04/11/2009

PBSC - White on White

This weeks challenge:
WHITE on WHITE
"Now it's not as difficult as you think and after a little panic.... I'm sure your all going to love this one.... as we all did. We'd like to see your creations in WHITE.... WHITE papers, WHITE embellishments - the only colour we want to see is on your image."
Here's my card then :

Had a lot of fun with this! The swiss dots is the actual card. I also used the snowflake cuttlebug folder and bubbles which is what the greeting is matt and layered onto. The greeting was white as well but you couldn't see it so I coloured it in black :)
The image I have only used once before so thought I better use it! good excuse anyways

Whiff of Joy - Sketch

So then...... this is my entry for this weeks challenge.


A pretty quick card to be honest.
Henry had already been cut out and the tag had already been embossed :) so half the card was done! I used water colours to colour the image in. Didn't want to use my promarkers lol
To finish I put a big bow on the tag and cut out 2 holly leaves. The holly is actually little pearls.

19/10/2009

Forever Friends Challenge - Christmas

This weeks challenge over at Forever Friends is:
"This week we challenge you to make Forever Friends Christmas goodies (cards, boxes, anything...)"
Here is my card :
Pretty quick one really for me.
The card and paper was already cut to size so I only had to add the gems and image.
The image is a new stamp I got on friday and hadn't used it yet.... until now! lol
Thanks for popping over :)

18/10/2009

Totally Gorjuss Challenge - Pink!

A new blog challenge, Totally Gorjuss so this weeks challenge is PINK!!

EEEEEEKKKKKKK!!! I dont make pink cards! lol I dont own alot of pink papers either...... hmmmmm....... I found some in my stash just the same anyways! heehee :)

Here is my card :

It was a really quick card tbh.
I picked the heart paper out not even realising that there are hearts on her boots! :D
Thanks for popping over :)

17/10/2009

Cute Card Thursday - Spook Fest

Challenge 82 - Spook Fest!
This week we want to see your spooky cards or projects....

This is my card:


I have used a Gorjuss Girl for my challenge card.
I don't make halloween cards really but I brought new colours in Promarkers today so had to give them a try!! :D
A very simple layout tho.

16/10/2009

Moving Along With the Times......

Came across this blog the other day so first time I'm joining in :)

The challenge is:

"Right onto this week's challenge. Clare decided we would not have a sketch this week, so you are free to play. However what she would like you to create is..........
......... Anything BUT A Card."

This is my not a Card:


Yep! It's a decorated brown paperbag!
It's not completely finished yet as I am adding names to the bags :) The sweets and the top of the stocking have been slightly 3D'd lol

Friday Sketchers & Just Magnolia challenges......

So, Friday Sketchers Challenge is a Sketch by Carole.
A bit of a challenge for me as I dont usually use tags on my cards lol

"This week the challenge is to create something Bright and Zingy so dig out all your bright and zingy papers and embellies and a Magnolia image and get creative"

This is what I have come up with:

The colours haven't show up very well on the picture tho. I have used hot pink & lime green. The square behind the tag is vellum. I didn't want to cover up the backing paper too much! lol The rhinestones have been glued on indiviually as well! (yessss......... they did take a while!!) and The greeting has been heat embossed.
Thanks for popping over :)

14/10/2009

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - sketch

The challenge this week is a sketch by Caryn.
This is my card :
I had new nesties to use so thought I would use one on my card.
I also had promarkers as well to use! :D
A quick card really, something I threw together.

Great Sketch tho. Will definately use this again.

05/10/2009

PBSC - Autumn Breezes


This was like the quickest card made ever!!
Have used the PB Stamp "Good News" and some paper I found in my stash lol
Added some rhinestones and flowers for a bit of detail.

01/10/2009

Cute Card Thursday - A pinch & a punch

My card for the challenge:

"Challenge 80 - A Pinch & A Punch!
No we don't want to see you all fighting, we want to see your cards/projects that celebrate a first, whether that is a First Kiss, First Birthday, First Christmas, First Anniversary or how about a First time pass of a Driving Test...."
Well my card is for Evie who is 1 next week. The image is "Baby Millie" by Sugar Nellie.

30/09/2009

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Black & White Plus One


"Our challenge this week is a colour combi challenge and it is one of my personal faves,
Black & White + 1
So excluding skin and hair, you must use black and white and you can choose one more colour to work with. "
I have opted to use black & white and my +1 is grey! The card is for a friend at work who is at Uni studying fashion design so I have made the card based on that :) Pretty plain and simple with a few details. I have used flat backed pearls and ribbon to add some more detail to the card.

ABC Challenge - E is for Embossing......

E is for Embossing!


