well it is if you don’t think about the heat or season. this cute penny black image was a birthday gift from a friend last year – thanks anne! i coloured it with distress ink pads, die cut it and sponged around the edges before i popped it on foam tape. i made the poinsettia with my dies, gathered some ribbon and added stickles to the berries. i followed a sketch from Cardmaps Today – Vol. 2 and i’m submitting this to the scrapbooker’s paradise blog challenge to add texture and the jingle belles challenge which is all about music. thanks for popping by.
The Beauty Of The Rainbow
the flourishes bring back beautiful challenge this month is to use at least three colours of the rainbow; i used red, orange, yellow, green and blue. i coloured the image with distress ink pads and sponged the embossed/text paper with matching distress ink colours before i cut the oval to layer on top of the image. thanks for popping by.
Summer Fun
this was a fun card to make, especially because i used an action wobble spring for the image – that should hurry it along; ha. i coloured with distress ink pads, made the sun and die cut the clouds and grass. i’m submitting this to wobble wednesday’s anything goes challenge and the playing in paradise challenge to create a card, scrap page or altered item that’s fun, playful and colorful for kids. thanks for popping by.
Penny Black And More – All My Favourite Things
this is my DT card for the Penny Black And More June challenge; this month’s theme is All My Favourite Things: penny black critters, colouring with distress inks, pink and green, stickles, punches and die cuts, and chocolate cake – this one is chocolate raspberry because i also love raspberries (have you tried the godiva raspberry chocolate bars?!) you’ll be inspired by the beautiful cards from the other design team members and i’d love to see you play along and find out what your favourites are. there are some fabulous prizes from our generous sponsors – Penny Black, Sir Stampalot, Crimson Cloud, Classy Crafts and Little Darlings Rubber Stamps and remember you can use any stamp company image, just no digis. thanks for popping by.
Sweet Birthday Wishes
the allsorts challenge blog is celebrating 3 years and having a blog hop, so i made another of those very quick to make cards, since there’s no colouring! i die cut the cupcakes out of patterned paper and of course i had to add some stickles. thanks for popping by.
How I Roll
i made this for the first challenge at designed to color and it was very challenging! the april/may DTC issue has an article on rolled flowers and i really love how dimensional they look – but with my hands, one was enough. lol. i cut the circle by myself and attached it to a punched flower, coloured with distress ink pads, added glossy accents to the buttons and stickles to all the dots. thanks for popping by.
My Garden Favourite
this month’s flourishes bring back beautiful challenge is to pick your favorite flower (or fruit or vegetable) and make it the centerpiece of your card or creation. it’s so hard to choose a favourite, but i love the hydrangeas for their big showy pom poms, especially the blue ones, and all the texture. i coloured with distress ink pads and used the out of the box technique to die cut it and of course i had to add blue stickles to the flower centres. the background is tim holtz ranger distress core’dinations paper that i embossed and sanded and i found this clear four petal button in my stash. thanks for popping by.
Teddy Queen
this month’s stampalot challenge is ‘medals and monarchs’ but since my red, white and blue supplies are limited, i used this forever friends sticker; after all, she is wearing a crown. i also used my new half circle sentiments and dies from whimsy stamps, available at one crazy stamper, that i just *had* to have after seeing fellow team member ellie’s penny black and more DT card for this month. thanks for popping by.
Triangle Treat Boxes
i love making triangle treat boxes – they’re so quick and easy and perfect for any occasion! i was quite surprised to see some i made mentioned on the inky antics blog here on tuesday – look at the variety crafters made! there’s another one posted today- check out this adorable graduation treat box here. inky antics has a triangle box template stamp and clear stamp sets to match; if you need any more incentive to visit, there’s an inky antics blog hop featuring action wobbles – fun and interactive! thanks for popping by.
Bright Butterflies
everything on this card, except for the butterfly paper, is over a year old. orange is a colour i don’t use very often, but it’s growing on me; i just can’t wear it. the butterfly is coloured with distress inks and popped on the paper; i punched the corners and added a punched border with a ribbon and knot – very simple. i’m submitting this to these challenges: tuesday alchemy – beautiful butterflies, oldie but a goodie – things with wings and CAS-usual fridays – punches or dies. thanks for popping by.
Distress Ink Pad Storage
i haven’t had much time in my craft space this week as i was visiting a family member following surgery. however, i can share my new distress ink pad storage unit that i made about two weeks ago out of foam core board since my collection outgrew the container i was storing them in.
edit: i made this all by myself. lol. it only took a couple of hours.
