It's
time
for a new challenge over
at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and the theme this week is Pastel Colours, so of course I had to have some pink in my card!
Its time
for a new challenge over at Lacy Sunshine, and for this challenge the
theme is Your Favourite Colour Combination - so mine had to be... pink! Please pop on
over to Lacy Sunshine and join in the fun for the random draw - there will be 2 winners: 1st prize - 5
digi images, 2nd prize - 3 digi images of choice from the Lacy Sunshine Crafters Candy Shoppe.
We have a really cute Challenge Digi for you - Emmilou Boo's Inchworm which you can get for a
special discounted price of $2.00 for the duration of the challenge from
the Lacy Sunshine Crafters Candy Shoppe. Read all about our loyalty program on the challenge blog, as you could receive a free image every new challenge!
I am adding this to the following: Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party
Materials Used: Lacy Sunshine - Angel Boo digi image Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E50, E51, E53, B00, B01, B02, R81, R83, R85 GraphIt Markers - white ShakeIt pen Me To You - With Love Paper pad Spellbinder - Labels 18 Martha Stewart - border punch Kanban - pearls
I am adding this to the following: Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes - April Link Up Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party GraphIt Markers Colour Challenge - Use Greys (I have used Graph'It Cool Greys and Copic Cool Greys)
Materials Used: Crafty Sentiments - Why Not 3 ins digi GraphIt Markers - 4115, 4120, 5220, 5240, 8110, 8240, 8250, 9101, 9102, 9103, 9104, white ShakeIt pen Copics - C00, C01, C03, C05, C07, YR20, YR23, YR27, E01, E02 Polkadoodles - bicycle image from Not For Girls Definitely For Men CD Serif - brick wall digi Core'Dinations - blue card Hunkydory - white square card blank
I just had to share another card from the new Have A Hoot CD that Kraftyhands will be
launching on the 5th May (you can pre-order here to make sure you get yours!) And look - there is even a Christmas owl which I thought was fun!
Happy Easter! Hope the weather is better for you than it is here - grey and miserable and its been raining most of the day, which is a shame after the last few days which have been lovely! But a good excuse to stay indoors and have some more fun with the Kraftyhands What A Hoot CD - I added some bunting to this shaped card to make it into a quick Easter card.
Materials Used: Kraftyhands - What A Hoot CD Brother Scan N Cut - to cut out all elements (except the bunting) Tattered Lace - Alphabet Bunting die set Creative Expressions - yellow and white twine
How lucky am I! I've been able to have a play with the fab new CD that Kraftyhands will be launching on the 5th May - though you can pre-order it here to make sure you get yours! And believe me, you will not want to miss this one! If you would like to see more of the CD have a look at the Kraftyhands YouTube video walk through.
Now I normally shy away from shaped cards as sometimes my cutting skills leave a lot to be desired when it comes to making sure that you can cut things out symetrically! But using my Brother Scan N Cut made making these cards a dream! I didn't time it, but if I include printing out, cutting, and putting together I probably had one card done in about 15 minutes if that!
Hope you are all enjoying Good Friday - how lovely is it to have 4 days off! Hope the weather is being kind to you, wherever you are! The card I want to share with you today was made using elements from the Twilight Queen Realms of Darkness CD by Debbi Moore. I used gentle gloss photo paper and cut the raised elements using the Scan N Cut, and added an insert again printed from the CD, so a very simple card, but I quite like it! I am adding this card to the following: Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes - April Link Up Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party Materials Used: Debbi Moore - Twilight Queen Realms of Darkness CD Brother Scan N Cut -to cut the layered elements Joanna Sheen - gentle gloss photo paper Hunkdory - A5 white card blank
I had a bit of play with my GraphIt Markers on this lovely Aurora Wings digi image. I have to say that I love the red GraphIts - I first tried those colours on some poppies as I couldn't get sastifactory colours and blends with other red markers, but I do like these - and they like a teeny bit of grey for depth and shadow too! I'm definitely still learning with these pens, and see myself using the GraphIts and Copics either together or by choice for favourite colours - and as I always tell myself its all about practice! When I look back at the cards I made using alcohol markers when I first started this blog I like to think I have improved a lot! :-) I am adding this card to the following: Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes - April Link UpThrough The Craft Room Door - Anything GoesJust B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Make It Square GraphIt Markers - Shadow Effects (hoping that my shadows between the red and green leaves count - poinsettias are all leaves not flowers)! I may need a bit more practice! Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - April
Materials Used: Aurora Wings - Poinsettia Sprite digi GraphIt Markers - 4115, 4135, 4155, 4170, 5215, 5220, 5245, 8110, 8120, 8160, 9502, 9504, white shake pens Kanban - Deck The Halls paper pad Hunkydory - 7" X 7" white card blank, gold mirri card Hole punch, embossing tool and mat - to make the "dotz"
It's
time
for a new challenge over
at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and the theme this week is Ice Cream Colours! So... decisions, decisions... I first thought neopolitan ice cream - brown
and cream for the owl, then pink for the grad cap and gown... Now, I don't know about you, but I always look for the background paper and card first to make sure that the colours I use on the images match, so while I
was looking for a suitable background paper (convinced that I have a piece of wide striped neopolitan coloured paper somewhere - and probably still do!) I came across this fun
green circle paper and decided that mint choc chip would be my colour
scheme!
