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Monday, 28 March 2011

Single Flower - Digi's by Phooka

At Crafty Cardmakers it is my choice for the Spotlight Challenge today which is Decoupage. Please take a look at my previous post which is a tutorial I made as a simple introduction to decoupage. This post is to give you more information about the card itself.

I just love this gorgeous happy flower image from Digi's By Phooka. I call sunflowers 'Happy Flowers' and this image and card pretty much sums me up. Bright colours with a happy smily face. I've even added a glittery fabric sticker butterfly :)

I have decoupaged the image and coloured with Promarkers. I used a Nestabilities die to cut the main image and also the larger orange on in the background which is a DCWV cardstock. I have edged both panels with a gold metallic marker. The main card has been covered with a marbled paper which was a magazine freebie.

The patterned ribbon is one I got from a Brenda Pinnick TSV from QVC which I have had for a good few years. The flowers are Primas. I coloured the larger one with the gold pen to tie it in and added a pearl brad from American Crafts. The sentiment is a clear adhesive one with gold foil rubbed onto it.

This card will be heading out to a very good friend who took me to a spa day last Tuesday. I had a sunbed session, pedicure, facial and a back massage and was so chilled out, calm and relaxed. The smiley flower signifies how very happy I was and the floating butterfly is me, I felt like I was floating afterwards and like a butterfly.

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Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #16


It's Georgia's turn to set the challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges this week and it is to make a shaped card, no Squares or Rectangles here !!

I used an egg from the Fancy Easter Egg's set which are available to purchase from the Happileigh Scrappin' Store. There are 5 different designs in this set for only $3 which represents fantastic value.

For my creation I wanted to try something different but really wasn't sure if it would work. I had the idea to transfer the digi design onto acetate using a Sharpie marker. I than applied some dries clear glue and ultra fine glitter to these areas and left them to dry. I think I may have used a little bit too much glue as it took over 24 hours to completely dry but the sparkle is amazing so well worth it.

The main pink background is a crackle effect self adhesive irridescent paper which I adhered to the large egg shape I had created for my template. I then used this to make a shaped card, creating a frame around the image and squaring off the base so it could stand up. I attached the acetate to this base card so that glitter would be inside, thus ensuring the recipient doesn't get covered in like I did when I made it. To complete the sandwich I added a black layer to the card front to create a frame around the egg and cover the adhesive that had been used on the acetate.

The spotty ribbon is actually a patterned shoelace from Poundland. They are printed onto a strong twill and you get 4 pairs of varying sizes laces for only £1!! The tag is from an easter set of dimensional stickers and I have suspended it from the ribbon using 2 jump rings.

This week we are welcoming some new members to our team. Please pop on over to see the lovely creations my Happi Sisters have added. There are lots of lovely cards to feast your eyes upon.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.

Don't forget that at Happileigh Scrappin' Store Leigh is having a sale on her digi's for the month of March.


We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun.

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Sunday, 27 March 2011

OSAAT Guest DT Mother's Day



A few weeks ago I was contacted by Marjo at One Stitch at a Time after entering a challenge and saying I would be interested in a Guest Designer spot. Today is the day that I go 'Live' with a challenge of Mother's Day.

Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps each month have a huge collaboration pack from different members of the store. For the month of April you will get a Mother's Day/Babies set and it has loads of images in it as you can see below. The best things id it is ABSOLUTELY FREE if you spend only $10 in the store. Fabulous value!!


There are 2 sponsors for this challenge, One Stop Card Crafts are offering a $10 voucher


And Digi's With Attitude are also offering a prize, more details are on the challenge post.


I was able to choose my own image and picked this gorgeous little duck in the bath. It is called Rub-a-Dub-Dub and is designed by Stitchy Bear. You can purchase it in the store here

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and I have added some stickles glitter and dewdrops to highlight some of the bubbles. I have also used artistic license and added bubbles spilling out of the bath. I added Crystal effects to the big red hearts, eye and beak of the little duckie.

The blue paper is from a big QVC Colorbok pack and I have added ink to the edges of this and the paper too. I wanted to do a relax theme to the card for Mother's day and used a sketch from Waltzing Mouse stamps for the banner idea. the lettering is rub ons and I have strung the flags onto a thin cord and 'pinned' it up using Craftwork Cards Candi.

