Christmas Card

Here's my latest Christmas card. I'm pretty happy with it, I used my tea effect on it again :P hehe, I should probably buy some distress inks or something. So here's what I made anyway.

The tea hadn't fully dried when I took the picture lol :P It looks better now that it's dried. I used Bo Bunny papers, and even managed to use some scraps that were destined for the bin as well - the little strips along the top and bottom! The image and sentiment are LOTV, the ribbon is from my stash, the twine is from Ribbon Girl and the button is from a cardigan lol.

A closeup of the bear, coloured with Promarkers and covered in Stickles as usual :P

My button and bow

My sentiment - looks way better dry than here. I used a Nestie lattice rectangle for this, the bigger ones in the set are so hard to use, the paper keeps getting stuck in the die :(

Anyway, that's me for now, I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Secret Crafter - Cute n Fluffy

Lili's Little Fairies Thursday Challenge - Sketch by Jacque

Jingle Belles Challenge - Peace on Earth(Day) - Reuse/Recycle - saved scraps, reused cardigan button

Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge - Animals

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :) 

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Cute and Girly

This is one of the cards I made today, I'm going crazy for pink at the moment! :D So this is what I made, I'm pretty happy with it :)

The image is Penny Black, the ribbon and charm are from Ribbon Girl, the flowers, gems and corners are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the rest is from my stash. 

Ribbon and flower charm

I have to get me some more of these babies! I love them!

A closeup of the image - I coloured it with Promarkers, put some gel pen on the bees and around the petals to make them shine, and used seed beads from my jewellery-making stash for the flower centre :)

Close up of the flowers, I put Stickles around the edges to make them all sparkly :) 

So that's my card, I hope you like it.

I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

Penny Black and More - Oh So Cute

Cupcake Craftroom - Bugs, Birds, Wings & Things

Moving Along with the Times - Garden or Flowers

I Love Promarkers - Flower Power (to have a flower on the image)

Prairie Fairy Fridays - Anything with Flowers

Divas By Design - Buttons or Bows

Paper Sundaes - Let's get Cute

Cute Card Thursday - animal magic

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - May Day: Spring theme

Thanks for looking :) 

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Girly card

So, I made a card and totally loved how it turned out (which hardly ever happens!). Then, I dropped a black ink pad on it, ink side down. I could have cried! I may have actually done momentarily, but we'll pretend that didn't happen :P The image was ruined, there was ink all over the card, so I tore off the image, covered the splodges with more paper, added a new image and this is what it turned out as.

The spotty paper behind the image covered most of the ink, the sentiment is also helping out too :P The image is a Bugaboo digi, the corners and gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the sentiment is LOTV, the ribbon is from Ribbon Girl and the papers are a mixture of Forever Friends New Arrival and stuff from my stash.

A closeup of the corner! I've never used these before, I like it though! Finishes a card off nicely I think.

A closeup of the image, coloured with Promarkers.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Buttons or Bows

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Ribbon or twine

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 

 I had to add extra paper to cover my spill :( 

but I think the original sketch is still visible.

Thanks for looking :) 

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Dog card

I've had the idea for this card in my head ever since I got the Basic Grey Max and Whiskers paper pack and after that it was just a matter of buying the other bits - image and charm mainly :) So here it is, I'm happy enough with how it turned out :)

The paper is Basic Grey, the image is a Bugaboo image, the sentiment is LOTV and the ribbon, twine and charm are from Ribbon Girl. I used my MS border punch too.

A close up of this cute little bone charm! So cute. 

Closeup of the image, coloured with Promarkers. 

So that's that, another man card done! :D 

I'd like to enter this into the following competitions:

Penny Black and More - Oh So Cute

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - 4 legged friends

My Mum's Craft Shop - The Great Outdoors

Stella Says Sketch - Challenge 109

Sir Stampalot April Challenge - Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking :) 

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Traditional Christmas Card

I made another Christmas card today, I really like how it turned out :)

I used Authentique papers from the Wonder Bundle paper pack. The image is from LOTV, the ribbons are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearls are from Ribbon Girl. I painted tea on the picture to make it look more vintage.

A close up of the image - I put Stickles on his hat trim and bobble.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges: 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Lots of Layers

Paper Sundaes - Let's get Cute

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Stripes/Checks - I used both

Do You Stack Up - Stripes

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - More than 1 ribbon

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Lots of layers

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - free choice of sketch

I chose this one:

Thanks for looking :) 

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Man card

I was asked by my neighbour to make a card for her nephew. I don't have a lot in the way of manly stamps yet, so when I have to make a man card these days I usually go back to decoupage :) This is what I made anyway.

I used Forever Friends decoupage and paper, I printed the sentiment off the computer, I used my MS punch for the trim, the ribbon, twine and buttons came from Ribbon Girl. 

