Simples (With Green)

I had a good day yesterday of creativity despite being interrupted every few seconds by the boys. Even the littlest room in the house was not sacred!

So here is one I made yesterday. Another Wedding Acceptance card (look away now Claire - my Mum's not got it yet let alone posted it to you!!) for my cousin who gets married at the end of March. Continuing with the green theme too although I don't think the Wedding is green themed just I like this ribbon and beads!

Anyway. Kept it rather simple and did not add a sentiment. Don't have an Acceptance stamp and couldn't be bothered firing up the pc to print one. Honest. But true!

I've used D'vine Swirls embossing folder, a Sizzix layered flower die that has partly been embossed with Swiss Dots and the scalloped edge are heart punches. I've used some green organza ribbon that I bought recently (can't remember where) and some oddments of green themed beads that were another donation from Lynsey (thank you - and yes, I sifted through all the bag for these!)

Oh and a bit of inking around the edges with a badly matching green inkpad. Oh well!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Random Acts of Creativity: Sketch followed
Cooking It Up With Katie: Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes
City Crafter: Winter White

• Dies: Sizzix layered flower; Cuttlebug embossing folders - D'vine Swirls and Swiss Dots
• Ribbon: My stash
• Beads: Lynsey donation
• Punch: Heart
  

Feeling Pants?

Despite being a card maker (and having lots of the finished products!) I am useless at being organised enough to send cards for certain occasions. This is for a very lovely person who is recovering from planned surgery (I even knew about it and still am late!) and it will be in the post tomorrow!

Papers are from the very new Happy Happy Birthday cd from Funky Hand and the image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts - I've added the sentiment myself. Cut out with a Nestie and coloured with Promarkers plus stickles.


I've added a faux running stitch around the edge of the shape and finished the card off with a strip (just long enough!) of green grossgrain plus some red and white embroidery thread (the new bakers twine - I'm telling ya!!) tied in a bow.

Now I'm looking at the card thinking it looks a bit Christmassy....

Hope you like it Claire and GET WELL SOON!!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Inspirational Card Sketches: Sketch followed
Ruby's Rainbow: For the Girls
Party Time Tuesday's: Ribbon, Trim and Fibres
Ribbon Carousel: Funny or Punny
Sweet Stamps: Stitches - Real or Faux

• Papers: Happy Happy Birthday from Funky Hand
• Image: Charmed Cards and Crafts, coloured with Promarkers and stickles
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 31 - CASE It

It's Friday so time for another Polkadoodle challenge! This week the theme is to CASE another Polkadoodle Design Team members card. I've been a bit sneaky and gone with a style! So I've CASE'd Claire and as luck would have it, I found a digi stamp of hers in my folders!

I've coloured it with Aquamarkers and added glossy accents to the centre of the flower. The papers are from the Wonderland cd and I've simply added a bit of inking to the edges and some doodling. Really simple!
Hope you can join in - the challenge closes on Sunday 14 August at 12noon GMT.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter: Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Anything Goes: Flowers

Paper Playtime: Digi Monday - Summer

• Image: Hope Jacare, coloured with Aquamarkers
• Papers: Wonderland cd

For a Four Year Old

Ben 10 is the order of the day for one little boy due to be four very soon! I've been asked to make this card and it fits the Fussy and Fancy challenge which is:

A Card for A Child

The image was drawn by the very talented Claire and I've coloured Ben with Promarkers including the background. All the papers are from Funky Hand - Craft The Year Away cd which I've layered and inked plus added a bit of doodling around the edges. I made the card open in the centre as I decided that a four year old would like that! The sentiment is computer generated and I found the number 4 in a bag with other numbers in my stash and I presume it is as Sizzix die cut. I've coloured it with Promarkers to match the colour theme, doodled a line around the edge and added glossy accents. I've also added a paler green insert inside as the white of the card was a little off-putting!

• Image: Drawn by Claire, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Craft The Year Away by Funky Hand
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Everything else: My stash

Retro Fun at Thirty

This is the first time I've managed to enter a Cooking It Up With Katie challenge, and I have a little confession to make too. The wordbook below has been made with the brand new Retro Fun wordbook download from Funky Hand which was released a few weeks ago, and I totally forgot to blog it for the launch....

But as it fits the challenge:

Something New

Something Old

Something Sweet

I thought I could show it anyway! The something new is the new wordbook and my first 'play' with the papers - lovely funky and bright, and well, retro colours! The old element is the fact that Claire (helllloooo again!) is 30 (although I've no room to talk!). And the sweet part, well, the colours remind me of Tootie Frootie sweeties (pic at the end of the post!)

I've printed each of the letters onto 240gsm white linen effect card and then cut them out, securing the end with eyelets and then cream and burgundy organza ribbon. The hat pin is one of my creations and has matching seed beads added onto it.

The flowers have been cut from scraps of card and use my flower Cuttlebug die and I've added seed beads to the centres. I've also dotted around the inside of the letters with a silver gel pen for effect.

Hope to join the challenges more often!

• All paperbased items: Retro Fun Wordbook download from Funky Hand
• Dies: Cuttlebug Flowers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge Week 13 - Birthday!

It's Friday again so it's another Polkadoodle challenge and I've set the challenge! It's my Birthday this week (look out for the blog candy on Tuesday) so I've gone with the theme of:

Birthday!

So the Polkadoodle challenge this week is to create a Birthday card - it can be for anyone you like just as long as it is a Birthday card! You have until Sunday 11 April at 12noon GMT to enter - good luck!

This card was made for my cousin Claire (helllloooo!) who had her Birthday last week and I made it for her brother to send to her (hence the sister sentiment). It is the A5 girly cake from Paper Boutique which I've printed onto linen effect white card and then layered up as per instructions.


I didn't make it as a double sided card so I only printed off the front elements. The icing has been glitter glued within an inch of its life! The sentiment backer is from the same collection on the cd and I've used letters cut using my Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet.

As you can see, there are lots of layers! Pop over to the challenge blog to have a look at the Design Team samples - there are some stunning cards!

• All elements: Paper Boutique
• Dies: Cuttlebug Baby Face
  
  

Ben 10

I've had this Ben 10 image for a while - the very talented Claire drew it and allowed me a copy so don't be thinking that I've drawn it! I've simply coloured it in with watercolour pencils!



This is for the Rosie Dee challenge which is a sketch:

And I've flipped it around as the logo didn't fit where it should have gone. I've used a green card blank that I found in my stash, rounded and doodled the edges then cut two shapes with my Nesties and layered the image onto black card.

Simples!

• Image: Drawn by Claire, coloured with watercolour pencils
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Log: From the Internet
• Everything else: My stash