Patterned Papers

Hi everyone, this week’s challenge at Allsorts is to use patterned paper … something I rarely do nowadays although I have enough to stock a craft store! Given this prompt I decided to look some out and have a little play with it, and the result was a simple (but hopefully effective) card with shadow stamping.

I tore two pieces of patterned paper and attached down the left side of a kraft card blank, then shadow stamped a group of fir trees using first Portobello Versafine Clair, then Brilliance pigment ink in Moonlight White. I grounded the trees with brown Zig pen and white Posca pen, then stamped the sentiment in Portobello and added white Posca “snow” accents. I then died some white Posca snowflakes and that was it - job done! 

Stamps: Lavinia Christmas Tree Group; sentiment - Visible Image Poinsettia Grunge;

Media: Versafine Clair (Portobello); Brilliance Pigment ink (Moonlight White); Posca pen (white);

Paper: LotV Krafty Christmas.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #115 - Anything Christmas Goes (6th entry)

ABC Christmas Challenge - U is for Unusual Christmas Colours (3rd entry)

Addicted to Stamps and More #479 - Any Occasion (3rd entry)

Allsorts #803 - Use Patterned Paper

Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers - Falling for the Holidays {BYSCH} Linky Party (3rd entry)

Creative Moments #263 - Monochrome

Dream Valley #324 - Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy #171 - Anything Christmas Goes

Inkspirational #327 - Seasonal (2nd entry)

My Time to Craft #545 - Monochrome

Word Art Wednesday #669/670 - Anything Goes (6th entry)

That’s all from me for today. Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Krafty Christmas

                             

Good morning fellow crafters!

Here I am again with a card I’ve never blogged before as I find my way back into cardmaking … and today it is a Christmas card, which makes me think I’m really going to try to make some Christmas cards this year. 

I just love these adorable penguins … “Christmas cuddles” by Wild Rose Studio, and Lili of the Valley Kraft papers … I have been away from crafting for so long that I have still got some physical LotV paper pads!!  Sadly I can no longer list the makes of dies I use as a couple years ago I bought a fab storage caddy for them with magnetic storage pages, but I didn’t make an inventory of what was what!

Challenges I would like to enter:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - June technique tic tac toe 

(gems, patterned paper, die cuts)

 A Gem of a Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

Allsorts #630 - Use Design Papers

Christmas Crafts All Year Round  - Something Beginning with K or L (Kraft paper)

Corrosive Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazlenut’s Christmas Challenge #548 - Anything Goes (Christmas) with optional snowflakes

Penny’s Challenge #499 - Anything Goes with paper

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #125 - Krafty Christmas - SPOTLIGHT WINNER

The Holly and Ivy #97 - Anything Christmas Goes -TOP 5

We Love Chocolate Baroque (June) - Hand coloured image

Winter Wonderland - Christmas birds - TOP 3

That’s all for today - thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Snow Family

 

Good afternoon everyone - at last the weekend is here again and opportunity for a bit of crafty time. The weather here in Liverpool is absolutely atrocious today with heavy rain, so all the more reason to stay indoors and play with my newest crafty stash.

 

I ordered a couple of the latest lotV Chrimbo stamps recently, and also treated myself to a couple more new Joy Crafts dies in the shape of a couple of snowflakes. I decided to go for a monochrome theme as that fits a couple of challenges at the moment - this is what I made.

 

 

Stamps: LotV "Snow Family" and "Christmas Grungy Sentiments";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; liquid pearls on the snowflakes and Stickles on the groud and snow children's hats :-);

Papers: LotV "Krafty Christmas";

Supplies: gems by Papermania; sparkly snow pearls and ribbon from my stash;

Tools: Memory Box "Frostyville Border" die; Joy Crafts "Winter Wishes" snowflake dies.

