Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby..

Ahhh.. Ahhh.. Ahhh. Ah. You know the song by the Kaiserchiefs, right? :) HA. You'll understand what I'm talking about further on in the post. :) Trust me.

So just over two weeks ago now I received an email from a lovely lady requesting a card for her little niece. Well of course, how could I say no?! That is my speciality, after all! LMBO!

So the things I had to go by were.. a little girl with blonde hair and big blue eyes. She likes cats. The lady who emailed me wanted my card to look vintage-y, with '1st Birthday' and her name. Ohhhh, and PINK!! Any closer to the RUBY yet? ;)

So I wracked my brains for a suitable image.. and voila.. Kristy only had THE perfect SOG image just calling my name in the shop.. Snuggle Tiny Tia!! Hello?!

So.. here's what I come up with using the info I had! ;)

Isn't she the CUTEST?! How I've let her slip through the net I'll never know. But now she's in my possession I couldn't be happier. Of course I had the colour her hair blonde, but she's so caught up in the moment cuddling her kitty that she has her eyes shut. So I couldn't colour them blue. I've coloured her hair and skin using Copics and the rest using ProMarkers to match the patterned papers and die cuts from MME Oh La La for Her collection. I have fussy cut Tia and adhered her to the card using dimensionals.

Here is a picture of the sentiment area of the card. I have pieced it together using mini alpha stickers, stamps and a die cut '1'. I kinda struggle putting bits and pieces like this together, although I'm really happy with how this turned out - I just wish I'd made more fuss of the '1' to make it stand out more. Ahhh, next time. 

Here is a shot of the inside of the card with another labels fourteen die cut to match the front. I have used a few more ticket dies and a sentiment from LOTV a5 sentiments set. Customary doodles and distressing finish the design off nicely.

I know my customer and her mother loved the card, I just hope the little girl did too! :) I love being able to put a smile on peoples faces with my makes - it's what makes it all worth it!

Standing Ovation for a Hero, if you will.

SPREAD THE WORD.

Thanks for linking to this Cor!!

This is one of the most touching blog posts I think I've EVER read in Blog Town. Hell.. I had to share it.

See THIS LINK to the post written by Mo Manning at the beginning of this month.

Letter to a Crafter.

Pollycraft Challenge #113

Good morning Pollycrafters. How've you all been?! Good weekend I hope?! I've been off work for three days, and I won't lie - it's felt lush. Just a shame I've got to go in and do a four hour shift later on this afternoon. *think of the money* HA! Anywho..

Today over at Pollycraft Challenges, guess who's set the challenge theme?! YEAH!! Only yours truely! ;) Like you need three guesses to guess what I set up?! A SKETCH!! Of course! ;)

Here is it. Apologies for the hideous colour combo - I just didn't want any confusion. Get me?! :)

The prize for this weeks winner is 10 POLLYCRAFT DIGIS!! I can't see why you'd need any more reason to join in, personally! ;)

So here's my take on my sketch. HA!

I had to use the handsome Casper Silvermist, because.. he's too handsome to leave behind. Truth is, I gotta pull my finger out and start making more male cards. It's not that I don't enjoy doing them, it's just.. it's a lot harder to 'jazz' up a male card as opposed to a female card which you could embellish til 'the cows turn blue' (which is a phrase I heard on Capital FM the other morning and nearly peed myself. Obviously the girl meant til 'the cows come home' - mortified!!).

Anyway, I've coloured Casper - what a dreamy name - using Copics and ProMarkers then fussy cut him out. I've paired him up with some of the blue and grey papers from MME Hattie collection. I've used both STD Circles LG and LG Pinking Circles to cut out my shapes and doodled most edges. I've stamped a sentiment from PTI Tiny Tags set in Chestnut Roan ink onto a small circle.

I think that just about covers it, oh and I also added some aqua bakers twine from The Ribbon Girl around the longest strip of patterned paper for an added something.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Here Come The Boys - Wheely Nice

I hope the wheels on his skateboard count, ladies?

× One Stitch at A Time - Use a Digi

× Paper Sundaes - Lots of Layers

× The Crafty Pad - One for the Boys

× Createalicious Challenges - Anything Goes

Be sure to stop by the CHALLENGE BLOG to see what the other AH-mazing ladies on the DT created with my sketch - and remember to leave them some LOVE!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen

Patterned Papers: MME - Stella and Rose HATTIE Collection

Digi/Stamps: Pollycraft, Casper Silvermist - My Board/ PTI - Tiny Tags

Colour: Copics: Skin - E000, E00, E02, R00; Hair - E50, E51, E53 ProMarkers: Cornflower, China Blue, Midnight Blue, Cocoa, Henna Walnut, Pastel Green, Mint Green, Cool Grey 3, 4, 5

Ink: Colour Box - Chestnut Roan

Dies: Nesties - STD Circles LG, LG Pinking Circles

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - Aqua bakers twine

Misc: brown fineliner

New Baby

I hope you're not looking for my Sentimental Sundays post. In case you don't know there have been a LOT of changes over at the challenge blog in the last few weeks. Aside from Ann leaving ( :( ) we've also got a few new boss ladies who've stepped up to the mark as well as the team being split into two. Team A and Team B. I am Team B - so I will be posting every other Sunday starting next week. Just so you all know! :)

So instead of a challenge card I thought I'd show you this. I made this card a while a go now, but have only just got around to showing you all. It's pretty simple, even by my standards..

I've used a stamp set from SU! - the name escapes me - all of the images have been stamped in Pretty in Pink SU! ink. I've paired this up with two patterened papers from MME Lime Twist - Life of the Party collection. I created my sentiment on word and created a flagged banner to place under the image. Hope you likey! :)

It's World Card Making Day!!

You guessed it. It's World Card Making Day!! World Card Making Day began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by Paper Crafts magazine to bring card makers together at the beginning of the busiest card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006.

Coupled with this there is a NEW RELEASE over at La La Land Crafts. Why are YOU telling us this, Lou.. I hear you ask? WHY?! Because I'm only a GUEST DESIGNER for the next two months! ;) Heehee. You read right!!

HA. So head on over to the STORE and the CHALLENGE BLOG now to see the whole of the new release and the awesome projects the team have created with them!!

I chose to use BIG PANDA MARCI because she is just too cute to say no too!! :) I've coloured her using Copics and ProMarkers.

Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, R30
Hair: E33, E35, E37
Shoes: Cocoa, Henna, Walnut

Shorts: Cornflower, China Blue, Midnight Blue
Pinks: Cocktail Pink, Salmon Pink, Carmine
Greens: Lime Green, Bright Green, Grass
Greys: Cool Grey 3, 4, 5

This is my first ever attempt at colouring a LLLC image and what a BLAST I had. What fun and adorable images they are to colour!! I've been working at my 'jeans' colouring - can ya tell?! Please say you can because I've literally gone through ALL of my blue PM's to work out a combo. The three I've chosen give a sort of textured look. Please say they do!! :) LOL.

I've used papers from MME Lime Twist - Life of the Party collection. I've added the mandatory doodles and some kraft matting. The little tag is cut using a die from PTI and stamped with a PTI stamp in Melon Mambo ink from SU!

Marci is available to pre-order HERE with shipping on 15th October... so go and get your. I can't wait to see what you guys make with these newbies, and when you do make sure you add your cards to the customer gallery HERE.