Chanel

Hello - Happy Monday to you all

The challenge at I love Promarkers this week is embossing and here is my card for the challenge - 

I began by covering a 8 inch card blank with black core'dinations and a piece of black and white paper from my stash. I ran a piece of white centura pearl through a Crafter's Companion embossing folder and then matted it onto black core'dinations. I wrapped a piece of ribbon (again from my stash - still not making much of a dent in my stash though) around the card and attached it to the card base. I added a little ribbon base to the bottom of the embossed panel. I then attached little black pearls to the embossed card.

The image is Chanel from the Scruffy Little Cat range from Carfter's Companion which I coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• skin - satin, blush and dusky pink
• hair - ivory, vanilla, sandstone and caramel
• eyes - warm grey 2
• eyeshadow - icicle and April shower
• lips - dusky rose and blender
• dress - warm grey 4, warm grey 5 and black
• beads - ice grey 1 and ice grey 3
• perfume bottle - ice grey 1, ice grey 3, March hare, coral and dusky rose
• sky - pastel blue
• shadow - warm grey 1

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's matting basics A, inked whilst still in the die with antique linen distress ink and then matted onto a piece of black core'dinations. I attached the image to the card using foam pads.

I then cut several Spellbinder's Blooms 3 from black core'dinations and sprigs from white centura pearl and attached them to the card as shown.

To finish I added some black pearls to the centre of the flowers.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk - challenge 225 - embossing

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog

Lesley

Strut your stuff

Good morning folks

Happy Sunday to you all.

My card today features a free stamp from Crafter's Comapanion - 

I began by covering a 6 inch with a paper from Sruffy Little Cat darks paper pad. Then I cut another of the papers with the outer 2 dies from Tonic's Happy Birhday die set. I matted this onto the card base. I cut 4 Spellbinder's springs from black centura pearl and added them to the four corners of the card.

The image is Jess, a free Scruffy Little Cat stamp from Crafter's Companion which  I coloured with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• hair - GB8, GB10 and EB5
• skin - FS2, FS3, TN2, TN3 and CR1
• eyes - JG1
• clothes, hat and boots - PL2, PL3, BGR2 and BGR4
• ground - BG1
• sky - IB1, TB1 and TB2

I cut the image out with a Spellbinder's oval nestie, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then matted it onto a larger oval nestie cut from another paper from the pad. I attached the image to the card with foam pads.

The sentiment is from Jessica stamp set which I cut out with Spellbinder's reflective moments and inked whilst still in the die with seedless preserve distress ink. I attached it to the centre of the bottom of the card with Pinflair.

To finish I added some black pearls to the corners of the card.

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog. Please feel free to leave a comment, I enjoy reading them.

Lesley

Rodeo Princess

Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday.

I am writing this post in front of the TV watching Wimbledon - Nadal and a bloke called Kukushkin are playing a very exciting match so this post may take me a while.

I noticed the other day whilst looking at the Crafter's Companion website that they had released some new Scruffy Little Cat stamps and oops they just fell into my basket. Boy are they fabulous and I even got a free one too - woohooo!!!!!

Here is a card I made using the lovely Jessica stamp set - 

I began by making a A5 card blank from pastel blue centura pearl and my trusty Ultimate Pro. I then matted and layered some blue heart paper and blue gingham paper (from my stash - very pleased with myself because I am still using up some of my stash albeit very slowly!) I cut a Spellbinder's Elegant labels 4 die cut from the heart paper and matted it onto the other papers. I added some lace and blue ribbon (from the Ribbon Girl) to the centre of the card.

As I said earlier the image is from Crafter's Companion's Scruffy Little Cat range and I called Jessica. I had great fun colouring her with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• hair - GB9, EB6 and EB8
• skin - TN2, TN5, TN7 and CR1
• eyes - EB8
• eyeshadow - JG1 and JG3
• lips - CR7
• clothes, hat and boots - TB1, TB2, TB4, BGR1, BGR3 and BGR4
• cacti - DG2, DG4, CG2, PP1 and PP5
• sky - IB1
• ground - GB1 and GB3

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's labels 11, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then attached it to the card base with foam pads.

The sentiment is from the stamp set which I cut out using Spellbinder's Tranquil moments and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I attached it to the card base as shown.

To finish I added some blue pearls from the Hobby House.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://www.allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 265 - summer girls

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog.

Lesley

PS Nadal won his match - hooray!!!

Pretty in pink

Hello everyone

Normal service is resumed today - pink and bold yeah!!!

Again I took the photo in the garden in yesterday's sunshine so it is a bit washed out. There isn't a piece of printed or coloured cardstock used in this card. I made it entirely using Neenah white card, Spectrum Noirs and Crafter's Companion stamps.

