Unique by Annemaritta

Field of Flowers to Dorcas

2012-02-12T21:50:00.002Z

I heard some very very sad news yesterday and because I can't be there for you, my dear friend, I want to send these flowers to you.

Dorcas, I love you.

Colorine - Spectrum Noir

Image - Digi Doodle Shop Field of Flowers

Buttons - stash (Dorcas loves buttons)

Crafter's Companion Challenge 21–ANYTHING GOES

Love Is in the Air

2012-02-12T21:43:00.002Z

I can smell it, love is in the air tonight...
Wonderful lyrics by Phil Collins :)

Colorine - Spectrum Noir

Image - Digi Doodle Shop "Stinky"

All the other stuff from the drawers and boxes

Crafter's Companion Challenge 21–ANYTHING GOES

One for the Boys

2012-02-12T21:31:00.002Z

Isn't he gorgeous?

Stamp is again from Digi Doodle Shop and you can find him here.
This week there is a fab challenge
"Challenge #94 - One for the Boys"

Image Digi Doodle Shop "Game is Over"
Colorine Spectrum Noirs

Can't wait for your creations!

Challenge
Crafter's Companion Challenge 21–ANYTHING GOES

Cherry Blossoms

2012-01-26T21:15:00.001Z

Here I am again. Second posting today, but I just can't stop! :)
Almost end of January is a good time to look out if spring is knocking the door. Not yet? Well, hope is a good thing (Shawshank Redemption).

This bottom picture is to show how it is coloured.

Image from Digi Doodle Shop and name is Cherry Blossom
Design Papers are "can't remember where from" but they are beautiful
Cardstock is from never ending stash.
Twine also.
Those square flat thingies are WRM bought years ago and today I thought they are perfect colours and style for this card.
Colours are Promarkers

That's all for now. :)

Through the Gates

2012-01-26T13:04:00.009Z

It is Thursday, what a fabulous day and this is what is happening now.

Digi Doodle Shop Challenges is announcing

Challenge #92 - Anything Goes

The winner of this challenge will win a $10 give certificate from Digi Doodle Shop where you’ll be spoilt for choice, as there are so many great images to choose from. We will also have 2 runners up who will get a badge to wear on their blogs.

Remember, there is wonderful $0.99 basket full of great images, for limited time only.

My "Through the Gates"

Boring? Hih, these are the closed gates only. You need to open them.

I've gone mad with pics, but these are the bolted hinges, of course.

Gate opening slowly...

Here he is, Mr Macaw Parrot G. (Gunhild) Pula-aho.

Yes, Gunhild is girl's name, but parrots are sooo tiny when born, you'll find it difficult to see if male or female, hih.

There is a story behind Pula-aho, and I'll give you more details after translating the story from Finnish to English.

Image - Digi Doodle Shop Macaw Parrot (isn't he gorgeous!)
Papers - GCD by Melody Ross
Leaves - Marianne

Colorine - Promarkers
Gems
Glossy Accent

I'd love to visit your blogs and see your creations :)

Big Sister

2012-01-24T14:17:00.000Z

Well, previous post was my sister, it's good to assume this is me then?

Image Sarah Kay

Little Sister

2012-01-24T14:15:00.000Z

This is for my sister.
2 photos, one without flash and one with.

Image Sarah Kay (first time everything!)

Copic Candy

2012-01-23T20:41:00.001Z

COPIC candy

From COPIC Benelux

Hallo,

ik kreeg net bericht van onze nieuwe distributeur, Colourstock Benelux B.V., dat we de blogvolgers eens flink mogen gaan verwennen.

We hebben jullie hulp nodig om ons aantal volgers eens snel op te krikken.

Geef dit dus door aan je eigen hobby-vriendinnen of volgers van jouw blog.

Bij elke 100 nieuwe volgers mogen we een COPIC 380 Beauty Case verloten onder degene die zich hebben ingeschreven als volger en Mr. Linky hebben in gevuld. We gaan door tot we 500 volgers hebben.

Little Baby

2012-01-22T23:16:00.004Z

This I made specially for one wonderful couple from our congregation who three months ago celebrated birth of their beautiful daughter.

I hope they like this. I do.

Till next time! :)

The tutorial for this and many other wonderful projects you can find from Randi's blog.

I would like to join:

Creative Inspirations Paint - 1E - Pink
Crafty Emma - E3 - #69 Anything but a Card
Little Claire's - M, 3E, SIO - #17 Anything but a Card
Cooking It Up With Katie -2W, 1E - # 87 pink, pearls, flowers (2nd wk)
Inky Impressions - 2W, SIO - #40 any shape but a square
The Paper Variety - 1E - fan fold embellishments
Make it Monday - #73 Always Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed Monthly Challenge - M, 5E, SIO, P1 - Use something new (totally first time making a book/drawer)

Lets Dance

2012-01-21T04:41:00.005Z

Finally I had courage to try this. Try what? Colour image with greys only and these Mo Manning images are just perfect to do so, aren't they? Then I fancied to add another colour and for some weird reason, I choose pink! Pink and I don't match, do you hear me? Hih, of course there is something even weirder. I put some PINK glittering embossing powder to create this contrast.

Mo Manning creates amazing stamps and I put these two youngsters together. First I printed and coloured them. Then tried very carefully cut shapes using tiny scissors. Found some nice greyish cardstock, glued shaped on the card and then finally free hand stiching.

Images - Mo Manning
Yarn - stash
Colorine - Promarkers Cool Greys 1-5
Faux stiches - Marvy Le Plume and Promarker
Pink glittering - Embossing Pen and Pink Embossing Powder

Challenges, I made this for:

Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - 1E, SIR - Stitching
Sweet n' Sassy Digi Challenge - SIO, must use digi – Easel Card
I Love Promarkers - Must use Promarkers - #100 anything goes
One Stitch At A Time - SIO - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - #73 Always Anything Goes
PanPastel UK Challenge - 2E - Anything Goes

Ah, I love making something with huge mess and pens and glues and papers and colours and stamps and and and and...

Music Box

2012-01-19T13:00:00.012Z

It is Thursday and that means something nice.

Digi Doodle Shop Challenges #91 is here and this week we have a colour combo for you: Blues & Browns

To join our challenges you don’t have to use a Digi Doodle Shop image, but if you do use one, your entry will count twice. You are also allowed to enter our challenge as many times as you like, as long as you enter with a new card/craft.

The winner of this challenge will win a $10 gift certificate from Digi Doodle Shop where you’ll be spoilt for choice, as there are so many great images to choose from. We will also have 2 runners up who will get a badge to wear on their blogs.

There are new stamps and also I would love to remind you of the 99c limited time category. The digital stamp I am using is from there. Here we go...

Music Box

Sorry about millions of pictures, but this is one of my favourite projects ever, and as modest as I always am, I LOVE this.

The box when it's closed.

Lid / top is pearlised 150g card, embossed using Fiskars plate, then I gave it a coat of distress ink. Ribbons are satin, brown and blue, to soften the image. Rose is coloured using blue glitter glue and few drops of water.

I started this with regular pentagon, white cardstock and a ruler.

Take the lid off and box explodes and there is a ballerina in the middle.

This exploding box has three layers as follows:

1. I covered the walls outside using brown embossed 100 card. Inside some design paper. It's embossed and nicely glittered (can't remember the name now).

2. Middle layer is inked with brown Papermania ink, then dark blue heart and top of it shiny baby blue scalloped heart.

3. Again I inked the walls, now with blue, glued blue roses. Yes, dyed using glue and water.

Ballerina is only 2" tall and oh yeah, it was nice colouring job, because I needed two! Two ballerinas, mirror images. Both coloured as similar as possible (heheh, with my skills, not so exactly the same).

Die cut gave her nice frames and then I glued some snow to hide the stand.

She is probably dancing Swan Lake in Blue (yes, new version).

A bit of distress ink of course.

Image - Digi Doodle Shop Ballerina
Cardstock - white, brown, some design paper
Roses - white, all dyed with glue and water. Glue gives nice shiny and hard surface
Ink - Brown is Papermania
Blue - Broken China and Stormy Sky from Tim Holtz collection
Ribbons - stash
Snow - stash
Ballerina is coloured using Staedtler mars graphic 3000 pens

Challenges I would like to join
I Brake For Challenges - fancy folds
Inky Impressions - #40 any shape but a square
Paper Pretties - glitter
Whimsical Wednesdays - anything goes
Whimsy Inspiration - #22 blue and brown
Paperminutes - #200 Party time- Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - "In the Bag/Box"
Hooked on Crafts - Try Something New (my first ever exploding box)
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Little Claire's - #17 Anything but a Card
Secret Crafter - #168 Anything goes with Blue
Paper Crafting Journey - Floral
Sentimental Sundays: Ribbon
Truly, Madly, Crafty: Anything Goes
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations: Diecuts
Shelly's Images - Show us what you've got
and
Make it Monday - #73 Always Anything Goes

Yes, my dear?

2012-01-12T12:58:00.002Z

I love this stamp! Sir Oliver is fantastic, funny, sophisticated, serious, cute. He is all that. Definitely. Oh, I've been looking at and admiring Sir Oliver here and now I have him!

This week we have such a brill challenge at Digi Doodle Shop Challenges, can't wait to see your creations. Embossing it is. Who doesn't love embossing? With embossing you really can spice things up, hot embossing, cold embossing, dry embossing... Err, I'm not sure of the correct terminology, but you get the idea, right?

