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

Music Sweet Music

Autumn is knocking the door and when you need some cheering up (cheer up and chin up), Art Impressions stamps are just perfect for any occasion.

Here is one of my favourites, hehe, it's me although I don't have a piano, but enthusiasm is like looking at the mirror, perfect :)

Card blank - 8x8 die cutting using Go Kreate Frilly #7

Stamp - AI - U1527 Betty

Coloring - Promarkers from Letraset (old name)

Backing papers - Dovekraft / Lidl 

Gems - stash

Flowers - me, scraps, gems, glue and Tonic Studios punch

Distressing touch - Ranger Tim Holtz

Sentiment - sort of from Cliff Richard's Congratulations song

Challenges for this one:

Passion for ProMarkers - #415 Pretty in Pink

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

A Very Proud Grandma Presents

Long time since last blogging. Well, here I am now and happy. Happy because I am a GRANDMOTHER. It was quite certainly one of the happiest days in my life when son told me the news that they are expecting. I was laughing and crying same time, heart was singing tunes and I felt so proud and happy for my son and daughter-in-law.

Here's the one I sent after birth.

Colouring by Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Flowers coloured using Distress Inks

Embossing board is Keepsake Glitter Girls Board #50

Die cuts Marianne Design

Cardstock Crafter's Companion

Challenge for this:

Passion for Promarkers - Week 385 It's a boy

Through The Craft Room Door - March 7 - 13

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

Baby News

It's always great news when hearing wonderful miracle happening, a new life has been created. This is a card to first time parents to be.

Digistamp - Make it Crafty
Colouring - Promarkers
Cutting dies - Spellbinders, Tonic Studios

Apr-CAS-MiC-Sketch

You really must love abbreviations ;)
April
Clean and simple
Make it Crafty
Sketch Challenge

Digistamp - Make it Crafty Adele

Colouring - Promarkers

Dies - Spellbinders

Embossing folder - Couture Creations 

Golden card - Create and Craft

All the rest - stash

From Make it Crafty website: This month our challenge is a Sketch Challenge! Here is the Sketch we would like you to play with:

Join the challenge, it's fun!

Giving a Bit Different Thanks

We are in middle of September and I feel it is a good time for me posting this card. It's showing someone how I really appreciate our friendship.

Kenny K's Krafty Krew has a new challenge, 

# 203 Anything Goes with a Twist "Thank You"

Random winner's prize is 3 free digis of the Winner's Choice, 5 if twist is used.

The Top 3 will be chosen by KennyKs Krafty Krew 

Prize will be one (1) digi for each of you

Remember you MUST use a KennyK digi or stamp to qualify for a prize!

Kenny is always offering a free image, visit the shop and you will find it there :)

Very minimalistic colouring, and it works beautifully with backing paper and embellishments. 

Image is Kenny K digistamp - Kitty Katastrophe

Colours - Promarkers

DP - Docrafts

Sentiment - typed and printed

Swirl - Tonic Studios

Flowers - scraps stash

Black flowers - Tonic Studios punch

Purple flowers - made a file and cut it

Glitter - Mod Podge

Oval dies - Tonic Studios

Sentiment cutting shape - made a file and cut it 

Pearls - stash 

Challenges to take part:

• Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes
• Eclectic Ellapu - Use something in your stash that is 6 months or older (papers, embellishments, punch...)
• One Stitch At A Time - #245 Anything Goes with Gratitude (what you are thankful for)
• Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
• Simply Papercraft - No. 13 Anything Goes
• Passion for Promarkers - Week 313 Use Sentiment
• Where the HeART is - #1 Add Some Text

It's your turn now!

Black Roses

It's first of September, can't believe it is true, September already! Good thing about first of a month is a new  Kenny K's Krafty Krew Challenge is here, #202, with a twist, of course. You can find out more by following the link :)

This is my idea of a beautiful but dark autumn (or fall, as they call it on the other side of the pond). I chose to use digi stamp Trixxie Treat.

Double heart card blank I made with Glitter Girls embossing board adding few layers and silver peel off thin lines.

Trixxie's make up is done using just Promarkers Ice Grey 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Black roses are again Tonic Studios punch, black card, hot glue gun and burned finger tips :D

Random winner's prize is 3 free digis of the Winner's Choice, 5 if twist is used.

The Top 3 will be chosen by KennyKs Krafty Krew 

Prize will be one (1) digi for each of you

Remember you MUST use a KennyK digi or stamp to qualify for a prize!

Recap:

Digi - Kenny K's Trixxie Treat

Colourine - Promarkers

Card stock - Papermill Direct 

Rose vine stamp - Glitter Girls

Embossing board - Glitter Girls

Peel offs - Pinflair

Roses - Tonic punch and yours truly

Challenges I'd like to take part:

• Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Celebrate Something

Yay, nothing is better than have any kind of reason to celebrate something or anything. It could be a painless day, a nearly painless day, a day with not as awful pain than the other day, or just enjoying little gems of life.

