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.

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

another challenge card

A friend of mine asked me to make a card fro one of her friends who is a music teacher, she specifically asked for this sentiment and for it to be piano/guitar orientated.

I chose to follow the sketch over at just christmas and birthday cards as it looked like a fun one to try, and it was.

To make this card i used:

• kanban die cuts
• gold peeloffs
• gold promarker
• guitar was made by hand following a picture out of one of my books
• gold coloured gems
  
  
  

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

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.

MME card bloom and grow for fun

Here is another card i have made just for fun, it was made using the new bloom and grow range from my minds eye, with just added gold border and corner peeloffs, i know this is simple but was so easy to make and only took around 15 mins to put togetherm

To make this card i used;

• MME decoupage pad
• MME backing papers
• gold peeloffs
• clear sakura stardust on the decoupage for extra shine

simplicity in every way lol, but not bad for a quickie.

my stamp something card

This week over on stamp something the challenge is called birthday somethings, which is a nice easy one i think, i enjoyed making this card as any opportunity to get colouring in and using my bug is appreciated lol,

To make this card i used:

• dcwv retro prints backing paper
• ollifants autumn stamp set
• promarkers to colour in
• cuttlebug embossing folder (sorry cant remember which one it is)
• nesties (circle scallop)
• jelly tots from craftwork cards
• black peel off

Ive not been able to craft much recently as my boys have been particularly hard work as kiddies are of course, im having withdrawals lol.

Anyway i hope you all have a great day today,

papertake weekly is has its 100th challenge

Firstly, sorry the picture is terrible i was having a bad day lol, this card is for papertake weekly, this week is their 100th challenge so they decided on take a pick which basically means you cam pick any of the last 99 challenges and go with it.
I decided on the challenge from 5th jan 2009 which was called seeing spots,

To make this card i used :

• my mind eye bloom and grow backing papers
• my minds eye decoupage pad
• silver peel-offs

And thats it, this was a nice easy card to make and besides the picture looking rubbish the card actually looks pretty good,

i love promarkers no2

I missed the first challenge on i love promarkers as my laptop broke on me before i could upload my finished card, so i made sure i could enter this one lol, challenge 2 is a sketch,

Here is my card above,

To make this card i used;

• dcwv metallic stack
• image sugar nellie balloon boy dovecraft brads
• papermania stickers for the text
• ribbon from craft central
• promarkers in following colours pastel blue/cocoa/blush/dusky pink/cinnamon/shale/china blue/gold
• white sakura pen for edges

leopard card for friend

A friend of mine wanted a card making for one of her very close elderly friends, well i was very happy to make this for her as im struggling to get commissions at the moment, but when she told me what she wanted i was a bit surprised to be honest and didnt know if i could do it but said yes anyway,

well she wanted a funky leopard themed card for a 90 year old, it took me ages to decide how to do this as i didnt have anything to do with leopards in my stash,

As my friend likes decoupage i thought that was the way to go, so i got hold of a leopard picture and cut few up and made my own decoupage with it, i bought the backing paper from PDA and used the jelly tots to add some bling there the wedding bells selection, my friend likes shiny things so thought it would be good? i used gold peeloffs to give it a bit of finish, and used some gold ribbon i got in a swap,

What do you think??? i know its not everyones cup of tea including mine tbh but its what she wanted i just hope she likes it,

As the challenge over at ABC is anything goes with added theme of animals i thought this was just right so im entering it for thes weeks challenge.

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?

blossoms and butterflies

This is my entry to this weeks cupcake craft challenge no 48,

I made this with the following:

• Stamping up backing papers
• personal impressions cute characters set 1 stamp and greeting
• coloured with pro markers
• dcwv stickers
• peel off butterfly
• sakura stardust pens to do the faux stitching effect

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

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?

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

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

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.