CD Sunday challenge ornate blossom

Hi friends, this weeks challenge at cd sunday, is ornate blossom.

 I chose to make this card and would like to dedicate it to  my lovely sister Kath who passed away suddenly on the 3rd of March 2013. It would have been her 60th birthday last Tuesday the 7th of May and I miss her terribly. 

The blossom on the fuscia with the wren rooting around it, just looked so tranquil and like a scene from my garden in the summer.

The cd I used was flowers in bloom by card creations plus.

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This simple card just used spellbinders pentagon, le papillon, bakers twine and paper roses. Thankyou for looking.

CD Sunday challenge wedding

Good afternoon, it is Sunny, but windy here today but the sun always lifts my mood.

.I made this card for my niece to give her brother and his wife on their wedding day. The challenge this week on the cd sunday challenge blog is weddings, so I am entering this card into it. The backing paper is from crafters companion love cd. The stamp is joanna sheen, the stamp and the words are embossed in gold. The colouring is watercolour pencils with a touch of glitter. Thankyou for looking.

Playing with my spellbinders carnation dies

 I have been playing with my carnation dies and am thrilled with them. For these flowers I have used pink tissue paper and a tiny smudge of distress ink.

Now to think of a project to use them on.

I am back and crafting again

Hello sorry it has been a long time since I have posted anything on my blog, but I am back now with more enthusiasm for learning new things from other people. I have not done much crafting for a while, only making quick cards to take into the clic sargent shop. Clic sargent is the childrens cancer charity that helped Lana our granddaughter when she was ill.
I have made this card for a girl I work with who has recently become a grandparent.
I have had that stamp for a while, but I just love this teqnique of stamping on acetate and using pearl crystal laquers to create a teddy bears fur effect. I layered it onto a spellbinders die cut. I cut a thin sliver of the backing paper to thread through the die to make a ribbon slider effect The balloon is from the up up and away spellbinders die set and is sprayed with crafters companion spray and sparkle. I made it into an easel card with added embellishments. Thankyou so much for looking and any comments would be very much appreciated.

  I have entered this for the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge C4C183 babies.
Bearlymine challenges Anything goes.
Simply Create Too All about Babies.
Eclectic Ellaplu Anything Goes

Rest in peace little princesss

My beautiful granddaughter Lana, lost her fight against cancer and passed away. Rest in peace little princess. We love you soooo much, you will always remain in our hearts.

card for a 2 year old

I made this card for my great niece who was 2 on the 20th of September. The design was inspired by one that Jayne Nestorenko had done using her Cute Companion stamps. I stamped the numbers and characters using black versafine and colored them, using inktense pencils. The words happy birthday were stamped with versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder.
My grandaughter is still having chemo and has now lost all of her hair. Her daddy has shaved his head too, to make her feel a bit better. Please keep her in your thoughts and hope that we have a positive outcome.

Thankyou for looking.

Harvest Dance

Good Morning fellow bloggers, I am sorry that I have not posted for a long time, but as some of you will already know, our three year old Granddaughter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour and has undergone major surgery. She is now having chemo therapy to attack the cancer cells that have migrated to her spine. Please keep her in your thoughts and hope that we have a positive outcome.

I made this card for a friend of mine, who loves nature and this digital stamp by mo's digital pencil, fitted the bill perfectly. I coloured the image with promarkers and swiped the edges with distressed ink. The backing paper and insert is from the new Essence of Nature cd rom by Artylicious. This was matted onto rust coloured card. The only embellishment for this one was a wrapping of gold ribbon.
I made another card for my other friend which was a concertina card, but I forgot to photograph it, so I will have to make another one to show.
Thankyou for looking.

A Birthday card with the Cute Companions

My Mum asked me to make a card for her Great Granddaughter's birthday, (my great neice). I made one exactly the same a while ago for another of her Great Granddaughter's and it was much appreciated. I sent a photo of it at the time to Jayne Nestorenko who designs the stamps and she asked me to make one exactly the same for her so that she could show it on Create and Craft, which I did. This is the third one I have made exactly the same, but I have to say I have enjoyed making them all.
I have used the backing paper from the first Cute Companions cd rom and the post box template by WS Designs. The stamps are Cute Companions, coloured with watercolour pencils, although some of the clothes were stamped onto backing papers. The stamp on the post box is WS Designs.
Thankyou for looking.

A Fairy called Sugar

I made this card using a digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil called Sugar. I coloured the image using promarkers and embellished it with glitter. The backing paper is from my Graphicus Guild stash. The sentiment stamp is from The Stamp Man and I simly embellished with ribbon, silk flowers and brads.
Thankyou for looking.

Golden wedding card

The back of the card with our sentiment on the tag.
The front of the card.
The box

Sorry I have not been around for a while, but as I mentioned on my last post my Mum has been unwell after a fall and is still having problems. Other relatives are poorly too, so time for crafting has been a bit scarce. Anyway, my sister and brother in law have been married for 50 years and celebrated their Golden Anniverary yesterday. I made this card for them using the bookatrix board.

