Alicia

A late post from me tonight. The children didn’t settle that early so I’ve sacrificed a little sleep for some crafting me time :-)

I have loved Sugar Nellie stamps for a long time, in fact I think they were the first ‘Cute’ stamps I bought. Before that it was all florals, patterns and sentiments. So I was excited to see that The Sugar Bowl challenge is coming back and more so because they are having a DT call.

I dithered for a bit about which image to use, so I coloured several up but it was the lovely cute Alicia that finally made it onto a card.

With such an adorable image I wanted to go for a fairly CAS look. I’ve used a paper with a lovely small pattern and cut, embossed and glittered a frame from pale pink card. The sentiments are clear stamps so I curved them on the acrylic block to follow the shape of the frame.

Supplies:

• Image: Alicia from Sugar Nellie/Funky Kits
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: First Edition New Bloom 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Copic X-Press It and Core’dinations Textured Card
• Stamps: Paula Pascual Double Sayings Clear Stamp Set from Personal Impressions
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Circle Dies and Spellbinders Plain Circle Nestabilities
• Misc: Sizzix Curlicue & Hearts Embossing Folder Set, Faux stitching with a white gel pen and pink self adhesive pearls

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

•  The Sugar Bowl – DT Call
•  Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter – Embossing of Any Kind
• Totally Gorjuss – Bling
• Allsorts – Pretty in Pink
• Crafty Little Fairies – Sparkle and Bling
• Craft Your Passion – Going Round in Circles
• Crafty Cardmakers – Dry Embossing
• Inky Chicks – Stitching Real or Faux
• Oldie but a Goodie – Stitching
• Papertake Weekly – Repeat Repeat (Pearls and Hearts)
• My Mums Craft Shop – Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Toot Toot

It’s my turn to share over on the Digi Bells Blog today, but I almost didn’t make it. Emily is teething, has a cold and has started pulling herself to standing against the furniture….shame she hasn’t learnt how to get back down!!

Here is a cute little boys Birthday card I have made a card with the adorable Toot Toot…

The DP I have used is actually from a Christmas pad but I thought it matched perfectly with the image…

Very CAS compared to some of my recent makes.

Supplies:

• Image: Toot Toot  by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: First Edition ‘Stocking Fillers’ 6x6 pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Black card from Lidl
• Stamps: Personal Impressions ‘Double Sayings’ Clear Stamps
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’
• Dies & Punches: MS Zig Zag Border Punch
• Embellishments: Twine from The Ribbon Girls and button from stash

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

PCJ

Morning All. As you read this we should be on our way to Thorpe Park for a day of Theme Park fun. My lovely Mum collected me lots of tokens in the Sun Newspaper and we got ourselves two free adult tickets, so we just have to pay for Elliot for value for money day out :-)

I am here share a couple of things today. First up it’s time for a new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey and our theme this week is…

Flowers

I’ve used the super cute Chloe with Daisy from Pink Gem Designs to make my card so I thought I would share it on the Gems of Inspiration Blog as well…

 

Chloe has been coloured with ProMarkers…

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Daisy from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Cosmo Cricket ‘Material Girl’ Mini Deck
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and red card from stash
• Stamps: Personal Impressions ‘Think Big’ Sentiment Stamps by Paula Pascual
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: MS Four Petal Eyelet Border Punch 
• Embellishments: Doodling, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Mini Staples, ribbon, butterfly charm and paper flowers

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

• Flutterby Wednesdays – Autumn colours
• Joanna Sheen Challenge – Ribbon
• Creative Card Crew – Things with Wings
• Anything Goes Challenge – In the Garden
• Papertake weekly – Card for a child
• Creative Belli Challenge – Red, Yellow & Orange (old embellishment is my charm)
• Cute Card Thursday – Hip to be square

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Sizzling Summer at EB World Challenge

It’s time for a new challenge at Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge and the theme this month is…

Sizzling Summer Days

So anything that reminds you of hot summer day. For me that means a trip to the beach so I used the fabulous Little Best Friends…

So as well as my summery image, I have used really bright summery colours…

Supplies:

• Image: Little Best Friends by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Magazine freebie from Fancy Pants
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm
• Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Circle Celebration Pennants and Personal Impressions Double Saying Stamp set
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-namics Royal Rose Die
• Embellishments: Resin Rose, Pearls, glitter, gems and swirls made with glossy accents

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

All the B’s at Pink Gem

Good Morning. We’re back from our holiday and I now have a mountain of washing to get through! That can wait though as we are off out to celebrate a friends 30th Birthday this afternoon.

I didn’t get time to schedule this before we started our holiday so I was going to post it yesterday when we got home, but after a very long journey and sorting out the children I was just too tired and went to bed instead ;-)

A new challenge started yesterday over at A Gem of a Challenge, set by the lovely Katie, and we want to see…

Anything with a ‘B’

I’ve gone for: Birthday, Boy, Blue, Button, Brown Boots, Bandana & Brads…

I’ve gone CAS and made a boys card.

