Fragile beauty...

Hi all - today I'm sharing a challenge card made with another of my Sugar Nellie stamps from 'A Crafty Touch', this one is called 'Fragile Beauty'...

Sugar Bowl: sketch #95

Fussy and Fancy: pearls and flowers

Card Crafters Circle: patterned paper

Card Makin' Mamas: anything goes

Stampin' for the Weekend: anything goes

Anything Goes: anything goes

 

I coloured my stamped image with Copics, cut it out with Spellbinders oval dies, and layered it with 2 pretty papers from the Spring Chic set by Docrafts. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch with some tiny pearls added, and the ribbon slider tag is a Nellie Snellen die with a Docrafts sentiment.

 

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Clothes / butterflies: BG10, BG13, BG72, RV000, RV10, RG23

Mushrooms / hair: Y000, Y00, Y02, Y28

Grass: G00, G21

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Birthday star...

Hi all, I've got a sporty little card to share with you today...

Crafty Sentiments: seeing stars

Tuesday Throwdown: team spirit

Fab and Funky: die cuts / punches

Let's Hear it for the Boys: die cuts / punches

Papercrafting Journey: ribbon or twine

By the Cute and Girly: twinkle twinkle little STAR

Spark Your Creativity Now: anything goes

The stamp is 'Sporty' by Sugar Nellie, which I got from A Crafty Touch and I coloured him with Copics. Now, I'm not a sports fan at all so I just used a random red and white colour combo but have no idea what team, if any, this might match! I used the out-of-the-frame technique to cut out the image with Sizzix Rounded Tags dies, and cut the stars with a set of XCut dies. The sentiment and ticket stamps are by Kanban.

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21

Clothes: R05, R27, R46, R59, W0, W1, W3, W5 

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Tilda's love letter...

Hi folks, well, almost the end of October and I've hardly made any of my Christmas cards - other stamps keep catching my eye instead - this is a Magnolia called 'Tilda Sending a Love Letter'...

Sweet Magnolia: girls only

Magnolia Stamp Lovers: spots and dots

Inspired by: photo inspiration (pink, letter, roses)

Ruby's Rainbow: use a doily

Challenges 4 Everybody: anything goes

I coloured the lovely stamp with Copics - it was great fun doing all her curls! The stamp, the Cheery Lynn doily die and the Memory Box Flutter Vine die are all from A Crafty Touch. The papers are by Dovecraft - I layered the dotty paper over the heart pattern so it made a border.

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E02, R20

Hair and boots: E31, E33, E35, E37, E47

Dress: YG11, YG23, RV14, RV21, RV23

Flower: RV000, RV14, RV21, RV23, RV29, G28

Shading: C0, C1

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Vintage Christmas postbox...

Hi all. I've got a Christmas creation to share with you tonight...

ABC Christmas: U is for Up To You

Do You Stack Up: vintage

Holly Jolly: picture inspiration (vintage, children)

Totally Stampalicious: Christmas

Cards Galore: anything goes

Crafty Bloggers Network: anything goes

This is a Sugar Nellie stamp (Santa's Letter) from A Crafty Touch and I went monochrome for a vintage look - it's coloured with Copics from the Warm Grey selection, then I blended some Pumice Stone Distress Ink around it. The papers are by Hot Off the Press and Dovecraft, and the sweet little poinsettia was made from a Marianne die (LR0142).

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Sweet stitching Tilda...

Hi all!  My local craft shop, A Crafty Touch, has started stocking Magnolia stamps so today I've been creating with this new cutie...

Creative Inspirations: CASE Patricia's card (sewing theme, pink roses)

Magnolia-licious Highlites: lots of pink

Penny's Papercrafty: girls, girls, girls

Stampavie and More: stitches

Sweet Magnolia: ribbon or trim

Bearly Mine: anything goes

and the Make It Monday linky party



I stamped the image (Tilda Makes a Blueberry Blanket) and coloured it with Copics, then cut mats and layers with a Sizzix die (Rounded Tags). The papers are from Craftwork Cards, and the corners are Marianne diecuts.

Skin: E000, E11, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37

Dress and socks: R000, R00, R20, R32

Blanket: Y28, YG03, R32

Grounding: W1, W1, W3, W5

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Kicking up leaves...

Yoohoo! Yes, it's me, back from an extended break. I haven't blogged for a while, because I've been working on other things and not making cards - but eventually I couldn't resist the lure of my craft room any longer. Here's my latest creation for a little bunch of seasonal challenges...

Critter Sketch: Fall

My Craft Spot: Emboss It!

Fashionable Stamping: shades of Autumn

Joanna Sheen: Autumn breeze

Sweet Stampin': Autumn leaves / trees

Craft Us Crazy: Fall

Challenge Up Your Life: Autumn



I stamped, coloured and cut out the image and mounted it with 3D foam onto the embossed panel, then added the punched leaves - this really reminds me of kicking through the leaves in our local park when I was a little girl. I got this lovely stamp from A Crafty Touch, my local craft shop, and this is my first sample card for their display boards.

Stamp: 'Raven' by Sugar Nellie

Colouring: Copics E000, E00, E11, R20, YR000, YR00, YR04, YR07, E08, E31, E35, E37, B93, B95, B97, W1, W3

Other: tree embossing folder by Craft Concepts; small leaf punch

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Cute Christmas Couple...

Hi - here's my latest Christmas creation...

I'd like to enter this to these challenges:
St Luke's Charity: couples
Anything goes: early Christmas
Challenges 4 Everybody: always anything goes
Crafty Catz: Christmas
Joanna Sheen: going dotty (dotty paper, snowflake dots, and Candi dots)
No Matter Which: diecuts and/or punches (die cut border and sentiment mat)
One Stop Crafts: no floral embellishments
Stampin' for the Weekend: starting Christmas early

I coloured my image with pencils, added some shading with chalks, and used a white Souffle pen on the dotty snowflakes. I also added some random embossed dots around the couple but they don't show on the photo - will update it if I can get a better one!

Stamp: Tulip Christmas by Docrafts

Colouring: pencils by Coloursoft and Prismacolor

Paper: Die Cuts with a View

Other: Frostyville border die by Memory Box; scalloped oval die by Spellbinders;

sentiment tag and Candi dots by Craftwork Cards; ribbon from stash

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I'm gonna buy a paper doll...

Hi!  When I was a little girl I loved to play with paper dolls, cutting them out and 'dressing' them up, so when I saw this cute Heather Ellis stamp I couldn't resist it...

I'm entering this card into these challenges:
Allsorts: anything but square
Crafty Catz: 3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image
(my embellies are ribbon, eyelets, punched shapes)
Fab and Funky: sketch
Let's Craft and Create: stamp it
Paper Crafting Journey: anything goes
Simon Says Stamp: anything goes
Sweet Stampin': inspired by song or film
(my song is Paper Doll - the Michael Buble version)

I took 2 lilac 5x7" cards and stuck them together, then cut each side diagonally to make a criss-cross card for the sketch. My image is coloured with Copics and framed with Nesties ovals, and I used a tiny punch to extend the line of paper dolls across both sides of the card.

Stamps: My Favourite Things 'Paper Dolls'; Docrafts sentiment

Papers: Die Cuts with a View 'Floral Prints'

Spellbinders plain and scalloped ovals; XCut tag die; doll punch maker unknown

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