Hip, hip hooray it's your birthday

Good morning folks

Normal service is resumed today with a lovely cute card using LOTV's Cheerleader stamp yet another stamp I haven't yet used - rapped knuckles!

I began by cutting a Tonic layering square from some white hammered card which I then embossed with a Tattered Lace butterflies embossing folder. I then matted the square onto a piece of yellow and then a piece of blue core'dinations. I wrapped a piece of blue spotty ribbon (from the Ribbon

Girl) around the embossed card and then matted it onto a 6 inch square card base which I had covered with a piece of light blue core'dinations.

As I said the stamp is Cheerleader from LOTV which I coloured with the following Spectrum Noir pencils -

• hair - 096, 099 and 104
• skin - 003, 005, 004 and 034
• dress, pom poms and boots - 065, 066, 068, 015 and 017
• grass - 065, 058 and 047
• sky - 067

I cut the image out with a Tonic layering square, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and then matted and layered onto yellow and then blue core'dinations. I attached the topper to the card with foam pads.

I then cut a LaLa Land hearts banner from each of the core'dinations, shadowed them on top of each other and attached it to the top of the card as shown.

I added a bow to the card base as shown and then added the 'waste' hearts from the heart banners.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk - tie a bow

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Another teenage birthday

Hello Folks

Yes yet another teenage birthday. I tried something a little different but I am not sure if I like it. Grunge is definitely not my style.

 I began by embossing a piece of black core'dinations with a brick embossing folder from Do-crafts and sanded it back to reveal the core. I cut out a piece of brickwork in the centre of the card. I then stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder words stamps from Crafter's Companion's Textures words of wisdom randomly over the black card. I was hoping for a graffiti look but not sure I achieved that.

I then embossed a piece of grey core'dinations with a canvas embossing folder from Crafter's Companion and then sanded it back to reveal from the core. I matted the black card onto the grey core'dinations and added some brads in the corners.

I stamped and heat embossed another word from the stamp set using copper embossing powder. I cut it out, added some black soot distress ink and attached it to the card so it looked like it was coming out of the brickwork. I used Pinflair to add dimension.

I made a card blank using a piece of A4 black centura pearl card and my Ulimate Pro, then attached the topper to the card base.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Teenage birthdays

Good morning everyone

I have a number of teenage birthdays over the next fortnight which are not my favourite type of cards to make. I um-ed and ah-ed about it for a while and then decided to take the plunge and buy a new die (not easy I know for a die-a-holic but I was very brave!!). I bought a create a card die from Crafter's Companion and here are the cards I made - 

I began by cutting the die twice, once from grey core'dinations and once form red core'dinations. I then embossed a piece of black core'dinations using a canvas embossing folder from Cratfer's Companion which I sanded back to reveal the core. I matted the grey die cut onto the black card and then onto red card.

I then cut up the red die cut to free the sentiment which I then applied to the grey base leaving a slight shadow. Using the 'waste' from the die cut I infilled some of the stars.

I attached the whole thing to a 7 inch square card blank.

I was pleased with the way this one turned out so decided to make this card in other colourways too - 

Thank you so much for stopping by 

Lesley

16th birthday celebrations

Hello folks

Today is my son's 16th birthday and here is the card I made for him - 

This one proved quite difficult to photograph so this post is rather photo heavy.

I began by making an exploding box card from black core'dinations using instructions I found at Split Coast Stampers. 

I matted and layered the card using papers from Do-crafts chronology paper pad and some silver centura pearl. 

To decorate I used stamps from Crafter's Companion's Textures words of wisdom set 1 and 2 which I embossed in silver embossing powder.

 And cogs cut from craft metal using Spellbinder's spritely sprockets.

As you can see I really went to town embellishing this card!

To finish I added a sentiment cut from craft metal using Spellbinder's sentiment dies 2.

A huge Happy Birthday to Liam. I am still struggling to comprehend that I am the mum of 3 teenagers, not entirely sure where the last 16 years have gone. It seems only yesterday that he was born.

 Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Add lace

Good morning folks and a very happy Monday to you all.

Back to work for me today so this is a scheduled post of another of the cards during yesterday's lock-in in my craft room.

I began by covering a 6 inch card blank with a paper from LOTV's Heartfelt paper pad. I then cut a Tonic Twisted twine square from another of the papers and attached it to the card base.

