Oriental Challenge Card

Another first for me - I have never made an oriental card in my life - until now!

I came across the Glitterbabes Blog after reading about it on another crafters blog. The card she had made for the challenge was so beautiful it inspired me to have a go. So here it is, my entry in all its glory (or not so depending on opinion!):-

I love it!!! I used some papers from a Dovecraft Oriental Promise paper pack I bought from QVC along with with some petaloo flowers also from QVC. The main image is a FREE image from HERE (make sure you grab all her other freebies too as they are all as cute as the others). Matting and layering was done using black and red pearlescent papers and final touches were added with stickles glue.

Please Help - Fundraiser on behalf of Alison at Stretch n' Bubbles

Hi everyone,

Its me again. I just had to post again to draw your attention to a really moving story I have just read on the Stetch N Bubbles Blog

It sounds just like my own father who had his stroke at just 47 years old and had to give up work. Luckily we had the healthcare covered by the wonderful NHS but I know just how hard it was for all of us to come to terms with what had happened and for Mum & Dad to survive on his small company pension.

So please if you can purchase the amazing digi set offer shown below

Available HERE

Also like the blog says if you could also send a card I know, from personal experience that it would be much appreciated.

Thanks xx

Time for another Challenge Card me thinks

Well I decided to go hunting for another challenge I could enter but this time I wanted to stretch myself a little further (this challenge blog lark does wonders to help your confidence). I came across the Die Cut Dreams Challenge #63 and knew I had found the one - Soft Shades of Vintage.

Now me and vintage just don't seem to go together. I got loads of beautiful K&Co and Anna Griffin vintage inspired papers which I absolutely love (to stroke and admire but never use!) but I never do vintage style cards - until now!!! But I decided that soft shades of vintage might be a good starting point to tackle my fears of this gembre.

So big drum roll please - here my's entry:-

 

I know that to the majority of you it will not be that "vintagey" but believe me this card is 100 miles out of my comfort zone (think cutsy, lovely images).

I used a die cut topper from a set I had purchased from QVC earlier on in the year which, although it does not pick up that well in the photo (must attend some photography classes!) features some vintage inspired swirls and patterns, and then cut out loads of flowers (using a Martha Stewart punch of course!)from different shades of a plainer piece of K & Co paper. After mounting the topper in the centre of the card blank with 3D foam I proceeded to stick all the punched flowers around the topper to form a wreath effect. 

Finally I just had to add some touches of Stickles silver glitter to the centres of the flowers and corners of the card.

Hope you like it.   

10 Minute Tidying

Hello again,

Time for another 10 minute tidying post again. I said I was going to do at least 10 minutes tidying each day and so far I've stuck to it - grand total of two days so far - yipeee!

This time I decided to tackle an area by my desk which tends to be my dumping ground when I get new stuff or the odds & ends left over from a crafting session etc.

Sorry about the photo I forgot I had turned the flash off for taking pics at the zoo yesterday!

Well after my 10 mins of tidying it now looks like this:-

Craft Room Organisation Challenge Part 2 -

Found:- more gorgeous sheer ribbons

brand new and unstarted pack of 20 fineliner pens in different colours (I can feel some faux stitching coming on in the next project!)
Black Bags filled - half (making a total of 1 full black bag)


At least one tiny part of my craft room is starting to look better - only about another 95% to go!!!!!

Another Challenge Entry

Wow I really have caught the challenge bug it seems. I love Pollycraft digi stamps but never knew they had a challenge blog - until now. You can find their challenge here:-http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-59-add-little-nature.html

Heres my entry to their challenge 59 - Add a little nature:-

This challenge gave me the opportunity to use one of the Twiddly Wings images I purchased ages ago but have never used until now! I'm such a horder!!!!

I coloured her in with - you've guessed it - my promarkers and then cut out green card grass to add to the bottom of the image to give a little texture. I also added a glitter flower from petaloo and glitter to her wings (I love shimy, sparkly things!) and was intending to puch a butterfly to stick over the bird image from the stamp but could'nt find my trusted Martha Stewart punch. Instead I adaped to more Petaloo flowers to form a perfectly co-ordinating homemade butterfly.

Finally I matted this image onto co-ordinating American Crafts cardstock and paper and put the whole card onto an 8x8 cardblank (from Craftwork Cards) adding some more Petaloo flowers for additional embellishments.

I don't know what's got into me as I've used a mix of colours again which I never normally put together but I think it works (hope you think so too).

Hope you like it.

10 minute tidying

OK, bet you did'nt believe when I said I was drowning in a sea of crafing clutter did you?

I know, I am an untidy crafter (actually I am just untidy fullstop - my poor hubby will vouch for that!!!). I just think why waste precious crafting time putting things away when I can be crafting - I can't help it - its a medical condition (well thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!!!).

But as part of my commitment to having an organised craft room and to try and stop me spending loads more money on craft stash I have decided to try and do at least 10 minutes tidying everyday.

I am amazed at what you can achieve in just 10 minutes. I actually have some room back -  look at my desk top now:-

   

Craft Room Organisation Challenge Part 1 -

Found:- 29p in change

£2 winning scratch card

some gorgeous sheer ribbons

Seraphina Digi Stamp CD Rom

beautiful unopened pack of flower embellishments complete with gem centres

½ large bar of Mint Aero (yum, yum!)

Black Bags filled - half

I'm on way to organisational heaven!!

Yet Another Challenge Entry for today!

Well I must have had three Shredded Wheat today as I have completed another challenge entry - this time for Stamp, Scrap & Doodles

The challenge is to make a Get Well or Good Luck project. As my mum is currently poorly (Get Well Soon Mum xx) I thought that I could combine the too so obviously I plumped for the Get Well Card.

Inspired by my previous Card Making Downloads challenge I decided to make an easel card using a Tinker N Co Duckies set which I purchased HERE.

I started with a 15cm square card blank which I folded to become an easel card (never realised they were so easy to make before now!) and covered this with a selection of the gorgeous papers which come in the set. I used one of the quick card toppers to mount as the main embellishment which I then added a 3D layer to using the matching digi stamp which I coloured using promarkers (again - can't you tell they are a favourite of mine!) Used a flower punch to punch flowers for decoration. I matted and layered the printed "Sending You Get Well Wishes" onto the papers &  then had to use a Martha Stewart border punch (because I love them!) to create a pretty border. I mounted this whole strip onto 3D foam and stuck to the card to make the stopper for the easel part.

Finally I just had to add some co-ordinating ribbon and gemstones for the finishing touches (more favourites of mine!).

Hope you like.