Tea Time

It's windy out there and sky is darkening more and more. It's Ophelia, or what ever is left of this hurricane, coming for a visit. We are all safe and well and it's a perfect time for a nice cup of tea!

Lili of the Valley stamps are cute, how ever long you have had them, and over and over again it is nice to take a stamps and markers out and do something!

Again I took and embossing folder and sanding paper out. The effect is such a nice change for most of the time using design papers.

Easel cards are easy to make and it doesn't need too much to secure the standing. This time I glued 5 4mm rhinestones. Works well :)

Card blank - Craft UK

Stamp - Lili of the Valley

Colours - Promarkers (Letraset)

BP - stash

Die cuts - Tonic Studios, Spellbinders, Sizzix

Embossing folder - bought from China, no marking for manufacturer

Embossed card - Tim Holtz brand

+ a bit of sanding

Flowers - made by me

Rhinestones and ribbons - stash

I hope there is still time to take part:

Passion for Promarkers - #416 Embossing

Color Inspiration Monday - Hand Colored Images 

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes 

Cutie Pie Challenge - must be cute - #116 THINK PINK

Bunch of Flowers

Thankfully we have had quite beautiful autumn weather here in Yorkshire, but bunch of flowers always makes you feel warmer. I prefer flowers in their natural habitat, not in a vase. Embossed, stamped, hand crafted, drawn, painted, etc etc are all beautiful and those ones I love.

Here is one flowery card I made yesterday:

Card blank - Craft UK 8x8
Embossing Folder - 

Card Stock - blue is Tim Holtz brand and after embossed it, I used sandpaper to make the image clearer. (I LOVE sanding)

BP - stash - it was fun to cut pieces of 2" wide strips to cover 8x8 card - very therapeutic 

Flowers - made by me and Silhouette Cameo cutter 
Paper for Flowers - Lidl 

Sentiment - by using Silhouette Cameo cutter pens and blade

Looking for Greener Grass

There is something very sweet in this stamp. From the biggest to the smaller they work together to give Mr Big Pig a chance to look for the greener grass. 

Got this stamp from eBay years ago, but unfortunately never got the front part. Never mind, this is such a beauty anyway. Not the first time I made this to a card :) 

All farm animals like spring and yay! will get out and enjoy sunshine, nice warm promise of summer and want to wonder around. (Clearly I have no idea of real farm life, but here we go!)

Stamp - Art Impressions U1719 Pig (front and) Back

Colours - Prismacolors Pencils

Card blank - Craft UK

Backing papers - Trimcraft

Flowers - small made using Cheery Lynn die + distress inks

Flowers - big made using Britannia die + distress inks

Card stock - Image stamped on Papermill 300gsm ivory card

and white hammered card backing is from Crafter's Companion

Cutting die - Go Kreate Frilly #3

Anything else - stash

Some nice challenges:

Crafty Catz – #162 - Anything Goes with a twist: Touch Of Pink (PIG)

Art Impressions Stamp Challenge  #204 Spring-y Cards

Moving along with the Times 2W,3E #41 Handmade or Die Cut Flowers

What the Bookshelf Is For

Adorable stamp, isn't it? Two cats relaxing and feeling cosy. Millions of details to colour, and that is what I love about this Charles Wysocki's stamp "Frederick the Literate".

Card blank - 8x8 Craft UK
Stamp - Charles Wysocki "Frederick the Literate" (Stamps Happen) - I've been looking for information of when the stamp was released, but no luck. Artist passed away 2002 and stamp was released by Mosaic Licensing. 
Colouring - Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Design Papers - Trimcraft
All the rest - stash

Challenges: 
Passion for ProMarkers - Week 386 Lace/Ribbon/Twine
Crafty Creations - #336 Always Anything Goes 
Retro Rubber Challenge - (must use rubber stamp you had for some time/at least a year) - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girls - must use ribbon, must be a card – Any Card with Ribbon 
Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Mermaid in Blue

I do believe that mermaid are just fantasy and result of wild running, or should I say swimming, imagination but digistamps from Make it Crafty are fabulous to colour and if this bothers anyone, please think this was just a costume party outfit ;)

Flowers I made using Britannia cutting dies
Embossed sea is by Fiskars embossing plate
Embossed light cream card from Papermill, 
embossing folder Crafter's Companion 
and a bit of Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress ink. 
Ribbon and pearls are from by endless drawers 
Sentiment is from Lili of the Valley
Backing paper could be Docrafts or First Edition
Card blank is 8x8 Craft UK
Coloured using Promarkers

When Kid Goes to College or Uni

It's first of September and of course we all know how wonderful month this is! Kids go back to school, some leave for college and some for uni. My card is about it.

