Autumn is Here!

It's been a long time since I last blogged but I am back crafting 100% and this challenge seemed the perfect one to come back to.  The Challenge is Autumn is Here with one of my favourite deisgners, Ching Chou Kuik.  So I made this card using one of her gorgeous digital images, The Fading Rose.


Simple, but elegant card with pattern papers and embellishments to compliment the beautiful focal image.

Quick and simple Christmas Cards

Well, yesterday I decided to make some simple Christmas cards - finally!  I made ten of the same design.  I used a stencil and stamp by Claritystamp.  They were coloured with an ink duster brush using  Distress Ink in Pine Needles and Barn Door.  The deer was stamped with black Adirondack ink and then I just drew lines under its feet with a black pen to ground it.  Topped off with a little gem and Merry Christmas peel off.

My Sister's Birthday Card

Hi, this is a simple one as my mojo seems to have gone on a Christmas break!  I have used the Hunkydory Twilight Kingdom collection for the main image and the backing card.  The butterfly over the moon is a black peel off.  A few gems and a flower and it doesn't look that bad!  Turned out better than I expected.  Hope she likes it.

Upcycle for Christmas

Wow!  I can't believe how long it has been since I blogged!  Even the process has changed.  I made something for the first time in months today so thought I would share.  It gave me so much pleasure to be crafting again that I realised I need to get back into it.  My mum asked for craft labels for the back of the cards she makes as a Christmas present.  It looked a bit dull so I did this....

These are her labels - I got a box from a company I subscribe to and decided to decorate it and wrap the labels in purple tissue paper.

I turned the lid of the box into this.  My mum likes Gorjuss Girls so this decoupage seemed appropriate.  Then I thought (due to dimension) how do I wrap this.  So got a brown paper bag and decorated it.

I used gorgeous images from a Pollyanna Pickering set with a few pearls and flowers.  Thought this image was appropriate - a daughter giving her mum a gift.


I hope to carrying on blogging now, so glad to be back - got loads to make for Christmas and I am so behind!

SPS Challenge - Happy Birthday!

Hello everyone.  So today over at Sweet Pea Stampers the theme is Happy Birthday.  I have chosen to use a Sweet Pea Digi called Sugar by Regan Kobecek, and this time just kept things simple.  She is coloured with Copic Ciaos and backed with a spellbinder die, some embossed card from my stash and some roses and a couple of gems.  The Happy Birthday is another die.  Please come and join us and submit your lovely creations.

SPS Challenge - Flower Power

Hello all, Well, over at Sweet Pea Stampers this time the challenge is "Flower Power", so if you want to be in to win the challenge, then please come on over and have a play!

So here are the "ingredients for my card this time"

Sweet Pea Digi – Poppy from the Mist by Ching Chou Kuik
Coloured with Copic Ciaos
A5 blank card
Silver Mirri Card
Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle dies by Spellbinders
Flowers and white flower border by Anna Marie Designs
Background floral paper by Papermania
Bling and pearlised grey card from my stash


Please come on over and share your fabulous creations with us!

SPS Challenge - "Anything Goes!!"

Hello all, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well, over at Sweet Pea Stampers this time the challenge is "Anything Goes", so you are open to endless possibilities.   And if you want to be in to win the challenge, then please come on over and have a play!

So here are the "ingredients for my card":

Sweet Pea Digi - A Word to the Wise by Concetta Kilmer
Coloured with Spectrum Noirs & clear glitter for the moon
8 x 8 blank card
Silver Mirri Card
6 x 6 stencil from The Crafters Workshop - Mini Climbing Vine
Stencilled onto a scrap of blue patterned paper I had with Phthalo Blue Pan Pastel.
Tattered Lace Owl and a Spellbinder Circle & Scallop die
Oh and some flowers and pearl from my stash

Oh and for those of you young enough like me to remember the 80's version of Clash of the Titans - this was inspired by that... in the UK it is always on the Television at Christmas - remember the mechanical owl sent from the Gods?  Bringing help and hope - so Happy New Year!!!!!

Sweet Pea Stampers - Kraft Card

Well, what can I say?  It is so great to be back crafting properly again!  I’ve missed it but just completely lost my mojo!  Anyhow the theme  for Sweet Pea Stampers this week is to use Kraft Card / Paper.  I’ve used the stamp Misty Allure by Ching Chou Kuik and framed her with spellbinder dies.  I didn’t quite get the die out right and ripped the bottom of it – eek – what to do – added the raffia bow J  I used some prima butterflies and scraps of paper and ribbon left over from other projects – oh and of course, good old kraft card!  So pop on by and show us your creations x

Sweet Pea Charity

This month over at Sweet Pea Stampers the theme is your nominated charity.

I chose mine in Memory of my beautiful dog Millie.  She died aged 8 just before Christmas due to a heart condition.  So I chose British Heart Foundation.  Digi stamp used is Rachel Anderson's Queen of Hearts

Spring Colours

When I think of Spring, I think of green.  Fresh green grass, green buds starting to form etc.  Which is why I chose the colour green for my design for Sweet Pea Stampers.  For this month's design I have used a beautiful digi stamp by Joanne Schempps - Suki

The corner stamp is by Clarity stamp and the rest is bits and pieces from my stash.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

One Sweet Challenge - Spring

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Spring or Pastel

Everybody Art - Butterfly

Crafting for all Seasons - Spring into Spring

Sweet Pea Stampers - Use a Digi

Wow - it is good to be back.  Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment so my blog has been neglected, but crafting helps so here we are!

The theme at Sweet Pea Stampers for the month of February is "Use a Digi".  I chose to use the design ROSE by Rachel Anderson.

The Sweet Pea Stampers - Anything Goes

WE'RE BACK!  Hi everyone I hope you have been having a great summer.  The Sweet Pea Stampers are back with a new look and new rules so come on over and check us out at The Sweet Pea Stampers.  The theme this month is anything goes and here is what I created for the challenge.

 

So come on over, join in the crafty fun for a chance to win some stunning stamps.

 



Finally!!!!

Ok so life has been a bit hectic and craft has taken a complete back seat - but I seem to have found my creative mojo again.  I made this card for a friend.  I love stamping with distress inks on water colour card and colour washing them with a water brush

Luck of the Irish

The theme this week at Sweet Pea Stampers is Luck of the Irish, so please come and join us and even try out to become one of the design team!

This card doubled up as a mother's day card for my mum. All the papers used were left over scraps. The pyramage image is by Crafty Purple Frog

Forever in Time

Another week another challenge and this week at Sweet Pea Stampers the theme is Forever in Time. I love this stamp - "The Dragon". I stamped her with Vintage Photo Distress and lightly tinted the image using a water brush and highlighted the centre of the flowers with Copper Brads. The dragonflies have a coating of distressed stickles, which is hard to see here.

I then cut her out with a scalloped die cut and matted behind a piece of gold card using the same die for a subtle highlight. The background is an embossing folder of watch cogs using coredinations card and then sanded to bring out the detail.

Some Game Spinners by Tim Holtz, a couple of brown flowers in the corner and a tassle I bought from Joanna Sheen and this is the simple but timely and distressed end result.

I am also entering this into:

One Sweet Challenge - Monochrome
Everybody Art - Monochrome
Fresh Brewed - Date or Time
Robyn's Fettish - People
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Land of Fantasy

Piggy Bank - Oink Oink

As some of you know, my gorgeous baby dog passed away before Christmas. A friend of mine who used to be a vetinary nurse came over in the middle of the night and stayed up with me until I could take my precious Chi to the vets, Her little 3 year old son slept in my bed whilst we cried and talked and waited.

It transpired that he didn't have a piggy bank... and I had one I bought at the NEC so I made him one and Santa dropped it off on Christmas Eve, It was the first thing I made after that awful day. Decoupatch is very therapeutic. Just grab a cup of tea, put on the TV and get the brush and glue, rip the paper and start sticking... of all the ones I have made they never look wrong - they always seem to look perfect.

When you feel down and not feeling creative, this is the perfect answer to keeping your hands busy :)

I thought about putting googly eyes on it but thought that may look a bit creepy :)

Get inspired with yellow and green

The theme this week at Crafty Purple Frog is "Get Inspired with Yellow and Green"... so I did :)

The focal stamp is by crafts and me and I used floral stamps by Lavinia stamp and Inkylicious and the moon is by Clarity Stamp. The background is brayered. I made 4 of these cards in different colours / styles so expect to see a variation on a theme coming soon. :)

I stamped the girl then masked her off whilst I brayered the background. I then coloured her with copic ciaos and stamped the foliage. Then mounted the piece with a few embelishments.

I am also entering this into:

Crafts and Me - Shades of Spring

Happy New Year!

Wow - it has been a while. This is the first card I have been able to make since my beautiful Chi Chi passed away. The theme this week with Sweet Pea Stampers is Black Tie New Year! So come and join us and create something new for 2012 xx

Scary / Halloween Inspired

Hi everyone, so the theme this week at Sweet Pea Stampers is Scary / Halloween. I love Halloween! So I took advantage of using one of my new Sweet Pea Stamps that recently arrived from the US - The Ghost by Rebecca Sinz. She is coloured with the grey tones of pro-markers.

The background is black card which I added fusible webbing to, heated it to go all web like and added silver embossing powder on the top. The border is a punch by Martha Stewart and a little ribbon and silver flowers and my Halloween inspired card was done :)

Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1

I am so excited - Friday 18th November at 12:01am - I have a date with the Cullens! Cinema ticket booked and now counting the days... a few hours kip and then I am going back to the 10am showing with a friend. I definitely have OCD - Obsessive Cullen Disorder :)