This week's challenge at Lili Of The Valley is the theme 'Button It' so we want to see what you can do with all your buttons. Lisa and Laila have kindly donated a £15.00 voucher for one lucky winner to spend in the LOTV online shop. Don't forget though, to be eligible for the prize you MUST use an LOTV product on your creations.
This week I have made another Christmas card to add to the pile which is growing by the week. I have used the gorgeous papers from Nitwit Collections (Simply Joys) again, these have fast become a favourite of mine. Nip on over to the shop and have a look at all their gorgeous kits as you too will fall in love with them.I have used one of LOTV's new Christmas stamps again for this card. This one is called 'Oh Christmas Tree' and I have coloured it with promarkers and glitter. I punched a couple of stars, added a gem star and placed them on the small panel. Onto some punched leaves I placed some gold bells. Finally, as the challenge is to use buttons I made a 'button' Christmas tree. Hope you like this card, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
Time for another Whoopsi Daisy challenge. This week the theme is 'Make Your Own Embellishments'. The fantastic prize is 2 Digi stamp sheets of choice from Whoopsi Daisy.
I started this card by covering my base card with this gorgeous plaid paper from the 'Simply Joys' kit at Nitwit Collections. (If you want some fantastic digi papers/scrapbook kits at very reasonable prices then head on over to their shop and take a look. Believe me, once you have seen them you will want to collect them all). Anyway, back to my card. Next I embossed some white card, tore it and applied glitter to the torn edge before attaching it to look like a snowy hill. The little cutie image has been coloured with promarkers, cut out and attached with foam pads for a bit of dimension. I made the snowflake using nesties and covered them in glitter before layering them and adding a gem. I saw the Teabag Tree on one of Jacqui's (Cat's Whiskers) cards recently and thought I would have a go as I thought it would be the ideal embellishment for this card. You can find her tutorial here, thanks Jacqui. I haven't done teabag folding for such a long time I had forgotten how much I enjoyed doing it. Finally I glittered a small foam snowman and put him in the corner. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
Here is a card using another new Magnolia stamp that I have waited a long time for, isn't she so cute? I have coloured her with promarkers, chalk and a silver Sakura Stardust pen to add a bit of sparkle. I have followed the great sketch provided (although I turned it), and if you look very carefully at the bottom right of the image you will see I have made a bit of a corner in pink using a border punch. I finished the card simply with some silk flowers. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
This week's challenge atLili Of The Valley is a colour challenge so we want to see your 'Aqua & White' creations with the option of 'Glitter'. This week we have TWO great sponsors for the challenge. Not only have we a great prize from Wild Orchid Crafts but Lisa and Laila have kindly donated a £10.00 voucher for one lucky winner to spend in the LOTV online shop. Don't forget though, to be eligible for the prize you MUST use an LOTV product on your creations. This week I decided not to use any design papers so I have used embossed panels instead (all cuttlebug embossing folders). The image has been coloured with promarkers and glitter and layered with nesties. I layered several flowers and a metal spacer and attached these to the card with a brad. Hope you like this one as much as I do, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
Following the great sketch I placed white card onto my black base card and onto this I covered half with some text paper. I covered the seam with a bit of scrap ribbon and then added another panel with tartan paper. I coloured the image with promarkers and a clear sakura stardust pen before attaching with foam pads. I then stamped a flourish in the corner before adding some recycled buttons to the tartan panel. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
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Stamps - Little Claire/Do Crafts Papers - Unknown Scraps Buttons - Recycled From Garment Ribbon - Stash
The type of cards I have the biggest problem with making are 'One Layer' and 'Clean & Simple' so I have tried to combine the two! Well, at least they are one layer and hopefully they are clean & simple. What do you think? Will they pass?
I had actually stamped and coloured the main image on these cards about 3 years ago and found them yesterday while having a sort out. Having found them I thought I had better finish them off. They have been coloured with Marvy Le Plume pens. I then stamped the sentiments directly onto the cards. Finally, I stamped and heat embossed the silver snowflakes but think I might have got carried away and done too many. Anyway, it's another three to add to the pile. Thanks for looking.
It's Monday so it's time for another challenge atWhoopsi Daisy. This week we would like to see your 'Shabby Chic' creations. Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's blogs for more inspiration.
