This is the third commissioned card using Anna Griffin supplies and a couple of butterflies from stash.
This time I've followed the sketch for One stop craft 196:
This is also for:
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up - the flowers are decoupaged
Creative Belli 150: winged things (I've had the Anna Griffin kit for some time now)
Flourishes 183: insects
Ruby's rainbow 35: butterflies
Paper crafting journey: celebration/birthday
Papelitos 7: celebration/birthday
Crafty sentiments: flowers
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Unstampabelles 14: paper flowers
Papertake: pins and needles - stitching on the ribbon
House of Gilli 39: add a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy: include a sentiment
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Tammy scraping corner 24: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Pink and yellow
This is my second commissioned birthday card using Anna Griffin supplies with three bright pink pearls from Hobbycraft and a sentiment. The rose is decoupaged. I used a nestability die cut for the scalloped circle.
This is based on the sketch for Sweet sketch Wednesday 167 which is being sponsored by DigiStamp Boutique:
This is also for:
Craft your passion 124: power of 3 - 3 of something - the pearls
Made especially for you: three pearls
Creations by Gilli M August: colour inspiration - pink and yellow
The crafty pad 184: to die for
Emerald faerie garden 30: punches/dies
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up - the rose is decoupaged
Paper crafting journey: celebration/birthday
Papelitos 7: celebration/birthday
Crafty sentiments: flowers
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Unstampabelles 14: paper flowers
House of Gilli 39: add a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy: include a sentiment
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
Eureka 2: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
This is based on the sketch for Sweet sketch Wednesday 167 which is being sponsored by DigiStamp Boutique:
This is also for:
Craft your passion 124: power of 3 - 3 of something - the pearls
Made especially for you: three pearls
Creations by Gilli M August: colour inspiration - pink and yellow
The crafty pad 184: to die for
Emerald faerie garden 30: punches/dies
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up - the rose is decoupaged
Paper crafting journey: celebration/birthday
Papelitos 7: celebration/birthday
Crafty sentiments: flowers
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Unstampabelles 14: paper flowers
House of Gilli 39: add a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy: include a sentiment
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
Eureka 2: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
Flowers and bees
I was asked by an older lady to make three birthday cards, so I wanted to make some that are quite traditional and pretty - what better could I use but Anna Griffin supplies.
So for this first one of the three I've followed the sketch for Divas by design 48:
I kept to a green and yellow colour combo. I tore round an oval perspex template with the yellow paper and then lightly brushed the torn edges with shabby shutters DI.
Because my camera is broken I had to take the photo with my iPad - although I've had the iPad for over a year I've never really properly used it to take photos, so I think I need to practise more:
This is also for:
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up - the flowers and bees are decoupaged
PanPastel UK 32: add decoupage
Creative Belli 150: winged things (I've had the Anna Griffin kit for some time now)
Flourishes 183: insects
Jellypark friends: summer bugs
Sassy Cheryl 129: happy birthday
Paper crafting journey: celebration/birthday
Papelitos 7: celebration/birthday
Crafty sentiments: flowers
All kinds of cards 60: flowers as the main motive
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Art impressions 76: flowers
Unstampabelles 14: paper flowers
Sparkles 35: nature
House of Gilli 39: add a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy: include a sentiment
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Bearly mine 49: anything goes
Tammy's scraping corner 24: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Forever friends 43: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
Eureka 2: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
So for this first one of the three I've followed the sketch for Divas by design 48:
I kept to a green and yellow colour combo. I tore round an oval perspex template with the yellow paper and then lightly brushed the torn edges with shabby shutters DI.
Because my camera is broken I had to take the photo with my iPad - although I've had the iPad for over a year I've never really properly used it to take photos, so I think I need to practise more:
This is also for:
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up - the flowers and bees are decoupaged
PanPastel UK 32: add decoupage
Creative Belli 150: winged things (I've had the Anna Griffin kit for some time now)
Flourishes 183: insects
Jellypark friends: summer bugs
Sassy Cheryl 129: happy birthday
Paper crafting journey: celebration/birthday
Papelitos 7: celebration/birthday
Crafty sentiments: flowers
All kinds of cards 60: flowers as the main motive
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Art impressions 76: flowers
Unstampabelles 14: paper flowers
Sparkles 35: nature
House of Gilli 39: add a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy: include a sentiment
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Bearly mine 49: anything goes
Tammy's scraping corner 24: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Forever friends 43: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
Eureka 2: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
Suzie's 365 photos day 234: straight
This is a photo taken at Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne when we were there recently - plenty of straight masts for day 234: straight:
I couldn't take an up to date photo today because my camera broke last night - the battery won't click back into the housing.
I couldn't take an up to date photo today because my camera broke last night - the battery won't click back into the housing.
Hip to be square
This is my third week as a Guest Designer on Tuesday Throwdown and today for challenge 112 the theme is 'hip to be square'.
I was provided with the lovely Stamping Boutique digital image 'Audrey with pleated dress' and I coloured her with copics and mounted on to offcuts of green and pink card.
The background paper is an offcut I had from a 12 x 12 paper from an unknown company - I just love the patchwork look of it and I'm glad that I still have another piece left to use later. So, having used offcuts, this is for Pixie's crafty snippets 34 and for Waste not Wednesdays 28.
The Craftime sentiment and the flowers are from stash - the second layers of the flowers are die cuts.
This is also for:
Creative cutter room: friendship
DL.ART thankful Thursday: friends
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 121: friendship
Crafter's companion August 27: best friends
Little Claire 24: best friends
QKR stampede 1: end of summer
Paper pretties Wednesday 219: square cards
Art impressions 76: flowers
Crafty sentiments: flowers
Crop stop 85: the chosen 3 - flowers, dots and bling
Delightful: punches and dies
Emerald faerie garden 30: punches/dies (die cut flower layer)
Robyn's fetish 121: use a digi
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up (the flowers)
Whimsy 50: lots of layers
Stamptacular 176: let's hear it for the girls
Mad for markers August: anything goes
Jackson's digital expressions: anything goes 19 inks and such - I used copics
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Simon says stamp and show: no rules
Bearly mine 49: anything goes
Tammy's scraping corner 24: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
Eureka 2: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
I was provided with the lovely Stamping Boutique digital image 'Audrey with pleated dress' and I coloured her with copics and mounted on to offcuts of green and pink card.
The background paper is an offcut I had from a 12 x 12 paper from an unknown company - I just love the patchwork look of it and I'm glad that I still have another piece left to use later. So, having used offcuts, this is for Pixie's crafty snippets 34 and for Waste not Wednesdays 28.
The Craftime sentiment and the flowers are from stash - the second layers of the flowers are die cuts.
This is also for:
Creative cutter room: friendship
DL.ART thankful Thursday: friends
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 121: friendship
Crafter's companion August 27: best friends
Little Claire 24: best friends
QKR stampede 1: end of summer
Paper pretties Wednesday 219: square cards
Art impressions 76: flowers
Crafty sentiments: flowers
Crop stop 85: the chosen 3 - flowers, dots and bling
Delightful: punches and dies
Emerald faerie garden 30: punches/dies (die cut flower layer)
Robyn's fetish 121: use a digi
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 138: pop it up (the flowers)
Whimsy 50: lots of layers
Stamptacular 176: let's hear it for the girls
Mad for markers August: anything goes
Jackson's digital expressions: anything goes 19 inks and such - I used copics
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
Simon says stamp and show: no rules
Bearly mine 49: anything goes
Tammy's scraping corner 24: anything goes
Crazy challenge 127: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 87: anything goes
Eureka 2: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Make it Monday 103
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
Monday, 20 August 2012
A mammoth catch up
When I started Suzie's 365 photos at the beginning of the year I was determined that I would take a photo every day - it all went (more or less) well until 22 July - because I had shingles I just couldn't concentrate or bother to take the photos, so I have lagged behind. Over the past week or so I've been getting together photos for the prompts I've missed and now I'm just about ready to catch up.
I don't expect anyone to take any notice of this because if you started at the beginning I'm sure you would be asleep by the end of the blogpost, so this really is just for my own benefit.
