Simple Wedding

The Wedding season is fast approaching (and we've got a family Wedding very soon!) so I thought I'd get a Wedding card made! I've used a Lee Jacobs image, purchased from CraftsUPrint and coloured with Promarkers.

I've added liquid pearls around the edge of the card in following the sketch from Card Positioning Systems plus also around the image. I've used one of my Nesties as a template to draw around as I didn't have anything rectangle.

The ribbon is from my stash along with the pearl buckle and the gems.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Card Positioning Systems: 5th Anniversary, Day 9
Crafty Sentiments: Love
Die Cutting Diva's: Pick two colours: Pink, Red, White or Black (Pink and White used)
Sassy Cheryl's: No Designer Paper
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Celebrations
Crafty Calendar: Love and Marriage

• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities as a template
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Confused Santa

I think Santa is looking a little confused! Fab pre coloured digi image by Lee Jacobs and bought from here - all I've done is resized it and cut it out (plus added some glitter!)

The papers are offcuts and are from Echo Park - All I Want For Christmas digi pack. The red ribbon is from my stash and the tiny brads are fake - black Sharpie marker with glossy accents over the top! I had to join two pieces of the backing paper together as I only had strips left that were not wide enough - I think I've done it well enough so you can't see the join!

A bit of inking around the edges plus some faux stitching and the card is complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy: Sketch followed
Paper Makeup Stamps: Colour Combo
Karens Doodles: Spots and Stripes
My Time Made Easy: Colour Palette
Crazy 4 Challenges: It's Santa!

• Image: Lee Jacobs, bought from here
• Papers: Echo Park digi pack - All I Want For Christmas
• Everything else: My stash

Simply Create Challenge 53 - Older Than 6 Months

It's time for another Simply Create Challenge and the theme this fortnight is:

Older than 6 Months

So dig out those old stamps, digi stamps and papers and get cracking! For more details on how to enter pop over to the challenge blog.

I've used a digi stamp from last year by Lee Jacobs which I bought from CraftsUPrint. It's been coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue and the spotty paper is from Polkadoodles - Paper Boutique Vol 2.

A bit of faux stitching and I was advised by Jacob that he liked the red stretchy ribbon so that got used plus I've had it for about 2 years! Sentiment is a Studio G acrylic stamp.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cardmad Fairy's Digi Challenge: Too Early For Christmas?
Craft Room Challenge: Anything Christmas

• Papers: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Sentiment: Studio G
• Everything else: My stash
  

R is for Rudolph

I know we are in the middle of a mini heatwave but Christmas really is not that far off and I've got to step it up a bit if I'm going to reach my new target of 150 cards by late November!

I always enjoy colouring this image from Lee Jacobs, bought from CraftsUPrint and coloured with Promarkers. I've added glitter glue to Santa's suit too.

The papers are DCWV - Christmas Wishes 6x6 stack that I've had a fair while and keep forgetting to use! The silver snowflake originally came from Matalan and I've not got many left - I should have bought all that I could see as they are great and easy to use!

The red ribbon was intended for the dangly bits on a rosette and I got a bag of them from the Scrap Store ages ago and have such good intentions of using them!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Paper Players: Sketch
Craft Room Challenge: Anything Christmas
Crazy Amigo: Letter R (Rudolph)

• Papers: Christmas Wishes 6x6 stack from DCWV
• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Wedding

I'd been asked to make a Wedding card and what better image than to use this one from Lee Jacobs which I bought from here and to use the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch for inspiration!

The image has been coloured with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue on the glasses. Sentiment is computer generated and I've added embossed vellum (Cuttlebug D'vine swirls folder) panels behind the image.

I've used white grosgrain ribbon from my stash plus some very shiny silver card. Gems and prima flowers are from my stash.

Although you can't see it, I've added a silver gel pen dotted line around the image, sentiment and edge of the card.

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Quirky Crafts: Flourishes and Embossing
Designed 2 Delight: Wedding or Anniversary
Little Claire's Designs: Wedding or Anniversary
Rainbow Lady's Challenge: Embossing
Creative Belli: Acetate or Vellum
Fab n Funky: Embossing
CES Challenges: Raise Your Glass

• Image: Lee Jacobs, bought from CraftsuPrint, coloured with Promarkers
• Dies: Cuttlebug D'vine swirls embossing folder
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Everything else: My stash
  

Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

As you know, I do like sketches and once again I've used a Sweet Sketch Wednesday for inspiration. The image is by Lee Jacobs and it's been bought from CraftsUPrint and I've coloured it with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue here and there although its difficult to see on the photo.
The papers are off-cuts from making a wedding wordbook and are from the I Do! Wedding download from Funky Hand. I've used a Martha Stewart punch for the fancy bits and dotted liquid pearls in the spaces. All the flowers are from Hobbycraft and are a fairly recent purchase. The ribbon I found in my stash and was just the right size! I've made the hat pin with some faux pearl beads from a necklace I bought in a charity shop with the intention of chopping it up and using the elements.


