Saturday, 22 December 2012

Basic Grey Challenge

This is the last Basic Grey Challenge of 2012, 
and the theme is anything goes.  
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 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:
 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
 

Thursday, 20 December 2012

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: 
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
 

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

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: 
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
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
 

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

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: 
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
 

Monday, 17 December 2012

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
 

Friday, 14 December 2012

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: 
 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 
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:
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

 

Thursday, 13 December 2012

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:



 

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

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: 
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 
Fuss n Fancy - I love Christmas 
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

 

Monday, 10 December 2012

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.

Sunday, 9 December 2012

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:
Colouring medium: promarkers
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