This is also another of the christmas card order I have to do. I have used 2 embossing folders, the tree and swiss dots. The tree I love!! It's simple and yet effective at the same time. As you can see from the picture I've used little flat backed pearls to decorate the tree as well :)

29/09/2009

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - Christmas Card

My entry for this weeks challenge(s):

First one is "A Spoon Full of Sugar":
"Christmas is fast approaching and it will be here before you know it, so for our challenge this week we would love to see your Christmas creations"

Second one is "My Time To Craft":

"Sooooo, this week our challenge to you is to share your 'Snow Buddies' with us!"

This card is 1 of 17 for an order for Christmas. The image is called "Scribble Snowman". A cute little snowman me thinks! lol I also used the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder and a snowflake die-cut.

Thanks for popping over to have a look at my card :)

22/07/2009

Forever Friends Challenge - 21st birthday of Forever Friends,


"It is the 21st birthday of Forever Friends, so please join us in celebrating that in some way: A birthday card; an anniversary card; a 21 card: or something else....Anything goes really!!"
So this is what I've got............

Was made for an order for a friend of my Mam's.

The verse inside has matching font as well! i hunted it down! lol

Orange and peach was the colour combi for the order as well :)

Sketch saturday

Changed a few things and added a few things.
I will be using this sketch again! :D
This car was made for an order :) hope she likes it! lol

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Take Your Pick Colour Combi

Papertake Weekly challenge this week is this:

"It's very easy peasy and all you have to do is to create your card using a colour combi from the following - pink, black, white, yellow, green, grey and lilac You can use as many or as few of those colours as you want and of course, you can use your own preferred colours for skin tones and hair etc."

So I've used black, white & grey.

Something a bit different from me as it's the first time i've made one of these :) had fun tho and it looks coooooooool! lol the actually card is glittery grey in colour as well :)

16/07/2009

Colour Create - blue & white

So this weeks challenge is blue and white.
Just perfect as I made this the other night....

I used my new forever friends stamp ( I have fell in love with these!) I think I nearly have all the set now! hehehe....... oops!
The greeting on the front reads "sunshine kisses & birthday wishes" the background has been done using the swiss dots embossing folder and I have added gems as well for an extra bit of detail.
Thanks for popping over! :)

14/07/2009

PBSC & Spoon Full of Sugar challenge....

So PBSC this week is SWIRLS - so i thought i would have a go :) haven't done any challenges for a while..... So i have used 2 swirls with the bottom left flower and the backing paper has swirls on it also.....The stamp is Penny Black and is called "What a spring" I won it last week off ebay so thought i would use it :)
Spoon full of sugar challenge is a sketch. So this is my entry for this also.

08/07/2009

Papertake Weekly Challenge - My favourite things


So this card combines alot of my favourite things.
I love to use gold and white on cards as i think that the colours compliment each other very well. The Image is "Penny Black - Constellations". No matter how many cards I make with this stamp, they are always different but elegant. Heat emmbossing is another favourite thing as well! I make a mess! :)
Brads...... I LOVE BRADS!!! they are the best thing ever!!
And last but not least, Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots folder. Since I have had my big shot, I've used this so much. It really is versatile.

Just a few of my favourite things ;)

Thanks for popping over to have a look.

18/05/2009

Sketch Saturday Challenge


I REALLY wanted to use my new House Mouse stamp as it was an absolute bargain! £3.55 incl p&p off Ebay...... I had already stamped the image and coloured it in. So that was half the job and saved some time. The paper is actually Christmas paper! lol It just seemed to fit really well with the image :)

Great sketch tho! Thanks for popping over :)

3-in1 challenge - Mojo 87, Colour Create & Forever friends Challenges

So a card with challenges!!

Mojo Monday is a sketch, Colour Create is to use Sky Blue, Tan & Ecru and the Forever Friends is Birthday Boy (so make a card for a boy for his birthday)

The colours aren't bang on for the Colour Create Challenge but they are as near as damn it! lol
With the image I used the back of my bookatrix board to get the circle and then used the scallop edge scirrors for the edge on the layer underneath. I did stamp the image first as well :) There isn't a greeting on the card yet as I don't know what The lady wnats on it yet lol

Thanks for popping over :)

2 -in-1 challenges - Cupcake Craft & Penny Black Challenge

So this my card for both challenges.
Cupcake Craft Challenge is a sketch and Penny Black Saturday Challenge is a receipe:

Recipe 3..2...1
3 Flowers....
2 Papers.....
1Charm/Brad


The image I had from a friend which has been watercoloured. The paper I brought yesterday, must admit I'm a BIG fan of ginigham! lol

Enough rambling, thanks for popping over to my blog :)

