Snailing Around

Hi Just had to dash this card on, a bit last minute I know, but it's my entry in the Pink Gem Designs Challenge and DT call. I would be over the moon if I was picked, but good luck to everybody that's entered. I'm sure who ever they choose will be really pleased.

My image is a digi image from Emerald Faeries and has been coloured with Tria Pens. The card is a sort of an easel design. Just a little bit different. I do hope you all like it.

I would also like to enter it in the following challenges:

Pink Gem Designs - Flowers/DT Call

Bearly-Mine - Easel Card

Emerald Fearies - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Fashionista - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Crafter's Companion - Birthdays

The Craft's Meow - Sketch

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch

Happy Anniversary

Hi everybody. My card today is for a Golden Wedding Anniversary. It is an order for a friend, Not my usual type of card, I love my stamping and colouring, but it's what the customer wants and they do look quite good. I have kept the background colours in cream and gold for obvious reasons, but then added a little colour to it with the decoupage. The book has been cut using large set of dies from Go Kreate. I have edged them with borders to make the edges look neater. The hearts are also die cut, the big one is a Spellbinder and the lattice ones are Cheery Lynn. The corners are Cheery Lynn too. The Decoupage is a Moorheads one from Crafter's Companion. Some flowers from Hobby House and a ribbon and bow finish the book design.

I have placed this on and easel card, I think this shows the book design off nicely.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Pink Gem Design's - Flowers

Fussy ans Fancy - Easel Card

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Simply Create - Anything Goes

Shelly's Images - Ribbon,Dies,free

Simon Says Stamp - Dies/punches

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - Anything Goes 

Oldie but Goodie - Inspired by a Song (Just the two of us)

Little Witch

Hello Thanks for coming and having a look at my latest creation. I have used an easel card design and the edge of the background has been distressed with Tim Holtz Dried Marigold and Black Soot.

This is an image from Just Inklined and I think she is really cute, and being as Halloween is just around the corner I thought I would use her for this card. I have coloured her with Tria Pens. Then the image has been layered on to a spiders web patterned paper from Basic Grey Eerie paper pad and orange card.

The tree and the letters are a Sizzix die. The orange moon is vellum embossed with a web and some pumpkin buttons in the corner.

The inside is covered in a patterned paper from Diane's Daughters . The bat stamp is from Chocolate Baroque. There are also two silver fancy leaf brads on the easel stop inside the card

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;

Corrosive Challenge - Halloween

My Sheri Crafts - Pumpkin

Totally Gorjuss - Punches/Dies

Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes

Craft us Crazy - Halloween

Delightful Challenge - Orange/Green/Purple

DRS Designs - Pumpkins

Inky Impressions - Animals

Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - More than 2 colours

Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Amusing Challenge - Anything Goes

Distressed Christmas

Hello again and welcome to this weeks

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.

Unfortunately this will be the last challenge from The Secret Crafter, it will be sad to see it go but things are changing and it is time to bring it to an end.

The theme this week is

 Distressing

Our final sponsor is Heather's Hobbie Haven with a $15 voucher

For my card this week I have done Christmas, I thought it was about time to start. I have used a deckle edge card for the base and this has been covered with a patterned paper leaving a tiny border. I have then put a rectangle of a matching patterned paper layered on red deckle edge card on the top, this was cut with a spellbinder die. A merry Christmas greeting has been stamped on the top left. All these layers have been lightly distressed.

I have stamped the image and coloured it with Promarkers and glitter has been put on the coat and hat edges. This has also been layered on to red card. A piece of green ribbon is across this center of the card. To the left of the image I have put a single silk flower with punched leaves and just a few gems to add a bit of sparkle to it.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;

Delightful Sketches - Distressed

Simply Create - Anything Goes

Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Penny Black - Early Christmas Makes

Jo's Milestone Birthday

Hi Crafter's and welcome to this weeks

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

This weeks theme is

Milestone Birthday's

This weeks sponsor with a prize of 3 digi's of your choice is

The Stamping Boutique

My card this week is quite a simple design and was an idea given to me by a friend on a recent crafty day a her place. I intend to give it to a work colleague for her 40th next month. It's an 8x8 card base of pearlescent card. The borders and die's are a Spellbinders matching set all cut in lilac pearlescent card. The embossed piece is from Couture Creations called Tied Together. This is layered onto silver mirror card. A large ivory taffeta bow to finish. Thanks for the idea Jan.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes

Forever Friends - Ribbon

Simply Create - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

 Scrap-Creations - Pick three

Jackson's Digital Images - Anything Goes

Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Anything Goes

Love to Create - Ribbon or Twine

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge - No Flowers

Whoopsi Daisy - Buttons or Bows

Allsorts Challenge - Purple Passion

Crafty Bloggershttp://craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/challenge-3-september.html - Purple

Daisy

Hi it's time for this weeks

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

And this weeks theme chosen by the lovely Kate is

Animal Antics

Our sponsor this week is Crafter's Companion

With a prize of a £10 voucher

For my card this week I have chosen a lovely bright summer colour, not that we have had much sun this year, I thought it would be cheerful. The image of Daisy the cow, that's my name for her cause all cows are called Daisy aren't they? has been simply coloured with part Tria's and part other pens ( including a little glitter). She has been cut out with a die, all the layers are a Yellow distress card. 

There are two white layers that have been embossed using different embossing folders, bubbles and daisy's, and a last layer of a nice yellow patterned paper covering a 6x6 card.

I have added a orange ribbon and bow to the bottom of the card. The 2 orange corner's are a Cheery Lynn Die and the Daisies are from Hot of the Press. A stamped sentiment completes this card.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Paper Shelter - Layers on Layers

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stampavie and More - Animals

Emerald Fairies - Punches/Dies

Jackson Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique - Anything Goes

Cheery Lynn Designs  - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Embossing

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes

Amuse Studio - Anything Goes

My Pony

Hello and welcome to this weeks challenge from

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.

The theme this weeks has been picked by me and is

White on white (except for the image)

Our sponsors this week are Heather's Hobby Haven with a prize of $15

Now on to my card this week. It's the been hard to do any recently hopefully I should be able to do more now. I have used an 8inch scalloped edge card as a card base. The next layer is 4 squares measuring 3.75 inches that have been embossed with 2 different Sizzix embossing folders and put on in opposite corners. Next layer is a doily which is off set to the top left. 

The image is a Lili of the Valley and has been water coloured with distress inks and then cut out with a Spellbinders Die. This has been layered onto another piece of white card embossed with Swiss Dots. There is a large white sheer satin ribbon on the top left. The flowers are a mix of white flowers from Hobby House and some punched flowers with a little glitter in the center. The leaves have also been punched out. The sentiment has been printed on Safmat which is on a palin wgite card circle which has been layered onto an embossed circle. I hope you like this card.

I would like to enter this card in the following Challenges;

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Stampavie and More - Animals

Emerald Faeries - Punches and Dies

Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

Sweetstamps - Water Coloured

Forever Friends - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Simon says Stamp - Anything Goes

Woopsi Daisy - Add a Sentiment

Crafters Companion - Best Friends

Craft a Scene - Great Outdoors

Great Impressions - Animals

Lili of the Valley - Spots or Stripes

Sorry

I have just popped on to say I'm sorry I haven't been on much recently. I have had an operation on my foot and I was not supposed to stand for long periods. The problem is I never sit down when I'm crafting, my work area is set at standing height, and it is not easy to make cards sitting with my foot up resting it and work of my lap. But it is nearly better now and hopefully I will be back with lots of cards in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for being patient.

Fairy Nuff

First I would like to say sorry I haven't been  blogging as much in recent weeks but I have had an operation on my foot and the tablets I was taking have been making me a bit ill. But I'm on the mend now and will do better to keep up.

This card I have enjoyed doing as it is the first chance I have had to colour for a while. She is so cute, an image from The Paper Shelter. I have coloured her with Tria Pens and cut her out with a Spellbinders die. The backing papers are from Bo Bunny and the flowers are from The Hobby House.

