Friends Don't Let Friends Wine Alone

After fairly nice weather yesterday morning, last night we got more rain and today is as dull as dishwater. Meh. On the plus side, I started the day with a skype chat with my sister and my two gorgeous nephews!

I used a Bugaboo image and sentiment for this card, coloured with my trusty promarkers. The papers are from The Blackcurrant Stack, layered on card from the papermill. And I added a couple of flowers (I had despaired of not having purple flowers actually, but it tuns out these were tucked at the back of my flower drawer! I should really check out what else is hiding in their some day, lol!) and some gems, to finish.

I love the metallic flowers on the paper, unfortunate, it's a pain to photograph without it reflecting the light, lol! But it came out alright, I think!

I'm submitting this for:

- Crafting From The Heart #71 - Anything Goes
- Get Creative Challenge #20 - Monochromatic using Purple
- The Corrosive Challenge #230 - Perfectly Purple
- Creative Knockouts #101 - Friendship
- Shopping Our Stash #213 - Show Us Your Snark

May All Your Weeds Be Flowers

The weekend has arrived and with it just the smallest hint of summer... it's not exactly hot out but the sun is in fact shining and it's not pissing wet, so i'll take it! (My dog certain appreciates it, since it means he gets proper walks not just a quick in and out!)

I used a Pollycraft image on this card, coloured of course with my promarkers and paired it with a lovely sentiment from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. The papers are from my minds eye, lost and found 3, layered on card from the paper mill.

I cut the stitched card and the 'notepaper' on my cameo and added a couple of little punched butterflies, some twine and a few gems to finish it off.

I'm submitting this for:

- Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
- Dragonfly Journeys #17 - Colour Inspiration (Goldenrod, Turquoise, Ruby)
- I Love ProMarkers #281 - In The Garden

Second Spring

Just Us Girls had the word 'Autumn' as their inspiration this week and as it's my favourite season, I had to join in! I love the starting of the dark nights, the trees changing, the crisp weather that makes the leaves crunch under your feet (when it's not just wet, lol!)

The papers are from First Editions New Leaf pack. The sentiment and leaves are from Sweet and Sassy, I used my cameo to fussy cut the leaves and coloured them with my promarkers. And of course because I couldn't resist a few gems snuck on at the end :D

I'm submitting this for:

- Just Us Girls #304 - Autumn
- Tuesday Morning Sketches #312 - Sketch
- 4 Crafty Chicks #257 - Anything Goes

Sketch

One Martini, Two Martini, Three Martini... Floor!

I won this stamp last week from Sassy Studio Designs, isn't she awesome? And appropriate for so many of my friends! lol! I coloured her with my promarkers and popped her into a polaroid frame.

I used papers from Jen Hadfield's Pebbles pack (I picked it up last week in TK Max, where I spent a good half hour narrowing the six packs I wanted to buy, down to just two! Damn my bank account for not being willing to let me buy all the paper! lol!)

Added a computer generated sentiment, a little martini glass (everything was cut on my cameo of course) and added a few gems to finish it off.

I'm submitting this for:

- Inspiration Destination #44 - Anything Goes
- I Love ProMarkers #280 - Three or More Layers
- Aud Sentiments Challenge #137 - Sketch + Sentiment
- Sassy Studio Designs - What'd Your Say?
- Incy Wincy Designs - Frame It

Sketch

Sun, Sea, Sand, Relax!

Summer has disappeared again here in NI, so I've been making this while looking out my window to a cold, miserable sunday! Oh well!

The image for this one, came from Sweet and Sassy and was coloured with my ProMarkers and a little light sponging on the sky. The papers are from Authentique's Fresh Collection and is layered on grey card from the paper mill. The sentiment words were cut on my cameo as were the two little shells and I added four pearls to finish it off.

I'm submitting this for:

- Crafting When We Can #99 - Sketch
- Crafty Sentiments Design - Anything Goes
- 4 Crafty Chicks #256 - Sun, Sea, Sand
- Crafty Creations Challenge #294 - Four (Four papers, four pearls, four words)

Java Great Day!

Anyone who is a semi-regular visitor to my blog probably can't have failed to notice that I am a bit (a lot) of a coffee addict. It's my go to option for relaxing, regardless of time of day (no 11pm is not to late for coffee!) a nice cup of coffee and a few minutes of peace (even better if it also comes with either craft time or a book!)