This card is for my son. We have had such a laugh with this "One does not simply..." , it is a famous quote from Lord of the Rings and in our house it is "One does not simply turn the computer off" or "One doesn't simply quit gaming and come downstairs to help mother" and vica versa. Seriously vica versa! Hih.

Card also is my first ever tri-fold this kind of thingy. Not as difficult as you might think. Worse! Heheh.

Challenge #90 "Embossing"

May I introduce Sir Oliver

Sorry about many pics, but I wanted to show all this silly things I've done. Embossed paws.

Embossed "adorable", "sweet" and music notes where the bird is singing.

"Your're the Best" embossed with Versafine and tinkle embossing powder.

Now get your pens, pencils, markers, embossing tools and inspirations out and I will be around your blogs. Can't wait! :)

Summers Were Hot and Sweet

2012-01-11T10:58:00.000Z

Oh yes, when I was young all summers were hot and sweet and there were no worries of the world.

This is my first ever Sarah Kay image and for some reason I like the colorine and lots and lots of sweet embellishments.

Famous Quotes Part 2

2012-01-11T09:22:00.000Z

Don't Hurry, Be Happy

Card for a young gentleman who got his driving license.

Hope you have a brill day! Remember out there: Don't hurry.

New Perspective, or New Hobby at Least

2012-01-05T13:00:00.002Z

Never tried golf in my life. If that is anything like minigolf you can play in the theme parks, then I can assure you, I'm useless.

This new digistamp from Digi Doodle Shop is irresistible, isn't it? Absolutely fantastic and what makes the matter even better, is the model behind this. Look at this link! Amazing!

This week we have wonderful challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best, and it is called "New Beginnings". My card works for me as
- New perspective of life
- Refound positive attitude
- Looking at what is around you and seeing that there are birds in the sky singing and sky is blue ;)
- Focusing what really is important

(Mind you, it has been horrible weather here in Yorkshire, gusts, hailstorms, heavy rain etc. Okay okay, it is actually normal weather here, but this has been worse. Promise.)

Digi stamp is Adamant Golfer - Focus from Digi Doodle Shop
Card blank is beautifully hammered aperture from the stash my friend gave me
Sky is blue vellum from discount store
Birds from Marianne's gorgeous dies
Branch also Marianne's
Gems bought from Samuel Taylor's
Inner hearts are vellum and white card cut using Sizzix Framelits

Thank you for visiting!!!

Weddings - Pink

2012-01-05T10:24:00.000Z

Weddings - My Fair Lady

2012-01-05T10:22:00.002Z

Weddings - Purple

2012-01-05T09:32:00.002Z

Weddings - Blue

2012-01-05T09:31:00.000Z

Weddings - Lilac

2012-01-05T09:30:00.000Z

Weddings - Tall and Thin

2012-01-05T09:29:00.000Z

Weddings - Romance

2012-01-05T09:28:00.001Z

Famous Quotes Part 1

2012-01-05T09:20:00.001Z

The early worm gets the bird.

Notice his charming heavy eyelids and non shaved shadow and her beautiful blue eyeshadow <3

Digi - Digi Doodle Shop
Die cuts - Go Kreate
Colorine - Promarkers
Quote - Famous quote twisted by me
All the rest - Stash

I LOVE this stamp :)

Digi Doodle Shop's Best News!

2012-01-01T15:08:00.000Z

Digi Doodle Shop is now offering

You can go HERE for all the details

We are also delighted to announce our newest category,

but don't wait to long.

These 99¢ stamps will only be here a short while.

On March 1st, 2012 these stamps will be forever removed,

so grab them deals while they last.

Penquin Stepper

2011-12-04T19:55:00.001Z

It is nice to think that there are some creatures that actually love (?) cold weather.

Details to follow...

Hippy Hippy Shake

2011-12-04T19:38:00.001Z

Hippy, hippy shake? Oops, that is a famous song by The Swining Blue Jeans! This little bear is just a bit hippy. That's the reason for the colours ;)

Details to follow...

Hippy Bear is happy to join
Little Claire's - #15 Shaped Cards

Love and Peace

2011-12-04T19:33:00.001Z

Details to follow...

Sweet Stampin - 2E, must Stamp - Snow Men, Snow Flakes, Snow People or just Snow

Digi Doodle Shop's Best News!

2011-12-02T19:38:00.000Z

Win a $5 Gift Certificate to Digi Doodle Shop!

Hey y'all! Want a chance to win a $5 Gift Certificate to Digi Doodle Shop? Here's how!

The Digi Doodle Shop currently has 538 followers.

Until 12/1/2012, with every 50 new followers

Digi Doodle Shop will draw a winner out of all the followers for a $5 gift certificate!

How cool is that?

The first drawing will be held when they reach 600 followers.

Want to get in on the action?

Head over to the Digi Doodle Shop challenge blog and become a follower now!

(Starla, I used your post, it was so cool and clear!)

You Can Leave Your Hat On

2011-12-01T13:03:00.003Z

Great news from Digi Doodle Shop:

Sale throughout December
25% off everything all December!

Remember:

To join our challenges you don’t have to use a Digi Doodle Shop image,

but if you do use one, your entry will count twice.

You are also allowed to enter our challenge as many times as you like,

as long as you enter with a new card/craft.

DDS Challenge this week is #85 Lots of Sparkle!

Here is my version,

Image is Digi Doodle Shop "Fancy Hat 1"

Do you think there is no sparkle? Heheh,

Now I'm talkin, right? :)

Digi Doodle Shop has beautiful collection of vintage images, like this one.

Image as mention Digi Doodle Shop - Fancy Hat 1

After colouring the image with Prismacolors,

I added some glossy accent and different colour glitter in different areas.

Feather and brim - black extra fine glitter

Crown - red glitter

That huge decoration - gold glitter

Cute mirror and scissors

Backing paper - Laura Ashley Classics

Card blank - A4

Roses and pearls and ribbon

Challenges I would like to join

Divas by Design - #16 anything goes
Crafts and Me - #63 pearls and swirls
Fab 'n' Funky - #101 Anything goes
I Brake For Challenges - vintage
Paper Shelter Challenge - #42 anything goes

Partytime Tuesdays - #44 Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Lots of Sparkle
Stamp and Create - Easel OR Center Step Card
Little Claire's - M, 3E, SIO - #15 Shaped Cards

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

2011-11-24T15:48:00.003Z

Morning, all of you here and there and everywhere!

This week's Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #84 we have Animals. This is to honour Pet Pardons. Remember the charity trying to find homes for animals. Trying to find people who actually care who will Pardon a Pet from death row, or a Rescue, by adopting him or her and giving them a forever home.

To join our challenges you don’t have to use a Digi Doodle Shop image, but if you do use one, your entry will count twice. You are also allowed to enter our challenge as many times as you like, as long as you enter with a new card/craft.The winner of this challenge will win a $10 give certificate from Digi Doodle Shop where you’ll be spoilt for choice.

I spent good few hours to get this card right. And as usual, loved every second of it. Tried to catch feel of the winter, cold, but also beautiful and peaceful, bright sky and definitely 3D.

Stepper card are honestly easy to make with Hougie Board!!! I love it, I absolutely love it. It's fab with inches side and when you turn it over you have cm-side. I'm so lazy crafter that measuring puts me off but with Hougie it is NICE!

My stepper card does not follow any specific template or guide, I just thought here, and here and here... yep. Here we go. Sure now when I know what to do, it won't take me hours :D

Image is from wonderful Digi Doodle Shop and the name of the stamp is "Bluebirds". Well, now they are two nice little robins and that's it! :)

After cutting and folding I spread a little ordinary sticky glue on the steps and covered with very thin fabric. Back a bit darker and natural white in front. Tree needed some masking because the original scene is summer rather than winter. Trees on the background and in front are all masked with snow tex and blue glitter.

Barbed wire needed some snow as well. Hih, and if you try this at home, becareful with cutting wires. They could broke easily.

Cardstock A4

Hougie Board

Craft knife

Image Digi Doodle Shop

Trees Marianne die

Bird on front Marianne die

Sky acetate sheet

Deco Art Snow tex

Blue glitter

Colored pencils Prismacolors

Sentiment is from the Bible and it is one of my very favourites.

It's nice to be able visiting your blogs, thank you all for that! :)

Challenge for my robins:

Little Claire's - M, 3E, SIO - #15 Shaped Cards

CAS(ish)

2011-11-18T17:12:00.001Z

CASish? What is casish? Something to eat? Nah. It's Clean and Simple after one butterfinger.

Yay! Loved this week Less is More Challenge. But of course I messed the heat embossing up. Totally.

Card is SL
Shape is embossed die
Colorine is Prismacolors
Sentiment
Ink Versafine Watermark
Embossing Powder Judi Kins Midnight Twinkle

Challenge for this one is
Less is More Week 41 One Layer - Leaves

The Iceberg Family

2011-11-17T12:00:00.008Z

This week we have Challenge #83 Red and Green at Digi Doodle Shop.

