Elphie's just too cute to spook

 Just when i thought I had done Halloween, I get asked to make a Halloween card!!  So having coloured this cutie in using my pens I cut her out and layered her onto a die cut tombstone.  I added some webbing, diecut spooky fence and some pumpkins.  The sentiment was a freebie, and sums her up perfectly!!  Finally I coloure the pearls orange and added them.

Supplies: 

Image: Saturated canary Elphie

Sentiment: Tiddly Inks

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Authentique Glowing

 Embellishments: diecuts, pearls, webbing ribbon

Tools: 

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch 

Sweet Stampin - halloween

2 Sisters - cute n creepy

Crafting for all seasons - spooky

Fab n Funky - orange, black and choice (purple)

Little miss Muffet - halloween colours

Alphabet - S for Skeletons, spiders and anything spooky

Card Crafters Circle - halloween

Crafty Catz - Halloween

Fuss n Fancy - anything goes

Crazy4 - orange, black and purple

Stamptacular Sunday - Boo-tacular

Challenge up your life - halloween/ Autumn

Eureka Stamps - Halloween/spooky 

Paper Playtime - BOO-ville
  Crafty Calendar- All things Spooky
Card Makin Mamas-Halloween/Spooky
Stampin for the Weekend -Something Spooky
Aud Sentiments - Halloween

Digi Galore - Halloween
Papertake Weekly - fright night
Divas by design - something spooky
Simon Says Stamp - Eerie Inspiration

 

Christmas - 2 takes on it!!

I am cracking on with the Christmas cards and have made a couple that are very contrasting ...

A very CAS Christmas card, and probably going to be one of my mass produced ones!!  I simply embossed some white cardstock with the wreath embossing folder and then stamped the wreath and bow in the centre.  Having stamped the text I matted it onto red cardstock and onto a card blank - very easy to do en masse!!

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas
Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Colouring medium: SU ink spots

 Papers: SU CHerry Cobbler

 Embellishments: 

Tools: Embossing folder, cuttlebug

Challenges:
Charisma Cards - CAS
Christmas Stampin' All Year Round - traditional colours

And now for something completely different - I do like making the odd vintage, embellishment heavy card ...

I coloured this cute LOTV fairy in using my promarkers, before distressing her with vintage phot distress ink and my paper distresser.  The dp is also distressed using the paper distresser and ink.  I added some muslim, lace, and ribbon, and added a bow with a wooden button at its centre.  The metal Christmas tree is a faulty charm - it has no loop!!! - so I glued it down using glossy accents.  I added the distressed decorative corner, WOC flowers and the LOTV sentiment.  Finally some teeny pearls were added to the decorative corner and the edge of the card, and the angel's wings and the edge of the image were stickled.

Supplies: 

Image: Christmas Angels - flying
Sentiment LOTV Christmas Grungy messages

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Basic Gery Frosted Aspen, Jovial

 Embellishments: WOC flowers, ribbon, lace, button and pearls from stash
stickles

Tools: Cuttlebug, Heartfelt Creation Die, Tim Holtz paper distresser

Challenges:
Crafts and Me - lace and pearls
Do you stack up - vintage
DutchDare - butons and bows
PaperPlay - wooden it be nice
Cute Card Thursday - glitter
Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes
CRAFT - metal
Fuss and Fancy Friday - anything goes

 Bearly Mine - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - bows and ribbons

The Paper Shelter - charming

 

Anyone for cake?

This card turned to to be more bother than I thought it was going to be ... I struggled getting the image stragiht due to a sneezing fit and then forgot to use the tan mat ... so third attempt later and dah dah!!!!!!  I coloured those gorgeous cupcake in using my pens and then simply embossed the floral oval onto the card.  I added some pearls and that was it.

Supplies:

 Image: LOTV Lots of Cupcakes

Sentiment:

 Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders floral ovals

Challenges: 

Tuesday Throwdown - tea at Granny's

Charisma Cards - CAS

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything goes

 

Totally papercrafts Challenge

The theme for this week's Totally papercrafts challenge is 9 Weeks and Counting ... so we want to see your Christmas creations.

