Beautiful Bella

Here is another little card for you:

I have used my new Bella Sleeping from Wild Rose Studio. I just love this stamp it is so cute. I have used my Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour this little cutie and added a bit of glitter to the flowers. The papers are from Papermania I think but I have lost the front cover of the pad so I am not 100% sure. I have added some lace and bows that were from Ebay and a handtyped sentiment. I finished off with some little paper flowers from my stash and added a brad to each for the centre.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake - Flowers
Bearly Mine - Glitter
Fab N Funky - Birthday and Sketch

Have a Roaring Birthday

Good Morning all,

Sorry I have been missing again. I have had a bit of a rough week as my little monster thinks it is fun to be awake most of the night. I have also been suffering with a really bad back so I haven't really felt like crafting. I managed to venture back into the craft room yesterday and made a couple of cards so here is the first:

I have used Sail Away Lion which is a newish release from 2 Cute Ink. I have coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The backing papers and border are all from Hunkydory and I have backed everything on gold mirror card. I have kept the embellishment simple by just adding a little starfish that I have had in my stash for years.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Choice of Sketch - Sketch 64
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Paper MakeUp - Photo Inspiration
The Paper Shelter - Layers
LEJ Designs - Anything Goes

UR GR8

Good Morning all,

It's my turn to inspire again over at 2 Cute Ink and this week I have created two cards. I have used the same layout for each but one is for a Boy and the other for a Girl. So here they are:

I have used two of the fab images from 2 Cute ink. The one for the boys card is called Doggie Backpack and the one for the girls card is called Kitty Backpack. I have coloured both of the images with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I have used K&co backing papers on both cards and backed everything on silver mirror card from my stash. I added a little bit of white ribbon and some silver Candi to both cards. The buttons are all from my stash I think the star buttons were from Create and Craft and the flower buttons came in a kit from years ago. The sentiments were then handtyped in Craft Artist.

A Tint of Pink

I have been having a little play with my Promarkers today and I have something to share with you so here it is:

Well what do you think? The image is from Tiddly Inks and I have gone with a sepia colour tone with a hint of Pink. The backing papers are K&co and I have backed everything with gold textured card. I kept the embellishments simple with just a few pearls and a bit of natural ribbon and then added a handtyped sentiment.

The theme this week over at Sassy Studio is to decorate the inside of the card so here is what I have done:

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Love to Create - Kraft, Yellow + 1
Passion For Promarkers - Monochrome image with unusual hair
Sunday Sketch - Sketch
Tiddly Inks - Summer
Sassy Studio - Inside of card

A day by the Sea

Good Morning All,

I have been having a little play this morning while Charlie has been sleeping so I will quickly share with you before he wakes up:

The theme over at Crafty Cardmakers is to create a postcard with a beach scene. I knew I had a digikit in Craft Artist that had lots of beach bits in it so I loaded it up and had a play and I created these two postcards. The bottom one is already set out as a postcard so I just added the little image. The top one was bits from the digi kit and some text to build the scene.

After I had printed out my postcards I thought I would use them to make a card. So here is what I have done with them:

The little girl is a Morehead image and I have taken her into Craft Artist and added a frame around her from the beach digikit. The backing papers and little tickets sre K&co and I have used some gold textured card from my stash. I have embellished with a natural ribbon border and some shells that my friend gave me a while back.

I am entering this creation into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - Seaside Postcard
LEJ Designs - Vintage
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Borders and Frames

Share the day

Good Evening Everyone,

Where has the night gone? I sat down to colour some images and before I knew it the night has gone. Well I well keep this short as I still have a million and one things to do before bed. Here is todays card:

I know it is another different one for me but I am pleased with this one. I found the sentiment on the internet and the wedding cake is a freebie from Tiddly Inks. I have used coloured pencils to give a little hint of colour to the image. The papers are from Papermania and I have backed everything on silver mirror card. I cut the flourish using my brand new Die-namics die. It only arrived today from My Mums Craft Shop. I have added some ribbon and lace that came from Ebay. I have embellished with pearls, Gems and flowers from Colemans Craft Warehouse. I then used some little die cut leaves to lift the flowers a little.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin - Wedding
Paperplay - Sentiment
Creative Inspirations - Sentimental
Charisma Cardz - Lace
Fab n Funky - Leaves
One Stop Craft - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Bling
Catch The Bug - Bingo  Flower, Ribbon, Sentiment

