Fae's Follies

Cards for Girls

2012-01-23T21:27:00.000Z

I made these cards for two young girls birthdays. A work colleague wanted something that wasn't too girlie but also wasn't too grown up. So I decided to make cards with their names which I sketched out roughly before committing to a solid outline (I wasn't happy with the 'Z') and then added the new Wryn digital images from Tiddly Inks. I just love these girls.

The whole new and very gorgeous collection of girls can be found here.

Christy croll is such a fabulous artist, enjoy looking around her shop, there's something for everyone. Not to mention tutorials and inspiration from the Gallery.

Hope you liked my cards and thanks again for stopping by.

Hugs xxx

Golden Couple

2012-01-23T21:13:00.000Z

Here is my second Golden Anniversary card.

I made this card with one of Mo Mannings digital images and coloured it with my Promarkers and my Derwent pencils.

I coloured the image first then cut the image square. I had some yellow card off cuts and I ran one of them through the BigShot in a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I then mounted all of the pieces onto the white card base and added some colour coordinated embellishments.

Hugs

Naughty... but Nice!

2012-01-23T20:50:00.000Z

Well... a lot has happened since we last spoke.

I am on DAY 13 off not smoking and, since last Tuesday, I have lost 8lbs on the Slimming World diet, despite my eating like a horse! I'm loving it and feeling great.

A lot of people think I am slightly on the mad side dieting AND quitting smoking at the same time, but you know what... having given up smoking previously (in 2000 and putting on weight) I decided not to just quit this time but combine the two, and this time round... fingers crossed, it seems to be working so far. Big pat on the back for moi!

Anyway, back to my card. I was asked by a work colleague to make a Golden Wedding Anniversary card and I decided to make a 'straight' one and a 'humourous' one. The humourous one, which is in this post, I have decided to enter into the latest Passion 4 Promarkers blog challenge.

I used my promarker pens and my Derwent Watercolour pencils and a little Sansodor to blend. I then added some colour coordinated flowers, leaves, pins and ribbon.

Hope you like my card and thank you for stopping by. Watch out for my next post where you will find the 'straight' Golden Wedding Anniversary card. Enjoy x

Sticky Fingers

2012-01-14T13:34:00.000Z

House Mouse 'Donut Bliss 2002'

Last card of the day... Male maybe, female... definitely.

Anyway, whether it's a male card or not, I had great fun making it.

First, I stamped the image onto plain white card and then coloured in Muzzy the Mouse with my Promarkers and coloured Derwent Watercolour pencils. I didn't bother blending them with the Sansodor as the finished result looked okay as it was. I then mounted the image onto peach coloured card stock and added some folded peach gingham ribbon pieces (keeping to the 'odd number' rule). I then mounted that onto brown coloured card stock (although it looks black in the picture...sorry).

I used double sided sticky tape to then add the whole thing to the scalloped base card stock and then inked up a Hero Arts clear sentiment, which I stamped straight onto the base card in the bottom, right corner. Hope you like it? And, I do think I could still give this to a man, despite the peachiness of the colour scheme. Once the whole thing was put together, I then added some 'glossy accents' to the glaze of the doughnut and left it to dry flat.

TIP: Always leave glossy accents somewhere flat to dry (preferably overnight), the slightest dip or uneveness of the surface it is left on, will result in the liquid 'pooling' and the final result won't be as impressive.

Anyway, I hope you like my card and thank you, once again, for stopping by and visiting me today.
See you again soon, I hope.

Enjoy the rest of your day.
Hugs

Mild or Mature?

2012-01-14T13:22:00.000Z

Hello again

Well... I promised you a selection of 'male' cards and here's the next one.

Again, a really simple card with no embellishments or added extras. I stamped the two images: Funstamps 'Gent's Shirt' and Funstamps 'Gent's Waistcoat' onto seperate pieces of white card and then coloured them with promarkers (no pencils used this time). and then I cut them both out. I mounted the white striped shirt first onto another piece of square white card, at a slight angle and to the left, with double sided Sticky Tape and then added foam pads to the waistcoat image which I mounted to the right of the square.

I mounted the square card onto coloured blue cardstock and then mounted it again onto a second piece of white square card. I added a strip of the same blue card to the left of the base card and then mounted the whole thing to the top.

I then used a metallic gold pen just to highlight the buttons and the pocket watch on the waistcoat image. Slightly older, middle-age male card? Could be used for a Male Birthday, New Job or Promotion, even a retirement card maybe? I think so.

Thanks for visiting
Hugs,

Sleeping it off...

2012-01-14T12:43:00.002Z

Hello again

My next card for today is another male card. This time I used a digi image rather than a stamped one.

I really like this image and it is available here at Di's Digi Downloads. He's called 'Beer Bear'.

I loved this background paper and have had it for ages as it seemed to overpower anything that I put with it,. However, with this image it seemed to compliment it perfectly so I was really pleased with the overall outcome.

I then added a Craftwork Cards greeting, which I coloured in with a Promarker to compliment the colours used.

Finally, I added some Card Candi which I also coloured in with the same Promarker colour. Job done!

So... what do you think of my male cards so far? Too young still? Watch this space, there's more to come.

Thanks for visiting me,
Hugs,

Clean and Simple Pussy Cat

2012-01-14T12:33:00.000Z

Hi Girls and fellas
What a fabulously sunny (but chilly) day we have here in Hertfordshire, England. Hope the weather is being as nice to you wherever you may be in the world?

I have another card to share with you all today. You may remember me saying that I challenged myself to make some more 'male' cards... well that's exactly what I have been doing since our last little chat. They're still a little on the young side for my liking, but I think you could still get away with giving them to older men.

Anyway, here is my first card (and a close up of the colouring technique I used with my Promarkers and my colouring pencils).

I really love Penny Black stamps and have to confess that I have been so blinkered by my digi stamps that I'd almost forgotten how much fun it could be inking up a stamp and stamping out an image on crisp, smooth, white card and colouring it in. Makes such a difference to not have to switch on the printer and then select and size a digi stamp and sometimes print it a couple of times before I get it to just the right size. I still like both ways though so I'm not complaining.

Anyway, a really simple, 'male' card. Loving the colours and the background paper on this one. Was really pleased with how this one turned out even though there aren't any 'pretty' embellishments etc. Just a plain and simple card that hopefully any man would be happy to receive.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me today.
Hugs,

Kitchen Knight

2012-01-13T20:01:00.000Z

Hello again, it's me... I'm back

Here's another card made with a digi image from Mo Manning. It's called Kitchen Knight and you can find him here.

I decided to colour him in in blues and reds and I just love that sleepy ol' dragon.

I mounted the image onto two colours of blue and added some thin ribbons down the left and along the bottom of the image. I then ran a strip of the same blue card through the BigShot with a Cuttlebug embossing folder to achieve the raised 'dots' effect and stuck that to one side of the 8x8 card blank.

Next I coloured the image using my ProMarker pens and my Derwent Watercolour pencils and some Sandodor to blend it all together. I love the way the colinder 'helmet' and the saucepan 'shield' came out. It really looks good in the flesh!

I wish I could get the photographs to be a true depiction of the colours I have used as these look a little muted by comparison.

Anyway, it makes a nice change to make a card for a child. I think I might have to make a male card next. I haven't done one of those for a while and I hate doing them unless I am specifically asked to make one, so I think my January CHALLENGE to myself would be to make a male birthday card.

In fact, during most of my blogs visits lately, I have noticed that almost ALL of the cards have been girlie and rarely anything for male birthdays. I think others should be making a few male cards aswell.

I hope that you like my card and thanks once more, for stopping by.

Hugs xx

Fairy Pia

2012-01-07T22:25:00.000Z

Hello again

This card was made using one of Mo Mannings (www.mosdigitalpencil.com) images. She can be found here.

I just love using digi stamps as they are so easy to edit and change the size to suit your card. This card is 6x6 and I have made it into an easel card. You can see how the easel works in the second photograph, which shows the card open and 'standing'.

This card wasn't made to order, it's just another one for my 'box' at work. It's always handy to have a selection at work so that if someone wants a card as soon as possible, they can generally find something that is suitable AND it's still handmade, which makes it all the more special, plus it gives you the opportunity to get your name and your work noticed.

I do get quite a few orders from people who I don't know, but who have received one of my cards. It's always nice to get good feedback and especially nice when someone you don't know places an order for other cards.

Hope you like my card and thanks again, for stopping by.
Hugs

Breaking Dawn Card

2012-01-07T22:09:00.000Z

Hi girls and fellow crafters

Here's a couple of cards I have made yesterday and today.

This first card I made for a work colleague whose daughter, Erin, turned thirteen yesterday. She asked for a 'Breaking Dawn' card and I didn't want to make it too 'young' OR too 'old' and I thought this digi image from Tiddly Inks would be perfect.

The photograph doesn't actually do the card justice and looks so much better in the flesh (so to speak).

I coloured the image with my copics and my Derwent Watercolour Pencils and a little bit of Sansodor with a blending stump. I was really pleased with the overall colouring of the image and I mounted it onto coloured card, continuing with the breaking dawn theme, i.e. sunrise colours etc.

Here's an image of the blank digi and the finished coloured digi up close so that you can see all of the folds etc that I have added to her dress and his suit. I actually wasn't that happy about how his suit turned out but I did like how her dress turned out.

Anyway, that's the first card to show to you all today, I hope you like it and thank you so much for stopping by. Hope you had a lovely 13th birthday Erin, all the best for a happy year to come.

Hugs and best wishes.

Colouring Tutorial by Bev Rochester

2011-12-29T16:58:00.000Z

Hi girls and guys
I found the video by Bev Rochester that I mentioned earlier on You Tube.

I hope Bev doesn't mind me sharing it with you all on my blog, but it is on You Tube so hopefully she won't. She's such a talented lady and her cards are always just so beautiful, so the fact that she is sharing this tutorial with us is brilliant, and she teaches it so well, it's very simple to follow.

There are other tutorials from her on You Tube so be sure to check them out too.

Here's the video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdcRu2fOTgI&context=C358e633ADOEgsToPDskLa2O_2g4PVJheiVkHDOWGO

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs

Steampunk Girls II

2011-12-29T16:33:00.000Z

Hello again,

This final card that I have made today is as the previous card, but in blue, and boy what a blue...

As before I cut out the topper card twice in two sizes. The first I cut out in a really rich, vibrant blue and the second, slightly smaller piece I cut from white, with the printed image already on it.

I then added the colour to the edges using Impress 'Cerulean Blue' and a make up sponge.

Next, I coloured the image the same way as I did with the 'red' card and added another piece of the blue card to the base of the easel and then added a greeting and some ribbon. The edge was created with the Martha Stewart punch again (as before). I also added some pins.

Here's a close up version of the card closed and the smaller photo is of the easel standing up.

