Cornering in pink and black (& white)

Corner bookmark for Lindyloo's bookmark challenge at Creative Harmony. Linda has asked for either a ribbon bookmark, or a corner bookmark. You can enter twice so long as it is one of each type. The receipe is Pink, Black (or grey) and white, and must include a ribbon. You have till 24th May to enter here. Tutorial for simple corner bookmark here.

Close up of cute inchie. 

I'll be sending this a an extra gift to my swap partner this month. My cardstock is Bazzil, my seam binding is Ribbon Girl and my iddy biddy inchie stamp is part of the stamp set I won on Sarah's weekly candy. You can enter her current candy here.  

My gems are stash. Now here's a question for you, how on earth did I manage to empty my pot of flatback gems all over my laptop.....a better question is....How on Earth am I going to remove the couple that wriggled their way under my keyboard..Yikkes.

Edited. I won for this with Creative Harmony Bookmark Challenge. Yippee!!

Anniversary Waltz

This is an Anniversary Card for my sister (and Hubby of course) who celebrate the end of next month...and yes it's made already.......whether or not I actually get it in the post on time is another matter of course. 

My Image is from Delicious Doodles, another of those I won with ATC's & Cards with Attitude. Teri at DD gave her permission for me to add the music background with my photoshop. 

The blurred object on the sentiment is a fimo hummingbird. In shimmering pearl white, it's just not showing up too well. 

 My crocheted lace trim. 

Receipe...

Image - Kind Permission of Delicious Doodles 

DP's - Kay & Co

Stamp - Penny Black ( from Sarah Wright Ebay Shop)

Visit her great new store Craft All Day

Crochet Lace and fimo bird - handmade

Heart gems - stash

Sentiment - Computer generated

I'd like to enter this in 

4 Crafty Chicks Music Inspired Challenge 

Editied

Won Top 3 at 4 Crafty Chicks ..Yippie!!

Breezy silhouette

My image is Summer Breeze from Little Miss Muffet, her creator Barbara gave permission for me to turn her into a silhouette (photoshop) for this challenge. I'm pleased with how she turned out. My flower is fimo, lotus flower - using a silcone mold by Moldmuse. Papers are a pack of wrapping paper from Tesco. Sentiment p.c. generated and gems are stash. 

I'd like to enter this in 

Little Miss Muffet challenges silhouettes challenge

Edited
I've been Spotlighted at Little Miss Muffet for this, Thanks.

40's ATC with Attitude

 

For my ATC base I used a piece of gold card. I stamp a few scrollie bits (using just elements of a Tim Holtz Stamp)  on it and embossed them in gold, and then inked over the ATC edges and embossed that. The corners started to lift a little, and I liked it so I heated one corner until it melted right back. My pictures (in case you don't already know) are of Shirley Temple, at different ages through the 40's. I used to love watching her films as a child (not that I was alive in the fourties I hasten to add lol). I just have a little gold chiffon bow and a futterby to finish off the glitz, all from stash. 

I'd like to join ATC's & Cards with Attitude for their Anything Goes Challenge.  

Edited 

Won 4 images from Delicious Doodles from ATCs & Cards With Attitude 

Hopped in with a Bookmark card

Card with a detachable bookmark was the swap card my group did this month, and I had a lot of fun making it. The bookmark is magnetic and I saw it on Doodle Buddies Naush has some great projects, I'd recommend giving her a look-see. Her magnetic bookmark tutorial is here.

As you can see, it's a multi-fold card, giving me a lot of space to play with. It was my first go at using a banner, and it's really a cheat as I used the cut-off from my cardstock - which is a rik-rak cardstock stack. I've also stamped all over the place on this project. Having just discovered my 'skill' has improved, I've become a little addicted. My papers are Kay & Co. A stack of 360 sheets which I had in a wonderful offer of £9.99. I love the papers. My stamps are clear sets from Papermania. The cute bunny from one and the sentments and flowers from a second set called Honey and Hugs. Die-cuts are nesties and colourants promarkers and Lyca pencils. 

A couple of inside leaf shots.

The large rik-rak in the center panel is 'waste' from the rik-rak stack.

