The Sweetest Thing!

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all keeping well - I thought I'd make it a hat-trick of song titles for post titles!  I love the U2 song and it actually came on the ipod (set on random) while I was making this card, so even more appropriate this time! lol!

I can't believe that this time 4 weeks we'll be waiting for the big man to make his way down the chimney!  Is anyone else as ready for it as me??  ie. not. at. all.!!!  That's part of the fun of it for me though, the mad panic in the run up and the first half of the day itself and then being able to relax and enjoy the rest of the time!  Did anyone notice that I managed a whole paragraph about a particular subject without actually mentioning the subject?!  But I'm sure you all know what I'm going on about!  Lol!

So another challenge for you today at the Creative Card Crew and our fabulous sponsor for this fortnight is the Scrapping Center!

with a fab $15 dollar prize voucher for one lucky winner!

The challenge we have in store for you this fortnight is...

Sweet Treats!

So make us drool over all the sweets and chocolate and lollies and... oops, I got a bit distracted there!  Here's what I did:

My image is Creepy Cake Twist by The Greeting Farm and I coloured her with the following copics: Skin;E21,13,00,0000,R20. Hair;E49,47,44,43. Dress;G24,21,20, BG01,000,0000, Y17,15,13, R22,21,20, E07,04,33,31. Shadow;W5,3,1.  I wasn't totally happy with my colouring on this one but I was in such a hurry to get it done that it had to do!

The papers I have used are Basic Grey "Nook & Pantry" and the sentiment is computer generated using the font Penshurst.  The fabby yellow skull is a bead and came from my stash along with all the diamantés, oodles of em!

The inside has been done to compliment the front.

And that's my card!  I hope you can join this sweet challenge at the Creative Card Crew - check out what the rest of the DT have done, especially all our newbies - give them a great big lovely welcome!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks; Anything goes
Allsorts; Bring on the bling
Bearly Mine Challenges; Anything goes
Drunken Stampers Challenges; Diner
Moving Along With The Times; Music inspired - The Sweetest Thing by U2!
Oh La La Challenge Blog; Birthday
Paper Crafting Journey; Bling it up

Thanks for looking!
 

The Birthday Train and a Mini Blog Hop!

Morning everyone!

Still cold and wet here in my part of the woods - very cold and wet!  I thought I was gonna need a boat to get home from work yesterday and the bad weather hadn't even hit us then!

I'm not gonna talk about the weather any longer as I've got a bit of a long post for you today!

It's Tuesday morning and that means there's a 50/50 chance of a new challenge with the Creative Card Crew - and guess what?  Today is one of the days when we have a new challenge!

The challenge for the next fortnight is....

Purple!

And the fab sponsor for this challenge is Robyn's Fetish

They are offering a fabby prize of 4 digi's to the lucky winner!

The design team were lucky enough to get to play with some of their fab images and this is what I did:

The Robyn's Fetish image is called Choo Choo Charlie and I coloured it with Promarkers: Aubergine, Slate, Lilac, Forest Green, Lime Twist, Meadow Green, Sky Blue, Arctic Blue, Pastel Blue, Black, Cool Grey 5,4,2,1, Cocoa, Caramel & Sandstone.  Phew!  I added the text to the trailers on the computer before I printed the image and filled them up with some glossy accents and German glass glitter.

And just for fun I made the image into a slider!  Here it is at the start of it's journey..

 And here it is at the end of it's journey!

The papers are Stampin' Up! Cheerful Treat and the ribbon and sparkly brads are also Stampin' Up!  The cloud die is a Memory Box die.

The inside has more or less the same layout as the front and the sentiment is a Wild Rose Studio one stamped with memento ink in Elderberry.

