Blog Challenge 23-Four Legged Friends April 2012/entry 2

Another entry into this months Crafters Companion Blog Challenge: Four Legged Friend


For this months challenge I decided to use an A4 piece of lilac pearlescent
card and fold it in half to form a landscape card. I then added 2 different
sized strips of a darker lilac paper to the right hand side of the card to give
a lovely effect. The purple circle on which the Beatrix Potter Character
Mrs Tiddywinkle sits is from my own stock of ready cut dies brought before
I brought my own Spellbinders dies of the same design. I used glue gel and
"bent" the images slightly to give the image some character. I added some
white lace to the full width of the card but I wanted to "do something else
other than put the lace straight on to the card" so I used my Borderability dies
to form the scalloped pale pink border on which I placed the lace and then stuck
it down. te next stage was the smaller image of which I just added the image
(ready made with the circle edging) and then put the "Happy Birthday"
sentiment onto a Spellbinders die cut label shape in lilac.
Overall a lovely card...which I am entering into the Crafters Companion
Blog Challenge, number 23 for April 2012:

http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/challenge-23four-legged-friends.html

Creative Craft Challenges2, my entry number 2 w/c Tues 24th April 2012

I decided, again this week, to enter another card into the
Creative Craft Challenges2 Blog Challenge for this week:
Lets See Some Animal Antics!!

I made this little card (measuring a whole 3inches square) from a piece of scrap
pearlescent white card to make a wedding acceptance card for my eldest daughter
to give back one of her friends who is getting married next month. I stamped the
above image from a stamp I won in a competition (I cant remember where from)
but the stamp is part of the Holly Hill range. I just so happened to have put this stamp,
along with some basic sets before I left home one morning last week. I didnt, however,
have any promarkers or pencil crayons with me so I added a few extra lines with a fine
liner black pen from Letraset (which is always kept in my basic tool set) to the grooms
trousers, jacket lapel and pocket and his top hat. I added the red colour on the 3 hearts
using a red biro pen which again, is always in my basic tool set. The brides veil and tiara,
I wanted to do something with this but all I had left, colourwise in my basic tool set, was
a green fine liner, black & blue biros and a jelly roll pen in a stardust glitter which, of course
is just right for the veil and tiara! The little verse is on the same stamp.

I am entering the above card, as my number 2 entry, into the following
Creative Craft Challenges2 Blog Challenge:

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lets-see-some-animal-antics.html

Creative Craft Challenges2 blog challenge, entry number 1, w/c:Tues 24th April 2012

Well, another challenge for me to enter!!!! Im loving this as I love to enter as many
blog challenges as I can, maybe it wont be so many this week as I have a large craft
fair to attend this coming weekend and I still need to make some stock of cards that
I will need to stock! Its at a local pub in my town so Im hoping to catch lots of local
guys that will keep me in mind for cards for their other halves/wives/girlfriends etc,
and also their children. Its a beer festival, family fun, craft fair weekend all in aid of
the Midlands Air Ambulance.
Anyway, back to this challenge: Lets See Some Animal Antics:

This was made with the hot pink gingham card folded into half making a basic
landscape A5 card, I added a Borderbility (from Spellbinders) edge of ivory paper
which I embellished with small hot pink faux pearls and a coordinating grossgrain
ribbon. The stamp is a Lily of the Valley entitled "Me and my Horse" which I
coloured in using promarkers and topped it onto a Polkadoodles.co.uk pale green
polka dot paper cie cut shape from my stash of Spellbinders. The sentiment, is from
my own stash topped onto 2 die cut shapes, the first green scalloped is from
Spllbinders and the white lacy doiley is from Marianne Designs. I topped the whole
sentiment with the same hot pink faux pearls that I used on the Borderbility.
The overall look is both simple but effective for which I am entering into the following
Creative Craft Challenges2 Blog Challenge:

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lets-see-some-animal-antics.html

Crafters Companion Blog Challenge 23 (April 2012)

Another challenge for me, "Four Legged Friends" from Crafters Companion
Blog for April 2012.

I used a mouse stamp from an old set Id got, its from the Cute Companions
range, a set called "Wonderful News" drawn by Jayne Nestorenko.

The card is from my stash which came as a set including green and pink cards.
The pearls, lace and sentiment are also from my stash. The scalloped circles
were cut using a nestabilitie, Grande Nestabilie and my Grande Calibur.

I am entering this into the monthly blog challenge:

http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/challenge-23four-legged-friends.html

A recent card I have made....

I have used free images from a craft magazine for this card. The backing paper is from my

own stash of 12x12 papers. The sentiment shapes are cut from nestabilites or Marianne design

dies.

Blog Challenge for Polka Doodles "Pretty in Pink"

Pen & Circle Club stamps and cdrom

Well, what can I say, this is again, a wonderful design set from Nikki and the
team at Polka Doodle..I really enjoyed using these stamps, the quality is second
to none and the cdrom with a mini selection of papers and alphabets are so lovely
that its a real joy to scroll through and look at all of the beautiful designs from Nikki.

Here is my card, using my Grand Calibur dies and machine I cut the shaped card
and the papers, and the pink and cream borders are cut using my borabilities again,
from spellbinders.
I coloured the images using my promarkers, for the sentiment stamp I used a Dew
Drop Momento ink pad in a sage green.
I am entering this card into the following blog challenge:

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/week-15-pretty-in-pink.html

Creative Craft Challenges2 *** Entry number 2!!

I decided yesterday, whilst making the boys birthday card entry that I really enjoyed
making the card, to make another one, but this time for a girl. I aim these cards at
ages 4-7 maybe 8 for the girls. I had the  all the items including the papers in my stash
so I didnt have to use or purchase anything else. Im trying to do that as much as
possible at the moment to use up my stash as I have that much! lol well dont alot of
other crafters find the same?
Anyway, my 2nd entry for the sketch challenge wc Tuesday 10th April is:

I really love this paper I used for both the backing paper
and the "decoupage". the sketch layout is really versatile
and I hope I win.






I am entering the above card into the following Blog Challenge:

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/we-have-sketch-challenge-and-our-winner.html?showComment=1334659148492