I began by making the backing paper. I randomly stamped a piece of white Neenah card with Flower power stamps from Sheena Douglas. I coloured them in using the following Spectrum Noirs -

• flowers - PP1, PP3, PP5 and BP1
• background - IG1 and IG2

I added glitter to the centre of each of the flowers. I took an 8 inch card blank and ran a IG4 Spectrum Noir pen around the outer edge to create a faux layer. I then attached the flower background paper to the card and added a piece of velvet ribbon and lace (from the Ribbon Girl) to the centre of the card.

The gorgeous image is Louise part of the Scruffy Little Cat from Crafter's Companion which I coloured with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• hair - CT2, CT4, GB3 and GB7
• skin - FS1, FS3, FS6 and CR4
• eyes - IB1
• eyeshadow - TB1 and TB3
• lips - BP2
• clothes and shoes - PP1, PP3, PP5 and BP1
• flowers - PP1, PP3, PP5, BP1 and BP2
• boxes - PP2, PP4, PP1, PP3, PP5, BP1, BP2, IG1 and IG2
• lipstick - IG1, IG2, IG4, BP1 and BP2
• shadow - IG1 and IG2
• background - IB1, TB1 and TB2

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's Grand decorative circles one. I then added loads of antique pink frantage powder and attached the image to the card with foam pads.

To make the flowers I stamped them once again using Sheena's flower power stamp set and coloured them with the following Spectrum Noirs - 

• PP1, PP3, PP5 and BP1

I added some pink dazzlers from The Hobby House and arranged them on the card with some flourishes cut using a Die'namics die and coloured with a IG4 Spectrum Noir pen.

I would like to enter this card into the Spectrum Noir challenge which is now on Facebook - never done this before so I am now entering unknown territory - wish me luck!

Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog. Feel free to leave a comment - I loveto read them.

Lesley

In the garden

Hello Folks and a very happy Monday to you all. The weather here is absolutely fabulous - wall to wall sunshine so I decided to photograph my card for today (and for tomorrow) out in the garden. Not sure it was a good idea as the photos are a bit washed out but here goes - 

It is made from very pale coloured papers - oatmeal, pale green and pale pink I hope you can see them. Next time I will do all my photos inside.

I began by covering a 6 inch card blank with a paper from Country Companions For someone special paper pad. I then cut a piece of green paper (from the pad) using the outer two dies from Tonic's Just a note to say die set which I attached to the card and then added a piece of cream lace from the Ribbon Girl. I cut a Die'sire circle doily and attached it to the top corner of the card.

The image is from Country Companions For someone special stamp set which I coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• hedgehog - almond, putty, grey squirrel, morning mist, tawny owl, dusky rose, cinnamon, cocoa and burnt sienna
• boots - green shoot, leaf green, apple green, ice grey 1 and ice grey 3
• watering can - budding rose, peony and pink lobster
• apron - ice grey 1, green shoot, leaf green, budding rose, peony and pink lobster
• sky - pastel blue
• ground - warm grey 1 and warm grey 3
• ladybug - cardinal red, wild cranberry, putty and almond

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's grand decorative circles one, inked whilst still in the die with antique linen distress ink and attached to the card with foam pads. I got the idea for the water drops from Christine Emmerson at Hopes and Chances - don't they look great.

I made the flowers using Spellbinder's Blooms 1 and Blooms 3 and a pink paper from the paper pad. I also cut 2 flowers using Tonic's Mazarine blue die set. I arranged them in one corner of the card and added pearls to the centre of the flowers.

To finish I added a butterfly cut using Tonic's Mazarine blue butterfly die and a piece of pink paper from the paper pad. I added a pearl to the centre of the butterfly.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges - 

http://www.allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 264 - how does your garden grow

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk - challenge 224 - use a doily

Thank you for stopping by and reading my ramblings. Please feel free to leave a comment - I love to read them.

Lesley

Ivory

Hello and a very happy Saturday morning to you all. The sun is trying it's best to shine here and if the weathermen are correct with their forecast we could be in for a lovely weekend. My hubby has suggested a BBQ which normally means rain but fingers crossed.

This weeks challenge over at the Ribbon Girl is ivory. I am flying by the seat of my pants again with this one but here goes - 

It's a bit pale for my liking - I do like colour and bright ones at that but it truned out better than I thought it would. I began by covering a 6 inch card blank with a spotty paper from my stash and then cutting a Tonic affections square base using the outer 2 dies in the set from another paper from my stash (they may be from Docrafts but I couldn't be certain). I then added some ivory lace (from the Ribbon Girl) across the bottom of the card.

