Santas' Work Shop - WHAT, another Christmas Card!

Good Morning,

Yes I'm afraid it's another Christmas card. Well it is that time of year :) ...

This was a quick card for me, but only because I'd done the decoupage topper earlier in the week. I do like these decoupage images, they're from Joanna Sheens' Craft site, and she does post/ship internationally apart from her card stock (to expensive). The green holly card was made with my Artylicious Season's Greetings CD Rom, printed onto some hessian card.

Card Ingredients:

Base Card - Green Linen - from stash

Poinsettia DP - Carolee's Creations, Christmas Poinsettias

Gold hessian paper (topper mounted onto) - from eBay

Poinsettia flower - Blooms to go... Christmas - from Poppicrafts

Gold border peel offs ( edged the gold hessian paper)

Sakura Gell Roll Stardust pens (on the poinsettia flower)

Gold ribbon - from stash

Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad (sponged edges of card and paper)

Thank you for looking and take care & keep smiling

Tilda & Co Challenge 41 - Tulip Tickles

Hello again,

Tilda & Co Challenge are moving house. It's merging with Sarah Kay Challenge to create Magnolia vs Stampavie. The lady who runs these challenges, Donna, runs them both single handedly, so to free up some time for herself she has merged them both together. But for the last Tilda & Co challenge it's still on the old site.

Anyway, this weeks challenge was called "Over the Rainbow", and here's my effort...

I had already made a card with this scene (it's in my slide show) but was not happy with the way it turned out. So with the title of this challenge it seemed like an ideal time to redo it. Still not completely happy, but it's better than the last one.

Tilda and swing stamps are magnolia (of course) coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and Sansodor, and the swing had some string added for the rope. The tulips are from alota rubber stamps, again coloured the same way (these were done twice for layering). The rainbow I made my self from white card a compass and the Derwents again. All are cut out and mounted onto a sky image I "borrowed" from Google, then mounted again onto some Bazzill card stock. The sky image was cut out using Megabilities. The DP used is by Crafty Bitz, and the ribbon is from Raspberry Ribbons July kit. The base card is Stardream Pearlescent card.

Just about finished before the dead line, so I'm off now to post it on there.

So until the next time, take care & keep smiling

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Have a great Halloween.

Cupcake Challenge 11

Hellooooooo,

I got my computer back, YEAHHHHHH. I've been so lost without it, I get a cold, so it decides to come out in sympathy with me and gets a virus. My cold didn't cost me anything to cure it though, and under normal circumstances I'd have been able to reinstall XP myself but that nasty virus knocked out my hard drive, so off to the computer doctors it went. Any way enough of my ramblings and on with the show. This card was made for Cupcake Challenge 11 - "There's a hole in my bucket" and no you don't have to take it literally, just make something holey...


















This was a nightmare to photograph. The Mirri card either showed up black or I got my reflection in it, but after about 20 attempts I finally got one that was passable.
The base card is a pearlescent white card as is the top layer card. The holes in the top layer where made using three different size Nestabilities circles, that where edged with silver peel offs. I then stamped the swirls using the Magnolia swirl stamp and Brilliance Sky Blue ink pad. Then got some white snowflake border peel offs cut off the snowflakes and randomly stuck them on. The sentiment is by Catslife Press stamped with Brilliance Mediterranean Blue ink pad.
The ghost snowflakes are by Heidi Swapp. I have some Art-Work Crystal Stars that I cut up and stuck on then I covered the snowflakes with ArtGlitter glue and then covered with crystal glitter. A hole was punched in the top of the snowflakes and a jump ring was used to attach them to the card. Then all topped off with some white organza ribbon. This was all then mounted onto some silver Mirri card with 2mm thick foam tape, so as the snowflakes could jiggle about, plus you get to see the relection of them in the Mirri card..
So considering I've not been in the best of moods for the past couple of days, I don't think this turned out to bad. Thank you for looking and don't open ANY emails that say they're from UPS, Grrrr.
Take care & keep smiling

House Mouse Challenge 11 (I've come over all purple!!!)

Hello all,

No I haven't got my computer back yet :( Hopefully it'll be back home with mommy tomorrow. But for now I've pinched my Dads' computer to post my new card. And what a to do I've had doing it. Unlike my computer that has hundreds of programs on it my Dads' has a hand full so trying to download my pictures from my camera has taken about 30 Min's instead of 5. Oh well, I got there in the end ...

I made this card for House Mouse Challenge 11, and the challenge is called "That Natural Feeling"

So I decided I was going to use some pressed pansies I had bought a while back from the Joanna Sheen craft site that I had used on a New Year card.

