Ahhh...relaaaxx!

Here's a little card I made for my friend's birthday. She gets quite stressed with her work, so I thought this might encourage her to relax for the day!

Supplies:-
Image: "Bunny Bath" - House-Mouse Designs, coloured with Promarkers
Paper: Born to Shop
Sentiment: Tulip
Tools: Making Memories paper distressing tool

Challenges: -
House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #118 - Anything Goes
Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - Think Pink
Sir Stampalot April Challenge - Happy Birthday
Penny Black at Allsorts April Challenge - Oh So Cute
Charisma Cardz #15 -Shabby Chic
Paperplay Challenge #16 - Animal Antics

Penny Black Christmas

Here's the second of this year's Christmas card creations...

Supplies:
Image: Penny Black "Jolly Friends" stamp set, coloured with Promarkers.
Paper: Forever Friends "Santa's on his way" paper pack
Tools: Crafts Too Embossing Folder for sentiment
Embellishments: Glitter, Flowersoft Polar White

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz #44 - Cutesy
Inky Impressions #32 - Glitter it Up
Crafter's Companion Monthly #18 - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Cardmaking & Papercraft Challenge - Christmas Tree
Penny Black @ Allsorts November - All Creatures Great & Small
Winter Wonderland - Make you card sparkle
A Gem of a Challenge #33 - Cold & Frosty

Dad in his Deckchair.....DON'T LOOK DAD!!!

We're off to Padstow in Cornwall next week so I'm busy trying to get all my cards sorted that need doing before then! It's Dad's Birthday whilst we're away, so here's the card I've made for him - hopefully a reflection on what he'll be doing on the beach!

Supplies:
Image: "Deckchair Dreaming" from Lili of the Valley, coloures with Promarkers & chalks.
Papers: All three papers from DCWV Scrapbook kit in a stack "All Occasions"
Embellishments: Handmade green bow, green/blue sticker from DCWV kit, peel off sentiment.

Challenges:
Lili of the Valley Challenge #110 - Sketch
Bizzy Bec's Challenge September - Blue, Green & White
Crafty Calendar September - Let Sleeping Bears Lie
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz #35 - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the weekend #15 - Holidays
Allsorts Challenge #119 - Green & Blue
Crafty Cardmakers #51 - Summer Holiday Memories

Flowersoft Oriental Window

Here's some of the goodies I won on the Flowersoft blog hop a while back.

Supplies:
Paper: Flowersoft Scenic Windows Oriental, Papermania leaf paper
Embellishments: Flowersoft Russet Red, Ultra Fine Pink Fizz, Ultra Fine Citrus Crush, Ultra Fine Burnt Sienna.

Challenges:
Flowersoft Challenge #32 - Bright Colours
Creative Craft Challenges - Pretty Blossoms
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz #27 - All about flowers
Allsorts Challenge #111 - Free & Easy
One Stitch At A Time #70 - Anything Goes

Welcome Home Dad!

Dad's been away in France with work for 10days (although it's gone quite quickly). Mum and I have missed him, and the dogs have too! Particularly for walks! So I made him a card and a pile of cupcakes (photo to follow!!)

Supplies:
Image: "Dog Walk" from Kenny K Downloads, coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment: "Dogs are not our whole life but they make our life whole" from Raindrop Echo Designs
DP: Pawprint card from Payper Box

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz #21 - Boy Oh Boy
Digi Doodle Shop's Best #60 - Anything Goes
So It With Digi's #11 - It's all about the boys
Stamp Something - Sentimental
Craft Your Passion #60 - What a guy

Vintage Anniversary

Here's an anniversary card for my cousin and her husband. I've not really tried the proper "vintage" look before, but got together some things I've had for a while and gave it a go!

Supplies:
Paper: Basic Grey
Embellishments: Glasses = Dovecraft Dimensions sticker embellished with glitterations sparkly dots, the round "buttons" in the corner were the spares from a coat or something!

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion #53 - 2 x 2 (glasses, buttons)
Truly Scrumptious Challenge #55 - Vintage
Charisma Cardz #14 - Weddings/Anniversaries

It's that time again!

A little combination of real stamping and digi stamping here!

Supplies:
Images/Sentiments: "Thinking of You" from Penny Black Slapstick Stamps, coloured with Promarkers. "Happy Birthday", "It's that time again" and the "clock" are from Raindrop Echo Designs.
Papers: Yellow & Green spotted paper from Daisy & Dandelion paper pack. Yellow striped paper from Papermania Lemon Sorbet collection.
Tools: Nestabilities Blossom die & Shapeabilities Pendant Kaleidoscope (for the corners)
Embellishments: Little green gems, green bow from Papermania Capsule Collection.

Challenges:
Penny Black Saturday #141 - More than one fold
Crafty Catz Weekly #73 - Green & Yellow
Truly Scrumptious #52 - Sketch
Bee Crafty Challenge #17 - Spots & Dots
Charisma Cardz #10 - Easel Cards
Top Tip Tuesday #25 - Birthday

Springy card!

