Autumn Birthday Girl

Autumn can provide some lovely colours, reds, browns and golds, and I've put them all together in this birthday card, from the backing papers to the colours used on the image.  I've used layers of distressed burgundy and golden card, onto sparkly gold and then onto red.  I've used gold accents, from the peel off to the liquid pearl dots, and put some red glitter onto the cream roses.

I've been inspired by the following:

• Lollipop  - Very girlie
• Papertake - Autumn skies
• Party Time - Easel card
• Passion for Promarkers - Stitching & distressing
• Spoonfull of Sugar - Distressing
• Crafters Companion - Sketch & One for the Girls
• Sarah Hurley - Easel card

Happy crafting

Blue Christmas Kitten

I love blue, and it is an ideal colour for an icy Christmas card.  I've coloured the image and added some glitter to the holly and shaddow, and matted it onto dark blue card.  I've used blue snowflake paper and glittered blue card for the background blocks, both matted onto the same dark blue card.  I've added some baby blue ribbon at the bottom and some darker blue at the top, and topped it off with some blue flowers that I've also glittered, all layered onto Snow text blue paper.

Here's a close up of the image

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Critter - Texture (liquid pearls, ribbon, flowers)
• Penny Black - All My Favourite Things (colour, snowflakes, glitter)
• Pollycraft - A Glittery Christmas
• Wild Orchid - Blue Christmas
• Inktegrity - Ribbon & Flowers
• Saturday Challenge - Sparkle and shine
• Stamptacular - Sketch
• Paper Sundaes - Pick your Sundae Topping (Blue & Ribbon)
• One Stitch in Time - Favourite Colour (blue)
• Alphabet - C is for Cats
• Delightful Sketches - Glitter it up

Happy crafting

Golden Kisses

This is one of my first Penny Black stamps and I still love it several years on. I just love the two little mice kissing in their dangling Santa socks.  I've added some green and red ribbon onto a gold patterned backing paper, and a green snowflake banner matted onto green paper topped off with some holly embellishments.  I've also added some glitter to the image and holly, and some red liquid pearls to finish it off.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Friday Sketchers - Sketch
• Lexis Creations - Traditional Xmas Colours
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - Xmas Theme
• ABC - H is for Holidays

Happy crafting

November Favourites

Picking my favourites is always hard because I like each one for different reasons, but I've decided on the following three as they're based on my three favourite colour themes, purple, pink and blue, and use my current favourite images from Penny Black and Lili of the Valley. 

Hope you like them too !

Favourite 1:
A Lili of the Valley image called Igloo for Two, coloured in a purple theme using my Promarkers and cut out in order to raise it up from the card on sticky pads.  I've used iridescent purple and lilac papers and some lilac snowflake digi paper.  I've then layered snowflake punchies in both iridescent colours and added some cream flowers to top off. (and of course some glitter!)

Favourite 2:
Lots of pink in this one, another LOTV image coloured with Promarkers, but a birthday theme this time (one for the girls!). I've used my scalloped circle punch and a circle cutter to back the image, and added some pink roses in 2 sizes, some liquid pearls and a peel off.

Favourite 3:

Pastel blue themed for my final choice, glitter scalloped circle backing the Penny Black carol singing mice (soooo cute), blue paper backgrounds and some blue embellishments (roses and liquid pearls).  I've also coloured a silver peel-off with perm-markers to change it to blue.  Loving the snowflake papers too, and all in the matching pastel blue theme.

I'm entering these Christmas cards into the ABC Challenge - H is for holidays

A Pink Christmas

I've been using this image a lot since my lovely hubby got it for my birthday last month.  I've coloured it in promarkers giving it a pink theme and used irridescent pink papers to matt both the image and the pink digi download paper onto the card.  I've added some pink torn thick paper and a snowflake ribbon, with pink snowflake punchies topped with dusky pink roses.  I've coloured the image using my Promarkers and chalked around it to give it a shaddow.  Finallly I've added some white glitter to the white bits of the image.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Lili of the Valley - LOTV stamps but anything goes
• Creative Inspirations - A Pink Christmas
• Inktegrity - Ribbons & Flowers
• Little Red Wagon - Do it in 3's (3x roses, 3x snowflake punchies and 3x liquid pearls)
• Pixie Cottage - Sketch
• Crafty Catz - Paper tearing

Happy crafting everyone.

