Candy Mine Elf

Good Morning all!

This week is just whizzing by!

I've been getting ready for a little crafty sale so have been caught up making bits & pieces

as well as the usual stuff. Been busy at work too, so I'll be glad 

when the weekend is here!

Anyhoo, here's the card I have to share today!

This is an 8"x8" square base with decoupage, sentiment & design paper from 

The Gift Of Christmas CD Rom by La Pashe.

These are great to cut out & make up & there is also a smaller image on the

sheet, which I used to make a little card, but could be used for a matching gift tag etc!

Not too much to say about this one really, 

A doily, some matting & layering, a double ribbon bow & a little jingle bell hey presto!

You could add some glitter to jazz it up but I love it just as it is!

A little side view which I hoped would show the dimenson of the decoupage

but I'm not sure it does!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like my card.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs -  Anything Goes Christmas

Paper Shelter Challenge -  A Christmas Card

A Snowflakes Promise Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme

Inky Chicks - Merry Christmas

{Pin}spirational - Inspiration Image

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Shopping Our Stash - No Stamping

Artistic Inspirations -Anything Goes with Twist of Christmas

Quirky Crafts - Anything Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges - square card or elements

Time To Retire & Reflect

Good morning all, happy Friday!

I have a little retirement card to share with you today!

It's a very CAS design!

The base is A6 Kraft CS. I embossed with a papermania pocket watch folder

Then swooshed with some DI in Antique Linen & added some bronze gilding wax.

The sentiment was printed on my PC using Mountains of Christmas font,

then die cut with a Spellbinders die & given the DI & gilding wax treatment.

I added a little watch charm to embellish.

As you can't do retirement properly with out a watch! lol

You can just about see inside in this photo.....

I added a vintage travel paper as the recipient loves to travel.

Thanks for popping in!

I'd like to enter this card in a few little challenges

Crafting for all Seasons -  Embossing

Little Red Wagon - Technique Card

Scrapy Land Challenges  - Monochromatic PLUS Use Any Brand of Die Scrapy Land Sales

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use A Die Cut

Muse Challenge - CASE Muse's Card

      

Glitter n Sparkle - Add a die Cut/Punch Shape

Robyn`s Fetish - Wet or Dry Embossing

Crafty Friends Challenge - Add a charm

Happy Halloween Pumpkin!

Good morning all!

Did you miss me?

I was off for a cheeky little week away in my favourite place!

So, now we're home, it's back down to earth & back to business as usual!

It's Monday which means it's time to begin the new challenge at

Eureka Stamps, where the theme for this week is

#162 Pumpkins

Here's my little card!

I made a clean & simple card using Digi 10103(431) Halloween Border  &

Digi 3907 Happy Halloween sentiment.

I used a white base & printed my image onto the butter coloured card.

The image was coloured with Prisma Pencils, I added a wrap of

raffia & a couple of  garden tool metal charms.

I hope you like my card & I hope you can play along in our 

Pumpkin Challenge!

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

Allsorts - No design paper

Catch The Bug - Fall

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

My Time To Craft - autumnal colours

Dragons Lair Designs - Halloween

Quick Quotes - Pumpkins

Auds Sentiements Challenge - Halloween

C.R.A.F.T. - Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Bonfire Night

Garden

Good Morning All!

I hope you're all well! 

Here's a little card I made, perfect for the gardner in your life!

This one is for the Best Dad!

I've used the Gardening Tools decoupage download from La Pashe

I inked all the edges with a liquid chalk inkpad & added a matt of brown

card stock. The letters were cut using a sizzix die!

The hessian is from Lidl & was originally intended as a plant tie!

I've also added a couple of little gardening tool charms from my stash!

Here's a closer look at the decoupage.

This one should show the dimension but hey ho, you can't see it very well! lol

You can just about see that I've added some decoration on the 

inside of the card!

I hope you like it! Thanks for popping in!

