Picked Sweet

Finally got a chance to make a card.  After not making them for so long I am finding it hard to get back into a routine with cards again.

Image - Picked Sweet - Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps
Coloured with Distress Inks
Paper - My Minds Eye - A Happy Heart
Woodware Punches
Sentiment - Free with magazine
Ric Rac - from stash (was looking for ribbon but didn't have any to match and found this)
Gems - from stash

I would like to enter my card into   challenges :-
 
Sketch Saturday # 423 - Any sketch from 215 - 422 - I choose  #258 11 May 2013
Creative Moments # 98 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination # 96 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wed - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft # 34 - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday # 169 - A Walk in the Garden
Bunny Zoes - Summer Florals

Many thanks for visiting my blog and I appreciate any comments that you leave x

Daisy Again

Haven't had much time to craft recently as I have been looking after my little nephew who is 3 and now the football has started too.

I made this card with my favourite image again  but I really should try and make a start on my fathers day cards.

Image - Sugar Nellie - Elisabeth Bell - Daisy
Coloured with Distress Inks
Papers - Echo Paper - Dots and Stripes
Ribbon and Gems from stash
Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch

I em entering my card into 8 challenges:-

Craft Your Passion # 316 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments # 95 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination # 89 - Anything Goes
Through The Purple Haze # 103 - Die/Punch
Sisters of Craft # June - Anything Goes
Our Crafty Corner # 10 - Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds # 16 - Anything Goes
Sugar Nellie # 137  - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog and any comments you leave are appreciated x

Another Daisy Card

My card today I am entering into seven challenges :-

Fussy and Fancy Friday # 164 - Dies and Punches
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - May Challenge - Lovely Layers
Inspiration Destination # 86 - Anything Goes
Our Crafty Corner # 9 - Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds Creations  # 15 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft # 29 - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft - May Challenge - Anything Goes

Used my all time favourite image again - Daisy.  Have lots of images but keep coming back to this one as she is so cute.

Image - Sugar Nellie - Elizabeth Bell - Daisy
Coloured with distress inks
Paper - Cosmo Cricket - DeLovely
Woodware Flower Punch
Gems from stash
Crafts Too Flora Die

Many thanks for visiting my blog and any comments you leave are appreciated x

Daisy

I made another card similar to my niece Eva's card in a previous post.  My sister-in-law asked me to make it for her niece's birthday.

I am entering it into four challenges:-

Sugar Nellie - Sugar Bowl - # 136 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion # 312 - Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds Creations # 15 - Anything Goes
Our Crafty Corner # 9 - Anything Goes

Paper - Echo Park - Hello Summer
Image - Daisy - Elizabeth Bell - Sugar Nellie - one of the first stamps I bought and still a favourite
Coloured with Distress Inks
Poppystamps Happy Birthday Die
Gems and letters from stash
Flowers - Woodware Punches
Martha Stewart Daisy Dot Border Punch
Triangles for bunting cut using my new brother scan 'n' cut

Many thanks for visiting and any comments you  leave are appreciated x

Pollycraft Monday # 97, A Gem of a Challenge # 23, Totally Gorjuss # 84, Sugar Bowl # 62, Flutter By Wednesday # 159, Stampavie # 145

Can't believe how long it is since I last made a card.  With Hollie being off at the start of the month for a week, we had a few nice days so we spent it doing some gardening.  Then I decided to sort out my craft shelves and then stamp onto white card every image that I have.  Didn't get it all finished but got most of it done apart from my wooden stamps and the freebie stamps.  Thought it would make it easier when looking for an image as I forget sometimes what I have.  Have spent the last week sorting out hall cupboards and doing more bookwork, so then this week the house can get a good cleaning before school finishes on the 30th.  Shannon finishes today as this is her last AS exam - French. Fngers crossed it goes well.

