Saturday, 30 November 2013

Santa Claus is coming to town!!!!!!!

Hi! welcome to my new blog post!!!!

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend... at our home, we are all down with a cold/flu (I never know the difference!). Husband in bed; Alaia is the healthiest of all of us, still dancing around... and I'm just lazing around the house, doing bits and bobs, a bit of card-making, playing with Alaia... but wishing to be in bed all snuggled up!

I'm still trying to finish my Christmas cards... running late as usual!

When I saw this digital stamp featured in the Digital Pencil blog I had to get it!!! It's so darn cute! I love the Big Santa riding that tiny train... genius! You can get it from the Mo's Digital Pencil shop.

Here is the card.....







I used the sketch #85 from Papertake Weekly, by Dawny P.

I rotated the sketch 45 degrees. I hope you like my take on it!!!










I went for traditional colours this time. Red, Green and Gold as a main feature. All the papers I've used are freebies from card-making magazines. 



I really enjoyed colouring this image, but this was my second attempt! I coloured it first, and added glitter... I wasn't happy with the outcome! so I ditched it...
 I used my Promarkers as usual!
I'm still trying to get colouring reds right, I only have one shadow of red at the moment, so I used the colour Shale for Santa's suit shadows, together with Poppy. For the white fur I used Warm Grey 1 and the blender pen. I like how it turned up. 
For the beard I used Icicle.
For the Face: Vanilla, almond, blossom (for the cheeks and the nose!). 
For Santa's boots I used Shale, Warm Grey 1 and Icicle together with the blender pen.

For the bell: Tulip Yellow and Mustard plus blender pen. 

and finally the train... Apple, China Blue, Powder blue, sandstone, warm grey 1, tulip yellow  and mustard. 


To embellish the card I used a red felt heart, and a bit of string to tie the golden jingle bell up. 
I added a bit more of gold colour with the golden brads, and I used green and red buttons with mini stars on top of them...
All of the above are from local shops. The red heart I've had forever in my stash... 
I also used the Tim Holtz torn notebook die for the spotty paper underneath the image. 


I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles #64 - Inspired by a movie (The Polar Express by Tom Hanks)

I really hope you like this card. If you do, please feel free to leave a comment. I love reading all the comments, they make me happy!!!!
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Thanks so much and until next time! Happy crafting!




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Thursday, 28 November 2013

Clean and Simple challenge!

Hi! welcome to my blog!

As you may have already read on my last post, we went to Dublin for a little break last week. It was actually a work trip for my husband. Having a meeting in Dublin on a Thursday meant we could join him and extend the trip to the whole weekend!

Dublin was amazing! we visited Temple bar (the whole area was so full of character and culture!), Trinity College (we couldn't get into the Library as it was a bit late, but it was really nice just walking around it), Dublin Castle, The Guinness Storehouse (a whole building just about Guinness!). The last day we just walked around the city centre, mainly Grafton Street. we had lunch at Bewleys Cafe (one of the oldest cafes in Dublin, a massive place and so busy!). We really enjoyed our weekend. I also met great people like my husband's work colleagues. I made this card for one of them, the manager at the Premier Inn Dublin Airport, and the whole team. They gave us such a warm welcome and took care of us with anything we needed.

And what a challenge I set myself with this card, CAS (clean and simple), really??? when making cards, I love lots of embellishments, flowers, different papers... etc. I really had to stop myself and stay simple. This is the best I could do!!!! I tried to compensate all the whiteness with a pop of colour in the cupcakes and flowery paper...




I decided to use cupcakes on this card, as the card is for a bunch of people and we all like cupcakes, don't we?  I've had these clear stamps for such a long time, one of the first ones I ever got, I think they came with a card-making magazine. 



They were 3 different stamps. I used the masking technique (another new thing for me, not sure why I've never done it before?), to make the cupcake tower. 

I coloured the cupcakes with my Promarkers and used some of Anita's 3-D gloss on the cupcake toppings. 

I embossed white card stock with the Cuttlebug dots embossing folder, die cut a scallop circle and put some flowery scrap paper underneath. 






I printed the greeting on the computer (I really love this font, it's called 1942 report). 
and finally, I added a blue button and some paper string. 

That's all!!!! CLEAN AND SIMPLE!!! I really hope it's CAS enough!

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


I really hope you like this card. If you do, please leave a comment below... 
and don't forget to follow me if you don't want to miss any more of my cards!

Thanks and until next time!






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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Little hands and little feet, a baby girl card!


Hello and welcome back!

One week since my last post, It seems ages!!!! Dublin was amazing, it's such a beautiful city! full of life and culture at every corner.... It was a nice break!!! but I'm already back to reality... and so busy! making cards, family time, house duties... and I haven't started with my Christmas shopping!!! I know of some people who have already finished all their Christmas preparations, presents wrapped and everything! I will hopefully get on with it this week...

I 've got a beautiful card for you today... I was asked to make this card, and I couldn't wait to use my new frame die-cut from Go Kreate.  It makes such a nice card shape. It's a bit smaller than the 6x6 cards I'm used to make, but it's still a very good size.  

I also got this new digi stamp by Wee Stamps for this card... I've got a few baby stamps, but as I'm making quite a lot of baby cards, I wanted a new one, and this one is so cute. It's called "Wee One". 





The papers I've used are from the Princess Fairytale collection by Dovecraft (the pink with white stars paper) and the rest of papers are from the Little Bo Peep paper pad by Crate Paper.






I coloured the little cutie with my Promarkers.

