Little Girl Birthday

Welcome - thank you for visiting - I do appreciate you calling by.

Our Grand daughter is about to turn two, and this is the card I made for her.

I love this image from Bugaboo Stamps, Summer Peek Flower Pot, which was one of the first freebies I ever downloaded.

I coloured her with chalks, then edged the card with worn lipstick distress ink and doodled faux stitching with a sparkle gel pen.

I added some Kindy Glitz to the flower centres for some added sparkle.

The sentiment was gold embossed, cut with a ribbon tag die and sponged with worn lipstick ink before removing the die, and mounted with a red gingham ribbon.

For added colour, sparkle and texture I stuck these adhesive strips of glittered card across the bottom.  I was given a packet of four of these strips some time ago and do not know where they came from.

I am linking this to:

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #60 - birthday card with ribbon

Crafty Sentiments - For a Child

Creative Card Crew Challenge #9 - Ribbon

Lady Bug Craft Ink TLT Challenge #59 - Birthday

My Time To Craft Challenge #178 - Garden Gems

Oldie but a Goodie - In The Garden (Image is over 6 months old)

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #50 - Anything goes

Thanks for visiting - may your day be blessed.

Honey Bees galore

Welcome to my blog - thank you for visiting me - I am humbled that you call by.

I made this using just the one (retired) Layers of Color set, Honey Bee.

The main image is designed to fit into a spellbinders labels 20 die cut.

 I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's, and added Kindy Glitz for the sparkle.

The sentiment was stamped onto the same parchment like yellow card as the big image, cut using a Spellbinders classic oval and  mounted over a scalloped oval cut from mulberry paper.

The background was created using the small bee image, randomly stamping it over the kraft card stock and painting them.  This was distressed and sponged, and then I added the torn mulberry paper and ribbon before mounting the images onto it.

Rhinestones were added and the the whole mounted onto a cream card base.

I am linking this to:

Art Impressions Challenge #54 - Sparkle and Bling or Embossing

Crop stop Challenge #62 - Rainbow of colours (Must use 4)

SJ PaperCrafts Challenge #2 - flowers (Inc red or pink)

Crafts and Me Challenge #74 - Things with Wings

Divas By Design Challenge #25 - Favourite things (Kindy Glitz and Layers of Color stamps)

Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #111 - Things With Wings

Simaon Says Stamp - Mothers Day or Special Girl

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed

Sparkling Butterfly

Welcome - It's good to be back here - I have been MIA as we have been visiting some very important little people - our grandchildren.

This card was made in a hurry with some of the 'experiments' that had accumulated on my desk.  The most difficult part was selecting the background paper and card!

I started with the brightly coloured background panel

This was made using watercolour crayons on watercolor paper, heavily spritzed with water, then sprayed with lemon glimmer mist.

The butterfly was cut using a Marianne die, and had Kindy Glitz and pearls added. 

The sentiment was gold embossed on a scrap of the water colour block.  Both layers were mounted on black card before being layered over dp. 

The ribbon was embellished with triple bows of ecru pearle thread.  As I do not have a bow-easy, i use my fingers to make the loops - fiddly, but it works.

I love the way this card turned out.  I am linking this to:

Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge # 128 - variegated colours

Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge #15 - Spring Colours

Always Crafting, Creative Mondays challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink Challenge #19 - Show Us Your Style, Heat embossing

Sew Many Card Challenge #83 - Punches

Squigglefly Challenge #8 - Spring Colours

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge #28 - Rainbow
The Crazy Challenge #108 - Anything Goes
Ooh la la Creations Challenge #99 - Photo inspiration
Celebrate The Occasion - challenge#52 - birthday with bling
Clear it Out Challenge - Birthday with Bling (last of these pearls)
Stampn'Doodle - Embossing of Any Kind.

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed

Fishy Beach

Greetings to my cyber visitors.

 I trust you feel welcome - and relaxed at this beach.

I made this from 'scratch', starting with a chalked background. The sky was chalk applied with my finger. The sea, chalk applied with a cotton bed (Q-tip), also using a torn piece of paper as a mask. 

The palm image (by Kiwistamping) was stamped using a watercolour crayon direct to stamp, and then touched up using a brush and colour from the crayons.  The fishing rod (Hastings Rubber Stamps) was stamped using a dye ink.

The sentiment was computer generated and double mounted.

Kindy Glitz was added to give the impression of foam on the wave edges.

The whole was then mounted onto a dark blue base.

A simple card which the photos do not really do justice to.

I am linking this to:

Card Crafters Circle Challenge #5 - Happy Birthday

Chocolate, Coffee Cards Challenge #4 - Glitter Latte

Crafty Ann's Challenge #56 - Lets Think Hot.

Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge #70 - California dreaming

Crafts 4 Eternity - challenge #54 - Recipe
Bugaboo birthday Challenge - Happy Birthday
The Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge #168 - Anything goes, with blue
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - All that Glitters

Thank you for visiting (and commenting, I love seeing your thoughts.)
 May your day be blessed.

Christmas Card 2011

Thank you for visiting, and may I take this opportunity to wish you Christmas greetings. 

Just a short post today to display my Christmas card for this year, as I know folk I posted to have now received them. 

I kept them very CAS this year and was pleased with the result.

The images are from Layers of Color, from two of their new Christmas sets

Christmas Verses and Glad Tidings.

The dove was stamped and gold embossed, the holly painted with twinkling H2O's and some Kindy glitz added. 

I cut a spellbinders classic oval die out of some scrap card, stamped the image on another scrap, then cut it out and adhered it inside the edges of the cut oval, this was used as a stencil so I could sponge the edges of the oval.  After sponging I ran a blue glitter pen around the inside edge of the die.

The sentiments were both stamped in red.

My apologies to the overseas recipients that they did not get the glitter on their cards - that inspiration did not strike until later .

I am linking this to:

Stamping Sisters In Christ - Challenge 120 - Christmas Card showing the Christmas message

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #16 - Christmas

Crafts and Me Challenge #66 - Christmas

Little Darlings Challenge #13 - Christmas

Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

May your Christmas be blessed.

recipe:

Card: white

Ink: memento Red Rooster and Danube Blue, Clear Embossing ink.

Accessories: Blue glitter pen, spellbinders classic oval dies, kindyglitz.

White Rose Birthday

Warm greetings to you from the Antipodes - I trust you feel welcome here.

The card I am sharing today is one I have enjoyed making - even if what I envisioned and what evolved are two different things.

I started with the background, sponging colours onto shiny white card, then stamping the motif over it.

The main sentiment was embossed using Green Tinsel embossing powder, and the edge of the panel was run over the green ink pad and then lightly sponged.

The greeting panel had the same treatment.

The lace had some gold edged ribbon laid threaded through it, and the wee bows slipped onto the ribbon as it came to the front of the lace.

Another two ribbons were laid diagonally across the top section of the card. 

The main panel was layered over a dark hunter green base card.

The  final addition were these three wee roses with Kindy Glitz added. The stalks were twisted around to form a feature, instead of adding leaves.  Ideal for a small feature like this.

I am linking this to:

Our Daily Bread Designs Shining The Light Challenge # 86 - recipe 

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #37 - Happy Birthday

Dream Valley Challenges #21 - Sparkle

Card Caravan Challenge #7 - Make it Sparkle

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #57 - Heat Embossing

Get Hippity with Ip[pity Challenge #10 - Embossing

Stamps R Us - Embossing

The Ribbon Reel Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Oh La La Challenge #94 - Lots of Sparkle

Victorine Originals Challenge #22 - Ribbon

Thank you so much for visiting, and more so for commenting :-)

May your day be blessed.

Recipe:

Stamps - Motif from Touch of Elegance by Layers of Color

              Scripture from Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 2

              Birthday greeting by KiwiStamping

Ink        -Memento Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Cantaloupe. 

             Adirondack bottle, Clear Embossing

Card     - Shiny White, Hunter Green.

Accessories

            - Tinsel Green Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Prima Flowers

Oh Deer!

Yes it is 'Oh Dear'!! Due to family commitments I am somewhat late in posting this, thankfully Sue, the owner of McMahon Five Design is very understanding and agrees that family is most important.

The image and sentiment are from a new set by Studio 313, called Dearest Deer.  I used the title sentiment, mounted it on a red base and added a couple of 'puffed' hearts (origin unknown).

The wee patchwork deer was painted using watercolour crayons, and mounted on the red scalloped oval by Spellbinders.  

