Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Off for a few days

Just to say I am going on a little trip for a few days so no cards for a little while. I will put up my Cute Card Thursday challenge card when I get back.
Have a great weekend!!!

SCS sketch challenge

I made a card for the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge today using one of my Inky Impressions stamps.
Here is the sketch.


And here is my take on the sketch



I have used Angelica's heart socks from Inky Impressions for the this one.She has been coloured with promarkers and cut out and adhered with 3D pads. I turned the sketch 90 degrees so I could fit the image in comfortably. All the papers are from SU and are called Fall Flowers and they have been layered onto a turquoise Bazill bling cardstock. The flowers, spacers and charms are all from my stash.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge is

No People
Here is my ATC

I have used two brand new Alota bug stamps for my ATC. The stamp soldier bug is part of a bigger stamp with other military bugs on it and you can see it here. The soldier bug is also part of a bigger stamp and that is here. I have coloured them with promarkers and then cut them out. The papers are from a DCWV pad called Summer, the pad has several 4th July papers in it. I then inked around the edges of the ATC with a navy ink.

You can see all the other DT's great ATCs on the blog here.

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

A Spoon Full of Sugar's theme this week is

Hearts

Here is my card


I have layered up the papers and distressed them all with a nail file.
The papers, flowers and ribbon are all from this month's Sarah's cardmaking kit. I have used a Leanne Ellis stamp from Funky Kits. I've paper pieced her dress and heart with the same papers and coloured the rest with promarkers. I cut out the aperture for the sentiment with a SU word window punch and the sentiment is also from SU. It is from the Warm Words set.

We have a guest designer this week and that is Shell , she has made a cute teddy card. The other DT members have made some gorgeous heart cards too , you can see them all over on the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge blog here.

The prize this week is from Daisy May Designs. One lucky winner will receive 5 sheets of digi images of their choice.


Thursday, 2 July 2009

Cute Card Thursday

This week's theme for the Cute Card Thursday blog is

Stitch in time

Our sponsor this week is Sandra Dri digi designs so I have used one of her Rosabella fairy images to make my card.

I printed out the image and then coloured it with promarkers adding a little clear star pen to her wings. I then layered her onto some black bazill bling. All the papers are from a DCWV pad called Summer Stack. I stitched around the layers using a zig zag stitch. The embellies are all from my stash.

So the prize this week is 6 images of your choice from Sandra.

All the details can be found on the Cute Card Thursday blog here.

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge is

Independence Day - Stars and Stripes

And here it is


I have used a paper from a Summer DCWV pad and edged it with some navy ink. I then cut out some stars from another of the papers and used 3D pads to adhere them. The image is of course a House Mouse image and I have coloured it with promarkers and adhered it with 3D pads.

We have a GD this week and that is Beth. The DT's ATCs are all fab and very different. If you would like to have a look and join in all the details are here.

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

This week's theme for the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge blog is
Summer

And here is my card
I have used two digi images from CC Designs called Surfer Emma and Sea Shell Trevor. They have been coloured with promarkers. The card is Bazill bling and I have used it to layer up the papers. The papers are all from a pad called Summer by DCWV. I cut out some of the shells from the paper and used 3D pads to make them stand out. The sentiment has been made with a tape writer.

We have a fab Guest Designer this week and that is Michele, she has made a gorgeous summer card using a Magnolia stamp. Really pretty!

We also have a great prize this week from the Cutting Cafe. 3 sets of digi stamps are up for grabs.


Thursday, 25 June 2009

Cute Card Thursday

The weeks are flying by and it's Thursday again already!! Today on the Cute Card Thursday blog the challenge is

Wheely Good Fun

Here is my card


I have used a Stampin Up set for this one called Paris in the Spring. I have coloured her in with promarkers. I made the little eiffel tower charm by stamping it onto shrink plastic and then cutting it out and adding a little hole to the top. When I'd shrunk it I added some silver thread to hang it. The sentiment is also from the same kit. The papers are from a Sarah's cardmaking kit and the ribbon, brad and gems are from my stash.

Our sponsor for this week is Marlene and she is offering up a set of rubber stamps from Stampin Up. Pic is on the blog.

We also have a GD this week and that is Wendy of Wendy's little blog.

The DT have made some fab Wheely cards this week, you can see them all on the Cute Card Thursday blog here.

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Inky Impressions Challenge 3

Inky Impressions challenge #3 this week is for a recipe:

3 buttons
2 designer papers
1 ribbon

So here is my recipe project, a door plaque for my youngest daughter.


The two base layers have been made with Bazill bling cardstock. The pink layer has been punched with a Martha Stewart punch to give the scalloped edge. I cut out the Robbyn using my Cricut and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. They have been made with two designer papers both by College Press from the Sugar Plum range. I then stamped, coloured and cut out the Inky Impression girls and adhered them to the letters with 3D pads to make them stand out. I then used the 1 ribbon around the "R" and the 3 green buttons on the "B's" and the "N".

We'd love you to play along with the challenge if you have any Inky Impression stamps. If you don't have any and would like to buy some you can find them here in the Inky Impressions online shop.