I won this gorgeous stamp from Fresh Brewed Designs a few weeks ago - I got to pick my own and this seemed an obvious choice, because it's very me! (And more than a few of my friends are also coffee addicts so this will go down well with them too!)

The stamp was coloured of course with my promarkers and the sentiment was computer generated. I used papers from the Recollections Charming paper pack and layered it on brown card. Cut the coffee beans on my cameo and added a couple of brown pearls to finish it off, because you know I have to have gems or pearls, lol!

I'm submitting this for:

- Stamps & Fun = Creativity #259 - Sketch
- Craft Your Passion Challenge #271 - Anything Goes
- Shopping Our Stash #211 - Don't Get Stressed, Get De-Stressed

Shoes!

I am not a very girly-girl (this will shock no one I realise) and while I like shoes, I don't actually own that many and of the ones I do I spent at least 85% of my time in my trainers and most of the other 15% in my walking boots, only occasionally wearing ballet pumps or even more occasionally high heels on like really special occasions - this drives my sister mad! lol!

But I know lots of girlfriends of mine who are shoe mad and have one in particular in mind with this card! I used a sentiment block from bugaboo and coloured the image with my promarkers and inked up the edges. The paper is from Recollections Festival Floral paper pack layered on purple card.

I cut a couple of shoes on my cameo and added a little glitter and some gems to finish the card off.

I'm submitting this for:
- Dragonfly Journeys #14 - If The Shoe Fits
- Craft Your Passions #270 - Anything Goes
- Clear It Out - Theme: Colour-Purple Stash: Purple things

Tri-Shutter Card

I had a lot of fun with this card, if you count banging my head against a wall for a solid hour, fun, lol! Okay maybe not a solid hour, but it felt like it! Still, I think it's turned out pretty well!

I used a bugaboo image and sentiment, coloured it with my promarkers and used glitter glue on the bubbles. The card base is cut from rich razzleberry card from Stampin' Up and the papers are also Stampin' Up, from the Razzleberry Lemonade pack.

I cut pretty much everything, except the butterflies with my cameo, the butterflies were punched and I added some gems to finish

I'm submitting this too:
- The Crafters Cafe Challenge #124 - More Than 3 Folds
- Cute Card Thursday #381 - Ladies Only
- Creative Fingers Challenge #87 - Anything Goes
- Everybody Art Challenge #333 - Papers and Embellishments

please sir, can I have s'more?

Because I can't resist a good pun! Or a bad one! lol! And becase CASology's cue card for the week is 'EAT'

I cut the s'more on my silhouette and printed the sentiment. I used a kraft card base and because I couldn't help myself, added a few little pearls. Took more time waiting for the s'more to cut than anything else, lol!

Add A Little Colour

As soon as I saw the sketch for CAS on Sunday, I knew exactly what I wanted to use for it - these adorable freebie digi's and sentiment from The Alley Way. I cut the base card in daffodil delight and printed the sentiment and brushes, cutting the brushes out individually.

I used cotton balls to apply some ink to the white panel, and coloured the brushes to match with my promarkers, mounting the little brushes on dimensions pads, adding a quick bit of colour to the sentiment as well and finishing of course, with a few gems.

I'm submitting this to:
- CAS on Sunday #33 - Sketch
- Inky Chicks #29 - Clean and Simple

The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow...

I delved into my old papers today and came across this one, that came as a freebie with a magazine, part Rachel Harper's, Lets Fly Away, paper pack. Cut a card base with daffodil delight and the panels in a dark red, to layer it up. The image is from tiffany doodles, coloured with my promarkers - warm greg 1, yellow and canary. The sentiment is computer generated and of course, inspired by everyone's favourite orphan annie and of course I had to finish with a few gems.

I'm submitting this for:

- Sunday Sketch & Stamp #206 - Sketch
- I Heart ProMarkers - Whatever the Weather
- Shopping Our Stash #151 - Sing it to Me

Music...

I just love this image from Milk Coffee, it's so elegant! I printed it off and coloured it with my promarkers and cut it out with my dies. And printed out the quote and cut that as well.

The paper is from Papermania's 'book print' pack, layered on black card, on a black card base. I added touches of yellow to the dress, hair and punched a yellow butterfly, finally finishing with some yellow gems.

