NOTE: This is my second post of the day...please scroll down to have a peek at the first one :)
Hi guys!
How we all doing? I imagine all my fellow countrymen (and women!) are looking forward to what promises to be a nice sunny bank holiday weekend! Fingers crossed!
Today's card is for the challenge at Addicted To CAS which is 'Holiday'. I haven't played along with them for a while now and this card came to me straight off when I saw the code word.
I think this could be the first card I've ever made without a sentiment...?! There wasn't really any room for a sentiment, plus I figured that with a sparkly Christmas wreath slapped on the front it was pretty obvious what occasion the card is for! ;) This wreath stamp is an NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff...check out Darnell's blog for the full run down!) Also, I think this would count as a QACAS card too...again, see Darnell for the meaning. I love that she comes up with her own language...every one of Darnell's posts are a learning experience, you've got to give them a read if you haven't already! She makes some stunning cards too, but I think that goes without saying ;)
In real life this card is a little more interesting than it looks in this picture because I added sparkles!! It would hardly be Christmas without sparkles would it?!! Let's see if you can see it a bit better in this picture...
...hmm..maybe?! Sparkles and a splash of red and I was happy :) Oh, I nearly forgot...the glittery wallpaper has made another appearance - love this stuff! Just for another little Christmas sparkle :)
Thanks for stopping by, I love seeing you all ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Grey; Graham & Brown - Disco Black wallpaper
Stamps: Penny Black - Star Dance
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Ebony e/p; pearls; silver glitter glue
Hi guys!
How ya doin'?!
On Monday, some friends of ours finally welcomed their beautiful little bundle of joy into the world! Her name is Chloe and we cannot wait to meet her! Well, I can't anyway, not so sure about the DOH...don't think he's quite as bothered...you know what boys are like ;)
So of course, new baby = a card! Well, I got to make two this time as my friend wanted a card to give to the proud new parents too ;)
These cards weren't based on any challenges, but they are both based on cards I've made previously for challenges.
This is the card I made to give from us and it was an updated version of this card...
...and this is the one I made for my friend to give and it was based on this card...
The news is that despite and emergency caesarean, mother and baby are doing well and after the 19 hours of labour followed by a 12 hour day at his job on a dairy farm, Dad has just about caught up on his sleep and is now smiling!! :)
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Supplies - Card One
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Pink Sorbet, Raspberry Pink
Stamps: Verve - Hope Blooms
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals; WOW! - Flourescent Tickled Pink e/p; thread; pearls; glitter glue
Supplies - Card Two
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Raspberry Pink
Stamps: Verve - Smallest Things PJ; Hero Arts - Valentine Flourishes
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium; VersaColor - Magenta; Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet
Other: Spellbinders - Large Scalloped Circles; WOW! - Flourescent Tickled Pink e/p; ribbon; pearls
Hello there!
I'm here today with a belated post for 'my' Grandson's birthday. His birthday was on Tuesday and I had the card ready and made on time, don't worry, just not posted on here! He turned four this week and I hope very much that he had a fabulous day! We haven't seen him for three years now :( and we miss him lots...hopefully we will see him again soon :)
I used Marion's card over at Muse for inspiration for my card...
I used Marion's layout combination of a few bold horizontal stripes with the main image popping up perpendicular to the stripes. As beautiful as Marion's card is, I had to make it a little more suitable for a small boy!!
This card came together fairly quickly which was a bonus! I hope little Marshall liked it ;)
Thanks for stopping by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Bright Red, Daffodil, Ocean Blue
Stamps: Papermania - Celebration
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: Crafty Ribbons - assorted ribbons; WOW! - Ebony e/p; jewellery wire; white pencil
Hey peeps!
Get me, two cards in two days! Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up :)
Today I have a card for the Fusion card challenge. I consider it to be a 'fusion' card as I used the chalkboard element from the inspiration image and loosely used the sketch...that's where the layout started anyway...I hope you can see that!?
Here is the inspiration board...
...and my little card...
Can you see the sketch?! I kept the banner and exchanged the flower for a circular snowflake-y element. I have had this stamp for years and I think this is actually the first time I've used it on a card...shame on me! I 'adjusted' the panels too...they're still there, just in a different proportion to the sketch ;) I kinda ad-libbed with this card, I had a vague idea in my head when I started and then just made the rest up as I went along...I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out too which is always a bonus!
The sentiment is embossed in WOW's White Twinkle embossing glitter which is GORGEOUS! However, due to my lighting set up still being the same as it was the last time I tried to take photo's of sparkles you can't see that! I tried taking a close up photo but it really didn't show anything so it wasn't really worth posting...I tried though! Thinking about it, I should've embossed the tree using the same powder, it may have added a touch of elegance...maybe I'll make another one that's more sparkly! ;)
Thank you for stopping by guys ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Black
Stamps: Inkadinkado - Doodle Frames Holiday; Papermania - Let It Snow; Verve - Glad Tidings
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Opaque Bright White, White Twinkle; Spellbinders - Classic Edges One; rhinestones
Hello guys and girls!