 

 

Challenges:

Lili of the Valley (August) - Make It Festive

Crimbo Crackers #48 - It's Snow Business

Divas By Design - Christmas In August

CRAFT #220 - Christmas

Creative Inspirations #227 - Monochromatic

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Monochromatic

Dream Valley #63 - Monochrome

Allsorts #220 - Use Your New Stash

Totally Gorjuss #197 - Die Cuts & Punches

Charisma #32 - Ice Cream Flavours

(coffee and vanilla)

 

That's all for today ... I guess the Chrimbo cardmaking will be starting to ramp up from now on :-)

 

Have a great weekend, whatever the weather's doing.

Hugs,



90 Years Young!

 

My uncle Bill is going to be 90 this coming Saturday - wow, what an achievement!! It's good to have a happy family occasion after all our recent sadness, and hopefully it gives my dad something to look forward to (Uncile Bill is his brother) ... So in honour of this auspicious occasion I just had to make a card for him ... and here it is.

 

 

I decided to go with a fairly vintage look on account of the occasion, so I used a LotV vintage boy image, went with fairly rich vintage colours, and distressed all my  paper edges with my Tim Holtz distressing tool.

 

Image: LotV  Sketch Pad 1 "Vintage Boys";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; image edge distressed with TH "tea dye" distress ink;

Papers: LotV "Country Gent" and "Country Lady";

Supplies: pearls from The Hobby House; hessian ribbon from The Ribbon Girl; sentiment from LotV Art Pad 8; gingham ribbon from my local craft shop Edwin Allen; peel off numbers from my stash;

Tools: La La lands "Heart Banner" and "Filigree Corner" dies; Tim Holtz distressing tool on all paper edges.

 

 

Challenges:

The Ribbon Girl (August) - Birthday Card

Corrosive #180 - It's Only A Number

Oldie But A Goodie - Boys/Male

(papers, pearls and peels offs more than 6 months old)

Creative Card Crew #42 - Banner / Pennant

Heck Of A Challenge (August) - Summer Holidays

Sparkles #46 - Autumn Colours

Creatalicious #53 - I ♥ My Pet!

Creative Inspirations #226 - Something Old, Something New

(old - peel offs, new - heart banner die)

Totally Gorjuss #195 - Anything Goes With Pearls

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

 

Well that's all for today .. thanks for visiting.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday To Dad!

 

Good evening everyone .... hope you are enjoying your weekend. Once again it's two cards in quick succession from me, as I had to sit down yesterday and make a birthday card for my dad so I could hand deliver it when we drove over to see my parents today.  His birthday is actually next week but I didn't want my effort getting bent in the post - it's an 8" * 8" card and they do sometimes get mangled in transit!

 

 

I bought myself a LotV sketch pad ... I don't have a lot of male cards to make so I thought this would be good value at the side of buying individual stamps. This is the first one I have coloured - the paper is very smooth and a good weight, though I have to confess I found I got rather a lot of bleaching and bleed with my Promarkers when trying to colour a large area (the chair).

 

 

Image: LotV "vintage boys" sketch pad;

Sentiment: LotV "Everyday Grungy Sentiments";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Country Gent";

Supplies: hessian ribbon and twine from The Ribbon Girl; ribbon from Hobbycraft; button and card candi from my stash;

Tools: lettering cut with Cuttlebug "Hippie Chick" alphabet dies.

 

 

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Sketch

 

Passion For Promarkers #200 - Add Ribbon, Lace or Twine

Divas By Design - Tie A Ribbon

Craft Your Passion #164 - Natural Materials (hessian and twine)

Cutie Pie #45 - 3-2-1

(3 bows, 2 papers, 1 image)
Joanna Sheen - Spots &/or Stripes

Pile It on #22 - Stripes &/or Plaid
ABC - O is for Open

Creative Inspirations #216 - Anything Goes with Option of Buttons

Simon Says - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

 

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday - Sketch!

Good morning everyone and welcome to April's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Well - what a month it's been weather wise ... snow and freezing cold - Easter been and gone and still very little sign of spring! Despite all this we had some wonderful entries into last month's Spring Into Spring challenge - don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you have won a prize.

 

This month we've got a real treat for you - our lovely teamie Helen has produced a sketch .. and here it is.

