Pile It On Challenge #13

Hello again, welcome to my new followers delighted to have you here.  We are sponsored by Crafty City who are offering a 15% discount code for the store and we would like to see Floral Fantasy. 

 As you can see I've gone for a different take on the theme this time no card but a gift for my Mother In Law for Mother's Day.

I used a pre made wreath I found on eBay. I wrapped it with some ribbon, used some of my many many paper flowers, die cut other, sprayed them with my Glimmer Mist, added some brads and little gems. A nice glass dish and a candle from Ikea and that was it.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Craft Catz - Anything Goes
Suzy Bee's - Spring Flowers
Alphabet Challenge - D is for Diecuts
Creative Romance - Spring Flowers
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Stamping With The Dragon - Bling it up

Thank you for popping by, any comments you leave are greatly appreciated and I look forward to seeing your creations when I visit.

Delighted to announce...

... I have been asked to join the deign team at Creative Moments. So this is my first post for my new DT spot. This time we are sponsored by the amazing Aurora Wings who is offering $15.00.

 We are asking for Things With Wings and as always we have our Anything Goes as well. 

 I used Single Stem Rose from Aurora Wings. I coloured this with my pens.

The mat is cut on my Craft Robo and coloured with Old Paper Distress ink. 

I used some Coredinations card stock and embossed it with a heart folder. I used Tea Dye Distress Ink on the hearts. I added some tissue tape and that was it. The rose looks really pale on the pictures but it is more peach in real life honest. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations- Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Spring

Aurora Wings - Anything Goes

Passion for ProMarkers - Embossing

Fab Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Spring 

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Digistamps 4 Joy - Vintage

Crafting for all Seasons - No Designer Papers

Thank you for popping by and any comments you leave are always appreciated. I am looking forward to seeing all you fabulous creations with wings. 

Crating From The Heart Challenge 11

Hello again it's time for another challenge at Crafting From The Heart. This time we are asking for spots and stripes although we also have anything goes as always.

We are sponsored this time by:

OakPond Creations who are offering 3 digis

and 

Angi's Digis who is offering 3 digis.

This is Pegasus In Clouds from Angi's digi's. I printed it twice, cut out on copy, used my home made waxes to colour the background with blue, coloured Pegasus with my my Promarkers. I embossed some stripy card on my Cuttlebug and used some waxes to create the colour. 

I used some old Kanban card for my blue mat and the brown base . I added some metal gems to the corners and that was it.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Digi Sketch Challenge - Fantasy 
Top Tip Tuesday - Metal
Cuttlebug Mania - Dotty
Fab n Funky - Boys
Digi Galore - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Wild World
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle- Add some blue. 

Thank you for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to take the time to leave are greatly appreciated.

Some Boy Cards

Hello again, I've a few boy cards to share with you this time.

 This horse is from Beccy's Place. I coloured it with my pens after cutting it out on the Robo. I also cue the mat and used some scraps of leather style paper behind the mat. I used my Vera Mark pen to go over the pole and the metal work on the tack which I embossed with gold embossing powder.

 I found this fab T shirt card on Shirley's website as a freebie. She is so generous to share these files with us all. I cut this from black card, the trim from whit and and a scrap of embossed white behind the star.

 After making the black card I decided to do a green one as well. I had coloured the puppy a while ago but hadn't made him into a card. I cut him out and popped him on the front of the T shirt. The trim is scarp white coloured with Promarker.

The is a close up of the puppy I love his cheeky face. 

I've seen these box cards all over the place lately and decided to have a go as well. I did 'cheat' and got the Robo to cut it all and then I just stuck it all together but I really like the effect and can see a few more like this being made. 

This last one is a simple birthday card. I cut the little robot out and the balloons and just stuck them together.

Not huge amounts of colouring or any fancy cards this time but sometimes for boy cards less is more. I am entering these cards in the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Metal-embossing powder

Tiddly Inks - Birthday

Fab n Funky - Boys

Crafting For All Seasons - No Backing Papers

Digi Galore - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Wild World

Delicious Doodles - Black and one colour

Totally Papercrafts - Borders

Doodle Pantry - Use image -puppy

Beccy's Place - Use Image - horse

Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by, any comments you are kind enough to leave are greatly appreciated. 

A Mother's Day Card

 Good Morning, I just thought I would share the card I've made for my Husband to give his Mum for Mother's Day. It's not your usual flowers and things but I hope she will like it.

The image is from Polka Doodles and cut out of the Craft Robo. I coloured her with my Spectrum Noir pens. I added glitter to the frill on her dress, wings and hat. I coloured some thicker white ribbon I had bought to go through the ribbon sliders using the same pens as her dress. I have used some papers I bought at a  local craft show some time ago so no idea which brand they may be. 

I used some Coredinations card stock with the Krft backing through an embossing folder I got from a magazine. I used my Martha Stewart punch around the page on some white card stock created my own glitter card stock with some double sided tape. I was covered in the stuff for days afterwards, thankfully it's one of my favourite colours. Another layer of paper and done.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Oh La La - Special Lady
Lexi's Creatins - Punches or dies
Aurora Wings - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - For Mum
Tuesday Throwndown - Tic Tac Toe- Bling Digi image Ribbon
Fan Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Suzy Bee's - Emboss It
A Gem of a Challenge - Mother's Day
OSAAT - Use a digi
Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Use a Ribbon

Thanks for popping by and it you could take the time to leave a comment it would be most appreciated.