The Mother sentiment is a Sizzlits die I bought in the sale last year. I think it cost me just 49p and I knew it would come in handy. I cut it in blue 1st and then layered a white one on top adding some little black dots and a gem on the butterfly. The rest of the sentiment was made up using the rub ons.

So that's my MIL's card done now, she will love the cute image. I hope you will hop on over to One Stitch at a Time and take a look at the DT's cards and maybe even enter the challenge yourself.

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Thursday, 24 March 2011

AIF073 Under The Weather





We have a new challenge for you today at AI Factory and this week we have an Under The Weather theme where you should make a Get Well Soon card.

We're showcasing a fabulous clipart set called Little Doctor which is available from the AI Store here.
It is amazing how many individual images you get. No less than 12!! Really really good value and there is something for everyone.


Now before I tell you more about my card I need to apologise that the colours on my image are different to the clipart. You know when no matter what you do to fix it your printed colours don't come out right, well unfortunately that happened to me. I think it still works really well but maybe now quite how the designer pictured it LOL

I like to make unusual shaped cards and as soon as I saw the set I knew I wanted to make an ambulance card. I printed the image out to an A5 size and used a sheet of white A4 card for the base. I thought it would be fun to have the doctor peering out of the window so added him to the inside of the card with a Get Well Message which is a fabulous freebie from Elegant Wordart By Bethany. Last but not least I have added spokes to the wheels with some black Paperchase gems in the centre.

To enter this week's challenge visit the AI Factory Challenge Blog where you will see the full rules and details. If you play along with us and upload your image you could win this week's image.

You are not required to use an AI Factory image to enter, but there are loads of great freebies available here in the freebies section of the store. You will need to link up your entry before midnight EST on Wednesday March 30th. If you use an online gallery Such as AiF, PCP or SCS then please tag your entry with the challenge code AIF073 so we can see all your cards in one place. Whilst you are at our challenge site please take a look at the rest of the DT's wonderful creations.

I look forward to seeing your entries in our challenge and Good Luck !

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Monday, 21 March 2011

Guest Designer at Shelly's Images

OOOh, I've got some really exciting news to tell you. This week I am a Guest Designer for Shelly's Images. Shelly recently asked for people to come forward and said yes straight away. Don't you love it when that happens :)

Anyhoo, this gorgeous image above is called Carrot Patch and can be purchased from the Shelly's Images store here. As soon as I saw the image it reminded me of Rabbit in The Winnie the Pooh stories as he was always tending to his garden, especially his carrots.

I have used the current sketch from Cards for Men for the layout. I am giving this to a good friend of ours who is retiring. He is been a gardener at a massive house for many years and his own garden is lovely. We'd have him do ours only he lives some 100 miles away. It is always a treat when we go for the weekend and he shows us what we are eating that came out of his garden.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and made a second layer with the seed packet to create dimension. The papers are from the Desert Blooms pad by Trimcraft. They have got 4 pads in their First Edition range and I have them all, they are such sweet designs and yummy colours :)

I have added Candi dots (why??? have they changed the name from Card Candy....it was a good name without changing it) a sentiment from Anita's and a cutie little rabbit pinching some of the carrots.

Thankyou so much to Shelly's Images for giving me this Guest Designer opportunity and please check out the creations that the Design Team have made with this image too on Shelly's Images Blog

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Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #15


It's Chris's turn to set the challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges this week and it is to use pastel colours on your card in celebration of Springtime.

For my creation I have done something completely different for me. I have combined 3 separate digis to create a scene. I enlarged the Window Box digi to create a window that you could look through from the outside. I created another layer and resized the Mama's Sugar and Chandelier digis so it looks like you are peering into a living room. The whole of the window box section is mounted onto 3d foam to create the depth I wanted.

All these digis have been coloured with Promarkers and are available to purchase from the Happileigh Scrappin' Store.

I thought the whole scene would be perfect for a Mother's Day Card. I've added a little stickles to the lights and the roses. The sentiment panel is a Papermania rose patterned paper which I have die cut with a die from Marianne Creatables. It is so intricate and very delicate. The text is a peel off which I coloured in black. Last but not least I used some small ink pads to soften the edges of the paper and window box image.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.