A Birthday Celebration

Good Morning all,

I had planned on sharing a card with you yesterday but it did'nt turn out as I had wanted so I gave up on it. I made this one last night so I will share it with you now

I have used an image from my Docrafts Forever Friends CD. All the backing papers are K&co from a huge pad I got at the weekend from Colemans Craft Warehouse. Everything is backed on Gold mirror card. I handtyped the sentiment. I have used some red and blue twine that I have had for years and embellished with some Candi.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - String/Twine
Bearly-Mine - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Animals
A Gem of a Challenge - Animals or Teddies
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Forever Friends - Anything Goes
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Sassy Cheryl - Happy Birthday

Sentimental Circle

I am back with my second card and this one is also different for me. Here it is:

I have no image ahhhhh. I never make cards like this as it really is out of my comfort zone but hey ho I gave it a go. All the circles are from some sheets of precut shapes I have had for years. I folded the top edge of one and stuck it to the back of the front circle to make a card blank. I have added some peeloffs to the smaller circle to make the sentiment. Now I just couldn't stay away from my Promarkers so I have used Carmine to colour the middle flower and the bow as they both started out white. I love using my Promarkers for other things and this card shows that you don't have to just colour images with them. All the flowers are from Colemans Craft Warehouse. I adore this place it is huge and the best bit is, it is just down the road from me yay. I am never moving house again.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Saturday Challenge - Circle Cards
Joanna Sheen - Totally Sentimental
Passion for Promarkers - Shaped Cards

Monochrome Magic

Hi Everyone,

Well what a weekend, We got all the way to the Great British Craft Festival on Saturday only to be sent home as they had stopped letting people in. I was fuming as I had sat in traffic for hours only to drive home again without even setting foot in the door. They had over sold tickets and messed up so badly. I will no way be going to an event organised by Create and Craft and HunkyDory again. Anyway rant over I have a couple of cards to share with you tonight so here is the first:

I have used my new image from Mos Digital Pencil and tried something a little different with it. I have coloured it with watercolour pencils and gone for a monochrome colour theme. This is only the second time I have used watercolour pencils and it is the first time I have tried an all black and white image. I am really pleased with the outcome. The designer papers are from Dovecrafts and the other cards and papers are from my stash. I have added a bit of black glitter and little gems to the fairies breath and some gems to the circle. I used a metal sentiment with a black bow and finished off with candi and some larger gems.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Spots N Stripes
Sassy Cheryl - Fav colour combo - you can't go wrong with Black and White
Bearly-Mine - Things with wings
Fab n Funky - Angels and Fairies
Cupcake - Black and White
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Monochrome
Sketch n Stash - Sketch - New image everything else is from my stash.
Allsorts - Metal

Gardening Nut

Well I am back with my second card for you so here it is:

For this one I have used an image from Bugaboo Stamps and coloured her with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The sentiment also comes with the image so I coloured the little heart with a Promarker and mounted it onto a tag made from gold leather effect card. The brown and white papers are from Papermania and the pink paper is from my stash. I have backed everything on gold leather effect card. I have used 3 different ribbons and a natural twine ribbon and layered them together and added a little white bow. I used a die to cut out some leaves and then raided my flower box. Most of the flowers are from my local craft warehouse except the tiny white ones which were from Ebay. I don't usually use lots of flowers on my cards but I thought I would give it a go and I was really pleased with how it turned out. I have then added some pearls and Candi to finish off.

We are off to Donington today for my first ever Craft Festival so I am quite excited. Charlie is coming along so I am sure he will find someone to charm as he loves doing that. If any of you are going and see me walking around with a little smiley boy please say hi. If not then enjoy your weekend.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Case It - Sketch
Cupcake - Photo Inspiration - Colours
I Love Promarkers - Gardens

It's Party Time

Good Morning Everyone,

I have a couple of cards to share with you this morning so here is my first:

I have used one of the new images from 2 Cute Ink. I love little cute monster maybe because Charlie is one. I have coloured this little cutie with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. All the backing papers are from a big pad I got during a trip to Canada. I have used some ribbon to hold the image so that it is popped off the card a bit. I also used pinflair glue gel to lift the image from the circle. I embellished with some gems and added a handtyped sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sunday Sketch - Sketch
Sassy Studio - Pop it up
Paper Makeup - 3-2-1 - 3 papers, 2 bits of ribbon and 1 image.

