Umm, Spot the difference?

I made this card for my Grandad's Birthday, then on the day I was going to post it, my fab prize arrived from Papermaze, and it included these lovely letter stickers, which were just what I needed to finish it off! So there's my nice easel-photo-tent picture, then a quick snap as I was about to run off to the postbox!

Supplies:
Image: "Deckchair Dreaming" from Lili of the Valley coloured with Promarkers.
Paper: Spotty paper from DCWV Scrapbook kit in a stack, diamond pattern from Dovecraft Masculine pack. Plain blue/green paper  for layering.
Embellishments: Blue/white bakers twine, die-cut sentiment, October Afternoon letter stickers

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away #21 - Father's Day/Special Man
Sketch Saturday #157 - Sketch
Totally Gorjuss #82 - String's the thing #
Dream Valley #8 - Stamp Something
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #113 - Bugs or Boys
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Card for a man/boy
Simon Says Challenge - Father's Day/ Male
Creative Inspirations #114 - Cute Bears/Animals Only
Pollycraft Monday #95 - Be My Teddy Bear
Ooh La La Challenge #81 - Happy Birthday

Mother's Day Gift Box & Jewellery!

Mum's been asking me to make her some hair slides for AGES, and I have now done two different ones (although keep trying to distract her so that it's a surprise for Mother's Day)! I've also made her a bracelet, and having had some nesting boxes sitting on my desk for ages, thought that one would make a good jewellery box!

Supplies:

Image: "Wee Suzi" by Wee Stamps coloured with Promarkers. "Happy Mother's Day" from Delicious Doodles.

Paper: Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose Collection.

Embellishments: Chipboard flowers coloured with Promarkers.

Base: Nesting box from Papermania

Supplies: 80mm Hair barette, green bugle beads, acrylic flowers/leaves, 4mm pearls & nylon thread

Supplies: 80mm hair barette, 4mm red firepolish beads, 4mm red/black bicone crystals, red/black seed beads, nylon thread.

Supplies: Textured silver plate chain, black suede cord, silver plated head pins, Swarovski cubes, cord ends, lobster clasp.

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #95 - Make a gift box

Stamping for the weekend #6 - Mother's Day
Crafty Catz #74 - Mother's Day

Craft Your Days Away #16 - For Mum
One Stop Craft #123 - Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Secret Crafter Saturday #126 - Anything but a card
Dream Valley Challenge #3 - Mother's Day
Simon Says Challenge - Mother's Day
Papertake Weekly - It's a Mom thing
Ooh La La Challenge #76 - Mother's Day
Die Cut Dreams #85 - Mother's Day

Penny Black Springtime!

I'm back and crafting again after my shoulder surgery - it went well, the physio's really pleased and I just have to wait til next Monday to find out when the surgeon will do the left shoulder, and go from there! I've actually quite enjoyed the time to do a bit of blog-hopping and seeing what everyone else has been up to!

Here's a Spring-themed card using Penny Black's "Seeing your face" image of the cute little hedgehog with a daffodil! I've coloured it with Promarkers. The papers are new - they are from the Papermania Lemon Sorbet Capsule Collection (as are the spotted mini buttons), the ribbon/bow are from the Sunshine collection - all things from DoCrafts goody bags! My favourite effect at the moment is to ink around the edge of the page to make it stand out a little bit more! The sentiment is from Forever Friends Springtime die-cut greetings pack.

Challenges:

Penny Black at Allsorts - March - Welcome Spring

By the Cute & Girly - March - Springtime

Craft Your Days Away #14 - Sketch

Oldie But a Goodie #13 - Spring is in the air

Stamping for the Weekend #4 - Monochrome

One Stop Craft Challenge #120 - Spring Flowers

Colour Create #65 - 3 Fruits (Banana, coconut & apple!)

Tilda with Wedding Gifts!

Ok, so I couldn't wait til tomorrow to post a picture of this card... I may have accidentally (ahem), bought another Tilda to play with, I just couldn't help it - I LOVE this one. It's Tilda with wedding gifts, and I just thought it would be great for EVERYTHING! Christmas, Birthdays, Weddings - anything!

It's for my best friend Mel (another vet), and I can't believe I left it so late to make (it's her birthday on Monday) - September's a busy craft month for me with all these birthdays/wedding/anniversary cards to make!!

I've used My Mind's Eye Summer Papers, and have coloured the lovely Tilda with Promarkers. I've added some Glamour Dust all over the place, and made some punched flowers with pearl stamens & gem petals. The green strip of card is punched with a Martha Stewart scallop punch. Oh, and the sentiment is cut out from one of the My Mind's Eye sheets.

Challenges I'm entering:

Charisma Cardz #37 - Sketch

Craft Your Days Away #3 - Girly n Glitter

Totally Gorjuss #47 - Flower

Totally Tilda #5 - Make your own flowers

Stamp and Create #5 - Pearls & Gems

First Tunnel card!!

Mum & I recently bought the Papermania Tunnel Card template, and here's my first attempt using it!!

I've used a Miss Anya image coloured with Whispers (in the Promarker-era!!), and have glittered the white fur trims with Glamour dust!

The card is actually Cooredinations, and so I've distressed the edges with scissors, then used silver pearlescent glue & more glamour dust to highlight the edges (and hide my poor cutting skills)!! There is acetate across the "windows" with little stickers stuck on, and at the back I've used a Christmas tree from a paper pack, and embellished with gems. I love the sparkle (as I'm sure you've realised on this card) and get so excited about Christmas!!

Challenges I'm entering:

Creative Cottage #20 - Acetate

The Pixie Cottage #31 - Fancy Fold

Dutch Dare #83 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times #58 - Christmas

Craft Your Days Away #1 - Favourite Things

Anyone For Anya #27 - Christmas in August

Bah Humbug Christmas Challenge #30 - Through the window