Claire's blog candy

The lovely Claire at Crafty C's Crafting Library is offering fantastic blog candy as she has had over 36,000 hits in one year (wow - it will take me 10 years to reach that hehe). If you want to be in with a chance just pop over to her blog, leave a comment and then a link on your own blog. You have until 14th December to be in with a chance. Thanks for looking.

CCT challenge

I made this card for a friend at work, who's birthday it will be on Tuesday. Luckily the colours also fit for this week's cute card thursday challenge who's theme is 'lilac'. I cheated and used penny black stickeroos for the image panel and all the dp is from the nanna's nursery baby boy stack by DCWV. The ribbon is by Anita's and the flowers are from my stash. The small pearly dots are by craftybitz (I think, but I've had them for ages so may be wrong). The sentiment stamp is by hero arts. Thanks for looking.

Rocket card

I was asked to make a card for a 2 year old boy. I remembered I bought a clear stamp set from Inque Boutique and thought it would be ideal for this card. The stamp set is called Toys and contains 8 different stamps including the rocket and flames I used on this card. I coloured the image with my pro-markers. The plain cs is from the papermill shop and the dp is by buzzcraft. The sentiment was done on the pc and the adhesive gems are from QVC. The '2' is a stamp by See d's and the 'today' was handwritten. Thanks for looking.

Penny black challenge & stamp something challenge

I loved the theme for this week's penny black challenge which was "funky christmas". I was also happy to see the new stamp something challenge was to use black on your card and this card fit that challenge too. I used an image kindly sent to me by Han, as part of the candy she sent me and coloured it with my pro-markers. The pink cs is the from the papermill shop and the black christmas wording dp is DCWV that I've had in my stash a very long time. The flowers are from my stash and the adhesive stones are PM. I used sketch 42 (from a few weeks ago) by Taylor at Taylored Expressions. Thanks for looking.

15th birthday

I made this card for my niece's 15th birthday. I used Jen's SFYTT from 2 weeks ago (behind again !!). I stamped the stamping bella image and coloured her with my pro-markers. All the dp was in a paper & embellishment kit by PM that I got for a very reasonable price on sale at Artymiss. The flowers were also in the kit and they are 3D and are stunning IRL. The adhesive stones are also PM. The sentiment was done on my pc and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. It's my son's 12th birthday today so hopefully over the weekend I can share the card I made for him too. Thanks for looking. We are off to bowling (hope I don't come last as usual hehe).

Card for Ellie/Crafty Muse Challenge

I made this card for a brave almost 4 year old girl called Ellie who had her tonsils out today. You can read her mum's blog here. This card also fits this week's crafty muse challenge, which was to use purple on your card. I used plain cs from the papermill shop and the dp was a freebie from a craft magazine. I stamped the Rachelle Anne Miller image and coloured her with my pro-markers. I used fiskars corner adorner scissors for the decorative corners on the image panel. The adhesive stones are PM and the sentiment is elzybells. I spelt Ellie's name by using stickers by me & my big ideas. The flowers are from my stash. Thanks for looking.

One Stop Craft Challenge & Stamp Something Challenge

I made this card for my mother to say thank you to the ward staff for looking after my grandfather so well whilst he was in hospital. I used the sketch from this week's OSCC and by luck the theme for stamp something this week is 'Thanks'. I used my new stamp set called pocket silhouettes from SU! and used my marvy markers to repeat stamp two of the images. I also added stickles to the flowers. The plain green cs is bazzill and the lovely dp was a freebie from Jules (I've joined her stamping 10 club). The ribbon was from my stash and the sentiment is also from the SU! set. Thanks for looking.

OCC challenge

I made this card for my niece's 15th birthday and I used a sketch for the OCC challenge this week. I stamped the stamping bella image and coloured her with my pro-markers. All the cs and dp is from a cardpack by DCWV. The ribbon and flowers are from my stash. The sentiments were done on the pc and the adhesive stones are by papermania. The rockstar sentiment is a stamp by verve visual. Thanks for looking.

Lots of love, Denise x

Lily of the Valley, Sketch Saturday & Cute Card Thursday Challenges

I've managed to combine 3 challenges on this card (it would have been 4 but due to the problems with my internet connection I couldn't upload the card in time for the papertake challenge). The Lily of the Valley challenge this week was "four legged friends", the CCT challenge was "snow & snowflakes" and the sketch saturday is obviously a sketch. I stamped the reindeer image by stamps away and coloured him with my pro-markers. I added stickles to the bottom of the image to mimic snow. The green cs is bazzill and the dp is a freebie from a craft magazine. The snowflake brads are by creative impressions and the sentiment is by papermania. The sketch was lovely to use and I will definitely be pulling this one out again. Thanks for looking.

