Allsorts Challange Card

I was inspired by allsorts challange this week to use up two images i've had coloured in and sat around for an age! So using their beautiful layout, a whole load of old crafting stock and 3 cups of tea later we have :

Same design twice over - both images coloured with watercolours and highlighted with whisper pens. Ovals cut with Friskars board, everything else from stash - I couldn't tell you what the papers are even if I tried i've had them that long lol!

Feedback is, as always welcomed - that includes criticisms!

Happy Crafting! xx

Orange Nights, White days!

So is everyone enjoying our white weather? I have to admit I kind of am, in the 23 years i've been in this world, this is the first time we've really had snow in this scale! However, unlike the kids I have either side of me, I am happy to admire it from the warmth of my room!

However, I thought i'd share a couple of pictures I took - last night at 01:00am I looked out my window and instead of blackness this is what I saw:

Sorry the pictures are a little fuzzy, taking pictures through windows with no flash isn't great. It was just so weird - I know the science behind this event but still......

But then I woke this morning to an even whiter picture and this is the park oppostite my house:

Whatever you're up to in this weather I hope you all stay safe - I recommend staying home and crafting if you can!

Take care xx

Big Hugs

I thought it was about time I played with the stamp - i've only had it the better part of a year - oops. So this is just one of those cards to go into stock, no real reason and it doesn't fit any challanges that I know of.

The image is actually decoupaged, although it doesn't come across very well in this picture. The image is watercoloured and highlighted with whisper pens. All circles cut using Fiskars board and paper, gems, ribbon all from stock.

Feedback is always welcomed.

Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting.

Thanks - Creative Inspirations Challange

So I needed to make some thank you cards and I really wanted to use this cute image by Mo and well.... this is what I came up with - the same card - two colour ways. I can only hope I did the image justice because it really is so adoreable.

The images are watercoloured and then highlighted with my whisper pens; the embossing is from cuttlebug plates and are from a stash I was sent (I don't own these two plates); the remaining paper is from stock - all circles were cut using Fiskars board and outlines. Thank you stamp is ancient - seriously! it was one of the very first I ever had and is/was by personal impressions;dots are using liquid pearls, outlined using whisper pens.

I have entered them into Creative Inspirations Challange for this week.

Thanks for looking -any comments or feedback is welcomed.

Happy Crafting! x

Dad's Birthday Card and Challenge Entry

So I decided to get ahead of the game and start making birthday cards - especially those for the men in my life. The first one I did was for my dad - end of January and I thought i'd enter it into Fussy and Fancy's Friday Challange - the theme was New - so new anything.

In the case of this card - the stamp is new, the background shape (made of two stars) were cut using a new Fiskars board I picked up in the sales and the silver edging peel offs were from a new sheet. Oh! and if we're going to really go all out, the base card is new stock too - although that may be a bit over the top for the idea of 'new'.

I really hate making men's cards and I find it difficult doing something different, so I hope he likes it. All feedback is welcomed. I just have another 12 mens cards to make - oh joy!

Thanks for looking and happy crafting xx

I won!

I'm in shock and a rather giggly state as I found out that I won the Fussy and Fancy Blog Candy! What a way to start the new year! So now I have all this lovely goodies heading my way:

Oooh i'm so excited!

xxx

Cross Stitched Card

First card of the new year! sort of, I actually finished it yesterday I just didn't get round to uploading it. Something a bit different and it's been a while since I did a cross stitch card so I thought i'd dive back in.

I made it for a lady I used to work with who is retiring on her birthday on January 15th! (still need to make the retirement card). I wanted to make something which was a bit more sophisticated and could also be kept afterwards so I thought this was perfect as you could frame it if you wanted to.

As always thoughts and comments are welcomed!

Take care and happy crafting!