any of them as my friends and family bought them off me!!!

As it is off centre I am entering this into this week's less is More challenge ... I am definitely a glutton for punishment!!

 

Less is More week 12

 After last week's excursion in to the dark realms of acetate I was relieved to read this week's Less is More challenge ... off centre ... now I can do this ... I am naturally off centre LOL!!! 

I used a spare punched butterfly I had from a card I made yesterday, and punched sone out of some acetate to created a bit more depth.   The sentiment is a Whiff of Joy one I have had for ages ... I stamped it in a matching ink as I didn't want it too harsh ... but maybe it is a little on the pale side.  I doodled a little flight path for the butterfly and added some teeny pearls to its middle and the corners.  Whilst off centre doesn't mean using the corners I love central white space, so I have gone for the symmetrical corner look.

Off to do some gardening and ironing ... might have another play later.

 

Pink, blue and brown ( and a bit of green!)

Here's the finished card i was making on Wednesday ... it seems to have been sitting half made for ages!! 

The image is coloured using my prismas and I cut it out.  The dp is Basic Grey Phoebe and I added ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Challenges:
Kenny K Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Colour Create - Pink, blue brown ( and green - hope thats oK!)
Everybody-Art-Challenge - pearls
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

I'm off to tackle this week's Less is more challenge.

 

Butterflies and embossing

What a day ... first we take a baby Blackbird that Miffy decided not to kill ot the RSPCA Wildlife centre 25 miles away, and later Beth sticks something up her nose ... an ambulance and hospital epxerience later I am posting this!!!!

 Here is Butterflies and pigtails from Sugar Nellie's latest Simply Sassy release.  I coloured her using my prisma pencils.  The dp is Pink Peticoat and all the embellishments are from my stash. The white cardstock is embossed using my Swiss Dots folder, and I punched and stickled the butterfly.

 Challenges:
Sugar Bowl - sketch and buttons
Cute Card Thursday - no text
Stamps r us - embossing and bugs
Craft - flowers
Stamp Something - flowers, buttons and sparkle
Cupcake craft challenge - layers
Simon Says Stamp - Embossing

Embossed Rapunzel

The latest release of Sugar Nellie Simply Sassys flopped onto my mat on Tuesday ... then i had to decide which I would colour first ...

 I love Rapunzel with all that hair!!  I really struggle doing blond hair, and as she looks a bit Adams' Family in her outfit I decided to go for a more Goth look.  I coloured her using my promarkers, using just blues and greys.  I embossed some white cardstock and plaited white organza ribbon and then twisted it round the card, just like Rapunzel's hair! 

Challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - White on White
Simon Says Stamp - Embossing
I love Promarkers - Anything Goes