saturday challenge meets abc

This card was made from 2 challenges,

1. Abc - V is for vellum
2. Secret crafter saturday challenge - challenge 40 a sketch card

I have quite a few male birthdays coming up so i decided to make a male card for the challenges,

To make this card i used,

• Image is loving edwin from magnolia
• promarkers to colour in
• white vellum
• dovecraft brads
• handmade paper given to me by a crafting friend so not sure where its from
• nestibilities scallop circle
• white sakura pen for faux stitching
• happy birthday text is from my see ds collection
• stickles glitter
• pearlescent card bland from craft central
• 3d foam to give image a bit of a lift

stitch in time sketch card

I made this card for an upcoming family birthday, the inspiration came from 2 challenge blogs.

1. Friday sketchers # 59


2. Cute card thursday #67 is called stitch in time

To make this card i used;

• wild asparagus backing papers ( i must say these are beautiful)


• image is tilda with glasses


• coloured with promarkers


• gems from pda


• circle cut from nesties


• paper flowers


• dovecraft naturals brads


• white sakura pen for faux stitching

decoupage card for 3 challenges

Sorry this photo hasnt come out at all well, i made this card for a older friend of mine who specifically asked for decoupage, so i trawled through my many blog challenges and came across 3 that i could combine, they are:

1. Saturday challenge #39 is 3 ribbons
2. C.R.A.F.T challenge #7 is decoupage
3. Creative card crew #18 is ribbons

To make this card i used my

• wild asparagus backing papers
• flower decoupage from a cd i have
• wine coloured organza ribbon from the range
• wine coloured pearl gems bought from ebay
• happy birthday from see ds stamp set
• gold shiny card for matting an layering (is from a indian friend of mine who bought it from a specialist shop as it has oils in it for her daughters wedding,its gorgeous)

this card was really easy to make and the decoupage is made with silicone instead of 3d pads so i could give it some shape and i didnt want it too thick,

creative inspirations entry card

Here is my entry for this weeks creative inspirations challenge which is a sketch but for a male card, as i dont often work with greens i thought i would give it a go with this one,

To make this card i used;

• stamping up backing papers
• circle punched out with woodware punch
• image is from pink gem designs
• coloured with promarkers
• matted and layered with thick green card
• green gems from PDA
• diecut given to me by a friend

this was a card i made at our new crafting group it took me about an hour but the image was already coloured, what do you think?

heres my little men

I cant believe kyle is just over 3 months now, isnt he just gorgeous. he is teething too so its lovely an noisy in my house, an alex at the top is 4 next jan, im soo proud of my kids and think they are absolutely beautiful so i thought id share these pics with you.

charisma card

This weeks over on charisma cardz challenge blog there is no theme at all so i was left thinkin what to do lol, i decided to keep it simple and made this card, as its a friend of mines birthday coming up and she is in her late 50s i thought this would be fitting? what do you think?

To make this card i used;

• stamping up backing papers
• green card stock
• dovecraft eyelets and brads
• flowers from joanna sheen webshop
• diecut sentiment from local craft shop
• bow hand made from ribbon stash

just magnolia sketch

This is my entry for this weeks just magnolia challenge week 11 which is a sketch by bev, ive also put the sketch on so you can see, i actually enjoyed making this card as i had my new backing papers to play with.

To make this card i used

• *NEW* papermania signature range they are called regency and i love them
• image given to me in a swap so not sure which tilda it is
• promarkers to colout in image
• white sakura gel pen for doodling
• prima flowers
• gem brads from dovecraft
• silver gems from own stash bought from PDA
• text is from a new stamp set i bought called personal impressions from hobbycraft
• ribbon lace i bought from a local sewing shop
• flamour dust for wings and around sentiment

cupcake sketch

Ive been on a bit of a roll the last couple of days, as i can only really make cards when my son is at pre-school ive been really knuckling down as ive a few birthdays coming up and want to try get ahead

This card was made from the sketch over at cupcake craft challenge blog #45

To make this card i used

• image is cupcake from snag-em-stamps
• cuttlebug embossing folder
• ribbon free from magazine
• pearlescent cream backing paper
• text from see ds
• flower stamped out with woodware punch with same papers already used in card
• circle punched out with woodware punch
• dovecraft gem brad
• gems from craft central
• diamond sticles
• sakura pens for doodling

red,white and blue plus 1 star

This card is quite a simple take on the stamptacular challenge n0 12, which as the title says red white and blue plus 1 star,

To make this card i used;

• hand stamped backing paper made from see ds background and borders set in red ink
• all ribbons from craft central
• blue peel off free from magazine
• star sticker from woolworths (what was lol)
• red/blue holographis card for layering star
• sakura pen for doodling round the edges
  

my entry for papertake weekly

This card has been made from dawny's sketch #17 over on papertake weekly,to make this card i used;

• image is magnolias fashionable tilda
• coloured with promarkers
• backing papers are stamping up
• eyelet from dovecraft gems from stash
• sakura pens
• stickles in diamond
• peel off greeting

I inked up the edges in green to give a better finish and added the diamond stickles to the wings so they glittered.

allsorts meets sketch and stash

This card was made from 2 challenges and i really enjoyed working with this sketch.

The new stash i used on this card was the image which i got from a friend in a swap, the challenges are;

1. Sketch and stash no 13- sketch
2. allsorts challenge no6- wings

To make this card i used;

• image is magnolia's tilda coloured with my promarkers
• flowers from creative craft world
• backind papers are stamping up
• glamour dust for the wings
• sakura stardust pen in green for doodling
• brads from dovecraft

hope you like it?

CPS challenge card

Here is my entry for this weeks CPS121 sketch,

I made this card using;

• dovecraft masculine backing papers
• nestibilities scallop circles
• blue holographic card
• blue sakura stardust pen
• diamond stickles
• text is from see ds

i added the stickles to parts of the backing paper to add some sparkle, and doubled up the star on the front,

fathers day card no'2

This card i actually quite like considering i was rushed when making it, looking back i would have done couple things different to make it better but its still alright,

I made this card of friday sketches no'57

To make this card i used;

• Image is loving edwin coloured in with my promarkers and white pen
• backing papers are from dovecraft mens range
• sentiment recieved in a swap matted an layered on to same bp's and holographic card
• scallop nestie circle with free hand writing in
• sakura pens to doodle
  

fathers day card no'1

I have been so disorganised making my 3 fathers day cards this year, im not too fond of this one really but its too late to make another now lol and besides men dont seem too fussy when it comes to cards lol,

When i chose to do this one i used 2 challenges to combine;

1. Our creative corner -Stars
2. C.R.A.F.T - challenge 6 a sketch

To make this card i used;

• papermania mens range BP's
• sizzix die cut alphabet for the DAD
• circle punched out with woodware punch
• gems from ebay
• stars are peel-offs stuck on the same BP's and cut around
• ribbon from craft central
• whita sakura pen for doodling around edges
• greeting free hand and layered on holographic card