For a little monster

I'm here today with a card for my young nephew using some yummy Quixotic Paperie stash!   For this make, I used Paper Makeup's Monster of a Gift with this brilliant sentiment from the Paper MakeUp Monster Sentiment set...

 

 

I think they are soooo cool together and perfect for boy and guy cards!  I used these fabby cool papers from the BasicGrey Nook and Pantry paper pack which I normally think too girly for male cards - not so!

I hope you likey!  I love all of the other fun Paper Makeup Monsters Etc stamps - you can see them all here! And don't forget the big sale on now and the Quixotic Inspirations design team call!

 

DESIGN TEAM CALL ON! 

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Holiday, get away, it would be so nice...tra la la la la...

Anybody out there old enough to remember Madonna's old songs?!! I found myself humming this when I made this card with a tropical scene - and now I wish I was in the Caribbean! Still, we are having the most fantastic weather in the south of England - long may it last! (Although rain is predicted tomorrow!) And it just occurred to me that I could have used this as my DT card for Totally Gorjuss as it has a water theme too!

I used this week's The Sweet Stop sketch which was perfect for the scene. I'm really enjoying making these scenery cards - perhaps it's now my thing!

Wow, see how many cards I've been making recently! It's because I'm actually on holiday so no interruptions from work - bliss! And I've got another week to go so more card making - yay!! See you tomorrow no doubt!

Papers/cardstock: Bazzill kraft cardstock, Co'redinations brown cardstock
Stamps: Magnolia waterfall background and jungle sign

Mediums: Copic Caios

Accents: jute ribbon in light brown (from Bunny Zoe's Crafts here), raffia ribbon from John Lewis
Tools: EK Success border punch

From Totally Gorjuss to Totally Tilda!

Yeah, I know I keep harping on about being a Guest Gorjusette (I'm still learning how to spell it off by heart!) - but I'm so looking forward to you all seeing my first ever DT card this Saturday! But today, I have a card for first ever challenge at the new Totally Tilda blog. The theme is Chocolate Tilda - lots of chocolates and cream with perhaps a touch of colour. I didn't think I had anything that would suit (only owning two Tildas!) but my blog pal Pam encouraged me to use my Pirate Tilda - so here she is...

My touch of colour is the pale blue around the sun. I also used the Sweet Sunday sketch #76 which gave me loads of space to create a scene.

Papers/cardstock: Co'redinations brown cardstock, DCWV travel stack

Stamps: Magnolia Fairytale Pirate Tilda (from Bunny Zoe's Crafts here), CC Designs sentiment

Mediums: Copic Ciaos, Distress ink in Antique Linen

Accents: jute ribbon in light brown (from Bunny Zoe's Crafts here)

Tools: Tim Holtz paper distresser (from Craft Barn here)

AFA challenge - autumn colours

Yay! I managed to complete another Anyone for Anya challenge two weeks in a row! This time you need to use autumnal colours and I chose to use the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love papers again (and it looks like a lot of the other challengers had this perfect idea too!!). Anyway, here she is...

I used the Copics Marker pad for the first time - the colours (as you'd expect) came out fab and there was little bleeding. The paper was rather thin though so I couldn't cut out the image and use dimensional pads like I would normally do. I had to stick it down directly onto the card. Didn't like that! Still, lovely paper to colour on.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy your weekend! I'm still decorating and now have an urgent need to finish as we are getting a new puppy at the end of November!!! Sooo excited, if you couldn't tell! ;) Could you imagine the nightmare of an untidy house plus an untrained bundle of fluff?! Will post some piccies as I'm sure you all like a good old "aaahhhh!!".

Papers/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock black, Core'dinations cardstock in a bluey/green, American Crafts cardstock in caramel, Cosmo Cricket Earth Love paper pack, Copics A4 Marker Pad
Mediums: Copics, white gel pen, Distress Ink in Tea Dye
Stamps: Miss Anya Rain

Accents: Bazzill button, ribbon and wool from stash
Tools: Martha Stewart Loop border punch

Christmas cards galore!

Life has been so manic recently that I haven't had the time to spend on my cards as much as I would have liked (which is 24/7!). Not only are we decorating our hallway (which is taking aaaages), I've picked up two new projects at work which means I'm doing well over my contracted hours! Hey ho, I wouldn't do it if I didn't love my job too!

I've steadily been working on my Christmas cards to use up the K&Co Mat Pad and Tag Pad I've had in my stash for ages. I've got about 30 half made up cards now and have finally used up every bit of scrap I could sensibly do! I've made up variations of basically the same format and I managed to complete these ones last night...

I call this lot my 'blue mood' - lol! The other papers are more red, pink and greens so no doubt that's how I'll post those moods too!

I'm quite pleased with them and at least I will have made up nearly enough for all my clients and work colleagues. Last year I was going to make all my xmas cards two weeks before the special day, but I went down with the 'flu and ended up not making any at all! I refused to buy ones though so ended up sending everyone 'sorry I didn't make it' text messages!! Yeah, daft.

In between coats of paint drying this week, I will hopefully have some more to post very soon!

Papers/cardstock: various Bazzill and Core'dinations cardstock, K&Co Brenda Walton's Peppermint Twist Mat Pad and Tag Pad
Stamps: none
Mediums: Stickles in Stardust and Diamond
Accents: ribbon from stash, Bazzill buttons
Tools: sewing machine, Fiskars Upper Crest border punch, PaperShaper Snowflake border punch

Happy birthday bro'

Well, brother-in-law actually and it's not for a couple more weeks but we're going up to see the in-laws this weekend so we thought we might as well take pressie and card up at the same time.



I'm hoping he won't think the card is too immature for him (he will be 32!). He loves our labrador, Poppy (and she him!) so I thought he might appreciate a dog themed card. I used DCWV's Pets Stack paper that I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts just the other week. It's also the first time I have used Kraft card - and I love it! Now I get why everybody else loves it! I used Elzybell's Kraft card (which is darker than the Bazzill's) and the colour match was much better with the DCWV papers. I also used the dotted border stamp from the Hot Off The Press Bold Patterns stamp set and heat embossed it in white. You can't really see it, but I also doodled a black dash around the main mat.

I have (nearly! Still half done!) more cards to share, but will have to wait until Sunday when I'm back. Thanks for looking!


Papers/cardstock: blue Core'dinations cardstock, DCWV Pet Stack papers,
Stamps: Papermania Sentiments, Hot Off The Press Bold Patterns, paw stamp from stash
Mediums: Staz On in Saddle Brown, black pen 0.3
Accents: ribbon and bronze brads from stash, Robin's Nest Dew Drops in Cowboy, Bazzill button
Tools: Netstabilities Labels 2 (for inside card), Woodware star punches