Secret Garden

Good morning lovelies!

Here I am with today's card!

I made a 6x6inch Kraft card using Secret Garden

one of the new Clear Polymer Stamps from La Pashe!

This card is actually intended for a man but I guess it might

be suitable for any keen gardener or indeed anyone who likes

to spend time in the garden!

I used my usual FlexMarker & ProMarker combo to colour up the image.

then matted it onto some brown CS which has a punched border.

I added a little bit of raffia mesh some buttons & some twine.

I just had to add a little bunch of keys too!

The papers are First Edition, Bo Chic (I think)

All of these items have been in my stash for ages!

A little side view to finish up.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - One For The Boys

Delicious Doodles - Green & Brown

4 Crafty Chicks - Trees

Southern Girls - Buttons Badges Or Flair

Fab 'n' Funky - 1 image, 2 DPs, 3 Embellishments (buttons charms twine)

A&T Emerald Faeries - 1 image, 2 DPs, 3 Embellishments (buttons charms twine)

Clear It Out - Anything Goes + 2 or more buttons

Passion For Promarkers - Use At Least 1 Button

Happy Camper

Good morning lovley peeps!

Today's card is made using a Just Inklined Image.

Camper is one of the fab images exclusive to the

The Best Of Just Inklined 2012 CD-Rom

I just love those wacky wheels!

The layout I have used is this weeks sketch at

Just Us Girls

This card is for a friend that I work with!

She's not a fancy & frilly kind of a gal so I decided

to use the camper digi & colour it in the colours of her own camper van!
We have lots of fun going out & about in it, in the summer months!

Not really the kind of colours I normally use but they suit her perfectly!

The image was coloured with Promarkers

The border is Marth Stewart Doily punch.

Ribbon, buttons & paper (possibly Do Crafts) from my stash!

The sentiment was done on my pc using a free font called

ActionIs It put me in mind of Scooby Doo & The Love Machine!

Thanks for dropping in! I hope you like it!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge - Birthday

LEJ Designs - Show Us Your Ribbons

Dream Valley Challenges - Happy Birthday

Glitter n Sparkle - Buttons

Lacy Sunshine - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Punches & /or Die Cuts

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party By Craftin Deset Diva's - Buttons

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - Sketch

One Stop Craft - Birthday

Sweet Stampin - Look At The Scallops

Art Impressions Stamps - Girlfriends

Shelly's Images - Use Scallops

Arriba Arriba Mexico Phil & Horhay!

Good Morning lovely blog readers, I hope you're all well!

Here I am with a card for Just Inklined!

This fab image is Mexico Phil & Horhay  isn't it  fun?

Great for a blokes card is it not! The sentiment was made on my

PC using a free font called Arriba Arriba  a perfect match I thought!

The base card is  6"x6" Kraft cardstock. 

I wanted this card to have a rustic, Mexican farm feel to it!

The papers are K&Company Hopscotch Boy,

 one of my favourite stacks.

I've coloured the image using Promarkers & a flexmarker

to outline. I used the Promarker blender to give the dappled effect.

The layout was a sketch 

from Seems A Little Sketchy

I guess the shapes & colours caught my eye as that

was what I had in mind for this card!

I didn't add stitching but used twine around the outside to

give the effect. I also wrapped a bit of twine around my

rough cut photo corners!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed your visit!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch
Creative Moments - Animals
Stars & Stamps Midweek Throwdown - Stripes
Creative Card Crew - Masculine
Ooh La La Creations - Male Themed
Glitter & Sparkle Challenge - Animals
One Stitch At A Time - Use A Digi
Stampacuar Sunday - Fuzzy Friends
A Gem Of A Challenge - On The Move
Stemplesonnen Challenge - Fur & Tail
Sweet n' Sassy Digi Challenge - Happy Birthday Fellas
Wags 'n' Whiskers - Friendship

Best Seat In The House

Good Morning lovelies!

I have another card to share with you today!

The image is from Just Inklined.

The image I have used is called Best Seat in the House

The papers I've used are from Papermania,

I think the stack is call Boutique but I can't be sure as

I've had them in my stash for an age!

This handsome chap reminds me of a friends lovely dog & I was tempted 

to add a bit of drool but decided against it!

I coloured him up with promarkers then fussy cut him out!

I tried to make the papers look like wallpaper & carpet.

I added bit of  ribbon ( recycled from a top) where they joined as skirting!

When I was looking for some buttons to embellish, I came across

this one which I thought looked like a football!

The bow was lying beside me as I worked so that got added too!

