Butterflies

Ok it's a fair cop - this is a card I've posted before but I really like it and it fitted so well with this week's challenge from the Lots To Do Challenge blog which is butterflies that I could not resist. To find out how I put it together look at this previous post.

Wow Look at this blog candy....

Claudia over at Pretty Pressings has the most amazing blog candy for getting lots of blog Hits - well done Claudia. But again there is more, Steph over at It's All About Me has some fabby blog candy in the form of a creative kit - cool :)

Slumber party

Circles are the inspiration from A Spoon Full Of Sugar this week so here is my interpretation using one of my favourite stamps from Sugar Nellie. The colours are subtle pinks and soft sand for a comfy go to bed feel :)



Materials:Stamps: Sugar Nellie's Bedtime Maggie; Studio G Alphabet Set
Papers: PaperMania Exquisite paper stack
Colouring: Watercolour pencils and Marvy Le plume pens
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Weathered Wood; Faber-Castell Sepia Artist pens; Sakura White

Stone Inchies Make An ATC

So to continue my Inchy quest I have used them in this ATC for the Think Monday - Think ATC which has a 'Stone' theme this week, as by luck should have it I have some 'stone'-related stamps.


Materials:
Stamp: Paper Artsy
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress inks; Stazon; Tattered Angels Gold Glimmer Mist
Other: Cardstock; Stone button; embroidery silk

The lovely folk over at Think Monday - Think ATC have sampled this ATC. Thanks Folks.

Inchies

I honestly thought I would never get into Inchies - pieces of art that are only an inch by an inch square - but then I did a card with some almost inchies on it and I was hooked. But guess what? There is an inchies challenge blog, well that is it really - I've just added inchies to my ever growing list of craft obsessions. So this week's challenge on Inch by Inch is 'Thank you' and here is my submission.



Materials:
Stamp: Anna Griffin Nature Background; Studio g Alphabet Set
Inks: Tim Holtz Ditress inks - Walnut stain; Peeled Paint; Tea dye
Other: dragonfly metal charm; recycled cardstock
Equipment: water spritzer; Brayer; craft mat; felt block (you can buy this but I made my own); heat tool (optional); Marvy Le Plume watercolour pens; Silicone glue

Instructions:

• Taking a piece of card from an old greeting card place on the craft mat and colour using the tea dye and peeled paint distress inks, water and brayer.
• Leave to dry or dry with the heat tool if you are as impatient as me.
• Stamp with the background stamp and decide which inch will be the best to use.
• Highlight the plants by colouring with watercolour pens.
• On a new piece of card stamp the sentiment with alphabet stamps and cut to size.
• The edges of the sentiment and Inchy were distressed using the walnut stain ink and smudging with the felt block.
• To finish the charm and sentiment were attached to the Inchy with Silicone glue.

Thank you Inch By Inch for sampling my inchy :)

Blog Candy Alert

Michelle over at Donkey Smiles has a fab blog candy giveaway. Fiona also has some fabby blog candy on her blog Magick Diva. But that is not all Emma has some great blog candy too at her blog ELF. Jennifer is also giving away blog candy on her blog Phoenix Crafts. Then there is more candy at Bunny Zoe Nikki's cool blog.

Aren't these people lovely to us?

Christmas Cards Already?

Well Yes. But don't panic, this is for a challenge, two challenges actually. Firstly it was put together using this week's sketch from Friday Sketchers and secondly it used the Christmas theme from Daring Cardmakers.


Materials:
Stamp - Personal Impressions
Paper - Funky Fairy
Others - Silver and blue card stock; Versacolor (Lapislazuli); Ranger's Stickles (Crystal and Waterfall); Paperchase ribbon

Funky Fairy's Prize and Challenge.

Been a really lucky girl recently, I was drawn as winner for Funky Fairy's Challenge #24 and as a prize I chose the fantastic Colorful Daze set of papers, alphas, embellishments and more. Could not wait to use them in a card and what better way but to use them for another Funky Fairy's Challenge which this week is Paper Piecing :)



There is a little 'Hello' in the top right-hand corner and drops of Stickles glitter glue on some of the circles.

So for this card I've used:
Papers and Embellishments: Colorful Daze kit from Funky Fairy's
Cardstock: White Card
Ranger's Crystal Stickles
Black pen

Nature and Walnut stain

I have just discovered walnut stain distress ink from Tim Holtz and I love IT! Wow it is just fab to use to distress papers. So having a play with the walnut stain I did this card with the fab sketch from Stamp Something (just got it done in time for the challenge - again) using the Nature theme from Arty Girlz. Thanks guys for the great inspiration.


