Creative Inspirations!

Afternoon :)

Iam late posting my creative inspirations DT card again! Im just not very motivated at all at the moment! Anyways our challenge this week was "Sparkle" and we are sponsored by the fabulous Mo whos digi images are beautiful! She kindly let us DT let loose with this image and its great to see what diffrent ways people have coloured the image!

Heres mine....
Image

Digi image from Mo's

Medium

Copics, glitter glue, fine black marker, glimmer mist

Papers

Basic Grey Wassail

Tools

D'vine swirls embossing folder, Nestabilities, retro flower punches

Embellishments

PM snowflake brad, martha stewart gem, ribbon from local craft shop

thanks for popping by!!!

Creative Inspirations!

Sorry Iam so late posting this card! The challenge over at creative inspirations his week is to use something new or neglected!

For my card i used my new WOJ Winter Stamp set and as for the neglected part everything in my craftroom has been neglected over the past few weeks lol

Heres My Card.....

Stamps

WOJ Winter Stamp Set

Medium

Copics, Glitter glue, Glimmer Mist

Papers

Basic Grey Wassail

Tools

Nestabilities, Sewing Machine, Tim Holtz Distresser, Retro Flower Punches, D'Vine Swirls embossing folder

Embelishments

Ribbon from the local craft shop, Charm from the hobby house

Thanks for popping by!!

Gems + Ribbons

Evening All!!

I have finnaly got myself motivated and made a card! My new WOJ Winter set came recently so that boosted my mojo lol

The card i made this evening is for 2 challenges:

• Creative Card Crew-Ribbons and Gems
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Heres my card.........

Stamp: Whiff of Joy Winter Set

Papers: Dovecraft

Medium: Copics, Glitter Glue, Antique linen distress ink, Glimmer Mist

Tools: Snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder, Tim Holtz Distresser, Retro Flower Punch,

Embellishments: PM Pearls, Anitas Ribbon

Thanks For Looking!!!!

Someone Special....

Evening!!!

Im in a very good mood today as i have just found out iv been sucessfull in getting a full time job as an office junior YEY! God knows how though, the interviews were pants lol I wonder how many stamps i could buy with the first pay cheque??? hehehe

Anyways Im here to show you the card i finished off late last night. I made it to fit in with a few challenges:

1. Papertake Weekly - Sketch
2. Cute Card Thursday - Charms
3. Lili of the Valley - Childs xmas card

heres my card......... Stamp:
Lili of the Valley, Popcorn bear sentiment

Medium:
Copics, inkessential white marker, glitter glue

Papers:
Basic Grey Wassail

Tools:
Sewing machine, tim holtz distresser, Dvine swirls embossing folder, bow maker

Embellishments:
Charm from the hobby house, PM pearls, ribbon from stash

Thanks for popping over!!

Whiff of Joy - Sketch

Evening!!!

Im here to show you the card I madeearlier tonight following the Whiff of Joy Sketch by Rach.

I also made this card to fit in with the challenge of celebrations over at Secret Crafter

But before i show you my card i wanted to show you my little friends i see out of the kitchen window lol 4 little goldfinches, there were actually 7 but there out of shot lol Im not a big fan of birds but i think the goldfinshes red faces are beautiful :)
But anyways heres my card.........

Stamp:

Whiff of joy

Medium:

Copics, inkessentials white marker, glitter glue, glimmer mist

Papers:

Basic Grey Wassail

Tools:

Sewing Machine, Tim Holtz Distresser, bow maker, dvine swirls embossing folder

Embellishments:

PM pearls, Ribbon from stash, flower from the hobby house

Thanks for looking!!

Creative Inspirations - Sketch by Nat

Hi!!

I am a bit late with this post today and i dont have any excuses lol

So this week over at creative inspirations we have a sketch by our very own Nat!!

I have also made this card to enter into Creative Card Crew where they have a challenge of Celebrate !

Heres the sketch i followed...

Heres my card..........
Stamps:
Lili of The Valley

Medium:
Copics, inkessentials white marker, glitter glue and glimmer mist

Papers:
DCWV

Tools:
Sewing Machine, Dvine swirls embossing folder, Tim Holtz distresser

Embellishments:
PM Pearls, Flower from the hobby house.

Thanks for popping by!!!

Another blue and brown xmas card....

Morning!!

I got this card made a few days ago but didnt get round to posting it. I made this card fora few challenges:

1. Stamp with fun - Sketch
2. Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas
3. ABC - Embossing
4. Dutch Dare - Charms

Heres my card......
Stamp:
Lili of the Valley

Medium:
Copics, Inkessentials white pen, glitter glue

Papers:
DCWV

Tools:
Sewing machine, Snowflake embossing folder, Nestabilities, Tim Holtz distressing tool

Embelishments:
Smirk ribbon, charms and flower from the hobby house

Thanks for popping over!

Challenge 29 - Letters/Numbers

Morning!!

Today over at Creative Inspirations sees a new challenge of Numbers and Letters! So I made a card for my little sister who is 15 next month :)

I also made this card to fit in with these challenges:

1. Sketch and Stash - I used my new digi image from all that scraps and my new my minds eye papers
2. Challenge Up you life - Orange, brown and green
3. Creative Card Crew - Sparkles

Heres my card...................

heres a close up of the flower made from retro punches and sprayed with glimmer mist :)

Stamps:
CC Designs Swiss Pixies Gretel available from all that scraps

Medium:
Copics, Glitter glue, Inkessentials white pen, antique linen distress inks, Glimmer mist

Papers:
My Minds Eye - bloom and Grow

Tools:
Nestabilities, retro punches, sewing machine, bow maker, happy birthday cuttlebug embossing folder

Embellishments:
Ribbon from Stash, pearls by marc richards

Thanks for popping over!!