Let me first introduce you our wonderful sponsor we have at Crafts Galore Encore for September Challenge #9 Make a Card:

Beccy's Place 

and 

prize is 3 digi stamps or 1 set of your own choice. 

What the artist herself says: I love spending time in my craft room designing and creating with paper, fabric, flowers, ribbons, paint... anything I can get my hands on really. I have tried many different arts and crafts and have a particular passion for papercrafts, decorative painting and ribbon embroidery. I love to share ideas and "how to's" with other keen crafters, which is the purpose of this blog. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.

For September Challenge I used digi stamp called "Raspberry House".

Empty nest when child leaves home to follow the dreams what he wants to study.

He is homesick (as if!) and folds the card to think about home. How sun was shining and love in the middle of it all was so warm and made him feel good.

Raspberries and sunshine with love. Raspeberries got a fab 3D effect when adding Glossy Accent them each one by one. Sun is made of different flowers and of course shiny heart in the middle :)

Card falls flat and oops, there is a pocket and there is something in the pocket!

This is just to show embossed part of the card and pearls.

Little book attached the tag and there is a message from home. (Not done it yet because need to blog this first.)

Big tag is actually another pocket and there is some money.

AND THAT REALLY MAKES YOUR STUDENT'S DAY!!!

That's it. Hope you like this one.

Details:

Digistamp - Beccy's Place

Colours - Letraset Flexmarkers

Card blank - 8x8 Craft UK

Tag and book - Sizzix dies

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations

Glossy Accent for Raspberries

Papers, pearls, ribbon, etc - all stash

There are couple of challenges I would like to take part:

Buttons and Bows

Yep, buttons and bows, plenty of them. Needed to make something cheerful because at this very moment and day I was suppose to be in San Mateo, California. Instead I'm here in beautiful Yorkshire, well, who would go to sunny California when they can stay in rainy Yorkshire, eh???

Here is Tilda in lilac.

 

 

Ah, now the list:

Card blank - Craft UK

Stamp - Magnolia Tilda

Colouring - Flexmarkers

Buttons, Bows, Pearls, Petals, Papers - all stash

This is made for:

The Ribbon Girls - April Magnolia Only Challenge

Clear It Out - Challenge: Colour - Purple Stash: Purple Things

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - Anything Goes

Magnolia-liscious & Wee Stamp Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

That's it! Thanks for visiting xx

Peach Babe

At Bella and Bronte's Clubhouse an idea came up to recolor stamp lines using light colours/ink before coloring the image . I've tried this method couple of years ago, but for some reason never made anything worth blogging.

It really makes a difference and although I won't start doing this regularly, it is getting you out of your rut (not saying that I'm in the rut, noooooh! Am I? Blimey!).

Usually I print/resize/flip etc digi stamp with either MS Publisher or Gimp, and 4 or 5 images on A4.

 

Wow, not even one flower! Instead there are "just a couple" of little hearts and couple of pearls. 

 

Wonderful warm spring, sun is shining here in Leeds, West Yorkshire and sky is bright. Soon if not already, we'll see butterflies and wonderful colours of spring.

 

I like the image how lines changed it. Totally. 

Those two little legs are imo probably the best part of the card. Heh. 

Lets list the materials:

Card blank - Craft UK

Digistamp - Mo Manning's Peaches 

Colouring - Letraset Flexmarkers

Cardstock - Papermill Direct

Embossing Folder - Darice

Ribbons, pearls and hearts - stash

Challenge or maybe more:

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Must Be Square #31 Use Some Pastel Colours

Emergency Crafters  - Polkadots

Ladybug Crafts  - Here Comes Spring :)

Congratulations

Challenged myself to make "white on white". With a twist of course. Here is what I came up with:

 

 

This photo shows nicely the acetate window.

