Thank you card

Evening all

Here's the Thank you card I made for my family to give this hospital where my uncle spent his last few months, they were all so good in there, they really made him and his visitors so comfortable.

Ingredients

Image - LOTV Little Nurse

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Papers - Papermania Capsule Collection

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Heart - Spellbinders Hearts and Scalloped Hearts

Flower - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Brads - Stash

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Stickles

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

Pile It On - Handmade flowers

That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Animals

Totally Gorjuss - Something Blue

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Use Metal

Passion For Promarkers - Bingo (Ribbon/Free/Blooms)

Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon or Lace

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Make it cute

Totally Papercrafts - Metal

Thanks for looking and happy easter :)

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Birthday wishes

Hi everybody :)

I coloured this image in ages ago but didn't use it til now, I was waiting to get the beautiful Candles and Cake paper pad from Lili of the Valley to make the card that I had in mind with this image :) I'm happy enough with how it turned out I think, could be worse like haha.

Ingredients

Image - Penny Black Hedgehog Birthday

Papers - LOTV Candles and Cake Paper Pack

Banner Die - Whimsy Banner Pennants Die

Flower Die - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die

Sentiment - LOTV Greetings Postmarks

Brads - Stash

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl

Hessian mesh - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents 

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

Totally Papercrafts - Something Metal (brads)

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All (I chose 76)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - Bingo (Ribbon Free Blooms)

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passions - Make It Cute

Thanks for looking :)

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Easter Chick

Evening all

Here's the second easter card I've made, hope you like it.

Ingredients

Image - Digi Stamp Boutique - From Easter Collection 2

Papers - Me To You Spring Chic Paper Pack

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Brad - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Baker's Twine - Ribbon Girl

Punch - MS Border Punch

Cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - From an old top

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Charm - from stash

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents, White Gel Pen

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

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Bingo (punches, glitter, blooms)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Girly

Incy Wincy Challenge - Spring Colours

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Easter

Totally Papercrafts - Easter Eggstravaganza

Digistamp Boutique March Challenge

Cute Card Thursday - Easter

Cutie Pie Challenge - Easter

Thanks for looking :)

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Easter bunny

Hi all :)

Second post in one day, I am getting good haha!

My mum asked for an Easter card to send to a relative, so this is what I made :)

Ingredients

Image - Easter Collection 2

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Papers - Me to You Spring Chic paper pack

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Flourish - Cheery Lynn

Brad - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Gems - Ribbon Girl

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Easter/Spring

Digi Stamp Boutique Challenge March

Incy Wincy Designs - Use Pastels

Passion for Promarkers - butterfly

Papertake Weekly - EasterTreats

Cutie Pie Challenge - Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Easter Parade

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Lots of Layers

Totally Papercrafts - Easter Eggstravagansa

Chocolate, Coffee, Cards - Bring on Spring

Thanks for looking!

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May the odds be ever in your favour

Hi everybody

Today over at Forever Friends, this fortnight's challenge is "Girls" - so make a card for a girl! We have two fabulous sponsors: 

Our Randomly Selected Winner is sponsored by

Saturated Canary

who are providing the winner with 2 digis from her store.

Our Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by 

Cupids Clear Stamps

who are providing our winner with

Japanese Doll Set 

and

one personalised 'handmade by' digi stamp of the winner's choice!

I used for my DT card the Saturated Canary image called Princess Honor - I LOVE Saturated Canary, and I loved using this image! I'm a Hunger Games fan, so I made a Hunger Games inspired card :)

Ingredients

Image - Saturated Canary - Princess Honor

Sentiment - Hunger Games quote that I printed off the computer

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl

Hessian Mesh - Ribbon Girl

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Saddlestitch Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Button Twine - Ribbon Girl

Swirl - Cheery Lynn Flourish

Brad - Stash

Papers - Stash and LOTV Country Gent

Leaves - MS Leaf Punch

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Distress Stickles

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Quotables
Saturated Canary - Read all about it
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Lots of Layers
One Stop Craft Challenge - 1 image, at least 2 embellies, 3 papers
Aud Sentiments - Girl Power
Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Girly
Sentimental Sundays - Stitching
Stamping Sensations - The Great Outdoors

