Unregrettable Pirate Life

Good Peeps,

Wow, a bank holiday weekend, thank goodness, I need some rest. All the housework is done, so my weekend will start when I get in from work tonight.

Right onto today's card which I have made using "Unregrettable Pirate Life" from Ching-Chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection, Sheet #10, plate #36, which is available right HERE from Crafts and Me. I'm loving these stamps. I have coloured her using copics and added a bit of sparkle, he, he, just can't stop myself. I have used the Marianne Design flower and raised the 2nd layer and added some flat back pearls and a prima centre, gorgeous. The doily has been sprayed with some cosmic shimmer. The whole card has the distressed look which for a change I did actually use my making memories distress tool instead of a scissors or cutting blade and after reacquainting myself with it I think I will be using it more often, lol. The spotted organza is actually a wedding favour but I put it to better use. The little BELIEVE ticket is availabe from Alissa Designs.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Crafty Creations - Make your own background

Quixotic Paperie - Distressing

Charisma Cardz - Girly card with flowers

Lili of the Valley - Here comes Summer

A spoonful of sugar - 3D something

Pollycraft Challenge - Make your own flowers

Secret Crafters - Distress

Create for fun - sketch

Two Tweeting Birds

Morning again Peeps,

It's Wednesday and time for another Karen's Doodles UK Challenge and this week the theme is Animal Magic.

As usual Karen is giving away the following prizes, so be sure to hop on over and join in the fun.

1st Place - 3 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
2nd Place - 2 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles
3rd Place - 1 Digi stamps of your choice from Karen's Doodles

I can't tell you how much I loved using this image. It has so many uses, new home, birthday, spring is in the air, lovebirds, etc. etc. Be sure to check out the other members of the DT, they have all done an awesome job.

Materials Used:-

Karen's Doodles "Home Tweet Home" Image

Doily sprayed with glimmer mist

Nellies Die Cuts

Marianne Designs swirls

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Stickles and Pearl Glimmer mist on the flowers

Feather/Lace/Ribbon/Brad from stash

Whiff of Joy Sentiment Stamp

Image coloured with copics

I think thats it, lol!

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Cutie Stampers - Sketch

Dare 2 to Digistamp - Use digi flower or floral papers

Daring Cardmakers - Die Cuts

Pixie Dust - Tag It

A spoonful of Sugar - 3D something, (tag)

Our Creative Corner - Flowers

Sparkle with Love is Gone by Sweet Pea Stamps

I know, I'm back again and one more still to follow.

I can't believe another two weeks has passed and we are onto our third challenge already at Crafts and Me. This week is one of my favourite themes, SPARKLE. Woo Hoo, I do love a bit of sparkle and I know you do too.

I have chosen, ching-chou kuik's Love is Gone by Sweet Pea Stamps available from Crafts & Me . She is one of my favourites.

I have used that gorgeous key again, and positioned it just under that gorgeous purple flower.  This is made from air dry clay.  It is so easy to do, just pop some white soft airdry clay into the mould, leave overnight on the windowsil and that's it.  You can colour it however you like, it is really like and versatile.  On this ocassion I wanted a white key so I have just left it as it is.  How simple is that! Moulds and Clay are available from Crafts & Me.

Materials Used:-

Bo Bunny Glitter Papers, absolutely fabulous

Bazill cardstock

Prima flower

Marianne Designs Die - Swirls

Sentiment is from Sweet Pea Plate

Swaroski crystals/lace from stash

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Glamour Dust

Distress Inks for the background

Key is made from Air dry clay and mould - available from Crafts & Me

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

The SweetStop - Sketch

Charisma Cardz - Quote Me

Handful of Stamps - Use up that stock

Crafty Creations - Make your own background

A spoonful of Sugar - 3D something

Paper Sundaes - 3 papers, 2 cardstocks, 1 flower (large) the other two are babies

Especially For You Mum

Morning Peeps,

Well it's early on Wednesday morning so it's time for "Cooking It Up With Katie". This fortnight's recipe is:-

Design a card for Mum or a special lady
Punch it up
Add a brad

Simple, hey. This fortnight we are being sponsered by

I have chosen this beautiful magnolia stamp. I purchased her a while back and just haven't had time to play, so as this week we could choose our own image, I thought it was time to pop her out of her packaging and ink her up.

