Anything but a Card

A handbag charm I made for a friend. My cameo is fimo, made with a mold from Moldmuse. It's a little fiddly to get it two tone, but I'm managing better with each one I do. Not sure where the beads are from, but the charms, chain and pendent back are from Beads Direct & Bead Shop Manchester. 

I'd like to enter this for 

Diva's By Design Challenge ..Anything But A Card
I hope a Non Paper project is acceptable. 

I Spotted a Pop Up

A card I made for my Grandson for him to go back to school after the spring break. As a Jehovah's Witness, I don't send him birthday, xmas cards and the like (he's not a JW) so I do like to make him cards  whenever I can. This is of course a Mo's Digital Pencil Image...and it was so much fun to colour with my Lyra pencils. My G.son is a curly blond, and I just wish I had enough confidence with my colouring to give him a head of curls....still he usually has to have the curls shorn off before going back to school...how I miss them. 

It's another free standing pop-up, and below is how it looks folded for posting,

 this fitted into an C5 envelope. 

I have added a homemade fimo heart charm, decorated with sakura souffle pen,

 and a handmade with love heart charm. 

They are fastened with a brad I decorated myself.

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My brads were coloured with acetate pens and then dotted about with sakura pens. My 'ribbon' came tied around a new set of towels. It reminded me of the tape my mother used to write out names on to sew into our clothes for school. Of course my grandson would have no idea of such things...but it appealed to me for a going back to school card. 

It's like to enter this into 

Mo's DP2 Challenge - I see Spots 

Look Who Popped Up

This is a free-standing pop-up card, I've made it for a card swap this month. I found the tutorial on Split Coast Stampers. 

 The image I've used is Gracie, and she was a Freebie on the Sassy Studio Paper Craft Planet Group. She was the Fabulous Friday Freebie last week. You have to be a member, and can join here. I've once again used my Lyra pencils.

 This is the card folded down for posting. 

My button is made using bronze metalic effect fimo, made from a mold I bought from Moldmuse. It's a vintage button.

My fibres are Basic Grey, Papers, lace, gems & ribbon are stash.

I'd like to enter this for 

Card making Mamas Challenge - Make it Girly 

Dreaming of A Krafty Home

A card made for a friend who has moved to the home of her dreams...a lovely flat (apartment) in a converted Victorian building, with beautiful views from every window. She is in Weston Super Mare,  which - for over seas followers - is a little sea side resort on the south west coast of England. I've wonderful memories of holidaying (vacationing) there during my childhood. I'd love to be well enough to go and stay with her.....what else are friends for lol. 

The key and 'button' are made from molds I made myself, the button I used as a mold is a lovely vintage one. I used an air dry clay, it's Resin Clay and I got it from Beads Direct here. Once dry I used a gold pen in all the groves, then rubbed all over with bronze glimmer mist. 

Image - Phindys Place ~Lord Of The Manor

Colourants - Promarkers

DP's - V & A 8x8 Collection

Also Papermania 2x12 collection

Ticket - Dana's Creations 

Embellishments - Home made

Kraft - Craft Creations 

It like to enter this for 

Drunken Stampers challenge - You Are A Krafty One

Baby, baby, baby

Baby card made for a friend. Me, being me, ended up making three at the same time. The one above is the one we gave them though. 

Receipe...

Image - Sugar Nellie

Colourants - Promarkers & Lyra Pencils

Sakura Souffle for Faux stitching 

 DP- Craft Creations

Ribbons - bought from Imag-e-nation

Flowers & Fimo Embellis - Home made

Gems - Stash.

Close Up

I'd like to enter this for 

Oozak  #1 challenge - Anything Goes

New Challenge Blog...go give it a look-see

Another Baby Boy for my stash box

This for a girl or boy.

Receipe for Green and Orange

Image, colourants, ribbon & DP same as blue card

Die cut - Spellbinders Wobbly Square

& Marianne Designs Doilys.

Flowers - Papermania Capsule collection

Buttons - The Ribbon Girl

The White doily is up-cycled from a paper cup-cake (never had cake batter inside it lol)

Thinking Of You In Pinks

This Breast Cancer Awareness Freebie is (of course) from Saturated Canary. Isn't she beautiful. I've coloured her using my Lyra Pencils, and a dot of Sakura white glaze on her eyes.  My papers are Craft Creations, the Lace from Joanna Sheen, dew-drops (thought appropriate lol)  and seam binding are The Ribbon Girl, the rest is stash. My tickets are once again Bitavin's Bastel Blog , a blank ticket which I added sentiment and colour to in Paint.net. 

I'd like to enter this in

Saturated Canary Challenge....Thinking Of You.

Happy Spring Has Sprung.

Here in the Midlands of England we started with a Spring that was like Summer, but the last few days we've been pitched into Winter. Scotland and North of England suffered worse, with heavy snow, we just had sleet for one day....but boy, has it been cold. My card is to remind me of what a warm Spring can be lol.

 My image is a Friday Freebie from My Craft Planet, Sassy Studio Design. She was last weeks, if you'd like to have this weeks just pop over the the link above and join the Forum, Friday Freebies are only ever available for 24hrs, and this weeks is a beauty.

I coloured her with my Lyra Pencils, and for a change I was happy with the results. I feel I'm beginning to get the hang of them and becoming a little more confident. I've sent for a few Prismacolors to bridge the gaps that I feel there is in the colour range. 

My tickets were freebies from Bitavin's Bastel Blog, there are a few with sentiments, this was from the blank ticket she supplied and I added the sentiments in Paint.net, then coloured with Promarkers.

My DP's are Kay & Co, the buckle is a die cut and the rest is from stash. 

I'd like to enter this card for

Crafty Creations Challenge - Signs Of Spring.

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 

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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

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

Two by Two Anniversaries

Another Card in the 2 pairs of 2 pairs theme. I had an anniversary card for my Brother and also a friend this month. My friend's was a Sapphire Anniversary (forget how many years) so I made her the blue version below........then I merrily sent it off to by brother who's anniversary came first. I was kicking myself all day over that. I now have to send the red one to my friend for her Sapphire. 

My Image is from Digi's with Attitude. I'm sure my sister in law and my friend will appreciate the look on that little girl tigers face. I'm guessing the men folk will barely look at it lol. 

I used off cuts of embossed card from a previous project. My greetings are handwritten with sakura glitter pen, and then traced back over with a glaze pen. I glazed my red hearts, and the blue hearts below are glitter pen too. My shading is with Lyca pencils, ribbon and gems are stash.  

I'd like to enter this for the Crafty Pad 2 pairs of 2 pairs challenge 

The Blue version, my sister in law is no doubt wondering why on earth 

the hearts are blue...and just what exactly am I implying lol.