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A mothers day card

2011-04-02T19:17:00.000+01:00

Hello all just finsihed this card today it is for my sisters and brothers to give to my mum tomorrow for mothers day. Picture is not what you would expect for a mothers day card but trust me she will like this one :)

I followed the sketch on Mojo Monday for this one and used the new papers I bought from quixotic Paperie at the weekend :) the sentiment is computer generated and the image is hand coloured with copic markers.

As you can see from this picture the inside is also decorated to mach I love these papers

This is a close up of the image - I received this in a swap so I am not sure who it is by but if any one knows please let me know as I would like some more like this one they are brilliant.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch

My time to craft - Mums the word

Copic creations - favourit copic technique

A recipe book

2011-03-27T21:36:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies I hope you are all well. I have been busy today making a little recipe bok for my new E-Shop on facebook, I wanted to try and get some bits up for mothers day and thought this would be perfect. I used the sketch on Friday sketchers for this one I hope you like it. I bound this myself using my bind it all and the image is of course a magnolia image which I couloured using my copic markers.

This is the front of the book the papers are by K&Co I have had them for so long i can't remember which pack they are from so if you know please can you let me know so I can buy some more :)

This is the first of the inside pages they all look very similar just with different papers this is the cover for the starter section.

This is the view from the side I made it strong enough to be able to stand on it's own that way when you have the recipe you want to use you can have it open on that page.

I am entering this in to the following challenges;

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Creative inspirations - no square cards allowed

Simon says stamp - Mothers day/girlie

A notebook for a friend

2011-03-04T23:04:00.000Z

Hello, I thought i would show you a notebook I made for my friend Laura for her birthday. I got her a cup that said office goddess on so I thought I would take a picture to match. I have followed the sketch on Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge blog and have also used one of her images, I love these images they are great fun to work with;

I made this note book from scratch using some thick card board which i covered on both sides to make the front and back covers and then I cut some line paper up to make the insides. I bound this all together using my bind it all. The image was coloured using copics and I used distress inks around the edge to make it not so white and in your face. I am really pleased with how this turned out. Just need to make one for me now :)

The Wedding

2011-02-27T17:21:00.000Z

Hello all if there is anyone still there I thought I would show you what I have been busy with these are the rest of the bits I created for my brothers wedding;

This is the table plan - They had a wintery theme but also wanted some red as the bridesmaids dresses were red and so were the flowers. The blue card i bought pre embossed from my local garden centre i really wanted to do this myself to be honest but I couldn't find the correct colour card un embossed.

This is a view looking on to the top table - I made the Winter Wonderland sign and you can just about see the favour boxes I made here too. I do have a template and instructions for these as I made them with the Score pal but as there wasn't any instructions for making them using a standard UK size of A4 card I amended this to suit.

Here is a view of one of the tables you can see the favor boxes more here I will see if I can find a close up too

And last but not least these are the name cards I made - I did one of these for everyone and on the back they have each got their menu choice printed on as I know how easy it is to forget what you have ordered when you order it months in advance

So this along with the fact that I have been out running 3-4 nights a week has really eaten in to my time for crafting and to be honest it began to become more of a chore than fun so I took some time off. I am hoping to head off to your blogs now for some inspiration and to catch up with some of the bits I have missed (there is no way I will see everything) and then who knows I might make a card this evening.

Thank you for popping by xx

2 cute stamp sale

2010-11-27T21:49:00.000Z

Good Evening all I hope you are well today. I have had a bit of a mad day today getting a new Christmas tree, shopping and generally preparing for Christmas. We have had snow here too :) I love snow.

I just wanted to let you know about a sale that is taking place over at 2cute stamps on Monday

Cling Cushion will be 50% off
and all digital stamps will be Buy 2 Get 1 Free!

So don't forget hurry along to the store on Monday to grab yourself a bargain.

Here are some cards I have made using one of the cute little digi stamps;

Some more Christmas for you :)

2010-11-25T21:11:00.000Z

Good Evening all I hope you are all well. Just when I thought I was getting better my cold has come back with full force am feeling awful today. I thought I would cheer myself up and post a card I have made for Christmas, Christmas is one of my favourite times of year :)

This is a completely different type of card to the ones I usually make, the first thing you will probably notice is that I have NO COLOURING !! I know I never thought I would enjoy making this sort of card but I really did enjoy it and have made a few more which I will post over the next few weeks. I bought the card and die cuts for this at a stamp show at Alexandra Palace a while back. I am very impressed at the quality of the card and how far it has gone actually and will be buying more once I have been paid. You can find it Here.

A doggy Christmas

2010-11-23T22:08:00.000Z

Good Evening ladies I hope you are all well. I have been poorly since Thursday last week and am only just now starting to feel a bit better :( I have been coughing so much the last few days my ribs are bruised - on the bright side I won't have to do any stomach exercises for the next few days haha.

I wanted to show you a card tonight that I made for my Christmas stash. It is using one of the Christmas stamps from the Lili of the valley Christmas stamp sheet.

I have coloured this little guy using my copic markers. The papers are from the Papermania classic Christmas collection. I have mounted three strips in silver miri card and red card. The ribbon is from my local craft store. I added some stickles on to the image to make the snow glittery :) I know snow isn't really glittery but what is a Christmas card without glitter.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Creative inspirations - Anything Christmassy / Winter

Crafty calendar challenge - Winter with the optional extra of snowflakes

I will be back soon to post more cards promise x

A glittery Christmas

2010-11-06T20:37:00.000Z

Evening all, I have been busy making christmas cards for a craft sale that I am doing this month. I really need to get more made. I particularly like this one. I made it using some glitter embossing powder that I saw being demonstrated at my local garden centres craft section. I plan on using it on a lot more cards as it is effective but also quick. Lets not mention the mess though :)

I love the glitter you cant see just how glittery it is in this picture I will have to see if I can get a few more made to show you x

night all xx

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Charisma Cards - With love at Christmas

Crazy 4 challenges - Creat a square card

One stop craft challenge blog - embossing

Sir Stampalot - Christmas traditions

An 18th Birthday card and some BRILLIANT news

2010-11-06T11:18:00.000Z

Hello everyone (if your still there) it's been a while but I have some excellent news I have been asked to join the 2cute design team so excited to start working with these images pop along here to see what the current DT are up to.

I have been making cards behind the scene and promise to be better at uploading them now :) Here is a card I made for a colleagues daughter for her 18th Birthday - he had looked around all of the shops and didn't like any of the ones he had seen. I have used an image from Sweet N Sassy stamps I think this image is perfect for the more grown up / teenager card

The paper is actually from a christmas paper pack but i thought it would go well with this card. I am not sure if you can see it in the picture but it is glittery too which I love. The ribbon was brought from my local craft shop and the sentiment computer generated.

Below is a close up of the image

This image has been coloured using copic markers as always. I am still trying to learn how to colour the folds in clothes with these but am gradually getting better. I have inked the edge of the image using distress inks and mounted it on to two tones of blue card.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

The ABC challenge blog - G is for Glitter

Creative inspirations challenge - Glitter, glamour, girlie

A wedding anniversary card

2010-10-03T08:48:00.000+01:00

Good Morning all, can you believe it, two posts in two days I haven't done this in a while :) It is my mum and dads 29th Wedding anniversary today and on Thursday my Dad asked me to make him a card to give to my mum. I wanted to do something special using one of the new Lili of the valley stamps I bought at Ally Pally.

I have never made a vintage style card before but I don't think this is too bad for a first attempt. To begin with I sat there for about 30 minutes wondering what on earth i could use as I didn't really want any pattern on the background. In the end i ended up cutting up one of the cats food boxes and distressing the edges then inking it with Tim Holtz old photo distress ink. I did the same with a small piece of Kraft that I had left over from when I went to Stephs make and take last year.

I coloured the image using copics - I think I need to get a few more colours for this sort of card so if anyone has any recommendations of colour groups that work well for this sort of colour please could you let me know :)

The sentiment is actually a sticker that I had from an old sentiment set that has been in my craftbox for years, I knew it would come in handy at some point. And the string was bought from a £1 store.

I made the little roses myself using the remainder of the Kraft card which I distressed and then added some stickles glitter glue to the edges.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Lots to do challenge - Vintage
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge- Autumn colours

Busy card making

2010-10-02T17:51:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies I hope you are all well. I have been very busy card making today I am going to show you a card I made a few days ago though. I have finally finished the wedding invites so have now moved on to my Christmas cards.

I went along to Alexandra palace last weekend with my friend Fi and we had a wonder around. I have to say that although there was loads of lovely stalls and demos I actually found the whole day pretty stressful mainly because of the sheer amount of people there who kept barging in to me and Fiona and as Fiona is pregnant she had to stay away from a few of the stalls as she couldn't safely get near any, there was also no where to sit at lunch so we ended up sat on the floor like many other people. I did however get to the lili of the valley stall which I was very pleased with and bought two of the £12 stamp sheets and met Jacquei as she was demoing so that was really nice :)

Here is a card I made using one of the stamps from the Christmas set and the sentiment also

I coloured the image with my copics and have cut out and coloured an extra foot, present and hat and stuck them on with foam pads to make it more 3D I think you can see that better in the picture below.

The papers are by Dovecraft from the let it snow collection I love these they are beautiful papers - they actually look better in person but I seem to have lost my nack when taking pictures recently.

I used two different snowflake punches for the snowflakes and added some stikkles glitter glue to these :)

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Creative inspirations - Christmas in September

Crazy 4 challenges - Bling

Charizma cards - Christmas Crafting

Winter Wonderland - A male Christmas card

On Stop craft - Snowflakes in September

A birthday card for a good friend

2010-09-19T20:33:00.000+01:00

It is one of mine and my husbands birhtdays on on Wednesday and this is the card i have made for him. He has actually already had it as we celebrated his birthday yesterday :) The image is one I won from the Greeting Farm a little while back now I am really liking this little dude.

The paper is from the Basic Grey cupcake collection and the blue backing paper is from the paper cellar. The sentiment is hand stamped and then mounted on to the blue card stock. I have coloured the image with copic markers as always and have shaded around the outside of the image in C1 which i think although you can't see it brilliantly in this image, in real life really makes the image pop.

I have used string to wrap around the card and make a little bow as I think this always looks a bit more appropriate for male cards :) we actually bought this for my cats to play with but I am sure they don't mind sharing.

I hope you are all well out there in blogland. I have been busy making 2 more cards today and still have another 2 made that I haven't posted yet. I am hoping to post another one this week but at the moment most of my time is taken up training for the great eastern run on the 10th October. I am running the half marathon in aid of Sue Ryder Care if you would like to sponsor me please follow the link on my sidebar. Any sponsors are greatly appreciated and I know will really help push me through those 13.2 miles.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Copic creations - Shading in and around the image

Daring Card makers - there's something in the air

The secret crafter - Anything goes

A late birthday card

2010-09-12T22:39:00.000+01:00

It is my brother in laws birthday on Tuesday and this is the card I have made for him. He has actually away on holiday at the moment i was meant to get the card to him before he left but i completley forgot so I thought I would make a suitable card using this fab 'late' image from Mo Manning.

The papers are Wild Saffron by K&Co I have inked the edges of them using rusty hinge distress inks. The clocks were printed off on my pc and then inked using the distress inks and mounted on to card. I have popped a few of them up using foam pads. The tag was also computer generated and inked in the same way.

I coloured the image using copic markers, here is a close up;

I have been learning how to do folds in clothes recently, I think this is my best attempt so far. it took me ages but I am pleased with it. I have also been learning to colour fur so I have used this technique for this image too :)

I hope you like my card I am entering it in to the following challenges;

Mojo Monday - Sketch

Digital tuesday challenge - dots and stripes - I have both of these in my background paper

A card for my sister to give to her boyfriend

2010-09-12T12:54:00.000+01:00

Hello all, i seem to be getting worse at this posting on my blog I have a few cards to post so am going to spread them out over the next few days. I made this card for my sister to give to her boyfriend, he is off to uni soon so they aren't going to be able to see each other as much and she wanted a card to give him.

I received this image in a swap aaaaaages ago it is perfect considering my sister asked me for a sad bear image :) I coloured him with copic markers using a tutorial from Susanne Dean.

Here is a close up of the bear

I also made it so you can take the tag out and enter in a little message

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Creative inspirations - Autumn colors - design team call

Pile it on - Layers

Allsorts challenge - autumn colours

This is what has been keeping me busy

2010-08-29T22:37:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies I hope you are all well first of all please let me apologies for being somewhat absent of late. I have been busy making my brothers wedding invitations and training for a half marathon I am running in October in aid of Sue Ryder Care.

I have finally finished all of the day invites made 35 of these in the end. Still have the evening ones to go but they are a little simpler and just a square card. I think most of the work came with making the pocket folds and the embossing and distressing I am really pleased with them.

