Just For You!

A fun card for my PB friends!

A little card using:

Margaret Sherry image - free in Cardmaking and Papercrafts this month

Basic Grey dp -Euphoria

Cardcrafts sentiment strip

Another Digi Scrap Page

 

Something to look at - I've been messing around with some holiday photos from 2010 tonight although I've made a little mistake (can you spot it?).  I've also made a little card for some of my PB friends but will have to wait until tomorrow to photograph it in daylight - my card photos are pretty rubbish at the best of times and at night they'll be even worse!!

Until tomorrow then,

Go Bananas!

I had so much fun making this 8inch square card at the weekend for my daughter's birthday today.  She's 23 but loves monkeys so I thought this image and sentiment from a set of Inky Antics stamps would be just the job!  He's coloured with Promarkers and glittered.  She is also a big fan of orange too.  I distressed all the edges and inked them with Wild Honey distress ink.  The monkey border and the flower were cut on my Cricut.  I made the flower from palm leaves!  The bananas are cut freehand.  The dp is from Basic Grey.

I'd like to enter this into several challenges just because I really like it!!  I'm glad it's staying in the family, you know, I sometimes hate having to part with my cards, they're like children!! lol  Are you like me, I stand them on the sideboard before they get sent so that I can see them, lol - (Or am I just dotty - you decide?!!)

I'd like to enter this in.....

Sketch Saturday #191

Secret Crafter - Food and Drink

and

Totally Papercrafts - Make your Own Flowers

That's all folks ........

Welcome - New Home Card

Here's the card I made to go with the new home shadow box present for a work colleague.  I used my Pilkington Town stamps from Stamps Away.  I stamped a row of houses and lightly coloured these with a grey Promarker.  I stamped a part of the image as a focal point and used colour on this part.  It was then triple embossed with clear powder and mounted on a Nestie circle. The sentiment is from LOTV.  I found a bit of red ribbon left from Christmas to finish it off.  All the window tops are glittered but they don't show too well in the photo.

I'd like to enter it in this week's Totally Gorjuss challenge  - #115 Welcome.
and
The Stampman's Challenge - Use Red

My New Scrapbook Pages!

Here are a few of the pages I have made so far using my Craft Artist digital scrapbook software.

 On holiday in Derbyshire

 My daughter's Graduation Day

 Whitby in October 2011

 Tuscany August 2011

I hope to make them into scrapbooks eventually when I have an A3 printer.  At the moment I can print A4 sized pages and 8x8 pages which can be made into photobooks.  The program is great, easy to use, I can make all these into greeting cards too!

Challenge Time - phew just made it this week!

Still trying hard to keep up with a least one challenge each week although my last project missed out - I finished the shadow box on Monday but didn't get round to uploading :(

Anyway, I made this card for a friend this week too - I forgot her Birthday at Christmas.  I made it as she was coming to school this Wednesday then I forgot to take it so it will have to wait until next week now.  Does anyone else forget as much as me!!  It's mainly layers of Bazzill card cut using circle nesties.  The paper is from My Mind's Eye, a friend gave me some of hers) and the sentiment is from a new set of postmark stamps from LOTV.  I've added loads of glitter glue and crystals.  The butterfly is a little Kanban stamp on acetate which I've glittered.

I'd like to enter it for this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge

and

Sweet Stampin' - all that glitters!

Well, still keeping my resolution intact - just, lol!!

Digital Scrapbooking!

This is fast developing into my next craft passion - digital scrapbooking!!  I treated myself to a piece of software by Serif -  'Craft Artist Premium' and can't stop playing!  This project is a little 6x6 shadow box which I made for a work colleague as a house warming present. The main image and the label is decoupaged and being a shadow box I managed to add a real button and some ribbon.  What I need now is an A3 printer so that I can print out all the scrapbook pages I've made so far.  I need to save up a bit first though!! lol (and cut down on my craft spends!!) 

Lili of the Valley Prize Draw!

http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.com/

Hurry, ends Sunday !

My New Year Resolution!

Hello campers!