A Scrapbook Page

Good Evening All,

Well my lovely Son passed his sickness bug onto me so I was very sick yesterday. Luckily my OH stayed home from work to look after Charlie so I was able to rest and thankfully I feel better today. I don't have a card to share with you today but I can share with you something I have been working on. I have been making scrapbooks for each of Charlie's four sets of Grandparents to document his first year. They are done now and each Grandparent loved them. I haven't shared any of the pages with you guys yet but I will try to show you them as and when I can. Here is one of them:

Charlie loves to do what his Daddy does and he really could'nt believe his luck when he was allowed to touch the computer. I have created the page in Serif Craft Artist using various Digi Kits. I saved the typing that Charlie done as a JPeg image and imported that into Craft Artist and added it to a frame. I also added a few photos of the little Man hard at work.

I am entering this page into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Back to School
Catch The Bug - Photo Inspiration

Tatty in Black

I am back with my last card for the day, I got a little bit side tracked and went and got myself some images from Mos Digital Pencil. I am very excited to start playing with them as they are lovely. I promise I will share with you when the cards are finished. Anyway here is my card.

I have printed out a Digi image from the Docrafts Me to You CD. I haven't done much colouring as I wanted him to be Black and White so I have just coloured his nose with a black Fineliner. The backing papers are from Dovecrafts and the black card is from my stash. I have made a tag by handtyping a sentiment and cutting it out with my Spellbinders. I added a little bow to finish it off. I embellished the card with ribbon and buttons from my stash. I was going to give this to my Boyfriend as it is his Birthday next week but I can't decide. I might make a different one and then choose.
Anyway I hope you enjoy the rest of your Monday what ever you are doing.

Crafty Hugs
Kelly

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Forever Friends - Black and White
Stampin for the Weekend - Monochromatic
Cute Card Thursday - Tag
A Gem of A Challenge - Sketch

Well Done Team GB

Wow, We did quite well in the Olympics don't you think? I watched more of it than I expected to and I have to say I did enjoy it. I am not a huge sports fan so I thought I would grow tired of it quickly but no it was good. With the Olympics in mind I have a little shaped card to share so here it is:

I have made the card base using my Spellbinders die so this is a little card but cute all the same. My favourite event in the Olympics was Diving so I have used this cute image from Sliekje and coloured it with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I haven't used any backing papers on this one just a bit of mirror card. I have added a little bit of ribbon and a matching bow and some tiny pearls. I made the flower myself a while ago with a pUnch I think but I can't remember which one. I folded some green Candi to make the leaves for the flower. I then added my last metal Happy Birthday sentiment so I will now have to visit Ebay for more, who knows what else might fall into my basket.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Paperplay - Shaped Card
Crafty Cardmakers - Olympics
Craft Your Days Away - Olympics
One Stop Craft - Summer Holiday
Allsorts - Going around in circles

A Thank You with Forever Friends

Ok Charlie has fallen asleep again and touch would he seems to have been a bit better this morning. I have a few more cards ready to share with you so I will try my best to get through them. Here is the first:

Now I have gone for something a little different for this one, I never make A6 cards as I find them a little small. During a visit to my local craft warehouse, I thought I would give them a try for simple cards and that is what I have used for this card. I have printed the topper and the backing papers from the Docrafts Black and Gold CD. I added the Thank You sentiment before printing it out. I cut the little bears out to give a little depth to the card. The beautiful gold ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. I have kept this one simple as it is off in the post to Thank my Partners family for my Birthday pressie.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cardmaking and Papercraft - Thank you
Forever Friends - Something New - Ribbon and base card.

