Please don't shout...

Firstly, again, apologies for the photographs of my cards! Secondly, please do not shout at me when I tell you this... these gorgeous fairies from Lili of the Valley have sat in my craft box since....last November!!! I know, nearly a whole year! I completely forgot I had them until I was rooting around in a box of paper that I picked up to bring to my Mum's when I found them! Therefore I thought that they needed to be used! I mat and layered this image onto some cream card and then onto silver mirri board. (I am a bit obsessed with this at the minute as you will have seen!) The patterened papers are from a pack from Dovecraft and are lush! I had a go at hand writing the name of the fairy 'Iris' and the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment-not sure whether I like it or not...! The only problem with the card now is that it looks like a birthday card for Iris! Lol! Will have to rethink this when I do another one! Finally I finished her off with a bit of organza ribbon! Thanks for looking!xx

A Blog Facelift!

Everyone seemed to be giving their blogs a bit of a facelift so I decided to jump on board and do the same! There were so many gorgeous designs it was really hard to choose but I chose this background as it was pink and girly which describes me all over! What do you think? It is so easy to do-just click on the link in the top left hand corner of the screen and take a look!xx

Sketch Saturday Challenge!

This is my card for the Sketch Saturday challenge this week. It was a great sketch that I definitely will use again! I also enjoyed working with it as it gave me the chance to use my new Elzybell stamps! I love this image-it reminds me of when my friend Becky and I get together and have a good gossip over a cup of hot chocolate usually! However there is one thing missing....a huge slab of chocolate cake! I also used a sentiment I got from Elzybells which goes perfectly with this stamp! I 'borrowed' the papers out of my Mum's craft box as I am still on holiday at hers this week and she thinks they are a pack from Dovecraft. I coloured my image with distress inks and finished off with a bit of doodling around the edge! Thanks for looking!xx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

I have been busy catching up with my challenges over the past few days so here is my entry for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge! This week it was a great sketch which I really enjoyed working with. I have been making a lot of square cards recently so decided it was time for a change (for this challenge anyway!) and used an A6 card. I used one of the new Christmas Penny Black stamps which I bought recently which are gorgeous! I used Papermania Christmas papers and finished it off with a Penny Black greeting and some flowers! Hope you like it!xx

Cute Card Thursday Challenge!

Here is my entry for Cute Card Thursday challenge this week. The challenge was to create a card with 'two' of something on-two people, two animals, one of each etc. I made this card for my future sister and brother-in-law's first wedding anniversary. I love this Tilda stamp-it is so sweet and reminded me of them greatly! Hehe! I coloured it in with distress inks, mounted it onto some patterned paper and silver bazzil bling cardstock and finished it off with a bit of doodling and a couple of flowers. Thanks for looking!xx

Sweet Sixteen!

Here is my little sister's card that I made her for her 16th birthday! There are quite a few pics so I shall write a bit in between to break it up a little! Lol! It started off as a star card but then I made a big boo boo-I taped the spine together! D'oh! So it became a bit of a mini book! Lol!

I went for a pink and purple theme as some of the presents I had bought her were in the same colour scheme! Lol! I stuck 6 A6 cards together and strengthened them by using silver mirri board for a background! I used the Boys and Girls Crafters Companions CD for the background papers and for the small letters and numbers.

I stamped a few Maggies and Tildas and coloured them in with distress inks. These were images I knew my little sister liked and I can understand why! They are so cute!

I printed some big letters onto pearlescent paper and did a bit of faux stitching around each letter to make them stand out a little!

The card came out ok-not completely happy with it but I ran out of time! Looks a bit bare in places! Lindsay seemed to like it though which is all that matters I suppose!

Think I will use this type of mini book again though-might be nice to create a mini scrapbook or photocards!

Had to have a flower somewhere-here it is! Lol!

This is what it looked like standing up! Not quite a star card but near enough!

Thanks for looking! Hope you liked it-I really enjoyed making it! Not so 'little' sister I suppose now!

Apologies...

Just a quick post to say sorry for the bad photographs on my posts! I am having a few problems with my camera so my pictures are coming out really blurry! I have had a few tips from a few different people-thank you!-and shall be trying to get it sorted asap!xx

Sketch Saturday Challenge!

Here is my entry for Sketch Saturday which was this fab sketch! I bought these stamps a little while ago and have been looking for an opportunity to use them all together and this sketch allowed me to do that! This card is quite busy and my papers started to merge into one so I split the bottom panel up by mounting it onto gold mirri card to give it a bit of clear definition! I coloured them in with distress inks and added some velvet ribbon that I 'borrowed' off my little sister and a sticker that I found in my Christmas craft box! It was a great sketch and I will definitely use it again! Thanks for looking!xx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Here is my entry for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which was to use no pink! This was a very hard challenge for me! I love using pink in my cards and a lot of my patterned paper contained pink so it was really hard to choose a colour scheme! I decided on these brown and beige colours as they matched my doggy image! Lol! Had a few problems with my water brush so my image isn't coloured in very well as I had to rescue him a few times! Hope he looks ok and will be ok for my entry for this challenge! Thanks for looking!xx

Funky Fairy's Challenge!

Here is my entry for the Funky Fairy's challenge this week which is 'Celebration.' It can be birthday, wedding, birth, anything really that you can celebrate! I decided to make a birthday card using one of my Funky Fairy stamps and have just finished it off with a penny black sentiment stamp. I have coloured her in with distress inks and just used a variety of patterned paper that I found in my craft box! I love these stamps-they are so sweet. Must purchase a few more I think! Thanks for looking!xx

Tilda & Co Challenge!

The Tilda & Co challenge this week was a great sketch! I used this gorgeous Tilda stamp again but coloured her in with red and pink distress inks this time! I popped some ribbon down the side to finish her off and added four brads in each corner-I may still add a greeting-not sure yet! I think I might make this into a gift card for someone for Christmas-I shall keep you posted! Thanks for looking!xx

Cutie Sunday Challenge!

Here is my entry for the Cutie Sunday Challenge. It was another great sketch and brill to work with once again. I finally got to use my Whipper Snapper teddy stamp which I coloured in with distress inks. I used some patterned paper that I found in my Mum's craft box-as I am at her house at the minute! I finished it off with a few flowers down the side. Thanks for looking.xx

Friday Sketchers Challenge!

Here is my entry for the Friday Sketchers Challenge. It was a great sketch by Kimmie this week and was brill to work with. I used a Tilda stamp and coloured her in with distress inks. I was having a few problems with my water brush and so it didn't come out as well as I would have liked! Sorry about the dodgy photo! Don't know what is wrong with my camera! Hope you enjoyed looking!xx

On holiday but still crafting!

Although I am on my hols up in Sunderland I still have managed to get online and blog! (Think I have become a bit addicted to it!) Here is a card I made for Steven's Aunty for her birthday. I have used a couple of penny black stamps and have coloured them in with distress inks and added a couple of flowers to finish it off. It was a card that I had to make quickly so it is quite simple! Thanks for looking!xx

Had a few days off!!

My Mum, sister and I have had a few days off from crafting! I have been getting ready to go up to Sunderland to stay with my Mum for a couple of weeks! I am hopefully going to be able to get online and still update my blog and continue with all of the challenges but if not I shall update it as soon as I get back! So just a quick message to say thanks for all of your lovely comments and I shall speak to you all soon!xx