Thursday, September 17, 2009

Altered notebook

I finished this last night  it is an altered notebook I made for my managers birthday - I gave it to her this morning and she loved it :)
I am entering this in to 3 challenges
Stamp Something - The challenge here was to make something with your favourite embelishments - i love brads and flowers so that was easy
Papertake weekly - The challenge here was 'faking it' we had to use anything faux on our cards - mine is the flowers
Sketch saturday - I adapted the sketch to fit the size of my notebook great sketch this week.

I am also going to put this in as another entry in to the whiff of Joy guest designer call. Wish me luck :) I am not sure who the papers are by this week this is more stuff i got from the amazing Steph over at stamping and sharing. I love this notebook wish I had time to make one for me hee hee maybe one day i will at the minute I have so many orders to get ready so you will be seeing more cards over the next few days. Oh yes the SB stands for Sarah Brown that is the name of my manager. 
Notebook recipe
Papers - Unknown
Flowers - Papermania
Brads - Paper mania
Stamp - Shy willow - whiff of joy
Image coloured with copics
Sentiment (initials) See D's alphabet
Pearls - from stash 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

My entry for Sketch and Stash

Afternoon Ladies (and gents if there are any out there :) Here is the card I made for this weeks Sketch and Stash challenge. This is the first time I have entered this challenge - i couldn't resist the sketch it was perfect for what I wanted to do. I have added a few bits that aren't on the sketch though I hope this is ok?

The papers I used are from the lemonade Basic Gray paper pack - I love basic gray papers can't get enough of them - was talking ot my husband last night and he said it's a shame there isn't an option on the websites to enable you to put together your own paper books :) I coloured the image using copics. I have no idea what the ribbon stuff is called i got it from Steph from Stamping and sharing I must remember to ask her.

This is a close up of dressed up Anya - I love this stamp - another stamped image I was lucky enough to receive in the post - I can't wait to have some money to buy this set of stamps. I used glitter on the skirt and hat - I think you can just about see it in this picture. Also in the corners of the picture i attached little gems i think it finished it off nicely. 
Below is a picture showing the dimensions of the card. I really enjoyed making this one - had a slight hiccup where i put a piece of paper on wonky but i don't think you can notice it too much now which is good :) 

Monday, September 14, 2009

Entry to three challenges

Hello :) I have just finished this card which I am entering in to the Copic Buzz challenge this week, I will also be entering it in to cute card thursday and Sunday sketch and stamp.

The challenge for Copic Buzz was to make a card using this image which was provided for free by Nikki at DewDrop crafts (we could use any image from her store if we already had one) and make it Glitzy and glittery - i don't know if you can see it very well in these pictures but I have added glitter to her dress and shoes using pink stickles :).
The second challenge i have entered this for is Cute card Thursday - the challenge this week was to use the colours pink and green - easy I used my new papers from Basic Gray that I won in a blog candy - I love basic gray papers they are such great quality. Ok so then I also entered it in to Sunday sketchers using the sketch provided - my image was a lot bigger than the one on the sketch but I am hoping that is ok.

Card Recipie
Papers - Basic Gray
Image - Dewdrop crafts
Sentiment - Woodware
Ribbon and eylets from Stash 
Brads and flower - Papermania

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Evening all :) here is a card I made for my brother in law using the Friday sketchers Sketch - I have to admit that although the sketch was perfect for the size of the image i was using it was difficult not to use more embelishments. I am also not sure on how to deal with backgrounds for these sort of stamps you know like he skies clouds grass etc so if anyone has any tips that would be great.



















I recieved the image in a blog candy I won, it arrived today so I have been busy playing.

Card recipie
Stamp - Birthday Buzzard High hopes
Papers - K&Co Hopscotch papers
Sentiment - Woodware 
Coloured with copics (of course)
Gems - from stash

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Another entry for the Whiff of joy guest designer spot

Well it does say we can enter as many times as we like :) This is a card I have made for a friends birthday It was made using a sketch i found on the sugar nellie blog. I love this little fella he is one of my most recent additions to my stamp family.

