IT'S RUBY TIME ...

Happy Monday

Another day in the office finished ... Yippee

AND only two more Mondays left until summer holidays! Double Yippee!

So here's my card for a lovely couple who are celebrating their Ruby Wedding.  I think this image from the True Love Coloured Art Pad at LOTV is perfect.  I just love the cute darling characters.  I've used this week's sketch from The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge so I'm going to enter my card over there.

Also as it's an LOTV image I'll pop over to Jen's CAS Monday with LOTV #12 - hopefully it can pass for CAS as there's minimal embellishments and plenty of the base card showing.

Here's the sketch:



Card Recipe:

Image: Lily of The Valley - True Love image
Papers: TK Maxx & Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Gems from my stash and a dusting of glamour dust for added shine and dazzle

OUCH ... SERIOUSLY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE!

Me again

Tea is almost ready so need to be quick...

I loved the sketch / layout on CAS(E) this Sketch this week and decided to be clever and combine it with the Allsorts Challenge where the theme is Lavender and Lace.  I thought I can do that and I've got the perfect rubber stamp of lavender! HaHa!

The said rubber stamp has never been used and I must have bought it 3 years ago!  WHY do I hear you ask ... well basically I don't do rubber stamping hence this card is way out of my comfort zone.  I feel I should get into this form of stamping though but the pressure if you slip or it doesn't quite work out right is TOOOOOOOOOO much! I've even hauled out a mini thank you stamp.

Anyway hope you like my attempt to combine lavender and lace and as I've used a load of snippets of ribbon and papers it's going into Pixies Crafty Snippet Challenge.  If you pop over to the Pixie site there's an extra special prize up for grabs BUT there's a catch!  3 snippet cards needed over 2 weeks so this is my second entry - wish me luck.

Card Recipe:

Image: Lavender stamp from Art Impressions - coloured with Marvy Le Plume pens
Papers: Hot off The Press
Sentiment: Mini stamp from my stash
Prima flower, ribbon, brad and spider webbing from my stash
Paper Lace - from my Crafty Aunt

LEAVING FOR THE DARK SIDE

Morning fellow crafters

I'm hoping to post a card or 2 later but yesterday my mojo had upped and gone (probably looking for the sunshine) as it wasn't here!

Anyway this card is to enter into The Pixies Snippet Challenge and it's a card I was asked to make for a colleague who is leaving teaching to become a 'dreaded' inspector of schools, hence the image and theme.

Hope it's acceptable for blogging and I certainly used lots of snippets.

It wasn't until I saw Di's own post this morning that I got a hunch 'chevrons' were perhaps the order of the day although I did make my card yesterday.

and just for the hell of it I'm showing you the inside as the theme continues ...

Card Recipe:

Image: Darth Vader from Google images
Papers: TK Maxx
Sentiment: Computer generated
Josy Rose Nail Head Stars

JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME!

Phew I have never posted a challenge so close to the finish time.  I'm frantically typing to get it uploaded and submitted so no time for chit chat...sorry!

Hope you've all had a fun and crafty day and I'm looking forward to some time in the craft cupboard over the weekend...yippee!!!

Card Recipe:

Papers: Lilly Bimble
Sentiment: Sorry it's a freebie and I don't know where it's from
Ribbon and Pearls and brads from my stash

Cutting Dies used:
Daisy Flowers from Joy Crafts
Label Die from Nestabilities
Leaves from Marianne Creatables

Challenges I'd like to enter:
The Paper Players 
Colour Q
(Basic grey used for leaves and a pearls although not sure the colour shows up well on the photo)

               

RIBBONS, PINS AND SUNDAES

Morning All

I was so excited about the new Yummy image I used yesterday from The Paper Shelter that I had another dabble with it to enter into the Creative Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes with an option of Ribbon.

I thought it might be good to make a feature of this delicious ribbon and I've added a few glitzy pins too.

                          

Card Recipe:

Image: Yummy - pre-coloured from The Paper Shelter which I've printed directly onto:
Papers: Pink Petticoat Ombre
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat - Sweet Treats
Ribbon and Pins from my stash
A dash of glamour dust for some extra sazzle!

FRESHLY MADE ICE CREAM SUNDAE

Better late than never eh!

Ended up with a lengthy call with my Mum this evening which meant I had to break off from posting.

So here's my entry to the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  When I first started blogging I couldn't get to grips with CAS projects but they are steadily growing on me and if I'm lucky they don't take long to make either!

I've used a 'Yummy' ice cream image from The Paper Shelter and their theme this week is brads and buttons so I'm dropping my card in there too.

That's it for today ... catch you all soon.

Card Recipe:

Image: Yummy pre-coloured image from The Paper Shelter
Papers: Pink Petticoat - lovely Ombre in Cafe Creme plus Cherries in the same colourway
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat - Sweet Treats
Ribbon & Brads from my stash for added sparkle

WELCOME IN A BOX LITTLE ONE

Can you believe it's Thursday again ... and not only that it's Thursday evening too?  I don't know where this week has gone.

But I have something to show you today as it's my first day off work today and I can't say I was too upset by the change in the weather!  At least if it's raining I don't feel too bad at hiding away in the cupboard!  So after a quick walk with the dog and a flick around here and there with the housework I set to.

I may even get chance to show 2 posts tonight but will see how it goes.

My first isn't a card - it's a box.  I make quite a lot of memory boxes for special occasions and this is one a friend at work asked me to make.  It's basically like making an extra large card.

I've used this weeks sketch from the Papertake Weekly Challenge and I'm going to enter it into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where the theme is Anything Goes with optional card candi (yes to that tick box)  and Creative Inspirations.  Another Anything Goes week with a ribbon option (so a yes in that box too).

Here's the sketch:



Baby Arthur's Memory Box Recipe:

Image: Bambino Bear Die Cut
Papers: Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Arthur and tags cut with Cricut
Josy Rose nailhead stars
Card Candi, Bakers Twine, Ribbon from my stash
Keepsake Box: Box&Wrap

Star Border: Marianne Creatables
Sizzix Star Framelits

CASUAL FRIDAY AND OVER THE EDGE

Happy Monday ...

I'm late again don't know what's happened to my inspiration and mojo today - think they're on holiday!

It's taken me ages to put a card together.  I've been down to our local TK Maxx earlier and purchased another 12x12 pad of papers which I was itching to use but just can't decide what to do.  Anyway I mentioned in an earlier post that I've been asked to make some children's cards and specifically girls so here's one which I hope will slot in fine at Cas-ual Fridays where the theme is 'over the edge' my fairy wings and wand have just tipped over!

The layout used is one I tried last week and loved it so here goes again - obviously too late to enter the challenge again though.

Hope you've all had more inspiration than me today.  Enjoy the rest of your evening and see you soon.

Card Recipe:

Image: Fairy with wings and wand die cut - not sure where from
Papers: Trimcraft
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Gems and ribbon from my stash