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!!!

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!!!!

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!!!

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 :)

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!!!!!

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 26

Good Morning!!!

This morning Im here to show you my DT card for Creative Inspirations, the challenge this week we have a fab sketch Nat made and we also want to see brads and/or eyelets :)

I decided to rotate the sketch so that i could fit in my image etc ...

I am also entering my card into Charisma Cards as there challenge is curls and swirls so i used my Dvine swirls embossing folder :)

So heres my card using the sketch....

Stamps: Magnolia image ( thanks caroline!! ) and the sentiment is Papermania

Medium: copics (rach now has some great videos over on her blog showing her techniques!), inkessentials white highlighting pen,glitter glue

Papers: DCWV pink tint

Tools: D'vine swirls cuttlebug embossing folder, Martha Stewart Snowfake punch

Embellishments: PM white snowflake brad,Raffia lace by paper cellar, White smirk ribbon, Martha Stewart pink gem

Thanks for looking!! and dont forget to check out the rest of the DT cards over at Creative Inspirations!!

Winter Wishes!!

Evening!!!

Iam trying to get a move on with my xmas cards so i decided to use the sketch over at friday sketchers to get a card done! I decided to rotate the sketch otherwise nothing would have fit in lol

Iam also entering my card into the Stamp Something challenge which is to use your fave stamp! My Popcorn bear is deffo my fave at the moment as its so easy to colour in and looks so cute!!

Heres the sketch i followed...

and heres what i came up with...

Stamp: both image and sentiment are from Popcorn bear by crafters companion

Medium: Copics

Paper: DCWV
Tools:Tim Holtz Distresser, Corner Punch, Dvine swirls embossing folder, sewing machine

Thanks for looking!!

PCP - Christmas Challenge!

Afternoon!

This month over on Creative Inspirations PCP monthly challenge we have a theme of Christmas! this may be our last monthly challenge over a PCP as last month we had a lack of entrants.

Heres my DT card for the challenge....

Stamp: Popcorn the bear
Medium: Copics, fine black marker for doodling
Papers: DCWV
Embellishments: PM pearls for the mistletoe on the reef and docrafts ribbon

Thanks for looking!!

Blue and Brown!

Afternoon!!

This week over at creative inspirations we have a colour combo of Blue and Brown I wasnt really sure about using the colours for a christmas card at first but now i quite like it, something a bit different.

I also made this card for:

1. Sketch and Stamp - sketch to follow
2. A spoon full of sugar - distressing
3. EAC - Blue and brown

So heres my card.....

Stamp: Anya from the greetings farm, sentiment from a see d's set
Papers: DCWV
Medium: Copic markers, inkessentials highlighter, glitter glue
Tools: tim holtz distresser, Dvine swirls and swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder, Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Embellishments: Martha Stewart gems, PM snowflake brad

thanks for looking!!

Joy!!

Evening all :)

Iv been a bit slow on the card making this week iv been getting distracted with trying to learn how to crochet and im struggling lol but heres something i made whilst i was fed up of the crochet attempts lol

I made this card for:

1. Secret Crafter - Wings
2. Papertake weekly - Angels and Fairies

Stamp: digi stamp from mo's digital pencil, sentiment form a see d's xmas set
Papers: Dovecraft i think
Medium: Copics, inkessentials highlighter
Tools: dvine swirls cuttlebug embossing folder, circle cutter
Embellishments: Smirk ribbon

thanks for looking x