Front of Bookmark.

Inside. I've hidden the magnetic strip under the paper.

I'd like to entre this in the Challenge at Crop Shop for Unique Folds 

Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #27 Bright Colours - Oranges, Yellows, Reds

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm a brand new member of the Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge Design Team.

The Challenge this week is to use Bright Colours - Oranges, Yellows, Reds, and for my very first DT project I've made an ATC using the delightfully cute Sea Turtle which you'll find by popping over to the Happileigh Scrappin' Shop. 

I've coloured him using Promarkers - slightly shaded my background with a aqua blendable pencil (blended with a dry stubby thing). I've added sand coloured Flowersoft...well as sand, some Basic Grey fibres as water plants and scattered a few undersea themed beads about - not forgetting the little mini faceted gems I've added to some of the air bubbles. 

You don't need to use a Happileigh Image to join us, but if you do - and why indeed not when there are freebies available - you will be given 2 entries into the draw. Also, not to be forgotten, for every 3 images you buy at the store, you will get one free. 

The rest of the Team  have some wonderful projects to share with you, pop over to the challenge and take a look. 

Some Challenges ...

Creative Inspirations Paint - Bright Colours

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Under the sea.(Top 3 Award)

Delightful Challenges -Anything goes

Southern Girls -  Anything goes.

Divas by Design -  anything but a card

For Fun Challenges - summer or bright colors

A Spoonful Of Sugar -  Splish Splash

Amber's Crafts & Stuff #12 Teen Celebration.

At Amber's Crafts and Stuff this week we are making projects with a Teen in mind. My teen project is my very first easel draw box, which I've made for the lovely daughter of a good friend of mine. She has the most beautiful red gold hair...which I've tried to imitate on the image. 

I'll be stuffing the draw with crafting goodies for her to make a few cards - it was orginally going to be chocs but there were just toooo many to fit....so she's getting a extra gift lol. 

The pin is made using some beautiful purple glass beads that Joan kindly sent to me a few days ago. The 'draw nob's' are also made with some of the beads she gave me.  My image is coloured with promarkers and the flowers and butterflies are highlighted with Sakura tira glitter pens, and glazed with the glaze pens. I used a couple of Marianne Design corners to 'frame' my image and made some roses with matching cardstock. 

Inside the easel. 

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I hope you'll pop over to Amber's and check out the work the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration, and join us this week. 

My Receipe..

Image..Gingerloft

Colourants ..Promarkers, Sakura

DP's ...Craft Creations

Die's ...Marianne Creatable & QuicKutz

Stick pin & Roses ... Homemade

Teal Cardstock... TBA

Ribbon & Gems ...Stash

Challenges I'd like to enter :-
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Flower Power
Anita Be Stampin' -  Layer it On Me
Claudia & Co - Fancy Folds
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge -  Make Your Own Embellishments (Stick pin and Roses)
 Paper Minutes -  Something in Quadruplicate( 4 Roses)
Tuesday Throwdown - DIY  Embellishments (Stick Pin and Roses)
Happileigh Scrappin - Lots and Lots of Embellishments
There's Magic in the Air - Easel Cards
Allsorts -  Things With Wings

Ambers Crafts & Stuff #8 For A Special Lady & #3 Tuit

This week our Sponsor is DZ Doodles. We've been given some great images to play with and I chose this one. I have to admit this was a last minute job for me. My Special Lady Project is the Hummingbird below which I felted for my Daughter. However, I was delighted to also have this little cutie and made the card using some of my daughters favourite colours. 

This is my first Twisted Easel, and I've used two complete A4 Sheets of textured cardstock. The cardstock left over from making the card base has been turned into the lacey flutterby and paper lace edging. I put satin purple ribbon down and layered the paper lace on top. On the Easel base I threaded a lilac narrow ribbon through a die cut border. My buckle is also a die cut, and I have glued a few gems along the paper lace and sentiment. 

 Receipe ..