I coloured this cute in using my promarkers and hen added polar white flock to his hat, pearl drops for snow  and glitter to his feet. I kept the layout simple, just adding gingham ribbon, a bow and a Christmas tree charm.  Finally I added the sentiment, and that was it.

Supplies:

Image: Dilly Beans Christmas Owl

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps Signature Christmas

Colouring medium: copics

 Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Embellishments:  from stash

Tools:

Challenges:

Digital Tuesday - warm and fuzzy

Flutterby Wednesday - any winged things

My Mum's Craft Shop - sketch

 Bearly Mine - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - bows and ribbons

The Paper Shelter - charming

Cute Card Thursday - glitter
Charisma Cardz - CAS
Christmas Stampin' All Year Round - traditional colours

 

A stitch in time

I have had this stamp for a while, and confess to not having inked her up - opps!!  She is coloured in using my pens.  I have a new favourite range of papers, Simple Stories, and LOVE these, even though they are floral!!  I added hessian webbing, gingham ribbon, a charm and bow, and some flowers, both handmade and bought.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda Makes Blueberry balnket

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Simple Sotires Harvest Lane

Embellishments: rolled flowers, flowers from WOC and stash, ribbon, lace from stash

Tools: Cuttlebug, Marianne Creatible English Rose die, Memory box swirl die

 Challenges:

 Bearly Mine - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - bows and ribbons

The Paper Shelter - charming 

Anything Goes - make your own embellishments

Creative Inspirations - CASE it

Midweek Magnolias - Autumn colours

Stampavie and More - stitches

Creative Craft - 3 of something (handmade flowers)
CRAFT - use metal on your card

 

More Zoom than Pwew Pwew!!!

 

I was asked to make a card for a space and alien mad boy, one of Beth's friends ... and this SBS image seemed perfect.  Having coloured it with my pens I cut it out.  I stamped the zoom out - he looks like he is really concentrating because he is going so fast!!!  - and added a scalloped border and some card candi.

Supplies: 

Image: Simply Betty Stamps Pwew pwew pwew Jude

 Sentiment: Kaisercraft Alpha Grunge Font stamp set

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny Welcome Home

Embellishments: Card Candi

Tools: SU scallop punch

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Creative Stamp Friends - male card

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - brown, teal, lime green

 

I Love Promarkers GDT

Its Anything Goes this week over at I love Promarkers and i have made a Halloween card using a non-spooky image ... Halloween doesn't have to be about scary iamges, cute, sweet images can be spooked up!

Having coloured the image in using my pens, I cut her out and simply layered her up on the the dp and the the headstone.  I distressed all the edges of the dp and cardstock.  I added some ghosties using a diecut one of my That Craft Place teamies sent me, and some fab webbing that looks all spidery and spooky.  The top sentiment is a freebie from the Tiddly Inks FB page, and I stamped the boo using a stamp set.

Supplies: 

Image: Saturated Canary  Mousey Moo

Kaisercraft grungey font stamp set

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: MME Stella Rose

 Embellishments: black webbing ribbon, Spellbinders tomb dieset,

Tools: Cuttlebug, Tim Holtz paper distresser

Challenges: 

Charisma Cards- sketch

Saturated Canary - inspiration pictures

Forever Friends - Halloween/autumn

Stamp with Fun - 3 papers

Cutie Pie - Halloween

That Crafty Pad - distress it

Stamptacular Sunday - Boo-tacular

Challenge up your life - halloween/ Autumn

Eureka Stamps - Halloween/spooky 

Paper Playtime - BOO-ville
Allsorts - too cute to Spook
Crafty Calendar- All things Spooky
Card Makin Mamas-Halloween/Spooky
Stampin for the Weekend -Something Spooky
Aud Sentiments - Halloween

Digi Galore - Halloween
Papertake Weekly - fright night
Divas by design - something spooky
Simon Says Stamp - Eerie Inspiration

 

WOYWW aka PLAYTIME!!!

