Whiff of Joy Challenge - Contemporary Christmas

Lizzie is in the pink! I used a pink card, and decorated the background with some pearlescent snowflakes cut and embossed on the Cuttlebug. I coloured Lizzie's costume with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, and added some sparkle with Cosmic Shimmer and a Sakura Stardust pen. The mats are a silver sparkly paper, and the greeting is a clear glittery one from Anita. I added some Papermania adhesive gems to the snowflake centres.

House Mouse Challenge - Embossing

This ATC has a hammered card base which I coloured with some chalks, before attaching the pearlescent paper. I embossed this using the Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy folder. The flower in the corner is cut from a Cuttlebug die set.

New Idea

Have you, like me, been sent some stamped images by kind people? Do you have ones of your own that you keep intending to use and when you do want to use them, can't find them? I am hopeless at keeping hold of things and got fed up with stamped images going astray, so today I made this folder for them. It is based on a smaller version I made a few years ago to hold postage stamps. I used some papers from the Basic Grey Lily Kate collection, mountboard for the covers, and eyelets that came with the purple Cropadile.

Why Worry?

One of my craft Christmas presents was the 'Memories' ATC kit produced by Crafty Bitz and Leonie Pujol. To make this ATC I used a base card and a frame from the kit, as well as the rub-on words and the lace. The narrow borders are Coredinations Black Magic card scrubbed with a nailfile and then cut with deckle-edged scissors. The picture of the lady came from the ATC Collection book 'Funny Quotes'.

Penny Black Challenge - Multifold Card

I made a gatefold card for this challenge and used three hedgehog images. The embossed papers are done on the Cuttlebug, and I coloured the images with Whispers pens.

Cute Card Thursday - Open Theme

I thought it was a while since I last used my Pink Cat Studio stamps so here is one. I coloured it with Sakura Stardust pens. I used a velvet ribbon at the bottom of the card and decorated it with jewels to look like a bracelet or headband. The backing paper is (I think) from Craft House Press.

Sketch Saturday

I used some paper from My Mind's Eye Bohemia pad for the background. The central image is from a Crafty Individuals image book. I stamped a Paper Artsy frame stamp using four different colours. I used gold mirri card and some textured Coredinations paper for the little mats, and some Prima flowers in the corners.

Sketch Saturday

I couldn't resist the chance to use Willow again. I coloured her with Whispers pens. The main backing paper is from the giant Brenda Pinnock kit QVC had as a TSV a while ago. I used two kinds of textured paper. Scalloped edges are a problem for me to cut so I used some lace instead.

Tag You're It - Brown and Aqua

I used a Cherry Pie stamp for the central image, and inked it with several colours. The papers are from My Mind's Eye Bohemia pad. I used a piece of velvet ribbon in the corner.

House Mouse Challenge - Sketch

I used some Heidi Grace papers for this ATC, and a Prima flower. I added some glitter glue to the flower and edge of grey paper. I used a 'mirror image' of the sketch to get the flower into the top right corner.

Cute Card Thursday - Punches

I used a set of three Woodware flower punches for this card. Punches were never something I bought many of, put off by the cost and not sure if I'd use them enough. I expect in recent years they have lost out to the die-cutting machines. Anyway, I used some paper from a massive My Mind's Eye Bohemia pad, a Forever Friends image, and punched the flowers from three colours of Coredinations card. I assembled them using some very thin foam pads to give a little depth.

Penny Black Challenge - Recipe

I made an ATC for this challenge. The recipe was: 3 flowers, 2 papers and 1 ribbon. I used a mid-orange card for my base, and used two papers from my 7 Gypsies Capri paper pack. I added some Papermania flowers, with adhesive gems for their centres, and a nice soft velvet ribbon.

My Time To Craft - Daisies

I made an ATC for this challenge. My base card is cut from a sheet of dark purple Coredinations textured card. I put it through the Cuttlebug using the Floral Fantasy folder, then used a piece of sandpaper to distress it. The Forever Friends bear was painted using Distress Inks. I made the flower using some punches and added a word using peel-off letters.

Sketch Saturday

I used a clear stamp by Inkadinkado for the central image and three Brilliance pearlescent ink pads. I used Bazzill and Coredinations card and some silver foiled paper with an iridescent sparkle. The stamp comes from a really nice set of six bird stamps.

Penny Black Challenge - Sketch

I made a smaller card than usual as the image is quite small. I embossed a piece of pearlescent paper on the Cuttlebug and added a piece of patterned paper from a Dovecraft pack. I used some dark purple Bazzill card for the mats and a length of velvet ribbon. I put some glitter glue on the cake icing.

Tag You're It - Triangles

This week's challenge was to make a tag in the shape of a triangle. I cut this one from mountboard and then coloured it with Distress Inks. I stamped an embossed a Paper Artsy swirl round the edge, and stamped the Zettiology head in the centre. The small birds are also from Paper Artsy. I added a velvet ribbon at the top.

My Time To Craft Challenge - Sketch

Thanks to Becky for setting this sketch for us! It gave me a chance to use some of the Heidi Grace papers I bought this week, and my Willow stamp. I used some textured paper for the backing, and two Prima flowers. I coloured Willow using Distress Inks.

Cute Card Thursday - Hearts

I'd been looking forward to using this Forever Friends stamp. I took two shades of pearlescent paper and put the darker one through the Cuttlebug, using the 'Floral Fantasy' folder which has hearts in the design! I coloured the bear using Distress Inks and Sakura Stardust pens. The word is a rub-on, and the flowers come from Paper Cellar.

House Mouse Challenge - Glitter

I always find it hard to take photos of glittery things so they look glittery, but I succeeded with this one! I am really pleased with how my colouring of the picture turned out. I used Distress Inks for everything apart from the blue sky which I chalked.

Tag You're It - Snow Is Falling

This snowman is definitely having fun! I used some snowflake brads with this tag, the top right one is a felt one from Papermania.

TMTA - Stone Angels

Really pleased with this ATC. I put some pale blue vellum on the white ATC blank, and then took a piece of paper from DCWV's Old World Stack. I covered half of it in pale blue vellum, and added a pale blue organza ribbon. I matted the Crafty Individuals image onto silver mirri card, and added the Dymo words.

Cute Card Thursday - Lilac

I promise this is lilac in real life! I think Blogger changes the pictures slightly. Anyway I couldn't resist using Lizzie on this card. I used a long tall one for a change. I used iridesecnt paper for the mats, and some Scissor Sisters paper which I stamped along the edges with a Paper Artsy swirl. The flowers are by Paper Cellar.