This week I have made an A5 card using one of my favourite WD images. First I covered the base card with various gorgeous papers from Bearly Mine. I then attached a doily that I distressed (you can just about see it). On top of this I added a border that I have punched, distressed and added ribbon to. I have coloured my image with promarkers and chalk, inked the edge and layered her with nesties. I then made a ribbon bow and added it to the top of the image before adding a button to the centre. A few flowers, leaves and pearls finishes the card. Hope you like it, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
I have wanted to make a 'new baby' card using this sweet digi stamp from Pollycraft ever since I saw it but never seemed to get the time. The base card is 'sky' patterned and has been hanging around so long I can't remember where it came from. Anyway, I then distressed and glittered some blue card and and attached it with D/S tape. Next I coloured the image with promarkers and glitter, distressed, inked and glittered the edge before layering with nesties. I then threaded organza ribbon through the holes around the edge before attaching with foam pads. I found a couple of teddy bear buttons in my stash which went nicely with the image. A circular sentiment finishes the card. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
This week's challenge at Lili Of The Valley is the theme 'Red/Green/White' and Lisa and Laila have kindly donated a £10.00 voucher for one lucky winner to spend in the LOTV online shop. Don't forget though, to be eligible for the prize you MUST use an LOTV product on your creations.
I started this one with a square base card and then cut the front down diagonally. Next I added a layer of white card to back and front and covered these with these gorgeous papers called 'Simply Joys' from Nitwit Collections. I have used one of the new LOTV stamps called 'Shine A Light' and coloured it with promarkers, glitter and flock. I also covered the lantern with diamond glaze before cutting and layering using nesties. This was then attached to the front with foam pads. I coloured the card candi with a promarker and added these to the back. A stamped circular sentiment, again cut and layered with nesties finishes the card off. Hope you like it, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
Oops! Sorry, I was so busy I forgot to post this one yesterday.
Time for another Whoopsi Daisy challenge. This week the theme is 'More Than One Fold'. The fantastic prize is 2 Digi stamp sheets of choice from Whoopsi Daisy.
Another card, another new stamp. This time it is one of Sugar Nellie's Sherbert Pips called 'Candy Pip', isn't she a darling? I have coloured her with promarkers and layered her using nesties. Following the great sketch I applied strips of design paper to white card before attaching it to the base card. The gorgeous paper I have used is from the 'Pinky Swear' collection from Nitwit Collections. I punched and coloured some daisies adding card candi to the centres. Finally a simple stamped sentiment finishes the card off. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
I thought I would show you one of the cards we made at craft club this week. I have altered the design as the original had the sentiment at the bottom and a red bow. When I saw the stamp I thought it would make an ideal children's card. The various layers have been die-cut, punched and embossed. I coloured the image with promarkers and glitter. Finally I attached the ribbon with a die-cut snowflake which I added a gem to. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
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Stamps - Unknown From Friend Ribbon - From Friend Gem - Stash
I've waited a long time to get this gorgeous Tilda stamp so I was itching to ink it up straight away. I have coloured her with promarkers and layered her with nesties. I have matted and layered the base card following the great sketch. The strip going across the bottom has been punched with a border punch and I have added some spotty ribbon to it. I stamped out a butterfly, coloured it with promarkers and attached it to the strip. The fabric flowers were recycled from an old birthday card. To finish the card I added a couple of metal photo corners and some buttons. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
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For this card I followed the great sketch and started by covering the base card with this gorgeous paper from 'Fairytale Dreams' at Nitwit Collections. I then stamped some bunting directly onto the paper, coloured it with promarkers and added some 'glitter balls' made from die-cut snowflakes and pearls. The main image has been coloured with promarkers, pencils and glitter. I have also added diamond glaze to the glass, shoe, necklace and eyes. The sentiment has been stamped and layered using a nestie. To finish I added a silver metal fan and added a pearl. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
Sorry I'm late posting this card but I got rather carried away sorting through all the household paperwork yesterday. It took a lot longer than I thought, couldn't believe how many years I had kept stuff!!!
This week's challenge at Lili Of The Valley is the theme 'Missing You' and Lisa and Laila have kindly donated a £10.00 voucher for one lucky winner to spend in theLOTV online shop. We also have our regular sponsor The Ribbon Girl who are kindly donating a 'Yellow Mini Kit'. Don't forget though, to be eligible for the prize you MUST use an LOTV product on your creations.
