Thumbs Up

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have made a clean and simple (for me) Thank You card.

I’ve used Wryn Two Thumbs Up:

And I dug out the Prismacolor pencils…

Supplies: 

• Image: Wryn Two Thumbs Up from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils
• DP: My Minds Eye
• Card: Parchment, Red Card and White Heavyweight Cartridge Paper
• Sentiment: Die from Crafter’s Companion
• Embellishments: Wooden Heart, Stencilling and Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Chloe with Ice Cream

Hello all. Well we haven’t had the best end to the school term and start to the summer holidays….both children have been ill with fevers and Tonsillitis so I am a bit behind with my blog post for Pink Gem Designs.

So, over at A Gem of a Challenge we have a new challenge and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Summer Time/Holidays’.

I’ve used the super adorable Chloe with Ice Cream:

And I’ve coloured her with Distress Inks…..I think I may be getting the hang of them.

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Ice Cream from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Distress Inks
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card, Blue Card and Watercolour Card 
• DP: Lili of the Valley/Nitwit Designs
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Tag Corner Stitched Rectangle Stax and Tonic Doily Punch
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Paper Flowers and Pearls

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• Allsorts – Flowers all Over
• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes/Dies and Punches
• Alphabet Challenge – I for Ice Cream
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty – Anything Goes
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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Floral Thanks

Morning all!  I have another Spectrum Noir Colorista Pencil and Pad projects to share that were created for Colorista TV shows on.

I love flowers, especially at this time of year when the garden is in full bloom so this page from the pad is just beautiful for a clean and simple card:

  Some black matting and layering helps the the colours pop.

Supplies:

• Spectrum Noir Colorista from Crafters Companion 
• Card: Matt Black Card, Core’dinations Card and Neenah Solar White Card  
• Dies & Punches: MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

2016 in Review (Part 1)

Evening all! We have taken today to chill out and get a few things ready for back to work, school and routine tomorrow. So I thought I would pop on and do a quick review of my favourite cards from 2016.

Today I’m going to share January to June and so the post isn’t too picture heavy I will share July to December tomorrow!

January

Straight into the new year is always a busy month for Birthday cards for me, but this thank you card using Shy Violet from Tiddly Inks was my favourite make of the month:

February

New Arrivals are probably my favourite (other than Christmas) occasion to make for and this very pink New Baby card was my favourite make of the month. It uses the Wavy Baby stamp set from LC Designs: 

March

I remember falling in love with this paper pad when I saw it in the Range and I loved it even more paired with this wonderful All Dressed Up image, Gorgeous Bride: 

April

Needs a post all by itself! Mr Mojo was definitely alive and kicking and I didn’t think I’d be able to choose a favourite. However, I spotted this Pink Gem Designs Pirate Barclay card and remembered feeling so chuffed as I coloured it all with PrismaColor pencils (not my usual Copics):

May

I had a little bit of a clean and simple thing going on in May and this Christmas card using It’s Snowing from All Dressed Up was this months favourite, possibly because I love love love red and blue as a colour combo:

June

I was thrilled to be asked to be a Guest Designer at Crafty Sentiments Designs at the end of May and this card using Isobel Thinking of Spring was this months favourite as I love the bright summery colours:

 

As I said above, I think that’s quite enough pictures for one post, so I’ll pop back tomorrow with July to December.

If you have done your own round review of last year please let me know in the comments as I would love to pop by and take a look.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Cup of Love

Morning all! I stayed up a little too late last night finish a piece of colouring I was working on, so I’m running a little behind and fuelled by plenty of coffee at the moment!

Anyhoo, it’s Tiddly Tuesday and over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see any Tiddly makes with the theme of ‘Thank You’!

It’s great to have a stack of thank you cards for after the festive season and I thought Molly Cup of Love would be a fab image to use:

And just because I’m so addicted to Christmas at the moment, I subconsciously did this one in Christmas Red and Green!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly Cup of Love by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red Card, Kraft Card, Green Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Life in the Country
• Dies & Punches: Thanks Word Die from Clearly Besotted and La La Land Heart Banner Die
• Embellishments: Wooden Hearts, Pearls, Pearl Pen and Glitter Glue

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

Miss Sunkissed Vingette

Hello All! It’s was my turn to share some Elisabeth Bell love over on the Digi Bells Blog today and I made a thank you card using Miss Sunkissed Vingette from Elisabeth’s Creative E-Book: 

Supplies:

• Image: Miss Sunkissed Vingette by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Pink Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Nellies Dotted Square Multiframe Dies and Clearly Besotted word die
• Embellishments: Pearls and glitter glue

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Pretty in Pink

 
Afternoon all! I’m here today with the new challenge we have taking place at the moment over at the Crafts & Me Facebook Group. It’s anything goes with the optional theme of ‘Pretty in Pink’.

I’ve used Glowing Love Girl by Sara Burrier and made a sweet little Thank You card:

Supplies:

• Image: Glowing Love Girl by Sara Burrier from Crafts & Me
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: An old DCVW Glitter Stack
• Card: White and Pink Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Circle Doily Die, Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies and Clearly Besotted word die
• Embellishments: Ribbon Bow, Heart Pearl and Wooden Border Strips

Don’t forget to hop over to the Crafts & Me Facebook Group and check out the creations from the rest of the team.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Wryn Sunny Day

Morning All, it’s time for Tiddly Tuesday over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and we have a new challenge for you. Our theme this time around is Fall Colours.

I’ve used Wryn Sunny Day as I thought she would suit being coloured in Autumnal colours….I think she turned out pretty good. 

Such a pretty image deserves to shine so I’ve gone for a really simple layout….one of my favourite cards so far this year.