Materials Used: Robyn's Fetish - Smart Owl digi image GraphIt Markers - 1230, 3210, 3250, 3255, 4110, 8110, 8220, 8250, 9203, 0000 (to create a bit of texture on the owl's tummy) Hunkydory - Boys 'n' Men paper pad, white square card blank Brother Scan N Cut - to cut the owl image Core'Dinations - brown and green card
Hole punch, embossing tool and mat - to make the "dotz"
I made a card for colleague who is leaving work tomorrow to have a baby, its A4 so that lots of people in the office can sign it to wish her well :-) I was inspired by several cards celebrating this occasion that I saw on the internet, and came up with this design. So I set to cutting out letters on my Brother SnC (a few attempts needed to get the size I thought I was selecting actually cutting out - seemed to work better if I did each letter individually...) Then added some small die cuts of buttons, birds and butterflies, oh and a couple of bows too!
We'll be presenting the card (along with a lovely gift of course) tomorrow, but I think I am pretty safe putting this on here today as most people about to have a baby will be far too busy to be looking at crafty blogs!
Materials Used: Hunkydory - Fairy Sweethearts paper pad Brother Scan N Cut - to cut all the letters Spellbinders - Buntings and Buttons set, bird and butterfly (still have to figure out which set they are from) Tattered Lace - mini buttons Lilac pearlescent card - I think its American Crafts, but there is nothing on the packaging to tell me! The Hobby House - lilac and pale ivory pearls Crafters Companion - snow white hint of gold centura pearl Ribbon from stash
I downloaded this free Tatty Twinkle Easter download designed by Nikky Hall of Polkadoodles for Tattered Lace, and just had to have a play - isn't she cute! This is the second stepper card I have made recently, I have a bit of a stash of them but generally hate having to try to cut out paper and card to fit. However, my Brother Scan N Cut has changed that as I was able to create 2 layers in the Canvas software to fit these cards, and now its easy peasy! How happy am I about that! :-) I also cut out all the digi images from the download on the machine, then coloured them in. It really does make it a breeze, you get all the fun colouring and putting the card together and none of the hassle of cutting it all out. I am adding this to the following: Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes - April Link Up Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party
Materials Used: Tattered Lace - Tatty Twinkle Easter download from crafting.co.uk GraphIt - 8110, 8240, 8250, 9102, 9103, 9104, 9106, 6120, 6140, 7105, 3110, 3140, 1250, 4115, 4135, 4145, 4155, 4170 Brother Scan N Cut - for the Tatty Twinkle images, the green card and pattered paper layers, and the grass Core'Dinations - green card Hunkydory - All Occasions paper pad Craftwork Cards - scallop edged stepper card
Its time
for a new challenge over at Lacy Sunshine, and for this challenge the
theme is Make It Feminine. So anything girlie and perrty really!! Please pop on
over to Lacy Sunshine and join in the fun for the random draw - there will be 2 winners: 1st prize - 5
digi images, 2nd prize - 3 digi images of choice from the Lacy Sunshine Crafters Candy Shoppe.
I am adding this to the following: Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes - April Link Up Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party Materials Used: Lacy Sunshine - Emily Spring Blossom Showers Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, E40, E41, E43, E44, E47, C3, C5, YG61, YG63, YG67, R81, R83, R85 Spellbinders - Card Creator matting basics A and B Tattered Lace - small bow die Crafters Companion - All My Love paper pad Hunkydory - 5" x 7" white card blank Small pearl from stash
Today's card is made entirely from Tattered Lace dies - and all based around their new hedgehog die. As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it - make a wedding card, don't ask me why - it just came into my head!
So, I have been waiting patiently for it to arrive (well ok, so maybe not so patiently...), it came a couple of days ago and today I have had chance to play! I decided to set myself a challenge and use only Tattered Lace dies - this caused me some difficulties deciding what to put in the corners, but ended up choosing a die from the Oriental Embellishments set. I hope you like my Mr & Mrs Hedgie! I am adding this to the following: Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes - April Link Up Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky Party
Materials Used: Tattered Lace - Hedgehog, Hat & Cane embellishments, Oriental embellishments, Ribbons, Sentiments 2014 My Craft Studio - crystal glitter Stix2 - double sided sticky sheet Crafters Companion - snow white gold pearlescent card Pink pearlescent card - I think its American Crafts, I have had a stack of it for ages but there is nothing on the packaging to confirm! Pearl from stash
It's
time
for a new challenge over
at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and the theme this week is Flower Power! Just look at the gorgeous digi I had from Lacy Sunshine to create with - isn't she pretty!
Morning! Today's card uses elements from the fabulous Summer of 59 CD from Kraftyhands, for the new challenge which launches today over at the Kraftyhands Challenge Blog! This month its a sketch for you to follow - so any theme you like, just be sure to show us your interpretation of the sketch!
Materials Used: Kraftyhands - Summer of 59 CD Brother Scan N Cut - to cut the circle topper and sentiment Die-namics - fishtail flags stax Core'Dinations - blue card Hunkydory - white square card blank Hole punch, embossing tool and mat - to make the "dotz"
It's time
for a new challenge over
at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - and the theme this week is Feathered Friends, and I chose to use what I think is now a new favourite colour combo - red and brown! Plus, I just love this image from Bugaboo!
