Welcome Lewis

I was asked yesterday to make a new baby boy card.

Its been a couple of weeks since I've made any cards as I've been busy beading, cupcake decorating, knitting and work!

I forgot how much I love it in my craft room, its so snug. I can only make cards, out there as there isn't enough room for any other craft stash so that has to be carried out in other rooms!!

I didn't getting so much use out of this stamp when I bought it. 

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for inspiration, Nana's Nursery Baby Boy papers from DCWV, Vintage baby stamp from Funky Kits and assorted punches and peel off letters and numbers.

Give us a b...... bright birthday card

After my pastel shades yesterday, thought I would make a bright birthday card today!



I liked the look of the sketch at The Sugar Bowl challenge this week, so had a flick through my Sugar Nellie stamps..... haven't used this one in a while, pulled out an old DCWV Glitter stack and used Martha Stewart and SU! punches, Cuttlebug embossing folder, card candy and sentiment from Craftwork Cards. The optional extra at The Sugar Bowl is Ribbons and Bows - here's hoping one is enough!
The Winter Wonderland challenge is to go dotty, hope the embossed dots and card candy will count and finally Charisma Cardz are celebrating their 2nd birthday so a birthday card is the order of the day. Add a 2 to the card and you get a 2nd entry into the draw.

2 posts in 1 day, 3 challenges in 1 card!

It's been a while since I've managed 2 posts in one day, must be something to do with being on holiday.
This card has been made with 3 challenges in mind



Copic Colour Challenge - R29, RV23 & B12
Cupcake - Keep It Simple
Sketch & Stash - sketch

I used the CCC colours, kept it quite simple as per Cupcake challenge and the sketch from Sketch & Stash.
Papers are ones I've had for ages, DCWV stack, stamps for a while and the blooms are new stash.
Thanks for looking, have a lovely evening.

Holiday Something

Here are a couple of cards I made for a friend's daughters. They have recently discovered scrapbooking and cardmaking so what better excuse to make a couple more cards!




I am going to enter these into the Stamp Something challenge which is 'Holiday Something'.

I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year.

Time to craft.....

I was sooo cold yesterday that after a spot of last minute Christmas shopping at Gunwharf I shut myself in my craft room, its so snug and cosy in there....
I've got a few special cards still to make and this is one of them. The stamp is one I treated myself to recently, I used an old sketch and my favourite DCWV papers, they just go on forever. Image coloured with copics.
I am entering this card into the following challenges, Crafty Creations, which is to use traditional xmas colours, Simon Says Stamp, which is Merry Christmas and Susie's Sassy Challenge which is A Touch of Gold, my touch of gold is a bit of ribbon from some posh crackers we had last year.

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Woke up this morning with a start as I realised that I hadn't posted my DT card for Creative Card Crew on my blog this week. I usually do it on a scheduled post but DH wanted to use the laptop on Sunday to do a bit of online shopping which upset my routine!! Lets hope me bought me something nice ;-)



Anyway finally here we are with this week's 'Anything Goes' challenge. I had the perfect card to make having received the news last week that my cousin & his wife in New Zealand had had an early Christmas present, their baby arrived 5 weeks early. Welcome to the world Jessica. Wish we were nearly and could have a cuddle - one day!!!
It also gave me the opportunity to use one of my new stamps that arrived recently and has been waiting to be inked up - Vintage Baby from Funky Kits. Papers are none other than DCWV, image coloured with copics.

Just one more thing, we are losing the very talented Nicola from the Design Team this week, so there is a DT call on, visit Creative Card Crew blog for more deets.
Had better be off to the shower now, another busy day at work, Christmas dinner day.... looking forward to end of term on Friday.

I am entering this card into 2 challenges, I used the sketch at Friday Sketchers and the challenge at Create 4 Fun is to make an easel card.

Creative Card Crew - Claire's recipe challenge

It was Claire's turn to set the challenge this week at Creative Card Crew and she chose a recipe. We had to use 2 papers, 3 flowers, 2 brads, 1 ribbon and 1 button.
The challenge this week is being sponsored by Crafty Addicts, so make sure you check out the lovely stash up for grabs this week - I would hate you to miss out so make sure you join in the challenge this week.
Here's my take on the recipe....



