Something A Little Different

Thought I'd better blog this before it gets too old! I keep forgetting if I've blogged something or not, so I'm gonna have a look through and see what I've missed.

This is to start...

You may remember that my cousin got married a couple of weeks ago, well I had in my head that I wanted to make something for wrapping the present so it would match my card - something to attach the tag to rather than just sticking it onto the present. My original idea wouldn't work as the present I ended up buying was too big, so I came up with this...

It's made using a piece of A4 card and papers to match the card. I'm still not sure if I really like it or not, but at least it adds a bit of interest to the plain red wrapping paper!

You can't actually tell from any of the pictures that I took, but it wraps around to the back, folding right over the corner. I attached my previously made tag to it and covered the hole with a wee heart.

Here's the whole set including the box for the card.

I'm entering this into 2 challenges...

The Alphabet Challenge Blog are on P for Punches - I used a scallop edge punch from Stampin' Up!.
And new challenge blog, Craft Your Days Away are looking for your favourite things. Well in this we've got 2 favourite things - Love and pressents!!

I hope you liked it, thanks for dropping by!

I DO still know how to work this thing!

Hello everyone, I'm back!

I can't believe it's been 4 months since I posted anything! All I can say is that I've had the longest case of total crafters block ever! But it's slowly been coming back to me and over the last few weeks I've actually made a few cards! So, I thought I might ease myself back into the blogging world too.

And what better way than with a challenge! My friend Andria is a guest designer for the next couple of weeks on the Alphabet challenge blog, so I thought I'd show my support and enter it this week. The challenge is L for lace.

My cousin is getting married at the end of the month and lace and weddings are meant to be together!

So here's my card

I used the gorgeous stamp from the greeting farm coloured with copics.

Another challenge for me was colouring the darker skin tone, I'm afraid I'm not used to doing that so I'll have to practise a bit more.

I'm afraid I have no idea what brand the papers are - I've had them for ages and there was no name written on them.

This is the inside, complete with a little pocket for the gift (money!)

I have since made a box to go along with it, but haven't taken a picture of it.

I hope you like it, thanks for dropping by!

Christmas Carols

Another Christmas card to add to my collection

For this one I used the fab image by Mo Manning at Mo's Digital Pencil.
I coloured it with...you guessed it, my promarkers!

The papers are Stampin' Up! Merry Moments.
The sentiment circle is a download from Pollycraft, also coloured with pm's.

Challenges...
Cupcake craft - Red and Green (Ok, so I've a lot of brown too, but there is red & green!)
And Stamp with fun - xmas.

Thanks for looking

Merry & Bright

Another christmas card.

I used my promarkers (and my one and only copic!) to colour this gorgeous Kraftin Kimmie stamp. The papers are Imaginisce Polar Express.

I used a snowflake shaped button from my stash and some wire to make the swirls along with some very thin slivers of paper to make the twirly bit at the side (that is in fact the technical term "twirly bit"!) and I added a swarovski crystal bead to the wire and also some stickles on the buttons and trim on her skirt for a bit of glam!

I didn't follow any particular sketch for this (for a change!) but it does fit a few other challenges:
The Pink Elephant - to use your favourite colouring medium (which is at the moment my promarkers but I'm hopefully getting some copics for christmas! I'll still love my PM's though!)
The Cuttlebug Spot - Winter (I used the snow embossing folder - don't know what you call it but it's the one that looks like falling snow - on the blue band across the middle of the card.)
And Papertake Weekly - Christmas crackers (It's a christmas card!)

I think I'll never be finished my christmas cards on time - I added another one to my collection last night bringing my total to 10, so only another gazillion to go!

I'll be back tomorrow with another one and I have full intentions on keeping up the WOYWW pics!

Thanks for looking!

Holly's birthday card number 2!

This is the card I made for Holly from myself.

And guess what?? It's an easel card! My first atempt at one and I have to say, I love them! They're so easy to make but look so impressive!

I coloured Tilda with my PM's

Papers are Basic Grey "Nook and Pantry" which I thought went really well with the big magnolia bun!!

I followed Mina's fab sketch at Just Magnolia - I thought I'd make use of it saying as I met Mina at the craft show in Belfast last week! It was great to meet someone from blogland. Plus I spent a fortune!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Holly's Birthday Card

It was my gorgeous wee niece's 1st birthday on sunday. And of course I was still making her cards on saturday night!!

I made this card from my mum & dad - her grandparents

I used a Gorjuss girl coloured with my pm's.

The paper is Basic Grey (I think it's call lemonade).
I got the sparkly "1" from Joanna Sheen's online shop and the other bits are from my stash. The sentiments are computer generated.

And this is the inside

It fits 2 challenges
1. the sketch from Stamp Something
2. Glitz and bling from Basic Grey Challenges

Thanks for dropping by everbuddies!

A card for fun

This is the first card I've been able to make just for fun in ages!

For this one I followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers

This is my card

I love this scrummy Miss Anya stamp and she was the first image I coloured the day my brand new promarkers arrived!

Her skin looks like I didn't colour it at all, but it is just quite light.

The butterfly is from my local craft supplier and I think it's actually meant to be a christmas decoration as I had to remove a clip from the bottom. I bought loads of them so expect to see them again!!

The papers are Basic Grey from the Scarlet's letter pad.

This is the inside

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by

Sketch and Stash

I loved the sketch this fornight on Sketch and stash

So I thought I'd use it for a forum friends birthday card - and a big birthday it was too!!

Here's my card

My new stash is the gorgeous Miss Anya stamp and the blingy "50". My old stash is the Basic Grey Porcelain paper.

I coloured Miss Anya with my promarkers

And I made the flower with various punches and nesties.

Here's the inside

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by!

Get well soon

I had the need for 2 get well soon cards, with little time to make them so I decided to make them both the same. They were for my friend who recently had an operation and my mum who had lazer surgery on her eyes for the second time after the procedure didn't work properly the first time.

I followed the sketch at The Pink Elephant

And here is my card

The image is Magan from Whipper Snapper coloured with my promarkers

Papers are from the bloom and grow set from My Mind's Eye.

This is the inside

The first one has been delivered and hopefully the other one will be delivered tomorrow evening.

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by.

Happy 2nd Birthday Ryan!

Yesterday was my wee nephew's 2nd birthday - I can't believe he's 2 already! Where has the time gone?!
He loves loads of different characters (some I've never heard of!) But one of his favourites is Brum!

Here's my card

I used the sketch from this weeks Friday Sketchers

I found this digi stamp at Mo's Digital Pencil and thought it was perfect for him! I added the word "Brum" myself. And I coloured it with my trusty promarkers.

I stitched around each mat with my sewing machine.

It also fits the challenge at The Corrosive Challenge blog, which is to make a kids birthday card.

Papers are from the Basic Grey Cupcake paper pad. Sentiments are computer generated.

Here's the inside:

When Ryan tore the envelope off he was so excited to see Brum and tried to take it off the card!! Good thing I had done the decoupage the night before, so the glue gel was well and trully hardened!

I hope you liked it - thanks for dropping by!