My last card for 2013 - Sugar Bowl "Glittery Fairy Challenge"

Good Afternoon Crafters, well before I go any further I want to wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and to say that this will be my last card for 2013 as I want to take a break and perhaps recover some of my mojo which seems to be a little lacking in the last few weeks. And to be absolutely honest my hubby went to visit his daughters and grandchildren last weekend and came home with a rotten virus and I thought I had managed to avoid it but yesterday and today its hit really bad, my body aches and Im coughing like crazy so I just want to try and get rid of it before Christmas but I suspect knowing me it will hang around longer than I want.
Well todays card has been created using one of the cute Sugar Nellie Fairy stamps and I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I cut it out using nestabilitie dies and the mount is a fancy one of the one used on the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a mauve card and the papers are from one of the Christmas Cds from Bearlymine Designs and I have used three of them to compliment the colouring of my image. I have also glittered the image on the wings and cuffs of the coat and her leggings.
To finish of I have used a diecut sentiment and a snowflake in the bottom left hand corner, in the center I have put a white pearl.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Morning Crafters, well you will be having a fit yes I have created yet another card for this No.2 Blog and this one is with a Sugar Nellie image and I love this sweet image, I have stamped her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie die to cut it out and a fancy one for the mount out of lilac card. The sentiment is one from my stash and the mount is from the same set as the mount.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white one with a first mount of lilac card and the papers are Maya ones and this is such a pretty paper in blues and lilacs, and then around the middle I have placed lace and ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed towards the left and the sentiment down the right hand side over the ribbon. To finish of I have stuck three heart gems down the right hand side at the top.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A very Special Birthday Card

In January a very dear friend of mine reaches her 60th Birthday and although I had already created a card for her I thought I ought to try and make something special, as Im sure she wont want to be reminded exactly how old she is I didnt put the actual age on it.
The card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of pink pearlescent paper, and the first mount is a piece of white pearlescent card that I have cut in half and with one piece I ran it through the embossing machine with a leaf embossing folder and the second piece I used the Chloe lattice stamp on it and then embossing it with a pink embossing powder.
I then placed both of these on top of the pink mount and wrapped a pink organza ribbon around the middle to cover the join. Then I used the flourish leaf stamp and stamped two images in the left bottom corner, then created flowers with a piece of the same pink pearlescent paper, this was done with the flower stamp and more of the same Pink Glitter Embossing Powder from Wow, they were then cut out and dampened with water and crushed afterwards I mounted them up in layers and placed them on top of the stamped flourish. In the center I used a pearl button.
To finish of I have used a beautiful birthday sentiment and mounted it onto yet a bit more of the same pink pearlescent paper and placed it on the right across the pink ribbon.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.anonymousstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/
http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Another Card with one of the beautiful Aurora Wings Images

This beautiful image is called "Snow Queen" and I printed it onto white card before colouring it with my copic pens, afterwards I used the Memorybox dies to cut it out and the mount is a overlay of snowflakes.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of blue card and the second layer is another piece of white pearlescent card thats been put through a snowflake embossing folder with blue ink on it, then I have cute four corners with the Memorybox Snowflake corner dies and placed them in the four corners of the first layer. Then on top I have placed my mounted image which has had German glitter on the headdress and around the image as well with other glitters..
This Card is to be entered in the following challenges:-
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.lisasomerville.com/ 
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Another card with Aurora Wings Images

Good Afternoon All, I know its a week since I posted a card but its been a real busy one for me, I had a Blog Hop to sort out for today for The Paper Shelter and you will find that on my No.1 blog if you feel like joining in with a chance to win a free digi from them. And not only this I visited my middle daughter Sarah and her family on Sunday thats over 200 miles away and Monday I spent 6 hours ironing and taking up curtains so I was really shattered yestered and then discovered that I needed to write up a Challenge Blog and my own and I had forgotten, I just hope it all works out well even with a couple of hiccups that were discovered after it went live.
Anyway todays card is with this gorgeous Auraro Wings "Poppies" image and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilities Labels Die No.8 to cut it out and the fancy one for the mount out of red card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the paper I have used is from Kaisercrafts "Remember Me" paper pad, and then on top I have used a gorgeous doily (which I have had for longer than 6 months) which I have edged with red inkpad, around the middle is the cobweb strip and red ribbon and stuck it to the back of the first mount and created a double bow which has been stuck on the left of my mounted image.
Ive not put a sentiment on it at the moment as I think I might need it for someones birthday in the future.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/
http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Joanna Sheen and Sundays with Santa Facebook Challenges