(Another recycled ribbon from some handmade cookies)

The sentiment was printed out on a label printer.

Thanks for dropping in, it's always a pleasure to see you!

I'd love to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - One For The Boys

MilkCoffee Challenge - Go Green

Crafts & Me - Buttons & Bows

Creative Moments - Animals

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Jens Digis - Going Green

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Green

Whimsical Designs - Buttons & Bows

Creative Card Crew - Masculine

Oo La La Creations - It's A Man Thing

Gingerloft - The Colour Green

Robyn's Fetish - Must Use Green

Crafting With Lady Victoria!

Good afternoon bloggers!

Long time no see my lovelies!

I've been meeting myself coming backwards again so,

 I must apologise if I haven't visited your blog lately!

I promise I'll try to rectify that really soon!

Todays card is my Crafting For All Seasons DT project!

Where our theme for Challenge #46 is

Die Cuts & Punches

Our sponsor this time is Kenny K! Woo Hoo!

I managed to work with one of my fav images from his shop!

Lady Victoria! 

She's such a stunner!

As you can see I've gone all red & black!

I just had to as I love that colour combo!

I've used my Spellbinder Grand Nesties to cut out the card

Then die cut cogs for embellishments!

I've used promarkers & flexmarkers to colour the image

& added a couple of charms & some gems as well as a sheer ribbon bow!

There are no design papers, just

good old CS

Here's the back of my card. I cut a small slice off the bottom curve

to stop the card falling over to one side!

Here's the side view. As you can see I used the red CS to

line the inside too!

Thanks for dropping by!

Get out your Dies & Punches & come play along at

Crafting For All Seasons!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Lace/Ribbon/Twine

Crafty Sentiments - Fancy Folds or Non Square

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Use Red

Kaboodle Doodles - Anything But A Square

Dream Valley Challenges - Ribbon & Bling

Gingerloft - The Colour Red

One Stitch At A Time - Make It Girly (mine is a differenr kind of Girly)

Pan Pastel - Just Two Colours

A Gem Of A Challenge - Dies & Punches

Dilly Beans - Black & Red

Happy Valentines Day!

Good afternoon bloggers!

Here's my second post for today!
This is the CAS Valentines Day Card I made for my hubby!

He's watched me doing so many other Valentine cards with 

hearts & red & white papers, I decided to make something a

little bit different for him!I used an A4 sheet of CS 

folded in half & cut into two A6 cards.

I punched a border using a Tonic punch then

 inked the edges with my liquid chalk inkpad.

I added a double bow (which I had tied already for another

project & didn't use) a computer generated sentiment &

some little blue heart shaped buttons which I've had in my stash 

for ages.

The font I have used is Words Of Love & you can 

download it free from here! I reckon that's about as much as I can say 

about this little creation!

Thanks so much for popping in!

I'dlike to enter this little card into the following challenges:

Chalk N Stock - Anything Goes With Chalk

Crafty Ribbons -Button Up

DRS Designs - The Word Love

Paper Crafting Journey - Love

Sincerely Your Creations - Valentine Love

Scrap it With A Song - Head Over Heels, by Tears For Fears

Crafty Creations - Love/Valentine

Creative Belli - Valentine/Hearts

Diva's By Design - Love Romance

Celebrate The Occasion - Valentine Anything Goes

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Valentine

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Put Your Heart On it

LEJ Designs - For Someone Special

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Love Is In The Air

Tuesday Alchemy - My Hearts All A Flutter

Card Mania - Love

Hoedown At Desert Sands

Good Morning Lovely Bloggers!

Here I am again with a card this time! Yay!!!

This is for the Hoedown at Just Inklined!

Have you heard about their brand new wild Western digital stamps?

The image I have used is Desert Sands. I have also used Tickets from

Just Inklined. I used a blank ticket to which I added my own text.

The base card is Kraft to which I added a matt of checked card.

Here's a closer look!

We all know it's hot out there in the desert & things get burned, right?

My image was no exception!

I coloured it up with a mix of Promarkers & Flexmarkers then

I set fire to the edges, putting it out before the smoke detector went off! lol

The DP is from my stash. I've had it for absolutely ages. Not sure

 who it's by!All I can tell you about it is that it's travel related!

I also added a strip of faux leather which I studded with brads,

a length of twine a little star charm & two large brads which have

all been in my stash for ages! 

I'm trying to use lots of stuff up to make room for some new supplies!