Image - DZ Doodles

 Colourants - Promarkers

Die cut's - Nestie wonkie squares & Marianne Designs Creatables

Cardstock, gems, ribbons - Stash

My Special Lady is my daughter 'Pea'.  Until a few months ago she was too ill to do more than lie quiet with her eyes closed most of the time, and virtually unable to speak. She is still unable to do more than the tiniest things for herself, but at least able to chat a little and have interest in things around her. 

When she is well enough she would like to have some birds, Rainbow Finch would be her first choice but as they are difficult to keep for a beginner she will start with good old Zebra Finches. Until that day arrives I'm going to gradually give her an 'aviary' of felted birds. This Hummingbird is the first of those, and she has him (Henry) hanging beside her bed. 

As I was making him in secret I have only been able to spend a little over an hour a day on him...half hour in my afternoon rest period and a little longer at bedtime. It's a time consuming hobby - one wing can take 2 - 3 hours. Was worth it to see the big grin on her face when I gave it to her. She has him...named Henry...hanging beside her bed. Others will eventually follower to add to her 'aviary'.

This little fella is also my Get A Round Tuit Project #3, I've had the kit sitting in my room for two years - it has enough for two hummers and number two is already started.

Challenges I'd like to enter with the above card :-

Clear It Out! - Ribbon/Trim

Happileigh Scrappin -  Moms or special women in your life

Digital Tuesday - Ribbon AND Lace (used Paper Lace)

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes 

DDH Challenges  - Bling

Kaboodle Doodles - 'B' embellishments (Buckle)

Fab 'n' Funky -  no DP

Flutterby Wednesdays -  open

My Mum's Craft shop - cute and girly

Paper Shelter Challenge -  Bling

And with My Hummingbird ...

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Open challenge - anything Goes

Pollycraft - Anything Goes

Divas by Design -  anything goes

Bookmarking Moment

My first ever bookmark of this type, but I'm going to make others. I saw the idea on Tracey Payne's Blog Crafeezee, in fact it was my choice of top pick on Ambers Crafts and Stuff a couple of weeks ago. You can see her inspiring creation here. It's for the granddaughter of a friend...she's not having a good time, poor mite. 

My image is a Mo's Digital, The betweener, and coloured with promarkers. I'm using the flicking method of colouring now...as opposed to making little circular movements....as demonstrated in the tutorial by Annika of Another Messy Crafter. She is doing a series of tutes using Copic's, but the techniques the thing for me. A real must see for beginners and otherwise. 

My flowers are recycled from a flower arrangement I had years ago. Lupin or foxglove-ie type flowers that I pulled apart....and put back together in my own weird way lol. 

Colours used. 

Tan, Vanilla & Blush for skin.

Burnt Umber, chestnut, Cocoa & Terrecotta for hair

Rose, Dusky & Pastel Pink

Oatmeal & Soft Peach. 

I don't need to tell you about the blender pen I used to clean up mistakes do I lol. 

Receipe...

Image - Mo's Digital

DP's - Basic Grey (striped)

Craft Creations (inspiring words)

Ribbon - Marianne Designs

Die Cut - Nestie Wonky Square

Colourant - Promarkers

Flowers - Recycled

Gem - Stash. 

Inspiration - Tracey Payne

I'd like to enter the following. 

Creative Craft Challenge ... Bookmarks

Fresh Brewed Challenges ... Flowers

The Paper Shelter ... Anything Goes 

Papertake Weekly ... Anything goes with optional Something new

 ( 1st time making this kind of book mark + sentiment DP.)

Karens Doodles ... Fancy and Feminine

The Crafty Pad ... Flowers

Stamping Sisters In Christ ... Card/Project for a child

CES Challenges ... Children

Amber's Crafts and Stuff #3 April Flowers.

Our challenge at Amber's Crafts and Stuff this week is to use flowers, probably you'd have guessed that, well, flowers or maybe girly or pink lol. Pink is my favourite colour and I do think I've been pretty restrained using it in my challenges...I really let myself go here lol. The decoupage image is Dufex, on a background of mulberry paper that I've given a scattering of pink pearls. A pink chiffon bow with a pearl too. 

The double layered butterfly is another from the set my aunt bought for me. You can see a little of the ric-rak, over ribbon and a satin border. ... and a flower pearl. I have more satin border, with paper lace over it on the card edge. 