Continuing with my experimentation on card styles, I had a go at a Diamond-Fold card (using a tutorial from Crafty Devils Papercraft website).

Supplies:
Images: "Mudpie's Munch" by House Mouse Designs - coloured with Promarkers, the "Thank You" sentiment is from Sentiments 4 You.
Paper: The striped paper is from Papermania Basics pad, and the spotted paper is from Papermania Capsule Collection "Lemon Sorbet".
Embellishments: The buttons, brads & flower are all from Papermania Capsule Collection "Sunshine".

Challenges:
Pink Gem #15 - Buttons, brads, beads, bows (I went for buttons and brads)
Corrosive Challenge #105 - Distressing
Sentimental Sundays #44 - Anything Goes (plus a sentiment)
House Mouse & Friends #90 - Multifold
Incy Wincy  Designs #83 - Spring is in the air
Dream Valley Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp challenge - 1 image, 2 designer papers, 3 types of embellishment
Charisma Cardz #9 - Four-legged Friends
Cute Card Thursday #154 - Signs of Spring
Dutch Dare Challenge #102 - Who's who in the zoo?
Cooking it up with Kate #51 - Springy Yellow Flowers
Stamping for the Weekend #5 - Springtime

A Magical Birthday for Mum!

It's Mum's Birthday on Monday, but I have had to be super-prepared this year as I go in for my shoulder surgery tomorrow so think my right arm will be un-useable for at least a few days. The presents are wrapped, I've made my card to Mum, and I'm currently making Dad's for her!
The image is "Wings of Hope" from Whimsy Stamps (a Crissy Armstrong creation)- a beautiful Pegasus carousel horse! I've coloured it with Promarkers, and glittered the wings and hooves. My sentiment is also from Whimsy Stamps (Raindrop Echo).
I've used some flourishy pink and spotted blue paper from Papermania's Henbury Lane collection, some blue vellum which has been stitched with silver thread, a ribbon with heart-shaped brad (that's been hanging around the drawer forever), and some die cut flowers with gems.

Challenges:
Ooh La La Creations #73 - For Someone Special
Pollycraft #80 - Special Birthday
Sketch & Stash #55 - Sketch & neglected heart ribbon brad, so old I forget where it's from!
Oldie But A Goodie #12 - Add a Heart
Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz
Top Tip Tuesday #22 - All Stitched Up - My top tip for stitching by hand like this is to plan your stitches first before making holes, otherwise you may end up with your loose ends in the wrong place, or uneven stitching!
Charisma Cardz #6 - Mythical/Fantasy (2nd entry)
Cute Card Thursday #151 - Hearts & Flowers
Paperplay #6 - Hearts & Flowers but not Valentine's
Sundays with Crissy February - It's all about Love

Twilight Calendar!

Here's something I made for my cousin's teenage daughter - she's a big Twilight fan (as am I) and I only just managed to give this to her as a present as I was actually quite pleased with how it turned out:

I've used a chipboard star shape as my base, and the black & white paper is from a Dovecraft paper pack.
For Edward I have used "Flirty Edward", and Bella is "Camille" from The Greeting Farm. Both are coloured with Promarkers, and Edward is sparkling as he always does! The Sparkles sentiment is from Create with TLC (it's always perfect for Twilight cards!) I've distressed the edges with black ink to give it a bit of a shadowy feel!

Challenges:
Simon Says - Anything but a card
A Spoon Full of Sugar #139 - Anything but a card
Charisma Cardz #6 - Mythical/Fantasy
Creative Inspirations #53 - Distress
Creative Craft Challenge - Card/project for a teen

Christmas Crafting!

I bought the Papermania Henbury Lane Poinsettia ultimate decoupage pack the other day, and here's  the easel card I've made with one of the decoupage scenes:

I've used the green, red & white spotted/striped paper from that collection, and the dark red leaf pattern paper, the strip of stars, and the sentiment. I punched some holly using a Dovecraft punch, and the snowflake charm is from Mad Cow Beads.

Challenges I'm entering:
Charisma Cardz #39 - Christmas Crafting
A Spoon Full of Sugar #123 - Spots & Stripes
ABC Challenge - E is for Easel cards
Creative Inspirations #80 - Christmas in September
Winter Wonderland - Holly, red & green
Card Patterns #83 - Sketch
One Stop Craft #99 - Snowflakes in September
Totally Gorjuss #49 - Christmas
Pile It On #38 - Cute & Charming

You'll Never Walk Alone!

So Dad asked me on Friday if I could make a card for his work mate who supports Liverpool Football Club. I trawled through craft forums, and eventually found a very cleverly created backing paper & decoupage topper. I added a few football peel-offs and that was that!

Challenges I'm entering:

Incy Wincy Designs #61 - Anything Goes
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #85 - Celebration
Charisma Cardz #38 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time # 32 - Anything Goes

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

DADDY DON'T LOOK!!!

I'll do all the chatting at the top of this post, so that if Dad's having a snoop on my blog (he does that, you know), he'll realise NOT TO LOOK at this card - it's my card to him for Father's Day!

