Monday 31 August 2015

Pug Hugs...

Hi everyone, here is my make for today.  Its a birthday card for a friend.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Cream cardstock from crafty stash
Gold cardstock from crafty stash
Pug digi image coloured with Derwent pencils and sentiment (this is a fabulous free image by Steve Squidoodle Turner)
Faux gems
Tonic square dies

To create this card I used an A4 piece of white card and scored and folded to create a 6in x 6in square card blank.

Next I added a piece of cream card to the front followed by a smaller piece of gold card.

I matt and layered the sentiment and added to the bottom right-hand side of my card.

After colouring my image, I matt and layered it onto a piece of cream card and added to the front of my card at a jaunty angle.

Finally, I added some faux gems to complete.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my make for today.

Saturday 29 August 2015

Rocking .....

Hi everyone, here is my entry for the new Pencil Case Challenge blog.  You can find the link here http://thepencilcases.blogspot.co.uk/

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Purple cardstock from Kanban
Blue cardstock from Kanban
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Spellbinders large shape dies
Spellbinders flower dies
Make It Crafty Rocker Roxette digi image coloured with Prismacolor pencils
Faux gems


I created the card shape using the Spellbinders large shaped dies.

I cut a small piece in purple and added to the front of my card, then I used a smaller die to cut around my coloured image.

I die cut three flowers in purpose card and the centres in blue card, added a faux gem to the centre of each one and attached to the lower left-hand side of my card.

Finally, I added the sentiment to the top right-hand side of my card to complete.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my entry for the new challenge.

http://thepencilcases.blogspot.co.uk/

Thursday 27 August 2015

Lyn

Good morning everyone, here is my card I made for my best friend's birthday.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Gold patterned mirror card from crafty stash
Patterned papers from DCWV
Tonic fancy rectangle dies
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Gold organza ribbon
Silver glitter pen from Graph It
Faux gems
Saturated Canary Winoclock digi images coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils
Tattered Lace book dies


I created this card using the Tattered Lace instruction and book dies.

I added a piece of ribbon in the middle of the final patterned paper and created a bow using the Bowmaker from Tattered Lace.

I matt and layered the two coloured images (one of which I reversed using word) onto some gold patterned mirror card and added them to the front of the card.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the bottom in the middle.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my card.

Happy ...

Hi everyone, this is one of my cards I have been working on this morning.  I am entering this into the Karleigh Sue August Challenge.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing papers from crafty stash
Karleigh Sue Hump Day digi image coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir pencils
Sentiment from My Paper Stash
Crafters Companion hessian embossing folder
Tonic square dies


To create this card I scored and folded a piece of white card to measure a square 15cm x 15cm card blank.

I ran a piece of pink card through the embossing folder and added to the front of my card blank.  After colouring the image I die cut with the square die and added to a larger piece of backing paper before adding to my card as the topper.

Finally, I matt and layered the sentiment onto a piece of matching backing paper and added to the lower right-hand side of my card using foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my card.

http://karleighsuechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/kssc-august-challenge.html

A little me time ...

Hi everyone, here is my entry for the All Dressed up challenge 39.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card
Tonic fancy oval dies
Sentiment from Hunkydory
All Dressed Up A Little Me Time digi image coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir pencils


To create this card I scored and folded a piece of A4 white card to measure a 14cm by 14cm card blank.

I then die cut an oval shape in Centura Pearl and added my coloured image onto to this before adding to my card.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the bottom right-hand side.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my card.

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog 48



Good morning everyone, welcome to another challenge.  This week we have two fantastic sponsors, All Dressed Up and Just Inklined.


My first DT make this week is using an image from All Dressed Up.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card
Tonic fancy oval dies
Sentiment from Hunkydory
All Dressed Up A Little Me Time digi image coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir pencils


To create this card I scored and folded a piece of A4 white card to measure a 14cm by 14cm card blank.

I then die cut an oval shape in Centura Pearl and added my coloured image onto to this before adding to my card.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the bottom right-hand side.