I'm having trouble with the link to my signature so I'll have to sign off the old fashioned way!!

Lots of love, Denise x

Darn internet!!

I'm sorry I've been absent for the last few days but we've been having trouble with our internet connection again (insert your own expletives!!). Hopefully I can show you some new cards tomorrow. I would do it now but I'm tired and need my beauty sleep haha!! Will be back soon. Lots of love and thanks for looking.

I've been busy!

I'm sorry I haven't got any new cards to show you this morning (hopefully I can catch up with the latest challenges this afternoon *yay*). I just wanted to show you what I have been up to. I've been mass producing some Christmas cards, as I have so many to make, for neighbours, work colleagues and friends that I haven't seen in a while. I've already covered my card blanks with dp and coloured my images. I laid them out to dry after adding stickles to her wings. Once I complete a card I'll upload one for you to see the finished article. Hope you're all well. Will catch up with everyone's blogs a little later. Thanks for looking.

PIF candy

I received this lovely package of PIF (Pass It Forward) candy from Cathy at Ellieskeeper containing stamped images and a mini clear stamp set (difficult to see in the pic). I now have 3 lots of my own PIF candy up for grabs. If you would like to receive a small package from me through the post just leave me a comment on this post. The first 3 people to leave me a comment will get the goodies. The only thing to remember is that you then have to Pass It Forward to 3 more people. Uk only I'm sorry :( Thanks for looking.

4 in 1!!

I've managed to cover 4 challenges with one card woohoo (a first for me)! The PB challenge this week was to a make a monochromatic card (I decided to do black and white), the OCCC challenge is to use silhouette stamps, the Sketch Saturday challenge was obviously a sketch, which I followed and I have discovered a new challenge blog (I'm probably behind the times) called One Stop Craft Challenge and this week's challenge is pretty petals. I stamped the PB image with versafine onyx black ink and added stickles to the centres of the flowers. The glittery cs is from the glitter stack by DCWV, the grey cs is bazzill bling and the white cs is from my stash. The sentiment is also by PB and the adhesive stones are PM. Hope you like. Thanks for looking.

Stamp Something challenge

Here is my card for the stamp something challenge, which this week was a sketch. I stamped the three small images (which were freebies from a cardmaking magazine) and coloured them with my pro-markers. The red cs is from the papermill shop and the dp is by craft creations. I actually stamped the red snowflakes (stamp doesn't have a name on it) over the top of the dp to help it match my colour scheme a little better. The sentiment is by elzybells and the adhesive stones are PM. The white card is from my stash and again it was put through the CB using the snowflakes embossing folder. I lightly touched over the top with a red cat's eye chalk inkpad. Thanks for looking.

Lily of the Valley challenge 8

This is my card for this week's Lily of the Valley challenge, which was a sketch by Donalda. I was looking through my stash and came across some LOTV die-cuts and backing papers that I must have bought last year and they were ideal for this card. I covered my card blank with the LOTV dp and punched out three scallop circles with my marvy punch. I then ran them through the CB with the snowflakes embossing folder and lightly rubbed over them with a cat's eye chalk ink pad. The plain blue cs is from the papermill shop and the sentiment is cwc. The silver snowflakes are by card candy. Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday #36

This is my entry for this week's CCT. I stamped the image by hero arts and coloured him with my pro-markers. The dp is from the DCWV christmas wishes multistack and the red cs is from the papermill shop. The sentiment is cwc and the ribbon is Anita's. I punched the snowflakes out of bazzill cs and added adhesive stones by PM to the centre. A simple card but when you have 100+ christmas cards to make, simple is good!! Thanks for looking.

Papertake challenge

I hope I've completed this challenge just in the nick of time. The challenge was a sketch this week, which was lovely to use. I stamped the stamping bella image and coloured her with my pro-markers. All the dp is by kaiser crafts (and was part of my candy from Han). I added extra highlights to the dp with a sakura glaze pen. The brads and flowers are from my stash. Adhesive stones are PM and the sentiment was done on my pc. Thanks for looking.

Part 4!!

This is the card that I gave to my boss for her birthday last week. I stamped the gorgeous PB image and coloured it with my pro-markers. The glitter dp is from the glitter stack by DCWV and the plain cs is the papermill shop. The sentiment is craftwork cards and the adhesive stones are papermania. The flowers are punched out from coloured paper and the decorative image is a stamp by elusive images (which I think is gorgeous and will be using lots). I hope you like, thanks for looking.

By the way I wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who's answered my plea for 12 drummers drumming images - you are all too kind. My son will be thrilled to get his card now!!