Thanks for stopping by again

Hugs and kisses

Steampunk Girls I

2011-12-29T16:24:00.000Z

Well, I'm back again with the second of my cards that I have made today. This card and the next are made using the same Digital Image from Tiddly Inks, but both cards are in different colours. One red and one blue.

I love these steampunk images. They look so fabulous and once again I have added the pleats and folds with my promarker pens and Derwent pencils, blended together with Sansodor.

I used my lovely die cutters again to cut out the topper card and printed the image onto one of them in whte and then added the Strawberry Fool with my make up sponge to the edges, as before.

I then added some Card Candi from Craftwork Cards in a graphite grey and made the backtopper in Graphite Grey aswell.

I then added another bit of the same card to the base of the easel and edged it with a Martha Stewart punch and added some ribbon. I then added another greeting from Craftwork Cards so that the easel can stand up when opened.

Here is a photograph of the card when it is flat(ish) and I think it looks really effective especially against the scalloped base card.

And finally, here is a close up of the image so that you can see the detail more clearly.

The next card is almost identical but using the colour blue.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting, hope you like the card.

Hugs and kisses

Winter Fairy Talva

2011-12-29T16:02:00.003Z

Hello fellow crafters and creative geniuses...

Well, hopefully as you can see, Santa bought my creative mojo back and I have made not one, or two... but THREE cards this morning, which I am really pleased with as they all turned out exactly as I pictured them in my head.

The first is using a new digi stamp from the ever talented Mo Manning over at Digital Pencil Too. Those of you who know me, know that apart from Vampires and all things super natural / paranormal, I absolutely love Fairies, hence my name. So here is a card I have made using one of Mo's winter fairies.

I decided to make the card an easel card and used my scalloped edged card bases from Craftwork Cards to produce it. I used my large die cuts to create the topper cardstock and then cut out the image using one of the smaller ones. After cutting the image I kept it in the frame and then inked the edges using a make up sponge and some ink from one of my pads (Strawberry Fool from www.elzybells.co.uk)

I coloured the image using my promarker pens and added a little glitter to her wings.

I then added some gems to stand the easel up and a greeting and some ribbon. I decided to make the greeting the same colour as her wings as I think there might have been a little too much red on it otherwise and I think the blue breaks it up just right.

I think I might get quite a bit of use out of this stamp as not only is it good for Christmas but I can also get away with using it for winter birthdays etc.

Anyway, I hope you like it and to finish the whole thing off, I have added a photograph of the whole card closed, so that you can see more detail rather than just the open card. If you click on the image it should bring it up even larger for you so that you can see how I have created the folds and pleats in her skirt, using not only my promarkers but also by using my Derwent pencils to create shadow and light. Hopefully I did it correctly, I found this brilliant tutorial on You Tube. If I can find it again, I will post it here so that you can see what I followed. Although I know most of you out there are already very capable of producing brilliant cards, some might find the video useful.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs and kisses.

Christmas Wishes

2011-12-27T19:14:00.000Z

Hello fellow crafters
Just a quickie to hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and hope that you all have a happy new year too.

Hugs

Three's Company

2011-12-22T11:33:00.003Z

Hi guys and girls

Just adding the last three cards to my blog. These are using the same images that I used before on my previous posts of the past few days, just coloured a slightly different way, using different colours and mediums, so it should give you an idea of how versatile they are.

I know that some people don't like digi stamps but I love them because a) they're easy to store, b) they can be resized so whether you're making a 4 x 4 card or an 8 x 8 card, you can adjust the digi to fill the space as little or as much as you like and c) you'll get a perfect print every time, the amount of stamped images I have had to decoupage or simply through away because the stamp hasn't been inked up enough is more than I can count.

Nevertheless, saying that I still like to get my wood and clear stamps and my ink out now and again just so that I can get a little messy.

Anyway, here are the latest pictures for you to view.
Hope you like them?

Thanks for stopping by today, hope the weather is as mild and glorious where you are as it is here today. That winter sun is so beautiful and it really is much warmer today than it has been in weeks.

Only three more sleeps until the big day, hope you all get what you want from the big red guy.

Hugs xxx

Grey and Pink Christmas

2011-12-19T15:35:00.000Z

My third card today is a grey and pink theme. I decided to do something less traditional, i.e. NOT red and green as I was getting really bored of colouring everything red and green. So I took this Cuddle Buddly digi stamp and coloured it entirely in shades of grey and pink. The background paper is also pink and black and is from Craftwork Cards.

Again, this card is for one of Jane's Niece's so I didn't want them to be the same.

This is another really simple card. There were just too many orders to get too creative with else it would have been soooooo time consuming that I decided to keep them all really simple instead, but I think they are all still really cute and look so much better in real life. The photographs just aren't doing them much justice.

Here's a close up view of the same card. As before, I have really taken the close up image so that a) you can see the way I have coloured the image and b) you can see the detail and quality in the digi stamp.

They have so much detail and I just love them so much. Can't praise them highly enough.

This image was coloured with my Copics, Promarkers and Derwent watercolour pencils. So many mediums used here. Can't decided between my Copics and my ProMarkers as to which I prefer to use, although I must say that I love the really thin brush end of the Copic pens, as you can really get into the smaller details of the stamps with it and you don't have to put too much pressure on the brush end to get a decent coverage.

Hope you like it and thanks again for stopping by xx

Huge Present

2011-12-19T12:36:00.000Z

This next card was also requested by Jane, for her niece, in fact, most of the cards I am posting today were for Jane.

She wanted to give a handmade card to her Niece as she didn't like any of the shop bought ones.

The image is a Cuddly Buddly image again and this time I coloured it with my ProMarker pens coupled with my Derwent colour pencils.

Yes... Santa did come early for me this year. He bought my Derwent pencils and a certain hubby has let me have them early... bless him. Probably got fed up with hearing me go on and on and on about them and gave in just to shut me up if the truth be told.

Here's a close up of the image again so that you can see the amazing detail that the artist has put into it. Despite this her digis are amazing reasonable. Which is also a very good thing as I love using digi stamps now. I can't remember a time I last stamped, which is a shame, because I love stamping too, maybe I'll get back into it after Christmas when I can get my stash supply back into my kitchen. Hopefully this year, I will be able to get my garage emptied so that I can finally have a proper craft room.

Anyway, that's card number 2.
Hope you like it and thanks again, for stopping by.

Hugs xxx

Christmas Couple

2011-12-19T12:19:00.003Z

Hi girls and guys

I have been really busy this past month, with loads of orders for Christmas card and various other cards. I have picked out a few of my favourites and will be uploading them shortly for you to view.

I hope that this last week run up to Christmas isn't too stressful for you and hope that you are all feeling a little bit (if not... a lot) of Christmas cheer.

Here's my first card that I want to share.

My friend Jane asked me to make a nice card for her mum and dad so I decided to use one of these gorgeous 'Cuddly Buddly' Digi Stamps. So well drawn and so, so cute.

I coloured the image with my Copics and my new Derwent Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils after printing the image on my computer. Here's a close up of the image so that you can see the colouring a bit better and see the image more closely. Isn't it lovely?

Hope Jane's mum and dad like the card. My poor parents and family members got... please don't hate me... SHOP BOUGHT CARDS this year as I had way to many orders to cope with them and my family too. Sorry Mum, love you xx

Anyway, that's card number 1. Watch this space, there's more. Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope to see you again soon.

Dominic's Dinosaur

2011-11-26T15:43:00.000Z

Jane at work asked me to make this card for her Nephew, Dominic. Apparently he's a big fan of the T-rex from Toy Story, so I googled free colouring pages of this dinosaur and coloured him in with my Promarker pens, then cut him out and mounted him onto yellow card, I then added a round red sun and added some slightly purple grass. Why purple you ask??? Well, when the sun sets, it does look a little bit purple...don't you think? Anyway, I wanted to steer clear of the usual BLUE for boys colour scheme and thought this green dinosaur on the unusual background did the trick nicely.

Jane was well happy with it anyway, and that's all that counts really. Hope you like it too?
Thanks for stopping by.

Lili's Flowers

2011-11-26T15:28:00.001Z

Hi guys and girls
Here's another really simple and quick card I made for Elaine's birthday. Just some really simple background paper, a Lili of the Valley image, that I coloured with my beloved Promarker pens and I mounted that onto red card and then I added some paper roses. Et voila!

Hope you like it?
Thanks for stopping by.

Mum's Birthday

2011-11-25T18:42:00.002Z

Hello again
Here's the upload I promised.

This is a card I made for a friend at work, Jane. It was her mother's birthday and she wanted an 8" by 8" card so I had quite a bit of space to fill.

The background paper is from a bumper pack from Craftword Cards and so was the greeting attachment. The ribbons were from my stash (god knows where I got them as I now have three rather large bags full of ribbons) and I cannot for the life of me, remember where the image was from either (sorry). I coloured the image with my promarkers and cut the letters out by hand before running them through a Cuttlebug folder on my BigShot. I then mounted the image and added some card candi.

Fingers Crossed

2011-11-25T18:08:00.001Z

Hi girls and fellow crafters
Well, it's been a long time since I last updated my blog and although my health has been pretty naff of late, I have still managed to make the odd card so watch this space as I upload them over the next few days.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been in touch by text, email, blog and by my Facebook page, to wish me better and to let you know that I am indeed, feeling much better than I have done in such a long time... so fingers crossed, all is okay now and I can move on with my life.So, I am back and fighting fit.

Just one more thing before I sign off, thank you for staying with me, and for your wonderful, kind and caring patience. It is appreciated more than you will ever know.

Little Message

2011-09-23T11:36:00.000+01:00

Hello fellow crafters
Just wanted to write a quick note of explanation for my absence as I have noticed that it has been over a month since I have been online.

For those of you who know about my stroke in July, I have since been having MRI and CT scans galore and so many blood tests, I feel like a pin cushion. I have also had ECGs and an Echocardiogram. I know most of the nurses at the hospital by name and this week I have had cold and flu symptoms, which manifested themselves into a full blown cold. So, as you can imagine, the last thing I have felt like doing is making cards or crafting. I just wanted to say, thank you for being loyal followers and thank you for your lovely messages.

I'll be back soon, I promise x

Forever Friends '3D' Challenge

2011-08-22T08:00:00.001+01:00

This fortnights challenge from Forever Friends is a 3D challenge and is sponsored by Stitchy Bears. I decided to make my card on an acetate base and then added several various layers.

Here are a few images of my card so that you can see the different layers. I decided to stick with a pink and black theme as the fairy is just too cute to be any other colour than pink.

I added a sentiment from Lili of the Valley and the background was cut out using a Martha Stewart around the page punch. The black circle scallop was cut out using a large scalloped nestie.

I am so sorry but I can't be sure who made the back ground paper, but I think it may have been Pink Petticoat???

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop over to the Forever Friends blog and have a go at this fortnights challenge. Remember, you do not have to use a Forever Friends image in order to take part, you may use any stamped image, as long as it's an animal of some kind. You never know, you may win, but you have to be in it to win it. Good luck!