Singing in the snow

I've been sorting out all my paper scraps which were all over the place, and put them into a compartmentalised folder sorted by colour.  I found all sorts of papers that I just didn't realise I still had, and now that they're all organised, I decided to make some colour themed cards!

I just love this image so have been using it a lot recently. I think the mice are one of my favourite Penny Black animals.  I've used a pale blue theme (being one of my favourte colours), my favourite snowflake backing papers including a digi download snowflake image theme and some striped blue paper that found in my stash, but I didn't realise I still had, to create layers. I've also added some blue roses in two sizes and some blue liquid pearls.  I've used blue sparkle paper behind the image cut using a scalloped punch and coloured the image using my Promarkers and chalked around the outline to create a shaddow.  Of course, as it is Christmas, I've introduced some glitter too.  I've also coloured a silver peel-off in permanent blue markers to maintain the colour theme. 

I've used inspiration from the following:

• I Love Promarkers - Icy Colours
• Fab 'n Funky - Circles
• Christmas Stamping - Stripes
• Stamp Something - Digi
• CCEE - Bought Flowers
• Cute Card - Anything goes
• Allsorts - Sketch
• Wee Memories - Old Patterned Papers
• Bee Crafty - Xmas Digi
• Sweet Card - Snowflakes
• Aly's Sunday - Music
• Die Cuts - Snowflakes
• Marks Finest Papers - Snowflakes
• Penny Black - All my favourite things (everything on this card, but especially the image, snowflake digi paper and roses)
• Two Sisters - Christmas
• Crafty Calendar - Winter Snowflakes
• Penny Black at Allsorts - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Happy crafting

Pink Winter Wishes

I found these 'winter wishes' in a handwriting style in my stash from last year and had completely forgotten that I had them.  They were in pink and lilacs, so I decided to use a pink one and create a Christmas card using non-traditional colours.  The image is a kitten wearing a holly halo and I've used two pink ribbons held on with 2 pink mini-brads, with pink roses.  I've also used pink snowflake digi download paper to continue the chosen colour theme, matted onto pink card.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Craft Your Passion - Double something (2 ribbons & 2 brads)
• Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
• Sketch & Stash - Sketch
• There's Magic in the Air - Non traditional colours for Xmas
• A Spoonfull of Sugar - Snowflakes
• Craft Ann - Christmas in non-traditional colours

Happy crafting

Carol Singing

These cute little mice are carolling around their lantern. I've used Promarkers for the image and shimmer chalks for shaddow.  I've used a pale blue and white snowflake theme on this card and some blue, silver and white ribbon banners.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Cutie Sunday - Light blue & white
• Stamptacular - Design Team inspiration (Cheri's sketch)
• One Stitch at at Time - Winter Wonderland
• Paper Sundaes - Let it Snow
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - Winter (Blue, White or Silver - I used all 3!)

Happy crafting everyone.

Birthday Kitten

I've used a Penny Black image to create this birthday card, with its pink theme.  I've added some pink flowers and some pink floral banking paper from Laura Ashley.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Fussy & Fancy - Sketch
• Crazy 4 Challenges - Square Cards
• Wee Memories - Birthday Bash
• Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
• Two Sisters - Birthday

Happy Crafting

Let it Snow

I love this image of the mouse dancing in the snow.   I've used some die cut wording, that (to be honest) was really hard to punch out because it was so intricate.  I've also used some holly paper and some die cut snowflakes in green as well as some glitter (compulsory for Christmas cards!)

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Pollycraft - It's chill time
• Penny Black - Let it Snow
• Critter - Anything Christmas

Happy crafting

Classic Christmas

I've used classic Christmas colours of red, green and gold on this card.  The images are Penny Black and I've used some glitter gold backing card, glossy green and red accents and some gold snowflakes.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Wild Orchid - Red & Green with Gold
• Card Patterns - Sketch
• Little Red Wagon - Use the colour Red
• I Love Promarkers - Snowflakes

Happy Crafting

Twas the night before Christmas

Love this little mouse writing his list for Father Christmas.  I've coloured it using my Promarkers and some chalking around the edge of the image to create a shade as a lot of the image is white.  I've also used some glittery gold backing card and some red snowflake digi download papers, some red & gold punched snowflakes and some red and gold liquid pearls.

