This card is one of those that seemed to make itself and I'm really pleased with how its come out.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges :

Marianne design diva's - anything goes

Creative inspirations - anything goes

Craft your passion - the f word - flowers

Sunday sketch and stamp - absolutely brilliant sketch

Bugaboo - punches - Marianne ribbon flower die

2 sisters challenge - black/white and one other colour

Stamp something - anything goes

DYSU - texture - ric rak used on the ribbon flower

The black and white papers are papermania I think.  The ribbon flower is by Marianne. The image is coloured with copic's.Card finished with card candi,

Hugs

H xx

Good luck in your new job

I was asked by my SIL for 2 good luck cards for her to give to her work colleagues. 

This is the first one,I will post the second after this.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Creative inspirations - anything goes

Craft your passion - the f work - flowers

Tuesday morning sketches - brilliant sketch

Bugaboo - punches or die cuts - punched border

Stamp something - anything goes

Card making mamas - digi stamps

I have used gold decorated velum and black card for all my layers.The border punch used is Fiskars bracket punch.  The image is coloured with copic's. I used clear sakura glitter pen on the flower.

Hugs

H xx

Jolly good post-it note holder

On Thursday Teddy Bo launched their first Teddy Bo's Top Tip Thursday, (say that fast after a few vodka and cokes) so off I pootled to Tesco to get myself a post-it not block.  They were only 40pence so I got two, just in case.  In case of what I'm not sure, but definitely something. 

I began by following Jills brilliant instructions.  I already had Jolly the G Jiraffe printed off so thought I would go with a whole Giraffe theme. *And here comes my Top Tip* I didn't have any giraffe papers so I googled giraffe wallpaper and printed this great paper off.

Jolly is coloured with copic's.   The edges of all pieces of card have been edged in rusty hinge distress ink.  I used raffia ribbon from Wild Orchid Crafts in a few strips under the image.  The card candi added to the corners is by Craftwork cards.  The three tickets are Tim Holtz one's, I choose word's that I associate with Teddy Bo.

I would like to enter my post-it note easel card into the following challenges : 

Top Tip - easel cards

Moving along with the times - sketch used

Teddy Bo - Top tip thursday

Stamp something - anything goes

Card making Mama's - digi week

DYSU - textures - raffia ribbon

Craft us crazy - autumn colours

Simon says stamp - multiple folds

Papertake - anything goes

Stamp with fun - autumn

Stamptacular - the skys the limit

Color me copic - autumn

Big Hugs

H xx

Yesterday I found out that one of my Mum and Dad's oldest friend is really having a hard time living with cancer and they wanted a card to give him that showed they cared.  Now I've known Jack all my life, his wife was there for my Mum when she started going into labour until Dad arrived.  Now Jack is a lifelong Bury F.C supporter and my husband and his family are fans of bury's biggest rival the mighty Rochdale A.F.C

Now I wanted Jack to know we cared but I didn't want him to think I felt sorry for him so thought I would have a little joke with the card.  I also felt that the usual Get Well Soon was not right for obvious reasons.

I needed to explain all this as you just wouldn't understand the wording otherwise.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Critter Sketch - anything goes

Simon says stamp - anything goes

Stamptacular - anything goes but be creative (I needed to be creative with the wording)

Crafty pad - blue and brown

Paper sundaes - super duper sketch

Pile it on - B is for .... Bear

Bugaboo - anything goes

Card making mamas - digi week

Stamp something - digi week

Do you stack up - friendly critters

Isn't he just the cutest!! He is of course Teddy Bo.  He has just had his shop made-over and would love to show it off to you if you pop over.  He is coloured with my super duper copic's.  In the sketch the image had inverted rounded corner's and sadly I don't have one of those punches so instead I'm using a woodware one Mum won and gave me.  The paper's are actually nitwit one's that came in a pack with a magazine.  I so love these denim look papers.  The gems were originally clear but I coloured them with my copic's to match in with the colour scheme.

I really liked this sketch so much so I continued with it on the inside of the card.

Now there is some blog candy on offer over at Cutie Pie Challenge and everytime I look more stash has been added.  The blog candy is available until the launch of the challenge on the 19th september, which is just 2 weeks today!!!

If you would like to sponsor our "amazing" challenge get in quick as our sponsorship is filling up by the day!!

