Seeing Red!

Hi folks,

Thought I 'd share a set of ATCs with you today!

These are for the February swap over at
Ali's ATC Swap Stop.
If you're taking part & don't want to see cover your eyes & walk away from your PC!!! lol

The theme is "Seeing Red" & is open to your interpretation!

The only thing I could think about after St Valentines Day was Little Red Riding Hood!

I had to go on a search to find some images of her & I found this delightful Digi Stamp Set at
 Digital Delights!
Once again I have to apologise for the quality of the pic as it was done at work in a hurry as I had to catch the post!
I coloured the main images with promarkers & I used a variety of Sakura Glaze, white gel pen & Clear Star pens to highlight various areas on the image. As you can see thay are all the same but slightly different!
I used a corner punch before matting & layering!
I used red Mirri card for the base of the ATC & the papers are from the Valentine Rose Collection by the lovely Sammy Murphy over at Cardmaking Downloads!
If you'd like to join in the monthly swap pop on over to let Ali know & she'll give you all the details!
 It doesn't matter if you haven't done it before, she'll keep you right!!!

Wishful Thinking!

Well hello everyone, it must be Friday again!!!
I'm back with my DT card for
Digi's With Attitude! Challenge #19
"Wishful Thinking" Where do YOU wish you were right now?

 Here's my card!

This is Beach Tween! She's having a lovely time on the beach, daydreaming of her Prince Charming coming along some day & sweeping her off her feet!

She & Video Gamer Tween another newbie can be found in the Digi's With Attitude! Store from today!

This weeks Challenge is very kindly sponsored by
Bearly Mine Designs

They are kindly offering up a  Prize of 2 Digi Sets of the winners choice for our first winner!

This is of couse in addition to the normal
Digi's With Attitude! $10 Gift Voucher (1 for every 25 entries)

On to how I made my card! The card base was a 14cm x14cm square. I just can't seem to stop making square cards at the moment!!! I promise I'll do another shape next time!

I coloured the image with Promarkers as always and cut her out with a nestie on the Big Shot.

I followed a sketch from my file for the design of this card.
The DPs I used were kindly provided by our sponsor this week! There were several different designs, from different collections in the bundle we were given, so can't advise what they are!
You'll just have to pop on over & check it out for yourself!!!

The paper lacey border was part of a prize I won from Lyn over at  Spyder's Corner for guessing how many punches she had used on a particular card!
My prize was a big padded envelope stuffed with punched bits & pieces! Lucky me eh!!

The sentiment ticket was part of a set from
Sentiments 4 You, (check out the website & their Friday Freebies!) I coloured it up with promarkers too & mounted on foam pads for dimenson!

Embellishment wise, I have my silver peel off butterflies which I stuck onto acetate, then cut out, folded the wings back & attached with Pinflair Glue ,some self adhesive pearls around the image.

& this little ribbon flower embellie which was part of a Blog Candy that I won from The Glitter Fairy, to celebrate the birth of her son! I really am a lucky girl aren't I!!!

Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you can find the time to join in with us at Digi's With Attitude! & tell us where you wish YOU were right now!

Did I mention that this post is scheduled & right this minute I should be on the lovley island of
Lanzarote,

Hope fully soaking up the sunshine

  while the cat sitter looks after the house, the plants, the goldfish & my fluffy buddy Sammy!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
Bearly Mine Ribbon & Pearls (Tues)
Creative Craft Challenge Cards for Teens (hoping my "tween" qualifies!) (Tues)
Digital Tuesday Punches
Partytime Tuesdays Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs Use Punches or Dies
Stamps Are us For the Girls
I Did It Creations Anything Goes
Pile It On Childhood Dreams
Sentimental Sundays Be Inspired (Lighthouses make me think of the beach!)
Scrapbook Sisters Pearls & Lace
 Creative Craft World Use A Square (I've used squares & rectangles)
Little Claires Designs Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss Checks
Aly's Sunday Challenge Give Support To cheer up a friend!
Flutter By Wednesday's Use a Butterfly Angel or Fairy

Wednesday!!!

