Thank you card

Evening :)

Hope you're all well. It's starting to get cold here, winter's on the way I think :)

My sis asked for a thank you card, so this is what I made. 

Ingredients

Sentiment - Penny Black

MB Butterfly Die

JoyCrafts flower die

MS Butterfly Punch

Coloured with Copics

Embossilicious lattice embossing folder

LOTV Bonnets and Bowties paper

Pink looped organza trim, pearl trim, brads, pearls, gem, cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl

Liquid Pearls, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Glamour Dust

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use a Rubber Stamp (No Digis)

Ribbon Girl October Challenge - Make It Sparkly

ABC Challenge - W for Words

Stamping Sensations - All Creatures Great and Small

Penny Black and More Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - 2 by 2 (two tiny butterflies, two less tiny butterflies, two pearls)

Inky Chicks - Use Two Different Diecuts (flowers, butterfly)

Divas By Design - Three or more layers

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

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Picnic birthday card

Hi everybody

I made this card a while back, only getting around to blogging now. 

Ingredients

Image - Penny Black

Papers - LOTV Candles and Cake Paper Pack

Sentiment - LOTV Simply Sophisticated

MB Puffy Clouds

Doohickeys Lovely Fence

Die-namics Tab

Coloured with Promarkers

Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Sentiment and Why (LOTV Simply Sophisticated set, because they have one for every occasion and look great every time)

Creative Inspirations - favourite stamp brand (Penny Black and LOTV)

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie free for all (I used #69)

PaperCrafting Journey - For a boy

The Squirrel and the Fox - Happy Birthday

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Masculine

Passion for Promarkers - For the boys

Crafty Little Fairies - Autumn Colours

Dream Valley Challenge - Autumn

Thanks for looking :)

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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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Penny Black at Allsorts GDT :)

Hi :)

I was lucky enough to win the GDT spot for April for Penny Black and More - totally honoured and delighted to have been chosen! :) 

The theme for April is the wonderful 

Blossoms and Bows.

Here's the card that I made for it, I hope you like it :)

Ingredients

Image - Penny Black Buzz in the Air

Sentiment - Woodware Tiny Phrases

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Flourish - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Brad - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Papers - LOTV Bonnets and Bowties Paper Pad

Border - MS Doily Punch

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Ribbon Girls Challenge - Add Flowers

Joanna Sheen - Spring into Spring

Dream Valley Challenges - Happy Birthday

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Scallops

Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle

Crafting for all Seasons - Floral Delight

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

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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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Birthday card

Evening all

I made this card last night, I want to boost the amount of cards in my card box, need some to have on standby ya know? Really what I need to make is birthday cards for boys, but I never seem to get round to doing so :P Girly ones are just so much...easier. Flowers, bows, pearls, you name it they can all go on. What to put on a boy's card? Especially when my boyfriend has a button phobia! Very difficult altogether. Any tips welcome!!!

Image - Penny Black from T for Transparent set Party Time

Sentiment - same PB set

Papers - LOTV/Nitwits Bonnets and Bowties

Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon - Joanna Sheen

Swirl - Marianne Design Swirl

Border - MS punch

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles

I love these hedgehogs, they're just so cute!

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

Inky Chicks - Mothers Day OR Birthday

Penny Black and More - Pink, Pearly and Swirly

Craft Your Passion Challenges - All that glitters

Dream Valley Challenges - Ribbon and Bling

ABC Challenge - H for Happy Birthday

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers and Pearls

Card Makin Mamas - Birthday time

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Letter B (bow/balloon/birthday)

Stamping Sensations - Fur or Feathers (Ok...so I know hedgehogs aren't exactly 'furry' so if this doesn't count, I'm sorry!)

