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

Sketch Time at Critters

I’ve got lot’s of errands to run tomorrow and Wednesday and the car is going to the garage to have a wheel bearing replaced so I’m trying to squeeze all the housework in today….hmph…I’d much rather be crafting. Anyhoo, enough waffle I was going to try and keep this post to the point.

There is a new challenge over at Critter Sketch Challenge Blog and this week it’s a sketch.

I very nearly stuck to the sketch, I just used fancy dies cuts instead of circles and changed the position of the sentiment.

I’ve used an of Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl stamp and coloured her with ProMArkers and FlexMarkers onto Kraft Paper from Paperchase (the little white clouds were added with a white Polychromos pencil). The papers are all from the First Edition Spring Feast paper pad and I’ve embossed the green panel with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. The sentiment is from a Polkadoodles magazine freebie and has been stamped with Brilliance Graphite Blank ink. And lastly, just a few few bits of Washi Tape that were free with the current issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.

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

• Craft Your Passion – Texture
• Ladybug Crafts Challenge – Birthday
• My Time to Craft  - Gardening Gems
• Southern Girls Challenge  - Get your girly on
• A Gem of a Challenge  - Pink, Blue and Green (the dress is blue IRL, but the light wasn’t great when I took the photo)
• One Stitch at a Time – Here come Summer
• Dream Valley – For a Special Lady
• By the Cute and Girly  - Spring is all around
• Crafters Companion – Here Comes Summer
• Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Flower Power

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Hippy Chick

As I said in an earlier post I’ve been trying to get ahead with other things so I can just sit and play and join in some challenges. This one is for the sketch challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Here’s my take on the sketch:

I’m still busting that stash of patterned papers so this card uses Echo Parks Springtime 6x6 pad which I’ve teamed with some green Core’dinations. I’ve also used the gorgeous Simply Sassy ‘Hippy Chick’ image (coloured with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers), a PolkaDoodles sentiment, a Papermania flower punch some bling and some lovely velour/velvet ribbon found in Hobbycraft. Although in the picture it looks a slightly odd colour when IRL it matches beautifully to the dark pink on the patterned paper.

I actually finished this card yesterday but as I had already made a fair few posts I thought I would wait and share it today, albeit a little later than planned as we took an impromptu picnic out to the New Forest to make the most of this Summery weather…

And with the cute picture of Little One and his Ben 10 ball I will leave you….but I may be back later with another card if I get 5 minutes.

Thanks

Lisa

Less is More - Week 18 Take Two

OMG, it's way past my bedtime but I must get this posted now..no point trying to do it in the morning as Elliot likes to try and help me do everything at the moment (even craft)!  This is my second card for the challenge at Less Is More...

After the masculine colour on my first card I thought I would restore the balance and go for some nice girly pink. Image was stamped and embossed, then coloured with Versa Color inks applied like watercolours with a waterbrush. I used a nestie as a frame and sponged inside with Versa Magic ink, also I highlighted with a white border hand drawn with a gel pen and finally stamped the sentiment.  Hope you like. 

Item's: White 5x5 Card Blank, Gorjuss Girl stamp from Sugar Nellie/Funkykits, Sentiment is Polka Doodles (came free with a craft magazine), white gel pen, Magenta and Orchid Versa Color inkpads, clear embossing powder and Pink Peony Versa Magic inkpad.

Sweet Stuff

Wow! I can't believe it's Thursday already, where is the week going? I've had family to stay so haven't been able to get crafty for a few days, but last night I managed to have a play. When I was rummaging through my stamp boxes I came across a lovely little Sugar Nellie stamp that I've had for quite a while but haven't actually inked up. Also a good excuse to have a go at the current challenge over on The Sugar Bowl where the theme is Green and Purple with this lovely sketch to follow:

Sometimes I feel a little restricted when I have a sketch to follow, it seems to quash my mojo somehow, but this was a great sketch to follow and I'm really pleased with my card:

Items: 6x6 white card blank, DP Pink Petticoat, Nellie's multi frame die, nestabilities, Papermania pearls, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Sentiment from Little Claire, ProMarkers, Liquid Pearls, purple and green card from stash, stardust stickles, Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad and Versafine Imperial Purple Inkpad.

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

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch and Purple & Green

My Mums Craft Shop Challenges - Anything Goes (also their very first challenge)

Simon Says Stamp - Card for a Child

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Pearls
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - Celebration
Incy Wincy Designs  - Flower Frenzy
Papertake Weekly - Truly Dimensional

I've made some cards :)

OMG! It's been nearly a month since my last post but I have been really busy. I've been on holiday to Norfolk and Wales but I have still had time to make some cards for a competition in Cardmaking and Papercraft. I didn't get time to enter all the categories as I had to keep an eye on Elliot who kept escaping from his ball pit. Pictures below...

...and the little pest himself (mid escape)