My Dad, My Superhero!

Afternoon all,

How are you today? I hope the weather where you are is better than here - we've had it all, torrid downpour, sleet, snow and brilliant sunshine - it's enough to make you feel quite ill. But thankfully I haven't needed to go out today and so I could concentrate on making my dad's birthday card.

I knew back at the start of January that this little image of Mo's was going to make a reapperance on my dad's card - he's just too darn cute! This time I coloured him with my watercolour pencils and mounted him on an oval background which I coloured in using chalk inks and glittering up the edges.

The pattern papers, ribbon and buttons are all new stash that I purchased with my gift voucher for winning Crafty Catz challenge a couple of weeks ago. The papers are from a 6x6 My Minds Eye pad called Blink of an Eye.

This is only the second Trifold card I've ever made and I have to admit I don't know why..... its slightly more time consuming making sure all the pieces of paper are the right size and going in the right direction - but it's so rewarding to make. I think this style may crop up a few more times this year.

I would like to enter this into Creative Inspirations and Simon Say's Challenges of Anything Goes and also into Mo's Challenge of - All My Favourite things; mine being - my dad, awsome digi images, mastering a new style and playing with yummy new stash.

That's everything so thanks for dropping by and looking. Whatever else you get up too - Happy Crafting!

I suddenly fancy a cream tea.....

Afternoon all,

No card for me today, as I've been busy making strawberries.... not the edible kind, but it has left me with a strange craving for a cream tea, lol! You may remember back in september I made some strawberry earings - well one of my christmas presents was the matching braclet and knecklace kits. So I've been busy making strawberries galore and this is the final outcome. 

I love it but at the moment I can't face making up the matching knecklace, as it's just so fiddly - I might cry!

But until then I have this little gem to wear and the other kit is safe and sound waiting for me. Not a lot else to share - I'm busy working on a piece of cross stitch as well at the moment, I only started it....oooooh about 6 years ago *hides in shame* maybe i'll get it finished before easter if I keep forcing myself to do a couple of hours a night?!

Until next time, thanks for popping by and happy crafting!

Pretty Pastels

Morning all,

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.

Colours of the Nation

Hello!

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.

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting!

Today, Tomorrow, Always

Morning all,

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.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting

Lost: Mojo - If found, please return

Morning all,

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?!

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting!

In fields of Gold

Evening all,

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.

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting!