Monster!

I hope you can see just how much fun I had making this! I used just one paper from the Wake Up Year section on Funky Seasons - its not quite a full sheet of A4 and I printed directly onto some linen effect cardstock so the linen effect of the papers works really well with the cardstock (hope you followed that!)

Eyes are made from large wobbly eyes and two different inked circles - teeth are punch hearts and I've just made the dip in the centre longer.  The mouth flaps open to give the card a bit more character.

Letters are Sizzix die cuts and I've glittered them.  Cute eh?!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner:  Anything Goes
Inky Impressions:  Bold and Bright
Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes
Just Inspirational Challenges:  Cute

Spring Whispers

This is a really quick and easy card to make - I've used the 'extra's' tab on the Funky Seasons cd - these are the ATC's and you get a sheet of different patters which are perfect to use as scraps.

This one uses the Spring Whispers section and I've simply used a few different dies - X Cut for the circles, Clearly Besotted for the 'mum' word and Cuttlebug for the flowers, plus covered chipboard butterflies with scraps of papers plus half pearls.

Add some ink and a gel pen to dot around the edges and card is complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams:  Add Some Embellishments
Robyns Fetish:  Purple and Green
Allsorts:  Flowers and Pearls
My Time To Craft:  Special Lady

Cute and Perfect For ...

... A few carefully chosen chocolates!  This little cutie is really easy and quick to make - its from Funky Hand - the Funky Seasons cd - Spring Collection - Wake Up Year; click on the 'Extras' section and a, well, section of extra's appears!  And you can print off this little bag - all you need to do is cut, score and glue.

I've added a few extras - the little flowers plus ribbon and I printed on the reverse of the bag with a contrasting paper. For reinforcement, I added contrasting handles.  Just perfect for Mother's Day!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Allsorts:  Spring Is In The Air
Crazy 4 Challenges:  Put A Bow On It
Crafts 4 Eternity:  Anything But A Card
As You Like It:  Anything But A Card

Glittery Flowers for a Birthday Girl

There was a freebie image of the fairy to help along the October Lily-Boo Too challenge! For their second month it is a sketch challenge:


And I made this Birthday card using papers from Funky Seasons - Cold Snap collection. I've lightly inked the edges in blue and doodled a line around the inner layer and also the triangle shape under the image.

The fabric flowers are from my stash - the hard glittery ones came from a mug swop I took part in - my sender was Sarah (hello!) and they fitted in with the colour scheme perfectly! And I wrote the name in my very own posh handwriting!


The image was coloured with watercolour pencils and the obligatory glitter glue on the wings. The image is quite apt really, as Emily does look a bit like her. Just without the wings. Although, probably as a 4 year old, she will have a set somewhere.

• Backing papers: Cold Snap collection on Funky Seasons by Funky Hand
• Image: Lily Boo Too freebie, coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter glue
• Glittery flowers: From Sarah in a swop
• Everything else: My stash
  
  

Five 'S' Words...

... is the current Pollycraft challenge! To enter the challenge you have to pick two from the five listed, but if you use all five then you get a free download image - fab eh! So naturally I went for the full five, which are:

Snowflakes, Sparkle, Spots, Stripes and Swirls

I've used papers from Funky Seasons and this is the Cold Snap collection. The stripy paper is one of the ATC papers that can be printed off from the extras. I've coloured the Pollycraft freebie image with watercolour pencils and have added glitter glue here and there and on the snowball.

The regal purple ribbon is from my stash and the snowflake confetti is too (I've recently found this at the bottom of my Christmas box so you may see more of these in the future!)

I've used the Cuttlebug d'vine swirls for the embossing and then lightly patted a blue inkpad over the top for more definition. Edges have been cornered and then inked with blue and then a very faded black.

Great image to work with too!

• Backing papers: Funky Seasons from Funky Hand - Cold Snap collection
• Image: Freebie from Pollycraft coloured with watercolour pencils and glitter glue
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug d'vine swirls
• Everything else: My stash
  

Tamara Sketch 70 - Funky Flowers!

This is the first challenge I've managed for a few weeks and as soon as I saw it, I knew what I was going to do! There are a number of Funky Hand Design Team birthdays in November and as I cannot cram 30 hours into a 24 hour day, I've had to double up challenges and birthday cards. So this one is for Enfys - so you ain't seen it, right?!!



Tamara's Sketch this week is: And here is my card:

There actually is a panel behind the two flowers, I just cut it a bit too small! The flowers have been cut from vellum - the black and white is cut from backing paper from Funky Seasons from Funky Hand and has been alternately layered with clear vellum. The flowers are my own template and have been cut by hand, all secured with daisy brads. The main panel is also clear vellum which has been inked lightly around the edges with a very worn black ink pad!

The panel which is largely hidden under the flowers is silver vellum and has been embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The ribbon is velvet and the sentiment is hand written.

Happy Birthday Enfys!

• Backing paper: Vellum printed with the Black and White collection from Funky Seasons and layered with clear vellum
• Embossing: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
• Ribbon: Velvet from my stash
• Brads: Papermania daisies

My WIP - All Is Revealed!!

No need to keep wondering what my WIP is! I've made these little bags and matching books as thank you's for the four members of staff in pre-school at nursery as Samuel's last day is 4 September. Quite an occasion as he's attended nursery from being a little 5 and a half month old boy. And he's loved it!

The idea for the bags and books came from watching Anice's recent appearance on telly demonstrating Funky Seasons, and Jozza had made a wonderful black and white bag and book with her youngest daughter in - so thank you Jozza for the inspiration! And also thank you to Lynsey for expertly binding the little books and for the brew!

I tend to associate people with colours and went for a theme based upon the colour collections within the Funky Seasons cd, which, I must say, never fails to inspire me and it must be my most favourite cd!

The template for the bags are on the cd and I printed on the reverse of the card with the contrasting pattern, and they were really easy to make!

For Jade, I went for green and purple.

Kim had pinks and chocolate browns

Nazia, bright summer oranges, lime greens and yellows

And for Rachel, Samuel's key worker, black and whites

I've printed the sentiments on the books onto vellum which read 'Just a little something to say thank you!' and then layered onto the disc. I hand wrote the names on the bags. All the bags and books have been embellished with ribbons and fibres - the books I will show in more detail on another post as this one is already a bit picture heavy!

Rachel has already got hers as she's on holiday for Samuel's last week. She really liked it!

• Backing paper: Co-ordinating papers from the collections within Funky Seasons
• Sentiments: Computer generated and hand written
• Ribbon & fibres: All from my stash
• Embellishments: From my stash, including heart gems and eyelets (originally from Kath)