A card made using my NEW lili of the valley stamp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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