Sparkle and shine

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Todays card is for the challenge at Southern Girls for Sparkle, shimmer and shine. I have tried to capture the sparkle with my photos but it is not easy. The unicorn's horn has a coating of gold sparkles, the flowers are a very shiny fabric, and I have added diamantes to the eyelashes. I hope you like my fun unicorn, and thanks for visiting

Dream

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Today's card uses the 3 colours as requested for the Rubberdance facebook challenge - red, turquoise, and yellow ochre.

I have used two of their sets here, 'round in circles' and I am not sure of the name of the words set.The background is a combination of distress inks to try and get a yellow ochre colour, turquoise is a Tsukineko dauber duo, red is Versafine satin red, and the word Dream is coloured with a promarker. I stamped it on a seperate snippet, coloured and then cut it out with my Scan n Cut

I am entering this one at Rubberdance on facebook

Flowers for Mother's Day

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Today's card is made with a beautiful stamp by IndigoBlu called 'Blazing Poppies' I stamped with memento onto my card and again on a scrap so that I could layer the poppies. This gives a lovely dimensional look.  I used a TH die for the corner and then layered onto some red card.

Promarkers used

R555 chilly red

R766 molten red

Y524 herb green

G956 ocean teal

Challenges

Tales from the craft room - floral frenzy

Addicted to stamps #174 - flowers

Penny Black and more - feminine or a/g

Passion for Promarkers - feminine

Lets Craft and Create #147 - a/g

Cardztv - a/g

Pixies crafty workshop  #352- snippets

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Coffee Lovers Hop

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Today's card features a lovely digi from Stamplorations, which I have coloured with Promarkers, cut out with my Scan n Cut, raised with mounting tape, and the message is from my computer

Challenges

Coffee lovers blog hop

Southern Girls - a/g

The 3 Amigos - food and/or drink

Stamplorations - never ending challenge

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Another favourite stamp

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Today's almost CAS card is made with one of Dana Wakley's 'scribbly birds'

I stamped it again on a white card, and coloured with the following Promarkers.

G817 - soft green

O949 - pastel yellow

IG07 - silver lining

R766 - molten red

The message is from the same stamp set, and the 'happy birthday' is from a set that I have lost the packaging from. I have embossed with detail white EP

Challenges

Passion for Promarkers #490 - Favourite digi or  stamp

CardzTV#88 - a/g

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Spring in Paris

 Hello and welcome

Who wouldn't like to be in Paris in the springtime!

I am back again today after I saw the sketch at Tuesday Morning sketches and thought I would try it out.

I have used 3 pieces of designer paper, sponging the edges with walnut stain DI. Th Eiffel tower embellishment was cut with my Cameo and the circle was die-cut. I added a peeloff sticker too

Challenges

Tuesday morning sketches #498

Through the Craftroom door (2) a/g

The 3 Amigos - springtime

TCP Tuesday - spring

Tales from the craftroom #3 - Easter/Spring

Mod Squad - 3's company (3 dp's)

Crafters Castle (2) - a/g

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Frame it

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Today's card was made with a lovely set by Couture Creations.

I have stamped in a lovely turquoise colour, and embossed the frame with the matching folder. The butterflies were diecut and sponged with the same ink, as were the edges of the card. I have layered onto a matching card base.

Challenges

Southern Girls - frame it
Ally's Angels - a/g
Through The Craftroom Door - a/g

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Dotty stencil

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Today's card has a background made from a dotty stencil and distress inks. I stamped the flower directly onto the panel and again onto some scrap card with my flower stamp from Stampendous which I have had for years. I coloured the edges with a red pencil and glued some very tiny beads to the centre. The stems are hand drawn. I finished with a wee piece of washi tape and a little metal heart

Challenges

Mod Squad - stencil  your b/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop #349 - use snippets
Lets Create - a/g ( I did not use the option)
Penny Black and More - Spring

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Sentiment in focus

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Today's card was made very quickly, by die cutting a piece of Dp with a stitched rectangle die. Stamped and embossed with 'Ebony Shimmer' ep, layered onto a toning paper, edges sponged with Wilted Violet DI, and then attached 

to a black card base. The ep is quite sparkly IRL, but does not show in the scan

Challenges

Allsorts - Sentiment in focus

Crafters Castle - a/g

Craft Stamper - a/g

For someone special

Welcome

Today's card is one that I cut on my Cameo, mainly using Bazil cardstock. The file was from Dreaming Tree, and I love how it turned out.