So thanks for looking, and please do join us over at Forever Friends :)
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Dreamy Dragon

Evening everybody :)

This is a card I made the other night, I got this image shortly after it was released, and coloured it up but only made the card recently :) I hope you like it! I thought it would be perfect for a young child's birthday, maybe a first birthday or something! It's such a gorgeous image :)

Ingredients

Image - Dreamy Dragon by Sylvia Zet (digi here, rubber here)

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley Sentiment Set 18 - Greetings Postmark

Papers - LOTV Promises Paper Pack

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2 Dies

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Brad - Ribbon Girl

Flourish - Cheery Lynn

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, Liquid Pearls

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

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Mythical Creatures

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Circles and Squares

Stampin for the Weekend - Child's Play

Card Makin Mamas - Spring colours

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Girly

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Cute and Cuddly

Divas By Design - Babies and Toddlers

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking :)

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BlogLovin, and Help Please!

Hi there

I've jumped on the BlogLovin bandwagon, it's super easy to do, I'm following all the blogs over there that I follow at the moment, one click and they're all there - so easy. I've put a badge in my sidebar, if you'd like to follow me on Bloglovin :)

Now. I've been using Promarkers since I started stamping, and I'm considering switching to Copics...Can anyone offer me their opinions and advice on whether I should change or stay with PMs? The one thing with the Promarkers that bothers me - there's a million and one colouring tutorials for Copics, but only a handful for Promarkers...

Do the Copics colour better? I've seen loads of fabulously coloured images done with Copics, but then again, I've seen some fabulously coloured images with Promarkers as well... so maybe I'm just not a very talented colourer and using Copics instead of Promarkers wouldn't make any difference to the standard of my colouring at all lol. Before I invest in a new set of pens, I want to have as many opinions as possible!

Thanks :)
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Brenda's Blogaversary Challenge

Hi everybody

Brenda of Floral Fantasies is running a blogaversary challenge over on her blog at the moment. The idea is that you make a card based on something you see on her blog, be it her style, header, or case one of her cards. I'm not going to flatter myself and think even for a second that I could emulate Brenda's style or make a card even half as fantastic as any of hers, so I decided to use her blog header of poppies as inspiration - and from being a regular reader of Brenda's blog, poppies are a running theme, so I figured it's probably the best representation of Brenda that I can personally do with the talent that I have. So congratulations on all your followers and four years of blogging, looking forward to many more years of your creations!

The image is called Poppy Cluster by Just Inklined

Ingredients

Image - Poppy Cluster by Just Inklined

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Papers - the darker one is Papermania Capsule Collection; 

the lighter checkered one is from Petal Fresh by LOTV

Medium - Promarkers

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Everything Else - Stickles

Aside from Brenda's challenge, I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Pile It On - Circles and Squares

Allsorts Challenge - 1, 2, 3 (3 embellies: diecut corners, pearls, bow)

Whimsy Challenge - Real or Faux Stitching

I Love Promarkers - Ribbons and Bows

Papertake Weekly - 1, 2, 3 (one image, two papers, three types of embellies)

Totally Gorjuss - Something Old (image, I've had it for ages)

Oldie but a goodie - feeling floral

Thanks for looking :)

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Thank you card

Hi everyone

This is the thank you card that I made for the rector who did the service for my uncle's funeral, the sermon was absolutely lovely, and he spent a lot of time at Jim's bedside leading up to his death. He was very good. 

I wanted something religious but not sad or stuffy or depressing, and I think this image by Just Inklined is perfect, and can be used for lots of things - Easter and sympathy cards for example.

Ingredients

Image - Flower Cross from Just Inklined

Paper - LOTV Promises

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Flourish - Cheery Lynn

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Brass brads - stash

Pearl brad - Ribbon Girl

Sentiment - LOTV Simply Sophisticated

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Totally Gorjuss - Something Old (brass brads have been in my stash forever!)