The image I choose is just definitely perfect for the weather :) There is no snow here (yet), but here I am, mittens and woolly hat on. Hahah. True! I love my house, don't take me wrong, but some insulation would be good, but nah... we don't need that kind of luxury here in Yorkshire! :D

Card is a heartshape easel. Couple of angles:

How this was made?
Digital stamp - Digi Doodle Shop
Sentiment - made it up
A4 cut heart shaped die - white, then couple of other sizes. Oh, the white was scalloped.
Colorine - Prismacolors
Flowers - die cuts, some red, some green and pearlished white
Swirls - die cuts

Challenges for this Iceberg Family:
Crafty Catz - use a digital image
Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes
2 Sisters - #65 Anything Goes
My Craft Spot - Easel Cards
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Can't wait to see, what you come up with!

Remember, you do not have to use DDS image, but it will double your chances to win, if you do. ;)

Beautiful Wolf Family - Animals 06

2011-11-10T12:42:00.006Z

I love this image and hope my colorine honours the beauty of it.

Or at least gives some justice :)

First things first.
This week our Challenge at Digi Doodle Shop
is "Sketch" and it is from our Karen's doings. ;)

Ok, my card... Sentiment is for every mother who protects her children and gives courage them to face the big world. World and life there is unpredictable, it could be cold, it could be full of dangerous things, but your mother will always protect you and try her best to keep you safe. Too often we do not realize it. Only when it is too late to say it. I miss my mother so much, it breaks my heart I can't call her, can't hear her voice. Can't wait to meet her again. As you know I believe in God and his word the Bible, and in the Bible our Heavenly Father has promised us better future with our love ones. Oops, sorry I got too emotional!

Image is Digi Doodle Shop Mother Wolf & Pups

Remember, the whole November we have All Animal Stamps 25% off!

Image - Digi Doodle Shop

White 6x6 card blank

Kraft

Sky acetate sheet

Sentiment - stash

Colorine - Prismacolors

A tiny touch with Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)

Can't wait to see what you come up with! :)

Challenges are always inspiring

Scrapbook Sisters - #59 babies

Stampavie and More - #155 Anything Goes

The Paper Variety - #59 family

4 Crafty Chicks - Baby

C.R.A.F.T. - 5E - Cute

Remember:

You are not required to use a DDS Stamp, but it'll double your chances to win.

Animals 05 - Owl

2011-11-06T15:55:00.004Z

I have been saving this image for who knows how long waiting for inspiration to kick me on the backside. It was coloured to be ready and some time ago I thought I've lost this! This morning I just knew what I wanted to make and here it is.

Owl is a beautiful creature, isn't it?

Poem on the back begins with
Grow Old With Me. (i.e. old-owl(d) of course I think it was good)

The idea of this came from a blogger, who created something similar using coasters, I had some real thick strong kraft and cardstock.
Image is from Digi Doodle Shop
Colorine Promarkers
Die cuts Spellbinders Fleur De Lis rectangle
Twine is shop twine

Challenges this is made for are
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #124 A Day At The Zoo
Cards For Men - 2W, must be masculine - (2nd week) Animals
Cooking It Up With Katie - 1E - # 82 anything but a card
Catered Crop
Stamps: girls, banners, farmer, crow
Colors: pink/burgundy, green; jewel tone fall colors
Theme: Christmas or Fall
Inks: Distress Ink, markers
Papers: stripes and polka dots, kraft
Tools: sewing machine, die cuts, circle punch
Embellishments: Fun Flock, seam binding, gemstones, glimmer mists, glitter, jingle bells, lace, buttons, burlap, twine, and cord

This is it then :)

Animals 03 - Bear

2011-11-03T21:17:00.011Z

Mmm... honey is nothing without a bear. On a card anyway!

Definitely he is singing

"Thank you for the honey, the honey I'm eating

Thanks for all the joy it's bringing

Who can live without it, I ask in all honeysty

What would life be?

Without the bees or beehive what are we? (HUNGRY)

So I say thank you for the honey

For bees giving it to me"

Digi is Mo Manning's cute bear from her bear collection here
Card blank was A4, I cut a circle card and for edges my Fiskars Victorian shape scissors were spot on
Die cuts Spellbinders Scalloped Circle and Star Circles
Roses bought from Samuel Taylors
Distressing Tim Holtz's Old Paper and Tea Dye
Gems bought from Samuel Taylors
Those tiny pearly thingies also from Samuel Taylors
Proper real kraft was used for the star circle
Honey pot I cut from Kraft and what was left of card blank
Coloring - Promarkers

Couple of challenges I wanted to join with this bear:
Creative Craft Challenges - Fancy Edges
Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - #135 Cute & Cuddly
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - must use promarkers - #124 A Day At The Zoo
Try It On Tuesday - Unusual Shaped Cards
Partytime Tuesdays - #40 Photo Inspiration
Creatalicious Challenges - Distress your Edges (card edge and scalloped circle edge)
Craft Your Passion - BINGO (Flowers - Free - Bling)
Creative Stamp Friends - Colours: Orange, Brown
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Inspired by a Song (Thank You for the Music by ABBA)
and
Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge #107 - Give Thanks!

Oh, how nice it is to be alive and enjoy this WET Yorkshire Weather! :)

Animals 02 - Rabbits

2011-11-03T12:41:00.011Z

My November theme is "Animals" i.e. I'm aiming to have only animal related cards and other thingies this month.

This wonderful stamp I chose to make a card for the new challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best, link to the shop is -> here. Snow (and white) are a bit funny to colour, but I did my best, and enjoyed every second :) First I gave bunnies a good "white wash" with really light grey and then coloured them.

DDS Challenge for this week is Winter. Lovely theme and I keep hoping we don't get any snow here in Yorkshire!

Colors are mainly shades of grey and pale blue.

Card blank - Craft UK Scalloped 6x6

Digi - DDS Snow Bunnies

Cardstock - ivory linen (it gives nice effect with colouring)

Frame - Dovecraft ribbon sticker

Snow - DecoArt Snow Tex

Silver Glitter

Snowflakes - Fiskars corner punch

More snowflakes - KARS

Snow balls - stash

Glossy Accent for eyes and noses

Colorine - Spectrum Noir

Can't wait to see, what you come up with!

Snow bunnies are going to:

Freshly Brewed - #70 Anything goes

Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - #135 Cute & Cuddly

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes (+ a bit of bling if you like)

Always Something Creative - Challenge#16 - It must Sparkle

Crafters Companion - Challenge #18: Let it Snow

Forever Friends - must include animal + something old (snow balls) something new (snowflake punches)

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Pollycraft - Anything Goes

Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

PS. I asked for my entry to be deleted from couple of challenges, because this was never meant to be a "christmas card". Thank you. :)

Animals 01 - Cats

2011-11-01T22:43:00.010Z

Mojo is back!

Remember November specials at Digi Doodle Shop! Spend 7 USD, you will get two new special stamps for free! Digi Doodle Shop will donate $2.00 to "Pet Pardons" for every purchase with our special.Pet Pardons is to help find someone who will Pardon a Pet from death row, or a Rescue, by adopting him or her and giving them a forever home. More about Pet Pardons and DDS Campaign you can find HERE .

Liva said it nicely:

I encourage you to make a card with animal theme and pass this information further. There are no one more unprotected than our little friends - animals. Together we can make changes - even by doing something we love, such as crafting.

It took lots of courage me to publish this because I adore the image, but I'm not happy with the colorine, I keep trying to learn how to get nice looking colours using marker pens. Well, obviously I need more practice. And oh boy, it is fun!

This card is made to honour Pet Pardons and all creatures, great and small.

Image Digi Doodle Shop, Box of Kittens, you can find it HERE
Colorine Promarkers
Yarn from stash
BP yarn balls design by me
Card blank A4 cut 29cm x 14,5cm
Glitter card
A bit of Distress Stickles
Glossy Accent on kittens eyes and noses

That's it. :)
Challenges I would like to join in.
Anything Goes Challenge - #53 Stitches Real or Faux (real needle stitches around the bp)
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes (+ a bit of bling if you like) (blinging paper counts?)
Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - 2E, must Stamp - Anything goes (digital stamp counts?)
Digital Tuesday cute and cuddly

Till next card :)

Feels Like Winter

2011-10-31T22:24:00.001Z

Yay! It's warm actually. Jeans and tank top today and it's 31st October. Hooray! Winter is on its way and here we go. Ooops, the white thingy that looks like a mess was suppose to feature a snow storm(ish).

Again wonderful stamp from Digi Doodle Shop Eskimo
Die cuts Sizzix Framelits Square and Scalloped Square
Shiny snow Deco Art Glamour Dust
Thick snow Deco Art Snow Tex
Blings (buttons and blank label on top left corner) stash
Ice tiles Crystal Stickers Mosaic
Design Papers Laura Ashley collection
and one piece of kraft
Buttons and yarn are from stash
Colours Prismacolors and a bit baby oil for blending

Challenge or two:

Cards For Men - Animals (husky)
Forever Friends - Bling Bling
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Anything Goes

Laundry Scrub Board Rocks

2011-10-29T20:07:00.009+01:00

Unforeseen difficulties and more complications... That's my life at the moment.

BUT

This gorgeous bloke is one member of Hillbilly Band, Cousin Willie playing Scrub Board and ohmy, he knows how to charm ~~women~~ ladies ;) Digis are from Digi Doodle Shop as follows

Cousin Willie

Tickets I printed tickets on kraft after adding the event details, then cut them out

Lantern is printed on white card, coloured, cut out and glued on the wall. Matches and wooden shelf are part of the digi.

This is something again I love about DDS digis, they fit together so nicely.

