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.

charisma challenge # 39 is decoupage

Well as is the theme for me at the moment ive created another christmas card lol, the challenge over at charisma this week is decoupage so i cut up this lovely image and got my squares out, and was quite pleased with the end result, its much more colourful and sparkly in real life than in the picture.

The things i used to make this card are;

• dovecraft papers
• le suh decoupage papers
• dovecraft snowflake brad
• peeloff greeting matted onto
• blue mirror card
• silver ribbon

a spoon full of sugar #71

The challenge at a spoonful of sugar is christmas this week, so here is my entry, im really behind on my christmad cards and have loads to make (yes i know its only september) but the weeks go by so fast dont they?

To make this card i used;

• last years christmas paper pack from dovecraft
• card candy from craftwork cards
• white sakura pen for faux stitching
• dufex sticker matted and layered onto light blue card

a really simple card and simple to put together only took around 15 minutes

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

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.

ooh la la creations

Challenge #36 is called floral fantasy, i think this covers that, this card was really simple to make and fairly effective once finished,

To make this card i used:

• MME bloom and grow decoupage pad
• MME bloom and grow backing papers
• gold peeloffs
• silver pearlescent card blank from craft central

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,

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.

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?

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

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

cute card thursday challenge # 63 meets c.r.a.f.t #3

I made this card for 2 challenges,

• Cute Card Thursday is called nip and a punch, which means getting your punches and die cuts out, for this card i used die cut decoupage. and also over on
• C.R.A.F.T #3 the challenge is to make a fathers day or male themed card in brown and blue, i chose to make a birthday card for my father in law, and is mainly made from brown and blue
  
  

ddc#17- clear and simple

The title says it all, this card was made from the challenge on the dutch dare challenge blog, i kept it plain and simple, i made the acetate card as an A5, and added some gorgeous goldy pearlescent paper inside. i dont tend to use peel offs very much but thought as it was for a simple card thought they looked ok?
These are what i used to make the card:

• acetate card
• gold text peel offs
• gold border and corner peel offs
• gold flower and leaf peel offs
• gold finish pearlescent paper
  

secret crafter saturday challenge meets daring cardmaker

This is the second mothers day card i was asked to make today, again i had a look on my challenge blogs and chose 2 different ones,

Secret Crafter #24 was called favourite colour. and

Daring Cardmakers was called cos im a woman

to make this card i stamped one of the claire curd papermania images and coloured in with brush markers, the BP's were from pocket full of posies mat stack, as i was stretched for time i used some peel offs for the sentiment and i used some stickles to finish off.

one stop craft challenge #21

I had a late mothers day order come along, and by late i mean today lol, it was for 2 cards, so as i was short on time and i also wanted to enjoy my own mothers day i went challenge blog hopping for inspiration,

I decided to do this card from one stop craft challenge blog #21 which was called tag it, you just needed to have a tag on your work somewhere, i think this one fits ok?

the papers are from stamping up, the circle was punched using my fiskars circle punch and the die cut flowers i got free from papercraft inspirations ages ago. the tag and sentiment was hand done, the card was then inked around the edges with blue ink to finish.

another challenge card

Im not at all sure i like this card but hey ho, i made this for mothers day and chose 3 different challenge blogs again to do it,

Friday sketchers #43, though a sketch would start me off,

Stamp something -something green, definately green on it lol,

ABC- F is for flower, yes there are several.

To make this ccard i used Stamping up BP's again (i love them) the stamped flowers are from the stamping up range too i used sakura souffle pens to colour them and cut them out to give them a bit of a 3d effect, then to finish i just used some gems,paper flowers and green stickles.

occ meets charisma

This card is for someone at work, they wanted old fashioned looking as its for a 100th birthday card, they also asked for it to be flower related and have granny on it somewhere, i decided to use 2 challenges for this card.

: Our Creative Corner~ which was to add a doodle, i used my white souffle sakura pen to doodle round the edges, cant see it too well though sorry,
: Charisma Cardz~ pretty cards for mum, i thought since this was for a gran it would count? hope so.

The lovely papers are from the basic grey sugared collection arent they scrummy? i put some stickles on the decoupage flowers to give them a bit of sparkle and went for peel offs so the wording was clear enough for her to see,

stamp something meets crafty creations challenge card

I made this card for a woman i work with who wanted a card for her gran's 100th birthday, she said she wanted the word granny on there and flowers, so i got my thinking hat on and trawled through my challenge blogs and decided to incorporate it with 2 challenges,

: crafty creations challenge #6 which were to use flowers on your design,
: stamp something challenge were asking for you to use your favourite something on your design, as i love my new flowers i thought that would count.

i really struggled finding a template for this card so in the end i just drew it, i am really pleased with how it came out, the papers are from my stash i think i got them from papercraft inspirations mag?? i had to use gold peel offs for this card to go round the edges as we all know peel offs cover a multitude of sins lol, the picture doesnt show the lovely colours on this card as the lighting was terrible,

a card for 2 challenges

I made this card for 2 different challenges in mind,the sketch is from sketch saturday no 37 and also decided to have a go at the my time to craft challenge which was called going for gold.