Mines a Pint!!

Well, I would love this kind of Pint - a box filled with sweets (who's the big kid now?)

Ingredients for Box & card:

Box instructions from Pickles blog (thanks, its such and easy box to make)

Image: Digital stamp from Image-e-nation (back in 2010)

Coloured Prisma Pencils

Card was Download from Summertime Designs

Ribbon from stash.

Well that's all for October 2010, and all for tonight.

So Cute....

...... I just love this image, from Digital Stamp Boutique, Baby Ellie!

I made 2 cards one for the Parents, and the 2nd for the Grandparents and of course I used Ellie for them both!

Grandparents Card 1st

Image coloured using Prisma Pencils, the bubbles were highlighted using Glitter.

Wording typed on PC

Small Flowers from Paper Punch, Gems from stash to embelish

Parents Card

Image: Printed on white card and Pink Gingham and paper pieced the bath and bow. Face coloured with Promarkers.

Circle and scalloped circle nesties

Working on PC

Ribbon and gems from stash

Paper punch

Forever Friends Engagement Celebration

Not been around on the world of blogging for some time, been busy with Christmas Cards. I'm sure Christmas comes quicker every year!

Will post a few cards tonight from 2010, want to get the whole year on asap. In 2012, I think I will try and post as I upload the cards from my camera and will slowly add in 2011 cards when I get a chance.......... well that's the plan!!!

Anyway the card - an engagement

Image: Forever Friends Stamp

Watercolour Pencils to colour Image, foil on champagne bottle metalic ink used

Card, Thread, seed beeds and star sequin from stash

Wording on PC

Heart Shaped Nesties

Trick or Treat

Digital Stamp, freebie from Image-e-nation called James

Coloured using Prisma Pencils

Background Paper: Summertime designs (can't remember the name of the set)

Inked around image using Black

I know quality when I see it!

This card was made for my cousin, and he was well impressed - I seem to recall his words were "I know Quality when I see it, and this is quality"

Image: Digital Download

(unsure from where as this was one of my first images, before I was organised - so if anyone knows where it is from so I can give credit where it's due please let me know)

Coloured: Prisma Pencils

Circle and Star Nesties.

Star Background Paper - freebie from Funky Fairies website now defunked :=(

Printed on brown parcel paper

Wording printed from PC, and Number cut from Sizzix die - brown parcel paper

Cutlebug embossing folder - swiss dots

How did that Cat....

.....get on top of that house?

A Simple new home card!

Image: Digital Stamp Boutique: "New Home" - printed direct on to the card

Prisma Pencils used to colour the picture

Daisy Punch light pink metalic paper - finished with diamond gems

New Home - Scripton Font, printed direct from PC

Light pink sheer ribbon tied with a knot

Dressmaker

Something different for my mums 60th Birthday.

The card is nearly A4 size.

Card Ingredients:

Image: freebie from Digital Stamp Tuesday

Coloured using prisma pencils

Thread from my cross stitch box, Button from stash.

Tape Measure was from Papercraft inspirations freebie papers

Sewing machine used to add stitching

Wording typed from pc.

Ruby Anniversary (Parents)

This is my last post tonight, but I promise I will be back soon!

Another commisioned card.

I have attached 2 photos, but really the photo does not give this card justice! The card is nearly A4 size. The embossed hearts behind the big heart is hardly noticeable on the photo, which is a pity.

Ingredients:

White Card, Red Mirror card, Ribbon and fabric roses

Heart Nesties, and hearts embossing folder

Elegant Bride

A commisioned card for a bridesmaid to give to the happy couple - so the card cordinates with the couples colours

Image: Penny Black Bride (I will update with stamp name later).

Coloured with prisma pencils, and embelished with seed beads and red glitter

Bottom of card embossed with Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder

Wording all printed from PC

Oval Nesties and Oval scalloped nesties

Glitter ribbon, Silver cord, flower punch and gems

Diamond Anniversary Card

Ingredients:

Textured White card for base of card.

Printed from pc "Diamond Anniversary", and "Congratulations and names" on white card. Diamond Shape

Oval Nestie, Scalloped Nestie. Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Ribbon and gems from card stash. Diamond cut out freehand

Another Ruby Anniversary - Floral

I have made a card similar to this before, (I think it was a golden anniversary card) not sure if it's on the blog already but does it really matter - this is my diary of my creations!

Ingredients:

Corners of card was embossed using my fiskars embossing board.

Wording printed on PC, then cut out using heart nestie, and mounted on 2 further hearts (one red and one white). Embelished card with punched flowers, and ruby gems!

Ruby Anniversary (Simple Card)

A long time since I last posted, not doing very well with my new years resolution, I'm still a year behind with adding cards!

Card Ingredients:

White Card, Red Mirror Card, Ribbon, Gem

Printed Wording on PC.

Edged card with my decorative cutter, Attached Ribbon, and Gem. Stuck on to red mirror card and stuck on to card blank.