Challenges

Southern Girls - for someone special
Creative Fingers - a/g
Jo's Scrap Shack - a/g

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Feathered Friend

Welcome

Today's card features a lovely stamp from La Blanche - it does not have a title.

I stamped it with Adirondack 'expresso' and lightly coloured with pastel pencils. After distressing the edges, I adhered it to a toning brown base card.

I am entering the challenge at Allsorts for 'feathered friends

Flora and fauna

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Today's card features one of my favourite stamps by Crafty Individuals, which I have lightly coloured and matted onto a red card, and then onto a piece of DP

Challenges

Southern Girls - flora and fauna

Uniko - spring

Allsorts #511 - favourite stamp or die

Thanks for visiting and your kind comments

One of a kind!

Welcome to my blog

Today's card features another of  Tim Holtz' crazy dogs. These are such fun stamps to have, and I try and use them whenever I can.

The challenge at Time Out is 'Unique' so I thought this would suit it perfectly.

I have layered 2 different papers from a lovely pad that I won (LOTV On a High Note) and then attached my image that I had coloured with copics. The colllar has some wink of stella added and it is so sparkly IRL! Words are computer generated and I also added a couple of 'Candi' to finish off

Challenges

Time Out - unique

Ally's Angels - a/g

Crafty Hazelnuts patterned paper challenge - a/g

Creative Fingers - a/g

Cute Card Thursday - a/g

Dare2BArtsy - a/g

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Celebrate in green!

Welcome

My card today features one of the birds from Stampers Anonymous. I first adhered a piece of card that I had played with using different paints, and it is much greener IRL. I then stamped my bird, and stamped again on a seperate scrap of card, which I coloured with Copics. The words are from a very useful set from Paperbabe

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - greens

The Artistic Stamper - colour it green

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Girl Power

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Today's card is for the challenge at Southern Girls where the subject is 'girl power'

I have chosen to use an image of 'Rosie the Riveter' Here is some info about her

Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. Wikipedia

I Have layered the image onto a black stitched circle and adhered to some DP and onto my white base card. I printed the words and cut into a fishtail banner. Finished off with some Nuvo drops in Liquid Mercury to represent rivets.

I hope you like it

Live your Dreams

Welcome

Today's card features the beautiful butterfly from Stampin Up - Swallowtail.

I first stamped it with Brilliance 'pearlescence sky blue' using my Misti and then again with vesamark. I have embossed it with Magical Mysteries 'Mermaid Fin'  which  was in a wonderful assortment of goodies that I recently won from Emerald Creek (Thanks so much) Hopefully you can see the beautiful sheen, as it was very

hard to photograph I have cut it out and adhered it to a piece from a Lawn Fawn pad and added a Hero Arts message embossed in gold. I also went around the edge with a very pale grey tombow marker, as this helps the image to stand out

Challenges 

Emerald Creek Dares  Hello you beautiful thing #ECFEB2018

Emerald Creek Product  - Magical Mysteries

Creative Fingers #158 - a/g

Addicted to stamps and more - CAS

Thanks for visiting and have a great week

Happy Birthday cupcake

Welcome to my blog and to my new follower, Joanna

Today's card was made for my dil's birthday earlier this week. I saw the design on pinterest and used my lovely cupcake die that I won recently. I cut each piece from scraps 4 times and glued together. The 'icing' was in a chocolate colour and the 'paper' in cream, which I coloured with copics to make stripes. The candle is a real one, which I sliced off some of the back, so that I could adhere it to the card. The w,s and h are hand drawn

Challenges

Allsorts #507 - kitchen/cooking/baking

Pixies crafty workshop #346

Enjoy your week and thanks for visiting

Happy Birthday

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Today's card features a really cute Penny Black 'stickeroo'