Lovesick Blues

2011-08-14T23:18:00.000+01:00

Last but not least (I promise...) for tonight anyway, here is the final card.

I made this card using a Lili of the Valley image and can't remember who the sentiment is by as it is currently loose and has not been put back with it's set. I added some flowers to finish the card. Sorry I cannot go into more details peeps, but it IS 23.15pm on Sunday evening and although I should've been in bed ages ago I just had to get these cards uploaded before I put it off any longer. I'm done... I promise. Night night x

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs,

Card for FIN

2011-08-14T23:09:00.001+01:00

Hi peeps
Me again, with yet another piccie of a card photographed on my Blackberry. Oka so I know I'm no teckie bod, but give me some credit for working out how to download them from my phone to my laptop, even if they were taken about a fortnight ago!!!! JEEEEEEES!

A friend of mine, asked me if I could make this for a friend of her husband's who is (apparently) a BIG fan of rugby. Unfortunately, unbeknown to me, when I 'googled' RUGBY BALLS to get an idea of what they looked like, it also came up with SOCCER BALLS, and who am I to know the difference??? Having never played it in my life and when I watch England play, I can hardly be blamed for not exactly watching the ball, when all those fit men, I mean legs, I mean PLAYERS are running around.

Anyway, despite my 'little' error the card was very well received and Fin was very happy with his card.

I hand drew the ball and coloured it with my Promarkers. To get the dimpled effect I went over the colour with my Blender pen and I was really pleased with how it looked.

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs

Despite her Attitude

2011-08-14T23:01:00.001+01:00

Hi girls
Another card from my Blackberry that I haven't yet uploaded. This card was also made for Lianne's 14th Birthday, but this card was given to her from her brother Lewis. He had a very clear idea of what he wanted to give her. He knew that this Lili of th Valley image definitely had Lianne's (attitude and) name written all over it. He knew greens and purples were her favourite colours (but we opted for green) and that he wanted it to be a shaker card (he has a thing about shaker cards, bless 'im).

AND... he especially liked this sentiment from Create with TLC so he wanted it to appear on the front rather than inside.

Hope you like the cards and thank you for stopping by.

Lianne's Birthday Card

2011-08-14T22:54:00.000+01:00

Hi girls
Just a quickie as I took this photograph with my Blackberry rather than my camera and have only just managed to upload and edit it.

I made this card for Lianne's recent 14th Birthday. She seemed to like it as it has been added to the ever growing pile of 'Cards-We-Want-2-Keep'. She had a really nice day despite her mummy havinf a stroke just 10 days before, but we still managed to make her day a special one. Even if it did cost me a small fortune, she's worth it.

Devoted & Dashing Dad

2011-08-08T16:12:00.005+01:00

Hi girls (and guys)

This fortnights challenge on the Forever Friends challenge blog is to create a ROUND CARD. Remember, you don't have to use a Forever Friends image if you don't have one as long as you use an animal.

This fortnight's challenge is sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads and she very kindly gave the DT some images to use on our creations. As you can see, my card is not exactly a round one but the front of the easel is. I had originally made the easel round as well but I wasn't happy with the finished result. So I remade it with a square base and a round easel and I think it worked out well.

I used a selection of different papers, merged the digi image with a sentiment from Create with TLC and coloured the image in with my promarker pens. I added a round birthday sentiment from Craftword Cards and job done.

Not entirely happy with the finished result, I reprinted the image again and coloured it the same way as the original and decoupaged the bear only to the front.

Here's a slightly smaller image so that you can see the decoupaged area.

I hope that you will decide to join in the fun this time and good luck. I hope you like my card that I created for the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by, hugs xxx

Cheers... Ears!!!

2011-08-06T14:54:00.002+01:00

Hi there
Here is card number two that I have so far made today.

A 5x5 whitebase card. I cut the main designer paper slightly smaller than the base card and mounted that onto plain white card that I 'edged' with the chisel end of my Coral Promarker. I then coloured the image with my Promarker pens (as listed below) and cut to size. I also mounted this onto plain white card which had been edged with the same Coral Promarker. I cut a smaller off cut of DP to go across the card and mounted this too. I then added the image over the top with some foam pads and then added a simple greetings tag and a pearl which I also coloured with the Coral Promarker.

Another Lili of the Valley image, this time, I have used the following supplies:

Image: Lili of the Valley

Promarkers: Coral, Pumpkin, Burnt Umber, Cinnamon, Caramel, Blush, Ice Grey 1, Ice Grey 3 and Ice Grey 5 (and Blender pen for the dots on the cats face, side and belly...awwwww)

Designer Papers: Craftwork Cards (Vintage Rose) Paper Stack and and old Birthday Card

Pearl and Tag from Stash

White Highlighter and Sakura (Silver) Gelly Roll pen

Selection of co-ordinating coloured pencils to add shaded areas (including White to highlight)

Thanks again for visiting, hugs

For You

2011-08-06T14:38:00.003+01:00

Helllllooooo
Not a hellova good day here in not-so-sunny Hertfordshire. So I have spent the day making a couple of cards that I thought might be nice to share with you all.

Supplies:
Image: Lili of the Valley
Scalloped Circle Nestabilities
Designer Papers: First Edition, 8x8 Sweet Owl Collection
Promarkers: Blossom, Ice Grey 1, Ice Grey Grey, Cinammon, Caramel and Forest Green
Ribbon: from Watford Market
Adhesive Pearls, Roses and Doily from Stash

Thanks for stopping by, Hugs

21 AGAIN!

2011-08-04T15:09:00.004+01:00

Hi girls, s'me again.
I know, I know... I'm like a London Bus. You don't hear or see me for 'AGES' and then all of a sudden, you're getting a post (or two) a day!!! What's going on I hear you ask? Well, after my many, many hospital visits this year, I have finally got my mojo back up and running again, and, as you can probably tell from my jovial tone, yes, I am feeling pretty good right now. Still have a massive headache, but I have worked out a way around that.

Anyway, without further ado, here is my latest card, one that I might add, I am very pleased with. I was asked by my mum's friend Pamela, to make a special 21st birthday card for her Neice, Jessica... so here it is. I decided to go with a pink theme, as she is quite a 'girlie-girl' and then kept the colours on the image to a minimum i.e. brown, lots of different pinks and grey with a little green on the flower stems.

Here is a smaller image of a close up of the bear and a list of supplies I used:

Promarker Pens: Magenta, Dusky Rose, Blossom, Cool Grey 4, Cool Grey 3, Cool Grey 1, Burnt Umber, Cinnamon, Caramel and Grass with a little Canary Yellow for the centre of the flowers.
Papers: First Edition Paper, Sweet Owl 8 x 8 Collection
Stamps: Lili of the Valley
Card Candi: from Craftwork Cards and coloured myself to match
Ribbon: from Stash

I am entering this card into this week's Lili of the Valley Blog Challenge, which happens to be themed 'Roses'.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my card?

Hugs

Lavender Lili

2011-08-02T12:41:00.000+01:00

Finally... after all I have been through lately, I am getting my MOJO back!!! Here is another card I have made this week.

This one was made using one of my FREE Lili of the Valley images that came with one of my craft magazines for August. I decided to make a gatefold card as I recently purchased a second hand Crafter's Companion Enveloper and it has all the markings for Concertina Cards, Gatefold Cards etc so I thought I would give it a go and see if it really was as simple as it claimed...and it was.

So, I coloured in the image, using my Promarker Pens, to coordinate with my background paper and then mounted it onto black card. I then stuck down one side and mounted it to ONE of the 'openings'. I then added a Craftword Cards sentiment (so that the card will close and stay shut) and some flowers etc. I have also decorated the inside of the card with the same paper and a sentiment, but I forgot to photograph the inside before one of my friends bought it from me, so... apologies for that.

I then just added some adhesive pearls to finish it off. Hope you like it and thanks for visiting.

Brick Work Card

2011-08-02T11:21:00.002+01:00

Hi fellow crafters, just wanted to share a little something that I created yesterday with you. It's a Penny Black stamp that I have stamped and coloured with my promarker pens and then I drew 'brickwork' shapes on it and cut out the individual pieces and put it back together again, mounting each piece with a foam pad and leaving a small gap between them.

I really liked the finished effect and it's perfect if you want something eye catching and unique. I think this card would also be really good for a male recipient.

Here is a smaller, more close up view of the brickwork. I lined up the bottom pieces first in a straight line so that I could then get the rest of the pieces in a straight line too. Then I simply cut the black background card around it and then I mounted the greeting onto black card and added some Card Candi.

Hope you like it?? Thanks for visiting, hugs

Fairytale Wedding

2011-07-27T13:18:00.001+01:00

Hi girls (and guys)
Just wanted to add a little card that I have made for a friend's wedding. Wendy and Kevin are getting married on Saturday 30th July and I was honoured to make all her wedding and evening invitations, her place names and her seating plan for her, so I wanted to make a really special wedding card for her.

I used two digital images, the magical, whimsical house (which I would love to live in) from Make it Crafty and the couple from Tiddly Inks (my favourite digiartist, Christie Croll is just amazing). I merged the two images together and added a free sentiment from Create with TLC and voila. I printed the image off twice so that I could decoupage some of it over the top and this is what I came up with.

I coloured the image with my promarker pens and then used my coloured pencils to add highlighted and shaded areas and give them more depth, I then went over the whole image with Gamsol to blend the pencil in with the promarkers. This is also good for 'setting' the image, sort of like spraying art work at school with hairspray. It basically stops it from smudging or smearing later from too much handling.

I then painstakingly cut out the 'vines' and the door and then the bride and mounted them onto foam pads to create some 'depth' to the image.

Here's an even closer version of the card so that you can see all of the little areas I had to cut out to create the desired effect. I am really pleased with it, but please note that the actual photographs are not doing the card any justice at all. I am not being big-headed here, but it really does look so much better in real life (so to speak).

Thank you so much for visiting me today and hopefully, you will take some time to leave me a comment. Good or otherwise. I'm good, I can take critisism. If you don't like something, let me know, it's all good.

Anyway, thank you for taking time out of your day to visit me, and I hope you will remember me and come back soon. Have a great day, hugs xxx

Thank You

2011-07-19T17:22:00.000+01:00

Hi, just wanted to say thank you for your messages, texts and emails.

It was very funny, what happened but you need to know that the MRI results came back and it turns out that I have had a stroke! Fortunately, it was only a mild one so I'll be back on my feet in no time.

In hospital AGAIN!!!

2011-07-18T07:04:00.000+01:00

What the hell is wrong with me??? Now I have a fractured skull and a suspected fractured shoulder!!! Gett your tena ladies ready girls, this will male you laugh! THE GARAGE DOOR FELL ON TOP OF ME!!!

Exciting News

2011-07-09T16:58:00.000+01:00

Since Spring this year, Make It Crafty and Tiddly Inks have been craftily plotting the coordinated release of a collection of Victorian and Steampunk images. Doesn't that sound fabulishious????

