I inally have a card to share!!!

Last night I was asked could I do a quick congratulations card for one of my customer's brother who has done really well in his A-level exams.

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

Do you stack up? - boys/men

Night shift stamping - non cute

Paperplay - schools

Totally Papercrafts - schools

Papertake - die cuts - i have a die cut border

Top tip tuesday - male cards

Pollycraft - autumn colours

Cards for men - anything goes

2 sisters  - school

Sundays with Chrissie - clean and simple

The die cut border was cut on my cricut and it is in the make the cut gallery.   I have added gold craftwork cards candi.  The ribbon is lush and came from my local craft shop.  The tree is a inkadinkado stamp I think.

And thats it really, pretty clean and simple.

I'm hoping my back will ease off a little bit over the weekend so I can get some colouring done as I havn't coloured all week and it's just pants!!

Hugs

H xx

Hello and welcome to a new challenge over at Magical Monday's.  For the next two week's we want to see you using our very own Heidi's sketch.  And please don't forget to use a magical image on your project. 

 As Christmas approaches don't forget that the main man Father Christmas and his sidekick Rudolf are magical characters, along with their ever so helpful elves.

This is the sketch that Heidi has designed for us all to work with.

And here is my take on the sketch :

Poor Teddy Bo, I don't think his Christmas job is exactly what he had planned.  This Bo is called Sugar Plum Fairy and he doesn't come with wings I added those in adobe elements.

No only is Bo in a skirt he's also been blinged up to his eyeballs.  Sorry Bo.

Bo is coloured with copic's and I then added glamour dust to his wings, blue ultra fine glitter to his stars and 2 coats of crystal ice stickles.

I used tumbled glass distress ink on the circle and the fancy tag.

The paper's are from the DCWV winter wonder stack.  The gems are fizzy moon and the ribbon is from my stash.

The sentiment was created by my very talented friend Marion.

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

Totally Papercrafts - Christmas

Bunny Zoe - easel cards

Bearly-mine - bling

Cards for men - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - cute and cuddly

Crafts 4 eternity - flags, tickets, tags (I used a fancy tag as a stopper)

Thanks to my great friend Marion I can share with you the word art she made me for this card.

Click on the image to bring it up large then right click and save image as.

Good luck everyone entering our challenge,

H xx

Two posts in one day!!!

I've decided to give in and start on my Christmas cards.  

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

Sketch n stash - sketch used - new image used and velum bought in the january sales

Pixie Dust - monochromatic/ favourite colour - has to be sepia

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

My time to craft - coffee colours

Sweet Stampin - Christmas

Cuddly Buddly - pearls and petals - pearls in the flowers on her hair, also flowers on the velum

Totally Papercrafts - bling it up - glittered wings, charm, clear glitter pen used

Allsorts - free and easy

Copic Oz - hair

i-copic - skin tones
Secret Crafter - monochromatic

So where do I start? Well the image is called Winter Fairy and is by Wee Stamps.

I began firstly by colouring her in with my copics.  I then added glamour dust for her wings, latte glitter flock for her cuffs on her coat, white flower soft on the floor, pearls in her hair and on her wand and finally clear glitter pen on her headband and the holly berries.  The image is then finished by adding a metallic brown dotted border.

The poinsettia velum on the upper half of the card is by papermania and is called "A Christmas Carol pack"  Gorgeous stuff and highly reflective.

The lower PP is by dovecraft from the let it snow stack.  Both ribbons are from my stash.  The charm is actually silver, I just coloured it with my copics.

So there you have it. I hope you like it,

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.

Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary

Today is my wedding anniversary and on Sunday its my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary.  Unfortunately my hubby didn't get a card as I've been really busy with card orders.  Don't feel sorry for him coz I didn't get a card either.

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

Totally Papercrafts  - bling it up (glitter, flowers, gems in the flowers and on the bow, clear glitter pen on champagne then coated in glossy accents)

Charisma Cardz - four legged friends (both bunnies)

Anything goes - flowers
The outlawz - anything goes
Lili of the Valley - the sketch used

The main DP is a Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen that I got for £1 from Every Crafts A Pound.

The ribbon was carefully removed from a parcel.  Th gem in its centre is from some jewellery from Primark.

The image from Lili of the Valley is coloured with copic's, with some glamour dust glitter and i coloured the champagne glasses with clear glitter pen and then I covered them with glossy accents.

The three flowers were in a pack that I got from The stamp pad in Saddleworth.

I really like this card.  Come back tomorrow for another Lili of the Valley card.