This week we have ever so popular challenge "Anything Goes" - can't wait to see your creations there :)

3 x Digis - Digi Doodle Shop

Backing Papers - Kanban Stone Wall and Wooden Fence

Die cuts - Spellbinders

Colorine - Marker Pens

Challenges I would like to attend to:

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Anything Goes (tickets and die cut)
Craft Your Passion - Use KRAFT Paper
Sweet Stampin - 2E, must Stamp - Anything goes
Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes

I love visiting your blogs, so please keep me busy :)

Green and Purple

2011-10-20T13:07:00.000+01:00

Digi Doodle Best Shop
Challenge #79 - Green & Purple

Welcome to our next challenge here at Digi Doodle Shop’s Challenges. Thank you to everyone who joined in last week. We are always so appreciative of each and every one of you for sharing your wonderful creations with us.

This is my version for this week:

How this was made?

White card blank
Green square
Purple vellum embossed using Fiskars plate
Cream linen sheet
Image from DDS, here and details of Geisha Girl are here
Colours are from Prismacolor pencils (no blending this time because the paper was so soft and linen)
Ribbons from stash organza and satin
Blossoms from stash
Pearls I tried to paint purple and green with no success or very little of it :)
Fuji and tree branch on the background are a b/w image found free copyright, I recoloured it very light grey and then used Prismacolours to colour it "properly".

Can't wait to see your creations!
Digi Doodle Best Shop :)

Lavender and Lace

2011-10-13T13:01:00.005+01:00

It is Thursday and time for Digi Doodle Shop's Best and Challenge!

This week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best we have Challenge #78 - Lavender and Lace. Doesn't it that sound beautiful? I wanted to make something very romantic and chose Bridal Bouquet & Garter Set from DDS.

The idea in my head was to make something for a scrap book, so here we go.

Image - Digi Doodle Shop

Colorine - Promarkers

Gems - from Samuel Taylors

Lace and Ribbons also from Samuel Taylors

Satin Roses from Home Bargains! 40 roses for 59 pence. Love the place!

Die - Spellbinders Labels Seven + a smaller one on purpose not exactly same shape. (Or maybe I just could't cut the same shape??? heheee)

Delicious Challenges for me to join in

Creative Craft Challenges - Congratulations

The Stamping Boutique - Someone Special

Cutie Pie Challenge - Bingo (glitter, lilac, ribbon/lace)

Woodware USA - 2E - Anything Goes (again)

I Did It Creations - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Remember DDS Specials for October! :)

Anniversary 30

2011-10-09T16:51:00.006+01:00

30 Years of Marriage

A wonderful couple from our congregation is celebrating their 30 years of marriage and my friend asked me to make a card for them. I love making something personal and I knew the husband had a motorbike so of course this image (Danny) was the one and only for the husband this occasion. Biker wasn't enough and this lass also from Kraftin Kimmie's collection was perfect choice for the wife. I hope everyone else is happy with the card. I was. :)

Image - Kraftin Kimmie Danny
Image - Kraftin Kimmie Posy
Ink - Memento Tuxedo
Card Blank - 6x6 scalloped 300gsm
Colorine - Promarkers
Light distressing - Tim Holtz
Scalloped die - Sizzix Framelits
Satin roses - stash
Pearl chain around sentiment - stash
Sentiment - by yours truly (wanted to give hint towards motorbike as well as marriage)
(Pearls and roses took no time at all with hot glue gun, and it was EASY)

Few lovely challenges:
Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - #131 We Like To Party (Any Celebration) - sentiment digital manipulation .jpg
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - 1E, SIO - #40 No Design Papers (Just plain cardstock played with)
Make it Monday - #58 Always Anything Goes

This is the comment from the celebrating couple:

Debs said...: Hi, Such a wonderful, lovely card. We love it so much. Thanks for making it. You are so clever xxx

Two Made by Request

2011-10-09T16:46:00.000+01:00

Beautiful Morning

2011-10-06T13:02:00.002+01:00

This is my first card for Digi Doodle Shop's Best as DT member and it means it's a Special Day.

Theme for this week's challenge 77 is distressing. Link is -> THIS to the challenge.

There are two different digistamps on the card, the gorgeous Antique Wash Stand Set and Vintage Corset & Pantaloons. You can find DDS Digis from here. Aren't they beautiful?

I did some flipping, resizing and something else to get the mirror image to look like she is actually looking at the mirror. Colours are chosen to get Victorian era and also some smudging and some snow tex, lilac ink, scissors and patience to distress the card.

Hih, went wild with the pics, but trying to show "all the hard work" I've done :D

Can't wait visiting your blogs and seeing what you come up with!

Digis - Digi Doodle Shop
Card blank 240 gsm A4 cut 14,5 cm x 29 cm
Backing Paper - pearlised 150 gsm (approx) from stash
White stuff - Deco Art Snow Tex
Some silver glitter - stash
Ripped fabric - bought from wonderful shop in Bradford
Colored pencils - Prismacolors
Satin roses - stash
Green paper rose - ST
Gem in the lamp - stash
Drawer knobs - stash
Distress inks - Tim Holtz (I typed Tom Hanks, but then thought can't be right!)

Challenges I would like to take this card to:

Crafts and Me - #55 use a digi
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #63 anything goes
Truly Scrumptious - 2W - #67 distressing
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (1st week) Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Till next card :)

Misc Baby Card Collection

2011-10-04T15:54:00.002+01:00

The Great Idea was to tidy the craft room up a bit, but this happened:
(After taking the pics and posting, I made just a little bit finishing work. Lilac, blue and yellow roses I coloured myself.)

Awww... rather enjoying crafting than hoovering!

Open Letter From Mo

2011-10-03T11:33:00.000+01:00

Dear Crafter,

First of all, I do not think you're a horrible person, and I really do appreciate you writing to me. I wanted to give you a chance to respond -- which is why I didn't simply put up your name and let people "at you." So I have shown I CARE about you -- even after people cried to know your name -- but do you care about me?

NONE of us can sit here drawing for hours and hours every day to put new stamp images up if we are not being paid a livable wage. If you can't buy a stamp -- why in heaven's name would you think that gives you the moral right to steal it from me?

I am a single mum. I adopted two special needs (from abused homes) children as a single mother, and have raised them all by myself without asking anyone for anything. I couldn't work in a regular job because my kids had difficulty in regular school for many years . . . so besides trying to heal them emotionally, I had to home-school them AND try to earn enough money to keep a roof over our heads. For YEARS I slept on a couch in the living room because I couldn't afford a place with real beds for all three of us and I wanted my kids to be the ones to have the beds. Six years ago I almost died because I waited too long to go to the hospital because I couldn't afford health insurance. I am still under thousands and thousands of dollars hospital bills because of that. My youngest is 19 now -- and both kids are just out on their own . . . but my own mum is blind, has lung disease and severe arthritis so now I need to take care of her.

The only reason I'm telling you this is because I want you to understand that EVERYONE has their sad stories. In all these years I have never taken anything that wasn't mine. I would never say, hey, I can't afford to buy this music CD, so I'll go ask my friends if they can burn a copy for me. If I can't afford something I want -- I save up for it or I go without. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to do something simple like take my kids to see a movie but simply couldn't. Stamps are a luxury -- not a need. If you (or someone else) can't afford them -- you can't simply steal them. (And my images are NOT expensive. They are $3 US no matter where you live in the world because all of them are available through my digital shop.)

And here's the BIGGEST thing. Every moment that my images are up on a site like yours, people are downloading them freely. And those people who download them freely think, "Hey, it was just FREE" so they pass them along to OTHER people freely and pretty soon NO ONE needs to buy them anymore because they're available for FREE! Magnolia now has people like you taking their images and scanning them in. Here is the history of Magnolia:

1: Magnolia does popular stamps everyone loves.
2: For years people buy them and Magnolia thrives as a business
3: The Internet happens.
4: Crafters enjoy the Internet and become skilled at using computers.
5: Craft forums and Blogs become popular and crafters from all over the world meet and interact.
6: Large swap groups are formed in forums everywhere, sometimes with hundreds of participants each. People mail each other stacks of stamped images.
7. People start using printed images they have found on the internet -- mostly clip art.
8. Digital stamp companies run by solo artists start springing up.
9. Someone gets the idea to scan in their Magnolia images to make THOSE into digis they can share easily.
10. Others see the scanned in Magnolia images and scan theirs in too.
11.People start emailing each other "OOOh -- I don't have those ones!!" and scanned images exchange hands. 10s of images multiply into 100s and then 1000s.
12. SOME people decide to compile these thousands of Magnolia images on CDs and sell the collections on Ebay. Other people decide to BUY these Magnolia CDs.
13. Magnolia's profits DIP because a growing number of people are getting hold of the pirated "digi" Magnolias and don't need to buy the rubber.
14. Magnolia decides it's not worth it to put out new stamps, and there is one more company who needs to find a different product.

We're at about number 13 right now -- Magnolia is a member of my group "Stamp Out" and I happen to know they are confused, worried and not sure what to do about the theft besides GIVE UP. If this can happen to a long established company like Magnolia -- how quickly do you think it can happen to a small company like mine, or Lily of the Valley, or the Greeting Farm or Stamping Bella, Stampavie or any other. I don't think people realize most of us are small businesses barely skating by. This GROWING theft by crafters who care more that they have "this cute stamp too" than that the artist can feed their child -- is KILLING stamp companies.