My card this week is very simple to make. I matted and layered the base card using red cardstock and this gorgeous paper from Nitwit Collections. As soon as I saw this paper I had to have it and doesn't it go so well with this stamp? The paper is from the 'Simply Joys' collection. I then added the image called 'Under The Mistletoe' which I had coloured with promarkers and layered before attaching with foam pads. I then stamped and layered the sentiment using nesties and added it to the card. Finally I coloured some card candi with a promarker and added it to the corners. Hope you like my simple card, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
Here is a quick Christmas card done quite simply by starting with a black base card. I then added a layer of gold mirri card followed by a layer of tartan paper. I then added a die-cut circle of gold pearl card followed by my sentiment. I embellished it with poinsettias punched from hologram and gold mirri card adding a gem to the centres. I hope this counts as 'metallic' and CAS. Either way, hope you like it, thanks for looking.
Time for another challenge at Whoopsi Daisy and this week we want you to get out all your gems, glitter, cosmic shimmers etc and 'Let's Bling It'.We want to see loads of sparkle! The DT have made some fantastic creations to inspire you.
All the layers and the base card is made from pearl cardstock. Following the great sketch I covered the base card with white pearl CS. I then added two pieces of CS that I had previously coloured with something shimmery, I can't remember what as they were done a long time ago. I then added a lilac glittery ribbon. The image has been coloured with promarkers and glitter. I then layered it up with nesties before attaching with foam pads. Next I tried to make some 'Aster' flowers with the punches I had available, again using pearl CS. I glittered the top layer and added some glittery gems to the centres. The punched leaves are silver mirri card. The butterflies are punched from blue vellum, glittered and pearls added to the bodies. I finished off with a stamped sentiment. Hope you like my glittery card, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
This week's challenge atLili Of The Valley is to follow a great sketch and Lisa and Laila have kindly donated a £10.00 voucher for one lucky winner to spend in the LOTV online shop. Don't forget though, to be eligible for the prize you MUST use an LOTV product on your creations.
Following the great sketch I have attached paper and layered panels to my base card.On the two panels I have added a punched photo corner decorated with gems. The border strip has been punched and ribbon added. The sentiment has been stamped, with added stars that I have glittered. The main image is one of the new stamps from LOTV's 2nd Christmas release (available 6th September) and is called 'Three Little Angels'. As soon as I saw these I fell in love with them, they are just so sweet.I have coloured them with promarkers and glitter. Finally, I added some flowers which I also glittered. Hope you like it, thanks for looking. Card Recipe
I am honoured to have been asked to be a guest designer this month for the CLP challenge blog. They have some fantastic sketches to follow each month so why not pop on over and have a look? There is also some great inspiration from all the DT so check out their blogs too. The fabulous prize this month is sponsored by Lili Of The Valley who are kindly donating a £10.00 voucher to spend instore.
Following the sketch I have made an easel card in my favourite pastel colours. The image is another of LOTV's 2nd Christmas release stamps (available 6th September) and is called 'Little Bears - Snowman', so cute! I have coloured the image with promarkers and glitter and added flock to their hats for texture. The backing papers have been distressed around the edge with distress inks. Both the sentiments and the large snowflake have also been distressed with inks and glittered. Having added a couple of ribbons (one on top of the other) I finished off with some pink card candi in the corners. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
Here is a 'Back To School' I was asked to make for twins. Having layered up the base card with a few mats I then stamped a ruler to put across the bottom. I then added a pile of books using a great digi stamp. The main image came next and is coloured with promarkers, layered and attached with foam pads. Finally, a little stamped sentiment finishes this simple card. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.
I can't believe how much I like this card considering it is in traditional Christmas colours. I have used another of the gorgeous new stamps from the LOTV new release due out on 6th September. This little beauty is called 'Angelic Harp' and she is definately one of my favourites. I have coloured her with promarkers, glitter and flowersoft. The music is another of LOTV's stamps and has simply been stamped onto cream card. A beautiful organza ribbon and some brads finish the card off nicely. Hope you like it as much as I do, thanks for looking.
Hi, I'm Christine and I live in creative chaos. I have loved to create things all my life but my best creations are my three wonderful sons, Shaun, Nick & Sam.
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