And if you've not already popped over to the Fetch A Sketch pre launch party - please do so but be quick as it ends on Sunday 26 June! Some candy on offer to two lucky commenter's plus some extra prizes along the way! The Fetch A Sketch challenges launch on Monday 27 June at 9am!

This card fits the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers: Here Comes The Bride
Die Cuttin Divas: Wedding Bliss
The Craft Garden: Something Old (papers), Something New (made the hat pin for the card), Something Blue (flowers and groom's tie etc)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Bingo - Flowers, Brads, Sentiment
Scrapbook Sisters: Bunting and Banners
Creative Card Crew: Ribbon and Brads
ABC Challenge: W for Wedding
Colour Create: Blue, Grey and White

• Papers: I Do! Wordbook download from Funky Hand

• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers
• Punches: Martha Stewart
• Flowers: Hobbycraft
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

I Do!

You'll have to excuse the reflection from the very silvery silver card that I've used to mat the image and Funky Hand papers! The card is for the Sketch Saturday challenge (sketch underneath).

The image is bought from here and is by Lee Jacobs - I've coloured it with Promarkers. The lovely silvery swirly paper is from the I Do Wedding download from Funky Hand - I'd found it during The Tidy Up and as I'm trying to use all my scraps, it fitted perfectly!

The ribbon that I've used is actually more beige in colour than shown in the picture and the silver heart buckle is from my stash.

And that's it!

• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: I Do Wedding download from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Santa and Rudolph

I've found a new challenge blog - well, new to me anyway called Bah Humbug, and the current challenge is

Rudolph / Reindeer

I've used this Lee Jacobs image bought from here, which I've coloured with Promarkers plus some glitter glue.


The papers are Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho 8x8 paper stack and I've simply inked the edges, layered the image with pale brown card and ruby red card and then added an organza ribbon and bow. It's one of those images that I've had coloured in ready for an appropriate challenge. I try and get ahead of myself by having colouring session as then it feels like the actual cards come together a lot quicker!

• Backing paper: Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho 8x8 paper stack
• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Everything else: My stash
  

White Wedding

I followed this sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday for a Wedding card that I'd been asked to make:


The Wedding theme is black and silver so I stuck to a mainly silver theme. The image has been bought from here and is by Lee Jacobs - I've coloured it with Promarkers. I've embossed white vellum panels with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder and have added a wide organza ribbon which I've tied under the image.

The image has been lightly inked with my very faded black inkpad around the edges before layering onto some very shiny silver card! The flowers and gems are from my stash and I've dotted some liquid pearls in two of the corners.

On searching through all my cards I've realised that I've hardly any Wedding cards, so it looks like I'll be making more of an effort to make those in the near future!

• Image: Digi by Lee Jacobs, bought from CraftsUPrint, coloured with Promarkers
• Embossing: D'vine Swirls from Cuttlebug
• Everything else: My stash
  

Warm Pink, Chocolate & White

The Colour Create Challenge is to use

Warm Pinks, Chocolate and White

So I have! The image is drawn by Lee Jacobs and can be bought from here; I've coloured it with Promarkers and layered it onto some pink card that I had in my stash.


The chocolate brown pearlescent card are offcuts from some Wedding Stationery that I made last year. The sentiment is computer generated and has been layered onto the same card. The organza ribbon is from my stash and the heart buckle slider is also left over from making the Wedding Stationery.

A few dots of liquid pearls on two of the corners and the card is completed!

• Image: By Lee Jacobs, bought from CraftsUPrint and coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Santa and Rudolph

A great simple sketch this week from Moving Along With The Times, plus the challenge is also to use animals.

I'm attempting to be organised with my Christmas card pile this year, so this wonderful image by Lee Jacobs - bought from CraftsUPrint is perfect! I've coloured it with Promarkers and have added some glitter glue to Santa.

The papers are from the pesky 8x8 stack by Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho collection that is just siting there waiting to be used! I'm still not sure if I like the papers but this one seemed to fit quite well! I've added a matching brad (bottom corner) plus a square one just above plus two more in the top corner (good colour match so difficult to spot!) The organza ribbon and bit of red card are from my stash.

A bit of doodling around the edges and its completed!

