Fancy a Cuppa?

There is something special in Make it Crafty "Little Houses". This is a teapot and I wanted to try kraft + Prismacolor Premiers and Metallics.

Every month Make it Crafty has a colouring challenge and March Challenge was Bubbles. Heh, this blog post is written after all the fun. I really need to shake all the dust off and blog more often! There are lot of cards and keepsakes I've made :) Watch this space ;)

Challenge:

Make it Crafty: #31 Bubbles

Till next time :)

You Can Keep Your Hat on

Another post and another KennyK digi stamp. Oh, she's a babe.

Tried to make hat look suede with Flexmarkers and Metallic Promarkers.

Stamped sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

Aren't those little hearts beautiful! 

Image KennyK

Colouring Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Dies Sizzix and Spellbinders

Embossing Folder Sizzix

Embellishments (pearls, hearts, corners) all stash

Challenge or two...

I Love Promarkers - #216 - Hats

Crafty Hands - #12 Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - #60 Girly (Some girls and girly with strong stuff)

I have some GREAT NEWS :) Wait till my next post...

Sort of Vintage, Right?

Lovely stamp from I Brake For Stamps and lots and lots of flowers.

Well, my friends say I'm obsessed with making flowers, maybe they are right, but JUST MAYBE! It's nice to make something, I'm no expert but after watching some tutorials, adding my own ideas also and being stubborn with hot glue gun ("ouch, this is hot", "ouch, burned my fingers again") I've started adding homemade flowers on cards.

Now wanted to add many!

All flowers are homemade :) 

Receipe:

Kraft

White smooth card

Card blank

I Brake For Stamps

Ink

Distress Ink

Tonic Studios punches

Craftwork Cards Pearlized papers

Stems

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

Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

Amusing Challenges - Paper Flowers 

My Sheri Crafts  -  110 Flower Power

Freshly Brewed Monthly Challenge - Flowers

One Crazy Stamper - Flowers

Sandy's Crafty Creations - Anything goes with flowers (must have 3 or more)

Simon Says Stamp - Flowers

A Little Bit Crafty - Use Kraft of some type

Nutcrafters - 2W, SIO, 1E -  #43 Kraft

Thank you for visiting :)

Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem

When person retires from work, new life begins with things to do, places to go, and of course no race against clock. ;)

Kraft
Art Impressions
Prismacolors
Lyra pencils
Sizzix
Dovecraft

• Challenge or two
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• Ooh La La Creations - Male-themed
• Creative Card Crew  - #33 Masculine
• Here Come the Boys - cards only, must be masculine - Photo Inspiration (Couldn't be better, it's perfect! Carpe Diem!)

• Penny Black and More - One For The Boys
• Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes (I missed "For the Boys")
• Clearly Inspired - #71 Anything Goes 

Thanks so much for visiting :) 

Rushing Around

Kraft and Prismacolors and Art Impressions :)

Anyway! It's a snowstorm here in West Yorkshire (Really Horrible Weather), but I was brave and left my house to get my eyes tested and of course this is a perfect stamp for this occasion :D

"Through the storm and rain"

I think coloring is good, shades and all. When getting my new specs I might think differ. ;) 

Well, it's next Friday. These are my new frames: 

Art Impressions
Prismacolors
Kraft
Spellbinders
Craft UK
Go Kreate
Dovecraft

Challenge or two
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Favorite color with Kraft
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - 2E, SIO - #105 Perfect Pair, matching card and envelope
Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Anything Goes 
Cards by Lady Anne - Sentimental For Friday - M,E4, must use sentiment - cards unless specified - Anything Goes 
Through The Craft Room Door W,3E, - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :)

Gone Fishing

Warm early morning sunshine, the best relax man can have...

A Girl and a Bear

Hello again!

Wonderful Mo Manning image. Again. 

Kraft. Again.

BUT this time colorine is done using markers!

Couple of close ups. (Hahah, showing off my new camera. Seriously, I dropped my perfectly fine camera on the floor couple of years ago and damaged the viewing screen. Now only I treated myself with a new gorgeous Olympus. Ah, been talking millions of pics.