Good Afternoon All, I was a bit behind with my Sundays with Santa Challenge its for "Food" and this image from Holly Pond Christmas CD from Joanna Sheen was ideal for it, its not easy to find a nice food image for a Xmas Card and I thought this was just right I also thought it was ideal for Joanna Sheens "Celebrate" Challenge this is definitely a way to do so. I printed it onto photo paper and cut it out and mounted it onto a piece of kraft paper. The sentiment also came with the image and this was also mounted onto kraft paper.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of kraft paper and the paper is also from the same design set as the mounted image, I stuck this to the first mount and wrapped a piece of gold crumpled ribbon around the middle and attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was placed towards the left with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Another Card for the Sugar Bowl

Good Morning, and yes I have another card for the Sugar Bowl and this is one of the new Digi Images from Sugar Nellie and I have chosen this time to use "Gift Wrapping" and I have printed her onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Label Die No.1 to cut it out and the fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is a Die-namics banner die and the actual stamp is one from my stash.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount with a lilac card, and the papers are from the new Maya "Vintage Frost" Basics for the layers, I have used two papers the first a very pretty mittens design and the second is a pink/lilac paper with a smokey pattern on, I have also used a bit of the same lilac card and the deep edged border punch for one of the layers.
I then placed my mounted image in the center towards the top of the card and the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner. And to finish of I have punched out several snowflakes with my Martha Stewart punches and some German Glitter and then layered them up and placed them in the bottom left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/
http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

My Card for the Sugar Bowl

Good Afternoon, I bought the 5 new images from Sugar Nellie yesterday and this is one of them, I printed her onto white card then coloured it with my Copic Pens then glittered the wings with quickie glue pen and clear glitter, afterwards I cut it out with Nestabilitie Die Labels No.8 to cut her out and the fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card the papers I have used are from Papermania's Fairy Glen paper pad, the first paper is a pink background with white stars on it, the second layer is a square doily then the third is a white background with pink flowers and green swirls on it, and this was placed across the middle of the doily.
The mounted image was then placed towards the top in the center, and to finish I have used three poinsetta flowers in the top left hand corner on top of some punched out holly leaves.
This Card it is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
A Gem of a Challenge 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup 
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for two little girls Lily and Lucy

I found this image on someone else's card on facebook and thought it was the right one for twins Lily and Lucy, they are 4 year old girls who belong to my dogs breeder and as they have brunette hair it was my chance to give it a go at colouring this.
The image was stamped onto white card then I used my copics to colour it, and then afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 for the image and a fancy one for the mount. The papers are from Papermania's Santa's Workshop and its been mounted on a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of turquoise card. I have also used a snowman ribbon and some vertical sentiment from Robert Addams.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://copicmarkereurope.blogspot.co.uk/
http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Evening Crafters, yes it is me again and I have been busy over the last couple of days Ive made 3 cards but only two will be posted as the other is a DT card and Im afraid you will have to wait another week before seeing it. Anyway todays card is for the Sugar Bowls "Bring out your bling" I thought I would use one of my first stamps from Sugar Nellie, and Ive a feeling this would be one of the original ones and I dont even know at this moment what is is called, but its such a sweet image and I have stamped her onto white card then used by copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I have used one of the Nestabilitie Labels die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are from Sweethshoppe's Digi paper set "Polar Pals" and the first one a white background with snowflakes of several colours, the second is a red background with flowers on and I have used a deep border punch on this one, the third is a blue paper and this was stuck to another piece of the blue card.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle and a sentiment was then placed across the bottom  right hand corner on a banner die cut. To finish of I have sued some of the left over papers to create the three rolled flowers in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the La La Land Facebook Challenge

Well yet again its taken me a week to post a card here, sorry for such lapse blogging, Im finding a bit of a effort to create something so please forgive me, I think Ive lost some of my mojo anyway at least I tried with this one. This lovely image is from La La Land and Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour, then cut her out completely.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of brown card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads, and they are from "Autumn Chorus" and I have used four papers, the first a beige then on top I have used two sheets and along the edge I have used a Leaf border punch from Martha Stewart. Then on top is a fourth paper a pretty smoky rose pattern on a beige background.
I then used the Spooky Tree die from La La Land and placed it towards the left then placed my cut out image in front of it. To finish of I googled a Autumn saying and copy and pasted it into word and cut it out and placed it down the edge on the right, and the final flourish are the two leaf buttons about it.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday

Good Morning Crafters, well Ive exceeded my own decision to get a card done for my No.2 Blog at last, but Ive got something to moan about, blogger has changed the way I get into my Dashboard, I can no longer click on the new post link in the top right hand corner, you now have to have a Blogger Dashboard link on your Favourite Sidebar, its so annoying as it was so much easier to get started on writing up your post. Dont know if you have also found this problem what I used to have was a bar at the top of my blogs which allowed me access to my compose page now its gone.
Anyway at least with a bit of scooting around Ive found my compose page and here is my card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Facebook Challenges, and for this I have used this sweet image of a Polar Bear with a little girl, its one of the Funky Kits images its called "Furry Friends" and I have stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, the fur around the hat and gloves I have used my Wink of Stella clear glitter brush on, though you cant really see unless you click on the image and bring it up larger.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card, the paper is from Bearlymine Designs, and the die cuts are from Memory Box, all three of them, the one I used for cutting out the image, the overlay and the bottom border.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/

Happy Halloween to you all

As I dont have any cards to post at this very moment I thought youd like to see how quickly Jacob is growing up, hes now almost 8 months old and such a happy little chap. He does spend lots of time with his cousins and they all get on together brilliantly, my grandson and his wife are doing a fabulous job of raising him, dont you agree?

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Morning Crafters, well Im really cheesed of with the weather its been pouring with rain all night and it was coming down so heavy it woke me up at 5am and of course there was no way I was going to be able to get back to sleep so I rather gave up trying and before you knew it, it was 7am and time to wake up anyway.
Im a little dissappointed with the pumpkins on this card as the ink wasnt as dark as I thought it was, it was probably the fact that I used a light to take the photo but they did look a lot darker originally than they do now. Anyway this is a Saturated Canary image from Sugar Nellie and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and inked around the edge, then placed it onto a mount of black card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of black card and I have used yet more of the Sweethshoppe papers this set is called "Spider Cider" and the first paper in orange has black spiders on it, the second is a black damask pattern and I have cut a 5" square then used my spider border and corner punch on it. I then placed this on top of the bottom layer.
I then stuck my mounted image towards the left and the overlay die cut is from Memory Box and this stuck down over the mounted image. Then down the right hand side I cut three pumpkins from Die-namics and I also used their stamps on top, I realise now I probably should have used orange card instead of white, but you can just see the patterns on them, sorry about that.
To finish of I have used the left over diecut from the middle of the overlay with a sentiment from my stash and positioned it across the bottom right hand corner. Then to finish of I have used two halloween charms one of the overlay and one on the pumpkin.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cisforchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ 
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.lunagirlmoonbeams.com/ 
http://mimchallegeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.markerpop.com/ 
http://paradeyourcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Another La La Land Card

Good Morning Crafters, well heres my second attempt with the La La Land images and shes another Steampunk one, I have printed her (this image also comes as a stamp) onto white card then used my Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and then used the new Pearl Effects one out of mauve card.
The main Card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is of mauve card and the papers are from the Steampunk digi papers from La La Land and arnt they gorgeous. The Die cuts are also from La La Land and the sentiment is also from my stash and I felt it went well with the image.
Before I add the links for the Card I thought you might like to see a new photo of my Great Grandson Jacob, hasnt he grown up so fast.