I've been inspired by the following:

• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Saturday Challenge - Red & Gold
• Crazy for Challenges - Square Card
• Allsorts - Twas the night before Christmas
• Sir Stampalot - Christmas Traditions

Happy crafting

Girlie Shopper

This is a lovely image from LOTV coloured using my lovely Promarkers.  I've used pink and lime green colours on this card and some lovely pink & white roses in two sizes.  I've also used my scalloped circle punch and circle cutter to create the main blocks, and some little liquid pearls in pink to finish.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Fab n Funky - Colour pink & lime
• Paper Pretties - Sketch
• Lili of the Valley - One for the Girls
• Paper Play - Circles
• The Pixie Cottage - Sketch

 Happy crafting

Winter Wonderland

This is a great image for Christmas and I love this little mouse dancing in the snow.  I've used loads of glitter on this card, some punched snowflakes (glittered of course) some dry embossed snowflakes, a snowflake border punch and a white ribbon banner with a glittered 'Merry Christmas' sticker.

I've been inspired by the following:

• Lollipop Crafts - Embossing
• Paper Romance - Everything but the kitchen sink
• ABC Christmas - Winter Wonderland
• ABC Challenge - G is for Glitter
• Simon Says Stamp - Are you all White?
• CRAFT - Embossing

Happy crafting

Birthday Boy

I seemed to have made more mens' cards than usual lately, which is not a problem as I need the practice !  I love this Penny Black image for mens' cards, and with the green and blue theme, even the ribbon keeps the masculine theme.  Love the paw prints on the tie !

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes Birthday wording
• Papertake - Penny for the guy
• Sentimental Sundaes - Birthday sentiment
• Anythign Goes - The letter B (Birthday Boy)

Happy crafting

Mother

This is a great card for a Mother's birthday with the text backing paper, pink roses and flower embellishments as pink lace.  The Penny Black image is coloured in shades of pink and matted onto pink papers.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• A Spoonfull of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

Happy crafting

Pink Wedding

This is a very pink wedding card. I've used pink & silver glittered backing paper, pink lace and a dusky pink matted paper block.  I've added some pink roses, a wedding sentiment, a mulberry paper wedding cake topper and some liquid pearls (in pink of course!)

I've used inspiration from the following:

• A Spoonfull of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

Happy crafting

Lavender Lace

I've used one of my LOTV stamps on this card, and some pearlescent purple and lilac papers for the backing. I've used a punch to create a lace effect on the paper, some lilquid pearls and white flowers.  With some pink spotty ribbon and a lilac theme in the colouring, this is a real girly card.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Passion for Promarkers - Pearls, Lavender & Lace
  (Update - Winner!)
• Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

Happy crafting

Xmas Presents

This cute little mouse sleeping on his present is really cute.  I've used a matt gold coloured background, some glittered snowflakes and cream wool, sentiment and some red accents.

I've used inspiration from the following:

• Allsorts - Gold, cream and a hint of red
• Bah Humbug - Presents
• Creative Card Crew - Let's Punch It
• Simon Says - Punch 'em
• Wild Orchid - Traditional Christmas Colours

Happy crafting everyone

Snowflake Kisses

I love these hedgy images from Penny Black, but trying to split them onto two images by masking one while stamping the other is really hard as they're actually really close together.  However, I managed to get two clean images in the end in order to put them either side of the central partition of this card.  I love the sentiment 'If kisses were snowflakes ...  I'd send you a blizzard'.  I've also used some spotty buttons too, so it all follows the snowflake theme.

I've been inspired by the following:

• Pollycraft - Sketch
• Gingerloft - Buttons
• Fab 'n' Funky - Keep it Clean
• Paper Pretties - Square

Happy crafting everyone.