Lili of the Valley Jack, Patch and Puss Snowball Fight Christmas Card

Good morning all.  Here we are at day three of my Christmas card countdown and todays card features an image from Lili of the Valley

For my card I have used:

Jack, Patch and Puss Snowball Fight from Lili of the Valley coloured with copics.
DP's are from the Dovecraft Christmas Fancy paper pack.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and I'll be back tomorrow with card number 4.

Card-io Winters Breeze Christmas Card

Good morning all.   Day two of December and my second Christmas card.  A bit of a change to yesterdays card, no design papers or colouring on this one, just a bit of stamping, blending and embossing,

This card is made using stamps from Card-io.

The stamp sets used are

'Winter Breeze' (tree & deer)

'Winters Kiss' (snowflakes)

A bit of white embossing powder sprinkled over the top for a bit of snowy texture

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, day two done and I'll see you tomorrow.

Christmas Card using Pure Innocence Winter Girl Image

Good morning all.  December is finally here, the weather is frosty, the Christmas tree is up (well nearly up), Alexa is playing some carols and door number one on the advent calendar is open.

My post today is a Christmas card using a gorgeous Pure Innocence image from Heather Ellis.

Pure Innocence 008 digital image from Heather Ellis coloured with polychromos pencils.

The background is stenciled polka dots and the snowflakes and sentiment were cut using my cricut.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.  

I'll be back tomorrow for day number two of my Christmas card advent.

Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Cute & Girly Polkadoodles Card

Good afternoon.  Just a quick post in between hospital visiting today.  I've not had much time for crafting while my Dad is in hospital.

It's the first Saturday in the month and we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

'CUTE & GIRLY'

For my card I have used:

Winnie at the Window from Polkadoodles coloured with copics

The background I created using the brick stencil from MFT and distress inks.

The flowers were made using punches and the vine was cut using a die

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Polkadoodles

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in this months challenge and check out the cute DT cards using other images from this months sponsor Polkadoodles.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog, see you soon.

Crafty Calendar October Challenge - Halloween/Autumn colours

Good afternoon.  I hope you are having a good day.  Can you believe it's October, I don't know where this year has gone.  The weather has started to turn a bit colder, so much so  a couple of nights ago so my heating had to go on......

It's the first Saturday in the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for this month is:

HALLOWEEN OR AUTUMN COLOURS.

For my card I have used:

Skull Guy from Lemon Shortbread coloured with copics.

Tombstones are from the My Favorite Things Grave Situation stamp set.

The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Spooky Sentiments stamp set

The background is created using Ken Oliver Galaxy Color Bursts  - Night Sky, Deep Space, Terrestrial, Jupiter, Solar Flare and a splatting of Platinum liquid metal.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Lemon Shortbread

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months Halloween/Autumn challenge and while you are there check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog x

Crafty Calendar September Challenge - Lots of Layers with Oddball Art

Good afternoon, here we are in September, summer is starting to fade and autumn is fast approaching. Because it's the first Saturday of the month we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar.

The theme for this month is

LOTS OF LAYERS.

For my card I have seven layers give or take....

1. Porthole shaped base card cut with the Scan n Cut.

2. Background paper created with Imagination Crafts Starlight Paints.

3. Image is Sid the Silly Seahorse from Oddball Art coloured with copics and clear Wink of Stella.

4. White circle outline frame. 

5. Plants and sea floor

6. Acetate

7. Gold porthole with gold rush Nuvo stone drops for the rivets.

The porthole card, gold porthole, white circle outline frame, plants and sea floor were all created using an svg file I found on etsy.

We are sponsored for this challenge by

Oddball Art

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your layered creations in this months challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I'll see you soon.

Crafty Calendar August Challenge - Anything Goes with A Day for Daisies

Good afternoon, I hope you are having a good day.  I've just got home from work so time to get my blog post done before I go and pack a suitcase ready for my trip to the Isles of Scilly in a few days, so here's hoping the good weather lasts.....

It's the first Saturday of the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for August is:

'ANYTHING GOES'

For my card I have used:

Mouse Daisy from A Day For Daisies.  I coloured her first with copic markers.  I laid down a base colour using a copic maker and then I added shading with polychromos pencils.

I couldn't find coloured card that quite matched so I just tinted some with the same copic marker for the sentiment tag and card edges,

we are sponsored for this challenge by

A Day For Daisies.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in our Anything Goes August Challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations using other images from this month sponsor A Day For Daisies.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I'll see you soon.

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Christmas In July with Dr Digi Selfie Santa

Good morning to you.  Here we are....the first Saturday in July already so we have a new monthly challenge over at Crafty Calendar.   The sun has been shining the weather is warm so obviously our theme for this month is

'CHRISTMAS'....!

Only a 172 days to go......

I have a change from my usual designs because I have a shaker card to share today.

For my card I have used

Selfie Santa from Dr Digi coloured with copics.

The Santa word is a Gemini Edgeable die from Crafter's Companion.  I cut the remainder of the aperture using the Gemini Elements - Square frame die.

A piece of acetate with lots of star sequins, a Christmas greeting and a couple of wooden snowflakes painted silver and then copious amounts of glitter added to them finished the card

We are sponsored for this challenge by

Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and share your Christmas themed projects in our July challenge and also check out the gorgeous DT cards using images from this months sponsor Dr Digi.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I'll see you soon x

Flamingo Frame using Napkin Art and Sweet Poppy Stencils

Good morning all, I hope Wednesday is treating you well.  Just lately I have been venturing into other crafts so today I have a home decor project to share.

This project started out as a humble paper napkin that I picked up in the sale from my local supermarket. (no flamingo there yet....)

I separated the layers of the napkin and then attached the lop layer to a 10" x 8" artists canvas board using Viva Decor Servietten-Technik Kleber+Lack (which roughly translates to napkins technique glue & varnish).

Once that was fully dry I used the Flamingo Stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils and Cosmic Shimmer Texture Paste in Copper Kettle to add my flamingo on to the project.

Then once it was all dry I added into a frame and it was ready to hang on my bedroom wall.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I'll see you soon x

Altenew Sewn With Love Stamp - One Stamp Four Cards.

Good afternoon.  Hope you are having a good day.  If you were out in the Midlands today you wouldn't think it was June, it's more like November, cold, wet and windy, I may even have to think about switching my heating back on.

All this wet weather has given me an excuse to spend a bit of time in the craft room so I have four cards to share all using the Sewn With Love stamp set from Altenew.

The first card is stamped with various purple hues of ink and I then used

Sweet Poppy Translucent Stencil Dimension Paste and Grid Plate Stencil to give a raised grid effect over the top of the image.  I then mounted it on black card and added a white embossed sentiment and a few purple sequins.

The next card is stamped in various red inks, die cut with a stitched rectangle die and mounted on black card.  I then added a stamped sentiment and a few Nuvo Stone Drops in Fiery Volcano.

The third card is stamped in yellow and I then diecut it using the My Favorite Things Cross-Stitch Rectangle Die-namic and added a sentiment and a few Nuvo Crystal Drops in Dandelion Yellow.

The final card is stamped in shades of blue, the sentiment is stamped over the top using Rare Earth Pitch Black ink and is from the My Favorite Things Written In Watercolor stamp set and I added stitched black frame that I cut using an svg file and the Scan-n-Cut on top of the image and added a few Nuvo Stone Drops in Belgium Bluestone.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I'll see you soon x