Its Wednesday and time to snoop across blogland oodling at all the crafty loveliness on peeople's desks, courtesy of the amazing Julia.

 I have finally got round to opening my Tando Advent tree so there it is in all its bitty glory!!!!!

 There are lots of bits to it LOL!!! 

 So while the children played nicely with the friends' they had round for tea, I got down to a bit of distressing.  I used Festive Berries and Evergreen (?? name gone totally blank - will look and add!) to distress the drawers and then misted them with some Tattered Angels gold glimmer mist.

I also stained the centre peicing using my trusty vintage photo distress stain - just love this stain.

So now I have 24 boxes and a fancy box and lid to construct, and them all to decorate!!!  The playing will continue for a few days methinks!!!  And then I have the Advent clock to play with :)))))

 
Supplies:
The Advent tree and clock, the inks and stains all came from That Craft Place.

 

Even witches like to dress up as princesses

OK there is a story behind this card ... Ellie asked Beth which witch costume she was going to wear for trick or treating (a bit on the early side I know but Ellie does like to be organised and organise!!) ... Beth replied that she was going to wear her new Rapunzel outfit.  Ellie pointed out that Rapunzel isn't very witchy  - to which Beth responded ... "Well witches might like to dress up like princesses sometimes!!!!  Hence the image and sentiments!!!

I coloured the image in using my pens before grunging it up a bit using pumice stone distress ink and my trusty TH paper distresser, and adding stickles.  The dp and sentiments have been distressed and i added some webbing, ribbon and a fussy bow, layered flowers with a pearl centre and pearl pin,and a spider's web.  The top sentiment was a freebie on the Tiddly ink fb page, and the bottom one was computer generated.  Finally a couple of wee bats to finish it off.  Spookily cute!!

Supplies:

 Image: Saturated Canary Queenie and Princess

Colouring medium: Promarkers

Papers: MME Stella Rose, On the Bright Side

Embellishments: orange webbing, black pearl pin and pearl, paper flowers,

 stickles, ribbon and die cut spiders web and bats

 Tools: Tim holtz paper distresser

Challenges: 

Saturated Canary - inspiration pictures

Forever Friends - Halloween/autumn

Stamp with Fun - 3 papers

Cutie Pie - Halloween

That Crafty Pad - distress it

Stamptacular Sunday - Boo-tacular

Challenge up your life - halloween/ Autumn
Cupcake Craft- two's company
Hotshot - bling it on
Stamps and fun=Creativity - pins
Eureka Stamps - Halloween/spooky
Paper Playtime - BOO-ville
Allsorts - too cute to Spook
Crafty Calendar- All things Spooky
Card Makin Mamas-Halloween/Spooky
Stampin for the Weekend -Something Spooky
Aud Sentiments - Halloween
Papertake Weekly - fright night

 

Welcome Christmas into your heart

I haave had a bit of a crafty morning, and having got a couple of DT cards done and dusted I thought i would have a go at a CAS stamped and coloured image Christmas card.  Still having a bit of a play around with what will be this year's Christmas theme!!  Anyway I stamped this adorable angel onto my card blank and coloured her with my pens.  I then embossed the circle round it , and stamped the sentiment, adding just a couple of teeny gems.  I resisted the need to stickle the angel within an inch of her life or add more bling.  Finally some red gingham to finish - I have a roll of this and some matching dark olive green thanks to one of my neighbours who saw it and thought of me - crafty talk in the playground does pay off LOL!!!  Its a bit wider than the ribbon I usually go for, but perfect for Christmas.

Supplies:

Image: Lili of the Valley Christmas Angels - flying 

Sentiment:  SU

Colouring medium: promarkers and flexpens

Papers:

Embellishments: adhesive backed gems

Tools: Cuttlebug, spellbiners circle die set

Challenges:

Lili's little fairies - Classic Christmas colours

Totally Gorguss - traditional Christmas colours

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - anything goes 

Less is More - one layer Wings

Addicted to Stamps - Clean and Simple