Can you help?

My son wants me to make him a christmas card with drums on it. I know that the penny black 12 days of christmas has 12 drummers drumming and I was wondering if someone would kindly send me an image so that I can make him a card. I will gladly swap some of my images with you if you prefer. Thanks for looking.

Part 3!

This is another card I made for my boss (not all from me). It is another image from the lovely Diane and I coloured it with my pro-markers. I used glitter dp by DCWV and plain cs from the papermill shop. I used my fiskars threading water punch on the orange cs and the fiskars corner adorner scissors for my image panel. The sentiment is penny black and the adhesive gems are papermania. Thanks for looking.

A card for my boss part 2!

This is the second card I made for my boss. I coloured an image kindly sent to me by Tracy at Ella Bella with my pro-markers. I cut the edge of my image panel with a pair of fiskars corner adorner scissors. I used dp from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique. The flowers are from my stash (although I did add the spots on the white flower with my pro-marker pen - idea pinched from Diane at Pink Sunflower hehe). The 'e' brad is also from my stash. Thanks for looking. I'll be back with parts 3 & 4 soon.

A card for my boss!

It was my boss's birthday yesterday and I had to make 4 cards for various people in our team (it can be quite difficult to make them all different when they are for the same person, if you know what I mean hehe!). For this card I stamped the image by stamping up (which I bought from ebay) and coloured it with my pro-markers, adding some stickles to the flower. The dp is s.e.i. and the plain cs is bazzill bling. The ribbon is by dovecraft and the adhesive stones are papermania. The flowers are from my stash and the sentiment is hero arts. Thanks for looking.

Sketch saturday no.24

This is my entry for this week's Sketch Saturday. I stamped the reindeer from stamps away and coloured him with my pro-markers. The words dp is by ATD and the green dp is from the papermill shop. White cs is from my stash. I punched the snowflakes with my dovecraft punch and added adhesive stones by papermania. The round sentiment is also by stamps away. Hope you like, thanks for looking.

Friday sketchers

I had to make a card for a friend's birthday so I used this week's Friday Sketchers No 27 sketch. I used a lovely image kindly sent to me by Diane at Pink Sunflower (although I did cut off her cat - I know terrible but it wouldn't fit in otherwise *wink*). I coloured the image with my pro-markers and highlighted areas with a white gel pen. The dp is from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique. The plain purple cs is from the papermill shop and the flowers are from my stash. The adhesive stones and gem brad are papermania. Ribbon is Anita's. The sentiment is by hero arts and the small decorative stamp (used in the bottom corner) is elusive images. Thanks for looking.

More candy up for grabs

Fran is offering some fantastic blog candy. You have until 16th November to leave a comment and link on your own blog. Take a look at her fab cards while you're there. Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday

The theme for CCT this week is "Fairies & Angels" so I used an image kindly sent to me by Diane and coloured her with my pro-markers. I used a sakura glaze pen for her wings and the top of the wand for extra bling. The dp is a freebie from a craft magazine and the gold cs is by craft planet. The ribbon is papermania sticky ribbon and the sentiment is craftwork cards. I used some of the gold cs and punched out some snowflakes using my dovecraft punch, adhesive pearls are from my stash. I very rarely use gold as I'm a silver girl but I like how this card turned out (hope you agree)! Thanks for looking. (Sorry for the 'wonky' picture, it is straight IRL hehe).

Card for Daniel

Claire at CraftyC's Crafting Library recently asked on her blog if any crafters would be kind enough to make a birthday card for her son Daniel who is autistic. Now that I know he has opened all his cards (and he had lots lucky boy) I can show you mine. I stamped the elzybells boy with yo-yo and coloured him with my pro-markers. The alphabet dp is basic grey and the red and green check dp is doodlebug. I used bazzill bling cs and buttons are also doodlebug. I punched the stars out of the check dp with my dovecraft punch and the sentiment was done on the pc. I was really pleased with this card as it turned out better than I expected. Thanks for looking.

Image folder

I made some image folders to send out to a few fellow crafters. It's a terrible photo as it was difficult to get it to stand up properly. I used an A4 piece of cardstock and scored it into three. I punched the edge of the top panel with my fiskars threading water punch. I covered the top and bottom panels with dp by kaiser crafts. I stamped the inkadinkado image and I punched the image out with my marvy oval paper punch and coloured it with my pro-markers. The sentiment is by hero arts. I didn't take a photo of the inside but I concertina'd (not sure if that is a word) some of the same cs to make the folder slightly fuller and added a hook and loop fastener. Not sure if this all makes sense but drop me a line if you need more info. Thanks for looking.