And now to add the links for Challenges:-
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

My first La La Land Card

Good Morning Crafters, well here in Gloucestershire its raining and its cloudy, hubby tells me its also quite cold but then he says it all the time so as Ive not been outside I cant be sure if it is or it isnt. Well todays card  has been created with on of my La La Land Steampunk images, this one is a digi image and probably come out bigger than the stamp image, but Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her.
Afterwards I used my circle Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a Cog Nestabilitie Die for the mount, before sticking her to the mount I have used some sepia ink and distressed it around the edges.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of brown card, the papers I have chosen to use are also from La La Land and this set is called Steampunk to, the first paper is a brown background with several different shades of cogs on it, and the second is a cog with wings design that I have pleated and then stuck it to the base mount.
The mounted image was then placed on top of them and down the bottom I have used the Dienamics cog diecuts, and in the opposite corner I have used Tim Holtz metal die embellishments. To finish of I have used the dianamics flag banner die and stamps for the sentiment which I have just stuck behind the top of the image.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
613 Avenue Create
http://cateredcrop.com/
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.yumifumihandmadecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

A Christmas Card for Sundays with Santa Challenge

Good Evening Crafters, well its been a few days since I last posted and Im still finding it difficult to find the memo to creating more cards to post, I am making the odd Christmas cards for my stash and this is one for the Sundays with Santa Facebook Challenge, this weeks is "Shades of Red" and I have actually used The Paper Shelter "Are you my Friend" and you will find it here and I have printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, I then cut it out completely.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used red card, then I used the one of the new "Merry Christmas Vintage Quick Papers" and you will find them here, then I have placed my cut out image in the center, before doing so I have used glitter on the white fluff of her had and coat, then for her beard and hair I have used Deco Art Snow Writer and swirled it to represent hair.
I then cut out the sentiment from a Britainia die, and these then placed down the right hand side of the image.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/
http://c2cu.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Elaine and for the Sugar Bowl

Good Morning crafters, Im so sorry Ive been away for so long but if you visit my No.1 blog you will see why, I attended my eldest daughters wedding in Scotland and had a wonderful time. We actually left on Thursday as I had made arrangements to visit Elaine Livesay in Oldham and it was worth every moment of it, shes a wonderful person and made us feel so welcome and we also got to meet her gorgeous son Hal (who had come home to visit his mum on his Birthday, bless him) and her lovely hubby Phil, thanks love for a wonderful afternoon and thank you for taking time of work to spend it with us.
Then we spent the night in a motel before going on to Hamilton  for the next 3 nights, hubby Ian had booked a excutive room which was fabulous, I felt like a princess. The wedding was on Saturday and the weather was really kind and we had a wonderful day and everyone looked stunning. Then on Sunday we spent some of the day visiting the New Museum of Transport in Glasgow which my hubby wanted to go to for along time, he loves steam trains and along with lots of methods of transport he really did enjoy the trip. And we also watched the Marathon runners running past the building, and I did feel sorry for them as it was raining and they did look wet and uncomfortable some of them.
Then on Monday we went to Edinburgh to visit another of my dear friends Avril, and guess what Nikki had made the trip from Dundee to see us with her gorgeous children and her new babe who I hadnt met last time we were up in Scotland. Thanks Avril for such a lovely morning and I hope your not to tired looking after the children while mum takes a break. Hope you liked the cakes we left.
Anyway back to my card I have used one of the gorgeous Funky Knits images and I printed it onto a piece of white card then coloured with my copic pens, then I used Nestabilitie Dies to cut it out and mounted it onto another of the new Gold Labels in lilac card.
The base card is a white card with a piece of lilac card, and the papers are from Maya papers and then on top of this is a square doily and across the center is a piece of ribbon attached to the back of the first mount. The mounted the image in the center with a sentiment below in the right hand corner and the final thing is the die cut flourish in the left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/

Making Christmas Cards for Sundays with Santa

Last weeks Challenge over on Sundays with Santa on Facebook was all about using sentiments as the main topper, and I thought I would give these two Heartfelt stamps a airing and created two cards with them.
I have stamped both of the sentiment stamps onto white card with Versamark ink pad and then scattered on gold embossing powder before using my heat gun to emboss it. I then used my copic pens to colour the leaves and the scene in the P on the top one, afterwards I used for the first one Nestabilitie Labels Die No.28 its a decorative one, and for the second is a Grand circle die. I also cut out two mounts with the top one by drawing around one of the Labels 28 die and cutting it out by hand, and for the second one I used a large circle die both of them have been cut out of red card.
The base cards are A5 cards and then for the first mount is a piece of red card, on top are a A4 pearlescent card cut in halve but before doing so I have run it through the Ebosser with a holly embossing folder.
Then around the middle I have used two ribbons and attached the to the back of the red mount before placing them both on white cards.
These Cards are to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Facebook Challenges

