Whoopsi Daisy Lots of Layers

Thank you all for your kind wishes, my husband is home from hospital and is glad to be back in charge of the TV remote controls. He missed them when he was in hospital and didn't like their little screen!

Anyway, here is the first card I've made for a couple of weeks and it's for Whoopsi Daisy's Challenge of Lots of Layers. I used Sheet 346 for this image. She's a little cutie and you can buy her here.

I used a large scalloped card blank by Craft UK. The pink card is from Papermill and the turquoise pearlescent is from Payper Box. I rounded the corners on the pink card with my Carl corner rounder and the turquoise card was cut with a Spellbinders grand scalloped square nestie. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and after cutting with another Spellbinders nestie I coloured the edges with 'Peacock Feathers' Distress Ink. I set it against another two die cuts in pink and turquoise, the pink paper was a freebie in a magazine and the other was from Costco. The beautiful flowers are from Nataliya's Etsy shop and the ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. Some Card Candi completed the design. I'm sorry that I'm not completely satisfied with this card but at least it's got me back into crafting.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
Card Makin Mamas - 1, 2 , 3 - 1 image check, 2 papers check and 3 embellishments - flowers, bow and Card Candi.
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

#124 Use a Digi

The challenge over at One Stitch at a Time is a nice easy one - Use a Digi. It was my time to choose an image for my teammate Josephine and myself. I chose Blue Tit on Rowan by Ike over at Stitchybear Digital Stamps Shop.

My card blank is by Craft UK. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and then cut it with my Spellbinders square nestie before using Distress Ink on the edges. The backing paper is stamped with freebie stamps that I got in a magazine a few months ago. I used Memento Ink in Cocoa and stamped them randomly over the paper before matting the paper on to greeny/gold card from Papermill. The green ribbon is from my Australian stash.

Our sponsor this week is Stitchybear! Check the challenge blog for details of the prize.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
Craft a Scene - In the garden
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations - Animals or Insects
Craftymess Challenge - Birds

#123 Sporty or Colours (Olympics)

Over at One Stitch at a Time this week, the theme is Sporty or Colours (think of Olympics) so I chose red, white and blue. I had the image of Belle, by Sue over at Stitchybear Digital Stamp Shop, to play with and I really enjoyed colouring her.

I used a small square card blank by Craft UK and I covered the whole front with a Docraft's Papermania paper from their Portobello pad.I coloured Belle with my Promarkers and cut with a Spellbinders grand square nestie. Distress Inks were used on the edges - I think Belle's lying on the grass enjoying the thought of sport rather than taking part! lol To finish off the card I used Papermania Union flag buttons.

The sponsor this week is Stitchybear, check the challenge blog for prize details.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Red, white and blue
Papermakeup Challenge - Digi  with dimension
Love to Create Challenge - 3 of something - small buttons
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - All things girlie
Tuesday Alchemy Challenge - Button, button, who's got  a button

Update on why I'm missing!

I thought I should make a short post to let you know why I'm not around much. My husband was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, after being poorly for a few weeks. I'm visiting twice a day so find it quite harrowing and tiring. I don't have time to do any crafting or commenting at the moment as my time outside the hospital is taken up with updating family and friends on his condition.

I'm hoping that we'll get back to some semblance of normality before too long. I'm sure you'll understand. I'll be back, checking up on you, as soon as I can.

I do have some cards scheduled to post for my OSAAT team so I hope you'll enjoy looking at those in the meanwhile.

Love

Whoopsi Daisy - Use up your Stash

The theme of the challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy is 'Use up your stash'. It doesn't matter how much stash I use up, it multiplies all by itself and I've got just as much as when I started! lol

My card is a large square blank by Craft UK. The lime green card is by Papermill and the lovely backing paper is from a First Editions pad called 'Hideaway'. I coloured the image, from sheet 361 over at the Whoopsi Daisy shop, with my Promarkers. I cut it by hand and matted it on to more green card. The ribbon is from my dwindling Australian stash. The gem flowers were bought from Create and Craft I don't know how many years ago and so were the buttons. I fixed the buttons to some little fancy die cuts from a Spellbinder die - I have no idea which set the die was from, sorry. I used green silk to tie the buttons and the sentiment is from LOTV.