Thanks for stopping by! I always enjoy your visits!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Inky Impressions - Ribbon/Twine

Whimsy Inspiration - Metal

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Use It Tuesdays - Fastners (brads)

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Texture

One Stich at A Time - Anything Goes

Creative Corner - For The Boys

Sweet Pea Stampers - Use A Digi

Douglas McDougall

Good Morning lovely bloggers, it's me again!

This is my Just Inklined card for this week!

It's a little A6 card.

I used the sketch at  The Sweetest Thing 

For my layout

The image is Douglas McDougall!

He's one grumpy Scotsman!

He's just realised, with all the fuss going on, that it's his Birthday!

He likes to pretend he's not a fan of birthdays but if you look at his face

 you'll see he's actually a little bit pleased! lol

I coloured Douglas up with Promarkers

I think I'll need to practice colouring my Tartan but I'm sure you get the idea! lol

The Tartan design paper I have used is from Southfield Stationers

The sentiment say Nae  Anither Birthday (Not Another)

& I've added it to a fishtail & attached with foam tape for dimension.

I added some fluffy fibres & a button then some glass gems from my stash!

I used a paper trimmer for the bottom edge of the matt,

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you've enjoyed your visit!

I have to apologise for my dodgy photography!

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong at the moment??

Perhaps it's just the horrible weather we're having!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Buttons & Bows

I Love Promarkers - Happy Birthday

The Crazy Challenge - Birthday

Stampacular Sunday - Gents & Gems

The Sweetest Thing - Sketch

Hot Shot Crafts - Clean & Simple

Jellypark Challenges - Button Up

Cards Galore - One For The Men

Sandy's Crafty Creations - Anything Birthday Goes

Watch Out Cupid's About

Good Morning Lovely Bloggers!

Long time no see!!!!

I've been busy doing a few behind the scenes things so I've 

not had much time for crafting or blogging!

 I'm hoping to get round all your lovely blogs soon!

Todays card is a Just Inklined sample!

The image is called Cupid You're Mine

Such a cute little Cupid & one very worried looking guy! lol

The paper I've used is from the British Paper Pad

available from Southfield Stationers. I got them 

 last year for all the Jubilee Celebrations etc!

I coloured the image with Promarkers then cut it out with a

X-Cut Heart Shaped Nesting Die. I had to use the largest die

so, to make a mat I drew around the outside of the die then cut it

out freehand. I did contemplate cutting all the scallops but......

I used the smallest die to cut out the red hearts then

sandwiched a red heart pin in the middle.

The red ribbon is from my stash!

I decorated the inside of the card too just for fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out Just Inklined for

your Valentines day card images!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Hearts

Bearly Mine - Hearts Galore

Going Grey With Scrap Creations- Valentines

Inky Chicks - Becky's Bingo (Ribbon, Pin, Die-cut)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Have A Heart

Shopping Our Stash - Valentines, Love, Hearts etc

Sweet Stamps - Valentines or Love

ABC Challenges- Valentines

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - Hearts

Corrosive Challenges - Put A Pin In It

Two Sisters Use Your Favourite Christmas Stamp

Morning lovely blogland peeps!

Thanks for dropping in to my little blog!

Here is the lastest card I have to share with you!

It's my second GDT card for the 

Two Sisters Challenge Blog 

The theme this week is

#117 Use Your Favourite Christmas Stamp

I just had to go for Red, Black & White with an image like this!

lol I love this sassy lady!

The papers I have used have been in my stash forever but 

I am being a good girl & trying to use up the old before buying new!

The ribbon was also from my stash as were the mosaic gems.

I am trying to use up as much as I can of my stash to make room for more new goodies!

She's Maude Merry Christmas from Just Inklined

I coloured her up with my Promarkers & a touch of Flexmarker too!

I cut her out with a nestie & inked all the edges with a fluid chalk inkpad.

The circle sentiment was is in my Christmas sentiment folder!

After a google search, I've found it's a freebie from Bizzy Bec's store

 & it's still available here! Sorry the photo's a bit fuzzy!

I decorated the inside of the card too!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you can play at 

Two Sisters Challenge Blog in challenge

#117 Use Your favourite Christmas Stamp

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland One For The Boys

Avadares Christmas/Hanakka

Simply Create Too Use Your Stash

Totally Papercrafts Cute & Girly

Happy Campers Bright Colours

Southern Girls Christmas Projects

ABC Christmas Challenge Vibrant Colours

Crafts & Me Reds

Stamp N Doodle Use A Digi

Whimsy Inspiration Traditional Christmas Colours

Clear It Out Anything Goes + Use red