Doppleganger Take2

Good morning all!

Happy HUmp Day!
Here's another little card using a sepia toned image from a
La Pashe decoupage sheet!

 I used the decoupage on another card just recently!

This one is for an anniversary!

I've used a 6"x6" Kraft Card blank for the base.

The DP is from my scraps & matted on to some very dark brown CS

I wrapped this with some twine from my stash.

The image was cut out using a spellbindes die & edged with some copper gilding wax

I did the same with a matt of Kraft.

The sentiment is from LOTV & was stamped & embossed with Copper EP.

I ran a bit of gilding wax around the edge too.

The little beads are from my stash!

That's it from me, I hope you like it!

Nice & simple & super speedy!

I'd like to support the following challenges:

Clear It Out - Anything Goes (DP Ribbon & Beads)

Digi Choosday - Use Kraft CS

Going Grey With Stamp Creations - Celebrations

Love To Scrap - Father's Day/Masculine

Mema's Challenge - Anything Goes/Graduation or Masculine Twist

The Paper Girls - Father's Day/Masculine

Glitter n Sparkle - Add An Animal

Addicted To CAS - Animal

My Time To Craft - Domestic Animals

Simply Create Too - Keep It Simple

Winter Blues

Good Morning Bloggers!

A second card from me & it's not even breakfast time yet! Lol!

This is my post for The Crafting Cafe if you'd like to see my

post for Just Inklined, please scroll down.

The theme over at The Crafting Cafe this month is 

Winter Blues

I have used an image from our sponsor is LEJ Designs.

She's called Unhappy Angel.

I can understand why she's not so happy & feeling a little blue, she

only gets out once a year & she's stuck atop the Christmas tree!

I'll leave the rest to your imagination!

At least she's warm & cosy indoors though, especially with all those lights!

Quite a simple card. I coloured the image with a mix of Flexmarkers

& Promarkers, trying to use as many different blues as possible.

I then added some Glossy Accents to the lights & her eyes!

I have to say here eyes look a little odd in the photo as the

light is shining from above! I did intend to take my card to work so

I could get some daylight photo's at lunchtime but silly me forgot!

I had to use my lamp which isn't that great!

Santa if you're listening???? lol

I added some twine, a couple of little jingly bells & some ribbon.

The glittery reindeer is punched out with my latest purchase!

Cute isn't it!

I forgot to mention the little de-bossed Christmas Tree border

& the little sentiment banner from my stash.

Here's the inside of the card!

Thanks for popping in, I hope you can play in our challenge!

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - Winter Wishes

Paper Shelter Challenge - Christmas

Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge Blog - Christmas

Sisterhood of Crafting - Embossing

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas - Warm Christmas

365 Cards - Day 322 Bright Background With Solid Colour

There She Goes - Winter Fun

Without Words - Getting Ready For Christmas

Tok Bobok - Christmas

Stepping Out On Your Anniversary

Happy Thursday everyone, almost the weekend!

I hope you've had a good week & are ready to kick up your heels!

I have a Just Inklined card to share today!

I have to apologise for the photo quality, I had to take them at work

 during my lunch break & the weather was just awful.

This is a little 5"x5" square card.

The base is a sheet of patterened cs which came from Lidl!

Isn't it fantastic! As soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to do!

A little Monochromatic card!

The perfect image to sepia tone is this one, which is called

Stepping Out

It's a very versatile image which could be used for so many different 

occasions, but this time, I used it for my sister & BIL's anniversary card!

I coloured the image with a mix of Flexmarkers & Promarkers,

cut out with a nestie & inked whilst still in the die with

Antique Linen & Pumice Stone distress inks. 

The sentimnent was done in a similar fashion, then I threaded

some seam binding & lace through the slots!

The ony other embellishment is a little old fashioned

safety pin which I threaded some lace & seam binding through!

I'm making a conscious effort to make more cards which can be

sent in the mail with just a regular stamp here in the UK.

This one definitely fits the bill as I had Jim the porter/mail man at work

check it for me in his handy little measuring guide!

Thanks Jim! 

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

Hannah & Friends - Best Friends

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspiration -  Vintage/Shabby Chic

Crafty Sentiments - Favourite Technique or Colour Combo

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Little Bit Crafty - A Little Bit Shabby

Designed To Colour - Use A Die

Oozak - Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Monochromatic

The Paper Nest Dolls - Vintage

The Pink Elephant Monday Challenge - Wedding/Anniversary

Just Inklined To Hop - A Blingy Christmas

Good morning all & welcome to the September 

Just Inklined Blog Hop.

This month, our host is Lori, who has chosen the theme

 "A Blingy Christmas"

If you're already hopping, you should have come from the lovely

Gaynor's blog! I'm sure she had something rather lovely to show you!