Please come along and join us for this challenge. The winner's prize is a sheet of Linnie's wonderful digis and there are four on a sheet. Linnie often provides a freebie too so that you can enter using one of the Whoopsi Daisy images.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:
Ribbon Carousel Blog - Button and Bows - Oh My!
Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps - Summer Fun
Craftpunked - Summertime
Pattie's Creations Designs - Summertime
The Poodles Parlour - Use a digi
Stampin with the Dragon - Ribbons and Bows
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Friends
Delightful Challenges - Bling and Bows
Hanna and Friends - Favourite colour - it has to be green!

#122 Snowflake Butterfly

The theme for the challenge this week at One Stitch at a Time is Anything Goes, a nice easy challenge for you. I used the digi 'Snowflake Butterfly' by Gert over at Stitchybear Digital Stamp Shop.

The large square card blank is by Craft UK. The red backing card is by Papermill and the blue striped paper is from Papermania. I coloured the image with Promarkers and a white Sakura pen before cutting with a Spellbinders label die. I used some DecoArt Glamour Dust for the snow and the falling snowflakes on the digi. The silver card is all by Papermill and I used it for the frame of the image and for the two smaller Hobbycraft punched snowflakes. The large 'snowflake' is a Spellbinders motif and is cut in Papermania's silver handmade paper. The sentiment was generated on the computer and backed with more silver card before setting at an angle at the bottom left. 

The sponsor this week is Stitchybear - please check the challenge blog for details of prize structure.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Hooked on Crafts - Christmas in July

Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July

Truly,Madly Crafty Challenge - Animals

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas in July

Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Christmas in July

Divas by Design - Christmas in July

Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Jellypark Challenges - Christmas in July

Hello and Thank You

To all my new followers - I'm sorry, I've been very remiss in not welcoming you before now. It's lovely to have you visit and I hope that you enjoy looking at my cards.

For those who have asked after my husband and wished him well I thought I would just give you a short update. Our GP was as good as his word and has organised an urgent scan for my husband. We'll be at the hospital tomorrow and, hopefully, will know what the problem is before the day is out! Mmm, maybe that's wishful thinking.

I'll try to catch up with all my commenting tomorrow evening but if not, I'll definitely catch up on Wednesday.
Thank you all for your kind thoughts.

#121 Rainbow Vista

I want to apologise for being missing over the past week. We've changed internet service provider and had a few hiccups at first. Hopefully these are all resolved now. However, my husband is very poorly and so crafting time has been sidelined to some extent.

The theme for the challenge over at One Stitch at a Time is 'Sun' and I think my card is sunny! Maybe too sunny? The image I used is 'Rainbow Vista' by Claire of Hope Jacare over at Stitchybear Digital Stamps Shop. I loved colouring this quirky image, I love Claire's designs full stop.

I used a card blank by Craft UK and the cream backing paper is by Papermill. The shiny yellow card is by Payper Box and all the other papers and card are by Papermill. I coloured the image with Promarkers and cut with the Spellbinders grand circle nestie before edging with Distress Ink in Squeezed Lemonade. I used various sizes in Spellbinders circle nesties for the background circles. Two of them are coloured with a flower pattern from a Creative Expressions Mask. To finish it off it only needed the 'You make me smile' sentiment from Lili of the Valley. I think we will all smile in the UK if we ever see the sun again this year. This digi image is perfect for this year's summer in the UK - rain, sun, rain, sun, rainbow and more rain! 

The sponsor this week is Creative Craft - do check on the OSAAT challenge blog for the prize structure.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:

My Grafico - Summer Bright Colours

Squigglefly - Summer Colours

Crafty Sentiments - Summertime

Oldie but a Goodie - Summertime - The Creative Expressions Mask 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

Sassy Cheryl's - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craftroom - Lots of Layers

Cardmadfairy's digi challenge - Summertime

Delicious Doodles - Summertime

Totally Papercrafts - Here Comes Summer

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Going Round in Circles

Thanks for visiting and thank you for all your kind comments. Have a happy day. 

Blue Mood

This is a card I've just finished off this morning, after starting it yesterday. I haven't posted any cards this week because of internet problems. My husband and I have both been poorly too so it's not been a good time in our house - it doesn't happen often but .................it wasn't a happy house!