Get Well Soon Mum

I have not been around for a while, because things have been busy in our family. My Mum has had a fall and fractured her pelvis. She is doing well, but is still in a lot of pain and it may be a few weeks before she can come home. When she does come home, it could take six to twelve weeks before she is able once again to go upstairs. It's a worry though, because at 89 a fall like this can be quite a shock.
My Mum's sister my Auntie has bee in hospital for the last three weeks and also my Auntie who lives in Wales is in hospital after a stroke.
I used this elusive images stamp to make this get well card for Mum.I stamped it four times and then coloured it with promarkers. I cut out layers to decoupage and then glazed the flowers. I used distress ink around the first layer.
Thankyou for looking in today.

Bah Humbug Santa Paws

Gosh I am on a roll. This card is for this weeks Bah Humbug Challenge Santa Paws. The decoupage is from Cute Companions Christmas Collection CD rOM, I matted it on red, cream and green card and finished off with lovely pee wee glitter for the snow. The mice are from Cute Companions, coloured with Derwent Watercolour pencils. The card is finished off with a simple red bow. Thankyou for looking.

CD Sunday first challenge

I am entering this card in the CD Sunday first Challenge, which is wings and things. I am sorry the photo is a bit blurry. I made this card for my Mum to send to my Niece, her Grand daughter. I have used the same stamp as for the Sunshine Challenge, but this time the stamp was stamped and embossed with veramark and gold powder and glittered all over with pee wee glitters butterfly. I embossed some gold mirri card for the background with the Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder. The bp and the sentiment frame are from Artylicious Damask Delights CD Rom. Good luck Wendy and the members of the DT with the new Challenge Blog.
Thankyou for looking.

Let the sunshine in.

I have made this card for Crafty Ann's Challenge let the sunshine in. The vibrant colours that I have used remind me of sunshine and also butterflies come out when the sun comes out. That's my interpretation anyway, lol. The stamp is from creative expressions, called monarch butterfly. I stamped with versamark on to black card twice and embossed with gold powder. I painted one of the butterlies with twinkling H2O's and then the second I just cut out the top pair of wings and painted part of it with the H2O's and glittered part of it. The sparkle of the glitter doesn't show up on the photo though.
Thankyou for looking

A flower for my niece

I made this card for my niece for her Birthday. I used the new stamp sheet that I bought at the NEC from Graphicus. The flower was stamped in black versafine black and painted with inktense pencils. The leaves were stamped in versamark on to green mirri card and then embossed with gold powder. I used green glitter to add a bit of sparkle. The bp is from my Graphicus Guild stash. The mini buttons were from my stash and the sentiment came from the same stamp sheet as the flowers and leaves.

Red, black and gold

It's a lovely sunny day today and I have been making the most of my garden and enjoyed a lovely walk with Olivia my lovely dog.
The theme for this weeks challenge over on Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog is red, back and gold with a touch of Oriental. I chose to use this gorgeous image from Mo's Digital Pencil, coloured with promarkers. The Oriental writing rubber stamp is from Crafters Companion, stamped with stazon and embossed with clear powder. The card was completed with some embellishments from my stash.
Thankyou for looking.

Fishing Penguin

This card is for this weeks Bah Humbug Challenge, the theme being Embossing. The Penguin and sentiment rubber stamps are both from Art Impressions. I coloured the hat, scarf, feet and beak with inktense pencils and the snow and ice with watercolour pencils, covered with stickles for the Christmassy sparkle, before sticking a tiny pompom on his hat. I used the circle nestability die and the cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. The sentiment is stamped in green versacolour ink and embossed with clear powder. I used a Nellie Snellen oval die to cut this out and threaded lilac ribbon through the holes. I punched some little green fish and added some lilac buttons threaded with the same lilac ribbon.
The bp is from Artylicious seasons greetings, I do like this paper.
Thankyou for looking.

An Easter Thankyou

I made this card as an Easter Thankyou. The digi stamp is from Mo's digital pencil, I have coloured with promarkers and edged with distress ink. The sentiment rubber stamp is from elusive Images,stamped in pink and mounted on a circle nestability die. I used the swirl cuttlebug embossing folder, some pink spotty ribbon and bp from cute companions outdoors.
Thankyou for looking.

Two awards

I would like to thank Doreen and Cathy for giving me these awards, I feel honoured to recieve them, both of them have such inspirational blogs. I would like to pass them on to Janet, Elizabeth and Claire who's artwork is beautiful and inspiring. Do take a look at all of their wonderful blogs.

A butterfly for a special person

The theme for this week over on Crafty Ann's Challenge blog is to make a card for someone special. I have made this card for my Auntie who will be 87 on the 16th April.
I stamped the fancy butterfly by creative expressions onto lilac card and embossed in gold. I sprayed the background with crafters companion spray and sparkle gold, but this doesn't show up very well in the photo. I then glittered the wing with cornflower blue glitter. I stamped the butterfly again on vellum and cut out the wings. I glittered with grape glitter on the wings and seashell glitter on the middle and antenna, I then stuck it on top of the original butterfly. The bp is from the arylicious damask delights cd rom. I added some flowers, brads and gems, some ribbon and a sentiment.
Thanks for looking.