These lil flowers are just soooo nice. 

Image Mo Manning Talk to the Bear
Kraft Papermania
Cardblank Craft UK
Colorine Promarkers
DP Smirk
Embellishments... from boxes and bags

Challenge or two ;)
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Yay! Till next time :)

A Boy, a Game Console and His Best Friend

Kraft, Prismacolors and Mo Manning image. Lovely bubbly.

Cardblank Craft UK
DP Mo Manning (the square frame)
Colorine Prismacolors
Kraft Papermania 300 gsm
Corner punch Tonic Studios
Brads Tim Holtz collection Screws
Buttons, twine and buttons from endless wonder drawer

Challenge or two:
Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - #175 Anything goes with a Mo image
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - For the Boys
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - #56 Boys Only

Till next time :)

Companionship

Lovely bubbly image and so sweet too.

Details to follow...

Sweet Kiss, Eskimo Kiss

Winter is coming. Watched too much Game of the Thrones? Nah, winter IS coming. :)

Usually I choose digital stamps from Mo Manning, but couldn't resist when I saw this :) This is a "real" stamp. :D

Kraft
Mo Manning Eskimo Kiss
Memento Tuxedo Black
Rockablock
Prismacolor pencils
Lyra pencils
Prismacolor fine line markers
Deco Art Glamour Dust
PVA craft glue
Go Kreate

Tutorials I keep next to me "all the time" are from Dorcas' blog. Well, it's not helping if I just "keep" them next to me! Her tutorials are my favourite craft books. :) Her colouring skills are amazing and Dorcas' tutorials are wonderful step by stap to follow. :)

These challenges were running in my head:

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Winter
Ladybug Crafts - Winter
The Cupboard Trilogy - Frosty Winter
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - Clean and Simple

Thanks for visiting :)

Few Months Till Summer

There's not much of daylight at the moment, and if there is, it's hiding behind cloudy and foggy weather. This Sassy Cheryl's digital stamp is just perfect. It cheers you up and your pencils and markers really want to get the job done. Good or bad, doesn't matter, as long as I enjoy it!

It's clearly school closing for summer holiday 

and girl celebrates it with new markers she was given.

She's painting grass green and daisies blooming. 

Heh, almost coloured one marker red, 

then of course it would be easy to say 

she's painting town red. ;)

Image Sassy Cheryl's Marker Artist
Kraft

Prismacolors

Lyras

DPs probably from Laura Ashley collection

Gems from stash
Fiskars corner scissors

Brads WRM

That's it!

This is also for

• Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Holiday Gifts (markers)
• Digital Tuesday - include a digital element -#188 Girly (digi stamp)
• Cute Card Thursday - C5 - Girls only
• Use Your Stuff - JFF - Patterned Paper
• Pile It On - Anything but a Christmas Card

:) Till next one

Nice Colours of Autumn

Autumn is full of colours, different shades of red and green, grey and all. Kids are back to school, and in our house, it means son continues his electric engineering studies. Good for him! Good for me too, he fixed our cooker <3

This is "sort of" DT card for the very first 

Awesome Crafting Facebook group challenge #1

"Nice Colours of Autumn"

Awesome Crafting group is a group of likeminded craft loving people. 

We share tips and advise, love bargain hunting and relaxing.

We also have monthly crafting challenge, surprise prize draws etc.

It also works as our craft stuff flea market!

Image: Mo Manning gorgeous Carolina

Background: Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card Pine

Die cuts: Spellbinders 

Tag die cuts: Stampin Up

Buttons: Woodware

Kraft: Stash

Sentiment: Woodland Folk

Ribbon and twine: Stash

Couple of challenges for this one:

• Mo's Digital Challenge - Buttons
• Do You Stack Up? - 3E – Kraft & twine
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes (last challenge)

• Simply Create - must be digital/papercraft - Always anything goes

• Lexi's Creations - Autumn Colours (ends 15th Sept) 

• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

• Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Autumn Colors

Thanks for visiting :) xx

New Life in Recycling

Finally I have a clock hanging on my craft room wall, 
and how beautiful clock it is! 
Well, my opinion counts :)

Simple, clear numbers and ticking the time.