Hugs

H xx

Time to get all Tiddly Inky

It seem's such a long time since I entered a Tiddly Inks challenge and I thought it was time I put things right.

So today see's me entering a Tiddly Ink card into the following challenges :

Tiddly Inks - book inspired

Totally gorjuss - sketch used

Card making mamas - digi stamping

The crafty pad - blue and brown

Charisma cardz - anything goes

Stamp something - digi day

Prairie fairy - books

Simon says stamp - anything goes

I have used a mixture of two Tiddly Inks images.  I used Bloom Q and the books that were a freebie a while ago.  She is coloured with copic's and sakura blue and clear stardust pens.  The heart border was cut on my cricut using a cut file I found in the make the cut gallery.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I followed the sketch from Totally gorjuss and turned it on it's side.

I hope you like my card today and I will be back tomorrow morning with my Magical Monday DT challenge card.

Hugs

H xx 

Thankyou for choosing me

When my brother asked me to make a card for him to give to his wife on their anniversary the only help he gave me regarding wording was "thank you for putting up with me".  Now don't tell him I said so but I think his wife is lucky that she has him.  So I decided to change the wording to read "Thank you for choosing me"  I thought it sounded so much nicer, more romantic and it fit my Teddy Bo image better.

 I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Stamp something - thank you

Do you stack up - thank you

Top tip tuesday - thank you

Cupcake crafts - sketch used

Copic creations - use copic BG colours

Stampalot - whatever you fancy

The sketch has been flipped on it's side and I have replaced the 3 gems for the flower with the leaves.

The image which is a Teddy Bo digi stamp is coloured in with copic's.  For this card I thought I would colour Bea and Bo in different brown colour combo's.  I have added glamour dust to the pom pom on Bea's hat and clear glitter prn to the centre of the flowers Bo has behind his back.  I have used the same woodware corner punch on all the papers on this card.  The PP are from Pink Petticoat I think.

The torn rose was made, glued and then a pearl added to the centre.  The rose's leaves are from a woodware grasses punch and are punched from wrapping paper.  And that's my tip of today.  Look out for paper's that can be used craftily, whether its wrapping paper or my other BIG favourites.  Which is to cut out the panels from the boxes, cans of coca cola come in, as they make perfect "kraft " cardstock as long as the outside is covered, no one is any the wiser.

Thanks for stopping by and did you know that there are now Teddy Bo rubber stamps?????

Big hugs

H xx

Time for a new Craft Your Passion Challenge

I'm loving my time spent with the Craft your passion design team.  I'm already 2 challenges into my month long guest design team term.

Today our new challenge is Under the Sea and I have kindly been sent this cute merman from Simply Betty Stamps.  He's called Cornelius and you can find him and his other merkids friends here.

Here's my card

A close up of my coloured image

Ticket sentiment stamp and many others are free on Marions blog

Hopefully you can see the shimmer on the backing paper I created.

Cornelius is coloured with my copic's.  I added mica powder to his tail to add some shimmer and some glamour dust to the dragonfly.

The backing paper was made by blending distress inks and then spritzing with perfect pearls clear mica spray.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :

Crafty Emmas store - water

Bugaboo - anything goes

Stamp Something - digi stamps

Craft us crazy - anything goes

Cute card thursday - no designer paper

Inkspirations - great sketch used

Hugs

H xx

It feels like a Magical Monday

Hi and welcome to another Magical Monday challenge.

For the next 2 weeks our challenge theme is Banners, bunting or pennants PLUS glitter.

This time we are being sponsored by 

who are offering our winner 5 digi stamps of the winners choice.

***DON'T FORGET TO USE A MAGICAL IMAGE***

My card today features a mermaid that I found mentioned on a copic forum I go on.  The artist is called Sureya and she will happily let you colour her images.  All she asks is that you share your coloured image on the that images page and that you credit the image to her.

She has some of the most amazing, yet challenging (to colour) images for you to download for free and you can see all here.