So, here goes:
Day 204: one:
Day 205: nine:
Day 206: 1, 2, 3:
Day 207: multiples:
Day 208: infinity:
Day 209: fire:
Day 210: rings:
Day 211: heavy - it's amazing how heavy reams of paper can be:
Day 212: dive (cheating a bit, but the swan had just dived!):
Day 213: stronger - John's definitely stronger than I am:
Day 214: faster (everyone seems to get faster and faster these days - people dashing here there and everywhere in the shopping centre or eating 'fast' food):
Day 215: point:
Day 216: joy - Mum on her 90th birthday:
Day 217: anger - this is a set up of John trying to look angry (he doesn't really do 'angry') - I was laughing so much I couldn't get a better photo - I gave up in the end because every time I tried he was smiling instead of looking angry:
Day 218: happiness:
Day 219: frustration - I think Chloe was getting frustrated at not being able to get further:
Day 220: relief - relief to find somewhere to sit down!:
Day 221: hope - Faye hopes her meal will come soon!:
Day 222: determination - John is only walking again after much determination, considering he couldn't move at all three years ago:
Day 223: higher:
Day 224: gold:
Day 225: exhaustion:
Day 226: silver - with red at Christmas:
Day 227: bronze:
Day 228: unity - sisters (not a clear photo, but I still love it):
Day 229: teamwork:
Day 230: curves:
Day 231: circular:
Day 232: square:
Day 233; triangular:
I don't expect anyone to take any notice of this because if you started at the beginning I'm sure you would be asleep by the end of the blogpost, so this really is just for my own benefit.
So, here goes:
Day 204: one:
Day 205: nine:
Day 206: 1, 2, 3:
Day 207: multiples:
Day 208: infinity:
Day 209: fire:
Day 210: rings:
Day 211: heavy - it's amazing how heavy reams of paper can be:
Day 212: dive (cheating a bit, but the swan had just dived!):
Day 213: stronger - John's definitely stronger than I am:
Day 214: faster (everyone seems to get faster and faster these days - people dashing here there and everywhere in the shopping centre or eating 'fast' food):
Day 215: point:
Day 216: joy - Mum on her 90th birthday:
Day 217: anger - this is a set up of John trying to look angry (he doesn't really do 'angry') - I was laughing so much I couldn't get a better photo - I gave up in the end because every time I tried he was smiling instead of looking angry:
Day 218: happiness:
Day 219: frustration - I think Chloe was getting frustrated at not being able to get further:
Day 220: relief - relief to find somewhere to sit down!:
Day 221: hope - Faye hopes her meal will come soon!:
Day 222: determination - John is only walking again after much determination, considering he couldn't move at all three years ago:
Day 223: higher:
Day 224: gold:
Day 225: exhaustion:
Day 226: silver - with red at Christmas:
Day 227: bronze:
Day 228: unity - sisters (not a clear photo, but I still love it):
Day 229: teamwork:
Day 230: curves:
Day 231: circular:
Day 232: square:
Day 233; triangular:
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Back to school with a notebook
This is a quick notebook, using one that is ready made, covering with a piece of holographic card that I've had for ages and 3D stickers which were originally from Poundland. There are lots of 'back to school' challenges atm - when I was teaching I would have cringed at this because I didn't want to think about going back to school at this stage - lol!
This is for:
Eureka 1: back to school
Pink elephant 161: back to school
There she goes 169: back to school
Use it Tuesday 37: all about school (all supplies are old)
Penny's 89: back to school
Cute card Thursday 230: back to school
Bloggers challenge: back to school
Raise the bar 109: back to school
Simply create too 20: back to school
One stitch at a time 127: back to school
Crafty ribbons 26: feeling fruity - an apple for the teacher
By the cute and girly August: fruity
Dare to be sassy 138: pop it up
Squigglefly 3212: three layer dip
Whimsy 50: lots of layers
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
This is for:
Eureka 1: back to school
Pink elephant 161: back to school
There she goes 169: back to school
Use it Tuesday 37: all about school (all supplies are old)
Penny's 89: back to school
Cute card Thursday 230: back to school
Bloggers challenge: back to school
Raise the bar 109: back to school
Simply create too 20: back to school
One stitch at a time 127: back to school
Crafty ribbons 26: feeling fruity - an apple for the teacher
By the cute and girly August: fruity
Dare to be sassy 138: pop it up
Squigglefly 3212: three layer dip
Whimsy 50: lots of layers
Craft your days away 52: anything goes
A & T 11: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 72
52 card pickup 33
DL.ART Birthday Linky party
Saturday, 18 August 2012
CHNC challenge 86: include a building
It's time for a new challenge on my CHNC blog and for challenge 86 this week I'm asking to see a building or part of a building on your Christmas cards.
For my card I've used a Digi Doodle Shop digital image kindly supplied by them - they are sponsoring my challenge 86. The image is called Christmas church and I've just lightly coloured the sky with copic B60 pale blue grey and used this as well to highlight some of the snow.