Like all good things, creative genius takes time but on July 14, Zoe and Christy and their teams will release a delightful combination of images, and welcome us to anticipate the release of "Mix and Match with Make It Crafty and Tiddly Inks."

Don't forget to check their blogs regularly for sneeky peeks and enter a quickie competition over at Tiddly Inks as the lovely Christie will be selecting someone to receive FIVE new digis from the collection, THE DAY BEFORE GENERAL RELEASE. Check it out now.

Hugs and kisses xxx

Pick-You-Up

2011-07-05T22:49:00.000+01:00

I work at a Catholic Secondary School and I thought this lovely little digi stamp from Tiddly Inks with her checked shirt was right up my school's street in terms of School Uniform. So I coloured the skirt in our school colours and added a little message.

My daughter wanted to make the card for a pupil at my school, who also happens to be a colleagues daughter, as she is having a tough time in Year 7, and she wanted to cheer her up. So she asked me to use the image I had coloured on a card for her to make her smile. Bless.

So anyway, here is the finished card.

Hope she likes it and thanks for stopping by. Hugs xxx

Forever Young

2011-07-05T22:43:00.000+01:00

Hi ladies
Just a quickie as it's late and I have been editing cards all night and now I am seeing DOUBLE.

Anyway, here's a little card I knocked up in the week using a Forever Friends stamp for a very special lady, who is celebrating her 85th birthday this week. A colleague, Linda, at work asked me to make it; only specifications were to have her name, age and flowers on the front. Well... I figured it had to be special, as it was such a significant birthday (well as far as I am concerned it's a specific age), so here is what I created for her.

I had to make a box envelope for her too as these flowers are pretty BIG and stand some way off the front of the card. I also decorated the inside of the card, but neglected to photograph it before I took it into work to give it to Linda.

I cut out the letters and the numbers by hand, after printing them off onto paper and tracing them. I added some brown DP with pink glittered leaves and then cut out my stamped image using my circle cutter. I then added the flowers, the ribbon etc and then finally the numbers and letters over the top with foam pads.

Linda really liked it and apparently, so did Nancy.
Happy Birthday special lady. Congratulations!

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs xxx

A Splash of Lime!

2011-06-27T22:19:00.004+01:00

Hi girls (and guys)
Hope you have not been too worn out by the 'heat wave' we have had today.

Just wanted to share a little card I have been making this evening for the new Baby Cremins. Hayden Thomas, who was born on 23rd June 2011.

I thought I would enter this card into the following challenges:

All Sorts - Lemon and Lime

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch #170

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge - Fancy Folds

As you can see, the card mainly consists of lemon and lime colours and I have used the sketch as requested by Cute Card Thursday and the image is one of Mo's, using an easel 'fancy' fold.

Hope you like the card.

Hugs xxx

Forever Friends 'Birthday Card' Challenge

2011-06-27T08:00:00.000+01:00

Morning fellow crafters

Just to let you know that the new (fortnightly) Forever Friends challenge has begun. This time, we are sponsored by Bizzy Bec's, who have a wonderful selection of digi stamps for you to choose from. When I was asked to select one for this challenge, I didn't know where to begin, I was truly spoilt for choice!

For those of you who know me personally, my choice will come as no surprise whatsoever. I have a weakness about anything and everything Burlesque, so my choice of Bizzy Bec's digi stamps just had to be 'Burlesque Betty'. So here is my card for the DT:

Thank you so much for your visit and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see what you have created this time. We had such a lovely repsonse to the previous challenge, I hope you'll come back again this time for the Birthday Card challenge, remember... it doesn't have to be a Forever Friends image, just an animal will do.

Good luck! Hugs x

Humphrey's Corner 'Birthday Girl' Stamp Set

2011-06-26T11:10:00.001+01:00

Good morning, fellow crafters.
It's such a beautiful day here in Hertfordshire that I got up really early and started crafting. Mojo is back, internet is fully operational...finally and I have a small selection of cards for you that I have made using my new Humphrey's Corner stamps. I just had to have them as they are just toooo cute.

I have made two cards with my first stamp so far, using different colour schemes.

Here is the first card:

I coloured her in with my Copic Pens and mounted her onto red, yellow and blue coloured cardstock. I then filled a white piece of cardstock with co-ordinating coloured dots (using the same colours I coloured the image with) and mounted that too onto red cardstock. I then mounted the whole thing onto a card base to finish. Really simply but, I think, quite cute card that can be used for any occasion.

The next card I made was using the exact same image but different colours and this time, I stamped two of the images and decoupaged her dress to give it a slightly 3D effect. Unfortunately, the photograph I took doesn't really do either of the cards any justice as the colours look so much more vibrant 'in real life' so to speak.

The blue colourway is also really simple but I really like the Humphrey's Corner image so I think, whether you like it or hate it, you'll definitely be seeing a lot more of them on my blog from now on.

Here is the 'blue version'. You can see that I have added some pink, green and yellow, just to liven it up a little and I have mounted the whole thing onto pink cardstock which is slightly glittered, but again, unfortunately you can't see much of it in the photograph. I have stuck the dress down completely at the chest so that it is only slightly raised at the base of the dress. Hope you like it?

Thanks for stopping by and paying me a little visit.

Father's Day 2011

2011-06-25T13:40:00.000+01:00

Hello again

Another little card that I have made recently. This is a card I made for Steve, from Lewis, for Father's Day. I know that this date falls on different dates throughout the world, but in England, we celebrated it last Sunday (19th June).

Steve really liked it and loved the Lili of the Valley stamped image that I purchased simply to use for his Father's Day card. I coloured it the exact same colour as his MAZDA RX8.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sea Monkey Card Request

2011-06-25T13:33:00.000+01:00

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)
Just a quickie that I really wanted to share with you all as I was really please with how it came out.

I was asked to make a card for a 'New Baby' that consisted of a Sea Monkey. Personally, I have never heard of them but having googled them, I have to say that I am quite intrigued. I might get some for Lewis???

Anita, the lady at work, who asked me to make it, was really pleased with it.

Welcome to the world Rhyleigh Rose Richardson.

Forever Friends 'Spots & Dots' Challenge

2011-06-13T18:36:00.000+01:00

Hi guys and girls
Sorry it's been a while, but here is my card for this fortnight's Forever Friends Challenge (Spots and Dots sponsored by I am Roses). Remember, you don't have to use a Forever Friends image, check out the FF Challenge Blog for the new rules.

Here's my card:
I used Promarkers to colour it in and used a rubber stamp image for the calender embellishment (from Lili of the Valley) at the top left. Coloured the background with my usual 'spotty background' and added some Candi from Craftwork Cards. The border punch was created using my Martha Stewart punch and the background papers are from First Edition Paper (Sweet Owl Collection).

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs xx

Forever Friends 'Use Punches' Challenge

2011-05-30T06:00:00.001+01:00

Hi guys and girls
Long time no post... anyway, I have been having a few problems with my internet connection so now it has finally been sorted I can post a card or two.

Here is my card for this fortnight's Forever Friends challenge, 'Use Punches' and is sponsored by Whimsey Stamps. I have used one of their digital images 'Touched by Love'. The background text and 'leaf' is by Hero Arts Clear Designs.

The punches I used were my large scalloped circle nesties, which I created the centre piece with and the borders were created using my Martha Stewart emboss and cut scallops with dots (not sure that is the correct name as the packaging has long since been disposed of).

I then simply added some blue flowers just to finish the card off, which I adhered with my trusty glue gun.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting, hugs

Forever Friends Challenge

2011-05-29T21:28:00.001+01:00

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to find out what this fortnight's challenge is for the Forever Friends Challenge Blog. It's going to be good and I would love to see all of your creations there.

Taking part is just half of the fun. So go on... challenge yourself. You might just enjoy it.

My card for the challenge will be posted tomorrow, but don't forget to pop over to Forever Friends Blog in order to see the rules etc (you can click on the left column, where it says I am on the fortnight DT, for a direct link) and what is expected in your card. Enjoy x

Thanks for stopping by, hugs

PB Easel Spinner Card

2011-05-29T21:25:00.000+01:00

Hello fellow crafters

Just a quickie that I thought I would like to share with you. I made it a little while ago but have had a few problems with my internet connection and therefore have been unable to upload anything for a while. Anyway, here is a card I made using my new 'spinner card' template.

The template was a present for my birthday, which I believe was purchased from QVC, but I cannot tell you currently what brand it is. As soon as I locate the packaging I will add the information to this post.

I decided to use a Penny Black image as I have not used one for a while and I coloured it in to co-ordinate with my My Minds Eye background paper.

I then simply added some gemstones to finished the card off. Behind the cat in the inner circle of the spinner are some Anita's stickers that simply say Happy Birthday. Then I added the Craftwork Cards greeting to the bottom left of the card and coloured that with the same promarker that I used to colour the image.

Here is a proper view of the whole card, which as you can see, is an Easel Card. I think the whole spinner thing looks great on an easel but works just as well, I have discovered, on a regular 15cm x 15cm card.

Hope you like my first attempt at a spinner card (using a template) and thanks
for stopping by. Hugs xxx

Forever Friends Buttons & Bows Challenge

2011-05-01T08:00:00.001+01:00

This is my card for the latest Forever Friends challenge, 'Buttons and Bows'.

We were asked to make a card using a digi stamp from Di's Digi Downloads and (of course) a Forever Friends image. So Buttons and Bows was the theme and this is the card that I made. One person has seen this card so far, as I made it for my BFF, Sarn, who celebrated her birthday on St George's Day. Her lovely hubby Gra took her into London for the day and it sounds like she had a fab time and also some fabulous weather. Hope you had a lovely day Sarn?

Anyway, back to my card.... I merged two Di's Digi Downloads images together and then stamped out a FF stamp, which I coloured and cut out and then decoupaged to the image with foam pads. I then coloured in the rest of the image and mounted some DP to the base card. I then mounted the whole thing onto pink mirri card and then added some buttons, a bow and a sentiment. Hope you like it?

Hugs xxx

Forever Friends Challenge Sketch

2011-04-19T11:58:00.000+01:00

Once again, I apologise for my tardiness in this fortnights Forever Friends challenge, as it is the Easter holidays here, we decided to take an inpromptu visit to Norfolk for a long weekend to make the most of our good old British weather! And NOOOOOOOO internet!!!!

So, without further ado, here is my creation for this fortnight's challenge.

You will need to follow the sketch (as shown below), you must use a Forever Friends image and basically as long as you use the sketch (you can flip it or rotate it to suit your needs) you can then add your link on the Forever Friends Challenge blog.

Here's the sketch. I can't wait to see all of your lovely creations. Thanks for stopping by to visit me.

Good luck!

Ruby Bea

2011-04-12T18:27:00.000+01:00

Hello again

Here's Teddy Bea, again I coloured her with my Promarker pens and I used parcel paper for the background on the basecard and then made a circle with some remaining paper and made another rose.

I mounted several pieces of brown paper onto red card and coloured Bea's dress and boots with Ruby and the bear in Sandstone.

I added some ribbon and some pearls to finish the card off.

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs xxx

Just the 2 of Us

2011-04-12T15:03:00.000+01:00

Hello girls and fellow crafters

Just a little something I have knocked up this morning for the Promarker and the Teddy Bo Challenges.
The Passion for Promarkers challenge is to make a card using 'make your own embellishments' and the Teddy Bo Challenge is to 'punch it out'.

As you can see with this card, I have made a wedding card using my Martha Stewart Heart Border punch and have made my own rose using tissue paper. Basically, I cut a circle of white tissue paper and then scrunched it up in a ball and then cut a spiral into it, then I simply wound it around the end of a paintbrush and then let it spring loose slightly before sealing it with a glue dot.

I used the wedding car digi image from the Teddy Bo and Bea collection (that I won recently by getting the TOP THREE, can I get a whoop whoop?) and then coloured it with my promarkers; tan, sandstone,cool grey 3 and 4 and blush. The DP are from my Sweet Owl collection as mentioned before. The individual hearts around the image are what were punched out from the MS border, that I just mounted with foam pads. The 'bumper' on the car was coloured with my silver metallic sakura gelly roll pen.

Hope you like it?
Hugs xxx

Let's Celebrate

2011-04-11T20:37:00.002+01:00

Hello again,

Here's the second card I have made today, using another of my Fizzy Moon stamps. This time, I made an easel card. I wasn't sure about the large circles on this card at first but I think it has now grown on me.

You can't really see it in the picture, but the image has been decoupaged and I have used clear glaze on the bottle and the bears nose. I used some more DP from the Sweet Owl collection and added some ribbon down one side.

I added quite a few pearls to the pink mirri card circle on the bottom right and added a sentiment.

On the base of the card I added some more DP which was mounted with foam pads and used some more ribbon and added a printed birthday greeting.

Hope you like the card?

Hugs xxx

Swinging Z-Fold Card

2011-04-11T20:28:00.002+01:00

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)

Steve's frien, Mark, asked me to make a couple of birthday cards for his sister-in-law and his Niece, so here's the first card I came up with.

It's a Swinging Z-Fold Card that I created using a technique from www.splitcoaststampers.com, the link for the tutorial is HERE. It turned out lovely and I really like the technique. It's easy enough to follow and the end result is worth it.

I found these lovely stamps by Fizzy Moon, and this is one of them. I coloured it in using my ProMarkers and added a greeting and some pins.

Here's another view from the card while it is open and another view of the card standing on it's side.

I used some DP from First Edition Paper, the Sweet Owl Collection 8 x 8 pad. It's mainly pink and browns and half the pad is double sided and half is glittered. They're gorgeous in the 'flesh' so to speak, unfortunately the photographs aren't doing the papers much justice. It's fabulous having the sun shining throughout the day, but my camera doesn't seem to like it too much. So I will apologise now for the 'brightness' but, I hope you like the cards.

Don't forget to pop over to Split Coast Stampers and have a look at their fabulous tutorials in their resources section.

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs xxx

Burgundy and White Wedding

2011-04-09T17:24:00.000+01:00

'sme again

Just another little something I have put together, this time using a Pink Petticoat digi image. A friend of mine asked me to put this card together so... this is what I came up with.

Thanks for stopping by, hugs

Lazy Boy Card

2011-04-09T14:16:00.000+01:00

Hello again

Another card for you. This card was made using a Garfield Colouring page image. I was asked to make it for a friend of my husband, who is celebrating his 30th birthday today.

I coloured the image with promarker pens and then, as before, used bmy circle cutter to cut a circle around the image. I then made a slighly larger one in order to mount it onto diamond mirri card. I used some 'water-like' DP to mount on the base and then added the 'circles' using foam pad. I then added the greeting that I printed out on my printer.

To finish the base and give the easel something to rest upon. I printed off three more fish from the image and cut them out after colouring and mounted these also with foam pads.

Thanks for stopping by, hugs xxx

Ela's First Birthday

2011-04-09T14:07:00.000+01:00

Hello fellow crafters and friends

Just thought I would take some time on this gloriously sunny day to upload a few of the cards I have made in the past week or so.

This first one is for Ela Mai's FIRST Birthday and was created using an image from Mo Manning at Digital Pencil Too.

I made an easel card base and then decorated the top. I printed off the image and added the words, then cut a circle around it using my circle cutter. I then cut a slightly larger circle out of diamond mirri card. After I coloured the image using my promarkers, I added some DP to the base card, some flowers and some pearls. I then mounted it the 'circles' to the base of the easel with foam pads.

Thanks for stopping by, hugs xxx

Anything but a Card

2011-04-06T22:03:00.000+01:00

Hello fellow crafters. Apologies for taking soooo long to post my entry for this fortnightly challenge. I am soooo pleased to be part of the Forever Friends Challenge Fortnightly Design Team!!

So for my first DT duty, this fortnights challenge is "Anything but a card"

I came up with an inspiration jar! I got an old coffee jar that was finished and washed it out thoroughly. I always keep these old Douwe Egberts coffee jars as they come in brilliantly for storing buttons, ribbons, charms etc. I covered the front of the jar with a piece of white paper that I had printed the words, 'My Inspiration Jar' onto and then proceeded to stamp my image onto it. I coloured it with promarkers and then stamped out the same image several times onto a thicker card. Which I left uncoloured and cut out leaving a slight border. Inside the heart, I wrote down several pieces of inspiration, so now whenever my MOJO is lacking, I can reach for the Inspiration Jar and make a card using 1, 2 or 3 of the inspirational messages. Et voila!

Hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by and supporting me and the Forever Friends Challenge Blog. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Hugs, Fae xxx

SOME GOOD NEWS...

2011-03-31T20:01:00.000+01:00

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)

I have an announcement to make... now that it's official! NO... I'm not pregnant (that would be impossible!), I HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO JOIN THE FORTNIGHTLY DT FOR FOREVER FRIENDS!!!!

I am sooooooo chuffed that the girls chose me to join them and I hope that I won't let the team down (as I have been secretly coveting their blogs and they're all fantastic!) I hope that you will join me and the other girls every fortnight (oh, and don't forget the monthly challenge, they have some new DT members there too!) and join in the challenges with me. I hope to offer you some inspiration and ideas, so make sure you pop over... your cards and designs might well be the one we choose to win!

Good luck and see you all soon.
Hugs

I Love Cupcakes!!!

2011-03-30T20:31:00.000+01:00

Hello again...

Just another quickie card I thought I would like to share with you.

The stamp is a clear stamp from Woodware Stamps and is quite large. This card base is 5" x 5" and, as you can see, it takes up most of the card.

I stamped the image and coloured it in with my promarkers before cutting it out and mounting it on foam pads and adhering it to the front of the card. I then added some of Anita's 3-D Clear Gloss to the left ice cream scoop. The two dollops at the front and the 'cup' are another layer of decoupage for extra dimension. While the clear gloss was still drying I added some mini beads.

The punch is a 3-D cut and emboss punch from Docrafts X-Cut and I LOVE it! Just thought I would try it out on this one.

Hugs xx

1st Birthday Cards

2011-03-30T19:45:00.005+01:00

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)

I'm sorry for my lack of posts recently, haven't been feeling that great and my mojo was seriously lacking inspiration. Anyway, RWO colleague's at work asked me TWO 1st Birthday card's and this is what I came up with.

I used one of Mo Manning's digi images and you can see this one and many more of her great creations at Mo's Digital Pencil Too. I made both cards using the same image but you will see that both cards are very, very different from each other. The first one is for Ava.

The second one is for Heidi. Heidi's card is an easel card and I added lots of flowers whereas I didn't think Ava's card needed the little extra bits. However, saying that, I like them both for different reasons. Ava's card is very simple and Heidi's is a bit more decorative.

It's not much to look at when the card is flat but when it is standing up, it looks much more decorative.

I hope you like them. They were well received and I think that the parents of both of these little girls will appreciate their one-of-a-kind-ness.

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs,

Peaches and Cream

2011-03-11T11:31:00.003Z

S'mee again. Here's my final card for today (so far). This card is also made using Coco with Heart by Digi Stamp Boutique (OMG I just love these bears). I coloured him in exactly the same Copic colours as my previous card. As you can probably tell, I really liked the way I coloured the image on the card I made for Emma's 21st, that I decided to copy it and make another one for this easel card.

I made the easel base and covered the front part and the bottom of the easel base in DP from Craftwork Cards.

The base part I edged with a Martha Stewart border punch and added three large, pink gems.

To the front of the easel card I added some pink and cream ribbon to and used my circle cutter to cut the image out. I then made a slightly larger circle out of holographic mirri card and DSST'd them together and mounted the whole thing to the front of the card using foam pads to give it some dimension. I then coloured a white greeting (also from Craftwork Cards) in the same Copic colour as Coco's heart and added some flowers using my glue gun.

Hope you like it.
Thanks for stopping by, hugs

21 Again...

2011-03-11T10:51:00.000Z

Hello again

My next card is one I have made for Mark's daughter, Emma, who is celebrating her 21st birthday on the 19th of this month. Poor Mark, it's his wife's birthday on the 17th and his daughter's 21st on the 19th. Expensive month for him! And he has just come back from Las Vegas, having flown out there with Tricia to celebrate HIS 50th birthday.

Anyway, the digi image is Coco with Heart from Digi Stamp Boutique. I coloured him with my COPICS this time and left my ProMarkers looking at me from their box, wondering what the hell they did wrong??? For the bear I used E71, E31 and E11. For the heart, I used R11 and for the ribbon I used R05 and R22.

Since I got a box set of 36 Copics for Christmas I thought it was about time I started using them, although from previous experience with a set of skin colours that I bought at Ally Pally a while ago, they ran out really quickly and I am hoping the same won't happen this time. Although I still prefer my trusted ProMarkers, I think the Copics blended just as well and are priced roughly the same. Whether I buy anymore, we'll just have to wait and see.

Anyway... back to my card... I drew and cut the letters and the '21' freehand and then used a little DP on the background. I mounted the image onto the same Cerise Mirri Card as I cut the letters from and then added some gems and some pins. The stamped sentiment is a cling stamp that I got in the Hobbycraft bargain bin for 99p and is made by Studio G.

Thanks for stopping by, hugs xxx

Luck o' the Irish

2011-03-11T10:31:00.001Z

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)
I can finally make cards again (or rather use my scalpel and stand for a limited period of time - I like to stand when I am crafting... weird I know, but hey it's my preference) so I have put together some of the images I have been colouring in while I have been recovering from my op and I have made some cards with them that I thought I would share with you.

The first one I am going to show is a card I have made for Karens Doodles Challenge Blog and this week's challenge is to 'Go GREEN'. So I thought what better time to make my good friend Kathy a Happy St Patrick's Day card.

