Cute kittens

Hi! It's a week since my last post! My hubby was away most of last week, and the weekend has been crazy busy so I've just managed to make one card this last week.... It's a birthday card for my friend, whose birthday is this week. She loves cats, so I found this digi from Polkadoodles and I had to use it for this card.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

I'm loving animal stamps and digis lately... I've acquired a few clear and digi animal stamps lately, so you will be seeing a few more animal cards from me soon!

Card Recipe

7x5 tent card blank

Image: kittens/cats by Polkadoodles

coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

patterned paper from my scraps

kraft card

green cardstock

pink doily 

postmark stamp from The Works

Sentiment stamps - non branded

black pigment ink

X-cut mini flower die

music tissue paper

Marianne designs Creatables leaves die

pink brad

pink ribbon and lace from my stash

X-cut border punch

pink pearls

washi tape

Papermania Gorjuss dotted mini buttons 

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

613 Avenue Create #165 - AG with optional twist: Lace and pearls

City Crafter challenge #300 - Polka dots
Color Throwdown #381 - Pink/light green/kraft

Crafting by Designs - Button up

Crafting from the Heart #101 - Always Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #60 - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything goes

Craft your passion #301 - Always Anything goes
Create and Inspire #40 - Anything goes

Digichoosday week 8 - Green and/or Nature (green patterned paper and border)

Everbody-Art  #357 - 2 borders (I used two border punches)

Fan-tastic Tuesday #125 - Anything goes with twist: add an animal

Inky Chicks #63 - Ribbon and/or lace
Inspiration Destination #74 - Always anything goes
Little Red Wagon #330 - Furry Friends
Mod Squad - Animal fun

Passion for Promarkers #334 - dies and/or punches
Polkadoodles wk 8 - tic tac toe (sentiment/lace/flower)
QKR Stampede #180 - Birthday cards
Seize The Birthday - Anything goes/ no toppings
Simply Papercraft #24 - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter #237 - Animal magic

The Ribbon Girls - Any image

TTCRD - Always Anything goes


Thank you for stopping by! don't forget to follow me if you want to see more of my cards and projects!

Until next time!

A One layer card!!!

Hi!
I hope you've all had a great weekend, with a bit of time  (or a lot!) for crafting!

I was able to squeeze a bit of time (that's it, working until really late at night once the girls are in bed!). My toddler seems to be so full of energy, she doesn't want to sleep early... I haven't got any other option than to craft during the night.. which I don't really mind on the weekend, and I get some peace and quiet!)

Today I bring you another New baby card, which I've made for my friend and neighbour, who had a baby boy last week. It's CAS (I think it's the most CAS card I've ever made!), just one layer and no designer paper! that was a challenge!

So, after a lot of stamping, inking, masking and colouring this is what I ended up with! A few years ago I wouldn't have dreamt to make a CAS card... but lately I'm really giving them a try (although I still like to indulge in layers and lots of embellishment in some of my cards).


For this card I used a clear stamp set that I've had for a long time and it's been sitting in a drawer since.... (together with a lot of more stamps waiting to be inked...). It's the "New Arrival" Forever Friends clear stamp set, I don't remember where I got it from.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Card Recipe

 6x6 card blank

"New Arrival" Forever Friends clear stamp set (baby bear and cross stitching stamps)

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the stamp

Papermania light and dark blue pigment ink 

Sizzix Tim Holtz On the Edge torn notebook die (used to mask the edges of the inked patch)

The Crafter's shop mini template - writing stencil

Postal mark clear stamp from The Works

multi date stamp (from local shop in Spain) - I used it to add the baby's date of birth

"Cute as a button" stamp from Hobbycraft

blue heart button

sequins in different colours

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

2 Creative Chicks showcase #7 - Anything goes

613 avenue Create #164 - Anything goes (optional twist: Create your own colour challenge)

AAA cards #58 - Sequins  

Aud Sentiments #149 - Cute + a sentiment

Brown Sugar #186 - Anything goes

CAS on Sunday #77 - One layer wonder

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #103 - Anything goes

Crafting from the heart #100 - anything goes

Crafting with an attitude #12 - Always Anything goes

Crafty Catz #312 - CAS (no Designer Paper, No fuss)

Craft your passion #300 - Always Anything goes

Creative Fingers #103 - Anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday #124 - Anything goes / twist: make it cute

Fantasy Stampers #56 - Just one layer

Fun-Friday challenge #126 - Anything goes

Glitter n Sparkle #176 - Anything goes

HIMCR #239 - CAS Clean and Simple

Inspiration Destination #73 - Always Anything goes

Just Keep on Creating - Feb Anything goes

Let's color Saturday Linky party #3 - AG with something coloured

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #28 - Anything goes

PDE Linky Party #111 - Anything goes

Penny's challenge #265 - Anything goes

TTCRD - Anything goes

I hope you like my try on a one layer CAS card! If you do, don't forget to leave me some love in the comments and follow me if you are not doing so... Thanks!

