O is for..... 'Old Fashioned' ABC Challenge

Morning folks!

Hope everyone is well, still feeling a little low but time will heal.

Anyway, on with the crafting! Today over on ABC we are up to the letter O which means we want to see 'Old Fashioned' designs. This week we are being sponsored by the fabulous Meljen Designs who are giving away 4 images of the winners choice. Meljen Designs kindly supplied the DT with some fabulous images to use and I chose this beautiful sentiment and teamed it with the lovely 'Tilda with Peony'

Materials

Papers: Basic Grey 'Curio'

Stamps: Magnolia, Meljen Designs

Colouring: ProMarkers, Prisma Pencils, Distress Ink

Dies: Nestabilities, Marianne D

Flowers: Prima, Handmade

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - Challenge #56 'Flowers, Lace, Distressing, Pink'

Friday Sketchers - Sketch #141

Cute Card Thursday - #151 'Hearts and Flowers'
The Crafty Pad - Challenge #108 'Hearts'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa

Apron: Pale Pink, Antique Pink

Dress and Shoes: Cinnamon, Shale

Socks: Ivory, Vanilla

Background: Ivory

Peony: Pale Pink, Antique Pink

Leaves: Pear Green

Princess Tilda in Pink and Chocolate

Morning all, see it slipped already no post since last Monday!! sorry.
Been a pretty bad weekend sadly I lost my nan on Saturday after a very short spell in hospital, but at least she is at peace now and not in any pain.
Didn't get round to doing much this weekend so I thought I would post this card that I made in one of my workshops the other week but never got round to posting.
The theme was 'Shaker cards', so I decided to combine this with an easel design and used beadazzles to fill the shaker.

'Princess Tilda' is one of my very favourite Tilda's as she is just so pretty and lovely to colour.
I am entering this in the following challenges:
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #56 'Flowers,Lace, Distressing, Pink'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Tilda

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Dress: Pale Pink, Baby Pink

Petticoat and Shoes: Cinnamon, Shale

Tree

Trunk: Sandstone, Cinnamon

Flowers: Pale Pink, Baby Pink

Leaves: Pear Green

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa

Tiara covered with loads of Stardust Stickles

Magical Mondays Challenge 'Love'

Morning all,
Sorry this has to be a quick post but I have loads to do in the shop today! Anyway I am thrilled to be back with the wonderful Magical Mondays DT and would like to thank Vicky again for giving me a little break to get sorted. Well today the theme for the challenge over at Magical Mondays is 'Love' so we want to see hearts and romance in bucket loads. We are being sponsered by our very own Lacey and her fab shop Stamp and Create so please go and check out the fab prize she has put up.

I chose to use this beautiful fairy from Paper Makeup teamed with this gorgeous collection of DP's from MME (I think the collection is called 'Be Loved'). I used a whole heap of nesties on this card as well as the Marianne D circle scallop die. I used promarkers to colour as usual and distressed everything with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.



I am entering this in the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers - Challenge #140 'sponsored by Stempel-Phantasien'

Allsorts - Week 89 'Love, Love, Love'

I Love Promarkers - Week 51 'Anything Goes but you must use ProMarkers'

Stamptacular Sunday - #97 'Hearts Gone Wild!'

The Crafty Pad - #107 'Love is in the Air'

Stampin for the Weekend - #3 'St Valentines Day'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Blush, Pale Pink

Hair: Ivory, Vanilla, Gold

Dress: Tea Green, Grey Green, Pale Pink, Antique Pink

Heart: Berry Red



N is for.......Nesties

Good morning everyone,

Yeah my first DT card for ages. Well I'm back with the wonderful ABC team just in time for the letter N, which this time is for Nestabilities. We also have a great sketch from the talented Heidi to work with so have fun with it. We are being sponsored by the fab Nikki from Bunny Zoe Crafts so well worth an entry.

I haven't used this manga girl for a long time so I thought she needed an outing. The papers are from the Basic Grey 'Bittersweet' collection and as always I have used ProMarkers to colour.

Stash Used

Papers: Basic Grey 'Bittersweet'

Flowers: WOC

Image: Sugar Nellie

Sentiment: Papermania

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Challenge #67 'Flowers'
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #54 'Valentines'
Basic Grey - #36 'Flower Power'
Wild Orchid - #16 'Love Is'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink
Hair: Cool Grey 1-4
Dress and Shoes: Cinnamon, Shale
Stripes on Sleeves and Hair Bows: Pale Pink, Antique Pink

Rock it Out in Black and White!!!!

Hi again,

Here is one for the boys! I love monochrome designs and they seem to work really well for mens designs. This is one of my fave manga images from Sugar Nellie just perfect for awkward teens. The sentiment comes from the great Rockstar set from Inkadinkado and the DP's are from Fancy Pants. Add afew stars, buttons and distress ink and it's done.

I used the Iron Fence border punch from Martha Stewart to edge the front panel of the card. The image is coloured with the Cool Grey range of ProMarkers.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad - 'Something For The Boys'

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 65 'As You Like It'

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Challenge 96 'Whateva!'

See you again tomorrow with my first DT card in a long time!

Hugs

Clare

x



Frosty Santa's Little Helper

Well good morning all,

I'm back!! still living in a world of chaos but I couldn't stay away any longer. So without further ado here is a little wintery design to get me started. I have decided this year to try and make at least some of my Christmas cards throughout the year (it will be a first!) so here goes.

I have used the gorgeous 'Santa's Little Helper' from Magnolia and coloured her in a sort of vintage frosty style with my Promarkers. Lots of layers of lovely coredinations card edged in pumice distress ink and teamed with the beautiful Ella Blue Dp's from GCD.

The snowflakes are Cuttlebug and the stunning metal brad is from Dovecraft. I recycled the ribbon from a pack of socks (how very green or tight of me, you choose). The dots are opal liquid pearls and stardust stickles. I am entering this in the following challenges:

Just Magnolia - Week 91 'Going Dotty'

Stamp Something - 'Winter Somethings'

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 65 'As You Like It'

Allsorts - Week 88 'Saving Nature' (Recycled ribbon from pack of socks)

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 46 'Winter Wonderland'

Passion for Promarkers - Week 84 'Let it Shine'

Let's Ink It Up - Challenge 8 'Anthing Goes'

Artistic or Wonky! shot to give you some idea of the dimension hmmm!

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon

Hat and Dress: Pastel Blue

Apron: Ivory, Vanilla

Socks: Ivory, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cocoa

I would also just like to say a huge thank you for all your kind words whilst I was going through my little crisis.

Hugs

Clare

x

Little Update

Hi to everyone,
Sorry it's been such a long time since my last post but I thought I'd better post a little update.
Firstly the shop continues to dry out nicely, I am still getting a whole tank of water out from the dehumidifier every day! but the awful smell has gone and I am back to some sort of normality in the shop. As far as hubby goes he is still at home and cannot put any weight on his leg at all. Hopefully they will be removing the pins in the next 2 or 3 weeks and then we go from there. It is such a long process and he is climbing the walls but we have to be patient.
Anyway, I finally managed to get some pics of some cards I have made recently so should be posting them either tomorrow or Monday. I hope to return to my fabulous DT's very soon as I have missed them loads.
All the best
Hugs
Clare
xx