Do you like the inches? Well truth be told they are slightly bigger than inches but just by a touch. The little butterflies and ladybird are stamped and cut from patterned paper and I've used some paper piercing for the butterfly trails. The paper used was from Basic Grey (edged with walnut stain of course!) and the main stamp is a Crafty Individuals stamp.

Thanks for sampling my card Arty Girlz :)

Brown and Turquoise Combo

Here is a card using Brown and Turquoise, one of my favourate colour combinations. The card uses the fab sketch from Katharina's Creative Place and I thought I would also use some check paper which is the theme over at A Spoon Full Of Sugar. The stamp is a Sugar Nellie from the Little Cotton Rabbits Range and one of my favourates. The papers were free from Papercraft essentials.

Tickets to Ride

This week's challenge on Think Monday - Think ATC is 'tickets'. So I've made this ATC from some train tickets, screwed up and coloured with alcohol inks. The dot texture at the top was made with sticky dots removed from the card and then the blank spots were wiped with the alcohol ink. The tag was made from metal and again coloured with alcohol ink and says 'Tickets Home'. A strand of wool and the national rail logo for trains in Britain finish this ATC.

Look some fab blog candy...

Thanks Jacqueline for the chance with your fab blog candy....Go have a look at Creja Kaarten for a chance at some fab give aways.

Day On The Beach

A day on the beach uses the great sketch from Friday Sketchers. I fancied doing a beach scene with a beach hut having been inspired by this lovely stamp with the basket full of picnic on the beach goodies :)

Children ATC

Here is a children theme ATC for Lots To Do Challenge. I kinda love the pink gingham with the turquiose ink colours.

Lilac Hearts Beat as One

I've been playing with word backgrounds coloured with inks for a while, I kinda like the effect. So I've used this technique for this card inspired by two challenges, the Lilac challenge at SBS 18 Challenges and the cards that take less than 10 min challenge at Daring Cardmakers.

Ooo look at the blog candy...

There is some fab blog candy up on Enjays Craft Pages, celebrating 11,000 hits - well done!

Summer Birthdays

Hot Summer colours for this one. A birthday card for a summer birthday and also for a challenge here and there. This one uses inspiration from Cute Card Thursday which has a birthday theme, then there is the 'Hot' theme from Papertake Weekly and Tag You're It have a Tag in a pocket Theme. The weird thing is I had already decided on the design of this card with the Tag and pocket idea and then it pops up as the theme at Tag You're It. How spooky is that? :)



So the papers come from freebies from Papercraft essential, I've cut out all the flowers so that I could re-arrange them on the page. The stamp is Chef Hamish from Sugar Nellie coloured with watercolour pens. The sentiment is written in the flower using a white Sakura pen.

Lemon and Lime

Celebrating a new birth in Lemon and Lime - what do you think? This card was made for the following challenges: the celebration theme from A Spoon Full of Sugar, the great sketch from Friday Sketchers, Baby theme on Thank God it's Friday and the new challenge blog This Thursday It's About which is starting with the theme 'Fresh'.


So this card uses free papers from Papercraft Essentials, Sugar Nellie Little Cotton Rabbits stamp coloured with watercolour pencils, DCWV card stock and then some fiskers embossing plates to emboss the rectangular yellow card. Some little doodling on the edges to finish the card. You know I still haven't worked out the best light to use to get a good photo.....

I've been sampled twice for this one. Thanks Guys :) This Thursday, It's All About and Thank God It's Friday.

Pink and green should never be seen

Here is a card for two challenge blogs. One is Cute Card Thursday (so just managed to make it in time) where the challenge is to have three embellishments. I've used three buttons to embellish the frame. Then the other blog is My Time To Craft which has a Buttons and Buckles theme. The buttons are counter balanced with a sentiment 'buckle' finished with rick rak and pink staples.



The stamped image was coloured using a mix of watercolour pencils and Marvy Le Plume pens and the chipboard frame and sentiment buckle were from Dovecraft. The paper and card was edged with a deep pink ink pad.

Pink, Pink, Pink

I made my first ever RAK card a few weeks ago, it is a bit of a pink one so I thought I might enter it into the Hint of Pink challenge from Arty Girlz. It is definitely PINK :)



So this card uses stamps from Stampendous and is coloured in with watercolour pencils. Flower background is made with flower stamps and butterfly stamps from the same set. Tearing, inking edges, ribbon and using safty pins with beads finishes this card.