Designed To Color Published Card
two weeks ago i mentioned designed to color – a new magazine for those of us who love to colour. i am very lucky that one of my cards was published in the april/may issue and i am now able to share the card i created for the april showers theme – i used stamps from the ‘april showers’ flourishes clear set and coloured and sponged with distress inks. thanks for popping by.
Simple Sympathy Card
i needed a sympathy card and since i usually make clean and simple ones, i simply die cut a butterfly and stamped the sentiment on the patterned paper. thanks for popping by.
Just For You
this week’s lili’s little fairies challenge is ‘your favourite craft tool’ – if you guessed my paintbrush, you’d be right; and of course i also love my distress inks and letraset aquamarkers to colour with. this is an older teddy stamp, but still one of my favourite LOTV images and he’s coloured with distress inks. i’m also submitting this to the pretty little ribbon’s blossoms and butterflies theme and the tuesday alchemy mother dear challenge. thanks for popping by.
Yummy Cupcakes
i made this card for my daughter just because she can never have too many bunny cards. i coloured the oh so sweet lili of the valley bunny cupcakes image with distress inks and i’m submitting it to these challenges: the lili’s little fairies anything goes, the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (flipped vertically) and the paper players cupcake inspiration photo/mother’s day theme. thanks for popping by.
One Crazy Stamper Guest Post – Buzzing By
this is my final card for my guest designer spot at One Crazy Stamper. this little cutie is from the same inky antics bumbly bees clear set that i used on this card. i coloured with distress inks, used my favourite marianne creatables flourish leaf die and finished it off with a sentiment from the same set, a ribbon and bow. i’d like to thank lora, one crazy stamper owner for this fun opportunity and jacilynn, for being a great DT Coordinator and for all the kind words. thanks for popping by.
One Crazy Stamper Guest Post – Hi!
this is another card i made for my guest design spot at One Crazy Stamper this month. this sweet image is part of a penny black clear set called eat cake and be merry; it’s coloured with distress inks and i covered a chipboard button with matching papers from bobunny alora. the red letters are from my stash – an older package of doodlebug alphabet buttons. thanks for popping by.
Penny Black and More – London Celebrates
it’s the first sunday of the month and this is my DT card for the penny black and more challenge; this month’s theme is London Celebrates in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics. my mother-in-law was a war bride from england and if she were still with us she’d be following all the festivities. i coloured this cute penny black image, ‘london calling,’ with distress inks, made confetti from leftover punched bits and made a flag pole for the banner. you’ll want to see the rest of the Design Team’s very creative cards and remember you don’t have to use a penny black image to play along for a chance to win some fabulous prizes from Penny Black, Stampalot, Crimson Cloud and Crafts U Love. thanks for popping by.
Shaking It Up
this is my second attempt at this shaker card, which is the challenge this week at the allsorts challenge; the flower soft wouldn’t move on my first try, so i had to double the tape. i’m also submitting it to joanna sheen’s challenge – flower power. thanks for popping by.
One Crazy Stamper Guest Designer – For You
this is my second card for my guest designer spot at one crazy stamper. this nellie snellen image was so much fun to colour with distress inks; did you notice the tiny bunny sitting on the present? i lightly distressed the edges of the image layer, added lace, ribbon and some tiny pearls. you have until the end of the month to enter the mom’s challenge! thanks for popping by.
One Crazy Stamper Guest Designer – May
i am so excited to be a guest designer for one crazy stamper, a canadian store that is both bricks and mortar and online – you’ll love the customer service and very fast shipping! this is my card for this month’s mother’s theme; this little cutie is an inky antics image from OCS that i coloured with distress inks, covered her wings in stickles and added a vellum flower and bow. check out the OCS blog for some lovely inspirational cards; you have a month to join in! thanks for popping by.
Jingle All The Way
this is my entry for sandra’s rudolph day challenge (to tackle those christmas cards on the 25th of every month), the jingle belles peace on earth(day) challenge and hazel let me know that it fits her Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge to use any sentiment without the word christmas. i cut out the tree from an old christmas card sent to me and then added the red dots and stand because i wanted a brighter red than what it came with. i cut the front half of a green card with the lettering already done and i added the red behind so the letters were red instead of white. the polka dot layer was added and everything was attached to a white base. there’s only seven more rudolph days before christmas! thanks for popping by.
Goodbye Flutter By
whew! it’s been a whirlwind week with out of town medical appointments and my daughter and her two bunnies visiting from out of town so i haven’t had much time to play until today. i created this card for the 200th and final flutter by challenge; a fun sketch by the talented jen shults. i received my first blinkie from the FBW challenge and i’ve enjoyed playing along – thank you danni and team! the image is coloured with distress inks, of course – thanks for popping by.
