Birthday girl

There's a new Tuesday Morning Sketch today and I am here with my next and last guest designer card.  This week we are sponsored by the gorgeous Saturated Canary and here is my take on it using Party Hardy...

 

I matched this gorgeous gal up with Zoe Pearn's Birthday Girl papers and finished off with some gingham ribbon.  I kept it all pretty simple as I don't think you need much to showcase these gorgeous images, but perhaps it's a bit plain as I normally see lots of embellishing by others who use SC images.  Here's a close up of her...

You can check out more gorgeous DT inspiration and deets over at the blog here.  Thanks for visiting me and I'll be back later with my By Lori Designs DT post!

 

Cute, cute girls!

Hello everyone, hope your week is going well.  I'm here today to show you two cards.  The first is with more gorgeous goodies in the Quixotic Paperie shop...

Isn't she beautiful?  And a dream to colour in.  She is Saturated Canary's Thank You that I stamped on Make It Colour Blending Card and coloured with Copics.  The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Gift Card Greetings stamp set that I stamped on a die from the Mix and Match Banners die set.  I matched her up with papers from the My Mind's Eye Sweetest Thing Bluebell pad.  And of course I used more My Favorite Things Die-Namics - the very sweet Butterflies Die, the Dainty Dots Border die that I popped some gems on top of. I am entering this into the Saturated Canary challenge for inspired by a film (her red hair in Brave!).

My second card uses the gorgeous Sending Hearts from this month's new release by Birdie Brown...

I love this girl so much, I might even make a mother's day card with it - sooo cute!  I used My Minds Eye papers and my newly bought MFT Die-Namics - Bracket Edge Duo die - it's so fab!  The sentiment is from the There She Goes Love Birds set.  I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp challenge for anything goes.

I'm off now but thanks for visiting and I'll see you later on my blog rounds!

My Favourite Five Christmas Cards of 2011

The ever talented and sweet Debby has this fantastic idea to show off our five favourite christmas cards of 2011!  So here are mine...

First up is Scruffy from the Make It Crafty Elf Collection...

Second up is using this cutie penguin By LoRi Designs ...

Third up is a Saturated Canary beauty...

 Fourth is the gorgeously sweet Winter Fairy by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps...

And lastly my fifth card is the one I made for my husand using Peas On Earth by Whimsie Doodles...

Phew, that was harder than I thought it would be!  Hope you can join in the fun too!

Guest spotlight over at Simply Sassy!

Today I am being spotlighted over at Simply Sassy - wow, I felt so privileged when lovely blog mate Anita asked me to do it!  You can see my spotlight over there today but here is the card I especially made for it using Cinders from the new November release... 

Isn't she just gorgeous?!  I love these beauties, they are such a pleasure to colour in!  I used papers from My Minds Eye Everyday Flair (from Quixotic Paperie here), a super sweet doily (from Crafty Emma's Store here), Kaisercraft white lace (from Bunny Zoe's here) and Pink Petticoat digi letters. 

And here is a close up of this gorgeous little lady!

Thanks again to the lovely Simply Sassy team to invite for a spotlight!  Here are some other cards I have made using these gorgeous creations by Krista Smith, the Saturated Canary who creates these babies!


I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampin' - punches
• Crafts and Me - shabby chic
• Saturated Canary - anything goes

Make it Monday sponsored by Craft Emma's Store!

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you had a good one!  It's Monday so it's time for a new Make It Monday linky party and we want to be inspired by your creativity!  For my make this week, I used a new fave by Saturated Canary digi set called Camping Sleep Over...

 

 

I kept it all pretty simple, using lots of distressing and ripping to create interest and chalk to create the shadows under the images that are stuck on with foam pads, which you can see better in this piccie here...

The sentiments are from My Favorite Things and the cardstock is Core'dinations whitewash - love this stuff!

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Emma over at Crafty Emma's Store and this week the prize is a £10 voucher to spend in her yummy store!

So onto my pick of last week's entrants - I have chosen this sweet fresh make by Wendy of Flowergirl Cards...

Created by Wendy of Flowergirl Cards

I love that Penny Black stamp and how Wendy has added the gems in the tree and the subtle distressing - just beautiful!  Thank you for sharing with us Wendy!


I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• Saturated Canary - stitching
• Pretty Little Ribbons - anything goes
• Fab 'n' funky - beat up, torn, distressed
• Totally Papercraft Fridays - layer upon layer
  

Simply Sassy Guest DT call!

Hi everyone!  It is a brilliantly, gorgeous, sunny day here in England and it's meant to be getting better!  Apart from the fact it means more gardening for me (boo!) it also means more time down at the coast (yay!).  I hope it is sunny wherever you are!

Did you know there is a guest DT call over at Simply Sassy?  They are looking for one designer to help show off their release no 7 and 8 and I bet they will be gorgeous!  All you need to do is make card using their sketchand here is my submission - have your fingers crossed for me please!

