Sunday 30 January 2011

Mo Manning Video Boy

I think my Mojo has run away & left me at the moment! So much going on & feeling really flat about it all, but I whiled away a few hours yesterday making this card for my nephew. Its not very exciting & I know its hard to make cards for males, but this took me so long as I had no inspiration at all.
The image is by Mo Manning over at Digital Pencil Too. Coloured with Promarkers & I am reasonable happy that the colouring is getting better. Mounted onto paper by Dovecraft (can't remember the name) & faux stitching. Button & initial from stash & initial coloured with Promarkers.
Entered into the following challenges
Alphabet Challenge M is for Men
Tellens Place For the Guys

OSAAT challenge 47

Time for another OSAAT challenge & this one is to either follow this picture for inspiration or Good Luck
This week is being sponsored by Make It Crafty
I have used an image by Beary Dust & is part of the February collab that will be going into the store shortly.

I have used both the colours in the picture & the Good Luck theme & coloured the image with my new Promarkers. This is the first time I had used them & I know my colouring needs a lot of practice. BP from stash. Martha Stewart punch. Nestie labels 11 for mount & letters from another bargain I found at my local stationers which I have coloured with Promarkers too & added to the card with brads.
Entered into the following challenges
Fab N Funky Use a digi
Pennys Paper Crafty Anything Goes
Crafty Emma Bold & Bright
Sew Many Challenges Green

Wednesday 26 January 2011

Sleeping Baby Tilda


2 cards made this afternoon. Yesterday I went into town &popped into our local stationers, they sell loads of craft bits as they buy up bankrupt stock, so its always worth a  visit. Well I bought 2 MS punches & 35 Promarkers. The Promarkers were 50p each!!!!!
I now need to practice my colouring with them as they are different to my beloved pencils.
These 2 cards are for my friends daughter who is about to give birth to her first child, so one of them will be appropiate...lol. These are coloured with Promarkers. All BP, ribbon, brads, lace from stash. Nellie Snellen dies used for the toppers. The bricks were cut out of the scrapbopok paper I had.
Entered into the following challenges
Do You Stack Up Think Pink
Mami Doodles Mostly Blue
Paper Cutz Anything Goes
Stamp Something Cute
Simply Create Use punches, Nesties, Die Cuts

Sunday 23 January 2011

OSAAT Challenge 46

This week we have an Anything Goes theme BUT you must use a digi! The sponsor is Kenny K
The winner will receive 3 digis as 1st prize. Runner up will receive 2 digis & 3rd will receive 1 digi, all of your choice. Our Christmas club also starts this week, so you can start building your Christmas cards for next year in plenty of time.

I have made a Christmas card this week & used a Floppy Latte image called Snowglobe & this can be purchased here.
I used My Craft Studio & enlarged the image into a card size shape. Drew around the image to create a back & joined the 2 together at the top to make a stand alone card.
I paper pieced the scene & added Glamour Dust onto the roofs & ends of the trees, although it is difficult to see from the photo. I have then added an acetate overlay & used Liquid Pearls to create the snow in a snow globe. It looks quite effective, although I say it myself. Its always difficult to photograph acetate, so photo does not show the sparkle unfortunately.
Entered into the following challenges
A Spoonful Of Sugar Blue & Green
My Time To Craft Spots & Dots
Creative Cottage Shaped Cards
Frosted Designs Use Vellum, Transparencies or Acrylic

Wednesday 19 January 2011

Tilda goes Boutique shopping

This is another of my purchases last week, when I went craft shopping with a friend. We are lucky around here as we have several all within 20-30 mile radius, so can visit more than one in a day.  In an earlier post, you will see I used Shopping Tilda by herself, but here I have teamed her up with the Boutique stamp. I have coloured with Marvy pens & a water brush, just for a change.
BP are both Bearly Mine & are perfect for this stamp.
Added ribbon, jewels made into flourishes & flowers from stash.
Martha Stewart punch on the bottom edge.
Entered into the following challenges
Bearly Mine Recipe 3 flowers,2 BP & 1 image
Just Magnolia Favourite Things (My new stamps are always my current favourite)
Pile  It On Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad New (new stamps)
Oh La La Bling It On

Sunday 16 January 2011

Challenge 45 OSAAT New Beginnings

Its time for me to do another DT card for OSAAT & this week its New Beginnings, this can mean, new love, weddings, engagement or even new stash, interpret it as you wish.
We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen this week, who is kindly giving a £10 voucher to the winner.
I have used  Panda Bear, Going in Circles papers which can be purchased here. For the challenge I have used a new Joy Crafts Die that I was bought for Xmas, with which I made the flowers. The box was a template from UKScrappers & cut out on my Craft Robo.