So go have a look on the Creative Card Crew's blog to see the rest of the DT's fab creations!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

By The Cute & Girly; Boys/Men
CRAFT Challenge; Children
Digi Doodle Shop Challenge; Anything goes
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge; Travel theme
I Love Promarkers; Occupations
Oldie But A Goodie; Show us your ribbons
Stamp & Create; Anything goes
The Squirrel & The Fox; Celebrate the occasion
Totally Papercrafts; For a child

And now back to the subject of the Design Team it's time for my first ever blog hop - and it's even a surprise one!

Our lovely teamie Jan only went and got married last week!  She looked so lovely and happy in her gorgeous photo's that the rest of the DT decided to throw a surprise blog hop in her honour and to say a big huge CONGRATULATIONS!

So if you're following the hop you should've landed here from Vicky's blog or if you want to start from the start (which seems like the sensible thing to do!) you can go straight to the Creative Card Crew blog.

Here's a wee card that I've made for the new Mr & Mrs Jan..

I decided to go for a circular card to symbolise the whole never-ending thing!  I used this fabby wedding couple stamp from The Greeting Farm and coloured it with the following Copics: Skin;E21,13,00,0000,R20.  Bride's hair; E55,53,51 Groom's hair;E37,35,33. Dress;E41,40,Y15,13,11,YG13. Suit;110,C10,8,6,5,3.

The papers are by The Paper Company: Wedding Bouquet and Papermania: Vellum paper.  I used a Cheery Lynn Heart to Heart lace doily die and a Magnolia flourish die as well as Spellbinder and Go Kreate circle dies.  Another Wild Rose Studio stamp and Stampin' Up punches for the sentiment and finished it off with some Wild Orchid Crafts pearls.

The inside uses more of the same

So that just leaves me to say another congratulations to Jan and the next stop on the hop is Elisa's blog!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday; A different shape
Divas By Design; Lovely layers
Dream Valley Challenges; Celebrations
My Heart Pieces; Anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop Challenge; Hearts & Flowers
Stamp n Doodle; Anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge; Anything goes

Phew!  I told you it was a long post!  Thanks for sticking with me!

Happy Retirement

My plan to visit everyone on this weeks What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday's list isn't really going to plan.  I figured I could visit some at work every so often so that it wouldn't interfere with my work, but the internet is so slow and has occasionally stopped altogether this week.  And I had intended on visiting loads last night, but that plan was scuppered when I got a phone call from my mum - she and my wee sister were stranded in the big city of Newry with a flat tyre and they needed help.  So I collected my brother and in we went on our rescue mission.  We got her tyre changed and got her home safe and sound (well, I must admit that my brother did most of the work!).

Talking of my mum, one of her best friends is retiring from her career as a nurse.  My mum met her when they were both training to be nurses so they've been friends for a long time.
So my mum wanted a nice card to give to her and she wanted a picture of a nurse on it.  I only have 2 stamps with nurses and one is a bit childish.  So, as you may have worked out by now, I used the other one! :P

Here's my card

I used this cute stamp by The Greetings Farm and I coloured her with my copics (Skin: E13,21,00,0000,R20, Dress: BG09,49,45, Hair: E49,39,35, Others: R39,27,24,YR24,23,YG91,C3,00)
I cut the image out with a circle nestability and matted it on anoter nestie shape (some label or other!) I stuck some nail heads onto the points of the mat.

The papers are from My Minds Eye, Gertie Papers.  I used Antique Linen distress inks to make the white card a more ivory colour and then edged everything with Frayed Burlap distress ink.
The sentiments are computer generated and punched out with a Stampin' Up! tab punch.
I added a diamante swirl for a bit of bling which always goes down well with my mum!
The ribbon is from my stash.

The inside is vaguely following the same layout as the front.  The sentiment on the inside is from the new Postmarks stamp set from LOTV.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday; Sketch
CES Challenges; Check it out
Charisma Cardz; Vintage
Delightful Challenges; Puches & Dies
Divas By Design; Anything Goes
Fussy & Fancy Challenges; Polka Dots
The Poodles Parlour; Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Diamonds or Pearls

Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments!
 

You're Tea-rific!

Morning everyone!
Another fortnight has passed and it's time for another challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog!
We're up to T in the alphabet now and the challenge is....