Fairy Friends

Good Morning All,

First I have to apologise for any spelling mistake or odd words that may appear in this post. I have been up nearly all night as Charlie kept being sick or trying to at least. He is teething so I think it is that causing it. I am going to see how he is today and may make a trip to the docs if he is still unwell when he wakes up, Just incase. Well as he is asleep on my bed at the moment I thought it would be the perfect time for me to share my card with you so here it is:

I have used a great image from My Heart Pieces and coloured it with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The backing papers are from a K&Co paper pad that came free with a magazine years ago. I have backed everything on Kraft card. The gold ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, I won a big bag of all different ones a while ago and they are so lovely. I will be heading that way when my stocks run low. I have tied a little metal sun charm to a friends sentiment so that it hangs and finished off with two little silver pearls.

I will hopefully be back later with some more cards for you if I can keep my eyes open.

Hugs
Kelly

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Saturday Challenge - Gold, Silver, Bronze
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
I Love Promarkers - Vintage
C.R.A.F.T - Charm
Fab n Funky - Pearls or Rhinestones

Foxy Friend

I have another card to share with you now. This one was a last minute thing as I was just playing with my new Promarkers and coloured it in and then just had to put her on a card.

This is one of my favourite images from Tiddly Inks as it can be used for so many different occasions from get well soon to thinking of you. This card is for a Special Friend who is having a little bit of a hard time at the moment. As I said before I have coloured the image using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and cut around to make it stand out. The backing papers are from Papermania and the brown card is from my stash. I have added a bit of lace and ribbon that I bought off Ebay. I then embellished with some tiny buttons and a metal friend sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Lacy Lacy
Tiddly Inks - Favourite Image
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafters Companion - Best Friend
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Flowers and Fauna
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Sketch
Sassy Cheryl - Show Me

Fancy a Dip?

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you have a lovely weekend planned. We are having a quiet one, well if you don't count Charlie running around the house singing Dada that is. Well it is my turn to inspire over on the 2 Cute Ink Blog so here is my creation:

I have used Scuba Owl and coloured him with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I was lucky enough to get 18 new Promarkers for my Birthday so this is my first play with my new colours. I have used my spellbinders to cut out the circles and scalloped square. The spotty paper is from Hot Off The Press and the silver and blue card are from my stash. I handtyped a sentiment and embellished with Candi, Blue gems, Star gems and little starfish beads all from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - At the Beach
Sassy Studio - Sketch
The Paper Shelter - Going round and round
Love to Create - Punches/Dies
Paper Makeup - Keep Cool
Sassy Cheryl - All about Boys
Sweet Stampin - Things with wings
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

What a week

Hi all,

I am finally back. What a week it has been. I had my Mum and Sister up to stay for a few days and we were very busy. My Sister is due a baby in four weeks so we were shopping for the little one. It was lovely having them up here and I really miss them now they are gone but my Mum is coming back up next week to pick up some baby bits so I will see her again then. I have not had much time for crafting and only just got back into the craft room today so I do have a little card to share with you. So here it is:

Now I have gone for something a little different with this one. I have a few HunkyDory kits and I find it difficult to use them. I see the very talented ladies on Create and Craft make some fab creations with them but when I try my mind goes blank. So as the challenge over at Joanna Sheen is try something new I set myself a HunkyDory Challenge. I have used my freebie kit that I got for being a Create and Craft club member so all the papers, The topper, The little flowers and the sentiment are from there. I have only added some lace and gems from my stash. I am not sure if I am totally happy with the outcome but as the day has gone by it has grown on me a little.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Sketch
Bearly - Mine - Sparkle and Shine - Gold Mirror accents and sparkly gems
Quirky Crafts - Cupcakes
Joanna Sheen - Try Something New
Cutie Pie - Spots and Stripes

Hop Hop Hoppy Birthday

Good Morning all,

Boy am I glad it is the weekend, This week has been so busy and I am shattered. Luckily my Mum and Sister are coming to visit tomorrow for a few days so I will have a bit of help with Charlie. His Daddy helps don't get me wrong but this way I have help while his Daddy is at work. With that in mind I may not be around much next week as I want to spend as much time with them as possible. Well that's enough chatting I have probably bored you all to sleep. I do have a card to share with you today so here it is:

It's my DT card for 2 Cute Ink and I have used the super cute Sweet Froggie that is one of the new releases. Heidi is working really hard to get lots of images into the store so please pop over and check them out. This little cutie does have a bumble bee with him but I took him into Craft Artist and erased him. Gasp I know, What did the poor little bee ever do to me. Well nothing but I wanted my card to be pink and green so the bee had to go. I used my trusted old Promarkers and Flemarkers to colour Froggie in. All the backing papers are from Craft Artist and everything is backed on silver mirror card.I have used the arrow punch in Craft Artist to punch a long arrow in striped paper. I have also handtyped the sentiment in Craft Artist. I have kept the embellishments simple with just a few Candi's.

