Just plain simple ...

 I thought I would do some quite plain cards and as I am not brave enough to stamp directly on to the card blank, I stamped/printed onto cardstock before matting onto cardstock and the card blank.

 How cute is this Crafty Sentiment image???  It so reminded me of my Ellie and her cat Miffy.  I coloured the image with my pens, did some doodling round the edge, added the pearls and sentiment and put it on a card.  Very simple!

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Lucy and Tiddles

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps The Best

Colouring medium: copics

Skin: E11,E00,E000,R20

Hair: E31,E33, E35, E37, E39, E25

Clothes: R81,R83, R85, B97, B95, B93, B91, E40,E42,E43,E44

Cat: E33, E74, E79  

Papers: 

Embellishments: Flat backed pearls

Tools:

Challenges:
Stamping Sensations - friendship
Oldie but a Goodie - use a sponsor's image
Fuss n Fancy - Furry Friends

Challenges4Everyone - anything goes
Dream Valley - anything goes  

Crafty Catz - anything goes
Hotshot - CAS
Paper PLatyime - pets
ABC challenges - CAS

And now for a new image I got the other day ...

 I love Doctor Who and this is a fab image ... although all that blue was a bit daunting!!  And apparently it is not dark enough according to my hubby!  Anyway - I coloured it in using my pens, stamped the sentiment and added a doodled frame.  This will be winging its way to my brother for hisbirthday in a couple of days.

 Supplies: 

Image: MayzyArt Doctor Who

Sentiment: from stash

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: caramel, sandstone, burnt sienna

Clothes:walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan, pear green, warm grey 3,2.1

Tardis: midnight blue, navy blue, french navy, aegan, cyan

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Mayzy Art - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Celebration

Simon Says Stamp - something new(stash)
Cute Card Thursday - Something New(Stash)

Digi Galore - Something new
Crafty Calendar - Whats New (Stash)
Incy Wincy - Something new
Ohlala Creations - Happy Birthday

Allsorts - CAS

Make it monday

 

CAS is the way forward ...

I keep thinking if I practise more CAS will be easier ... hopefully!!!

I have had ths Penny Black stamp set for ages, just not got round to doing anything with it.  I stamped the butterfly out using distress ink, cut it out and then liberally misted it with pearl glimmer mist - I wanted some 'veining' of the wings.  I embossed the white cardstock, and added a decorative corer and some ribbon.  I cut out the oval and stamped a swirl, before adding the butterfly.  Finally a double bow and some flat backed pearls to fiish it off.

Supplies: 

Image: Penny Black free flight; Swirl from Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: distress inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: organza ribbon, flat backed pearsl

Tools: CB D'vine swirl embossing folder, Dienamics photo corner, Spellbinders fancy ovals

Challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Sweet Stampin - white +1 

2 Sisters - anything goes

ABC - embossing

Crazy4 - ribbons and bows

Penny Black Saturday - January Blues

Sketch saturday - sketch

Totally Gorguss - anything goes with ribbon
Allsorts - CAS

 Sugar Nellie have released some new digi images, and they are just a bit gorgeous!!  I coloured this one in using copics before cutting out using my spellbinders.  Beth helped, so it is a simple layout.  She cut the flowers and layered them up, adding some pearls.  A bit of ribbon and the sentiment to finish it off.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie VA Annabel

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps The Best

Colouring medium: Copics

Skin: E11,E00,E000, R20

Hair: E15,Y30,YR20,YR31

Clothes: BG70,BG72, BG75, BG78

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Embellishments: ribbon and flat backed pearls

Tools: Marianne Creatible flower die, Spellbinders circle die

Challenges:

 Stampavie and more - blue and white

Charisma Cardz - monochromatic

Challenges4Everyone - anything goes
Dream Valley - anything goes

 

New Dies from Clearly Besotted Stamps

Clearly Besotted Stamps are now doing dies - there are 3, one for their butterfly Wishes set, one for their Hoot set and one for their roamntic set.  I had to have the owl and butterfly dies to go with the stamp sets i have.  I love Steph's stamps, such good quailty, with clean, crisp results.

I used green ink to stamp the leafy branch onto the kraft cardstock, and then stamped the sentiment.  I stamped the owl out in brown ink and then coloured the heart in using my red promarker.  I used the die to cut him out, before popping him onto 3d foam pads nad placing him on the branch.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Leafy Accents, You're a hoot

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps You're a Hoot

Colouring medium: SU and veramark inks, red promarker

 Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: Clearly Besotted You're a hoot die

I stamped the flourish directly onto the card blank using green ink.  I die cut the butterflies and then stamped the butterflies onto them.  I layered one of them up and added teeny gems to their middles.  Finally I stamped the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes, With a flourish

 Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Happy Everything

Colouring medium: SU and veramark inks

 Papers: 

Embellishments: flatbacked pearls

Tools: Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes die

Challenges:

Paper pretties - bling

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - something new
Cute Card Thursday - Something New

Moving Along with the Times - thank you

CAS Friday - thank you

Crafty Creations - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes
2 Sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - CAS

 

Snow Queen

Not a Christmas card but a winter birthday for one of the girl's friends.  I think this image works well as a girly birthday card.  She is coloured with my pens, and i added lots of sparkle to her crown and pearly snowdrops. I added a doily, diecut layered flowers, some seam binding and a fussy bow, and some ickle gems.