ABC Challenge - J for Just as you like: Anything Goes

Whimsy Challenge - Stitching

Penny's Challenge - Ribbons and Diecuts

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - 1, 2, 3 (one paper, two corners, three flowers)

Cardmakin Mamas - Springtime

My mum's craft shop challenge - spring has sprung

Thanks for looking.

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Late mother's day card

Hi everybody

Here's another Mother's Day card that I made for my sister to give our mother. I hope you like it. It was pretty last minute so I kept it nice and simple :)

Front view

Side view

The front bit

Closeup of the image (don't know why the flowers look green here! They're B&W)

The bottom bit

Ingredients

Image - LOTV Teddy For Mum

Sentiment - LOTV Simply Sophisticated

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Paper - Papermania Capsule Collection

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts 

Medium - Promarkers

Wooden letters - Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Stickles

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

ABC Challenge - J is for Just as you like: Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Easel card

I Love Promarkers - Ribbons and Bows

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Girly

Ready Teddy Go Challenge - Mum's the Word

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Dream Valley Challenges - Mother's Day

Thanks for looking :)

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Another mother's day card

Good evening everyone

Just a quick post before bed, with the mother's day card I gave my mama on Sunday. Hope you like it. We gave her and our aunt the gift of a spa day to hopefully cheer them up a bit...losing Jim on Mother's Day wasn't very nice for either of those two amazing mamas.

As you can see, I made another easel card. Love them! 

The front bit of the card...

...and the bottom bit. 

A couple of the details...

...and a closeup of the image.

Ingredients

Image - LOTV The Flower Shop

Sentiments - LOTV Simply Sophisticated

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Corner Dies - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Papers - From stash

Cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl

Metal flower - Tim Holtz Idea-ology

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, various Distress Stickles

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

Lili's Little Fairies - A card for mum

I Love Promarkers - Anything But Square

Passion For Promarkers - One for the ladies

Creative Inspirations - Happy mothers day

Totally Gorjuss - For Mum

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Mother's Day

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Shabby Chic

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Girly

Thanks for looking and goodnight.

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Forever Friends - Shaped Cards

Hi everyone

Thanks for all the lovely comments yesterday about my uncle, your kind words have been much appreciated. 

This fortnight over at Forever Friends the theme is Shaped Cards. 

We have two sponsors this time. Our Randomly Selected Winner's prize is sponsored by 

Kenny K Downloads

who are providing our lucky winner with 5 digis of the winner's choice from their web-store.

Our Forever Friends Favourite prize is sponsored by the lovely

Scrappers Delight

who are providing our lucky winner with a $5 voucher to spend in the webstore.

See HERE for their blog too :)

We were lucky enough to get DT images from both sponsors; I used a fabulous Kenny K one called Frieda Flapper - I'm rightly into the flapper style at the moment - it's so elegant!

So here's the card I made. I used bits of old halloween costumes all over the place here :) 

I made it an easel card. 

A closeup of this gorgeous image :D Love her!

A side view

Ingredients

Image - Frieda Flapper by Kenny K

Sentiment - LOTV Sentiment Set 8 Happy Sentiments

Metal Corner - Wild Orchid Crafts

Swirl - Marianne Design Swirl

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Paper - Papermania Capsule Collection

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Medium - Promarkers

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Pearl - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents, Liquid Pearls

Black ribbon - from an old corset

Red Ribbon - Chocolate box

Fishnet - old fishnet tights

Feathers - feather boa

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

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Things that begin with F (flapper, feathers, fishnet, flowers)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Girly

Kenny K's Krafty Challenge - Happy Birthday

I Love Promarkers - Anything But a Square

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Passion For Promarkers - One for the Ladies

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Happy Birthday

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking - and do come over to Forever Friends and join in the fun with us :)

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Happy Mother's Day

To all the Mamas out there, Happy Mother's Day. I hope you're all being spoiled rotten! And to those of you mothers who can't be with your children, and all of you who cannot be with your mothers today....big hugs to all of you. 