Added some jewels & made the flowers using the new die & 3 of the papers with a card to match. Can you see how the paper colour graduates? If you look at the top photo & then the one above, you can see more pink in the box. I really love these papers.
Entered into the following challenges
Incy Wincy Designs  Go Dotty
Pollycraft New
Cupcake Craft Something New
Crafty Creations New Beginnings

The OSAAT challenge starts at midday, but I am off to see Strictly Come Dancing Tour in a  while & wanted to enter this into a couple of challenges before they close, as I am not sure when I will be back as hubby taking me for a meal afterwards.

Friday 14 January 2011

Shopping Tilda

Yesterday I went to 2 craft shops with a  friend, followed by lunch, what a fab day!!!!! Of course going into the shops, meant you could not walk out empty handed, so I have added to my collection of Tildas. I bought Shopping Tilda & the boutique stamp, which I will be playing with shortly. My friend has loads of the stamps, so we are going to swop them, rather than keep buying the same ones. It has taken me a long time to like her, but now I love the range & will be buying more.
She is coloured with Prisma pencils. The little handbag stamp I bought from Stamp Addicts, no name on stamp, but its like a tapestry stamp, so cute.
Flowers, ribbon, dewdrops & pin from Crafty Feeling & were in this months subscription. Raffia from stash, as is flourish.
Entered into Just Magnolia Your favourite things, which is of course, my new stamp.
Creative Cowgirls Something New
Sparkles Forum New Things

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Correspondence Collage

I bought this stamp before Xmas, I don't very often buy wooden stamps nowadays, but I loved this one. Its by Hampton Arts & is called Correspondence Collage. I stamped it with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain ink.BP from K & Co Lifes Journey. Tag, ribbon & flowers from stash. Sentiment from an old QVC kit I bought.
Entered into the following challenges
Paper Cupcakes Thank You & should send within 2 weeks of making. (This will be going in the post either today or tomorrow)
A Spoonful of Sugar Thank You
My Time to Craft Chocolate
Fashionista Friday Ribbon

Tuesday 11 January 2011

6' boxolope cutting file

If anyone wants a cutting file for a 6' boxolope to take those embellished cards, then feel free to look in my side bar & take the files. I have made them on my Craft Robo & have done a  a manual template as well . Hope they are of use for some people. x

Friday 7 January 2011

Princess Tilda

I was blog browsing this morning & saw the challenge over at Just Magnolia and thought I would enter, & here is my entry. My colouring is not as good as I would want it to be, but am happy with the card overall. The challenge is Anyhting Goes with an option to use buttons.
Image coloured with Prismas, mounted onto Nestie Labels 11 & coloured with sparkly chalks.
BP are from Papermania Sunshine pack & Crafty Individuals Background Papers 1 (which I won as a blog prize recently)
Flowers are from Crafty Feeling, buttons & ribbons & lace from stash.
Tag from a freebie from Caz on her blog.
Entered into Just Magnolia Anything & optional buttons
Do You Stack Up Buttons

Thursday 6 January 2011

La Pashe Toilet lol

I have quite a number of male birthdays in the next month, so need to get a few ready. This is another one of those stamp sets I bought from Imag-e-nation for a £1.00 a set, ideal for male cards. I bought them just before Xmas & have not yet had the chance to use them, so they are still new...lol.
Once more coloured with Prisma pencils. Papers are leftovers from another project & have come from my scrap drawer, so no idea who to give credit to, as they were digi papers.
Entered into the following challenges
Sparkles New Things
Crafty With Ann New Things
Paper Sundaes New Things
Crazy Challenges All Things New
Simon Says Stamp Newest Stamp

Tuesday 4 January 2011

Bearly Mine 1st challenge

Donna over at Bearly Mine has her first challenge on her new challenge blog & it is to follow a sketch. I have a lot of her papers which can be purchased here, so thought I would enter, as I love her papers. I have used a Kenny K image coloured with Prisma pencils. Papers are Bearly Mine. Dewdrops & flowers from stash.

Monday 3 January 2011

Fairymoon 3rd January 2011


Time again for another Fairymoon challenge & I hope everyone is raring to go after the Xmas & New Year festivities.
The challenge is being sponsored by Bearly Mine & the winner may choose 1 set of papers from the store.

As usual, it is to follow a sketch. Here is my take on it, I have used an image called Flossie Bumblethorpe by Just Inklined which I purchased over at Imag-e-nation here
She is coloured with Prisma pencils & the BP are from Bearly Mine & are part of the Peach dreams set.
Martha Stewart punch Lattice used to create the ribbon effect at the bottom.
Sentiment my own words, computer generated. Ribbon & Dew Drops from stash.
Once again, this post is scheduled as when you read this, I should be flying back from Cyprus.