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges:

A Creative Need - Textures and/or Patterns

Just Add Ink - Dad

Crafty Catz - One For The Boys

Chalk N Stock - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

A Girl Who Crafts - Anything Goes

Card & Scrap - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore - Make A Card

Clear It Out - Anything Goes Stash: Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Colours of Summer

The Corrosive Challenge - Lets Hear It For The Boys

Seaside Anchor

Good morning all!

How time flies, it's Thursday already!

Time for this weeks Just Inklined card !

I've made a Beachy type card! The image I have used is

Seaside Anchor 

a perfect image for a male or perhaps just a beach lover.

So many occasions spring to mind.....

I used a Kraft base with a strip of corrugated card in the same colour.

Some gauze, raffia, fish charms, an anchor charm & a little shell.

I coloured my image with promarkers. The sand was done with a distress

marker. I have only one, in Vintage Linen, but it worked perfectly for the sand!

The sky was Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

I popped up the image on some foam tape.

The usual side view to finish!

Hope you like it! Thanks for hopping by!

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

Fresh Brewed Designs - Seaside/Summer

Inky Impressions - No DP

Wonderful Wednesdays - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiement Designs - Hand Coloured Image

Creative Card Crew - Sea/Beach

Everybody Art Challenge - Corrugated Cardboard

Craft and Smash -  Shells, Sand & Sea

Dies R Us - Day At The Beach

Card Mania - How Charming

Kissing Robins

Good Morning!

It must be Thursday as I have a Just Inklined card to share!

I'm sorry if it's too soon but it's a little Christmas card!

The image  have used is the lovely Kissing Robins 

perfect for Bird Lovers! Oh & Christmas too,

if you don't mind me using the C word! lol

You can find them here at Just inklined.

I cut out the image with a circle die & inked with Brushed Cordouroy & Vintage Linen

Distress inks then  used my ususal mix of Flexmarkers & Promarkers to colour them up.

The card base is 6x6 inches, Kraft Cardstock, from Southfields.

The papers I have used are from the First Edition Christmas Village

 paper stack. I just love them, the colours are great!

The twine & button twine are from my stash as are the little bells!

The sentiment was die cut from the base dp too.

Thanks for popping in today! Don't forget to check out the 

 Just Inklined shop! There are new images being added all the time!

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

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes

Dies R Us Challenge - Christmas In July

Die Cut Divas - Button Or Bow

Cuttlebug Mania - We Think You Are All Charming

Passion For Promakers - "things with wings"

PDE Linky Party - Many layers

Sweet Stamps - Dreaming Of Snow

Love To Create - 3 or more design papers

Come & Get It Challenges - Animals

Opus Gluei - Ribbon String or Twine 

Pile It On - Outdoor Fun

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Use A Sentiment

My Time To Craft - Christmas In June

Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jingle Bells

Just Inklined To Hop - Christmas

Good morning all & welcome to this month's

Just Inklined Blog Hop! 

Our host this month is Karen L who has chosen Christmas as the theme!

If you're already hopping, you'll have arrived from the lovely Karen J's

blog! I bet she had something stunning to show you!

Without further ado, here is my card

I've made a twisted easel using Snowman Buddy he's just so adorable!

I think he'll feature on many of my cards this year!

Now, if you're anxious to hop on, your next stop is Tammy's blog.

Before you go, don't forget to leave a little blogger love at each stop,

you just never know where the spot prizes might be hidden!

If you want to know a little more about my card, read on!

Here's a closer look at my cute little guy!

I've coloured him up using flexmarkers & promarkers.

Cut him out using a die & inked the edges with a promarker.

I used a blender to soften the edges.

The papers are my latest find in Lidl! I just love popping in 

for a mooch around every now & then, as you just never know when

crafty bits might pop up!

The sentiement was done on the pc using a font which you can get 

for free here. I love this one for Christmas cards.

I have added a touch of glitter using a Sakura Clear Star pen

but I don't think you can see it very well in the photo's.

The embellishments I have used are some twine, a little

silver Christmas tree charm & a die cut snowflake!

A look at the fold from another angle!

Now remember if you're hopping, your next stop is Tammy

but, don't forget to comment along the way!

I'd like to enter this little card in a couple of challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges - Inspirational Photo

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

One Stitch at A Time - Use A Digi

Robyn's Fetish - Use A Digi

Scribble & Scrap - Favourite Style Of Card To Make

Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge 180 - Make A Snow Scene

Totally Gorjuss - Anything With A Star (on snowmans hat!)

Craftitude - Anything Goes/Things beginning with the letter S 

(snowman,scarf,snowflake,stars,spots)

Delicious Doodles - Shaped Cards

Digi Haven - Use 2 Colours (Red & Green)

Delightful Challenges - Holiday Spirit
Can You Digi It - Primary Colours

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

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

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

Gung Hay Fat Choy Take 2

Good Morning lovely bloggers! I hope you're all well!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Happy New Year!

I just stopped by to share another Chinese New Year card with you!

Today is officially Chinese New Year!

2013 is the Year Of The Water Snake!

I know, he's in a tree but he's suspended over water!

Check out the koi carp & the water lillies on the background paper!

I used the image Ringo from Just Inklined.

I coloured Ringo with Promarkers & Flexmarkers & a touch of liqiud chalk in the sky,

cut him out with a Circle Nestie then inked the edges with a liquid chalk inkpad.

I added a scalloped circle matt & some punched leaves which I embossed

to give some dimendsion.

The papers are from my stash, not sure who they are by as

they have been there for a very long time!

I added some twine & 3 orental coin charms!

The sentiment was made on my pc & attached with foam tape.

I decorted the inside just a little too! The punched border

was done using a Matha Stewart border punch.

Thanks for dropping by!

Have a great day!

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

Drunken Stampers - Findng Nemo

QKR Stampede - Something Special

Sweet Pea Stampers - Use A Digi Stamp

Chalk N Stock - Anything Goes (Just use chalk)

Forever Friends M - Animals &/or Birds &/or Butterflies

Love To Create - Celebrate

Paper Playtime - Border Punches

The Paper Girls - Twine

Christmas is Coming!

Happy Sunday all you lovely bloggers!

It's time for the new challenge at The Crafty Pad this week!

It's my turn to choose the theme this time!

The theme I chose is

 "Christmas is Coming!"

You can enter any Christmas themed project you like!

Here's my card, it's a little scalloped circle easel card.

The image I have used is

Christmas Pine Cones & Holly Winter Wishes

I altered it, in that  removed the sentiment & made my

own circular sentiment around the image using my graphics programme!

The Ribbon Girls have a photo/colour inspiration challenge this week!

I've used that as my inspiration!

They also have a fab give away on now too!

The image was a dream to colour  with my promarkers

& I added some sparkly highlights using my trusty

Sakura Clear Star pen!

I printed & coloured the image twice.

I cut out the first image with a circle nestie then fussy cut around the second

 & layered it on top of the first one.

My base card was made

using a gold coloured card blank.

The sentiment ticket is from The Crafty Pad too,

you can find it here

The ribbon I have used was from a local haberdashery shop.

I found it in their bargain basket a couple of years ago.

I added a little bell which I had in my charm jar!

I have no idea where it came from.

Thanks for stopping by & checking out my creation!

Don't forget to stop by the challenge blog for some more 

inspiration from the mega talented Ladies of Team A

To make playing along even more worthwhile,

we have a lovely sponsor

 Joanna Sheen

Who is offering a £10 Voucher for one lucky winner 

to spend in her fabby online shop!

I do hope you find the time to play this week!

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

The Corrosive Challenge Know When To Fold 'Em

One Stitch At A Time Make 1 for Christmas

Stampacular Sunday Challenge Not Just An Ordinary Card

The Squirrel & The Fox Use A Ribbon

The Ribbon Girls Photo Inspiration

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas No Patterned Paper

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Circle

Clearly Inspired Ribbon Or Twine  Already entered

Crafty Ribbons Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers Christmas

Just Keep On Creating Christmas

Bearly Mine Easel Card

Creative Card Crew Fancy Folds

OOh La La Creations Christmas Sentiment

Stamp & Create Winter Wonderland