Washing line

After doing baby boy card I've also done a baby girl card.  I'm prepared for either event now :D

I've used a beautiful little image from All Dressed Up called My Baby Shower.  I've coloured it in very pale pastels using ProMarkers.

The image has been cut out using a Spellbinders die and edges with pink ProMarker.

In the bottom left corner I've done a small arrangement of flowers from Live and Love Crafts and Wild Orchid Crafts.

I've also added three tiny silver dragonfly beads.

The papers are from Maja Designs and I've used a sentiments coloured with ProMarker from a Lili of the Valley art pad.

Other things I've used a some lace which I got from Hobby Craft, a pearl string which was from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The tiny silver bird I found in a local shop near me called SprinkLynn Gems.

That's my baby cards done - back to Christmas now :D

Andrea x

PS - don't forget we've a challenge on All Dressed up Facebook - themed Spots and Stripes and an Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up image challenge on the blog

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

The Corrosive Challenges - Pearls and Lace

Crafting by Designs - Times Three (3 dragonfly beads)

Scrapy Land - Monochromatic

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Use Any Image

The Crazy Challenge - Pretty In Pink

Shopping is a hobby

I love browsing round the shops with my mum on a Saturday.  So I decided it would be nice to do a shopping themed card as most girls love to shop.

The image I've used is one of the girls from All Dressed Up's Love to Shop image available on Etsy.

I've coloured the image with ProMarkers and used a Spellbinders die to cut it out.  I then cut the same shape in black card stock and mounted it slightly offset to give the impression of a shadow.

The Design papers are from Lili of the Valley and Santoro Gorjuss.  I've kept the layout fairly simple and only used a few blue gems to embellish the card.

This is another card to give you some inspiration for our current challenge on the All Dressed Up Facebook of Spot and Stripes.

We also have an Anything Goes challenge on the blog but you must use an All Dressed Up image for it to count.

Happy Sunday

Andrea x

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

Crafty Friends - One for the Girls

Crafty Catz - Shades of Blue

Scrapy Land - Monochromatic

Tuesday Throwdown - Shopping Spree

Passion For ProMarkers - Shopping

Sleeping under the stars

I'm really short of baby cards again - so when I saw this little image while I was browsing Christmas images the other day I thought it was just perfect.

The image is Sleep Tight from Tiddly Inks which I've coloured with ProMarkers.  It's been cut out with a Spellbinders die the edges with vintage photo distress ink from Tim Holtz.

I've also added some DecoArt glamour dust sprinkled onto the moon and stars.

The papers are from Maja Designs and First Edition.  All have been edged with vintage photo distress inks.

I've added a few stars and gems scattered across the card.  The wooden letters to make BABY were from a shop local to me called SprinkLynn Gems which I bought a while ago.

Right I'm prepared for someone else having a buy now :D

Andrea x

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

Your Scrap Book Place - Anything Goes

Crafting by Design - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Tiddy Inks - Baby Inks

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

I'm getting too old for this

You can just image Santa after all his running round falling asleep still dressed :D

This brilliant image is from Rick St Dennis and is available of Etsy - it's called Santa Nap Time

I've coloured the image with ProMarkers and done a very simple CAS card, he had to be the centre of attention.  He's just mounted onto some red card stock and then I doodled round the edges and added four red gems at the corners.

I've recently been shopping to Hobby Craft and found some small wooden sentiments.  This one was shaped like a cloud and it made me think of speech bubbles.  So I added some more red gems to make it look like this was what Santa was dreaming of thinking as he lays on his bed exhausted.  At least I hope it's his bed LOL!!

Happy Christmas card making :D

Andrea x

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

Christmas Card Challenges - Photo Inspiration

The Sisterhood of Crafters - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Inky Chicks - Silent Night

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

I Love ProMarkers - Traditional Christmas

Gentle Autumn Breeze

I'm loving the warm autumn / fall colour cards at the moment.  This latest one I've made it using is Uptown Girl Casandra no 159 from At by Mi Ran.

She's been coloured with ProMarkers, cut out with a Spellbinders die and distressed with Tim Holtz antique linen.

The design papers are layered and are from Lili of the Valley and DCWV.  I've also used some orange card stock.

The sentiment is from a Lili of the Valley Art pad which I've added a splash of colour to.

The extra embellishments are some paper flowers from The Hobby House, a small orange wooden hedgehog from HobbyCraft and some orange enamel beads.

Andrea x

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

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Art by Miran Facebook - Anything Goes

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Anything Goes twist of Autumn

Crafts n Me - Autumn / Fall Colours

Polkadoodles - Autumn / Fall Colours

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes - twist feminine

SLS Lines - Autumn / Fall is in the Air

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Baubles and stars

Lizzy has just released some new Whimsy stamps last week and we got to play with them this week to give your some inspiration.  You can find them in the Lizzy Love collection

As soon as I saw this background stamp (stars and baubles) I knew what I wanted to do.

The image has been coloured with ProMarkers and then I've sprinkled lots of glitter onto the baubles.

Here's the CAS card I produced.  The design paper is a fairly plain one from Lili of the Valley.

I've doodled around the edge of the card to give it a border.

The Merry Christmas sentiment look a bit of work.  It's a woodchip one from Hobby Crafty.  At first I just tried to colour it with ProMarkers.  The colours weren't striking enough to go with the image, so, I painted it with some gesso.  Once dried I coloured it again with ProMarkers.  I had to give it a good three layers of colour but this is the result.  Also I edged it with a black artists pen - you need a VERY steady hand for that!!

Hope my CAS card has given you a bit of inspiration today

For more inspiration on Lizzy's new stamps for the Design Team visit the Oddball Art blog today :D

Andrea x

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

Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes

The Pencil Case - F = Fierce

The Corrosive Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Creative Card Crew - Sprinkle

Digi Choosday - Christmas Sparkles

Creative Knockouts - Something to Say

Julia Spiri - Add a Sentiment

Winter warm love

We've a perfect sketch for you today at the Outlawz Sketch team for Christmas or a Winter Birthday

I've used Warm Love from our Sponsors Sami Stamps to go with this sketch.  Coloured with ProMarkers, I've just framed the image with some black card stock.

There's just one design paper from Lili of the Valley to give a frosty look background and I've also used some white and red card stock.

The dies are Spellbinders and Marianne Design ones.

Added extras are some glitter sprinkled onto the icicles, some snowtex and a white poinseitta.

By the way it was a happy accident that the snowtex ended up in the same hilly shape as the die behind it - I've only just noticed it now :D

Love for you to join us

Andrea x

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

A Paradise of Stamps - Snow

Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes

Without Words - Winter Birthday