Once I had decided on what papers I was going to use the rest of it seemed to fall in place, I love it when that happens, although it doesn't happen very often!
I am pretty pleased with the result, hope you like....

Recipe
Papers - DCWV All Dressed Up & mirri card
Image - Sugar Nellie, Manga Girl,
Sentiment - Stampin Up
Coloured with copics
All other items from stash

Have a fairy nice day - Creative Card Crew challenge

The challenge this week at Creative Card Crew is
'Have a fairy nice day'



My first attempt went in the bin, the second attempt took some time to put together but I think that's because I was feeling guilty, Barry was painting the hallway and I should have been helping.... Anyway we got there in the end and I'm pretty pleased with the end result and it means one less card to make at Christmas!

Go on over to Creative Card Crew to check out the other DT members wonderful cards and the great prize that's on offer this week.

Stamps - image Sugar Nellie, sentiment Cuddly Buddly
Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers and Gelly roll pens
Papers - DCWV Rose Tinted Xmas paper stack
Tools - Stampin Up punches, CB embossing folder
All other items from stash

Manga Girl at The Sugar Bowl

Here's my entry for The Sugar Bowl sketch challenge this week.



I've been working at this all evening, with various images and distress inks, it just wasn't happening, so out came the copics and here we have it. I wanted to use papers from the Hopscotch pad by Kay & Co, so the colours for the image were dictated by that.

Stamps - Manga Girl 1 from Funky Kits, sentiment from SU!
Papers - DSP - Hopscotch, Kay & Co, blue card from stash
Colouring - copics and Memento ink pad Paris Dusk
Tools - MS border punch, SU! large oval & scalloped oval punches
Embellies - Gems from Papermania

Jackie, if you are reading this, yes I did get it finished, just in time!!

Bizzy Becs DT call card

Look what dropped through my letter box yesterday morning..... so I set about making my card for the DT call for the Bizzy Becs Creatalicious challenge, (detailed on the previous post below)well a girl's got to try- I might get picked one day!

I treated myself to 3 of these lil babies the other day, this one is Manga Girl #1, from Funky Kits. I coloured her with copics, am loving these, especially since watching a tut the other day and discovering how to do the shading and blending.
Papers are from DCWV, Nana's Kids and Citrus stack. Blooms are an X Cut punch and SU! 5 petal flower punch. Brads & gems from stash.

Had better run and get my shower, looking forward to having my hair done this morning.

Hope to be back later, if not have a wonderful weekend.

Daisy meets DCWV Citrus

Escaped to my craft room tonight, thought I would enter The Sugar Bowl challenge. I decided to ink up one of my new lovelies, Daisy, which I bought last weekend. coloured her in with PMs and Copics, then set about finding co-ordinating papers from DCWV Citrus stack.



Was beginning to panic as time marched on as I thought it had to be added by midnight only to realise at the last minute I've got another week to enter..... what a numpty! Probably just as well as I've just realised that I haven't added the 3 embellies at the bottom and it could do with maybe a bit more bling?

Day off tomorrow, will be stalking my postman, still not got my Magnolias boo hiss, reckon someone has hijacked them. Anyone else still waiting for theirs, please don't let me be the only one!

Off to make another card now, well don't have to be up early for work...

Rocking Scalloped Card!

Here is the card I was trying out last night. The idea of the scalloped edge came from the DCWV templates I have seen around lately and I spent the evening working out how I could join the 2 templates together.

I cut my templates using the Accent Essentials cricut cartridge and then stuck the 2 pieces together using acetate and DS tape. I also cut 2 templates in paper to go inside the card to cover the ds tape.

I used Katharina's sketch 26 to decorate the card and used my new Rockstar Sugar Nellie that I ordered recently. This is the first card I have made using this image, thought it would be great for boys cards. I coloured the image in with Marvys and put glossy accents on the guitar. Sentiment from Cuddly Buddly and spirelli shape cut from Accent Essentials cartridge also - really pleased I managed to get hold of this cartridge, I use it quite a lot and there are still lots of shapes I haven't cut yet!

I have given my blog a makeover lately, and thanks to Rach, have now managed to add my signature to my postings ! Just need a makeover myself now, have lost just over 1 stone on WW diet, really pleased as thought I wouldn't do very well over the holidays but managing to stick to it fairly well! Need to go shopping now for some new clothes - any excuse.....