Happy Birthday Crafty Hubby!

Tis the weekend *happy dance* and yesterday(26th) was crafty hubbys birthday.  I always struggle to make a card for him, as I want it to be totally perfect.  This year I decided to concentrate on his love of music and all things rock, and bought a fab digi from Kenny K and practised my best colouring lol.

Last weekend when we were up north in Aberdeen, I popped into The Papeterie and got a box or two *cough* of Diamond White paper, which is coated and is amazingly good for using with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I discovered this gem of a place a few years ago, and hubby used to deliver to the paper mill it is attached to when he lived/worked up there.

I digress....I loved making the card and I am delighted with the results.

Ingredients

Rock Dude Digi from Kenny K

Coloured with Pro and Flex Markers

Paper and guitar charm from stash.

Hope you like the card.

I would like to enter him into the following challenges;
Card Crafters Circle - Boys to men
Paper Shelter - For the boys
Stamping Chef - All boys
Digital Tuesdays - Birthdays(must have digi element-image, sentiment and papers)
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Use a digital image
The Stamp Spot - Masculine Creations

First sepia card.

It's the weekend, at last, and what busy week it has been.  As some of you will already know the lovely Sarah Hurley shall be on our screens on Create & Craft demoing Letraset goodies, details of the shows can be found here on Sarahs blog.  Sarah asked us for some new samples to spruce up her on screen work area, and I thought I would try a sepia card after being inspired by the last show I watched Sarah doing.

 

I have became slightly obsessed with sepia, and can't believe how good it looks using only 5 colours.  I used Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan, Putty and Tan and simply alternated the combination of them on this Saturated Canary digi stamp. I also popped some tiny pearls in her hair to make her a wee bit more glamorous.

Ingredients

Fancy Digi Stamp from Saturated Canary

Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Bazzill Basics card

Sentiment from a Kanban set

Nesties

Ribbon, flatback pearls, card candi and card blank from stash.

 

I hope you can tune in on Sunday and Monday and maybe learn some new tricks xx

 

 

I would like to enter her into the following challenge;

Bloggers - Embossing

Art Impressions Stamps - Girlfriends

Paper Crafting Journey - Monochromatic

I Love Promarkers - Embossing

Whimsical Designs - Embossing

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Favourite Colour Combination

Melonheadz Friends - Make it girly

Sparkle N Sprinkle - Must use a digi



Launch day is finally here.

And the gorgeous Secret Rose Garden is now available in all its glory to see. It has been so hard for me to keep schtum about all the delicious items in the kit, but Phill and Sarah have been keeping me in check (well trying to lol).

 

This range has been a long time in the making, and the wait has certainly been worth it. I was privileged enough to get a kit to play with last week and spent lots of time oohing and aaahing at my screen before deciding what to make.  The range of papers are superb, from love hearts to buttons, gingham to polka dots, what else could a crafter ask for?  Anyway, here are my creations.

 

I used the precoloured digis, and love the detail that is in each one. The squirrel is super cute. All the items I have used are available in the Secret Rose Garden Shop, and there are so many things available in the range.

 

Why not pop over to the FB Page for ideas and inspiration? There is also a Blog and Gallery.

 

Thanks for reading my post today, hope to see you again soon xx

 

 

Spring has sprung.

Only in name though, we had heavy snow in Glasgow yesterday and it is now thawing out nicely and there is even a big bright yellow thing in the sky...not quite sure what it is though!

 

This fortnights challenge over at Digi Sketch Challenges is "Easter/Spring", and the lucky winner will receive $6 from SK Digis.  I opted to use Love Birds for my card and coloured them in to look like blue tits.

 

Ingredients

Love Birds digi stamp by SK Digis

Digi paper

Die cuts and punch

Sentiment stamp and punch from Stampin Up!

Coloured with Flexmarkers and Promarkers

Gems, twine and blue card from stash.

 

 

I hope you will pop over and join us.

 

I would like to enter the following challenges;

ABC Challenges - "In the air"

Crafty Boots  - Old, new, borrowed, blue.(Old punch, new Stampin Up, borrowed easel, blue papers)

Digi Makeover - Easter/spring

Eureka Stamps - Spring has sprung

One Stitch At A Time - Anything goes(Use a digi)

Avadares - Easter or spring

The Paper Shelter - Punches & dies.