I am one who will fight to the end to protect my art -- and the art of all my friends. I will be retaining a lawyer soon, because this is just going too far and in the future someone is going to need to be made an example of.

So to wrap this up, Crafter. I do believe a person can be redeemed. I'm hoping you're a person like that. I will believe your apology is sincere if you not only stop giving (AND RECEIVING) stolen images yourself -- but if you take my letter to heart and help spread the word this is wrong, wrong, wrong. It worries me that you say you have gotten my images from Photobucket but didn't give me the information to have them taken down.

Please let me know that you have understood my huge frustration is not just with you - but with all who are being "nice" by sharing when in fact you are making artists struggle (even more) to put food on their tables.

xoMo

DDSB NEWS FLASH

2011-10-01T14:45:00.003+01:00

ALL Through October - Just click on SHOP or under the tabs section on the Digi Doodle Shop's Best! Of course you can just click the pic ;)

Oops! Almost forgot to tell you there are gorgeous NEW IMAGES!

Get Well Soon

2011-09-30T18:46:00.001+01:00

Ah, Prismacolors and I spent some quality time today. Weather was wonderful, sunny day and garden table was calling us.

Image LOTV
Colorine Prismacolors
Die cuts Sizzix Framelits Tickets

Again inspired just having fun!

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - Tic Tac Toe (flowers, free, bling on buttons and on sentiment shiny silver)
Crafts and Me - #54 flowers
Digistamps 4 Joy - #28 anything goes

Looking Fresh and Bright

2011-09-29T13:07:00.004+01:00

Big news! May I introduce myself: Annemaritta, Digi Doodle Shop's DT member!

Probably you have noticed on my sidebar, YES, here, right hand side and top of the sidebar. I'm one member of Digi Doodle Shop's DT. (Needed to repeat that, because it is sooooo GREAT!)

During my time in this colouring adventures so far, I have always liked DDSB imaged because reality and kindness of them. Beautiful to work with and of course digital image gives you opportunity to flip and resize, and this brings more ideas into your head.

Ok, here I am. Happy and cheerful!

I will meet hopefully many of you posting your creations to DDSB Challenges. <3

I love card crafting, that’s for sure, but it was only few cards once in a while. Just over a year ago this all changed when I was introduced to blog land and colouring.

Before it was mainly decoupage but now I’ve spread my wings and love trying new things, techniques, different types of cards and digi stamps definitely are great! Well, in crafting world, what isn’t?

That’s the beauty of it, this is fun, therapeutic, nice way to spend good time with friends and make new friends.

Being chosen to join this team is something I am very proud of and surely will learn a lot and hopefully I can give something back as well.

Unique by Annemaritta, that is my signature. I will be visiting your blogs, see you!

Hugs,and lets get crafty!

A Touch of Vintage

2011-09-27T15:56:00.000+01:00

Tried to catch a bit of vintage look.

Till next one! :)

Baby Twins

2011-09-27T15:42:00.001+01:00

This Digi Doodle Shop Best "Sleeping Infant" is adorable and couldn't help it, had to make cards again using this image. (Link is to the shop, wonderful images!)

Hehheh, I went outside with my camera, cardboard box "studio" and these cards and spent good half an hour taking pics. Neighbour surely think I'm a nutter. Taking pics of a box. :D Nevermind thoug, forgot, I am a proper stubborn nutter!!! :)

Hope you like my latest. :)

3 x LOTV Part 3 of 3

2011-09-22T14:18:00.002+01:00

The sweetheart.

Challenge or two:
Lili of the Valley - Aqua, white and glitter

That's for now. :)

3 x LOTV Part 2 of 3

2011-09-22T14:15:00.001+01:00

Yay, here I am. Again. ;)

3 x LOTV Part 1 of 3

2011-09-22T14:11:00.002+01:00

I will tell you more about these cards, but now photos.
Merci ;)

More Fancy Thanks

2011-09-20T21:35:00.000+01:00

Merci beaucoup mon chéri.

Ok, I like this. Alot.

A Bit Fancy Thanks

2011-09-19T20:12:00.001+01:00

This is going to be one of my favourite thank you cards. Made it by request and I know bunch of roses might be too much for some, but I think this is beautiful. A little detail is the gap and individual letter die cuts. Pearl silver with silver sating bow. A touch of glossy accent.

Till next card :)

Rock n Roll

2011-09-17T16:10:00.005+01:00

Improved Guitarist

Ok, number 5 today.

Supermom Rules

2011-09-17T16:09:00.001+01:00

Fourth post today. :o

Young Love

2011-09-17T16:02:00.004+01:00

Something.

Post number 3.

I think I have lost my colouring touch.

Not Too Fancy Part 2

2011-09-17T08:03:00.002+01:00

Not Too Fancy Part 1

2011-09-17T08:02:00.000+01:00

Barn Dance

2011-09-15T21:24:00.006+01:00

Howdy!
Now it is time for proper old fashion Barn Dance.

Uncle Charlie plays his guitar and surely he knows his way to our hearts :) I think he is playing "Doubleback" by ZZ Top. Do you remember Back to the Future Part 3 and ZZ Top playing? That's the song!

Card again A4 -> 14,5 cm square when folded
Curtains and window is DDSB, I cut the view out because wanted to have this late autumn full moon
Full moon is shiny silver die cut (Spellbinders) embossed using Fiskars plate
Uncle Charlie is Body Tot Hillbilly Band again from DDSB
Curtain tassels green twine
Flowers outside I bought from Samuel Taylors sale
Curtains are made using paper piecing
Uncle Charlie colorine is Promarkers and ohdear lots of blender!

Challenge or two:
DDSB - Autumn Colours
Digistamps 4 Joy - #27 fall colors
Little Red Wagon - #98 twine
Creative Stamp Friends - Card for Man

New Home

2011-09-14T12:58:00.002+01:00

I forgot to buy garlic! What a disaster!

Anyway, this is a card made by request. Idea was to welcome a person to new house with a nice cup of tea. Not sure if I got too excited about distress ink or colorine, but here we go. Of course options are about endless, so keep orders coming, thank you very much!!! xxxx

PS. I really need garlic cos making lasagne and my MY cooking is mmmmm.... and house will smell like Italian Restaurant for the next few days :) Herbs, garlic. Ah, sweet!

PS. Son's GF is moving to Wales for UNI and I am heartbroken. She is so sweet, beautiful, nice, funny, cheerful and kind. I am going to miss her sooooo much. It's about 2½ hrs driving, so not that bad, to be honest.

See you!

Cardstock the usual A4, this time white hammered -> 14,5 cm x 29cm
Music Sheet printed on same white hammered card
Distressing with "old paper" (Tim Holtz) ink
Teapot and cup colorine with Promarkers
Roses on the cup and pot are rub ons
Die cuts Spellbinders Hearts Circles
Distressing with "tea dye" Tim Holtz ink
All the rest are old stash.

OAP me?

2011-09-13T17:11:00.006+01:00

This digi is from DDSB and the collection is Body Tots. She is fabulous, isn't she? I call her "Gramma Annie" after me, of course :D Hopefully my sons get the hint... I would LOVE to have grand children!

Quite dark shades of colours, but matches nicely with my colorine. The mess on my desk is after putting this card together from
A4 lightly mottled ivory cream -> 14,5 cm x 14,5 cm (14,5 cm x 29 cm of course)
Base circle is 14 cm diameter same cardstock as the butterfly circle Spellbinders + distress ink
Violet/purple/lilac circle is 100gsm paper and die is Marianne's
Image colorine is Promarkers
Shiny dots are Papermania
Roses are paper roses from sale

That's it really. You will see more of Body Tots, defnitely.

Challenge or two

Digi Doodles Shop's Best - Challenge 75 - Circles
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Di's Digis Designs - Anything Goes
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Summer in September

2011-09-09T11:05:00.001+01:00

Weather has turn to normal i.e. autumn is definitely here. Last couple of days have been horrible heathwise and crafting takes my thoughts away from the pain and struggle. Son has been great help. I thought it was a good idea NOT to take painkillers because not going anywhere but ohmygoosh, this stupid idea caused me the most difficult evening and night for ages. Back to drugs. Frustration and anger won't help. Believe you me. But I am so flippin frustrated. And angry.

Result from last night.

Butterfly punch is Anne Griffin (or something like that)
Hologram cardstock is from stash as the flower blossoms
Swirl is Marianne's
DP is Smirk
Green half pearl dots are Papermania

PS. Box is my very own diy photo studio, Dorcas inspired me and you'll find more info from her blog. Also the most wonderful cards. Of course you can't see the box itself, but well, I have it now, suitable DIY photo studio.

A Card to Remember

2011-09-07T14:30:00.001+01:00

A Card.

There is somekind of Fleur De Lis boom at the moment (or passing by). I have this old Fleur De Lis punch and so it came handy. Made a ~~sabloon~~, template, inked FdL figures on the card as a border, silver embossing powder and heat it up.

Flower is made out of old bigger flower and sort of ripped it a part and glued back together.

Small FdL die cut, distressing with the silver ink, and before that of course, I stamped the sentiment. Ok, ok, I confess... I stamped straight on to the card, but it looked that bad and shaky, needed to do this way.