Morning all! Just got a bit of time before I head off to work so I thought I'd share this candy with you!

It's half term candy from Jude over at Crafts International do pop on over & check out her fab blog & enter her candy very generous give away!

If you look at my sdie bar you'll see I've cleared away all the old candy wrappers & filled the dish with new stuff! Don't forget to go check out all these blogs & the wonderful giveaways!

Remember you have to follow the individual rules on each blog to be eligible!

Have a good Wednesday all!

Two Blog Candy Give Aways from Gill

Gill over at CREATIONSbyGillM has been given a lovely set of Sweet Pea Stamps to give away as blog candy!

I think you'll agree they're very sweet! Pop on over to her blog & see how you could be in with a chance of winning! She hasn't specified how long this will be on offer so I wouldn't hang about! There is also a 150 followers candy up for grabs!

See my side bar for the link!

 

Autism Awareness Card Freebie at Arda Cards Blog!

Evening all, I've been off hopping around a few blogs & I found this over at Arda Cards Blog!
My friend Suz Brill ( A designer over at Cardmaking Downloads) whose son who has Autistic Spectrum Disorder, has designed some little Autism Awareness Cards. The idea is that the parents or the child can pass these out to explain the reason behind certain types of behaviour in difficult situations!
She's offering them up as a freebie for you to use or to pass on to someone you know who may like to use them! The cards come in all different designs & are completely free to download directly from her blog!
Do pop on over & check it out if you are at all interested!

A Woman's Work!

A woman's work is never done & that goes for this little lady,who is one of the latest additions to the Digi's With Attitude! store this week!

She's called Vacuuming Tween & she's dying to get out with her friends but instead, she's having to clean her room!!!

She's decided to have a bit of fun while doing it & is doing the Hoover Boogie to her favourite old Queen song "I want to break free!" Those of you old enough might remember the video with Freddie Mercury in a dress doing the cleaning!

Which brings me on to this weeks
Challenge#18 over at Digi's With Attitude!
It's a Theme Challenge & is "Anything to do with cleaning!"

 Now you don't have to use a Digi's With Attitude! image but we do like to see what you do with them!

This week we once again have a sponsor!

Robyn's Fetish is offering up 2 paper packs, of the winners choice, from their store! This is of course  in addition to the usual prize of a $10 coupon for the Digi's With Attitude! store.
They very kindly provided the DT with some papers to play with for this challenge too!
The papers are from a collection called Coney Island Summers!

I made my card using a twisted easel base! to which I added  a matt of lightweight green card & then the  green floral paper.

I coloured my image with promarkers to match in with the papers & cut her out on the big shot with my latest nesties. I matted her onto a layer of the green textured paper.

I then added a computer generated sentiment, a ribbon from my stash, a paper flower with a rose at it's centre & a couple of punched flourishes!
 For base of the easel I used the green textured paper.

The stop was once again a computer generated sentiment cut out with another nestie & matted onto the floral paper & lightweight card! 

For balance I added a rose & punched flourishes!

Thank you for looking & I do hope you'll have time to play along! Don't forget to visit the other DT members blogs & comment on their cards too!!!

I have been asked how I made this card and I have to say it was very simple to do!
I took a square card blank, opened it up & scored one half from corner to corner on the diagonal!
I folded over the card & sharpened the fold with a bone folder.
I added the design paper to the base card.
I then took another piece of cardstock the same size as the base card & decorated that with the DPs and my image, flowers etc!
I attached the front to the base & added the sentiment as a stop to retain the card front!
 I hope you can follow these instructions! If you do want any more details just ask!!!

