Popped up with lace and pearls

My last free standing pop up for a while...maybe lol, I do find this style a lot of fun to make. 

My Image is from Card Mad Fairy, I added On Your Baptism in Word. I used a little shimmery chalks to colour the image. I think the paper lace is a from a cuttlebug set..I'll have to check. 

 I decorated with panels of embossed (cuttlebug) folder and papers from Papermania...I think the ribbons are from them too. My pearls are from my jewelry stash 

I'd like to enter this for 

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges ..Lace and Pearls

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 

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 

1-2-3 It's a Receipe at Guylou's Inimitability

It is time for another challenge at Guylou's Inimitability. Kim is challenging us to follow her recipe to make a project. Make sure you read it carefully and have all the ingredients before submitting your entry. :)

1 ribbon or lace

2 decorative papers

3 or more pieces of bling... rhinestones, metal charm, etc

Prize

A random winner will be selected from all the qualifying entries. Please make sure you follow the Challenge Guidelines listed on the left sidebar. The winner will be awarded a $5 gift certificate from Guylou's Inimitability Store and will also be invited to be a Guest Designer on an upcoming challenge.

....and that is how it is I'm showing you this card, having won my choice of digi's and a Guest Spot during the recent  Monochrome challenge.

 I've used Cat and Fish here. Isn't he adorable....my cat's used to terrorise the fish like that too lol....they would drink the water and pretend not to be interested in poor fishie, but he knew otherwise  lol. And yes!! I've made another easel card. 

Image Close-up 

The greeting is computer generated, and I just knew it was what I wanted

to say as soon as I spotted this image at the store. 

Make sure to pop over  to the Challenge Blog and see what the Design Team have made for your inspiration, you won't be disappointed. 

You will have until July 28th, 10:00 pm (EST or click here to find out the corresponding time where you are) to enter your cards or projects here. One entry per participant, please. Be sure to add the link to your entry and not your whole blog as this makes it much easier on the team to find your creations. Thanks for participating!

My Receipe:-

Image ... Guylou's Inimitablity 

Colourants ... Promarkers 

Cardstock ... Matchmakers, RicRak textured, whitecore

DP's ... S.E.I Mimosa 

Die-cut (background piece  ... Nestie Scalloped Octagon (candy win at DJ Designs)

Die-cut trim  ... Marianne Designs Creatables 

Lace ... Candy win at DJ Designs

Pearl row ... Candy win at DJ Designs

Fancy Pin ... Handmade

Faceted Gem (acting as air bubble in fishbowl) ... Stash 

Challenges ...

Crafting for all Seasons -  furry friends

Creative Belli -  handmade embellishments  (fancy Pin)

For Fun Challenges -  1 extra fold

Paper Pretties -  animals

Digital Tuesday -  Use 1 or more Dies

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations -At least 2DP's & at least 2 Embellishments 

Shopping Our Stash -  Use something you've been hoarding or your newest products (My lovely new candy win stash) 

Craft Your Days Away  - Fancy Folds 

There's A Critter In The House.

Happi Sister Vicki chose this weeks Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge, and she asks that you bring your critters on over to us ...whatever the critter, large or small. Pop to the blog and see the inspiration the other Happi Sisters have this week. 

Leigh merged two photo's here for me so I can show my stepper card's folds - clever isn't it. Thanks again Leigh. 

This image comes with it's own greeting of Hang In There, but I did this one myself as I wanted it as just the beginning of a sentence. This will be going to a young friend who is bedridden...she says she's hanging on when I ask how she is. I tell her to look for a small moment of joy in each day. Just bird song or a butterfly on your window can be enough to lift you - I know from my time being bedridden too.

My  Raffia lace was part of the candy I received from Debra at dj designs. I was so delighted with it and for once I'm not being stingy about using it...love the way it looks on a project. That huge ric-rac is waste from a cardstock pack; and the butterflies are stickers.

  I adore this little fella...hanging on by his fingertips, but seeing joy in the cute little blue-bird. He's coloured with pro-markers. Not sure where I had my butterfly charm....if anyone recognises please let me know.

 Close Up of the greeting.

