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.

Brick Work Card

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

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

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!!!

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

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

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