Beary Merry xmas!

Afternoon!!

Today i have another christmas card to show you. I have made this card for the secret crafter where there theme is Animal Antics, I thought this was the perfect image!

Heres my card.......

Stamp:
Both image and sentiment are by Popcorn Bear - Beary Merry christmas set

Medium:
Copics, glitter glue

Papers:
DCWV

Tools:
Snowflakes cuttlebug embossing folder, bow maker

Embellishments:
ribbon from stash

Thanks for popping by!!

It's a stitch up!!

Evening All!

I've got another christmas card made :) I made this to follow the everybody art challenge where they have a sketch and iv just realised i haven't strictly followed the sketch so i realise i wont be qualifiying for the prize lol

The other challenge im entering this card into is simon says stamp which has a theme of stitching:) i really like the effect of stitching now i have got the hand of my sewing machine, its had more use this last month than it has the last 3 years lol

I also finally tried out my new bow maker which i bought from the Harrogate show of a stall called craft Racks for just £1.99 and it works like a dream :)

Heres the sketch i kind of followed lol

Heres what i came up with.............
Stamps:
Whiff of Joy image, sentiment is from Popcorn bear

Medium:
Copic markers, inkessentials white highlighter pen

Papers:
Basic Grey Wassail papers

Tools:
Retro Flower punches(medium and large), Sewing Machine, Tim Holtz distresser, bow maker, nestabilities, swiss dots embossing foler

Embellishments:
PM pearls, ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking!!

Creative Inspirations - challenge 28

Morning all!!!

Today sees a new challenge over at creative inspirations and this week we have a theme of Fall/Autumn.

I also made my card for these challenges:

1. Sketch and Stash - Sketch, i used my new retro flower punches and glimmer mist
2. Stamp with fun - Autumn
3. Secret Crafter - Girls card
4. Charisma Cards - Flower Power

Heres the sketch from sketch and stash..
Heres what i came up with.....
Heres a close up of the flower i made using retro flower punches. Rach has a great tutorial to show you how to make these! The glimmer mist isn't showing up much in the photo.

Stamp:

Sugar Nellie (thanks Dianne!! ), sentiment by Inkadinkadoo

Medium:

Copic Markers, inkessentials white highlighter pen, Antique linen distress ink for the flower, tattered angel glimmer mist (silver)

Papers:

K+Co

Tools:

Sewing machine, tim holtz distresser, retro flower punches medium and large, dvine swirls cuttlebug embossing folder

Embelishments:

Celebrate ribbon, PM pearl

Thanks for popping over!!

Hot chocolate :)

Morning!!

Heres a card i finished off late last night!! I have made this card for:

1. Winter Wonderland - Hot Chocolate
2. Cupcake crafts - Distressing

I thought herby would be the perfect image for the winter wonderland challenge!

Heres my card.......

Stamp:

Whiff of Joy

Medium:

Copic Ciao markers

Papers:

Dovecraft, cardstock from the paper mill shop

Tools:

Sewing machine, Tim holtz distressing tool, Oval nestabilities

Embellishments:

Poinsetia from the hobby house, Martha Stewart gems, smirk ribbon

Thanks for looking!!!

Have a Beary Merry Christmas!

Evening!!

Finnaly got a card made with one of my new stamps from last week! For this card i have followed the sketch over at Friday sketchers !

Really enjoyed using this sketch i used my fave xmas dove craft papers. I really like the blue and brown combo for xmas as you can probably tell hehe

Heres my card.....

Stamps:
Lili of the Valley

Medium:

Copic Ciao markers, inkessentials white highlighting pen, glitter glue

Papers:

Dovecraft

Tools:

Nestabilities, sewing machine, snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder

Embellishments:

poinsetia from the hobby house, paper cellar raffia, smirk ribbon

Thanks for popping over!!

Creative Inspirations - Animals

Good Morning!!!

this morning im here to show you my DT card for Creative Inpirations where we have a theme of animals :)

I have also chosen to enter this card into EAC's challenge of shabby as i have distressed the edges of my papers, i really love the effect of this and it doesnt matter to much about how neat you cut out the papers lol

Heres my card.......

Stamps:

Popcorn bear - winter wishes and sentiment is by See d's

Medium:

Copic ciao markers

Papers:

DCWV paper pack

Tools:

Tim Holtz distressing tool, D'vine Swirls cuttlebug embossing folder, Smirk ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look :)

Papercraft Extravaganza!!

Hey!!

Woahhh im all shopped out lol i went to the Papercraft Extravaganza in harrogate today and boy did i have fun :)

Heres a photo to show you what i got hehe

Shame im working every day until friday so wont get to have much of a play lol

Purple xmas!

Afternoon!!!

This morning Iv finished off my card for the challenge over at Creative Card Crew blog which is Fairies!!

Heres what i came up with....

Stamps:

Image is a digital download from Mo's digital pencil and the sentiment is from a see d's set

Medium:

Copic ciao markers, inkessentials white highlighting pen and glitter glue for the wings

Papers :

DCWV - rose tinted cristmas

Tools:

Martha Stewart snowflake punch, D'vine swirls cuttlebug embossing folder

Embelishments:

Brads from stash, smirk ribbon

Thanks for looking!!!!!