Children’s Challenge at All Dressed Up

Evening all. As Wendy is having a break from New Releases this month we thought we would have a children’s challenge over on the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

Here are my children’s inspiration cards.

First up is Mr 7’s card:

And this is Miss 4’s card:

Supplies:

• Image: A Cuddle Makes it all Better and It’s Snowing from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Various papers from The Range
• Card: Purple Card, Orange Card and Ryman's Smooth White Card
• Dies: Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframes
• Embellishments: Gems, punched shapes and ribbon

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

One of Mini’s Friends

Evening All!  Sorry for the post overload but I’m finally catching up with blogging all my recent projects. Yesterday was Fab Friday over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and my make was a male birthday card. Boy I struggle with these!

Here is my make, using another sweet image from the Mini and Many Friends Set:   

Supplies:

• Image: Mini and Many Friends from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Pink Paislee Old School Paper Pad
• Card: Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies: Clearly Besotted Word Dies
• Stamps: Whiff of Joy Background Stamps
• Ink: Peeled Paint Distress Inkpad
• Embellishments: Pearls and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Thinking of You Mini!

Happy Tuesday….Tiddly Tuesday! We have a new challenge and this time our theme is ‘Thinking of You’.

For my card I couldn’t resist colouring up another little cutie from the Mini and Many Friends set:

I’ve been doing some spring cleaning at home and have had to move some things away while I do, so this little make was coloured with ProMarkers rather than my usual Copics.

Supplies:

• Image: Mini and Many Friends by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Pink and Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Dovecraft Tea Housee Paper Pad
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Doiley Die and X-Cut Square Punch
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ Inkpad
• Stamps: Sentiment from a Clearly Besotted Stamp set
• Embellishments: Sequins and Doodling

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Love & Marriage

Morning All. It’s time for a new stamp challenge over on the LC Designs Blog.

Our theme for Febriary is 'Love & Marriage'

And here is our prize for February, a fabulous £10 voucher  to spend on the LC Designs website!

Here is my card using Wavy Wedding :

Supplies:

• Image: Wavy Wedding Stamp from LC Designs
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Red and Silver Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Ink: Ranger Perfect Medium Embossing Inkpad and Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad
• Embossing Powder: Ranger Platinum
• Dies: Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities and Whimsy Corner Dies
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers

For the full details of the challenge and to see the makes from the rest of the team please hop over to the LC Designs Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Rainbow Chloe

Morning All.

Just a quick post from me today, got a busy weekend as it’s Hubby’s birthday tomorrow and I haven’t made his card yet!!!

I’m sharing my May Calendar page over on the Gems of Inspiration blog today. Here it is using  Rainbow Chloe:

Supplies:

• Image: Rainbow Chloe from Pink Gem Designs
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• DP: Unsure of make but I think it was a magazine freebie
• Card: Kraft and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Frilly Frames Dies, Spellbinder Plain and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Tonic Butterfly Punch and X-Cut Square Punch
• Embellishments: Pearls, ribbon and wooden butterflies

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

Enjoy your day, I’ve got a cake to finish, a card to make and lot’s of other birthday related bits and bobs for Hubby’s birthday.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Henry on Cute Whale

Morning all. I’m sharing a card over on the Whiff of Joy Blog today using the very sweet Henry on Cute Whale. Here is the card I made:

Right I’d better a wriggle on. This time of year is always go go go with the garden starting to need attention and my veg patch to keep working on. And of course I need to squeeze in a little crafty time ;-)

Supplies:

• Image: Henry on Cute Whale from Whiff of Joy 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: My Minds Eye Pad (although I can’t remember which one!!)
• Card: Grey Card and Neenah Card
• Stamps: From a previous secret stamp kit
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Enamel Dots

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

….Every time I look Around

Sorry I got a bit carried away their singing (you’ll need to look back at the previous post title to get what I’m waffling about!). I love the song and it features on one of my favourite films, Strictly Ballroom.

Oops I’m waffling again. I’m up on the Gems of Inspiration Blog today with the February page from my 2015 desk calendar. Here it is:

Cute Little Fairy Chloe already had little hearts on her crown and shows, so I added a little wooden heart to her wand and she is now a cute little Cupid Fairy. Lot’s of pink, roses (who doesn’t like roses on Valentine’s day??) and a little bit of lace.

