Callista loves to Craft

This is such a perfect image for a crafter although her crafty stash seems a little small lol. I coloured her ages ago and I wish I had written down the colours but I didn't, never mind I am sure I will colour her again as I have loads of crafty friends this would be perfect for.

Ingredients
Image: "callista loves to craft" Stamping Bella
Sentiment: "crafters" Elzybells
Paper: "Quilting Bee" MME
Card: "Smoky Shadow" Papertrey Ink
Dies: Blueprints 13, 14 and 2, horizontal stripes all MFT, scalloped circle from spellbinders

Catherine Nibbling Chocolate

I do like these new type of Stamping Bella's they are so much fun to colour although those skinny legs and arms are still a pain. In case anyone is a new visitor or an old one who has forgotten I have an addiction to chocolate, not just the lovely melt in the mouth kind but also images, sentiments, papers anything with chocolate in the title and I have to get it, so it will come as no surprise to see I bought this stamp lol.

The papers are also a favourite and although I haven't used them in a while they are still my go to ones. It does make for a more busy card than Ive made in a while but I like the bright colours and they compliment the chocolate so well.

Ingredients
Image: "catherine nibbling chocolate" Stamping Bella Uptown Girl
Paper: "Keita" Sassy Designs
Card: "early expresso' Stampin Up
Sentiment: Elzybells (sadly no longer trading)
Dies: Blueprints 1, 2 and apron open dies all MFT

Copics
Skin - E00, 000, 11, R02
Hair - E57, 55
Dress - YG25, 23, 21, B04, 02, 01
Chocolates - E29, 27, 25, 23

2013 is the year of the babies

Well after waiting years for babies in the family next year we will have two, my cousin is expecting her first in March and now her brother and his girlfriend are expecting their first in July. My godson is super excited and told everyone on Christmas eve, even though it is early he couldn't wait. I have used my go to image and card style for this congratulations card and have made quite a few recently, in fact I think I ought to make a stock pile lol.

Ingredients

Image: Elzybells

Papers: "Keita" Sassy Designs Inc

Cardstock: "Chocolate Brownie" Elzybells

Dies: "Flagstack" and "Postage Border" MFT Stamps

Nailheads: Chocolate brown from Josy Rose

Sentiment: See-D

The tortoise and the golf cart.......

September is certainly a busy birthday month around here and I made this card for my boss. He is a keen golfer and you may have thought I would make him a golfing card but I did that last year so I decided as you can buy cards with golf on but cards with tortoises on are harder to find I would make one for his other passion.

As soon as I saw this tortoise at Create with TLC I had to get it, normally digi stamp tortoises are more caricatures so this one seemed more real iykwim lol. Coloured with my copics and an airbrushed background and of course the glossy accents too. I wasn't sure what to do with the background but eventually decided on these Echo Park papers, some from the snippet folder and some I printed and used my flagstack die-namics to cut them out. The cardstock is called chocolate brownie and is a textured card from elzybells, wish I had bought more of this now and have had it a while and this is the first sheet I have used, must say though even the smallest pieces went in the snippet folder.

Ingredients

Image: Create with TLC

Sentiment: in the same kit as the image

Papers: "This & That" Echo Park

Cardstock: "Chocolate Brownie" Elzybells

Brad: Laura Ashley

Nailheads: Josy Rose

Challenges: Snippet Playground
Cards for Men

                                          

Less is More - Pink & Brown

Ok so those who know me have probably guessed that I am not really into embellishments on my cards but I do still struggle with CAS cards. I love the look of these type cards but always think they are too simple when I make them, if you know what I mean. I was inspired by the cards I have seen on Squirrel's blog so decided to have a go at one myself.

Ingredients

Image: "Hershey" Paper Make Up

Sentiment: Elzybells

Cardstock: Snippet Folder
Gems: Studio G 

Challenges:

Snippet Playground

Less is More - Pink & Brown

Fabulous News

You have probably heard me mention my cousin before and yesterday I received the call I have been waiting for she is expecting her first baby. I was so pleased for them both, she will make a fantastic mum and that is one lucky baby. She sent me a picture of the scan and I can't wait to meet this new little person and give them lots of cuddles. I will also be the one who buys all the noisy toys and gives them the hyper sugary stuff, well you have to keep a tradition going lol.

I remember reading her a book at bedtime called "Will Cwac Cwac" and I used to do all the different voices and accents and she used to love it, in fact she still talks about it to me, I would love to find a copy of this book for the new baby but it seems to be out of print, such a shame too as it was a lovely book.

I used snippets from the Keita kit from Sassy Designs and have made three cards all from the same papers so far, can't you tell I like them lol. Even the image and sentiment were stamped on snippets lol.

Ingredients:

Image: Elzybells

Papers: "Keita" Sassy Designs Inc 

Cardstock: From Margaret (ArumLily)

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Mmm...Chocolates...Again...