The hearts on the rump of the deer were given added accent with some dimensional glue.

Kindy glitz was used to add sparkle to the deer and to the scallops.

The scalloped oval and sentiment were mounted on a light brown card that had been embossed with the branches folder by provo craft, sponged with tea stain distress ink, and mounted onto the red base card.

I am linking this to:

Delightful Sketches - weekly-challenge - Bling-it

Do You Stack Up Challenge #36 - Add Texture

The Rubber Cafe - Basically backgrounds - No designer paper

Digistamps4Joy - Challenge #27 - Use fall colours

I Brake  For Challenges- IBFCC#7 - backgrounds

Little Red Wagon Challenge #97 - die cuts

The Paper Shelter Challenge #30 - Embossing of any kind

Thank you for visiting - May your day be blessed

Roses for a Birthday

Greetings to all my cyber friends - I trust you have all had a wonderful Christmas - as we have, rich with family and friends.

I made this card before we came on holiday for my dear SIL who has a birthday tomorrow.

I have had this stamp for a while now and took this opportunity to ink it up. I loved the way Nina Bracket from Crafting in Croatia used this stamp, Cottage Rose in a  pre-release design from Layers of Color.  I have discovered that although I 'cased' her card (from memory), mine turned out totally different - maybe my memory was not as accurate as I thought.

I also used the LOC brick wall stamp in the background of this card, embossing it in copper and lightly shading it with chalks.

The rose was also coloured with chalks and a wee bit if crystal Kindy Glitz added for some sparkle, and a sentiment stamped and embossed with gold.

Ribbon was added to look as though the stalks were tied together, and some rhinestones for a wee bit of bling.

The 'cased' element of the card was that part of the background of the stamp was cut away - this I did on the diagonal, and with the white on the black base gave the whole a sense of dimension.

I enjoyed making this card, and hope you have enjoyed your visit.

I am not linking this to any challenges as it is in the middle of the holiday season, and I had better not spend too much time on the computer while visiting.


Now I have returned home, I will link this to the following challenges:
Aly's Sunday Sketch # 32 - Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge Blog #96 - Bling it on
I Did It Challenge #35 - Out with the old - In with the new
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #43 - Anything Goes
All Sorts Week 83
Crafty Emma Challenge #17 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog - Celebrations
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #61 - Someone Special

Thank you again for visiting, and any comments you leave are treasured.

 May your day be blessed.

Another Dragonfly

Greetings again from a lovely sunny spring day.


I liked the MMSC #76 so much that I tried again.... and again I used the dragonfly from Priscillastyles... The base paper is one I made myself using the dragonfly image repeatedly - what I had in mind and what I ended up with when I finished with the computer  (or should I say that the computer finished with me?) were two different things, but I got the creativity going and chalked the background and then sprayed it with silver Glimmermist. I am very happy with that result!

The main image was cut around with a Nestie called Lacey Squares,  it was sponged with the Pearlescence Orchid ink before the die was removed.  I then backed this with some blue card that matched the base. 
                                                                                                    
The dragonfly was coloured with chalks and then  kindyglitz was added to the wings for some sparkle and shimmer.
I had cut a second set of wings which received the same treatment, before being adhered with dimensional glue. For some reason the wings curled as they dried, which gave extra dimension.

This panel was mounted over a pale mauve one which had Happy Birthday randomly stamped over it.  


The ribbon and pearls were added and I had a card completed which  I am very pleased with.

I am linking this to

Midnight Madness Challenge #76

Stampin Royalty Challange #42 -Ribbons

Southern Girls challenge #4 - glitter

Thank you for calling by and for your comments - they make my day. 

You're A Star

Greetings - it's good to 'see' you back here, and thank you for visiting.


Today I had a birthday card for a young boy to make, and I resorted to a digi stamp again - this time one from Bug A Boo stamps entitled star.

Initially the image was printed onto copy paper, then glued onto card - unfortunately the glue stick 'smudged' and I was left with a lump in the surface, so out came the trusty cuttlebug, and I made a 'sandwich' using the A and B plates, then the image, the tan mat and a layer of chipboard and then the  C plate - ran it through and presto, the image was smooth.