My second DT make is using an image by Justinklined.
 
 Recipe:

White shaped card blank
White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing paper from DCWV
Silver peel off sentiment
Tonic circle dies
Justinklined Robins digi image coloured with Prisma pencils
Glitter


This was a very simple card to make.

I just matted and layered the coloured image onto the backing paper and then added to the front of my card.

I added a little glitter to the berries and branches and the peel off sentiment to complete.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my DT makes for this week.

Monday 24 August 2015

Birthday

Hi everyone, here is my make for today.  Its a birthday card for a friend.  She doesn't do Facebook so should be okay to post!

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
All elements from Debbi Moore Garden Bookazine
Creata letter dies

 



To create this card I cut out the shed image from the Bookazine and stuck onto a piece of folded white card at the bottom near the left-hand side close to the fold and cut through both pieces of card to create the shed shape.

I cut the door on the front part of the card on three sides so that it would open.

Then I added some backing paper to the inside and attached a set of shelves.  Finally, I added some embellishments to the shelves and die cut the words Angs Shed in white and stuck to the front of the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my make for today.

Wednesday 19 August 2015

Inspiration Destination Challenge 47


Good morning everyone, welcome to another challenge over at Inspiration Destination.  Our fantastic sponsors this week are Gerda Steiner Designs and Inky Impressions.


My first DT make this week is using a Gerda Steiner Designs image.

Recipe:

Centura Pearl cardstock
Blue double sided paper
White cardstock from crafty stash
Baby sentiment from My Paper Stash
Gerda Steiner Designs Baby Shower digi image coloured with Copics and Promarkers
Silver shoe embellishments from crafty stash
Tattered Lace stepper card dies
Tonic rectangle die


I created this card using the Tattered Lace stepper dies and layered the backing paper onto the panels.

I die cut the coloured image and added to the inside of the stepper using double sided tape.

To finish I added the shoe embellishments and the sentiment at the bottom of the card.


My second DT make for this week is using an image from Inky Impressions.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Crafters Companion pink double sided card
Flower embellishment from crafty stash
Tonic fancy rectangle dies
Tattered Lace embossing folders
Inky Impressions sentiment and Scooter Lili digi image coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noir pencils


To create this card I scored and folded a piece of A4 card to make the shape.

I passed the front panel of the card through one of the rose embossing folders and then used the corner embossing folder on the back panel.

I matt and layered the digi image onto the pink card and added to the front panel using foam tape.

Finally, I added the flower embellishment on the front of the card and the sentiment on the back panel.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my DT makes for this week's challenge.

Wednesday 12 August 2015

Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog 46


Good morning everyone, welcome to another challenge.  This week have two fantastic sponsors, Fresh Brewed Designs and Bugaboo.



My first DT make this week is using an image from Fresh Brewed Designs.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Gold patterned mirror card
Spellbinders Nestability dies
Tonic fancy rectangle dies
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Fresh Brewed Designs Bubble Bath digi image coloured with Copics, Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pencils
Silver glitter pen from Graph It


To create this card I die cut a piece of white card using the largest Spellbinders die and folded it in half to create the bottom half of the card.  Next I cut a smaller piece of white card, then a smaller piece of gold patterned card which when layered together I added to the card to create this shape.

Next I die cut the coloured image with the Tonic die and added to the gold patterned mirror card to create my topper.

Finally, I added the sentiment at the bottom.


My second DT make this week is using a Bugaboo image.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Tonic oval dies
Hot Impressions foiling machine
Red foil
Green peel off sentiment
Bugaboo Snowflake reindeer digi


To create this card I cut an oval with the Tonic die and folded in half to create a rocker base.

I foiled the reindeer in red and then cut the image with a smaller die and stuck to the rocker to form my topper.

Finally, I added a sentiment in green to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like both my DT makes for this week's challenge.

Wednesday 5 August 2015

Inspiration Destination Challenge 45



Good morning everyone and welcome to another challenge.  This week we have two fantastic sponsors, A Day for Daisies and Polkadoodles.


