Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week is a sketch and here is my interpretation of it.

The papers are by My Minds Eye.

The snowman stamp is by Fun Stamps and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

The snowflakes are made with a paper punch.

ABC Christmas Challenge

I made these cards for the ABC Christmas Challenge which this week is Vintage. Well I actually wanted to try out my new stamp from Crafty Individuals and the ABC Christmas challenge just happened to fit my cards but it amounts to the same thing. :0)

The papers for both cards are by Kars which I've distressed using scissors.

As previously stated the stamp is by Crafty Individuals (fab website and they sent not one, but two free gifts with my order - lovely surprise). The image is coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The snowflakes are made using paper punches.

Penny Black Challenge

This week's Penny Black Challenge is a sketch. This is my interpretation of it.

The papers are all by My Minds Eye.

The image is a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

The snowflakes are paper punches with small gems in the centre.

The swirl is a Sizzix die which I've customised. 

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.



Happy Mother's Day

I thought I'd start by showing you the cards my children made for me. This is Josh's card which he made on the computer at school.This is the insideand this is the back. Charming eh?! lolAnd my daughter raided my stash (with permission of course) to make me this cute card using one of my favourite Penny Black stamps.

This year I thought I'd make a photo frame for my mum. It didn't quite turn out how I wanted to. I think its because now I'm working I just haven't been able to spend the time on it that I would have liked to have done. Maybe it will look better when it has a nice photo in it?! Failing that I might ask for it back and re-vamp it for next year. ;0)

This is how the photo frame started out. and this is how it looked when I'd finished with it... or ran out of time to do anything else with it.

The papers, labels and sentiment are all from a set by K&Co. The flowers are made with die cut by Marriane Designs and two other paper punches.

For the card I used the same K&Co papers and the Marrianne Designs die cut to make the flowers. The rabbit stamp is by Penny Black and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Mother's Day stamp is by Inka Stamp Designs.

For the inside I used a clear stamp by Inkadoo it says "You make me smile all over my face" which my mum does. She's the best mum in the world ever! :0)

That just leaves me to say Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there in Blog land. Hope you enjoy your special day.

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.

Duck Day

Thought I'd start with another two Christmas cards.

This one is made from free papers and images from a magazine. I have decoupaged the Christmas tree and some of the circles although it doesn't show up well on the photo.

This one is quite a simple one. The stamp is by Stampavie and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. I've then mounted it on to some paper by Blonde Moments and then embossed a border across the bottom.

And now onto the Duck Day!

My friend Charlotte has been trying to take us for a picnic at this lake she found near Siddington where there are loads of ducks you can feed. Anyway we've kept getting rained off but we decided today that even though it looked grim we'd take a chance and go anyway. We had a great time. We got there at lunch time so we went straight to the picnic area and had lunch then the kids explored and climbed trees for a bit and had a game of tig.

This is my friend Charlotte with her son and my two of course.

Then when they'd had enough of that we walked back down to the ducks to feed them. They were so tame they were taking the bread right out of your hand.

Ellie kept saying how she's never been this close to ducks before. She loved it and even Josh was enjoying himself.

I wasn't quite quick enough on this one but the duck did take the bread out of Ellie's hand which she thought was great fun.

I have to say I have never seen so many ducks, geese and swans all in one place before.

I counted 27 swans so goodness knows how many ducks there were, I would guess at least 300.

We finished off with ice creams and managed to get away just as it started to rain. A really lovely afternoon out.

More Christmas Cards

For this Christmas card I used one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders. Then I've used scraps of Blonde Moments papers and an image from Deanne that I got in a Christmas image swap over on Quirky Crafts.



For the second card I've used papers by Do Crafts from the Forever Friends pack. The image is a Whipper Snapper stamp which has been coloured with Twinkling H2Os.



The snowflakes are done with a paper punch and I've added gems to the centre for extra sparkle.

Another Christmas Card

This is an image I got in a Christmas image swap over on Quirky Crafts. I think this one came from Cazzy. The papers I think are My Minds Eye but I might be wrong. I am wrong they are Basic Grey. I have had them a while. This was quite a quick card to make as I'd already coloured the image.

Happy Birthday Debbie

It is my blogging friend Debbie's birthday today. This card I made using my new stamp by Nellie Snellen that I got at the Harrogate Craft Fair in March and my new fern punch. The papers are by Papermania and Bazzill. The Happy Birthday is a die cut by Go Kreate.

For the inside I used papermania papers again and then cut a white insert using another Go Kreate die and then used pen to create faux stitching around the edge to add definition.

30th Birthday

I made this card in a rush as I was a bit late for my sister-in-laws birthday. Luckily they were away on holiday for it so I might just have got away with it?!

I used my gorgeous new stamp by Nellie Snellen that I got at the Harrogate Craft Fair, coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The papers are by Papermania. The flowers are a mixture of Prima's and some I have been sent. The ferns were done with my new paper punch. I hope she liked it!

Mum's Birthday Card

It was my Mum's Birthday on Thursday 18th. Luckily for us it usually falls during half term week so we take the opportunity to go and stay for a few days so that we can be there for her birthday and also my mum's house makes a good base camp for then going off to visit other family and friends that live over that way and further afield.

We went over on Wednesday and after dropping most of our stuff of at Mums', the kids and I went through to my friend Shaeron's who's just moved from Bradford to Knaresborough. It was a very foggy drive but it was worth it to catch up as we haven't seen each other in an age. We had a lovely lunch and then a walk to the ruined castle before setting off back to Bradford.