Challenge for this one

Less is More Metallic

Sorry about the word "sabloon", mixed a bit of Finnish.

sabluuna - stencil, template

Silver It Is

2011-09-06T22:09:00.006+01:00

Well, thank you all for your beautiful comments and sort of it was the reason I just had to post this one.
This first pic is bright on very purpose! To get the silver shine.

Yes, my very messy desk, but well, if I am not bothered...

This is for 25th Anniversary. Trying to send the message "it feels like it was only yesterday". Roses following the flowers and colours of the "original wedding pic". Hih, let your imagination flow.

Image Lili of the Valley
Die cut Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles
Peel offs... I usually do not add peel offs but well, they were silver and that's it.
Flowers from stash and sales.
Colorine Promarkers

Yep, see you laters all :) and there are challenge or two for me today :)

Designed 2 Delight Wedding or Anniversary
Little Claire's #12 Wedding/Anniversary
Ooh La La Creations Anniversary
Bearly Mine Flowers

Summer Girl Blue

2011-09-06T13:21:00.005+01:00

Second posting today :)
Summer girl in blue (and lilac purple?)

Card blank is A4 cut to 14.5cm x 14.5cm
Nice light blue square cut 14 cm x 14cm
Spellbinders Wonky Squares
Flowers from stash.
Blinging diamonds are Big Crystal Stickes
Colorine Promarkes and followed LOTV quiding.
Just a bit of Glossy Accent and fine silver glitter.
Image wonderful LOTV (bought a Papercraft Inspirations mag, and got LOTV 20 printouts)

Summer Girl Orange

2011-09-06T13:18:00.007+01:00

Summer girl in orange.
At the moment I have this thirst for coloring and making "nice cards. Also new things are on my list like distressing, hot glueing and decorating.

Card blank is A4 cut to 14cm x 14cm
Off white linen 13.5cm x 13.5cm
Marianne Design Creatables Frame & Flower
Spellbinders circle
Spellbinders scalloped circle
Tim Holtz distress ink "tea dye"
(I love those distress ink, ohmy how lovely!)
Flowers all are from Samuel Taylor's sale (I love sales there!)
Stamp is from Pergamano Clear Stamps Flower Girl (It is a set, I believe, but I got mine from internet auction place.)
Colorine Promarkers
Just a drop or two Glossy Accent

Challenge or two I really would like to add this
Bearly Mine Flowers

Tomato-Tomoto

2011-09-05T14:51:00.002+01:00

The wonderful title is copied from Stacey. My defense is that I seriously needed something beautiful and this has been in my thoughts for a while. I'm not saying MY card is beautiful, but Stacey's is. And the one before that, you know what I mean, if reading Stacey's blog. I love you, girlfriend!

Again card is made by request.

Golden Wedding Anniversary means lots of gold. In this case I took it seriously and on the cover there are
Golden organza ribbon
Spellbinders Hearts Circle and
Marianne's Lacey Doily die
Tiny golden hearts glued one by one
Peel off was from a pile from a friend
Insert border is Fiskars something
Distress ink used on Marienne's die cut is either "Old Paper" or "Tea something"...

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Sleeping Beauty - Times to Treasure

2011-09-03T15:36:00.008+01:00

Sleeping Beauty - Times to Treasure

This card is made by request and is for a young couple having their first child. The title has a hidden message, or not so very hidden, I think ;) Times to treasure of course means how wonderful thing the new life is and also how those moments, when the baby is sleeping, are PRICELESS! A bit of peace and quiet. :)

Same Black and White

Sepia

This beautiful Digi Doodle baby digi is colored with Prismacolors and blending is baby oil as usual. Image itself is so gorgous that I feel it hard to honour. Sentiment is stamped using Impress red ink and tiny touch of Clear Embossing Powder. Embossed with heat gun. Yes, I'm getting there!

Image is DDSB
DP Laura Ashley
Leaves Spellbinders and swirly vine is Marianne's
Die Cut Spellbindes Lacey Ovals
Roses from stash
Glitter Glue is a gift from a friend
Pearls from Malaysia
Stamp "Times to Treasure" is a gift from very highly talented lady Marjo. Love and hugs to Finland!

After a long period of challengeless cards this one goes to

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Fairytale (I know I know, but the "Sleeping Beaty" should validate this)

LOTV Giveaway

2011-09-01T23:08:00.000+01:00

You know LOTV, don't you? Good. I thought so.

From LOTV Inspire Blog:

There's only 5 more days till you can get your hands on the new release from Lili of the Valley, so we thought we would treat ya to some new stamps!! We will be giving a stamp away for the next 5 days to two lucky winners each day so don’t forget to pop back to see if you’ve been lucky as well as checking out the DT’s newest sneak peeks!

Scent of Papers

2011-08-27T21:57:00.001+01:00

Been wondering what is it that gets us on the hook? I love papers and it is soooo bad we here in England are spoiled with choices and prices are fan-tas-tic. Where else you could get 54 sheet 12x12 Laura Ashley pad for £2.50? Gorgeous design and here it is.

I copied pictures from some auction site, but never mind.

There is a problem thou. Papers are so beautiful, I barely use them, just because I might run out of sheets. :( Can't bare the idea.

Oh no, these are NOT from any auction, but a wonderful local shop. I couldn't find proper pics from anywhere else that quickly.

GCSE Thursday 2011

2011-08-25T12:09:00.002+01:00

Congratulations Becky for your exam results!

Today is the GCSE Results Day and my neighbour's daugher, Becky, got her results. Big Congrats! Enjoy your day, you deserve it.

Cardstock from stash
Roses from Country Basket
Pearls from Malaysia
Image Lili of the Valley
Colorine Prismacolors and oil
Die Tim Holtz Alterations (not sure)

For All of Us Who Luuuurve Papers

2011-08-21T18:26:00.000+01:00

For all of us who luuuurve papers!

1000 sheets for A thousand sheets... again!

One Messy Glitter and An Embossed Verse

2011-08-20T00:37:00.001+01:00

Thank you my ladies. The inspiration was a card I received from Marjo http://amminaskareet.vuodatus.net/ and her words. For some time I have also wanted to try distress ink and flowers and glossy and STAMPING! :D

Anyway a bit more about this creation of mine.
The base is quality card stock A4 cut 14,5cm x 29 cm
Frame is Go Kreate
Roses are white, coloured by spray of water soluable marker.
Swirly leaf is Marianne.
Glitter is from Deco Art Extra Fine.
Glossy is Sepia from Inkessentials
Oval die cut is Spellbinders Beaded Ovals.
Verse is a MAGNOLIA stamp. Can you believe it :D :D
Ink is silver Ink It Up!
Embossing powder also from same company Heat It Up.
Distress Ink Tim Holtz old paper.

Oooh, that list was long.
Card is made for a couple from our congregation, who got married end of December... Who said I'm a bit slow sometimes ;)

Condolences

2011-07-30T09:53:00.000+01:00

In Loving Memory of Elizabeth.

Flower - Spellbinders
Frames - Go Kreate
Swirl - Marianne
White Stuff - DecoArt Snow Tex
Pearls from China
Peel Off - Anita's (assumed)

Mirror Mirror

2011-07-15T22:58:00.000+01:00

Stamp - LOTV
Papers - Samuel Taylor's
Roses - stash
Ribbons - stash
Die - Marianne Creatables
White mess - DecoArt Snow Tex
Glitter - stash

New Methods

2011-07-03T18:47:00.000+01:00

Fancied a bit of change.

The Latest

2011-06-22T01:11:00.002+01:00

Glamour and Beauty

No challenges again. It annoys me to see people to add 30 odd challenges for each and every single card/creation they make. Maybe I'm envy, but this is how I feel.

Thank You. Big Time,

2011-06-18T20:57:00.004+01:00

There are some people and groups I really think that I would like to thank for being "here". This is for all of you :) This is the second real proper stamp image I stamp, and heheh, everything went fine until I thought "hmmm... it's a good idea to use fine liner to sharpen the images". Well, it wasn't.

Colours Prismacolors

Few drops of glitter glue to make a mess

Samuel Taylor is the place I bought the stamp it is soooo cute collection, can't remember the name thou

Button, pearls and twine from some bargain shops around Leeds.

No challenges but for saying THANK YOU!

Have to say this: Eeku, Lissu, Anu, Riikka, An, Satu, Ouppa, Marjo, Sirpa, Pike, Jose, Marke, Helena, Bisse, Taina, Töpö.. How come you are so kind and funny?!? If you just knew how nice it is to pop in for a chat and talk about all crafting etc. :D

All my old friend in this blogland already know me, and how important you are in my life. :) And real life as well. Of course. Mwaahhhhh!

A Girl, a Boy and a Goose. Or a Duck

2011-06-18T11:19:00.001+01:00

Life keeps me away from here, because it takes all my strength actually to be alive. Positive thinking: Better to come.

The Drummer

2011-06-04T16:05:00.002+01:00

He's so cool, isn't he? Colorine stinks, but the image is cool and cute and great and fun. You're getting the point? There is something about Kenny K images I like very much. Probably it's the cartoon style, face expressions, detailed finish and varity of characters for every taste and mood.

First time with Promarkers. (Hahah, it can be seen, but really, girl has to start from somewhere.Surely I've used that line before :D ) Coloring images is "my thing", I love it, although I'm rubbish.

