D DAY is Approaching

 

Just getting over completing my 2000 word essay on an artist of my choice and i finished by the skin of my teeth(if teeth have skin that is ) so now its finished i can kick back and relax and share  this with you my sisters birthday was a couple of weeks ago and I had made her a supernatural t-shirt and wash bag and made the boxes on my new boxer board, and here's what i come up with i used crafters companion card and paper in silver i had die cut the flower with the sizzix  tattered flowers die and my stamping up flower punch and layered them together  and added purple gems to the centres and used purple tissue on the inside of the box to co-ordinate.

 

hope you like it.

 

Card Bingo challenge

I found this lovely blog when I was browsing Feline Playful and I absolutely love the choccy colour scheme being a caffeine/chocolate/crafting addict, I went straight to their challenge to see what the deal was, I've never played crafting bingo before so I thought i would have a go, the image was a free stamps set called your so sweet from Card making and paper craft magazine the papers are Boofle 6x6 paper pack flowers from stash also bling from stash, so for this challenge I chose ribbon, bling and flowers, if you would like to join in this challenge hop over to http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/challenge-11-bingo.html

They also have a DT call going so if you fancy taking a chance get in touch with them hope you guys over at my three favourite things enjoy my card and thanks for the chance to win x

Yet another week has gone by………..

And I have not done any of the projects I set out to do,  I pick my challenges, and never get round to doing my projects for them, where is my time going its not fair, out comes the pro-plus for my project for design team call at Emerald faeries garden I love the blog, but as of yet have not had chance to take part in any of the challenges, why because by the time I get round to making my project the challenge has finished and a new one is underway, my hands are now spending to much time in the sink and not crafting, its not gluing and sticking its folding and ironing, any way I have had my moan here is my card, using Ebony who is so gorgeous, I also downloaded Isla but have not got round to using her yet, and also the Drop sentiments, which I really think is a fab Idea if you don't want heavy charms on your cards any way I digress,

And as usual, the close up

The image was stamped and masked off then I went round with a flower stamp from my stash and coloured with pro-markers, sky was done using a mask and pale blue alcohol ink, embellishments are lace from Marianne designs and blue satin from stash and also die cut flowers Marianne creatable and paper roses.

Thanks so much for stopping by don’t forget to leave some sugar x

A gem of a challenge #24 Sketch

And here’s the sketch in question,

As long as all the elements are there you can do what you want with it, and here’s my interpretation, for more inspiration from the design team , you can head over to the challenge blog http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ where you will find the most beautiful cards, but be quick challenge ends in just over 24 hrs.'.

and as always, a close up,  I have used forever friends collection papers,  on to Kraft cardstock by paper mania, tags by WRMK and greeting is Molly Blooms, and my new  Tilda  whom I shall treasure, lol love magnolia stamps.

I would also like to enter this card in to the following challenges:-

Crafts and me challenges: Favourites.

I(heart) pro-markers:#73  Clean and simple.

I hope this also has inspired you, now go create.

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Ribbon Girl Colour challenge

Well its been a really wet weekend and have had to try and keep my daughter amused but it didn't work very well so we ended up going out on Saturday afternoon, to visit my sister, but then she didn't want to stay long I think tiredness was setting in, so it gave me chance to think about which challenges I wanted to enter.

 The ribbon girl was definitely one that I had to enter, I knew i wanted to use my new seam binding which I had ordered from the store and can I say what a fabulous experience it is, to have your package sent to you wrapped so perfectly, and the delivery was quick, what a great team, the seam binding was all individually wrapped I think I ordered five shades, and everything was wrapped beautifully in tissue paper, in this card I am using Molly Bloom, and after colouring her a few times I got used to her quirky shaped face and chunky arms, I used my pro-markers and then added some depth with my prisma’s.

Recipe

• Su very vanilla cardstock
• Paper mania shimmers cardstock in pink
• Dove craft check paper
• Martha Stewart Punch around the page
• Ribbon Girl seam binding in cream
• 1 foam rose one paper rose pink and cream
• sentiment Paula Pasqual

I am also entering this in to a sketch challenge over at 

Cupcake craft challenges, with this sketch

The sketch can be rotated, or flipped as long as the elements stay the same, so here’s mine.

and the close up,

 

Thanks  a bunch for stopping by

Kenny K

Totally awesome artist and has an eye for some thing a bit more rock and roll and i  love that it brings a new dimension to stamping you have to really concentrate on how and where you are going to colour,is definitely not for the faint hearted. You can find his range of rubber stamps  here. Funky, funny and sexy there is no one occasion you can’t use these stamps for( maybe except funerals ), I had purchased a couple to start off my collection, and have not looked back, this is a new era of stamping, they are ready to rock and roll just like the images themselves.

