My first House Mouse Stamp

Isn't it gorgeous, I just could not resist it!

Challenges -
Friday Sketchers, sketch.
Cute Card Thursday - so charming
Charisma - recipe - 1 ribbon, 3 flowers, 3 papers, 1 charm

colouring method - copics
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Thank you for visiting and for your comments and remember to join in my candy if you have not already.

Snowflake and Willow

Gosh it is so dark today isn't it. This was the best I could get with these cards and you can't see all the highlights in the hair, has anyone got any tips please on how to photograph in poor light?

This card is for 2 challenges, I have reused the fab sketch on WOJ to make a card for my sister whose first baby is due today! She doesn't know what she is having so I have used a yellow and green pallett and made it sparkly as she loves bling. I have added stickles to already glimmer misted roses for extra sparkle. The image I made to look like a cameo as our mother adored these to make the card extra special for her. I am just annoyed that the poor lighting cannot pick out my shading as I am so pleased with it.

challenges -
WOJ - sketch
Cute card Thursday - 1sts

eta - I can't even take another photo of it as my Dad took one look at it and has taken it home with him, right need to make George another one now!



Fantastic sketch on the sugar bowl this week, with the added theme of paper piercing, I must admit I have made a few cards like this as it is fab in different colour schemes. I coloured the flower with my copics as I didn't have the shade I wanted, think it looks ok.

challenge - sugar bowl.

Buzzzzzz

Over at Cute Card Thursday the theme is buzz - yellow and black so I made this adorable card using the sketch from friday sketchers.

I hope you like it.

copics used - e50.e00.e51.y21.yr31.g21.gy63.g94

Pink cards in copics

This card is for the following challenge -

*Sugar Bowl - pink and brown.

Papers are basic grey and added rose flowers to accent the card.

colours used e50 e51 e21 e53 r00 r11 r20 r32 r22 e49 g94 e37 e47 e37 e35 e33 y11


This card is for the following challenges -

*Sketch and Stash - the stamp is new a rak of Heidi and the papers - basic grey - sultry are new.
*Cute card thursday - Pink and Green

Coloured in using the following promarkers

rv000 r00 r11 r20 e50 e51 e53 g21 yg63 g94 85 w1 w3 5 w7

Sorry a very short post this headache is killing me, think it maybe a sinus migrane if no improvement in a day or two feel a trip to the doctors is needed.

Lazy Summer Days

Lazy Summer Days and it is pouring with heavy rain here, hence my photo is dark despite being taken in daylight! The images are magnolia and WOJ. The paper is a K and Co 12x12 cut down and the flowers are all from wildorchidcrafts. I hope you like it x

Entered for the Cute card Thursday Challenge.

Distressed inks used -

weathered wood - distresse background
tatered rose - face, arms and legs
dried marigold - dress
tea dye - hair
vintage photo - hair
peeled paint - leaves
spiced marmalade - ornages and dress
brush cordroy - bark on trees
fired brick - cherries on dress
black soot - wall

A Card for a few challenges

Hiya

This card fit s the following challenges

* Spoonful of Sugar Sketch
* Saturday Secret Crafter - corners
* Cute Card Thursday - At the Beach
* Passion for promarkers - Cocoa and Rose Pink (hair and outfit)

Coloured in promarkers and mounted on Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers (my favourite), flowers hand punched a simple but effective card.

Sorry not been around much School Holiday's need I say more?

Little Gardener

A very simple card for two challenges

* Sketch and Stash - the image is new from the new Sarah Kay release, the paper is a 12x12 I have had for years that I did not know what to do with and I used my new martha stewart punch on the border.

* Cute Card Thursday - red and teal.

I am hopefully be back to getting a card done a day, gosh have i had a nightmare weekend with the boys or what. Absolutely pouring here today so no idea how I am going to entertain them, they are bored of all their toys and I may just give in for once and put Cars on and let them have a veg day!

Distressed Strawberry Tilda

This card is for the following challenges

* Cute Card Thursday - fruit
* Friday Sketchers
* Just Magnolia - Distressing

I was inspired by Kim putting a sheet of paper under the top distressed rather than just using basic card stock so that I have used this idea. I have really enjoyed distressing the card, i have also distressed and hand sewed the papers. The image is from the summer tilda kit, the flowers were a rak of Cathy and the gems were a rak of Jane.

I hope you like it.

Out of my comfort zone

This card is for two challenges -

* cute card thursday eyelets
* passion for promarkers lime green (used on dress and leggings) and rose pink (used in hair and clothes)

The papers are a mixture out of my scrap box but boy is this out of my usual vintage look cards. I had a play with Cathy's copics as well as promarkers (the bright pink hair is a ciao copic, the highlights are the rose pink promarker) and this is the result. I decided to go truely manga with this new sugar nellie image. I hope you like it x

CCT - punches

I already had this image painted up and tried to match the flower on the image with the flower on the card but I am not sure if I have succeeded or not, think I have gone OTT with the leaves. Not sure about the background sketch either I kinda just cut and stuck and hoped for the best. I may make another one though and re-enter if I am able - illness allowing.

recipe -
image - alva with flower magnolia
papers - basic grey sultry
brad - hobbyhouse papermania
spacer - hobbyhouse
ribbon - stash
flowers - prima
punches - fiskars treading water and lcom (which keeps sticking grr)
medium - distressed inks

Lazy Sunny Afternoon

I adore this card and unfortunately the light does not do it justice. I have coloured it to show Willow sunning her face and so the light hits on the right and all the colour belnds away to the left. I will try and take another photo of it outside later on. I am adoring my distressed inks and I think that I am slowly getting better at using them too.

I hope you like it.

This card is for the following challenges
Sketch and Stash - Both the stamps are new as are 2 of the distressed inks.
Creative Card Crew - flowers
Spoonful of suga - lace
Whiff of Joy - Brown and Blue
Cute Card Thursday - bling = there are pearls on the card

recipe -
images - WOJ Summer Willow barefoot, Tildas Wall
papers - K and Co Motifica and Roam
flowers - hero arts
brads - papermania
lace - stash
ribbon - stash
nesties - small and large circle
medium - distressed inks - sky - broken china - hair - walnut stain, leave s- peeled paint - cherrie s- fired brick - dress - weathered wood, skin - tattered rose - wall tea dye and old paper.

Just Magnolia meets Cute Card Thursday

There is a wonderful sketch on Just Magnolia this week and on Cute Card Thursday it is letters and numbers. This was a request for Edward's friend Isobel off her Mum as she has just past a ballet exam. Her favourite colours are yellow and pink - not colours I would have immediately put together but they do work well together. I hope that you like it.

recipe -

image - ballet tilda

papers - basic grey urban praire

gems - stash

brad - papermania

spacer - stash

flowers - hobbycraft and prima

lace - stash

leaves - lcom punch

nesties - large and small labels

clutterbug - swirls and birds folder

medium - distresses inks - walnut stain, scattered straw, antique linen, tea dye, tattered rose

Back for a night!

My wonderful husband has managed to get me hooked up to the internet for a night. It is still chaos here, dust and plaster everywhere and most of my stash is in boxes so these cards are very simple I am afraid. Jayne (Serendipidy) has been texting me the themes so I can work on the cards as and when I can, I have currently pinched the kitchen table.

So here are the cards sorry they are all on one post but it will be easier I think for you all! They also include my first attempts at distresses inks so feedback will be fantastic if you are able. I will visit all your blogs as soon as I am able, miss you all lots xxxx

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Saturday Crafter - theme via Jane Carroll on facebook as shaped cards.

This is my first attempt at distressed inks, I used milled lavender. It is very simple card stock, prima flowers and lace and gems. The backing paper inside the card is a chinese papermania in lavender. The image is WOJ.

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Whiff of Joy - Stars and Stripes - theme from Jayne via text.

This is my Oakley in distressed inks. The backing papers are basic grey archaic. The stars are blue brads and the stripes are in the papers. I have borrowed Janes nesties (labels 1 and 2) for a few weeks so they are hers that crop up in the cards.

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Cute Card Thursday - Mirror image - something shiny - via text from Jayne.

This does shine honest! Papers are basic card stock in pink and gold and the gorgeous sheet is from the once upon a time papers from DCWV. Prima hydranga's, brads and spacers and gems all shine as does the image coloured in twinkling H2O's.

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Spoonful of Sugar - Blue and Green - via text from Jayne.

I hope you like this. I have since added leaves to the flower - but the light is too dark to take a photo. That is the problem when all your stash is in boxes! The papers are basic grey - boxer I think, the ribbon and flower and spacer are stash and the image has been watercoloured with pencils.

A 3 in 1 card

This card was made for the following challenges -

• Just Magnolia - sketch
• Magnolia down under - sepia
• Cute Card Thursday - flowers

I am very happy with this card and it looks better in reality I promise you. Tilda has been watercoloured and cut out using my labels small nesties. The papers are a new K and Co, Basic Grey range and are lush and the writting circle is from an older K and Co pad. I have fauxed stitched the papers. I hope you like it.

recipe -

image - Tilda reading rak of Becky

papers - K and co - basic grey

flowers - hero arts and prima

spacer - eggstravaganza

ribbon - stash

brads - stash

leaves - Lem.com punch

sentiment - stash

medium - watercolour - glitterglue for wings- ink for stitching

Cute Card Thursday Anniversary Katharina Sketch

Cute Card Thursday is one year old - Happy Birthday All. To mark this Katharina has produced a fantastic sketch, which was a pleasure to work with. I adore this card all accept my handwriting as I have not got a stamp to do sentiments. I may take it off and redo it before sending if I am not happy with it as it is for my sister in laws birthday next month. I hope you like it anyway.

recipe -

image - WOJ Spring Kit - rak of Jane

papers - basic grey - sugared

flowers - prima

charm- madcowbeads

gems - stash

brads - papermania

lace - stash

ribbon - stash

medium - watercolours

Cute Card Thursday - Magical Animals

I am praying this works as I have been trying to upload photos all day and Blogger wouldn't have it!

This cute dragon was brought specially to make my son's 3rd birthday card - hence the 3 star brads. It is my 3rd attempt after the ink ran on my beautiful first attempt that I did with Cathy's distressed inks (which she took home with her :-( ) The second attempt the paint ran again on the edge of the wings, so on the 3rd attempt i used my sakura pen for that part instead and voila. The main part of the dragon has been coloured with H2O's, and I have used 2 shades over laying on the tummy to give a greeny silver effect (sorry light poor her to show the shine). I have also decorated the inside of the card - not shown with the dinosaur papers from the same pack of basic grey. I hope you like x

recipe -

image - WOJ - Dragon

papers - basic grey - archaic

brads - stash

medium - H2O's

Cute card thursday meets Lili of the Valley

I have not managed to make a card in over a week and I am so far behind on my challenges I am sorry but I am going to have to double up wherever possible, competitions allowing. Cute card thursday is spring and this image fits lovely and Lili od the Valley was 2 papers (backing is one and swirls the other) one flower and 3 brads. I have added a ribbon and a charm - I hope that this is allowed.

Off to carry on coughing and make some more lemsip - hope everyone is well xxx

recipe -

papers - DCWV - Spring matstack

flower - prima antiques

Charm - madcowbeads

swirls - sissex

ribbon - stash

image - penny black - rak of jane

Cute Card Thursday - Green and Red

This wonderful image was given to me by my friend Jayne. It is one of this years Penny Black Christmas stamps and I think he is lovely. He has been coloured in using watercolours and I have then distressed the edge using my new papermania earyt tone ink pad. I have also used this on all the papers too. The papers are from a new company called papercellar and I am very impressed with them. The snowflakes were cut using my clutterbug and the holly leaves and the sentiment are left overs from last years christmas stash - I hope you like.

image - penny black

papers - papercellar

snowflakes - clutterbug

sentiment and hollyleaves - stash

Cute Card Thursday - Sparkle

I hope I am not too late for this challenge.

The theme is sparkle and most of this card is sparkle. It forms part of a RAK to be sent to a friend who is feeling a bit down - I hope she likes it.

There is sparkly jewels, glitter on the paper and I have added purple glitter glue to the flowers that Tilda is holding. The sketch is inspired by the one Katharina has done for the ABC Challenge this week. I hope you like it.

Image - Tilda

Papers DCWv - Blossoms and Butterflies

Lace - stash

Gems - Stash