Looks what's on the girdle.....

mmmmm mmmm mmmmmm Pancakes

It was a wet Sunday Afternoon a few weeks ago, and I didn't fancy making cards, I opted for to heat the girdle and make Pancakes - something that I had not done in years!

Stage one, they are bubbling nicely

Stage 2, wow look at the colour of them - better get back to looking after the pancakes rather than the camera, don't want to ruin them!
Here is the finished batch! If you look closely, even a batch of scones in the background - but they didn't come out as well so no close up photos of them!

Well they look good, how did they taste?

I think I need to practice a bit before I offer them to any one other than Hubby!

Speedy Recovery

A commisioned card, recovering from an operation

Coco with Flowers

A Close up of the image and my colouring, getting more used to the my prisma pencils. Really love them, having fun playing with them!

Ingredients: Image - Coco with flowers from Digital Stamp Boutique

Coloured using Prisma Pencils.

Image mounted on to Silver & Lilac Card.

Working printed direct on card from PC.

Flower Punch, and gems to add sparkle

Baby Ellie (again)

This is one of my favourite Images, lucky with so many people having babies!

Ingredients: Image - Ellie from Digital Stamp Boutique

Printed Direct on Card, and further image printed on Pink Gingham paper, I then paper pieced the gingham on to the card.

Coloured: Prisma pencils

Bubbles decorated with glitter from stash

Wording printed using word direct on the card

Baby, Baby

Is it my eyes, or is the first photo out of focus? Typical I only took one photo!

More Baby Cards

Ingredients: Pram made using Circle Nesties, Large circle for base of Pram cuting quarter out, and 2 smaller circles for wheels.

White background edged using decorative blade from paper trimmer, then inked round edge.

Wording printed using Scriptins font printed on pc.

Brads & ribbon to decorate.

Cheers Dad!

Not been around on Blog Land for some time, been having pc problems, hopefully at's it fixed and all bugs seemed to have disappeared.

Dad's Birthday Card 2010

Card was inspired from Papercrafts Inspiration Magazine.

Ingredients: Bottle Template from Papercraft Inspiration Magazine.

6 Bottles cut out of Gold metalic card.

Lettering printed on cream card using PC, and each letter cut out using a nestie.

Sequins & Beads used to look as if beer spilled out of the bottle.

White pencil used to highlight bottle.

10 Tiny Fingers and .....

..... 10 Tiny Toes

Ingredients for both cards:

Hero Arts Wooden Stamps: Baby Handprints and Baby Footprints

Stamped in Silver ink and embossed

Background Paper: Gingham from Craft Creations

Nestie: Lables Three

Papercutter with decorative blade to edge the Gingham

Ink, Ribbon, Gems from stash

Wording: Typed on Word

Baby Baby

Two Baby Cards

Image: Baby stamp from Clear Set ; Woodware - Babyzone

Coloured: Prisma Pencils

Wording: on Word, printed direct on Card

Background Paper, Sequins, Beads and Thread from crafting Stash

Home Sweet Home

Been a bad blogger, not updated for a few weeks now, tut tut, not good enough!

Anyway I have made up by posting 3 cards in one blog.

Card one:

Image: from Digi Stamp Boutique

Coloured: Watercolour Pencils

Nesties: Ovals, and scalloped Ovals

Embossing Folder: Daises from Craft Too

Wording: Scriptins Font - free download

White card, and green ink from crafting stash

Card Two....

....The same but different

Ingredients as above,

apart from imaged coloured with prisma pencils - still practising.

Ribbon from Stash

Card Three

(Not the best of photograph)

Image and Wording: Freebie from Doodle Pantry

Coloured: Watercolour Pencils

Background Paper: Cupcake designs

Nesties: Classic and Scalloped Ovals

Purple Mirror card from stash.

Retirement Card

I was asked to make a Large Retirement Card, I had a few topics I could use, but as the card was nearly A4 in size, I had to use a Digital Image so it could be resized appropriately.

So less waffle, hear is my creation...................................

Image: Is Digital Image, not sure where I got it from (sorry). Printed on White card and cut out using paper trimmer.

Coloured: Prisma Pencils, backed with silver card.

2 Red Flowers from docrafts. Flower Centres, Silver Brads.

Leaf - Woodware punch

Sentiment made on computer, cut out using a Oval Nestie.

Fiskars border punch

White spotty ribbon, Gem and Silver cord from stash

I love the Scripton Font used for the word Retirement. Downloaded font from Da-Font, this was another freebie!

Card in a rush!

I couldn't beleive I missed my Friends Husbands 40th, when I realised that his birthday was 2 days before I had to rush to make card. Really when I think about it now, I could have taken my time - as it was late anyway!!!

Image: Pint Glass freebie from Digital Stamp Boutique, Printed on White card

Coloured using my new prisma pencils

Image mounted on Black Card

Sentiment - no surprise, typed on word printed on white card, and mounted on black card.

