Happy New Year - 2013!

Happy New Year !

The end of 2012 was unexpectedly busy as I am now working part time in the local primary school, so I haven't been crafting as much as I would have liked, even struggled to get my christmas cards done - will hopefully post some pics later this week.  I will have to try and organise myself better in 2013.

With OH back at work today I took myself off to make a card for a friend's birthday.  Using the challenge sketch on the Sketch Saturday website this was my effort:

Dandelion stamps from Lavinia Stamps

Swirl Circle Die from Marianne Design Creatables
Butterfly Die from Joy Crafts

Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass

Paper - Melody Ross, Lydia collection

Sentiment - Personal Impressions (I think!!)

Gems and ribbon from stash

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - #239

Halloween Sweet Bouquet

A bouquet of sweet treats all ready for Halloween.

Handmade box full of chocolates and sweets and coordinating ribbons.  Box has been decorated with a free digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs, coloured with copics, edge has been heat embossed with black sparkle embossing powder.  Spiders were cut using Sizzix Eclips.

Challenge Entries
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 19 Something Spooky
Shopping Our Stash Challenge 73 Trick or Treat
 Lexi's Creations Challenge 76 Halloween
The Pink Elephant TPE170 Trick or Treat (Treat Holders)

Birthday cards for my Nephew

These two cards were for my Nephew's 22nd Birthday last month.  The monkey was a free Dustin Pike digi image, coloured with copics. Card cut using my ECAL and Sizzix Eclips.

 Decoupage car from The Big One CD Rom (La Pashe).  Backbround was made with a stencil I cut with sizzix eclips and distress inks with and sparkly embossing powder!

More soon - hopefully.

After the summer holidays!

Ok time to start some serious card making, have let it slip quite alot while the children have been home from school but really need to get going again especially as Christmas will be with us much too soon.

First card this week is a "Thinking of you" for my Mother In-Law to wish her a speedy recovery for the hip replacement op yesterday.

Stamps (orchid and pot) were from a sheet of clear stamps but I've no idea what they are (think they were papermania!) were coloured with Copics.  Pot stamped and coloured a second time and decoupaged.  White Candi coloured with copic to match image.  Coredinations card stock and whitewash and paper from stash.  Thinking of you stamp - Paula Pascual Mixed Sentiments sheet.

I have used this week's Sketch Saturday sketch #223 for inspiration so will be entering it into their challenge.
Thank you for looking.

Thank you card

Using this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge sketch, #212, I created this thank you card for my children to send to a family friend to say thanks (belatedly!! oops!) for their birthday and easter money.  First time I have used this free digi image from Saturated Canary and I think the first time I've used my copics to do blonde hair - I was quite pleased with the results.

Father's Day 2012

All the rain we've  been having has encouraged me to get my Dad's Father's day card done early this week instead of leaving it til the last minute!!

Took inspiration from this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge sketch.  Image is from the La Pashe Big One cd.  Papers - coredinations and some scraps from my stash (means I can't remember!).

Challenges entered:

Sketch Saturday - hmm when I can access their site!

Fab'n'Funky Father's Day Challenge #125
Cards for Men Challenge 12

An earful of music

My daughter has reached that age where she spends her whole life with headphones attached to her head in her own little world of music.  This cute kitten image (from Sliekje's Digi Stamps) is perfect for her and her friends.

Coloured with Copics (and a pink gel pen for the headphones), patterned papers are from Melody Ross - Lydia collection.  Stamped sentiment was Personal Impressions.  I drew the musical notes onto white pearl candi and added small pearls to the pink mirri semi circles.

Will be entering this into the following challenges:

Bearly-Mine Challenge #37 - Animal Kingdom

Sketch Saturday - Challenge #209