Some of the other DT members "The Inspirational Inkettes" have also made some gorgeous projects using the recipe and you can see them on the Inky Impressions challenge blog here.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

Morning everyone, it's a lovely summer's day here. Onto todays Tilda & Friends ATC challenge and this week it is

3D Fun

Here is mine

I used two pieces of papermania papers for the background. Just layered them up and then edged them with ink. The image is an Alota image, one of the new bug stamps and it's called "Cutting rose bugs". I have made it smaller to fit my ATC there is also another bug on the stamp.I stamped it twice and coloured both. I then adhered one of the images to the ATC with 3D pads. I cut out the rose head and the bug out of the second image and then layered it onto the first and again used 3D pads to adhere it.I used a clear star pen to the wings and rose and also some diamond glaze.

You can see the other DT members ATCs over on the blog here.

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

The challenge this week for the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge is

Weddings

And here is my card

I was sent the couple image by Vicky so sorry I don't know who makes it! I've coloured it with promarkers, cut it out and used 3D pads to adhere it. The paper is from a DCWV pad and is called Once Upon A Time. I cut out a square of the paper and layered it onto a plainer one and then as I had some swirls left I cut those out and adhered them with 3D pads too.

The other DT girls have made some gorgeous wedding cards too and we also have a guest designer this week. And that is Anita.

Our sponsor this week, with a fab prize for one lucky winner is Nikki. Nikki has a new shop open called Bunny Zoe's Crafts and she is offering a Bildmalarna stamp and a variety of buttons. Pic is on the ASOS blog.

All the details are here on the ASOS blog.

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Cute Card Thursday

A great challenge for this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge and it is

Tag You're It

Here is my tag card

I have used an Inky Impressions stamp called Angelica's Heart Socks. I coloured her in with promarkers and then put her behind the frame.All the papers and embellies are from a Cosmo Cricket set. I made the flowers by cutting out three circles, the first slightly bigger than the second, the second slightly bigger than the third. I then crumpled them up,distressed them with sandpaper and then lightly inked them. I added little spacers to the centres.

Fantastic prize this week for one lucky winner, three sets of stamps from Artful Inkables. Picture on the CCT blog.

We also have a new Guest designer this week and that is Wendy of Wendy's little blog. She has made a cute tag.

For all the details and to see the fab DT's tag creations , go on over to the CCT blog here.

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week's theme for the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge blog is
Father's Day

I have used some scraps of paper for the background which I thought were quite masculine and I have edged around them with a chalk ink pad and then a gold pen.The image is a Bella Fella called Golfafella.I've coloured him with promarkers and cut him out. I then used 3D pads to adhere him to the ATC. The sentiment has been made with a tape writer.

You can see all the other DT's ATCs here at the blog.

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

For the theme this week on the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge we have a sketch designed by Michelle. And a great sketch it is too.


And here is my take on the sketch.


For the main image I have used an Inky Impressions stamp called LiLi with chicks. Gorgeous stamp and you can now buy the Inky Impressions stamps at the store, it is now open. The link is also in my side bar. I have coloured her with promarkers and copics.Have you noticed her little finger nails and toe nails? I coloured them with a glittery pen too and also her little bracelet. For the little chicks I have used some yellow flock. All the papers are from a Sarah's cardmaking kit and sorry I don't know who makes them. The ribbon,gems and blooms are from my stash. For the sentiment I used a warm words stamp from SU and layered it onto two punched out word window shapes.

We have a Guest desinger too this week and that is Tab , she has made a gorgeous card, very vintagey looking.

We also have a prize for one lucky winner and that is 3 digistamps donated by Kendra from Character Cafe.

To see the DT's cards and find out more go over to the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge blog here.

Friday, 12 June 2009

Inky Impressions Grand Opening and Blog Hop

This post will stay at the top until Saturday, when the blog hop ends. Please scroll down to see new posts. Thank you. :0)


Well the day of the grand opening and blog hop is here! I know you are going to love the brand new stamps, very cute. The quality of these stamps are brilliant, very deeply etched and made from red rubber. After having a play with them I got a crisp, clean image every time.

Nicole (Inky's Mama, the boss) is starting this grand opening on her blog with the blog hop.So you need to go right back to the beginning to Nicole's blog. You will then have to "hop" onto the next Inspirational Inkette's (the Design Teams collective name)blog. If you follow the blog hop all the way to the end you have a chance to win some gorgeous blog candy!! Which is.....
1 Inky Impressions stamp
Prima flowers
American Craft flowers
and an array of embellishments.

To show you some inspiration for these gorgeous stamps each of the Inspirational Inkettes has made two projects. Nicole has designed these stamps and named them after her two little girls.
My first project is an acetate candy box. Here is a front view.

And here is a side view.

The image is of course an Inky Impression stamp and is called "LiLi's chicks". I have taken out the chicks and made it look as though she is pointing at the sentiment. This is an Easter stamp but you can see how versatile you can make it. She has been coloured with promarkers and copics. I used a SU scrapbooking set for the lids and embellies. As you can see I made the box with a sheet of acetate. The decorative border was made with a Martha Stewart punch.
My second project is an acetate card.

I made a card this time with a sheet of acetate and stamped the background with a pearly white ink. I then cut out a frame with my Cricut using Accent Essentials.This image is an Inky Impressions stamp called "Angelica's Heart Socks". She has again been coloured with promarkers and copics. I have used a sakura soufle pen to colour her hairband and shoe laces. I have also used a sakura clear star pen and a glaze pen on all the little hearts. I used some blooms and punched out some flowers from acetate to put in the middles. I then added the brads. To finish off I added two entwined ribbons and a silver charm.
Ok so now you need to go over to the next Inspirational Inkettes blog to see the gorgeous inspiration she has for you! And the next one is....Sem over on her blog , Semsee's Sparkly Scribblings.