Vintage Kaboodle Doodles

Kaboodle Doodles has an interesting challenge for you this fortnight - Vintage. Well, I had to think about this one I can tell you.

I came up with this tag card for my DT piece. It uses the fabulous Kaboodle Doodles Old Kit - which is actually a new kit. I've edged the papers with distress inks and added crackle glue accent to the heart with some lace ribbon to finish it all off.

Enjoy the challenge.


Materials:
Stamp - Royal Langnickel Clear Choice; The Queen's Dresser Drawers
Inks - VersaFine Sepia; Tim Holtz Distress inks
Papers - Kaboodle Doodles Old Kit
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer
Other - Woodware border punch; Lace; Pin; crackle glue; 3d-glue

1920's Anya

Another quick post for you today, with the wonderful Anya Pretty hat set from The Greeting farm. I thought the papers were very 1920's and her lovely hat and outfit just suits that style so well, so here you go.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to visit you all next week when I have some more time. Have a fab weekend.


Materials:
Stamp - The Greeting Farm
Inks - Versafine onyx black; Distress inks
Colouring - Letraset promarkers
Paper - Hot Off The Press
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - ribbon; pearl glue; flowers; brad

Laura Ashley Torn Flower

A quick blog today with a friendship card I made a while ago, last year in fact, but never got around to blogging.

Tearing is such good fun. I've used Laura Ashley papers and stamps with an Anna Griffin sentiment. The velvet button in the centre is from a favourite old coat which I wore until it fell to pieces, LOL.

Have a fab Friday.


Materials:
Stamps - Laura Ashley; Anna Griffin
Inks - VersaFine Onyz Black; VersaColor Bamboo
Papers - Laura Ashley
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Silicon glue; Paper trimmer
Other - Button

Vintage Meets Modern

Spoiler alert for my Mum:
If you are my Mum then look away now :)
(this might be your Mother's day card!)
No peeking!

I've had a vintage look card rattling around in my head for a while now but couldn't seem to bring it into being. But then I saw the guest designer call and the sketch by Katharina over at Whiff Of Joy and this card was born!

Details: A vintage look with a modern twist using acetate. I've stamped onto the acetate with white ink and tamed the white with a little colour from chalk inks. Some resistance stamping with clear embossing and chalk inks in the corners.Then some paper distressing with files.


Some crumpling, inking and ironing for the butterfly.


Made a place to write (and hide any glue) on the inside.


Watercoloured the image using Tim Holtz distress inks and pearlescent inks.


It was great fun making this card :)

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy; HOTP
Inks - VersaColor Onyx black; Colourbox chalks; StazOn Opaque Cotton White; Brilliance pearlescent Crimson red
Colouring - Tim Holtz Distress inks
Papers - HOTP
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer; Scissors
Other - Acetate; Iron; Wire; Pearl brads; Pearlescent glue; Lace; Cuttlebug; Nestibilities; Shaped scissors

Colourful Pets

Another ATC for you, I must be going through an ATC phase :) These cuties are from The Greeting Farm Anya Pretty Hats stamp set which I'm just loving at the moment. The background is a Promarker special! ie. I've drawn some lines on a piece of card with my promarkers :)



Materials:
Stamp - The Greeting Farm
Ink - VersaFine onyx black
Colouring - Koh-i-nor Watercolour paints
Paper - Letraset Promarkers on card
Usual suspects - silicone glue
Other - Paper punch; button; ribbon; Pearlescent glue

Cupcake ATC And Some Blog Candy Alerts

How has your weekend been? What crafty stuff have you all been up to? I've made a couple of things but I've also been a bit distracted with Lego Star Wars on the Playstation - Oops! Hence the late post :) I could have just pretended that I was really busy with a project....!

We have some news at Kaboodle Doodles - we have a fab new guest designer Chris from Mudmaven Designs. She has some blog candy up on her blog as well so go take a look. All very exciting :)

As I am on the subject of blog candy Wendy has some at her blog Paper Therapy (great name for a blog!) she is giving away a scor-pal!

And one for the embroiderers Mary has a lovely group of threads to give away on her blog Needle'nThread.


Enjoy the rest of your day.

Materials:
Stamps - Papermania; HOTP
Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Koh-i-nor Watercolours
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue
Other - pearlescent glue

Aren't Hats Great?

It is a gloriously sunny day here today and before I go out and get some winter rays here is a paper pieced Anya card with the papers, flowers and leaves from the Kaboodle Doodles new Morris Dance kit. I've added pearlescent glue to her necklace and her face and hair are coloured with prismacolor pencils.