It's an A5 card (Stardream pearlescent purple) that has had 3cm cut off the front flap. The pressed pansies and leaves are stuck onto some watermark taffeta looking paper I got off eBay, that was then edged with some silver peel offs. For my backing I used Stardream pearlescent Ruby card. I stamped with an Elusive Images "Wild Meadow" Theme plate stamp, with a Cats eye purple ink pad and heat embossed with Moon Glow Angel Wings Gold EP. Then it was edged with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad. The stamp is called Spring Blossoms, that of course was coloured in using my Derwent Coloursoft pencils and Sansodor and then mounted on a Nestabilities petite oval using the same card as the base card. The ribbon is from the Raspberry Ribbons August Kit - Paisley.

Right I'm off to enter this into the challenge, then I'm off to annoy my Dad for a bit, that's what kids are for right? even if I'm nearly mid 40's :)

Take care & keep smiling

Ann

Green Santa!

Good Morning,

Sun's shining, birds are singing and I've finished my card I started yesterday(see post below). So until I go to give Mitzi a haircut later all is well in my little world :) This card I took my inspiration from a card that Els made. It's all green, very unusual, so I thought I'd have a go at something similar...

The base card is Stardream pearlescent green card, and the backing paper is another of my computer manipulated designs. It started life as a free paper I got from a craft magazine. It was green to begin with, but not the shade of green I wanted (in real life it is darker than shown). So into the trusty graphics program it went. After it was printed I sponged the edges with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad. The DP band along the middle is Prima Marketing Urban Cosmos “Colony” that I punched with a Friskars holly border punch. Then just added some greeny gold ribbon and some brass brads from We R Memory Keepers. Thank you to Els for her fabulous card, and thank you all for looking.

Take care & keep smiling

Hi...

Well I don't know if you remember, but last Tuesday I was complaining that I was having an uninspiring day. Just couldn't decide what to do, but eventually I stamped and coloured a Tilda. Well this lacklustre feeling has been hanging around all week. My aching body, pounding head and aching neck is telling me I must be coming down with something, but instead of just coming out, you know the sneezes, coughs etc. It's just lurking there with intent, and it's really annoying me now, UGH. Anyway I found some decoupage sheets in one of my many boxes today, and decided to have a cutting out day...

The decoupage sheet I got from Joanna Sheen's craft site. I stuck the layers together with black 1mm foam pads, and then mounted on some gold leather effect card, and edged the picture with some gold border peel offs. Haven't decided what papers I'm going to use with it yet, could be cream, could be green, decisions, decisions. Oh well, time for bed.

Take care & keep smiling

Look At What I Got !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know when you're out shopping and you just happen by a shop and there's something in the window that really catches your eye and you can hear it calling you "Buy me, buy me now", well that's how it was with this card I saw on Marys Blog - My Cardz. I kept looking at it and going back to look at it when I just had to ask if I could buy it. Well Mary said she hadn't sold a card before but she was happy to let me have it. And here it is. All framed up and ready to hang on my wall next to my desk. If you want to have a look at it close up click here, this'll take you straight to Marys' post about the card. She even sent me some stamped images of the little Bee :), but one things for sure I couldn't possibly make a card as kissably cute as this one.

xx THANK YOU MARY xx

Take care & keep smiling (I am from ear to ear)

Finished it!

Hello again, I finally finished the card I started yesterday. I decided to use the Friday Sketchers sketch for my layout though I never entered the challenge...

The base card is Stradream Pearlescent white card ( not that you can see it), and the papers are from Doodlebug. The image was mounted onto silver Mirri card and the half circles where edged with silver peel offs, and silver snowflake peel offs running down the sides. I decided against a sentiment as there wasn't a lot of room left, but unless you come from another planet I think it's pretty obvious what it is. I did make a mistake on this card, the snowflake paper was supposed to be the half circles, but I didn't realise my mistake until I'd cut it out, DOH! Any ways it doesn't look too bad. I'm off to bed now so until the next time...

Take care & keep smiling

Nearly a card!

Hello all,
Well today has been an uninspired day. Got the day off and didn't know what to do. So in the end I decided just to stamp something and do some colouring...

Two pictures with the light coming from different angles as you can't see on the top photo that the sleigh is coloured in with a silver metallic pen. Brunte and Tilda are coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and Sansodor, and Tildas' ribbons, button and heart on boots are coloured with Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pens. Her muff, trim on hood and bobble have been glittered, though you can't see it on the photos. They were then both cut out (LOVE cutting out) and mounted onto Bazzil card. Before they were stuck on I heat embossed the edges with some weird EP I found on Joanna Sheens website, it's called Sparkle N Sprinkle Shasta Puff. When you heat it up it "puffs" up, not as much as applique (though you can layer it up) but unlike applique that is soft, this dries hard. Then when the cutouts where stuck on I drew with a white pencil the snowflake/stars and then sprayed with Windsor & Newton Artists Fixative as the white pencil is soft and prone to smudging. Now all I've got to do is make a card with it. So not a completely wasted day AND I found myself a bit of a bargain on eBay. 150 sheets of K&Co paper for £27.25 that included P&P/shipping, works out at 18p a sheet, not bad eh? Right gotta go and wash my uniform for work tomorrow (UGH). So until the next time...

Take care & keep smiling (even if you do have to go to work)