Until next time!!!

loving washi tape...

Hi there!

Back today with a new card. Clean and simple this time, with quite a few bits of washi tape here and there... I'm totally addicted to washi tape... I can't leave my local craft shops without buying a few rolls each time! I really have fun playing around with it, but I must hold the record on the amount of times I move it around my card!

Anyway... on to the card

For this card I used one of the new bird images from Bugaboo stamps.

I coloured it with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

Green checked paper from Recollections Signature special Fabulous girl paper pad

"Torn Notebook" Tim Holtz alterations On the Edge die 

Scrap paper

Different types from washi tape from Dovecraft, The Works  and local shop.

Enamel dots from local shop in Spain

hand-stitching with white thread

Sentiment is my own, created on my computer

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

2 Creative chicks #7 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

Catch the Bug - Keep it simple

Crafting by Designs - Tic Tac toe (word/washi/real stitching)

Crafting with an attitude #12 - Always Anything goes

Crafty Creations #309 - Something to drink /eat (cupcakes!)

Crafty girls creations #14 - Always anything goes

Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper challenge - AG with patterned paper

Craft your passion #299 - always anything goes

Critters and Creatures Linky Party #1 - February

Digichoosday #7 - animals and insects

Fan-tastic Tuesday #124 - Anything goes / twist: make it cute

Inspiration Destination #73 - Always Anything goes

Just keep on creating - Feb Anything goes

Let's color linky party #3 - Anything goes with something coloured

Love to Scrap #72 - Anything goes

My time to craft #315 - Check it out

PDE Linky Party #110 - Anything goes

Penny's challenge #265 - Anything goes

QKR Stampede #178 - Yummy Yummy: include a food

Seize the Birthday - Birthday + topping - cupcakes or candy

Simply Papercraft #23 - Always Anything goes

Sweet Stampin - CAS Clean and simple

The Paper Shelter #236 - Make it digital

TTCRD - Anything goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations challenge #345 - Anything goes

I really hope my new take on a CAS card! 

don't forget to leave a comment and follow if you are not already!

Until next time!

Layers and more layers!!!!

Hi! I hope you are having a great weekend and a great Valentine's day!!!

I've got a new card for you today. It's a new baby card for a friend of mine who is due any time now! Actually, the baby should have been here exactly one week ago!

I decided to make the card in my "messy" style... lots of layers, distressing, heat embossing and lots of embellishments! I really had a lot of fun making it.

For this card I used a LOTV stamp, which I bought a few years ago, right before my long crafting break and I never had the chance to use. 

I decided to use Kraft and pink on my card, which together with blue and pink is one of my favourite colour combinations.

Card Recipe

 6x6 card blank

kraft card

white card stock

papers are mainly scraps from craft magazine freebies over the years

Image coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

white gel pen

"Cutie" sentiment stamp is from the Paper Smooches Scripty sayings set

Postmark stamp is from The works

New baby sentiment stamp was freebie from magazine a few years ago

"Lots of love" sentiment from Forever Friends New arrival clear stamp collection

Sizzix Doily border die

Tag die cut (inside pocket) from Joy Crafts

small tag from X-cut

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

scripture stamp (used to emboss the butterflies) from Papermania Urban Stamps

baby footprint stamp from Hobbycraft -  I might add the baby's name and date of birth in here once she's born! 

papermania pink pigment ink pad

embossing powders in pink and white 

Memento tuxedo black ink

Versamark embossing ink

Distress ink pad in Antique linen

Flowers and lace from Wild orchid crafts

pink ribbon

white and pink twine

pink pearls

washi tapes 

pink gems

buttons 

a little piece of netting

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

2 creative chicks #7 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

Addicted to Stamps #120 -  Die cuts (Sizzix doily die cut, two tags die cuts)

Brown Sugar #185 - Favourite colour combo (kraft and pink)