To be honest this is my second card I made for Kenny K's Krafty Krew Challenge #200 because I just love the latest digistamp Valet :) Not trying to get a prize but just to share.

Colourful Autumn is Just Around the Corner

Hello, it's a beautiful day here in Yorkshire.

Make it Crafty has a fabulous digistamp collection called "Little Houses" and this card is made using Fairy Tree House digi stamp. Took me ages to colour and also wanted to use a bit rarer colours for layers than usually, so here we are:

Digistamp from Make it Crafty 

Coloured by Promarkers

Embossing board Keepsake Glitter Girls:

The Big Screen, Framey, Galaxy, Treasured Memories

Embossing folder

Butterfly die from Sizzix

Flower punch from Tonic Studios

Sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley

All the rest - stash

Big News and Lots of Fun

Good Morning, All!
This is going to be quite long post, but no apologies there, all good and exciting. Here we go!

This is quite big thing for me, Kenny K's Krafty Krew had Guest Design Team spots for 3 (yes, THREE) months and naturally. For my own surprise and great pleasure, I was invited to join the team.

Kenny K's Krafty Krew is celebrating because it is the BIG 200!

Our theme is Banner Day which means you need to make or use on your project a banner or bunting. In addition to KennyK prize, we are offering 4 different gift certificates of $25 each on our 200th challenge celebration.

Here are the prizes for the 200th challenge:

- $25 for paper/ink to Stampin' Up http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/teresasstampinspot/
- $25 to Dies to Die For for dies http://www.diestodiefor.com/




- $25 GC to Dawn Lewis's shop at http://www.dawnlewis.com.au/

- $50 GC to KennyK's clear stamp shop (6 stamps) http://www.kennykstamps.com/clear-stamps.php 



- $25 GC to KennyKdownloads digi shop (7 stamps) http://www.kennykdownloads.com/

Wow! Can't wait to see your creations, but before that I would like to share with you what I came up with. Here are "Dowager Countess" and Kenny K's newest digital stamp "Valet".

Dowager Countess enjoys a day in the garden because it brings shine in her eyes and she also enjoys a glass or two of champagne kindly served by Valet. 

Red and white flowers homemade, as usual :)

Digistamps - KennyK Dowager Countess and Valet
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Embossing board - Keepsake (Glitter Girls) Once Upon a Time
Cutting die - Tonic Studios
Green paper - Lidl
Cardstock - Papermill Direct
Bunting - free cutting file from Bird's Cards and I cut is using Silhouette Cameo
Flat back pearls and hearts - all stash
Flowers: homemade

Box:
Corner die: Joy! Crafts
Swirl die: Tonic Studios
Acetate window, card stock, pearls - all stash

Challenge or two I would like to take part:

• Sassy Studio Designs - #292 Dry Embossing  Oops, it was not dry embossing
• Southern Girls -  #116 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #30 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #73 Anything Goes/Bingo (die cuts/punches - image - flowers)
• Decorate to Celebrate -  #105 Anything Goes 
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Wonderful Wednesdays -  Always Anything Goes

It Really Is Summer

This is my third post today, yay! 

This time it's Make it Crafty digistamps and Glitter Girls boards and some other usual stuff ;)

Of course there is a box.

Let's see...

Digi stamp - Make it Crafty "Carefree Elise" and "Daffodil Dell"

Colorine - Promarkers and Copics

Embossing boards - Glitter Girls "Once Upon a Time" and "Wings of Love"

Cardstock - Lidl

Embossing Folder - will check it

Swirls - Joy! Crafts - 6002/0303

Flowers - I made a cutting file and cut using Silhouette Cameo

Acetate window - stash

Fit Together As Pieces In a Puzzle Part 2

I'll continue with my latest topic :) how I like to make a box to go with the card/keepsake.

One more today :) but before that, there is a list of stuff I used for this one:

Stamp Magnolia Flower Fairy Tilda

Coloring - Letraset Promarkers

White cardstock for stamping - Crafter's Companion "Neenah"

Circle dies - Spellbinders

Bottom layer - Papermill Direct Leather Embossed card

Pink, lilac, yellow and white layers all Lidl card and paper

Embossing board - Glitter Girls "Once Upon a Time"

Leafy Swirl - Tonic Studios

Flowers - homemade using Tonic Studios punches, 

my own design cutting file, Mod Podge and glitter

Corners on the box - Joy! Crafts cutting die

Acetate window - stash

Pearls - stash

Challenges :)

Midweek Magnolias - Embossing

Tilda's Town - Challenge #163 Fussy & Fancy, Clean And Layered…

Passion for Promarkers -  Week 305 – Candy Crush