3-2-1

2 different challenge blogs this week are using the theme of 3-2-1: Firstly is allsorts challenges, secondly is simon says. Simon says also has a fab blog hop attached to this weeks challenge so go and check it out!

So my recipe is:

3 embellishments - flowers, ribbons and brads

2 papers - spotty and pearl

1 image - tilda with corn

The spotty paper is Pretty Please Spring Papers, the ribbon and flowers were from the blog candy I won from Mina (Pinkpuds) and everything else is from stock.

This is also for my mums birthday at the end of next week - so even if it sucks for the challenge entries I just hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking and happy crafting xx

Keep it simple and add a ribbon!

This weeks challenge at cupcake craft is 'keep it simple' so I decided to use a large image and just play.

So all i did was decoupage this image by cutting out a section from a second stamped image, matting it on black card and mounting it back on with foam pads. I highlighted to dots in the design with pearl drops, double mounted the whole thing on black than pearl - to match the drops and added a ribbon and brad to complete.

I would also like to enter this card for Pink Elephant's challenge this week which is 'ribbons'

Thanks for looking and happy crafting!

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2 Challenges in 1

Back to the land of challenge cards! yay! lol - this one is for DP2 - Pink,white,red & heart and Creative Inspirations - Leftovers

I used the same layout as the sketch and stash # 28 challenge - I just love its simplicity!

 

The image is - obviously - one of Mo's beautiful creations, I just adore this little girl! and was coloured using my whisper pens. The papers are from Pretty Please Spring Papers (which I got free with Cardmaking and Papercraft) and K&Company Citronella pad - which I won in Fussy and Fancy Fridays Candy at the start of the year.  The ribbons are from stash. Everything came out of my oddments box of left overs - The image was a spare that i'd printed up from a previous project and the papers are oddment cut offs. Oooh and I almost forgot - the buttons are from stash too!  

Thanks for looking and happy crafting! xx

I'm back(ish)! - Update on life in general

I'm back(ish) - ish because I have no cards and i'm half dead but back, in so far as access to my baby (that is my laptop you understand)

The interview on Wednesday was a farce and whilst I don't doubt I'll get the job offer - it is nothing like the job advertisement, infact its something a trained monkey could do *sigh* so that's the end of that. But I do have another interview - with English Heritage on 1st March in Bristol, so we shall see what happens there.

I'm working with Pearsons at the moment, they're a computer testing centre - you know, the place you go to do driving theory etc (infact we do over 50 different computer exams but that's another story) but to get into work I have to be out the house by 5:30 - 2 hours of travelling on public transport to be in by 7:30. It's at times like this the idea of getting a car appeals. But without work I can't afford one and I haven't worked enough to buy one - aaah the joys of catch 22.

Anyway - off to catch up on all your lovely blogs. Hope you're all well
xx

Happiness is a state of mind

This is just one of those cards I decided to make to use up some images I have stamped up and sat around doing nothing... I have no idea if this even looks ok any more either - you know when you spend so long on a card just fiddling with it that it just becomes a blur? well thats what happened with this card, but anyway, it's finished now!

The image is decoupages, coloured using my whisper pens. The daisies are from my old trusty punches that I think are woodware and tesco's own (don't quote me on it though). Backing papers are from stock and the pattern paper is from prety please spring paper pad which I got free with february's edition of cardmaking and papercraft. The sentiment stamp is one I got from the NEC last year but it has no company mark on it and I honestly can't recall who I got it from. Swirls are hand drawn and highlighted with whispers again to match the stamp.

Feedback welcomed - thanks for dropping by and happy crafting! xx

That stamp - Update!

Right so remember how I really wanted this stamp? well i'll be getting this stamp...... at the end of march! I emailed Magnolia and asked if they could bring it with them to the NEC in march and they said it would be fine, which is awsome as it means I don't need to pay postage and that equals - the money for another stamp! woop!

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DP2 Challenge #7 - 'wood' or 'would'

This weeks challenge card over at DP2 was the theme of 'wood' or 'would' - well I was going to wait until closer to christmas to use this image but I think it fits the bill almost perfectly.

 

The image is decoupaged, coloured with my brothers promarkers (what he doesn't know can't hurt him - but he may kill me if he ever finds out I touched them) and then highlighted with my whisper pens. The berries are seed beads which I stitched in place and the edge is punched using my martha stewart punch system. Everything else is from stash.

Thanks for looking! Happy Crafting