Happy New Year everyone, Gosh... it's so long since I've been here!  I really don't get much time to post my cards and crafty makes lately but at the start of this new year I've decided to try and make a supreme effort to post a card each week!!  (We'll see :) !! )

I have made loads of cards since I was here last and will try and show some of them later in the year. Anyway for now I have had to  make a card for my Auntie's birthday so I thought why not make a challenge card, so here it is:

I have used:

Papers from My Mind's Eye (Spring Paper pad - free from a magazine), Image from a free stamp set from Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine, coloured with Promarkers and Glossy Accents. Flowers from my craft cupboard, the yellow felt ones are recycled from a card I was given!  The ribbon is from a Marks and Spencer party cake which we had (or which I mainly ate all myself) at Christmas!!  Sentiment from Kanban. Pearly doodles and pearls to decorate. 

I'd like to enter it into 3 challenges this week.

1. Sketch Saturday #189  for the sketch

2. Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge  - Let Them Eat Cake   ........  (I did, I put on 10lbs this Xmas

holiday!!!)  .. for the image.

3. Sweet Stampin' ....... Spots and Dots  .... for the papers.

Off to wash up the dinner things before Sherlock starts now.  It's great to be back, let's hope I can keep visiting!!







Mo Manning and an apology!!

Gosh!! It's soooo long since I was here - I'm sorry for neglecting my little blog but I just haven't got round to updating it lately.  I am still here and crafting away, I have loads of projects to upload as well as all the holiday photos.  I had a fantastic summer holiday in Tuscany and an equally fantastic week in Derbyshire this summer. I've been busy crafting away too but am now back in the rut of school and work and the time just flies by.  I have big apologies to make to my lovely Penny Black friends (you know who you are!) as I've missed so many Birthday celebrations lately.  I do intend to make up for this soon - I've just been a rubbish friend this year!! 

Anyway, before I go again here's a little card I made using a Mo Manning digi stamp 'Celebrate'.  I used my trusty Promarkers and loads of glitter!  The dp is Basic Grey ( a piece I had laying around) and the sentiment is LOTV. I cut the banner on my Cricut and used Wild Orchid Crafts flowers to finish it off.  Hope this will keep you going for a day or so, will try and post a few more this week.  So sorry again,

New blog background and baby Harry!

New blog background and....

A4 card for school to celebrate the birth of baby Harry. I loved how this one turned out - I used my Cricut New Arrival cart and the little babies are Elyzibelles stamps (so sad that they've closed down). Background from Papermania,Wild Orchid flowers finish it off.

Arty Farty Angel Cradle

Here's another crafty make , this time an Arty Farty Angel Crib for a different work colleague.  This was the first time I have made this type of cradle.  It was a bit easier than the large cot but the box was a bit fiddly.  I made a pair of baby shoes to go inside and then used my Cricut to decorate the outside box and the ends of the cradle.

Arty Farty Cherish Basket

Here's tonight's posting!

I made this from an Arty Farty template (Cherish) for a work colleague - to go with the socks. This one was quite easy to make.  I added loads of lace around the basket stand.  The hood and apron were run through my swiss dots embossing folder to add some texture and the box is made from Kanban embossed white card. I was really happy with this one and my friend had a tear in his eye when I gave it to him!   I've made another for the other friend's baby which is a different pattern.  I'll post that tomorrow.  Off to make a card now.

Yummy Cupcakes!

I have so neglected my little blog and my followers over the last couple of months, really sorry.  We lost my lovely Mum in Law last month and I just haven't got round to adding to my blog.  I haven't been idle mind you, I've made loads of cards and other things so will try and add a few each week until I'm up to date.

Well here's today's offering.  We have had two new babies at work and I have made cards and cribs which I'll upload another day but in the meantime this is what I've been doing today.  I used 10 pairs of Mothercare socks which resulted in 5 cupcakes each. They are just rolled up with a flower in the top and plonked in a paper cake case - you can find how to on You tube.  I made the boxes, they're a bit rough but I was tired by the time I finished . They'll do for school tomorrow anyway.  I'll add the cards etc over the next week - I've still got loads to make!!

Catch you all later!! :)

The ribbon's squiffy 'cos the glitter on the flower was still wet at the time!

New Home Announcements

This is a set of new home cards for my aunt who is moving, using these digi stamps from digisparkle.  I added the sentiment with the computer.  I used my Promarkers to colour them and highlighted parts with glossy accents.  I printed the insides on the computer ( it took ages to get it all lined up!) and made a wallet to put them in.