The Sugar Bowl & Mo's Digi

Running late as usual. But at least I am actually managing to get the cards up here. The first one here is for The Sugar Bowl. The extra bit was distressing - which I have done, just. I'm not very good at distressing, I love the look, but can't bear to do it to the papers in case I mess it up. I have gone round the edges with brown ink, but I don't know if you can see it. I have also gone round the edges on the image and chalked it a bit. The papers are K & Co and I cut the flower out with the Sizzix. The Hubby actually chose the colours for this one. I had the flower all cut out, but was gonna change one of the layers, but was told not to.

And my next card is for Mo's Digital Challenge. I hope the colours are OK. I didn't really have the right colours, so used these. I love the colour purple / lilac, but just don't seem to be able to fit it in to my crafts. I was obviously going to try before, as I had downloaded this paper from Sweet Shoppe designs by Penny Springman. I punched the flowers out, but stuck them down before I remembered I was going to emboss the backs - oops. But they still look OK. And I printed the text to finish.

Quixotic #9 & Mo's #14

First off we have my card for the Quixotic Challenge, which is a sketch. I have used a Greeting Farm image and the papers are My Minds Eye - Bloom and Grow. I punched out the flowers but might have to go back and put some gems in the middle of them. And the with love I have had an age, so don't know who does that one.

And for my second card, I have a very squint one for Mo's Digital Challenge, which is another sketch. I have made a Christmas card for this one as I am out of ink for the printer, and only had Christmas images ready to colour. I ordered some ink on the Internet. But what comes first - every colour but the one I need. So I might just have to be a little more patient (or go to Argos after all). Anyway - the papers are Papermania and the text is printed (before I ran out of ink obviously), Nesties to cut oval and text, matted on to some turquoise-ish glitter card, and 3 wee craftwork cards candy. And that's it. And I'm now on my way to a stress free Christmas - do you think so. No, me neither.

Winter Wonderland

Yes - I know Christmas is over with, but I thought I would keep going for the Winter Wonderland Challenge. It helps a bit come Christmas again. Although it was the prezzies that were the problem this time. Anyway there is a sketch to follow over at the Winter Wonderland Challenge, I've rotated it for this image. The image is a digi from Pink Cat Studio, coloured with Koh-I-Noor pencils and Sansador. The papers are by Zoe Pearn - Winter Wonderland from Sweet Shoppe Designs. I like these ones and can see them being used for many projects throughout the year. I printed out the text and cut it out using a nestie.

Mo's Digital Pencil

Over at Mo's Digi challenge they want to see Birthdays. Most of my images are Christmas - oops. Although I do have a few others, but my ink has run out - typical eh. But I did manage to find one in my to colour pile, so I finally picked the colour - great for a boy card. The papers are DCWV and the sentiment is from Personal Impressions. I kept it simple, just to ease myself back slowly. I really have lost my mojo. I've made an A6 card so I can put it towards the Do crafts Craft for Life campaign. They are supporting Cancer Research UK this year. Hopefully I will manage to get a few more A6 cards made - I keep going back to square.

Penny Black

Happy New Year to you all. Hope you had a great time.
Well I think I have just made it with my card for the Penny Black Challenge. I made this one for the Hubby for Christmas, using a Christmas charm, but never got round to posting it. Then I thought I had missed the challenge, but realised I might still make it. So here it is - a wee Piggie (he loves pigs). I decided to have a change from square and made a small tall card and kept it pretty simple. I was liking this paper this year. And I can even use it for non Christmas cards - cool. It is a download from Sweet shoppe Designs and is by Zoe Pearn. I punched some snowflakes, used an EK Success snowflake border punch and Sizzix letters. And my charm is Santa.

CCt #92 & Stamp with fun

Happy New Year.
Yep - that's the theme over at Cute Card Thursday and Stamp with Fun. I thought I would use my Leanne Ellis stamp from Sugar Nellie for this one. Isn't she cute. I have used papers from Pink Petticoat and printed out the text. I added some flowers and ribbon and a few wee gems and that's it really - simples.