So here's my Magical Monday Design Team Card

She is coloured with copic's and she took me 2 hours to complete.  I have added dots of clear glitter pen to het tail, I think you can see it in the photos.  The main PP has the words calm , tranquillity and peace printed on it.  The spotty paper has had the glitter treatment. The starfish charm is from some jewellery I got from Primark.  The banner was a blank vector image I found when I was wandering the net and I just added the sentiment to it in adobe elements.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Crafty Emma's Store - water

Charisma cards - bingo - glitter, squares,charm

Bugaboo - anything goes

Stamp Something - use a digi

Craft us crazy - anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - great sketch used.
Bearly Mine -spots and charms
Mad for markers - glitter/spica pens

Hugs

H xx

Oh how I love Teddy Bo digi stamps

Hi there, Welcome to my blog.  I finally get to share something with you today.  Its taken quite a bit of work but I'm pleased with the result.

My neice turns 21 in a weeks time and she has asked for baking goodies as her present.  I thought I would add a special little something.  I have altered a brownie mix box and turned it into a recipe box.  We used to bake alot with her when she was little so it's going to be filled with recipes from her childhood.

I would like to enter my altered recipe box to the following challenges :

Teddy Bo - alter something

Stamp Something - use a digi stamp

Craft us crazy - anything goes

Dream Valley - surprise - Teddy Bea and Jolly the g Jiraffe are hiding inside the lid of the box

Papertake - anything goes
Night shift stamping - anything goes
Sundays with Chrissy - KISS card

This is how the box started out.  Very yummy chocolate brownie mix I sometimes get from Costco.

Here is the front of the box with items from this mornings baking session.

Here you can see Teddy Bea and G Jariffe peeping at you when you open the lid. They are coloured with copic's.

The lettering and the fancy label are cut on my cricut.  Bea is coloured with copic's.

Here's a close-up of the sneaky pair hiding in the box.

Where it looks like I have used kraft cardstock I have actually used insides of the boxes coke comes in.

Both the "kraft" cardstock and the PP have got vintage photo distress ink around the edges.  I also drew stitches in brown metallic pen around each PP.

I hope you like my altered box and for those of you kind enough to leave me comments, I send you a big cyber hug,

H xx

A way to show my thanks

I have a very good friend called Kath.  I met her 18 months ago through a card making class.

She is such a great friend who is always there to lend an ear and she drive's when we go on our craft road trips as I am unable to drive.  Nothings every too much for trouble for her.

When I saw the challenge on Stamptacular challenging you to make a card for a friend I decided to go one better and make a gift for Kath.  I sometimes go over to her house to help her out with her cricut and she has notes on lots of different paper's so I decided to alter a note book for her and to use one of her favourite digi stamp company Teddy Bo.

I am entering the notebook into the following challenges :

Stamp with fun - great sketch guys thanks

Teddy Bo - alter something

Stamptacular - friends are heaven sent

Paper Sundae's - clouds and sky

Do it with digi's - summer fun

Stamp Something - summer fun
Crafts 4 eternity - anything but a card

I began by buying a 99pence note book and then removed the cover. The Image was printed and then coloured with copic's.  I added glamour dust glitter to her bubbles an her pom pom of her hat.  The clouds are done with a cloud template and distress ink.

The three dotty papers are all Bo Bunny double dot.  The bubbles BP is by magnolia and possibly my favourite BP of all time.  The ribbon was ruffled by sticking parts of the ribbon with DST.  The pink raffia lace is by the paper cellar.

The notebook die cut is by Shery K designs and was cut on my cricut.  She has some brilliant svg files on her blog for free.  And finally the letters were also cut on my cricut.

TBH I don't want to let this notebook go but I feel like that with all my Teddy Bo makes.

I hope Kath likes it when she returns from her holiday,

Hugs

H xx

Hap-Bee Anniversary

This is the final card tht I have made for my in-laws Ruby Wedding Anniversary.  This is one off the dogs.  Yes I really am that mad, but they only send cards for special occasions.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :

Sunday Sketch n stamp - loved using this sketch

Paper Sundae's - clouds and skies

Sentimental Sundae's - in the garden

Stamp Something - fun in the sun

Totally Papercrafts - bling it up - charm, glitter flowers and bee

Stamp with the dragon - recipe - 3 pp, 3 embellishments, 1 border (lace border)

Moving along with the times - brand new (new charm and image)

Paperplay - In the garden

Do it with digis - summer fun

Digital tuesdays - garden with things with wings
Simon says stamp and show - anything goes

Signed by the dogs in co-ordinated colours

The bear is Newton's Law and is coloured with copic's.  I have added glitter to the birds wings and clear glitter pen on the centre of the flower.