Anyway, on to my card. I looked through my Saturated Canary digis and decided to use this freebie that Krista Smith posted on the blog a few weeks ago. This little girl looks as if she's having a party with her balloons but she needed some music to cheer her up after one of them burst. I used blue papers from the Capsule Collection by Docrafts. The white border is cut with a Spellbinders Parisian Motif die. I coloured the image with Promarkers and then cut it with one of the Spellbinders label dies. I used Sakura gelly roll pens to add glitter to the motifs on the slipper and the balloon string. The treble clef and music notes are Memory Box dies and I used them on blue pearlescent Payper Box card. The Dazzler buttons in the corners are by Creative Expressions. They are very blingy so I hope you can see that clearly when the card is enlarged.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Bling it on!
I love Promarkers - Music
The Stamp Man Challenge - Bling it on
Dutch Dare Challenge - For a Child
Little Miss Muffet's Challenge - Sparkle

Thank you all for visiting. I appreciate all your comments and love to read them.

Whoopsi Daisy White on White

I want to emphasise that this is a White on White card and I fulfilled the challenge by using only white cards and papers. Had I used any cream card or paper I would have felt that I had not met the challenge. Just in response to some of the very nice comments already made on this card. 

 

This week's challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy is White on White. This is the first time I've made a WOW card so it WAS a challenge but I enjoyed it. I didn't realise there were so many shades of white!!

I used a small card blank by Craft UK. I embossed more white card using two Cuttlebug folders, the well known Swiss Dots and a floral one - but I've forgotten the name of that one. I used a Spellbinders die to cut the fancy strip that covered the join of the embossing and then I matted the embossed card to white pearlescent card. I used one of the images from sheet 355, available here, and coloured her with a Sakura white Souffle pen and Promarkers. A Spellbinders oval nestie was used to cut the image and then that was matted on to the scalloped nestie. A pearl brad brad from Wild Orchid Crafts was added to two corners and a small LOTV sentiment completed the design. 

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

 

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Cute and Girly

I love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Papercraft Star - No Designer Papers

The Paper Shelter - Punches and/or Dies 

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Girly

Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi Image

Papercraft Star - Embossing

#120 Friends Forever

The theme over at One Stitch at a Time is Use a Digi - a nice easy one for you so come and join us. I used this lovely digi, Friends Forever, by Teri of Delicious Doodles over at Stitchybear Digital Stamps Shop. The sponsor is Robin's Nest but do check out the OSAAT blog so you can see the prize structure.

The card blank is by Craft UK. The greeny/gold background card is by Papermill. I used some cream paper to make the corners (cut by hand!!). Yikes, but they're almost equal. lol I embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder before rubbing over with Distress Ink. I used two Spellbinder dies to cut the motifs in my new Indus Lokta paper. I also used this paper for the strip, going across the card, which I embellished with eyelets. I'd forgotten how difficult I find it to use the Crop-o-dile, oh, to be young again. The focal point is the beautiful digi by Teri of Delicious Doodles, over at Stitchybear Digital Stamps Shop. The image is called Forever Friends - hence my choice of  sentiment, by Lili of the Valley, which reads Always and Forever. I coloured the image with my trusty Promarkers and after cutting with a Spellbinders label die, I used Distress Ink on the inside edge. The finishing touch was a small horseshoe charm tied with a raffia bow. The charm, raffia and new paper were all from Hobbycraft.

The sponsor this week is Robin's Nest but please check the challenge blog for full details of prizes.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girls, Girls, Girls
Crafty Boots Challenge - Sport
Paper Makeup Stamps - Anything Goes but must use digi
Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Craft Room Challenge - Friendship
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Amazing Animals
Oldie but a Goodie - Summer Holidays - raffia is something old and this image reminds me of a holiday a few years back when some Norwegian friends came to stay. Their eldest daughter was horse mad, a difficult age teenager and didn't want to do anything until she'd ridden an 'English' horse. We booked her in to a local stables so that she could have a riding day. We wanted to enjoy the rest of the holidays! lol
The Paper Shelter - Punches and/or Dies
I love Promarkers - Anything Goes