Crafting from the heart #98 - always anything goes

Crafting with an attitude #12 - Always Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - use a digi or stamp

Crafty Friends #25 - Girly

Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - February AG with patterned paper

Craft your passion #298 - always anything goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Dies and/or punches

Creative Craft Cottage - Tag you are it (two tags in card)

HIMCR #238 - Super Scraps Saturday

I love Promarkers #302 - bingo (Ribbon, sentiment, flowers)

Inspiration Destination #72 - Anything goes

Just keep on creating -  February 2016 Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty friends #27 - Anything goes

One crazy stamper - February anything goes

Passion for Promarkers #332 - Papertastic (3 or more layers)

PDE Linky Party #110 - Anything goes

Penny's challenge #264 - Use your favourite colour or embellishment (favourite colour combo is pink/kraft; favourite embellishments are flowers and washi tape)

Simply Papercraft #23 - Anything goes

Sisters of Craft - Anything goes

Stamping Sensations - February challenge anything goes

That Craft Place 14 February challenge - anything goes

The Crafty Addicts #8 - Anything goes

The Pencil Case #13 - More than one (layer, buttons, pearls)

TTCRD  - Always anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!!!! 

Until next time!!!

Stencils and stamping

Hi!
I'm back today with a new card... This time it's a Clean and Simple card, which I find so difficult to make.. But lately I've been drawn to more simpler cards... I still enjoy my layers and embellishments, but now and then I like to make something simpler, which doesn't mean easier!

I decided to make a card without any patterned papers. I bought some stencils the other day and I couldn't wait to use them to create a bit of a background. Nothing too dramatic, but it took me ages!!! I think this background was the fourth try! I've realised I'm so messy when I use inks... it's so difficult to keep the ink only in the places I want it to be... not sure if I'm making any sense, I hope so!

For this card I used the sketch for this week's CAS(E) this sketch challenge

This cute stamp is a new rubber stamp I got for Christmas. It's from Stamping Bella and it's called Tiny Townies Bree Loves Buttercream. The sentiment is part of it too.

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

purple cardstock

white cardstock

Memento ink in tuxedo black

Promakers and Flexmarkers to colour the stamp

oval die cut

pigment ink pads in different shades of green

Docrafts Papermania Capsule Geometric Neon Adhesive Stencils

white doily

sequins

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

2 Creative chicks showcase #7 - anything goes

613 Avenue Create #162 - Anything goes

Addicted to Stamps #119 - anything goes with a stamp

All sorts #349 - Clean and Simple

Cards Galore Encore - Use a digi or stamp

CAS(E) this sketch #158 - Sketch (see above)

Challenge up your live #34 - No designer papers

Crafting by Designs - February anything goes

Crafting from the heart #98 - always anything goes

Crafting with Dragonflies #50 - Anything goes

Craft your passion #298 - always anything goes

HIMCR #237 - No pinks or reds

Inspiration Destination #71 - Always anything goes

Just keep on creating -  February 2016 Anything goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always anything goes

Let's color Linky party - Anything goes with something coloured

Lil Patch of Crafty friends #27 - Anything goes

One crazy stamper - February anything goes

Penny's challenge #263 - anything goes

Sisters of Craft - Anything goes

Stamping Sensations - February challenge anything goes

TTCRD  - Always anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! don't forget to leave me some love in the comments :) and click the follow button if you want to see more of my creations... 

Until next time!

A Cow Valentine's card

Hi there!!!
It's Friday!!! where has the week gone??!!! so happy that the weekend is almost here...

I'm back with a new card today. Another Valentine's card.. This is the one I've made to give my husband next week. Why?? The cow!!!! inside joke between my hubby and I, won't say more than that.. ;)

This is one of those crazy cards, busy with lots of layers. The ones without a pre-planed sketch, playing with the papers and see how it goes!  I decided not to use the typical red/pink colours as it is for my husband.. and I though yellow would go well with the black and white.. at least I hope so!

This darling Cow digi is from Polkadoodles. How cute is she holding that flower with her mouth???

