Fairy Bauble

Now Linda had received her Secret Santa package from me I can now post this :)

 

There were "quite a few" of us in the Make it Crafty Group (70 odd) who joined in the Secret Santa this year.  We had to use a MIC image for the card, I chose Fairy Bauble.  The image is coloured with ProMarkers and some glitter painted on to highlight her wings.

 

I've used a Spellbinders die (floral ovals) to to cut some red card to mount the image on.

 

I bought the shaped card from Lili of the Valley a while ago.  I had to cut the shaped red card and green design paper by hand before mounting them onto the card.  Papers used are from Lili of the Valley/NitWits Festive Trimmings.

 

The roses, rose buds and rose leaves are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.  There are also some holly leaves and beaded red berries from The Ribbon Girl.  I've added some glitter to the flowers with a DecoArt Writer.

 

The satin and organza ribbon was from Lili of the Valley Littles Bags of Ribbon, Merry Christmas sentiment ribbon is from Hobby Craft and I've also added a Tim Holtz Idea-ology grungeboard element coloured with red ProMarker.

 

Phew I think that's everything!

 

I'm so glad Linda loves her card and the Secret Santa present I got her.

Happy Crafting :)

Andrea x

Playing with stars

A few weeks ago I bought some stamps from QuixoticPaperie, this is one of them Kraftin Kimmie's Angels - Celastina.  I decided to do,her in yellow shades of ProMarkers so she would have a golden glow.  Added to her wings in some glitter which I added by painting glue into her wings.  The image is backed with some gold card stock before mounting it onto the card.

The shaped card was bought in Lili of the Valley ages ago.  The design papers are from First Edition Gilded Winter.  The striped paper had to be hand cut to fit the card shape which is a little fiddly.

To finish the card off I've used some organza ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, some cream Merry Christmas ribbon from Lili of the Valley's Christmas little bags of ribbon, some gold and pearl self adhesive gems and some yellow self adhesive stars.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crafty Card Markers - Christmas

Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything but a Square or Rectangle

Passion for ProMarkers - Hark the Herald Angles Sing

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Kraftin Kimmie - Wonderful Wednesday Challenge

Paradise of Stamps - Christmas

Andrea x

Hats off

So here's the second blogging (if there is such a word) I promised.  Might just have another one if I've time before bed, but I'm doing this on my iPad so it's always slower.

I've done a clean and simple card this time, some of the challenges require this and it's a great opportunity to show off how good you are at colouring (or not).  I'm very surprised this card turned out as well as it did because I had a bit of a ProMarker pen explosion.  I was changing the fine point nib to my red pen to do some detail work on another card and no idea what happened but the nib broke and it looked like I'd had a nose bleed.  Everything and I mean everything was covered in red ink!

Anyway the image Hats Off from Lili of the Valley managed to escape the red explosion.  I coloured it in green ProMarker shades with a bit of brown and black.  This is a lovely neutral colour combination when making cards for guys.

The papers are from Simple Joys and Festive Trimmings. I've also used some plain black and white card stock.

The only other items I've used on this card are some green self adhesive gems and a postage stamp from Grunge Christmas Postmarks.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Fantasy Stampers - CAS Christmas Card

Christmas Card Challenge - Color Challenge

Crafty Catz - Snowmen

Paradise of Stamps - Christmas

Cardz 4 Guys - Favourite Colour Combo

Hope you like my CAS card I don't do them that often :)

Andrea x

Flower shower

Having a great weekend so far, shopping most of the day Friday, getting my hair done today (the blond strip work out for my hairdresser - see blog pic ;) ) followed by more shopping and blog browsing - sigh.  I actually feel quite relaxed for a change.

Thought it was time for a posting.  My favourite colour as some of you know is pink.  I chose to do Stamping Bella's Paisley Has a Pressie in ProMarkers pinks.  I wanted her to be the main focus of the card along with the flower shower I'd planned, so I've kind of gone for a clean and simple look using just pink and white.  The only design paper I've used for this is pink from Lili of the Valley Solids - Bonnets and Bowties and some plain white card stock.