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges
Creative Craft World Use a Square
Stanpavie & More Monochrome
Stamin' Royalty Use Markers
Digital Tuesday Use a Diecut
Creative Inspirations Paint Keep It Sweet & Simple

My Grafico Monthly Challenge Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey Anything Goes
Samuel Taylor's Challenge Use Promarkers/Copics
Sassy Studio Designs Use a Punch
Shelly's Images Blog Anything Goes

Take Two

Thought I'd share a set of ATC's with you today.  I made these for the February swap over at Cardmaking Downloads forum.

The theme for this month was Love, Friendship or Red.

I chose the love option but steered away from the traditional Valentine Red!!

To make these ATCs I used two decoupage download sheets, Toadally Loved & Toadally a Couple designed by Elaine Hayhoe over at Cardmaking Downloads. The sheets came with matching backing papers which made the job a simple one! (Just as well as the first lot I made went missing in the post! Hence the title Take Two!)

I resized the sheets by adding them to a Word Document. I made them four to a page, which brought them to just the right size, then printed them onto matt photo paper.  I did the same for the papers too then printed them onto cardstock! I cut out & assembled some of the layers from the decoupage sheets using pinflair glue.

I then punched the edges of the printed cardstock using an edge punch & cut to ATC size. I inked the edges then added the decoupage toppers, sentiments & a little pink heart which  found in my stash!

Once again I apologise for the quality of the pic. It was taken at work & the ATCs were still in their little packets but to catch the post I had to be super speedy! I'm already holding up the swap!! I've scheduled this post so fingers crossed it works okay!

Quad Bike Pyramage

Thought I'd share this card with you today!

I apologise for the quality of the pic, it was taken with my craft light shining from above & doesn't show off the rich colours to their best advantage! I maybe should have used a darker background for the pic too!

This is a spring card!

The pyramage is a download sheet designed by Debbie Lauder over at Craftystash!

The design comes with a choice of several matching backing papers.

I printed the pyramage & backing paper onto matt photopaper which gave it an almost velvety look.

The base card was made using a sheet of linen textured white card.

I assembled the pyramage using pinflair glue & matted & layered some of the BPs on to the base card & the black backing for the pyramage using photoglue. The edges of the base card were inked with distress ink, applied using a sponge. I also made a tag to which I added some of the BPs & inked the edges.

I haven't added a greeting yet as I'm not sure that the recipient won't see this card before the important date!!!

This card is my entry to the February Competition over at Craftystash where Debbie is offering some fantastic prizes! (You even get a vote as to which prize you'd prefer!)

The only rule is that you must use one of Debbie's design sheets which are available on both Craftystash & Cardmaking Downloads. There are also a number of freebies there which you can use to enter!

Do pop on over to look for yourself & take part if you can!



Wee Stamps, New Digi Stamp Shop!

Just been doing a bit of blog hopping & came across a new Digi Stamp Shop called Wee Stamps! It's owned by fellow blogger Sylvia Zet who currently lives in  Edinburgh!  Sylvia is a childern's illustrator & character designer! Do pop over to visit her blog & the shop!

You might even be able to help spread the word!

The little lady above is called Wee Suzi & she's hosting the launch of the shop, which began yesterday!

I'm sure you'll join me in wishing Sylvia all the best in this new venture! I bet it won't be long before the shop is bursting at the seams with lot's of other wee stamps!!!

Just A Quick Hello!

Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is having a relaxing Sunday & recharging batteries ready for the week ahead!

I really just stopped by to say a quick hello & to welcome my latest followers! I think I've been a bit tardy & not said hello to The Glitter Fairy (who's fab candy I recently won!), Shaz & my latest follower Boni (who has 3 links! Hope this one is okay!)! Welcome & thank you for reading my litttle page ladies! Do pop over & check out these fantastic blogs!

Update!

I was doing a bit of hopping around some of the blogs I follow & found this over on Judes blog!

It originally links back to here

Such a sweet idea & I'm happy to be able to pass this on to all of my readers! Please copy it to your blog & make someones day!!!

I may get back later with a card to share! Enjoy the rest of your day!