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.

Altered CD

I made this altered CD hanger for my friend's little girl for her Birthday.
The image is a Sugar Nellie coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The papers and butterflies are from a set by D.V.W.C. The flowers are a daisy punch and the leaves are a variety of die cuts that I made with my Cuttlebug and then added Stickles the the edges.
I've been told it now has pride of place on her wall in her bedroom.

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.

Happy 7th Birthday Ellie

Today is my daughter Ellie's 7th Birthday. Where does the time go. She doesn't seem to have been on the planet long enough to be 7 already.

Ellie loves my Sugar Nellie stamps so I thought I'd make her a concertina card so I could put a few of them on her card for her.
Because it's so long I thought I'd take a closer picture of it in two halves so that you can see it better. This is the first half.

and this is the second half.

My daughter has been wanting a Nintendo DSi for ages and I've finally given in and got her one for her birthday. This was her face as she opened it. I think she was pleased?!

Josh is so jealous though as he said he wanted one for his birthday. Unfortunately for him Ellie's Birthday comes first but on the plus side his is only 20 days away. I wonder if he'll get one for his???

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!

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.

Happy Birthday Auntie Helen

My Auntie Helen is cat mad so I thought I'd use my Sugar Nellie cat stamp for her card this year. Unfortunately it hasn't photographed well and I didn't realise until I came to upload it. It's now in Glasgow so I can't re-take it. It does look much better in the flesh. Stamp: Sugar Nellie
Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os
Papers: My Minds Eye
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilites
Embellishments: Peel Off Stickers

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! :-)

Quirky Crafts Challenge

This weeks Quirky Craft Challenge is a recipe called 5,4,3,2,1. The idea is to make a project that has on it:
5 - Flowers
4 - Other Embellishments
3 - Papers
2 - Images
1 - Ribbon

I actually made up this challenge without trying it out first to see if it was do-able. It was a bit more challenging than I thought it would be, but then it is nice to have a challenging challenge now and again isn't it?!



For this card I used 5 Prima flowers, 3 brads and 1 charm for the 4 other embellishments, 2 papers by K&Co and 1 plain which I embossed, 2 stamped images - the fence is a Magnolia and the little girl is by Sugar Nellie and 1 length of green rick rack ribbon.

If you'd like to join in with this challenge please join us at Quirky Crafts HERE.

Hopefully see you there!

Raspberry Ribbons Challenge

This fortnights Raspberry Ribbons Challenge is a really great sketch to work with. I must admit I've never used triangles on a card quite like this before.I did swap the bottom triangles for diamonds which I made using the Jasmine cartridge in my Cricut. The stamp is a Sugar Nellie stamp from the Maggie and Hamish range.

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

Hope to see you there!

Raspberry Ribbons Sketch Challenge

Here is this fortnights Raspberry Ribbons Sketch Challenge. This is my DT card for the sketch. It is also another invitation for Ellie's party but this is one for one of the boys in her class so I thought I'd use a Sugar Nellie stamp rather than a fairy.

Papers: Daisy Bucket Designs

Stamps: Hamish by Sugar Nellie ~ Sentiment by Stamping Up

Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os

Embellishments: Velvet Brad ~ Starfish Charm ~ Ribbon ~ Adhesive Gems

Acetate Card

This is a card I made for my friends little girl last year. I also made it for an article on PCJ's which has only just been published and therefore the reason why I haven't been able to put it on my blog sooner. The brads in the centre of each flower have a letter in each and spell out "Sylvia". The stamp is a Sugar Nellie coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

Charisma Cardz Challenge

This weeks Charisma Cardz Challenge is a sketch challenge - my favourite! I decided I'd make a Christmas card as I'm supposed to be making one a day this year but some how I have got side-tracked and I haven't made any for ages! Whoops!

Stamps: Sugar Nellie ~ Magnolia ~ Free stamp that came with a magazine

Coloured with: Twinkling H2Os

Papers: Blonde Moments

Embellishments: Adhesive Pearls

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge

When I saw this sketch on the Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge blog I just had to have a go. It's very far out of my comfort zone which is what I like about it.

I couldn't decide whether to do a base of patterned paper or not and in the end I decided not to as there isn't one on the sketch. I kind of wish I had now or used cream card for my card blank instead of the white as the white looks a little bit too bright. Apart from that I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Here is my card.

