Unicorn

Today's card features a lovely unicorn digi stamp from Bugaboo which I have coloured with promarkers.  I then added an embossed sentiment stamp from LOTV and a touch of glitter glue.  The beautiful background paper is from Polkadoodles.  The holographic heart mirri card is from my stash along with the glittery ribbon and butterfly gem.

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches April - Sketch
Catch The Bug - Colours
Allsorts 569 - Add A Bow
Digi Choosday 16 - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles 17 - Anything Goes

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My Fake Plants!

Here is another humerous card I have made using the wonderful Bugaboo digi stamps.  I hope it makes you smile.

This is typical of me as for years I have mixed fake flowers with real flowers in my gardens.  Nobody realised until I forgot to remove them in the Autumn one year.  Now I openly admit it!!!

My dotty paper is from Pink Petticoat and I have embossed the yellow strip using a folder.  My image has been coloured with promarkers and a bit of crystal glaze.  The butterfly is punched, coloured with a promarker and some glitter glue added.

Challenges

Stella Says Sketch 808 - Sketch
CAS Colours and Sketches 367 - Colours
Passion For Promarkers 539 - Add A Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday 631 - Dotty
My Besties April - Anything Goes

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Sending Christmas Cuddles

Here is a Christmas card I have made using a kit from Hunkydory.  These kits are ideal for quick cards as there is no colouring to do.  They also have a luxury feel about them.  The only thing I have added are die cut snowflakes and some gems.

Challenges

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Festive Animals

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Doggone Birthday

Here's some cute little doggies from Bugaboo which I have coloured with promarkers and a touch of crystal glaze to their noses.  I then fussy cut them before attaching to my card.  The stamped sentiment and pawprints are from Wild Rose Studios and the little charm from my stash.

Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch 368 - Sketch
Catch The Bug - Bingo (Charm/Bugaboo Image/Sentiment)

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You Make Me Smile

I have coloured my PB image with promarkers and added a LOTV sentiment.  The DP is from Pink Petticoat and the twine from my stash.  Hope it gives you a smile.

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches 431 - Sketch
Colour Throwdown 589 - Colours
Penny Black April - Anything Goes (Twine)
Penny Black and More April - Anything Goes

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Twice As Nice

For this card I have used a stamp from LOTV which I have coloured with promarkers.  My zodiac sign is Gemini which is portrayed by twins so I immediately thought of these little cuties.  The spotty paper was a magazine freebie from long ago.  The satin paper ribbon was from my stash along with the pearls.

Challenges

CAS Colours And Sketches 366 - Sketch
Casology 366 - Zodiac (Gemini/Twins)
Passion For Promarkers 538 - CAS
I Love Promarkers 408 - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky 477 - Spots or Dots
Di's Digis - Pretty In Pastels

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When Life Gives You Lemons...

You might have noticed that my favourite images to use for my cards are people rather than animals as I find them easier to colour.  Not only that, although I like animals I prefer the social contact with people.

My digi image today is from Bugaboo and I have coloured her with promarkers with a bit of crystal glaze added too.  If you know me, you will also know that she is holding my 'tipple of choice'!!!  The background papers are from Pink Petticoat which go with the sentiment perfectly.

Challenges

Sketch Saturday 606 - Sketch
As You Like It - Animals or People/Why
Digi Choosday 15 - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles 16 - Anything Goes

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Birthday Wishes

Here is a cute little fairy from LOTV which I have coloured with promarkers and added glitter to her wings.  I have used a design paper from Nitwits on my base card.  The sentiment is from LOTV and the sparkly chipboard number is from my stash.

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches 550 - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday 630 - Wings
Paper Shelter 423 - A Birthday Card
Aud Sentiments 249 - A Birthday Sentiment
Seize The Birthday 187 - Anything Goes Birthday

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Spring Cleaning...

When the sun starts to shine more I can't help but think of Spring Cleaning everything, how boring is that???  I think Stella above has the right idea though!

I coloured my Bugaboo digi stamp with promarkers and added crystal glaze.  The backing paper was a magazine freebie that I have had for years.  Finally I stamped a bottle and glasses (another magazine freebie), coloured with promarkers and heat embossed twice before fussy cutting and attaching to my card.

Challenges

Sunday Stamps 288 - Sketch
Catch The Bug - Spring Fling
Paper Shelter 422 - Digital Image
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday 14 - Anything Goes

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Thinking Of You.

 

Here is another CAS card using distress inks this time.  Once I had cut a mat I masked off areas to create the stripes with the ink pads.  I then inked around the edges.  Once this was dry I added a stamped sentiment from Papermania.  I Using a Stampin Up punch I punched a butterfly from glitter paper for texture and a dash of sparkle along with a couple of gems.

Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch 367 - Sketch

CAS Colours and Sketches 365 - Colours

Daring Cardmakers - CAS With Sparkle

Simon Says Monday - Add Some Texture

Crafty Calendar April - Add A Butterfly

Alphabet - A is for Anything Goes

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Spring Wreath

Today I got out my inks and stamps and had a bit of a play.  I have made a one layer CAS card using some stamps that were free from a magazine.  I used green and grey memento ink pads to stamp with and promarkers to colour with.

Challenges

Less Is More 416 - One Layer Card/No Sentiment
Colour Throwdown 588 - Colours
Time Out 159 - Garden
P.I.P. 2014 - Anything Goes
Crafting Happiness 43 - Anything Goes

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Internet Down!

I thought it was about time I made a humerous card and couldn't resist using this Bugaboo digi stamp.  I coloured my image with promarkers and a touch of crystal glaze on the water.  I backed it with Kraft cardstock to match the sink unit.  I used some old papers from Pink Petticoat on my base card and added some grossgrain ribbon.  I found a couple of flower buttons and after removing the shanks I added them to my card, along with a sentiment from Hunkydory.

Challenges

Stella Says Sketch 807 - Sketch
Colour Throwdown 587 - Colour Palette
P.I.P. 2013 - Anything Goes/Ribbon
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday 13 - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles 14 - Anything Goes

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Fabulous Spring Flowers

When I saw these fabulous flower dies from Hunkdory being used by other crafters I fell in love and just had to have them.  It has taken me a while to finally find them in stock.  Imagine my delight when they arrived and I could finally use them.  I must say, they cut perfectly.

I used some papers that I have had for over a decade as my backing paper and to cut my flowers from.  The leaves however have been stamped and heat embossed on vellum that I had coloured on the back with distress ink.  The sentiment is also from Hunkydory.

Challenges

CAS Colours and Sketches 364 - Double
Challenge Up Your Life 122 - Focus on Flowers
Crafty Creations 408  - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday - Happy Birthday
Simon Says Monday - Spring Mood Board
Crafting Happiness 42 - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments 248 - Anything Goes + Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday 628 - Anything Goes

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Back to the beginning...

When I saw this cue card all I could think of was teabag folding that was popular when I first started card making all those years ago.  So, having found some lovely rainbow teabag papers in my stash I proceeded to fold eight of them using the 'kite' fold.  I then glued them together to make a rainbow fan shape.  Like kites my fan needed a 'tail' so I found a long forgotten tassel along with a metal fillagree to which I added a diamonte (gem).  I covered my base card with a DP from The Works and then attached my assemled fan.  The silver corners are peel-offs.

It made a nice change to do a technique I enjoyed years ago.  

So, with that in mind, what long forgotten technique did you enjoy doing that you no longer do? 

Challenges

Casology 365 - Kite
Always Fun 156 - Rainbows
M.A.W.T.T. 117 - Diamonte Embellishment
Crafting Happiness 42 - Anything Goes (Weather)

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It's A Boy Thing...

Here is a card for all those male car lovers that we know and love that tinker with their cars.  The backing paper is from Nitwits.  I coloured my LOTV stamp with promarkers and added crystal glaze to the headlights and windscreen.  The silver pearl card panels have been embossed with folders and I added some die cut tools.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Challenges

Sketch Saturday 603 - Sketch
Allsorts 564 - Men and/or Boys
I Love Promarkers 407 - Anything Goes (Birthday)
Polkadoodles 13 - Anything Goes

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CAS

This was a very quick and simple card to make using papers from Nitwits and a sentiment stamp.  I don't think I was in a creative mood when I made this.

Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch 365 

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Birthday

While I was pottering about in my craft stash I came across this very old digi stamp from The Greeting Farm.  I thought I might as well make a card with her so coloured her with promarkers and then paper pieced her outfit.  My DP's are from Nitwits, ribbon from SU and the sentiment stamp is another magazine freebie.  Pearls are from my stash.

Challenges

Feeling Sketchy 237 - Sketch
Seize The Birthday 186 - Anything Goes
Di's Digis - Birthdays
Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

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Spring

For this card I started by turning the sketch.  I inked the edges of my base card with distress ink before stamping my sentiment.  I then embossed some kraft card with an embossing folder and applied more distress inks.  I then made a panel using some floral DP.  Next I coloured my digi stamp with promarkers.  Before attaching my image with foam pads I placed some die cut leaves behind and added some paper flowers.

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches March - Sketch
Mo's Digital Pencil 289 - Green
Incy Wincy - Spring Fling
Aud Sentiments 247 - Spring/Easter Sentiment
Paper Shelter 420 - Flowers Of The Spring
C.R.A.F.T. 550 - Easter/Spring

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29 Again?

A birthday card this time.  I have coloured my Bugaboo digi stamp with promarkers and added some crystal glaze.  I have been playing with some dies free from a magazine.  I have just made the die cut panels using different shades of purple cardstock topped with white.The die cut sentiment is part of the set.  I found a scrap of grossgrain ribbon that was just long enough.  Lastly I added a few pearls.

When making cards for a female I prefer to use pearls as I think they are more feminine.  If I am making a masculine card then I prefer to use buttons.  

Challenges

Stella Says Sketch 806 - Sketch
Catch The Bug - Bingo (Ribbon/3 Layers/No Design Paper + Bugaboo  Image/Dies/Players Choice[Pearls])
Colour Throwdown 586 - Pink/Purple/White
Time Out 158 - Lot or a Little Purple
As You Like It Favourite - Pearls or Buttons/Why (see above)

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