A Card for a Special Grandson

Good Morning Crafters, well it was pouring of rain when I awoke at 4am this morning but now at 12noon the sun is out and its looking a lot better, but weve been warned its not going to last and Im so fed up with this awful weather and Im sure you are to.
This Saturday one of my grandsons Joe is due for a operation this is to remove the pins that were inserted last July into his left arm to stabilize a bad break he had falling out of a tree, he will also has to have his skin craft scar tidied up as at the moment its not looking particularly nice more like raw meat than flesh and hes finding it to much to look at and is wearing a bandage over it so others cannot see it either.
So I created this card for him using a Whimsey Doodles image this was printed onto white card then coloured with my copic pens then I cut it out with my rotatrim and layered it up on a piece of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppes "Bumps and Bruises" digi paper set. I have used two papers the first a sentiment one and the second a spot on. I then placed my mounted image in the center and across the bottom right hand corner I have put a peel off sentiment.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/61-181-thank-you-to-handyhippo-for.html
http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl "Colour" Challenge

Good Afternoon Crafters, well its pouring with rain here in Gloucestershire and no doubt the Wye and Severn will overflow again Im so glad I dont live quite so near to it as some of the places along the rivers become flooded. Anyway todays card has been created for the colour Challenge over on the Sugar Bowl.

I have used a gorgeous image from Funky Kits and stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and mounted her onto a Destressed edge 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 Sweetshoppe Digi "Heart Smiles" paper set, the first one a damask pattern in pink the second a grey one and the third a plaid one in pink and grey and white.
I then placed my mounted image slopping towards the right with Memory Box Precious Hearts down the left side and a sentiment across the bottom left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrapbookerphd.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 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/ 

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/

Oh my yet another Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Morning Crafters, Im so glad that its cooled down a bit as my poor hubby couldn't cope to well with it nor could the dog, and now of course we are expecting thunder storms, lets hope they soon go and the sunshine comes back again as I have two of my grandsons coming this weekend and Im going to be busy to keep them occupied otherwise.
Todays card has been created for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges, the SB one is a "Anything Goes" and the other is "Summer Colours" and I have used this sweet fairy image from Funky Kits and coloured her shades of yellow and lime green. Afterwards I have used the Nestabilitie Die Labels No.8 and the fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is a folded banner die from Memory Box and the sentiment is one from my stash thats been stamped onto white card and placed on the middle.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card is the first mount is a lime card and the papers are from Sweethshoppe Designs "Flowers in the Rain" digi papers, and I have used four papers from it, the first a green background with butterflies on, the second is a yellow checked one which I have cut in a strip and used one of the Martha Stewart border punch on the edge. The third is a chevron patter in shades of green and the fourth is a yellow and white spotted one, these then placed at angles to each other on the base mount and then the mounted image was placed towards the top on the left with the sentiment below on the right hand side.
To finish of I have used 6 green pearls that have been placed in the two opposite corners top right and bottom left.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/

My Card with my winning Inky Impressions Image

Good Afternoon Crafters, I was lucky enough to win the above image on Facebook last week and I thought that as soon as I had a few free moments I would create a card with it, and this is the result. Isnt she gorgeous Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the rectangle die to cut her out and a Detailed Scallop one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card, and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and this one is called "Thats Life" and although I think is really a American paper set I thought it went well with the theme of the stamp, the first is a red, white and blue stripe one with stars on it, so I used the second paper a dark blue one and a red check one and I cut it across the left bottom corner and on the edge I used a star border punch on it, then across the top I have used a union flag ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center and I used three candi buttons in the bottom left and the last flourish is the solder button and this was placed at the top on the right.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cateredcrop.com/
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/

Gorgeous Digi Images from Lacy Sunshine

 

Good Morning Crafters, well the sun is out and its quite warm here in Gloucestershire today, and Im not going to shout in case it decides to change. Today is the day my hubby has to go for his pre op tests ready for his skin operation on July 12th, so hes very worried that they will decide to keep him in hospital over night, but hes been promised it will be just a day operation and he will be allowed home once he recovers from the happy pills as hes been told their called. I do hope the reassure him he will be ok, he has to be in Gloucester by 8am so it will be a extremely early start for him, especially if he has to travel from here in the rush hour, oh well lets hope it gets sorted today one way or another.