Today is a very sad day in my house and especially for my mother. In the early hours of the morning, my mother's brother lost his battle with cancer. He passed very peacefully in his sleep with his sisters and brother by his side, and he is free from pain now.. Rest in peace Uncle Jim. 

You know, I think the most heartbreaking thing is seeing deep sadness and pain in your mother's eyes, and not be able to do anything about it...and I never want to see it again :( She's been in the hospital with Jim for the last week and it's an hour's drive away so she's been staying up there, so it will be nice to have her home tonight to take care of her and give her lots of hugs. 

So here's the card I made for my sister to give Mum. I hope you like it. I made it an easel card because both Mum and Sam like the easel cards.

A front view

A sideways view

The image

And a few of the details :)

Ingredients

Image - Sylvia Zet's Playful Kittens set in rubber and as a digi

Sentiment - LOTV Set 8 Happy Sentiments

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Diecut Butterfly - Memory Box

Metal Butterfly - Ribbon Girl

Butterfly Charm - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flower 2

Papers - Doodlebug Design

Swirl - Marianne Design

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Liquid Pearls, Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Joanna Sheen - Mum's The Word

Dream Valley Challenges - Mother's Day

Totally Gorjuss - For Mum

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Springtime (kittens, butterflies, flowers...all things new and springlike...can't wait haha)

Moving Along With the Times - The Birds and the Bees

Fab n Funky - Cute and Cuddly

I Love Promarkers - Anything But Square

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Mother's Day

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Flowers and Pearls

Thanks for looking, and take care

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Mother's Day

Hi everybody

Here's a mother's day card I made for my boyfriend to give his mother.

Ingredients

Image - Barney and Heart by DigiStamp Boutique

Papers - Capsule Collection by Papermania

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers - JoyCrafts Flower 2 Set

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die

Sentiment - LOTV Sentiment Set 8 Happy Sentiments

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glamour Dust, White Gel Pen, Glossy Accents, Brads

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

Sketch Saturday #249

Fab n Funky Challenge - Cute and Cuddly

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - One for the ladies

Creative Inspirations - Happy Mother's Day

Creative Card Crew - Use Ribbon

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Use Sparkle

Stamping Sensations - The Great Outdoors

Totally Gorjuss - For Mum

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Flowers and Pearls

Thanks for looking :)

I'll be back later with another card probably :)

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Forever Friends March Monthly Giveaway - Sponsored by OPC

Hi friends! :)

Just a quick post to let you know that the March Giveaway over at Forever Friends Challenge Blog starts today!

We're sponsored by the lovely

Oak Pond Creations

See HERE for the OPC store, where you can browse through all the gorgeous OPC images.

See HERE for the OPC blog - where you can find even more inspiration :)

The lucky winner of this draw will win 

2 digis of the winner's choice from the OPC store :)

We'd like to thank the lovely Kimberly from OPC for sponsoring this prize!

The draw will run from today until Saturday 30th March, and the winner will be drawn shortly after.

I made a card to showcase one of OPC's fantastic images, I used Digital Stamp Violin.

Ingredients

Image - Oak Pond Creations - Digital Stamp Violin

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Papers - from my stash

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps Ticket Notes

Swirl - Marianne Design Swirl

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Music Stamp - LOTV Grunge Music

Medium - Promarkers

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Everything Else - Glossy Accents on the Violin, Stickles on the flowers

So do pop over to Forever Friends and enter for the chance to win this fabulous prize :)

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

By the Cute and Girly - Favourite Things (Sepia colour combo)

Cards for Men - Monochrome

Sketch Saturday #248

Ribbon Girls March Card Challenge - Add Ribbon/Twine

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All (#68 rotated)

Stampin For the Weekend - use lace

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes With Ribbons

I Love Promarkers - Lace and Pearls

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Flowers and Pearls

Thanks for looking :)

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