Poppies

Good morning all.

I think my senior moments are getting out of control...I sent hubby to the orthodontist with Lora yesterday after school when the appointment is quite clearly written in the diary for today...oops!!

I managed some more crafting yesterday, here is what I made.

I was mooching through all my digi stamps a few days ago and decided I wanted to colour up these poppies from Delicious Doodles. I have used the image once before but I left it uncoloured. Coloured with promarkers before being die cut. Dies all from Spellbinders; paper from Me to You; sentiment, lace, bow and charm from my stash.

I've spent some time trawling the net for promarker colour combinations as I always find it difficult to pick the right shades to blend...Letraset have a brilliant hints and tips section...why haven't I visited it before. I love how this image turned out :) I've decided to add the colours used to my posts so I have a record for future reference!

(Promarker colours used: Poppy, Crimson and Burgundy; Forest Green, Pine and Meadow Green)

Challenges entered:

Digi Choosday - blooms

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes

Come and Get it - anything goes with a sentiment

Delicious Doodles - anything goes with DD image

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - die cuts and flowers

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #88

Good morning all.
Had a lovely day on Monday, lunch with my sister after the wedding invites were all sorted - I also got a CD of all the official wedding photos from July, over 600 of them so that should keep me busy getting my favourites all scrapped! Then visited my sister in law over the road and finally my Mum and another sister before driving home into the sunset!
The dog went to have her puppy making bits doctored yesterday, so she's feeling a bit sorry for herself poor thing!

It's time for another challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the turn of the Snow Angels to inspire you this week and Janneke has designed the sketch. We are being sponsored by Delicious Doodles.

I've used this gorgeous Christmas Lantern image from Delicious Doodles, coloured with promarkers and die cut with a fancy rectangle from Spellbinders. Papers are all from Papermania. Sentiment and pearls are from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out

 the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:
CHNC Extra - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenge - not a square
Top Tip Tuesday - initials (C for Christmas, candle and cones)
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Created with Love - anything goes
Fashionista Challenge - Christmas
Robyn's Fetish - rectangular cards
Christmas Stampin all Year Round - picture inspiration (colours and bow)

Carol x

Christmas Crafting (with sketches) #49

It's time for our next challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. It's the Snow Angels turn this week and it was Miranda's turn to design the sketch this time. We are being sponsored by Delicious Doodles and the Design Team were given some images to work with.

My image is called Little Angel which I digitally pieced using papers from Crafty Ann's, then touched up with promarkers and stickles after printing. My papers and elements all came from a kit called Christmas Around the World. I finally got my printer to work and managed to print and make this card in time for the challenge. Card is finished with some gems, stickles, a poinsettia and a sentiment from my stash.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:

CHNC - 3 or more DP's
Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas anything goes
Oh La La Creations - Christmas
Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Christmas
Challenge up your Life - pocket card

Carol x

Flowers

Hi! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. It's a lovely day here but a tad on the chilly side.

I finally got around to making some cards last night and managed three (two of which fought all the way and I'm not overly happy with the outcome of either) and this one which came together in about 15 minutes!

The image is from Delicious Doodles, die cut with a Spellbinders oval nestie and mounted onto a scalloped nestie. The gorgeous lace is from Joanna Sheen and comes in three different colours - I had to have all three! Ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Delicious Doodles - Bingo (ribbon, DD image and pearls)

Joanna Sheen - flower power

Creative Inspirations Paint - flowers

Cutie Pie Challenge - monochromatic

Crazy Amigo - flowers

Divas by Design - monochromatic

Paper Pretties - flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - favourite embellishment (lace/ribbon/pearls)

Pixie Dust Studio - flowers

Allsorts - black and white

Emma's Crafty Challenge - monochrome

Carol x

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #22

 It's time for our next challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. Monique has designed the sketch this time. We are being sponsored by Inky Impressions.

Papers are from Crafty Ann's Christmas digi scrap kit and have been layered digitally. Doiley is a Cheery Lyn die and is cut from vellum. Image is from Delicious Doodles and had been coloured with promarkers and a gold gel pen. Sentiment is from Meljens. Pearls and gem from stash. Ribbon is recycled.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there.

Challenges entered:

OSAAT - use a digi

ABC Christmas - E is for evergreen

Totally Papercrafts - my favourite things (Christmas, pearls and ribbon)

Sweet Stampin - lots of layers

Dasiy Doodles - tie it up

The Stamping Booutique - use gold

Carol x

Halloween

I found this used black gift bag tucked away so decided to recycle it, obviously the colour made it ideal for halloween.

Image is from Delicious Doodles and it's been digitally layered onto a backing paper from Jak Heath, I've coloured it with promarkers and matted it onto a square and a scalloped nestie. Backing papers, pumpkins, spooky and tag are from Crafter's Companion - all printed onto waste paper. Cat silhouette is from Kameo Cards (very old stash) and borders are all punches from Martha Stewart. Bag is finished with buttons, baker's twine, ribbon and a glittery spider.