As always, it's not required that you use a Happileigh Stampin' image to play with us, but you get two entries if you do...that's two for one chances to win some of Leigh's fantastic Digi's. There are always freebies available in the Shop and while you are there you can check out the new releases...you can see them on the challenge blog too.....remember you get a free image with every 3 images you buy. 

Receipe:-

Image ... Hang In There, Happileigh Scrappin 

DP ... Basic Grey (striped) Craft Creations (other) 

Fancy Trim ... Basic Grey 

Die Cut ... Nestie's Fleur di Lis

Colourants ... Promarkers

Raffia Lace ... Candy Stash

Butterflies Sticker ... Stash

Charm ... Stash 

Sentiment ... Computer Generated 

Challenges ...

Crafty Pad - Lots of Texture

Craft Your Days Away  -Fancy Folds 

Marks Finest Papers -Die-Cut as a background mat 

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge -include an animal

Fabulous Friday - recipe challenge use 2 of three: ribbon/trim; charm; rhinestones/pearls (Trim & Charm) 

Polkadoodle -   stickers or transfers

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Sentiment with at least two words

Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #28 Stars and/or Stripes.

Our Challenge this week over at Happileigh Scrappin' is Stars and/or Stripes. As you can see I went for the stripes option. My card looks like the cuckoo in the nest next to the rest of the DT who have used red, white and blue for the most part lol. Still, not everyone celebrates American Holidays and the challenge caters for us too. 

This is a photo of the card, but the colours are true above. 

My image is called Birdhouse and you can find it at the Happileigh Scrappin' Shop. I've used it before as a New Home card...I made a shaped card that time, you can see the post here. I paper-pieced it that time too....it is so much fun to paper-piece. My tiny buttons are yellow and lemon...the lemon are looking a little green poor things lol.

I did a little shading with a mustard, and pear green promarker

...not showing up too well in the pix. 

The sentiment was written by Dorcas, I needed it to fit across my page so didn't use the actual one she did...just pinched the wording. You can find Dorcas' original sentiment and her other great and fun freebie sentiments on her blog  link in her side-bar.

My seam binding, and cute striped buttons are Ribbongirl.

The Flower is cut with the centre tiny of the nestie Fleur di lis

and then glittered up on the edge with snow-writer.

 What do you think of my great new watermark. Leigh made one for all the team to use on our DT projects.

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. 

Receipe :-

Image ... Happileigh Scrappin' 

DP's ... Craft Creations Summer Meadow range

Ribbon & Button ... The Ribbongirl

Paper lace (coloured green with Promarker ... Stash

Grunge flower ... Home made

Sentiment ... Dorcas Designs Freebie

A Few Challenges ...

Crafty Pad - Bold and Bright or soft pastels

Dream Valley Challenges -  Ribbon

Quirky Crafts - Recipe theme box

(3 backing papers, digi, Ribbon and/or Lace (paper lace-coloured green)

Marks Finest Papers - Make It Sparkle (glittered up Flower)  

Our Creative Corner -  Your Style (elaborate folds)

Totally Gorjuss - Ribbons & Lace 

Word Play Weekend Challenge -  Home/House

Alphabet Challenge -  "H" for half-dozen  (tiny buttons)

Fairy Knoll - Sparkle. (on my flower)

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge -  Handmade flowers.

I've crossed a Black & White Day

This is a criss-cross card, been a  while since I made one of these. My papers are digital, a set of My Grafico which I won on a Digi's With Attitude Challenge some time ago. 

It's for a friend that I've not seen for quite a while due to us both having poor health, we used to spend a lot of time together. She has now moved to the sea-side.....even more reason to want to see her soon eh!! LOL. 

Inside 

The beads are  black and a shimmery pearl...

I'm sad it doesn't show up. 

 My Receipe:-

Image ... Harlequin collage from Gingerloft

Vintage Music Sheet ... Lindsays Stamp Stuff

Papers ...My Grafico 

Die-cut ... Marianne Designs Corners

Creating... Stickers from stash

Stick-Pins ... Hand made by me.

Flat-backed pearls ... Kars

 A Few Challenges 

Crafty Sentiments -   Monochromatic.

