Crafty Fun: April 2013

Monday, 29 April 2013

Cutie Pie Challenge GDT - Lots of Layers

Hi everyone :)

Today is my second GD slot over at Cutie Pies, and their theme this fortnight is LOTS OF LAYERS.

The sponsor is Cedar Chest Designs. I used the Cedar Chest image Monkey Valentine for my card.

I'm loving the red and pink colour combo at the moment, I can't get enough of it! Which is strange, because up until recently enough, I didn't like it at all haha! Love it now though :D

Ingredients

Image - Cedar Chest Designs Monkey Valentine

Papers - Doodlebug

Sentiments - LOTV Sentiment Tags

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Border - MS Border Punch

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

I do my sky background with a cloud shaped diecut (Memory Box Puffy Cloud, but any cloud shaped diecut will work), and I use Inkylicious Ink Duster and a sky blue ink pad and just ink up the duster, place the diecut over the paper and brush the ink onto the area, and work your way around the card until it's all cloudy! To avoid getting blue on my image, I stamp the image again and cut out the second one to use as a mask to keep my coloured in image nice and clean :) I think it looks like such a sunny sky, and I like the way it finishes off an image :)

A closeup of my sentiments, I really like these :D They're new to me so a big novelty lol

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

Totally Gorjuss - Ribbons and Pearls

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Favourite Colour combo

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Favourite Colour Combo

Papertake Weekly - Weather

The Squirrel and the Fox - Furry Friends

Aud Sentiments - Birthday

Passion for Promarkers - Animals

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Birthdays

Thanks for looking, and do check out all the DT inspiration over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog :)
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Sunday, 28 April 2013

Love and hugs

Hi everyone

Hope you're well and having a lovely weekend. I'm having a good one, going to meet friends later and head off on a road trip for the afternoon, so that will be fun, hopefully the weather will hold :)

I made this late last night, my own two cats were on the sofa, they're sisters but absolutely hate each other! Both love sleeping on the same blanket, so there's always a race to see who gets it first, but tonight Zero got there first, and Scraps obviously really wanted in haha! So she edged her way on so slowly, and after a bit of hissing and batting each other with paws, they were both wedged onto the blanket looking so awkward from trying not to touch each other....cats really are strange creatures :D

Ingredients

Image - Oak Pond Creations - Love Kitty

Papers - Doodlebug

Medium - Promarkers

Sentiments - LOTV Sentiment tags

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Saddlestitch ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Plain ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Baker twine - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

A closeup of this gorgeous image from Oak Pond Creations - Kim is having an OPC Birthday Bash Challenge over on her blog, so I'm going to enter this card in there too :) Happy birthday OPC!

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

Totally Gorjuss - Ribbons and Pearls

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with RIbbon

Creative Inspirations - Ribbons and Pearls

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Favourite Colour Combo (I'm loving this pink and red thing, I never thought I would but now I can't stop!!)

Whimsy Challenge - pretty in pink

The Squirrel and the fox - furry friends

Stampin for the Weekend - Diecuts or punches (i used diecuts - the ovals and the corners)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

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Saturday, 27 April 2013

Communion Cards

Evening all

Hope you're all having a nice weekend, I'm having a lovely one so far :D hung out with one of my friends that I hadn't seen in a long time today, and the weather was beautiful too, so I'm happy!

My niece had a couple of communions to go to this week and my sis asked me to make cards, so this is what I came up with. Thank goodness for Mo's Digital Pencil, because I was finding it seriously difficult to find a decent image!!

Here's the cards. I made a girl one and a boy one.

Ingredients

Image - First Communion Girl by Mo's Digital Pencil

Medium - Promarkers

Sentiment - printed off on the computer

Embossing folders - Petite Dots by Die-sires,

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Border - Martha Stewart Doily Border Punch

Gems - stash

Butterfly - Memory Box Vivienne Die

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Flourish - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

Closeup of the image

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

CRAFT Challenge - Queen for a day

Creative Card Crew - handmade flowers

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge - Pastel colours

Dream Valley Challenges - Things with wings

Stampin for the weekend - diecuts and punches

Ingredients

Image - First Communion Boy by Mo's Digital Pencil

Medium - Promarkers

Sentiment - printed off on the computer

Embossing folders - Petite Dots by Die-sires, Divine Swirls by Cuttlebug

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Border - Martha Stewart Doily Border Punch

Gems - taken from my niece's broken hairband

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, silver gel pen

Closeup of the image.

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

Card Crafter's Circle - boy cards

Cards for men - Anything goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with ribbon

Corrosive Challenges - Special Occasion

Sister act challenge - anything goes

Thanks for looking!

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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

I Love Promarkers GDT

Hi everyone

Today is my last GDT spot at I Love Promarkers. Thank you so much for having me ladies! Their theme today is

Square card with something round on it. The sponsor is Pink Gem Design. I used a Pink Gem image on my card - Love Birds - isn't it gorgeous?