 

 

I have used Pillow Talk - I think she is the sassiest of them all so far!   You can buy her here at Funky Kits.  I coloured her in with my Copics but instead of using my usual smooth cardstock, I used watercolour paper.  I loved this!  The colours came out more intense and look more like watercolouring with Distress Inks!  You have to be careful though because it's more likely to bleed but the good thing (unlike Distress Inks) it's easy to correct mistakes with the blender.

If you want to apply for the guest DT role, you'd better be quick because the all closes in a few hours!  Ta ra for now!

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, Bazzill Bling cream cardstock, BasicGrey Sultry

Stamps: Simply Sassy Pillow Talk, pc printed sentiment

Mediums: Copics on watercolour paper

Accents: beads and flat backed pearls (from Quixotic Paperie in this section here)

Tools: Nestabilities label dies, My Favorite Things rolled rose and leaf dies, Martha Stewart border punch inside card

 

Embellishing fun over at A Spoonful of Sugar!

Today over at A Spoonful of Sugar, we are challenging you to use ribbon, pearls/gems and flowers - our favourite embellishing items so this will be an easy, peasy challenge for you all!  This is my DT card for it...

 

 

I am really enjoying using watercolouring with my Distress Inks with these cuties from Simply Sassy that you can buy from Funky Kits.  This one is called Bad Hare Day - brilliant!  I'm really getting into my shabby chic cards although I probably should have distressed the edges a bit!  I can't help it though - I love my clean lines!  Still, I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out.

And do you see that gorgeous ribbon?!!  The card was looking a bit flat but this antique gold lace velvet ribbon saved it from being boring!  I bought it from Ladybug Crafts Ink here.  I've also bought in a gorgeous pink version too - can't wait to use it!


I hope you like my card and you can see all the other gorgeous DT makes here.  Thanks for joining me and have a lovely day!




I am entering my card into this month's Bunny Zoe's challenge which is birthdays with lots of pearls and also into Make It Monday where you can just share your creativity!

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, BasicGrey Wisteria paper pack

Stamps: Simply Sassy Bad Hare Day, Whimsy Friendship ticket sentiments (from Quixotic Paperie here)

Mediums: watercolouring with Distress Inks, Viva Decor Pearl Pen in cream (from Quixotic Paperie here)

Accents:  ribbons(from Ladybug Crafts Ink here), K&Co pearls

Tools: Whimsy Shapeology ticket die (from Quixotic Paper here), Magnolia border, doily and swirl dies (Bunny Zoe's Crafts has a great selection including these here), Martha Stewart butterfly punch, mini butterfly punch, My Favorite Things rolled rose and mini rolled rose flower dies, Nestabilities label die inside card

Sketch challenge time over at A Spoonful of Sugar!

(Please scroll down for my Totally Ladybug Tuesday DT card)

I always love a sketch challenge to get a dose of inspiration, don't you?  This week A Spoonful of Sugar has a brilliant sketch which I had a ball with!

I flipped the sketch on its side and I used another of those lovely Simply Sassy images called Pillow Talk from Sugar Nellie.  I adore these little ladies!  Steve's not that keen on them - says they looks like they haven't taken their mascara off properly, lol!!!  But I don't care - it's not like I give him my cards anyway!

The other DT makes are gorgeous!  You can see them all here.

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Hattie paper pack

Stamps: Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Pillow Talk, Stamping Bella sentiment

Mediums: watercolouring with Distress Inks

Accents: Stampin' Up ribbon

Tools: Nestabilities dies

We're not too shabby over at A Spoonful of Sugar!

 (Please scroll down for my Totally Ladybug Tuesday DT post)

 
 Over at A Spoonful of Sugar today we are challenging you to use a vintage or shabby chic theme!  This isn't really my comfort zone - it (ahem) "distresses" me not to have my clean, neat lines!  But I've had to make a few of these styles recently and I think I'm getting the hang of them! What do you think...?

 

 

My Tim Holtz distressing tool is starting to get really blunt now and I handstitched all that - patience of an angel, don't you think?!!  This card also gave me an excellent excuse to use up some very, very old stash that's been lying around for years - it was very satisfying!  I did use something new too though - see that lovely organic thick twine?  I bought it from my blog friend Carly's Etsy shop called Perfectly Pretty.  She has some lovely, lovely stash perfect for this style!  And those crochet flowers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts here.

That's it from me today!  You can see all the other gorgeous DT makes here.


I am entering my card into the BasicGrey challenge theme of wings and By the Cute and Girly theme of springtime.

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, BasicGrey Wisteria paper pack

Stamps: Simply Sassy Spread Your Wings for Sugar Nellie

Mediums: watercolouring with Distress Inks, Gesso paint, Pebbles Inc pearlescent chalks

Accents: Laura Ashley brads, chipboard heart and lace from stash, crochet flowers, organic thick twine

Tools: Tim Holtz distressing tool, Nestabilities rectangle die inside card