Football Birthday Card

It was my nephew's tenth birthday a few weeks ago but I didn't have time to share his card at the time- so here it is now.

I used a digital image by Lily of the Valley , coloured with Promarkers. I tried to do the kit in his favourite team's colours but I'm not sure I achieved that! I stamped the sentiment and mounted it on some football paper.

I'd like to enter:
Sweet Stampin  birthday boys
Papercraft Challenges boys
I Love Promarkers  boys

Going Sledging

It's May half-term! I'm unwashed, undressed and unmake-upped ; my 12-year-old son is still in bed, binge-watching Friends -  but at least I've made a Christmas card!

I used a Neat and Tangled stamp coloured with Promarkers and a bit of white gel pen, dies, and a Darkroom Door text stamp, embossed in white.

I'd like to enter:
Jingle Bells text
Christmas Kickstart kids
Fab n Funky   Christmas
ABC Christmas  k for kids
Less is More 

The Library Challenge - The Art of Stripes

The new book at The Library  Is The Art of Stripes , an illustrated fashion book.

I received this book as a gift and I love looking at the illustrations of great outfits .

For my first card (top) I stamped part of a big Alte-New flower stamp onto ivory card and paper-pieced it using three different stripy papers. I also used some lilac alcohol marker and nuvo drops. 

I'd like to enter :

Little Red Wagon  flower frenzy 

Stamp Ink Paper 

Just Us Girls 

Please forgive the photo of my second card - that background is actually white. Here I stamped and masked some Hero Arts pot plants and added more stripes to the pots. I coloured with Promarkers and added a sentiment, strip of paper and enamel drops. 

I'd like to enter:

Crafty Cardmakers  birthday 

Watercooler 

Addicted to Stamps 

Polkadot Plants

I made this to enter a few challenges. I used a hanging plant stamp by Hero Arts, coloured with Promarkers and then I added polkadots to the leaves and pot.

I'd like to enter:
Just Add Ink 
CAS on Friday  polkadots
Paper Players 

The Library Reminder - Death on The Nile

Time for a reminder at The Library. 

I've gone all-out ancient Egyptian for this one.

I've had this Tutankhamen stamp since the Egyptian-look had a big moment in stamping - must be over 16 years ago! Bring it back! I stamped it in black over a printed paper from Debbie Moore Egyptian promise CD. Then I added an (un-Egyptian) sentiment and touches of gold and spray ink, for a lightly distressed look.

You don't have to go all Egyptian for this challenge. There's quite a lot else going on on the cover. I'd love to see your ideas. You can enter here. 

I'd like to enter:

CD Sunday 

Watercooler

Crafter's Cafe I spy something beginning with M ...mausoleum (pyramid)! hehe

Sweet Sixteen

My niece is turning sixteen this week, so I wanted to make something specially for her.

I used a free cupcake card SVG from Birds Cards, cutting the top out of pink glitter card. The 'sweet' was from another SVG set (not sure who by) and I made the numbers on my Silhouette. I cut some banners and stamped 'happy birthday'.

I'd like to enter:
Allsorts  Happy Birthday to Allsorts challenge
Papercraft Crew
Creatalicious  no square or rectangle
AAA Birthday 

Inkspirational - Gold Dipped

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is to be inspired by the theme, 'gold -dipped' which has been chosen by Marlena. 

For my DT card I used my big old koi stamp. I stamped it on black with orange Distress Oxide ink and then I heat-embossed the fish's extremities in gold. The base card was a ready-made foiled card, cut to size. 

I hope you'll join in the challenge.

I'd like to enter
Stamp Ink Paper
Crafty Friends anything goes
Addicted to Stamps

 

The Library Challenge - Death on the Nile

The new book at The Library is  Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie . I honestly can't tell you whether I've read this particular book - I have read MANY of her books (my parents read them so I started as a young teenager) - but she wrote over 70! 

For my first card (top) I picked up on the camels in the background and remembered this very old '3 kings' stamp. I kept it very simple, stamping on kraft and adding a Christmas sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

Allsorts  transport 

Merry Little Christmas 

My second card was inspired by the title - Death on the Nile - haha!  I used a digi stamp of a mummy, printed large and off the page, and coloured it with Promarkers. Then I stamped a Halloween sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

 Watercooler

Fab n Funky 

Another Card for All Creatures Great and Small

It seems the closer the relationship, and the bigger the occasion, the less able I am to make a card . I get almost paralysed by thinking it's not going to be special enough!  So for my partner's big birthday I eventually (only days before!) decided to fall back on a tried and tested card formula.

This uses a Lori Whitlock cutting file that was extremely good value because I have adapted it and used it many times. You can buy the file in lots of different sty;es but it's so easy to create your own if you have a Silhouette. I have made various different numbers for it ( I used it in January for my son's twelfth birthday)

Anyway, I created the sentiment and numbers myself and the frogs are cutting files by Lettering Delights.

The current book at The Library is All Creatures Great and Small :

I'd like to enter:

Krafty Chicks - Celebration 

The Male Room 

Cupcake Inspirations 

Inkspirational Challenges- Adventure

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is to be inspired by the word 'adventure'. 

For my DT card I stamped the 'Thelma and Louise'  stamp from Stamping Bella and then masked it and stamped a scene stamp (brand unknown) behind. I coloured everything with Promarkers and stamped a sentiment. 

I hope you'll join in our challenge.

I'd like to enter:
Casology
Watercooler