Ingredients

Image - Love Birds by Pink Gem Design

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Embossing Folders - Cuttlebug Divine Swirls and Die'sires Petite Dots

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Flourish - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Gems - Broken hairband

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Heart Pins - Ribbon Girl

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Medium - Promarkers

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Distress it

Allsorts Challenge - a passion for flowers

Totally Gorjuss - Embossing

Corrosive Challenge - Special Occasion

Penny's Papercrafty Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Weather with you

Party Time Tuesday - Tic Tac Toe (ribbon/rhinestone/glitter)

Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Thanks for looking :)

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Plant kindness, gather love

Evening everybody.

Plant kindness, gather love... I had this image for a while, and it all came together in my head the other day. The sentiment just goes with this image so well I think.

I made this card last night, I decided to go for the white on white look again! I love this image, I've had it a while, but coloured it up for the first time last night :)

Ingredients

Image - Love Sprouts by Meljen's Designs

Medium - Promarkers

Embossing Folders - Petite Dots by Die-Sire and Divine Swirl by Cuttlebug

Flowers - Flowers 2 by Joy Crafts

Flourish - Mini Fanciful Flourish by Cheery Lynn

Butterfly - Vivienne Butterfly by Memory Box

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Sentiment - Printed off computer

Gems - Popped them off a broken hairband

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Stickles

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

Meljen's Designs - Recycle (the gems are from my niece's hairband...that she doesn't yet know is broken)

Allsorts Challenge - A Passion for flowers

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Pink and Green

Dream Valley Challenge - Things with wings

Oldie but a goodie - make it girly (old thing - embossing folder, have had the swirly one forever but only really started using them recently!)

Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Papertake Weekly - Weather (clouds :D )

Party Time Tuesdays - Tic Tac Toe (ribbon/rhinestones/glitter)

Totally Gorjuss - Embossing

Stampin for the weekend - friendship

Thanks for looking :)

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Monday, 22 April 2013

Forever Friends DT - Lots of flowers

Hi everybody

Today's the latest Fortnightly challenge over at Forever Friends Challenge Blog and our theme this week is LOTS OF FLOWERS.

We have two wonderful sponsors this time: the randomly selected winner is sponsored by

Little Miss Muffet Stamps

who are providing the winner with three images of their choice from the webstore.

The Forever Friends Favourite prize is sponsored by

Di's Digi Downloads

who are providing the winner with a $10 voucher for their webstore.

So here's what I made for the challenge. I used the Little Miss Muffet image Van Family Baby for my card :)

Ingredients

Image - Van Family Baby by Little Miss Muffet

Papers - Nitwits Slice of Life Too

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Charms - Ribbon Girl, the big flower is from my niece's old pencil case, was going to be thrown away but I "rescued" it :P

Gems - Ribbon Girl

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2 die

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley Simply Sophisticated

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, bow from stash

A closeup of my charms, I've never put more than one on before, I think I like it maybe haha.

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

Allsorts Challenge - A Passion for Flowers

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Recycling (the flower charm is from my niece's old pencil case)

Bearly Mine Challenge - Spring Flowers

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo (pink and blue)

Crafts and Me Challenge - Bling it up

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Springtime

Whimsy Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Corrosive Challenge - Life's Special Occasion

That Craft Place Challenge Blog - For a child

Stamping Sensations Challenge - Special Occasions

Thanks for looking, and do pop over to Forever Friends and take a look at the fantastic DT creations :)

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Friday, 19 April 2013

Big Sister

Evening everybody :)

I was asked to make a 'big sister' card for a little girl whose parents just had another baby. So here's what I made. The little girl has red curly hair, as soon as I saw a picture of her I knew I had to use this Bella image!

Ingredients

Image - Bella Birthday by Mo's Digital Pencil

Papers - Bonnets and Bowties by LOTV/Nitwits

Banner die - Whimsy Banner Die

Corner die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Ticket Die - Whimsy Ticket Die

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Border Punch - MS Doily Punch

Bakers Twine - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Gem - Ribbon Girl

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following:

Mo's DT Call!

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo (pink/blue)

Crafts and Me - Bling it up

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Springtime

Mo's Digital Challenge - Springtime

Oldie But a Goodie - Make it Girly (ribbon is old)

Papercrafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Whimsy Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Totally Gorjuss - Spring Shades

Stamping Sensations - Special Occasions (new baby sister)

Thanks for looking!

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Wednesday, 17 April 2013

I Love Promarkers: Pastels

Hi everybody

Today is the latest challenge in my GD term for I Love Promarkers, and the challenge theme this week is Pastels. The challenge is sponsored by the wonderful Paper Shelter.

Here's the card I made. I used the paper shelter image Magic Bubble Bath.