I cut two Tonic rose deco frames, one from a pink paper from the pad and another from a green paper. I then cut the rose from the pink frame and added them to the green frame, and then attached it to the card base.

The image is Magnolia's Tilda with a rose basket which I coloured with the following Spectrum Noir pens and pencils - 

• hair - TN4, TN6, TN7 and 096
• skin - FS1, TN1, TN2, TN3, 089 and CR1
• clothes - CR8, CR10, CR11 and 033
• basket - GB7, GB9, GB11, 087 and IG1
• roses - DR2, DR4, CR10, CR11, CG3, DG2 and DG4
• ground - BG2 and BG4

I cut the image out with a Spellbinder's rectangle nestie and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I then added some antique blue frantage and attached the topper to the card base with foam pads.

The challenge at the Ribbon Girl this week is to add lace but I didn't want to add a strip of lace as it would cover up the die cut so I cut a piece of flower lace (from the Ribbon Girl) into individual flowers and arranged them as shown. To finish I added some pearls to the centre of the flowers and a silver butterfly charm again from the Ribbon Girl.

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

http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - add lace magnolia only challenge

Spectrum Noir facebook challenge - use red

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

The colour purple

Hello folks.

A very happy Sunday to you all. I am off back to work tomorrow so I have been spending most of the day in my craft room. Here is one of the cards I have made today - 

I began by embossing a piece of white hammered card with a Tattered Lace spring embossing folder and then matting and layering onto lilac and purple core'dinations.

I wrapped some lace and purple satin ribbon (from the Ribbon Girl) around the centre of the card and attached the whole thing to a 8 inch square card blank.

The image is Breeze from Saturated Canary which I coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils - 

• hair - LV1, LV2, LV3 and 077
• skin - FS1, TN1, TN2 and 089
• dress - IG2, IG4, IG6, 114, PP2 and 041
• lips - CR1, blender and 009
• eyes - TB1
• sky - IB1

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 cut from lilac core'dinations. I then matted the image onto a Spellbinder's grand decorative oval cut from purple core'dinations. I attached them onto the card base with Pinflair.

The sentiment is from LOTV's happy circular sentiments which I cut out with a Spellbinder's circle nestie and then matted and layered onto a larger circle and a scalloped circle cut from lilac and purple core'dinations.

I made a little flower arrangement using flowers from the Ribbon Girl and attached them to the card base as shown.

To finish I added some pearls which I coloured with a LV3 Spectrum Noir pen.

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

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 299 - the colour purple

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Saddle up

Hello folks

Well I can't believe my half term break is nearly over. I haven't done any college work but have spent some time in my craftroom. I have been making teenage boy cards (details of those to follow) so needed a girlie break -

I am ashamed to say that this lovely little stamp has been sitting in my stamp box unstamped for a long time but I wish I had stamped her earlier - she's lovely.

I began by covering a 6 inch square card blank with a piece of lime core'dinations. I then matted and layered several papers from LOTV's One Birdie Lane paper pad (bright and zingy aren't they?) along with the lime core'dinations onto the card base. I made a border from another of the papers using a Martha Stewart and attached it to the centre of the card as shown.

The stamp is LOTV's Annabel - saddle up which I coloured with the following Promarkers -

• hair - raw sienna, cocoa and burnt umber
• skin - satin, blush and dusky pink
• clothes - pastel beige, khaki, mango, bright orange, heatwave, cerise, antique pink and gold
• hat - cerise, salmon pink, antique pink and gold
• saddle and boots - warm grey 5, saddle brown and burnt sienna
• sky - pastel blue
• ground - warm grey 1 and warm grey 3

I cut the image out using a Tonic layering square, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and matted onto a piece of lime core'dinations. I then attached the topper to the card with foam pads.

I cut a Memory Box button flower from scraps of the papers and attached to the card as shown.

