Warmest Winter Wishes

Morning guys! :)

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers.

This week we wanna see your feminine makes! 

MAKE IT FEMININE

I wanted to go against the grain a little, so I opted out of pink and frilly. Instead I went with blue and texture. I hear ya, I hear ya! ..but I took some inspiration from a gorgeous photo I came across while scouring Pinterest! 

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/474918723177846146/

I loved the colours and the texture in this photo. So I used this as my starting point to create this card. I wanted to create a winter card, so I used the gorgeous Super Cute Hat from Time for Tea Designs.

I really wanted to practice my hair, as I feel like I've let it slip after concentrating on folds and creases for so long, so this was the perfect image for that. This took me almost three hours to colour up - good job I wasn't in a race.

I added an embossed panel to a kraft mat before layering a doily and my image on top. I then added a strip of snowflake paper from LOTV and edged it with some loopy trim. I then dug out some die cut vellum snowflakes and attached them by stitching white buttons over the top.

I added my sentiment from Amy R Stamps before looping some white cord around and around and tucking it under the image panel. I adhered it with glue dots and kept fiddling until I like how it looks. I really like how that turned out - I'm glad I've now found a use for all the colours of cord I seem to have sitting in my stash that go unloved! 

To finish the card off I added a sprinkling of Doodlebug sequins here and there to match the doily which I also sprayed silver with my Fireworks (although you can't really tell from the photo, it's super shiny IRL).

That was that! I hope I've inspired you to think a little more outside the box with this challenge. 

Be sure to stop by the Passion for ProMarkers blog to see what other amazing girls have come up with! xo

10th Anniversary

There has been a lot of weddings and anniversaries happening lately, and I love it. One of my favourite cards to design are wedding and anniversary cards. BOOM!

I got a request off a lovely lady to create a card based on her friends favourite artist Doug Hyde. The couple who've been together 10 years (can we have an aahhhh *aaahhhh*) love this artists work and the lady commissioning the card provided me with a bunch of Doug Hydes work. I eventually went with this design, as it spoke to me the most.

http://www.doughyde.com/collections/limited-editions/feed/1/ZHYD210

I wanted to create a card using this image as my inspiration. Here's what I came up with. I gotta say, I LOVED creating this card. Like LOVED! I didn't wanna stop. It was such a fun process from start to finish.. and because of this card I've starting pinning more 'inspiration' pictures on Pinterest for the times when my mojo is running a little dry.. which doesn't happen often.. but when it happens.. it's bad.

I die cut a whole bunch of hearts (I discovered I wasn't short of heart dies), inked the edges and curled them before I laid them on the card in a pleasing wreath shape. I then used silicone glue to adhere them so as not to lose the dimension. 

I added a large sentiment panel which I stamped and silver embossed using Lawn Fawn alpha stamps and added it to a black scalloped oval before adding it to the centre of the wreath. 

To tie everything together I added a few black embellishments, including some Black Onyx Liquid Pearls (which I only recently got *yipppeee* - I love the stuff), some hearts and a couple brads and buttons, you know, the usual. I coulda kept going with sequins and all that jazz, but I didn't wanna take away from the hearts, which I also sprayed with London Fog Fireworks.

 I wish the couple another 10 happy years together! :) Thanks for stopping by today guys, I hope this card has provided you with some inspiration to look at stuff differently. xo

Spots & Stripes

Morning guys! :) Another day, another card.

This time I'm bringing you guys some inspiration using products available at My Mum's Craft Shop! This week the DT girls are showing off their creations that include spots and stripes! Very exciting. 

I used a stamp set from Whimsy Stamps - Happy Hello. I LOVE this set. So many cute little motifs. I've been using this set to decorate my planner more than anything - this is the first card I've created with this set.

I know what you're thinking.. but where's the diagonal stripes?! YOU LOVE DIAGONAL STRIPES! 

Ohhh, against the grain I go! ;) 

I used the larger of the two arrow strips and created a striped pattern towards the bottom of the card using Blue Raspberry Hybrid Ink and Pear Tart Memento. I then added three little orange dots and some stars using Tangelo Memento ink. 

I then stamped the large hello in Onyx Black Versfine ink and added a spritz of Dandelion Fireworks to finish off this rather simple card. Looking back, I wish I'd created the whole design on the card base to create a one layer card. Never mind.

I hope you can stop by the MMCS Blog throughout the week to catch up with the other work from the DT girls. Who doesn't love spots and stripes?! xo

Eat, Sleep, Skate.

