Saturday, 1 September 2012

A Gem of a Challenge - a boy thing!

Hello, I'm back with my 2nd post for today - my DT card for A Gem of a Challenge, where our theme is 'a boy thing'...



I've used the very cute Football Teddy and coloured him with promarkers and flexmarkers - his shirt is actually plain, the wonky stripes are all my doing... well, it's for a Sheffield United fan!  The papers are some old Doodlebug ones, the 'birthday boy' sentiment stamp is from the Skateboard Andy set, and I added some ribbon and card candy.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

Well apart from a bit of crafting, I've done very little today - it was just what I needed!  Hope you're all having a good weekend so far :o)
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Without Words - first challenge!

It's time for the very first challenge at Without Words today - a new monthly challenge blog started by my lovely friend Squirrel, and I was lucky enough to be asked to join her fab team :o)  The basic idea is that the focus should be on the colouring of your image, with a fairly CAS design - easy on the embellishments!  You can include a sentiment - I have - but your card should be all about the image.  Our first challenge is 'Autumn - a season of mellow fruitfulness and rich, warm colours'...




I've used a sweet Wellington Bear stamp - great for male cards because they're not too cute.  I coloured him with promarkers and flexmarkers.  The 'for you' and 'Grandad' stamps are from the same Wellington set, with a little punched heart, and the leafy paper is from the First Edition Boho Chic pad.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:


Hope you're having a lovely Saturday so far... I'm planning another lazy one because we've not stopped all week.  I'll have a look through the photos later - hubby was in charge of the camera so I'm not sure if there'll be anything to show you lol.  I'll be back later with my Pink Gem DT card :o)
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Thursday, 30 August 2012

Blooming meadow... and bloomin' blogger!

Hmm... I now seem to be having the same problem a lot of you are having, with blogger not letting me upload photos - it was fine until today!  It let me do it in html so I've managed, but I wonder what's going on?!


This is one I made because I was getting desperate to get in the craft room!  I've not had much time this week, with hubby off we've been out every day, so I've hardly done any crafting or blogging.  So this was a midnight job last night!

The stamp is Hero Arts 'blooming meadow' - I stamped this piece a few months ago, so I'm not sure what inks I used, but I'll have dabbed on a few different inks and then sprayed the stamp with water before stamping.  The papers are Prima Fairy Belle with some ancient lace I found stuffed in a drawer and some sheer spotty ribbon from my stash.  I added some pearls, a Memory Box Floral Vine and the sentiment tag is a LOTV stamp.

We're off to Yorkshire Wildlife Park today, with my mum and her hubby... it's a bit wet and miserable, but we've booked our tickets so we're going!  So if I don't manage to catch up with you before we go, I'll be around this evening instead.  Hope you have a lovely day :o)
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Monday, 27 August 2012

In The Meadow - The Stamp Basket DT

Hello everyone :o)  Today I have my DT card for The Stamp Basket blog to show you, and it's my last card as a member of the DT as I decided it was time for me to move on...




Items available from The Stamp Basket



I've coloured the very pretty Wild Rose Studio image with promarkers and flexmarkers, the sentiment is Stampin' Up, and the pink pearls and spotty ribbon are from my stash.  Everything else is linked above!

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

Have you all enjoyed the bank holiday?  It's been very wet and a bit chilly here, but we still had fun - we took the boys to see Brave at the cinema - I love a good kids film lol.  Hubby's off work this week, and we had all sorts of days out planned, but as it's supposed to be raining most days, we might have to find some indoor alternatives!  Ooh, and I noticed today that I now have 900 followers  - how amazing is that?! I'll have to think of a little something to celebrate that, so I may be back later... Hope you have a lovely evening :o)
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Saturday, 25 August 2012

Sweet Stampin' - out of the frame

Good morning and a happy Saturday to you all :o)  Time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin', and this week our theme is 'out of the frame', and we're sponsored by Sew Sweet who are offering 1 winner a £10 voucher, and Joanna Sheen is our monthly sponsor with another £10 voucher to be won.




I've used one of the very cute LOTV bear stamps - this one is called 'Fun Birthday', and I've coloured it with promarkers and flexmarkers.  The fab bright papers are from the Echo Park Summer Days pad, with Stampin' Up 'soft suede' cardstock.  I've used a Memory Box party lanterns die, some ribbon, pearls from my stash, and a LOTV sentiment.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:


Hope you've got something fun planned for today... it's pouring with rain here so we won't be going anywhere.  I'm trying to motivate myself for a big craft room tidying session, so maybe by this evening I'll have more than a 6" square space to work on... wish me luck :o)
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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Bella with Presents - The Stamp Basket DT

I have my DT card for The Stamp Basket blog to show you today, and it's also my card for a lovely friend who's celebrating a special birthday... she banned me from putting her age on the card though lol!  I decided to make a book card, as I wanted a little space for a pressie...

Sorry, there are quite a few photos!






The perfect space for a little package of rubber stamps :o)

Items available from The Stamp Basket

Seam binding - chalk white (dyed with lavender memento ink)


I've coloured lovely Bella with promarkers and flexmarkers, adding my little Viva pearl dots around her, and some grass using Prisma pencils.  The sentiments - inside and out - are LOTV, and I stamped a flourish, by Eco Green, on the tag in 'lulu lavender' memento ink.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

Rush, rush, rush again!  Few more things to do, and then I should get some time to sit and catch up with some of your blogs... Hope you've had a lovely day :o)
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Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Passion For Promarkers - mono with a splash!

Oh how I've been panicking about this week's Passion For Promarkers challenge!  The theme is a 'monochrome image with unusual hair colour', and I got in such a flap about it, and then quite enjoyed it once I'd forced myself to sit and have a go!  I'm not entirely sure I got it 'right' though... We're sponsored by Joanna Sheen, who is offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher prize.




To settle my nerves a bit, I used one of my all time favourite Sugar Nellie stamps - this is Flower Girl, and it looks like she's now out of stock at Funky Kits.  Here's a link to the other Gorjuss Girls though!  I coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers, and added a teeny pearl to the flower on her dress.

The papers are from the lovely Papermania 'Happy Days' pad, sentiment is LOTV.  The flower is my favourite Memory Box cherry blossom die, with a black pearl centre, the floral vine is also Memory Box.  I added a little pearl heart and some blossom sequins along the bottom of the card, with little red pearls from my stash.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

Running a bit behind today, so I'd better rush off and get something done!  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)
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