Winter Wonderland & Roses on Paper

Yay - I'm back. Hopefully with Christmas over with I can start blogging properly now. So for a start I have a card for Winter Wonderland where they want to see a Thank You card. I can also enter it into the Roses on Paper challenge as they want to see you use your favourite medium, and I am using an image from The Greeting Farm. I have coloured it in with watercolour pencils. I decided to go with a small tall card for a change. The papers are a download by Zoe Pearn - Winter Wonderland from Sweet Shoppe Designs. I have used a Martha Stewart border punch and the flower is punched too.

Penny Black SC

Yay - I'm back. Well with one card anyway. I'll probably end up AWOL again after this. I have been making cards/gifts in the background, just not putting them up. I've been that slack, I have even posted some cards off without taking a photo of them. Terrible. Anyway, I have made an effort to get this one up for the Penny Black SC. They want you to use the colours red and gold. I so wanted to add some green card, but I managed to stop myself - just. I decided to go for this lil chappie, found at the bottom of the drawer. Although I have been good this year and used lots of older stamps. The papers are Pink Petticoat and I printed out the text.

The Sugar Bowl, Friday Sketches & Just Magnolia

My first card is for The Sugar Bowl challenge with a great sketch by Marlene. They also wanted to see zig zags somewhere on your card. I used the ric rac for my zig zag. The papers are Papermania from last year and I added some Craftwork card candy. The text is printed out.

And my second project is a gift bag using the sketch over at Friday Sketches. I decided to enter into the Just Magnolia challenge which is masking. And when I made the image up, it was actually bigger than I would usually do for a card, so I decided to make a bag. I need several more too - so may be making some more. The papers are a download from Sweet shoppe Designs by Zoe Pearn - Winter Wishes. I printed out the text and added 3 brads at the top. I added the poinsettia because it looked a bit bare up there. I decided to go with a nice thick organza ribbon, but didn't think I had any. But I found this one from years back. I think I may just have to invest in some more. I kinda like this one. It made great handles too.

Penny Black SC & Motivet

For my first card I have used the sketch over at the Motivet Challenge. I have used the cute Doraline with sunflower and coloured her in with watercolour pencils. The papers are Pink Petticoat and I have used some brown card to matt. The flowers are Prima and the sentiment I found in the bottom of a drawer. I think it came from bits that were free from a mag. I'm trying to use up some of my older stash. Boy, could that take a while. I think I could open up a shop with it all.

And over at the Penny Black SC, they have a special Christmas challenge going on. So I thought I would make a special Christmas card to go with it. I went with the easel card and a snowman image cos my friend loves snowmen. The papers are MME - The Merry Days of Christmas. I printed out the text and added 2 wee poinsettias and several MS punched snowflakes. I coloured it in with Distress inks.

Quixotic Challenge

The challenge over at Quixotic Paperie is to use the colours red and kraft. I decided to go with this image by Victoria Case for SCACD. I got mine from Elaine's shop. I did kinda cheat right enough. I have used red and for the brown matt, I inked the edges of the card with brown distress ink - but I think it works. The papers are a download from Sweet Shoppe Designs by Zoe Pearn - Winter Wonderland. The Merry Christmas is from Magnolia. I so wanted to put some ribbon there - but managed to stop myself. And I just added some buttons and a snowflake to finish.

Winter Wonderland Wk24

For the challenge over at Winter Wonderland they have the theme of Pantomimes and/or a sketch. I decided to go with both - honest. I have to admit I thought Pantomimes would be easier than it actually was. I had everyone trying to think of a pantomime, and then trying to think what stamp I had to go with it. Yeah OK - so a stamp didn't come into it. It suddenly came to me - Cinderella, and the missing shoe. It helps that I have a Sister who loves shoes right enough. So I dug out a template (couldn't find my Sizzlet die - think I must have a tidy up eh), cut the toe a wee bit smaller and then started to put together. Then I realised I was supposed to be following the sketch, so had a wee shuffle around. But hey - I like the end result. Yep - the papers are Pink Petticoat. The shoe, holly and matt are actually silver mirri board. A nightmare to photo, so it will just have to do. And I'm lovin these Easel cards - I have made quite a few of them now.

Winter Wonderland, Friday Sketches & Kraftin Kimmie

The theme over at Winter Wonderland is Jingle Bells. I made another Easel card - love these and so simple to make. I used a cute digital image from Angels Landing - coloured in with Copics. The papers are from Pink Petticoat and I have added a few punched snowflakes and used the Martha Stewart Icicle border punch. I added 2 wee bells to the ribbon. I printed out the Merry Christmas and used sizzlet alphabets for the Lauryn.