The 3 different PP's were all from my scrap drawer.  The lemon lace is what I got in a lace swap. 

The beautiful bee is from a charm bracelet I got in the sale Claire's accessories, which was in a buy 2 get one free on all sale items.

I hope you like my card today and if you come back tomorrow (Monday 1st August) you can see my Guest Design card for Craft Your Passion.

It feels like a Magical Monday

Hello and welcome to another Magical Monday.  Here I am to share my card that I've made for this weeks challenge.  What's the challenge??  Well this time we have gone for a colour theme of

RED and TEAL.

I've never used this combo before, but I'm quite pleased with how its turned out.

Now if you colour your images with copic's you need to check out Suzanne Deans Color me creative challenge as she has also chosen the same colour combo of red and teal, but she has also included white. 

So why not pop on over to Magical Mondays and see what great cards the design team and guest designers have got for you.

Don't forget to use a Magical image such as a dragon, wizard or fairy.  Cards entered without a magical image will be removed from the challenge.

So enough of me waffling on, here's my card :

Isn't she just so adorable.  I used a Wee stamps image for the last magical monday card but I loved the designs so much I decided to use a different one.

She is coloured with copic's.  She has clear glitter pen in the centre's of each flower and on the bells at the bottom of her pants.  The wings were coloured and covered in glamour dust, or stripper dust as my friends husband called it.

The iridescent teal paper came from my local craft stall  when she was closing down.

The ribbon is from my vast collection of ribbons.  The red gem flower on the bow was bought from Every Crafts A Pound.   And finally the charm hanging below the bow is from a necklace I pulled to pieces.

So what are you waiting for??  Go and grab your magical images and get creative.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :

Pixie Dust Studio's - for the great sketch used

Do it with digi's - summer fun

Do you stack up - wings

Cuddly Buddly - add a charm

Stamp Something - favourite embellishments - glitter and ribbon

Emerald Fairies - all things nice

Colour me creative - red, teal and white
The outlaws - things with wings

Hugs

H xx

Teddy Bea is a star

I'm cutting it fine making the deadline for the Teddy Bo challenge but I've made it with 24 hours to go.

So I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :

Sketch Saturday - the great sketch used

DYSU - wings

Stamp something - favourite embellishments - glitter and ribbons

Emerald fairy - all things nice

Totally Gorjuss - punches or dies

Allsorts - free and easy

Critter sketch - a birthday card to myself would have a teddy bo image and lots of glitter

Stamptacular - animals

Teddy Bo - use a teddy bea image

Teddy Bea is coloured with my copic and also a clear sakura stardust pen for her wand.  The punched borders above and below the ribbon is a fiskars bracket punch.  The stars were cut on my cricut and covered in glamour dust as is the edge of the star sentiment.

So thanks for dropping on by,

Hugs

H xx

Sparkling Snowflakes

So the sun is finally shining, its warm outside and so I have a Christmas card to share with you.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Tip top tuesday - shaped cards

Stamp Something - favourite embellishment - just had to be glitter
Creative craft - layers or decoupage
Paper Sundaes - Christmas
Bugaboo - Christmas

So here's my card, shame all the glitter didn't show up too well.

The stamp I have used is Stampin Up Serene snowflakes.  Stamped with blue chalk ink.  The smaller white stamped snowflakes are from the same stamp set.
I began by cutting out my shaped card on my cricut using Make the cut software.  The blue layer is also cut on the cricut and then stamped with the smaller snowflakes, glamour dust glitter is added to the centre of each snowflake.
The 2 snowflake edged strips across the card are done with my super new EK Success punch.  The ribbon was bought from Tesco's just after Christmas last year and cost about 30 p.  Finally the larger snowflake was stamped in the centre of the circle and then glittered, next i stamped onto a separate piece of paper, and cut out the cross section of the stamp and then it was glittered also.  Finally just the centre circle was stamped cut out and glittered.  They are layered up using foam pads to give a 3d effect.
So on Tip Top Tuesday they asked for a tip.  Mine tip is about using your edge punches.  Punch out 2 strips, say from the snowflake punch I used.  Then turn the punched edges together and you get a beautiful snowflake strip, like in the photos below. I hope you understand what I mean.

Hugs
H xx