Birthday Triangle Treat Box
this is my second project today (see post below), which literally took 5 minutes to make and is small enough to hold a couple of chocolate kisses; that’s all the time i have to play today but it’s all i needed to submit this to the april stampalot birthday challenge. thanks for popping by.
Birthday Tag
welcome to my new followers! i’ve been so busy with appointments and paperwork (not the fun kind) that i haven’t had much time to create or hop around in blog land and comment. out of desperation to play, i took time out to put together this very simple tag to submit to the stampalot challenge, which is celebrating two years. thanks for popping by and i hope to get caught up next week.
Cheesy Cupcake
it would have to be cheese flavoured for the mice, wouldn’t it? i coloured the image with distress inks and popped it on foam tape, added stickles to the cupcake and around the border. i’m submitting this to the ‘happy birthday’ stampalot challenge since they’re celebrating their 2nd birthday; the ‘someone special’ joanna sheen challenge and the paper players, who want to see CAS projects using watercolouring. thanks for popping by.
Potted Flowers
i needed a couple of thank you cards and stephanie luman was kind enough to grant me permission to case her flower pot card found here – thanks stephanie!
the inside is blank because a group of people needed to sign it. this was a fun card to make and is very quick to put together, which was great because i didn’t have time to paint any images. thanks for popping by.
Simple Thinking Of You
i created this clean and simple card for the march magenta 20th anniversary challenge to use magenta stamps for the background; it looks wonky, but it’s straight. i’m still waiting for my computer’s techie people to fix my photo editing problem – i’ve been patient, but i might just have to purchase a program and send them the bill. lol. anyway, thanks for popping by.
It’s Spring!
well i hope the spring weather is here to stay. i love using pink and green, so i inked up this cute sheep stamp and coloured ‘plimsoll pete’ with distress inks; he was a gift from a friend – thanks anne! if you have a long weekend, i hope you enjoy time with your family and that you’re able to enjoy some nice weather. thanks for popping by.
Exciting News!
i’ve been invited to join the design team at the Penny Black And More Challenge Blog. everyone has made me feel very welcome and they’ve been so patient with me as i learn blogger.
this is my DT card for this month’s theme, which is ‘oh so cute.’ everything is coloured with distress inks and i added stickles to the icing.
there are some fabulous prizes to be won: our sponsors this month are Penny Black (3 stamps/sets), Joanna Sheen (£10 voucher), Sir Stampalot (PB stamp) and Letraset (set of Aquamarkers). you can view all the challenge rules and the rest of the Design Team’s cute creations here; you’ll be awww’d. thanks for popping by.
The Beauty Of Spring
the flourishes bring back beautiful challenge this month is the beauty of spring or autumn, so i went with spring and used the out of the box technique on the floral image. everything is coloured with distress inks, as usual, and the hummingbird was shaped and popped on foam dots. thanks for popping by.
Make Mine Chocolate Too!
i made this for my daughter; she has two sweet and smart bunnies – they come when called by name, respond to certain words like ‘food’ and the older one gives kisses when asked. as adorable as they are, they do require a lot of time and effort, so i support the make mine chocolate! campaign: rabbits should only be adopted if you’re ready for a huge commitment that can last up to 10 years or so! live bunnies aren’t for easter! enjoy chocolate bunnies instead!
i’m submitting this card to the joanna sheen – spring/easter challenge and the cutie pie – think pink with rabbits theme. thanks for popping by.
Rudolph Day – March 2012
i know it’s a bit early to think about christmas cards, especially with all this summer-like weather we’ve been having, but Sandra’s Rudolph Day Challenge is the perfect reminder to set one day a month aside to work on your holiday cards. by november, you’ll have a nice stash and you won’t panic; well not about cards anyway. i’m also submitting this to the ABC Christmas Challenge – ‘F is for Furry and/or Feathered Friends.’ i coloured the image with distress inks, added flower soft to his hat and layered up the poinsettia. thanks for popping by.
Butterfly Thank You
this month’s stampalot challenge is to be inspired by a DT member or a kit they used to create their cards. my inspiration came from the colours in the kit ribbon and francesca’s colourful butterfly card. the image is coloured with distress inks and watercolour pencils and of course i added stickles to their wings. i’m also playing along with the flutterby wednesday challenge, which has an open theme this week. thanks for popping by.
Neutral Noel
welcome to my new followers! thank you for taking an interest in my creative outlet.
if you want to get an early start on your christmas cards, and be challenged, you might want to check out the jingle belles challenge blog; the current prompt is neutral noel – create a card inspired by these wonderful neutral-toned holiday pillows from Pottery Barn. thanks for popping by.
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