Good Afternoon Crafters, yes Ive actually create a card for my No.2 blog, you must think I never make any cards during each posting but I have been busy I had to do a rush job for my friend Sarah Hallam as she had a preview program this morning on Create and Craft showing her brand new CD "Tangletastic"

And it was an outstanding success the whole supply were all sold out in just over 30 mins, it just goes to show how popular zentangle is, I unfortunately didnt get time to photo my samples so cannot show you what I did, as she needed the samples done in just a few days so maybe you might have had a glimpse on the show this morning, I just hope she received them in time for the show at 11am.
Anyway todays card is made for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sundays Autumn Colour Challenge

and I have used this "Lei-la" for my image and have stamped her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.28 and the decorative one for the mount. The sentiment has been stamped onto a banner from Memory Box.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of yellow card, the papers I have used are from SweetShoppe "Autumn Harvest" and I have used four papers for my card, the first a white background with leaves on and the second is beige one with flowers, the third another white background with leaf sprays on, then on top is a red paper with white dotted lines on.
The mounted image was then placed in the center and the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used several of the left over papers from the same paper set and punched them out with a daisy woodware punches, these where then moulded with a ball tool and stuck on top of one another and then placed in the top left hand corner on top of some punches out leaves.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://digidarlas.blogspot.co.uk/
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pinkbydesignstamps.com/2013/09/16/anything-goes-challenge/#.Ujhekz9knq4
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/

A Special Card for a very Special Friend

Good Morning Crafters, a very special friend of mine is getting married next week and as I only heard through another friend this was taking place I thought I would like to make a card for her and hopefully send her my love and good wishes for a happy future. I have known her for at least 25 years and she went through a really bad time a few years ago and I happy that she has found someone else who she feels will make her happy, I do want to wish her all the best.
The image I have used for my card is a Whiff of Joy one and I have stamped it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.1 to cut it out and a scalloped one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and i felt it was just right for this image it also has flowers around the edge and its been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a base mount of pink pearlescent, then on top is a one of two papers from the Confetti Paper Pack from Dovecraft, its old one that I had in my stash and its only used when I have a wedding card to make, actually my eldest daughter is also getting married in a few weeks time so it also came out for that one to.
The first paper is a pink and white stripe and in the corners I have used a Martha Steward border heart punch, this was stuck on the pink base, then on top is a second paper which is a white background with heart confetti design on it this was cut into a 6.75"x 5" oblong and then it was punched with the same heart punch I used for the corners and I have used the border punch with it as well.
Across the center I have used two white ribbons and attached them to the back of the first mount, I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have used several sized roses in pink and white and beaded swirls in a spray in the top left hand corner, the final flourish are the pearl sprays at the end of both of them.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/

Another Card for the Facebook Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, well its another week gone by over on the Sundays with Santa Challenge and for this weeks theme we want to see Easels and as I was making some cards up with the Snowman and Snowdog paper pack I thought I would use one of the images and cards to create my card.
I took half A4 piece of card folded it in half and then twisted one of the corners for the easel.
The image as you can see is the snowman skiing and I then placed him on the twisted piece and cut out one of the little dog images and used it as a stopper.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/
http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/
http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html 
http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/crafterscompetition/

A Card for Sundays with Santa "Flowers" Facebook Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, well I hope your ready for this weekend we are of to London and Kent for a few days to visit family, thats the problems of living so far away from them theres always a long journey to visit them. Anyway I decided to get ahead with this weeks "Flowers" Challenge and I have used the "Christmas Carol" image from The Paper Shelter and printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it. Afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 and then used a scalloped edge one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used are again from The Paper Shelter they are called "Christmas Wishes" and I have used three papers for the card and several others for the Poinsetta, which is cut with a Tattered Lace die. I also used dew drops and the sentiment is which was cut with another die.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://arandomthursdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html 
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lilredwagon.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/Blog/