Back to this gorgeous image, Ive just been introduced to Lacy Sunshine images, they are so cute and very reasonable to you will find them here, I chose to use this one for my first card and have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I have used my oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a Cheery Lynn Swedish die for the mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of bright pink card with three papers from the Sweetshoppe "A Perfect Birthday" the girls edition, the first is a white background with swirly flowers on, the second is a check one and the third a plain pink paper, then on top I have wrapped a piece of lace around the card with a thin ribbon along the top, I then created a triple bow and have stuck it to the lace on the left hand side, and a sparkly brad on top.

The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the left. To finish of I have created a flower spray down the side of the image with roses, pins,and a couple of other flower sprays.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

My second card using the new Whiff of Joy Stamps

Good Morning Crafters as promised this is the second card using the new Whiff of Joy stamps, this one is just gorgeous and I must say probably my most favorite of the two, but I know we all have different ideas about what we like best. I have stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Labels Die 4 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one of my CC stamps and has been stamped on to a spare piece of card then mounted also on a piece of pink card.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers I have used are from Sweethshoppe "If the Shoe Fits" digi paper set, I love using these papers as they have a fabulous choice of sets, Im sure you will enjoy a browse if you get a chance and heres the link to their shop Sweet Shoppe Designs. I have used several papers, the first is a pretty floral one and the second is a pink one which I have used for a doily, then on top is a white doily.
Ive then placed a third mount of a small check one down the right hand side, and then placed my mounted image towards the left.
The sentiment is placed across the bottom right, and to finish of I have used some of the papers left to create the flowers that have been moulded and then layered up and placed on two pink flourishes in the top right hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.abcchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://digidarlas.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://blog.markerpop.com/ 
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/junes-challenge-with-twist.html 
http://paperplaytime.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A new Whiff of Joy Stamp

This week I bought the two stamps from Whiff of Joy from "Bunny Zoes" and this is one of them, I loved her hair and couldnt wait to have a try and colouring it. Ive used my copic pens to colour it then cut it out with Nestabilitie Labels Die No.28 to cut it out then used the die to draw around to make the mount for it. The sentiment also came with the image and has been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of mauve card and the papers I have used are from Sweet Shoppe Digi Downloads and this set are "Annabella" I have used three of the papers, the first is a pretty pink with butterflies on, the second a mauve one and the third a spotty one thats been placed across the middle.
The mounts were place as shown with a square doily laid under the third mount, the mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom across the right hand corner. To finish of I have used some mauve spider web and several roses in pink and mauve, and placed on top of the spiders web with two tear drop pins and with two pearl strays into a flower spray in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://asimplefive.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugary Sunday and Sugar Bowl Challenges