I've used the sketch for Christmas cards with sketches 37 - to see the sketch please click on the link.
I've used lots of offcuts from my Christmas box - the sketch was ideal for this - just squeezing in one more card for Pixie's crafty snippets 33 before Di closes the gates!
I kept to blues for:
Twisted Tuesday 19: are you blue? Twist: try to use only one other colour beside blue - silver
Annabelle:
Also for Charisma cardz 32: monochrome
This is also for Just some lines: layer it up
For my card I've used a Digi Doodle Shop digital image kindly supplied by them - they are sponsoring my challenge 86. The image is called Christmas church and I've just lightly coloured the sky with copic B60 pale blue grey and used this as well to highlight some of the snow.
I've used the sketch for Christmas cards with sketches 37 - to see the sketch please click on the link.
I've used lots of offcuts from my Christmas box - the sketch was ideal for this - just squeezing in one more card for Pixie's crafty snippets 33 before Di closes the gates!
I kept to blues for:
Twisted Tuesday 19: are you blue? Twist: try to use only one other colour beside blue - silver
Annabelle:
Also for Charisma cardz 32: monochrome
This is also for Just some lines: layer it up
Friday, 17 August 2012
Dogs are the best
For this card I've used a quote from a film:
'Dogs are the best. Every time you come home they act like they haven't seen you in a year.'
The Negotiator (1998) - Lieutenant Danny Roman
I've used the quote for today's Daring cardmakers challenge: film quotes.
Years ago I wouldn't have agreed with this - I hadn't been used to having a dog until I married John, who had a lovely dog at the time. For a while we were without a dog and then John got his first guide dog, followed by a second one ... but sadly had to say goodbye to Josey because of John's deteriorated health, so now we are without a dog.
This is also for Less is more 80: one layer fur or feathers. As the card need to be one layer I printed the quote - I had a few goes with paper first to make sure I got it in the right place when I used the card - and it worked!
The stamp is a favourite (because it looks like Josey) - I coloured the image with a couple of copics.
This is also for:
Kreative Basel 4: animals/pets
Little red wagon 146: dog days of summer
Dutch dare 178: furry friends
'Dogs are the best. Every time you come home they act like they haven't seen you in a year.'
The Negotiator (1998) - Lieutenant Danny Roman
I've used the quote for today's Daring cardmakers challenge: film quotes.
Years ago I wouldn't have agreed with this - I hadn't been used to having a dog until I married John, who had a lovely dog at the time. For a while we were without a dog and then John got his first guide dog, followed by a second one ... but sadly had to say goodbye to Josey because of John's deteriorated health, so now we are without a dog.
This is also for Less is more 80: one layer fur or feathers. As the card need to be one layer I printed the quote - I had a few goes with paper first to make sure I got it in the right place when I used the card - and it worked!
The stamp is a favourite (because it looks like Josey) - I coloured the image with a couple of copics.
This is also for:
Kreative Basel 4: animals/pets
Little red wagon 146: dog days of summer
Dutch dare 178: furry friends
Thursday, 16 August 2012
You are my world
That's what it says on this image from the Kanban Gentleman's Journal kit which has been distressed with vintage photo ink, as has the torn edges of the piece across the bottom. This piece was originally part of a folder which has been recycled to use on the card.
The edges of the main Kanban compass card have been distressed with tea dye with a hint of vintage photo. The compass card was another offcut, so this is for Pixie's crafty snippets 33, also Hiding in my craft room 58: super scraps Saturday and Squiggle stamps: stash attack
This is also for:
Dilly bean: worn torn and distressed
Die cuttin divas 78: take flight (the die cut is from a Kanban kit)
Sugar creek hollow 24: vintage travel
Charisma cardz 32: monochrome
Clear it out: one for the boys - 2 or more patterned papers
Bearly mine 48: fly fly away
Creative Belli 150: winged things (the Gentleman's Journal kit has been neglected)
The edges of the main Kanban compass card have been distressed with tea dye with a hint of vintage photo. The compass card was another offcut, so this is for Pixie's crafty snippets 33, also Hiding in my craft room 58: super scraps Saturday and Squiggle stamps: stash attack
This is also for:
Dilly bean: worn torn and distressed
Die cuttin divas 78: take flight (the die cut is from a Kanban kit)
Sugar creek hollow 24: vintage travel
Charisma cardz 32: monochrome
Clear it out: one for the boys - 2 or more patterned papers
Bearly mine 48: fly fly away
Creative Belli 150: winged things (the Gentleman's Journal kit has been neglected)
My own card recycled
I made this card a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't feel entirely happy about the sea - I liked the effect I got with the Radiant rains, but I wasn't sure about the way I'd cut the waves (think I made a better job when I made this card).
