'Girl Power'

Hi and welcome to today's blog post.

I have switched back to the legacy version as I cannot seem to get rid of the extra redirect step on the new version. I hope they can fix this ASAP

Today's card is from a set by 'Acid Drops & Whatnots' who I believe have now closed. Such a shame, as I loved their designs.

I stamped with black GinaK ink and clear embossed, both the image and the message

I have coloured with the following Promarkers

C446 Marine

G956 Ocean Teal

Y247 Summer Sun

The panel was then layered onto a matching coloured base

Challenges

Passion For Promarkers #553 - girl power

Through the craftroom door - a/g

Creatalicious #192 - a/g

Catch the bug - a/g

Crafters castle #32 - a/g

Arty Divas #27 - a/g

I love Promarkers #415 - a/g with colour option

Thank you for your kind comments

Friends are Flowers

Hello to my crafty friends and new followers, Crystal O Minkler and Cindy Holmes

Today's card uses a piece from my experiments box, distress inks on watercolour paper, for the background.

I stamped the Crafty Individual's CI-385 with Emerald Lagoon DI and embossed with Dyeboss EP

I stamped the sentiment (an old one from Printworks) in the same colour and cut it up so that I could attach to the side without covering the flowers. 

I added a little  of the same colour to the dragonfly and also some sparkle with a Sakura Gellyroll pen

Layered onto a pretty turquoise base card

Challenges

Lavinia  #31- a/g

Penny Black and More - in the garden

Allsorts #581/582  - flowers all over

Stay Crafty with Hero #12 - friendship

Paperbabe #124 - summer

Christmas in July

Welcome everyone

Today's card is my first Christmas card of the year, and also the first time making a slimline card

I cut the star banner from a silver card,with my Silhouette Cameo and attached it to the red base.

The message was stamped with versamark and embossed with white detail ep.

I filled the centre of the stars with KindyGlitz Crystalina

Challenges

Art Impressions - Sparkle and Shine

Rudolph Days - a/g Christmas

Arty Divas - Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnuts - Christmas

Build Your Stash - Christmas in July hop

'B' is for bees!

Allsorts Challenge

This week is for 'something starting with 'B' so I am entering this card made with green hills, a lovely beehive dripping with honey, sponged blue sky, and some bees buzzing around.

Layered onto a honeycomb embossed honey coloured card, and the sentiment stamped onto one of the clouds

Challenges

Allsorts  #580 - something starting with 'B'

colourful cat!

Hello and welcome

Today's card features a fabulous cat and sentiment from the 'Puddy Cat' set by Dylusions.

I stamped it onto the card and then stamped the cat again on a scrap of Neenah solar white card

I have used the following Promarkers for colouring

Cardinal Red

Purple

Moss

Marine

Summer Sun

I also sponged the edge of the base card with Mustard Seed distress ink

Challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop #382 - use snippets

Passion for Promarkers - animal antics

Stamping Sensations - all creatures great and small

TTCRD - a/g

CardzTV - a/g

Thanks for visiting and have a great week

Yeehaw!

Hi and welcome

My second use of this delightful cowboy from Art Impressions. No action wobble this time, as the ones I have are too big, however his legs still move around!

I used some dp to cut a hill for him to stand on, and coloured with copics and promarkers

challenges
Art Impressions #286 - Rustic or Americana
Lavinia World #30 - a/g
Allys Angels #36 - a/g
Creative Fusion #19 - a/g
Crafters Castle #31 - a/g

Thanks for your lovely comments

So Cute!

Hello

Today's card is a commission for a family with a new baby. The mother has had Chihuahuas for some time and they were previously her 'babies', so the card had to include them all

I found some suitable images and assembled in a pram cut from some spotty blue paper from my scrap box, and also found some spotty buttons in my stash for the wheels.

Apparently they loved it

Challenges

Allsorts #578 - so cute

Pixies Crafty workshop - use snippets

Through the Craftroom door - a/g

Arty Divas #25 - a/g

One Layer

Good morning crafty friends.

A bit cool and showery here today!

Today's card features one of the first stamps I bought, called Birds on a wire
I stamped it directly onto my inked background, masking, so that I could colour one bird in red
The sentiment was also printed directly from my computer, and I finished by stamping the 2 corners

Challenges
Stay Crafty with Hero #11 - One layer
Stamping Sensations - make it colourful
Cardz TV #117 - a/g
The Creative Crafters #29 - a/g

Birthdays

Hello everyone

Today's card features 2 very old stamps, but I thought the went well together. I stamped the cake onto a snippet from my scrap box, and embossed with silver ep. I then used my stitched oblong die to cut it to size. The candles are coloured with Sakura silver sparkle pen, and I finished off with 3 purple gems to match.