Here is the front

To begin i cut out all of the invitations from sheets of A1 snow white card and made the pocket folds using a template given to me by my good friend Fiona. Once I had them all cut and ready to go i hand stamped all of the little snowflakes and embossed them with white embossing powder. Following this i used my Tim Holtz Distress inks in Broken china to lay the base colour and then added a bit of stormy sky to give depth. this gave the base of the card. I also wanted to add a little sparkle so i used some diamantes in the centre of some of the snowflakes and added stickles clear glitter glue to the centres of all of the ones without a diamante. The your invited stamp was stamped using memento ink.

I then had to print out the snowy trees background on the computer followed by the wedding invite text which i printed on to vellum. I attached the vellum to the snow image using blue brads which i bought in bulk on ebay (I did find some of them to be very brittle but for the most part they were ok) I rally like this effect i think you will be able to see it better in the photo below. (I have removed all of the dates and times with photo shop) Once I had this done i mounted the information on to a light blue paper and then mounted that on to silver miri card.

In this image you can see the snow background a bit better. (again the information has been removed using photoshop which is why there are blotches everywhere)

Here is a close up of the pocket fold. I made 3 inserts - 1x menu, 1x gift list, 1x venue info and directions.these were all mounted on to blue paper and then silver miri card.

I am seriously chuffed with how these turned out. Am working on getting the evening ones finished tomorrow so I can show you those soon too and I have made a stationery holder recently too which i have to show you :)

Thank you all for looking xx

I am entering these invites in to the following challenges;

Sir Stampalot - Bring on the bling

ABC Challenge - B is for Blue

Stamping for the weekend - Anything goes

Challenge up your life - celebrations

my last DT card for Krens doodles :( so sad

2010-07-28T10:00:00.000+01:00

Hello Ladies - it is my last day on the design team for Karens Doodles today I am so sad it has come to an end already it whent so quick. So can I just say a massive thank you to Karen for all the wonderful images and all of the ladies on the team who have made this so enjoyable xxxxxxx

Our challenge this week is white on white - the only cololur you can use is in your image. Here is the card I made

I coloured the image using copic markers as always. The papers are from my stash so I have no idea who they are by sorry.

Don't forget to enter the challenge there are loads of great prizes on offer. xxxx

Karens Doodles challenge 20

2010-07-21T10:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning ladies I hope you are all well today. It is that time again - challenge 20 over on Karens Doodles is now up and we are asking you to make a birthday card this week - as simple as that and with all of the new images Karen has been adding to the site that should be easy:)

Isn't this image brilliant i love her can't wait to make some more cards with this one. The image is called Bovine beauty and I have coloured her with copic markers as always. The papers are a free digi download from Shabby Princess I love the papers on this site I can really see myself using them more and more.

Ok ladies so what are you waiting for hop on over to the challenge blog and enter in a card yourselves. If you are new to digi stamping there is also a freebie on the site so you can try that if you like :)

Good luck xx

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Birthdays

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

All sorts challenge - Summer days

A wedding card

2010-07-19T21:15:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies hope you are all well. before I show this card I would like to say thank you to the ladies that sent me the wedding images I am going to stamp some up for you promise in fact I will do some tonight sorry I have been so rubbish and slow.

This is the card I made for my manager he got married last Sunday. Would you believe the papers I used are digi ones from Gina K's site aren't they beautiful

I coloured the image with copic markers of course as follows;

c7, c5, c3, c1

y17, y15

e37, e35, e33, e31

The sentiment is from the making memories wedding collection. I got the white mesh stuff from a craft shop aaaaaaages ago but it has now closed down and am not sure where I can get it now so am hoping there will be some at the craft show in September.

If any of you are going to to Ally Pally in September please let me know as I plan on going so it would be really nice to see some of you there.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Crafty Angels - Shabby Chic

Creative inspirations - use the oldest thing in your stash - mine is the white mesh

ABC Challenge - You and me for Y

Stampin for the weekend - recipe challenge

A Card for you yaaaay

2010-07-18T21:46:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies I hope you are all well it has been a while since I have posted a card on my blog that wasn't a DT card and guess what I have still used a Karens Doodles image I just love them I am so gutted that my time on the DT is up soon.

I made this card for my niece who turned one on Wednesday she had her party on Saturday I can't believe it has come so fast.

The image is Peekabo girl isn't she cute the papers are K and company Sugary sweet. I did follow a sketch for this one but I think I have missed the date to enter it now I seem to have done that a lot recently I have quite a few cards made and photographed but not on here (slapped wrist) I hand drew the one and cut it out then edged it with glitter I also edged the image with glitter as I didn't want to mount it with card.

The gems in the corners are from the pound store I love these little things I have them in two different colours at the moment I am not sure if they do them in other colours.

I have coloured the image with copic markers shown below;

RV06,RV04,RV02

E00, E21

E35, E33

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Stamp something - Something digital

Stampavie - anything goes

Charisma cards - Pink

Stamptacular - favourite sundae challenge - mine has to be strawberry every time

Alexandra oalace big rubber stamp and scrapbooking show

2010-07-18T00:06:00.001+01:00

Hello ladies depending on if I get my bonus at work I will be going to this in september is any one else going ?

Karens Doodles Challenge 19 - a different shape

2010-07-14T10:00:00.001+01:00

Good Morning Ladies I hope you are all well and that you are reading this at 10 am (the stupid thing didn't work last week) Our challenge this week is a different shape. For me this is anything other than square :) as you may have noticed pretty much all my cards are square so it was weird for me to make something different but I actually really like it :)

I have used the Mr Fix it Grandpa image which you can find here isn't he brilliant :) He has been coloured with copics and the paper I have used is a free download which you can find here I chose it especially to go with this image and my buttons.

I still have a bit of a way to go with the copics, really need to find some time to actually sit down and do the coursework, at the moment if I am making a card or coloring and image it is because I need to make a card specifically so no room for trial and error but hopefully that will ease up soon :)

I really hope you join us in the challenge over on Karens Doodles this week.. Karen has relased some fab new images I can't wait to make my next card I have just seen the perfect image :)

Look forward to seeing all your entries don't forget to visit the other design team members to see what they have created.

Copics used

BG13, BG15, BG23

B05, B02, B00

C7,C5,C3,C1

E37, E37, E33, E31

YR23, YR21

Plus Inkassentials white pen for highlighing

Karens Doodles challenge - clean and simple

2010-07-08T19:47:00.000+01:00

Good Morning ladies hope yo are all well today. This weeks challenge over on Karens Doodles is clean and simple. This will be a short post as I am at work but will add more later

This is the card I made

Good Luck in the challenge ladies dont forget there are some fab prizes to be had cant wait to see your creations

A request to all my bloggign buddies

2010-07-02T12:28:00.000+01:00

Hello ladies I hope you are all well :) I wonder if you can help - I have been asked to make the wedding card for one of the managing directors at my new company but dont have any weddingy images would anyone be able to stamp some and send them to me? I would really really appreciate it if you could and will of course send you some in return

Challenge 17 at Karens Doodles Black White and one other colour

2010-06-30T10:00:00.041+01:00

Good Morning ladies I hope you are all well. Firstly I would like to apologise for my lack of posting recently life seems to have taken over recently and I have only managed my challenge cards and my Brothers wedding invitations (which are coming along really well) I hope to be making some more very soon though as I have enquired about doing a craft fair in September/October so need to get some cards ready plus I am hoping to get some cards to woodgreen animal shelters again this year for them to sell as they made a lot of money from them last year (all money made was kept by woodgreen)

The challenge this week is Black White and one other colour I have chosen to use black white and red which I think is going to be a popular choice :)

I have used the 'Amanda Panda' image from the site I love this one to bits and have coloured it differently every time I have used it. This time though I coloured it after watching a tutorial by Suzzane Dean and I really think that there is an improvement here (the colours are actually darker in real life but I couldn't get the right light on the photo. Am going to have to invest in a light box I think.

The colours I have used are as follows;

Blacks - C7, C5, C3, C1

Reds - R59, R46, R37, R35

The papers I have had since i first started crafting all those years ago and are ivory black creative tones by Papermania. The buttons are from some of my clothes (the spare ones ) and the little red dots were given to me as a gift

I really enjoyed making this card i think just having the one colour with the black and white is ver effective, I plan on using this colour scheme for some of my christmas cards I think it would look great and Karen has some gorgeous Christmas images in her store

I hope you have enjoyed my card this week can't wait to see what you guys create, don't forget we have 3 prizes up for grabs so get crafting :)

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - Reduce re use recycle - I have re used some butons

Just Cute Bears - Open as long as it has a bear I have a panda bear on mine

Rosie Dees Challenge Blog - Summer Birthdays - this card is for my sister in Law who has her Birthday on Tuesday

2010-06-27T10:11:00.000+01:00

Good Morning ladies I hope you are all well, I am so excited today becuase I am going to be starting Suzanne Deans online copic classes - I have been wanting to do these for so long so my family paid for one of the classes for me for my birthday and I got the approval through last night from Suzanne who even though she is on the way to her holiday still managed to approve my application and send me an email - very impressed. Any who in the class Suzanne uses certain stamps and although she says you don't need these stamps to do the class I think it would help me if I could practice using thw ones she uses. I have listed them below - if anyone out there in blog land could help me by stamping any of these images out I would REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY appreciate it - I can stamp some up for you too and send them

Magnolia Stamps : "Christmas Morning Tilda", "wood fence", "tree", "Tilda Witch", "Tilda with Birdcage", "strawberry"

Lockhart Stamp Co. "Lighthouse", "Apples in Chintz Bowl"

SCACD Stamps: "Aurora with Cake", "Susan", "Heartstrings"

Verve Stamps "Beautiful You"

CC Designs "Itzie Inkies--Summertime Fun"

Whipper Snapper "Hugs for Ike"

The others are all digi stamps which of course have a different angel policy so I will be buying these on Monday.

If anyone else is interested in doing the class here is the link - would be so much fun to know someone else who is doing it and Suzanne is a fab teacher and is copic certified I can't wait to start

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If you do decide to join please let Suxzzane know I recommended you :) I get €5 for everyone who joins on my recommendation not that you would need it once you see her site there are so many cool things to learn

Anyhow I hope you all have a fab Sunday and don't forget the challenge is still on over at Karens Doodles there are 3 fab prizes up for grabs and only 2 entries so far so what are you waiting for, if you don't already have ne of Karens fab images you can grab a free one on her shop site but i promise you once you go to her shop you are going to want every single image and she has added loads of summer once recently too,the challenge this week is Tag your it which can be interpreted any way you want check out the other DT members for inspiration xxx

Challenge 17 over on Karens Doodles ' Tag your it'

2010-06-23T10:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning ladies I hope you are all well. I am soooooo sorry for the lack of postings on here lately I have been busy making my brothers wedding invitations and have been poorly for the last few days so haven't had time to get any done :( I know it's bad when I can't craft.

The challenge over on Karens Doodles this week is Tag your it. This can be interpreted however you wish as long as you use a Karens Doodles image. I have chosen to make a tag for one of my Christmas presents for this challenge. I am hoping to do a few more too before Christmas I think it is nice to add that little extra touch.

Here is my tag which I made using Santa's list isn't he cute

I coloured the image using copic markers as always :) and added a bit of clear stickles glitter glue to Bigsbys hat. I have heat embossed some snowflakes around the edge of the tag and then distressed using Tim Holtz Distress inks in tumbled glass and stormy sky. This is the same technique I am using for my brothers wedding invitations I will be sure to post a picture when they are completed.

Please be sure to enter the challenge this week over on Karens Doodles - what a great chance to get some christmas cards done too :) if you are needing some inspiration don't forget to check out the rest of the design team to see how they interpreted this challenge.

Look forward to checking out your creations.

Karens Doodles challenge 15

2010-06-16T10:00:00.002+01:00

Good Morning ladies I hope you are well. I am really crossing my fingers that this post has worked - the last few times I have tried to schedule a post I seem to have done it wrong.

Anyhoo welcome to Karens Doodles 15th Challenge - wow can you believe it has been that many :) Our challenge this week is in the Summer time and it is a joint challenge with all of the other Karens Doodles challenge blogs over the world, you can enter each one but it has to be a different card for each one even if you use the same image :)

Here is my interpretation of the challenge using the - you've come a long way baby girl image from Karens Doodles (you can also get a boy one)

I have made this card for my little sister Chloe who has just finished her Law finals at Oxford University I am so proud of her this is a picture of her coming out of her final exam -

As you can see for my card I have used Summery colors rather than a summery image however if you check out Karens shop Here she has just loaded loads of new summery images they are PERFECT for this challenge. I have coloured my image using copic markers, and have added highlights with my inkassentails white pen.

