Thursday 28 February 2013

Tattered Flowers...

I've got a bit of a backlog of cards that I haven't blogged, so I'm just going to show them randomly on days where I don't have a DT card to blog.  Here's one I made last week...


I had my eye on the Tim Holtz tattered flowers die for a very long time, but I wasn't sure if I'd get enough use out of it so I resisted... Then I must have seen it on someone's blog and couldn't resist any longer... that was about 6 months ago, and this is its first use!  Although I've used it again since, so I think I will use it from now on... hopefully!

Items Used
Elegant Edge card blank - Craftwork Cards
Papers - NEW Bo Bunny Isabella - MCH
Pink pearl - Bo Bunny Isabella Jewels - MCH
Sizzix/ Tim Holtz tattered flowers die
Sentiment - Stampin' Up

**Enter my candy here**

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Wednesday 27 February 2013

CAS Mother's Day cards

This morning I spotted some new papers at Pink Petticoat, similar to the gorgeous Isabelline set but with pretty pinks instead of the yellow... obviously I couldn't resist... well this is me, and it's paper!  I've made a set of simple Mother's Day cards - some using Isabelline and some using the new Marshmallow set... all very similar but I thought I'd show them all anyway.





Grr... having another wonky photographer day!

Items Used
Marshmallow & Isabelline papers - Pink Petticoat
printed onto linen card from Papermill Direct
Sentiments - Lovely Mum set - Pink Petticoat
NEW Prima Divine Butterflies - MCH
Memory Box Isabella Butterfly die - MCH
Gems - NEW Bo Bunny Isabella Gems - MCH

Off for a quick commenting catch up!... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

**Enter my candy here**

Tuesday 26 February 2013

Fluffy - My Crafty Heart DT

Hello!  Hope you're all having a good week so far.  I'm a bit busy with the Mother's Day cards (for orders and the shop), so I'm not getting much blogging time.... Should be more or less done by the weekend though and then I'll catch up properly with you all.

I've used one of my favourite stamps today - I'm not usually very good with my stamps, I tend to use them once (or not at all) and then forget about them!  But I've used this one quite a lot, it seems to work for lots of different cards and of course it's very cute :o)




You'll have to excuse the wonky photos... I just can't seem to take decent pics of anything that's not square!

Items Used
Base card cut with Grand Nesties - Decorative Circles
Stamp - Whimsy Fluffy Hanging in There - MCH
Colouring - copics
Sentiment - Lovely Mum set - Pink Petticoat
Papers - NEW Prima Believe - MCH
Memory Box Corner Bow die - MCH
Butterfly - NEW Prima Divine Butterflies - MCH
Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Light Green - MCH
Ribbon & pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Inky Chicks - Mother's Day or Birthday (2nd entry)
Cupcake Craft - shaped cards
Forever Friends - animals and/or butterflies/ birds (2nd entry)
Joanna Sheen - layer it up (2nd entry)

Hope you all have a lovely evening... well, what's left of it anyway :o)

**Enter my candy here**

Sunday 24 February 2013

Mac & Flowers - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello, hope you've all been enjoying the weekend.  I should have been in the craft room all day, but hubby talked me into going out - we've been out with MIL, shopping and to Pizza Hut, yum!  I've actually bought clothes for myself... I hate clothes shopping, but my jeans are all falling apart... found some I liked in Next and MIL bought me a top too :o)

Anyway... here's a card my mum asked me to make, for one of her friends who has a little westie.  I'm not sure if you can really tell from the photos, but I printed the image out a few times and layered it up with foam pads (as per mum's latest liking for decoupage... not that she wants to do any herself obviously lol!).




Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Digi stamp - Mac & Flowers - Digi Stamp Boutique
Colouring - copics
Papers - NEW Bo Bunny Prairie Chic - MCH
Memory Box Butterfly Vine die (cut up) - MCH
Whimsy corner die (pink one)
MFT die-namics corner die (kraft one)
Flower - NEW Bo Bunny Buttercup Daisies - MCH
Spotty twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Joanna Sheen - layer it up
Forever Friends - animals and/or butterflies/ birds
Creative Card Crew - birthday
Allsorts - animals

Off to do a bit of catching up with commenting on your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

**Enter my candy here**

Saturday 23 February 2013

Sweet Stampin' - Mother's Day/ Special Lady

Running late again!... I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge for this week is 'Mother's Day or For a Special Lady'.  We're sponsored by Kobie's fab new Hobbycutz shop and our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl.



Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Sentiment - Lovely Mum set - Pink Petticoat
Papers - Prima Meadowlark
Bird Cage - Hobbycutz
Yellow flower - NEW Bo Bunny Buttercup Daisies - MCH
Other flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Nestabilities Labels 14 dies
Memory Box Corner Bow die - MCH
Memory Box Macarena Corner die (cut up) - MCH
Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Fab n Funky - flower power
Perfect Sentiments - floral fantasia
Inky Chicks - Mother's Day or birthday
Totally Papercrafts - hope for spring

I've been into the gift shop today with another batch of cards, and couldn't believe how many had sold... there were hardly any left!  Which is great, but I really need to get much faster, or perhaps I could learn to live without sleep... and my poor house will never be tidy!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Friday 22 February 2013

5th Avenue - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello... I'm running a bit late today - we took the boys to see Wreck it Ralph, as we're finally all starting to feel better :o)

I'm still not happy with anything I'm making at the moment, it all seems to turn out very boring!




Items Used
Stamp - Sugar Nellie 5th Avenue - Funky Kits
Colouring - copics
Papers - Isabelline - Pink Petticoat
printed onto linen card from Papermill Direct
Sentiment - CC Designs
Spotty twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Flower - NEW Bo Bunny Buttercup Daisies - MCH

I'll be doing a blog candy soon, to celebrate going over 1000 followers... wow, never thought that would happen!  Just haven't decided what the candy will be yet.

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Sketchy Flowers - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello!  Sorry to have been so quiet this week... I've still been crafting, but I just haven't felt like blogging anything... We've all had this nasty cold, and then yesterday was the anniversary of our 2nd son's stillbirth.  I've had a very negative tearful week, and thought I just wouldn't inflict myself on you all!

Sooo... I shall try to get back to 'normal' from now on, although I must admit I'm feeling quite uninspired and negative about my cards too....

For today's card I've used one of the fab new Sketchy Flowers images from DigiStamp Boutique - there are loads of gorgeous new images this month!


Items Used
Digi stamp - Sketchy Flowers - DigiStamp Boutique
(image used twice, one of them flipped)
Heartfelt Paper set - DigiStamp Boutique
Sentiment - Mother's Day set - DigiStamp Boutique
Pale pink glitter & gems from my stash

I'm very behind with all your blogs, so I'm off for a little catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Saturday 16 February 2013

More yellow & grey...

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

Normally I'd have been posting my card for A Gem of a Challenge today, but I decided earlier in the week that it was time for me to step down from Pink Gem Designs... it's never an easy decision to leave a DT, and I've loved being on Janet's lovely team so much... I'll miss you all girls!

Instead, today I have another card to show you using Pink Petticoat's new Isabelline papers... a fairly simple one, but even the simplest cards in these papers make me happy :o)


Items Used
Papers - Isabelline - Pink Petticoat
printed onto linen card from Papermill Direct
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink (present from MIL)
Memory Box Cherry Blossom die - MCH
Card candy - Craftwork Cards

Still feeling miserable with this cold... I'm SO sick of all these bugs we keep getting now, a few healthy weeks would be nice!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Friday 15 February 2013

Aqua Marina - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I thought I'd use one of the lovely mermaids from the Under The Sea collection, as I've not used one for a while.




I'm not at all happy with my colouring - I was at the shivering stage of this rotten cold, and it was a bit difficult to control the pens lol!  And I had the most disastrous day's crafting - I even put one of my dies through the Ebosser the wrong way round and cut a hole in the magnetic shim... sob!

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Stamp - Sugar Nellie Aqua Marina - Funky Kits
Colouring - copics
Papers - NEW Prima Believe - MCH
Nestabilities Floral Ovals dies
Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels No5 stamps
Nestabilities Labels 5 dies
Whimsy corner die
Sentiment - LOTV
Flower - NEW Prima Divine Daisies - MCH
NEW resin flowers (don't think this colour is listed yet) - MCH
MeiFlower Pink Mix pearls - MCH
Viva Decor Pearl Pens in Ice White & Light Green - MCH
Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Crafty Catz - bingo (kraft, ribbon, flowers)
Bunny Zoe's - flowers & pearls
Sugar Bowl - anything goes

Well I've been very lazy so far today, so I suppose I'd better go and do something!  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Thursday 14 February 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!

So did you do the whole Valentine's thing then?  Supposedly we were just exchanging cards, but I got up to presents!  Which is lovely, but now I feel guilty that I didn't get anything for Pav... and we've all got yet another rotten cold, so it's going to be takeaway and lemsip tonight lol, ugh I really do feel awful, been shivering all day.

Anyway, here's the card I made for hubby - he doesn't 'get' girl images on male cards, so I've used the lovely Chester, with some gorgeous new Bo Bunny papers from My Crafty Heart.  I suppose I could have used one of my couple stamps, but I just wanted to colour this one :o)




Items Used
Digi stamp - I Heart Chester - Pollycraft
(but now available as a rubber stamp from Little Miss Muffet)
Colouring - copics
Papers - NEW Bo Bunny Family Is - MCH
Memory Box Precious Hearts die - MCH
Sentiment - Simply Valentine Greetings - DigiStamp Boutique
MFT die-namics chevron die
Red pearl from my stash

Copics Used (remembered for once!)
Brown - E31, E33, E35, E37
Turquoise - BG15, BG49
Blue - B97, B99, BV29
Red - R05, R27, R29, R46

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Cupcake Craft - fab sketch
Divas by Design - love & romance
Cute Card Thursday - an eye for detail
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Moving Along With The Times - love is in the air

Hope you all have a lovely evening - probably a lot more romantic than mine lol :o)

Ooh, I almost forgot... look at my followers... just 1 away from 1000 eeeeek!  We'll have a little candy soon to celebrate I think!

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Lovely yellow & grey!

I was thrilled to see Pink Petticoat's new papers today - I love yellow and grey together, and these papers are just gorgeous!  So of course I had to rush off and buy them, got them all printed out and spent a very happy day in the craft room playing :o)

Here's my first creation, I'll show the rest soon...


Items Used
Papers - Pink Petticoat Isabelline printed onto Papermill linen card
Sentiment - from the Lovely Mum set - Pink Petticoat
Memory Box Isabella Butterfly die - MCH
Nestabilities Labels 14 dies
X-cut flower punch
Spotty buttons - Papermania
Distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade & Scattered Straw

So I've had a better day's crafting than I did yesterday... just need to get the colouring mojo back again though, still can't seem to get going with that!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Monday 11 February 2013

Funtime Dan - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Ever have those days where nothing goes quite right?  I lost the ability to colour, kept starting cards and then putting them aside because I couldn't seem to finish them... even my photos are wonky lol.  This is the only card I've managed to finish today, and there are 3 others on my desk half done - hopefully I'll get going a bit better tomorrow!

There are lots of gorgeous new images at DigiStamp Boutique this month, and I've used one from the very cute Funtime Dan Set 2.




Items Used
Digi stamp - NEW Funtime Dan Set 2 - DigiStamp Boutique
Colouring - copics
Orange, blue & dark brown cardstock - Papermill Direct
Papers - Bo Bunny On The Go - MCH
Memory Box Simple Banner die - MCH
Sentiment - Little Claire
Whimsy corner dies
Gems from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Creative Corner - for the boys
Crafting When We Can - slugs & snails & puppy dog tails

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Saturday 9 February 2013

Sweet Stampin' - pearls & swirls

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

Here's my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge for this week is 'pearls & swirls'.  We're sponsored by Bunny Zoe's and our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl.




Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Stamp - Meant To Be - LOTV
Colouring - copics
Papers - LOTV
Sentiment tag stamps - LOTV
Nestabilities Labels 14 dies
MFT die-namics By The Letters dies
Memory Box Corner Bow die - MCH
Memory Box Party Lanterns die - MCH
Memory Box Isabella Butterfly die - MCH
Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH
Pearl hearts from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Lili's Little Fairies - a touch of romance
Totally Papercrafts - Valentines or love
Crafty Catz - love is in the air
Simon Says - have a heart
Flutterby Wednesdays - open challenge
One Stop Craft - love is in the air
Allsorts - Valentines

I'm very behind with commenting on everyone's blogs as usual, but I'm done with all the Valentines now (apart from hubby's...) so hopefully I'll now be able to catch up!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Friday 8 February 2013

Something a bit different...

Well it's different for my blog anyway!

Since I've been selling more cards, I've obviously needed to make more... and I'm not a particularly fast crafter, so anything that speeds me up is a good thing.  So I use some pre-coloured toppers, a bit of decoupage, I've got a couple of CDs... I just don't tend to show any of it on my blog!

This is my mum's card though - she really loves the decoupage cards I've made, so for her birthday (which was yesterday) I thought I'd use a decoupage from a Wellington CD.  I know it's not the most 'fashionable' technique, but I quite enjoy it and I knew mum would love it, and she did :o)



Items Used
8" square card blank - Craftwork Cards
Image - Wellington decoupage printed onto Papermill linen card
Papers - Papermania capsule collection
Grand Nestabilities Labels 4 dies
Memory Box Corner Bow die - MCH (out of stock)
Memory Box Precious Hearts die - MCH
MFT die-namics By The Letters dies
Pearls from my stash

I'll have something stamped and coloured to show you tomorrow!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Wednesday 6 February 2013

Patchwork Hot Air Balloon

Hello everyone :o)

Today's card was actually made last week, for my step-sister's little boy... and I used a cute LOTV stamp that I hadn't got round to using before - I'm trying to be better at using my stamps, but then they go and bring new ones out that I can't resist so I never really make any progress!




Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Stamp - Patchwork Hot Air Balloon - LOTV
Colouring - copics
Papers - Bo Bunny On The Go - MCH
Memory Box Marshmallow Clouds dies - MCH
Stampin' Up framelits dies
MFT die-namics 'by the numbers' die
Alphabet stamps - Paper Smooches

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Tuesday 5 February 2013

Princess Peonelope

I'm back with my second post for today, using a gorgeous Saturated Canary digi along with lots of fab goodies from My Crafty Heart.  I had fun with this one :o)




I bought this image when it was first released, because she really reminds me of my cousin... so this will be her card for her birthday at the weekend.

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Digi stamp - Princess Peanelope (I cropped off the bottom of the image) - Saturated Canary
Colouring - copics
Papers - Bo Bunny Ambrosia - MCH
Butterfly - Prima Papillons Zephyr - MCH
Memory Box Cherry Blossom die - MCH
Spellbinders Floral Flourishes dies - MCH
MME Lost & Found Everywhere Brads - MCH
MeiFlower Coffee Mix Pearls - MCH
Viva Decor Pearl Pens in Ice White & Light Green - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Saturated Canary - colour challenge (sorry this ended up a bit bright!)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes + optional yellow
Addicted to Stamps - pearls & swirls

I've still got a bit of crafty stuff to do this evening (should have been making my mum's birthday card today...), but I'm hoping to have a bit of a commenting catch up later.  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Less is More - Kraft & Kreme

Morning everyone :o)  Bit of a surprise this morning, waking up to thick snow on the ground... I obviously haven't been taking any notice of the weather reports!  It's still snowing fairly heavily too.