I am entering my card into six challenges :-

Pollycraft Monday # 97 - Ribbon and Flowers
A Gem of a Challenge # 23 - Bloomin Charmin (flowers and charms)
Totally Gorjuss # 84 - Flower Power
Sugar Bowl # 62 - Sketch and optional theme of summer
Flutter By Wednesday # 159 - Pink, Orange and Green plus fairy, butterfly or angel
Stampavie and More # 145 - Butterflies

Cardblank - Craftwork Cards
Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants - Beach Babe
Image - Sugar Nellie
Coloured with Distress Inks
Nestabilites - Lacey Ovals
Woodware Flower Punch
Tonic Butterfly Punch
Martha Stewart - Fence and Icicle Punch (turned the incicle punch the other way to look like grass, don't know if it worked)
Gems and Ribbon - Mei Flower
Butterfly Charm - The Works
Sentiment - Free with magazine

Went to my primary school reunion on Saturday night.  It covered those leaving in 1979/1980 as six people were in P7 for two years. I went with five others from my year.  We were given stickers to write our names on when we arrived and we laughed as we thought we would recognise most people.  After a while we were looking for the stickers to help us out.  Was a good night and ended up asking Shannon on Sunday to set me up on Facebook as everyone else was on it and then we could stay in touch.

Thanks for popping by, hope you all have a good weekend.

Dream Valley # 3

Sorry for the lack of posts but life has just been very busy.  Hubby has had "Man Flu" recently and Hollie was off school sick too. 

Went to see Taylor Swift in concert last Friday night and it was amazing.  She was totally overwhelmed with the audience and the girls had a great night.  I really enjoyed her support act, Ryan Sheridan, not often these acts are that good. Tomorrow night Shannon and Sophie are going to see McFly and on Wednesday night we are going to see Westlife.  When we got the girls these tickets for Christmas, we didn't realise they were quite so close together.

Anyway, I haven't had any time to do much crafting but got these items made last night and this morning for my mum for Mother's Day.  I have missed most of the Mother's Day challenges but think I am still in time for Dream Valley Challenges.

I had made my mum a calendar card for Christmas and she picked the papers, so I thought I would use the same papers and make these for her instead of buying a present as she can be hard to buy for and never asks for anything.

I made a tissue box.  This came as plain wood and I altered it with the new amazing Distress Stains from Tim Holtz, think this is my new favourite craft item.  I used K & Co Wild Saffron papers and K & Co embellishments.

Two bare wood tea light candle holders, again Distress Stain and K & Co Wild Saffron Papers and some gems and K & Co flowers.

Wooden calendar, Distress Stains and K & Co papers and Gems.  Image is one of my favourites, Daisy from Sugar Nellie.

And finally a Papermania word album - Family - K & Co papers and ribbons from stash. I have left it for mum to put on her own photos, etc. 

I hope my mum likes her gifts, I am nearly tempted to keep them myself as the colours would go so well in my home.

Hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. Thanks for popping by and visiting.

Friday Sketchers # 144, Craft Us Crazy # 3 and Cute Card Thursday # 154

Another quick post as I am heading out to do the school runs and then life kind of takes over until bedtime and I won't get a chance to post.

Had a good time ice-skating on Sunday although I didn't go on the ice but the girls and hubby enjoyed it and then we went over to Ikea.  Well there is not much point going up to Belfast and not stopping by.  Now that Shannon and Sophie are older they have been wanting full length mirrors in their rooms.  Got two in Ikeas sale, so two happy girls and then out for dinner on our way home. 

I made this card last night as I was waiting for Shannon coming home around midnight.  She was at The Script concert with her friends and our friends daughter was driving so we didn't have to take her up.  Worried about them on their way up and way down but they had a great night and Shannon said the concert was amazing, one of the best she has been to.

Anyway onto my card, I am entering it into three challenges:-

Friday Sketchers # 144 - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday # 154 - Signs of Spring (I know my colours are maybe more Autumn but hopefully the image and flowers and butterfly with count)
Craft Us Crazy # 3 - Nature (Again, hope the flowers and butterfly count)

Cardblank - Craftwork Cards
Cardstock - Paper Mill
Patterned Paper - Echo Park (definitely one of my favourite companies as their papers are always very versatile and colourful)
Martha Stewart Punch
Woodware Punch
Gems - Mei Flower
Butterfly - K & Co Grand Adhesions
Image - Sugar Nellie
Coloured with Distress Inks
Sentiment - Computer Generated

Thanks for popping by.  Rain has arrived this afternoon after it being nice and springlike for a few days. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Friday Sketchers # 136

Decided to make another card this morning instead of cleaning.  While doing the school runs and thinking about challenges, the idea came for these papers and this image and sketch and I then remembered that the card had to be in before midday.  Don't think I have ever made a card as quick or one that turned out ok. Must go and do some tidying, etc., now before the girls come home from school, before I feel guilty at making a card yesterday and today.