Also for those rubber lovers out there who don't know -Karen now has some of her stamps in rubber over in the shop so what are you waiting for.

Go on over to the UK challenge blog now to enter your first card, and dont forget you can also enter the Netherlands, USA, Kids, Scandanavia but please do remember it must be a different card or project for each challenge

There are some great prizes to win xx Good luck ladies

I am also entering my card in to the following challenges;

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch

My Time to craft - Xtra Special

Stamp Something - Happy something - what could be better than finishing finals

Stampin for the weekend - Summer/travel theme

Karens Doodles Challenge 14

2010-06-09T12:40:00.000+01:00

Good Morning All I hope you are well. It is time for another exiting challenge over on the Karens Doodles United Kingdom Challenge blog. This week we have a sketch for you to follow which can be seen below.

I have used a new technique which I learned at the class on Saturday I love it have bought some new colours to play with too :) I am not sure really how to describe it but basically it is using Distress inks which you rub on to the card in a circular motion using the lightest colour first and then the darkest colour over the top. If you want you can clear emboss some pattens on to the card before you add the ink - the darker the ink over these parts the more the embossed shapes will stand out. I really love this effect I wish i could describe it better for you - you will be able to see more cards using this effect on Brendas blog HERE

I have used Barn door and Rusty Hinge Distress inks for this card. The flourish stamp i bought on ebay and the sentiment is from a See D's set of stamps. The main image was a freebie last week at Karens Doodles (there is a new one up for grabs now so don't forget to check it out) I coloured the image using my copic markers and made it 3D by printing the image twice and certain parts of it.

Here is a close up of the image

I have used my inkassentials white pen to add highlights on the flowers and have also used it to give the dotty effect. I have again used the punch I borrowed from my friend Fiona to stamp out some butterflies and dragonflies to add to the card. I have added little gems to these. I have given the punches back now so had better get myself one :)

I also made these little roses aren't they great. I also learned how to make these from Brenda she has a tutorial for these on her blog too if you would like to have a go. I think these will feature on my cards quite a lot from now on - I never got used to working with pre made flowers you can buy in craft stores but these are PERFECT and i can make them to match my papers. In this case I used some card which had the same colour ink on it and edged the flowers with the barn door red and then added some glitter to the edges. the stamens were bought in a local craft shop, I really think they finish it off well.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today. Don't forget to enter the challenge over on the challenge blog there are some fab prizes up for offer.

Thank you for visiting and good luck in the challenge this week.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Crafty calendar challenge - Bugs and beasties

Challenge up your life - Critters and bling

Our Creative Corner - Summer inspiration

Blog Candy Winner

2010-06-09T12:37:00.004+01:00

Right ladies firstly sorry that I have taken so long to post the winner i completley forgot have been so swamped with work. I used the random org thingy and it has selected number 36 as the winner of my blog candy as you can see below - so Katerina that is you Massive congratulations :) I see from your blog you have not long started card making so hopefully this will help you :)

True Random Number Generator

Min:

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Result:

36

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- so Katerina that is you Massive congratulations :) I see from your blog you have not long started card making so hopefully this will help you :)

EDIT - I have noticed that although the blog is called Katerina the ladies name is actually Cheryl - Cheryl you are the actual winner of this blog candy but as it was my mistake Katerina I will be sending some goodies to you in the post including some sugar nellie rubber stamps and flowers I am really sorry about this it was my mistake so congrats to the two of you :)

Please contact me at amandaboldy@sky.com with your postal address so I can get your goodies sent out.

Thank you to everyone for entering my blog candy and to those of you that did donate for the race for life thank you :)

My Weekend

2010-06-06T19:37:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon Ladies I hope you are all well. Boy have I had a busy weekend I managed to sleep through my alarm on Saturday morning meaning I was late for the beginning of my craft class at SirStampalot I have never been as un organised as I have been this weekend honestly. Anway once I got there I was welcomed and really enjoyed the day, everyone was so friendly and I had so much fun learning new things. First we made a little recipe holder, I haven't finished mine yet but when I have I will be sure to post it up on here for you to see. I am also going to try making a bigger one for little note car sets.
Afterwards we tried distressing with Tim Holtz Distress inks - I have never used these before but had always wanted to try and now I am hooked. I have just been online and bought some more after my little shop on the day and am going to use the technique on my Brother and his fiancees wedding invitations. Here is the card I made.

This is the front of the card - I wish I had written down the name of this stamp it is gorgoeus (I remember it was expensive but thats all lol)

This is the first page - I used a stamp that Brenda brought in I love it, It is a penny black one - think I will have to try and get this one it is brilliant. This page was spritzed with glimmer mist. Yet another product which I now NEED :)

And this is the final page where the message can be written - I am giving this card to an old work friend who wanted a card made for a wedding. I think this will suit.

This is a close up of the roses. I made these using a flower punch. You can find the tutorial on Brenda from Floral Fantasies blog I am so chuffed with these I sm going to be making them all the time now.

I would like to say thank you to Brenda and Chris for their patience with my millions of questions (that are still coming lol) and to all of the ladies for making me feel so welcome. I hope we can all meet again soon.

Karens Doodles - Distress it challenge

2010-06-02T19:43:00.001+01:00

Hello ladies. I hope you are all well. Sorry for the lateness of this post I have just started a new job this week and it seems that I am keeping all job related info in but everything else seems to be dissappearing. This weeks challenge on Karens Doodles is distress it. I have made a card this week for my sister in law is due to have a little baby boy very soon.

The papers were a gift so I am afraid I have no idea who they are by. Wish I did though they are gorgeous. The image is Peekaboo boy which you can of course purchase HERE in the new shop. There is also a version for a little girl should you need a girly card. I will be making a card with that image soon so keep your eyes out. You can find this challenge on the Karens Doodles challenge blog.

As always there are some fab prizes up for offer you can see these below;

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

If you do not yet have any of Karens digi images we currently have a sale going on on the new and improved site which you can find HERE

there is also a freebie on the site if you have never used a digi image before what better a way to try

True has an incredible blog candy

2010-05-30T22:15:00.002+01:00

Hey Ladies - hop on over to Trues blog and check out this candy it is incredible. For those of you who haven't yet visited trues blog be sure to check out her AMAZING cards seriously if you ever needed inspiration this is one of the places to go you will love it.

A Thank you card

2010-05-28T21:08:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon Ladies. I hope you are all well. I had my last day at work today, I am moving on to another company starting Tuesday. I made this thank you card for some of the ladies at work who took me out for lunch yesterday and got me some flowers and a sweetie jar for my new desk :) I will be making another one for the whole company this weekend.

I really love this image it is the only one I have of it though as I got it in a swap. - I do actually have a request but will post that at the bottom of this post :)

I made this card using last weeks Magnolia sketch and am entering it in to this weeks challenge I hope you like it;

I am being a but rubbish and can't for the life of me remember the name of the papers it is on the tip of my tounge but just can't get it sorry.

The image is of course a magnolia image which I have coloured with copics and highlighted with my inkassentials highlighter pen. I have cut out and raised tilda using 3d foam squares. Before i did this though i did the dotty effect on the paper below outlining tilda. I really like this effect i saw it on Chrissies art and design. The little pearls at the top were a gift with an order from the quixotic paperie and the ribbon is from my stash.

Here is a close up of my image

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Just Magnolia - Hot and spicy

Inky Impressions - I have chosen flowers and circles

Nutshells - Polka dots or stripes

Charizma cards - going round in circles

Ok my request is this - for my birthday I am hoping to get some money to be able to take Suzanne Deans online Copic class and she has used quite a few stamps which I don't have. The digi ones I can buy but I can't afford them all along with the copics so I was wondering if anyone had any they could stamp some out for me? I would be more than happy to stamp some of mine out for you in return. The ones I need are;

I would love it if anyone could help - my email is on the side of my blog so if you let me know I can send you my address and get yours so I can send some images in return xx

Challenge 12 over at Karens Doodles

2010-05-26T12:23:00.000+01:00

Good Morning ladies and welcome to our 12th challenge over at Karens doodles it's great to see you again. This week our challenge them is buttons and bows. You can use any Karens Doodles image you want and any colour layout etc as long as it has buttons and bows :)

I made my card using this weeks Cute card Thursday Sketch hope you like it - I haven't decided who I will give it to yet but I do love it;

The papers are from an old issue of making cards magazine which I had stashed away. The brads in the corner are papermania and the gems used to be clear but I coloured them with my copics to match the image. The button used to be white but I also coloured that with my copics to match the image and then coated it with stickles glitter to make it all sparkly. The beautiful image is called 'beautiful Queen' and can be found here.

As always there are some fab prizes on offer so what are you waiting for get your image and head on over to the challenge blog to enter your card or project. Can't wait to see what you create this week. xx

I am also entering this card in to the following challenges

Cute card thursday - Sketch

Stamp something - 2 of something

Totally Gorjuss - Bling it up

All sorts challenge blog - Tag something

My entry to the Whiff of Joy Guest designer challenge

2010-05-23T00:13:00.000+01:00

I have stayed up until midnight to finish this card especially for the Whiff of joy guest designer challenge. I started the card this morning but had to leave it as we went to our friends house for a BBQ today. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous and we had a great time .

I have created this card using last weeks sketch from Friday sketchers. I really enjoyed this one and can see me using it again. The image is of course from Whiff of Joy. I have coloured her with copic markers and use a highlighter to add in - well some highlights.

The challenge was to make a card using a Whiff of Joy image using the colours Red, Orange and one other. We were aloud to use a neutral colour also. I have used green as my extra colour. The pale pale yellow is the neutral colour which has been used to mount my papers with. It actually looks darker in the picture but then again with it being so late the colours all look slightly different as it isn't the best light.

Here is the card

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

The papers are from the bloom and grow collection I love these they are gorgeous. The raffia lace is from quixotic paperie and the orange ribbon I bought on ebay. The little butterflys were punched out using a punch I borrowed from my friend Fi today isn't it cute.

Here is a close up of the image

I hope you like my card, fingers crossed it will be good enough to win me a place on the design team. It is a team I have always wanted the chance to be on. I entered once before but didn't get through so I thought I would wait until I had improved a little before I entered again. The competition closes tommorrow so I am just in time :)

Have a great Sunday whatever you are up to - I am going for a run in the morning to train for the race for life and will be crafting in the afternoon whoooppeeeee :)

Karens Doodles challenge 11

2010-05-19T10:00:00.030+01:00

Good Morning ladies I hope you are all well today. We have a great challenge for you over at Karens Doodles today, our theme is masculine. Karen has loaded loads of new images on to the shop here that are perfect for fathers day or any male birthday cards.

I used a sketch for this card from The pink elephant which is shown below;

Here is the card I made - this is for my father in law for fathers day. I used the 'it's your day' image, this is perfect for my father in law. The image was coloured with copic markers.. I can't remember who the papers are buy. I bought the Raffia lace from Quixotic Paperie and I used some more of the little gems from my nail art set.

The letters are stickers from my basic grey cupcake collection. The buttons are actually spares that came with some clothes i bought at primark :)

So don't forget to come join us this week over on Karens doodles. There are some fab prizes up for offer as always.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

The pink Elephant - Sketch

Stamp with fun - Stripes

Charizma cards - food or drink (my dude has a can of drink)

Stampin for the weekend - A card for a male

You're leaving to have a baby - card for a lady at work

2010-05-16T22:01:00.000+01:00

Good evening ladies I hope you are all well this evening. I have been busy today making this card for a lady at work who is leaving to have a baby. I was asked to make a card with plenty of room for people to write messages. I don't really like making big cards as I think they don't always look nice, so I decided to use two blank cards and put them together. Hopefully you will see what I mean below.

I followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers this week which is shown below;

I have used Bloom and grow papers by My Minds Eye. I love these so much my friend Fi got them for me for Christmas I am going to have to get some more I have been trying to make them last but I am almost out now :(

I bought the cardstock I mounted the papers on to from Sir Stampalot in Peterborough. They have great packs of different colour cardstock I am soooooo getting some more when I go back in June. Actually I have a big list of things I need but Alas the bank balance doesn't accept my list, will have to put a birthday list together :)

Any how you are here to see my card not read my waffling so here it is

I have used an image from Mo Manning, I Love this image it is perfect for this type of card and was the only one like it I could find. I added in the sentiment in Word and printed it out on the copic card I bought from Sir Stampalot on my last visit. I can't reccommend it enough - for those of you in the UK I really reccommend you get this and give it a go.

The charm was in my stash but I am not sure where I bought it from. and the raffia lace was bought from Quixotic Paperie. The ribbon is from Ebay. I made the swirl using some little nail art gems I also bought on ebay for about £1.99 including P&P I coloured a few of them to match the colour in the top. This was also a requirement on Suzanne Deans Copic challenge.

