A spoonfull of sugar #73/stamp something

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I’m cutting it extremely finely for the a spoonfull of sugar challenge this week, which is a fabulous sketch by Caryn (who is also my fellow DT member at PFP).  This card also fits the bill at stamp something challenge this week, where the theme is ‘bling somethings’.  I stamped a sugar nellie gorjuss girl image called ‘untamed’ (available at funky kits) and coloured her with my promarkers.  I wanted to use quite bright and funky colours as it was for a young girl and chose pink and orange after finding this stunning DCWV glitter card (aptly from the glitter stack lol).  The pink paper is doodlebug and the plain orange paper is a freebie from a craft magazine.  The flowers were cut out with my ek success retro flower punches and the adhesive stones are kaiser craft.  The sentiment was created on the pc and the ribbon bows are from ideal world (a very long time ago).  This card was for an order and it is A5 size.  Thanks for stopping by.

Cupcake Craft Challenge #48 – DT card

This week’s challenge over at cupcake craft challenge is ‘blossoms and butterflies’ and was chosen by the lovely Liza.  This will probably be a doodle for all of you as flowers are the must have embellishment at the moment lol!  I used a digi-image by cc designs called ‘gretel’ and coloured her with my promarkers.  The green paper is DCWV from the aptly named blossoms and butterflies pad.  The plain yellow cs is from my stash and the flowery dp is by kaisercraft.  The felt flowers are a freebie from a craft magazine and the butterfly charm was a RAK.  The adhesive stones are PM and I doodled a wavy border with my black fineliner pen.  Don’t forget to check out the other DT cards as they are amazing and I look forward to seeing you cards again this week.  Thanks for stopping by today. 

  

Papertake challenge

This is my very late entry for the papertake challenge 'spots and stripes'. I stamped the stamping bella new image "tatiana ketto" and coloured her with pro-markers. The dp is all SU (from Jules as part of a paper share) and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. The sentiment was created on the pc and cut out with my new SU scalloped oval punch. The adhesive stones are kaiser craft and the ribbon, flowers and brads are from my stash. Thanks for stopping by.

Cupcake Craft Challenge

This is my DT card for the Cupcake Craft Challenge, which this week has been chosen by my fellow DT member Caryn and it is '5 embellishments'. This wasn't particularly hard for me as I love embellishments, so the more the merrier! I stamped my new sugar nellie image 'catch a butterfly' and coloured her with pro-markers, adding stickles to her hairband, pockets and the butterfly. I used free dp from a craft magazine and white cs from my stash. The adhesive pearls are kaiser craft and the ribbon is from my stash. The flowers and brad (which I coloured with my pastel pink pro-marker) are also from my stash and the spacer is from ebay. (So my five embellishments are 1. ribbon, 2. flowers, 3. brad, 4. adhesive pearls, 5. spacer and if you count stickles that's 6 haha). I love this image and I've been trying to get it for ages, I can see me using it lots. I can't wait to see all your embellished creations. Thanks for stopping by.

Edited to add - still not sorted my email, but as soon as I do I will let you all know LOL!

Stamptacular challenge #3

This is my card for this week's stamptacular sunday challenge, which 'black, white + one'. I have obviously decided to go with black, white and orange, not a combination I would normally use but I love the finished result. I used a download by Sally-Ann Hancock from Grab-a-doodle-do and coloured it with my pro-markers (hopefully the tiny bit of green on the leaves will be allowed). The dp is all SU and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. The flowers are cut with woodware, ek success and x-cut punches and the ribbon is from my stash. The adhesive stones are kaiser craft and the stamped sentiment is daisy bucket designs. I used a corner rounder to round the edges of my cs and dp. I hope you're all enjoying the glorious weather we've been having lately, not sure it's going to last much longer though (grrr....). Thanks for stopping by.

Friday sketchers #42/OCC challenge

This is my card for this week's friday sketcher's sketch and the OCC challenge which is 'add a doodle'. I stamped the SU image (from crazy for cupcakes) and coloured it with my pro-markers adding highlights with a sakura stardust pen. The dp is all SU (I was part of a paper share with Jules so don't know any of the names lol). The sentiment was created on the pc and I moved it slightly to the right of where it should be on the sketch (hope this is ok). The adhesive gems are kaiser craft and the swirl is a sizzix die that I cut out in the CB. The flowers are from my stash. Thanks for stopping by.

Papertake challenge/Stamping bella sketch #70/Charisma cardz #9

This is my card for this week's papertake challenge, which is 'hot chocolate' (i.e. orange, pink and brown) the stamping bella sketch challenge and the charisma cardz challenge, which is 'pretty cards/pretty cards for mum'. I stamped the stamping bella 'clickabella' image and coloured her with my pro-markers. The dp is all SU, the plain pink cs is from the papermill shop and the brown cs is bazzill bling. The sentiment was created on the pc and the adhesive gems are kaiser crafts. I loved using this sketch and will definitely use it again. Thanks for looking.