 

And here she is she is a rock goddess with cattitude

 

Still got a lot of practice to put in with my colouring, all the details are really fine, but the finished effect  is well worth the effort.

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New release Chloe

Just received mine this morning and i am over the moon could not wait to get her inked up and I tried so hard to stay away from pinks like I normally do and thought blue and yellow, Just like my first kitchen in my first home with my son Fabian. The theme over at Pink Gem is Bloomin Charmin (blooms and charms) and I had ordered mine in anticipation that they would arrive so I could ready my card for the challenge. Oh how happy was I when they arrived this morning so got to work straight away and this is what I came up with,

You can click on the photo to get a better view, just a rundown for you we have on here, Chloe with butterflies a new release  from Pink Gem coloured with pro-markers and then blended with my prisma pencils for more shading and depth, mounted on to blue card from my stash and layered on to a card blank exclusive to Which craft and made this in to an easel card using other die cuts available in the pack. I also stamped and shrunk some butterflies on to plastic for a few handmade embellishments and die cut a flourish using Marianne  creatable, the sentiment is from Raindrop echo designs mini stamp stamps and dies Supplied by Whimsy  stamps.

 

I am entering this card in to my firm favourite Pink gem and Emerald faeries, where the challenge is to use petals, which is great, they also have some great inspiration from the design team, so pop on over this is challenge number three, so lets show them some support also, Top tip Tuesday where the challenge is open to anything, so as usual i always provide a good close up.

 

Isn't she pretty, once you stamp her once you’ll want to see her in every colour.

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Allsorts DT Call

 

As the title suggests, Allsorts are having a design team call sadly, they have lost two design team members, but that means that two lucky people get the chance to get on a design team, I my self have been applying to many and feel that I have so much to give and so much to learn, I have been crafting all my life, and have only been card-making for only a couple of years since my daughter Holly was born, I would definitely love the opportunity, to inspire other people at the moment, I don't think it strange to visit and comment on other peoples creations there are some talented crafters out there, and if you have navigated my blog, I always try and inspire crafters with new tips to try, I don’t really have a lot of awards for challenges like I say, I am new to entering challenges but, I like to enter as the comments i get sometimes give me constructive criticism, and this I always learn from. So here it is my creation hope you like it.

And here’s the close-up.

 

 

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Pick a square

 

It was such a choice, great idea for a challenge though, I actually found myself putting a glass on each corner, and centre of my card to decide where i wanted my image, excellent idea, as the challenge goes simply less is more. I am combining this challenge also with Flower frenzy over at simply stamping challenge, I stamped a Non SU stamp rose on to the right hand corner of my card,i then stamped it a couple of times with leaves on to more whisper white CS and layered it up,  at first i did it in early espresso, which i really liked, and then i thought well what if my rose was red so i then stamped in Cherry cobbler, with Basic grey leaves and this was very nice(although i say so myself) i love SU colours as they are so vivid and strong the sentiment is a retired one from SU, from my stash and i have flittered with glitter to finish. Hope you like it.

And here is a close up for you.

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Design team call and a challenge

 

The time really has flown by and my nerves are starting to fray as time is running out for Make it Monday design team call i had an entry which I'm hoping that the lovely Jacquie will let me withdraw it and enter another creation as i was not completely happy with it, and feel that i would be letting myself down if i did not do something about it, I also found another call that it would suit perfectly and it is called Top tip Tuesday they have some great top tips coming in from followers and that is very useful, I believe i have a lot to share, and would love to do this through a design team,  and here is my entry,

 

I think i had thought a lot more about embellishments this time round and colour,  I hope you like it.

And here’s the close up.

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Pink Gem Challenge #21/Cute card Thursday

 

Hi all, I'm dead excited about this one as it is the first time entering  any of my work to Pink Gem Challenges, and also Cute card Thursday so it had to be a good one it took me three hours just to roll my roses, crazy lady no i am a big fan and have been for a couple of years and had to do this challenge justice the theme is Pink, Lemon and Aqua, and although i do not use pastel shades very often i enjoyed this one, and I enjoyed distressing the edges,  so here’s my card,

 

And here’s a close up for you, hope you like the finished project.

 

Less is definitely more

 

Here is my entry for the LIM challenge the theme is white on white, no coloured images. I have layered up whisper white cardstock on to 4x4’’  easel card and used dotted embossing folder, on to a plain layer, i then added an oval sentiment on to a scalloped oval, then added white vellum flowers and used a pearl brad and a couple of gems, ribbon was taken from my sisters sewing stash its like a ribbed white cotton ribbon very understated my other white ribbon was to wide for this size card. Hope you like it.

 

 

and here’s a close up.