A card for my friend

Hello again, this is a quick post just to share my card I made for my friend. The lovely Lacey Sunshine was giving this away on Facebook and I could see this going to my friend.

 I used the Craft Robo to cut her out, coloured her with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs. I used my Tonic die to cut the base card and the inside of the die to create the pink layer which I embossed not sure you can see it though. Some gems on the flowers and all done.

My friend has got a new job and I imagine this is how she will look as she clears her office of the old thing ready for the new things she will need. She got it today and really liked the card always a bonus. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations -Use Punches or dies

Digi Galore - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's - Emboss It

OSAAT - Use a digi

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - One for the Girls

Just Inspirational - Anything Goes

Art by Miran - Anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Shaped Cards 

Thank for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to leave are greatly appreciated. 

Pile It On Challenge 11 For a Man

 Hello again, welcome back to my second post on the Pile It On Design Team. This time we would like to see your creations for a man. Yes we know they can be hard to make cards for but we all need them at some point in the year. This time we are sponsored by

Welcome to the brilliantly bizarre brain of Dr. Digi's House of Stamps.  Here you will find monsters, aliens, odd balls and Dundertons as well as many many more wonderful digital stamps. Our artist and founder cut his teeth in the craft world at the company "Just  Inklined", where his unique digis made a huge impression. We're hoping to continue to entertain and amuse, with our growing catalogue of great value digis with a sense of humour. 

The prize is 2 digis of your choice and there are  lots to choose from. 

I was able to work with the fabulous Player Two image this time, as soon as I saw this image it was the one for me. I coloured it with my Spectrum Noirs and my Promarkers I am finding that by combining the two sets of pens I have so many more options always good when crafting. 

I had used my Craft Robo to cut it the image with a nice border as I could see the scene in my head. I used an old Sizzix Texture plate to emboss the blue 'wallpaper' and a wood grain folder to do the floor in Kraft card. I didn't link the Kraft just as it was so I used some gliding style waxes I made using clear shoe polish and some mica powders. I rubbed over two colours gave it a buff and went over with the darker one again for some definition. I think I will be making these again as I am finding them rather useful at the minute.  

I coloured some white card candi to match the buttons on a well know game controller, cut the sentiment and a mat on the Craft Robo and viola all done. Now I choose this particular image as it reminds me very strongly (read it is) of my daughter and my husband when they are paying video games together.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Cards 4 Guyz - Typography 

Fan Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers - Spots

Creative moments - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Seeing Double
Paper Crafting Journey - Photo Inspiration Spotty Brolly= Card Candi down the side
Crafty Catz - Boys and their toys
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Without Words - Hobbies
Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by and any comments you leave are always appreciated.

A quick post today

Hello again, isn't the weather amazing today. Another beautiful sunny day. I made this card for my lovely friend as a thank you.

She is Bre Latte a freebie the very generous Betty from Simply B Stamps was giving away. I coloured her with my Spectrum Noirs and my Promarkers. I cut her, the red mats and the sentiment on the craft robo. The papers are Brenda Pinnick and are the scraps from another project I will show you later on our new challenge blog Crafting At The Weekend which goes live on the 26th April. The seam binding was coloured with one of my pens. I added some washi tape down the sides a few pearls and that's it all done.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Digi Sketch - Cute
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Simply Challenged - Spots
Top Tip Tuesday - 3,5,or 7 of something
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - For The Girls
Feeling Crafty - Digi and Bling
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

As always thank you for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to take the time to leave are greatly appreciated.

Crafting From The Heart Challenge 9

Hello again, welcome to my new followers delighted to have you here. This time at Crafting From The Heart we would like to see your favourite colours and we always have anything goes.

This time we are sponsored by the fabulous Sassy Studios 

and the wonderful Angi's Digis

I was able to work with Jessica Rabbit this time.

I coloured Jessica with Promarkers and my Spectrum Noirs, I love the red dress she wears in the film so I glittered the dress in a bright red glitter, it's always so hard to get how sparkly this is in real life in photographs, either that or it's my photography!

I used my favourite die Spellbinders Labels 4 and the Gold Labels 4 to frame her. The papers are ones I've had for an age so I don't know the make sorry. I used two embossing folders, one a Tim Holtz one and the other was a freebie in a magazine. I made my own gilding wax using clear shoe polish and some mica powder so I rubbed some of that on the embossing as well. I was very pleased with the results. I used my Martha Stewart punch to create the paper lace, some gems and a Lily Of The Valley stamp for a sentiment and all done. 

