Reindeer Lucy

Evening all.  We have been enjoying a nice relaxing Father’s day here in the UK. Hubby started the day with a 10k run, then we had a lovely pub lunch. I even got a little time to craft this afternoon and we are currently snuggled up watching Pirate’s of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.

Anyhoo, the fruit of this afternoons crafting is another Christmas card for my stash and I just had to use this cutie Reindeer Lucy from CC Designs:

I just love her cute little red nose.

Supplies: 

• Image: Reindeer Lucy from CC Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: from Bo Bunny
• Card: Kraft Card, Matt Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp set
• Dies: Heart Die from Crafter’s Companion, MFT Die-Namics Stitched and Scalloped Stitched Edge Border Dies and MFT Die-Namics Blueprint 27 Dies 
• Embellishments: Gems, Pearls and Gold Twine

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

• Pile It On – Holidays or Lot’s of Layers
• Sparkles Forum Challenges - Let's Be Pretty
• Corrosive Challenge – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Fairy Twila

Afternoon all. This week at the Passionate Paper Creations and Friends FB Group we are being sponsored by the fabulous CC Designs and if you are a member of the group there is a fabulous discount to be had.

CC Designs were one of the stores I bought from many many years back when I started crafting and they have a huge amount of adorable stamps so it took a while to decide what to use. In the end I decided on Fairy Twila:

Simple layout for the sweet little fairy.

And I dug out some My Minds Eye papers…..love the colours on these.

Supplies:

• Image: Fairy Twila from CC Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: from My Minds Eye
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp set
• Dies: Tags Galore Dies from CC Designs and Stitched and Pierced Nested Circle Dies from Polkadoodles   
• Embellishments: Gems, Pearls, Flowers and Ribbon

Don’t forget to hop over to the Passionate Paper Creations and Friends FB Group for details of the discount.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Gingerbread Lucy

Evening All! I have been a big fan of CC Designs for years, in fact they were some of the first images I owned when I started colouring, so when I saw some of my crafty friends using some of the newer images I knew I had to have a play.

So here is a Christmas card I have made using Gingerbread Lucy

I have seen this one coloured up like a gingerbread which looked so cute, but I really wanted to give her a bright fun outfit.

And I just had to add a touch of sparkle on her hair and dress bows.

Supplies: 

• Image: Gingerbread Lucy Digital Stamp from CC Designs
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Original Markers
• colours to follow tomorrow as I’m sat in bed typing this lol
• Card: Kraft Card, Sheena’s Stamping Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies: Tonic Scalloped Circle Layering Dies and Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframes
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle and a wooden gingerbread man

I would like to enter the following challenges:

1. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
2. Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Rosalie with Roses

Hope everyone is well. We have had a nasty bug doing the rounds here. The children have both had nasty coughs and now they have kindly passed it onto me…..well they do say a problem shared…lol!

I thought I would try out for the CC Designs DT Call. I’m cutting it a bit fine but what with all the coughing it has taken me so much longer than normal to make a card. Plus a marker pen is quite a dangerous weapon in the middle of a coughing fit!

Here is my card using an old CC Designs Digi Stamp called Rosalie with Roses:

I love to have super cute birthday cards in my stash ready for friends birthdays, so that’s what I have made. I’ve used some Papermania papers that I have had in my stash for quite a while, and I thought the blue would look lovely matted on some deep red card.

Supplies:

• Image: Rosalie with Roses from CC Designs
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• DP: Papermania Capsule Collection ‘Parisienne Blue’
• Card: Red Card
• Stamps: Paula Pascual Big Sentiments
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ and Distress Ink ‘Weathered Wood’
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 4, CC Designs Cutters Curly Border Die, CC Designs Cutters 5 Point Flower Die and CC Designs Cutters Leaves Die
• Embellishments: Flat Back Pearls.

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Another Try at Pink and Brown

Good Morning on this fairly sunny Tuesday morning. I’m here to share another card I finished last night for this weeks Pink and Brown Challenge at LIM.