And for my wee Daisy card, I have used the sketch from over at Friday Sketches. And since this has a tag, I can also enter it into the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge. The papers are again Pink Petticoat and I printed out the text too. I Found a bone punch in the back of the drawer, so just had to give her some bones - yeah.

Mo's Digital challenge

Over at Mo's Digital Challenge, they want to see some fancy folds. I have seen these Easel cards around and thought they looked fab. Although I must admit, I did think they would be a bit complicated. But hey, I gave it a go and found it really easy. And now I really must do loads more. Yeah, I know, maybe you'll get a little fed up with them eh. I found the instructions here for the Easel card. The papers are Papermania and the Christmas wishes is a stamp from one of the Popcorn the Bear Christmas stamp sets from Crafters Companion. I have also used several punched snowflakes and a wee poinsettia flower from The Hobby House.

Friday Sketches & The Sugar Bowl

First up, we have a card following the sketch over at Friday Sketches. The little paper that I used is from Pink Petticoat and the image is Papermania. I stamped it in silver and then clear embossed it. I wanted to do a few simple cards and add a bit of Tartan. So I thought this sketch would be good for that. The snowflakes are a Martha Stewart punch. Printed the text and mounted all on silver mirri card and added 3 wee rhinestones to finish.

And then we have a card for The Sugar Bowl. A fab sketch by Kathy. They also wanted you to use lace. I used one of the Gorjuss Girls from set 3 with Basic Grey papers. You can just about see the lace by the sentiment. Yeah - it is there. The sentiment is from Woodware. I added a few rhinestones to finish off.

Winter Wonderland & Mo's Digi

I decided to make a gift bag, after my Sister asked if I could make her a couple. So this is the first one. Her friend is into cats, so I thought it was the perfect one for Mo's Challenge, which is anything but a card. I coloured the image in with chalks, but I'm not convinced. I have used several snowflake punches - EK Success border, Martha Stewart and Hobbycraft. The poinsettia is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the paper is Pink Petticoat. I have printed the sentiment directly onto the backing paper. I also added a wee charm, but I now think that it should maybe have been a snowflake. But hey - it's done ow. Anyway, I can also enter it into the Winter Wonderland Challenge, as they want stockings. I knew it would come good eh.

And I have also managed a card for A Spoonful of Sugar which is a sketch. Again I have used Pink Petticoat papers and Poinsettia, with a couple of craftwork card candy thingies.

The Sugar Bowl

Over at The Sugar Bowl they have a fab sketch by Tiets to follow. They also want you to make a Christmas card. The papers are Pink Petticoat and the Naughty or nice is a stamp from Cuddly Buddly. The flowers are Prima and I have added 3 wee dew drops.

Winter Wonderland

Over at Winter Wonderland the theme is Gingerbread. Not my usual theme I must admit. I looked around for something, then decided to look on a CD. I found a CD by The Orange Blossom, and decided to have a look for a gingerbread house. Nope, no house, but hey - it did have a gingerbread man. Perfect. So I printed it off along with the background paper and had a wee play around. This was the final result. I had to draw a Santa hat for him. Punched out a few snowflakes and printed the text, matted onto kraft paper and voila, we have a finished card.

And finally, a big Thank you to Judy for the candy I won. It arrived last week, when the Hubby was off sick, so I didn't get to play much. But he had a wee play, and was rather impressed. Gotta keep them happy eh. So thanks again.

Friday Sketches & Kraftin Kimmie

I have kinda followed the sketch over at Friday Sketches for this card. I say kinda, cos I didn't have an oval big enough for this image. So I rounded the corners instead. I hope this still counts. But - hey ho - if not, I'm still entering it into Kraftin Kimmie's first challenge. Yep - this super cute image is by Kraftin' Kimmie and the theme over there is Birthdays. A nice and simple one. I used papers from a download by Zoe Pearn from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Whiff of Joy Birthday

The Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog is celebrating it's Birthday. They have a sketch by Rach for the challenge this week. I'm cutting it a bit fine right enough. But here it is anyway. I have used the fab Henry mouse with his hot chocolate for this one. The papers are Papermania and I printed the text. The snowflakes are Martha Stewart punches.