Thanks a bunch

I don't usually do pink, hate the colour, but I was asked to make a thank you card in pink ... oh and with a butterfly! Susan I can only apologise for what I am subjecting your eyes to!!!
Anyway, I cut the clock out of that dreaded colour and scored lines across the card blank and added ribbon and the stamped sentiment.  I cut a circle and put the chicken wire mask over it, before inking over it all in worn lipstick distress ink.  Before i removed the mask I spritzed the circle with popiscle glimmer mist.  I cut the butterfly dies  and spritzed the base one with the glimmer mist, and then inked the edges with worn lipstick when it was dry.  The upper butterfly was liberally glue penned and then glamour dusted.  I matted the circle onto the clock, added the butterfly and some pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Memery box butterfly dies

 Sentiment: Whimsey ticket stamps

Colouring medium: distress inks and glimmer mists

Papers: cardstock

 Embellishments: ribbon and pearls from stash

 Tools: Tim Holtz weathered clock die

Challenges:

 Little Miss Muffet - fireworks inspiration

One Stop Craft - fireworks inspiration pic

Sweet Stampin' - glitter

Dream Valley - glitter and bling

Pile it on - make it sparkle

Without words - bright colours

Ribbon Girls- sparkle

Crafty pad - anything goes

Craft your passion - hexagons

Incy Wincy - giving thanks

Paper Play - thanks a bunch

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Anything Goes - anything Goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes

 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

I was really excited to be picked to be on the Crafty Sentiments design team, the images are gorgeous and the team are fabby :)))  This is my first Crafty Sentiments challenge as a DT girl, and the this week is theme is Poppies.

I used this cute Kaye digi and coloured it using my pens.  The dp is actually Christmas papers but works really well for the colours I chose.  The flowers, stamens, and heart doilly are a mix from my stash and I simply added some gingham ribbon.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Kaye - thinking of you

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Embellishments:  gingham ribbon, aster daisies, stamens, rosehip buds, berries

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Anything Goes - anything Goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes

 

I am sailing

 A quick post as I need to get Beth to her swimming lesson.  I made this male CAS card using a SU stamp, and simply matting the dp onto crumb cake cardstock, and distressing the edges.  I used a punch to create the scalloped edges and offset the mat and dp to create waves.  Finally I stamped the sentiment and added the twine and button.

Supplies:

 Image: SU sailboat

 Sentiment: SU

Colouring medium: prisma pencils

 Papers: MME 

Embellishments: twine and button from stash

Tools: Fiskars scallop punch, Tim Holtz paper distresser

 Challenges:

 Just us girls - sketch

Forever friends - anything goes

Cupcake Craft - get krafty

Cutie pie- distress your card

CAS-ual Friday - male card

Allsorts- male card

Totally Gorguss - anything goe and a button

 

A bit of silver and blue

 This week's Crafting Time theme is Silver and Blue, and I instantly thought of Christmas trees!!!  Don't ask why I am not sure myself.

I love all things IndigoBlu so thought it would be a perfect excuse to play with this fab Christmas tree, Merry Christmas.  For both cards I used navy blue and silver cardstock.

 For my first play, I mean sample, I simply stamped the image in versamark ink and then embossed using silver embossing powder before layering up onto silver card and the card blank.

 The second card using the same stamp, but this time I used IndigoBlu gilding flakes. You basically apply glue to your stamp, stamp and then rub the mega flakes over and scrub until you get a smooth finish - it is FAB!!  I love the change from mess to smooth perfection!!  You can either buy as starter kit, or buy the glue and different gliding flakes spearately - look here for the full range.

Supplies:

 Image: IndigoBlu Merry Christmas

Sentiment: IndigoBlu Merry Christmas

Colouring medium: 

Papers: SU Not Quite Navy, Silver

Embellishments: 

Tools: IndigoBlu starter kit

Challenges:

 

Hugs tag

 

I wanted to make a large gift tag for a friend, to go with the huge box of choccies I am giving her, just because she is always there for me.  I started off with the large tag and coloured it with worn lipstick distress stain.  When it was dry I stamped over it using the large striped background in sepia versafine ink.  I added some ruffled lace and pearl string to the bottom part of the tag. I stained some cardstock with vintage sepia distress stain and cut out the corner and border dies, and stamped and cut out the sentiment and flowers. I added pearls to the flower centres, cheesecloth and the coloured image.

Supplies: 

Image: Saturated Canary Free Hugs

Hero Arts  background, cling flowers

Sentiment: Whimsy ticket sentiment

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: 

Embellishments: lace, pearl string, cheesecloth, seam binding

iron work accents border, Joy corner diecut

Tools: Cuttlebug, spellbinders and Joy dies

Challenges:

  Stamp and Doodle - use material

Crafty Ribbons - Christmas

Crazy4 - anything but a card

Anything but a card

Fab n Funky - diecuts, punches

Simon Says Stamp - Get into Shape

DutchDare - thankful

Saturated Canary - shaped card

Paperplay - thanks a bunch

ABC Challenge - A for appreciation

Fuss n fancy - pearls and flowers

Fat pages and cards with attitude - add a sentiment and anything goes

Crafty Catz - add texture
No matter which - photo inspiration
Little Darlings - tag
Alphabet challenge  - t for tag