Card is for a teenager who just finished his GCSEs and obviously he's a drummer. :)

Pic does not show the real colours. This looks like it was pink, but it's darker and purple. Or try to be at least. There is not much of embellishments, because it doesn't need much. Wanted to keep focusing on the drummer.

Cardstock - I keep cutting card blanks
Digi -Kenny K
Pens - Promarkers and a touch of Sepia from Prismacolors
Die Cut - Go Kreate, but I didn't have the die or die cut, so shape is drawn using a pencil and cut using scissors (Thank you, An)
Embellishments - Dovecraft brads x 4
Specials - First mess with Promarkers

Yay! Thanks for reading :)

Where Have I Been?! Hooked on Cards

2011-05-12T13:33:00.000+01:00

I know you've missed me dearly! You haven't??? I'm fainting, gasping...

Something really weird happened some time ago. Looks like it was approx 30th April. I was surfing the net, looking for nothing actually, and then I found this funny sounding and interested looking website Koukussa Kortteihin, i.e. Hooked on Cards! As you probably know, I don't read or speak Finnish very often, therefore I was soooo thrilled. Woot? Finnish website and soooo many cardcrafting mad people gathered together?!? Imbossible, I thought. Needed a proper look. Out of interest, no no no... I'm not curious at all. Heck I'm not.

Ohmygoood. What an amazing bunch of people. I've been there chatting and having fun. Can't believe it how they made me welcome, so friendly and I haven't laugh this much for ages. Honest!

Naturally I've made a fool of myself few times, but ohwell, one who doesn't make mistakes... you know the rest. At least they will remember me forevah :)

If you speak / read Finnish, I truly suggest you go to Koukussa kortteihin

Fashion Icon

2011-04-30T01:02:00.008+01:00

World has been given a new Fashion Icon :) She took the famous like it was air she is breathing. Here she is stright from Barn Fashion Show 2011 runway.

She is wearing purpleish velvet dress and top of the dress is embroided with silver pearls. Under dresses are beige and cream silk. She has huge diamond bracelets on both wrists and top of all is fantastic hair net with shining floral zircons :D And a bee.

Again I made a punched frame with Fiskars and this time I coloured plain 80gsm paper to highlight roses and leaves and glued it under the card. Yellow bow is just me messing about and one self adhesive heart shaped purple "jewelry".

Cardstock -

Digi - Phindy's

Pencils - Prismacolors

Die Cut - Spellbinders

Punch (around the card) Fiskars

Gems, Ribbon and Bow - stash

Challenges, I would like to enter

Phindy's Place Challenge #53 - Glitter, Glamour and Glitz
AiFactory - Anything goes
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Use an animal on your card
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes
Paper Romance - Summer
The Stamping Boutique - Winged Things (Threre are 2 bees, or one bee and one fly)
Fashionista Friday - Things with wings (There are 2 bees)
Inspire Me Fridays - Always anything goes
Ladybug crafts ink - Fashion
Corrosive Challenges - 2E - Animals
Wags 'n Whiskers - 2W, SIO - Challenge #53: Use die/punch

Bugs and Butterfiles

2011-04-27T17:02:00.008+01:00

Holographic card stock makes me dizzy but isn't it lovely on cards? YES. The pic was taken with flash, and it really gives depth and shows the rainbow effect. First I punched the corners, then around the card to get those leaves. Then I placed holographic card under it and voila, here we got the wonderful shine.

This is my first "normal" easel card and the base is very simply decorated with couple of bugs and leaves. On the card itself there are more bugs!

Original image has a bird, but I cut it out (okay, I admit, colouring birds is probably harder than colouring snow, so you understand how much I try to avoid birds. Hmmm... Good I'm not Alfred Hitchock. LOL), yes, I cut the birdie out and glued couple of butterflies there. Extra wow factor is two or three layers on each.

With good imagination, you can "see" a frog hiding behind the leaves down on the edge of the diamond cut. ;)

Yes, I forgot to sort that silly line out on the left side of "watermark". Annoying. Maybe next time.

Image is MJM (Mo Manning)

Die cuts diamonds are Nestabilities

Punch around the card is Fiskars (yes, my Finnish roots are proud of it)

Butterfly punch is a gift from my friend

Another bug is small punch, no name

Gems are bought from Samuel Taylors

Colorine Prismacolors

Lining by Stabilo

Highlights Sakura Gelly Roll Silver Star

Challenges, I would like to enter:

The Stamping Boutique - 2W, 2E, SIO - Winged Things
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Card Cupids - use Punches
Corrosive Challenges - 2E - Animals
Creative Inspirations Paint - 1E - Inspired by The Rainbow
Creative Inspirations - 2W - use a Digi
Stamping Scrapping Central - 2W, 1E - Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesdays - 3E (2E anything goes wk) - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum - 2W - Anything goes
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - 1E - #7 use a digi

:) Until next card! x

Oops, forgot this:

Bugs and Butterflies are sparkling, thanks to kids very cheap glitter glue. (I squeezed glue on a blank card and spread it all over by finger and let it dry over night and then hehe, it looked good and well... the rest is on the card :)

Freebie Time - UbA 09 black and white edition

2011-04-24T12:02:00.006+01:00

Here I am again with black and white tools bp. There are few more tools and also the size is bigger and tools smaller.

Feel free to tell your friends about these, because I'm not advertising anywhere else :) Not saying that I don't want to, but The Best Freebie Site EVAH won't list colored thingies (as most of my backing paper freebies are, all the rest though are black and white), and if I can't have the best, I won't settle the second best! :) LOL, so I have to settle with my own blog ;P

Last part of the file name "uba" stands for Unique by Annemaritta. Easy to remember and welcome back!

Here is the list of my other freebies. :)

A Gerbera Or Not A Gerbera

2011-04-23T22:36:00.017+01:00

I have NO greenfingers, all 10 are pale pink, therefore no idea what this flower is called, but then again, thing like that has never stopped me.

After good night sleep and horrible nightmare (erm... paradox)

As you can see, I added the bow and also now it is clearer to see that the die cut is in the middle of "nothing", only those tiny pearl strings are holding it there.

ARGH! One is totally lost without a proper camera!

The trick was to tie the die cut in the middle of the cut and it is done by using chain of golden pearls, the same was used for those swirls. Of course there are couple of gems. Then this mrs decided the card so too boring and ah, now it is not. With this huge flowerly thingy.

I like this middle piece hanging like that in the air. The idea was to make a card for "Less Is More", but I think this card has too much now. :) LOL, there is no chance to send this card safe to anyone in the envelope. And whad did I have under my desk?!? A perfecto box. Can't believe it! :)

N E V E R T H R O W A N Y T H I N G A W A Y.

That is my motto today.

Yessss, I found these challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - 2W - 2nd W -Pearls and/or swirls

Delicious Doodles - 3E, SIO - Challenge #22: Anything goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge #99: Flowers

Cute Card Thursday - C5 - No text

Freebie Time - UbA 10

2011-04-23T08:56:00.004+01:00

Hello again! :)

This time I'm offering you bp "Boats". 300dpi, jpg and size is now A4. If you are using these, I wouldn't mind the slightest, if you could mention "Unique by Annemaritta"or "UbA". There are many projects I would like to have matching backing paper, and this is so much fun to create them. :)

Last part of the file name "uba" stands for Unique by Annemaritta, if you like these, then you remember where to come for more ;)

These Boots Are Made For Working

2011-04-22T21:32:00.003+01:00

Yay! Phindy's digi and TLC sentiment, what else could a girl ask for? Hmm... set of Prismacolors, some gems, couple of plasters, buttons, twine...

Nothing is ever enough? :o What are we like :D

Paper piecing thingy:

Esa's teeshirt and his jeans are paper piecing, as well as his arms and tummy. Face is my own. Or Prismacolors rather.

The difficult part is this: I have N E V E R managed to do the hop blog, or blog hop. Once I thought about it, but then it was sooooo overhjelming task LOL. Yes, I will try now, this week or in the near future...

This card is from real life! My dad was wallpapering or nailing skirting boards or summat like that. My son saw granddad with a hammer and guess what happened when my dad went for a cuppa... Yes! My son took the hammer, and started hammering brand new wallpapers, because he just wanted to help. Awwwwww... :) (You sure understand now, why I love this digi!)

Backing paper is fresh and created and printed today. I wanted to have tools and then I desinged one. Hmpf, not tool, but BP.

Thank you for reading and sharing my family secrets with me :D

Challenges...

Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - Paper Piecing

Delightful Challenges - paper piercing or paper piecing

Aud Sentiments - anything goes

Meljen Designs - masculine

Bunny Zoe - one for the boys

Digi Design House - paper piecing

Freebie time - UbA 09

2011-04-22T15:24:00.006+01:00

Long time no seen, eh? Straight to the point then!

Sure everyone knows how kids like to build something, or give a "helping" hand when mum or dad are working. At the moment I'm working on Phindy's beautiful image "Big Boots to Fill" and because I didn't have any suitable bp, I put my designer hat and mood on, and now I do have a perfect backing paper for that. In my opinion, anyway!!! :D

Feel free to grab these if you like :) Size is 16cm x 16 xm, and resolution is 300, format is .jpg. Thought about getting A4 or US Letter size, but maybe in the near future, just wanted to get my card done first :)

Last part of the file name "uba" stands for Unique by Annemaritta. Easy to remember and welcome back!