Good Afternoon Crafters, well Ive been a busy girl this week, I found out today that I had to replace a DT card that I had wrongly done and that I have been creating for samples for my friend so its been all go in the Chalmers house, but I did get this card done for this weeks Sugary Sunday "Mens/ Boys Birthday" and "Anything Goes" Challenge over on the Sugar Bowl, and I have used this boy on a skateboard for my main image, and this is from Funky Kits, and Ive had it quite awhile but have never used it, hope you like it.
The image was stamped onto white card then I used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used one of the new Nestabilitie rectangle dies to cut it out and a postage stamp larger one for the mount which I have used on some dark blue card. The sentiment is one from my stash and that has also been cut with a smaller rectangle die and mounted on a larger one.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a blue card, and the papers are from the Sweetshoppe Digi "Pop and Wheelie" digi paper set, the first paper is a white background with circles and stars on in several colours, the second is a strip in red with a zigzag pattern on and I have used one of the new EK success punch one it and placed it down the middle, then on top is the third paper which is a beige background with several different sized cogs in many colours and this was placed on top of the red paper.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle towards the top and the sentiment was placed down below on the right hand side. And to finish it of I have used three banner epithany buttons and some of the left over paper and these where placed at the top on the left hand side.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Afternoon Crafters, I do apologise for not posting recently Ive got to admit Ive not been feeling upto doing much crafting as since having my colonoscopy last week Ive been suffering rather badly from being sore in the neither regions so you can understand why I really havent felt like making cards. Anyway I did get around to making this today with one of the Sugar Nellie images that I bought in 2009 and naughty me Ive not used it since I bought it, and Fiona's son is 21 this week and the challenge over on Sugary Sunday is all about mens cards so I took it as we were supposed to make a birthday card for a man/boy so this is the result.
The image is "Guitar Boy" and Ive stamped him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and a larger one for the mount. The Sentiment is a Whimsey button stamp and its been cut out with a button die.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card, and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and this is called "Circus Burst" I thought the colours appropriate for this image. The first is a white background with circles on and the second is a blue embossed one and the third is a triangle banner one.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Yes  I know its very bright, but Im hoping it might just get Spring going, you never know. Anyway todays card has been created for the Sugar Bowl "Anything Goes" and Sugary Sundays "Add a bit of Ribbon" Challenges, and I have used one of the Sugar Pips for my card, you will find it at Funky Kits, theyve got some lovely digital images for sale and this is just one of them.
Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Die No.4 to cut her out and a Decorative one for the mount our of yellow card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of yellow card, and the papers I have chosen to use are Sweetshoppe's "Adorableness" papers, the first a very pretty swirl pattern and the second is a cross stripped one which I cut into a square and used one of the Martha Stewart Border and Corner punches on.
The sentiment is a Personal Impressions one and the mount is one of the Ribbon Threaded Dies which I have threaded ribbon through the holes. The last thing is the yellow flower which is a wired edge one (that I found on a parcel and kept) that I have pulled the wires and then curled it into a flower and stuck a brad through the middle, this was stuck to the card with silicone glue.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/  
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Morning, brrrr its cold outside even though the sun is out its still cold, anyway Im of and away this weekend for a Copic Colouring Retreat in Oxford and Im really excited but I do have to pack up all my pens and goodies ready to take with me tomorrow so I think Im going to busy with that. Anyway my great grandson is doing well and my grandson and his wife are really thrilled with him, thank you so much for all the lovely comments and good wishes Im sure if he reads my blog he will see for himself.
This weeks card is yet again one of the new Funky Kits "Shopping for Fashion" stamps isnt she gorgeous and Im quite pleased with her hair colour though Im not sure it would suit me, but I suppose if Id been born with it I probably would have thought otherwise. Anyway Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used one of the rectangle Nestabilitie dies to cut her out and one of the new dies for the mount and the sentiment one. The sentiment is a stamp from my stash and because of lack of space Ive had to lay it on its side.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of turquoise card and the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppes "Bring on the Spring" paper set, the first a lovely all over flower pattern, then I have used a plain colour and one of the tonic circle punches for the doily then for the other two mounts are a check one behind the image and a orange one across the bottom.
Ive not added any embellishments as I think as its rather crowded they would make it worse and of course Im trying to watch my postage as my hubbys the one to gets to pay for it, and some of the cards Ive send are extremely expensive.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://atsblog.typepad.com/wednesdayschallenge/
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Sugary Sunday

Good Afternoon Crafters, well the sun is out and its quite warm the dog has been lying in the sunshine coming in the back door but she has now gone for a nice afternoon walk. Ive just finished a load of ironing and thought youd like to see what Ive been doing this morning I created the card above for this weeks Colour Challenge for Sugary Sunday on Facebook.

I hope you think Ive got a good match with the colouring on my image, its one of the Funky Kits one called "Scooter" and its a fabulous image for a young lad. I stamped him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used one of the new nesting basics from Nestabilities and the mount is also one of the new ones to this one is Enchanted Labels 4, the sentiment has also been mounted on the tag that comes with it.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of aquamarine blue and the papers are from Sweet Shoppe digi downloads and this particular paper set is called "A Year of Firsts" and I felt is was quite a good colour match, so I used one of the sketches I had in my stash and created the above card with it and then laid my mounted image in towards the left with the sentiment laid down the edge, it was to big to go under the image.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the New Year

Good Morning and Happy New Year, hope your all feeling ready to start getting back to crafting again, Im afraid this card got done yesterday but I didnt get around to taking a photo so I thought to start the New Year I would post it today.
Its for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges and I have used the Sherbit Pips image from Sugar Nellie, isnt she gorgeous, Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, I should have said its a colour challenge and heres the colours you were expected to use.

