Christmas for the guys!

Today's card is my entry for this weeks Penny black challenge "Christmas for the men". I decided to make a card for my brother using one of the images from my clear stamp set. Thought I would emboss the lines on the card & keep the embellishments minimal for a masculine feel card. Recipe:

• Pb image coloured with promarkers
• Papermill card
• Nesties dies
• Embossed lines using crafters companion embossing board.
• Ribbon & pearls from stash
• Computer generated greeting

Hope you are having a good week. I will not be around much at the end of the week as I am working over time at work this weekend. I've got to get the pennies in for Christmas!

xxx

Productive weekend!

Today's card is my entry for the "Just Christmas & Birthdays" challenge blog. This great sketch was clean & simple and a pleasure to work with. I am on a roll with my Christmas cards this weekend, Ive made about five, that's lots for me in one go! Ive just got personalised cards for family & special friends to make now, yippee!!!! I have seen a lot of charms on cards at the moment so have got some snowflake charms from eBay. I am hoping they will be a luxurious finishing touch to my cards. Recipe:

• Free back round paper
• FF stamp from "Creativity" (another freebie)
• Papermill card
• Felt die cut flowers
• Papermania jewels & pearls
• Cuddly Buddly circle greeting

Hope you are having a nice weekend. We went out for a nice family lunch at our favourite Italian, Carbonara's all round, yum!

xxx

Magnolia Challenge

Today's card is my entry for the "just Magnolia" challenge blog,its the first time I've entered this challenge. Think I am going to be a regular now as Tilda & Edwin are my favourite characters,they are so nice to colour. I really enjoyed this great sketch & will use it again. Recipe:

• Papermill card stock
• Tilda coloured with promarkers
• DCWV snowflake paper
• CB die cut & embossed snowflakes
• silver glitter dots
• snowtex
• silver ribbon
• Daisy & Dandelion stamped greeting

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. As strange as it may seem I am loving the wet & windy weather, we have had a lovely day tucked up in the warm at home ;) Hope to put are wellie boots on and go for a nice Autumanal stroll tomorrow!

xxx

Bear Hug

Today's card is another for the Christmas box as I've got some catching up to do! I had a sudden need to do a bit of crafting tonight & I enjoyed making this one. This card is also my entry for two challenges this week. The theme was something new or neglected on your card this week on "Creative inspirations". My border punch is my neglected item as I love it but don't use it as much as I should. My new item is the FF stamp which was free with the new issue of "Creativity" magazine. On the promarkers blog the challenge this week was to use this fab sketch with any of your promarkers. My FF image has been coloured with saffron & sandstone.

Recipe: Papermill card, FF stamped image coloured with promarkers, Fiskars lace edged border punch, Green bow from stash, Die cut greeting .

Hope you are all well in blog land. I had a good catch up with your blogs this afternoon & enjoyed every minute! I think you've inspired me to do a bit more crafting again! xxx

Baby Blues.....

Today's card for friends to celebrate their new arrival, baby Joshua! The card is also my entry for the "jc&bc" challenge blog, I loved this clean & simple sketch this week, just my style.

Recipe:

• Sandylion papers
• Coredinations card stock
• Cuttlebug die cut baby
• Cuttlebug swiss dots embossed card
• Cuttlebug die cut name
• Ribbon from stash

Hope you are all well, sorry I've not had the time or inclination to post much ;) I have just returned from a fab weekend away with Hubby in Stratford upon Avon. A lovely place, even managed to find a craft shop & treated myself to a few 12x12 papers to inspire me & try to get my mojo back!!!

xxx

Lost my mojo!

Today's post is long overdue,I have officially lost my mojo over the last couple of weeks & can't get into making cards at all! I am starting to panic as I only have 30 Christmas cards made so need to get cracking!!!! This is one of the 4 new baby cards I have made for all the new arrivals that are due in November. I find the scalloped edge cards work well for baby cards. Hope you are all well, any tips on how to inspire me will be gratefully received!! xxx

Promarkers challenge

Back at last with a card for the promarkers challenge blog. The sketch can be used with any colours of your choice, I loved the clean & simple lines of this sketch. Recipe

• Daisy & Dandelion papers
• Coredinations card stock
• Magnolia stamped image coloured with Berry red,Burgundy,gold & Mint green as well as the hair & skin tones.
• Gold punched stars
• Die cut letters

I have not posted for ages as there has been lots going on at home, so I've not felt like crafting. My Hubby's job is looking uncertain & my little boy is poorly. Hope you are all well, and looking forward to blog hopping soon.

xxx

Promarkers challenge

Today's post is my entry for the Promarkers challenge blog. This week you could use any colours with the following recipe: 3 shapes,2 papers,1 ribbon. I love doing recipes as they are a bit more creative than a sketch. Recently I have not been so keen on doing all the sketch challenges,its nice to have a bit more input. Particularly as I love the simpler,fresher card layouts. Hope you are having a good week, Autumn collages went down a storm at Toddler group,so just a night shift on the ward to get through now lol!!!! xxx

In the pink!

Quick post today as we are off to a friends house for lunch & then I have toddler group craft to prepare this afternoon! I have made this card for a friends birthday next week. The card is also my entry for the "3 clovers" challenge blog,this is the first time I've entered this one. I have used Marshmallow from "Daisy & Dandelion" stamp set. Coloured with Promarkers, I have got a few of the new shades which are very pretty. I would never spend all that money on collecting the full set, I have about 40 pens now and feel this is enough to achieve good results. Happy Crafting xxx

Back with a challenge at last!

Today's post is my entry for the "JCBC's" challenge blog,I loved this clean & simple sketch this time. This is my first post for about 10 days, what a bad blogger! I have not really been in a crafty mood. However today I have sorted out my shed & unpacked a few Promarkers and a "Daisy & Dandelion" kit I treated my self too. I never usually use kits anymore but I am really enjoying making a few cards with decoupage & stickers for a change. I know its cheating,but it can be satisfying getting a few more done when time is short!

Recipe

• Daisy & Dandelion papers,stickers & greeting
• Gold ribbon
• gold bow

Hope you have a nice weekend & hope to get some blog hopping done soon!

xxx