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Sunny Day  by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition ‘New Leaf’ 8x8 Pad
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Clearly Besotted
• Ink: Memento ‘Rich Cocoa’ Ink Pad
• Embellishments: Doodling and Gems

Back to the house work for me. Hope you can play along with us and thank you  for stopping by.

Lisa

Sweet Country Harvest–Digi Bells Release Hop

Afternoon all.

It’s release day at Elisabeth Bell and we are really being spoiled this month! We not only have ONE new image but TWO fabulous new images.

Sweet Country Harvest was previously released as a rubber stamp by Treasured Times and Harvest Puppy who was once part of the "Change-a-Belles Collection for Belles 'n Whistles, however, he has been tweaked a little to fit the Harvest season.

For my first creation I’ve made a card using Sweet Country Harvest:

And for my second creation I’ve made a tag using Harvest Puppy:

The blog hop will will run for one week and will end on Friday 2nd October at 9:00am Arizona Time (4pm for us UK ladies).

If you have stumbled upon this post and would like to join us on the hop you will find the line up below. However if you are already hopping along your next stop will be the fabulous Valou for some more inspiration.

Blog Hop Line-up

• Lisa (Me)

• Valou 
• Sebrina
• Bettina
• Lynda
• Alethea
• Linda
• The Digi Bells Blog

Supplies:

• Image: Sweet Country Harvest and Harvest Puppy from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park and My Minds Eye  (scraps I’ve been saving)
• Card: Kraft,and green card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Hobbycraft Heart Punch Spellbinder Label 1 Dies and Nesting Plain Square Dies, Go Kreate Tag Dies, Whiff of Joy Fence Die, Clearly Besotted ‘Thanks’ Word Die and Britannia Small Ivy Flourish Die
• Embellishments: Seam Binding, Wooden Heart, Doodling, Glitter, Gilding Wax

Fancy winning these new digis? All you have to do is hop through and leave comments on EACH blog. Two blogs at random will be chosen, and the winners will be picked from the comments and posted to the Digi Bells Blog shortly after the end of the hop.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

For the card:

• Crafting for All Seasons – Layer It Up
• Lil patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes

For the Tag:

• Crafting for All Seasons – Layer It Up
• Fab n Funky – Cute Critters (and/or Christmas)
• Lil patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

50 Shades of Grey

Afternoon all……it wasn’t quite 50 shades but I sure managed to get quite a few greys in there when I was colouring!! I have made this for the challenges over at Make It Crafty where the CAS challenge is Black and White and the Make it Colourful challenge is Shades of Black.

Here is the full card using the adorable Faye's Sunflowers:

All that hair was a big big challenge but I took it a curl at a time and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

Supplies:

• Image: Faye’s Sunflowers from Make It Crafty 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
  • Skin: W5, W3 , W1 and W00
  • Eyes: C7, C5 and B60
  • Hair: C9, C7, C5 and C3
  • Dress, Hat and Lipstick: BV29, BV25, BV23 and BV20
  • Sunflowers: W9, W7, W5, W3 and W1 (stems are C5, C3 and C1)
  • Shadow: W5, W3, W1 and W00
• Card: Black, Grey and Light Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

School Boy Andy

Morning All. Just a quick post from me as I’m woken up with the sniffles and a bright pink eye, so I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself.

Anyhoo I’m having  quick coffee in peace while the Hubby and Children are out and I thought I would share this card that I have on the Gems of Inspiration blog this morning.

I’ve used School Boy Andy to make a Thank You card for my son’s teacher

Supplies:

• Image: School Boy Andy from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics:
• DP: MME
• Card: Red, Green, Yellow and Blue Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions Think Big Sentiments
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Plain and Inverted Scalloped Circles, MFT Boy Meets Girl Dies and MFT By the Letter Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls and doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Geranium – Little Claire Blog Project

Morning All. If you are reading this Mr Blogger has played nice and has published this scheduled post. We are enjoying a few days away before my eldest has to go back to school next week. Hopefully (as the weather men have predicted) we have some nice weather!!

It’s my turn to share a digi stamp project over on the Little Claire Blog today. I have used the Geranium Flower digi stamp to create a little set of Thank You cards. These are always handy to have on standby, by little clean and simple ones can be rustled up quite quickly if needed in a hurry!

To see full details on how the card was made please hop over to the Little Claire Blog.

Supplies:

• Image: Geranium Flower from Little Claire
• Sentiment: Created in Word using Mistral Font 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Flowers: R59, R27, R08, R05 and R02
• Leaves: G99, YG67, YG63, YG61, YG03, YR23, YR21 and YR20
• Shadow around image: BG10, BG0000 and Blender pen
• Card: Coral Core’dinations Card
• Embellishments: Doodling and pearls.

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Sarah Hurley Challenge – #57

Just a quick post from me as I’ve been running behind with everything all day and I need to head to bed soon as we have a busy day viewing potential new houses tomorrow. I’m here to share my card for the first challenge of 2012 over at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog, where the theme this week is:

GIVING THANKS/THANK YOU

Anyone who knows me knows I love Flutterbies so I immediately fell in love with this background paper from Sarah’s fantastic Woodland Whimsies CD. I printed the paper onto pearlescent card which has really made the colours pop (not sure the shimmer shows that well in the photo’s).

The pattern is so gorgeous I didn’t want to cover it up so kept the rest of the card quite simple and just used a few embellishments (also printed from the CD) and a couple of die cuts made with one of my crafty Christmas presents…the Spellbinders Label 18 dies.

Thanks for having a look at my card and don’t forget to hop over to Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT have created for this challenge.

Bye for now.

Lisa

Items: 6x6 white card blanks, Woodland Whimsies CD from Sarah Hurley, Pearlescent card from Papermill Direct, Core-dinations card, Glossy Accents, Ranger Stickles and a white gel pen