The flowers were punched out of three different off cuts/leftovers using two different tonic solutions punches.  To create the flower centre's (corolla's I've just Google'd it coz it was bugging me I didn't know what they were called) I've used a mixture of clear, white and pearlised self adhesive gems.  I've also used some pink gems in the image borders.

The sentiment is highlighted with pink ProMarker and is from the General Sentiments art pad.

The final touch to the card is some silver butterfly beads.   

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

In the Pink - Diecuts and Punches

Graph It Colouring Crazy - Two Colours

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything Goes - Not Christmas

Creative Card Crew - Birthday with a Sentiment

Got something else to post either later tonight (or tomorrow if hubby drags me off the laptop)

Happy crafting

Andrea x

Yes another one

And here we go again, don't know what we're feeding them at work!  Rob's wife has had a baby girl now.  I've been asked for another baby card, but the request was for a more simple one this time.  Blokes picking cards for blokes you can definitely see the difference :)  I'll be taking it to work tomorrow for everyone to sign.

So what have I done.  Used papers from Lili of the Valley/NitWits Solids - Always and Forever and Forever and Country Meadow.

The image (from Statements - Congratulations) is stamped onto paper from First Editions Rose Garden then cut out with a Spellbinders die.  The scattered flowers are made with two different sized flower punches from Hobby Craft using pearlised pink and cream paper.  The centres are pearlised and clear self adhesive gems.

I've used a plain tag, edged it with pink ProMarker and used tiny feet & hands dress it up buttons. The tag is finished off with some cream vintage ribbon which I bought from Lili of the Valley recently.

Final touches a couple of pink rhinestone flowers and an iron on bunny I bought from the sewing section from Hobby Craft.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

In The Pink - Diecuts and Punches

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything Goes (but not Christmas)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Sleigh ride

I recently bought this image from Make It Crafty with this card in mind.  Printed on stamping card I coloured it with ProMarkers and added some glitter to highlight the snow with a DecoArt Writer bought from Hobby Crafty.

The backing paper is from Lili of the Valley Simple Joys and I've added some red self adhesive gems.  The Dress It Up button sleigh and reindeers can be found on Amazon.  Such a simple design and very easy to do.

Whilst blogging this I'm making an unbelievable mess - eating free from pecan pies I discovered in Sainsbury's which are crumbling all over everything.  AND my Amazon package I was checking to see what I'd used was getting stuck to everything with it's sticky address label.  All I need is to spill my glass of red wine over everything to make my mess complete :)

Anyway, I took the card to work and I didn't even manage to get it in my box, one of my work colleagues bought it straight away!  Need to make some more now, looks like they're going to be popular.

Not entering this one into any challenges.  Hope you're all having a good week, soon be Friday

Andrea x

GDT - ABC Challenge - Y is for YULETIDE

The last ABC challenge my card was in the top five and I was honoured to be asked if I would like to be their guest designer for December.  Whilst a little scary (being fairly new to blogging and I've not done it before) it was also very exciting.

The title of my first GDT spot was to create something for the theme Y is for YULETIDE sponsored by Paper Shelter.  The image I've I used is Hope.  I've coloured it with ProMarkers, added a touch of glitter to the star and cut it out with a Spellbinders die.

There's a mix of layered papers which I've distressed from Lili of the Valley/Raspberry Road (Timeless Victorian), First Edition (Gilded Winter) and Lili of the Valley/Nitwits (Solids - Always and Forever).

Before I mounted the diecut image I added some organza ribbon from The Ribbon Girl with a handtied bow.  I also added a square Yuletide Festival handwritten sign which was cut with a Spellbinders die and age distressed with a brown ProMarker believe it or not.

In the flower arrangements there are some roses and paper leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts. There are some velvet finish holly leaves, pearl and crystal branches, red and white beaded berries, ivory pearlised pins, a resin dove and a resin flower all from The Ribbon Girl.

The finishing touch are some pearlised self adhesive gems.  Phew - this is most complicated card I've ever made :)  Hope the team at ABC Challenge love what I made and hope you all like her too.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter her into the following challenges

Creative Inspirations - Seasons Greetings, Passion for ProMarkers - Blooming Marvellous, 

Addicted to Stamps - Lots of Layers, Fab n Funky - Anything With a Die

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes, Winter Wonderland - Dies and Punches