Happy Birthday Skater Boy

Well it isn't often that I get to say this but heck - i really LOVE this card! I think alot of it is to do with its simplicity - ok so there is an AWFUL lot of buttons on it, but other than that it is quite simple. I am trying really hard to work on my colouring this year, I keep seeing awesome artwork out there and just wishing my cards could compare, this image is really great for practising, the dude has a nice big head LOL!!

I used one of my new kraft card blanks, and then simply added 3 strips of Basic Grey Archaic paper - my go to papers for masculine cards. These sadly have nearly all gone too, but I only used scraps for this card, so I must remember to copy this layout in the future!! I cut the image out with circle nestabilities and coloured him with my copic markers. I then stuck him to the card and surrounded him in various buttons I have been collecting for years yet never seem to use. I finished the card with some faux stitching, some orange gems and a rubon sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - All the Bs (I was totally inspired to dig out those buttons and there is bling on there too in the form of gems)
ABC Christmas - A for Anything Goes
Pixie Dust - We're Going Dotty

Inspirational Notebook

  

Well, as I said a few posts back, one of my new years resoloutions was to make some more me time and to try and craft a little bit more. Although I hate sharing the box room with Craig as its sooo cramped and tiny, it is also really lovely because it has meant that I have been able to sit and craft a bit in the evenings while he is busy doing whatever it is that he does on his computer at night!!

To try and keep me a little more organised I thought that I would alter a notebook to keep at my side on my desk to jot little notes, challenges and inspiration in. I couldn't resist using this image when i found it during a clearout - I like to think that is what i look like while catching up with all your beautiful blogs!! I think she is Stamping Bella and she has been coloured once again with copics. The papers are all MMEand I finished off with a button, some ribbon and blingy chipboard alphas :)

I would like to enter my little notebook into the following challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Glitter
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
My time to Craft - Favourtie Embellishment ( chipboard alpha, glitter and bling!)

Pink and Blue with a lot of fluff and sparkles

No - you are not going mad, I have indeed made a christmas card!!! Last year I was absolutely RUBBISH with my Christmas cards, I am thinking the newborn baby thing was a lot of the reason, but still, I knew when she was due so I could have done ALOT better. To try and rectify the situation, I have promised myself to try and make a few Christmas cards each month.

This is another cute little card so there wasnt really much room for embellies. The papers are MME Colourful Christmas and they have all be layered upon black cardstock with the right edges rounded. Quite a simple card really, image is a digi from somewhere and has been coloured with my copic markers, to add some extra detailing I covered the snow in the image with polar white flowersoft and added some 3d glaze to his little eyes and buttons. A little craftwork cards sentiment in the corner with glamour dust sparkle and a sparkling diecut snowflake and little pink rose.

- Sorry about the awful pictures that I have been posting lately!!! The weather outside is .. well frightful lol and it gets dark stupidly early, I have taken to photographing my cards and projects under the daylight lamp which isnt too ideal!!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Ribbon Girl - Pink and Blue
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes with Blue
Lexi's Creations -Anything Goes

Awesome Dude

Today I have another card to share with you. This time I made the effort to make a boys card as I do tend to be drawn to all things pink and sparkly! The card is made with a mixture of old, really old and new stash :)

 

The papers are all Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride - I just love these for male cards but have nearly used them all up :(, the image is Stampavie and is called Skateboard dude which has of course been coloured in with my copic markers, to add a bit of detail I glossy accented the wheels but I am not sure if you can see too well on the picture. I cut the image out with my new square nesties - I know they arent a new product out but I have wanted them for aaaaages and finally got them in the sale - yay!! i then finished the card off with a metal awesome sentiment that I have had for yeaaaaaaaaaaaars and chipboard alpha adding a little bit of bling at the top.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
2 Sisters - Use Metal (awesome sentiment)
Crafty Catz - Use Something New (square nesties)
Stamps R Us - Just kidding around
Dutch Dare - For the Boys

Out with the Old

The challenge over at Stamping for the Weekend is out with the old. The perfect challenge to help me use up old stash. I am right in the middle of a sort out at the moment and am trying really hard to organise all my bits together so I can actually find and therefore use it all. - Quite an apt challenge for me really, I am sorting through and trying my little hardest to out with lots of old!!!!! I cant wait to get it all finished, where I share a teeny box room with OH as his study I will hopefully be able to get much more crafting done in the evenings while he is busy doing what it is he does all day long on the computer ;)


This little card is smaller than I usually make but I kinda like it for a bit of a change. All the papers are old scraps that I sorted through, the flower and button are also really old stash. I can't even remember the last time I used a button on a card, my poor blooms have been neglected too since I discovered Wild Orchid Crafts! The image is another favourite of mine from Lili of the Valley and was coloured using my copics with lashings of glamour dust.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Stamping for the Weekend - Out with the Old
Simon Says - Spots &/or Stripes

Lilis Little Fairies

Ok, so I am back with a card - yay!!! Boy have I missed my crafting, it is just soooo relaxing. I really am going to try super hard to find the time to get creative, its good for the children too - i LOVE how both Ryan and Abigail now have their own little craft box and ask me if I will sit and make cards with them. Creativity is a wonderful thing!!

For my card today, I thought I would choose a challenge and work my way from there to get me back into the swing of things. I was sooo sad to see that in my absence LOTV blog had closed down, then super happy again to see that a new one had started. I do LOVE me those Lili of the Valley images. The challenge that they are holding at the moment is favourite images. Now, I can honestly say that I dont have a favourite, they are all just sooo cute, but I can say that this one is definately in my top 10. Such a pretty image. I kept the layout nice and simple to show it off to its best, just a few of my favourite things added, some kraft cardstock, gorgeous blooms and gems. I had to squeeze a little diecut scalloped border in there too - gotta love my scalloped edges!!! Ooooh and she was of course coloured with my beloved copic markers - boy has it been a long time since i used them, need me some practise i think!!

I would like to enter this lil beauty into the following challenges
Lilis Little Fairies - Favourite Image
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Die Cute Special - The scalloped border and circle sentiment were diecut
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

A bit of an update :)

Ok, so firstly it has been suuuuuch a long time since I last posted - naughty naughty blogger - soo long in fact I can barely remember how to blog!! Want to know whats kept me soo busy? .....

... I had me a baby!!! See - thats me in the picture just a few hours after having her LOL!!! My gorgeous little Bethany Rose, she is a little monkey at bedtime, but boy do I love her. She has truely completed my little family.


Seee - how perfect is THAT (well apart from the crazy faces the kiddies are pulling)!!! Boy am I one lucky Mummy!!! Between Bethany and Ryan and Abigail I have sure been kept busy at home.

As you can see from the second picture - my little princess is growing soo fast now, she is 5 months old infact, still not sleeping but I am kinda used to no sleep now!!! I really do miss my crafting and blogging, so have made it my mission for 2012 to take a little bit of time to get creative each week - happy mummy = happy children!!

In order to make room for Bethany I have had to relocate ALL my craft stash into poor Craigs office, so I am now in major stash sort mode, and am looking forward to finally joining you all again getting crafty!! x x