1 x LP record

1 x clock mechanism

numbers by Sizzix Alphabet Dies "Lipstick Love Letter"

Spellbinders Octagons

kraft card for numbers and the middle

cream card for scalloped octagon

That's it. :)

Thanks for visiting :)

Happy Couple

Yesterday postman Pat dropped an envelope and in that very envelope was this gorgeous stamp! It was a surprise present from a friend and this is my first colourine and finished card using the stamp.

Image - Kraftin Kimmie
Colorine - Prismacolors
Kraft - Samuel Taylors
Die - Go Kreate
Gems - Papermania
Swirls - Joy Crafts
All the rest - stash

Challenge or maybe more:
Kraftin Kimmie - My Favourite Kraftin Kimmie Stamp
Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :)

Giggles

Noodles is my craft companion, as you can see! 

After re-organizing my box room (I proudly use the term "craft workshop" or "craft room"), there's our printer and the "Photo Studio" I made when found instructions from Dorcas' blog. 

Anyway, Noodles loves it and I love him. 

From now on, there will be cat fur in every photo I take. :D

Again beautiful image from Mo Manning, called Cherry. Colorine took me ages and I'm not happy at all with it, but didn't want to throw away either.I tried blending it and recolouring. Also using pencil eraser eased the job a bit.

3-rose embellishment - 3 x satin rose, few inches of green satin ribbon, piece of pearl chain. All glued together using hot glue gun.
I typed couple of paragraphs of Alice in Wonderland, re-coloured, printed, and now there is perfect backing paper.

image - Mo Manning
colorine - Prismacolors
backing paper - from Alice in Wonderland
kraft - Samuel Taylors
sentiment - Lili of the Valley
some card candi
few satin roses and ribbon, all from stash
sewing :)


There is couple of challenges I would like joining:
Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Gardener's world (Cherries) 
Crafts and Me - #91 recipe: 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (roses, card candi, pearls)
Digital Tuesday - include a digital element -#167 Kids (digistamp)
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 


Thanks for visiting :)

Love is...

Beautiful image from Mo Manning's pencil, 

so very beautiful, thoughtful and very sweet.

Image - Mo Manning Young Love
Colorine - Promarkers
Frames  - Go Kreate
Branch - Marianne Creatables


Challenges I would like to join:
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Digi Makeover Challenge - Easel Crad 
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi
Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - Straight from the heart
I Love Promarkers - #123 anything goes


Thanks for visiting :)

Tricolor Tilda

Hehee, Tilda!

Someone said to me lately that I've fallen in love with Tilda (Di Sixsmith!), I replied, no, not fallen in love, this is just a crush.

Colours are not showing correctly, because miss Tilda's dress and shoes are darker blue. Or could it be me?  Serait-ce moi? Moi? Hih, I think so. Definitely.


One thing is for sure, I love coloring on kraft, and hope will improve :) Can you see embossed backing papers? Card is a bit dull, but with r-w-b it's sort of DIFFICULT! It doesn't matter who ever much you love the colours. Sometimes you just don't get it right. Hehe, this was my excuse :P


Image Magnolia Tilda something
Colorine Prismacolors
Die cutting Marianne and Spellbinders
Roses homemade using Marianne die
Embossing by Fiskars plates (lovely)
Backing paper top: Tim Holtz Core'dination Kraft
Gems stash


Challenges this has been made for (of course also just for fun!)

• Sassy Cheryl's - #120 Celebrate Red White & Blue
• Dutch Magnolia Lovers - Red, White, Blue
• House of Gilli - Red, White, Blue
• Paper Pretties - Red, White and Blue
• Secret Crafter - #190 Red, White and Blue
• Poodles Parlour - Red White & Blue
• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
• Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia - Your Favourite Colour Combo 

Thanks for stopping by! Mwah!

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