The image is from LOTV which I won in their blog candy draw and is called Fairy with dove (ST364). I coloured her with the following Promarkers - 

• hair - ivory, vanilla and sandstone
• skin - satin, blush and dusky pink
• wings - ivory and pastel beige (plus lots of glitter)
• dove - tawny owl and march hare
• dress and shoes - eggnog, daffodil bloom, buttercup, tawny owl, march hare, almond and putty
• tights - pastel beige and khaki
• flowers, leaves and branch - tawny owl, frosted leaf, fresh meadow and buttercup

I cut the 2 smaller dies in the affections set using the spotty paper and then cut a central appature using the outer die from the Tonic All my love insert die set to creat a frame. Then using the centre of the smallest die in the square base set I drew around the image and cut out with scissors (hope this makes sense!!). I then inked the outer edge of the image with antique linen distress ink and attached it behind the die cut. I attached the whole thing to the card base with Pinflair.

To finish I added lots of pretty flowers from the Ribbon Girl some of which I inked with antique linen distress ink.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - June colour challenge - Ivory

Many thanks for stopping by to read my blog. Please feel free to leave a comment - I enjoy reading them.

Lesley

White, gold and blue

Good evening folks

The challenge this week at Allsorts is to use white, gold plus one other colour. I chose to use blue and here is the card I made -

I also used a sketch from LOTV's ideas to inspire blog on Saturday which you can find here. I began by cutting a square using Tonic's layering square die set and white centura pearl which I then embossed using an Embossalicious script embossing folder. I then matted this square onto a piece of blue centura pearl, covered a 6 inch with gold centura pearl and then added the embossed piece of card. 

I cut a strip of gold and one of blue centura pearl and embossed them with an embossing folder which came free with Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. I attached the blue strip, added some lace (from the Ribbon Girl) and then attached the gold strip.

The image is called Midsummer's night (ST500) from LOTV which I coloured with the following Promarkers -

• hair - buttercup, tulip yellow and mustard
• skin - satin, blush and dusky pink
• clothes - pastel blue, denim blue, arctic blue and sky blue
• wings - ivory and pastel beige
• toadstools - midnight blue, indigo, sunflower, gold, ivory, pastel beige and khaki
• grass - pear green and moss
• stars - gold and sunflower
• sky - twilight sky and polar blue

I added lots of glitter to the fairy's wings and her headband and then cut the image out with Spellbinder's matting basics A. I inked the image whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then matted and layered it onto blue and gold centura pearl. I attached it to the card base with foam pads.

To finish I added some stars (cut using X-cut star dies) and a Spellbinders blooms 3.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://www.allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 263-white and gold plus one

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Say cheese

Hello folks

Happy father's day to all the dads and grandads out there. Here is the card I made for my hubby to send to his dad - 

I began by covering a 8 inch card blank with a brown spotty paper from my stash. (I think it comes from a paper pack from Docrafts called Hawthorn and Bramble). I cut a smaller square of a beige spotty paper and attached it to the card base, then cut 4 corners (using Tonic's Fancifull flourishes) and attached then to the beige square as shown.

The image is from Penny Black and is called Say Cheesecake which I coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• mice - ivory, mustard, raw sienna and sunkissed pink
• camera - cool grey 1, cool grey 2. cool grey 3, cool grey 4, cool grey 5, fresh meadow, green shoot and blender pan
• shadow - warm grey 1 and warm grey 3
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out using a Tonic layering square die and I inked whilst still in the die with antique linen distress ink. I then matted the image onto a Tonic Affections square base (using the 2 outer dies) cut from some more brown spotty paper. I then attached the image onto the card base with foam pads.

To finish I stamped a sentiment from LOTV's happy circular sentiments, cut it out with a Spellbinder's circle nestie and inked whilst still in the die with antique linen distress ink. I matted the sentiment onto a scalloped circle (a Spellbinders die) cut from a scrap of brown spotty paper and attached it to the card with Pinflair.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -

http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - June-spots and stripes

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk - June - Boys, boys, boys

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - June challenge - use your favourite stamp

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Straight down the fairway

Good morning folks

Another male card today (lots of challenges for male cards this month). I do struggle with cards for the boys in my life so for inspiration I nipped over to LOTV ideas to inspire sketches section and found sketch #1  

        

And here is the card - 

I began by covering a 6 inch kraft card blank with a paper from LOTV's Beach Bliss paper pad. Ifollowed the sketch using Tonic's layering square dies and more papers from the Beach Bliss paper pad.

The image is LOTV's Playing Golf (ST416) which I coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• skin - satin, blush, dusky pink and coral
• hair - burnt umber
• clothes - burnt sienna, walnut, burnt umber, oasis, island lagoon, marine, ivory and pastel beige
• hat and bag - tan, caramel and cinnamon
• golf clubs - ice grey 1, ice grey 3, ice grey 4 and burnt sienna
• grass - pear and moss
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out using Die-namics stitched circle STAX, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and matted onto a larger circle. I then attached the image to the card with foam pads.

The sentiment is from LOTV's sentiment to fit scrolls stamp set. I cut the sentiment out using Die-namics mini tabs quartet.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges - 

http://www.ideastoinspire.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge - male or sporty

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk - for boys

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Fluttering by

Good evening folks
Yeah it's Friday evening!! I hope you all have a lovely weekend planned.

It is time for this months Lovely Lili challenge at the Ribbon Girl and Mary and Andrea would like to see girlie creations. Here is my card for the challenge - 

I began by matting and layering some papers from LOTV's Shabby Shack paper pad. I added some ribbon and lace from the Ribbon Girl and then attached the whole thing to a 6 inch scalloped card blank which I had inked with tumbled glass distress ink.

The image is called Fluttering (ST505) from LOTV which I coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• hair - burnt sienna, walnut and henna
• skin - satin, blush and dusky pink
• clothes and shoes - duck egg, rock pool, capri blue, meadow green, green shoot, leaf green, cool grey 1 and cool grey 3
• wings - ivory and pastel beige
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out using Die-namics stitched circle STAX and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled galss distress ink. I matted the image onto a Die'sire circle doily and then onto a Spellbinder's grand decorative circles one. I then attached the image to the card base with foam pads.

I then went to town with the lovely flowers from the Ribbon Girl. I inked some white flowers with tumbled glass distress ink and added a hat pin which I made using a kit from The Hobby House. 

To finish I added a butterfly cut using Tonic's marazine blue die set.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -

http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - June lovely lili challenge - girlie

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk - challenge 223-stripes

Many thanks for stopping by

Lesley

Anything but a square

Hello folks

The challenge at MDUC is 'No square or rectangle cards' and this is the card I made for the challenge -

I began by making a shaped easel card using the largest Go kreate XXL square frilly frame #2 from a 8 inch card blank. I then covered the base and the easel with a striped paper from First Edition's New bloom paper pad. I then matted and layered both parts of the card with a smaller square frilly frame #2 and a Spellbinder's grand decorative circles one. 

To create the stopper I punched a piece of paper with a Tonic rose border punch, matted a piece of striped paper onto it and then wrapped a piece of plum satin ribbon (from the Ribbon Girl) around the stopper. I attached it to the card base with foam pads.

The sentiment is from LOTV's circular happy sentiments stamp set which I cut out with a Spellbinder's circle nestie, matted onto a Spellbinder's stately circle and then attached to the stopper with foam pads.

The image is Pink Ribbon Tilda which I coloured with the following Promarkers -

• skin - satin, blush, dusky pink and coral
• hair - tawny owl, burnt sienna and walnut
• clothes - tropical orchid, mulberry, plum and twilight sky
• shadow - warm grey 1 and warm grey 3
• sky - pastel blue

I paper pieced the shoes and the bow using one of the papers from the pad. Then I cut the image out using Spellbinder's floral ovals, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and attached to the easel part of the card with foam pads.

To make the flowers I used Spellbinder's blooms 4, Venetian motifs and accents (for the leaves), scraps of the papers and some gems from the Hobby House. I attached them to the card as shown.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges - 

http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.co.uk - challenge 237 - no squares or rectangles

http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - June - Spots and stripes

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

The best dad

Good morning folks

The challenge at Penny Black Saturday challenge is 'Boys, boys, boys' because of it being Father's day this month. Here is the card I have made for my dad (he doesn't read my blog so I won't be spoiling the surprise) -

I began by embossing a piece of green core'dinations with an Embossalicious clouds embossing folder which I sanded back to reveal the core. I then covered a 8 inch card blank with the embossed card. I matted a piece of paper from Forever friends - Just for him paper pad onto a piece of red card and then created a border from a piece of embossed green core'dinations. I attached this to the card base.

The sentiment is from a Docraft's Father's day sentiment set which came free with May's Creativity magazine. I coloured the DAD with a lipstick red Promarker then cut the sentiment out with a Spellbinder's ovel nestie. I inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and cut the oval in half. I then tucked the sentiment under the patterned paper.

The image is Gardner from Penny Black which I coloured with the following Promarkers - 

• skin - satin, blush and dusky pink
• hair - cool grey 3 and cool grey 4
• pots and trays - raw sienna, terracota, chestnut, morning mist, grey squirrel, tawny owl, holly and pine
• jeans - denim blue, polar blue, twilight sky and blender pen
• shirt and hankie - lipstick red, red and poppy
• apron - tan, caramel and cinnamon
• soil - warm grey 3 and warm grey 4
• sky - pastel blue

I cut the image out using Spellbinder's matting basics A, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then matted it onto a piece of red card. I attached the image to the card with foam pads.

To finish I cut some plant pots from red card using a Memory Box die and attached them to the border either side of the image.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk -  June - Boys, boys. boys

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - June challenge - your favourite stamp

Many thanks for stopping by

Lesley