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Friday, 29 April 2011

Crafty Creations - Wk116 - White space

This time at crafty creations we had the challenge to have white space on our cards , scary I thought . But I am slowly getting used to it as have done a few cards now with white space , but not many this big so very challenging to me Lol.
The sponsor for this week is Whiff Of Joy with this lovely stamp

and here is my card and what i used


Items used
card base - the range
paper - my minds eye which I used a Martha Stewart big edge punch , threaded with ribbon my stash
message - Anita's coloured with a promarker
topper - kanban woodland kit - qvc
gems - docrafts

My time to craft challenge - pets

At My time to craft challenge had the theme of us to have pets on our projects and I can always remember growing up that a friend of mine had some love birds as pets and when I was going through my goodies I can across this decoupage of love birds and thought yay lets use that.


Well not alot to say what i used for my card
everything but the gems which are from docrafts and the rest is the the woodland kit by kanban at QVC


Try It On Tuesday - A tin

This week at Try It On Tuesday we had the challenge to alter a tin , and I have to say I am very lucky to help in a chairty shop as I have picked up some lovely tins for this challenge , and eventually I found the one I wanted to play with. And it will be a gift for a friend of mine which I will fill with lots off little gifts , lot better than a gift bag well i think so lol.
OK as its a altered item week we have The Craft Barn as the sponsor

Before pic

silly me forgot to take the before pic of the lid as go carried away but realised in time to get a before pic of the bottom part lol

and after pics


items used
tin - Charity shop
alochol inks for lid
bottom - gold dabber paint
lace - wild orchids - the flower lace I coloured with PM - magenta
Buttons - my stash

pic of top of tin

oh the big flower is from my stash

Monday, 25 April 2011

Totally Gorjuss - Bling it on !!

This week at Totally Gorjuss we had a such a brill theme of lots of bling and what girl dose nt like bling esp on a card lol. So huge smiles from me on this theme .
OK so on to the sponsor which is Linnie from whoopsidaisy .


OK not alot to say on what I used as most it is from the QVC woodland kit by Kanban
OK the gems are from Docrafts lol
And bit of 3d foam lol


Our Creative Corner - Easel card

This time at Our creative corner they wanted us to have a go at doing a easel card which was a nice change as have nt done one of these for ages and also wanted to get my woodland kanban kit out again as it was feeling unloved lol.


Items used
border , backing paper - topper - all kanban woodland kit QVC
Gems - docrafts
Oh and some 3d foam my stash lol


Less Is More - Wk 12 - Off centre

This time at Less is More Mandi and Chrissie wanted us  to be off centre with our images , easy I thought at 1st but oh no its a tricky to get things placed just right. So hope I ve done OK as would hate to be in trouble with the lady and diva lim's LOL.

Please let me know what you think as like to learn

OK so I ve done 2 cards

number 1
Items used
Image is from birdscards .com
Coloured with Pm's - cardinal red - poppy - berry red - apple - moss - meadow green and grass
peel off message and glitter glue - my stash


card 2


Items used
Yet again image was printed direct onto the card from bridcards.com
coloured with sakura pens
message is from Anita's which I lightly inked with a lilac ink pad my stash

close up of message

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Just Magnolia - A sketch

This week at Just Magnolia we had this little sketch to play with
And as I have a few age orders to do thought this would help with getting one done as when it comes to doing kids cards my mojo just want to go and hide , bit like with men's cards Lol.
And the sponsor for this week is  All That Scraps


Items used
backing paper yellow flower - papermaina
yellow paper plain - crafters companion
pink paper and ribbon - my stash
peel off sticker - Anita's
brad - hobby craft

Pm's used for Tilda
skin - almond
hair - Carmel and tan
clothes - pink caration and buttercup