Blog Challenges 4

This card is for the following challenges this week- Passion for Promarkers (Sugar Rush), Polkadoodles (Flower Power), Crafty Sentiments (Birthday) and Sarah Hurley (4 Legged Friends).

I started by stamping the mice image using Joanna Sheen Housemouse stamps. I coloured in using an array of promarkers, I then cut it out with nestabilities and distressed the edges to give a misty feel. I then embossed a sheet of Coredinations whitewash and sanded back. I then mounted these onto some green backing paper that looked like it had been painted (by me by the brush strokes in it!). I then cut out using Xcut die the flowers in yellow vellum and white felt. I finished off the flowers with flat back pearls and added some to the corner of the embossed paper. I added a self adhesive ribbon down the side and added the sentiment. I hope you like it.

This card os for Moving Along with the times challenge, this weeks theme 'Anniversary'. I stamped the flourish with versamark and used mica powders to give a subtle hint. Added the topper and sentiment.

This card is for Rainbow Lady's (Mardi Gras) and One Stitch at a Time (Use a charm).

As this is "Fat Tuesday" or Shrove Tuesday festival celebrated in New Orleans I used a Jazz theme to represent it. I used alcohol inks to make the base/backing sheet, various KanBan elements that fitted the bill and stamped some Tim Holtz elements to add further interest. I added the saxophone and treble cleff charms to represent the music that comes from that area of America.Hope you like them.

Blog Challenges 3

Here are my cards for this weeks challenges!


Firstly, Passion for pro markers.


Mr Suave : this card was made from a stamp I picked up on sale a couple of months ago, it's difficult to get "men" stamps. I coloured his suit with warm grey one and his hat with cool grey 4. I then layered him onto background papers and mounted onto an 8" square card.

Secondly, this card for for Sarah Hurley's challenge blog, and for Crafty Sentiments challenge blog.


Boing : Couldn't resist the chance to use this little stamp. Coloured with promarkers and mounted onto a 6" sqaure card that was made round with the help of a saucer (drawn round and cut out).

And last but not least, Rainbow Lady's, Polkadoodles and Moving Along with the time challenges.

Fashion Chic : These stamps were picked up on sale a couple of months ago and show a good spread of fashion from more glamorous times. I coloured them with promarkers and mounted onto a "frame" backing paper. I added the ribbons in a feel for examples of what was used in the frocks themselves.

Blog Challenges 2

Here are my cards for this weeks blog challenges!

This card is of one of my favourite childhood characters (now you know I am in my forties).

I stamped the image onto an A6 postcard and used my promarkers to colour him and the mices in. I then used my nestabilities to cut the oval. I then used weathered wood distress ink to give the misty memory feel.

I used a Marianne Design corner die on gold pearlescent card to cut and emboss the corner shapes. I backed the card with free paper from Making Cards magaizine to "lift" the saggy cloth cat and bring him to the front.

Hope you like.

This was done using three foam heart stamps (free with a mag years ago), each with a slightly different pink hue.  I then used a clarity design club stamp "wire heart" stamped with versmark and embossed in silver.

The sentiment is a "sticky" that I then flocked. All done on an A6 postcard and then mountd onto an A6 card.

Hope you like.

This card is done with Kanban cardstock and a Kanban topper, some foiled embellishments and peel offs.

The design is to "celebrate" the Chinese New Year and utilises the colour of good fortune RED!

Hope you like.

Here is bear on a card.

This is the valentine card made for my husband.

I used a free paper for the backing and a free crafters companion decoupage.

Finished off with peel off words.

Blog Challenges

Challenge 1. Sarah Hurley's - Sketch Theme.

This card is made from an 8" square blank from stock and free papers from various magazines over the years. The ribbon came free with a mag too.

I liked the tones on the butterfly toppers and used tones of pink and lilac to compliment the small toppers. Hope you like it.

Happy Birthday To Ya

This is for the Sarah Hurley Challenge 26.

The backing paper is from a joanna sheen fashion through the ages A5 pack, the stamp is a Michelle Marsden one, I used my new xyron design runner for part of the sentiment and a free from a mag stamp set for the happy birthday.

I wanted to do a card around a party frock theme, but with a choice of frocks. I used promarkers for the mannequin and distress inks on the matt, and the label. All was finished off with a girlie pink bow.

Hope you all like it.

Blog Challenge

Some crafty creations for some blog challenges. 

Wish for a friend 1 : the inspiration was the sentiment rub on. I put the velvet paper in the centre of a red card blank, and positioned the rub on half top half bottom to flow along the card.

Wish for a friend 2: the sentiment was the inspiration for this one and I felt it was pretty enough to stand alone, I just mounted it onto a foiled card blank and let it speak for itself. Sentiment panel from KanBan and card blank from Hunky Dory.

New Beginnings 1: the quote says it all, this is foiled already onto the card blank, I added a hand made paper square in a diamond shape and added co-ordinating hand made paper butterfly.

New Beginnings 2: the inspiration for this was emigrating, a number of friends over the years have emigrated all over the world, I wouls want to emigrate in 30's luxury style on a liner (1st class of course) and that's what I aimed for. Topper and border from KanBan and backing paper is cut down from a 12X12 nautical themed sheet.

This was put together to celebrate what is "iconically" British! Red phone boxes (where did they go?) Royal family, and of course tea! A corner of hand made red and blue papers were mounted onto a white card blank, an oval aperture from a hunkydory card and stickers from a creative imaginations 12X12 sheet were used for the Brit Icons.

I started by using graphic 45 papers and chose the elements I wanted to use. I then spritzed with tattered angels juniper, placed a butterfly stencil (to represent the catterpillar/butterfly in the book) and over spritzed in cosmic shimmer golden mint.

I then layered on the elements from graphic 45 papers and some stickers to represent the hare's pocket watch and the drink me potion. Finished off with gothic lettering for Alice.

There's a Mouse In My Cupcake!

This card was designed for a friends birthday which just happened to be the same week as this challenge!

I used a white card blank and backed it with pearlescent card. I used a Kanban rose card sheet for the matt for the stamped image.  The image is from Joanna Sheens house mouse range and was coloured in using promarkers.

The border is a self adhesive velvet ribbon laid on top of a self adhesive glitter strip. I used holographic borders and some paper roses to complete the card, along with some jewelled flower stickers I have had for ever!

The birthday sentiment peel off was the finishing touch.