Have a fab Saturday you all.



Materials:
Stamp - The Greeting Farm
Inks - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; sansodor
Paper - Morris Dance Kaboodle Doodles
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape
Other - Pearlescent glue

High Hopes For a Guest DT Call

Hey-up All, I thought it would be a bit of fun to have a go at the Guest DT call running for High Hopes Rubber Stamps at the moment. You still have time if you are interested in applying as the deadline is the 22nd February.

So do frogs say Ribbit or Gribbit?



Materials:
Stamp - High Hopes Rubber Stamp
Colouring - PrismaColor; Sansodor
Papers - Cosmo Cricket; Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape
Other - Seam ripper; Button; string; Cuttlebug; QuickKutz Sophisticate Alpha

It Is Hot On The Savanna

These look like happy lions don't you think? They are from Alota Stamps over at Sassy Crafts and it is a birthday card for a friend who likes his safaris. The papers are good old Basic Grey from the Off Beat collection and the buttons are from my favourite Buttons Galore. I don't know what it is with me and buttons at the moment I am just besotted with them :) A bit of distressing and a bit of sewing to finish the look.

I had started this card a couple of weeks ago and then set it to one side to finish later and completely forgot about it! Bless me! I only found it again after a bit of a tidy. I wonder what other projects I have half-finished dotted about the place? Maybe I need to do a big sort out? Mmm?



Materials:
Stamp - Atota Rubber Stamp
Colouring - Prismacolor; Caran D'ache; Sansodor
Papers - BasicGrey OffBeat
Usual suspects - Silicone Glue; Paper trimmer
Other - Buttons; Sewing Machine; Seam ripper

Oh Fabulous Sparkly News

Toot Toot - I'm really, really excited and honoured to have been picked to be on the lovely sparkly, shimmery Shimmerz Paints Design Team :)


You can see the other new DT members over on the Shimmerz Blog. I can't wait to get started, Shimmerz paints are so sparkly and colourful - Wahoo!

A Bit Of Birthday Hardware

Hello Gorgeous Bloggers, how are you all doing today? I've been a bit busy finishing a couple of projects and then this belated birthday card for a birthday tomorrow - Ooops! I wonder if the post office can travel back in time...?

Details - the papers are from Hot Off The Press and are in fact from a paper pack called Floral Backgrounds but I thought they made for a good male card. Ok so there is a touch of pink in there but boys like pink, right? The papers have been roughed up (ok, so I'm trying to be a bit more male here!) with my seam ripper and then inked with some distress inks.

Have a lovely rest of your day folks.


Materials:
Papers - HOTP Floral Backgrounds
Stamps - HOTP
Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black; Distress Ink Soot black
Usual suspects - Scissors; Silicone glue
Other - Kraft Bazzill; Seam ripper

Colours Of The Rainbow

Have you ever dyed threads? I've dyed some clothes in the washing machine before and once dyed a bed sheet for a fancy dress costume where my OH was going to a party in traditional Arabian costume, but never threads for embroidery.

After a delay of a week, due to the snow, we managed to get some dying done in my creative embroidery class and it was such fun! I had a bit of a production line going, as you can see, and managed to dye quite a lot of different threads and some pieces of calico.

Now I need to creatively merge these colourful bits into a project.....MMmmm?

Kaboodle Doodles Sketch Week

Kaboodle Doodles has a sketch challenge for you all this fortnight. Here is my DT card for the challenge and it uses the Kaboodle Doodles Boys All Star kit.



Pop over to the site and have a look at the fabby DT work and have a go at the sketch yourselves. Enjoy.



Materials:
Stamp - Whipper Snapper
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Tim Holtz distress inks
Papers - Kaboodle Doodles All Star Kit
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape
Other - Ribbon

Doodles Galore

Everyone loves a good Doodle :) Here is some doodling for the A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge. I admit that I didn't do the doodling myself but it was already on the paper, and then there is the Rhonda Farrer flower doodle stamp I've used as the background for the image.

The doodle flowers are stamped using Marvy Le Plume watercolour pens and I've used some sparkle for the colouring of the Sugar Nellie image, with some pearlescent paints.

Have a fab Saturday.



Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie; Rhonda Farrer
Inks - VersaFine Sepia; Marvy Le Plume pens
Colouring - Marvy Le Plume watercolour pens; Pearlescent watercolour paint
Papers - Papermania
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - ribbons; buttons

Is It Spring Yet?

It is very sunny here, no snow, although we did have a sprinkling last night. So again I'm looking forward to the spring time with the lovely Two Scoops papers from Basic Grey. I think the colours in this paper pack just scream spring to me.

The stamped image is the Country Girl Standing with Flowers from Alota and I've coloured her with some prismacolor pencils and Caran D'Ache pencils.

The ribbon slider is an acrylic blank that I've stamped onto with StazOn and painted with green, pink and white acrylic paints.





Materials:
Stamp - Alota Rubber stamps; Stampendous
Inks - Stazon; Colourbox chalk
Colouring - Prismacolor; Caran D'Ache; Sansodor
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Acrylic blank; Acrylic paint; Beads

I Lurve You

A little ATC for you today using Newton's Law paired up with BasicGrey papers. I will stop with the Love theme soon, promise!



Materials:
Stamp - Newton's Law Rory Tyger (Quick Cards freebie stamp); Studio G Alphabet
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; Colourbox Chalk
Colouring - Marvy Le Plume watercolouring pens
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer; 3D-foam

My Tattered Heart

A quickie make today using some distressing and a HUGE bit of lace ribbon! So have you all finished your valentines cards now? Getting ready for UK Mother's day?


Edit: I've just realised that this card matches the colours on my blog background perfectly. Total accident - honest

Materials:
Stamp - Cardmaking and papercrafting cover stamps
Ink - Colourbox chalk
Paper - Papermania
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; scissors
Other - files; Ribbon

Tag Cards

Tiets over at Sugar Sugar has a tag card for us all to have a go at. So here is mine. A little bit of distressing with files and my seam ripper, with some wire and string to finish this little guy off.




Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie; Papermania
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Colouring - Letraset promarkers, royal blue, pastel blue, henna, apricot, sandstone
Papers - Papermania For Him
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Silicone glue; Paper trimmer; Scissors
Other - Cuttlebug and embossing folder; Files; Wire; String; Crop-a-dile; eyelets; seam ripper; core-dintations card; Bind-it-all

Love Is In The Air

Oh sweet sweet lurve :) Hands up all those who are feeling romantic? Well here is a Love card made for the Sugar Nellie Challenge over at the SugarBowl.

Details: I've coloured the Lovely Leanne Ellis image (which I've borrowed from my lovely friend Jo - thanks Jo) with a mix of distress inks and Marvey Le Plume pens, adding dimension glue to the hearts and flowers. The big curly heart is promaker coloured card stamped with Autumn Leaves swirls, and the little heart on the bottom right is made from a charm surrounded by beads. The papers are from the DCWV glamour paper pack.

Have a fabby weekend.



Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie; Autumn Leaves
Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Marvy Le Plume; Distress Inks; Letraset Promakers
Papers - DCWV
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; 3d-foam; Double-sided tape; Scissors
Other - Beads; Charm; Buttons; Coloured elastic; Maroon String; 3D-glue; Cuttlebug; Nestibilities

Flying High

I think we need some colour today don't you?

With the lovely bright colours from Cosmic Cricket 'Get Happy' and the cute little Alota stamp. I've masked the heart tail on this stamp as I only wanted the airplane for this card. Coloured with my Promakers and highlighted with a white gel pen.

The edges of the papers have been coloured with Black Soot Distress ink and finished with some hardware and some string that I coloured red with my promarkers.



Materials:
Stamp - alota Flying Airplane
Inks - VersaFine Onyx black; Tim Holtz Ditress inks Black soot
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers gold, ruby, pastel blue, cyan, agean, burnt sienna, pastel pink, ivory, blush
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; 3D-foam
Other - Brads; Frame hooks; Crop-a-dile; eyelets; string; white gel pen

A Pink Card For A Sunny Day

Still in the pink today and the card uses an Elzybells Art Stamp paper pieced with SEI papers and 'floated' onto some swirly Papermania acetate :) Lovely sparkly buttons are from Buttons Galore and they are very juicy - I love them!

So how do you like the Pinkwall tyres? If I had a car I would like Pinkwall tyres - don't think my OH would appreciate them!


Materials:
Stamp - Elzybells Art Stamps; Sentiment free stamp from a magazine
Ink - VersaFine Onyz Black
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers
Papers - Papermania; Papermania Acetate; SEI
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Silicone glue; Craft knife; ruler
Other - Buttons; Embroidery thread

Tea For Two

Back to normal today and the novelty of the snow has warn off, so showing cards :)

Today we are in the pink with some papers from S.E.I. and some ladies that tea from Elzybells Art Stamps.