This is using Horse and Foal from Angi's Digis I coloured this one with my Spectrum Noirs. I created the for you mat on my craft robo, used some scraps from my scrap box for the background, added some gems and left it at that.
I am entering these card in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Guys - Nature
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Lets Hear It For The Boys
Crafting For All Seasons - Spring into Spring
I Love Promarkers - One For The Girls
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Crafty Little Fairies - Film Title- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Totally Paper Crafts - Female Birthday 
Stamping With The Dragon - Go Green 
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Add Gems
Crafty Sentiments - Spots or Dots
Fan Tastic Tuesday - Anything goes
Digi Sketch Challenge - Cute
The East Wind - Use a Digi
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Add a Birthday Sentiment
Papercrafting Journey - Make it Manly
Open Minded Crafting Fun - Use green
Challenges 4 Everyone - Anything Goes
Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes
Feeling Crafty - Digi and Bling
LEJ Designs Challenges - Favourite Dies
Art By Miran -Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Green
Whoopsi Daisy - Birthday
Sentimental Sundays - For a Boy
OSAAT -For a Boy

We would love to see you creation at Crafting From The Heart and remember we are now a weekly challenge.
As always thank you for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to leave are most appreciated.

Some new cards

Hello again, such a beautiful day today the sun is out , the sky is blue and there is very little wind. Welcome to my new followers lovely you have you here.

 This is an image from The Paper Shelter I used the coloured version this time, I cut the image on the Robo to get round the wisps of steam from the cups. I used some of the papers from The Paper Shelter as well. Some die cuts, some punching, some decoupage,  a sentiment and some bling and viola, 3 anniversary cards.

This one is to be a birthday card, the image is from The East Wind, we were given this lovely image as a freebie for singing up to the newsletter. I coloured her with my ProMarkers and my Spectrum Noirs. Robo cut out the image again, can you tell I have new blades for the Robo? I used dome dies to mount the image, I coloured the seam binding, embossed some scrap card, inked it up, some gems and pearls all on an old old card blank.

I am entering these card in the following challenges:

Paper Make Up Stamps - Anything Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge - Cute
Oh La La - Happy Anniversary
Artistic Inspiration - Sparkle
The East Wind - Use a Digi
Creative Moments - Anything Goes 
Divas By Design - Make It Sparkle
Cute Card Thursday - Spring
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Card Making Mamas - Stack it up
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Anniversary
Open Minded Fun - Use something Green
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - The colours of Spring
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge G is for Girls
Crafts Galore - Use an image
Without Words - Relax
Bearly Mine - One for the Girls
Just Inspirational Challenges -Anything Goes
Feeling Crafty - Digi and Bling
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

As always thank you for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to take the time to leave are greatly appreciated.

So excited to announce....

I have been asked to join the fabulous Design Team at Pile It On.

This time we are asking to see you projects using Soft and Sweet or Bright and Bold.
Our Sponsor this time is the fabulous 

Please pop across to the shop to see all their beautiful images.

I was lucky enough to use the beautiful Rabbit Costume. I coloured this with my Promarkers and my Spectrum Noirs. I cut out the image as I wanted him to be free of any background. I have made a gift bag for one of my grandsons for Easter using this little cutie. I used some CraftWork Cards paper from the Sherbet pad. I used my dies to cut the ovals and the little flowers are my Marianne Dies. There are 3 layers in the flowers I shaped them using my Tonic tool kit my friend gave me for Christmas. I cut the corner pieces from the spotty paper and decided to add them as an extra layer. Some little brads in the flowers and viola all done. It made a nice change to make a 3d project rather than a card.

I am entering the project in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspiration - For The Kids
Digi Darla - Make It Masculine
Passion for Promarkers - Make It Digital
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Animals
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  Use dies or punches
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Springtime
Card Making Mamas- Stack it Up (3 or more layers)
Marianne Design Divas - Use Kraft Card
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
Cuttle bug Mania - Feel It- flowers
I Love Promarkers - Use Die Cuts
Paper Crafting Journey - Make it Manly
Delicious Doodles - One for the boys
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Suzy Bee's - Make It Masculine
Crafting By Designs - Colours of Spring
Crafts Galore - Use a Stamp
Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

I can't wait to pop round to see all your fabulous projects so please do join us at Pile It On.

As always thank you for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to take the time to leave are most appreciated.

A little bird song for Spring

Hello again, hope you are all doing okay. Can you believe it is March already where is the year going?

This little bird is from From The Heart Stamps

I coloured the bird with my Spectrum Noir's, I do like these pens and use them with my Promarkers most of the time. I had cut the image on my Craft Robo right down to the musical notes. I used a freebie embossing folder from Papercraft Essentials. I went over the embossing with my pens lightly to bring it out. The little bird is on foam pads for some dimension. The card is for my uncle now you might think it's a bit girly for a man, but my uncle loved flowers, gardening and keeps birds so although bot your usual man card, this one is. 

I am entering this one in the following challenges:

PaperCrafting Journey - Make it manly

Delicious Doodle- One for the Boys

Suzy Bee's - Make it Masculine

Crafting By Designs - The colours of Spring

Crafts Galore - Use a stamp or digi

Just Inspirational Challenges - Music

Digi Darla - Make it Masculine

Cardz 4 Guys - Music

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Animals

Creative moments - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Springtime

Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes

Craft Hands Challenge -Music

Crafty Cardmakers - Birds

As always thank you for popping by and any comments you are kind enough to leave are greatly appreciated.