Teddies at Pink Gem

Morning All. Hope you all have good weekends planned. I do….a family BBQ today and tomorrow I’m off to the Sincerely Yours Papercraft show in Portsmouth. Might have to spend a of the few pennies that I got given as birthday presents back in March and have been saving for a special occasion!!

Back to the point of my post, it’s time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and this week the lovely Kelly has chosen the theme of…

Teddies

Some friends of our had a little baby girl a few weeks back, but she was quite premature (10 weeks early) so I wanted to hold off with the card for a bit to make sure things were going ok. Little one is still in hospital but doing well so here is the card I made…

A good excuse to go over the top pink and girly :-)

Image: ‘Baby Girl Sleeping Teddy

Colouring Medium: ProMarkers

Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm

Patterned Papers: First Editions Sweet Owl and Love Letters 8x8 pad.

Dies: Lifestyle Craft/Quickutz Corner Die

Stamps: Sentiment ‘Special Day’ - Pink Gem Designs

Ink: Memento ‘Paris Dusk’ Inkpad

Embellishments: Meiflower Self Adhesive Pearls, ribbon, resin rose and Stickles Glitter Glue.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• OLLCB – Welcome Little One

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything but Square at PCJ

 

It’s time for a new challenge at PCJ and the theme this time is…

Anything but a Square

We are sponsored for this challenge by Kenny K and I have used a fabulous digi from Kenny K called ‘Happy Hour’…

• Image: ‘Happy Hour’ Kenny K
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Bazzill Basics Kraft Card
• Patterned Papers: MME Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks 6x6 pad.
• Dies: Mini Tickets – Whimsy Stamps and Mini Royal Roses – MFT (Cut from Hessian).
• Stamps: Sentiment Mini Tickets – Whimsy Stamps
• Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Inkpad
• Embellishments: Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Meiflower Self Adhesive Gems/Pearls, paper flowers, Rafia Lace and Stickles Glitter Glue.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Kenny K’s Krafty Krew – Anything Goes
• Stampin with the Dragon – Anything Goes
• Stampin for the Weekend – Anything Goes
• A Creative Romance – Don’t be Square
• Dream Valley – Make your own embellishment (the 3 larges flowers are made from hessian and a paper flower)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pearls & Swirls at PCJ

I was up earl with baby Emily this morning so over a cuppa thought I would sort out some future posts. While doing so I noticed this hadn’t posted. I can tell you Mr Blogger and I are going to have a few words as although I am suffering from the old baby brain at the moment this post was definitely scheduled to appear on my blog on 13th June.

On that note if you would like to enter the current pearls and swirls challenge at PCJ be quick as you only have a few hours to get your entries in.

It’s time for a new challenge at PCJ and the theme this time is…

Pearls & Swirls

My card uses the adorable Patti’s Kisses image and I have made a birthday card for my sister,,,

• Image: Elizabeth Bell ‘Patti’s Kisses’ Digi Stamp
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm, Pink Mirri and Navy
• Patterned Papers: Dovecraft Back to Basics.
• Dies: Circle Pennants – Whimsy Stamps and Flourish - MFT.
• Stamps: Pennants/Sentiment – Whimsy Stamps and Flourishes – Lili of the Valley
• Ink: Dusty Concord Distress Inkpad
• Embellishments: Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Meiflower Self Adhesive Pearls and ribbon flowers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Stampin with the Dragon – Anything Goes
• Stampin for the Weekend – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas at Stamp Addicts

Afternoon all. Hope you had a lovely weekend. We had friends visit on Saturday, so a pub lunch was called for and yesterday (in between feeding baby Emily) I had a lovely crafty day. Hopefully I have managed to get my self a little ahead with DT work in preparation for a holiday in a couple of weeks time. Plus it beats the ‘Chasing My Tail’ I’ve been doing for the last few months.

Now back to the original point of my email, as anyone who knows me well will tell you I am not good promoting myself or sharing my achievements, so it’s no surprise that I forget to let you all know that I have joined the Stamp Addicts Design Team…

As part of the Design Team application I hade to make some samples for Sarah and was thrilled to bits when the samples were shown on Create & Craft TV at the end of April. 

Stamp Addicts next show on Create & Craft is tomorrow (Tuesday 25th) at 2pm and is part of the Christmas Event so Sarah will be bringing lovely new Stamp Addicts Christmas stamps and I thought I would give you a sneaky peak of some of the samples I have made.

The above card uses the dove image from the Snowflake Splendour stamp sheet, stamped and embossed with Pink Pearl embossing powder. The background has been stamped using the three small snowflakes from the same set and dusted with pearl Perfect Pearls. It has been mat and layered on pink mirri card and a glitter border, ribbon and flowers added.

This card uses the sentiment and holly stamps from the Christmas Holly stamp sheet. The sentiment was stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black ink and the holly was stamped with Memento inks and I’ve used a water brush to pull the colour over the leaves. This has been mat and layered on green and red card. Just added some red gems to the berries for a really CAS card.