 My tags are stamped with Especially for You; With bunches of Love, in a pink pearl ink, embellished with lots of ribbons and some flower pearls.

 I cut my flower from some bits of the mulberry papers - about 6 layers I think - using the tiny wonky square by nestie. A few of my hand made fancy pins, and a pearl glued to a petal to finish it off. Hope you can see the paper  lace flower edging. 

Hope you like it and it's inspired you to get out your flowers and join us in the challenge this week. You'll find other inspiration from my team mates on the blog here

My Receipe...

Decoupage - Dufex

Chiffon Ribbon and ric-rak  - 

Mulberry flower & fancy pins - home made.

Everything else - Stash

I'd like to enter the following Challenges...

Anything Goes Challenge - Make Your Own Embellishments(stick pins and tissue flower) 

Clear It Out Challenge - Flowers, Flowers & More Flowers. 

Karen Doodles Netherlands - Make Your Own Embellishments (pins & Flower)

Ladybut Crafts Ink TLT challenges - Handmade Flowers

Party Time Tuesday - Handmade Flowers

The Stamping Boutique - Handmade Flowers

Tuesday Throwndown - Florals

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight - Decoupage (with my Favourite,  dufex)

House Of Gilli - Ribbons & Pearls

Scrappy Frogs - Flowers & Lace (paper lace on edging) 

2 Sisters - Make Your Own Embellishments (pins & Flower)

Delicious Doodles Challenges - Floral Fantasy

Three of a kind with bling

I think this is quite a clean looking card....for me anyway. Not exactly clean and simple of course, but less busy than usual. The papers I used are a kind of paper ribbon that I cut into thin strips, the silivery paper at the centre is a bit of old wrapping paper....yes I'm one of those who open my parcels very carefully and knowing how many avid re-cycler s are out there I'm not afraid to say it lol.  

The faceted stones at the centres are clear but the others are all a set of three of one of the iris colours (complicated sentence), only the pink showing up though.  My appature card is an ultra slim (not a word Dorcas!!) DL and is part of a cheap bulk buy from years ago. Every thing is from stash. 

Just a few Challenges for this one...

OLLCB - Three of a Kind

Crafty Hos' - No Designer Papers

CES Challenge - Bold and Bright

Tucked up with Space to Dream.

I've made this card for my Grandson Jack, who I'm quite frankly besotted with. He's just turned 6yrs and unfortunately often ill through the winter because of Asthma. I saw this image (ain't it the cutest) on Mami Doodles and just had to have him. There is also one of a girl in pj's very cute, and you get 4 versions of her. Jack love Dino's but he's had four dino cards this year so I've gone for space and aliens. The novelty buttons are a bit OTT I know... but he'll love them - and will have them ripped off the card before the day is out. I turned the teddy into a panda because he has asked me to crochet one for him. After this card he'll want me to crochet a space ship or robot....trust me he will ....and I'll do it lol. 

I coloured my image with promarkers, and also used them to colour the plain green and orange ribbon. Edged with promarker too.  I put sparkles on his pj's and on bits of the planets etc with glitter pen, hopefully you'll see that better in close up. Used it on the sticker greeting too, but can see I'm going to have to go over that again now it's dried. 

Receipe for this card...

Image - Mami Doodles Kaz & Teddy

Sketch - Eat, Sleep, Stamp

Card & DPS - 12 x 12 from stash (unused I have to add)

Novelty buttons - Craft Creations

Glitter pen - Sakura Tiara

Peel off stickers - stash

Die Cuts - Spellbinders nesties

Ribbons plain - stash

Ribbon fancy - Do Craft Boutique Ribbon Verde

Colourants - Promarkers

 Vanilla, Blush and Tan for Skin

meadow, grass, lime and Forest greens for onesie

Canary, Tulip yellow, tan and sandstone for hair (cus all I had for it)

I'd like to enter my card for the following challenges ...