Challenges

Art Impressions #285 - make me laugh

Paperbabe #122 - a/g

Lavinia World #29 - a/g

The House that stamps built # J2420 - a/g

Gone Fishing (again)

Welcome back

Today's card features one of my favourite stamps for men. It is from a clear stamp set by Sullivans, but I think it is no longer available now
 I have coloured with various Promarkers and layered onto a black card base

Challenges
Penny Black and More - favourite stamp
Southern Girls - a/g (second entry)
Creative Crafting Uncles - fish/fishing
A perfect time to craft - open
Ally's Angels - a/g
Artsy Stamper - vacation
Crafters Castle - a/g

Thanks for visiting and leaving me a comment

Woodgrain

 welcome back!

 today's card is my interpretation of instructions  I saw on how to make a panel background from Gina K

I used a woodgrain embossing folder and swiped  di ink pads down and added more colour with a sponge.

The image was rescued from my scrap box, and I am not sure where it came from. 

I layered it on dark green to match my base card and then added a sentiment on a flag to finish

Challenges

Allsorts #576 - embossing

Stamping Sensations - make it colourful

Southern Girls - a/g

Pammies Inky Pinkies - a/g

Tropical Flamingo

Hello everyone

Today's card was made entirely from bits and pieces from my scrap box, apart from the base card, which has a slight fleck in it.

I cut out the flamingo and tropical leaves using my Cameo Silhouette, and added some shading to some of the pieces. I also added a matching green border

 The yellow flowers were diecut from a small piece that had been dry embossed. The flower centres were also diecut from some black scraps. I raised three of the flowers with mounting tape

Challenges

Through the craftroom door - a/g

Art Impressions #284 - animals and nature

Creative Fingers - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop #380 - use snippets

Arty Divas #23 - a/g

The Corrosive Challenge #6 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Your Special Day

Welcome to my blog today.

Did you know that you could be missing comments from your blog?

I discovered quite by accident that if you click on 'comments' in the left panel, and then 'awaiting moderation' you may find a number of comments that have not been posted!

Back to my card!

 I have followed the lovely sketch at 'Stay Crafty with Hero' using some very pretty Kaisercraft 'Memory Lane Collection' papers. I added some subtle stamping to the vertical strip with my French Script" stamp, and also sponged all edges with Frayed Burlap DI. I also added some fines glass beads to the centre of the flowers

Challenges I would like to enter
Time out #163 - inspired by words
Stay Crafty with Hero #9 - sketch
Crafters Castle #30 - a/g
Southern Girls - a/g
Cute Card Thursday#637 - a/g
AUD sentiments #252 - flowers + a sentiment

Thanks for visiting

Real Flowers

Hello and welcome

Today's card uses a very old set from Hero Arts called Real Flowers.

I placed them in a row in my Misti and coloured with various markers. I then used a versamark ink pad, stamped over and clear embossed. I then had to add another flower to complete the row. I scored some lines and also stamped the message in black. 

I CASed this idea from Kath, of handmade by Kath  Check out her blog, she does some wonderful projects

Challenges

Stay Crafty with Hero #8 - small joys

CardzTV - a/g

Arty Diva's #22 - a/g

Power Poppy - A Walk in the Garden

Uniko #59 - Bright and Happy

Southern Girls - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Butterflies again!

Hi everyone

I have been missing in action for a few days as we have been having internet problems.

We now have a new router supplied by our ISP and that has speeded things up considerably.

But!  this morning my PC would not connect at all although all the wireless devices did. I spent over 2 hours trying to find a solution and then discovered that I could connect with IE but not Chrome, so I uninstalled it and re-installed, and now it is all good. I don't know why these things mysteriously happen!!

So - to my card

Time is running out for the unstampabelles challenge, so I have made this one.

I used a dark navy card base, and attached a piece of DP (unknown brand)

I diecut my butterfly twice and glued together with Art Glitter glue

The message is from Craftwork Cards which I have had a long time, and I also added 3 blue sequins

Challenges

Unstampabelles #100 - wind and/or wings

Creative Fingers #186 - a/g

Through the Craftroom Door - a/g

Papercraft #29 - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - using snippets (butterfly)

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments

Another Butterfly

Hello

Todays card uses a butterfly which I cut with my Cameo. The top layer is black card stock, and the bottom layer is a scrap of sparkly card that I had been experimenting with.

The layered oblong was also cut on my Cameo, the files were for one sheet wonders using 12 x 12 papers, so I have cut the whole page of different shapes. You will see more of these on the future!

I added some stamping using Shades Dye Ink in Vanilla cream which toned in nicely. 

The stamps were  Rubber Dance 'round in circles' and the sentiment is by Lawn Fawn

Challenges

Allsorts #571/2 - a/g

Through the Craft room door - a/g

Ally's Angels #34 - a/g

Your Next Stamp #138 - lots of layers (I have 4)

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - a/g

All Fun Challenges #8 - a/g

Thanks for visiting