I tried a new style to colour the wee one's hair, I used my new thin tips for the Promarkers. They are great!
For hair I used: Shale, Raw Sienna, and Sandstone,
For the face: Vanilla, almond, Satin and Blossom.
I used Lavender for the little bird.
For the pram: Warm grey 1, blossom, pink carnation and pink mittens. Antique pink for the little dots.

I used some glitter for the ruffles in the pram, to give it a bit of sparkle!







Behind the papers I die cut a Doily from my Sizzix Doily die-cut, and embossed it with the dots embossing folder. I used the inverted side of the embossing, for a change!

The flowers, the pink pearl brad,the pearls and the lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I used some glitter glue to make them shine!

The buttons and bow are from local shops and I've had them forever in my stash!!!!

I've decorated the inside with the same paper and die cut from Sizzix (scallop circle)for the greeting.



I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Oldie but a Goodie - Ribbon and/or Lace
613 Avenue Create #47 - Anything goes with twist create your own challenge
Love to Create #93 - 3 of your favourite embellishments (lace, pearls and flowers)


Thanks you very much for taking time to read my post. If you like this card, please leave a comment, I read them all and they make my day! all feedback is welcome!

and don't forget to follow me if you don't want to miss another of my cards!

Thanks and until next time!



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Tuesday, 19 November 2013

A Cute Magnolia Christmas Card


Hello!

The big freeze has arrived to the UK!!!!! (at least to the Scottish Highlands). It's freezing! This morning we saw the first snow of the season... it didn't last long though, by lunchtime it had almost all gone! If the weather man is not wrong, more snow is on the way! I just hope it doesn't snow so much overnight as we are flying to Dublin tomorrow!!!! So I will be a few days away from my cards and my blog (sniff).

Tonight I have another Christmas card for you! I don't know why, but I prefer to make Christmas cards in non-traditional colours... (I'll challenge myself to make a green and red card Christmas card soon!!!). 

This time I've used a rubber stamp by Magnolia called "Tilda with Dalecarlia coat". This is the first Tilda I got. I don't have a lot of Magnolia stamps (just three), but I'm slowly trying to buy more.... 









For this card I used the sketch provided for the Love to Create challenge this week.

It is a really fun sketch, and I gave a bit of my personality to it....













I used 3 different papers for this card, all of them freebies from a card-making magazine but from two different packs... (the Ultimate Christmas paper pack and the 'Tis the season Paper Collection).





I coloured the lovely Tilda with  my Promarkers. 
For the hair: raw sienna, sandstone and buttermilk.
For the face: coral, almond and Ivory.
For the clothes: lilac, lavender, duck egg, mint green, cornflower and blender pen.
For the boots: raw sienna and buttermilk.



Last week I treated myself to 2 new packs of Promarkers!!! one with skin colours and the other one with browns.... I'm trying to build my collection up, so many to have!!!! 










The doily border is a Sizzix die. The snowflake and tag dies are from Joycrafts.

The turquoise dots ribbon is from Dovecraft.

The rhinestones, felt flowers and silver thread are from local shops.


I created the sentiment on my computer.








I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Created with Love #67 - Anything goes Papercraft
Clear it Out challenge - Theme: Anything goes; Stash: put a snowflake on card
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas

If you like this card, I would love if you leave a comment. I appreciate each and every comment and feedback I can get...
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So that's me now for the rest of the week!!!! Although I'm taking the card-making bug with me and see myself looking for Craft shops in Dublin!!!!!

Thank you so much for taking a look and until next time!!!



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Sunday, 17 November 2013

A Vintage Handbag card!

Hi y'all!

I hope you've had a nice weekend and are ready and full of energy for the week ahead!

We've just arrived from the Christmas Lights Switch On here in Inverness... it was so nice! Alaia really enjoyed it, Santa made an appearance (plus Mickey Mouse, Tigger and Minions???) and there were Christmas Carols sang by local children from different music and dance schools in the area. The best was seeing Alaia's face, all excited and full of smiles... Amazing!!!!

Today I'm bringing you two of my favourite things... card-making and handbags!!!!
It's a shaped card. As I don't have any shaped dies I made it myself, drew it and cut it with scissors.


 I tried to give it a Vintage look, using the colours brown and cream, and the beautiful stamps of the Postcard  and mannequin.
The image is a digital stamp from Digi Darla called "Girls Night Out". 
I coloured the image with my Promarkers: Vanilla, sandstone, buttermilk, raw sienna and the blender pen;
 and covered her skirt with chunky gold glitter.

The papers are from my K&Company paper pad and from the First Editions Dessert Bloom pad. 

I created the sentiment myself (the quote is from Coco Chanel), and created the tag with my new tag die from Joy Crafts.

The flowers and pearl are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I cut the leaves with my Marianne Creatables die.
The buttons and gold bow are from local shops.

It is also decorated on the inside with the same brown paper and a scallop circle die cut for the greeting.


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

Bunny Zoe's challenges - Shabby Chic / Vintage
The Crazy Challenge #158- Vintage
Fuzzy and Fancy #102 - Cream and Brown
Polkadoodles and Studio 12 #46 - A Shaped card (no die cuts)
Crafty Catz - Anything not square
Charisma Cardz challenges #45 - Vintage
Crafty Hands - Vintage
Challenges 4 everybody #33 - Anything goes
Crafty Girls - Anything goes

If you like this card, please leave a comment. I really appreciate your comments and feedback.
And if you don't want to miss any of my posts, you can follow me. all the links are on the side bar.

Thank you and until next time!





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