I have teamed it with some toning striped dp and trimmed it with a scalloped and stitched die. I like the shape of this one as it adds more interest. I have finished off with a pre-cut tag, a square brad, and a birthday sticker

Challenges

Uniko - 7th birthday

Penny Black and More  a/g with tag option

The Cat's Pyjamas - furry friends

Crafter's Castle  #14 - a/g

With Love

Welcome and especially to my 2 new followers

Today's card features a die from Tim Holtz which I have cut on some pink card. I also stamped onto a snippet of the same card with Brilliance Lightning Black, and an unknown stamp. I have used a brush and a red ink pad to bring out the design better for more interest. Layered onto a white card blank

Challenges

The Artistic Stamper - heart it

Allsorts  #505 - love

Tales from the craft room - love

Repeat Impressio DCC26- pink and/or red

Pixies crafty workshop - use snippets

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Thank you Di

Welcome

Here is a message from Darnell

Di recently celebrated her SEVENTH anniversary as Headmistress of Pixie's, having taken over the beginning of 2012 from the lovely Jules! That's an enormous accomplishment! Not only that, but in addition to the linky for each challenge, Di also offers a generous prize out-of-pocket!

As a celebration we are taking part in a special blog hop to thank Di for all she does.

I am linking my card to the linky party (I Hope)

Thank you Di blog hop

Love birds

Welcome

Todays' card uses an inky/painty background from my experiments box.

I have stamped the birds from a Diana Wakely set, called Little Birdies

I stamped again on some spare card, coloured and layered over the first stamping. The edges are sponged with DI 'blueprint sketch' which toned nicely with the birds.

Challenges

The Artistic Stamper - a/g (2nd entry)

Crafters Castle - a/g and fun technique (playing with inks and paints)

Southern Girls - Love is in the air

Uniko Studio - a/g with option 'love'

House that stamps built - a/g
The Cat's Pajamas #353 - love

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Flowers and Hearts

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Today's card features a stamp by Rubber Stampede 'hydrangea'. I have stamped it on kraft with versamark end embossed with detail white EP. I have added a little colour with my new Inktense pencils, attached a red bow from a scrap in my ribbon box and 3 red hearts. After outlining with black I adhered it to a white base card at a slight angle

Challenges

Artistic Stamper - a/g

Paperbabe - fresh start

Allsorts - flowers and hearts

Pixies Crafty Workshop #343 - snippets (ribbon)

Crafty Calender - Make it flowery

Bizzy Becs Challenge - a/g

Cardz tv #80 - a/g

Craft Stamper - Take it Make it

Thanks for visiting and have a very happy new year

Top Bloke!

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Wishing everyone a happy and creative new year

Today's card features a stamp by Sullivan's. It is a great set to use for guys

I have coloured with the following Promarkers

R766

R244

O345

O837

The sky was coloured with di's and the grass was from a pad which I cut with my wavy die

The sentiment is from the same set

Challenges

Passion for Promarkers #474 - add a sentiment

Nordsalten #167 - for a friend (he is a golfer)

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Sailing!

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Today's card features a stamp that I won a few years ago, and I am not sure who it is from. I stamped onto my card, and again onto a snippet of coloured paper. After cutting around the circle, I glued it in position on the design. I sponged around the edges and did not add a sentiment, but left it plain, as I was writing a message inside. I made it for a neighbour when he came home from a hip operation

Challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Through the Craft Room Door - a/g

House that Stamps Built - a/g

Simon Says Wednesday - a/g

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'free yourself'

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Today's card uses the colours that are required for the Rubberdance challenge for this month - pink, teal and grey.

My base card is a very pretty pale grey that has a tiny sparkle in it, but this can only be seen in certain lights. I masked off a strip with some post-it notes and sponged with di 'mermaid lagoon'. I then stamped with the same colour using one of the stamps from the Rubberdance 'Round in Circles' set and the words are from the Artist Plate set. The flower is also from Rubberdance but I don't know what it is called.

Challenges

Rubberdance forever challenge

Rubberdance stamping lounge (FB)

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Christmas Trees

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Todays card features a very old stamp from Stamp It titled Aussie Christmas Tree

This works just as well for a New Zealand Christmas, as we are well into summer here! I have used it numerous times as it is such a fun stamp.