Stamp: Sugar Nellie

Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os

Papers: K&Co

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilities

Embellishments: Adhesive pearls ~ Gems ~ Prima Flowers ~ Peel Off Stickers

Raspberry Ribbons Sketch Challenge

What a weekend! I went to the Great Northern Papercraft Extravaganza in Harrogate yesterday with my would-be step-cousin, Richard. I normally go with my Mum but she was on babysitting duty for the weekend and couldn't make it.

We had a great time although we did get soaked through getting to the main entrance from the car. If we'd arrived ten minutes earlier we would have been ok, but it wasn't meant to be and a darn good soaking we got!

I was specifically looking for some stamps to use on men's cards and I did manage to get a rather nice bear and a fisherman's hat stamp that I think Peej may approve off but he'd need to see it made up as a card rather than just the stamp if you know what I mean?! I also found a Penny Black mouse stamp where the mice are making a prank phone call to the cat which made me laugh out loud and I thought it would be good for the men! But I have to say it was slim pickings on the male stamp front. There are hundreds of stamps for ladies cards but there is definitely a gap in the market for the men. There is more choice if you like decoupage but I don't like all the fiddly cutting out you have to do first. I like the finished image I just don't like all the preparation!

I also found out at the craft fair that Twinkling H2Os have gone into liquidation. I'm mortified. I love my Twinklies. So I would say if there are any colours you are missing from your collection try and get them now because once the stockists sell out, that's it, there is no more! Sob sob!

OK enough of the craft fair! Here is my DT card for this fortnights Raspberry Ribbons Sketch Challenge. If you like to join in you can find all the details here. Stamp: Sugar Nellie
Coloured With: Twinkling H2Os
Papers: Bazzill Bling ~ Free papers from craft magazine
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilities
Embellishments: Buttons

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all those Mum's out there in blog land.

I went over to Bradford to visit my Mum yesterday and took her this card and a hand picked mixture of her favourite liquorice sweets that I made my own packet for. This is the inside of the card.

I also took her a bunch of beautiful flowers and a DVD that Peej made for her of the kids when they were little. It's a brilliant DVD, I got a copy for Mother's Day too as well as five cards, two bunches of flowers and a box of Roses Chocolates. I also got breakfast and lunch in bed. What a lazy but very relaxing and enjoyable day! :-)

Birthday Cards For Twins

These are two cards I made for twins who turned 11 yesterday. I like to make their cards the same but different, if you know what I mean. This is made easier as one is a girl and one is a boy.
For Jake's card I used my Cricut to make a Happy Birthday aperture in a sheet of double sided patterned paper. I used one of my Woodware stamps of the boy on the beanbag and did some paper piecing to make the colours match. I stuck some buttons over the circles on the patterned paper to add a bit of dimension. For Grace's card, I used my Cricut again to make the Happy Birthday aperture card. I added a little girl image by Sugar Nellie and some Prima flowers to add dimension.

I did mean to put their names on too but unfortunately I ran out of time and had to post them without. Never mind, maybe next year I'll be more organised.

Stamps: Woodware ~ Sugar Nellie

Coloured with: Paper Piecing ~ Distress Ink

Equipment: Cricut ~ ZooBalloo Cartridge

Embellishments: Buttons ~ Prima Flowers

An "Added To" Card

I was going to call this a re-vamp card but I only made it a few weeks ago for a tutorial on PCJ's on making your own aperture cards and I haven't really re-vamped it, I've just added a bit more to it or finished it off if you like.

This is the original.
Ellie has been invited to her friend Freya's 6th birthday party and I thought this card would be perfect for Freya but it just needed personalising to make it a little more special.

I added 2 Prima flowers with jewel brads in the centre. I also used my Quickutz alphabet to cut out the letters for "Freya" and for the number 6 which I added to the little tag. I think the flowers and letters help to lighten it as it was quite a dark card before.

I liked it before but I like it even better now! What do you think?Stamp: Sugar Nellie
Coloured with: Twinkling H2Os
Papers and Tag: Hot Off the Press
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Quickutz Die Cut Alphabet ~ Nestabilities
Embellishments: Prima Flowers ~ Adhesive Gems ~ Jewel Brads ~ Rub Ons ~ White Gel Pen