Supplies:

• Image: Pirate Andy
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Fancy Pants ‘To the Moon’ 6x6 paper pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm
• Stamps: Double Saying Stamp Set – Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Brads, Button, Twine

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey

I sure hope Mr Blogger is playing nice and posting all my scheduled posts. I won’t waffle, after writing several of these posts in one go I have run out of stuff to say…..something I’m sure my Hubby would tell you is an impossibility, lol!

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

Anything Goes

We are being sponsored this fortnight by Just Some Lines and were lucky enough to be given some images to work with. I used Emo Happy Day, it’s got cute little butterflies on so I just had too…

Supplies:

• Image: Emo Happy Day by Just Some Lines 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP:  Free with a magazine ‘Webster Pages’
• Card: Navy Blue Card, 6x6 White card base and Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm
• Stamps: Personal Impressions Clear Stamps - Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Corner Punch (used to make border and corners), MFT Die-Namics Fancy Flourish and Sizzix Fancy Tag Framelits
• Embellishments: Gems and a Viva Decor Pearl Pen

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

And Another

Afternoon all last night I couldn’t resist digging out my favourite Kanban Floral Stamp and having another go at this weeks LIM challenge.

I was in desperate need of an early night so thought I would blog it quickly while I have my lunch.

I’ve stamped the image once up the right way and once upside down at the top of the card using shades of pink from a Color Box Q set. The brown circle is cut from a scrap and the white circle has been edged with pale pink ink and a smidge of Walnut  Stain Distress Ink. The pearls are also from Kanban and I’ve coloured them with an Umber ProMarker.

Have a good afternoon all and thank you 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

 

Black plus One at PCJ

Afternoon all, I’m here to share my card for the new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey. The theme this time is:

BLACK PLUS ONE OTHER COLOUR

I already had this cute little Tilda coloured up as a Bumblebee (although I think she’s supposed to be a Dragonfly!) so it seemed an obvious choice to go with Black plus Yellow as my colour scheme.

I’ve followed this weeks fab sketch at Sketch and Stash and rotated it 90 degrees anti-clockwise:

Tilda has been coloured with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and I’ve teamed her with some fabulous papers from the Echo Park Springtime paper pad and also from the Yellow Papermania Capsule Collection. I’ve also used black card from my stash, my nesties, a Tim Holtz border die, a mix of stamps from a Woodware set and a Paula Pascual Personal Impressions set, ribbon, flowers from WOC, hatpins from The Ribbon Girl, gems and pearls from Kanban, Memento Tuxedo Black and Dandelion inkpads and a Brilliance Graphite Black inkpad.

Don’t forget to head over to the challenge blog and see what colours the rest of the DT picked as their plus one.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

• I Love ProMarkers – Hats Pins or Charms
• Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
•  Sketch and Stash – New stash are the pearls and the sentiment, old stash is the Papermania Paper and the Tilda.
• Anything Goes Challenge Blog – Things with Wings
• Oldie but a Goodie – Diecuts and Punches (old stash is the Tilda and the PP)
• Crafts and Me – Punches and Diecuts
• Paper Play  - Stamps with pins and pearls
• Stampin for the Weekend – More than 4 layers
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Celebrations
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Things with Wings

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Counting Sheep

Normally I’m a great sleeper, but not tonight. I couldn’t settle and rather than counting millions of sheep I thought I would have a little play in my craft room.

I have made a card for this weeks LIM Challenge, something I haven’t had time to do for  while (and I do miss it!). This week Chrissie and Mandi have set us a colour challenge and it’s to use predominantly yellow on our cards. Here’s mine…

I’ve added two photos, but neither are great. As you can imagine the light isn’t great at 1:30am, but seeing as I made the card I thought I would blog it now before I forget.

I took a C6 White Linen Card Blank and embossed the diagonal lines using a scoreboard. The panel has been inked with two shades of yellow ink and stamped using a Lili of the Valley Grunge background stamp and a couple of Hero Arts stamps. The panel has been matted and layered onto a scrap of yellow card and added to the card blank with foam pads. The sentiments are from a Personal Impressions set and are stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black Ink. Finally a few pearls to finish.

Little One and I go to Tumble Tots in the morning and then visit my parents so I suppose I ought to try and get some sleep. Perhaps I’ll try counting those sheep after all.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Critter Sketch Challenge – #96

Happy New Year.

This is my first post of 2012 and the first Critter Sketch Challenge of 2012. The theme this week is:

CELEBRATE

My card is to celebrate a birthday and even though it’s for a boy I couldn’t resist just a smidge (or two) of glitter.

Please hop over to Critter Sketch Challenge and see what the rest of the DT have made and also check out the details of the forthcoming blog up which is to celebrate Critter Sketch Challenge’s 100th post.

Bye for now.

Lisa

Items: 6x6 white card blank, card from Papermill Direct, Patterned Paper is a magazine freebie, Marianne star dies, Personal Impressions stamp, sentiment from Pink Gem, Stickles Glitter Glue, Memento and Versafine Black Inkpads and embossing powder.