My first DT make this week is using a lovely image from A Day for Daisies.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Green patterned mirror card
Silver mirror card
Acetate
Alcohol Inks
Crafters Companion Pebble embossing folder
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Tonic fancy rectangle dies
A Day for Daisies At the sea with sister digi image coloured with Copics and Promarkers


To create this card I scored and folded a piece of A4 white card to measure an 15cm x 12cm card blank.

I then die cut a piece of silver mirror card and a smaller piece of acetate which I had used several different colour alcohol inks on to create the sea feel.

I ran the inked acetate through the Pebble embossing folder before adding to the silver mirror card. Then I added this to the front of my card.

I die cut the coloured image and matt and layered onto a larger piece of green patterned mirror card and added to the card at a jaunty angle.

Finally, I added the sentiment to complete my project.


My second DT make is using a Polkadoodles image.

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Crafters Companion gingham cardstock
Red cardstock from crafty stash
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Polkadoodles Egg collecting digi image coloured with Copics and Spectrum Noirs
Black find tip pen


To create this card I scored and folded a piece of A4 white card to measure a 13cm x 13cm square card blank.

I added a piece of the gingham card to the front.

After colouring my image I used the black pen to create some faux stitches around the edge before adding to a piece of red card and then attached the topper to my card using foam tape.

Finally, I added the sentiment to complete.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my DT makes for this week.

Monday 3 August 2015

Special day

Hello everyone, here is my make for today.  This is my second entry into the following challenge:

Ching Chou Kuik August 2015 Monochromatic

Recipe:

White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing papers from DCWV
Robert Addams template from the Fantastic Folds CD
Tonic fancy rectangle dies
Spellbinders flourish die
Tonic flower punches
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Faux gems
Ching Chou Kuik Blue Sea Illusion digi image coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils

 
 
To create this card I cut and scored a piece of A4 white card to make the stepper.  Next, I layered up some of the backing papers and added to the panels of the card.
 
After colouring the image I die cut with the Tonic dies and matt and layered onto another piece of the backing paper before added to the front panel of my card.
 
I then die cut the flourishes and added to the side panels before adding the punched flowers.
 
Finally, I added two more flowers to the bottom sides of the front panel, the sentiment in the centre and added faux gems to the centres of all the flowers.
 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my card.  I would love you to follow me on my blog if you feel so inclined.
 

Sunday 2 August 2015

Miss you ...

Hello everyone, here is my make for today.  I am entering this into the following challenge:

Ching Chou Kuik August 2015 Monochromatic

Recipe:

White shaped card blank
Backing paper from DCWV
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Tonic flower punches
Tonic circle die
Faux gems
Tonic fancy oval die
Ching Chou Pug Love digi image coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils
Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink


To create this card I used a white shaped card blank.  Next I added a piece of backing paper cut with the circle die and then inked around the edge of the card with the distress ink.

I then die cut the coloured image and again inked around the edge with the distress ink before adding to the front of my card using foam tape.

Finally, I added the sentiment using foam tape to the left-hand side of my card.  I punched the flowers using some more of the backing paper, layered them up and added faux gems to the centre.

I really like the way this card turned out and I hope you do too.

Thanks for stopping by and I would love you to leave me some comments or even follow my blog.

Saturday 1 August 2015

Sisters of Craft August 2015 Challenge



Good morning everyone, welcome to the August Challenge.  This month our sponsor is the fantastic Polkadoodles.


Here is my DT make for this month and we would love you to join in and have some fun with us.

Recipe:

White shaped card blank from crafty stash (sorry, I can't remember where I got these from)
White cardstock from crafty stash
Backing papers from Polkadoodles Eden CD
Sentiment from Hunkydory
Polkadoodles Snow White digi image coloured with Copics, Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pencils
Corner punch
Silver glitter pen from Graph It


This was a really easy card to create, I just added some backing papers to the front of the card, then added my coloured image to form the topper and the sentiment at a jaunty angle on the top right-hand side.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my DT make for this month.