Well enjoy your weekend and I will be back soon.

Hugs
Kelly

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Paper Makeup - Endless Summer
Sunday Sketch - Sketch
Stampin for the Weekend - Photo Inspiration
I Love Promarkers - Spots and Stripes
Mishelflo's - Long Hot Summer

Happy Birthday Daddy

Hi All,

Well I didn't quite make it back yesterday as I had so many bits to do that it was really late and I was shattered when I had finished. Anyway I promised you another Morehead card so here it is:

This little guy reminds me so much of Charlie that I thought it would be perfect for his Daddy's Birthday in a couple of weeks. It is a topper from the new Morehead CD that I spoke about yesterday. I have taken it into Craft Artist to resize it and used the dropper tool to colour match a handtyped sentiment. The papers are all from a Docrafts Papermania CD that came free with a magazine a while ago. I have used Kraft card for my base card and backing, I think it gives a softer look to the card. I have embellished with some ribbon and buttons from my stash.

I will be back tomorrow with my 2 Cute Ink DT card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - Colour challenge
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Sketch

Puppy Dog Eyes

Good Morning All,

I love love love the new Morehead CD, the images are so cute. I have a few cards waiting to be made with the images I have printed so I will share them once they are finished. I do have one to share with you today though so here it is:

Do you not melt into those Puppy dog eyes? He is a topper on the CD so I took him into Craft Artist so I could make him bigger and used the dropper tool to colour the background of a handtyped sentiment to match the background of the image. The pink spotty paper is Dovecrafts and the green paper is from my stash. I have backed everything on silver mirror card. I have embellished with ribbon, Buttons and Pearls from my stash and some new bows from Ebay. I will be back later or tomorrow with another Morehead design.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - In the garden
Cupcake Craft - Outdoors
Saturday Challenge - Bright and Cheery
Sketch N Stash - Sketch - New CD and Bows everything else old
Charisma Cardz - Pink +1
Paperplay - Layer it up

Krafty Khristmas

Well here is the second card I made yesterday:

For this one I have used Ava from Bugaboo Stamps and coloured her with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The backing papers are all from Dovecrafts and the gold embossed card is from my stash. I have used a Kraft card blank that I got during my last visit to my local craft warehouse. The natural ribbon is another buy from the warehouse. I have added a little tag that has been in my stash for years and a ribbon that I coloured with a Promarker to match the image. I then used some bunting and Candi to embellish the corners. I have used faux stitching on the bunting and papers to add a little bit of interest.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sassy Studio - Christmas and 3 papers
C.R.A.F.T - Stitching
Sweet Stampin - Christmas
Love to Create - Tag
Cutie Pie - Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge - Kraft at Christmas
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Quick Cards - Bunting
Sassy Cheryls - Show Me

Pierott and Friend

Good Morning all,

I know I know I have been missing again. I am in the process of sorting out a few things which I will share with you once it's all done. Because I have been so busy I have'nt had much time for cardmaking, But I set aside a bit of time yesterday and I managed two cards. So I am here to share them with you today. Here is the first:

I have used a cute little Pierott from Morehead these little guys are so cute. I have used some black glitter on his hat to give a bit of sparkle. It's hard to see it in the picture though. The backing paper is from a Dovecrafts pack and I have used some silver mirror card that I bought off Ebay. I have added a paper Doilie and some ribbon that were also both from ebay. The candi, Flowers, Pins, Gems and Black Pearls are all from my local craft warehouse. The sentiment is handtyped.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Monochrome
Allsorts - Case It - Sketch
Crafty Catz - All that Glitters
One Stop Craft - Friends
Totally Gorjuss - Pearls
The Paper Shelter - Glitz and Glimmer
Sassy Cheryl - Pretty Papers
Bearly-Mine - Anything Goes
LEJ - Mystical, Magical and Mysterious