Here is another view of the image (these pictures were taken before I coloured the gems)

Here is a close up of the image. I colured this using my Copics. I usually shade around the edge of my images using C1 but thought I would try something a little different this time. I had seen a dotty background before on a few cards but had never tried it. I found a tutorial on Chrissies art and design blog. I will find the link and put it on here ASAP.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Crafty Angels - One for the girls

By the cute and girly - Celebrations

Inky Impressions - Summer ( I have used summery colours)

La La Land - Anything goes

Nutshells - Mothers day or something for a mother

Dare You to digi stamp - Anything goes

Stamp Something - Celebrate

Colour me creative classroom - Summer themed, coloured with copics, embellishment coloured with copics

Also before I forget please scroll down to see the stamps I have for sale (or to swap) and don't forget I also have a blog candy running which is pinned to the top of my blog.

I am selling some stamps

2010-05-16T13:42:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon ladies I hope you are all well today.

I am selling some of my stamps to make way for some more - I would be happy to do a stamp swap if anyone has any that they think they would like to swap please let me know.

I have the following stamps;

I would like £5.00 For this one, it is un opened and as never been used so in PERFECT condition

This is Lola with flowers from Sugar Nellie I would like £3.00 for this one as you can see she has been used but is still in brilliant condition and I have mounted her on to EZ mount foam

This is Lily - My little friend from Rachelle anne miller - I have hardly used this one and would like £3.50 for this one

This is Hamish with a Wooly jumper from Sugar Nellie. Again this one has been hardly used and I have mounted him on to Ez Mount foam. I would like £3.50 for this one

This is Birthday Buzzard from High Hopes. I have used this stamp maybe 3 times at the most. I would like £3.50 for this one.

This is the Woodware peeking over collection - some of the stamps have never been used and the ones that have been used have only been stamped once. I would like £6.00 for this set.

As these would not fit in to a standard letter I beleive they would have to be sent as a packet which is why I will need to charge £0.70 for postage. I will of course reduce this if you buy more than one stamp.

If I don't get any interest within the next week or so I will start posting these on ebay, just wanted to give you guys a shot first. Remember if you have any stamps you would like to swap I am happy to do that. I am looking for Magnolia, greeting farm etc

Zoes Big news CANDY

2010-05-14T12:59:00.000+01:00

Hey ladies I hope you are well. I just wanted to draw your attention to this fabulous blog. Zoe has given us 3 posts and asked us to chose which of them is her favourite one. Mine has to be the FANCY FOLDS card she made using a gorgeous Karens Doodles image. YOu can check out her blog HERE.

This is the blog candy

Karens Dodles Challenge 10

2010-05-12T10:00:00.007+01:00

Good Morning All. I hope you are well. I am going to have to keep this short this morning as I am late for work and need to schedule this :) My brain is like a seive honestly lol

Ok so we have a ketch challenge for you on Karens Doodles this week this is shown below;

And here is my card

Papers are by basic grey and the image is coloured with Copics of course :) The sentiment is from my woodware collection.

I do have some challenges I would like to enter this in to but will have to link them up tonight as I am seriously late now Have a great day and don't forget there are some great prizes on offer over at the challenge blog so please do enter. Be sure to check out the other DT blogs for some inspirations

A bithday Card

2010-05-09T19:58:00.000+01:00

Good Evening ladies I hope you are all well today. I have had a wonderful weekend. Me and my husband went out for our friends birthday last night, we all dressed as mimes :) I will put a picture at the bottom of this post to show you - it was so much fun doing all the make up and such a laugh.

Ok so here is a birthday card I made for my stash, I am trying to get a few ready made so that when I start making my brothers wedding invitations I have some cards ready in case I need them as the invitations are going to take a lot of my time.

The papers are from the 'Bloom and grow' collection and I just LOVE them think I am going to have to buy some more of these very soon. The pearl is from Quixotic paperie. I ave never used one of these in a card before, I bought them ages ago because they looked pretty and then panicked because I had absolouly no idea what to do with them. I am going to a card class on the 04th June with Brenda at Sir Stamplaot so I am hoping to take these with me and get some advice :D big cheesy grin.

Here is another view of the card, I always decorate the inside to some extent;

The image is coloured with copics as always :) the sentiment is stamped and then punched out. I really need to get some new punches though because i bought some completley the wrong flippin size so I can't use them together :(

Anyhow I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Pollycraft Challenges - Here comes the sun

Sir Stampalot - Butterflies and blossoms

Creative Card Crew - April showers bring May flowers

Totally Stampelicious - Flower Power

Creative Belli Challenge - Birthday

Inky Impressions - Summer Creations

Thank you for taking the time to visit me today. Please don't forget to enter my blog candy you can find it Here all you have to do is add your name to Mr Linky and post the candy on your blog.

Oh and before I forget here is a picture of me and My Husband last night :)

A stationery box for my mum

2010-05-05T20:26:00.001+01:00

Hi ladies I trust you are all well this Evening. I have something other than a card to show you today. I made this stationery box to give to my mum on her birthday (it isn't actually until December but it is always good to be ready). I used a template from Lauren Meader, I have made this box a few times now but I think this is my favourite version of it.

I have used one of the twisted tea party digis - creepy cake from the Greeting farm for this box. The papers are digital papers which can be found HERE I used some ribbon from my stash to thread through the Raffia lace which I bought over on Quixotic Paperie a while back.

I have coloured the image using copic markers I have listed these below

Hair - YG06, YG23, YG03

Cake - BG23, BG49, BG09, G17, G07, G05, W3, W5, W7

Bows - R59, R49

Little cake bases - E37, E35, E33

Teacup - C3, C5, C7

Here are some other views of my little stationery box

I used a small square of velcro to close the box with. As you can see I printed out the creepy cake image 4 times but smaller (thats the beaut of digital images you can make them in to whatever size you want) coloured them the exact same way and used them as dividers for the inside. The actual card I used to make the box are from the forever friends "all wrapped up" collection which i bought last christmas.

I am entering this in to the following challenges

Simon says stamp - Birthdays/ celebrations

The pink elephant - Mommy I love you

Stamptacular Sunday challenges - A celebration for mums (we already had mothers day over in the UK so hopefully this still counts as the image is female and this is a gift for my mums birthday)

By the cute and Girly - Celebrations

Also please don't forget I have a blog candy at the top of my blog - please do enter I have a greeting farm stamp and a Dolly mama stamp in there :)

Karens Doodles challenge 9 - Anything but a card

2010-05-05T10:00:00.004+01:00

Good Morning ladies. I hope you are all well - halfway through the week already :) I do love bank holidays they make the week shorter :) Ok so it is time for another challenge over on Karens Doodles, this week we are asking you to make 'anything but a card', it can be a bookmark, an altered item, a candle, anything so long as it isn't a card.

I have made another stamped image folder but a different type this time. I really should make them all the same type so they are easier to store. I think I will make more like this one actually as it is a nice size and fits perfectly in to my bookcase, plus you can also write on the spine so if you do store them on their sides you will be easly able to see which folder holds what - I plan on making them for different stamp companies - this one for example will be for Karens Doodles.

I used basic grey cardstock to make this box along with letters from my basic greys 12x12 cupcake collection pack. The ribbon is from my stash.

The image is called 'Amanda Panda' and has been coloured with copics.

This is a side view of my image holder

Please remember that you do need to use a Karens Doodles image to enter. You can enter your creation in to as many challenges as you like.

The prizes on offer are brilliant - and it isn't only the person who comes first that wins something either so what are you waiting for hop on over to the challenge blog HERE and get crafting.

I can't wait to visit you all this week and see what you have come up with.

I am entering this in to the following challenges (I couldn't post these earlier as I pre prepared this post)

Allsorts challenges - Animals
One stop crafts - Anything but
Incy Wincy Designs - Anything goes

PS - if you would like to enter my blog candy please got o the top of my blog for more details xx

Blog Candy

2010-05-02T14:42:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon Ladies. I hope you are all well today. As promised I have some blog candy for you all. This is in celebration of my blogaversary which is in June and also to celebrate the fact that in July for the first time EVER I am running in the race for life. This is a 5K race to help raise money for cancer research UK, these races have taken place since 1994 and are open to women of all ages, so far 4.7 million people have raised over £370 million to help people beat cancer. I am hoping to raise at least £50 but hopefully a lot more for this wonderful charity. so if you would like to donate some money please visit my page HERE or using the link on my sidebar. This however is obviously not a condition to enter the blog candy, I would not want anyone to think that.

Here are some pictures of the blog candy on offer;

I have the following;

2 x Harriet hurst unmounted rubber stamps
1 x Greeting farm Easter Anya rubber stamp
1 x Dolly mama wooden mounted rubber stamp (this one is used)
1 x birthday present stencil
5 x white pearlised card blanks and envelopes
selection of papermania papers
I will add another item if we get over 50 entries
I will also be adding some stamped images of the winners choice (I will email a list of stamps)

So all you need to do to enter is to add your name to Mr linky below and post this candy to your blog. If you would like to become a follower that would be great but is not obligatory. This candy will close on June 4th. Please note that you must post this on your blog I am sorry but any that haven't posted will be disqualified before the winner is chosen.

Have a great day ladies xx

I did it again

2010-05-01T09:15:00.000+01:00

I made a card using the sketch saturday sketch, go to load it this morning and then realise it is Saturday and the newest one has now been posted :( stupid me lol.

Well I have had this stamp for a long while now but this is the first time I ave used it, don't you just love her? she is one of the gorgeous stamps from Kraftin Kimmie, I can't wait to get some of her newer images I LOVE them.

Here is my card

I coloured the Image with Copic markers and used my new pen to add in the highlights. I used a different type of card to stamp on this time. I recently made a trip to Sir Stampalot in Peterborough and their residen Copics demonstrator was there, she recommended I give this card a try and I can tell you for sure I will now be using nothing else it is absoloutly brillint, no bleeding of colours at all it is brilliant and made colouring the image much more enjoyable and the colours were actually easier to blend. Whats great too is that I can also put i through my printer for my Digi images :) brilliant. If you want to give it a go hop along to their website here and get some for yourself :) They also have brilliant prices on copic markers.

I used basic gray papers for this card mounted with plain red cardstock that I also bought at sir stampalot. The sentiment is by papermania.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

My time to craft - Ruby ruby ruby - use red

Creative Belli challenges - Birthday & use something old from your stash - the little red stars I have used I have had ever since I started crafting and have never once used them - think they look good with this though :)

Thank you for visiting me today. Just a little heads up I will have a blog candy coming soon either today or tommorrow. This is in aid of my up coming blogaversary and will also be to celebrate the fact that I am running the race for life this year for the first time EVER. So keep your eyes peeled and be sure to enter as there are some exciting goodies for grabs.

Animal Magic with Karens Doodles

2010-04-28T10:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Ladies, I hope you are all well today. I am really excited to share my card with you today for the Karens Doodles Animal Magic challenge. I have made this card for my Daddy for fathers day. Since I was little my Daddy has always called me Amanda Panda, so when Karen brought out this image called Amanda Panda I just HAD to use it.

I followed last weeks sketch on papertake weekly to make this card - didn't realise when making it that is was last weeks though - DOH!

I have coloured the image with Copic Markers - gotta love them can't wait to get some more :) My papers are from my minds eye, I just love these papers. The sentiment is computer generated.

So what are you waiting for come on over to the challenge blog and enter in your card for a chance to win one of these fabulous prizes;

PRIZES
1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

If you don't have any of Karens images yet, you can find them here

Ahoy Birthday Boy

2010-04-26T18:43:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon Ladies, I hope you are all well today. Here is a card I made just because I fell in love with the image. How cute is this little guy, you can buy him HERE the papers were sent to me from a crafting friend, wish I had more of them they are fab. I used the sketch on Friday sketchers for this card; this is shown below;

Here is my card;

I can't tell you the make of the papers I'm afraid but if anyone knows please let me know :)

I coloured my image with copic markers, the sentment is computer generated. The ribbon is from my stash and the stars were sent to me with the papers.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Crafty Angels - Summer

Sophisticat challenges - Card for a child

Quixotic Challenges - Make a splash

Daring Card Makers - Die cut crazy
Copic Creations - Black Hair

Karens Doodles - Monochromatic Challenge

2010-04-21T10:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Ladies I hope you are all well. As you can see from the title of my post this weeks challenge over at Karens Doodles is Monochromatic.

I had a brilliant idea planned for this project, got my image from the site went home to make the card and noticed my internet had dropped, I couldn't get internet all last night Grrrrr. I had to switch to another image and create something different, which was fine but you know how it is when you get an idea in your head and then can't do it for wahatever reason.

