Flower Challenge

I have made this card for my youngest daughter's friend at school who will be 5 towards the end of this month. The Moving Along With The Times challenge is 'Flowers' so I thought I'd use my Sarah Kay Stamp which has lots of pretty flowers on it and teamed it up with some flowery paper too.

You can never have too many flowers in a flower challenge!! :0)

Yes I am still here!!! :-)

I made this card for one of the little girls that Poppy-Skye has made friends with at some of the toddler groups we go to. She was two last Wednesday.

I bought the card kit from Create and Craft a couple of weeks ago as I don't really have time to stamp and colour these days with a toddler in the house, so thought I'd use the kit to "cheat" for a while until I get chance to go back to stamping and colouring when Poppy-Skye is a bit older and not quite so demanding of my attention.

1st Birthday Card

This is a card I made for one of the babies at the nursery I work at.



The papers are by Dovecraft (I think) and the wording is done using Go Kreate Dies in my Cuttlebug.

Card and Present

I made this card and altered box for my daughter's friend Darcy who has just turned 8. They are designed using the info I got from her which was she like pink and purple and her favourite animal is rabbits.  

For the card I used a Penny Black Stamp which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os

The sentiment and flowers are all done with Go Kreate Dies and the leaves are a paper punch.

The box is made using the same things as the card but I also added some lace ribbon around the edge of the box just to finish it off.



Chloe's Card

I made this card for my niece's 7th Birthday and also for a card challenge which was to use pink and yellow. I thought that particular colour combination might be quite hard to pull off but once I found some pink and yellow paper in my stash it seemed to come together quite nicely. The papers, sentiment and lettering came free with a craft magazine.
The girl image is by Kanban and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.
The little snail is from a small set by Nellie Snellen and is also coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

8th Birthday

It's my daughter's friend's 8th birthday in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd use the sketch on the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Blog to make her card. The cow stamp is by Nellie Snellen which I've paper pieced.
The papers are by K&Co
The flowers are a mixture of paper punches and Marrianne Designs Die cuts which I used in my cuttlebug. The ribbon threading border is also from the same range.
I finished off with a few gems and a butterfly charm.
Oh and the sentiment was done on the computer... I think that's covered everything but if you have any questions please ask.

I do love the little Nellie Snellen calf, she's so cute don't you think?

Cards for Twins

I made these two cards for twins who turned 13 a few weeks back. For the card for Grace I used papers by Hot Off the Press. The stamp is by Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os. It's the first time I've used this stamp but I think it's perfect for this age range.

I tried to make Jake's card in the same sort of design to Grace's. These papers are by K&Co and didn't have the little tags so it didn't quite work out the same. The image is a Woodware stamp again coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Cream Challenge Card

I must admit I don't work with cream very often so when I saw a colour challenge on the Trimmies forum and everyone moaning about how difficult working with cream was, well I just had to have a go and see what I could come up with.

The image is a Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os and Distress Inks and a bit of paper piecing. The papers are a mixture of K&Co and something else which I've had so long I have no idea where is came from. The flowers are Primas and the fern leaves are a punch.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This weeks Penny Black Challenge is "Paper Patch" which is where you use paper squares to make a patchwork quilt effect. I must say I do love the way it looks and it's a great way to use up those little paper scraps you get left with from other projects.

For this card I used papers by Blonde Moments. The image is of course a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Birthday is a Go Kreate Die. It's been a beautiful day again here today. I even got the paddling pool out when we got back from school - the one I bought 3 years ago and this is the first time it's been out of the box. Good old British Summer eh?! Hope this beautiful weather is going stick around for the 6 weeks holidays and we can actually get some use out of it rather than it go back in the box. Fingers crossed eh?!

Happy Birthday Chloe

This is the card I have made for my neice's birthday. The princess paper is by Dovecraft. The image is a Sugar Nellie coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment and lettering are all Go Kreate die cuts. For the inside I used a strip of the Dovecraft paper and then used my Go Kreate Frame die cuts to make the insert to write on.

Chloe is very into Princesses and horses so I hope she likes this card!

Card for Tanya

I started making a card for my daughter's best friend Tanya who will be 7 in May. I'd got so far with it and then wasn't quite sure what to do with it. Then I was looking through my favourite challenge blogs and found this sketch on the Truly Scrumptious blog. So I inverted the sketch and used it to help me finish Tanya's card. I think it works really well.

The papers are by K&Co, The image is a Sarah Kay by Stampavie and is coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment and name are all done using Die Cuts by Go Kreate, The purple ribbon is some that Tanya's mum gave me although I think it looks black on the photo?! I still haven't got my photo studio back.

Good news though we did get our first viewing today. She seemed to like our house but it's always difficult to tell. She did say her husband needs to see it before they can make a decision so we'll just have to wait and see if they make an appointment to come back again. Fingers crossed eh?! It would be great if we could sell to the first person that comes to look round but I think I may be being a little over optimistic.

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's 2010 already. Where did 2009 go?! All I can say is that I hope 2010 is going to be a better year for everyone and the start of good things to come.

So I thought I'd start this year off with a challenge. This is the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which is a sketch this week, my favourite! The papers, bird rub on and ribbon are all by My Minds Eye. The image is one someone sent me which I have coloured with Twinkling H2Os. I love these papers, I think they are my favourite at the moment.

If you want to join in with this challenge you can find the details here.

Quirky Crafts Challenge 15

This week Anne has set the Quirky Crafts Challenge. Anne chose to do a recipe challenge. You have to use:
1 Ribbon
2 shades of pink
3 Eyelets

I made two cards for this challenge. The first one I used lots of Cuttlebug embossing folders and lovely Sugar Nellie stamp.
The second one I used some duck paper that I've had since the earliest days of crafting and a gorgeous Penny Black image that someone sent me which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

I made the second card as I thought the first one turned out a bit plain but I think they are both ok.