16/05/2009

Friday Sketchers Challenge

SO this is my creation......
Yep! It's another xmas card but I wanted to use a big image lol I love this image tho, always makes me laugh! :)
Paper I found in my stash so I really couldn't tell you what make it is. Image is Dolly Mama - Ho!
You can just make out that on the white bits of the hat, dress, gloves & boots there is white glitter. It's quite a muted card as regards to colours but I like it :)
Thanks for popping over :)

15/05/2009

Just Magnolia Challenge Card

So this is my creation:

A brilliant sketch this week. Really enjoyed making this card. Had loads of ideas as well :)
The papers are from the Papermania, Ivory/Cream set I think they are. Never thought of using them together before but I think the gold really sets it off. The flowers I got today from Cats Crafty Cabin along with the gold card. (She sells both in her shop). The sentiment I had free with a magazine. It's come in handy.
Thanks for popping over :)

14/05/2009

Have made these up......... I did them yesterday but was doing my mates blog....

Ballerina Bugs!!!!

Love these little bugs, there so cute! I say that tho and they are so fiddly. I will have 5 sets to make up in a bit as well. Put them on ebay and a person has bid on all 5 sets! :D
These ones have little glittery dresses on them and vellum wings.... although you can really see the wings! lol


Onto the next thing I was doing last night......

My mate Cat has just recently opened up a shop by her. She sells craft stuff and handmade cards. Cat has a blog already but decided that she would like one to run along side the shop business....... so this is what I came up with ..... Cats Crafty Cabin. This is the name of her shop also so I have used it as the blogs title as well. It's very much a work in progress at the moment. But if anyone has time to take a peek at her blog she would be much appreciated :)

Whiff Of Joy - Friendship Card

A very quick make from me as Mam wanted a card doing in 10 mins flat for her friend! I sooooooooooooo LOVE it when she does this to me!
Bit of a random colour scheme tbh but it's turned out okay. Probably could of gone onto a purple card instead of a green but hey ho :D
The image I coloured, cut round and then 3D'd to add a bit more depth.
The greeting has been stamped as well, dont have clue what make the stamp is without looking either! lol

12/05/2009

Mojo Monday 86



So this is my card for the Mojo Monday blog.
It's my cousin's birthday today and Mam asked me to make a card for her, well a Forever Friends one in particular lol.
The image is a sticker which I stuck down onto white card and cut round. Its a lot easier to raise when it's already been stuck down to card :)
The paper is out of the pack of decoupage sheets. I just didn't feel any of the papers went with the images so used it with another image.
Anyways, thanks for popping over :)

Friday Sketchers Challenge

Yes!! Sorry it's a Xmas card! :-s hehehe........
I was using my "Pip" stamp yesterday and remembered that I had a "Polly" stamp too but it was an Xmas one but hey ho....... might as well get a head start! lol
So this is my interpretation of the sketch :

"Polly" has been stamped onto the blue card as well. At her feet there is white glitter to look like snow/ice.
Thanks for popping over :)

11/05/2009

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Card for a man or boy

I loooooooooooooooove this stamp!
I only brought it to make my Dad's Fathers Day Card as he's fisherman! LOL!!

So the Cupcake Craft Challenge is to make a card for a man or a boy:

“For my challenge I would like ‘a card for a man or boy’ – only because everyone dislikes making this type of card so much LOL! It’s so easy to make a card for a women or a girl as the embellishments at our disposal are vast but for those tricky men it’s not so simple. Definitely what I would call a challenge! I can’t wait to see your creations.”
Stamp is by DANDELION - FISHING.
Thanks for popping over :)

2 in 1 - Sugar Bowl & Colour Create Challenges

So this is my Creation for the 2 challenges.....
The Colour Create challenge this week is green and blue,
The Sugar Bowl challenge is a sketch by Marlene.

The flower I cut out myself from a template and just doodled on the petals. There is a doodled border on the blue backing as well but I don't know if it really shows up lol
Thanks for popping over :)

01/05/2009

Dutch Dare Challenge - Sketch


This is my take on this weeks sketch :)
I just made a card using these papers, so thought I would finish using them. The image is Pink Petticoat. Haven't used one of these images for a while either so I used one.
Thanks for popping over :)

Whiff Of Joy - Stars & Stripes

This was a really quick make.
The stars I had to sort of cheat with! There actually part of a die-cut lol but they serve the purpose :)
Thanks for popping over :)

My Time To Craft Challenge - Black & White Plus One

Well my plus one is red! This is what I came up with :D


Thought I would use a Dolly Mama stamp as I haven't used them in ages. This ones called "It's official, I've become my mother" Haha! I love the little funny sayings on these stamps.
The Paper I have used is from "Charcoal Prints" by Dovecraft. Great papers!!