 

 

Shopping list:

8x8 cardblank - Craft UK

white cardstock - Papermill Direct

acetate sheet - stash

glitter sheet - Home Bargains

Tonic Studios - Deco Frame Ivy

Marianne Creatables cutting dies

flowers and leaves - Country Basket

homemade roses in different sizes from scraps and Tonic Studios punches

Ooh, there is some challenges for this creation:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - White on White

Crafting for all Seasons - #74 Dies and Punches

Crafting By Designs -  Anything goes

Creative Moments -  #39 Anything goes/Girly

Rhedd's & Rosie's Challenge Blog -  No Digital layouts - #30 Anything goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Must Be Square #30 Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes

Card and Scrap - #73 Confirmation, Wedding or Baby

Thanks for visiting :)

Kite

Look at her! She is Mo Manning's design and you can find her HERE.

This was so much fun making and colouring :) 

Idle hands have been busy making flowers and that is my favourite way to use scrap papers! Trying different type, colours, stems/no stems, curl, petals... you name it. One thing is for sure: I'll never run out of flowers, heh.

Pic above shows flowers a bit better.

The important info, how this was done:

digital stamp Mo Manning's Shop 

colorine Spectrum Noir markers

backing paper stash

embossing folder Provo Craft (Cuttlebug)

doily Dovecraft

all flowers made using papers from Craftwork Cards

kite is my own doodling

bows and gems stash

inside frame Marianne cutting die

Phew! What a list :)

This post is almost done, only challenge or two need listing...

• DP2 Challenge - "K is for..." KITE
• Cute Card Thursday -  #314 Floral Delights
• Southern Girls -  Floral Frenzy

Hurry Up!

A bit of rush! I knew somewhere in my head that I've almost missed something, and yeah, I was right.

Here is Annabel from gorgeous stamp set byLili of the Valley 

and without a doubt it reminds me of a song "Brand New Key" 

Card blank Craft UK

Stamp Lili of the Valley

Colorine Spectrum Noir markers

Die cutting Sizzix 

Flowers all done by yours truly (design and all, well, not very difficult to design a daisy...)

Backing paper is Shop till you drop collection

Tree is very inspired by Stephanie Weightman

Ribbon (isn't it cute) stash

Pearls stash

Challenge or two ;)

LOTV's Ideas to Inspire: Crafty Bingo (ribbon, pearls, flowers)

Spring

Nice time at the crafting table with Spectrum Noir Markers and Kenny K stamp.

jacket	LY3	CG3
jeans	LV1	LV2	blender
lips	CR1	CR3	CR10
shoes	LV3	IG6	blender
skin	FS2	FS3	TN2	FS6	EB1
top	LV1	LV2	blender

Above is the list of colours I was messing about. :) Really enjoyed!

card Craft UK

cardstock Papermill Direct and Samuel Taylors

stamp Kenny K Movie Star

colorine Spectrum Noir Markers

bow, champagne bottle inspired by Tattered Lace designs

embossing folders Provocraft (hearts) and freebie from craft mag 

pearl trim is from Country Basket

Lovely challenge or two...

KennyK - Anything go with a twist (bow)
Crafty Catz - 224 Anything Goes 

Guitar Lessons

What happens when I take a guitar in my hands? You can here bling, bling, brang and "no, wait..." bling, grrr "no, wait..."

This is Annabel and her guitar lessons :)
These "sentiments" are just words like "no, not like this", "wait". Trying very hard to hit notes and play it well. When you open the card, there are words "it is thought that counts".

Same works with so many things, you try and fail, you want to do your best, and you try very hard. It is not always the case, that result needs to be perfect. It is the thought that counts.

Again Spectrum Noir markers.

Lets see what this was made of:
Card blank Craft UK
Stamp Lili of the Valley
Colorine Spectrum Noir markers
Die cuts Go Kreate, Spellbinders and Tonic Studios
DP Dovecraft (argh, not sure, better play it safe and say stash) (Pun intended!)
Orange and white cardstock Papermill Direct
Glitz it glue was used on Tonic Studios' die cut, Glue gives nice finish

There are these challenges I would like to take part:

Crafty Catz - Challenge 224 Anything Goes
Cut it Up- Must have Die Cuts - No. 41 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Cards. - No. 50 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :) See you next time!!!