Busy day in the craft room....

I shut myself in my craft room today, after a bit of tidying up!! It was time to clear some of the chaos out there and catch up on a few challenges...

The first card is one I made for the Anyone for Anya and Papertake Weekly challenges this week. I had several stamped images which had surfaced during the tidy up so coloured one of these with copic markers, then what paper to use???? After pulling out most of my paper stacks, apart from the fact that I couldn't find one that matched the colours I'd used, it didn't look like I had tidied at all, it actually looked worse than when I started!! Then I remembered that somewhere safe, I had this gorgeous paper from blonde moments, more mess but I found it....



Thought I would tart the insert up a bit as they look a bit boring, so pulled out a couple of swirly stamps, need to get some more tho!!



During my tidy up I made a couple of quick cards for males, having 2 footie mad sons, I often have to have a card to hand at short notice, so thought I would be prepared. I've had these peel offs for a long time, so thought it was time they were used up.



And for those non sporty types....

Anya in the Pink (and Lilac)

I've had a very productive day in my craft room today, had a bit of a tidy, made a couple of cards, discovered stash that I forgot I had .... and made a star card for a 21st birthday. Here's one of the cards that I made and I am entering it into the Anyone for Anya challenge this week, which is

'Mum's The Word'

I just love this cute Miss Anya image, which my lovely friend Susie sent to me recently, thank you so much, you know I'm going to have to buy these now!! I coloured with some girlie pinks and lilacs today, which is not my usual colour selection but I enjoyed working with them. I raided my paper cupboard and found this lovely lilac pearlescent paper from Craftwork Cards, the flowers paper is DCWV and the pink cardstock from the Paper Mill cut with my lovely Martha Stewart double loop punch set. I added a couple of prima flowers, I really wish I had bought a couple of packs of these in other colours - more for my shopping list ;-), a pearl brad from Papermania and finally a sentiment banner from Lakeland and I was done....

If only it was that quick, I had different pads of pack and cardstock all over the place while I was making this card!

I am also going to enter this card into the Cupcake challenge which this week is

Flower Power.

Am off to make my DT card for Creative Card Crew now and fit in a spot of sewing, mmmm or shall I bead?

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Punch it - Creative Card Crew

Morning bloggy friends, hope you are all well.

The challenge this week at Creative Card Crew is 'Punch It' and is sponsored by Sunshine Stamps and the prize is 3 digi images, so come on ladies lets see your punched cards....



In a bid to be organised for next Christmas I decided to use this challenge to help me get ahead ROFL, I seem to say that every year...
I am so pleased I bought this set of Miss Anya stamps, the snow one has been used a great deal this Xmas. Image was coloured with copics, papers are from DCWV and a paperstack I bought years ago from Craftwork Cards, yep, I'm trying to use up some old stash, another target for this year :-)

I am entering this card for the Anyone for Anya challenge this week which is to use Black, White and one other colour. Love the black and white combo, thought just for a change I would use lilac.

Looking forward to seeing your punched cards for this challenge....

Anyone for Anya

It my second and last week as a guest designer for Anyone for Anya boo hoo.....
Mmm what could I make - the challenge is 'Anything Goes' I wanted to use one of my new stamps that I bought before Christmas but haven't had time to ink up yet, My Guy Ian. After checking that I could use an Ian rather than an Anya stamp I settled down to make a card for a boy, love this image, it reminds me of a lot of my sons' friends, that pose is often seen around here ;) Its ages since I've made a card, I really enjoyed making this one and the peace and tranquility of my craft room (if you block out the sound of the washing machine and tumble dryer - which was working overtime today!!)



I have decided that I am going to try a stash diet for a couple of months .... ha ha, hope it lasts longer than my food diets ;0 I've got so much stash and I really need to clear some space to make way for some more or for my sewing machine as hubby is not too keen on it taking up the spare seat at the dining room table!
In a bid to use up some of my stash I am going to continue to decorate the inside of my cards, so thought I would show you what I did with the offcuts of paper today.



It seems I've got a lot of catching up to do with challenges and blogging as I've not done that much crafting at all over the last 2 weeks. I've got 3 birthday cards to make for me to send this week, and 3 star cards, one of which is needed on Tuesday, better get me skates on....

Papers - Papermania
Colouring - Copics & distress inks
Stars made with 5 petal flower punch from Stampin' Up!, with the curved edges cut off, embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder and tinted with metallic cream.
Stamps - The Greeting Farm, My Guy Ian

HAPPY NEW YEAR & Anyone for Anya GDT

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY BLOGGING BUDDIES - may 2010 bring you everything you wish for.

A couple of days before Christmas I was chuffed to be asked if I would like to do 2 weeks as a guest designer on Anyone for Anya. Any excuse to get shut away in my craft room and escape the madness of Christmas. I made my card, emailed the picture to Dawny but forgot to schedule a post on my blog :( Better late than never I suppose, here it is, I know it looks very like the previous card but those gorgeous papers were still on my desk crying out to be used!



I love working with the grey shades of copic markers, and think they go well with these DCWV papers. Sorry about the glare from the mirri card which I embossed with the CB snowflake folder. Not got the hang of photographing this card without the glare - one day maybe....

Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year, we have a wonderful time with family and friends, Santa left lots of lovely presents here (although no craft stash - suppose I'll have to treat myself ;-) ....) so I guess we must have been good.

It's a beautiful day here in Gosport, just been out in the garden and am now torn between doing a bit of gardening or making my card for the next AFA challenge which launches tomorrow....

Do A Doodle

It's Donna's turn to set the challenge this week at Creative Card Crew and she has chosen the theme of 'Do A Doodle' I am a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to doodling, but took a deep breath and gave it my best shot!



Thought I would give Miss Anya Rain a bit of an inking up as it was raining when I started to make the card. The papers are from an MME, Magnolia paper stack, loving these papers, they are all delish.
I had fun and games with the image, had coloured Miss Anya with copics, just thought I would add a little shading and the ink bled all over the edges of the stamped image so that ended up in the bin - in little pieces.

When I had sorted out all the layers and stuck them together I put them on the card base the wrong way round, grrrrr..... so off came the card front and stuck it to another. Boy is this card heavy now, even more so as I have decorated the inside, just glad I used papers not cardstock, otherwise the poor old postie would be getting a workout ;-)



The sponsor of this week's challenge is the lovely Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts, lots of lovely stash at wonderful prices, why not pay a visit and do some online shopping, my kind of shopping these days, don't have to put a foot out of the door or even get dressed!

I've followed the recipe at Anyone for Anya this week which is to use 3 papers, 2 buttons and 1 bow. The buttons are tiny but they are there, just about visible under the bows.

Right idea, wrong pens.....

I was going to enter the Passion for Promarkers challenge of Glittery and Girly, cutting it a bit fine but none the less fancied having a go at this challenge. I enjoyed making the card but it was only when I was putting it together that I realised I had used the wrong pens - got carried away and used my copics.....



Luckily I had combined it with another 2 challenges so all was not lost!
I used the sketch at Friday Sketchers and at Anyone for Anya the challenge is to use Buttons, Bows and Brads.

I've got a GDT spot tomorrow, so don't forget to check back to have a look see...

Anyone for Anya - DT Call

A few weeks ago I entered a DT call for Anyone for Anya, these are such fun images. Unfortunately I was not successful this time, but have been offered a guest designer spot, so all is not lost.



This is the card I entered for the DT call, I just love these colourful papers from the DCWV Citrus stack, some of the papers have got a li'l bit of glitter, every girl has got to have a bit of bling in her life!

Congrats to those who made the DT. I look forward to the taking part in the challenges when they start next week.