Pastel Sketch

Good evening everyone and I hope you all had a wonderful Mothers Day. I had a lovely Mothers Day lunch with my family and I was so happy today to see that I made top 3 on stamptacular Sunday challenge blog with my last post. I also managed to have a play with my new nutcrafters stamps that I bought recently from their online sale. I created this card using Nutcrafters stamp 'Thankful Rae'. I think she's really sweet.

Created with the following products:

• Nutcrafters stamp 'Thankful Rae'
• Nestabilities large standard circles
• Pink Petticoat Wild Blossom Collection Papers
• Image coloured with promarkers -Meadow Green, Pastel Blue, Cool Aqua, Maroon, Buttercup Yellow, Pastel Yellow, Baby Pink + Pale Pink and Copics E000 and E00
• Prima Flowers
• Ribbon from Creative Pastimes
• Buttons from stash
• Glossy Accents

For inspiration I used the following sketch from the Pixie cottage blog



Entered into the following challenges:

• Nutcrafters Challenge 14 Bingo -Ribbon, Flowers, Buttons
• The Pixie Cottage Challenge 112 - Perfect Pastels / sketch
• Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 155 cute as a button (6 buttons used)
• I love promarkers challenge 108 - anything goes
• Paper Sundaes Challenge 112 photo inspiration
• Totally Stampalicious - A bouquet of flowers

Mothers Day. 12th March 2012.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but, lifes been busy! Must try harder!!!

I made this today and thought I'd enter it into a few challenges. The image is a cute Nutcrafters image,coloured with promarkers, and the papers are various papers in my collection. I used the sketch on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog as inspiration and as it's Mothers day next Sunday, I have used a Mothers day theme. Hope you like it.

I'll be entering this into the following challenges:

• Nutcrafters challenge 13 -just for Mum
• Stamptacular Sunday challenge 154- sketch
• Dream Valley challenges 27 -Mothers Day
• Passion for Promarkers 139- Theme
• Simon says stamp challenge -Mothers Day
• Sweet Stamping Challenge -Lets see those layers
• The Pink elephant -TPE 139 -Photo inspiration
• Cupcake Craft Challenges 183 -going dotty

So So Sweet!

Hi there everyone. Had a great week this week. Firstly,  I found this lovely Lavinia Pine tree stamp waiting for me in the post when I came home on Friday! I was lucky enough to win this from Creative cardmaking magazine back in November, so that was a nice surprise, and secondly I made top 3 in the latest Nutcrafters challenge.
 As its so cold and windy here today, I made this card to remind me of sunny days ahead and looking forward to some warmer weather!

This card was created using the following items:

• Nutcrafters stamps, Ice cream parlour and Nutshells -Tash
• Coloured with Promarkers
• Stamped with Memento inkpad
• Papers - Dovecraft Glamour Prints
• Glossy accents
• Martha stewart punch

I will enter this card in to the following challenges:

• Nutcrafters - Challenge 10- Anything goes
• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge -Food and drink, no.169 
• C.R.A.F.T challenge 138 -use numbers
• Daring Cardmakers -Kitchenalia
• I love promarkers -100 Anything goes
• Sundays with Crissy -Beat the mid winter blues

Golfing Al

2 cards in 2 days, unheard of! I made this card surprisingly quick with the Nutcrafters challenge in mind, 'anything goes'. I paper pieced the stamped 'golfing Al' image and coloured with promarkers and copics. I have used paper from ' Lets fly away' paper stack which came free with Quick cards magazine this month. I really like the clouds and hot air ballon images that came with this pack.

