How is everyone today? Staying dry I hope?! Today's card is for Truly Scruptious's Challenge - Something Forgotten. Yet again, I've dug out a Magnolia stamp that I haven't used in so long I had totally forgotten I had it. Ooops! I think I need a new stamp filing system so they don't get so overlooked!
This was a birthday card for the fabulous Mina over at Pinkpuds, who I know has recieved it so I can share:
The image and butterflies are coloured with promarkers. The pink circle is coloured with chalk inks. The circles were cut from various papers using a punch and the buttons are from stash. I hope it's just a fun and sweet card - I don't think there's much logic to the layout, I sort of went with the flow of things.
Nevertheless, it is what it is and I hope you like it. Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting.
I'm a bit late posting this morning as I was caught up with a job application, so forgive me. But I'll try not to ramble so we can get straight onto this double challenge card. Allsort's set the challenge of a celebration of nations and Mojo Monday provided the perfect layout for it.
Clearly I am from the UK. I wish I could remember where I got this cute digi from, but I'm failing too, but isn't he just gorgous?! and perfect for this challenge with. I coloured him with promarkers and the wings are stickles (what else?). The pearls are actually pastel blue but the camera's bleached them out. The papers are from an SU pad of papers and the ribbon is from stash.
Its not 100% perfect but it'll do as my mojo is still MIA. I hope you like it though.
How is everyone today? I hope you are all keeping well and staying warm. The weather here has turned from ice to rain. I'd say it was an improvement but the natural light is still awful and I still feel like I'm frowning all the time. Thankfully I didn't need perfect light to produce todays card, which is a request from my best friend has her younger brother has just got engaged to his long term girlfriend. I'm not sure why she wanted a book card, but that is what she wanted and it also had to be in greens as that is the couple's favourite colour.
So this is what came up with for their new beginning - it also gave me a chance to use my fabulous new Marianne D die, that my brothers girlfriend brought me for christmas.
So there we have it. Clean and simple. The sentiment was computer generated and oher than a few gems here and there it was really very simple. The green pattern paper is from a fabulous SU pad of paper and the gems are all from stash.
I would like to enter this into crafty catz challenge of use something new.
Wow! It's cold outside, I think today will be another one for staying inside and hibernating. Maybe that's what my mojo is doing, as it had truly vanished on me yesterday and I really struggled to produce any challenge cards. This is the best of, what can only be called, a terrible batch :S oops
The recipe is simple: Magnolia image coloured with promarkers, Striped paper from K&Co pad, Ribbon from stash, Pips from collection, Sentiment from computer. All in all, very simple and very boring. Not at all happy with it. But not so bad it went in the bin with the others.
Very shamefully I would like to enter this into Simon Says challenge of spots and/or stripes; CRAFT - celebrations and Sketch Saturdays layout challenge.
I apologise now for the poor effort and hope to return to form soon - maybe some baking will help?!
How is everyone today? I do hope you've had a productive day.... mine has been mixed. I started doing some cleaning and reorganising and went to put my Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazines back in order - only to find I was about 6 missing...... hmm?! after scouring the house I found them, 'helpful' hands had mixed them with mums magazines but they hadn't put them all together in a magazine holder - oh no! they were mixed in and spread over 6 different holders..... *sigh* at least they're all back together again.
So having spent far too much time on that and then having an argument with my printer, I really haven't got as much card crafting done I was hoping. Nevertheless, I did manage to get one card done which I would like to enter into three challenges; Passion for Promarkers - Inspired by a Song (fields of gold), Just Magnolia's Sketch Challenge and Stampin for the weekend - Out with the old.
My poor magnolia stamp is one which so rarely see's the light of day so I thought she needed using and as I was colouring I started humming fields of gold and inspiration struck! The image is coloured with promarkers and the wings have stickles, star dust on them. The papers are all so old, I couldn't tell you what make they are and the little leaf button has been in my 'bits and bobs' box for at least 4 years *hides in shame*
So there we have it, I think it worked out really well in the end. I've left it blank for the time being, so I can use it for any occassion that comes up.
So are you excited about Tiddly Inks Blog Hop? I know I am, but if you have no idea what I'm on about, head here to read all about it. But for now - here's my little addition to the fun:
So, the details: I used the exceptionally cute Lillie Claires Lilli's image, which I coloured with my promarkers and them added some stickles and gems to the flowers in her hair. The flowers were made by printing off the faded text extra file from Tiddly Inks Victorian Steampunk collection and then I stamped over them with a SU image before colouring them in with promarkers and adding a pearl. The wording was created by printing text onto spotty paper and being cut out and then the edges lightly sponged over with a purple memento ink pad before being foam mounted.
The sentiment inside was printed off on the computer and reads; "Friends like you don't grow on trees, I know that this is true. But if friends were flowers, there is no doubt how quickly I'd pick you". Both the sentiment and pink paper were cut on my friskers board and finished with another flower, as on the front.
That's it, thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
How is everyone today? I'm afraid I don't have a card for you, but I've uploaded quite a few recently so if you're not up to speed, please check in on some of the earlier posts and feel free to comment. I love reading all your messages - they give me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside!
So, as i'm not sharing a card with you I really wanted to share this new product that i've seen and fallen in love with and i'm obsessed! I want one so badly!
Smash Folios.
They're a great product by K&Co and can be used as a journal, a notebook, a design book, mood board, memory book, scrapbook, photobook - the sky and your imagination is your limit!
I stumbled across these as I was looking for a travel journal for my cruise later this year. I wanted to make sure I captured everything in a fun and unique way and I think this is the answer - but now I want one to journal my year in as well.... oh temptation! terrible really as I can't really justify buying anything but essentials at the moment - what with the lack of income and everything, but oooh I want.... especially this pretty pink one!
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to drool over it in my dreams - if any of you have one, I'd love to see what you've done with it, especially the smaller version.