Anyhow, my card is made for a crafting buddy Fiona who is currently poorly in hospital. I hope this cutey pie will cheer her up.

The papers are by Basic Grey, gotta love basic grey they are one of my favourite papr companies just wish they had more papers for the money. The image is of course a Karens Doodles image and can be purchased HERE

I have coloured this image with Copic markers as always - think I might have another try at water colours haven't used mine in aaaaages.

I hope you like my card. Don't forget to hop over to the challenge blog and enter your card now.

I am entering this card in tot he following challenges;

Charisma Cards - Monochromatic
Stamp something - something layered - I have layered my papers

A Card for my Auntie

2010-04-18T18:11:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon ladies how are you today. It has been a lovely sunny day here in the Fens today - shame we don't have a garden would have been nice to have spent more time outside today :( been painting the house instead and fitting a new outside light woohoo.

I made this card for my Auntie Marvina who live in Scotland, it is her birthday on Tuesday so I am sending this to her first class tomorrow.

I have used a sketch today from this weeks Friday Sketchers challenge which can be found Here

This is what I did with the sketch

The papers are from the 'My minds eye - wild asparagus' set I just bought these and love them to bits - brilliant price too - I bought them at the glitter pot for £9.99 for 36 sheets of 12x12.

The image was sent to me in an image swap a long while ago, it is a Diana Duda one I think - I am going to have to find out because I love it. I coloured the image with copic markers. The sentiment is stamped from the Woodware sentiments set. The pearls at the bottom are from the pound shop and are part of a set of 6 different types and the ribbon is from my stash.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Crafty Angels - My favorite things - I used my Copics of course
Sophisticat challenges - Distressing - I have distressed the edge of my papers

Creative Card Crew - Birthday
My time to craft - Pearls

The Copic Colours I have used are;
Bubbles - B97, B95
Stem - YG63, YG67
Rose - R59, R46, R37
Top - B00, B02, R22, R35
Skin - E00, E21
Hair - E29, E35, E37
Background - R00

Karens Doodles Challenge 6

2010-04-14T10:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Ladies, I hope you are well today. Are you ready for another challenge? This weeks challenge is 'Things with wings' there are so many images that you can use for this challenge and you can find them HERE
There are loads of new images and as there is currently a SALE (please see below) you can get even more for your money.

Ok so here is my take on this weeks challenge 'Things with wings' I have made a little folder to hold some of my stamped and printed out digi images. I don't know about you but when I am printing my images I like to print a few to a page so I get the most out of it. Then i realised I have no where to put them so that is where this idea came in.

This is the side view

And this is the inside

The image is called Fairy Princess, I coloured her with copics. The papers were freebies from a craft magazine a few years back. I bought the pink card online. The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

For the images on the inside I made them smaller in word and then cut them out using my nestabilities. I then mounted them on to the pink card and cut around it with my scalloped scissors.

The template is by Lauren Meader and works perfectly with the Score Pal.

Ok so now for the prizes of which there are plenty;

PRIZES

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

Now don't forget there is a sale on at Karens Doodles;

The sale runs from now until Friday so get shopping :)

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Childhood memories

Kaboodle Doodles - Digi Girl

Stamping for the weekend - Ribbons and bows

Our creative corner - bows

2010-04-07T22:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning all. I hope you are well and having a lovely day. This weeks challenge over at Karens Doodles is a recipe challenge. We would like you to use the following on your card;
3 Embellishments2 papers1 image
Here is the card I have made for the challenge;

I am giving this to my dad to say thank you to him for driving me and my husband to the airport. It just goes to show that you are never to old to need your daddy and i love mine to bits. The papers I have used are free digital downloads and the image is called crafting widower and can be found HERE
Ok so now it is your turn. Come on over to the Blog and enter in your card for a chance to win the prizes shown below;
1st Prize - 3 Digi stamps of your choice
2nd Prize -2 Digi stamps of your choice
3rd Prize -1 Digi stamp of your choice

Good luck ladies

Challenge 4 on Karens Doodles

2010-03-31T22:00:00.002+01:00

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope you are all well. By the time you read this I will be in Egypt woop woop. Me and my Husband are celebrating our first wedding anniversary back at the hotel we whent to on our honeymoon.

Any how you are here to see the details for Karens Doodels UK challenge blog. Ok so this week the challenge is a photo inspiration. This week we would like to see you make a card, getting inspiration from the image below;

Here is the card I made for this challenge, we will be giving this to our friends who are looking after our cats whilst we are on holiday, I couldn't think of a more perfect image could you? She is called princess kitty and you can buy her here

Now don't forget there are some AWSOME prizes up for grabs so hop on over to the challenge bloG to read more about it and check out the prizes. This challenge is a joint challenge with the other Karens Doodles challenge blogs around the world so don't miss out on the fun.

You can join in HERE

And buy any of Karens gorgeous images HERE

Karens doodles challenge 3

2010-03-24T10:00:00.002Z

Good Morning ladies I hope you are all well this wonderful morning. It is time for a new challenge over at Karens Doodles we have a sketch for you this week I hope you will be able to join us there are some fab prizes to be won.

Here is the card I made using the sketch, the papers are from My minds eye bloom and grow collection. I coloured the image with copic markers these are listed below. If you would like this image it is part of the Herbert turtle birthday set you can buy him seperatly with the cake or as a set with a cupcake on and lots of different candles etc. it is brilliant. You can put different amounts of candles on depending on the age of the person you are making the card for or just have it as a normal candle like the one below or with non at all if you prefer.

The sentiment was stamped using my Papermania sentiments stamp and mounted on to green card to match the papers.

Copics used
Cake - YR02,YR04,YR07
Candle - Y15, Y17
Turtle - YG63, YG67, E33, E35
Hat - B97, B95, BG05, BGO1
Flowers - R59, R46, R37
Grass - G17, G07, G05, E35

So you know what the challenge is and you have seen my card now lets see what the prizes are;

PRIZES

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Charisma Cards - Something for the Kids

All sorts challenge blog- Spring

Bee Crafty - Spring

Cupcake Crafts - food and drink

Crazy 4 challenges - Spring

Secret Crafter - Spring

A Wedding Anniversary Card

2010-03-20T15:01:00.001Z

Good Afternoon Ladies, I hope you have all had a wonderful Saturday, we had my brother and his fiancee over this afternoon which was nice. Just need to get on with some cards now :) This is my second post for today so be sur to pop down and see my other one :) I made this card last night to give to our Friends Tim and Michelle for their first wedding anniversary. We met them in Egypt last year when we were on honeymoon, they were also on their honeymoon. We are going back to the same place with them this year on the 26th March to celebrate both of our first wedding anniversarys, can't wait.
I have primarily made this card to enter in to the Totally Stampelicious guest designer challenge. I did however follow the sketch on Truly scrumptious which is shown below;

I used an image from the greeting farm that I received in a swap a while ago, isn't it beautiful. I coloured the image with copics to match the colours that Tim and Michelle wore on their wedding day,

The papers are basic grays cupcake collection mounted on to some plain blue paper. The ribbon i bought from Malaysia on Ebay. and the flowers were in my stash :) think I am going to have to make a box envelope for this one.

Copic colours

B00, B02, B05 - All blue areas

Suit - W3, W5, W7, C3, C5, C7

Hair - E35, E37, E29, E47

Skin - E00, E21

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch

Cute card Thursday - Anniversary

Copic Creations - Your favourite techniques (I have used the caucasian skin and the brown hair)

A Male 50th Birthday card

2010-03-20T12:26:00.000Z

Good Morning Ladies I hope you are well today, I am knackered I have done a workout this morning followed by the house work and am now sat down with a nice cup of coffee and doing a spot of blog hopping whilst syncing my Ipod ready for holiday next week.
This card has been made for my father in law to send to his brother. He asked for a fishing themed card so I am pretty sure this fits the bill. The image is from Doodle Palace and has been coloured with copic markers, I have listed the colours below ( I am trying to remember each time but have been a bit rubbish recently).

I bought the papers at Sir Stamplaot they are by Kaisercraft and are double sided. The ribbon is from Quixotic paperie once again.

I used the Friday sketchers sketch for this card and then realised that I had missed the date for posting it lol ah well never mind.

Copics used -E33, E35, E37 (Bag)

Boots - YG67, YG63

Hat - C3, C5, G17, G07

Fishing rod - E3F, E37, W5, W7

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Creative inspirations - Male card
Cupcake crafts - going green
Incy Wincy designs - shades of green
Kaboodle Doodles - Happy Birthday
Digital Tuesday - Lots of green
Simon says stamp - lots of green

Karens Doodles Challenge 2

2010-03-17T10:00:00.002Z

Good Morning ladies how are you all today? I hope you are well, fingers crossed you are reading this post at 10 am and no later otherwise it means my scheduled post hasn't worked.

This weeks challenge on Karens doodles is EASTER. There are sooo many gorgeous images over in the shop that you can use for this challenge.

This is the card I made for the challenge, I used the cute love at first bite image, coloured with copic markers. The papers are basic gray, I believe it is the cupcake collection :) I cut the flowers from matching DP using one of my punches and put some little gems in the centres.

So to enter the challenge hop on over to the challenge blog here and enter your card in for your chance to win..

I am also entering this card in to the Papertake weekly challenge for this week as I used their sketch.

Mothers day gifts

2010-03-13T22:55:00.000Z

Good Evening Ladies I hope you are all well. Sorry I have been so bad at visiting everyones blogs revently, I have started in a new position at work and have been really busy so haven't had much time to log on.
I wanted to show you these two boxes I made for my mum and Karls mum for mothers day, I made some white chocolate and cranberry fudge to put in them and also added some roses chocolates :)

This is the first one, they were both made using the 'for keep sake' box by Lauren Meader, I love her templates they are so easy to work with and go so well with the score pal too. The papers were given to me by a friend aren't they beautiful. I won the flowers on the card in a blog candy and the other ones are from my stash. The sentiment is computer generated.

This is the second box, using the same paper just a slightly different colour. I have shown this one with the card inside the box. I made it to fit just inside the front window. The image below shows the other side of the box. You can see the fudge and chocolates inside, I put these inside a clear bag (the ones you use to put cards in).

I am entering these in to the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge which has a theme of 'anything goes' and also the Cupcake craft challenge where the them is Flower power.

I hope all of the mothers reading this have a wonderful mothers day tommorrow xx hugs to you all xx

Karens Doodles United Kingdom Our FIRST Challenge

2010-03-10T10:06:00.000Z

Good Morning Ladies I hope you are well I am really excited, today is the first challenge for Karens Doodles United Kingdom Challenge blog. We have some incredible prizes up for grabs - yes I said Prizes! The first Prize is a digi image that YOU design and name how cool is that!!!

The challenge this week is to use your favorite image.

If you don't have one yet what are you waiting for you can find them HERE there are also some freebies if you are a member of Paper Craft Planet and SNR Card Universe .So If you are new to digi stamps what better a place to start.

Here are the prizes

1st Place - 1 digi stamp that YOU can design and get to name

and 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

This is the card I made using the image A friend in need, isn't this just perfect :)

The papers were a free digital download. I colured the image with Copic markers. I am not sure who the ribbon is by it was given to me by Steph from Stamping and Sharing.

The gems were actually meant for nail art but I think they matched the paper colours perfectly :)

So what are you waiting for hop on over to the challenge blog and enter to win some of these cuties for yourselves, and don't forget to become a follower so you don't miss any of the future challenges. We will have a challenge every Wednesday.

I am also entering this card in to Sketch Saturday

Doodle Palace sneak peak

2010-03-09T20:06:00.000Z

This is my second post for today please scroll down to see some exciting news

Good Evening Ladies I hope you are all well. Well it is Tuesday and it is time for another Doodle Palace sneak peak. I really enjoyed using this image just perfect for a boys card.

The papers are form basic Grey, I swear one thing I could not be without is basic grey papers I LOVE them. I have wrapped some twine around the card, I think this works better than ribbon on male cards. The image is coloured with copic markers and can be bought HERE from tomorrow.

I am entering this card in to 'Our creative corner' this week

Karens doodles challenge goes live tommorrow at 10 am drop by the shop for the grand opening SALE

2010-03-09T20:05:00.000Z

So are all you Doodledivas ready for our first challenge tomorrow! Our Design Team have created some fabulous inspiration for you for our Challenge going live so please come back here and all will be revealed tomorrow at 10 am!!

Also, Karen is having a Sale over at KAREN DOODLES ONLINE SHOP in celebration of our Challenge Blogs openings this week, so do pop along and buy some of her fantastic images in readiness for the challenges, she has a great offer on :)

The challenge rules are listed on the right sidebar of each blog. To enter the Challenge, you MUST use a Karen's Doodles image. If you belong to our Paper Craft Planet group, you can also pick up a freebie image to use. Please read the rules and follow them closely.
For our first Grand Opening Challenges, we have a BONUS PRIZE for the 1st place winner. All winners will be chosen by Random.org.