Don't forget that at Happileigh Scrappin' Store Leigh is having a sale on her digi's for the month of March.


We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun.

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Monday, 14 March 2011

Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #14


It's Barb's turn to set the challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges this week and it's a recipe for you to follow.

1 plain piece of cardstock
2 Designer papers
At least 3 embellishments


For my creation I have used Promarkers to colour a lovely digi Leigh has design called Scraggly Teddy which is available from the Happileigh Scrappin' Store. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be great for the teddies to be flipped so they could hold a birthday banner between them.

The card base has been made from a sheet of A4 card. The paper is a double sided one from My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow collection. I had created 3 layers on the bear so that the banner could be placed behind the arms. Each banner was made with a diamond shape of paper that is looped around the silver cord. They each measure 1.5cm at the widest point so they are quite dinky and have gold peel off letters on them to spell the sentiment. Each triangle is mounted onto 3d foam to add more dimension.


To separate the 2 papers I used a chocolate grossgrain ribbon with a diamante effect ribbon buckle. The lettering to spell Mom is velvet effect. I layered a couple of Prima daisies together with an American Crafts gem brad and I made a hat pin embellishment from assorted beads.

As you can see the card is for Mom. That is my Mother in Law and I gave it to her for her birthday yesterday and she absolutely loved it. The colours are her favourite and she adores and collects teddy bears so it ticked a lot of boxes.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.

Don't forget that at Happileigh Scrappin' Store Leigh is having a sale on her digi's for the month of March.


We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun.

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Monday, 7 March 2011

Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #13


Oooh, it is so exciting as this week it is my turn to set the challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges. It is the 1st time I have ever chosen the theme for a challenge and I have a beauty for you this week.

Before I tell you what the challenge is I just want to let you know that over at the Happileigh Scrappin' Store Leigh is having a sale on her digi's for the month of March.


Purple is one of my favourite colours. I love it so much my bedroom walls are painted a shade called Purple Heart by Crown Paints. It is such a calming restful colour and at the moment in the UK the spring flowers are starting to peek out of the ground including purple crocus' and very soon we will have bluebells at the bottom of my garden and that makes me happy :)

So I want to see lot of purple or lilac, to qualify it needs to be the main colour not just a tiny bit.

For my creation I have used Promarkers to colour a lovely digi Leigh has design called Jenny on Swing which you can purchase form the Happileigh Scrappin' Store. I thought it would be fun to place it inside the scallop frame so that her legs were dangling outside, emphasising she is sitting on the swing.

The card is 5.5'' square and has been cut from a sheet of A4 card. I have used a sketch from Hanna & Friends for the layout. The green paper is a Dovecraft one and the floral purple is by Papermania and I have distressed the edges of the papers and image with a small Versamark inkpad. I have added glittered Doodlebug swirls in the background and an assortment of paper flowers and bling embellishments. The sentiment is from a Forever Friends pack.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of her fabulous digis.

We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun.


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Friday, 4 March 2011

Flashback Friday 8.0

At Flashback Friday we have been asked to show our 1st ever 3d Project.

Once I started making cards and selling them my work colleagues would come to me to ask me to make special items that we could all sign when a colleague left or had a special even like a baby or wedding.

I had made a lovely card when Katie (in photo above) got married so had to make sure it was special again for when she was expecting her 1st baby to be born. I had found out she had decorated the room in yellow not knowing if it was a girl or a boy so using a shop bought frame I cut a mount and painted it with yellow emulsion paint ( I used some leftover from my kitchen, it's a lovely sunshiny yellow)

I carried the 2 pieces of card around with me for weeks getting everyone's signatures. I remember I had marked a border in pencil and told the they must stay within these lines so I could fit it into the frame. You honestly would not believe how many people wanted to write on the outside !!

I made a collage in the centre of various baby bits and pieces trying to keep to the yellow theme as much as possible.

As you can see Katie was delighted with it and she used it again when she had her second baby. She has got 2 beautiful boys now.

I am very proud of it as it was so personal to the recipient. Being able to create something beautiful that brings such happiness to the giver and the receiver is the whole reason I love to make such things.
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