Here's what I did:
I covered my white base card in a little green DP and then cut a circle in the centre using my new circle cutter.

On the inside of the card, I covered the circle with acetate, and then cut a larger circle into some holographic mirri card to use as the back (and the seal) of my shaker. I then went around the circle with foam pads and added gold stars and silver hearts to the 'hole'. I then attached the holographic circle to the foam pads and pressed down firmly.

Now it was time to finish off the outside of the card. So I used Karen's Doodles Lucky Leprechaun and coloured him in the following promarkers: Pear, Grass and Forest Green. A little Cinnamon for his cane and Pumpkin and Cinnamon blended together for his beard and his eyebrows. Then I got my gold Sakura Gelly Roll pen and coloured his buttons and buckles with it.

I cut around the image leaving a thin white border and mounted it to the front of the acetate with foam pads. Hope you like him, I think this image can't help but make you smile?

Thanks for stopping by, hugs xxx

Wonderful Wife

2011-03-08T15:12:00.002Z

Hi fellow crafters

A friend of my husband's, Mark, asked me to make a card for his lovely wife, Patricia, who's birthday is on 17th March. I was going to go with a St Patricks Day 'green' theme but thought as it was a card from a loving husband to his wife, I would make this instead.

I followed this week's 'sketch' challenge from The Teddy Bo Challenge, supplied by the wonderfully talented Kathy. Anyway, without further ado, here's my card.

I used the sketch provided on the Teddy Bo Challenge blog and then printed off Teddy Bea and coloured her with Umber, Cinnamon, Tan, Poppy, Blush and Ivory promarkers.

The DP is from My Minds Eye and the letters were drawn and cut individually by hand onto glittered adhesive sheets. The little scrolly thingies were cut using a Marianne Creatables template and my Big Shot.

Hope you like it?
Hugs xxx

How many fingers???

2011-03-07T14:56:00.002Z

Hello again...

Another card I have edited (to relieve my boredom and not be able to make a card yet... although I am having fun colouring in lots of images in readiness).

This card is an image from Tiddly Inks. I have to confess that I am not 100% sure about what it is exactly, it could be a hamster, a gerbil or maybe even a groundhog or something????? Nevertheless, he's too cute so I had to have him.

I coloured him with Promarkers: Cocoa, Umber, Cinnamon, Blush and Blossom and Yellow. The stamped sentiment is a clear stamp from Inkadinkadoo.

The DP are 6" x 6" and were a gift from Sandra so I am not sure who made them. Sorry.

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs xxx

Loving Wishes

2011-03-07T14:44:00.000Z

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)
Still recovering from my recent operation so haven't made any cards at the moment, but it has given me some time to edit my photographs of recent cards and put them up here for you to see.

This card was made with some wrapping paper left over from Valentine's Day and Coco bear from Digi Stamp Boutique. I cut the square scrolly thingy myself using a handmade template and mounted the image onto black mirri card as I did with the ribbon at the bottom.

I coloured Coco with Promarkers: Ice Grey 1, 2 and 4 and Cool Grey 3 and 4. Pear Green, Grass Green and Cardinal Red with a bit of Blossom on his ears. I then added a simple black print greeting from Craftword Cards. Apart from that... job done!

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs xxx

Art Deco Day

2011-03-06T11:31:00.000Z

Hello girls (and fellow crafters)
Just a quickie for today. Well not so much a quickie as it took me a while to make, but I wanted to share it with you all as I really love it.

I was asked to make an art deco kinda card for my friend, Sharon's, Mum. So I got a picture of an art deco lady and coloured her using a pale blue and silver combo.

I used some blue circled DP from My Minds Eye as my base and then mounted the image onto black mirri card and then mounted it again onto the blue sparkle adhesive. I then mounted it again onto the black to make a nice frame. I cut the letters out of the same blue sparkle adhesive and stuck them down.

When I had finished colouring in the lady, I then added some feathers, pins and flowers to her hat with my trusty heated glue gun. Job done.

I was so pleased with the card that I now have to make another one for my mum as I know she would love it.

Thanks for visiting. Hope you like my card?
Hugs xxx

Pinky's Colours

2011-03-05T21:05:00.000Z

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)

Here's a card I made for this week's Tiddly Inks 'Color' Challenge. Basically a Tiddly Ink stamp that is colourful and bright. So I went all out with 'Pinky'.

I was asked to make a card for a friend 'with a (nice) skull' so this is what I came up with, although I am not going to give her this one as the one I am going to make for her will have her daughters' name on it. This was a practice run. And I lurve...lurve...lurve pinky's red hair!

She has cardinal red hair, blended with cinnamon and her clothes are pear green, pastel blue and the cake is bluebell and amethyst. The DP's are just scraps that I had left over so I don't have a clue who originally made them as the labels are no longer on them...sorry!

Hope you like it?
Hugs and thanks for stopping by xxx

Shakin' Showers

2011-02-25T14:49:00.001Z

Hi girls
The Tiddly Ink challenge is to make a SHAKER CARD using one of their fabulous images, so I chose this one.

I cut out the circle, for the shaker part, in the middle using my brand new circle cutter from We R Memory Keepers and then mounted acetate over the top of the circle on the inside. Then I added foam pads all around the edge of the circle, making sure that none of the pads could be seen from the outside of the card (that would just look tacky!!!) and then I added some little silver and red confetti hearts and some beads.

I coloured my TI image with Promarkers; Cardinal Red, Poppy, Ivory, Blush, Umber, Cocoa and Cinnamon. I also used a little Pastel Blue on the puddle but you can't really see that very clearly because the sentiment is positioned over the top. The sentiment is from Create with TLC and was a freebie.

I then mounted the picture on the inside over the top of the foam pads and stuck it tightly down with DSST so that it couldn't be removed (else all the bits and bobs would fall out...doh!) and finished it off with some red card candi from Craftwork Cards.

Hope you like my card.

If you have never made a Shaker Card before and would like to give it a go, pop over to the Tiddly Inks Blog as they have a really fabulous tutorial there. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs xxx

Duck Egg Blue & Chocolate Challenge II

2011-02-25T10:02:00.001Z

Hi girls
Thursday morning and slightly overcast, definitely not as sunny as yesterday was. Hopefully the sunshine will break through later???

Anyway, I had so much fun colouring in my Teddy Bo stamps yesterday for the 'Duck Egg Blue and Chocolate challenge yesterday that I made ANOTHER one!

I used Promarkers; Sky Blue, Umber, Tan, Sandstone, Blossom and Vanilla. The birthday greeting was from Craftwork Cards that I also coloured with my Sky Blue Promarker and layered onto a blue scalloped circle.

The gemstones (believe it or not) have been recycled. I had a jumper that was covered in them and the jumper is knackered now so I picked all of the gems off and have used only a small amount of them on my card here. I still have loads... great tip there, 'if it can't be given to charity or sold, pick the buttons, gems, lace etc off them before binning them'.

I must've picked off well over a hundred gems and I only bought the jumper from Primark in the first place. Bargain!

Anyway, I hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by
Hugs xxx

Duck Egg Blue & Chocolate Challenge

2011-02-24T11:05:00.001Z

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)
Welcome back.

My new card is for The Teddy Bo Challenge 'Duck Egg Blue and Chocolate' (mmmmmmm chocolate), I enjoyed eating a whole bar of Cadbury's Fruit and Nut while I made this one.

I started with a background paper using the Blue and Chocolate colour scheme and then I cut some letters and a heart out of the same paper which I then mounted onto chocolate brown paper. I coloured the Teddy Bo image with Promarkers; Denim Blue (the nearest I could find to Duck Egg), Umber, Cinnamon and a touch of Pear Green on the stem of the rose.

I then cut around the image and mounted it with foam pads onto the DP and then added some blue ribbon. I then mounted the letters and the heart with foam pads too and added them over the ribbon. Hope you all like it?

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs, Fae xxx

Coffee and Cream Combo

2011-02-19T09:50:00.006Z

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)

Here's my offering for today. I am entering this card into the Passion for Promarkers challenge 'Coffee and Cream' colour combo. I am also entering him into the Teddy Bear Stampers challenge, which is also a colour combo using 'Brown, White and Pink. Well I have used the Blush colour on her dress and the heart so that is a very pale pink... hopefully it'll be acceptable???

I have used a new digi image (Teddy Bea 008) from Fairy Doodlers. Isn't she cute? I have seen a few of these bears around (during my blog surfing sessions) and loved them so much that I had to have one (okay...you got me... I got several... well I do get paid on the last Friday of the month WAHAYYYYY and that's next week!). Anyway, here's what I did:

I printed the bear and coloured her with the following promarkers ONLY: Senna, Umber, Cocoa, Cinammon, Blush and Ivory. The grey background was created using a black pencil and Sansodor. Well, I haven't used it for a while and I thought it was about time I did!

Then I scrolled around the edge of the white with my Cinnamon Promarker and added faux stitches using a 'normal' brown felt-tip (that was painful, how did I ever cope with 'normal' felts they seem to drag SOOOOOOOOO much and scratchy, don't even get me started on that!). Sorry, I am waffling again. Next I mounted some DP onto the white base card using some cream and gold embossed paper that I got from Craftwork Cards and added 5 Candi in coffee and cream colours (well I DO like my coffee the colour of GNATS ****, I'm a latte with a lotta latte kinda gal) and then added the sentiment that was also from the same collection at Craftwork Cards.

In fact, FYI, the paper, the candi, the sentiments and other things all came in a bumper pack from Craftwork Cards so pop over and check it out as they have some amazing offers on their bumper packs and it's very reasonably priced for all the stuff you get with it.

Hope you like the card? It's cold and wet here in Watford today, so doubt I'll be doing much else other than card marking, so prepare to see more of me. I'm sure that'll upset Steve enormously but hey, a girl's gotta do...what a girl's gotta do (ain't she?)

This card won The Teddy Bear Stampers blog challenge, AND got TOP FIVE at Passion for Promarkers and (because the original winner didn't come forward to claim her prize) it also WON! and I received a £10.00 voucher for Joanna Sheen. WAHHOOOOOOO!

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs x

Feline Creative

2011-02-17T17:29:00.000Z

Wow, Feline Creative is offering the most AMAZING Winter Blog Candy. Click on the photograph and pop over to see whats on offer. You have until the 26th February to add your link and leave Karen a lovely comment (no jealousy please... she's had 50 days of SNOW!!!!!), I'm thinking of asking her if I can pop over to Minnesota for a quick holiday ha ha ha, I just wanna go and make snow angels with the children and then come home again.

Good luck with winning the Candy.
Hugs, Fae xxx

I received a Blog Award x

2011-02-17T17:13:00.000Z

I received this award today from the lovely Debbie at www.debbiesinkysmudges.blogspot.com. Thanks a lot Debbie. You made my day!