Thanks for looking :)

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Christmas Mouse :)

Hi everyone

I had a busy day today, I made cookies this morning, and the whole while I was making them, I was whining about how terrible our handmixer is, and eventually wore my dad down with my endless moaning so he took me to Harvey Norman and bought me a Kenwood kMix hand mixer, so happy! Although it came with the conditions that I have to bake him loads of nice things lol, but I love baking so I'm ok with that anyway :)

I'm also on a roll with the Christmas cards too, so here's the one I made last night :)

Ingredients

Image - Penny Black - Jolly Follies

Papers - LOTV Classic Christmas

Sentiment - LOTV Grungy Christmas Sentiments

Pearl, gems, button and twine - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Gold Stickles, Glossy Accents, Snowtex, Glamour Dust

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

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Dawny's Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Sketch Free For All  (Sketch 47)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Winter

Whimsy stamps challenge - Traditional Christmas

The Crafty Pad - Add some Glitter

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Cute Christmas

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments CHallenge - Bingo (ribbon, bling, snow)

Thanks for looking :)

Night night!

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Christmouse

Evening everybody :)

I was busy in my craft room this evening, I tidied all my stuff up so it's neat enough again and I did some colouring and then I made a card :) I'm happy enough with it, I love the image!

Earlier on this week, I also unearthed a box of old Halloween costumes, and there's sooo much cool stuff in there just waiting to be chopped up and put on cards!! I started off by cutting bits out of a tutu that I wore as part of a fairy costume a few years ago, here I am, in said costume haha! Those were the days lol.

The image is Penny Black, the pearls are from Ribbon Girl, the sentiment is LOTV, the papers are Bo Bunny, the charm and snowflakes are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and the rest is from my stash. The tulle is from my tutu but coloured with tea.

A closeup of this adorable image with his little list! Soooo cute! I coloured him with Promarkers and did the background with tea.

A closeup of the bow and charm

My sentiment, also coloured with tea :D

Closeup of the snowflake, these arrived yesterday and I'm really happy with them! They're just plain wooden ones, I inked them up and added the pearl myself.

So that's my card, making Christmas cards makes me want it to be December already haha :) Every Christmas, I read A Christmas Carol and watch both the Disney version and the Muppets version of the movie, so every time I make a Christmas card, I think of them :) 

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

Simon Says Stamp - Put a Stamp on It

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More - Early Christmas Makes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Read all about it (inspired by a book - A Christmas Carol)

Ribbon Girls September Challenge - Pearls

Cutie Pie Challenge - No Flowers

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Animal Antics

ABC Challenge - W for Wishes - Christmas Wishes!

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - Gold

ABC Christmas Challenge - R for Recycling - the tulle from my Halloween costume

Thanks for looking :)

Nighty night!

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Hedgies :)

Evening all

My mojo is gone and I've been too sick/too busy to look for it lately! Yesterday was my dad's 60th birthday party, so we've all been up in a heap the last ages organising that, so now that's done with I should have time to start looking for any crafty inspiration.

In the meantime, here's a card I made, I'm not too keen on it but when I haven't slept properly in over a month and I've been unwell and busy, I guess it's a good thing I've been able to make anything at all lol. Also, I've been asked by my neighbour for a lot of cards lately, so I've been getting them all out as fast as possible, and as flat as possible - I haven't had time to make new boxes for my cards, my supply dwindled a while ago lol :P Anyway enough whinging, here's the card :)

So images are both Penny Black hedgies, I love those guys! So sweet :) The ribbon is from Wild Orchid Crafts, the papers are Lucy Cromwell by Papermania, the sentiment is by Lili of the Valley and the doily is from my stash.

The first image, coloured with Promarkers and there's Glossy Accents and Stickles on there too.

The secone image, as above :) This one is one of my first ever stamps, so is always special to use :)

My bow

My sentiment :)

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

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Double the Trouble

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Ribbons and Bows

Simon Says Stamp and Show - No Rules

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Summer

Thanks for looking

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Summer card :)

Hello everyone :)

I hope you're having a nice Sunday. The weather isn't too bad here today, it's not raining anyway! For now lol.

I made a summery card last night, I'm happy enough with how it turned out I think :)

The image is Penny Black and one of my favourite stamps I own. The sentiment is LOTV, the flowers, pearls, gems and ribbon are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the leaves are a MS punch and the rest is from my stash.

A closeup of the flowers :)

A closeup of the image, I think this little hedgie is just so cute! I put Stickles on the flower.

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

Sir Stampalot Challenge -What's your crafty passion? - Pink, sparkles, flowers

Totally Papercrafts - Here comes summer

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Spots

Penny Black Monthly Challenge - Summertime

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Penny Black at Allsorts - In Bloom

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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