Rainbow Lady's -  Use a digi.

Top Tip Tuesday - Cross it - cross something on your card 

Southern Girls -  Anything goes.

Ambers Crafts & Stuff #14 Vacation, All I ever Wanted

The week at Ambers we want to see your Vacation related projects - a card about Travel or your Favourite Vacation or a scrapbook page. I haven't been on vacation for many, many years (difficult when there always seems to be a least one member of the household housebound ...do I hear the sound of violins lol) and as,  quite frankly I still haven't got my scrapbooking into gear yet - I've made a card that reminds me of holidays (vacations) when the kids were little. We used to go in a big family group and there was always one of the males amongst us getting himself buried in the sand. 

I've made this masculine because, as I said, in my experience it's the males of the species who like getting buried up to their necks....personally I think it's because it gets them out of trooping off the buy the ice-creams and soft drinks lol. 

This is from a new set of House Mouse Decoupage I've just had..you'll be seeing it a lot I'm sure. The images are so large and full, just lovely...I felt this one cried out to be an easel card. 

 The easel stand, with matching greeting....as if you need to tell a man to 

take it easy on vacation eh!! ...or is it just the men I know lol. 

Close up of my lovely manly buttons, 

with a little Basic Grey fibre for added interest. 

Pop over and see what the rest of the DT have made this week, right here. Remember you can make any kind of project you like for Ambers Crafts and Stuff...so long as it follows the theme for the challenge.

My Receipe:-

Decoupage ... House Mouse Designs

Fibre ... Basic Grey - figgey & Two Scoops

Die Cuts ... Marianne Creatables and Nesties

Card-stock & Buttons ... Oh so old Stash.

Some Challenges I'd like to enter ...

Anything Goes Challenge - Here Comes Summer 

Top Tip Tuesday -  Open Challenge

Bows 'n Berries - Masculine.

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Father's Day / masculine

Hooked on Crafts - Anything goes.

Incy Wincy Designs - Father's Day/Masculine

Squigglefly   Make it Masculine

Sentimental Sundays -  Father's Day or Masculine

Hop to it, Adorn with Jewels.

My second post....don't think I've ever posted two cards the same day before.

I've made this card for a Friend who has just had an operation on her foot. She has pins in it and will be hobbling about on crutches for 6 weeks, poor thing. 

This is one of my favourite housemouse stamps...think they are just so cute and look like they are having a whale of a time - I've used it previously for a new home card too....very versatile. Not quite sure how long I've had the stamp, it's pretty old, a good few years. 

The first part of my sentiment 'Hop to it' is fitted onto one of the retro flowers, with the 'and Get Well soon' acting as the bar to hold the easel in place. My image is coloured with water colour pencils - I coloured the image, and wet the area's afterwards. 

Wish I could remember where I had the card stock from, I really love the texture, and these sheets are pearlised too. 

Close up of my Retro Flowers 

Sentiment. 

Receipe :-

Image ... House Mouse Designs

Die Cuts ... Marianne's Creatabilities, Nesties & Go Kreate

Cardstock & Gems ... Stash

Some Challenges ...

House Mouse Challenge - Adorn with jewels

Crafts and Me - Stamp something
Dream Valley Challenges - Stamp Something

Pixie Cottage - shaped cards
Your Next Stamp Challenge - shaped cards

Stampavie and More - more than one fold 
Claudia & Co - Fancy Folds 

Top Tip Tuesday -  More Than 1 fold 

 Deep Ocean Challenge -  Anything Goes 

Oldie But Goodie Challenge -  Lots of Layers (stamp over 6mths old)
Card Cupids - More Than 3 Layers
Anita Be Stampin' - Go Crazy with Layers

Tuesday Throwdown - Animals

Cupcake Craft - Things with tails.

Word Play Weekend Challenge - Anything with a Tail

Alphabet Challenge -  Easel cards.

Stampin With The Dragon - Easel card.