Supplies:

• Image: Fairy Chloe from Pink Gem Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics and ProMarkers 
• DP: Lili of the Valley ‘Always & Forever’ Paper Pad
• Card: Kraft and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Frilly Frames Dies, X-Cut Square Parenthesis and X-Cut Square Punch
• Embellishments: Lace, Sequined Heart, Satin Hearts, Wooden Heart and Glossy Accents

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Happy New Year and Some News

Hi All

Hope you are all well and had a fabulous Christmas. We have had a good time despite both us and the children suffering from awful viruses. I’m sort of glad to be getting back to the daily routine today and hoping these bugs hurry up and leave.

Anyhoo I’m about to do the school run, but thought I would pop on to share some absolutely fantastic fabulous super duper news…..I’m part of the new Little Claire Digi-Stamp Design Team. I applied just before Christmas and it was an extra present to find out I had been selected. Little Claire stamps are a staple in my craft room and to be able to play with their designs in digis is going to be so much fun.

My new teamies are Alison, Avril, Lynsey, Mags, Margreet, Sarah and Susan and if you hop over to the Little Claire Blog you will get to meet them.

Our first Digi-Stamp Blog Challenge will go live on Wednesday 15th January 2014 and we would love for you to come and play along with us.

To celebrate my good news I thought I would share a Little Claire card with you. It was made a little while back as with getting all the decorations down and put away, and giving everything a good clean I haven’t actually made it into my Crafty Hole yet this year….I haven’t shared the card here yet but you may have seen it in a past issue of Papercraft Essentials…

This one uses the Beach Huts Stamp Set but it’s also a digi stamp Beach Huts. It’s been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto cork (from a DCWV stack) and coloured using ProMarkers. A very CAS card and perfect for one of the men in your life.

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Saint Nicholas

Good Morning. Hope you are all well and almost ready for Christmas…..I’m getting there. My decorations have been up since the first, my cards are on their way and most of my shopping is done and wrapped, just waiting for a few more parcels to arrive in the post. I have even been helping Hubby buy my presents *Wink Wink* I found him links to some much needed Copics and Dies ;-)

Anyhoo, enough waffle, over at the Whiff of Joy Blog we are showing Christmas inspiration and today is my turn. I’ve decided to make a traditional coloured Christmas card using the fabulous Saint Nicholas stamp from the Winter Secret Stamp Kit.

This card is going to be hand delivered so I have layered things up a bit, especially with my pretty felt snowflake ;-) The sentiment can also be found as part of the Winter Secret Stamp Kit.

Supplies:

• Image: Saint Nicholas from the Winter Secret Stamp Kit from Whiff of Joy
• Colouring Medium: Copics and ProMarkers
• DP: Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas (Vintage) and Papermania Patterned Christmas Vellum
• Card: Anna Marie Designs Kraft Card, green card, red card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Winter Secret Stamp Kit from Whiff of Joy 
• Dies & Punches: Various Spellbinder Nesting Dies
• Embellishments: Gems, Wooden Snowflake and Felt Snowflake

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Chloe with Poinsettia

Afternoon all…..long time no see! I think I’m just about ready to get crafting again but what with the lead up to Christmas it might be the new year before I get back into full swing.

Anyhoo, I’m here to share my card for the new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge. We are having a special 4 week challenge so that we can all have a little break over the festive period. If you fancy joining us the theme is:

Anything Christmas

Here is my card using the gorgeous Poppy with Poinsettias:

I stuck with very traditional colours again and of course there had to be some Kraft card. Trying to keep the embellishments simple for the cards I need to post!

Supplies:

• Image: Poppy with Poinsettias   
• Colouring Medium: Copics & ProMarkers
• DP: Magazine Freebie
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Sentiment from Pink Gem
• Ink: Distress Ink ‘Walnut Stain’
• Dies & Punches: MS Border Punch,Go Kreate Frilly Frames Dies, Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals and Spellbinders Labels 1
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Brad and Glitter Glue

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Shepherd Henry

Morning All. The Christmas card making is still in full swing and this card is previewing one of the gorgeous images from the Winter Secret Stamp Kit from Whiff of Joy. If you want to find out more about it and how to subscribe please take a look here in the shop.

