creative card crew

This week over at CCC is called scallops, so here is my entry, i made this for a friends sister, i actually think this one looks good for a change lol.

To make this card i used;

• sugar nellie shopping image
• circle nestie scallops
• image coloured with promarkers
• fabric flowers
• dovecraft papers from the glamour range
• gems
• peel offs for text
• lace ribbon from trimcraft

hope you like it.

creative card crew no 31 - its a celebration

Over at CCC the challenge for this week is called it a celebration, so as i had a card i needed to make for an order, i thought it was a perfect opportunity to enter this challenge, As you can see i chose to do a congrats on the birth of your baby card, its quite simple but im fairly pleased with how it looks,

To make this card;

• papermania collossal paper pack in pastels
• dovecraft basic baby diecut
• gem brads from dovecraft
• pale blue fibres from papermania
• baby stamp from kars
• coloured with promarkers
• a5 card blank hand folded
• blue sakura stardust for faux stitching
• blue stickles

I just hope the customer likes it lol,

Papertake weekly, black and white plus one

Here is a notebook that i made today and it fits well within this weeks black and white plus one other colour challenge over at papertake weekly,

To make this book i used;

• charcoal paper pack from dovecraft
• woodware daisy punches to make the flower
• pink glitter card
• black 1/2 in wires
• pink and black gems

As im quite new to notebooks this probably seems a little plain, but i think its not too bad?? i bought one of those memo block for the papers inside as they come in the handy size i like to use, you just have to make sure its good quality paper inside and not the really cheap looking stuff lol, mine was actually from wilkos and only cost £2 and will make dozens of books :-)

C.R.A.F.T meets OCC and CCC

This card actually covers 3 challenges which i think is pretty good going lol.

They are;

1. Our creative corner-Monochromatic mania
2. C.R.A.F.T- No backing papers
3. Creative card crew-decorate the inside of your card

this card was made for an order i recieved and actually almost forgot to do it by the deadline which is tomorrow (phew)

To make this card i used the following;

• sizzix baby die cuts
• scallop circle nesties
• woodware buttons
• flowers from local craft shop
• skoosky sizzix alphabet for name
• ribbon from pda
• gems of ebay
• card blank made from a4 sheet of card

I just hope this will be ok as the person who ordered it just wanted me to come up with something to make it and had no input at all.

simon says....its a stich up

Over on simon says its all about stitching for this challenge wether it be real or fake, this is my entry.

Yo mkae this card i used;

• bumblebee gorjuss girl image
• coloured with my promarkers
• icycle stickles used for wings
• gems from PDA
• oval scallop nesties
• white button brads from making memories i think??
• lovely lace from peartree yard
• sakura pens tp doodle
• card blank made from own stash to DL size

What do you think of bumblebee? isnt she just too cute for words...i think she is my new fave (for now lol)

sketch and stash challenge card

This card was also ordered for a little girls 3rd birthday, as she is so young i thought it had to be pinks, i had fun with this sketch too which is from sketch and stash, and my old stash that ive never used is all the backing papers that where yet to be opened, and i must say i quite like them.

To make this card i used;

• craft creatives backing paper stack is from tesco
• blue shiny paper from ebay
• the 3 was made with my sizzix alphabet (lipstick love letters)
• made with love charm from sparklybits
• gems from ebay
• topper from local shop
• organza ribbon from craft central

papertake weekly-faking it

The challenge over at PTW is called faking it this week which means fake stitching/flowers/ribbons etc, i did some good old fake stitching like i tend to do on alot of my cards as i think its very effective,

I made this card at one of our craft group sessions where we were all given a goody bag from the lovely elke with the exact same stash in it and we all had to come up with something, mine was slightly different originally than this as when i got home i added a few bits to it,

This card was ordered by a friend for a friend lol so i hope they both like it?

To make this card i used;

• dovecraft gem brads
• holographic butterfly peel off (in the goody bag)
• all the papers/flowers/ribbon etc was in the bag so cant say where from sorry

charisma cardz - flower power 37

This card is for the charisma challenge this week called flower power, i made this with my whiff of joy image that a friend stamped for me, i really must buy some they are gorgeous, this layout is quite a simple one but i was havin brain fog that day lol, i inked around the edges with light brown ink to decorate.

To make this card i used;

• basic grey backing papers
• woj image from this years kit, sorry not sure which one it is
• pearl gems from ebay
• ribbon from craft central
• dovecraft brads in natural
• hobbycraft inks in brown
• matted and layered with pink and brown card
• flowers from my local craft shop
• image coloured with beloved promarkers

friday sketchers 69 card

Here is my take on this weeks sketch over at friday sketchers, this was a fun card to make,

To make this card i used;

• dcwv retro prints backing papers
• personal impressions image and sentiment
• silk flowers were won in a candy so not sure who there from sorry
• blue gems from ebay
• cuttlebug embossing folder
• oval scallop nesties
• promarkers to colour
• dovecraft brads
• silver effect charm from sparkly bits online shop

this card was ordered from a friend so i hope she likes it?it is for her mum so later i will just add on the mum bit when i find out how she wants it putting.

another dufex christmas card

Here is another christmas card i made with my dufex stickers, i matted it up on the lovely metallics dcwv matt stack, i know dufex isnt to everyones taste but i think for christmas its especially suitable? what do you think? this card isnt for any challenge i just made it at my local crafting group that i go to each tuesday evening creative craft group everyone is welcome its £4 for 2 hours with cuppa and nibblies included (not bad hey)

To make this card i used:

• backing paper given to me by friend
• dufex stickers from local craft shop
• dovecraft ribbon punch
• ribbon free from papercraft inspirations magazine sometime ago
• dcwv metallics matt stack
• red pearl gems from ebay

friday sketchers no 68

For this weeks sketch over on friday sketchers i chose to make a christmas card (yes i know its a little early but i have so many to make lol) the photo on this looks alot worse than the card is,

To make this card i used ;

• christmas blues paperpack
• dufex sticker matted onto
• dcwv metallic matt stack
• dovecraft snowflake brad
• ribbon from craft central
• gems
• black xmas peel off greeting

C.R.A.F.T anything but a card

This week over at c.r.a.f.t the challenge is to make anything but a card, i decided upon having another play with my BIA and made this birthday book, its a5 size so is my biggest book yet.