Hopefully Ive got as near as possible with my colouring. Anyway I then used Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut it out then drew around the die to create the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of turquoise card the papers I have used are from Sweethshoppe Digi "First of Many Things" paper set, and they are a patterned pair and one plain one, Ive used the Sugar Bowl Sketch for the card layout. And to finish of I have used some of the left over papers and a daisy punch in different sizes for the flower at the bottom on the left hand side. The sentiment is one from my stash.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artisticinspirationscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Sugary Sunday "Halloween" Challenge

Good Afternoon, do you know the weather here in Gloucestershire is just awful weve got low lying clouds so its foggy and wet, what a difference to last weeks weather, I dont know about you but this change is just not on we want some warm sunshine, as the clocks go back an hour this coming Sunday the days are going to get shorter and I would have liked to have a few more dry days before then. Oh well you can dream.
Todays card has been made for this weeks Challenge over on Facebook, its a Funky Kits Sugary Sunday "Halloween" Challenge, and Ive used this image from Saturated Canary for my card, and Ive printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens and then cut her out with one of my Memory Box dies and the spiderweb overlay and I finished it of with a spider that also one of the Memory Box dies.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of black card and the papers I have used is "Tricky" from the Sweetshoppe Digi Paper set, this first one is a dark black night scene of a moon and spooky trees, then I placed my mounted image to the left with yet another Memory Box tombstones border and three bats and to finish of I punched out a pumpkin and popped a sentiment on this.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artwithnoboundaries.blogspot.co.uk/
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paperplaytime.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Evening Everyone, again I do apologise for being so slack in posting cards this week but I do find that Im pretty busy and dont get much time to create special cards for this blog, but I will try and make amends as I have this one to show you and perhaps another one over the weekend but we shall see as tomorrow I have promised to show a friend of mine how to use copic pens and if I get a bit of spare time afterwards I will try and finish of the card Ive just started but we shall see.
Anyway this card is for the Sugar Bowl Sketch and colour challenge and luckily its almost the same as the one for Sugary Sunday on Facebook. Ive used this sweet Funky Kits image and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a square Nestabilitie die to cut her out and used a inkpad around the edge to stress it. Ive used the Marvellous Square die for the mount. The sentiment was one from my stash and I used a smaller die from the same set to mount it on.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of orange card, and the papers I used for this card are from the Sweethshoppe Digi Downloads and this design set is called "All Spice" the designs on the papers are just gorgeous and go so well with the image.
Ive layered up the card with the mounts called for in the sketch and then positioned my image towards the right and the sentiment on the right. To finish of I used some of the left over papers to create the flowers in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Afternoon All, well the rain has stopped and I have to take the dog for a walk soon so Id better get on and post this card. Now I know you will probably faint as Ive actually created two cards in two days, but as my hubbys eldest granddaughter starts School in September I thought it was a good excuse you use this sweet image from Funky Kits. Ive decided to enter it in the Sugar Bowls Sketch and Sugary Sunday on Facebook Challenges.
I stamped the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour and then used the mega rectangle die from Nestabilities to cut it out, then created a mount for it out of blue card. The sentiment was created in My Craft Studio and printed and then cut out with a circle die and mounted it with the same blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers I have used are from Sweetshopes "Flippin Amazing" digi paper set, the first a plain blue background then the two other mounts are with a strip pattern and a circle/dot pattern.
Ive laid them according to the sketch and stuck the sentiment at the top on the right, and created a flower with some of the left over papers with the Die Namics Petal Posy die, this is a large daisy die, Ive stuck it to the card with silicone glue and some punched out leaves.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://atcswithattitude.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.co.uk/
http://classycardsnsuch.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fatpageswithattitude.blogspot.co.uk/
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/