Cardblank - Craftwork Cards
Patterned Paper and Flowers - K & Co Wild Saffron (these are one of my favourite papers)
Image - Sugar Nellie - Sweet and Sassy (another of my favourite images)
Coloured with Distress Inks
Gems - Mei Flower
Sentiment - Pink Gem
Woodware Punch

I am entering my card into Friday Sketchers # 136

I am keeping a promise to myself to finish the inside of cards as I make them.  Always find that when you need one and it needs finished you have either ran out of those papers or don't have any spare time.

Thanks for popping by, your comments are very much appreciated.

 
 

Truly Scrumptious # 48 and Cute Card Thursday # 146

Thought I would take a little bit of time out this morning and make a card.  Have been busy cleaning since the girls went back to school and have just the kitchen and utility to do.  Always like to give the house a really good clean after Christmas and do out wardrobes, move furniture etc., makes it feel cleaner. I know I am sad and could have been making cards instead.


Anyway the card I made, I am entering into two challenges :-


Truly Scrumptious # 48 - Follow Sketch and Optional Theme - Dreaming of Summer
Cute Card Thursday # 146 - Out with the Old (use old stash)


Cardblank - Craftwork Cards
Patterned Paper, Cardstock and Ric-Rac - Doodlebug
Gems - Mei Flower
Image - Sugar Nellie
Coloured with Distress Inks (managed to get a few re-inkers yesterday)
Woodware Punch
Martha Stewart Punch
Sentiment - Molly Blloms - free with magazine

I have had these Doodlebug papers and cardstock for a couple of years and still had some left over from scrapbooking.  The Daisy image was one of the first images I bought last year.  Thought this would suit Cute Card Thursday's  challenge.  Daisy also suited Truly Scrumptious's challenge for Dreaming of Summer.  Think we are all dreaming of summer with the amount of snow, etc. we have had this winter.


Update on the shop.  Got our insurance broker to contact the loss adjusters as we were getting nowhere.  Things are progressing a little further but still not in our premises yet.  May take a couple more weeks. 


Hope you are all well and getting some crafting done.  Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post and I would like to say hello to my new followers.  It is very much appreciated.

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge # 4 and Flutter By Wednesday # 125

This is a calendar card that I was asked to make a couple of weeks ago by my mum and never got time.  I had previously made a calendar card and my mum liked it and I asked her if she would like one.  She picked these K & Co Wild Saffron papers. I eventually got it made this morning and am pleased with how it turned out. I really like the colours. I made it a larger easel card than the previous one. So I hope she will like it.

Cardstock - Paper Mill
Patterned Paper - K & Co Wild Saffron
Embellishments - Grand Adhesions from another K & Co Kit (embellishments etc., no papers, but I think it matches very well)
Calendar
Net Ribbon from stash
Image - Sugar Nellie - Sweet and Sassy (Love this image)
Coloured with Distress Inks


I am entering my card into two challenges. Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge # 4 - Moni's Sketch and Flutter By Wednesday - Fairy, Angel or Butterfly with an open theme.

Thanks for popping by, it is very much appreciated as are your comments.  Seem to be having a blip with the weather, really nice and sunny and quite warm.  Makes a change from the high winds and heavy rain.