Hope you are all keeping warm.


Materials:
Stamp - Elzybells Art Stamp
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; Versacolor Opera pink
Colouring - Letraset promarkers
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape, Scissors; Circle template
Other - Ribbon; Crop-a-dile; Eyelets; Cuttlebug; Nestibilities; Flowers; Brad; White gel pen

London In A White Coat

Well I just had to take some more pictures didn't I? Whilst walking about London the first thing you notice, other than it being completely white, is that there are lots of people and not so many cars and that everyone is smiling and happy and the atmosphere is almost carnival.

I've never had so many random conversations with complete strangers. It was wonderful feeling that community spirit that you otherwise do not see on a normal London day.






I hope you can enjoy your day :)

London Is Covered

Ok so snow is not unusual for most of the UK, but here in London it is very unusual. The last time it snowed heavily in London was 2002. I remember this because I was working in the Hammersmith Hospital in East Acton (none of the London hospitals are in the places they are named after) and the only way I could get home was to walk the three miles to Hammersmith.


And look at the icicles!

Right I'm off to see if I can get some more piccies :)

The Big Draw AND The Kaboodle Doodles Challenge

Thank you everyone for commenting on my blog candy and thank you for the lovely comments - I was quite overwhelmed by the amazing response. I've enjoyed visiting all your blogs and seeing all your wonderful makes.

Before I give you the news of the winner I would like to do a shameless plug for the new challenge over at Kaboodle Doodles which is all about Love and the card below is my DT piece for this challenge using the gorgeous Love-filled Kaboodle Doodle Valentines kit which will be coming to the shop soon.

We also have some exciting news over at the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge blog with TWO chances at blog candy and a guest Design Team call!


Ok on to the REALLY IMPORTANT stuff - THE WINNER of my blog candy drawn by Random.org is:

Annie from Annie's Antics

Annie, if you can email me your mailing address I shall get your candy off to you. (My email is in the sidebar)

For everyone who did not win - I'm sorry! But remember there are TWO chances to win some candy over at Kaboodle Doodles.

Materials:
Stamp - Hanglar and Stanglar
Colouring - Prismacolor; Sansodor
Paper - Kaboodle Doodles
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Double Sided tape; Glue dots
Other - Pearl hearts; Fine marker pen; Glitter glue

Blog Candy

*****BLOG CANDY IS NOW CLOSED*****

Come back 1st February to find out who has won :)


This post will stay on top until
31st January 2009
Please scroll down for the current post

As promised here is my blog candy to you as way of celebrating - well lots of things really - being awarded Papercraft Essentials Papercrafter of the year 2008 (I will stop going on about it soon - honest - LOL), having over 5000 hits and just because I love the wonderful people I've met in the crafty blogosphere and I lurve blog candy :)

So all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to spread the word on your blog and write a comment on this post. The candy will be open until 5pm (GMT) 31st January 2009 and I will pick a winner using a random number generator. I'm happy to post overseas.

Good Luck

In the Candy:
Basic Grey 6x6 Offbeat paper pad (1)
Basic Grey 6x6 Ambrosia paper pad (1)
Assortment of satin finish ribbons + 1 blue velvet ribbon (9)
Assortment of brads including pearl and gem
Assortment metal hangers and anchors (10)
Assortment of shaped paperclips (7)
Assortment of pearl and crystal headed pins (12)
Assortment of buttons including clear and crystal edged (36)
Assortment of paper and fabric flowers (45)

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane?

No it is Superkid, and how super is he? :) I reckon this is probably for the bigger 'super' boys in your life, what do you think? He is just so adorable and is from the Alota range of stamps. I've used Dream Street Papers today and coloured in my image with Prismacolor pencils and sansodor.



Materials:
Stamp - Alota
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Dream Street
Usual Suspect - Paper Trimmer; Silicone glue
Other - Ribbon; Buttons; Cuttlebug; Nestibilities

Today's Offering...

Is a bit late :) A birthday card in lovely bright colours and big flowers and the fab freebie stamp from UK card magazine Quick Cards Made Easy. Isn't he so cute? He is Newton's Law and I think I'm in love again.



Materials:
Stamp - Newton's Law Rory Tyger; Stamps Away
Colouring - Marvy Le plume water colour pens
Papers - Scrapbook Walls
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Silicone glue
Other - Gem brads; Fibres