 
Card Recipie
Image - Oakley with pullover Whiff of Joy
Papers - K&Co Wild Saffron
Buttons - From stash
Flowers - a kind gift from a blogging friend
I coloured this image with copics 

Trousers - B00, B02, B05
Jumper - G05, G07, G17, BG09, BG05
Wall - E37, E29, E35, E31

Monday, September 7, 2009

Some altered items

Hello everyone :) - well i say everyone but who knows who is reading this lol. I saw these ideas on the chicnscratch website  this lady has some wonderful tutorials. I had fun making these and plan on making a few more i think they make great little presents especially for christmas.

This is a Grocery list - i am going to get some magnetic strips to put on the back to that it can be put on the fridge - we used to have one of these then every time we ran out of something it whent on the list :)  to the right is a close up of the stamp it is from See D's Christmas stamps and is for a cat loving friend of mine. The card stock is just standard red card stamped with silver snowflakes. and i bought the blank pad from Tescos.

This is an altered notebook i have made as a christmas present for one of my sisters The papers are basic gray and the image is an another Anya coloured with copics. The gems were very kindly sent to me in a kit from Steph (be sure to check out her blog she has some amazing cards on there). I will be making lots more of these maybe with some matching pens.

my little sisters birthday card - copic colour challenge

This is the first time I have been brave enough to enter the Copic Creations challenge - everyones work on here is so amazing. Any way here goes. I made this card for my little sisters 11th Birthday which is on Wednesday. The pink papers are basic gray I LOVE basic gray papers already have my christmas onese just need to start making them now :)

I have used my favourite colours which are the greens and purples i think these go really well togetherr - the purples are the V00 and V02 I will get the rest of the colours when i get home and add them on - I wrote them down and forgot to bring them to work with me grrr.

I am also entering this card in to the 'I wanna be Just Like' challenge on the Club Anya Blog we had to use a sketch and of course an Anya stamp :)

 Here is a close up of the Anya image - I coloured her using copics
I think I am beginning to get the hang of these now - really want to get one of those white pens though so I can add in all the highlights.

Below is a picture of the inside of the card - this is only something I have started doing recently i think it adds that little something extra to the card.

Card recipie
Papers - basic gray (and papers from stash) 
Image - Anya shopping
Coloured with copics
Flowers - Prima
Sentiment - Woodware stamps
Pearls from stash

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Whiff Of Joy Guest designer challenge


I am soooooo excited today (Jumps up and down). I just found out last night that Whiff of joy are having a guest Designer DT call. I love these gorgeous stamps they are a dream to colour. So I whipped up this card (Shhhhhhhhh it is a thank you card for Stephanie from Stamping and Sharing I really hope she doesn't see it before it arrives I only posted it out this morning.                                                                                        

The stamp is willow catching leaves which can be found  HERE it is from the new fall 09 collection.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card - I tried to follow the sketch through lightly



Card Recipie
Papers - papermania - spring life

Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Sentiment - Woodware
Flowers - Prima flowers 
Others - card stock from stash, leaf punch, diamantes, angel paper, coloured with Copic markers

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

My Entry to Sketch Saturdays DT and Forever friends challenge

Morning everyone :) Here is a card I made using the brilliant Sketch Saturday DT Challenge Sketch. I loved making this card it has been a while since I have ised my Forever friends stamp too so I had great fun colouring in this little fella. 
Sketch Saturday are looking for 3 new DT members - I have my fingers, toes and eyes crossed :D I would love to be a memeber of their design team - even when I am not entering my cards in the challenges I am using the sketches to make my cards.
Here is a close up of the stamp - how cute is he. I am also entering this card in to the forever friends challenge this week - their challenge was to use Brads or eyelets on your card.
Card Recipie
Papers - Basic Gray - two scoops
Stamp - Forever Friends bunch of dasies can be found here
Sentiment - Woodware stamps can be found Here
Other - copics (I used E000, E00, and E21 for the bear itself) 

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

WOW WOW WOW

I won Denises FAB blog candy - can't believe it look at all these goodies :) be sure to visit Denise's blog here and check out her wonderful creations.

Thank you Denise can't wait for the postman to arrive now :)