So I decided to take the 'sea' off the replace it with some torn pebbly paper (I had a snippet of this left from another beach card).
This is for:
PaperPlay 33: upcycle/recycle
Craft punked 32: beside the sea
Alphabet: N for nautical
Incy wincy: beach days
PanPastel UK 31: create a scene
Charisma cardz 32: monochrome
Robyn's fetish 120: monochromatic cards
LEJ 16: clean & simple
The paper shelter 77: clean and simple
Tanda teaser 200: CAS
So I decided to take the 'sea' off the replace it with some torn pebbly paper (I had a snippet of this left from another beach card).
This is for:
PaperPlay 33: upcycle/recycle
Craft punked 32: beside the sea
Alphabet: N for nautical
Incy wincy: beach days
PanPastel UK 31: create a scene
Charisma cardz 32: monochrome
Robyn's fetish 120: monochromatic cards
LEJ 16: clean & simple
The paper shelter 77: clean and simple
Tanda teaser 200: CAS
Building sandcastles
For this card I used an offcut of DCWV summer paper along with a snippet of torn paper across the bottom. The main image and the strip across the top with beachballs, buckets and spades and sandcastles were taken from Publisher clipart. I used a couple of snippets of sticky ribbon top and bottom of the strip across the top of the card.
This is another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 33, also Hiding in my craft room 58: super scraps Saturday, Squiggle stamps: stash attack and Waste not Wednesdays 28. And it's also for Just us girls 149: use up those ribbon scraps.
This is for:
Quirky crafts 17: school's out for summer
Crafts4eternity R84: sandcastles
Incy wincy: beach days
Lollipop crafts 86: fun in the sun
Anything goes 73: summer days
Everybody art 201: summer
Ribbon carousel 66: celebrating summer
One stop craft 195: summer holiday
Bunny Zoe 27: summer
Truly madly crafty August: summer fun
Creative Friday: summer, sun & holidays
Mishello's monthly challenge August: long hot summer
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): summer theme
The crafty pad 183: summer vacation
Digital Tuesday 173: child's play
Our craft lounge 129: ribbon
Paper pretties Wednesday 219: square cards
Critter 128: digi week
Craft a scene August: anything goes in the great outdoors
Art with boundaries: anything goes and rhythm of the sea
Jackson's digital expressions: anything goes 18
A & T 11: anything goes
Cards und more 62: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
This is another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 33, also Hiding in my craft room 58: super scraps Saturday, Squiggle stamps: stash attack and Waste not Wednesdays 28. And it's also for Just us girls 149: use up those ribbon scraps.
This is for:
Quirky crafts 17: school's out for summer
Crafts4eternity R84: sandcastles
Incy wincy: beach days
Lollipop crafts 86: fun in the sun
Anything goes 73: summer days
Everybody art 201: summer
Ribbon carousel 66: celebrating summer
One stop craft 195: summer holiday
Bunny Zoe 27: summer
Truly madly crafty August: summer fun
Creative Friday: summer, sun & holidays
Mishello's monthly challenge August: long hot summer
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): summer theme
The crafty pad 183: summer vacation
Digital Tuesday 173: child's play
Our craft lounge 129: ribbon
Paper pretties Wednesday 219: square cards
Critter 128: digi week
Craft a scene August: anything goes in the great outdoors
Art with boundaries: anything goes and rhythm of the sea
Jackson's digital expressions: anything goes 18
A & T 11: anything goes
Cards und more 62: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
Krafty laneway
For this card I've used a kraft card blank on to which I've stamped a new darkroom door photo stamp called 'laneway', inked with memento rich cocoa and coloured with colouring pencils.
The sentiment is from a Personal Impressions set.
This is for:
CAS-ual Friday 65: CAS square card
Annabelle: say it with colour on kraft
My mum's craft shop 70: kraft it
Willow sketchie: get krafty
The sentiment is from a Personal Impressions set.