To finish I stamped a sentiment from LOTV's sentiments to fit scroll and cut it out with Die-namics mini tabs. (Just noticed that dirty mark - not sure where that has come from. Note to self - clean hands after stamping!) I attached it to the side of the card as shown.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Be my Valentine

Hello everyone

A very happy Sunday to you all. Yes I know I am a day late but better late than never. The challenge at Magnolia Down Under is Valentines with a twist - NO RED so I thought PINK - 

I began by covering a 6 inch square card blank with a piece of pink paper from LOTV's Butterfly kisses paper pad and then I cut a Tonic layering square from another of the papers, rounded the edges with a Martha Stewart punch and attached it to the card base. I made a border with another of the papers, cut one edge with a Spellbinder's classic petal border punch, matted it onto a stripey paper from the pad and wrapped some ribbon (from the Hobby House) around the centre. I then attached the whole thing to the card base as shown.

The image is You are my Valentine Tilda which I coloured with a combination of the following Spectrum Noir pens and pencils - 

• skin - FS1, FS3, FS8, CR1 and 089
• hair - GB4, GB6, GB7, EB3 and 101
• clothes - BP6, BP7 and 040
• heart - PP1, PP2 and 036
• chocolates - CG2, CG3, CG4 and 063
• arrows - EB2, EB3, BP6, BP7, CG2, CG3, CG4, 063, 040 and 101
• wings - TN1, TN2 and 009
• ground - BG1 and BG3
• sky - IB1

I cut the image out with a Die-namics stitched circle, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and matted onto a Spellbinder's heart circle. I attached the topper to the card with foam pads.

I added a bow, a heart charm and a wooden heart button to the side of the topper. (The charm and button are from the Ribbon Girl)

To finish I cut a sentiment using Spellbinder's sentiments 2 and attached it to the bottom corner of the card.

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

http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.co.uk - Challenge 253 - Valentines with twist-no red
http://fantasystampers.blogspot.co.uk - Pretty in pink (stamp used - Magnolia's Be my Valentine Tilda)
http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk - love is in the air

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Hanging around

Hello Folks

Happy hump day. Down hill now till half term - yipee although I have a lot of college work to do during my week off. Hopefully I will have a little craft time to.

Here is today's card - 

I began by covering a 6 inch square card blank with a paper from LOTV's petal fresh paper pad. I then cut a square of another paper (using a Tonic layering square), embossed it with a Crafter's Companion cloud embossing folder, inked the edges with tumbled glass distress ink and then matted it onto another paper from the pad. 

I wrapped a piece of blue satin ribbon (from the Ribbon Girl) around the paper and then attached this to the card base.

The image is Annabel upside down from LOTV which I coloured with the following Promarkers -

• hair - praline, saddle brown and burnt sienna
• skin - stain, blush and dusky pink
• clothes - denim blue, polar blue, twilight sky, midnight blue, royal blue and reef blue
• tree and grass - chestnut, walnut, holly and pine
• dog - ice grey 1, ice grey 3, ice grey 4 and ice grey 5
• sky - pastel blue and denim blue

I cut the image out with a Tonic layering square, inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink and matted onto a paper from the paper pad. Then I attached the topper to the card base with foam pads.

I tied a heart charm onto a piece of blue baker's twine and glued it to the ribbon as shown, and then a made a bow of narrower blue stain ribbon and attached it to the top of the baker's twine. (All ribbons, twine and charms are from the Ribbon Girl)

I stamped 2 sentiments from LOTVs sentiment tags stamp set, cut them out and attached them to the card as shown.

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

http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - Lovely Lili challenge -It's charming

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

How old.......?

Hello folks

Happy Sunday to you all.

Today's card is one I made for my brother in law -

I began by making a card blank with a piece of A4 Ivory centura pearl and my ultimate pro. I then made 3 frames using my new toy, a Martha Stewart punch and papers from LOTV's On a high note paper pad.

The image is Penny Blacks A little bird which I coloured with the following Spectrum noir pencils -

• Cat - 097, 098, 110, 003 and 005
• Ladder - 026, 030 and 093
• Cage - 114, 115 and 116
• Feathers - 010 and 017
• Sky - 065 and 066
• Ground - 114

I cut the image out using a Spellbinder's matting basics A and inked whilst still in the die with tumbled glass distress ink. I then added the outer frame to the image and then matted with the other two frames. I attached the topper to the card base.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set, cut it out with a Spellbinder's circle nestie and matted it onto a larger nestie cut from one of the papers in the pad. I attached it to the card base with foam pads.

To finish I cut a Happy Birthday sentiment using Spellbinder's sentiments 2 and attached it to the top of the card as shown.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge -
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - February challenge -anything goes except a digi 

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley