A Birthday card in Roller Skates

Hi!!!

First of all, I would like to thank you all for all the beautiful comments you have been leaving on my posts since I started blogging again... It really makes this great hobby a lot more worth it!

Today I've got another Birthday card for you.... This time requested by my 6 year-old daughter. Her friend's 7 this week, celebrating with a party on the weekend. I tell you... I'm pretty sure my daughter has a better social life than I!!!

Her memo for this card was: no pink, no princesses..... and her friend likes skating! so my first thought was to use this digi from Tiddly Inks - Wryn Skater Girl, which I've had for a while but never used before. I'm still on my mission of using up all my digital and rubber stamps.... although that won't stop me from buying new ones, of course!
And after my obsession with using bright colours on my latest cards, I decided to use one of my favourite colour combos, kraft and blue (with a bit of black here and there...)

I followed this challenging sketch from Creative Corner Challenge

I found it interesting and challenging, as I didn't know how to incorporate the image and the small circle into the sketch... I hopefully made it work!!!!

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the Tiddly Inks digital stamp

White cardstock

Kraft card

Blue Cardtock

Blue polka dot paper from The Best of K&Company paper pad

"XO" paper from GCD studios Material Girls paper pad

Brown polka dot paper from First Edition Papers Desert Blooms paper pad

Paper piecing: paper from my scraps

X cut Circle Nesting Dies

little star in circle die from MFT Die-namics *NEW*

Chevron clear stamp from Craft Asylum Hello Sunshine

"Enjoy" stamp from Paper Smooches Scripty Sayings clear stamps *NEW*

StazOn Black ink pad

Papermania blue pigment ink

Docrafts Papermania Madame Payraud's Mini Alphabet Stickers

Stripy blue ribbon

buttons

washi tape

heart gem

pearls

hand-stitching with cream thread

Sentiment is my own, created on my computer

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks #282 - Sports (Roller Skating)

613 Avenue Create #160 - Anything goes no twist

Aud Sentiments #147 - Anything goes + a sentiment

Brown Sugar #182 - Black, Brown and blue

Come and Get it #102 - Round things

Crafting from the Heart #96 - Always anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

Crafty Catz #308 - Girls just want to have fun

Crafty Creations #307 - Paper Piecing

Craft your passion #296 - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge - Janurary AG with patterned paper

Creative Corner Challenge - Sketch (see above)

Digi choosday  wk 3 -  Stitching

Fab'n'Funky #288 - Buttons or bows (or both)

Glitter'n'Sparkle #172 - Say it with music (Melanie Safka - Brand new key- The Rollerskate song)

I Love Promarkers #300 - Use something new (little star in circle die and "enjoy" stamp are new)

Inkspirational #100 - Blast from the past (I chose previous colour challenge #87 - AG with Kraft)

Inky Chicks #61 - Anything goes

Lemon Shortbread #7 - Always Anything goes

One Stitch at a time - Anything goes / Tic tac toe (3 or more layers, lots of blue, pearls)

PDE Linky Party #107 - Anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #261 - Cats and/or Children (I chose children!)

Simply Create too #101 - Something  new (little star in circle die and "enjoy" stamp are new)

Simply Papercraft #21 - Anything goes

The Pencil Case - K (Kraft/Black) **UK**

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! don't forget to follow me if you want to see more of my cards and projects and leave me some love in the comments!!! 

Until next time!!!!

#Tiddlyspiration

Hi!!!

Today I bring you a very bright and flowery Birthday card. Lately I'm in the mood for bright colours... I guess it's the depressing weather outside, which is making me think of spring and summer!

For the card I've used this cute digi from Tiddly Inks, called Fairy Sunny Day.

Card Recipe

7 x 5 card blank

 Flowery patterned paper (freebie from magazine a few years back)

yellow and white cardstock

scallop edge punch

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the digital stamp

hand-stitching with orange thread

Happy Birthday die by Spellbinders

different kinds of Masking tape (washi)

sequins 

white micro glitter in the fairy's wings

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

Tiddly  Inks - #Tiddlyspiration

Crafting by Designs - January Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #158 - Anything goes with twist: Birthday/Anniversary

Classy cards 'n' such challenge #119 - Bright and Cheerful

Lil patch of Crafty Friends #25 - anything goes

Pile it on #99 - Your first Initial  (my first initial is M, I've used Masking tape)

A gem of a challenge #160 -  Female birthday

Penny's challenge #260 - Anything goes

Fab n'Funky #287 - For a child

Crafty Girls Creations #12 - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination #68 - Anything goes

Cute card Thursday #408 - bit of fun

PDE Linky Party #106 - Always anything goes

CCC Digi Creations #41 - Use Die cuts (Happy birthday die cut)

Simply Papercraft #21 - Always anything goes

Crafting with an attitude # 11 - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - Anything goes with patterned paper January 

Creative Inspirations #342 - Florals

Lemon Shortbread challenge #6 - Anything goes

Inky Chicks #61 - Anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! please don't forget to leave a comment if you like my card.

And click the follow button if you want to keep updated with my makes!!!

Until next time!!!!

A Suitcase card!

Hiya!!!! I hope you are all doing good! It's Friday!!!! so glad the weekend is almost here...
My week's been average... I've been quite busy, but I wasn't really in the mood for crafting... I made  a few cards, that I will be showing you in the future, as I can't yet. Really happy how they ended up, even when I really struggled to make them!
But last night, I said, enough is enough! and made a card to blog today...
I was feeling in the mood of creating something different... so I decided to make a Suitcase shaped card!
  We love travelling, we do it as much as we can!!! but we still have so many places to go... My husband and I have been in Paris, but not together!!! we went when we didn't know each other, separately... that is one trip we would love to make soon... And I would love to go to America... we've never crossed the Big Pond. Hopefully in a near future we will be able to take Alaia to Disneyworld....
 so my inspiration to make this card is my suitcase (picture at the bottom of this blog post).

I used an A5 card base, and decorated it in the shape of a vintage looking suitcase using cardstock and some pretty papers!!!! both papers (the green checked paper and the vintage map paper) are from K&Company.

The image I've used is from Tiddly Inks and it's called Joy ride.

I paper-pieced the car with a piece of scrap paper. 

The paper was bright pink to begin with, but then I realised that it was too bright for this card, so I toned it down using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in Old Paper.

I also used this ink to distress all the edges of the papers and card stock.

I used Promarkers to colour the rest of the image:

Suitcases: Burnt sienna, Raw sienna, sandstone, buttercup and blossom.

Girl: Moss, Apple, Burn Sienna, Raw Sienna, Sandstone, buttercup, Almond and blossom.

For the car wheels: cool grey 1 to 4, blossom and tulip yellow. I also used Tulip Yellow for the head lights.

I hand-stitched around the main image with soft green thread. 

The postmarks stamps are from Kaisercraft. 

The suitcase handle is made with square nesting dies.

and a corner punch for the corners.

To embellish I used:

Gold coloured brads

Mini Postcards (I bought them ages ago on-line, and it's the first time I've used them!)

Stickers (passport sticker and postcards stickers -with Eiffel tower and Pisa Tower), from the Pound shop, I also bought them ages ago.

Buttons

2 types of washi tape.

The sentiment is from a Sticker pad I've recently bought from Do-Crafts Papermania called Madame Payraud's. I added some ribbon to the sentiment, I love embellishments!

my inspiration object

I'm entering this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order)

As you like it #21 - Use and inspirational object (& why):  my inspirational object is my suitcase... packing my suitcase I'm going away somewhere, on holidays, to visit friends and family... we love travelling and try to go as often as we can.... so many place to go!!!)

Aud Sentiments #100 - Bingo (Two word sentiment -Best Wishes-, 3D items -buttons, postcard and passport stickers, brads-; Use something shiny -brads-)
Brown Sugar challenge #81 - Use a die/cut or punch

Crafting by Designs Monthly challenge - February AG

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper
Craft your passion challenge #200 - Pick any challenge from the past year (I chose challenge #189 - Buttons Galore!)

I love Promarkers #206 - Gingham/Plaid/Checks  (green checked paper at the top)

Loves Rubberstamps #90 - Paper piecing (car is paper-pieced)
Make it Monday #178 - AG

Shopping our stash #138 - Use something shiny (gold-coloured brads are shiny!!)
Sister Act #45 - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door  - AG 2nd entry

Try it on Tuesdays - Travel

Use your staff #122 - Our wonderful world

Whoosi Daisy - Include a sentiment 2nd entry


I really hope you like my card! If you do, please leave a comment, they make me happy!!!
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