Thanks for popping over :)

2-in1 - Spoon Full Of Sugar & Just Magnolia Challenge Blogs

1. The Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge is to use the following colours Green & Blue.
I decided to make a Boys card as the colours to me are boyish lol

2. Just Magnolia Challenge is to make a card using the sketch. I found this difficult after deciding to make a boys card! I couldn't exactly put flowers on it! lol Buttons to the rescue! :D

Thanks for popping over :)

2-in1 - Forever Friends & ABC Challenge blogs


1. I have used the sketch from the Forever Friends Challenge Blog and the image as well to enter the challenge.
2. The ABC Challenge Blog is L for List this week with the list consisting of 1 ribbon, 3 flowers, 6 brads.
The paper I have used is "Pink Martini Designs" which is double sided. I love the colours! It's so easy to work with. The peel off greeting has been coloured over as well to match the card :)
Thanks for popping over to look at my card :D

28/04/2009

PBSC - Anything Goes

Anything goes - so i thought i would use up some scraps!
I love this stamp! it's probably one of my favourites.
Dosen't matter what colour you do, it still looks ace! :)
I doodled the edges around the card, image & sentiment to add a bit more detail.
Then added the flowers and gems.

23/04/2009

Forever Friends Challenge - "St.Georges Day"


So this is my take on this weeks challenge.

With St. Georges Day being today the challenge is to make something in red and white and this is what I came up with.

I think its very simple but yet effective. I love to use red and white together. The layout is half the sketch of another blog as well slightly changed.

Overall I'm pleased with the card. Something a bit different.


Thanks for popping over to my blog :)

08/04/2009

Mojo Monday 81

I loved making this card! :) The sketch is ace.
The colours I wouldn't usually put together but I brought this ribbon from Hobbycraft and
I thought I better use it! hahaha :)
The image I already had coloured in. It's called Duck in Boots......... some of my crafty friends
say it looks like a spaceman or a dude in a helmet! You can decide for yourself! :)
Thanks for popping over :)

Colour Create - Duck Egg Blue & Rose

I used this sketch after seeing my friend, Helen's, card that she made.
The colours are for the Colour Create Challenge. This blue is the nearest I had to Duck Egg Blue.
The image I had off a friend n thought it was so cute so have used it! :)
Thanks for popping over :)

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Sketch

My take on this sketch.
I love this Whiff of Joy stamp but have not used it in a while! Oops!
Kept the colours quite muted as of the colours on the papers.
Thanks for popping over :)

06/04/2009

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Folds



Not to sure whether this classes but it does have more than 2 folds! :)
Made for a lady at work who is 50 on Sat! I just love this PB stamp!
First time I have used Mirror Board as well.
Thanks for popping over to have a look at my creation :)

Forever Friends Challenge - "A Gift For Someone"

Ive decorated a candle :)
The flower is tied on with braid stuff..... i dont actually know what it is!! hahaha! :)
with a thick piece of brown ribbon wrapped around the candle itself.
The image is raised away from the candle as well.
Thanks for popping over to have a look :)

24/03/2009

Forever Friends Challenge


This weeks challenge is to make a card for Mothers Day......
Even tho this card is for an order for a Nan, it will still be received on Mothers day.

Image is a a sticker, the scallop edge has been cut by hand with scissors and the peel offs coloured over in blue. A few gems have been added to the corners as well :)

Thanks for popping over to take a peek :)

27/01/2009

Usually I dunt reli post non challenge cards........

but this i just had 2!! :D


I dunt usually combine different "techniques" if you would call quilling a technique??

Anyways....... This is what i came up with :) I like it without sounding bigheaded!!! lol

26/01/2009

Cupcake Craft Challenge - 3-2-1

Challenge :
To Make things clearer - That is 3 different pieces of cardstock
2 embellishments (either the same or different)
And 1 piece of ribbon
This is my entry. A very quick make! lol the image was already coloured in :)
Men's cards i always seem to get stuck with but I do like this one :)
Thanks for popping over :)

Sketch Saturday Challenge........



This is my entry for the sketch....
there's a lil trick to the image tho...... the flower I have stuck over the snowflake! Not just an xmas stamp after all! lol
Thanks for popping over to my blog :)

spongebob sqaure pants card.........



This I made for my mates birthday and she loved it! :)
Ive never made one of these before but they are pretty simple to do.....
The writting is the lyrics to the song :)

21/01/2009

Whiff of Joy Challenge Card - Sketch


My entry! :D
New scissors!! The scallop edge has been cut by hand :)
Great Sketch this week. I may make another card using this sketch.....
I found a black square card last night and I wanted to use my new papers so this is what I got :)

Thanks for popping over to look at my card :)

Something New

Good Morning..  Hope you all had a great christmas & fab new year too.  We are finally back with a new challenge over at My Time ...