DP2 Challenge #6 - Shades of Grey

This weeks challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil was Shades of Grey - well this seemed an appropriate card to make today given the overcast weather and constant rain - what gloom!

I used bye-bye and coloured her with watercolours and then highlighted using the matching non-watercolour pencils. The ovals were cut using my Fiskars board and the flowers and lettering on my Cuttlebug. All papers and gems are from stash.

I can't say that I overly like this card but hey - we live and learn.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting! xx

An Award - Thanks!

Thanks Coops!

Now then - 10 things that make me happy:

1. 
   
   A good cup of tea - strong and white
2. 
   
   My internet friends - you never fail to cheer me up
3. 
   
   Crafting - though thats a given surely
4. 
   
   Reading - nothing like a good book to ignore the world with
5. 
   
   My bed
6. 
   
   My tapemeasure shoes - even though they're a nightmare to walk in!
7. 
   
   A payslip - sad, but it means i can buy new crafting supplies lol
8. 
   
   My family
9. 
   
   Surprise post - I love getting things i'm not expecting
10. 
    
    Walking with my dad's camera and getting some decent photos

Now to pass this award on:- so hard, you're all fab.....normally i'd put coops here - but as you gave it to me, seems silly - but just to let you know I would give this to you too....

So the ladies i'd like to give this too are:

1. 
   
   Aunty Sue
2. 
   
   Mina (Pinkpuds)
3. 
   
   Jodi
4. 
   
   Jess 
5. 
   
   Mandy

Have a great day and happy crafting x

New Baby Card

So this is one of the many cross stitch projects i've been working on of late - actually it was all done with the exception of the name and date before new years day, but I couldn't really share until it was done.

This was a commissioned piece for a elderly lady I know at church that i've been teaching to craft. She gave me free reign on what I wanted to make - but at the time she asked for it we had know idea if it was a boy or a girl - hence the neutral colours.

The final piece is about 6" square on 14count aida. The card mount is one of only a couple I have left that were specially made for me to make these kinds of cards. Sadly the company that made them for me no longer exists - I don't know what i'll do when they've all gone! Threads are all DMC - my babies! and the feet are a button (which I cut the back off) from a mixed pack I picked up at Hobbycraft.

Thanks for looking. Happy Crafting! x

Blogspots to visit

Ok - i've decided I'm going to spread the blogging love and create a list of site's i've been visiting recently that I think everyone should go and have a look at - to either feel inspired or just to make some new blogging friends. So here they are - I hope you'll go visit at least one of them :)

A sprinkling of glitter is Mandy's beautiful blogspot
Annie's Place - she makes the cutest projects that make me smile
Aunty Sue's little place on the net - one of my oldest crafting friends and a true inspiration
Coops Cluttered Corner - Coops is an old Do-craft friend and her cards are beautiful
Mina - Makes some of the most delicious cards ever
Mo's Digital Pencil - If you haven't seen Mo's creations where have you been?! - go visit!!
Sarahs's Magnolia Blog - this is just her Magnolia creations, you can find her other blog here
Squirrel! Shes not a squirrel (at least i'm 99% sure she's not)
Stampin Mindy She crafts and is more addicted to Twilight than me! brilliant!
Tabby Another old DC'er whose cards I just want for me!

I follow many more blogs and if I don't follow you, become a follower here and i'll sign up with you as soon as I can thereafter. I love all your blogspots, but these are sites I dive to when my Mojo is running low - or when I just want to look at something pretty!

Share the blogging love - if you have sites you'd like to recommend, leave me a comment!

Hope you're all well, take care xx

DP2 Challenge - Colours

Over at Mo's Digital Pencil this week the challenge was to create a card using the following colours:

Well, I don't have those exact shades, but I have a similar colour pallete of papers, so that's what I worked from - I think it's come out well.

I used Mo's Sugar image - isn't she just the sweetest? and tried to keep as much of the image to the colour panel of the challange - but cherries have to be red! and leaves have to be green - you get the idea! lol! The backing papers are all scrapbooking papers I got from WHSmith a while ago. The corners are from a cuttlebug die - ornamental pieces- and the buttons from stash. The edging lines were created using woodware pearl drops - I'm not too sure it worked but hey! you live and learn.

So there we have it! Feedback always welcomed. Happy Crafting! x

Dare U2 Digi Challenge - Buttons

Over at Dare U2 Digi, their challenge for the fortnight has been buttons! I love buttons, great things! Well I have to admit, I wasn't going to enter the challenge - I've been too busy with some cross stitch and interviews and various other bits and bobs, but I then had a sudden need to create a small note card to send to a friend- so I ran this up (in about 20 minutes - the ultimate lazy card :S)

The background is embossed with cuttlebug folder - Spots and Dots, the Image is Mo's Bye-Bye - coloured with watercolours and then highlight with whisper pens. The buttons are from stash - can't remember where I got them, sorry!

Anyway: it's small and I hope sweet - Let me know what you think.

Tilda Birthday Card For Mina - Pinkpuds

Happy Birthday Mina!

So this is the birthday card I made for Mina (Pinkpuds). I tried to make it totally unique from any other design I've done before and I kinda managed.

The image is watercoloured - highlighted with Whisper pens. The Circles all cut using the Fiskars board. Gems and swirls from Stash.

Thanks for looking! Happy Crafting x