Eat, Sleep, Stamp Thursday - Sketch

Digi's With Attitude! challenge - sparkle, ribbons, 2 DP's

AiFactory Challenge - Die cuts or Punches

Pixie Dust Studio - The Boys in Our Lives

Southern Girls Challenge - Transport/Travel

Moving Along With the Time - Nice and Bright

365 challenge - Warm and Cozy

Lexi's Creations -Anything Goes

Without more ado, my Darling Jack. The pix on the right has been altered by my friend Ulina - doesn't it look so much better. She does the most beautiful photo's and you can find her blog here

A few close ups :-

 Kaz changed into Jack

A little bit of sparkle

Sentiment and ribbons

Yippie for Autumn

I seem to be on a house mouse roll at the moment...unintentional but I just can't resist the little things. They so remind me of my beloved pet rats when they were iddlie biddlie babies, so very cute. Early Autumn here we get a lot of what we call Crane Fly/Flying Daddylong legs. I've had a horror of them since my brothers chased me down the road with hands full of them and then threw the monsters into the lift with me as the doors were closing - you can only imagine the state I was in after travelling 8 floors up!!! They however were doubled up laughing !!  Don't you sometimes just wish you could swat your brothers like you can annoying little insects lol. (I've almost forgiven them lol) 

This is the second of my Autumn themed swap cards for this month. As you can see I cut my mousies out, I embossed them on the underside to make them nice and rounded. My papers are digital freebies called Autumn floor. I coloured my silver stickers with light green alcohol based pens, and filled them with glitter pens (sorry not showing up). Alphabet stickers were gold, coloured brown.  I used glitter pens and clear glaze pen for the dragon fly in the image. I've used the last of my leaves made with stickers over lacy doilies. I used my brand new toy, my big shot (I'm a happy bunny)  to emboss and die cut.

My receipe -

Image ... House Mouse

Embossing ... Cuttlebug paisley folder

Die cuts ... Nestabiliteis

Papers ... Paper Printables

Cardstock ... Stash 

Cabochons ... Tesco

Flower Gems ... Stash

Leaf Stickers ... Craft Creations (come in lots of colours)

Alphabet stickers ... Imag-e-nation

Colouring ... Blendable pens and Sakura Glitter and Glaze pens.

Hoping to enter this card in the following Challenges ...

Cooking it up With Katie - Emboss a Sticky Leaf

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Bling

Papertake Weekly - Something in 3's

Tuesday Throwdown - 3 of Something 

Creative Inspirations - Sketch

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - Fall 

Stampavie and more - Autumn

AiFactory Challenge - Animals

Cute Card Thursday - What's bugging You

Pixie Dust Studio - Fall into Fall

Here are the close ups.

Image and embossing

Filigree leaves 

 and a couple of the embellies 

Altered Chocolate

 I deserve a whole load of chocolate after this I can tell you. Twice I finished it and then stripped it back down to the backing paper......mostly due to my drool getting over the papers lol.  It does look something like I'd intended it now.

It is an old clipboard, as you'll see from the before pic below, and I've wanted to alter it for quite a while now. I made my backing papers from beautiful pictures of slabs of chocolate from a very posh shop. The background is Choc Orange, and the clock face Dark/milk/white choc. Then there's that lovely big, grown up choc button.  Yummmiee!!!  Admit it, you're drooling too, right lol. My Clock hands and sentiment backer are good old Cadbury's. My doilies have quite obviously had drinking choc spilt on them lol. A few peel offs to decorate....and numbers from an alphabet sheet...I've never used any of my peel off numbers before. I'm getting through this unused stuff ok lol.

My Receipe :-

Papers .... home made (pix from Hotel Chocolate)

Peel off ... Image-n-ation

Glitter ... Stash. 

Doilies ....Lakeland
Sketch ... Get Sketchy Challenge

I Hope to enter this project in the following Challenges :-
The Stamp Man - Altered
Cute Card Thursday - Inspired by Clock or Time
Get Sketchy - Sketch
Anything Goes Challenge - Going Round in Circles
Creative Belli Blog - Numbers (unused stash)
Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge - Circles
Create with Connie and Mary - Anything but a Card
Catch The Bug Challenge - Anything goes 

A few Close ups 

And the Before Shot ....