To make this book i used;

• hint of pink dovecraft papers
• black organza ribbon from craft central
• silver bia wires in the inch size
• silver gems from ebay
• hand made movable tag
• dovecarft brad

What do you think?

PTW meets daring cardmakers

Tonight was my weekly night for going to my local craft group and as the centre have shut up for refurbishment,i managed to get hubby to let me dissappear for a bit in my craft area, as i was limited to tim i only made 1 card but went of 2 challenges, so here goes,

1. papertake weekly-sketch 22
2. daring cardmakers-anniversary/special occasion

as i usually make birthday cards i fancied trying something else,

To make this card i used;

• dovecraft wedding paper pack
• dcwv metallic matt stack
• doodlebug weddings stamp set for greeting and image
• stamping up flower an pearl (i think)
• lace from trimcraft
• white souffle pen and
• silver stardust pen for doodling
• small pearl gems from ebay

I actually think the end product is quite nice? what do you think?

Allsorts challenge week 15

This week over on allsorts it is a sketch challenge with the added theme of torn edges, i quite liked the sketch so thought id give it a go, i tore down all the edges of the paper by hand,and rather than use a stamp as i often do (im addicted to stamping) i decided on these lovely flowers with a lovely lace backing.

To make this card i used:

• making memories backing papers fresh anthology-eliza
• sentiment is from a hampton art,studio g stamp pack
• flowers from stash
• gorgeous lace ribbon from trimcraft
• silver gems were brought from ebay
• sakura souffle pen to do the edges

This is really a simple card to make but i think it looks really pretty, what do you think? it took me about 1 hour to put together.

creative inspirations entry

This is my entry into creative inspirations challenge 15 which is tags,

This is my first successful note pad which i made with my BIA and i was overjoyed that i had done it right,

To make this card i used;

• image is tilda with slate
• coloured with beloved promarkers
• backing papers were from dovecraft retro floral paper pack
• tag was hand made using dcwv pad
• dovecraft gem brad
• blue organza ribbon from craft central
• blue gems from ebay
• white gel pen for image
• wires and card from the BIA range

What do you think???not bad for first successful attemt hey even if i do say so myself lol.

a card for 2 challenges

I have made this card for 2 blog challenges and for the challenge at my local craft club, and for a change i really like this one lol, the image was sent to me in a swap and i really like it,

The 2 challenges are;

1. Truly scrumptious-a sketch with beads
2. Creative card crew-polkadots

I made this card using:

• backing papers from stamping up and papermania collossal warm tones range
• image from a swap
• colouring with promarkers
• swiss dots cuttlebug folder
• flowers punched out of backing papers with my 2 daisy punches
• pink gems from pda
• card blank from tesco
• sentiment is from personal impressions stamp set
• pink sakura pen to doodle

What do you think?

DCD challenge no 6 black and white

This is a first for me as ive only just come across die cut dreams challenge blog,but thought i would give it a go, I made this card for a friend of mine who wanted a art deco card i hope she likes it?

To make this card i used;

• divine evening decoupage
• backing paper bought from pda crafts as an a4 sheet,
• deco corner peel offs
• silver gems from ebay
• sentiments stamped from my new art deco rubber stamps from design house papercraft
• black ribbon

What do you think?

sketch saturday #60

I decided to make a mens card for this weeks challenge over at sketch saturday as i have my brothers birthday coming up and he is into cars and racing etc, this was actually quite fun to make,

To make this card i used:

• stamping up backing papers
• some gorgeous two tone pearlescent grey paper i bought from papermill
• the decoupage is from the craft house called sports
• ribbon from papermill also
• black gems from ebay
• sentiment sticker from stash,unsure where from
• black sakura to do faux stitching

This card does actually look better in real life than the picture even if i do say so myself lol

C.R.A.F.T challenge 9

Over on c.r.a.f.t challenge blog this week the challenge is to create an unusual shaped card and not do the usual rectangle or square shaped cards, i thought id keep mine simple but add a little bling,There i also a DT call there i thought id give it a go as im not a DT for any challenges yet, fingers crossed but theres loads of excellent competition for the spot

To make this i used:

• stamping up backing papers
• sarah kay image from a friend
• coloured with my beloved promarkers which im still getting used to
• ivory coloured lace from pear tree yard
• pearl gems from ebay
• sentiment stamped from my personal impressions cute characters set 1
• square card blank cut to make the shape

What do you think?

my card for colour create #23

Over on colour create challenge 23 is blue and white with an optional vintage theme, my card isnt really vintage thats for sure but it does have an traditional feel about it, This card has been made for my cousin who wanted it for a christening,

To make this card i drew a christening gown by hand then covered in glamour dust and put a blue ribbon around. the circle is the scalloped nesties but i punched little holes all around with my crop-a-dile,

To make this card i used;

• scallop circle nestibilities
• glamour dust
• backing paper from the works
• blue/silver ribbon from stash (unsure where got it from)
• pearl gems from ebay
• corners drawn along with sentiments