 

 

Pretty versatile to work with, I'm sure you'll agree ... so we're really looking forwards to all your creations. Don't forget to be eligible for any of this month's prizes you just need to use a Penny Black image, large sentiment or stickeroo as the main focus of your project.

 

This month we are sponsored by our fabulous regular sponsors

The Ribbon Girl

J&C Creations

1-2-3 Stitch

with a $20 store voucher.

 

the DT have produce a fabulous selection of samples for your inspiration - here's my interpretation of the sketch.

 

Stamps: Penny Black "Crossing Bridges!" (3206J); LotV "Everyday Grungy Messages";

Media: Copics and Promarkers;

Papers: LotV "Petal Fresh";

Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; wooden leaf and butterfly shapes from Windsor Crafts (gift from my friend Lil); pearls from The Hobby House; lace from John Lewis; ribbon from my stash;

Tools: small, large and classic scalloped circle nestabilities.

 

 

 Challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #150 - Sketch

ABC - K is for Kraft

MAWTT - Let's Get Krafty

Creative Inspirations #208 - Let's Get Krafty

Shabby Tea Room #160 - Blue + Cream + Kraft + a Sentiment

Simon Says - Happy Birthday / Celebrate

Party Time Tuesday #114 - Ribbons & Blooms

Sweet Stampin' - Scallops

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

 

 

That's all for today - enjoy your weekend!

Hugs, 

You Are So Very Very Special

Yesterday was my dear husband's birthday, so I was up 'til silly o'clock on Wednesday evening beavering away to get his card done ... I seem somehow to have got really behind with everything recently, but despite the late hour when I finished this one (12:45 am, with work the next morning!!) I'm actually pretty pleased with it - here it is.

 

Yet again I have used an adorable LotV bear ... I can't get enough of them! This cute little guy has been in my stash since last year, so I though that despite the awful weather, now was the right time for him to go for a little drive with the top down lol!

 

 Stamps: LotV "Mini Bear"; sentiments from LotV "Everyday "Grungy Messages" set;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Nitwits - Petal Fresh" (another purchase from my trip to Farsley!! :-) )

Supplies: Jute ribbon and twine from The Ribbon Girl; wooden heart buttons from my stash;

Tools: large and lacy circle nestabilities; Stephanie Weightman alphabet die set (from Hobbycraft).

 

 Challenges:

Penny Black  & More @ Allsorts (March) - One For The Boys

Crafty Ribbons #41 - One For The Boys

Sweet Stampin' - Males

Crafty Cardmakers #86 - Masculine Birthday Featuring Technology Or A Gadget

Deep Ocean #47 - Cute & Cuddly

I ♥ Promarkers #159 - Ribbons & Bows

ABC - J Is For Just As You Like
 

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

Lili's Little Fairies Team B - Top Of The Pops!

 

Good evening Lili fans, and welcome to the latest Lili's Little Fairies Team B challenge.  Sorry I'm running late today as I was up very late last night making two very special cards ... but more of that later .. so I didn't have time to write this post ahead of time. I also see that the main challenge blog hasn't gone live .... not sure what has happened but please do bear with us!!

 

Thanks so much for joining in last week's challenge - gorgeous creations as always.

 

This week's challenge theme is

 

Top Of The Pops

 

We would like you to be inspired by a pop song - do tell us when you enter which song has inspired you (just in case it's not obvious lol!!)

 

Don't forget in order to be eliigble for our prize you need to use a LotV stamp or die cut topper as the main focus of your creation.

 

The rest of the DT have created a real hit parade of inspiration samples for you ... here's my card inspired by Blondie "Hanging on the Telephone" :-)

 

 

Stamps: LotV "Telephone Ted", sentiment from "Words for Scroll" set;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Nitwits - Country Lady";

Supplies: flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts; pearls from The Hobby House; jute ribbon from The Ribbon Girl; red ribbon, lace and checked ribbon from my stash;

Tools: small, large and lacy circle nestabilities; Martha Stewart "Eyelet Lace" PATP punches; Leone Em "Ash Branch" leaf punch.