1st Place Winner- 1 digi stamp that you design and get to name and 2 digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamp of your choice from Karen's Doodles

A New card for you :)

2010-03-02T12:30:00.000Z

Good Morning Ladies, I hope you are all well. I have a new card to show you today that I am particularly pleased with, you know when you have finished a card and you like it so much you don't want to give it away, well this was one of those for me. I used greens which is very 'out of the box' for me as I usually only use them for grass. I followed the sketch on 'Sunday Sketch and Stamp' this week which is shown below.

To make this card I used free digital papers which I printed on a laser printer as this gives a better wuality print in my mind. The image is one of the new 'twisted tea party' line from the Greeting farm. isn't she just brilliant, I really enjoyed colouring her last night, my happiness didn't even dicapate when i realised I had coloured her eye in using E00, i simply used my clear blender to remove the colour in that area :)

I used some black Raffia lace which I bough once again from the Quicotic paperie with super fast delivery. The lime green ribbon was bought on Ebay as part of a bundle and i think this is the first time I have used it but it goes so well. I coloured my image with copics but stupidly forgot to write the colours down, I will have a look tonight and add it on then.

The sentiment is a stamp from my woodware sentiments set.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Cupcake craft Challenge - Round and round

Creative Card Crew - Celebrations

The pink elephant - Add Green to your colour combo

Cute card Thursday - Ribbon tastic

Copic creations - A wee bit 'o' green

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch

BIG BIG BIG BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!

2010-03-01T22:18:00.000Z

Hello ladies, I have some huuuuuuge news for you, I have been chosen to be on Karens Doodles Design team. I am so excited, our first challenge goes live on the 10th March so keep your eyes open for that. I can't wait to show you some of the gorgeous images Karens has drawn, they are stunning. If you would like to visit the challenge blog please do THIS is the link for the UK blog, become a follower if you like that way you wont miss the first challenge.

If you would like to buy any of Karens images you can find them HERE

There are also challenge blogs for The US, Scandanavia and the Netherlands.

Here is a list of the DT members on the UK challenge blog that I will be working with, be sure to pop over and send them some love.

Anne DT Leader
Elaine DT Leader
Catherine
Suzette
Lisa
Viv
Joey
Amanda
Yvonne
Tracey
Amy

Finally my June calendar page

2010-03-01T19:43:00.000Z

Good Evening Ladies I hope you are all well. I was pretty chuffed last night when I finally made my June calendar page. I had already made July and August just not June so I couldn't add them to my calendar. I used a sketch on Sweet Sketch Wednesday, I haven't entered this challenge before so this is a first for me :) I really enjoyed the sketch, this is shown below;

I used an image from THIS page, there are loads of colouring pages on here, I was directed to them from Lindas blog I just love them. The papers are DCVW I got them in my Goody bag at Stephs make and take just before Christmas aren't they beautiful.

The image is coloured with copic markers as usual the colours I used are listed below;

Pinks -RV02, RV04, RV06, R32,

Purples - BV00, BV02, V04, V06

Light for lamp - Y17

Book - E33, E35

Hair - E29, E37, E35

I am entering this card in to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge this week.

Prima has a secret

2010-02-28T20:30:00.000Z

Prima has a secret coming our way which will be revealed soon. Go to their blog here to check it out and enter yourself in for this huuuuuge blog candy. They are picking one American and one International winner.

A mothers day card

2010-02-28T16:47:00.000Z

Hello Ladies, Hope you are well today. I am having a very slow day I just couldn't get my bum in to gear this morning and usually the way it goes is if I don't get up and sorted straight away I just seem to take ages to do anything for the rest of the day. Including card making lol. Any hoo I have made this card using an image from In Style stamps they are soooo cool. I followed the sketch from Our creative Corner this week which is shown below.

I used some digital papers for this card - you can find them HERE. The image was coloured with copics, i have been struggeling with using the blacks if ind they always seem to look more like I have watercoloured them after i go over with the lightest colour rather than looking vibrant. If anyone has any tips for colouring with blacks they would be most appreciated I have C3,C5,C7, W3, W5 and W7.

The sentiment is computer generated and mounted on black paper. I have used black raffia lace which I bought from Quixotic paperie, they are the cheapest around for this (that I have found anyway). The piece of card that the image is mounted on to using foam pads was covered using a purple ink pad, I then whent over the edges of it with black ink to make it match the papers.

I have decorated the inside to match.

Copics used;

Blacks - C3, C5, C7

Reds - R59,R46

Hair - E29, E37, E35

Skin - E00, E21

Purples - BV08, BV17, BV00, BV02

Earings - Y23

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Our creative corner - Sketch

Digtial Tuesday - A card for mum

Crafty Creations - Cut it out and pop it up

Creative inspirations - Monochrome - my colour - purple

A new card

2010-02-26T22:51:00.000Z

Finally a new card to show you although I have to say it isn't one of my best. I actually took this apart 3 times before I was happy with it last night and now I have noticed how messy it looks in the picture - i hate it when that happens you think the card looks ok until you see it in the photograph and realise it isn't as good as you thought;

Any hoo, I completley cased this card from Kim Costello who is a designer for Club Anya, you can see her blog here along with the actual card I used to make this one, she has some incredible cards on her blog so be sure to check it out.

Here is my card

I was lucky enough to win the entire new release and have just received them this week so I am sure you will see more cards made using these gorgeous images.

The papers I used were actually digital papers aren't they cool.

I am entering this in to the following challenges

Roses on Paper - Cards for men/boys

Quixotic Challenges - One for the boys

Doodle Palace - FREE IMAGE

2010-02-24T14:33:00.000Z

Head on over to the Doodle Palace challenge blog using the link below to enter their new challenge. Everyone who enters will get a FREE digital image of their choice from the shop how brilliant is that. So what are you waiting for head on over and enter in today :)

http://doodlepalace.blogspot.com/

sneek peek Doodle palace image

2010-02-23T11:17:00.000Z

Good Morning All, hope you are all well today. I am feeling a bit better, will be much better when it is the weekend though :) I made this card last night using one of the new images from Doodle Palace which will be released tommorrow. At first I was unsure what to do with it, but then I had the idea to make a Sympathy card. Thank goodness I don't actually have anyone to give this too but I have had occasions where I could have made one and didn't because I was too worried about making it in a rush and not doing the person justice (if that makes any sense at all).

I followed a sketch to make this card but have still kept it simple. I weas umming and aaahing about whether or not to enter it in to a challenge but have decided that as the card isn't actually for any one that it is ok to do so. I hope I have't offended any one in doing so, if I have just let me know and I will happily remove the card.

The sketch I followed was on Mojo Monday, I didn't use the diagonal shape in the middle, i put the cross there instead so hopefully this still counts.

This is the card I made, I have decorated the inside to match with the pearlescent card.

I paper pieced the cross, I have NEVER done this before but I have to say I love the effect it gives. I had tried colouring it with my copics but I just didn't have the correct colours so at 10pm last night i decided that I would give this a try and thank goodness it worked. I ran some of my pearlescent card through my cuttlebug to give it the dotted effect which I love and the papers are K&Co. The sentiment is computer generated then matted on to the pearlescent cardstock. The ribbon was a bargain buy from Ebay, I buy my standard ribbons like this from an Ebay shop in Malaysia, brilliant products and fantastic value.

I hope you like my card. I am entering it in to the Mojo Monday challenge this week.

Aimes has candy and has asked us to show our first EVER cards

2010-02-22T13:00:00.000Z

Good Afternoon ladies, I hope you are all well. I don't usually put candy posts in the main section of the blog, they are usually linked to the side bar, however Aimes has come up with the brilliant idea of getting everyone who enters her Blogaversary candy to post some of their first ever cards. Well I have a brilliant one for you, literally my first EVER hand made card when i was still in primary school :) I made it for my mum and Dad for Christmas.

I am really chuffed that I found this :) how cool. Maybe I should have a go at making a 'now' version of it this christmas, think my dad would like that haha

And relax

2010-02-21T17:00:00.000Z

Good Afternoon ladies, hope you are all well. Sorry I have been so bad at visiting your blogs over the last few days, I have been ill, still feel awful but going to hop in to the bath in a bit and relax :) it' s hard to beleive i could still be tired I ended up going to bed at 7 last night.

Any how I have made this card for my parents to give to my brother Oliver for his birthday he turns 27 soon (at least I think so lol)

I followed a sketch for this card on Sketch and Stamp.

The papers I have used are by Kaisercraft I bought them on my recent visit to Sir Stampalot, I love them. The ribbon is from Quixotic cards and the image is from Lili of the Valley. I have coloured him with copics (colours listed below) I have edged the image using green and black ink. The little gems are actually ones I bought for nail art but they have sort of migrated their way to my craft stash. I used my leaf punch to add a little something to the flower, sometimes i think they can look a bit out of place on their own. Also I don't think you can see it very well but I have stamped 'it's your day' in to the bottom left hand corner of the card.

Colours

Clothes and hat - YG63,YG67, E33, E35, E37, C3,C5,C7

Newspaper - W3, W5, W7

Grass - G05,G07,G17

Skin - E00,E21

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Sketch and Stash - Sketch

Crafty Angels - Flowers

Kaboodle Doodles - Spots and stripes

Incy Wincy designs - Punch it out

My time to craft - Green plus one (I am hoping i can get away with the ribbon as brown was my plus one)

sneek peek Doodle palace image

2010-02-16T13:20:00.000Z

Hello ladies hope you are well, Just the one card to show you today, have been a bit rubbish recently not been liking some if the cards I have made so kept them to myself but it will get better promise :) Here is a card I made using one of the new doodle palace images which will be released tommorrow.

I did follow a sketch for this card but I think I must have missed the deadline because I can't for the life of me find it now lol. I coloured the image with copics, I wanted to have a go at colouring the grass and sky, don't think it looks too bad, it does look a bit flat though so If anyone has any tips they would be more than appreciated :) The colours I used are shown below for any one who is interested. I am afraid I can't say who the papers are buy as I completley forgot to write it down before i cut them all up. The pink cardstock is from Simonsays stamp though, I whent there at the weekend and they were sooooo helpful and friendly I wish I had loads of money so I could go back and spend it all there, come on lottery - ha-ha - Oh i tried out a new method on this card, I had a little go at distressing, never really done this before and I don't really have a proper distressing tool but i think it looks ok for a first try, what do you think?

Copics used are:

Bunny - C1,C5,C7

Wood - E35, E37, E29

Easter Egg and ears - RV02, RV04, RV06

Grass - YG67,YG63

Bird - E31,E35,BG01,BG09

Flowers - Y17,BV17,BV08

I am entering this card in to the following challenges:

Stamp something - Something Cute

Creative Belli - Ribbons

Dare you to Digi stamp - Punches - I used my nestabilities

A Sweet treat for my husband

2010-02-14T15:34:00.000Z

Afternoon all, I hope you are well. I made this last night for my husband, he was out with his work they whent go karting, then for a meal and drinks. I picked him up at 0200 so we had a nice lay in this morning. Today We whent out for lunch to a lovely little pub in Somersham I had a soup and steak and Karl had mushrooms and then a steak it was gorgeous so full still even now. I made this present for him right down to the cookies inside :) I coloured Tilda with my new copics which were a wonderful early valentines present from Karl :) who can say best husband ever! I have a list of the copics I used below.

Here is a close up of the front

The papers I used are k&Co and the little daisies are from Martha Stewarts collection, my parents got them for me for Christmas. I have used the Chef Tilda image from Magnolia isnt she so sweet, I won her in a blog candy on Nilla's blog. As i said earlier she is coloured using my copics. I am going to try and write down which colours I have used for cards now as long as i remember, I am rubbish at writing them down.

Dress - E31, E33, E35 r59, r46

Socks - R59, R46

Shoes - C3, C5, C7

Skin - E00, E21, R20

Hair - E35, E37

I hope some people find that useful, I know i like it when looking at other peoples blogs.

I would like to enter this in to the following challenges;

Just Magnolia - Love

Pile it on challenge - Let us see flowers

A Sweet little valentines card using an image from Doodle Palace

2010-02-12T20:30:00.000Z

Hello ladies sorry it has been so long since I posted last its been busy here the last few days.
I made this car for my little sister (who is not so little any more) to give to her boyfriend this valentines day. I have used the cute Doggy image from Doodle Palace isnt he the cutest. I did start following a sketch for this card but I printed him to big so I had to alter it.