T for Tea Time!

So anything to do with food and/or drink.

Here's my card

I used the fabby digi "Twisted Tea" from The Greeting Farm and coloured it with copics and Prismacolour pencils.

The papers are from Basic Grey's Kioshi paper pad.  The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie and punched out with Stampin' Up! punches.  The ribbon is from my stash.  I added a few swarovski crystals to the image and a couple to the eyes on the skull charm.

I've carried the gist of the sketch through to the inside, using up the scraps of the papers that were left and the sentiment is a Wild Rose Studio stamp.

So why not scoot over the the Alphabet Challenge Blog and see the rest of the DT's Tea-sers! lol

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Card Positioning System; Sketch
By The Cute And Girly; Anything goes
Charisma Cardz Challenge; Anything goes
Creative Craft World; Add a sentiment
Deep Ocean Challenge; Sweet - Yum!  Sweet cakes and buns!
Simon Says Challenge; Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Blog; Stripes and polka dots

Thanks for looking!

Yee-haw!!

Howdy folks! Up and at it early for me this morning! I’m putting it down to the fact that I’ve recently started drinking tea, but I seem to have a lot more energy lately which is no bad thing!!! Even the smoke alarm that needs a new battery and started tweeting last night didn’t annoy me – and it’s on the ceiling downstairs, right under the floor of my bedroom! I must remember to get a new battery today.

Anyway, I went for a cowgirl theme with this one.

I used a Greeting Farm stamp “Cheeky Shooter” coloured with copics (What else?!) and cut out with a nestie.

I embossed a panel with a starry CB embossing folder which I went over lightly with sand paper to soften a little. Then I cut out some stars, glittered them and triple embossed them with UTE – cos I didn’t have time to wait on glossy accents to dry, but it worked out quite well. The papers are Tim Holtz Retro Grunge. A Whimsey Stamps ticket to finish.

A simple inside with a nestie shape to match the front and another star. The sentiment is a Wild Rose studio stamp.

This card fits the following challenges;

Crafts For Eternity: Colour Recipe

Crafty Creations: Anything goes

Creative Belli Blog: The letter S – Stars

Paper Play Challenges: Anything goes

Paper Sundaes: Happy Birthday

Pear Tree Designs: Stamped image

Scrappy Frogs Challenge: Anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge Blog: Birthdays

Thanks for looking!

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!

My last easel card... for now!

A friend asked if I would make a card for him to give to his wife for christmas - the spec was sparkley and to put her name on it!

So this is what I came up with...

And here's the easel bit..

I used miss Anya and coloured her with my copics (I love saying that!). Mariva has lovely red hair, so I gave Anya red hair too.

I made a snowflake using my spellbinder die and acetate, I coated it with glossy accents and clear glitter and embedded a few swarovski's in it - including a huge one for the centre.

I used spellbinder dies for the computer generated sentiments. Again, I can't remember the name of the papers - I can't wait til I have the internet in my craft room again and I'll have all the info I need at hand, but that'll be in the new year.

I also made a box to put the card in but didn't take a pic.
Plus I made one very similar for my little sister - just changed the wording.

I hope you liked it, thanks for dropping by!

Finally, A Christmas Card!

I actually made this card a while ago, just never got around to blogging it. That doesn't mean to say that I've got loads of christmas cards made - I have a total of 9 now made, and 5 of them are the same design!

This is the one that I have five of, if you get me!

I did follow a sketch, but as it was a while ago, I can't remember which sketch it was.

I do remember that it's miss Anya and I coloured her with my promarkers.



The papers are Basic Grey, Wassail and I think the sentiment came from a Joanna Sheen set - but I'm not 100% on that!
The snowflakes are a spellbinders create a flake and are coated with polar flower soft.

I've decided that as I'm so far behind with my christmas cards that I'm not going to decorate the insides, so hopefully that'll take a bit of the pressure off.

Thanks for looking!

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