Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Karens Doodles UK - 4th challenge



It feels like I haven't blogged for ages! I know it looks like I've not done anything lol, but I've been making DT cards that will go on here over the next couple of days. Today it's a new challenge at Karen's Doodles UK and this week we have a lovely photo inspiration challenge - such pretty colours to work with, I love pink and green. Hope you'll join in with us :o)

I've used one of my favourite Karen's Doodles images (aren't they all?!), this is Nutsy the squirrel carrying his present and he's available in a set of 6 images here. I've coloured him with promarkers with a touch of sakura clear stardust pen on the present's bow. I've used one of the nestie label dies to cut the image out (can't remember which number label this is, sorry!). The papers are Sandylion with plain white cardstock, flowers are Green Tara with a white button centre from my stash. Finished off with a Craftwork Cards sentiment and a couple of Papermania spotty buttons. Excuse the odd angle and slightly blurry photo - I really need a new camera soon!

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

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Thursday, 25 March 2010

Fairy Fun Fridays week 12!


Wow I can't believe we're already on week 12 of Fairy Fun Fridays, that doesn't seem possible! This week our challenge is to make an easel card - a great one for me because I LOVE making them! I had a hard time choosing which image to use for this one though, because Roberta has been busily drawing all sorts of gorgeousness and I want to use them all lol. Hope you'll find time to join in with us :o)

I finally decided on this cute cake image, from the new Gerry's Birthday Set - I've coloured the image with promarkers and then added some flat back pink pearls and some sakura clear glitter pen (you can't see the sparkle on this pic, but you can on the extra pic below). The patterned cardstock is from my local craft shop, plain cardstock is DCWV, ribbon from my stash, Papermania spotty buttons and a Craftwork Cards sentiment. I've left the bottom of the easel plain because I'm not sure who this is for yet, so I might add a name or message there later.


I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Karens Doodles UK - 3rd challenge



It's sketch time this week at Karens Doodles UK! Hope you'll join in and have a go, it's a fab sketch and you have a great chance of winning a prize as there are 3 winners each week :o)

I've used a super cute Easter image available here, coloured with promarkers. The spotty paper is a download from Printable Heaven, text paper is actually a DCWV card blank that I've cut up, cardstock is Papermania. Flowers are from my stash, with Papermania button centres, the zig zag edge was made with an MS punch and the sentiment is from a Pink Petticoat download.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

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Monday, 22 March 2010

Crafty Cardmakers challenge 17 - spring



Time for another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and this fortnight we'd like to see your spring creations. I've been busily creating for an order that was mainly for Easter cards, which is why I've been a bit absent from my blog! So I have a few cards for this challenge - Vix chose the 1st card for Crafty Cardmakers, and they're all for the same order (so apologies for the long messages on the front but it's how the customer likes them!).

I've used images from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers. The first 2 cards are basically the same, I just made one mostly lemon and the other mostly lilac. The gingham papers are from a funky fairy download, lilac cardstock is bazill bling, lemon is papermania. MS scallop dot border punch used to make the border and computer generated sentiments.




My 3rd card features another Digistamp Boutique image, again coloured with promarkers. The paper is a Sweet Shoppe Designs download, with brown bazill cardstock. Lace from my stash and computer generated sentiment. They're all really simple cards, but I've had so many to make they've had to be!

I'm entering my cards for the following challenges:

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Thursday, 18 March 2010

Fairy Fun Fridays week 11



Time for another Fairy Fun Fridays challenge and this week it's 'complimentary colours' - I chose blue and orange. It's a bit easier than last week's challenge, so hopefully lots of you will join in :o)

I've used this gorgeous Lenny lion image - one of my favourite Prairie Fairy images, but somehow I can never quite do him justice with my colouring - I'm going to keep trying until I'm completely happy though! The papers are DCWV, with some shimmery orange cardstock from my stash. Nestie plain circles and Nellie circle frame dies used to cut out and frame the image. Raffia lace from Bunny Zoes, Papermania buttons, Doodlebug letter tiles and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

Some of you might remember me posting last year about my MIL's breast cancer returning... well everything seemed to have been treated ok until earlier this week when they discovered yet another lump - this time the cancer has spread to her lymph glands and they have to operate next Tuesday. I'm so worried, my MIL is a lovely woman and she's so good to us and adores the boys. The thought that she might not be around to see them grow up is awful. I cried most of last night and hardly slept at all, but today have tried to pull myself together and get a bit more positive - she is Pav's mum after all, not mine, and he's going to need me to be there for him. Please keep her in your thoughts.

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Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Karen's Doodles UK 2nd challenge



We're onto our 2nd week at Karen's Doodles UK and this week we'd like to see your Easter creations - Karen has released some gorgeous new Easter images this week, so there are lots to choose from :o) You can see them all here.

I've used the super cute Bunny Girl image, love this one. I've coloured the image with promarkers and used lots of glamour dust on the easter eggs for some sparkle. The papers are a Sweet Shoppe download, cardstock is DCWV. The flowers were cut with Woodware and xcut punches from some bright pink dotty Bo Bunny paper, with little green pearl centres. The bright pink butterfly ribbon was a market stall find and I cut the little green butterflies from a green strip of the same ribbon. My card didn't quite end up how I wanted it, but that seems to be the way lately - I think Mrs Mojo has gone for a bit of a break, hope she's back soon!

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:
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Monday, 15 March 2010

Cards For Men 6th challenge - happy birthday



A nice simple theme for you for this fortnight's Cards For Men challenge, it's simply 'happy birthday' - so you can enter any male birthday card. We're sponsored this time by Roberta from Prairie Fairy - I'm lucky enough to be on her design team and her digi stamps are really lovely, and you could win 3 of them :o)

I've used one of the images from the Cuppycakes set - this wasn't how I originally planned the image to look! I tried to glaze and glitter the image but the lines went all blurry and it just looked terrible, so I printed it off again onto orange cardstock, cut out the top of the cake and layered it up instead. I've added a bit of glamour dust to the stars on the cake.... I'm not happy with it though, doesn't look quite right to me! The papers are MME, cardstock is a mix of DCWV and some green pearlised card from my stash. I embossed a piece of the green card with the cuttlebug spots and dots folder, added some stars (cut with nesties), MME buttons and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:


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