If you would like to take part in this fortnights challenge you can find more details here.

Hope to see you there.

Happy Birthday Card

I made this card using free papers from a craft magazine. The image is one I was given by a blogging friend which I've coloured with Twinkling H2Os. I added a small Happy Birthday peel off to the edge of the circle of the stamped image to finish.

My mum and auntie are over visiting today, they nearly didn't come as Ellie is off school with a tummy bug and I wasn't sure if they wanted to run the risk of catching it but they decided they would still come anyway. Ellie seems fine in herself but she keeps having stomach cramps and her numbers twos aren't quite right if you know what I mean?! I'm hoping she will be back to normal tomorrow as it seems a shame for to miss school when she's ok to play but just can't trust her body. Poor little thing, last week she was off school because she was being sick and now it's the other end! I'm wondering if it's part of the same bug or whether she's caught this one after being run down from the sickness one. To top that off everyone except me is full of cold too. I guess it's just that time of year. lol.

5th Birthday Card

My friend asked me if I would make a card for her daughter Evie who is going to be 5 next month. As Evie is having a chocolate party Denise wanted a chocolate themed birthday card for her and couldn't find one in the shops. So I took on the challenge! :-)

I used my Cricut to make the over sized chocolate muffin for Tilda to sit on. I ran the bottom layer of the muffin through a paper ribbler to make the muffin case have some texture to it then layered the top of the muffin over that on foam pads for a 3d effect. The chocolate sweets were also done on the Cricut. I added a flower to the centre of one and for the other I stamped out a Happy Birthday circle stamp then used my Nestabilities circle die to cut round it. I did a scalloped circle layer for it to sit on and then attached it all to the sweet adding a number 5 to the centre.

The swirls are a Sizzix die which I added pearls and flowers to. The letters for "Evie" are by K&Co and the papers are from a scrap booking kit but I can't remember who made them.

For the inside I used the same Tilda but cut her down to just the circle of her head and shoulders. I used the same papers from the scrapbooking kit and added another Cricut sweet to finish it off.

Ellie told me she thinks Evie's card is lovely so I'm pretty sure Evie will too. :-)

Quirky Crafts Challenge

After having a lovely long break over the summer the Quirky Crafts challenge is now back on. We also have a prize up for grabs too which is this lovely set of goodies.This week Cazzy has set the challenge which is "Rough and Smooth"

Here is my DT card example for the challenge.
Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: Sugar Nellie
Coloured with: Twinkling H2Os
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilities ~ Embossing Folders
Embellishments: Prima Flower ~ My Minds Eye Brad ~ Peel Off Stickers

If you'd like to join in with this weeks challenge you can find all the details you need here.

Quirky Crafts Challenge

Over on Quirky Crafts we have a new challenge and this week it's a sketch for you to play with. This is my DT card for the challenge. The papers are all by Blonde Moments. The little girl is a Sugar Nellie stamp coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Birthday is a Go Kreate Die which I ran through my Cuttlebug.

If you'd like to join in with our challenge please join us on Quirky Crafts here.

I look forward to seeing you there! :-)

Just Magnolia Challenge

Josh was invited to his friend's 10th birthday party today so I thought I'd use the Just Magnolia sketch challenge to make the card. I think this has to be my favourite Magnolia stamp at the moment. I think its adorable. I used papers from the Retro Pack by Hot Off the Press. The lettering I did using the Moxie alphabet by Quickutz.
For the inside I used Retro Papers again and did the Happy 10th Birthday using my Go Kreate Dies. Stamps: Tilda Sitting and Wall by Magnolia
Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os ~ Paper Piecing
Papers: Retro by Hot Off The Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Nestabilities
Embellishments: Flowers ~ Brads ~ White Gel Pen

Ellie's Birthday Cards

Well it's taken me a while but here are the cards I made for Ellie for her Birthday. Ellie loves this Fairy Bear Die and she wanted it on her card, who am I to argue?!

I used the DCWV Blossoms and Blooms papers, brads and rub-ons that I won on Trimcraft. The Happy 6th Birthday were done using Go Kreate Dies in my Cuttlebug. I used a little white gel pen to highlight the eyes and nose on the fairy bear. The Bear's dress, wings, tiara and want are all die cut from glitter card. For the inside I continued with the Blossoms and Butterflies papers and 3D stickers and brads. I also added a "Have a Fairy Happy Birthday" stamped sentiment to the left side of the inside. Stamps: Lavinia
Papers: Blossoms and Butterflies by DVWC
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies Boo Bear, Fairy Outfit and Frame
Embellishments: Blossoms and Butterflies Brads, 3D stickers, Rub Ons ~ Butterfly Charm ~ Bling Name Letters ~ Flowers

I also made a card for Ellie from Max our baby dog. I used the Blossom and Butterflies Papers again but this time I used a Lili of the Valley Fairy instead of the Fairy Bear. Josh made her a Digi Card which I will post in a minute or too. It's so good I think it needs a post of its own! :-)

Raspberry Ribbons Challenge

It's time for the new Raspberry Ribbons Sketch! One of the DT members this week has done a layout for the sketch. It's really good to see a layout there and the other DT card examples are lovely too. Please go and check them out if you have a couple of minutes to spare. :-)

I used my Lili of the Valley papers and fairy for this one and it turned out to be a monochrome card. I didn't start out with the idea to make it that way, it's just the way it ended up. I think it looks really pretty though.

Papers and Image: Lili of the Valley

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilities

Embellishments: Flowers ~ Brad ~ Ribbon

Please feel free to join in with our sketch challenge, you can post your examples for the sketch here.