I'm submitting this for:
- Alphabet Challenge Blog - G is for Gorgeous Gowns
- Crafty Catz Challenge #230 - Black, White and One other Colour
- Sketch N Stash #139 - Sketch
- Oh La La Challenge Blog #156 - Quotations

Like the Flower and the Bee...

I finally has card making mojo again - health cooperating for once, lol - and I got a couple of cards made. This is the first one.

I used papers from first edition's j'adore pack and an image from beccy's place, coloured with my promarkers (pear green, marsh green, soft peach, pale pink) and a sentiment stamp from a freebie whimsy stamp I got in a magazine. I finished with a couple of punched butterflys and a few pearls. (part of an awesome stash of craft goodies a friend sent me at christmas)

I'm submitting this for:
- Craft Your Passion #210 - Pretty Pastels
- Created With Love #80 - In the Garden
- Party Time Tuesdays #169 - Anything Goes
- Passion for ProMarkers #244 - Sketch

Retro Sketches #49

PSST - I HAVE BLOG CANDY!

I am really to tired to exist today after being up almost all night with my grandmother, but I didn't get any crafting done yesterday and I am determined to do at least two cards today.

This is the first one, for this weeks Retro Sketches Challenge #49. I used stampin up daffodil delight for my base, a strip of rose red and paper from jillibeans 'homemade 6 bean soup' pack. The brushes and sentiment were freebies from The Alley Way Stamps and I coloured them with my promarkers: caramel, sandstone, warm grey 2, blush, pear green, marsh green, cool aqua, duck egg, dusky rose, rose pink, buttercup and canary.

I cut the sentiment using mft fishtale dies and hand cut the paintbrushes, mounted the sentiment on dimension pads and added some gems and a little of each colour promarker to the sentiment.

Just saying Hello

The paper is Jillibean Soup's Neopolitan Bean Bisque, layered on red card. The image and sentiment were fabulous freebies from Birdy Brown and is coloured with promarkers: lipstick red, poppy, ruby, mustard, gold, warm grey 1, warm grey 2, cool grey 3 and cool grey 4.

I'm submitting this for:
- Sketch Saturday 242 - Sketch
- Papertake Weekly - Tie Up Your Loose Ends

You Brighten My Day!

I used paper from crafts beautiful on this card layered on papermania textured shimmer card. The image is wee Stamps and coloured in promarkers: cornflower, china blue, honeycomb, amber, spice, terracotta, yellow, canary, soft pink, soft peach, lavender, amethyst, slate, mustard, gold, pear green, marsh green, lipstick red, ruby and blush.

I cut a circle from the same image stamped and coloured the same... inked around the edges of the circle to create a 'spot light' effect.

I tied a ribbon around the large panel with the DP and knotted it, stamped the sentiment from the same set and added a little yellow to the sun. And added flowers and pearls from my stash to finish.

I'm submitting this for:
- My Time To Craft #204 - Spotlight Technique
- Sweet Stampin' Challenge - It's time for some gingham
- Come and Get it Challenges - Tie a Ribbon Around It
- Sunday Sketch & Stamp #139 - Sketch
- Everybody Art Challenge #219 - Girl

Summer Bound

How much do I wish we were summer bound? Because right now, it's brrrr cold!

I used papers from fancy pants designs on this card, with images from the digi doodle shop, coloured in promarkers: cool aqua, duck egg, cornflower, denim blue, rose pink, cool grey 4, sandstone, caramel, honeycomb, amber, yellow and canary.

I used ribbon, a felt flower and some gems to embellish and nestabilities from spellbinders to cut the circles.

I'm submitting this for:
- Craft Crafters Circle #57 - Summer - Some Like It Hot
- Sketch Saturday #241 - Sketch

Coffeeeeeeee

I should really just send this card to myself, it's so applicable! lol!

I used stampin up's morning coffee set, which is one of my favourites, because of the coffee theme! I coloured the imagse with promarkers: almond, spice, terracotta, shale and pear green. Mounted them on a brown card base and stamped the sentiment in white (embossing it with clear powder to bring it up a bit) and added the gems and twine to embellish.

I'm submitting this for:
- Retro Sketches #46 - Sketch
- Fussy and Fancy Friday #80 - Coffee, Cocoa or Tea
- Crating when We Can #35 - These are a few of my favourite things