I have used the following materials:-

Papers by Websters, which I have distressed, love these papers

Marianne Circle Die - I have doodled around the edges

Doily - I sprayed this with glimmer mist

Magnolia Tilda stamp and sentiment.  Background stamp is Whiff of Joy

I have used copics to colour the image and also flower soft on some of the flowers

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Butterfly punch

RicRac, tulle and Brads from stash

MUM was cut using quickutz

Stardust stickles

Distress Inks for the background

I think that was everything, lol!

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Trimmies Craft Challenge - Pink & Brown

Lili of the Valley - Sketch

Kaboodledoodles - Embossing (the marianne design die has embossed but I have doodled around it with a white pen)

Magnolia Down Under - Charm (butterfly under right hand side flowers)

One Stop Craft - Metallic

The Secret Crafters - Distressed

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes

Creative Cottage - Circles

Nutcrafters Nutshells - Spring

Quixotic Paperie - Distressing

GOAL!

A Very Happy Monday Morning Peeps,

I hope you all had a great weekend. Unfortunately it rained yesterday, so I had to craft, lol. I bet I wasn't the only one!

This fortnight Sophisticats are lucky to be sponorsed Jenni of Cardmad Fairy, and Jenni is offering the winner 5 digi images of their choice. Wow, isn't that absolutely fabulous. Jenni is also giving the "Debbie" image free with any purchase until the end of April.

The Design Team have been fortunate to choose a digi from Jenni and I for my sins, chose KEVIN. I don't like doing male cards but I thought he is a fab image for a boy or Man, so would be good to have a card on hand in readiness.

I have coloured him using copics. I cut the stars out by hand and layered them. I used a Martha Stewart punch "Trelis", and the "GOAL" is actually a die I had made a couple of years ago, woo hoo! Haven't used it in a while, so dusted the cobwebs off this is the result.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

Daring Cardmakers - Die Cuts

 

Have a good day everyone and I hope you take the time to hop on over to Sophisticats to see what the other Design Team Members have come up with and also to enter this fortnights challenge.  See you back here on Wednesday.

Sweet Pea's Soft Goth Night

Yayyyyyyyy, It's Friday,

Wow this week has been a long week at work, roll on May Day!

On today's card I have used Soft Goth Night from Ching-Chou Kuik's Fantasy Art Collection, Sheet #10, plate #36, availabe right HERE from Crafts and Me. I have gone with some different colours for a change, not usually my sort of colours but it doesn't hurt to come out of your comfort zone once in a while. In fact I have done that alot lately and quite like what I have created.

I have used copics to colour her and distress inks for the background. I have used the large Martha Stewart punch, and again you can check these out at Crafts and Me too. The flowers are a bit of a mix from Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima. Lace and Ribbon are from Stash. I have added a little glamouor dust here and there, just can't resist a little sparkle!

I have entered this card into the following challenge:-

Everybody Art - Sketch

ABC Challenge - Sparkle

Quixotic Paperie - Make a splash

Congratulations - You Passed

Morning Peeps,

It's challenge time again at Karen's Doodle's UK and this week's theme is MONOCHROMATIC. Now, this theme has always scared me and I have, until now that is, managed to avoid it. But being on the Design Team I have had to attempt this challenge. I chose one of Karen's new doodles, isn't he adorable and great for graduation cards, passing exams etc.

I have coloured the Graduation Doggy in using copics and layered him onto a die cut from Marianne Designs.  I have also used the Marianne Designs flower  die cut, the middle one with the wholes cut out, these dies are just fabulous.  The large punched middle section is a Martha Stewart Trelis punch, another favourite of mine.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Stamp with Fun - Animals
Charisma Cardz - Monochromatic
Digital Tuesday - April Flowers
Paper Sundaes - No people
Sweet Shop Sketches - Sketch