Here's my card.

I've used pearlescent card, glitter & silver bells as my bling!

The image I have used is Snowman Buddy!

He's so totally adorable I just had to have him!

Now, your next stop on the hop is the lovely Tammy

whom I am sure will knock your socks of with her creation!

To make the hop more fun, there are 2 hidden spot prizes along the way, 

chosen from those that leave comments on the blogs.

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

Here's a closer look at the image.

I coloured him in a little with my flexmarkers & promarkers.

I've had this card stock for so long but rarely use it!It actually works quite well

for colouring with alcohol markers.

I added s few little snowflakes which were punched from some

glitter card & added glitter to the edges of the image.

I decorated the inside a little too!

The little circles were embossed with a cuttlebug snowflake folder,

 which I've had forever, then glittered around the edges. 

The embossed lines were done using my score board.

Your next stop on the hop is Tammy's blog.

The hop order should you need it is as follows: 

Lori
Karen L

Joyce

Gaynor

Dawn (that's me!)
 Tammy 

Tangii

Jak

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Pumpkin Spice - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Texture
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Patties Creations - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - How Charming (Silver bells)
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - Embossing
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Embossing (Embossing folder & CS)

Just Inklined To Hop = Monotone

Good Morning & A very Happy Monday to you!

Once again, it's time for another

Just Inklined Blog Hop

Our host this month is the Uber talented lovely boss lady Jak,

who has chosen a Monotone theme for us to play with!

If you're following the hop already you will have landed here from 

our lovely Karen J who I'm sure had something a-maz-ing to show you!

Now, here's my little creation

I have used the image Sunset Romance from

The Best Of Just Inklined 2012 CD Rom.

I just keep finding more & more on there to play with!

Now if you're in a hurry to hop on, you need to go to Tammy's blog.

Don't forget to leave a little blogger love at each stop as there are

the ususal spot prizes for a lucky commenter or two. 

Read on if you want to know more about my card!

I think this image is just so romantic, a bit of fun too though!

I coloured the image with a mix of Flexmarkers & Promarkers.

Cut it out & matted onto some parchement coloured paper.

The sentiment was generated on the PC using Filolex Girls free font.

The ribbon bow is seam binding, I just love that stuff!

The border was punched with a Martha Stewart Doily border punch.

My base card & design paper are from Southfield Stationers

The wooden flowers are from my stash as are the little pearls.

Now if you are still hopping, pop on over to see what Tammy has

to show you! Enjoy the rest of the hop & thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamping With The Dragon =  One Colour

Little Claire's = Wedding Anniversary

One Stop Craft = Keep It Simple

Pumpkin Spice = Sunshine

Sweet Stampin = By The Sea/Seaside

A Little Bit Crafty = Summer Sun

Animal Friends Challenge = Summer

The Cupboard Trilogy = Monotone

Digi Haven = Life's A Beach

Simply Create Too = Photo Inspiration

Crafty Ribbons - Use One Or More Circles

Happy Campers = Summer

Monochromatic Whoopsi Daisy!

Good morning lovely blog peeps!

Here I am with my DT card for the brand new challenge over at 

Crafting For All Seasons

This fortnight, the theme is Monochromatic.

As you can see I have gone for shades & tones of brown.

The only deviation from brown is a tiny touch of blush on the skin tones!

I have used the fabby sketch 

from Seize The Birthday

for the basic layout of my card sadly I missed that challenge!

The image I have used is from our sponsor

Whoopsi Daisy Sheet 405

I used a comb of FlexMarkers & ProMarkers to bring them to life.

I used a Nestie to cut them out &  inked with Old Paper distress ink.

I added a seam binding double bow & also a button with a length of 

seam binding threaded through & tied in a knot.

the sentiment ticket is from My Grafico

The papers are from First Edition

Here's a last little look!

Thanks so mch for stopping by!

I hope you can join in our challenge this time!

Crafty Sentiments - The Letter B (brown, button bow,birthday)

Creative Craft Challenges - All About Animals

Cuttin & Stampin Challenge - Childrens Birthday

Digital Tuesday - Distressing

Going Grey With Scrap Creations - Insects Or Animals

Passion For Promarkers - Dies/Punches

Digi Makeover Challenge - Celebrations

Kaboodle Doodles - Use Brown & /or Tan

Lexies Creations - Happy Birthday

Addicted To Stamps - Beautiful Button

Lacy Sunshine - Monochrome

The Squirrel & The Fox - Furry Friends

Colour Me Creative - Celebrate!

One Stop Craft - Buttons & Bows

Pumpkins Spice - Nature

Send A Smile For Kids - Birthday Fun For Kids

Digi Haven - Digi Image & Buttons

Auds Sentiment Challenge - Birthday Sentiment

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes With Ribbon