Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Advice needed please ....

 I made this wee card for a good friend in work who's leaving for a new soooper-dooper job!   I used one of my new LOTV stamps (well you can't just buy ONE stamp can you?!!), but I didn't quite apply just enough pressure and some of the eyes kittens eyes didn't come out right.  No problem ... I just went over them with a fine black marker ..... and that's why the kitty in the bottom centre looks a bit startled and cross-eyed! Bwahahaha!

Anyway, the advice I need .... one of my team mates in work is retiring and I originally bought this stamp as it has cats on it and she's cat-crazy .... but now I'm wondering if its suitable for a 'retirement' card? What do you think??
And here's another candy alert for you ... from my good bloggy buddy Benzi ... click HERE for more info on her Spring Has Sprung candy and to enter (ends 28 Apr)

Monday, 28 March 2011

Stampin Bunny

This wee LOTV stamp was a recent purchase I treated myself too ... isn't she just perfect for a stamping buddy!

Recipe: Coloured with promarkers and some gloss added to the wee pencils and to her nose; gems coloured to match.  Woodware flower punch.  Old sentiment stamp from stash.  Yellow bakers twine.  Red ribbon recycled from wrapping on a pressie and has been knocking round my ribbon box since Christmas!
BTW, have you seen Jude's amazing half term candy over at Crafts International ? ... ends on 31 March, so you'd need to be quick!

Sunday, 27 March 2011

Little donkey


Awww isn't this just the cutest little donkey! I make a few cards every month which are sold to raise funds for our local animal shelter and apparently they've had requests for some horsey cards (who knew they'd be so popular!!!) (Big shout out here for my SIL Andrea, who produces a huge amount of cards for the shelter every month and keeps our local vets supplied with a card stash!!) I don't really have many horsey images, so this little donkey is about as close as I'm gonna get!

Oh, and don't forget if you haven't played in the Dream Valley Challenge yet, you've another week to get your Mother's Day card made!

Recipe: Meljens image coloured with promarkers and red stickles added to the little hearts. Pearls coloured to match. Martha Stewart butterfly punch and scalloped border punch. Swirl from Marianne Design. Whimsy ticket die; sentiment from Simon Says Stamp

Sniffer Dog



I made this for this weeks SCS Featured stamper ... Quixotic ... HERE is her original.
Thought I'd blow the dust off my watercolour pencils today and have a go at colouring a background as challenged by Make it Colourful! - I took inspiration from Annika's beautiful watercoloured sky, and used blues, yellows and oranges (though now I look back on Annika's card I wish I'd added purples too!)

Stamp from High Hopes; doggy paper from stash; ribbon is another unloved purchase ... I never really used it as its kinda wire-edged and is impossible to tie a bow with, so I loved Quixotic's idea of her loopy bow.

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Peekin Bunny

Not much mojo today ... but at least it was a lovely sunny day and we got the garden (and the weeds!) all sorted. 
The only stamped thing on this wee card is the sentiment ... the cute little bunny is cut from some Dovecraft kiddies DP.  The lovely pearl swirl was made with a template from Doodl-eaze, though I probably wouldn't have embossed that red panel if I'd thought of it beforehand as it was a real pain to get the pearls stuck down!

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Card for Gareth

(ETA: I got Top 3 at Colour Throwdown with this card)









Oh I'm pooped!  Had another busy busy day in work, then we took Ruby to the park after tea, had a wee crafty session with my SIL, and then made this wee card!  Just gonna post it and go to bed me thinks!

This is a special order card.  I always found making blokey cards so hard, but I've come to the conclusion its because I'm drawn to cute and sparkly things and hardly have any 'male' images or papers.  So I bought some of this lovely Dovecraft DP (from Silly Monkey Crafts which is sadly closing down ... they've a 50% off sale on) and used my Whipper Snapper monster and bunting from Practising Creativity. 

Recipe:
Gave my bunting some white polka dots and then added some diamond ice stickles.  Doodled dotty border with black pen.  Silver peel off numbers and sentiment.  Clear gloss added to accents on the monster.  Coloured with Promarkers (pear green, cornflower blue, putty, honeycomb).  Dienamics cloud die.  Arrow punch.
Here's a wee pic of the fabulous show of daffodils down at our park ... unfortunately it was nearly dusk when we were there so we'll have to go back when its brighter!

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Gone Fishin

Happy Tuesday!  Hope yours was better than mine!  Spent most of it being overloaded in work and the rest of it trying to fill in an application form for my own job!  Its so hard when you're used to just getting stuck into your work having to stop and think hmmm what do I actually do!!!!  D-Day for my interview has been set for 15 April, so I'll give you a wee shout before then and you can all send me some positive vibes .... I'll need all the help I can get, its been over 20 years since I had to sit an interview!

I thought I'd have a bash at using up some much un-loved DP ... I bought a stash of this when I first started card making because it was cheap but its lain in the back of my stash almost ever since!  But at least I got to use my High Hopes fisherman stamp which I love!  Coloured with promarkers, pink stickles added to his hat, braces attachment and to the card candy; frosted lace stickles added to the blue card candy and the water; smooch illuminate on braces; clear gloss added to wee fish and the fishing rod (....its been a looooong day, I almost called it a fishing stick LOL!)  Swirly brass doodahs from my stash. 
Before I go, I haven't shared any photos with you for ages, so here's a wee cutie of Ruby in her bed with her teddy George (anyone remember the kids programme Rainbow?) ... wouldn't you know by that face that she'd much rather be sleeping on the living room sofa!!

Sunday, 20 March 2011

On the phone... version 2

I had another go at using my Whimsy ticket die on this second card, and also the Whimsy Wish List stamp.  The rose ribbon is oldie stuff from my stash and my DP (Papermania) has been knocking round my box for a couple of years now!  Coloured with mixture of copics and promarkers, and bling coloured to match.

On the phone .... Version 1

Its been a bit of a damp overcast day, so no fence painting today ... hooray (don't think my wee hands would have stuck another day of it without needing a serious manicure!!)
So instead I had a bit of a play with this lovely stamp from Victoria Case for SCACD .... stay tuned for another version!!   Coloured with Promarkers and I doodled my curly border to match the telephone wire.  And I used my little Whimsy tickets/dies (that I just 'had to have', but for some reason I find very difficult to use!!!)

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Scrambling egg!

Painter  Wow, can you believe its Saturday evening already!  I've had a great couple of days off and got the paving in the back garden all power hosed and the garden fence painted.  Looks like a good job, even if I do say so myself!  Though I've a dent in my finger from holding the paintbrush for hours, a few little tiny splinters, split nails and rough skin to show for all my hard work too!  And not much time or energy left for card making, except thiss wee quickie using a fun stamp from Elzybells (now closed).  Its very CAS, though looks busier 'cause of my jazzy DP!

(Don't forget to pop back tomorrow lunchtime if you get a chance and check out the new Dream Valley challenge)