Bella birthday

I was asked to make this card by a friend of my mother and it is A5 in size (A4 folded in half). I stamped the stamping bella (billboardabella) image and coloured her with my pro-markers (the happy birthday sentiment also comes in the set along with another 4). The gorgeous dp is cosmo cricket (it's double sided) and the plain brown dp is from a paper pack I got from QVC. The flowers and buttons are from my stash and the sentiment was done on the pc. The adhesive stones are kaisercraft. I used a sketch on scs for the stamping bella challenge but unfortunately I used last week's sketch instead of this week's (d'oh!). Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday # 41

This week's CCT challenge is an open theme, you can make any card you like. I had to make a card for a friend's birthday so this is my entry this week. I stamped the CC designs image and coloured her with my pro-markers. The black cs is bazzill bling and the dp was a free download that I printed out ages ago (and promptly forgotten where it came from). The sentiment is WOJ and the adhesive gems are by kaiser craft. I did follow a sketch but printed it out and forgot to mark where I got it from (if anyone recognises it let me know). It's only day 5 of the new year and my brain is addled already haha!! Thanks for looking.

Feel better soon

My mother asked me to make a card for a friend who is in hospital. I stamped the elzybells image and coloured it with my pro-markers. The dp is all from a paper & embellishment pack by PM and the sentiment is also elzybells. The adhesive stones are by kaiser craft. I used Taylor's sketch #47 for this card (as usual I'm a few weeks behind). Thanks for looking.

Sketch Saturday #28

I made this card for a friend at work. Her daughter's friend is moving to turkey to teach english and she wanted a 'girly card with suitcases', I think this fits the bill. I stamped the stamps away suitcase image twice on plain dp and cut them out. I used dp by kaiser craft (not much left of my blog candy winnings from Han now). The ribbon is by Anita's and the flowers were bought on eBay a long time ago. The oval was punched from white cs with my marvy punch and inked around the edges. The sentiment was done on my pc. The sketch is from this week's sketch saturday challenge and for once I'm on time (makes a change). Thanks for looking.

Retirement card

I was asked to make a retirement card for a friend at work. I love this penny black image and yes I know I use it for every retirement card but I think it fits the bill perfectly. I coloured the image with my pro-markers and added a little dot of stickles to the cocktail glass. I used dp by kaiser craft (that was part of the blog candy from Han). I used pearl dots from craftybitz (I think) and the sentiment was done on my pc. The large flower is by prima and the smaller flower is from my stash. I got new 'stitch' stamps from stamps away and tried them out on this card. Some of the edges went a little awry but overall I like the result (just need a bit more practice at lining them up). 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.

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.

70th birthday

I made this card for a lady in work for her sister's 70th birthday. I used the elegant ladies kit once again that I got from QVC. The only extra items that I added were the american crafts ribbon and the making memories metal sister embellishment (originally it was silver which didn't really match the card so I aged it with one of my pro-markers). The flowers are from my stash and the gem brad in the centre is papermania. The sentiment was done on my pc and the gems are by kaiser crafts. I used last week's friday sketchers sketch as my inspiration for the layout but as usual I was too late to enter my card (story of my life at the moment). It looks a little busy in the pic but it's much nicer IRL (honest)! Thanks for looking.

Get well

I made this card for a lady at work. Her mother has been in hospital and she wanted to send her a card. I stamped the inkadinkado image and coloured it with my pro-markers adding a little stickles to the flower. The double sided dp was part of the gorgeous blog candy I won from Han and it's all by Kaiser Craft. I stamped a piece of the plain sided dp with a matching background stamp by inkadinkado. The sentiment was done on my pc. I punched a few small flowers and added adhesive gems by papermania. A really pretty card IRL. Thanks for looking.

I told you it was wedding season!!

Well, I did promise you another wedding card. I used the stamping bella image again (I have ordered another wedding stamp so hopefully my next card will be different) and coloured it with pro-markers, again adding stickles to highlight areas. The dp is from the luxury stack by DCWV, which is simply beautiful in real life. I used flowers from my stash and kaiser crafts adhesive pearls for added sophistication. I used my pc for the sentiment (papyrus font). Hope you like. Thanks for looking.

Sketch Saturday challenge

You're gonna need your sunglasses for this one!! This is my card for this week's sketch saturday challenge which is obviously a sketch haha! I used an image kindly sent to me by Tracy, which I coloured with pencils, adding dots of stickles here and there. The dp was free with a magazine and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. I used my pc for the sentiment and once again the rhinestones are by kaiser crafts (I absolutely love these). Thanks for looking.

Denise x

Cupcake birthday card

I was asked to make a birthday card for a 13yr old girl and I thought this lovely penny black (?)image was just perfect. I coloured the image with pencils and added a some stickles to the candle flame. I used dp from the cabana paper pad from Inque Boutique which I cut on the diagonal for a bit more interest. I covered the join with some papermania sticky ribbon. I used my pc for the sentiment and used rhinestones and pearls from kaiser crafts and flowers from my stash. A pretty summery card don't you think? Thanks for looking.

My signature doesn't seem to be working tonight *sob* so will just have to sign off the "old fashioned" way.

Denise x