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

Amber's Crafts & Stuffs #6 Ribbons & Bow's

At Amber's Crafts & Stuff this week we are challenged to get out our ribbon and/or bows. Great challenge eh!! I know you all love your ribbons so come and join us here, and take a look at the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  

As you can plainly see, I through everything at this card. I turned up my pink girly girl meter and just went to town. The picture below show the bottom layer of the easel..a plain piece of card that swivels out on a brad...so plenty of room to write on. I saw this idea on Chocolate Crafts & Bears, Carol uses this a lot with her shaped easel cards and you can see an example here.  Her blog is quite inspiring so give yourself a treat and take a visit 

 The Image I used is again a Sugar Nellie Adorable, she's called Grace and no doubt you've seen her about other blogs..she's very popular.

Promarkers used..
Amethyst & Orchid; Ice Grey 1; Pastel & Rose pink, Carnation, Blossom, Dusky Rose & Cerise;
Tan & Vanilla for Skin;
Terracotta, Cinnamon & Cocoa for Hair.

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I actually tied my bows free hand...but I tied them the same way you do using a bow maker - I think they turned out pretty much the same. I cant' remember where I saw the tutorial for adding ribbon around an image...I'm ashamed to say ...but I stuck it down with double sided and then put another circle behind it too to hold it all properly in place. 

 I have paper candy (as the packet calls it) all around the lower layer...they are like fake brads. I used quite a few die cuts on this didn't I !!

The sentiment is from a vellum quote book, and I dismantled an embellishment to use the little hugs and kisses charms...threading them through the bow on a swirled wire. 

My Receipe...

Image - Sugar Nellie

Colourants - Promarkers

Ribbons - Joycraft

Card Candy - Craftworks Cards 

Embossing Folder - Sizzex

Button Brad - V&A Hondoverian Epoxy Brads

Charms, Gems, Sentiment  - Stash

DP's - Craft Creations

I'd Like to Join in the Following challenges :-

Creative Craft Challenges ... Embossing

Going Grey With Scrap Creations ... Use A Digital Image

Cupcake Crafts ... Lots Of Layers

House Of Gilli .. Stripes & Bling

The Stamp Fairy ... For the Girls with a Sentiment

Card Cupids ... Pastels

Paper Sundaes ... Texture

Crafts & Me ... Pink & Sweet

I Love Promarkers ... (I really, really do) Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp ... Emboss It 

Side Stepping a Purple Circle.

I've complete my first circle side stepper for a young girl in the States. She's 12 and has a congenital spine defect that has kept her in pain all her life. It hasn't held her back from doing all she wants to though. The dr's want to operate soon but it would be a difficult and dangerous operation...so a great deal of thought before anything happens. You can find instructions to make the side stepper on Marlene's blog here

This is of course a Sugar Nellie Design and she's called Verity. Beautiful isn't she. I did do some shading on her, though not a lot is needed...I think I've been too subtle for the scanner to show it up though. The button is one of my very favouite, pearly with an 'engraved' rose.  The ribbon I used for the rosette behind it and for the bows is some wired ribbon I had from my flower arranging obsession.....see, it is right that I keep all these old  crafting stashes isn't it lol.

Plenty girly on this one, scallops, paper lace, gems and fancy pins add to the effect. My scallopy edging all around the edging is from a fancy oval die cut..I cut the fancy edge and eased it around the card.

A close up of my button. I'm getting a little better 

at parting with my favourites I think lol. 

Receipe...

Image ... Sugar Nellie Designs - Verity

Die Cuts ... Nesties & Marianne Designs

Colourants .. Promarkers

Fancy Pins ... Home Made

The Rest ... Stash. 

Circle Stepper Inspiration... Paper Pappilon Blog

Promarkers used

Pale and denim blue.

Amethyst and Lilac

Ice grey 1

blush, tan and vanilla for skin

Terracotta, cinnamon and coco for hair

I'd like to enter the following :-

My Grafico - Anything Goes 

Sugar Creek Hollow - Monochromatic

Ellephantastic Challenges - Anything but Square or Rectangle

Stamp Fairy challenge - For the Girls With a Sentiment

There She Goes Clear Stamps - Monochromatic

Woodware USA Clear Stamps - Die Cuts Or Punches

Paper Sundaes - Texture

Anita Be Stampin Challenge - Anything Goes 

Card Cupids - Pastels

Kenny K's Krafty Girls - Anything Goes