This will be another hand delivered card as the embellishment makes it a little thick for posting!

Supplies:

• Image: Shepherd Henry from the Winter Secret Stamp Kit from Whiff of Joy
• Colouring Medium: Copics and ProMarkers
• DP: Papermania Craft Christmas
• Card: Copic X-Press It Blending Card and Blue Card
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut Corner Rounder and Spellbinders Labels 1
• Embellishments: Wooden Snowflake, button and twine

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Penguin Joy

Afternoon all. I’ve been on a Christmas Card making run and I remembered I hadn’t inked up one of my favourite Christmas Stamps, Penguin Joy by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps. Usually I am fond of non-traditional Christmas colours but this year I can’t seem to get enough red and green plus it goes very nicely with my current addiction to Kraft card.

 

Quite a lot of my Christmas cards for mailing are very CAS with no embellishments as they need to be easy to post. This one however is going to be hand delivered so I could go overboard with the embellishments. I’ve used some spider webbing, a charm, several die cuts, some roses and a poinsettia.

I do love Whimsy Stamps and Dies, the quality is fabulous so while I’m posting I thought I would throw my hat into the ring for the DT call they are currently holding, if you want to have a try hurry and look at the details here as the call ends at Midnight ET tonight (that’s 5am for any of us night owl UK ladies!!).

Supplies:

• Image: Penguin Joy Rubber Stamp by Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• DP: Little Darlings Christmas Papers (free with Papercraft Essentials 98)
• Card: Copic Xpress It Blending Card and Kraft Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Radiant Rectangle Dies, Lace Border Doily 1 die and Holly and Berries die
• Embellishments: Spider Web, Card Candi, BEll Charm, Paper Roses, Paper Poinsettia and Glitter Glue

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Reindeer Jodie

Afternoon All. The lovely Janet from Pink Gem Designs is sponsering the new challenge at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge and a few of us Pink Gem Girlies have made some lovely cards as Guest Designers. The theme for the challenge is ‘Winter’ and for me that meant another Christmas Card. This one is for my little girl and uses Reindeer Jodie

 

I am still addicted to Kraft and I’m loving using it with some traditional green and red. The papers are some new ones I picked up a couple of weeks ago and are Craft Christmas from Papermania.

Supplies:

• Image: Reindeer Jodie from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Craft Christmas from Papermania
• Card & Paper: Paperchase Ribbed Kraft Paper and green card
• Stamps: Relative Stamp Set (Make unknown but maybe Personal Impressions)
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder labels 31 and Whimsy Lacy Border die and Holly Leaf die
• Embellishments: Flat backed pearls, ribbon, wooden star, small white luggage tag and glitter glue.

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Snowmen

Afternoon all. I’m getting back to my crafting slowly and here is my card for the new Whimsy Challenge where the theme is use two images. I have used two images from the Snow Topper set by StampArt by Kathryne (the images can be purchased separately as well).

When I made this card I was inspired by the current challenge at Less is More which is Non-Traditional Christmas Colours. I decided on the turquoise base but when I was colouring I got a bit carried away and used red on the boots….well turquoise and red is one of my favourite winter colour schemes. So I apologise if this doesn’t fit the theme this week.

Supplies:

• Image: Snow Topper from Whimsy Stamps
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• Card: Copic Xpress It Blending Card and red and turquoise card
• Sentiment: Whiff of Joy Winter Secret Stamp Kit

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

• Less is More – Non-Traditional Christmas

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Halloween

Morning All. What with my lack of crafting and blogging and Mr Blogger not publishing the post I did do, I’m not doing very well at the moment! But better late than never I’m here with my Halloween make for the current challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge where the theme is ‘Trick or Treat’

I like to decorate the window of the house on Halloween so that other Trick or Treaters know we are are friendly and don’t mind having them knock on our door. So I made this little plaque to hang in the window using the gorgeous Broomstick Chloe and lot’s of traditional Halloween colours.

