Creative Inspiration Challenge Card

Hi Guys!

Are you watching the 6 Nations?! what a start last night! and Italy v Ireland was gripping - shame Italy didn't win, they were the better team I thought today. Oh well, onto France v Scotland - and France are showing why they were champions last year; a tri in under 4 minutes! wow!

Oh well, even with all this fun going on (and I do love some quality rugby) I have actually been busy making cards. This one is for Creative Inspiration's Challenge this week, which is this beautiful sketch:

It was only after I finished that I remembered it was meant to be a sentiment in the bottom right corner - so forgive me for that small error!

The images is a Belles 'n' Whistles stamp called Tania Cooking which I've had for a while but seem to have neglected, I coloured her in using promarkers. The papers are K&Co and a freebie from a magazine. The die cut is one I was kindly sent, embossed using the cuttlebug Script folder. Flowers, buttons and gems are all from general stock.

Think that's just about it. I hope you like it - comments welcomed. I'll be back soon with another challenge card.

Take care and happy crafting! x



Crafty Catz and Crafty Cardmakers

Post number 2 - wow! shocking I know, but there we are. Second post and its a double challenge card for Crafty Catz' Flower challenge and Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge on Water

This beautiful Orchid image is from Just Ink-lined and was coloured using my watercolour pencils and then decoupaged to give the card some depth. I kept the layout really simple as I didn't want to distract from the image. The papers are K&Co, ribbon and gems are from stash.

Thanks for looking! Hope you like it and Happy Crafting x

All you need is love!

Welcome back!

So here's on to the next of my cards this week - much happier with this design which I am entering for Just Magnolia and Hangler's challenge of Going Dotty and Creative Inspirations theme of Valentines/Love.

The image is (obviously) Magnolia, coloured with watercolour pencils. The papers are all K&Co.

Very simple and I hope you agree, very effective! I would love to hear your thoughts

Thanks for looking and happy crafting x

Animal Antics

Evening all,

It's been another busy weekend, a trip to Derby yesterday to see a very dear friend of mine before he moves to Paris for work! and then today, the ever dreaded food shop - which is fine until you have to do the massive hill on the walk back and finally some cooking - i'm in desperate need of restocking the freezer of meals for those days I just can't be bothered to cook or don't have time too..... which seems to be far too often at the moment.

But inbetween all the mayhem I have managed to squeeze in time to make a card - not sure about it - my mojo seems to be on leave at the moment, but I just had to play with my new House Mouse stamps that I got at christmas and this weeks Simon Says challenge is the perfect excuse - Animal Antics...... well those little mice are always up to something!

So onwards with the details - obviously the image is House Mouse, coloured with Promarkers. The card is hand shaped and the backing card from stock. Images are highlighted using stickles glitter and the pips and flowers are from stash - all in all very simple.

I'm just not sure it works.... hmmm, anyway! I'll be back later in the week with more cards (I hope) as I'm trying to get back into things now my evenings are, in theory, less busy.

Hope all are well

Take care and happy crafting! xx

Dad's Birthday Card

Hello! I'm back, I promised I would be, it's just been a somewhat manic first week back at work and I haven't had time until today to get back into the swing of card making. I had to do it today though as I desperately needed to make my dad's birthday card - which fits in perfectly with Allsorts challenge this week of the Male/Boy.

I have to thank some very lovely ladies who have helped make this card possible, by sending me a copy of each of these stamps to play with - you know who you are!

 

So obviously it's all Magnolia stamps - 2010 Bon Voyage Collection- coloured in with Promarkers and highlighted with whisper pens. The lettering is all peel-offs and some off my ever trusty pips! That's about it.

Hope you like it!

Take care and Happy crafting x

Update!

Hi guys,

Just a general update for you todaty - with no real crafting supplies i'll be on hiatus until I'm back with my beloved stash in 11 days time.

Until then, what's been going on? well, I'm doing conservation work on the Staffordshire Hoard at the moment which is a great honour! My current piece is called K356 and will be part of the touring collection :) I'm really enjoying it, although 8 hours with your eyes stuck to a microscope is relatively painful!

Onwards - I'd like to raise your awareness to theft! Yes that's right, property theft! please join me in supporting the cause of stamping out stamp thieves - you can read further details here or here. Please help us to support the artists and support fellow crafters who are doing the right thing. Grab the icon from my sidebar and spread the word!

Finally, i've lost a follower :'( this is a sad turn of events and I hope it isn't due to causing offense to anyone. If I have done anything to upset anyone it wasn't meant, I promise you and please don't just leave, talk to me about it.

For those who are still here and with me, thanks! and as soon as i'm back and crafting, you'll be the first to know, so hang tight!

Take care and thanks for popping by x

Quick Birthday Card

Hi everyone and a very Happy New Year to you all! so did you stay up to see the new year in or did you treat it like any other day? My best friend and I had a girls night in; movies, wine, chocolate and pj's - nothing better :)

Anyway, onwards with todays card which I don't think fits into any challenges - but feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.

It's another birthday card made using my mum's stash, although to be fair, only the blank card base and the punch/cutter were her's this time around - the rest is from the free papers I had in an old magazine - they finally came into use!

Hope you like it - the circles are using the Friskers board, the punch is woodware? (i think - no markings on it) and the sentiment is printed off the computer

Thanks for looking and happy crafting x