Wednesday 30 March 2011

Retirement Card


I was asked by my manager at work to make a retirement card for the Dr's as on of their colleagues is retiring.  I wasn't sure if I'd have the  time (or the energy lol, I've been so tired lately) but I managed it!  I used this gorgeous Lili of the Valley stamp that I've had ages but is soo useful & I coloured it in with Prismacolor pencils for a change with a touch of Glamour Dust for a bit of sparkle.  The papers are digi (Bloom & Grow by Zoe Pearn from the Sweet Shoppe), I added some lace, flowers, punched butterfly, gems & computer generated greeting.  

The challenges:
Scrappy Frogs - Flowers & Lace
Lili of the Valley - Punch It!
Pile it On - Cutie Patootie
Stamp Insanity - Punch it Out
Totally PaperCrafts - Cuddly & Cute
Southern Girls - Add an Animal
Allsorts - Special Lady
Crafty Ann's - Elvis Song (Teddy Bear)
Let's Ink It Up - Die Cuts or Punches
There She Goes - Markers Down!
Tuesday Throw Down - Florals


I'm really looking forward to my day off today  & hopefully catching up with some crafting as I didn't have much time last week with all my gallivanting lol.  Hope you're all having a great week & getting a least a little bit of Spring weather ( isn't it lovely now the evenings are light :o) ).

Friday 25 March 2011

StampFairy New Releases


First I want to appologise for not being able to do much commenting this week - it's been a funny week with being in London Saturday & then Sunday/Monday in lots of pain with an infection in my gum (the antibiotics have helped & it's getting better luckily) & yesterday I went to the Ideal Home Show (London again lol) with my hubby & had a lovely (but very long) day & I  got lots of ideas :o) Then Thursday & Friday I work til late - so you can see, no time.  I will try & make up for it at the weekend.


Anyway on to the job in hand...todays gorgeous new images from StampFairy are called "Lilly Playing" & there is a fab free image of some balloons too!  I coloured her with ProMarkers & paper pieced her dress (& the balloon).  The papers are digi & the flowers are from a cheapie artificial bunch that I dissected (I love doing that lol).  I finished off with a stamped ticket, pearls & some brads.

The challenges:
Heart Song - Sketch
Pear Tree - Happy Birthday
Gingerloft - Die Cuts or Punches
Everybody Art - Happy Birthday
Crafts & Me - Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed - 2 or More Embellies


Monday 21 March 2011

A Few Things to Show & Tell...

The first is as I said in my previous post I went to the Stitch & Craft Show at Olympia in London with my friend Duang & had a fabulous time, the only problem was it took us over 5 hours to get there! It was really hot on the coach with the sun pouring through the windows & very bumpy lol - I can't tell you how glad I was to get there.  There were 3 levels with knitting on the lower floor, sewing & jewellery making on the ground floor & papercrafting on the top floor.  I brought a few bits & pieces & the highlight of the day was doing the jewellery workshop (I have just started to dabble in jewellery making so it was nice to get some hints & tips :o)  (you can see the necklace I made below).  4 1/2 hours on the coach to get back home & I was shattered.



Secondly it's new digi releases at Paper Pretties on Mondays & today I've made a bookmark using this fun Easter image called "A Basket For You".  I coloured it with ProMarkers as usual, added a stamped Easter egg, Glamour Dust & the papers I used (which I printed on both sides) were a free download from Printable Heaven & I finished off with Ribbon & some staples.


I'm entering my bookmark for these challenges:
Stamp Something - Something Sweet
Crafty Calender - Spring
Aly's - Happy Spring
Secret Crafter - Anything But a Card
Polka Doodles - All About Books
I Did It - Spring
Stampin with the Dragon - Bring on Spring
2 Sisters - Furry Friends


& last by no means least Gerda at StampFairy has another new release today too called "Lenny Cupcakes" which are really cute & yummy :o)


I hope you all had a wonderful weekend & have a great week :o) I'm off to work now but luckily only until 2.00 pm (which IS good as I'm still catching up from the weekend lol.

Sunday 20 March 2011

Let's Get Sentimental!


I am late with my Sentimental Sundays challenge post but I have a good reason: I was at the Stitch & Craft show yesterday & didn't get home til late last night & have been catching up all day (I had a fab time & will tell you more in my post tomorrow, no time now lol).   This week's challenge is "Let's Get Sentimental" & the sentiment I used is from Raindrop Echo's Christmas Sentiment set, the papers are digi (can't remember where from but might be Designer Digitals), I coloured the image with ProMarkers & Sakura glitter pens.  I finished off with with some flowers (with added Stickles), metallic ribbon & punched leaves.  Don't forget to check out the fab cards from the DT & the free sentiments :o)

The challenges:
Bah! Humbug - Metallics
Christmas Cards All Year Round - 3 of Something (flowers)
Sparkle - Challenge optional
The Crafty Pad - Use a Digi
Your Next Stamp - Make it Sparkle
StampInsanity - Finding Your Pot of Gold
ABC - Q is for Quote

Friday 18 March 2011

StampFairy New Releases


Today's new releases at StampFairy are these gorgeously cute Betsy cow images & there is another fab freebie Too!  For my card I used digi papers (  from my box of scraps :o)  ), I coloured the image with ProMarkers, used my fav Martha Stewart border punch, ribbon, button & twine & finished off with a computer generated greeting.

The challenges:
Simon Says - Happy Birthday!
Digi Doodle - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - Buttons
Art Impressions - Get Punchy 
Do You Stack Up - Add a Bow
Shelly's - Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed - Spots & Dots
Clear It Out - Buttons
Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes


Monday 14 March 2011

Pieces of Eight!


There are 2 new digi releases at Paper Pretties today & I used this fab one called "Parrot Hani", I think he's such fun.  I coloured him with ProMarkers & used lots of glitter, gems & glitter gel pens for the treasure.  The papers & treasure map I got years ago when I was on Kaboodle Doodles Design Team (my first DT position & it has fond memories for me) as it was so long ago I'm not sure if you can still get them.  I punched the border with an EK Success punch & finished off with a computer generated sentiment.


I'm entering this card into these challenges:
Bling It On - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Keep It Simple
Stampin' B's - Bling
Creative Belli - Animals (I hope my parrot counts) 
One Stitch At A Time - Glitter & Gems 
Creative Inspirations Paint - Animals


Well that was a short weekend lol, that's what happens when you have to work Saturday morning! Have a great week everyone :)

Sunday 13 March 2011

Go Green!


This week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is "Go Green", so to use either the colour green  (which is handy cos it's my fav colour) or recycling.  I did a bit of both: I used lots of green & I recycled too!  The holly leaves are made from last year's crackers & the berries are from a choc wrapper.  I love this image from Di's Digi Downloads called "Eskimos Delight" which I coloured with ProMarkers & Glamour Dust.  I made a rosette thingy by gathering some ribbon (it started off as a bow but I couldn't get it how I wanted it lol) & adding a pearl - I really like the look of it so I know what I'll be doing with all my scraps of ribbon now (& there are many).  I finished off with 2 ribbons, a greeting & a charm.  Be sure to check out the fab DT creations for lots more inspiration & don't forget there are free sentiments every Sunday too!

Challenges:
Craftyhazelnut - Go For Gold
Simon Says - Anything Goes
PaperPlay - Shades of Green/Good Luck
Digi Doodles - Pearls
Daring Card Makers - Home Baked
Allsorts - Luck of the Irish
AiFactory - Luck of the Irish
Delicious Doodles - Use Green for St Patrick's Day
Penny's - Green
Scrap Creations - Going Green
Little Miss Muffet - Designer Papers
Shabby Tea Room - Luck of the Irish
Stampin' Royalty - Go Green for St Patrick's Day
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Corrosive - Green
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Green Theme
House of Gilli - Green
Shannon's Sentiments - Distressing
Sassy Studio - Going Green/Recycling


I hope you're all having a great weekend - no cooking for me today {hooray!} we're out to lunch with some friends :o)

Friday 11 March 2011

Easter Basket


Friday's release at StampFairy this week are these gorgeous Clementine Easter 2 & there's a free "Hoppy Easter" greeting too (see below).  I made a little Easter basket using my Ulitmate Pro from Crafter's Companion, the image is coloured with ProMarkers & some Glamour Dust.  I finished off with a punched butterfly, ribbon, eyelet, a tag made from the free greeting &some pretty shredded stuff & chocolates (hubby kept trying to eat them though lol).




The challenges:
Alphabet - Ribbon
Passion for ProMarkers - Food & Drink
Incy Wincy - Pastel Colours
Creative Cottage - Tag You're It
Creative Card Crew - No Flowers
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes (with a digi)

Monday 7 March 2011

A Day For Daisies


I just found this new challenge site called A Day For Daisies & they have some gorgeous images & there is a free one too!  I love this image & wanted to use it as soon as I saw it :o)  I've kept the card simple to focus on the image which I coloured with ProMarkers & chalk for the background.  The papers were from my scraps box (which is overflowing lol) & I did some distressing & stitching, finishing off with a couple of flowers, the smallest one is a spiral paper flower (I used shaped scissors).

The challenges:
A Day For Daisies - Girly Girl
MyGrafico - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digi Day
I Love ProMarkers - Green & Purple (hopefully they'll let me off the yellow flower)
Gingerloft - Use Those Flowers
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Little Claire's - Flowers


I hope you all had a good Monday , it was lovely to see the sun here (why not at the weekend?) hopefully Spring is on the way at last.

Sunday 6 March 2011

Monster Under the Bed!

 
I hope you're all having a great weekend :o)  I'm trying to get a bit organised with my crafting (nothing new there then) & not leaving things to the last minute, though it is difficult when it takes me sooo long to make anything lol :os  This card was made using a digi image from StampFairy's "Monsters Under My Bed" & their "Baby Girl" digi papers.  I coloured the image with ProMarkers, used my Martha Stewart border punch, some die cut & punched stars, Bakers twine & a button.  The sentiment was free from MyGrafico.

I'm entering this card for these challenges:
Fairy Fun - Inspired by a Song (Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers)
Aly's - Anything Goes
Pixie Dust - Seeing Polka Dots
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Fairy Tale - Childrens

Sentimental Sundays Challenge


This week the challenge at Sentimental Sundays is "Pearls & Lace"  & sponsored by Deedee's Digis.  My card is very simple: I embossed a panel of card & inked it, mounted the sentiment onto some glitter card & finished off with lace, pearls & flowers that have been inked & glamour dusted.  The sentiment was a freebie on the Sentimental Sundays blog a while ago (don't forget there are free sentiments every Sunday!).  

The challenges:
Little Claire's - Flowers
One Stop - Black, White & 1 Other Colour
Annabelle - Say It With Love
Totally Papercrafts - Pearls & Lace
Simply Create - Power of Flowers
Raise The Bar - Just Sayin'
Digi's With Attitude! - Anything Goes