Christmas Treat Cone

I promised Lisa from That Craft Place a treat cone for the shop ... and have finally got it made!! I made up the cone and then added the image, that I coloured with my pens.  I have kept the decoration quite simple, just adding lace and ribbon to the top, a bit of cheesecloth and the holly diecut.  A bit of stickles and a sentiment to finish.  Everything except for the cheesecloth can be bought at That Craft Place.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda with Rudolph

Sentiment: Kraftin Kimmie Holiday Trinkets

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Echo Park Very merry Christmas

Embellishments: Memory box holly vine, red flat backed gems, ribbon, lace, stickles, cheesecloth

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Stamp and Doodle - use material

Crafty Ribbons - Christmas

Midweek Magnolias - anything goes

Crazy4 - anything but a card

Anything but a card

 

Totally Papercrafts challenge

Its Laine's turn to choose the Totally Papercrafts theme this week and she has chosen Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Star.  Please show us your cards featuring wonderful Christmas Stars, these can be  die cut, embossed, embellishment or the image.  The choice is yours.  This weeks fabulous sponsor is

I coloured this cute image in using my pens and then added Cosmic Shimmer puffy stuff and Stampendous embossing poweder for snow and glamour dust and glitter.  The snowflake is a chippy one that i have painted and textured with silver dabber and pearl glimmer mist.  I added some ribbon, a die cut border and some bling to finish it off.

Supplies:

Image: LOTV Snow Queen

 Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Basic Grey Aspen Frost

 Embellishments: ribbon, Woodware chippy snowflake, glitter, glamour dust, Puffy stuff

Memory Box snowflake border, flat backed gems

Tools: Cuttlebug

 Challenges:

Allsorts - stitching

Dream Valley - Glitter and bling
Paper Playtime - anything Goes
Stamps and fun=Creativity - stitching
Hotshot Craft - bling it on

Anything Goes - anything goes
Creative Craft - special occasion, not a birthday
Twisted Tuesday - anything goes + no twist

Crafts and Me - bling it up

  Divas by Design - feeling festive
Moving along with the times - stitch up
Lili's Little Fairies - Snow is Falling
Card Crafters Circle - patterned papers
By the Cute and Girly - Twinkle twinkle little star

 

A couple of cards

 

 A really quick and easy Christmas card - I simpy stamped the tree and cut it our, before popping it onto te die cut circle.  I added some twine and that was it really!

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

 Colouring medium: SU ink

Papers: SU cardstock

Embellishments: twine from stash

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Ironworks motifs

 Challenges:

 Divas by Design - feeling festive

Kreative Stamp friends - CAS

Fab n Funky - die cuts, punches

 I stamped the two mermaids and coloured them with my pens.  As the image is quite big, I kept it all simple, simply adding viva decor pearl pen to the image for bubbles and some flat backed pearlss - no other embellishments!! Shock horror!!

Supplies: 

Image: Lili of the Valley - little mermaid 1 , little mermaid 2

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: copics

 Papers: Glitz Vintage Blue

Embellishments: pearls

Tools:

 Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - just add pearl

Creative Inspirations - lets Celebrate

Crafts and Me - bling it up

 

Two makes ...

 

I stamped the butterfly in tumbled glass in kand cut it out, before popping it on to foam pads directly on to the dp. I added a pearl to the butterfly, and stamped the sentiment straight onto the dp and that was that!

Supplies:

 Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes

 Sentiment: SU

 Colouring medium: tumbled glass distress ink

 Papers: Basic Grey Whats Up

 Embellishments: flat backed pearl

 Tools: 

Challenges:

 Kreative Stamp friends - CAS

Flutterby Wednesday- open challenge

Crafty Creations - just 1

Tilda is coloired in using my pens, and I simply matted her onto cardstock.  I added some twine and twill ribbon, and flowers and berries from my stash.

Supplies:

 Image: Magnolia Tida with tag gifts

 Sentiment: Magnolia

 Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Echo Park Very merry Chrismas,

 Embellishments:berries, flowers, ribbon, twine

 Tools: 

Challenges:

 Creative Inspirations - lets Celebrate

 Divas by Design - feeling festive

Crafts and Me - bling it up

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Midweek Magnolias - anything goes

 

The Craft Garden November challenge

 Its a photo inspiration theme this time.

I wanted to use my gorgeous Lavinia fairies for this one, so I masked off a square, and the moon before inking up the background using dusty concord and black soot distress inks. Whilst the mat was in place I misted the square with pearl glimmer mist. Once the ink was dry  I stamped the fairy using versafine ink, and then stamped the foliage, ghosting some of it to create a misty feel to the background.

Supplies: 

Image: Lavinia Flower Fairy

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Distress inks

Papers:

 Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:

Craft Your Passion - photo inspiration
Simon Says Stamp and Show - show us pearl (pearl glimmer mist)

Totally Gorguss - things with wings

Addicted to stamps - things with wings

Paper Playtime - anything Goes
Songbird- could it be magic
Flutterby Wednesday - open challenge
Cards Galore - silohuette
Cute Card Thursday - fairies and angels
Joanna Sheen - silhouettes