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the digital stamp

yellow dot paper is from my scraps

black and white love paper freebie from Making Cards magazine this month

Yellow Cardstock

Heart embossing folder from Triboss

Heart Sizzix Bigz die 

Polka dots embossing folder

MFT die-namics paperclip dies

green cardstock

white cardstock

Circle die

Corner punch

Corner rounder punch

 washi tapes

green polka dot ribbon

sequins 

yellow heart button

sentiment; I created on my computer

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

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes. twist: use something from stash: washi, button, sequins all from stash

A Gem of a challenge #62 - Love is in the air

Brown Sugar #184 - Valentine / Love

Crafting by Designs - February Anything goes

Crafting for all seasons #119  - Love is in the air

Crafty Creations #308 - Hearts

Crafty Friends #24 - Animals / birds

Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - February AG with patterned paper

Creative Card Crew #105 - Anything goes

Creative Fingers #102 - Always Anything goes

Creative Moments #86 - always AG / optional twist: love/romance

Critters and Creatures Linky party #1 - Anything goes with a critter or creature

Fairytale challenge #130 - St. Valentine's day

Fan-tastic Tuesday #122 - Anything goes with twist: Sweethearts

Glitter n Sparkle #173 - Embossing

I love Promarkers #301 - Anything goes

Inky Chicks #62 - Love (letters) and/or hearts

Inspiration Destination #71 - Always Anything goes

Lemon Shortbread #8 - Always Anything goes

Let's color Linky Party #3 - Anything goes with colouring , optinal: hearts

Mod Squad Challenge - Hearts and/or flowers

Passion for Promarkers #331 - Show us your favourites (my favourites are: layers, washi tapes, buttons)

PDE Linky Party #109 - Anything goes

Polkadoodles wk 4- Love and Romance

QKR Stampede #177 - Valentine cards

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Have a heart

Simply Create too challenge #102 - Love or Valentines

Sweet Stampin  - All you need is love

The Crafty Addicts #8 - Anything goes/ Cute and Cuddly

TTCRD - Always Anything goes

Unicorn challenge # - February Lots of love

Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy Crafting!!!!

Love ya!

Hi there!
Back with a new card today. It was so busy last week that I didn't have much time to sit down in my little craft corner... But yesterday, after the girls went to sleep I decided that enough was enough and it was time to play with my markers and papers!  And of course, with February here it had to be a Valentine's card!!!

For this card I used the sketch  #370 from the Sketch Saturday challenge

I hope you like my interpretation of it. For the vertical stripe element at the bottom I decided to use a curved "gap" instead of using a different patterned paper or ribbon crossing over.

The digi is from Hilarious Cupid from the Paper Shelter. Isn't he a real cutie???

Card Recipe

7 x 5 card blank

white card stock

Patterned paper: GCD studios Material Girls paper pad

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the digital stamp

Paper Smooches stitched Speech Bubble border die

Paper Smooches "Love ya" clear stamp from their Scripty sayings stamp set

StazOn black ink

Martha Stewart heart confetti punch

red card stock

Different types of washi tape

Enamel dots

red gems

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

2 Creative Chicks #7 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes  (twist: use something from you stash) the designer paper, the washi tapes, gems and enamel dots are all from my stash)
Artistic Inspirartions #149 - Anything goes / twist of Valentine

Aud Sentiments #147 - Anything goes with a sentiment

Brown Sugar #183 - Anything goes
Card Mania #77 - Add some red
CCC digi Creations #42 - Anything goes
Crafting from the heart #97 - Anything goes
Crafty Boots - Love is in the air

Crafty Gals Corner #56 - Anything goes

Crafty Girls Creations #13 - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper - February Anything goes with patterned paper
Craft your passion #297 - Always AG

Create and Inspired #38 - Anything goes

Creative Card Crew #105 - Anything goes
Delicious doodles - Love

Di's Digi designs challenge - use lots of red

Fun-day Friday #123 - Anything goes

HIMCR #236 - Freestyle / Anything goes

I love Promarkers #301 - Anything goes
Incy Wincy challenge - Love is in the air

Let's color linky party 3 - Anything goes with something coloured

My time to Craft #314 - Love is all around

PDE Linky Party #108 - Anything goes

Polkadoodles wk 4- Love and Romance

Simon Says Monday challenge - Love is in the air

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

Simply Papercraft #22 - Anything goes

Sketch Saturday #397 - Sketch (see above)

Sweet Stampin - Valentine

That Craft Place - Anything goes

The Pencil Case Wk 3 -  Love / Romance UK

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Love letters (love or/and heart)

Tuesday Throwdown #278 - Anything goes

Where the HeART is #6 - Love

I really hope you enjoyed my new card! If you have, please leave me some love in the comments :).

and don't forget to follow me if you want to see more of my creations!!!!

Until next time!!!