ABC Challenge 'N is for........Neutral'

Hi all,
Blimey where has the last fortnight gone? It's time for another fab challenge over at ABC and this time our very own lovely Cinzia has chosen 'N is for Neutral' so this time think soft pastels and neutral tones.
Our wonderful sponsor this time is Bugaboo Stamps and I have used their adoreable Theodore Bear.

I coloured this cutie with my trusty Promarkers and Prismas and teamed him with some gorgeous First Edition DP's from the New Leaf collection. The whole card is distressed with Pumice Stone DI, the gorgeous Die Cut is from Memory Box and the lace and flowers are from my stash.

I am entering Theodore into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - #128 'Animals'

Paper Sundaes - #116 'Anything Goes'

Crafty Creations - #165 'Flower Power'

Happy Crafting

Big Hugs

Clare

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For a Special Mum

Hi folks,
Just wanted to share with you the Tilda card I made for my wonderful mum for Mother's Day. I have really fallen in love with the gorgeous DP's in the new Picadilly collection from Basic Grey even if they do include yellow!.

I coloured this lovely Tilda with Aqua Markers and used 300gsm Fabrico Artistico Water Colour Paper. Everything has been distressed with Pumice Stone DI and given a bit of sparkle with Diamond Stickles.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Simply Magnolia - 'Anything Goes'

Friday Sketch Challenge - #13 'Sketch by Bron'

MDUC - #138 'Old Treasures' (The doily came from my nan's kitchen drawer and the charm was taken from a department store gift box)

I Love Promarkers - #108 'Anything Goes'

Passion for Promarkers - #140 'Yellow and Pearls'

Papertake Weekly - 'For The Girls or Mum'

Well that's all from me today

Happy Crafting!

Clare

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C is for...........Crochet Flowers

Good morning all!!
Firstly I want to say a huge hi to all the lovely crafty ladies I met at the Bury St Edmonds papercraft show on Sunday. The whole day was amazing and it was great to meet you all and can't wait to see you all again next June.
Well today is all about the fab new challenge over at ABC. this fortnight we want to see your creations using 'Crochet Flowers'. So grab your flowers and let your imagination run riot. This time we are sponsored by the fabulous Lacey over at Stamp and Create

I have chosen to use this Gorguss Girly 'I Found My Family In A Book' and teamed her with the beautiful DP's from Prima's 'Printery' collection.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Sweet Stampin - 'Anything Goes'
Totally Gorjuss - #104 'I Remember' (haven't made paper dolls since I was a kid!)

Promarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Soft Peach
Hair: Raw Sienna, Terracotta, Henna
Dress and Boots: Tea Green, Grey Green
Tights: Ivory, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Shale
Scissors: Warm Grey 3
Book and Paper Dolls: Vanilla

Poppy Resist

Hi guys, thought I would share with you a card I made a little while ago but forgot to post. I loved making this as it explores a few different stamping techniques which I had neglected for a while.

All of the images are from Hero Arts. I stamped the dictionary definition first with brown ink then stamped the poppy background stamp with versamark and clear embossed. I then used a sponge dauber to colour the poppies with distress inks..

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #88 'Anything Goes'

Sweet Stampin - 'Anything Goes'

Hope You Like Green?

Thought I would share with you  the card that I made for my mum's birthday. I fell in love with a card made by the very talented Sue Carrington a few months ago and new my mum would love it so I adapted it and this is what I ended up with.

Each and every panel has been embossed then stamped with Peeled Paint DI and then distressed with Shabby Shutters DI. All of the gorgeous images are from Hero Arts. I then finished it with cord that was coloured with Pear Green Promarker, a little lace and a silver charm from my stash.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - #182 'Anything Goes'

Totally Gorjuss - #98 'Nothing Square About Me'

Stamptacular Sunday - #129 'Just Sayin!'

A Scene Under Acetate

Good evening peeps,

Just a quick post tonight as I am a little sleepy as hubby finally went into hospital for his op so busy running about like a mad thing.

Anyway, I wanted to share with you this very clean card design using yet another gorgeous design from Chocolate Baroque. The Lighthouse scene is stamped with Black Soot DI then given the watercolour look with a damp paintbrush (the red door was added with a promarker). The beautiful sentiment was then stamped onto acetate and attached at the back of the white card to create a dome. I then added a little bunting and it was finished.