Totally Papercrafts top 3

Today I've had the pleasure of seeing my card come top three at Totally Papercrafts.  Thankyou for choosing me, I'm thrilled to have another badge to add to my blog.

Hugs

H xx

Happy Birthday Tom

My nephew turns 11 next month and he will begin high school in September.  Time seems to be going faster and faster or that just me??

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

Totally Papercrafts - one for the boys

and

The sweet stop - for the sketch used.

The boy is from Spesch stamps and hes coloured with copics.  The edge punch used is fiskars bracket punch.   I have also used bakers devine twine and a peel off happy birthday.

Hugs

H xx

Happy Sweet 16 Charlotte

You know you're getting old with your neice's and nephews starting hitting those special birthdays.  In the space of 12 days my 2 nieces turn 16 and 21, and my nephew turns 11.  So expect plenty of  of special birthday cards in the next few weeks.

Todays card is for Charlotte who turns 16 on the first of August.

I am entering my card into the following challenges :

Mad for markers - Pink and yellow

Sketch Saturday - for using the sketch below

Digital Tuesdays - using dies (die cut butterflies)

Pixie Dust - girly

Do it with digis - spots or stripes (stripy paper used)

Tickled Pink - cute with a butterfly

Totally Papercrafts - girly

Allsorts - free and easy

Icopic - birthdays

Craft your passion - just for you

So what do you think?

The image I have used is Lil Lolita Kellita and as its digi week you can get her as a digi stamp.  She is coloured with my copic's.  I have added a little white dot on her eyes so that they look like they are shining and I also coloured her pupil in with black glaze pen to add to the shine.

The image, sentiment (computer generated) and striped and yellow card stock are all been given a edge of distress ink in spun sugar.

The butterflies were die cut, glued along the body to add dimension and then given an edging of glamour dust glitter. 

So until next time,

Hugs

H xx

It's a Kind of Magic

As soon as I saw the Abracadabra stamp from Lili of the Valley, he went straight to the top of my most wanted list, so using him today has been brilliant.

I am entering my magical card into the following challenges :

Lili of the Valley - bring on the music - queen song Its a kind of magic

TotallyPaperCrafts - punches and die cuts - I designed the star circle in Make The Cut

Here come the boys - Myth and magic

Paper Sundae's  - Easel cards

Sentimental Sundays - Sparkly or shimmery (no way is this summer, here in the UK, is it? )
Do you stack up? - use a star
Copic Creations - Doodles - the music notes in white gel pen

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - the sketch below

And here's my card :

The cute Abracadabra guy has been stamped onto a star circle I made in make the cut then cut it on my cricut.  (if you want a copy of my MTC file , please let me know in the comments section and if anyones interested I will work out how to attach a file onto my blog and post it for you)

The star circle also has a black shadow to set off the white and make it pop.

He is coloured with copics, with his stars and moons done in yellow sakura stardust pen and his wand in silver sakura pen.

The sparkly star paper is by making memories and the black organza ribbon has silver dots all over it.  The strip of shimmery black card across the bottom of the card and behind the sentiment is actually from the box I spray my perfect pearls mists on to.  I have doodled the music notes using white gel pen.

The sentiment has been computer generated.

The only way my card is different from the sketch as I have done the stars all around the circle instead of using flowers.

Don't forget if you want a copy of my MTC file just let me know in my comments,

Hugs

H xx 

Totally loving Tickled Pink Stamps

This post is my final one as a  Fiskarette, my three months are up and it's time for some new designers.

Tomorrow I will go through all I've learnt about Fiskars products, my favourites pieces and what I now can't live without.  

The card I'm sharing with you all today features one of Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Victorian Steampunk images called Victorian Steampunk Lad Luca.  I really struggled choosing which one to have as I bought quite a few of the digis in the last week as a pick me up after having stupid amounts of pain with my back.  Ok more than quite a few, I bought 8.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

TotallyPaperCrafts - punches and die cuts

Bugaboo - its a mans world

Suzanne Deans copic Challenge - brown hair

Mad for Markers - brown hair

Tickled Pink Stamps - the sketch below

And here's my card :

Luca is coloured with my copics, and he is edged with vintage photo distress ink.

The BP has been edged with the same distress ink, as has the circle.  The papers are from my stash pile, the kraft cardstock has been embossed with Fiskars squares texture plate and then spritzed with perfect copper perfect pearls mist as has the circle.  The ribbon was from a set from TK Maxx.  The punched spotty strip is done with my fiskars bracket border punch.  The ticket was made by the every talented Marion.

Thanks for dropping on over,

Hugs

H xx