Supplies:

• Image: Broomstick Chloe from Pink Gem Designs
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• DP: DCWV Latte Paperstack
• Card: Copic X-Press it Blending Card and Black card from stash
• Stamps: Sentiments from the Whiff of Joy Fall Stamp Kit
• Dies & Punches: Fiskars Border Punch and Spellbinder Plain Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Flat back Pearls, Paper Flowers, Button, Ribbon, Twine and doodles with a black fineliner.

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

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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

Maggie

My last share for August is a card made with the super sweet Maggie from StampArt by Kathryne:

This is a birthday card I made for my sister in law for her birthday in a couple of weeks. I have gone pretty cute, sparkly and pink.

Supplies:

• Image: Maggie from Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• DP: Simple Stories
• Card: Copic X-Press It and Blue Card
• Stamps: Alphabet Stamps and Sentiment Stamps from Whimsy Stamps 
• Dies & Punches: Sue Wilson Calabria Die, Various Flower Punches
• Embellishments: Pearls and Glitter Glue

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

• Totally Gorjuss – Pearls (my flower centres)
• Come and Get It – Things with Wings
• Dream Valley – Flowers
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge  - Things with Wings
• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge – Summer Colours

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Scarecrow and Friends

Just a quick post from me to share the second to last of Augusts makes. Here is a tag shaped card made using Scarecrow and Friend from Crissy’s Digis:

I made a mistake I don’t often do any more when making cards and I coloured my image before picking any patterned papers. I really struggled finding anything to match so I went for plain coloured card and added some pattern of my own with embossing and stencilling.

The flowers are punched from a cork sheet and coloured with a ProMarker.

Supplies:

• Image: Scarecrow and Friend from Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Copic X-Press It, DCWV Cork Sheet and Orange and Green Core’dinations card
• Dies & Punches: Hole Punch, Corner rounder and Flower Punch
• Misc: Embossing Folder, Sarah Hurley Chevron Stripe Stencil, Brown Paint and sandpaper
• Embellishments: Handmade Flowers and Card Candi

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

•  Sweet Stampin’ – Embossing (Dry Embossed Background)
• The Corrosive Challenge – Let’s Hear It for the Boys
•  Dream Valley – Flowers

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Poppy

Morning All. I don’t seem to have quite got back into the swing of blogging since coming back from holiday, not helped by another tummy bug.

Anyhoo, it’s time for a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge and this time our theme picked by the lovely Claire is:

It’s Summer Time

Here is my card using Poppy…

I’ve used the no lines colouring technique but printed the digi in beige rather than grey (thanks to Alyce at Kit and Clowder for that tip) and it was much easier to colour. Old Mr Mojo has taken a bit of a walk at the moment (if you see him please send him back…lol) so I have kept the rest of the card simple with an embossed background, sentiment and a ribbon.

Supplies:

• Image: Poppy by Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• Card: Copic X-Press It Card, Coral and Purple Core’dinations Card and textured white card
• Stamps: Sentiment from Pink Gem Designs
• Dies & Punches: Floral Oval Nestabilities and X-Cut Square Punch
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue

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

•  Sweet Stampin’ – Embossing (Dry Embossed Background)
• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge – Summer Colours

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Angelica

Morning All. I am trying to get organized today as we are off on our holidays again on Saturday. This time it’s a week in Cornwall with my parents and I’m looking forward to the break, but I need to get all the boring chores done before we go.

I’m sharing some Pink Gem Inspiration today using one of Janet’s new images Angelica. Isn’t she adorable?

The image is so beautiful I have kept the rest of the layout pretty simple. I and I been playing with flower punches again…trying to match them to the flowers on the image.

Supplies:

• Image: Angelica by Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Forever Friends Kraft 12x12 pad from DoCrafts
• Card: White Linen Card
• Stamps: Whimsy Stamps
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Doily Border Punch, Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle and Plain Circles, Various Flower Punches
• Embellishments:  Pearls and Glitter Glue

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

•  I Love ProMarkers – Anything Goes
• Simon Says Wednesday – Summer
• The Paper Shelter – Dies and Punches
•  Milk Coffee Challenge – 2 or More Diecuts
• A Creative Romance – Fun in the Sun
• Totally Gorjuss – Flowers
• The Corrosive Challenge – Birthdays
• Papertake Weekly – Spots and Dots
• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge – Summer Colours
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge – Dies Cuts & Flowers
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa