Good Luck Lianne

Hi girls

Here's another card that I have been doing today. I am entering it into the Sketch Saturday Challenge and here is the sketch they gave us this week to work with.

I decided to make a card for my daughter, Lianne. Although she is only is Year 9, she has been asked to do a Btec exam in Physical Education (which is the equivalent of TWO GCSEs) and next May she will also be doing her Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) exams early. I am really proud of her as she has been working very hard on her coursework and I hope this card will wish her well and good luck. But, because she will be doing these exams in Year 9, there is no real pressure, because if she doesn't do as well as her teachers are expecting her to, she can resit them in Year 10 if she wants to aim for a higher grade. If, however, she does as well as her teachers expect, she can keep the grade and then that takes some pressure off for when she does her other GCSEs in Year 10. Win, Win situation...

I started by laying down the background paper from My Minds Eye (Bright Dots Stack) and then mounted a string of some other co-ordinating paper from the stack onto blue cardstock. I mounted the Tiddly Inks image onto the same blue paper and then mounted some chipboard stars onto the same papers.

The image was coloured with ProMarkers: Sky Blue, Demin Blue, Cardinal Red, Ivory, Blush, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Sandstone and Ice Grey 1.

I mounted some co-ordinating ribbon onto the blue cardstock I used before and then printed a greeting on the printer using Cool Dog font from www.dafont.com.

All done. Hope you like it?

Good luck baby xxx

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Hallowe'en Betty

And now to my final card (today...so far).

I have made this card for the Simply Betty Stamps 'Emo Halloweenie Blog Hop'. All you have to do is leave a comment on each and every blog included in the Hop and then make a halloween card (using one of the Simply Betty Stamps, but you're not allowed to use one of their Hallowe'en stamps).

The cutesy the better and then colour it hallowe'enie style, hence the GREEN face. There are some fantastic new digi stamps up for grabs so good luck, if you take part, and 'happy hopping'. The DT have some fantastic halloew'en style cards on display which should give you some brilliant inspiration.

But, anyway, this is my offering (although it's nowhere near their standards).

I used 'Betty1' digi stamp and coloured her with ProMarkers: Blossom, Rose Pink, Grass, Forest Green, Lime Green and Black. I then mounted her onto Black Mirri card and used the Martha Stewart stars border punch. I then mounted that onto Black adhesive glitter, then mounted onto white and then again onto black cardstock (leaving small borders each time).  I then cut some of the 'Madly in Love' stack DP and used the MS Doily Punch along the bottom which I then added some black sparkly ribbon to and then mounted the whole thing onto black mirri card basecard. I finished it off with a black greeting (from my stash) and added some white highlights. Phew!!!

Hope you like it?

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Fallin' Leaves

Right girls, my next card has been created using one of Mo's (Digital Pencil Too) freebies from Paper Craft Planet. You have to be a member of her group on PCP to get them and she only leaves them as freebies for 24 hours so you have to be lucky. Usually, I am not so lucky, but I happened to see her post on Facebook and grabbed my chance with both hands (and ten fingers too) and grabbed it before the allotted time was up. Phew!

I'm not a big fan of cats (except wild cats, if I could own a panther or a leopard I would jump at the chance but I would rather see them in the wild personally), but this cats face is very appealing. He's very cute and I love the whole fallin' leaves thing too (Autumn is my favourite season). The digi stamp actually only came with the leaf on his nose so I doctored it slightly in paint.net and copied the leaf and made it all different sizes and placed them all around him so that it looked like he was having fun at the base of a tree that was shedding it's leaves. I can remember Steve raking all the leaves up one year from the back garden and he had a huge pile and Lewis, who was probably about four, ran out the back door and jumped straight into the middle of the pile squealing with laughter!!! Bless him. Anyway, I'm waffling again.

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

Happy Hallowe'en

Good Morning fellow crafters
Here's a little card I put together last night.

I wanted this image the moment I saw her and couldn't wait to print her off and start colouring.  That's what I love about digi-stamps, you don't have to wait for the postman, but... be warned... it's very addictive!!!

Anyway, here is my card and here's what I did: I printed off the 'Spooky Birthday' Tiddly Inks image and the ProMarkers used were; Burnt Orange, Blush, Ivory, Apricot, Ice Grey 1, Cool Grey 3 and a bit of glitter.

I added some designer Hallowe'en themed papers to the background and some orangey stars. I then added some black, orange and brown 1mm gemstones and black and orange ribbon to finish.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Sapphire Wedding Anniversary

Hello again fellow crafters.

My friend Carolyn, asked me to make a card for her parents 45th Sapphire Wedding Anniversary so I put my thinking cap on and, although it doesn't have any Sapphire on it, I hope it will suffice? I tried it with a navy blue background but it just looked odd, so I decided to keep the layout sketch really simple and go for Sepia and Cream with a splash of Green.

Okay, so here's what I did:  Carolyn gave me a photograph of her parents that I scanned and edited to change the colour to Sepia. I then ran the image through my Big Shot with my large scalloped nestabilities. I printed the text directly onto the cardstock. I added some black ribbon (from my stash) to the centre and then mounted the photograph together with the flowers and the flourishes. To finish the card off, I added 1mm cream pearls to each of the scallops (the ones that were visible anyway).

The verse inside the card, reads as follows:

A marriage made in heaven, 
is beautiful and rare.
And brings a life of happiness, 
just like the one you share.
Your trust in one another,
is a very precious thing.
And you deserve a lovely day, 
for all the joy you bring.

Happy anniversary to you both

Mum and Dad

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my cards enough to keep visiting.
Hugs, Fae xxx

RoRo's Birthday

And here's another little beauty from Tiddly Inks.

I made this card for my Auntiy Rosanne, as it is her birthday on the 25th September.

She wouldn't let me make her a card last year as my grandmother died just before her birthday and, understandably, she didn't feel much like celebrating, which I can accept totally as not only was my nanna her mother, but she was also her best friend and dependent (miss you nanna, love you lots).

Anyway, because of the circumstances last year that prevented me from making her a card, I thought I would make an extra special one this year. I hope she likes it. It's rather larger than the cards I normally make but I made the image quite a bit larger and added so many embellishments.

I coloured the image with ProMarkers; Ivory, Blush, Cinnamon, Henna, Cocoa, Demin Blue, Indigo Blue, Blossom and Rose. I then added the lettering which I cut on my Big Shot. Added some different papers, some ribbon, some flowers and some swirly bits (using Marianne Creatables and also cut on the Big Shot).

Hope you like what I have created today?

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Meet Marvin

OMG. Look at what I found last night while I was surfing the net.

I stumbled across a website called The Stamping Bazaar and look what I found there. Marvin the Bat! Isn't he just the cutest little bat you have ever seen. They are currently offering all three image of Marvin for $10.00 so of course I HAD to have them (Hmmm, I need to get back to work and soon before I end up bankrupt!).  More 'Shhhhhh'...please.

Anyway, I bought ALL THREE (what a bargain) and here is what I have done with our little Marvin. Yep, you guessed it, more Hallowe'en cards.

Here's what I did with him: I used ProMarkers: Cinnamon, Cocoa, Henna, Livory, Blush, Blossom, Cardinal Red, Yellow and Blue Bell. The slightly lilac haze around the edges was done with coloured pencil and Sansodor.

I then 'cut' (with great pain) some designer paper from my DCWV 'Madly in Love Stack' and mounted it onto black mirri card used for the base. And then cut some more (oh my...panic attacks now!) from a different sheet in the stack and layered that on top with some more glittered velvet ribbon (from Norfolk stash). I then just added a sentiment (I chose this one as I can use it either as a Hallowe'en card or as a Birthday card depending on my mood in October) and some highlights with my Sakura Jelly roll white hightlighter pen.

I haven't done anything with these images yet, I just wanted to show you how I coloured them. I can't wait to add them to cards, but that's for a later date.

Thanks for dropping by. Hope you like it?
Hugs, Fae xxx

The Dark Side...

Ok fellow crafters, as promised, here is the card I made with the image I coloured yesterday 'Betty Belfrey' only a hallwe'eny version of her...

I kept the card quite simple as I didn't want to draw too much attention to anything else other than the image itself.  I cut around the image and mounted it onto black mirri card and then onto a purple case card.

I simply then added some black and purple mini gemstones (from stash), some black, velvet, sparkly ribbon (from recent trip to Norfolk) and a bat charm / pendant thingy that I kept when my daughter broke the necklace that it hung from.

The inside simply reads:

Happy Hallowe'en

Hope you all like how it 'eventually' turned out and are not too disappointed with the finished result?

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx

Tiddly Pinks

Okay... so the challenge over on the Tiddly Ink Challenge blog this week is 'Happy Birthday'. Christy is wishing a very merry unbirthday to everyone with this challenge.

As I have a friends, an aunts and a nephews birthday all coming up this month, I thought I would get stuck in and make a start.

Here is my card for the Tiddly Challenge: I started with a Black mirri card base and added some DCWV Designers papers to it. I then mounted my image 'TI Pinky' onto black mirri card also and coloured her with the following ProMarkers: Ivory, Blush, Ice Grey 1, Cool Grey 3, Blossom, Magenta and Cinnamon. I then did my usual thing with the whole 'dotty' background thingy and added a glittery sentiment (leftover from a kit stash), a rather large black flower and a black circle centre, which I covered with glue and sprinked with micro beads.

I then added a little bit of highlighting to her hair and clothes and used the same white highlighter to pick out certain areas of the netting under her dress. 

Hope you like it as much as I do. I was very pleased with how this turned out. I know that quite a few of you have commented on the dotty backgrounds, so here's a little close-up piccy so that you can see that the dots are very random... no skill involved.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Fae xxx