Products used:

• Nutcrafters, Nutshells, Golfing Al stamp
• Golf bag stamp and sentiment stamp from Papermania - stamping for him stamps
• Lets fly away paper stack
• Promarkers
• Copics
• Core'dinations colour core card

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Nutcrafters -Anything goes
• One stitch at a time -Anything goes, challenge 96
• Cards for Men -Boys and their toys

Favourite LOTV stamp

Hi Everyone. I was so pleased to make Nutcrafters top 3, last post, with my New Years card, so thank you to Nutcrafters for that! I was getting short of inspiration so did a little blog hopping yesterday and found this lovely sketch on Bev Rochesters blog. Bev has some great tutorials on her blog and absolutely beautiful creations,  and so, as I need help with  my colouring, 
watched her colouring tutorial. My colouring isn't great yet but I'm hoping it's improving with practice!!! I was pleased with the result of this card. I find sketches really help with inspiration when you're stuck for ideas. I didn't have any paper doilies when I looked through my stash and came across an old fiskars punch that I haven't used for ages. I think it makes a great doily, so I'll be using these old punches again! Sometimes things you think you won't ever use again come up trumps. My motto -never throw anything away, it might come in useful. Unfortunately thats why my house is such a mess, LOL!!!!!

I created this card using the following:

• My Minds Eye 'quite contrary' summer papers
• Mulberry paper roses, from Nutcrafters
• Lily of the valley stamp ' Little Ballerina' and sentiment stamp 'time to celebrate'
• Stamped with memento ink
• Coloured with promarkers
• Fiskars border punch
• Martha stewart border punch ' floral lace'
• Paper adhesive ribbon K + C company 'wild saffron'
• embellishments from stash
• Sketch by Bev Rochester, below

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Lili of the valley Thursday Challenge
• Creatilicious challenge number 30
• Charisma Card Challenges - 1, Happy 3rd Brithday
• Passion for Promarkers challenge - Inspired by a song week 130  - 'Dancing Queen'
• Winter Wonderland Challenge -Birthday
• Designed to delight -Hearts Challenge

Happy New Year

Hi everyone. Hope you all had a very Happy Christmas and wishing you all good health and happiness for 2012. I had a lovely Christmas but have been so busy I haven't had time to make any new cards recently. Looking forward to the New year now and getting back to normality!

I have made this card using the following:

• Papers from ' The frosted ice collection' - Creative Cardmaking magazine
• Nutcrafters free bonfire party digital image
• Promarkers
• Stickles
• Spellbinders Nestabilities eyelets squares
• Embellishments from own stash

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

• Nutcrafters Challenge 8 - 'Happy New Year' 
• C.R.A.F.T Challenge 135 -'New Year'
• Charisma Cards week 50 -'Anything Goes'
• Creatalicious Challenge 29 - 'Colour challenge'
• I love promarkers challenge 97 -'Anything goes'
• Passion for promarkers week 129 - 'Celebrations'
• Sweet stamping challenge blog -'New beginnings'
• Crafty boots Challenges - 'Celebrations'
• Kaboodle Doodles challenge 100 - 'Lets celebrate'
• The Crazy Challenge 100 - 'Party'

Holiday Cheer!

Hi everyone. I've just completed a marathon 24 Christmas cards in the last 2 nights! I used Sizzix Hero Arts stamp and die cut set (657780) ' Holiday Cheer'  which was an early Christmas present from my gorgeous friend Linda. How kind is she? and so thoughtful, so thanks Linda, xxx. This set made it very easy to complete a batch of cards quickly -though I took forever as I kept gazing at my lovely papers! Anyway I've posted a picture of the completed cards here. I've also posted a seperate picture of one that I'll enter for a few challenges -so wish me luck! I used the picture that comes with the set for inspiration.

Products used:

• Sizzix Hero Arts stamp and die cut set -Holiday cheer
• Various papers from stash, main image is Do Crafts ,Daisy and Dandelion A5 Paper Pack
• Images stamped in Distress Inks - Pine Needles, Broken China and Fired Brick
• Ribbons and Bells from stash
• Red card blank
• Papermania shimmer dots
• Nestabilities petite scalloped circles
• Promarkers

Challenges:

Christmas cards all year round -December challenge
The Crazy Challenge
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge
Sweet Stamping challenge Blog
Charisma Cardz Challenges
One stitch at a time Challenge blog
Fairytale challenge blog
Simon Says stamp challenge