My buttons! Still getting used to using buttons :P 

The decoupage image

I'd like to enter this into the following:

Totally Gorjuss - boys and their toys

Paper Sundaes - Let's get cute

Crafter's Companions Monthly Challenge - 4 legged friends

CES Challenges - Button it

Thanks for looking :)

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Wedding Card

My sis needed a wedding card, so this is what I made for her. I got a new Bo Bunny paper pack in the post, so I was mad to use it! :D So this is what I came up with :) This is my first try at anything with a vintage feel, I'm pretty happy with the result!

The sentiment is from a Forever Friends pack of sentiments. The ribbon, twine, pearls and button (I used another button!) are from Ribbon Girl, the image is LOTV and as previously mentioned the paper is Bo Bunny. I don't have any distress inks, so i used tea instead! :D that was fun. The gems were in my stash. As usual, I used my Stickles as well :)

A close up of my button!

The image was coloured with Promarkers, I added Stickles and little gems to her veil and the bouquet.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge - Wedding/Anniversary

Stampin for the Weekend - Sparkle and Shine

Totally Papercrafts - All Buttoned Up

Sketch Saturday - Week 203

Allsorts Challenge - Buttons and Thread

Lili's Little Fairies - Diamonds and Pearls

That's me, thanks for looking :) 

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Another Charity Card

Hey everyone,

I've been busy making more charity cards. I really want to do my bit for charity but I'm still too ill to do actual volunteering or any kind of work like that, so I figured if I made cards and donated them, that would at least be something. I'm donating them to the Irish Cancer Society, hopefully they'll be able to sell them and make a few pence on them. 

The ones I've made so far, I've used the same image on them - the logo of the ICS is a daffodil, so I wanted the cards to have some element of the charity in them, so that's why I went for this image. So here's another of them. They have a charity shop in my locality, hence why I chose this charity - it's a very worthy cause as well obviously. 

The image is from Bugaboo, the sentiment is Lili of the Valley, the ribbon and twine is from Ribbon Girl, the pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the papers are from a Prima paper pack.

Close up of the image, coloured with Promarkers.

The ribbon and twine look really nice together I thought! :D

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday to make this card - here it is:

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Spring/Summer Colours

Thanks for looking :) 

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Baby Girl Card

I had sudden inspiration for a baby girl card - my sister's bestie had a baby girl today! Her name is Elise :) I already made her card ages ago, but I guess someone else can give her this one :P So here it is :)

The papers are from the Forever Friends New Arrival pack. The sentiment is from LOTV, the ribbons and charm are from Ribbon Girl, the image is obviously FF too, and the gems and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I put Stickles on the flowers to make them sparkle :) I used my Martha Stewart border punch too :) 

A closeup of the image, coloured with Promarkers. I wasn't sure what colours to use for Forever Friends bears! But I figured it out and used Vanilla, Blush and Sandstone. I put stickles on the little heart too.

The sentiment, also surrounded with Stickles...I love Stickles!

A closeup of this cute little soother charm! 

My sparkly flowers :)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cutie Pie Challenge - Circles

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Punches and Diecuts

The Shabby Tea Room - Beautiful Roses

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - Think Pink

Card Crafters Circle - Gentle Pastel Colours

Do You Stack Up - Glitter/Bling

Paper Sundaes Challenge -Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :) 

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Charity Card

Hey :)

Today I started making cards that I may donate to charity. The Irish Cancer Society is the charity I chose for now, and their logo is a daffodil, so I made a few cards today using a daffodil image from Bugaboo.

This is the first of them - and guess what, it's clean and simple, and I actually kind of like it! This is a first for me, I'm dire at clean and simple cards :-S

The image is from Bugaboo, I just love their images. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley, and the pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I coloured it with Promarkers. I'm happy with how this turned out :)

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp And Show - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Spring/Summer Colours

Simon Says Stamp - April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

Thanks for looking :) 

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Girly Christmas

I made a right girly Christmas card today! I had my little niece Hana in mind as a recipient when I made it :) So here's what I came up with :)

The image and sentiment are from Lili of the Valley, the charm and ribbons are from Ribbon Girl, the gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the paper is from my stash. I coloured the image with Promarkers.

A closeup of this sweet image! As usual, there is lots of Stickles there :)

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen - Someone Special

Jingle Belles Challenge - Twas the Sketch Before Christmas

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Card Crafter's Circle - Pastel Colours

Stamptacular - Freebie Week (Anything Goes)

Totally Gorjuss - Bling!

Thanks for looking :) 

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Lilac and Lime

I love this colour combination, I remember back when I started making cards first, before I blogged at all, I was online and came across a challenge with this colour combo as the theme, I've been meaning to do it since then, so now I have, and they go together as well as I'd imagined :D

I've been trying to get a load of crafting in the last few days, as over the coming two weeks I've got 6 hospital appointments again so I will be busy with those...grrrr... oh well, time spent in waiting rooms means time reading my book, so every cloud has a silver lining really :)

Anyway, here it is :)

The ribbon is from my stash, it's been in there for ages, I don't use that colour half often enough! The sentiment is from LOTV, the image from Bugaboo, the little butterfly charm is from Ribbon Girl, the flowers and gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the checkered green paper is from a DCWV pack and the purple stuff is from my stash :) 

A closeup of the image, coloured with Promarkers and it's not very clear, but there's little gems on all the flower centres.