• Backing papers: Dovecraft 8x8 Ho Ho Ho stack
• Image: Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue, bought from here
• Everything else: My stash
  

Vet

Another image bought from CraftsUPrint that I have been meaning to use for ages! It fitted nicely with the sketch from Paper Play:

The image has been drawn by Lee Jacobs and I've coloured it with Promarkers and used plain card from my stash to make up the layers. I've also used my Swiss Dots embossing folder for one of the backing panels plus some off cuts from a previous project - Funky Daze papers from Funky Hand.


Added two eyelets to the corners and a bit of edge doodling, and that's it!

• Image: By Lee Jacobs, coloured with Promarkers and bought from here
  
• Backing papers: Printed by Funky Hand - Funky Daze, plain ones from my stash
  
• Dies: Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Back On Your Feet

This is the sketch from Inspirational Sketches this week which I've combined with an image that I bought from CraftsUPrint a while ago.

The digital image, drawn by Lee Jacobs has been coloured with Promarkers and I've simply used bits from my card box to make up all the layers. I've not got a clue where the patterned paper has come from, but have a feeling that it was part of a paper pack download from a crafting magazine.

I've added faux stitching around most edges and added card candy to keep with the sketch. Sentiment has been computer generated.

• Backing papers: From my stash
  
• Image: By Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Sentiment: Computer generated
  
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

Wonder Mum

Another quick sketch and card from me. This time using the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday:

I've used another image from Lee Jacobs which I bought from CraftsUPrint, coloured with Promarkers. I've used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder on the red card and drawn around a Nestabilities die to get the fancy edge top and bottom.


Everything else is also from my stash. Great image to work with!

• Image: Digi from Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
• Dies: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and Nestabilities
• Everything else: My stash
  

Law and Order

A wonderful little sketch over on Inspirational Sketches caught my eye:


And I had the perfect image for it! The digi image was bought from CraftsUPrint and is drawn by Lee Jacobs. Coloured with Promarkers and a little bit of white gel pen for highlights. All the card is from my stash with card candy from Craftwork Cards.

And before I forget - don't you forget to tune into Create and Craft on Monday 5 July at 10am - Sky channel 671 as you will see the very new Funky Hand cd Colour Me Happy released! Hopefully you'll get to see some of the samples I made - and if you know me, you'll be able to spot mine!! Big clue - none of mine are actually cards!!!

• Digital image: Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: All from my stash
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  

Santa's Suit

A lovely simple sketch (how I like straightforward sketches!) on Friday Sketchers for this week! I've used papers from DCWV - Christmas Multistack 6x6 plus a digital image by Lee Jacobs which I bought from here, coloured with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue on the fur bits of Santa's Suit!

The sentiment was computer generated and I've added two extras in the way of snowflakes. I bought a wooden box of these from Matalan in the post Christmas sale and I think they are supposed to be gift stickers but look much better as card embellishments!!And it's never too early to make Christmas cards!!

• Backing paper: DCWV 6x6 Christmas Multistack
  
• Image: Digital image by Lee Jacobs, bought from here, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Embellishments: Matalan
  

My Hero!

I'm quickly catching up with some of the challenges from the last week now that we are back from holiday! I do like the sketches on Sweet Sketch Wednesday and the current one is this:

I've used a digital image by Lee Jacobs which I bought from here, coloured with Promarkers plus black and grey felt tips (I've yet to buy these colours in Promarkers!) plus china-graph white pencil for highlighting.
The plain green backing is actually a card blank that I cut down with the printed from Polkadoodles Sugar Birdies cd and I thought it went perfectly with the image when I was sorting through all my scraps.

The sentiment is computer generated and I've added two buttons with jute bows to comply with the sketch.

• Printed backing papers: Sugar Birdies from Polkadoodles
• Image: Digital image by Lee Jacobs coloured with Promarkers and bought from here
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Everything else: My stash
  

That's A Big Needle....

A great sketch on Papertake Weekly:

And I've used a digital image drawn by Lee Jacobs which I bought from here, coloured with Promarkers and layered onto papers from Patti Picklicious by Kirsty Wiseman. I've recently re-discovered this cd, as you have probably gathered!!

I've added a bit of inking around all edges and tied a length of red grosgrain ribbon to the side. I've stuck an acrylic sentiment tile on which you can't actually read, but says Just For You. I was going to add 'they're going to stick what where?' but didn't as my handwriting was appalling! A line of three card candy and the card is complete!

• Backing papers: Patti Picklicious by Kirsty Wiseman
  
• Image: Lee Jacobs bought from here, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
  
• Ribbon: My stash