Windows

At the Crazy for Challenges blog this week, their theme is 'Windows'.  These can be any form of window i.e. a hole cut in the front of the card, a shaker card, a window in an image (including vehicles), anything basically that has or is classed as a window.

I chose to make the following card for this week's challenge as I have a few male birthdays coming up this month and next, so I needed to make a few masculine cards.

For this card I used another Lili of the Valley digital image called 'Under the Bonnet' in the Men and Boys section, the image can be found here.

Firstly, I used a piece of green scrap backing paper from my scrap box and ran it through my Big Shot in an embossing folder. The embossing folder is an after market one purchased on eBay. Had to wait ages for it to arrive from China, but it was only 99p with free P&P and it embosses beautifully. I then mounted this to the front of my 8" x 8" card blank.

I coloured my image in a similar colour to the embossed card using my Copic pens and mounted it first to green card and then to a beautiful green glitter card (purchased in a pack of glittered card from B&M Stores).  To finish it off, I simply added three white Card Candi to the top left of the card, I didn't want to add a sentiment to this one, which I normally would do, because I may use it for my daughter's boyfriend, if he passes his driving test - IF...

That's it... hope you like it.

Don't forget to pop over and visit Crazy 4 Challenges Blogspot if you would like to take part too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Fae xxx

Let's See Some Gingham

Over at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenges blogspot, this weeks theme is "Let's See Some Gingham'.  So, as I have quite a bit of gingham paper in my leftover scrap paper box, I thought I would take part in this cute little challenge this week.

The digi image used is from Lili of the Valley, she is called 'Cake Glorious Cake' and can be found here and is found under the heading 'Fairies and Mermaids'.

I coloured her with Copic markers and did the shading with my prismacolour pencils, blended with Sansodor and a blending stump. I then mounted her onto silver glitter card and added the gingham paper directly to the front of the white card base (8" x 8"). I then added some matching coloured paper flowers (which I think I purchased in bulk from eBay - I know I ordered absolutely loads of them for just a few pounds and I still have loads left) and put adhesive gemstones into the centre of each flower.  I added a sentiment, also from Lili of the Valley, (the reason it is at that angle is because just underneath it is a big dollop of glue that tore the paper when I tried to remove it - but I still think it works, hahaha).  I then just added a small amount of glitter to the fairy wings and highlighted the 'bits' in the cake with a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

Hope you like her?
Thanks for stopping by, Fae xxx

One for the Boys/Men

Hi all

Just a little something I have prepared for this week's various blogs challenges, listed below:

Passion for ProMarkers challenge 'One for the Boys/Men' Here

Ooh La La Creations No 158:

Father's Day/Male Here

I was asked to make an 18th Birthday card for a friend of my daughter's, and decided, as he will be doing his first driving lesson on his birthday, this lovely image from Lili of the Valley would be perfect.

I used my beloved ProMarkers (and Prismacolour pencils for highlights and lowlights) to colour this image and added a few candi embellishments and a sentiment (also from Lili of the Valley).

Hope you like the card and I look forward to seeing everyone's projects in the above challenges.

Thanks for stopping by and thank you for taking the time to view my blog.

Hugs

Laugh a Little

Another little gem from Lili of the Valley... God I love this cute little fairy lady.

I made this card a while ago and photographed it but never got around to uploading the picture to Blogland.

The sentiment is Hero Arts (I believe) and the background papers are scraps I had lying around. Sorry, I can't remember who, what, when or where they came from...

The image was coloured with my Copic Pens and I added some silver Card Candi from Craftwork Cards.

Pretty in Pink

Hi ladies (and gents)
I made this card for the following Blog Challenges.

• Lili's Little Fairies Challenge, Pretty in Pink (must use a Lili of the Valley image)
• The Cutie Pie Challenge, Glitter and Bling

 It's the first time I have entered the Cutie Pie Challenge so I hope I meet their criteria. Anyway, enough shout out to the Blogs, here's the card I made.

I made this really sweet card for my grandmother, who I affectionately call Nanny. She has been in the hospital for the past three weeks but I am delighted to say that she was discharged on Wednesday of this week and this is a 'happy thoughts' card for her.

The background paper which I attached to an 8 x 8 inch white base card, is from Craftwork Cards and has a shimmer effect that you can't really see in the photograph. I then cut a smaller piece of pink shimmer card and ran it through the Big Shot to add a patterned texture and mounted that onto black card. The image is from Lili of theValley and the sentiment 'Sending Lots of Happy Thoughts Your Way' is from Penny Black. Both the image and the sentiment were also mounted onto pink card and then re-mounted onto black cardstock.

The N-A-N-N-Y letters have been cut out by hand and I coloured the image with promarker pens. I then added some wedding sparkles (the swirlie bits) that I bought in a bargain bucket at Hobbycraft - I knew they would come in useful for something and they finished this card off perfectly).

I then added a few other smaller bits of bling.

Hope you like it

Special Things

This is a really cute card that I have made with one of my new 'impulse buy' Lili of the Valley stamps.

I actually bought quite a few Lili of the Valley stamps at the Alexandra Palace show back in September, and believe it or not, I have only just got around to using this one. Can't believe I left it so long.

Anyway, I digress...

I decided I liked the idea of stamping onto brown wrapping paper and then colouring with my Derwent pencils as I really love the vibrancy of the colours that results.

The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts and was a present from my good friend Sarn, many... many moons ago. I decided to keep the card CAS so that the main focus would be the fabulous colours of the image and the really cute image itself. So I added nothing else other than the two ribbons that run along the bottom of the card.

Here is a close up of the image so that you can see the different colours I have used to create light and shadow. I haven't blended any of these colours as the wrapping paper soaks the Sansodor up too quickly and leaves a mark so I scrapped that idea straight away.

Hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by on this beautiful Sunday morning.

Hugs x

Lili's Flowers

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.

Lovesick Blues

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,

Despite her Attitude

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.

Cheers... Ears!!!

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

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!

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

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.

Father's Day 2011

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.

Forever Friends 'Spots & Dots' Challenge

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

Christmas Trio

Okay girls,

Here's a little something I made last night. I started it on Rudolph Day but didn't finish it until last night... so it still counts!

I made the card using a snowflake stamp that is made by Papermania and the main image bear is by Lili of the Valley, which I stamped three times and cut out individually. I coloured each bear with Ice Grey 2, 3 and 4 and then used Ruby and Poppy on the hat and Canary for the star. 

I stamped the snowflakes with metallic silver ink onto red card.

I then simply added some glitter Stickles to the star and on the white areas of the hat.

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs, Fae xxx

Merry and BRIGHT!!!

Morning, sorry it's been a while since my last post. I have been busy making my cards and although I started them, I didn't quite get around to finishing them. Or at the very least, photographing them. So here I am...

I decided it was time to use one of my new Lili of the Valley Christmas stamps, as I have been looking at it a while and haven't stamped with it. I didn't want to go with the traditional green and red or white and black Christmas card and eventually decided on red and yellow... strange??? Yeah, I know but I think it actually works. I think it looks a bit like a flattened christmas cracker??? Let me know what YOU think?

Don't you just love this bear??? I coloured him with ProMarkers: Cocoa, Cinnamon and Sandstone (and then went over it with a brown sharpened pencil to pick out areas of his fur), Cardinal Red, Berry Red and Yellow. I then picked out the star and the tinsel with Moon Dust Stickles and a white highlighter pen (Sakura Gelly Roll).

I then added some non-traditional background paper from My Minds Eye (Bright Dots Stack), some red and yellow cardstock which I border punched with the Martha Stewart Stars punch, added some ribbon and a shiny red button.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

LOTV Blog Candy

Hi girls
Just a quick note to let you all know about some fantastic blog candy.

All you have to do is post the 'LOTV Ideas to Inspire' Blog Banner in your side bar with a link back to http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.com/ like I have done and then put your name into their Mr Linky. Simples!!!

Draw will take place on Wednesday 18th August so get their banner posted before then and you could be in with a chance to win these li'l cuties. Good luck x

Hugs, Fae xxx

Get Well Soon Nanna

Hi girls (and possibly guys) just thought I'd quickly show you the card I made for my 82 year old nanny Rose. She went into hospital today for a knew operation which will be taking place tomorrow so when I go up to see her tomorrow afternoon I wanted to take a special card with me to cheer her up.  This is the card I came up with.  

I was talking to my friend Sue in Watford Market today, and I purchased some gorgeous Prima flowers and some cardstock off her and I was telling her about the card I made recently for the Penny Black challenge where I folded the ribbon over to make pleats along the width of the card and that gave me the idea to do the same on the ribbon for this card.  I bought the ribbon in TKMax on Saturday. They're fabulous!  Anyway, the image is from Lili of the Valley coloured with blendables pencils and the papers were free in a paper craft magazine.  The Prima flowers were purchased today from Sue on Watford Market, finished off with a single adhesive pearl in the centre and the writing at the bottom is my own handwriting.


Hope she likes it and isn't too long in hospital??? My daughter is having her 13th birthday party on the 10th July and she really wants her great-nanna to show the young 'uns how to boogie (my nan is always the first on the dance floor and the last one off...at least until recently!) So come on nanna, sort it out and get back home and walking... See you tomorrow, Fae xxx


Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Neopolitan Delights

This is a card that I have made for the Teddy Bear Stampers Blog Challenge.  Their challenge this fortnight was to create a card using the sketch and the colours were blue, pink, yellow and brown.  Not a fabulous colour combo but I rose to the challenge anyway, oh... and of course, you have to have either a digi stamp or rubber stamped image of a teddy bear.

Initially, I was going to try and make this challenge combine with the Penny Black Challenge too, but I love this little Lili of the Valley bearsoooooo much that I just really wanted to use him for this one. And I think it turned out pretty good. I used my large scalloped circle nesties and created a pink and a brown layer (you can just about see the pink scalloped layer above the brown one but under the white circle with the image) and I stuck them all together.

I then cut some baby blue cardstock and border punched it with my Martha Stewart Doily punch and then added some blue and brown circle ribbon to it and finally I added the flowers with the pearls.  To finish the whole thing off I then added some brown and blue coloured gemstones to the top of the doily punch circles.