As my week off work comes to an end (back to work on Monday.. Booo!!) I have tried to cram as much crafting in as possible. With the pressure of upcoming orders, and flagging with my DT work I have definitely regained my mojo!! Yippeee!!

So I've created a card using the latest T4T design (late.. I know)..

This is Sk8R Ronny.

I also used Sk8R Ronny Sentiments.

I've coloured this dude up using my ProMarkers to match papers from My Minds Eye. I printed him out at almost 5", so he took up most of the card. I decided to embellish the image panel and go easy with the patterned paper. I LOVE that plaid though! 

First I stamped a bunch of circles from My Favorite Things - Bokeh Builder with Love Letter, Teal Zeal and Dandelion Memento ink. I then layered a bunch of polka dot buttons, yellow and blue brads, Papermania shimmer domes, red gemstones and blue sequins. I LOVE the froofroo. 

Off to get my colour on! ;) xx

Ellie says HI!

I'm back again! I knowww, my posts are like buses. My apologies.

If you're looking for my Passion for ProMarkers post, click HERE to be taken there.

This time I'm here to share some My Mum's Craft Shop inspiration with you all. This week Kitty wanted us to show off Characters, and it appears Tiddly Inks is SUPER popular with us DT girls, just check out the posts from previous days.

I used the adorable Ellie Says Hi from Tiddly Inks. 

I teamed her up with some papers from My Minds Eye - Now and Then Dorothy

For some added froofroo I used some MMCS £1 Embellishment packs:

Clear Coloured Gem Dots

 Large Sparklers

You may not be able to see too well but I also added some white embossing paste the the corners of the navy patterned paper using a stencil from My Favorite Things - Spring Flowers. I love the added texture that it creates, although it's hard to pick up in the pictures.

I also added some AB white sequins I picked up from The Yorkshire Trading Company on Saturday, along with some pink half pearls and some pink liquid pearls. I heat embossed the sentiment onto some Kraft cardstock using some delicious Memento Luxe inks and clear embossing powder. I also added some Rose Bud Fireworks to the Kraft cardstock matt too.

That's about all from me, for the rest of the day at least. I bet you'll be glad of that! ;) Back soon with more papery goodness. Loves. xo

First Mother's Day..

Okay. Okay.

You'll be OVERJOYED to discover the Mother's Day creations are drawing to an end.

I promise.

This was a commissioned card from one of my lovely regulars. It was her sisters first Mother's Day with her new baby, so she was after something to celebrate that. She wanted pink and girly and as soon as my Rachelle Anne Miller CD dropped through my door I knew these images would be perfect!! 

I picked out the cute little bunnies, printed them a few times and layered them up. I then used some new My Minds Eye papers to jazz the card up along side my white embossed panel which I had spritzed with some Rose Bud Fireworks. 

Lastly I added the very personalised sentiment using some Lawn Fawn alpha stamps, added a large pink bow and a sprinkling of Dew Drops and Liquid Pearls. Very cute, even if I do say so myself! :) 

xo

With Love, Mom

When I said we were done with Mother's Day cards.. I lied.. *grin*

I hope you guys don't get sick of all the pink and froofroo, I know it's not really what my blog is known for.. LOL!! So onwards..

I still have a few designs to share with you all. This being the first. 

Cake. Pink. Froofroo!! I had a blast colouring up that cake - (IF ANYONE KNOWS WHO MAKES THAT STAMP PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I have no packaging for it!)

I went a little crazy with my Fireworks! Added a bunch of buttons and liquid pearls and all the usual goodness!!

That's all I got today.. but I'll be back! xo

On your first day..

Morning guys. :) 

Time to kick off the week with this very special creation.

Earlier in the year I was approached by a lovely lady with a special request. She was interested to know whether I had ever made a nursery card before. I hadn't.. but I'm always up for a challenge.

The lady wanted the image to resemble her little girl, with her pink glasses and royal blue uniform. Tiddly Inks came to the rescue with this one! :) 

I teamed the image up with some delicious My Minds Eye papers (kinda waste my time telling you what paper it is.. it is always MME!)

I added a very personalised sentiment using some Lawn Fawn alphabet stamps, and cut them into little strips using my trimmer. I then added a huge pink bow (another request) and some Wild Orchid Craft goodness.

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A Job for Embossing Paste

Hello everyone. Another post from me today, this time it's a MALE card. Something that I know a few of my readers really struggle with.