Here is the list of my other freebies. :)

The Longest Sentence

2011-04-22T02:24:00.003+01:00

What is the shortest sentence in the world? Answer: Go. or Be.

What is the longest sentence in the world? Answer: I do.

And because of that:

Pink and glitter, florals and swirls :)

Cardstock - Because of the pattern of the border was so funny lenght, I had to improvise with A4, then some pearl pink and glittering silver

Die - Nellie's (isn't it GORGEOUS)

Wedding Bands - from Samuel Taylors

Specials - florals from stash

Challenges, my card should fit to:

AiFactory - 1E, SIO - Challenge #077: Flowers in bloom

C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge #99: Flowers

Cute Card Thursday - C5 - No text

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - SIO - Challenge #55: Glitter & glitz

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - 2W, 1E, SIO - 2nd Wk - Challenge #7: Glitter & shine

Shelly's Images - SIO - Show us what you got

Cooking It Up With Katie - 1E - # 58 flowers, pink, for a lady

Crafts and Me - #31 pink and sweet

A Spoonful Of Sugar - 1E - Lets Celebrate

Top Tip Tuesday - 3E - Open Challenge

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - 1E - Anything Goes

PS. Border is selfadhesive wallpaper border ;)

Five Pairs of Ears

2011-04-20T22:10:00.005+01:00

Yay! Image is Sassy Cheryl's and it is delicious, so delicious :)

Prismacolors, Johnson Baby Oil, lots of laugh and my new found thingy, paper buttons!!! :) Sentiment is TLC (Paulette is fabulous and it is so nice of her to give us these freebies!)
Sentiment die cut - Nestie
Floral hearts - Sizzix
Pearls - Home Bargains
Buttons - Joy! Crafts

Look at the mouse :D :D

I found this
Make it Monday - Anything goes (go and have a look, excellent blog!)
Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - 2nd Wk - Anything goes

Kids

2011-04-18T20:06:00.005+01:00

Hih, what a wonderful image again from Mo :) Surely I will never get tired of them. Sunday was (unbelievable) sunny day here in Yorkshire, England, so I took my Prismacolors and few printed images with me and spent few wonderful hours in the overgrown garden. Coloring, not gardening!

Mo's Challenge theme is "Start of Something New" and I hope it goes without saying that this card shows (ok ok, I am explaining it!! hahah) toddler's first ever tantrum! For parents this is a start of a new wonderful era.

Sentiment is excellent ;) and look at the bp!

Digi - Mo Manning
BP - Mo Manning

Pencils - Prismacolors

Die Cut - Spellbinders and
Circles cut using Crimson & Blake tool I have no idea what it is but knife

Buttons, ribbons and gem - old stash

I really want to get this card to:

Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - Start of something new
Cupcake Craft - Lots of Layers
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Woodware USA - 2E - Die Cuts/Punches
Karens Doodles - 1E, SIO - Lots of Layers
Amber's Cards and Stuff - My Favourite Things (Prismacolors, 6x6 card, kids with attitude + "matching" quote, Nesties...)

Do Not Colour Without Daylight

2011-04-16T21:51:00.004+01:00

No special story to go with this card, but it is the joy of making something, I assume ;) Of course I always find something anyhow...

1. I have 134 different Prismacolors to choose from (2 pencils are of those discontinued colours) and I was struggling a bit to match TEAL. Should I contact Sanford or would it be enough just to find the reason in the mirror? ;) Heheh!

2. Sky went all pear shaped, solution was easy thou, I cut the image out, hah!

3. Can I please blame the scanner image looking more blue than purple!

I love those buttons and sentiment and layout and backing paper and to be honest, I like this card alot. No idea why. ;)

Cardstock - Last couple of weeks I've been cutting A4 -> 6 x 6, more room to play with!

Digi - Digi Doodles

Pencils - Prismacolors
Blending with Johnson Baby Oil and a stump

Staedtler 3000 Duo was used distressing the edges

BP - Free gift from somewhere

Embs:
Die Cut Buttons are Joy Crafts
Die Cut Lace is Nellie's
organza ribbon is from stash

Sentiment - TLC

Challenges for this card?

Phindy's Place - Purple and Teal

PS. There are 72 Prismacolors on the desk and rest in a big tin. By the way, mug tree is an excellent cutting die tree! Oh, and there is the image after cutting the sky out.

I'm working on getting good pencil holders and this is a start.

Big Shot Is Back

2011-04-15T11:01:00.001+01:00

Knocking on the door, who could that be (as if I didn't know after following the tracking system online). Box addressed to me and it was a brand new Big Shot.

Old plates and dies did not come back, unfortunately, but of course the most important is the machine.

Have to say, the company I bought the original from handled all with excellent customer care and service. Polite and friendly, kept me informed all the way through, and all and all I would really like to recommend craft4.com to all of you.

Double Trouble With Easy Easel

2011-04-12T00:37:00.009+01:00

Digital camera is broken and camera phone has no flash, but that does not stop me from trying something cool and new for me. Never ever even tried easel card before, but of course I had to try something "a bit different" and this is so cool!!! I mean creating it.

Some might recognize "me", I was never happy with the card, but love the image and my colorine with her/me (yes, and I have guts to say so too! :)) and because this card is to be sent to someone very very special, wanted this person to laugh with it/me.

Now to my first ever easel card, may I introduce: Double Twisted Easel:

Yep, again I glued about one billion pearls and this time there are lilac, yellow and white of my "sandpaper glittering" cardstock. :) I hope you can spot two different shades of bp. :)

The old card

bp from Samuel Taylors
Die Cuts are Spellbinders and Nellie's Multi Frame
Pearls are from chain, cut and glued one by one
Gems are from Samuel Taylors Craft Essentials
Image is Mo Manning's
Colored Pencils are Prismacolors

It would be nice to find few challenges, but with this picture quality, I will forget it for now :( --- Will do tomorrow :)
Couldn't resist:
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - Challenge #4 Try a New Techique (easel)
Craft Your Passion - 2 by 2
Make it Monday - #32 Anything goes
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it up (3 or more layers)
Woodware USA - 2E - #22 Anything goes

Romantic Era Part I

2011-04-09T18:21:00.011+01:00

Here we go...

I found this wonderful sandpaper feel sparkling and shining cardstock and although I have only few sheets, I love to use it, because it is so beautiful and easy to work with. This time it is used to create sort of pyramid with Nestabilities and then it needed one layer only for image itself.

This last photo was taken with flash just to show how gems and all thingies spark :)

Die Cuts - Spellbinders Nestabilities

Gems are from Samuel Taylors Craft Essentials

Ribbon stash

Lilac bp again from ST

"Golden chain" is from Mad About Crafting

Image is Ann's Paper Art (Danish company, I recall...)

Until next time, my dears :)

Oh, as much as I would love to take all credit for the colorine, I can't. It's Prismacolors ;)
948 Sepia, 915 Lemon Yellow, 922 Poppy Red, 1003 Spanish Orange, 913 Spring Green, 1009 Dahlia Purple

all blended with Johnson Baby Oil with stump

and light touch of Stabilo black and orange...

Few great challenges, I would love to participate:

Anything Goes Challenge -1E, JFF - Pearls
Do You Stack Up? - 3E, SIO - Challenge #14 Yellow Brick Road (loads of yellow!)
~~Crafty Cardmakers~~ - 2W, 3E - Recipe: Use Yellow as your MAIN COLOUR, Add Ribbon, Use Stitching Faux or real, and Use Rhinestones/Gems
* yellow card blank, yellow sparkling cardstock, yellow ribbons, yellow gems, yellow (golden) pearls and yellow flowers weren't enough :D

Wags 'n Whiskers - 2W, SIO - Ribbons and Pearls

Bottle of Rum

2011-04-08T15:41:00.002+01:00

EDIT: I just found out this card is one winner of Sentimental Sundays. THANK YOU! (Annie 13th April 2011)

Where there is a sea, there are pirates.

Challenge I admire:
Sentimental Sundays - Lets Get Wet!
Card Makin Momas - Embellish it

The Mind of a Woman

2011-04-01T12:15:00.010+01:00

I will add some txt soon, but now I have to (well, why me? Not MY course work, but...) watch Jane Eyre. (Son's English work, but I've never watched Jane Eyre myself either.)

*** Son's English coursework deadline was today and my help was essential, he says... ***

OK, English coursework done.

Handbag: Again one creature I've never tried before; a Handbag Card. Hih, lovely project. I'm so in love with Spellbinders dies that one day you will get bored with me,

"Annie, happy crafter, had a Big Shot,

Ee i ee i oh!

And with Big Shot she cut some dies,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a Spellbinders here,

and a Nestabilities there,

Here a mess, there a mess,

Everywhere a big mess

Old crafter Annie had some fun!

Ee i ee i oh!

A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you! - Billy Connelly

Card blank was shaped
All die cuts - Spellbinders
Decorations on edge of die cuts - some glitter glue dots from tube and leftovers when cutting a eyelet edge die
Stickers - Anita's and from Samuel Taylor's
Butterfly and tiny flowers with pearls - from my stash
Sentiment - Billy Connelly

Been organising some drawers; it really is rewarding because of all these "oooh, I didn't remember this" and "awww, when have I bought this" etc. Definitely it's GREAT!!!

Few challenges, I would take a part:
Paper Crafting Journey - PCJ Challenge 7 – For the Ladies in Your Life
Scrapbook Sisters - Card for a Special Lady