So that's my card, I'm quite happy with how it turned out :)

I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

Divas by Design - Charmed I'm Sure

 Sketchy Challenges - Janine's Sketch

Totally Gorjuss - Bling (the gems are there, promise! They're just not very visible in the photos!)

Do You Stack Up - Bling (again - the gems are there!)

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :) 

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Birthday Card for Mum

Hey everybody :)

I made this card using Kevin's great sketch over at Sketch and Stash - such a fun one to work with! I had the image left over all coloured in from Mother's Day, I didn't have anything to go with it at the time, so I used it now :)

This is what I came up with :)

The image and sentiment is LOTV, the ribbon, flowers and gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the paper is DCWV and the heart is from a local craft shop. I coloured it in with Promarkers :) 

A closeup of the image.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sketch and Stash - Kevin's Sketch (the red gems and ribbon are new, the coloured image has been neglected til now)

Lili's Little Fairies - Transport - balloons are transport right?! Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it :P 

Cute Card Thursday - Spring Flowers

Simon Says Stamp - April Showers Bring Spring Flowers

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Girly but no pink

Fab n Funky Challenges - On all 4s

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Animals

Thanks for looking :) 

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Wedding Card

Hey everybody :)

My sister asked for a wedding card for a friend's wedding, and this is what I came up with :)

The flowers and gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the ribbons are from Ribbon Girl, the image is from LOTV, the paper is from stash and the sentiment is from a FF sentiment pack. I coloured it in with Promarkers and as usual, added Stickles around the edge and on her veil and the hearts, not very clear but you can see it a bit better in the closeup :)

A close up of the image :)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Wags n Whiskers - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - It's a Celebration

Dream Valley Challenges - Wedding/Love

Prairie Fairy Friday Challenge - Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up - Glitter or Bling

Cute Card Thursday -Spring Flowers

Thanks for looking :) 

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Easter Card

I made an Easter card at last :P My sister requested one, so this is what I made.

The image is from Bugaboo. I coloured it with promarkers and added some Stickles, and a pearl from Wild Orchid Crafts. The ribbon is from Ribbon Girl and the sentiment I printed off the computer. The paper is from A DCWV pack. 

A close up of the image, it's so cute!

I'd like to enter this into the following:

I love Promarkers: Springtime

Catch the Bug: Anything Goes

Cards for Men: Spring Colours

Cupcake Craft Challenges: Spring is in the Air

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Easter

Thanks for looking :) 

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CAS card

I tried to do a clean and simple card. I'm really bad at them :P This is what I came up with anyway. After I took the photos I added a "best wishes" sentiment over the black bit at the left.

The image is from Pink Petticoat, the papers and gems are from my stash. 

I'd like to enter this into the following:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: CAS

Thanks for looking :) 

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Let it Snow

Happy Easter Everybody!

I made another Christmas card today, I'm on a roll :P I had the idea for this one for a while, so I made it. It didn't come out the way it looked in my head, but it came out alright I suppose.

So this is what I came up with. The ribbon and shiny paper is from my stash, the starry paper is from an old Forever Friends paper pack, the sentiment is FF as well, the gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the digi is from Bugaboo :) I coloured it with Promarkers and put Stickles on too :P I really like the blue/silver/navy colours for Christmas cards, it's a step away from the usual reds and greens :)

A closeup of the image.

I'd like to enter this into the following:

Stella Says Sketch - Challenge 108

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - White Christmas

Christmas Stampin - Favourite Colour Combo

Thanks for looking :)

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Girly Tea

Hey there :)

I love this LOTV stamp, whenever I see it, it reminds me so much of my mother and aunt, my aunt lives away from us but meets my mum every couple of weeks for tea and chats, they're just so cute! So I every time I colour it, the girls always get the same hair colour as my mum and aunt :) 

The spotty paper is from my stash, the other one from the FF Spring pack. The image is LOTV. The ribbons and button twine are from Ribbon Girl. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The button is a spare that came from a cardigan I think. I've never used buttons before, my boyfriend has a phobia of buttons! So using them for anything never really enters my head anymore!

A closeup, Auntie Phyllis is on the left, Mum on the right :) 

A closeup of my first ever button use :P I like it, I might actually buy some buttons now! Although i'm not sure Anthony would forgive me if I do :P 

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday Contest

Lili of the Valley - Ribbons, Buttons and Bows

Totally Papercrafts - Bingo (Flowers, Lilac, Pearls)

That's it from me, thanks for looking :)

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