Both Image and Sentiment then stuck on to white ribbed textured card

Forever Friends 40th Birthday Celebration

Stamp: Forever Friends Celebration

Ink: Stazon Dark Grey Ink

Coloured: Watercolour Pencils and Twinkling H2o gold paint (for foil on bottle)

Sentiment: Printed using Word

Image mounted on Gold, White and Black card

Gold Thead, Star Sequins, and Gold Seed Beeds

Wedding Card, (Lemon)

The Brief for this card wedding card, similar to valentine's card - but no the colour to be Lemon!

Card: Yellow/Gold Pearl effect card from stash.

Background: Embossed with Cuttlebug Swirls embossing Folder

Paper for Heart - free download called Swirls, from website that is no longer in use :-(

Heart - 3D - Cut out 3 Hearts using nestie, and folded in half and stuck together (difficult to explain)

Centre of Heart decorated with Gold Thread and seed beeds from stash

Wording typed direct on card from Word, Edwardian Script Font

Hearts punched using Lemon Swirl background

Gold Cord and Lemon Ribbon from my never ending crafting stash

Below a couple of close ups of the card

Above the embossed swirl does show off the white/gold pearl card.

Just wish I was better at taking photos of my cards, as they do look

so much better in real life!

Happy Anniversary

Image: Sarah Kay, "First Kiss"

Ink: Stazon Black

Coloured: Whisper pens, watercoloured technique.

Sentiment Computer Generated, cut using circle, and scalloped circle nesties

Card One: Background paper was freebie when signed up for Zoe Pearn's newsletter.

Cutlebug embossing folder, swiss dots.

Ribbon & other paper/card from stash

Card Two: Background paper from Cupcake Design Digitals

Bath Time Ellie (x2)

I had 2 friends give birth prematurely in April of 2010. I did not send baby congratulation cards, until they each got their little girls home, so made these "Welcome Home Little one" cards:

Image: Bath Time Ellie from Digital Stamp Boutique

Paper pieced pink Gingham paper from Cupcake Digitals, for bath and mounted bow on foam pads.

Coloured with prisma pencils, blended with sandador

Embelished with Glitter

Wording printed on Word

As above, extras:

Faux Stitching on border at bottom, embelished with crystals

Both Babies home and doing very well!

Fathers Day 2010

A Relaxing Fathers day, with Beer, Newspaper, Slippers and of course 40 winks!

Image: Digital Stamp Boutique, "Just Snoozing"

Coloured: Prisma Pencils and blended with Sansador

Background paper: Free from a card making magazine

Sentiment: done on computer by me

Gone Fishing!

Image: Digital Image from Digital Stamp Boutique "Jim Fishing"

Coloured: Prisma Pencils and blended with sansador

Faux stitching to edge image

Card and Brads from Stash.

Sentiment printed on Word.

Quick Card - Penny Black Stamp

A Simple, and quick Birthday Card for my box, just in case I forget a birthday!

Stamp: Critters Party - Clear Stamp Set

Ink: Stazon

Coloured: Whisper Pens

Image cut our using Nesties

Ribbon and card from stash

Birthday Cake, Forever Friends

That Stamp again!!!

Stamp: Forever Friends Birthday Cake

Ink: Stazon

Colouring: Watercolour Pencils

Image & Wording mounted on Black Glitter card from Craft Creations

Punch: Woodware small flower

Ribbon & Gems from Stash
Wording: Created by me using word

Newton's Law, "Just Hanging Around"

Just Hanging Around

Baby Girl!

Do you think newton is okay? Left hanging on the washing line.

Image: - Newton's Law which can be downloaded from here: http://www.newtons-law.com/colouring

Coloured: using my new prisma pencils

Mounted on dusky pink textured card,

Ribbon from stash

Buttons cut using a Sizzix die, and threaded with Ribbon

Sarah Kay, Anniversary Card (another)

Happy Anniversary

Another Sarah Kay - First Kiss Anniversary Card,

in a different colourway.

Stamp: Sarah Kay clear stamp, first kiss, Stamped in Black Stazon Ink

Coloured: Whisper Markers and watercolour pencils (experimenting)

Background paper, Gems from Stash

Hearts punched

Wording - Computer Generated, cut using Nesties Ovals, and Scalloped ovals

Jim Playing Golf

My last upload for tonight, and it's another card out of date order, Hey ho!

A Commissioned card, for a friend to give to her dad who loves a round of golf at the weekend. I think it's the 19th hole that is the attraction??
Image: Jim playing golf, Digistamp Boutique

Colour: Whisper pens/water coloureffect

Background paper: Download from Zoepearn's Blog

Golf Balls - were made with Circle Nesties, then embossed with polka dot Sizzix embossing plate

Sentiment: on Computer by me

All made on Dark Green textured card, but this hasn't come out on the photo

Rennie McIntosh - Sympathy Card

I have a shoe box that I try and make a few cards to have in it, just in case....

Stamp: Francoise Read Collectionm: Glasgow Cross

Both were heat embossed

Coloured: Watercolor Pencils

Textured Background: Sixxiz Texture Plates

Wording: Computer Generated