Friday Sketchers 114 and Papertake Weekly

Feeling strange after not crafting for a few days.  Everything I tried with this card, just didn't seem right.  I felt I needed to add a little more to the sketch.  After sorting and tidying my craft supplies, I realised I was about to run out of my herma glue, so this card is made with double sided tape and I don't think I will use it again for this, as I really need to lift and reposition a few times, before I am happy with it.  Hopefully, my glue will be here tomorrow. I was going to just make this card clean and simple with cardstock only but I didn't like it, so added patterned paper to the layer across the middle, then decided to add paper again between my circles.  Then decided to add little strips top and bottom to bring the card together.  These weren't in the sketch, so I hope it is ok to add these.  When I took the photograph of the card to put on the computer, I realised I hadn't added the stickles to the punched flowers.  When I did this, I then saw I hadn't added stickles to the flowers in her hair and hadn't finished colouring the grass, after I had changed it to a circle shape.   Normally I lift out all the supplies I need before I start but I was busy doing other things as well as this card and kept going back to it, so it was taking me longer and I wasn't really concentrating the way I should have been.  Anyway I got it finished in the end.
I am entering my card into Friday Sketchers 114 and Papertake Weekly. Their theme was something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.  You didn't have to use all of these if you didn't want to. My image was one of the first stamps I purchased when I started cardmaking - so something old.  The happy birthday stamp was free with a magazine and I hadn't inked it up - so something new. I have nothing borrowed on my card. I used the blue cardstock  for something blue.  Hope this fits the theme ok.

Cardstock - Die Cuts with a View and Doodlebug
Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye
Image - Sugar Nellie
Ice Stickles
Coloured with distress inks
Sentiment stamp - free with magazine
Crafts too - flower punch
Woodware - Tag punch
Ribbon from stash

I have noticed that my posts are not coming up on followers blogs or dashboards.  I am sorry about this and hopefully it has been sorted out.
Thanks for popping by and hope your are having a nice day.

Friday Sketchers 113 and Flutterby Wednesday 115

I made this card last night when I had a little free time.  Decided on my challenges and what image and papers I would use and sat for a while.  Just couldn't seem to get motivated as I was feeling very tired.  Anyway, I should craft more often when I am tired as I do like this card. I do prefer brighter colours and easier sketches.
Cardstock and Papers - Doodlebug
Image - Sugar Nellie
Coloured with Distress Inks and Papermania Watercolour Pencils (I only have one shade of green in the distress inks)
Sentiment - Pink Gem
Woodware Circle Punch
Tonic Studio - Butterfly Punch
I am entering this card into Friday Sketchers 113 and Flutterby Wednesday 115.  Thanks for popping by. Another wet day today, summer will arrive, when the girls are back at school, no doubt.

Saturday Sketchers # 112 - Totally Gorjuss and Pollycraft Monday

Here is another card that I have made for my mum for her birthday.  This will be from my daughters.  It is the first time that I have made cards and actually given them, as I still would go out and buy cards.
I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday.  Pollycraft Challenge, one that I haven't entered before, was for Happy Birthday and Totally Gorjuss, another one that I haven't entered before was Thinking of You.  Not sure if my card would apply to this challenge, but I thought the Sugar Nellie image called Reflective was as if she was thinking and I then wrote thinking of you on the inside of the card. Normally I only enter one challenge at a time, so am trying to find challenges now that I can use together.
Cardstock - Bazzill
Patterned Paper - K & Co - Wild Saffron (I really love these papers)
Computer generated sentiments
Sugar Nellie Image - Reflective
Embellishments - Gems, flowers, butterflies and ladybird- K & Co embellishment kit.  This is a kit that I purchased from QVC last year and didn't want to use it as it was so nice. Think the colours match well with the papers.
Coloured with Distress Inks
Fiskars circle cutter
I also distressed the sentiment and edges of the image with antique linen distress ink to soften and blend it with the papers.  Think I need lots more practice at this as well as cutting out the image.  Got this tip from Mina's blog Pinkpuds.  Thanks Mina.

Anyway thanks for popping by and hope you have a nice day.  We have sunshine today which makes a change as it has been very wet, especially yesterday, when it was like winter and we had to put the heating back on. Hope the sunshine lasts a little while. Donna

Sugar Bowl Challenge 37 - Marlene's Sketch

This is a card I created for the Sugar Bowl Challenge 37 - a sketch by Marlene.  I wasn't sure if I would do this sketch as I didn't have any nestabilites for the image shape, but then wondered if I could use another shape but still follow the sketch.  Again, wasn't sure if I would enter the card into the challenge as still hadn't figured out the linky thing until I came across an item on melscraftroom where she had just got DT for Crafty Cardmakers. Well done Mel.  I hadn't came across Crafty Cardmakers blog before, so went for a nosey as you do.  So glad I did.  On the left hand side was a tutorial on how to link etc.  So I made the card last night, am now posting it onto my blog and after I do the school run I am going to try to link it up properly rather than to my blog.  Here's hoping I can get it right.  I can only try, I suppose.