I coloured the image with copics and used my Sakura Souffle pen to add a few highlights. The papers are by basig gray. I mounted the papers and image on the plain red cardstock, i then wrapped some red ribbon around the centre and added a few gems to each corner. The sentiment was a freebie from Verve Stamps.

I am entering this valentines card in to the following challenges;

Digital Tuesday - It's all about the animals

Double Dutch - Make a valentines creation

Stamp with fun - Hearts

Creative Card Crew - Valentines

Everybody Art - Valentine

Sneak Peek

2010-02-09T22:33:00.000Z

Good Evening ladies I hope you are all well this evening. I have been busy making a little box to show you tonight using a new image from Doodle palace which is due to be released tommorrow. I was hoping to get this to you earlier but this little box really had it in for me tonight haha. I hope you like it. I am entering this in to the crafty angels challenge this week which is to use a colour that represents you, I have always been very girly and love dressing up so pink is mine.

You can buy this image HERE I coloured her with copic markers E00,E21, R32, R20 and R00.

I am going to fill this box with chocolates to give to our friends who have just had a baby, although you can't really see it in this image, there is a tag on the top of the box that says for mummy and daddy.

I made this box using my score pal.

Have a great evening ladies. I am off to bed now. Need to get in to the habit of making my cards in advance and posting during the day i think. Just been soooo busy recently.

Entry to Mo's digital pencil

2010-02-08T21:51:00.000Z

Good Evening ladies. I am off to bed now as I have to be up early for work so I will make this post quick. No sketch for this card just a simple layout as the papers are quite bright and the image is a detailed one so I didn't want too much other bits detracting from it.

~~Sorry for the quality of the image it is dark so the camera set the flash, you never get a good picture with the flash so I will try and get a better one tommorrow.~~ Edit - I have now added a better picture I hope

I am entering this in to Mo's challenge which is 'Wood' I have wooden tracks in my image

You can buy this image over at Mo's shop along with many other gorgoeus images, probably best to prepare your bank balance :) This one is called ' the engineer'

Sir Stampalot challenge

2010-02-07T17:29:00.000Z

Good Evening all I hope you are well. I have had a busy weekend of cards, it started Friday when (even after double checking that it was not the case a few days earlier) my brother called me in a panic saying he needed his save the dates for his wedding that evening as he needed to take them somewhere the following day. So when I got home from work I set out to make these save the dates for him. I am really pleased with how they turned out, my printer is not so happy - it didn't like printing on the vellum.

I am entering this in to the Sir Stampalot challenged where the theme is 'Moving', they do say you can interprit this any way you want, I am seeing it as my brother and his fiancee are moving forward in their relationship and getting married, they also brought the wedding a year forward - this involved another panicked call to me asking if I would have enough time to do the save the dates, invites, table names, table plans fabour boxes........... lol of course I said yes.

Here is the save the date I made 25 of these in the end and they have asked for another 6 - think i will make 1 just incase - I have permission from my brother and his fiancee to show you this

The information is printed on vellum and the snow scene shows through

Hope you like it :) Just got to make the pocket fold invitations now- that is going to wait until May though

Here is a link to Sir Stampalot - they are moving to a new premesis in Peterborough soon whoop - more room for craft stuff

If you would like more information on the challenge and blog hop you can go here

Can any one reccommend a really good paper trimmer

2010-02-07T15:59:00.000Z

Good Afternoon ladies (and gents if there are any about) I was wondering if I could call on my blogland friends for some advice. I wanted to buy a new trimmer as the one I had been using was old and needed replacing. I whent to Hobbycraft and bought one of theirs but it was faulty so I took it back and upgraded to the £28.99 version which had a corner cutter. However this seems to be cutting my edges wonky (no it isn't just me i promise :) I am holding the paper against one of the lines on the trimmer and cutting it but when i take it out the edge is not straight.

I am wondering if anyone can reccomend a good A4 paper trimmer that doesn't cost the earth. I live in the UK so anything this side of the pond would be great. x

DewDrop Craftz - new image

2010-02-06T23:53:00.000Z

Good Evening all, this is my second post for today so please scroll down to see my earlier one :)

I made this card using one of the cute new images from DewDrop Craftz, you can find it HERE there are loads of other ones like this too which I hope to show you over the next week or so.

I followed a sketch on Totally Stampelicious which is shown below.

I used a pre folded card which was sent to me by Steph from Stamping and sharing after I bought some stamps off her on Ebay, so I am afraid I have no idea who it is by. The long red strips of card were run through my cuttlebug then mounted on to dark green cardstock. The raffia lace was bought at Quixotic cards, I am addicted to this stuff I really like the effect it gives, I actually cut this strip in half to make it fit the sixe of the card.

My image is coloured with copics, mounted on to both red and green card and then stuck on 3d foam pads to give the card a bit of dimension. I also added some little gems to the pile of treasure.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges.

Totally Stamplecious - Sketch

Incy Wincy - Put your hat on - my little bee is wearing a hat :)

Valentines

2010-02-06T21:07:00.000Z

Good Evening ladies, I hope you are all well this evening (or afternoon if you are in America or Canada). I have just finished making this card for my Husband for valentines day, I intend on making a few small ones for him to hide around the house and then a larger one. This card is 4"x4" I made an envelope for it using my score pal.

The image is a new on by Doodle palace, you can buy it HERE isn't he just the cutest. I already have an order for another card using this image, my sister wants me to make on for her boyfriend :)

I didn't use a sketch for this one it is difficult when the cards are so small as you can't get too much detail on them with the image. I ran the red card through my cuttlebug to get the background design, I love this one. The image is coloured with my copic markers, I have just run out of E35 not good as this is my main base brown colour, looks like I need to make another visit to the online world of craft shops.

I bought the Raffia lace at Quixotic Paperie, they have super fast delivery so I will be back there as soon to get some more in different colours I just love this stuff.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Crazy 4 challenges - Be my Valentine

Saturday Spotlight - Teeny Tiny - my card is 4"x4"

Our Creative Corner - Masculine Valentine

Another new baby card using the a greeting farm digi

2010-02-04T21:18:00.000Z

Hello ladies hope you are all well this evening, I have another new baby card to show you using the toby digi image from the greeting farm, how cute is he - well she for my card lol.

I followed a sketch on Stamp with fun for this card which is shown below;

And here is what I did with it

I used papers that my parents got me for christmas they are Martha stewart ones i think double sided.. I also used papers from my stash (the darker ones)

I coloured the image with my Copi markers but used a different technique that I saw online i think it works well - the aim was to make her look fluffy and i think it worked.

The ribbon is from my stash - I usually buy the plain stuff on ebay from Malaysia as it is so cheap and you get loads of it. The little gems are from papermania.

I hope you like -

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Stamp with fun - Sketch

Cupcake craft challenge - Four legged and furry - ok I know it isn't living but it is four legged and furry

The pink elephant - Favourite challenge - I am going for the all pink one

ABC challenge - new - this is a new digi image

Creative Belli Challenge - Ribbons

DewDrop Craftz DT card

2010-02-02T15:07:00.000Z

HI Ladies, this is my second post for today so please don't forget to scroll down to see my other card :)
This is my DT card for DewDrop Craftz, I made this card using the sketch shown below from 'Get Sketchy'

This fortnights theme... 'It's all about the Love'

This can be interpreted in any way you see fit.. great for Valentines Day - or just for saying it to a friend who you want to show you care..

The rules for the challenge are on the right of the blog.. and you can make any creation for the challenge - it doesn't have to be a card.

Remember there are incentives if you mention where you were challenged from :)

Here is the card I made 

I used the Tokyo Girl image I love love love her she is so cool, she doesnt actually have fishnets on in the digi image but I added them on, i think they look cool. I have also added a little heart shaped charm and have used the colour of love - red - as my main colour.

The papers are by basic gray but really sorry I can't remember which pack they are from. I coloured my image using copics, here is a close up

I can see me using this one for many more birthday cards in the future.

I hope you will join the DewDrop craftz challenge this week it would be great to see you there xx there is a 5% off offer on as well at the moment - even more of a reason to join in.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Secret Crafters - Hearts

Get Sketch - Sketch

Multiple challenge card

2010-02-02T14:44:00.000Z

Good Afternoon ladies I hope you are all well, thank you for visiting my blog today :) I made this card last night even though on the way home I had promised myself I would have the night off lol. I really wanted to ink up my new Whiff of Joy image - new to me anyway I bought it second hand.

I used the sketch on Whiff of Joy which is shown below.

I cant remember who the papers are by, I dont use these ones much as they have quite large detailing but I think they looked okay for this card. The image is coloured with copics, I actually coloured her twice and popped her up on 3d Foam Squares to make her Pop a little.

The flowers and brads are from Papermania and the ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment is from a new stamp set which i received recently. I really enjoyed colouring this image, probably helped that I was testing out some of my new copic combinations too :)

Here is a side view to show you the dimension

And here is a close up of the image

I hope you like it xx

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

By the cute and girly - Love

Creative Card Crew- Valentines

Creative Belli - Hearts

Creative inspirations - femenine

Stamping with sarah Kay - Love (you can use any companies stamp with this)

Whiff of Joy - Sketch

Wooooohhoooooooo I can finally say something

2010-02-01T22:09:00.000Z

I am officially a princess, yep that's right I have been invited to be on the design team for Doodle palace digital stamps. I have known for almost a week now it has been soooo difficult not to say anything. Here is the first card i have made for them using one of their new images.

I am not entering this card in to any challenges I just wanted to show you. Head on over to the Doodle palace shop now to buy this image and looooads more cute images perfect for any occassion.

A card made using my NEW lili of the valley stamp

2010-01-29T18:26:00.000Z

Good Afternoon ladies I hope you are well. This is just a quick post as we are expecting guests for dinner soon :) I am so excited I finally bought my first Lili of the valley stamp, I had to wait patiently for the EZ Mount to arrive so I could mount it, I have now mounted all my other stamps too, I had tried using some DST but that really wasn't working so I had found myself neglecting my stamps and that is not on :)

Any how I used the sketch on the lili of the valley challenge blog to make this card. The sketch is shown below;

Here is what I did with the sketch, I used K&Co papers I love these ones they are 12x12 so on my little cards they do go far I just need to buy more. I coloured my Lili of the valley image with my copic markers. I love the effect of the ribbon going through the netting (brain freeze can remember what the actual name is) i saw this on someone elses blog and loved it so thought i might give it a go I think I am hooked. (ps i would say whos blog i saw it on but I cant for the life of me remember)

The buttons were from my stash, the brad is from papermania.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Lili of the valley - Sketch

Incy Wincy Designs - Buttons, bows ribbons and lace (I don't have a bow but I hope this still counts)

Dutch Dare Chalenge - Summer in Winter i think the image of the boy leaning against the tree is very summery cant wait to go for picnics in summer whoop

A multiple challenge card - CHA Day 3

2010-01-27T10:25:00.000Z

Good Morning ladies, I hope you are all well, thank you for coming to visit me today. We are now on day 3 of the CHA relay with the greeting farm (unfortunatly if you didn't enter from the beginning it is too late to get the other digis but you can still get the first on - Mer Ian at the greeting farm blog)

I did follow a sketch for this challenge on Sweet Sketch Wednesday, but stupid me made it last night and forgot that they would post a new sketch this morning, Doh! any how here is the card I made using the 3rd free digi from the greeting farm;

I coloured this cute image with my copics, the paper is by Martha Stewart, my mum got this for me for christmas I love it. The ribbons was an ebay bargain - i buy it from malaysia at about £3.50 for 5 rolls BARGAIN!, I received the rattle charm from Steph when i bought a few of her stamps on ebay, she sent a few freebies with it :) the sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

The greeting farm CHA relay day 3 - of course :)

Stamp with fun - Baby

The pink elephant challenge - Polka dots, bow and pink

Simon says stamp - new baby

Basic Grey - Animals

Crazy 4 challenges - Pretty in pink

Entry to CHA Relay day 2 and Sketch Saturday

2010-01-26T09:56:00.000Z

Good Morning Ladies, Hope you are all well. I am really tired today I was up later than I wanted making this card but everything kept going wrong, does anyone else have problems with punching through card with the martha stewart craft punches? mine kept sticking so I gave up in the end.

I followed the sketch shown below from sketch Saturday to make this card using the 2nd free digi from The Greeting farms digi relay. Go to the Greeting farm blog to check out the rules, I think there is still time to enter (up until 6pm cst which is 00:00 UK)

Here is the card I made using the sketch and the free digi

The papers I used are by Basic Gray, I am running out of all the backing card etc so think I will have to invest in some more bye bye bank balance lol. The image is coloured with copics and the ribbon/netting is from Quixotic cards, I love this stuff.