I decided to keep things fairly simple and coloured the stamp with pencils and then sponged the edges, keeping the colours clear and bright.

I then cut a star out of gold card, using pencil and ruler to design it, and edged it with gold Kindyglitz.  The greeting from Kiwi Stamping and the hand written word 'star' were heat embossed on the base card. The card was assembled with the star onto the red base, then the image, and gold 'party confetti' stars glued around the edges.

This was a straightforward card to make and has a lot of sparkle to it.




I am linking this to :
Aly's Sunday Challenge #25 - Sparkle and Glitter


The Corrosive Challenge Blog #82 - Clean up the Dust - old stash, the stars

Sundays With Chrissy - Sparkle and Shine

Thanks again for visiting, and feel free to leave a comment - they are always appreciated.

May your day be blessed.

Tea Stain teddy

Greetings to all my lovely visitors :-)  It is always humbling to know that people visit and enjoy my art.


This card is one I made for a child, using a sketch challenge, and I broke the mold and used a digi stamp!!

The stamp is by Designed 2 Delight and was a freebie over at Crafters Digital Art Centre, a new web 'community' - and it is really challenging to branch out!


I ended up printing this image out twice as one corner of the paper bent over the first time through, but this turned out to be advantageous, as I cut the bear out of the 'spoilt' copy and used  the balance as a negative stencil to sponge the Tea Stained ink over him.  I was not pleased with the result, so sponged some gold ink down his tummy, and then use water colour paints to add some dimension and shading.


The flower was painted with water colours, and then I masked the flower to sponge the sky, which did not work as I wanted, so then I added the clouds which redeemed it somewhat.


This panel was mounted with dimensional tape on to the corrugated card, and then added the spellbinders 'doodles' before mounting the whole on the patch-worked background.  


This looked flat, so I added the gold kindy 
glitz which lifted the whole .




I added the sentiment embossed with gold to finish the card. 


 I don't usually work with quite so much yellow, or quite such a strong yellow, but it was also intended for a colour challenge.... I am not sure that I completed that one successfully, but I gave it a go and stretched myself!


I am linking this to 


Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #62

Thank you for calling by - may your day be blessed with much joy. 

Peace montage

Greeting to all my cyber visitors - yes two posts in two days again this week!!  

I made this card, as my contribution to the Stamping Sisters In Christ Challenge #47, and then decided that it is for me, and I am going to frame it and hang it in my craft area!!

The challenge was this : 

Make a card that symbolizes what brings you rest or peace. For example, it could be flowers, an ocean, music, mountains, sitting with a friend, or just reading a book., and is based on the Scripture - Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest."

This is way off my 'normal' style - (actually I am not sure what my 'normal' style is anymore!!)  When I thought about what brings me peace, and in many instances that peace is found in God's presence, quite a few things came to mind, hence why this is a montage type of creation.

Firstly music has always played a large part in my life - not that I can sing, as I find that the tune in my head does not always come out of my mouth sounding as it ought - just ask my family!!  But I did learn the piano for years and there was always music in my home when growing up, and even now the radio is tuned to the local Christian station, and going a lot of the day.

The music is from a hymnal, a purchase from a local secondhand shop, and I sponged the edges with Tea Stain distressing Ink, and pleated it onto the corner of the card.

Secondly I find peace in reading my Bible.  The Bible scrap is actually from a second hand New Testament I picked up in an "opp shop" locally. Again the edges were sponged and some of the ink was smeared across the words. Thirdly I often find peace in my crafting, be it lace making, knitting, card making, sewing.....  

                                                Fourthly, I garden a lot and often find                  myself meditating on God while in the garden - we have a lot of birds in our area, and they are always there when I am gardening - the bird in the stamp also, to me, represents the Holy Spirit, the giver of Peace, the gold (Kindyglitz) representing God's Sovereignty.

I mounted all the elements on the white card and sponged and pierced the edges - The corners are a small element from the Layers of Colors Architectural Blocks set of stamps, stamped in Adirondack espresso ink on plain white card and then cut in half. I sponged the edge of the base card with the same ink before mounting everything on it.

As mentioned, I am entering this is the 

       Stamping Sisters In Christ challenge #47 - Peace

I trust you have enjoyed my meditations and ruminations on this card.

Thank you for calling and your comments give me much pleasure.

May your day be blessed.