This is for:
CAS-ual Friday 65: CAS square card
Annabelle: say it with colour on kraft
My mum's craft shop 70: kraft it
Willow sketchie: get krafty
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
WOYWW 167
I haven't done any crafting today - we were up at Guy's this morning for appointment for John and then had to go into Bromley when we got back (we had a nice lunch as well) ... and now I'm tired, but here is the state of my desk as it was left last night - I'm showing this, of course, because it's Wednesday (soon to be Thursday) and time for WOYWW 167.
DCWV paper pads - you can see the remains of the piece of paper that was used to make this card and this card last night - and that's why the green and blue copics are there too and the distress inks and brushes etc on the far left. There are a few cards lurking at the back from the remainder of the big pile that I had last week - I made an effort on Monday and put inserts into about 70 cards and bagged and labelled - I'm now left with the'awkward' ones - the ones that aren't the 'normal sizes'.
You can see the container lurking in the background still housing some Christmas decoupage etc, box of envies left out since bagging lots of cards on Monday. A big old envie to house all the bits and pieces of paper for the recycling bin, and a few other bits and pieces, including a printed digi stamp from Meljen which I digitially coloured in Paint - it was meant for a challenge, but I missed the deadline, so it's now waiting for me to have inspiration to use it ...
So there is my boring space this week - please visit WOYWW 167 and you'll see all sorts of different workspaces ... and hopefully join in and show yours.
DCWV paper pads - you can see the remains of the piece of paper that was used to make this card and this card last night - and that's why the green and blue copics are there too and the distress inks and brushes etc on the far left. There are a few cards lurking at the back from the remainder of the big pile that I had last week - I made an effort on Monday and put inserts into about 70 cards and bagged and labelled - I'm now left with the'awkward' ones - the ones that aren't the 'normal sizes'.
You can see the container lurking in the background still housing some Christmas decoupage etc, box of envies left out since bagging lots of cards on Monday. A big old envie to house all the bits and pieces of paper for the recycling bin, and a few other bits and pieces, including a printed digi stamp from Meljen which I digitially coloured in Paint - it was meant for a challenge, but I missed the deadline, so it's now waiting for me to have inspiration to use it ...
So there is my boring space this week - please visit WOYWW 167 and you'll see all sorts of different workspaces ... and hopefully join in and show yours.
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Up, up and away ...
It's been a busy day, but I just had to end it by making a card.
'Up, up and away' is the theme for 4 crafty chicks 102. I chose a corner of a 12 x 12 DCWV Mariposa stack paper, adding stamped butterflies (the small one is Hero Arts, but the others are unknown makes that I've had for ages), coloured with copics, with turquoise gems added.
The background paper was already green and turquoise, so I just kept to that colour theme for Paper minutes 230: turquoise and lime with butterflies.
This is also for:
Top tip Tuesday 83: one layer card
Craft your passion 123: gone buggy
Jelly park friends: summer bugs
That craft place: things with wings
Sweet stampin: things with wings
Penny Black at allsorts August: whiskers and/or wings
Bearly mine 48: fly fly away
Sentimental Sundays 115: clean and simple
Tanda teaser 200: CAS
LEJ 16: clean & simple
Nightshift stamping 131: CAS
Victorine 40: bling
Emerald faerie garden 29: bling
Lexi 71: sparkle and shine
Freshly brewed 108: birthdays
Wags n whiskers 85: birthdays
Through the craftroom door 31: anything goes with a twist - white with two other colours
Craft a scene August: anything goes in the great outdoors
A & T 11: anything goes
Cards und more 62: anything goes
Mad for markers August: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
'Up, up and away' is the theme for 4 crafty chicks 102. I chose a corner of a 12 x 12 DCWV Mariposa stack paper, adding stamped butterflies (the small one is Hero Arts, but the others are unknown makes that I've had for ages), coloured with copics, with turquoise gems added.
The background paper was already green and turquoise, so I just kept to that colour theme for Paper minutes 230: turquoise and lime with butterflies.