This is one of my cards that will go in a box to be ready for someones birthday, I need to get a stock made up as my brother and his fiancee have just moved their wedding forward a year and I now need to start making all their save the dates and then when I get back from my hols in May I need to start making their wedding invitations and table plan so it is going to be a busy year for me this year, worth it though. I promise to show you some of them when they are done.

I am entering this card in to the CHA relay day 2

and Sketch saturday

My July calendar page

2010-01-24T19:06:00.000Z

Hello Ladies, Here is my July Calendar page - Yes I have missed June out i ripped it by accident :( will have to do that one later. I followed a sketch for this page which is shown below, it is from Sketches by Tamara

And here is my interpretation

I used my new Anya stamp so excited to have this one yaaay. I cant remember who the papers are by I received them from a friend for Christmas. The ribbon was bought from Malaysia on ebay such great deals on there for ribbons. The little brads were sent to me with the stamp which I also won on ebay. I coloured the image using my Copic markers :)

I am entering this calendar page in to the following Challenges;

Saturday Spotlight - Bright colours - I just realised it does say mostly yellow but fingures crossed this is bright enough to count ?

Pile it on - Warm Wishes

Splendid Stamping with the greeting farm - Bring out the sunshine

Sketches by Tamara - Sketch

The Greeting Farm CHA relay day 1

2010-01-24T18:53:00.000Z

Hello ladies and welcome to my blog this evening. I am posting two projects tonight so keep an eye out for the next one. I made this calendar page using the first free Digi from The greeting farms first digi relay - if you want to enter and get this free digi hop along HERE.

I did start using a sketch for this page but it was too small a page to fit the sketch on with the image I wanted to use.

I coloured this gorgeous image using my copic markers. It took me aaaaaages to figure out how to make it so that the tail was outside of the nestabilities frame, I am still trying to perfect it as I always seem to get a line across the bit that is outside of the frame and havent worked out how to emboss it like this yet either. If you too want to do this you can find tutorials Here and Here I have to say a big thank you to Bev who pointed me in the right direction.

My DP is basic gray, I also used my cuttlebug and bubles folder on the green cardstock in the background.

My brads are from papermania and the little gems were bought on ebay from Malaysia.

I am entering this card in to the CHA relay 1 for the greeting farm (to get the next free digi you have to make a card or project using this one before the deadline)

A spoonfull of sugar - which is lots of layering

Simon says stamp - Punch it

Creative card crew - punch it

A quick thank you card

2010-01-21T16:21:00.000Z

Hello Ladies hope you are all well. Here is a quick card I made last night for my father in law to give to the Nurses and doctors on his ward. He should be out of hospital tommorrow :)

I didn't use a sketch for this one - I know ' Shock Horror' I was following the forever friends challenge which was to make a quick and easy card and also the Crafty angels cards which was a similar challenge.

The papers I have used are DCVW which were given to me by Steph in my Goodbag at the Make and take. The image is of course forever friends - i love this image it is perfect for thank you cards and birthdays and is so quick to colour so perfect for those cards that need done fast. The sentment is from my See D's thank you set and the flower and brad are from my stash.

To colour the bear I used E00 and E21 (I usually also use E000 but it has run out) for the flowers I used R29 only, the stems were G17 and the little yellow bits were Y17 I also used R20 for the blush on the cheeks.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Forever friends - Quick and Simple

Crafty Angels - Keep it Simple

Thank you for taking hte time to look today xx

My DT card for DewDrop Craftz challenge

2010-01-19T14:27:00.000Z

Good Morning ladies.

This is my DT card for this month DewDrop Craftz challenge. The challenge this week is to use green and Lilac. I used a sketch from CPS card sketches which is shown below.

What a great sketch again another one I really enjoyed, beginning to sound like a broken record here haha.

I used basic gray papers but I can't remember which set they are from, I love basic gray the quality is incredible. The image is a DewDrop Craftz image and can be purchased here. I coloured her with copic markers. I love this image because no matter how many times you use it you never get the same look as you can colour pretty much everything on it.

I used my score pal to create the striped effect in the backgrounf - I had seen this on another card a while ago and really wanted to give it a try. I think it is quite effective. I also used my new Martha Stewart edge punch on the DP which looks great against the black bacground. The ribbon is from Quixotic cards and crafts, I cant reccommend them enough they were so quick posting this out to me, I really like it think I need to get some more in different colours now :)

Anyhow don't forget to hop along and join in the challenge at DewDrop Craftz.

I am entering this card in to

CPS Card Positioning systems - Sketch

One Stop Craft chellenge blog - Fancy borders or edges

Crafty Creations - Textures - I used my score pal to give texture to the cardstock

Mays calendar page

2010-01-18T14:30:00.000Z

Afternoon Ladies. Hope you are having a lovely day so far. I am at work on my lunch at the moment. I made May's calendar page using the sketch from Friday Sketchers. Another really good sketch for this week, I will use this one again for sure.

Here is the sketch

See what I mean, it's a good one. I used some really bright colours for this one as I wanted to show off my new Hippie Anya stamp :)

Papers are by DCVW which were in my goody bag from Stephs make and take

The flowers were a christmas present from steph and the brad is from Papermania. The image is coloured with copics, not sure about the hair think I will make it a bit darker next time.

Here is a picture of it on the calendar itself

I am entering this in to the following challenges

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Anya Ink - Flowers

Aprils Calendar Page

2010-01-18T12:19:00.000Z

Hello Ladies, Hope you are all well thank you for popping along to my blog today. I am still working my way through the pages for the calendar for work so here is April's page :) I am entering this in to a few challenges. I have made it a lovey dovey one as April is my first wedding anniversary, so excited we are going back to the hotel we whent to in Egypt for our Honeymoon, bring on March 26th thats all I can say lol

I made this page using the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges which is shown below. Lovely and simple which is great for the calendar pages as I had found myself adding too much detail and ending up having pages sticking out too far.

Here is what I made using this sketch;

The image is of course a Greeting farm one, I love these especially this cake topper one can't wait till I can get my hands on some more - this image was sent to me in a swap ages ago.

I coloured the image using copic markers and added stickles to the dress for a bit of shimmer.

The flower and brad are from my stash, as is the red paper which I used to mount everything on.

I am also entering this into te folllowing challenges;

Incy Wincy designs - use your favourite colouring medium (I used copics)

There's magic in the air - tons of love - Edit - I didnt use the mage provided so hopefull will be back with a new entry sorry :)

Creative Belli Challenge - Sparkle - i added glitter to the dress

Polka Doodles - Love

A chocolate box gift for a work colleague

2010-01-15T15:35:00.000Z

One more post for me today, I also made this last night, I didn't have time to do another card, I don't know about you but it takes me ages to make one so I made this little chocolate box instead.

Here is a view of it opened up with the yummy thorntons chocolates inside

I love these little boxes - there was more chocolates in here but he had eaten some when i took this picture honest :)

The box was made using my new most favouritist toy my score pal :) I love this thing

The papers are again DCVW which were given in our goody bags at Stephs make and take. I am not sure who the candle image is buy, it is a wooden mounted stamp I have had for ages, this is only the second time I have used it actually.

Now I have made myself hungry by posting this lol

I am entering this in to the following challenges;

Incy Wincy Designs - Sweet treats

There's magic in the air - Stripes

Creative inspirations - NEW (I used my new scorepal)

Charisma cards - New

Birthday card for a friend

2010-01-15T15:24:00.000Z

Good Afternoon All, thank you for visiting my blog today it is lovely to have you here.

I made this card last night for a friend whose birthday it is today. This seems to be my 'go to' image for male cards at the minute, I really need to look at getting some new ones.

I followed a sketch on Mojo Monday for this one which is shown below;

Here is what I did with the sketch, I used papers from DCVW that Steph gave us in our goody bags at the make and take, the button is from Papermania as is the ribbon. I coloured the Image using copic markers. I also used my new border punch by Martha stewart on this card :) I love it.

Here is a close up of the image - the gem i used was bought at Hobbycraft but I can't for the life of me remember the make, I really should do these blog posts at home so I can start doing a card recipe again.

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch

The Pink Elephant - Brithday

Paper make up - Birthday

A huuuge blog candy

2010-01-12T21:03:00.001Z

Good Evening ladies, this post is not to share a card simply to share some info on a massive blog candy which is coming up. Please read below :)

On the 1st February there will be a very special ‘One Off Challenge’………with some rather special candy as the main prize. No ordinary candy I can tell you, but a really serious piece of equipment that all of us would love to have in our craft rooms.

As well as the main challenge prize, there will be runners up prizes and a Blog Hop with prizes to be won at each stopping point. And I will also be sharing details of the wonderful sponsors of this challenge and some exciting news about them as well.

I just know you will all want to get involved and join in so here’s what you need to do now:

1) Give the challenge a plug on your own blog.

2) Add the logo above with a link back here to your sidebar.

3) Leave her a comment on her post to tell her you have done that so she can enter you into the prize draw for this first part of the challenge.......the winner of that prize will be drawn by Random Org on 31st January.
Here's the link to Brenda at Floral Fantasies

March calendar page

2010-01-12T16:18:00.000Z

Ok so I think this will be the last one for today. This is my March calendar page, I used the sketch from the all that scraps wednesday challenge blog. They have a sketch this week which is shown below.

Here is my take on the sketch, I hope it is ok that my image is in front of my circle the card wasn't big enough to cut a circle around the image.

The papers are Bloom and Grow by My minds eye, I received them from my friend Fi for Christmas. The image is also a Digi image from all that scraps and is coloured once again with copic markers. I had a little trouble with the Orange bleeding out but think i managed to fix it, goodness knows what I would do with out my colourless blender.

I am entering this card in to the All that scraps challenge for this week

Februarys calendar page

2010-01-12T16:11:00.000Z

Wow I have been busy today :) Here is the page I made for Februarys calendar page. I think I may have messed up a bit here putting the roses on though I am not sure it will be ok when I put the pages on the calendar itself but fingers crossed.

I used a sketch from Sketch Saturday for this one and also followed the colour challenge on the ' Whiff of joy' challenge blog which was Aqua and red.

This is the sketch I used

and here is what I did with it

I have been wanting to use this image for aaages now i received her in a stamped image swap a long time ago and finally got her coloured up with my copics. This is the first time I have coloured black hair, I think it whent ok :) I also used my new hearts border punch which i love.

Small gift boxes

2010-01-12T11:59:00.000Z

Today i wanted to show you two small gift boxes I made for my little sisters. They will hold some lipglosses and nail varnishes as a 'just because' present :) The image I have used is one from the DewDrop craftz range of digital images. I love these little images they are so sweet.

I made two but they are actually the same so I have chosen the best picture of one of them. The box is made using a FREE template from My time made easy, a new range from Lauren Meader which can be found here

I coloured the image using copic markers and mounted her on to pink card stock. I used backing paper from Basic gray on the front and back of the box but have left the sides white (mainly because i ran out of cardstock:(

I am entering this in to the Kaboodle Doodles challenge which is anything but a card.

and also Our creative corner - 3D challenge

The first page of my calendar

2010-01-12T11:45:00.000Z

Good Morning all I hope you are all well.

I decided to make a desk calendar for work a few days ago and have now made the frame and printed out all of the pages for the months. This was a free download which I found Here along with instructions on what to do. I made my first page using a sketch on Truly Scrumptious the sketch is show below;

I had to alter the sketch slightly as I accidentally put the image on the wrong way around and then added the embelies before I realised ooopps

Here is my take on the sketch - The image is from the greeting farms digi image selection, I coloured this with copics cut her out and mounted her on to a circle cut with my X Cutter tool.

I used paper by Dovecraft called Wild Blossom. I don't tend to use these papers much as they are quite in your face but I thought they whent well with this sketch and the image.

There was also a colour challenge linked to the sketch which was to use inspiration from the image below;

I am also entering this card in to cupcake crafts challenge where the theme is 'Going Girly'

and Stampin for the weekend where the them is 'something new' I am making a calendar for the new year so I hope it fits

Another Birthday card for my Aunt

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This is the card I have made from me and my Husband to send to My Auntie Audrey, it's her birthday on Tuesday so I hope it arrives on time.

I followed a sketch on Sunday Sketchers for this one which is shown below.

I used the lemonade paper pad from Basic grey which I am fast running out of for this card. The image is a Sarah Kay one ok so it is meant to be for Christmas but I loved this one and it is perfect for my Auntie. The little butterfly charms I used are ones I was given for Christmas so I am not sure where they are from. I bought the gems on a trip to hobbeycraft they are by Papermania.

I coloured the image with Copic markers as usual :) I edged the image using black ink i think this finishes it off really nicely.

Here is a close up of the image

Sorry for the darkness of the images it isn't very light here at the moment and when i try and use a lamp it creates loads of shadows :(

I am entering this card in to the following challenges;

Sunday Sketchers -Sketch

Incy Wincy designs - Bling