I think this pic shows the acetate dome a little better

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
The Stamp Man - #31 'Monochrome and 1 Other Colour'
Simon Says Stamp - 'Sing It' (Song or Film Title Inspired) I chose 'We are Sailing' by Rod Stewart
Secret Crafter - 'Inspired by a Song'
I chose 'We are Sailing' by Rod Stewart
Totally Gorjuss - #97 'It's a Man Thing'
Stamp Something - Final Challenge 'Anything Goes'

Happy Crafting
Clare
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White Christmas

Good Evening all,

Sorry I have been awol for a few weeks but I have been a little poorly, I have been barking more than Dexter for the last few weeks which has left me unable to get any sort of decent sleep, meaning I just about had enough energy to get through a day at the shop and little more.

Anyway I have quite a few creations to share with you now, but here is the first of my many attempts using the beautiful images from Chocolate Baroque. I have become completely addicted to the very talented Glenda's designs and am thrilled to now stock them in my store.

 

This first card uses a delightful image from the 'Home Sweet Home' collection and I have teamed it with lots of white coredinations and a gorgeous dp from the GCD 'Ella Blue' pad, coloured with promarkers and finished with a sprinkling of stickles, pearls and a cute charm.

Materials:

Image: Chocolate Baroque 'Home Sweet Home'

Colouring: Promarkers

Papers: Coredinations, GCD 'Ella Blue'

Punches: Martha Stewart

Dies: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug

Extras: Pumice Stone DI, Stardust Stickles

Promarker Colour Recipe:

House: Ivory, Vanilla

Roof and Windowsills: Cinnamon, Shale

Eves: Pastel Blue

I am entering this into the follwing creations:

The Crafty Pad - Challenge #137 'Blue and Brown'

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #180 'A Pinch and a Punch'

Sweet Stampin - 'Anything But Birthday'

Stampavie and More - 'Christams in Summer'

Passion for Promarkers - #115 'Anything Goes'

I Love Promarkers - #81 'Anything Goes'

A Little Bit of Steampunk!

Hello all,
Just a quick post tonight. I wanted to share with you a card I made for a workshop called 'Shimmer and Shine'. I wanted to show that you can put a bit of glitz into a card for a male. 

The shimmer was added by using the yummy Graphite Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels to create some of the cogs and the shine was created with silver pearl card for the rest of the cogs.

Materials Used:

DP's: Craft Creations and Coredinations

Embossing Folders: Steampunk by Tim Holtz

Stamps: Clocks and Sentiment by Hero Arts

Dies: Sprockets by Spellbinders, Cogs 'On The Edge' by Tim Holtz
Everything was distressed with Black Soot DI.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - #95 'Emboss It'
Totally Gorjuss - #93 'Round and Round'
Charisma Cardz - #32 'Distressing'
Craft Your Days Away - #26 'Birthday Celebrations'
Simply Create - #50 'Time to Distress'

A Little Touch of Pink

Hello! I thought it was about time I shared with you some new projects. I think if I remember rightly the inspiration for this came from a project by the very talented Kath in her cubbyhole. I love this stamp from Hero Arts and have used it so much.

Quite clean and simple from me but it's fun to experiment although still not 100% sure if this ticks all the boxes for me.

A Little Sprinkling of Fairy Dust

Good evening all,

I hope you are well and have the sunshine where you are, it has been a scorcher here!

This evening I just wanted to share with you a bit of a different card for me. I taught a class last week called Silhouettes and used these fabulous fairy stamps by Lindsay Mason and totally fell in love with them.

The scrummy lilac paper is from Fancy Pants to which I added lots of Dusty Concord Distress Ink, the glitter was added witha Sakura Clear Glitter Pen.

Anyway I ''ll be back soon to share more crafty projects but until then Happy Crafting!

Big Hugs

Clare

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Picking Apples

Good morning,

Wow I have even impressed myself. Why you may ask, well 3 posts in a week and more up my sleeve! Not bad ehh? hee hee :-)

Anyway I wanted to share this little card I made for a workshop on DIY embellishments. The flower was made from scratch as was the flower shaped enamel buttons.