Anyway, on to my card.

Cardstock - Die Cuts with a View
Paper and Embellishment - K & Co - Simply Sweet
Ribbon - Doodlebug
Flowers - Woodware Punch with Kars glitter glue
Image - Sugar Nellie - Daisy (one of my favourites)
Nestabilities
Anyway off to do the school run now, only today and tomorrow left and then off for the summer holidays.

Sweet and Sassy Birthday Card

Hi
Sorry for not entering new posts lately, but it has just been a very busy week or so and no crafting of any kind has been done.
Anyway, my eldest daughter asked me before she went to bed on Monday night, could she get a card made for a friend at school for the next day.  I had no ideas for a card as it was late and wanted to go to bed myself as I was late the night before. My eldest daughter had entered a radio competition to win tickets for Westlife the week before and she won two and took me to the concert  instead of a friend as I wasn't getting this year. What a brilliant night.  Their concerts  just get better and better. Thank you Shannon.

 Anyway, I had a little look through my stash and came across a packet of cards that came with a kit from Die Cuts With a View and they were already glittered and had a scalloped edge. Add a few doodlebug flowers, some more of my youngest daughters pearls, (will really need to buy her some more as I have them nearly all used and I don't think she knows yet), a sentiment from Pink Gem Designs, some stickles and a Sugar Nellie stamp called Sweet and Sassy.  Quick card was made and liked my my daughter and her friend. 

Sugar Nellie Card - Sweet and Sassy

This is card I have made following a sketch from The sugar Bowl Sketch Challenge, which was to include flowers.  This is the first time that I have tried this and as I have only got into cardmaking from scrapbooking, I found it a little difficult.  Need a lot more practice, inspiration and free time.
I used the Sweet and Sassy stamp, which is one of my favourites, as well as Daisy.  They are such beautiful detailed  images.  I coloured the image with distress inks, used Bazzill cardstock and Doodlebug papers, with flowers on them and flowers and brads.
I am not sure if this will link straight to the card or my blog as I have yet to learn how to set up a link.

Sugar Nellie Card - Reflective

I made this card last night with another Sugar Nellie stamp called Reflective.  I coloured this time with distress inks.  It is a long time since I used these and it is going to take me a while to get back into them.  However, I found them quicker than the papermania watercolour pencils that I have been using.
I picked my papers first and then coloured the image.  Also found this easier this time.  The papers are from K & Co, Kology range - Verbana, Bazzill cardstock and Queen and Co brads.

Sugar Nellie Card - Carefree

This is the last of the cards I made that day with a Sugar Nellie stamped image called Carefree.
Coloured again with Papermania watercolour pencils, backed onto Bazzill Cardstock and punched with the Martha Stewart Corner Punch and a little flower punch, that I had.  Gems are from my daughter's craftpack as mentioned in previous post.

Sugar Nellie Card - Flowers

This card was another Sugar Nellie stamped image called Flowers.

Coloured with Papermania watercolour pencils and backed with cardstock purchased from the Paper Mill Shop.
My youngest daughter decided she would put orange dots onto the centre of the flowers.  Thankfully, I hadn't finished the card at this stage and was able to complete it with little pearl like gems from a craft pack she got a couple of years ago from Eason's Bookstore.

Sugar Nellie Card - Sweet and Sassy

Recently, I had a couple of free days with all bookwork and housework  up to date.  That doesn't happen very often, so I had a little me time, stamping and watching a dvd. Heaven!!!!

The first card was a Sugar Nellie stamp called Sweet and Sassy.  I came across these stamps by accident and I am so glad I did.  The detail and cute expressions are lovely and having three daughters, they are going to be good for birthday cards, etc.
I coloured using papermania watercolour pencils and  bazzill cardstock.  The butterflies are flowers are from a K & Co kit I purchased from QVC.  It is full of lovely autumn colours and was a good match.
I had coloured the stamped images in colours I liked, without any thought to what papers I would match them to.  Next time, I think I will pick my papers first and then colour.  All papers I tried were quite overpowering or didn't do the image any justice.