Wishing you a furry Happy Birthday

I really love this little Forever Friends Bear... so versatile and great for practising my colouring!

Supplies:-
Image: "Daisy Bear" from Forever Friends, coloured with Promarkers
Paper: Cloisonne paper pack from GCD
Tools: Nellie die
Embellishments: checkered ribbon

Challenges:-
Passion for Promarkers #146 - Cut it out
Inky Impressions Challenge #55 - Happy Birthday
Crafter's Companion #23 - Four-legged Friends
Paper Sundaes #117 - Let's get cute
Creative Card Crew #9 - Ribbon

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

Mum & Dad Inky Impressions Anniversary!

Here's the double stepper card (I think that's what it's called) I made for Mum & Dad's Anniversary last week. We went to Cornwall, so I thought the lighthouse was quite apt, and thought I'd go for a slightly cute-funny card!!

Supplies:
Images: "Rock 'n Roll Donnie" and "Zoe's Dress Up Day" from Inky Impressions, the lighthouse is from CocoDingo, all coloured with Promarkers.
Papers: Papermania "Love" paper pack - spotted and stripy paper
Embellishments: Heart brads, peel off hearts, glamour dust.

Supplies:
Inky Impressions Challenge #25 - Shaped cards
Creative Inspirations #130 - Let's Celebrate
Crafts and Me #53 - Stripes
Papertake Weekly - Creature Comforts
Cute Card Thursday #182 - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss #98 - Nothing square about me!
Creatalicious Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Happy House-Mouse Anniversary!

It was Aunty Marilyn & Brian's first wedding anniversary at the weekend, so I made them a little card. They found the HM image funny and were trying to decide who was which mouse!

Supplies:
Image: "Olive a Party" from House-Mouse Designs, coloured with Promarkers.
Paper: Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose Collection
Tools: XCut border punch system & glasses/heart punch
Embellishments: Ribbon (hand-tied bow) with curls stuck in place with glue. Sentiment from Forever Friends die-cut sheet. Glitter on tape underneath border punch for sparkly background!

Challenges:
Crafts & Me #37 - Punch It Out
Inky Impressions  #16 - Shine On
C.R.A.F.T #105 - Wedding/Love
Craft Us Crazy #9 - Love/Remembrance
Cupcake Craft #145 - Things with tails
Pollycraft Monday #96 - Love & Marriage
I Love Promarkers #68 - Sparkly Bling
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Rock Idol!

I've made this card for my cousin's son - I always struggle with boy cards, but this manga image was perfect!! I also had an idea to use the mirri board & circle die as a sort of CD/stage?? Love the colours it throws off in the light!

Supplies:
Image: "Rock Idol" by Sugar Nellie, coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment: "You Rock" from Digi Doodle Shop
Paper: Freebie from a magazine, black paper from Dovecraft, everything backed onto mirri board card!
Tools: Nellie's multiframes Circles.

Challenges:
The Sugar Bowl #57 - Sketch
Cupcake Crafts #136 - Comedy Rocks
Creative Inspirations #106 - Punches & Dies
Inky Impressions #12 - Die Cuts
Crafty Ann's Challenge #38 - Raise a smile
Fussy & Fancy Challenge - Card for a Child
Stamp Something - Sassy Circles

Good Luck in Green!

Well, it's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow. Lliving near Cheltenham, home of the Gold Cup (aka Cheltenham Festival) I know there will be a lot of Guiness-drinking leprechauns around! Was hoping to go to the races myself, but didn't get around to finding a ticket in time, so I suppose I'll just watch it on the tv. I thought this card was perfect to celebrate!

Supplies:

Images: "Good Luck Frame" from Create with TLC (printed over the paper)

Paper: The green shamrock paper is from a Papercraft Inspirations download.

Embellishments: Chipboard shamrock, inked green & decorated with gems.

Challenges:

Sentimental Sundays #46 - Let's Go Green

One Stop Craft #122 - Clean & Simple

Allsorts Challenge #94 - Luck o' the Irish

Meljen's Designs #49 - Green

Inky Impressions - Monochromatic

Fab n Funky #64 - Going Green/St Patrick's Day

Papertake Weekly - Trio-tastic (three shamrocks)

Creative Card Crew - Green

Bee Crafty Challenge #18 - Festival

First Twisted Easel Card!

Well, I've seen everyone else having a go at these twisted easel cards, so I thought I'd give it a go - after a bit of puzzling over which way up to stick the image, I finally worked it out!
This is a card for someone who I won't name as it will spoil the surprise, but it is a thank you for something!! I thought I'd go for a bright, flowery theme as it's Spring, even though it's really miserable and gloomy outside!

Supplies:
Images: Miss Anya with Flowers from The Greeting Farm, coloured with Promarkers, "Thank You" from Raindrop Echo Designs
Paper: My Mind's Eye - Summer
Tools: Nestabilities Blossom die
Embellishments: Flowers & brads

Challenges:
Sir Stampalot March - Spring is in the air
Creative Craft Challenge - Thank You
Top Tip Tuesday #24 - Favourites - I think easel cards are my fave style, and I love my nesties!
Inky Impressions - Easel card
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Challenge - Easel card

Tilda with Flowers!

Here's Dad's card for Mum, but obviously he didn't make it!!

It's "Tilda with 3 Flowers", coloured with Promarkers, backed on "Pink Petticoat" Vintage Rose collection paper, with some lovely flowers and a ribbon. I've inked all round the edge of the card and the sentiment.

Challenges:
Just Magnolia #93 - Sketch
Bunny Zoe #9 - Spring Flowers
Totally Tilda #16 - How Does Your Garden Grow?
Craft Your Passion #45 - Pink
Creative Cottage #33 - Fabulous Florals
Inky Impressions  - Spots & Stripes

Pocket Card

I used these instructions by Beate Johns (found on Splitcoast Stampers - click to go direct to tutorial). I didn't quite stick to the embellishment, but will do another at some point like the one Beate has made.

This is a thank you to all of the lovely people at the veterinary practice I have just finished locum-ing at. They have been very patient and kind while I have made the transition from horses-only to small animal and horse work. I will miss them, but have made some great friends so I will hopefully keep in touch.

I've used a piece of double-sided "g.c.d cloisonne" paper (although it's more like card), and I've coloured my Wild Rose Studio "Girl With Dog" image using Promarkers. Then just a few gems to finish off.

Challenges:

Sir Stampalot February - All Creatures Great & Small (quite apt I thought - girl & her dog, made by a vet!)

Inky Impressions - Sketch