 

 

 



 



 

Something magical.

What a busy couple of weeks it has been. I've had lurgy, toothache, multiple visits to the dentist and loads of crafting to do. Eek, never rains but it pours!!

 

It is always nice to make a card in December that is not a Christmas card, and this one is for my lovely crafty friend Anda.  To say she likes owls is a bit of an understatement, so I didn't want to make an owl the main focus of the card, so opted for one of her other loves Harry Potter...he does have an owl after all ;) And I can blog the card as it is her birthday today :D

 

I used this awesome digi from Karber, coloured him with my Promarkers and Fleximarkers and popped him onto an embossed Nestie shape.  The paper is from a digi kit, and I think it ties in perfectly. The stars are Framelits dies, which I love using. To "tie" it all together, I used bakers twine in Gryfindor colours, and had to pop a wee cute owl charm on it.  I made the sentiment myself using a Harry Potter font.

 

Ingredients

Karber Harry Potter Digi

Trick or Treat Digi Kit

Spellbinders and Framelits dies

Circles embossing folder

Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Bakers twine, owl charm and papers from stash.

 

I hope this inspires you to make something magical today,

Carol xx

 

 

I would like to enter him into the following challenges.

 

ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything goes.

Avadares Challenges - Use a Digi.

Polkadoodles - Birthday at Christmas/young adult.

Paper Play Challenges - You're a star.

Crafts and Me  - No Blue

I Love Promarkers - For the boys

LEJ Designs  - Use a sentiment

Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Must use a digi, anything goes.

Whoopsi Daisy - Use up your stash(Charm, twine and papers)

 



 

 

It's Thursday.

And that means a new challenge over at Cute Card Thursday, and this week it is a sketch.  The sponsors this week are the fabulous Whiff of Joy.   I have never made a card from a sketch, and that coupled with a bad case of sinusitis had left me puzzled as to what to make. So I used one of my favourite Digis from Lady Bugs Craft Ink, and used the Winter Limited Edition Promarkers, to keep the card clean and simple. I popped some glitter onto the flowers using Sakura Glitter pens.

 

Ingredients

Digi -Clear Vase of Delight

Winter Limited Edition Promarkers

Sakura Glitter pens

Craftwork Cards sentiment

Paper from stash

Script Paper Sarah Hurley Curio Kit

 

Hope you can join us this week over at Cute Card Thursday.

 

 

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Addicted to Stamps - Flowers

Stamp n Doodle - use a digi

The Squirrel and the Fox - Flowers, hats or horses

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Stripes

 

 



 

New challenge over at Just Some Lines.

Hello, there is a new challenge over at Just Some Lines this week and the theme is "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle".  There is also a change of rules and now you can enter the challenge as long as you have used a JSL Digi, there are some fab freebies here. I used Tea Party Time which is available as a free download, so no excuse not to join in.

 

For the "Reduce, reuse, recycle" theme, I made a bookmark and used an old cereal box as my base layer, the ribbon was used as wrapping on a gift from a friend.  I coloured this cute little girl with Promarkers and added some sparkly bits for something extra. The background papers are by Sarah Hurley.

Hope you like her and join in with us this fortnight over at Just Some Lines.

Exciting crafty news.

Hiya everyone :) It is finally the weekend :D What a busy week it has been for me, from collecting a new car to the best crafty news *ever*.

 

As many of you will know I was a Guest Designer for the fabulous Sarah Hurley, and I was asked if I would like to be a permanent member...needless to say I didn't even have to think about my answer :D I love being part of this amazing Design Team of very talented and all round great girlies. 

 

Oooo, I also have a new DT badge *happy dance*

 

 

One of the highlights of my 3 months was working on the gorgeous Lookbook, which has great inspiration for using Sarahs range.  It has proved so popular that there will be a second one, and Sarah is looking for project submissions for the new Lookbook Volume 2.  Pop over to Sarahs Blog post to find out all the information, it is a very exciting time for us :D

 

 

Hope you all have a wander over to the website and have a browse, have a great weekend :D xx