Other bits I have used are Martha Stewart border punches, the glass accent and pearl are Tim Holtz and the sentiment is a Lili of the Valley. The pink backing card has been embossed with a folder but for the life of me I can't remember the brand.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps  - Punches and Edgers

Jackson's Digital - Anything Goes

Stamp n Plus - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Platypus Creek Digital - Things with Wings

Digi Designs - Pile on the Flowers

Great Impressions Stamps - Colouring

Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes/DT call

Cute Card Thursday - Fairy Nice

Southern Girls - Angels or Fantasy

Pastel Pretty

Hello again and welcome to this weeks

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.

This weeks theme is 

Using Pastel Colours

Our sponsor this weeks is Crafter's Companion with a £10 voucher

My card this week is a round easel card. The shape has been cut using a Spellbinders large scalloped die. The embossed lines have been made by using the die in different sizes put on the back of the card and held in place with low tack tape. The is is put through the Grand Calibur but instead of using the cutting plates use the rubber mat, the base plate and the embossing plate, then it puts the embossed lines in instead of cutting. It has then been distressed using Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge. There is a patterned paper covering the inside of the card and a butterfly has been die cut to make the stop.

I have then used a Wee Stamps topper image layered onto pink card cut with the scalloped die. Plus some lovely pastel flowers with 2 die cut leaves using a Marianne Die. The topper and flowers are from Hobby House. So pretty. 

I would like to enter this card in the following Challenge;

The Paper Shelter - Flower Power

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Jackson's Digital Expressions - A Rose by any other name

Paper Makeup Stamp - Easel Card

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Christmas in June

Hi here at 

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

It's Christmas in June.

This weeks prize is from The Secret Crafter herself Wendy. So join in this week and you could win yourself a lovely bag of crafting goodies.

For my card this week I have used a metal stencil from Dreamweaver. The background is just done using ink through the stencil, placed randomly, leaving the bottom corner free for the main image.

The main image uses the same stencil and double sided adhesive sheet. You need to put soap on the back of the stencil so that it doesn't stick to the sticky sheet permenantly. Then glitter is added to the sheet just pale green to the leaves and red to the berries. This may sound odd as the leaves are two shades but the other bit come later. Remove the stencil and put white or irridescent glitter over the rest. Then place the stencil back over the image and colour the edges of the leaves with dark green permenent pens. Then it is just layered onto pearlescent green card to finish.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas - Bingo(glitter, blue)

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Belle

Hi all and welcome to this weeks

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

This weeks theme is the idea of  Linda and it is

Red, White and Blue The Queens Official Birthday.

Our sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique a prize of 3 digi's of your choice.

For my card this week I have used a Sugar Nellie digi called Belle. I have coloured her using Tria Marker pens. She has been cut out using a Spellbinders scalloped Oval. This has then been layered on to a Cheery Lynn die Called Polynesian Sails. The square layers have been edged using Martha Stewart punch around the page punches.

I have put her on an easel card. and the final decoration is some flowers and die cut leaves using a Marieanne die. I think she is so cute.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

The Poodle Parlour - Red, White and Blue 

Paper Craft Bliss - Hand coloured 

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Red, White and Blue

Paper Pretties - Summer Inspiration

Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

Craft your Passion - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft - Red, White and Blue

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Artistic Stamper - Red, White and Blue

Canvas in Blue

Hi this weeks I have decided to put on the other canvas I did a couple of weeks ago. This one is more random. I have used blue and yellow distress inks all over the back ground. I have stamped a swirl a across the canvas and a script stamps top left.

To add a little dimension I have put lace across the opposite corners and a couple of large yellow flowers with a little glitter in the centres. I love the colours in this, quite summery.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge -Iicecream Colours 

Fussy and Fancy - Swirls and Flourishes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Craftroom Door - Distressing

Just keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Amuse Studio - Anything Goes

Tag It

Hello and welcome to this weeks

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

And this weeks theme set by yours truely is a nice, simple

Anything Goes

Our Sponsors this week are Crafter's Companion with a £10 voucher

and Digi Darla Designs with 5 digi's of your choice.

                                                        

Good Luck

I've done tags for my entry. Having seen some done recently and I have not dabbled with any for I while I thought it was a good time to start playing again.

This one has been coloured using distress inks. The leaf image is stamped and then has a little glitter on it. The sentiment is stamped in distress ink. and the leaves and flowers are punched and a little glitter in the flower centres.

This one is also coloured with distress inks and then over stamped with the image which has been embossed with clear powder. Before you do this make sure your distress ink is completely dry or the powder will stick to it too, although this can be done for a different effect. Then the butterflies are punched out of patterned paper and a little glitter added.

This one is a bit different that the tag has been covered with a patterned paper and then distressed around the edge. The sentiment is stamped onto it with versafine. The flowers have been die cut, then some extra cust into the petals. They are coloured using well watered distress ink on a mucky mat so they are quite wet and then screwed up to add a bit more texture. This makes them quite hard when they are dry so they hold the shape better too. The butterfly has been stamped onto the tag, then a second one onto spare card,which is coloured and cut out and then put on to add extra dimension.

I would like to enter these in the following challenges;

Diva's by Design - Anything Goes 

The Paper Shelter - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Perfect Sentiments - Anything Goes 

Everybody Art - Anything but a card

Jackson Digital Expression - Anything Goes/ Tim Holtz products

Oldie but a Goodie - Anything Goes (inks)

Crafty Card Maker's - Distress it

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

canvas art

Welcome to the weeks 

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

and this weeks theme chosen my my buddie Jane is

Anything but a card.

Our sponsors this week are Heathers Hobbie Haven and the prize to the winner is $15 voucher.

For my piece this week I have done a bit of canvas work. It's roughly a A4 size canvas. The background has been done using Tim Holtz distress inks Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Barn door , Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint. I have applied them using duster brushed and torn paper as a stencil for the hills.

The stamps are the large branch, small trees and grasses are from Stamps Scapes, and the large tree is an Elusive Iamges stamp. I have added a sentiment from Darkroom Door. I have stamped them using Brown Stazon.

I have finished it off with some stamped leaves and cut them out to add a little texure.

I would like to enter this in the following Challenges:

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes

Bearly-Mine - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs - Anything But a Card

Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Great Impressions Stamps - Anything Goes

In the Garden

Welcome to this weeks challenge at

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

This weeks theme chosen by fellow teamy and very talented Helen is

In The Garden

This weeks sponsor is The Stamping Boutique

and the prize is 5 Digi's of your choice.

I've done two simple cards for the challenge this week.

I've been playing with Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks.

I've made the backgrounds by swirling the inks and blending solution on to the coated card stock. Then I have just stamped an image using Stazon black ink into the bac ground. The same image has been stamped onto the corner of the base card in Distress ink Pumice stone and the sentiment has been done in the same colour.Then it's all layered up onto a complimentary cardstock.

This has been done the same way as the previous card except that instead of stamping on the base card I have added a punched border using a Marcha Stewart border punch. Because this stamped image is more of a reverse image, (the ink sticks to the background and the flowers are clear) the background looks black and the alcohol ink colours the flowers. Same technique but two differnt looks.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Peachy Keen Stamps - Anything Goes

Rainbow Lady - Let's Get Inky

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge - Distressing
Paper Take Weekly - In the Garden
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations - In the Garden
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

For Mum

It's that time of the weeks again and it's the new

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.

This weeks theme is chosen by Franz and it is

I love you Mum

This weeks sponsor is Digi Doodle Shop with a $10 voucher.

My card this week is pink and girly. The base card I have stamped round the edge and then distresses it. the pink paper then layered on top. I have stamped the flower image onto card and just slightly coloured it with a glitter pen. 

This has then been layered onto pink card with a row of faux stitching, and then onto a black patterned paper. The sentiment has been stamped onto shrink plastic and then hung from a bright pink bow with a little bit of wire. The flowers a Prima Paper flowers layered up with a large pearl brad in the centre's. I hope my mum would have liked this if I could give it to here. But I still love you mum.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Simply Create Too - Mothers day

Charisma Cardz - Pink and Girly

Digi Doodle Shop - Bingo ( 3 papers,pearls,flowers)

Just Keep On Crafting - Anything Goes

More than Favors - Mother's Day

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occasion - Mother's Day

Flourishes - Pink-a-licious

Karen's Doodles - Something for Mom

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Lot's of Pink

Addicted to Stamps - Mother's Day