It’s funny really after I made yesterdays LIM card I wished I’d centred the Nestie shape and Chrissie mentioned just that in her comment lol. So, this one is very central and so much more me.

 

I’ve used a Kraft card base. Nesties to cut the aperture and circle. The flowers and leaves are cut using an MFT die and scraps of textured cardstock. The butterfly are again cut from scraps using a CC Designs Die and gems and pearls are from Kanban.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pink and Brown at Less is More

Now don’t faint with shock, but I have actually been back into the craft room and made some cards. (See previous post for why I was out of action for about 3-4 months).

I was really inspired by the colour theme set by Chrissie and Mandi this week at LIM, so last night I sat down and had a little play. I think the break may have done me good as I made three cards that I am actually quite pleased with, and if you have visited my blog before you will know that I am actually very self critical, so this doesn’t happen that often.

Here is the first card:

  

I’ve gone for a double dose of pink on the felt flowers and they were cut using a CC Designs Phlox Flower Die. My brown is the Kraft scalloped die cut, the Cinnamon Stickles around the frame and my gems which I coloured with an Umber ProMarker.

I have some house work to do this afternoon and Hubby is off work today so while Little One is an Nanny’s house we might take a rare visit to the cinema.

See you all later.

Lisa

 

Sketch Time at Critters

Happy Monday. Hope you all had a lovely weekend. It was gorgeously Sunny here, so hot I had to find a spot in the shade, but I shouldn't complain we will probably back to rain in time for the Jubilee weekend.

It’s time for a new challenge over at Critter Sketch and this week we have another fabulous sketch by Colleen Spangler for you to follow:

I’ve used a cute little Digi from All That Scraps called Spring Kiki La Rue and coloured her with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers, with just a touch of Stickles and Liquid Pearls on the flowers and shoes.

My patterned papers are from Fancy Pants Summers End 6x6 pad and are mat and layered onto Bazzill Kraft Card and I’ve cut the bottom edge of both with a Tim Holtz Sizzix Wonky Scallop Border Die. The squares have been cut with Nesties (top left is actually a scrap of MME paper but I can’t remember which pad it is from). I’ve replaced the stars from the sketch with some Puffy Clouds cut with a Memory box die and the ribbon has been replaced with couple of MFT Flourishes and some MFT flowers die cut from orange felt (IRL they match the paper but the camera seemed to highlight them and make them look a lot brighter). And to finish just a few gems and pearls.

This little cutie is going to be my Nieces birthday card, she’s turns 18 in August but I don’t have any numbers that looked right, I have my eye on some number dies but I have spent a fair bit on stash this month so may have to save up some pennies before I can buy them. Oh well I’ve till August..lol.

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

• Dies to Die for challenge – Anything Goes with Die Cuts
• OLLCB – Make it Girly
• Passion for ProMarkers – Birthdays
• My Time To Craft – Two of something (my two’s are squares and flourishes)
• Divas by Design – Fabulous Flourishes
• I Love ProMarkers – Use Die Cuts
• Southern Girls Challenge – Dying to Die cut
• The Paper Shelter – Bling it On
• All That Scraps Challenge – Photo Inspiration (the colours and it makes me think of Summer)
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Use Die Cuts
• Paper Play – Summer Lovin’
• Allsorts – Happy Birthday to someone Special
• Totally Gorjuss – Something New (my digi and my cloud, flower and flourish dies)
• Crafters Companion – Here Comes Summer

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything for Kids

Hands up….who’s enjoying all of this lovely weather we are having? Don't get me wrong I love the nice weather but to have a little cool down I thought I would stop for a cuppa (hot drink to cool down!!! it may sound mad but it works for me) and tell you all about the special new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey.