Don’t forget to tune into the show tomorrow at 2pm on Create & Craft and also pop over to the Stamp Addicts Blog to see more samples from the rest of the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Whimsy Inspiration

Just a quick post from me this morning as Wednesday is Toddler group and then a visit to my parents.  I have had some of the fabulous digi images from Whimsy’s June Release coloured up for a couple of weeks but the dreaded colds have been bouncing between me and this children and this is the first chance I have had to get a card made up.

This card uses the fabulous Morgan from Fairy Dust Images…

I have coloured the image with ProMarkers. The background has been stamped and inked with a Inkadinkado Jewelled Flourish Stamp and Mustard Seed/Dusty Concord Distress Ink. The sentiment is from Whimsy and has been die cut with their Notable 2 die. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Passion for ProMarkers – Floral Fantasy (use at least 5 flowers)
• I Love ProMarkers – Anything Goes
• Divas by Design – Distressing
• Alphabet Challenge – I for Image
• A Creative Romance – Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Things with Wings
• Heck of a Challenge – Bingo (Pearls, Die Cut/Punch and Flowers)
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge – Fantasy
• The Cupboard Trilogy – Birthday
• Make It Monday - #145
• Tuesday Throwdown – Fantasy
• Cute Card Thursday – Once Upon a Time

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Father’s Day at A Gem of a Challenge

 

Naughty blogger, this post was scheduled for 8am yesterday morning but it seems it never posted, so here goes.

Morning all. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend planned. We are off out today for lunch with some friends and their little boy and tomorrow I’m hoping for a crafty day.

Waffle over it’s time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge this weeks theme is:

Father’s Day/For a Man

 

I’ve used one of Janet’s fabulous new Andy images Andy with Frog. Here is my card…

My image has been coloured with ProMarkers. My papers are from the Simple Stories ‘Summer Fresh’ 6x6 pad. I’ve used dies from Memory Box and MFT. The sentiment is a magazine freebie and the scrabble tile stamps are from Whimsy. I’ve also used a blue doily from Dovecraft, some doodling with a black fineliner , a few tiny pearls (couldn’t resist even though it’s a mans card) and a touch of glitter glue.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Extra Special Birthday Wishes

Morning All. Think I need another weekend to recover from my weekend of painting/building a children's wooden playhouse, bumps and a cut on my head and a sleepless baby with a cold!

Anyhoo, enough waffle. Some one very special has a birthday today…

We are having a little DT Blog Hop to celebrate Sarah’s Birthday, so Happy Birthday Sweetie. While I’m at it I would also like to thank you Sarah for everything you do, all the fabulous goodies you produce and we get to play with and most of all for putting up with us ;-)

I have used Craft Artist to create a Digi Card using Sarah’s fabulous Gatsby Digi Kit (I just love the colours in this kit).

Sarah your next stop on the hop is Candice and then Sharon.

For anyone else that has stumbled upon this hop and would like to celebrate with us please start at the beginning on Claire’s blog and pop by Sarah’s Facebook page and leave some birthday love.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Summertime at Pink Gem

 

Afternoon all.  I’ve got a bit behind and I don’t seem to have time to catch up so just a quick post from me. Also I’m just having a few minutes rest as I bumped my head on the cupboard door about half an hour ago and I’m now the owner of a nice egg shaped lump and a throbbing headache.

Over at A Gem of a Challenge this weeks theme is:

Summertime

You’ll have to be quick though as the challenge finishes tomorrow evening.

Here is my card…

I’ve used the fabulous Chloe with Daffodils and my image has been coloured with ProMarkers. My sentiment is a clear stamp from Pink Gem Designs and I’ve also used dies from Go Kreate, MFT and CC Designs, corner stamps from Lili of the Valley, flowers, gems and brads.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Masculine at Paper Crafting Journey

Morning All. Hope you are all having a lovely weekend. We’re staying at my parents this weekend and enjoying this lovely sunshine we’re having. Yesterday we had a BBQ for my sisters birthday and today I’m just having a lazy day. I’ve been a little poorly recently with a sinus infection and got a little behind with blogging so while the Grandparents are playing with the kiddies  I thought I would try and catch up a little.

Anyhoo, it’s time for a new challenge at PCJ and the theme this time is…

Masculine Cards

We are sponsored this fortnight by the fabulous Di's Digi Stamps!

And they are offering the winner a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in their Digi Store!

My card is another Fathers Day card…

My image is from Lili of the Valley and is coloured with my ProMarkers. The patterned papers are from Glitz Designs 6x6 Vintage Blue pad and have been mat and layered with Core’dinations card. I’ve also used Spellbinders dies,  buttons, pearls, Stickles Glitter Glue, Viva Decor Pearl Pen and some stamps that were magazine freebies.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• I Love ProMarkers – Dies (but no punches)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa