Yellow Belt

Love this feeling of crafty pals leaving such friendly comments on my blog. I do so enjoy reading them.
I have been double good this week, my only purchase has been my canvas paper and this is boy card number two.  I will have to stretch my memory back to growing up with three brothers to get my imagination going. I will admit that this image took a minimum of colouring in but hopefully that yellow belt covers the important element.

Image - Karate Kid stamp from lotv 

coloured with letraset pens 

also lotv sentiment stamp from set 6 which I embossed.

 Paper and card - card blank is a 19 x 12cm made using Paper Mill card
  backing paper mixed up kid's paper pack

bits and bling also from my stash.

Dies used - Designer labels die and

Spellbinders circles.

 I would like to enter this card in  :- 

 Anything but Square Lilis Little Fairies Challenge

True Friends

Well I need a talking to, I have about two boy cards left in my box so if my crafty pals should see me straying towards girl cards and pink or purple in the next week please feel free to nudge me back on track.
I decided to follow a sketch to kick off this boy card and apart from forgetting to mount my dotty paper onto the blue card to leave a small outline I was happy enough. I have used this image before and it always brings a smile.

Image - Tolerance stamp by Mo Manning

 coloured with letraset pens and also half a whimsy sentiment.

Paper and card - card blank is a 6x6 from Joanna Sheen
and blue backing paper is from my mixed up kid's paper pack

and the dotty paper from papermania liquorice sherbet

Dies used - Go Kreate Frilly #7,  Sizzix Ironwork Frame,

Spellbinder wonky rectangles and  Lifestyle star.

I am entering this card into :-  
Here Come the Boys Sketch #34
Mo's DP2 Challenge #150 - "Lovely Layers" w/Mo image Mos Digital Challenge 

I Can Fly Too

After getting my whole post written yesterday and then for some reason it disappeared (I suspect I pressed the wrong button lol) hopefully it will be plain sailing today. Fun load of bits on my card today and it is an easy card as it is pink so I'll be popping it into the pink challenge.

No image today but a die cut bear from the DieMonde range

 Paper and card - card blank is a 6x6
  backing paper, ribbon and bling from my stash.

Dies used - Memory box kaleidescope and Moonlight butterly

the sentiment is made on the computer and cut with a Designer labels die. 

The offcut of brown card is heavily embossed and highlighted using a promarker.

 

I am entering this into :- In the Pink - Challenge#2 - Things with Wings..

A little bit further

It has been a wee while and no real excuse, well I did misplace a small die and had to tidy my desk looking for it (should have had a whole work team for that job) , anyway I couldn't believe when I found it placed on the middle of the magnetic sheet holding my grand labels.
Patricia kindly told me where she buys her canvas paper so I nipped to that shop which is opposite the supermarket and picked some up. It would have been really rude not to use it so here is my recipe this time round :- I
painted a background on some plain paper
painted a  variety of die cut leaves and placed them loosely over the background
took a photograph
printed the photograph onto the canvas paper


then I started my card. Getting slightly better at photographing acetate, I hope I remember how I did it next time. I even managed to cut the slit in the acetate to slip the wee mouse through without any pain.

Image - part of Surprise! stamp (1649k) from penny black

coloured with letraset pens and pencils.

 Paper and card - card blank is a 19 x 12cm made using centura pearl card
  backing paper top layer (see above) and lower layer from my stash.

Dies used - Memory box Grapevine Wreath and

Spellbinders circle to cut the acetate,

Card Candi - Newsprint. 

I am entering this card into :- 

       Anything Goes Challenge Blog Challenge #74 Make Your Own Background

Posh Hat

It's Wednesday and all is fair to middling , the weather has succeeded in it's dastardly way and we have a drip from the roof, still it is due replacement next year so it will have to wait until then. Hopefully it won't eat into my crafting budget, but if I really owned up, if my crafting stash was laid out singly I may be able to cover the country. Therefore it is very important that I should use some up and try not to buy too much more. Why oh why are there so many tempting things and so little will power.
I would like to say I am very happy to have new followers and also lovely comments. 
The backing paper I used for my card was a free gift with a purchase I made so I don't know where it came from, the jute ribbon was a purchase made when I was too sleepy, and clicked the wrong item into my basket, I was supposed to be buying some seam binding, but I think it was a happy accident as I do like it..

Image - New Hat stamp from lotv 

coloured with letraset and marvy pens.

 Paper and card - card blank is a 6x6 from Joanna Sheen
  backing paper was a free gift

and the card is from my stash.

Dies used - Marianne Craftables CR1201 and

Spellbinders squares,

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I would like to enter this card in the challenge :-  Oh So Girlie lili of the valley

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Colour Play

When mojo goes completely walkabout well a girl just has to have a play. I wandered about the internet looking for inspiration and saw a challenge which I reckon fits the bill exactly. Yes - pink, lilac, blue, green and tangerine. I am not actually a tangerine sort of person but playing with stash is what I did and here is the result.

I would like to enter this card in the challenge that inspired me - the Ribbon Girl August Colour Challenge

X-stitch Mice

A fun challenge on the Joanna Sheen forum as it passes mid month again. This time we need to use a bit of stitching and although I can no longer do any real sewing I found a bit of embroidery thread and had fun. The piercing die made it easy and I will be on the look out for more of the same. I accept I need to put a bit of practice in taking photos of mirror card and it is on my list of things to do, but hopefully it looks ok. I am beginning to wonder about the number of favourite stamps I have, here is another one.

Image - .... Mice Day! (1651K)  stamp from Penny Black

 coloured with letraset pens

and sentiment from lotv set 10.

Paper and card - card blank is homemade
and backing paper is from an old 12x12 Paper Pack,

Dies used - Lifestyle nesting doily rectangles,

Sizzix - Tim Holtz embossing folder 'stitches'

and Magnolia Doohickeys Fairytale Tag,

bling, embroidery thread and mirror card from stash.

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