We are linking up with the Send a Smile 4 kids challenge blog this fortnight and our theme is:

ANYTHING FOR KIDS GOES

So make anything but it must be for kids. Here is my card:

I’ve  used a gorgeous digi from Digi Stamp Boutique. I picked this as I’m sure lot’s of little girls would love to be a ballerina. She has been coloured with a mix of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers. I’ve kept the rest of the card quite simple, with some paper from Echo Parks 6x6 pad Walk in the Park, some Kraft card, some ribbon, pearls, MS Border punch and my new favourite dies the CC Designs Phlox Flower Cutters and the CC Designs Leaf Cutters. The flowers have been cut from felt.

It would be fantastic if you could send your cards off to Send a Smile 4 Kids. They do great work and how amazing would it be to know that your card could put a smile on the face of a child?  You can read more about the work which Send a Smile 4 Kids does here.

So because PCJ are linking up with SAS4K, we will be accepting back links from 19th May 2012 but only if you have entered your card into the SAS4K challenge! Lisa (our PCJ Boss Lady) will be checking.

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

• Ladybug Crafts Challenge – Something with Wings
• My Time To Craft – It takes two (flowers)
• Oldie but a Goodie – Things with Wings (old stash is PP and the digi)
• Passion for ProMarkers – Special Challenge – Birthdays
• Crafts and Me – Fabulous Flowers
• I Love ProMarkers – Use Die Cuts
• Southern Girls Challenge – Dying to Die Cut
• The Paper Shelter – Bling it On
• Alphabet Challenge – Handmade Flowers
• Card Makin Mamas – May Flowers
• Sweet Stampin – Faeries or Angels
• The Corrosive Challenge – Flowers/Doilies/Bling (I’ve used Flowers and Bling)
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Things with Wings
• Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog – Happy Birthday
• Sundays with Crissy – Things with Wings
• Digi Stamp Boutique – May Challenge
• Milk Coffee Challenge  - Die Cuts
• Dies to Die for challenge – Anything Goes with Die Cuts

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

PS: I’ll be back later with my post for Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog.

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I know I did. My Hubby was away on a Stag Weekend so Little One and I went to stay with my parents. It was fabulous. He's such a Granddads boy and loves playing outside in the garden with my Dad, helping him plant vegetables and watering all the plants, which is great for me as it gives me a little peace and quiet.

I'm here to share my card for this weeks Critter Sketch Challenge, where the theme this week is:

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS

My patterned papers are from the First Edition Spring Drop pad and I've matted and layered these with green card from my stash. My cute little image is Dandelion Clock from Lili of the Valley and has been coloured with a mix of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers. My sentiment is from a Personal Impressions Paula Pascual Set and the tiny stamped motifs are from a Woodware set. I've used my Nesties and the five petal flower die from CC Designs. There is also a bit of ribbon some felt, a few brads, a strip of aqua card and some Stickles Glitter Glue.

Don't forget to hop over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT have made.

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

• Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Things with Wings

• Ladybug Crafts Challenge - Anything but a Square
• Oldie but a Goodie - Diecuts/punches (quite a few bits older than 6 months: Brads, Images, Nesties)
• Papertake Weekly -  Cute Cute Cute
• Crafts and Me - Punches/Diecuts
• My Mums Craft Shop - Fairy Tales
• Lili's Little Fairies - Favourite Craft Tool (Cuttlebug)

• The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

• Alphabet Challenge - G for Garden

• Card Makin Mamas - May Flowers

• Stampin for the Weekend - 4 or More Layers

• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings

• CES Challenge Blog – Anything Goes

•  Sweet Stampin – Flower Power

•  Totally Gorjuss – Pink and Green

• Paper Sundaes  - Things with Wings

• Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog – Happy Birthday

Thanks all for stopping by and I hope the weather is a little better in your corner of the globe as it’s turned rainy, grey and miserable here again today.

Hugs

Lisa

Eye Candy

ATS have some really great new images coming out soon….shame I have put a hold on my craft spending, but I might just have to treat myself to this cute little fella called Tulip Monkey:

Please click on the picture to hop over to the ATS blog and see this and all the other gorgeous creations by the design team…..so much inspiration and so many things to add to my wishlist.