Drinking footballer

   The last post for 2014! My nephew celebrates his his birthday at the start of the New Year. He is a keen follower of football and will reach the age when he can legally order a pint so I thought this image would just suit the bill. It is one of the Flippin' stamps from La Pashe and I coloured it using Promarkers. It was cut out using a Spellbinders long classic rectangle die and whilst still in the die I coloured the edges using distress ink. I then matted it onto mirri card cut out using a Spellbinders long classic scalloped rectangle die. The background of the card is core'dinations cardstock matted onto white card.
   The strip at the bottom of the card is from the same set of stamps and again coloured using Promarkers. I matted it onto core'dinations cardstock before attaching to the card. The sentiment was cut from core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Scribble & Scrap - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - anything goes

Elf snowman

   This began by merging and editing two images from Make It Crafty. The two images were 'family adventure and snowelf'. I coloured it using Promarkers, a silver gel pen and a little bit of glitter. I also added glossy accents to the buttons. I framed it with centura pearl card cut out using the Tattered Lace die krystal, gluing the reverse so that the die cuts did not fall out. I then matted and layered it onto some paper embossed with a silver design, silver mirri and white card.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - Christmas (modern look)
   Send A Smile 4 Kids - winter fun 4 kids
   Passion For Promarkers - bingo (die cut, free, glitter)
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   QKR Stampede - Santa or snowman
   Inky Impressions - winter wonderland
   Cupcake Inspirations - winter wonderland
   Imagination Crafts - anything goes
   Love To Create - icy winter days
   Crafty Creations - who wants to build a snowman

Best of friends

   I could not resist putting these cuties onto a birthday card. The stamp is Giordano studio's 'My special friend' from Joanna Sheen. I coloured it using Promarkers and added a few highlights to the animals using Derwent pencils. I then matted and layered it onto pink and green core'dinations cardstock and white card. Finally I added a sentiment using peel offs.

   I would liked to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - special occasions
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Animal Friends - anything goes with an animal
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
   Alphabet - W for whiskers

Christmas elf?

   I hope everyone has had a peaceful and fruitful Christmas. Now I'm getting ready for Christmas next year!! It seems ages since I wrote anything on the blog and I'm beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms.
   Although it doesn't show in the photo graph, the image from Dragons Lair Designs is actually decoupaged. Before attaching it to the card I matted and layered red textured card onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card. I die cut the Christmas rose design using a Tattered Lace die, cutting into it and colouring it using Promarkers.
 
   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   The Glory of Christmas - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Christmas Blessings

 
   I was asked to make a set of a dozen Christmas cards so I chose the stamp 'Nativity Play' from Wild Rose Studio and a clean and simple design as time was at a premium. I coloured the images using Promarkers and matted six of them onto red card and the remainder onto green card.
   The sentiment is cut from mirri card (green for those backed onto green card and red for the others) using dies from Tatted Lace.

   I wish to enter these into the following challenges:
   Without Words - Christmas (a Modern look)
   Penny Black and More - special occasions
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - Christmas
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything goes Christmas/holidays
   As You Like It - favourite Christmas image (Nativity Play) and why (shows what Christmas is all about)
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Make My Monday - nativity
   Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas
   Clear It Out - anything goes

Three wise men

   I have just bought the Tattered Lace die 'Three wise men' so I could not resist a play. So here is my first Christmas card for 2015 or for the person I may have forgotten!
   I cut the figures out of black card and glued gold paper behind the figures of the kings. I then cut the shapes from grey core'dinations card and matted the black shapes slightly off-centre in order to create some definition when I fixed them to the background.
   I sprayed navy core'dinations cardstock with iridescent spray and sparkle from Crafter's Companion and fixed this to white card. I then tore three pieces of cream core'dinations cardstock and attached these strips to the lower half of the card at the same time as adding two of the kings so that the camels feet appeared behind the sand ridges. I then added the third figure. I used a Promarker pen and distress ink to create shadow in the sand. Finally I added a gold peel off sentiment.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas
   Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas
   Crafty Catz - last minute Christmas
   Crafty Cardmakers and More - Christmas
   Papertake Weekly - anything festive
   Christmas Cards All The Year Round - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - glittery, sparkly Christmas
   Pile It On - anything goes/Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Creative Moments - anything goes/non traditional Christmas colours

A trio of flowers

   I began this card by rubbing distress ink over white spotted core'dinations cardstock. I then wrapped three rows of narrow ribbon round the centre of the cardstock before matting and layering it onto coloured core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I stamp the same design from Elusive Images (now Chocolate Baroque) Fresh Florals set of stamps and coloured them using Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pencils. After colouring the edges of each using distress ink I matted each onto the coloured core'dinations cardstock. I attached each to the card using foam pads, raising the middle image higher than the outer two. I finished with a bow made using the two colours of ribbon.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Chocolate Baroque - colour challenge
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - anything goes
   Imagination Crafts - anything goes
   A Little Bit Crafty - anything other than Christmas
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything other than Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes

Presents

   Well most of the Christmas cards are on their way now and it's back to making birthday cards for family and friends. This is a birthday card for a niece.
   This image called 'I wonder what is this' is from The Paper Shelter and I coloured it using Promarkers. I then cut it out using a Spellbinders square die and while it was still in the die coloured the edges using distress ink. I then matted it onto orange core'dinations cardstock which had been cut out using the Tattered Lace die Chatsworth scalloped square.
   I cut a square of yellow centura pearl card and onto this attached four pieces of paler orange core'dinations cardstock which had been cut out using the Tattered Lace die Chatsworth corner. I then wrapped a quarter inch ribbon round the middle of this card and then a second narrower ribbon on top of this. The prepared image was then threaded through the longer edge of the four corner pieces and fixed in place. The whole was then matted onto white card.
   I cut two tags using one of the Spellbinders holiday tag dies from two shades of yellow core'dination cardstock and attached peel off sentiments to them. I threaded a piece of the narrow ribbon through the horizontal ribbon on the card and attached a tag to each end. Finally I atteched a bow to the top of each tag.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Little Claire's Designs - a special card
   Imagination  Crafts - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - special celebration
   A Little Bit Crafty - anything goes as long as it's not Christmas
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything other than Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - something to die for
 

Quick Christmas cards

 
   I needed to make some quick last minute Christmas cards.
   Here is a set of four cards made using images from Lili of the Valley bumper art pads and various design papers.

   I wish to enter these into the following challenges:
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - urgently needed Christmas creations
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Crafty Catz - last minute Christmas
   Crafty Cardmakers and More - Christmas
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Dragon's Lair Designs - Christmas time
   Love To Create - non traditional holiday colours
   Pile It On -anything Christmas/holidays

We three kings

   This card was made using a digi from Digi Stamps 4 Joy called 'We 3 kings (1)'. I printed it in three different sizes, coloured each using Promarkers and metallic pen and cut them out. I shaped each slightly and decoupaged them onto paper printed from Crafter's Companion 'The Snowman and the Snowdog' CD ROM which had been matted onto silver card. I then added a white peel off border.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas monthly
   Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
   Tuesday Throwdown - family Christmas
   Pink Gem - anything Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything goes  Christmas/holidays
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option Christmas
   Nutcrafters - something to do with gifts
   CD Sunday - song titles (We three kings of Orient are)
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Digi Designs - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - bright colours
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Crafty Cardmakers and More - Christmas
   Without Words - Christmas (modern look)
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Penguin trio

   My son loves penguins, so I hope he appreciates these. I coloured the stamped Penny Black image called 'Carolling penguins' using Promarkers and added Stickles to the snow. I die cut centurar pearl card using the  twinkle Tattered Lace die and used it to frame the image which I then matted and layered onto paper from Papermania and white card. I finished the card by attaching six Tattered Lace die cut snowflakes to the inner frame.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - Christmas
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - bingo (die cut/free/glitter)
   Eureka Stamps - let it snow
   Allsorts - animal magic
   Penny Black Saturday - snowflakes
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Incy Wincy Designs - snowy days
   Winter Wonderland - North or South Pole
   Addicted to Stamps - snowflakes
   Brown Sugar - winter
   Scribble Designs - penguin paradise
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Digi Designs - Christmas
   Love Rubber Stamps - winter/Christmas
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Pile It On - anything goes with Christmas/holidays
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
   Stampavie and More - snowflakes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Tuesday Throwdown - family Christmas
   Crafty Creations - something to die for

Christmas robbins

   One more card with a ready coloured image this time.
   I mattered and layered Christmas papers from Kaiser Craft and Papermania and then wrapped two rows of narrow satin ribbon round these layers before matting the whole onto white card.
   The image is from Lili of the Valley's bumper art pad number 30 (Winter Wildlife). I matted this onto paper from Papermania and added glitter to part of it before fixing it to the card.
   The Tattered Lace holly cut from mirri card was matted onto card which I then coloured using Promarkers. I used Liquid Pearls for the berries and also added some glitter to the leaves. The sentiment was matted onto Papermania paper and a bow attached to it. Finally I added some metallic snowflakes to which I also added glitter.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Fab 'n' Funky - pre-coloured images only
   The Crazy Challenge - Christmas
   Incy Wincy Designs - snowy days
   Crafty Cardmarkers and More - Christmas
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - winter
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Pile It On - Christmas/holidays
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Pink Gem - Christmas
   Completely Christmas - anything goes with the twist add some holly
   Creative Moments - anything goes/winter

Hugs

   This stamped image called 'Snowy hugs' from Crafter's Companion was coloured using Promarkers. I then die cut centura pearl card using the Kyrstal Tattered Lace die. This I mattered onto green core'dinations cardstock having cut out the central circle. I then trimmed the edges of the cardstock  and mounted the image behind it, again trimming the edges. Using a glue gel pen I applied glitter to the snow and red glitter to the berries in the die cut. I then matted the whole onto green card and finally added a sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lisa B. Designs - Christmas sparkle
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas
   Whoopsi Daisy - anything goes
   Eureka Stamps - celebrations
   Inky Impressions - snow
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Digi Designs - for a kid
   Glitter n Sparkle - use some snow
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   Pile It On - sprinkle it
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option of glitter
   Animal Friends - anything goes with an animal
   Sparkle N Sprinkle - anything goes
   Fantasy Stampers - cute Christmas
   Sweet Stampin' - let it snow
   Tuesday Throwdown - bling it on
   Completely Christmas - anything goes with the twist something beginning with s
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - snow
   Creative Moments - anything goes with winter
   Digi Sketch - use die cuts/punches
   Suzy Bee's Bloomin' - keep it simple