Challenges entered:

Hooked on Crafts - anything but a card

My Grafico - halloween

Stamp with Fun - halloween

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - wrappings

The Pink Elephant - trick or treat

Victorine Originals - halloween

Anything Goes - dies and or punches

Clear it Out - halloween

Craft Room Challenge - featuring cats

Crazy Amigo Challenge - animal (cat and spider)

Paperminutes - diva

Passion for Promarkers - alter something (not square)

Tuesday Throwdown - halloween

Crafty Ribbons - halloween

Moving along with the Times - halloween

Lollipop Crafts - halloween

I Love Promarkers - spooky

Crafts and Me - use a digi

The Paper Shelter - halloween

Fresh Brewed - pumpkins

Pixie Dust Studio - anything but a card

Creative Craft World - halloween

Rainbow Lady's - misty moonlight

Delightful Challenges - make it dimensional

OSAAT- use a digi

Carol x

Thank you

Base card is kraft card and the corners have been embellished with foiled corner motifs. Image is from Delicious Doodles and has been coloured with promarkers, then I've distressed the edges with a bread knife and sponged with distress ink. Image is matted to orange and black card stock. Black border is a Martha Stewart punch. Card is finished with black bow and pearls.

Challenges entered:

Bows and Berries - photo inspired

Creative Stamp Friends - autumn colours

Paper Creations Ink - black and/or orange

Stamps R Us - autumn/fall

OSAAT - use a digi

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - autumn/fall

Always something Creative - thanksgiving

Sundays with Chrissy - thanks/thanksgiving

Carol x

Wolf Howling (again)

I love to see Freya when she starts howling she really does look like this. I've made this for my son probably for Christmas although I may send it to college from Freya as she's really missing him.

Image from Daisy Doodles printed onto ice blue decoupage paper and matted onto midnight blue stardream and silver mirri card.  Base is 8 x 8 pearlescent card, a square of blue card has been embossed and matted onto silver mirri. Card is finished with some bakers twine.

Challenges entered:

Unstampabelles - animals plus dry embossing

Lady Bug Crafts Ink - animals

Here come the Boys - bingo (twine, cute image, 2 squares)

Carol x

Trick or Treat

Well after all the LIM cards this week I thought I'd bring you something completely different. I don't really 

"do" Halloween as a rule but there are some gorgeous digi images out there and I won this cute Pumpkin Witch from Delicious Doodles. I decided to make a decoration for the house as DD is going to have a Halloween party with a few of her friends - hopefully the kitchen will have been pulled apart and put back together by then.

The main image has been digitally layered onto a free backing sheet from Jak Heath and printed onto pearlised paper and coloured with promarkers then highlighted with a gelly roll pen and mounted onto a scalloped nestie rectangle. The backing papers front and back are freebies from Bearly Mine (I've used a Martha Stewart punch on the striped one). I've used Grand Nestie scalloped circles to cut the black base and purple and copper mirri card layers. The front is finished with some flowers which I've distressed with TH black soot, lots of lovely purple fibres, a button and the letters for "treat" are "Halloween Felt Alpha" from Raspberry Road.

The back has been decorated with black ribbon, a button, some glittery monsters (from Hobbycraft) and the letters for "trick" as before. I won the pumpkin digi too from Prairie Fairy and it has been coloured in promarkers. The bat is a freebie from Dude Time Doodles and he's been coloured with promarkers and I've added a felt top hat from my stash.  I've used gorgeous orange ribbon to hang it with.

I still need a spider to finish this off - should have kept the bl**dy big one running across my kitchen floor yesterday lol.

This is my first attempt at making something purely decorative and I've rather enjoyed making it - I may get some more made before the party (I've got a whole month to do it!!) but just in case we bought some bits at M&S yesterday (hangs head in shame lol).

Thanks for your visit today and I hope you like what you see.

Challenges entered:

Cupcake - black and purple

Ribbon Carousel - add fabric (felt top hat)

Delightful Challenges - Happy Fall Y'all

The Paper Variety - home (home decor item)

Pixie Dust Studio - circles

Incy Wincy - distressing

Happileigh Scrappin - T Time (trick or treat)

Paper Sundaes - felt (top hat)

Delicious Doodles - cute as a button

Paper Pretties - use buttons

Lollipop Crafts - anything but a card

OLLC - punches and dies

Heart Song Inspirations - orange or buttons

Bearly Mine - buttons

Creative Craft Challenges - buttons and bling

Creative Stamp Friends - anything but a card

Corrosive Challenge Blog - punches and/or dies

Carol x

Silver

I won some images from Delicious Doodles and this one "Bark at the Moon" immediately grabbed my attention. I've printed onto ice blue decoupage paper and layered onto silver mirri and textured silver and black stardream card.

Challenges entered:

DYSU - silver

My Time to Craft - L is for lycanthrope (werewolf)

Party Time Tuesday - monochromatic

Card Cupids - anything goes