This award, is aimed at bringing unknown good blogs to light and in accepting the award I have had to agree to the following conditions:

You have been tagged, do you want to accept? Yes, thanks again!
Then create a post on your blog and post the love blog photo. Done, ta
Link back to the person who gave you the award and say if you accept. I accept!
Choose 3-5 of your favorite blogs to tag, link these in your post too and tell the lucky people they have been tagged.

As the aim of this award is to bring unknown good blogs to light, please don't tag somebody who already has a ton of followers.... Here is a list of my chosen three:-

www.stampingforpleasure.blogspot.com (the lovely Sarn, who offers a wealth of inspiration in times of inspirational mojo and her Sunday Roast makes me chuckle)
www.karen-makes-cards.blogspot.com (for her fabulous calendars)
www.thelazymac.blogspot.com (for her wonderful ideas)

Pop on over and visit these blogs to see what they have received this award for and don't forget Debbie's blog at the top, who I thank once more for giving me the bog award in the first place.

Have a nice day ladies and well done ;o)
Hugs, Fae xxx

Op Date

2011-02-13T19:23:00.002Z

Thanks for your lovely message Jen, but I haven't had my latest surgery yet.

For those of you who don't know, I am going into hospital for yet more surgery on the 3rd March 2011. So I may disappear off the radar for a while. I'll be wandering the corridors of St Albans Hospital, stealth-like in my lovely open back hospital gown (that I swear is made from old curtains) showing my wears off to half of Watford and then some.

But fear not... I will be colouring my little heart out with the little package of images I have been stamping and printing to while away the hours. Hopefully, I will in be in and out before you know it, and then I'll be back at home struggling to use my scalpel again like I was in July last year. Hopefully the recovery period won't be as long this time (fingers crossed), but we'll just have to wait and see.

Thanks for the lovely messages I have had so far though, and thanks again Jen, it means a lot to know I have friends and cyber-friends out there who are thinking of me. I'll let you know when I am back on my feet and my bum is safely covered up again... no peeking.

Bye for now,
Hugs, Fae xxx

Heidi

2011-02-13T12:27:00.000Z

Finally, here is my last card for today (so far, there may be more later).

This digi stamp is called HEIDI and is from Victoria Case. I thought this would be perfect for Steve's friend, Mark, who is celebrating his 50th Birthday on the 16th February and the sentiment is just perfect for him too, well... it made me chuckle. I saw this somewhere but the sentiment had not been given proper credit so I did not know where it came from. However, the sentiment I saw was in USD and therefore not really applicable to the UK so... I made my own. If you were the creator of this sentiment, I give you my sincerest apologies for changing it to £'s without proper permission, but as I said, the card I had seen it on had not given credit to you and therefore I did not know if it was a freebie or a sentiment to purchase. Anyway, I hope he likes the card and Happy Birthday for Wednesday, Mark. Jammy toad is off to Las Vegas!!!

Thanks so much for taking some time out of your day to view my cards. Your visit is always a welcome one. Please feel free to comment if you like the card, or not. Your comment is always valued.

Hugs, Fae xxx
P.S. Happy Valentine's Day for tomorrow everyone young and old. Love never ages, it just gets better.

FREEBIE Sentiment

2011-02-13T12:14:00.001Z

A FREE digital sentiment for you to use.

Just click on the image for a larger version. Then just right click and save to your PC. Please remember to give me some credit for the sentiment if you use it on your cards, to let others know where you found it.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Fun with Coco

2011-02-13T12:11:00.002Z

And my third AND FOURTH cards for today are...

For this card I used papers from the Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose collection. I coloured Coco with Flowers (from Digi Stamp Boutique) in promarkers; ice grey1, cool grey 3 and cool grey 5, blossom, forest green and pear green.

Job done. Really simple card but I really love it as it could be used for anything. Get well soon, happy birthday, congratulations, maybe even a mother's day card (if I don't get around to making a special one for mum... sorry mum, lots to do etc etc etc, but I will try... I promise!), at a push I could give it to one of the children to give to me since I always have to make MY OWN!!

My fourth card today is also using one of the coco bears from DSB and for this card I used the following promarkers:

Tan, Sandstone, Blossom, Ruby and Poppy Red, Grass and Pear Green. I added some white spots onto the ribbon with my trusty, (wouldn't-be-without-one) white Jelly Roll pen.

I mounted the image onto black cardstock which I punched the edges of with my heart MS border punch. In case you were wondering, I deliberately mounted the image too far over to the left so that only the top of those hearts were showing as I didn't want it to be TOO symmetrical as the red background paper had a black glitter border that was cut off on one side (as it is scrapbook paper). I added a black ribbon with red stitching to colour co-ordinate and a sentiment, 'if I give you my heart... can I have yours?' which I made myself on the PC and which I will add to my next post so that you can also use if you wish?

I am entering this card into the Teddy Bear Stampers challenge using a 'love theme' for Valentines. Hope they like it?

Hope you like the cards?

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs, Fae xxx

Shy

2011-02-13T11:57:00.000Z

Hello girls

Here's my second card for today...

The image is from Maurie Manning at Digital Pencil too and is called 'Shy'. Isn't she adorable? I kept the colour scheme as pink, brown and gold (and used my infamous spotty background).

I coloured her with promarkers; blush, ivory, umber, henna, cocoa, cinnamon, ruby, cardinal red and ice grey 1. And for the bear; cocoa and cinnamon. Hope you like it?

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs, Fae xxx

Mice to see You

2011-02-13T11:44:00.000Z

Hello girls (and fellow crafters)

So, the past week I have been really busy. I have my nan's birthday coming up, my sister-in-law, an eighteenth and TWO fiftieth birthdays!!

Here's one of my many cards I have made this week. Unfortunately, this is not one of the cards I needed for the list above, but I thought the image was really cute and wanted to make a card with it. The image is from Phindy's Stamps and is a digi. I coloured it with my promarkers, added an inked background around the image and then mounted it onto plain black card with a small border. The I mounted that onto glittered cardstock. Hope you like it?

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae

Red and Black Valentine

2011-02-09T20:44:00.001Z

Hi girls (and fellow crafters)

So, Elaine at work, really liked my Pink and Black Valentine card that I made for my hubby Steve for Valentine's Day, so she asked me if I would make a similar one for her hubby Steve, also for Valentine's Day. So here is my card (for her), only this one is red and black (with a hint of white). Hope she likes it?

I used exactly the same spec as before only this time I used Coco with Heart from the Digi Stamp Boutique. She really liked these bears so I decided to use this image instead of a Penny Black one. I used promarkers: Umber, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Cardinal Red and Ruby.

I am entering this card into this week's Passion for Promarkers challenge 'Let there be love'. Hopefully they will like it? As their DT always offer us such fabulous inspiration. Pop on over and enter the challenge for yourself. It's great fun.

Hope you all like the card.
Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Fae xxx

Flowers and Pearls

2011-01-30T13:07:00.002Z

Hello girls (and fellow crafters)

So... looking for ideas this morning I turned to my trusted 'Inspiration Jar' to help me out. I pulled out the following:

Use a Recently Purchased Digital Stamp
Use lots of flowers (on DP, Prima, stamp or charms) I used them on EVERYTHING!
Add lots of bling, gems or pearls (or both)
Colour combi is PINK and ... (one other colour)

So... without further ado, here is what I came up with that I thought I would share with you. I am entering this card into the Passion 4 Promarkers challenge which this week is, 'Let it Shine' (make a card with bling).

The image is called 'Coco and flowers' and is from the Digi Stamp Boutique. I love these cute little bears. They're 99p each but you can buy FOUR for £3.50 so, of course, I had to have them all (thank heavens for pay day!!!).

Anyway, back to the card: I coloured Coco with Promarkers Tan and Sandstone. The flowers and grass were coloured with Blossom, Pale Yellow, Forest Green, Pear Green and Grass. The background paper is by Pink Petticoat from the 'Vintage Rose Collection' and that was a freebie with this months Quick Cards Made Easy magazine. Gorgeous eh? I used the Big Shot to cut the image out using a Circle nestie and then made the silver mount with my new Beaded Circles nestie. I then added mini adhesive pearls to the scalloped edges.

To complete the card I mounted some more silver paper to the left of the card and added some swirls, diamante flowers, prima flowers and jewelled brads (which I got for a bargain of 49p from Hobbycraft in the clearance sale). Finally topping off with a birthday greeting from Craftwork Cards.

Hope you like?

Thanks for stopping by on this gorgeously sunny Sunday.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Pink and Black Valentine

2011-01-28T13:48:00.000Z

Hi Girls (and fellow crafters)

Just a little something I thought I would share with you that I put together for St Valentine. I decided to make a card for the Penny Black challenge 'January Sales'.

I bought the Spellbinders Nestabilities (Beaded Circles) and the Martha Stewart heart punch in Watford Market, from my friend Sue, and also the new Card Candy by Craftwork Cards (so glad that Sue has started selling these there too...yipppeeeee!). The Penny Black stamp 'Aren't you lovely?' I have had for a while but haven't used for a long time. Oh, and the ribbon was bought in the January Sales at Hobbycraft too. The lovely cherub charm, was a prezzie from Mum, who got them in Tesco.

So, I stamped the image onto plain white card and then cut it out with the largest of the Beaded Circles Nesties. I then coloured him in with my ProMarkers: Blossom, Rose Pink, Black, Ice Grey 3, Cool Grey 3 and Cool Grey 5. I then got a red coloured pencil and shaded certain parts of the hearts on the bow tie. I then put the three colours Card Candy around the scalloped edges of the die cut image.

Next, I cut a strip of Pink Petticoat white and pink polka dot paper and used my MS heart border punch to cut the top and the bottom of the strip. I did the same with the black mirri card, making sure that the mirri card was slightly thicker than the pink so that both strips of hearts would be seen. Once that was mounted I attached my long piece of 'kisses' ribbon which I wound around the card twice and tied in a knot, once I had attached the silver cherub. I then mounted the die cut image to the whole thing to another piece of the white and pink polka dot paper and mounted that again onto a piece of card.

I then made the easel base. I mounted some more white and pink paper onto some black mirri card and left a thin border around the edge. I then cut a thin strip of black mirri card and border punched it as before. I printed out my 'sentiment of the month' 'If I tell you I love you... can I keep you forever?' from Create with TLC and mounted that with foam pads. Finally, I cut out a white heart by hand and ran that through my Big Shot using the Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder and stuck it to the top right hand corner of the sentiment. Et voila! Job done!

I am really pleased with how this card came out and hope you will like it too.
Thanks for stopping by

Hugs, Fae xxx

When nothing goes right...

2011-01-27T11:36:00.004Z

Sorry... me again!

This is a card I have made for Mo's Digital 'It's a Color' Challenge. This week her 'Design Team Member', Elaine, challenges us to make a card using only Red, Yellow, Orange and Neutrals (i.e. Black, White, Off-White). So I made a card using just those colours on a white base card.

I, of course, used one of Mo's Digital images and coloured him in orange PJ's with red stars and a red dressing gown. The box of tissues is yellow as is his hair. The sentiment is from Create with TLC 'When nothing goes right...go left' which is perfect for when you're not feeling very well and nothing seems to go well. I added some DP from My Mind's Eye 'Bright Dots' paper stack. and some orange and yellow flowers.

The base card is 6" x 6" and was a recent purchase from HERE. They supply excellent quality card stock (among other things) at VERY reasonable prices. Pop on over and take a look for yourself.

Hope Mo and her DT like it?

Thanks for visiting me today.
Hugs, Fae xxx

One for the Girls... and Boys

2011-01-27T10:02:00.002Z

Hi girls... me again
These are two cards I have made using the same Mo Manning image 'Kai is One'. Although Mo has created two images, 'Kai Girl and Kai Boy' I bought Kai boy as I thought I would get away with colouring the same image in blue as well as pink. Anyway, I'll let you be the judge on that one. Here are the cards I created using the one image:

I coloured them both using my ProMarker pens. The pink card is a 5" by 5" and the blue card is a C5 gatefold card.

What do you think? Do you think the same image works for both genders? I think so? And I am really pleased with how both of these cards turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

The Love Boat

2011-01-27T09:53:00.000Z

Hi girls and fellow crafters

Here's another card that I have finally got around to editing.

This card was made using my new Country Companions set that I got for Christmas and this one has the loveboat included. What a sweet image, course... this would never happen where I live, unless the River Colne broke it banks, the only way I would manage to get Steve in a boat is if his other option was drowning!!! Nevertheless, it's a cute image and I really enjoyed colouring it in. Another thing I love about these Country Companions clear stamps is that they stamp so well. Although... HINT: with the little text images (as you can see in the ladybugs message card on the bottle) you don't have to use quite so much pressure and it's best to stamp a few testers before stamping it into the text box, to get the pressure right.

I coloured the image in with my ProMarkers and then added some glitter STICKLES over the top of the water. I added a charm and a sentiment to finish. The background DP is from the My Minds Eye 'Bright Dots' Collection.

Hope you like it.
Fae xxx

Can I Keep You FOREVER?

2011-01-27T09:41:00.004Z

Hi girls, here's a card I made for the Tiddly Inks challenge 'QUOTE ME'.

Is it just me or did January just flash by in a wink??? But hey, on the bright side, after a (what seems like a very) long month waiting for PAY DAY, it's finally coming this Friday! I got my December wages on the 17th December (as I work in a school) and therefore, it has been an excrutiatingly LONNNNNNNG month waiting to get paid.

Anyway, without further ado, here's my card.

I used a Tiddly Ink digi and coloured him with my ProMarker pens. The sentiment was from Create with TLC which is just lovely. I might even make a similar card for my hubby this Valentine's. Although I am generally a doggie person, I just love this cute cat.

The background paper is from Craftwork Cards and has a really subtle shimmer to it, although unfortunately you can't see this in the photograph very well.

This card won TOP FIVE in the Tiddy Inks Challenge

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by
Hugs, Fae

Get Well Soon...Sarn

2011-01-25T20:24:00.000Z

Hi ladies and fellow crafters
Well... now that she has finally received it, I can show you a card that I made for my good friend Sarn, that I posted to her via snail mail recently. And... it really was SNAIL MAIL (I posted it on Friday and it arrived today...why the hell do we spend the extra cash on First Class postage when it still takes the same amount of time as SECOND class postage??? AND... how long WOULD it have taken if I had posted it SECOND CLASS???)

When I text her last week she said that she was feeling a little under the weather and a bit poorly (sniffles and flu like symptoms) so I thought I would send her a goody package to cheer her up. I sent her some clear stamps that were really cute and came as a freebie with my Card Making & Papercraft magazine (I had two copies) and I enclosed the magazine also together with a variety of sweeties.

Here's the card I made for her...

Sarn text me about an hour or two ago to say that the package had arrived and that it had definitely put a smile on her face (and cheered her up). Ahhh, I'm really glad Sarn. Glad I made you forget your cold, for a little while anyway.

Sending hugs to anyone who is feeling poorly today, yesterday or tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Fae xxx

Loving Life...

2011-01-21T22:14:00.002Z

Hi girls,

Thought I would like to share with you all, a card I made to enter in a couple of blog challenges this week.

I started by choosing a colour scheme. The Tiddly Inks Challenge is called 'Just Be Me', basically a card to describe ME, so my colour scheme had to be aqua blue. I chose this lovely image from Tiddly Inks as, if you live in England, you have to either love or hate the rain... and I love it (as long as the wind isn't blowing with it... I love to just feel it falling on my face, whether it's soft, fine rain or hard rain, it's all good. But I DO prefer hard rain). I love the sound. This image is also good for me because I love to splash in puddles, despite being 38 years old. Just because I'm in my 30's why should I stand by and watch my son have all the fun??? The sentiment, by TLC, is also a good one for me, because no matter whether it's is my kids or Steve, I love having them by my side. No matter what. The little girl with the basket of love is me too, my friends are always saying to me that despite what the weather or life throws at me, I always have a happy disposition and am always smiling or giving out hugs etc, so this card really is 'Me'.

For the ProMarker entry, I used the following colours: Blush and Ivory; Soft Green, Ice Grey 1, Cool Grey 3 and 5, Umber, Henna and Cinnamon, Cardinal Red and Ruby

Challenges entered:
Tiddly Inks Blog Challenge 'Just Be Me'
ProMarker Challenge 'All You Need is Love'

Thanks for taking the time to visit me this evening. Hope to see you again soon.
Hugs, Fae xxx

You got knocked up!!!

2011-01-17T21:44:00.000Z

Hello fellow crafters
S'me again...

This time I was asked to make a card for a friend of a colleague from work, Anita. Her friend Claire has just found out she is having a baby so Anita wanted me to make her a card, and the inside wording says "You got knocked up... NO Tequila for a YEAR!!!"

Anyway, she told me what she wanted and I put my interpretation on it. I will give it to her at work tomorrow, so I hope she likes it?

Thanks for taking the time to visit.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Get well soon K-Bo

2011-01-16T12:32:00.000Z

Hi everyone
I made this card this morning for my good friend Kathy, who is going into hospital tomorrow to have a carpel tunnel operation on her wrist. She has already had the left wrist done iny August/September and now she is going back to have the right wrist done. Hope everything goes well for you Kathy and that we'll see you back at work sometime soon.

I made the card using my Woodland Friends stamp sets from Docrafts. I chose my stamp and stamped it onto watercolour card as I wanted some nice textured card. I then added colour with my promarker pens and added just a little touch of my dotty background and some glitter. The closeup picture is slightly better as you can see more detail on the stamped background.

Card is in the post K-Bo. I hope you like it?
Hugs, Fae xxx

Hodge Podge Blog Challenge

2011-01-13T08:00:00.001Z

Sorry guys, it seems that this Challenge will not be happening until 13th January 2011 as due to the Christmas Period, the current challenge will last a little longer, so, as I cannot delete this posting, here it is, a little advanced warning about the upcoming challenge.

Here is my challenge card for the Hodge Podge Challenge, 'White on White (with a hint of...) mine is pink!

I used one of HP images, which I printed off and added 'If friends were flowers... I'd pick you' beneath.

I then added some pink with my new Copics and added the white and pink flowers, a white ribbon, a greeting (from Craftwork Card) and some pins. Job done! Hope you like it and I look forward to seeing your cards in this weeks challenge.

Hugs, Fae xxx

With Sympathy

2011-01-07T22:30:00.001Z

Hi, thanks for stopping by and visiting me again today.

A friend, Jane, in my office, lost her Brother-in-Law at the beginning of this week. The news of his death was a big shock as he seemed fine over the Christmas and New Year period, and to make matters worse, he died on the 1 year Anniversary of their father's death!!!

So I made a little card from myself and the other staff in my office to give her, so that she would know that we were thinking of her and her family at this sad time.

Also, Wendy, also from my office, has had to go to Great Yarmouth, as her mother took ill on Thursday morning and got the call to go up there to be with her. She has been ill for a while and has been in hospital on a number of occasions during the past year, but fortunately, has pulled through and recovered each time. We are thinking of you Wendy and wish your mother a speedy recovery and hope that she will be back home soon.

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Twilighters BEWARE!!!

2011-01-05T23:00:00.000Z

Hi girls, Sharon's daughter, Erin, is TWELVE years old tomorrow so Sharon asked me if I wouldn't mind making her a Twilight card. So I went to www.dragoart.com and found out how to draw the Twilight character Chibi's... what do you think? It took me a few attempts to get Jacob right and Edward's coat but I think I got there okay in the end and I am really pleased with how the card came out.

Anyway, hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Happy 12th Birthday Erin, hope you have a good day, despite being at school, although it is only half a day. Shame it's not for us office girls though... enjoy your day.

Hugs, Fae xxx

Lover's Lane Roses

2011-01-03T12:01:00.002Z

Hi girls
Another card for you today, this time using the Country Companions 'Lover's Lane' Stamp Set from Docrafts (another of my Crimbo pressies). The stamp set consists of 22 pieces just the same as the Woodland Friends Sets I have and basically you just create your own scene. This is one that I started with last night, but there's going to be a lot more coming, these stamps are a joy to use.

Sometimes, you can buy clear stamps and the stamped image can be blurred or rough edged where the actual clear material they have used is not as firm as it could be for the pressure of stamping. These are spot on for my personal level of pressure that I use when stamping so they're great.

Anyway, here's my card from Lover's Lane, Country Companions.

Hugs, Fae xxx

First Card of 2011

2011-01-02T20:56:00.000Z

Wahooooo, welcome to 2011 everyone and thanks for stopping by and visiting me. I have just finished my FIRST card of the year. I have a good feeling about this year so let's hope it's a good one for all. I am still full of cold and so is Steve but I've had it for so long now that I am not prepared to let it get me down any longer. So 'ner' cold and flu symptoms, on your bike! Enough is enough.

Here's my card, which I made with my Woodland Friends stamps. First of all I decided which stamps I was going to use and then stamped up the background. I then coloured it with my ProMarkers and then coloured and decoupaged the fox and the badger over the top.

I then mounted it onto bubble, silver mirri card and then mounted some scrap green DP and mounted that onto the same bubble mirri card and then put them all together. The Card Candy was then coloured in with the same colours that I used on the tree and added to the top and the bottom of the card.

The thing I like most about using these stamp sets is that no two scenes look the same, you can just put what you want where you want and create all the different backgrounds and foregrounds you like. Hope YOU like it? It's for my friend Karen's hubby, Terry. He will be FIFTY on the 4th January 2011.

Congratulations Tezza. Hope you have a good one xxx

Lots of love, hugs and kisses
Fae xxx

Happy New Year for 2011

2010-12-31T19:30:00.002Z

Happy New Year everyone.
Hope 2011 brings health, wealth and great happiness to all of my family, friends, followers and fellow crafters.

Hugs, Fae xxx