I've used a House Mouse image called "With all my heart" to fit in with their latest Sweets challenge, coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment was from Charmed Cards & Crafts - I thought it was perfect for a Father's Day card. Both the stripy & spotted blue & white paper are from Papermania's Henbury Lane collection, with the spotted paper backed onto a strip of card punch with the MS scallop punch. I added a ribbon, 3 brads & a peel off to embellish!

So, here's the picture - last chance to look away DAD!!!

And a close up of the image:

Challenges I'm entering:

Cardmaking & Papercraft Sketch

House Mouse & Friends #71 - Sweets

Cards For Men #12 - Father's Day

Creative Craft Challenge #15 - For the man in your life

Simon Says Challenge - 1 image, 2 patterned papers, 3 types of embellishment

C.R.A.F.T #54 - Father's Day

Charisma Cardz #23 - Spots & Stripes

One Stitch At A Time # 16 - Boys to Men

Another Forever Friends Wedding card!

My Aunty is getting married 2 weeks tomorrow, and here's the card I have made for them:

As they've been together for ages I decided not to go for a proper "bride and groom" picture, but instead the celebrating bears! The rose paper & sentiment are also from the FF kit (as are the little roses I've cut out - they were around the decoupage die sheet). Then I've just added some heart embellishments with gems on, and a ribbon attached by a heart ribbon brad thingy!! Oh, and it's another diamond top card - I love them!

Really excited about the wedding now (seems to be the season for it), especially as Mum and I are going up a day early to take the cake that Mum has made - I'll put pics on at some point as it is BEAUTIFUL!!

Challenges I'm entering:

Crafty Creations #68 - Encouragement/Celebration

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge#51 - Birthday/Celebration

Charisma Cardz #20 - 3D

Paperplay Challenges #20 - Wedding Celebrations

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Here is the first card I've made using my lovely blog candy from Jacque! The images are from the Flowersoft Moments in Time "Best Friends" set - have a look at the blog hop for more samples!

It's also the first diamond top card I have attempted - I am quite pleased that it stands up! The images are all coloured with Promarkers, and I've added some flowersoft to the main image around the grass and on the teddy bear!!

Challenges I'm entering:

Passion for Promarkers #51 - Strawberries & Cream (the cake)

Creative Cottage #10 - Fancy Folds

Charisma Cardz #19 - Sweet Treats

Cute Card Thursday #112 - Someone Special

Just Cute Bears #16 - Multifold Card

Tilda in Pink!

Another stamp coloured with my new Promarkers (I have Lilac, Pastel Pink, Dusky Pink and Apple so far).

I've used 2 papers - the one Tilda is on is from my Forever Friends decoupage pack, and the other is from the Dovecraft Glamour prints pack, with its lovely butterflies and flowers. I scalloped the edge using a Martha Stewart punch. The wire "Sarah" was made by yours truly, and the sentiment is a rub-on from somewhere! Then just a Papermania flower, a brad and a stripe of glitter.

Challenges I'm entering:

Sir Stampalot #2 - Butterflies & Blossoms

Die Cut Dreams #46 - Tilda in Pink

Creative Craft #12 - Blooming Marvellous

Charisma Cardz #17 - Girly with flowers

Cute Card Thursday #110 - Make Your Own

Secret Crafter Saturday #81 - Friendship

Little Flower Girl

Here's a card made using the little Flower Girl from Karensdoodles. She's so cute with her little bunch of flowers and her hat - just right for the start of Spring!

I've used some green & pink striped paper from a magazine pack, and some pink paper from a Papermania pack. The flowers are from Papermania Capsule Verde collection, and I've used a little pink brad to secure them. Then just a few gems to finish it off, and a peel-off sentiment.

Challenges I'm entering:

ICS #61 - Sketch

Karensdoodles UK #5 - 3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image

Quixotic Paperie #20 - Flowers

Charisma Cardz #14 - Thank You

The Pink Elephant #61 - Nature

More Wings of Hope

Completely forgot to post this card I made at the weekend! So here it is now:

I've used the Wings of Hope digital stamp (and made it small!!), coloured with Whispers pens. The paper is from a magazine pack, and I've just added some new flowers I received in a blog candy with a brad in the centre, some gems, and a rub-on sentiment!

Challenges I'm entering@
Sketch & Stash #32 - Sketch
Pollycraft Monday #38 - Anything Goes
Sir Stampalot April Challenge - Fantasy
Charisma Cardz #13 - Animal Magic (2nd entry)
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle #34 - Wings

Pickles & Onion!

Here is the first card I've really made with an image I've properly stamped myself!! It's a Pickles & Onion stamp coloured with Whispers pens, and I've used our new nesties to cut & emboss the scalloped circle. The two paper designs are Papermania, and then just a pink ribbon and 2 eyelets to finish it off!

Challenges I'm entering:
Card Patterns #57 - Sketch
Papertake Weekly - Open Theme#
Charisma Cardz #13 - Animal Magic
Pile It On #12 - Animal-riffic