Tomorrow is my cousin's son's birthday and I made him a card based on this week's Muse challenge. This week the Muse guest designer is Lynn Mangan. If you don't know Lynn already (which I'm pretty sure everyone does!) then you need to get yourself over to her blog - she's just amazing!
Being as I had to come up with a card for a boy, I was so pleased when I saw Lynn's muse card...it was perfect!!
Here it is...
..and here's my card...
As you can see, I kept it pretty much true to Lynn's original, I just swapped out the flowers for balloons - I don't think a 9 year old boy would appreciate the flowers somehow!!? ;) I love the 'Polaroid' frame look!
I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with for this challenge, it's very much open to interpretation and I bet there'll be some really out-of-the-box corkers for this one :)
I hope Charlie has a fantastic day :)
Thank you for stopping by guys ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Navy, Bright Red, Sky Blue, Daffodil, Citrus Orange, Apple Green
Stamps: Stamping All Day - Art Deco Birthday
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Opaque Pastel Blue e/p; jewellery wire; white pencil
Hey!
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend...I certainly have :) I would like to say thank you to all you lovely lovelies who have stopped by my blog and left comments, and also to those who just came for a nose! I appreciate that you still stop by even though I've been MIA :) I love blogland, don't you?!
I was snooping checking out some blogs the other day and I saw this one by Ardyth. It has occurred to me that Christmas, in crafting terms, really isn't that far away and that I ought to get my finger out of my 'nose' (I thought I should be polite!) and get some Christmas card making underway. I haven't participated in the Festive Friday challenge before so I thought I'd give it a go :) The challenge this time is to make a Christmas project using the colours pink, white and silver. I LOVE non-traditional Christmas colours so I was in there like swimwear!
How pretty is that inspiration picture!!? I hope those are little square 'biscuit-tiles' (yes, I just made that up) because they look scrumptious...almost too good to eat! :)
Here is my pink, white and silver Christmas card contribution...
Once again, my inability to photograph glitter has let me down and so unless you zoom in on this picture you can't see the sparkly sparkles on my snowflake :( If you don't want to/can't click on it then you'll just have to take my word for it that it's there. I'm still not sure about this card...one minute I like it, the next I'm not sure? Maybe it'll be a 'grower' - I hope so :)
Thank you for stopping by ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Pink Sorbet; John Lewis - silver tissue mesh paper
Stamps: Penny Black - Crystalline
Ink: VersaColor - Old Rose
Other: WOW! - White Pearl e/p; Spellbinders - Parisian Motifs, Create A Flake 3; glitter glue; rhinestones
Well hello there!
I have missed you all and I have missed sitting at my desk and being creative!! But today I had the opportunity to cram some card making into my life and I feel so much better for it :)
I haven't been completely cut off from goings-ons in blogland, I still get my email updates even if I haven't had the chance to visit you all. Through my emails I was aware that the Curtain Call Challenge is back! Now, I never played the first time round and I'll be honest, it was on the peripheral of my blog challenge radar as I was a complete blogging novice at that point. This time though I am going to join in!
This challenge couldn't have been more perfectly timed for me. The inspiration is 'Feeling Nautical'. This weekend just gone a friend of mine told me that she had passed my details on to a friend of hers who is getting married; she's planning a nautical themed wedding. Like I said - perfect timing! I have SO many ideas for this theme, however very few stamps etc that relate to anything remotely nautical, so for now I am working with what I have but it's a situation that will be resolved promptly!! Any excuse to shop hey?! ;)
The Design Team have done a fantastic job with their samples for this theme, I am in awe :)
Ok, enough babble, card time!
...I have started with the obvious...blue, white, red, gold, stripes and a little 'star-fish' (?!) The sentiment is embossed in gold (I don't know how well it shows in the picture?)
Like I said, I have LOADS of ideas for this and I am hoping to find the time to turn them all into reality before the deadline, but to be honest I'm pleased to have made a card and posted it! I have made a few cards for challenges recently but ran out of time to post/enter them! That's more frustrating than not making one in the first place don't you find?!
Thank you, as always, for stopping by...I do appreciate your support especially given my intermittent posting of late :) I'm really hoping I'll be here a bit more often ;)
Supplies
Card: Paper Mill Direct - White, Navy, Bright Red
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Big Day Essentials
Ink: Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other: WOW! - Metallic Gold Rich; rhinestones