Ingredients

Image - Magic Bubble Bath by The Paper Shelter

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaf - MS Punch

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Embossing folders - Petite Dot by DieSires and Spots and Dots by Cuttlebug

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Ribbon Girl

Border Punch - MS Doily Punch

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Stickles

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

Crafts and Me Challenge - Bling it up
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Springtime
Inky Chicks - Happy birthday girl
Oldie but a goodie - Make it girly (I've had my flowers since I started crafting over a year ago)
Bearly Mine Challenge - Spring flowers
Dream Valley Challenge - Happy birthday
Card Makin Mamas - Ribbon
Totally Gorjuss - Spring Shades
Card Crafter's Circle - Die-ing to impress you
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Flowers and Fantasy

Thanks for looking :)
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Monochrome thank you card

Evening everybody

I hope the weather is better with you than here! We had our few days of Spring and now it's back to yucky wind and rain :(

I made this card as I got some professional photos done of myself a couple of months ago, and I'm getting some pics of my sisters, nieces and I done soon, so I'm not sure which photographer I'll give it to yet. Maybe I'll make another one just like this.

Ingredients

Image - Penny Black Say Cheesecake

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Medium - Promarkers

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - From old top that I don't wear anymore

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Gems - Stash

Papers - Papermania Capsule Collection

Everything Else - Glossy Accents

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

ABC Challenge - L is for Lace
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Cute and Cuddly
Craft Your Passion Challenges - Adorable Animals
Card Makin Mamas - Ribbon
Incy Wincy Challenge - Fur or Feathers
Aud Sentiments - For a guy
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Favourite Colour combo (i'm loving monochrom atm!)
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
Moving Along with the time - inspired by a song or film (mouse hunt)
Crafting when we can - at the movies (mouse hunt)

Thanks for looking :)
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Monday, 15 April 2013

Cutie Pies GDT :)

Hi everybody :)

I'm The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog April Guest Designer! Thrilled and honoured :) The first challenge I'm guest designing for starts today, and the theme for this challenge is

Clean and Simple.

This challenge is sponsored by the wonderful Bugaboo Stamps and they're providing the winner with

So this is what I made, hope you like it :)

Ingredients

Image - From Easter Collection 2 by DigisStamp Boutique

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine - Ribbon Girl

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Button - Ribbon Girl

Everything Else - Liquid Pearls, Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Come and Get it Challenge - Kids birthday

Craft your passion challenge - Adorable animals

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cute and Cuddly

Digistamp Boutique April competition

Totally Gorjuss - Spring Shades

That Craft Place - For a Child

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - April Showers or Spring Flowers

My Mum's Craft Shop - Easter/Easter Colours

Moving Along with the Times - Inspired by a song/movie (Bambi!!)

Thanks for looking!
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Sunday, 14 April 2013

Goth Girl Birthday

Hi everyone :)

Hope the weather is better where you are, gale force winds and all sorts here! Not nice. I can't wait for some nice weather! Like proper nice, so that I can wear shorts and t-shirts and not be cold, but having said that I'm kind of always cold, so that rarely happens haha.

Anyway, I did a lot of colouring the past few days, and I've started turning the images into cards, and this is the first one :) Love this image!

Ingredients

Image - Meljen's Designs - Little Goth Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - From a top I don't wear anymore

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Sequin string - Ribbon Girl (they don't sell it anymore though)

Embossing folder - Die'Sire Embossilicious 6x6 Petite Dots

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Gems - Stash

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Paper - Papermania Capsule Collection

Everything Else - Purple Stickles, Stardust Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Meljen's Designs Challenge - Round and Round

Moving Along with the Times - Inspired by Movie or Song (Song: Teenage Dirtbag by Wheetus)

Sister Act Challenge - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Glitter/Free/Gems)

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - Inspired by a song/movie (Song: Teenage Dirtbag by Wheetus)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo (purple and black...brings me back to my emo teen days!)

Come and Get it Challenges - Kids birthdays

That Craft Place Challenge - For a Child

Thanks for looking!

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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

I Love Promarkers GDT Spot

Hi guys :)

Today is my second GD spot over at I Love Promarkers Challenge Blog :) The challenge theme this time round is embossing: heat or dry, but between one thing and another, guess who forgot to include the theme on my card, oopsie!

There are two sponsors this week, Inky Impressions who are offering a $10 gift voucher as a prize and J&C Creations who are offering a £10 gift voucher to spend in their shop.

So here's my card anyway. I was lucky enough to be able to use an Inky Impressions image for my card :)

Ingredients

Image - Inky Impressions Angelica Crafting

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Paper - LOTV Candles and Cake Paper Pad

Banner Die - Whimsy Banner Pennant Die

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Stickles

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

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Sparkle

Aud Sentiments - For a Child

Thanks for looking :)

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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

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Monday, 8 April 2013

Forever Friends DT Card

Hi everyone

Today over at Forever Friends Challenge Blog, the latest Fortnightly Challenge starts, and our theme this time is Diecuts and/or Punches!

Our Randomly Selected Winner is sponsored by the lovely

Michelle Perkett

who are supplying the lucky winner with one digi from a choice of three: Enchanted Slumber, Thanks Mum or Easter Lily Fairy.

Our Fovever Friends Favourite is sponsored by the wonderful

Bearly Mine Designs

who are providing the lucky winner with a £10 voucher for the store.

So here's the card that I made for this challenge. I used the Enchanted Slumber image from Michelle Perkett, and a daisy paper from Bearly Mine Designs.