If you stop by my blog often, you'll know that I have a back up when it comes to boy cards - STARS!!

This creation was no different. I created this card for a 21st birthday. I didn't really have much to go on, so it was all about the age, the stars and THE TEXTURE.

I used a Studio Calico stencil and some Wendy Vecchi embossing paste to a create a textured background to build my design on. I cut out a large '21' and the 'TODAY' on my Cameo using papers from an older My Minds Eye collection. I layered them all together atop a vellum STAR. See.. ;)

I then embossed a sentiment from Lawn Fawn using silver detail embossing powder and cut it using a die from MFT. I then attached it to the card using a couple Doodlebug brads.

Finally I finished the whole design off using some London Fog Fireworks from Tsukineko for a sparkly look which doesn't show up too well in the photos.

Job done. I'll be back tomorrow with a little MONSTER treat. :) xo

Sleepy Cat

Good evening guys! :)

Sorry this post is going up a day late. I literally wasted the whole day yesterday just sleeping and cabbaging watching TV, I had no energy. So today I have ran around like a headless chicken and I've managed to squeeze this card in for the new monthly challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

SPRING OR EASTER

This is one of the gorgeous cats from Time for Tea Designs February release. I just had to colour this cutie up to look like Shadow Cat. I took a lot of inspiration from the amazeballs Faye, and added her to a grass digi from Make it Crafty.

Now onto those delicious papers. Ohhhhh. They're some newbies from My Minds Eye Now and Then - Dorothy *LOVE*. I've used a MFT Postage Edge stamp die to create some interest above the sentiment. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Mother's Day and I've stamped it in some new Grey Flannel Memento Luxe Ink. Yum! :) Good job craft supplies aren't edible, I'd gobble the lot up.

Of course, as a finishing touch I just had to add some Fireworks, this time in Summer Sky!

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- Crafty Calendar - Animal Antics

- Hiding in my Craft Room - Spring Colours

- The Doodle Garden - Anything Goes

Be sure to stop by the My Mum's Craft Shop BLOG and have a spy at the gorgeous Spring/Easter cards the girls have whipped up to inspire ya this month. 

.. oh, and be sure to stop by tomorrow when I will *hopefully* have a card with a new image from the BRAND NEW Time for Tea Designs release for March! That's if I have any energy left tonight. :) xo

Happy Thoughts

You know what makes me happy?

Little. Ginger. Cats!!

We've a new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers today.

I treated myself to a few new (to me) Some Odd Girl digis a couple weeks ago and I NEEDED to find time to colour up Tia and Fluffy, this week's theme was perfect.

GO DIGITAL

You can use a digi image, digi papers, a digi sentiment or even a combination of the three!!

One of my favourite things about digis is the ability to resize them at the click of a button and to create a scene without the fuss of masking (although that can be very fun!)..

I used Fluffy and Tia from Some Odd Girl and 

Pebblestone Patch from Make it Crafty.

I coloured the little scene using a bunch of ProMarkers. Here are some of the combos I used off the top of my head.

T-shirt and shoes - Wild Cranberry, Carmine, Salmon Pink, Cocktail Pink

Skirt - Indigo Blue, Navy Blue, French Navy, Aegean

Ginger Kitty - Spice, Honeycomb, Apricot, Oatmeal

I used some delicious new papers from My Minds Eye - Here is Happy which I masked with a home made stencil (diagonal stripes) and misted with some new Tsukineko Fireworks - Pear Tart. These mists are just. Woah! I've tried a couple different brands before, but these blow every other kind out of the water. They're so vibrant. So SHIMMERY! Gaaahh!! I'll definitely be collecting a couple more colours. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

So for the rest of the card.. I added some strips of heart washi tape, a length of pink grosgrain ribbon and a double bow, some paint splotches with my new Kaisercraft stamps and some Memento Luxe Rose Bud ink (another new favourite), a La La Land Crafts die cut banner and a cute little sentiment from Amy R.

Obviously it wouldn't be a card by me without some sprinklings of Liquid Pearls and Stickles. I just can't not do it. I need to find a better way of organising my bottles, so if you have any suggestions.. hit me! :)

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- Come and Get Us - Domestic Animals

- Emerald Faeries - Let's see a Banner

A lorra, lorra links in this post - you can tell my laptop was playing nice and running smooth when I typed this post! ;) Be sure to call in at the challenge blog and share your DIGITAL card with us. Thank you for stopping by today. xo