Merry and Very Bright

Well, this just looks like I grabbed a box of sparkly things and chucked the lot on a card, doesn't it? But I enjoyed making this blingy thing , so hopefully someone will enjoy receiving it.

I cut the words out on the Silhouette, coloured them in Perfect Pearl Mist and raspberry Distress Ink. The little stars are glitter texture paste stencilled onto pearlescent card and the bigger star is a Sizzix die, which I then embossed in a folder.

I'd like to enter:
A Song in your Heart  wish upon a star
Sentimental Sunday Christmas
Delightful  Challenges Bling it on
Completely Christmas  anything goes

Embossing and Colour

I was playing around with some dry embossing techniques and decided to put a card together, using the colour pallette at Artistic Inspirations. The technique on the heart is a new one for me ( learnt it from Online Card Classes). You dry emboss, sand the raised area and colour bits of the sanded areas with markers.

I'd also like to enter Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge , 'emboss it.'

Make My Monday- Butterflies

'Butterflies'is the theme this week at Make My Monday . I had intended to do quite an ornate card, but I had some Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler ink on my desk, used it for a test stamping , and decided to stick with it.  Both the stamps used are old favourites - the 'negative ' one by Impression Obsession and the other by Anita's. I embossed everything with sparkle embossing powder.

I know you have a butterfly stamp, die, punch or digi in your collection! There's absolutely no excuse not to join us at Make My Monday this week.

I'd like to enter:
Try it on Tuesday  things with wings
Sweet Stampin  take flight
Less is More  anything goes
Pink Elephant  anything goes

Bird Bookmark

My daughter asked me to make her a tag she can use as a bookmark . I punched some hearts and used some new bird stamps - I think they are Woodware but I have already lost the packaging! I used a resist technique with Versamark, glossy paper and Distress Ink. More resist on the background - clear ep, an Indigo Blu script stamp and a Judikins Harlequin backgroud stamp. The ribbon with the charm is quite long, so that it pokes easily out of a book.

I'd like to enter:

Artful Times  tag
Cute Card Thursday  for the birds
Melonheadz wings or tails
Try it on Tuesday  wings

East

Had fun colouring this digi, from Polka Doodles' Dollie Daydream Goes East CD rom, with Promarkers . I also printed a paper from the CD to use as a background and to paper-piece her dress. The writing (fortunate) and the waterlily (stamped in the corners and covered with gold mica are Sheena Douglass stamps.

I'd like to enter:
Quirky Crafts oriental
Craft-room Challenge  Green Inspiration
Eclectic Ellapu  country, travel

Festive 48 - week 28

I won this Art By Miran image in a challenge and it's not something I would normally go for, but I really enjoyed using it. I coloured it with Promarkers and added glitter glue. I mounted it on silver mirri board and pink patterned paper. I added punched snowflakes, gems, ribbon with a sentiment, and a charm. If nothing else, I'm sure you will agree that it's very pink! 

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me by linking up ONE card each week. 

This link up is always 'Any Christmas Card Goes'. 

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

I'd like to enter: 

Card Mania add a charm 

Shopping Our Stash can't put it down (gems!) 

Crafting for all Seasons  tic tac toe - ribbon, square, pink 

Jellypark Christmas 

Christmas Cards All Year Round  non trad colours 

An InLinkz Link-up

Keep in Touch

Having some colleagues take redundancy lately, and a friend move away , has made me want to have a card in stock for those kind of occasions.

This was designed digitally, so I could quite easily duplicate it. The basic design is quite masculine but I added some embellishments to girl it up.

The phone, text frame and two 'stains' are all elements from Papermania Portobello Road CD.  I die cut everything and slapped everything, including the embellishments, with distress inks.

I'd like to enter
CD Sunday - Kind and caring thoughts
Love to Scrap  colour scheme - vintage/sepia
Ooh La La  vintage

Boy on Ruler

I'm still making teacher thank-you cards. The image is by Bugaboo and coloured with markers. I used some star patterned paper - an old magazine freebie - and Coredinations card embossed with a honeycomb folder and sanded.

I'd like to enter:
Catch the Bug bing - stars, Bugaboo image, texture
Craft Hoarders Anonymous who's the boss? star paper is hoarded.

Pinspirational 117 - Owl

It's time for another challenge at Pinspirational  and here's the picture:

When I saw this digi from our sponsors, Zap Pow Designs, I knew it'd be perfect for a teacher 'thank you' card. (Schools in the UK are just finishing for summer, although I understand that in the US, they are soon going back!) 

Come and share your project, inspired by the photo, at Pinspirational  - we have great prizes provided by our sponsors. 

I'd like to enter:

My Time to Craft paper piecing

Suzy Bee's anything goes

Melonheadz wings or tails 

Wishing Well

I made this card for my partner's  friend who is in hospital. I used a Silhouette cutting file, cut in white and coloured in inks and markers. I used a brick stencil on the base and embossed the hood with dots and stuck it on with 3d foam at the bottom, to create a slope. The background was embossed with a butterfly folder. I added a punched heart and a sentiment from Stampin Up.

I'd like to enter:
Just Us Girls  colour
Cheerful Stamp Pad For a man
That Craft Place  anything goes
Craft your Passion  anything goes
Curtain Call  anything goes