 

 

Challenges:

Incy Wincy - Things That Begin With F (Flowers)

A Gem Of A Challenge #70 - Floral Frenzy

Fussy & Fancy #84 - Flowers

Crafts & Me #124 - Ribbons & Lace

Fab 'n' Funky #162 - Add A Sentiment

 Cute Card Thursday #260 - Anything Goes

 

Looking forward to seeing your creations this week!

 

I'll be back over the next couple of days with my darling husband's birthday card, and a very special card I made for my parents .... 'til then :-)

Hugs

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Hi everyone ... hope your Christmas preparations are all coming together. I've still got quite a bit to do as I'm pretty much a last minute type of person, but I'm sure I'll get there lol!

Here are a couple more of the last minute cards I made earlier in the week )

I have really enjoyed teaming this teddy and robin with kraft papers and red accents this year,  and have made quite a few cards along this general theme ... I have also enjoyed experimenting with various colour combos for the teddy, and have discovered that one or two of my Promarkers from my Limited Edition 2012 sets seem to work well for fur ... particularly "Tawny Owl" from the Autumn 2012 set and "March Hare" from the Spring set .... I've also taken to using colours such as Tan, Putty and Almond, which give an overall cooler look than the warm fur colours I have used in the past. I'm not sure I'll ever really be happy with my colouring for fur but I have to keep trying new things!

Stamps: LotV "Teddy With Robin" and "Christmas Grungy messages";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers, glamour dust for snow;

Papers: LotV "Krafty Christmas";

Supplies: Papermania and Hobby House gems; ribbon from my stash.

Challenges:

Simon Says - Merry Christmas (3rd entry)

My Time To Craft #202 - Animals In The Snow

Papertake Weekly - Pick Of The Year

(Getting Krafty - 21st February)

Totally Gorjuss #163 - Easy Does It

Hotshot Crafts #14 - Clean and Simple

Top Tip Tuesday #92 - Anything Christmas (2nd entry)

Stampin' For The Weekend #24 - Anything Goes

Rightee ... just finishing a wee tea break in my Chrimbo house-cleaning schedule - better go and finish off now before settling down for the Strictly final :-)

Hugs,

A Couple More Quick Christmas Makes

Good morning everyone - my work project has been so demanding over the past six months that I ended up with a lot of  holidays left to take before the end of the year ... so I've finished work yesterday for Christmas ... no more work til 2nd January - YIPPEE!!

One down side of this was that I had to have all my cards made and written for my colleagues in good time; so I had a couple more focussed card-making sessions earlier in this week, going on late into the evening to get them all finished.

Here are a couple of fairly simple ones I made - I'm quite pleased with this pared-down look though.

Card 1:

Stamps: LotV "Teddy & Robin"; Stempendous sentiment;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; Stickles on the snow;

Supplies: wooden snowflake from Hobbycraft; ribbon from my stash.

Challenges:

Forever Friends (December) - Christmas

Forever Friends #51 (fortnightly) - Christmas

One Stop Craft Challenge #208 - Christmas Friends

Incy Wincy - Christmas With Snowflakes

Dutch Dare#195 - Snowflakes

Crazy 4 Challenges #166 - Favourite Holiday Stamps

Crimbo Crackers #30 - Wooden

Simon Says - Favourites (LotV stamps, ribbon)

Card 2:

Card details as above + twine from The Ribbon Girl

Challenges:

Stamp With Stampavie #183 - Christmas

DYSU #102 - Christmas

Charisma #49 - Christmas Makes

I ♥ Promarkers # 147 - One For The Boys

Crafts & Me #114 - No Blues Allowed

Papertake Weekly - Snow White

Ready-Teddy-Go #17 - Clean & Simple

Sparkles Christmas #23 - Button Or Bow (2nd entry)

I'm off now to have lunch, and then a totally relaxing afternoon getting ready for my works Christmas party :-) Hope you're all keeping safe and warm.

Hugs,