I've made this one for this week's challenge at Less is More, which is 'Kraft & Kreme'... I use these colours together quite often and my card came together very easily - mainly because I made a similar batch last week using white bases and squares of Pink Petticoat heart paper, and then forgot to take photos of them!


Items Used
Cream linen cardstock - Papermill Direct
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Sizzix Primitive Hearts die
Tiny (Sweetheart) Sentiments - Pink Petticoat
Square punch & Word Window punch - Stampin' Up

I'm also entering my card for the first challenge at CAS on Sunday, which is 'Be Mine Valentine'.

Might be back later with another card... Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Monday 4 February 2013

Without Words - I Love to Love

Hello!  I'm late posting again, really must start scheduling my posts...

I'm here with my DT card for Without Words, where our challenge for this month is 'I love to love' - we'd like to see reds, pinks and romance :o)  We're sponsored by the fabulous My Crafty Heart with a £10 voucher for one very lucky winner.


I'm a bit scared showing this card!  I was going through some images in the craft room, and found some I coloured years ago - and I really do mean years, it was at least 3yrs ago - using distress inks.  Now, I'm absolutely rubbish with a paintbrush, but I decided this one wasn't too bad... of course I'm now regretting using it lol.

Items Used
Stamp - Elzybells (now closed)
Colouring - distress inks
Papers - Docrafts Me to You
Sentiment - Simply Valentine Greetings - DigiStamp Boutique
Nestabilities Labels 5 dies
Pearl heart from my stash

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Sunday 3 February 2013

Valentine Archie - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

I'm not really supposed to be here... should be in the craft room, and I should also be getting ready to go to my mum's, but I seem to be here at the laptop... oops!  So I'll just very quickly post this...




Items Used
Digi stamp - NEW Valentine Archie - Digi Stamp Boutique
Colouring - copics
Sentiment - NEW Simply Valentine Greetings - Digi Stamp Boutique
Paper - Magnolia
Pearl hearts from stash (and they were absolutely not added to cover up a stray ink spot... nooo, not at all!)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Allsorts - let's get cute
Addicted to CAS - heart
Milk Coffee - valentines
Dream Valley - valentines

I'll be around to catch up with you all later, but I'd better go and do those things I should be doing now!... Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Saturday 2 February 2013

A Gem of a Challenge - gingham or checks

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for A Gem of a Challenge - it was my turn to pick the theme and I chose 'gingham or checks'... luckily for me I already had a card made using checked paper, as our printer decided to stop working and I couldn't print any of the stuff I needed.  Hubby fiddled with it for days and was on the verge of ordering a new one, and then decided it could be something interfering with the wi-fi... switched his headphones off and hey presto, the printer now works again lol!


Items Used
Digi stamp - Josh on Bike - Pink Gem Designs
(I used the pre-coloured version, but coloured the bike red)
Papers - Doodlebug
Stampin' Up Framelits die
Memory Box Riviera Corner die - MCH

Well I think I've made about 30 Valentine's cards so far... and still more to go!... oh, and I haven't actually made one for hubby yet.  I'm going to have a little break and catch up with some commenting now though - back to the craft room this evening.  Hope you're all having a lovely weekend so far :o)

Friday 1 February 2013

Bumble Bee - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I thought I'd use one of my favourite Gorjuss Girl stamps, as I haven't used one for a while.  This is the lovely Bumble Bee...




Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Stamp - Sugar Nellie Bumble Bee - Funky Kits
Colouring - copics & prisma pencils (on the paper pieced dress)
Papers & sentiment - LOTV
Memory Box Riviera Corner die - MCH
Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Light Green (on wings) - MCH
Pearl heart from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
The Sugar Bowl - anything goes
Inky Chicks - bingo (ribbon, image, pearls)

I'm a bit behind with commenting on all your blogs at the moment, sorry - trying to keep up with demand for Valentine's cards so I'm spending every spare minute in the craft room... will catch up this weekend though hopefully.  Hope you have a lovely day :o)