The sketch I used is pretty old and I apologise but I can't remember where it came from but it was great to use. The papers are yet again 'Ella Blue' from GCD, teamed with French Roast Coredinations. I used Promarkers to colour and everything was distressed with Frayed Burlap DI.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - 'In The Garden'

Crafty Catz - #83 'Anything Goes'

Fab 'n' Funky - #73 'Make Your Own Blooms'

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by

big hugs

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Sketch for Magical Mondays

 Morning all,

Wow can't believe it's another bank holiday, I hope you are all enjoying another lovely long weekend. Anyway it's time for another challenge over at Magical Mondays and you have a fab sketch to work with created by our own very talented Heidi. Sadly this is my last challenge for the Magical Mondays DT but I would like to say a huge thank you to the whole team as I have loved working with you all and wish you every success in the future.

So on to my card, I chose to use Devilish Donna by Kenny K and as always coloured her with Promarkers. I used fab DP's from Magnolia which I distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink. I added some mini safety pins to capture the goth look then smothered it with some gorgeous flowers and pearls from my stash. The wings were given the sparkle treatment with Crystal Stickles.

A little close of the sassy Donna

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #67 'Favourite Hair Colour Combo'

Stamp Something - 'Something with Wings'

Stampavie and More - #139 'Pearls' (mini black pearls on image and sentiment)

Sarah Hurley - #3 'Butterflies/Things with Wings'

Party Time Tuesdays - #13 'Anything Goes'

Lets Ink It Up! - #14 'Embellish It'



Promarker Colour Recipe:
Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink
Hair: Cool Grey 1-5
Dress and Boots: Orchid, Purple
Lips: Maroon
Eyes: Lime Green, Bright Green

I Like You a Latte!! ABC Challenge Card R is for.........Roses

Wow morning all!

Can you believe that tomorrow is the last day of March! is it just me or is this year just disappearing before our eyes. Anyway, once again it is time for team A from the lovely ABC DT to share their inspiration with you for another fab challenge. This week we have reached the letter 'R' and would love to see your creations using 'Roses'. Also we are being sponsored by the lovely Nicki from Bunny Zoe Crafts so please show your support!

I have chosen to use the gorgeously quirky image from Simply Sassy called 'Love a Latte'. These images are great fun to colour and work really well for teens (and us older girlies who just don't wanna grow up!). The papers are once again from my much loved 'Ella Blue' paper pad by GCD.

I have smothered it with loads of roses which I first spritzed with Irridescent Gold Glimmer Mist and finished everything else with Frayed Burlap DI and faux stitching.

Promarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Blush, Soft Peach

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Umber

Top and Boots: Tea Green, Grey Green

Skirt: Cinnamon, Shale

Stool Legs: Cool Grey 3, 5

Seat: Slate, Cool Grey 4

Mug: Cool Grey 1, 3

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Allsorts - #96 'For a Special Lady'

Charisma Cardz - #12 'Birthday for a Teen'

Craft Your Days Away - #16 'For a Mum or Special Lady'

Well I had better go as I have a lovely class of ladies to teach this morning followed by a very boring and tedious stocktake. Hey ho wish me luck!

Happy crafting!

Hugs

Clare

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Magical Mondays 'Lace' DT Card

Good morning all,

Wow another week gone and time for a new challenge over at Magical Mondays and this week we want to see you use Lace in your creation. We are being sponsered by the fabulous Pollycraft whom have donated 5 digi images for the winner.

Materials used:

Stamps: LOTV

Papers: MME 'Wild Asparagus'

Colouring: ProMarkers

Flowers and Pearls: WOC and Prima

Swirls: Marianne D

Lace: Cloudnine Crafts

Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass

Stickles: Stardust

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers - Challenge #142

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge #68 'Check it Out'

Stampin Royalty - Challenge #59 'Mark it Up'

Sukkersott - Challenge #113 'Lace, Pearls and Flowers'

Truly Scrumptious - Challenge #51 'Swirls and Pearls'

ProMarker Colour Recipe:

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa

Dress: Tea Green, Cool Aqua, Meadow, Apple

Wings: Ivory, Vanilla

Star: Tulip Yellow





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

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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

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