Florence Catching Some Rays

Good evening my fellow bloggers,

I hope everyone had a good weekend and managed to find plenty of crafting time. So pleased blogger is back up and running felt really lost without it. Anyway, I managed to get some more sample cards done for the Lincoln show and thought I would share this card with you using the very cool Florence from Kraftin Kimmie. The DP's are MME and and Doodlebug teamed with Coredinations.

I created this card for a class I ran last week which was how to use Nestabilities in a different way. For this card I used the negative frame created instead of the positive shape. This was then raised on pads to create 2 recessed panels, a little distressing on the bunting and sand dunes to give it texture and hey presto! As normal I used my trusty Promarkers to colour Florence and the shells.

I have just sent this card to my friends daughter who is in hospital at the mo after a big op so I would like to send her a huge hug and can't wait to see her back home.

I am entering Florence into the following challenges:

Kraftin Kimmie - #78 'Girls Rock!'

Cute Card Thursday - #164 'It's So Distressing'

Paper Sundaes - #69 'Birthday Creations'

Stamp Something - 'Anything Goes'

Passion for Promarkers - #99 'For a Teenager'

Charisma Cardz - #19 'Under the Weather'

The Crafty Pad - #121 'Holes'

Promarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Saffron, Baby Pink

Hair: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sunflower, Gold

Dress & Glasses Frames: French Navy

Hairband & Trims: Poppy

Glasses Lenses: Cool Grey 1, 3, 5 & 5

Happy Crafting and Thanks for Stopping By!

Boutique Tilda

Good morning to all in blogland,
Here is another little Tilda creation I wanted to share with you all. I wanted to be able to create a Tilda card for an older girlie so I went for a very sassy mix of black, white and and my favourite hot pink. I loved this boutique image from the Bon Voyage collection and Tilda weighed down with all her shopping bags is just adoreable.

I went for a regular easel design but then decided I wanted Tilda to pop out so I added a second little easel attachment to let her make a statement. I then added loads of layered pink flowers and heaps of gems to add the compulsary bling! I distressed the bunting to give it more of a fabric feel and added faux stitching to make the images pop!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Quirky Crafts - #39 Recipe by Cazzy 'Black, White and 1 Other and Punches

Passion for ProMarkers - #78 'Stitching and Distressing'

Fresh Brewed Designs - #23 'Show off Your Style'

Paper Romance - #25 'Your Favourite Things' (Pink and Shopping)

Southern Girls - #6 'Your Favourite Colour' (Hot Pink)

Simon Says - 'Sparkle'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Hair: Cool Grey 1,3,4,5

Top and Shopping Bags: Pink Carnation and Fuschia

Handbag: Cool Grey 4,5

Trousers: Cool Grey 1 and 3

Shoes: Cool Grey 1,3 and 4

Brickwork: Cool Grey 1 and 3

Boutique Sign: Fuschia

Clear Glitter Pen for window detail

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz honey bee, honey bee!! F is for....... Flowers

Good morning,
Is it just me or is this weather a little confused at the moment. I drove all the way to Leistershire on Sunday to check out a papercrafting show as I will be exhibiting there myself next year and it was more like a summers day!
Anyway it has seriously got me in a sunny mood and I thought I would tackle a yellow themed card. As some of you already know yellow is most definately not my colour and I have to really put my mind to it to produce anything that I'm happy with, so today I would like to share with you my Sunny Honey Tilda card. This is my DT card for The ABC Challenge which this time is 'F is for.... Flowers' a really easy challenge theme so why not give it a go, also we are being sponsored by the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts.

I have used the fabulous Honey Tilda and gently sat her on the Magnolia Big Daisy. I have coloured my image with ProMarkers and chalked the background. I used Papermania's new white mulberry paper flowers and coloured them with my ProMarkers to match the papers. This great layout was inspired by the sketch over at Friday Sketchers and I used Doodlebug Pot Pourri DP's to create it. I alos used one of the beautiful Martha Stewart punches to create the border, Nestabilities for the frame and accented with Bo Bunny Double Dot Ribbon, Stardust Stickles and Prima Gems.
I am entering this into the following challenges:
Friday Sketchers - Challenge #123 sponsored by Motivet
Stamp Something - 'Something Punchy'
Just Magnolia - Week 76 '2 x 2' (2 Flower sprays, Double edge punched border, 2 bows, 2 DP's, 2 Gem Accents)
City Crafter Challenge - CCCB Week 26 'Take Flight'
Craftalicious - Challenge #10 'Anything Goes'
Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C58 'Birthdays'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink
Hair: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Bee Costume: Cool Grey 3 and 4, Black, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sunflower
Daisy: Tulip Yellow, Sunflower, Gold
Daisy Stem: Bright Green, Pear Green

Spots and Stripes

Good Evening!
Wow can't believe this is my 3rd post in 2 days I am on fire (or not!). Anyway I've had loads of the cute characters from The Greetings Farm Roll Call Kit coloured in for ages so I decided to use the gorgeous 'Summer' and create a clean and crisp red, white and blue design. The fab sketch came from Sketch Saturday and this card also fits the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar which is 'Spots and Stripes'.

ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink
Hair: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Hair Ties and Belt: Cobalt
Top and Shoes: Poppy
Jeans: Cornflower, Midnight Blue

Tilda Graduates

Evening All, I hope you are all a little cheerier than the weather here! It's been grey and miserable here all day. I am beginning to lose my faith in an Indian Summer. Anyway, never mind my moaning I have finally managed to get some crafting done and should hopefully manage a few more posts this week. I wanted to share this little graduation card with you which I made for one of my classes. The theme for the class was 'Paper Techniques' so for this card I used paper weaving. The scalloped frame was cut on the Cricut and as always the lovely Tilda was coloured with ProMarkers. The sentiment stamp is also from Magnolia and is great for so many occasions. 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge #122 'Anything Goes'

Ooh-La-La-Challenge - Challenge #63 'Sentiment'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Gown, Shoes and Mortar Board: Cool Grey 2, 3, 4 & 5

Hair: Raw Sienna, Terracotta, Henna

Tassle: Berry Red

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Scroll: Satin, Vanilla

Summertime Fun - A is for August DT Card

Morning all!,
Wow where is the time going. Hi to all my followers old and new I hope you have all entered for a chance to win my Birthday Candy. A huge thanks to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday I had a lovely day and was spoilt rotten.

This week has once again been hectic what with running kids classes and adults classes this week in the shop so I am really pleased I have finally finished my DT card for this weeks challenge over at ABC. The theme for this challenge is A is for August so we want to see anything that makes you think of summer be it the beach, ice creams, holidays its up to you. For this challenge we are sponsored by the fantastic Simon Says and they are offering a $25 voucher to the lucky winner.


I opted for the fabulous Kraftin Kimmie beach collection and decided to create a beach scene using a sidestep card. I made my little beach hut/changing tent using Doodlebug paper from the Blue Jean collection. I then used cloudy dp from MME and a mix of Bazzil to construct the basis of my card. As always I used ProMarkers to colour my images but then used paper piecing to add clothing and accessories. All distressed with Walnut Stain and all is done!
The Fabulous Eleanor:
Fun in the Sun with Jack

I am entering this creation into the following challenges:
Cupcake Challenge - #102 'Distressing'
Paper Sundaes - #29 'Stitching'
Allsorts Challenge - #63 'Dressing Up'
Partytime Tuesdays - #10 'Summertime Birthday Card'
Quixotic Paperie - #35 'Life's a Beach'
YNS Challenges - #22 'Birthdays'
Craft Garden - August Challenge 'Beach Huts'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Saffron, Baby Pink
Eleanor's Hair: Raw Sienna, Terracotta, Henna
Florence's Hair: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Jack's Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon

Baby Hedgehog

Hey, hope everyone had a great weekend!
I had a lovely day today as I got to spoil the best dad in the world and also got lots of crafting done what a day!!
Anyway today I thought I'd tackle the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog, they want to see a clean and simple card. I don't normally do clean and simple so it was a bit of a challenge not to over embellish but in the end I came up with this baby boy card. I used the gorgeous Penny Black baby set of clear stamps and the very crisp and clean set of Blue Jean paper from Doodlebug. The other card I made today should be posted tomorrow as it's not quite finished as it is definately not clean and simple.

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Challenge #31 'Clean & Simple



Close up of the cutest little hedgehog



And another one
ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink
Prickles: Cinnamon, Cocoa
Shading on Nappy: Pastel Blue
Frame: Cobalt Blue
Flowers: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Leaves: Pear Green
Branch & Teddy: Sandstone, Cinnamon
Bows: Pastel Blue, Cobalt Blue
Nappy Pin: Cobalt, Cool Grey 3

Dexter in a Flying Helmet......

Good Evening, I hope everyone is enjoying the same weather we are, we have had glorious sunshine for 3 days now and it's been wonderful.
Anyway back to crafting. I have been meaning to use this gorgeous stamp from Penny Black for ages as the little spaniel reminds me of my very own Dexter so finally here is my creation. I used the great sketch by Caz over on Cute Card Thursday's Challenge blog which was really fun to use. However, due to the size of the image I had to create another 8x8 card.
These boy's fit into quite a few challenges this week so they will be entered in the following:
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com - Sketch by Caz
http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com - Lots of Dots
http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com - Challenge#11 Polka Dots Tea Party (Lots of polka dot dp)
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com - Challenge #31 'Bling it On'




Colour Close Up


ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink
Hair: Raw Sienna, Terracotta
Top & Trousers: Pastel Blue, French Navy
Shoes & Cap & Dexter Dog: Sandstone, Cinnamon
Dexter's Flying Helmet: Cinnamon, Cocoa
Plane & Ribbon: Poppy, French Navy, Cool Grey 1, Cool Grey 2