Fairy Pom Pom

Another of the LOTV images came out today....guy I work with has a daughter who is 11 tomorrow so he wanted a card for her. I had a go at colouring her with just the blender and one colour for her dress and am quite pleased with how she looks...a bit more practise needed but he seemed to like it lol. I used some glamour dust on her pom pom bits too but they haven't shown up too well on the pic. I followed the sketch on sketch n stash to make it a bit easier for myself (see below).

And this is the sketch :

Recipe :
Border - Martha Stewart PATP Eylet Lace.
Backing Paper - My Momenta Hidden Hues Tranquil.
DP - Sorry was a freebie ages ago and can't for the life of me remember where from.
Ribbon - From Stash
Hearts/Bling From Stash
Image - LOTV Pom Pom
Scalloped Circles - Spellbinders
Leaves - Spellbinders Foliage
Flourish - Marianne Creatables.
Flowers - Hobbycraft/Boyes.

 I'm entering it in the following challenges :
Sketch And Stash - Challenge 81
Ladybugs Crafts - Spring Is In The Air
Crafts And Me - Challenge 72 - Shades of Spring
Diva's By Design - Challenge 23 - Bling It Up
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 205 - Winged Things
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge 104 - Ribbons and/or Bows

Happy Birthday!

Afternoon all! Not very bright here in Hull at the moment, looks like we might get a wee bit of the wet stuff! Hope you all had a great weekend, bingo again on Friday night and came away £140 richer!, which was rather good as I was feeling a bit guilty cos I'd bought some of my favourite Lili Of The Valley stamps last week lol. Spent Saturday doing some colouring and as I had a birthday card to make for my nephew thought it was the perfect opportunity to use one of my new images. This is the result

Recipe : Base Card - From Stash
Loops - Martha Stewart PATP Ribbon Loops
Backing Paper - The Clipart Fairy
Image - Lili Of The Valley - Oops - Coloured with Promarkers, edges inked with Distress Ink Faded Denim
Green Dots - Candi Dots

 I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Creative Card Crew - Masculine
Crafty Catz - Challenge 120 - Favourite Things
Allsorts - Challenge 120 - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - 108 - Birthdays

Valentines Card

Well at last all the snow is going! Drove down to Ipswich on Saturday and although there wasn't a lot of snow/ice enroute there was freezing fog in Lincolnshire and I not likey lol. Made it there and back in one piece though and think Stepdaughter was happy with her 18th birthday pressies....and I enjoyed the champagne hehe so it was worth it.

Back to normal today and as it's the 13th thought I'd better get a card made for Hubby for tomorrow. Old faithful Tatty Ted was put to use again and a bit of faux stitching just cos I like it!

Recipe :
Red Background card - From Craft Outlet at Spalding.
Backing Paper - Made By Me in Docrafts Digital Designer.
Image/Sentiment - Me To You Especially for you CD - Image and mat cut with Spellbinders Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle.
Card Candi - From Goody bag swap.
Faux stitching around the edge.
Heart Border - Martha Stewart Punch.
Ribbon - From bargain bag in stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Cards For Men - Challenge 4 - Valentines Day/Love
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge 84 - Be My Valentine
Diva's By Design - Challenge 21 - Love Is In The Air
Simon Says - Love Is In The Air
Truly Scrumptious - Challenge 73 - Love And Hearts
Paper Play - `12 Week 6 Love Letters
Crafty Catz - Challenge 119 - Valentine's
Fussy & Fancy - Challenge 56 - With All My Heart
Lexi's Creations - Challenge 58 - Love
CD Sunday - L is for..........

Birthday Bear

Morning all! It's a wee bit chilly here in Hull today (was -2 on the car display when I left for work at 8am this morning!!). At least it's warm here in the office lol. Nephew and his girlfriend are both back from Australia now and it's her mum's birthday soon so she's asked me to make her a card. Got the FF Black and Gold CD free with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine so couldn't wait to have a play, this is what I came up with (sorry for the squint - I haven't had a drink...honest!) :

Recipe :
Decorative Edge - Martha Stewart PATP Eylet Lace
Beige Card - Bazzill Bling Blank Check
Backing Papers/Image - Forever Friends Black And Gold CD
PAIR of Flowers - From Stash
PAIRS of Diamante - Papermania Mosaics (Tiger Eye)
Die Cut Shape - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 10

I'm entering this card into the following Challenges :
ABC Challenge - I for In Pairs
Colour Create - Challenge 89 - Light and Dark Browns with White and/or Cream
Secret Crafter - Challenge 170 - Ribbons
Creative Craft Challenge - Bingo - Ribbons/Brown/Flowers
Divas By Design - Challenge 20 - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Diva's - Challenge 50 - Anything Goes

Love N Stuff

Afternoon all, hope you're having a good Saturday. Been in town this morning to spend some bingo winnings! lol. Treated myself to some new dies from Carole's Crafts - Big Shot at work so will have to wait till Monday to have a play. My card today is a start on cards for Valentine's Day. Hubby usually gets me to make some for the lads he works with so thought I'd be prepared this year lol.

Recipe for this card :
Green Card - Co-ordinations.
Backing Papers - Can't remember the name of them as these have been in my stash for a while.
Round Die Cut - Pearlescent Paper cut using a Marianne Creatable Die.
Shaped Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels 15.
Sentiment Handmade on PC.
Image - LOTV preprinted topper.
Flowers/Ribbon - Hobbycraft.
Pearls - Free gift with C&C Carousel.
Pin - Handmade by me for this card.

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:
Cupcake Crafts - Challenge 176 - All You Need Is Love
Sketch N Stash - Challenge 79 - Julie's Sketch
Anything Goes - Challenge 59 - To The One I Love
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Colour Create - Challenge 88 - Pink & Green
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 201 - You're A Gem
Moving Along With TheTimes - Challenge 133 - Blooming Marvellous.

Butterfly Birthday

One of the orders I had this week was for one of the girls I work with who requested a card for her MIL this week for her birthday with the instructions "She likes Purple and Butterflies" hence this card (which turned out rather nice even if I say so myself lol) Think I'm caught up again now! :

Card Recipe :
Backing Paper/Image - Forever Friends Collectors Edition CD. (Image flowers sparkled with Glamour dust).
Circle Die Cut On Big Shot Using Spellbinders Nestabilites Scalloped Circles.
Small Butterflies - Using punch and lilac pearescent paper from stash.
Large Butterfly - Using punch and pealescent paper from stash with overlay of glittered vellum from Papermania Glitter embossed dots.
Sentiment - Hand typed then cut using Spellbinders nestabilities circles.
Corners cut using Martha Stewart punch around the page vintage floral.
Silver peeloffs from stash.
Gems - From Stash

I am entering my card in the following challenges :
Anything Goes - Challenge No. 58 Anything Goes At Anything Goes
ABC Challenge - H Is For Happy Birthday
Flutterby Wednesday Challenge 186
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 1 Happy 3rd Birthday Charisma
Alphabet Challenge Blog - You Can Choose
Lexis Creations - Challenge 56 Anything Goes

Happy New year

Hello Everypeeps and Happy New Year to you all! Hope you all made very Merry over the festives. Been back at work for a week now....and I'm ready for another holiday. Had a few cards to make this week, two for a 40th for a lad at work and some other bits and pieces so can safely say I'm into the swing of that again too! Might even get round to sorting out a challenge card or two this week if things quieten down! lol.

Can't really give recipes for these cards as the bits are from everywhere!! Included in that are my old faithful cd's. Some backing papers from PM ranges. Shapes cut with Nesties in Big Shot and also some Martha Stewart PATP punches. Also used a couple of the toppers from the Me To You Mix and Match Range. They are £1 each at the Range but they have them on 3 for 2 at the moment!.

Christmas Card For Bestest Friend!

Was at a loose end today (so what's new when the boss is away lol) so decided to do the card for my best mate. Cheated a bit and went through all the blog challenges and made the card to suit. Am well chuffed with how it came out - even if I do say so myself!

Recipe : Patterned & Backing Papers -DCWV Holiday Collection and Dovecraft Noel Premium Paper Pad
Edge - My new MS PATP Aspen inked with new Tim Holtz Distress Ink Victorian Velvet
Red Pearls - Free with C&C Carousel  (stash)
Large Snowflake - Cut with Cricut, glittered with Hobbycraft Irridescent Glitter
Small Snowflakes - Cut outs from PATP
Ribbon - Papermania Classic Christmas (stash)
Tree - Spellbinders Foliage edged with white gel pen then glued and Hobbycraft Irridescent Glitter added
Circles - Spellbinders Classic Circles & Classic Scalloped Circles
Sentiment - Free From Internet
Image - First inking of new Lily Of The Valley Stamp Christmas Bears Bird Table Coloured with Promarkers & glittered with Glamour dust.

I'm going to enter this one into

Sketch N Stash Challenge 75
I Love Promarkers Challenge 93 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
Tuesday Throwdown - 75 Lots of Circles
ABC Challenge - D For Dazzle
Truly Scrumptious - Challenge 70 Christmas with Pearls or Vintage
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 46 Snowflakes
Lili Of The Valley - Week 122 Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge 94 Christmas

Another Batch Finished!

Morning all, looks like it might be quite a nice day here in Hull today. Had a play yesterday and managed to get another load off the Christmas Card list. These cards are all done the same (to make life a little easier! lol) but have used a different snowman on each card (there are 11 in total).

Recipe :
A6 Cards from stash
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Winter Village (think now discontinued!).
Sentiment - Done on Open Office using Ariel and Aquarelle fonts.
Snowmen - The Clipart Fairy HERE  and HERE
Tiny Snowflakes - The bits left after using MS PATP Aspen.

Tatty Christmas

Nephew asked me to make a card for his girlfriend yesterday. He picked the image, I recoloured it in Docrafts Digital Designer to match the colour of the papers....his girlfriends favourite colour is purple. Got to use my new MS punch too!

Recipe :
Base Card (for matting and layering) - from stash.
Patterned Papers - Both from DCWV Rose Tinted Christmas.
Image - Me To You CD recoloured.
Flourish - Quickcuts Flourish Die Antique.
Snowflakes - Cut with Cricut then put through Xyron Sticker Maker and glittered with Hobbycrafts Glitter. Sentiment - Freebie from When The Scrap Hits The Fun.
Outer Edge - MS PATP Aspen.