Supplies: 

Image: Lili of the Valley Snow Queen

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair:arm grey 1-5

Clothes: cyan, arctic blue, pastel blue

Papers: Nitwits Promises

 Embellishments: diecut flowers, seam binding, doily, viva decor pen, glamour dust,stickles, flat backed gems

Tools: Marianne Creatible poinsetta die

Challenges:

 Simply Create - le it snow

Card Crafters Circle - there's no business like snow buisness

Crafts and Me - winter wonderland

Crafty Creations - anything goes

I love promarkers - monochrome

Paper pretties - bling

Stampavie and more - blue and white

Charisma Cardz - monochromatic

Lili's little fairies - 2 design papers

Creative Inspirations - celebration

 

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

 The Totally Papercrafts challenge is back after our Christmas break, and we had a new, bigger and fantastic team on board.  I chose this week's challenge ... New ... anything new goes, house, baby, stash etc.

 I went for new baby as our next door neighbour is due to have her baby any day now.  I coloured this cute image in using my pens. I used some scraps of this cute baby dp, and embossed some white cardstock.  I added some gingham ruffle ribbon and spotty ribbon, and added the sentiment.

Before I go, I just want to let you know that Crafty Sentiments January Stamp kit is now available to pre-order - it looks scrumptious!!!  And I will definitely be putting my order in for it!

Supplies: 

Image: Lili of the Valley Little Sleepy Head

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Once Upon a Time

Colouring medium: promarkers, copics

Papers: DCWV Nana's Nursery

Embellishments: ribbon from stash

 Tools: Swiss Dots embossing folder, Dienamics Fishtail Stax

Challenges: 

Bunny Zoe - Celebration
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Bearly Mine - Something old and something new
Totally Gorguss - New
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Cards Galore - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesday - Celebrate
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - something new

Cute Card Thursday - Something New
Crafty Ribbons - New Beginnings

 

New Baby

Before I get on to today's post, I just want to let you know that Crafty Sentiments January Stamp kit is now available to pre-order - it looks scrumptious!!!  And I will definitely be putting my order in for it!

 And here is today's card ...

Our next door neighbour is due to have her baby any day now, and being organised I have made a couple of baby cards, one in blue and one in pink.  I coloured this cute image in using my pens. I used some scraps of this cute baby dp, and embossed some white cardstock.  I added some layered ribbon and a bow, and the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Lili of the Valley Little Sleepy Head

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Once Upon a Time

Colouring medium: promarkers, copics

Papers: DCWV Nana's Nursery

Embellishments: ribbon from stash

 Tools: Swiss Dots embossing folder, Dienamics Fishtail Stax

Challenges: 

Bunny Zoe - Celebration
Crafty Ribbons - New Beginnings
Bearly Mine - Something old and something new
Totally Gorguss - New
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Cards Galore - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesday - Celebrate
Simon Says Stamp - something new
Creative Inspirations - Celebration
Cute Card Thursday - Something New

 

What's on Your Workdesk

It's been a while since I joined in the weekly snoop round the crafty desks of blog land - but one of my resolutions for this year is to do more blog hopping!!


I am sneaking a few minutes colouring before I start work ... Hubby bought me a daylight bulb for my desk light, and I need it today!!! I would love my iPad to take better pics for blogger, but hey-oh.

The girls want to go to the local play barn later, and it might take our minds off our poorly cat, she has been at the vet's since Sunday, having had convulsions :(. Hopefully I will be able to get on the Internet a the play ban and get that blog hopping done!! If you want to join in WOYWW pop over to Julia's fab blog for all the details.

Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

This week's Crafty Sentiments Challenge theme is New ... anything new - home, baby, year, job, stash.

I went for New Year ... and New stash.

I used one of the December release stamps, Jasmin looks fab in this sexy LBD!!  I kept the colour combination simple, just black and teal/turquoise, and used this gorgeous ribbon and huge bow as a focal point.  I coloured the pearls with my pens to match the ribbon, and added some flat backed gems.  Finally a sentiment to go with Jasmin's celebration!

Fantastic News Crafty Sentiments will be opening from the 2nd of January and Suzette has a fantastic New Years deal going on right now on the website so stock up on stamps if you don't have them already as a reduce price

 Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Cheers

Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

 Colouring medium: copics

 Papers: Bo Buuny Enchanted, and Serendipity

Embellishments: flat backed gems, ribbon, pearls, stickles

Tools: 

Challenges:

PaperPlay - out with the old, in with the new
Creative Stamp Friends - new year card
Bunny Zoe - Celebration
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Pixie Dust Studio - any celebration will do
Aud Sentiment - anything with a sentiment
Bearly Mine - Something old and something new
Totally Gorguss - New
Fat pages and cards with attitude - celebration/anything goes
Do you stack up - turquoise
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Cards Galore - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesday - Celebrate
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Oldie but a goodie - use a sponsor's image 

 

The Craft Gareden January Challenge

This month's Craft Garden is a colour challenge - RED.

 I made this Valentine's day card, as red screams hearts and romance to me.  I simply embossed the red cardstock with a Sizzix heart folder and CB Swiss Dots folder, before scoring a couple of lines and adding gingham ribbon.  I embossed the kraft cardstock using another Sizzix hearts folder, and added a couple of die cut hearts and a gingham bow.  Finally some red flat backed pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: 

Papers: SU Riding Hood and Kraft cardstock

Embellishments: flat backed pearls, gingham ribbon

Tools: Marianne Creatible Heart die, sizzix and CB embossing folders

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
 

 

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