Sunday, 26 February 2012

Engagement Congrats

I've been admiring everyone's 'white' cards for ages but haven't been brave enough to try one until today, and I LOVE how it turned out, I'm definitely going to be trying more of these.
This one uses one of the first stamps I ever bought (and of course is rarely used!) - I think it's an old Stampin Up one.  Just stamped it in black ink and added some wee scratch marks to match the hand drawn border on the base.  Clear gloss and glitter added to the rings and diamonds onto the beautiful Memory Box die.  The white ribbon with a silver edge has been unloved in my stash for quite a few years.

Oh and in case I go MIA, its because I took a notion recently for some cross stitching!  I haven't done any since I started card making, but I saw this harbour town one and had to have it!  (We should take guesses on how long it's gonna take me to finish it ... I reckon maybe Christmas!!)
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Escape with a book!

  

TCP challenge this week is ABC (Anything But a Card) so I thought I'd have a go at a wee page marker.
HERE's the link to the tutorial.
I used this fab airplane from The Cat's Pyjamas and some cloud dies, easy peasy!  Though a bit of ink mysteriously smudged on the bottom bit so I tried to distract from it by drawing in a bird.  Coloured with copics and clear gloss and glitter added to highlights on plane.

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Thursday, 23 February 2012

Going Batty!

OMGosh how did it get to be Thursday already, and nearly the end of February too!  Time is certainly flying!
Talking of flying (ha!) how cute is this little Paper Smooches bat!

(By the way, Paper Smooches have a wee hop on at the minute with their new releases ... check their blog for more deets)

Coloured Batty with copic markers, popped him up on dimensionals and then popped his eyes up again.  Chalked my sky using Bev's cloud template and popped this central panel up on dimensionals too.  Couldn't get it to photograph right tho .. my blue clouds have a touch of turquoise in them.  Roll on the bright nights to get some decent pics again!


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Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Dream Valley Challenge #26

Whoops!  I'm a wee bit late for the new challenge over at Dream Valley, but sure it's better late than never!  Anyhoo our new theme this fortnight is...
Just for Men
The prize is some fab digis from Bugaboo - you've a fortnight to play along and make anything you like, doesn't have to be a card.

I had my card all sorted in my mind and then all of a sudden I seemed to have these gorgeous bright happy DPs stuck down!  Wasn't what I'd planned at all!
Image from Little Claire stamps (mounted on dimensionals); Simon Says Stamp sentiment; Taylored Expressions wave die (mounted on dimensionals).

Other challenges:

ETA: I won 2xPickled Tink images from Do You Stack Up #59!
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    Sunday, 19 February 2012

    Gretta's birthday card

    Sorry I've been MIA all week ... no it wasn't the CPS marathon that finished me off, but another {bleepin} cold!  It's barely been a month since the last bout, so hopefully that's me for a while!

    But at least it didn't stop me going to see Grease at the Opera House in Belfast yesterday with my sis.  And it was FAB-U-LOUS!  I've always had a bit of a thing for the film, so I couldn't help but love the live version!

    This card was inspired by this week's featured stamper over at Splitcoaststampers ... Becky - here's her original.
    I used a flower stamp from Stampendous 'happy flowers'; Marianne Design DP; Paper Smooches alphabet; green pearls.

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    Sunday, 12 February 2012

    Hangin' in there!

    Hooray!  15 sketch challenges in 15 days, I definitely didn't think I'd make it to the end on time!  So this is it, day 15 of the CPS Anniversary sketch challenge.
    I've used a High Hopes chameleon (can you tell that my bag of High Hopes stamps was on my table today LOL!), coloured with copics and clear gloss added to his eyes.

    Posted by at Sunday, February 12, 2012 18 comments Labels: ,

    Iced cupcake

    I'm so short on birthday cards, I've hardly any in my stash.  This one is super CAS, just popped the image panel up on dimensionals, paper pieced the cupcake wrapper and candle, and added some sparkle and clear gloss to the icing.
    Image from High Hopes, no idea about the DP!


    Posted by at Sunday, February 12, 2012 9 comments Labels: ,

    Birthday Robot

    I don't think I've ever seen a green robot, but hey, its my card and I'll have it whatever colour I want LOL!

    Image and sentiment from High Hopes (have you seen their fab new alien's, they're absolutely adorable!)
    Spaceship DP from Bo Bunny
    Coloured with promarkers and glitter added to his party hat and to the cherry on his cupcake.


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    Saturday, 11 February 2012

    Alex's Birthday card

    Last post for the evening, think I'm only one behind in the CPS challenges now!  This one is for my wee niece's birthday on Valentine's Day - I can't believe she's 2 already!  I'm so glad my PS stamps arrived in time, as I wanted to be able to put her name on her card.  I love that font!

    Image from Nellie Snellen
    Paper Smooches Alphabet stamps
    Echo Park DP
    Coloured with promarkers; glitter added to her bracelets; clear gloss added to the nose of the dog (at least, I think its a dog!)

    Posted by at Saturday, February 11, 2012 16 comments Labels: ,

    Love SPARKS

    I'm so pleased I ordered this wee Paper Smooches monster, I'd been eyeing him up for aaaages.  I've teamed him here with a balloon stamp from a really old Stampin Up set.
    Coloured with promarkers and popped up on dimensionals.



    Posted by at Saturday, February 11, 2012 23 comments Labels: ,
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