This is also for:
Top tip Tuesday 83: one layer card
Craft your passion 123: gone buggy
Jelly park friends: summer bugs
That craft place: things with wings
Sweet stampin: things with wings
Penny Black at allsorts August: whiskers and/or wings
Bearly mine 48: fly fly away
Sentimental Sundays 115: clean and simple
Tanda teaser 200: CAS
LEJ 16: clean & simple
Nightshift stamping 131: CAS
Victorine 40: bling
Emerald faerie garden 29: bling
Lexi 71: sparkle and shine
Freshly brewed 108: birthdays
Wags n whiskers 85: birthdays
Through the craftroom door 31: anything goes with a twist - white with two other colours
Craft a scene August: anything goes in the great outdoors
A & T 11: anything goes
Cards und more 62: anything goes
Mad for markers August: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
Sweet treats
This is the card for my second week as Guest Designer at Tuesday Throwdown, this time for their challenge 111: sweet treats.
I was given the lovely mygrafico cupcake image to work with, so I decided to use mini versions to decorate the background of the card as well as a main image, all coloured with copics. The papers that I've used to mat on to are actually offcuts of Christmas paper from the K & Co secret Santa collection, so this is another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 33, also Hiding in my craft room 58: super scraps Saturday, Squiggle stamps: stash attack and Waste not Wednesdays 28. I then used various flowers, gems and ribbon to finish the card.
This is also for:
Creative Monday (always crafting) 13: food
Robyn's fetish 120: monochromatic cards
Just some lines: layer it up
Squigglefly 3212: three layer dip
Tammy scraping corner 23: add some flowers
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Critter 128: digi week
Card and scrap 36: use stamps (can be digi) on your contribution
Crafts and me 96: use a digi
Jackson's digital expressions: anything goes 18
A & T 11: anything goes
Mad for markers: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
I was given the lovely mygrafico cupcake image to work with, so I decided to use mini versions to decorate the background of the card as well as a main image, all coloured with copics. The papers that I've used to mat on to are actually offcuts of Christmas paper from the K & Co secret Santa collection, so this is another card for Pixie's crafty snippets 33, also Hiding in my craft room 58: super scraps Saturday, Squiggle stamps: stash attack and Waste not Wednesdays 28. I then used various flowers, gems and ribbon to finish the card.
This is also for:
Creative Monday (always crafting) 13: food
Robyn's fetish 120: monochromatic cards
Just some lines: layer it up
Squigglefly 3212: three layer dip
Tammy scraping corner 23: add some flowers
Let's craft and create 51: make it pretty
Critter 128: digi week
Card and scrap 36: use stamps (can be digi) on your contribution
Crafts and me 96: use a digi
Jackson's digital expressions: anything goes 18
A & T 11: anything goes
Mad for markers: anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
Monday, 13 August 2012
Papillons
The papillons picture I've used here was supplied for City crafter 121: let's do it again.
The background paper is DCWV from the Mariposa stack (I do love this - I have the 12 x 12 and the 8 x 8) - taken from the top quarter of a 12 x 12. The tape is Tim Holtz - for Crazy amigo: washi tape, coloured with shabby shutters distress ink and this was also used for the edges of the paper and the Papillons picture using an inkylicious in blending brush (this gets a softer look than using cut and dry or similar).
This is also for:
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Craft your passion 123: gone buggy
Jelly park friends: summer bugs
Digi doodle shops best 120: things with wings
Sweet stampin: things with wings
That craft place: things with wings
My heart pieces digital stamp challenge: use designer paper
Critter 128: digi week
Card and scrap 36: use stamps (can be digi) on your contribution
Jackson's digital: anything goes 17
Crafts and me 96: use a digi
One stitch at a time 126: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 115: clean and simple
Tanda teaser 200: CAS
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
The background paper is DCWV from the Mariposa stack (I do love this - I have the 12 x 12 and the 8 x 8) - taken from the top quarter of a 12 x 12. The tape is Tim Holtz - for Crazy amigo: washi tape, coloured with shabby shutters distress ink and this was also used for the edges of the paper and the Papillons picture using an inkylicious in blending brush (this gets a softer look than using cut and dry or similar).
This is also for:
Paper-crafting journey: anything goes
Craft your passion 123: gone buggy
Jelly park friends: summer bugs
Digi doodle shops best 120: things with wings
Sweet stampin: things with wings
That craft place: things with wings
My heart pieces digital stamp challenge: use designer paper
Critter 128: digi week
Card and scrap 36: use stamps (can be digi) on your contribution
Jackson's digital: anything goes 17
Crafts and me 96: use a digi
One stitch at a time 126: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 115: clean and simple
Tanda teaser 200: CAS
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Paper pretties Monday 52: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenge up your life 75: everything goes
Make it Monday 102
Inspire me Fridays 71
52 card pick up week 32
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