Thursday was of course my Mums' birthday. This is the card I made for her. I used my favourite papers by My Minds Eye and my favourite stamp which is a Stampavie Sarah Kay stamp. I used paper punches to make the flowers and the leaves and wording at the bottom are My Minds Eye rub ons. For the inside I used the Birthday Cake stamp that Josh bought me for my birthday.

To celebrate my Mums' birthday we went out for lunch, there was seven of us all together, my Uncle Don, Auntie Ann, my Gran, Mum, Ellie, Josh and little me. It was a lovely meal and Josh coped really well with it all which is always a bonus.

In the evening Mum, Auntie Ann and I went to watch an all male pantomime in Marsden called the Wizard of Ossett. It was so funny and very well done. I was suitably impressed and we all had a great evening.

On Friday it was back over to Harrogate to visit my Dad and his wife. Another lovely lunch and a walk followed by a play in the local park.

Saturday morning we headed back home in time for Ellie to go to her swimming lesson in the afternoon. So a very busy week lots of fun.

Quirky Crafts Challenge 18

Our lovely Carol has set this fortnights Quirky Crafts Challenge and it's a nice easy one for you. Yes it's "Christmas"

I've made a Christmas Card for the challenge since I added up all my cards yesterday and realised I still need to make about another 20! Whoops! Ho hum.

The image I used on this card is one of my Mum's Magnolia's. Sorry Carol! (She doesn't like the Magnolia Stamps) I coloured it in with Twinkling H2O's of course. The papers are Cricut Christmas papers. The swirl is a Sizzix Die used in my Cuttlebug and the snowflakes are all punches with a gem added to the centre.
If you would like to join in with the Quirky Crafts Challenge you can find more details here.

See you there! :-)

Thank You Card

I made this thank you card for my Mum. We went over to Bradford yesterday to see her and my Auntie Ann and I took it with us to give to her. We had a really lovely day complete with chocolate cake! Yum. The papers are by Hot Off The Press and the image is of course a Tilda by Magnolia. I embossed part of the backing paper using a Cuttlebug embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. I made some extra flowers using different sized paper punches. I added detail with adhesive gems and a flower charm and pearl brad.

Leaving Card

When Ellie started back at school in September she had a stand in teacher as her regular teacher was off on sick leave. However the regular teacher has now been given a clean bill of health and is taking over again after half term. Sadly this means that the stand in teacher had her last day on Friday. I made her this card as a leaving card, I also made her an altered After Eight Mints box but I stupidly forgot to photograph it before Ellie took it in to give to her.

The papers for this are all by My Minds Eye. The image is by Woodware and I did paper piecing to colour it except for the puddles which I did with Twinkling H2Os and blue stickles. The flowers I made myself using paper punches of different sizes.

You know (in the crafting world) they say there is no such thing as mistakes only happy accidents? Well this card had a lot of "Happy Accidents" The orange spotty strip was supposed to go underneath the image but I managed to get glue on it and when I tried to rub it off it made a right mess. To disguise it I put the strip over the top instead and then added punched leaves to give it a little bit of something. Also while I was inking the edges of the spotty backing paper I slipped and put a big green smudge down it so I had to cover that with the punched flowers. I still think it's looks ok though and if I don't tell anyone they'll never know! :-)

Shhhhhh!

Christmas Cards

These are the last two Christmas cards I made while the electricity was off. As I'd used up all the fairies I started using the reindeer and polar bear die cuts from Lili of the Valley instead. The papers are a mixture of Lili Of the Valley and Cricut Christmas papers. Again they are very simple cards as these are for Ellie's class mates.

Poor Ellie is off school today. She started being sick on Saturday night and although she wasn't sick all day Sunday she was sick again this morning at 5.45am. So the poor little mite is snuggled up on the sofa under her fleecy blanket watching DVD's. We'll see how she goes today. Get well soon baby girl.

Have A Fairy Merry Christmas!

More fairy Christmas cards. These are the last of the fairy ones that I made while the electricity was off last week. They are all pretty basic as they are for Ellie's friends at school but I'm sure her friends will like them. The fairies are all from Lili of the Valley.

The papers are all from Craftwork Cards
The big snowflake is a Cuttlebug Die which I've added a crystal to the middle of it to give it some sparkle.

So that's all my Lili of the Valley winter fairies used up now.

Happy Birthday Auntie Ann

Don't you just love My Minds Eye stuff? These papers are my favourite at the moment. I just love the colours and they are so great to work with.
For the inside I used some of the off cuts from the front of the card and I used a flower rub on that I got from winning the recycling challenge on Trimcraft.

Stamp: Imaginisce

Papers: My Minds Eye ~ Bazzill Basics

Embellishments: My Minds Eye brad, Rub ons, Flower and leaves

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies (Happy Birthday and Frame) ~ Corner Rounder Punch

More Christmas Cards

These are some more of the ones I made while the electricity was off last week. Luckily everything is back to normal again now. Our drive no longer has a huge hole in it and the pavement to the side of our house has had new tarmac put down today. Hooray!

The papers for both these cards is from Craftwork Cards.

The "Have a Fairy Merry Christmas" is by Lavinia Stamps. I used a Ticket corner punch by Stamping Up to make the corners on the sentiment.

The fairies and reindeer are all from Lili Of The Valley.