I have stamped onto kraft card and embossed with white detail ep.I coloured with my Gelly Roll pens so that the designs stand out well

Challenges

Allsorts #498 - Christmas Trees

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - a/g

Time Out Challenges #124 - joyful

Crafters Castle #12 - a/g

Thanks for visiting and have a very happy festive season

Traditional colours

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Today's card features a very cute Christmas stamp that I have mislaid the packaging so I am not sure who it is by. I have coloured it with copics and promarkers and cut out with a Stamplorations die. Then layered onto a piece of Christmas DP and layered all onto a dark green base card

Challenges

Penny Black and More - Traditional Christmas

Emerald Creek Dares - Winter Wishes

That's Crafty - a/g

Stamping Sensations - Winter Sparkle

Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas Time

Countryview Challenges - Christmas

Thanks for visiting and best wishes for the festive season

Great Coffee

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Todays card was made to join in with the coffee lovers hop.

I used a kraft base layered with red diecut with my new Sizzix die. The mug is a digi which I coloured with copics, and I printed the quote onto some scraps

Challenges

Coffee lovers

Southern Girls - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Cardztv #76 - a/g

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3 balloons

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Today's card features a bird from one of my favourite sets - Tim Holtz's bird crazy. I printed the sentiment from  my computer and stamped the bird direct to the card, and again on a seperate scrap. I have used Promarkers to colour - buttercup and arctic blue. The balloons are punched, again from scraps, and he is holding them tucked under his wing. I have cased this card from one I saw on Pinterest, but forgot to take details of the designer, sorry. 

Challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - use 3 of something

CardsTV - a/g

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'gold'

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Today's card features one of my favourite stamps from Paper Artsy. I have stamped it onto a dp using wilted violet distress ink. I stamped the butterfly part again on an extra piece and went over the outlines with my glue pen. I then laid gold leaf over and rubbed it in. After cutting it out I attached it with a glue dot in the centre. The sentiment is from a set by Lawn Fawn embossed in bright gold. The butterfly looks beautiful IRL, but my scan does not show it up well. Edited to add a photo which shows the gold better

Challenges -

Craft Stamper - a/g

Southern Girls - inks and sprays

Paper Artsy -  foiling

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - gold sparkle

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'add a sticker'

Hi everyone.

Today's card is my entry for Southern Girls Challenge 'stuck on you'

I have used a piece of dp on my card front and added a strip of another down the left side. On this I layed a sheer ribbon which I gathered and stitched on.  The main picture is a sticker which I have attached to card and stitched around also. Finished off with a couple of matching buttons

Challenges

Southern Girls - stuck on you

Creative Fingers #154- a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop #339 - snippets

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cat lovers day 6

cat lovers day6

Here is that 'catitude' cat again, this time stamped on a bright yellow background and cut out with a scalloped rectangle die. I added the sentiment at the bottom on the same paper

cat lovers day5

  Day 5 of the cat lovers blog hop.

This is one of theTim Holtz crazy cats which I have coloured with my copics. I printed the verse, and added a strip of washi tape

cat lovers day 4

My entry for day 4

This was a free image that I had downloaded, it quite tickled my fancy, as it reminded me of a cat we 'inherited' when we bought a house. It stole a whole fish off the bench that I had got out to prepare for our dinner!

I cut out the rectangle with my Stamplorations die and layered onto a green card blank. Then added a little grass with a copic marker

Cat Lovers day 3

Another cat from my catitude set. This one is stamped onto a DI background, I distressed the edges and added a diecut mouse

http://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2018/10/main-hop-post-2018-cat-lovers-hop.html

cat lovers blog hop. day2

Hi everone, and welcome to Day 2 of the cat lovers blog hop.
I made this card using some DP on the left, the red is from a punch and the cat and sentiment are from a set I have had a long time, I think it is called 'catitude'. I added a touch of red to his body too

https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2018/10/main-hop-post-2018-cat-lovers-hop.html

cat lovers blog hop day 1

Hi Cat lovers!

Here is my entry for day one of the cat lovers blog hop. I love this card and have made it several times