This isn't the first card I have made with this stamp and after the fun I had colouring it  won't be my last either. Last month there was a sale at Sassy-Designs Inc where they were selling their digital paper packs for 25cents each, so it would have been rude to visit and not buy any lol. Of course I had to buy the sets called, Amanda, Newport and Orlando lol and several others to keep them company. The papers for this card are actually from two separate kits, Christy and Heirloom, and I love that the colours match perfectly.

I have used all scraps for the card except the backing papers, the teal card was in the snippet folder as was the crumb cake card. Now I realise I may be revealing too much here but all my stampin up card has its own folder and any snippets no matter how small go straight back in, so all the crumb cake snippets are with the full sheets of crumb cake, makes it much easier to keep them together but this is the only card I do this with.

Ingredients:

Image: House Mouse

Papers: "Heirloom" & "Christy" by Sassy-Designs Inc edges inked with Tumbled Glass distress ink

Cardstock: Teal(snippets folder) & "Crumb Cake" Stampin up

Sentiment: Elzybells

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Santa Baby

I love that song and find myself singing along whenever I hear it, make me feel Christmassy even when it is extremely hot outside lol. I have made another Christmas card to add to the pile, at this rate I should have all my Christmas cards made by November 2013 lol. As anyone who has visited my blog recently will know I have been trying new techniques, not new to the crafting world perhaps but to me anyway. So for this card I have made a white on white card using snippets. I must say although there is a distinct lack of backing papers I am really pleased with how this turned out. I used lots of flock on his fur trim and may go back and put glitter on his beard but need to decide who he goes to first.

Ingredients:

Image: Sugar Nellie

Embossing Folders: Random Dots and Snowflakes both Provocraft

Sentiment: Studio g sentiment and ink pad

Dots: Border stamp, elzybells strawberrry fool ink pad

Flock: Martha Stewart

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Congratulations and Jubilations

I have made this card for a lovely young lady at work who recently announced she is expecting her first baby, I was so pleased for her and wanted to let her know and what better way than with a card. Her favourite colour is fuchsia so pink petticoat to the rescue, I have used one of the new colour collection range and even paper pieced her dress.

I bought this stamp in the Elzybels closing down sale and have only used her once before so I am entering this into Lisa's Waste not Wednesday Challenge. Also the ribbon bow was from a box of chocolates so recycling as well lol, of  course it meant I had to eat the chocolates so as to free the ribbon but it was a small price to pay.

Ingredients

Image: Elzybells

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Cardstock: Fresh paint from Target

Embossing: Lattice from Stampin up

Challenges:

Waste not Wednesday - Lisa

Chocolate Mice

I think I am obsessed lol, if I see a stamp with chocolate on I feel the need to buy it but if it has mice and chocolate I find it impossible to resist. I have penny black, lili of the valley, mouse house and now hot diggity dog as well, where will it end lol.

This card was made entirely from snippets, from the card the image is stamped on to the card blank all found in the snippet draw so I feel that I can enter into Di's first snippet challenge.

The chocolates are from an old Daisie Company kit and I found them all printed and ready to go in my paper draw. A quick cut out and glossy accent and perfect embellishments.

As I have said before I seem to have a lot of chocolate themed items and this sentiment was bought from Elzybells before they closed, I also bought the chocolate brilliance ink just for the name....chocoholics anonymous anyone......

Ingredients:

Image: Hot Diggity Dog

Sentiment: Elzybells

Papers: Pink Petticoat Snippets

Card: No idea was in the snippet draw

4th and Final entry for tonight

This is my first Christmas card for 2011, all my best intentions went out of the window in January so I will be skidding in by the skin of my teeth again this year lol.

I think I may need to take the picture again in daylight lol as it looks a bit weird.

Ingredients

Image: Nit Wit Stamps free with Simply Homemade magazine

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Cardstock: Stampin up Kraft

Sentiment: Elzybells ( Sadly closed but not forgotten)

A Much Appreciated Thank Tou

I recently entered a giveaway on Michelle's blog and I won a set of MME papers. They arrived a few days ago and my oh my they are gorgeous, loads of double sided ones and really pretty colours, can't wait to play with them. I wanted to send a card to Michelle and hopefully by the time I post this she will have received it.

Ingredients

Image: Pink Petticoat

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Cardstock: Elzybells

Sentiment: Generated on the computer using Coffeemilkcrazy font and a doodlebat image

New Job - New Beginning

Sometimes in life you need a new start and recently one of my friends has changed jobs and moved house and I have never seen her happier. Monday is her first day and I have made her a card which I hope has arrived. I used a colour combo that is new for me but will be one I will use again. I have used almost all Pink Petticoat stuff for the card and it still looks different to the other pp cards I have made - well almost, but if something ain't broke no point in fixing it!

Ingredients

Image: Pink Petticoat " Lola Rose"

Papers: Pink Petticoat Gingham "Mocha" & Little Check "Duck Egg Blue"

Cardstock : Elzybells Cinnamon Spice - wish I had ordered more of this before they closed now :(

Candy: Craftwork Cards

Tried something new - well almost

I bought quite a few items in the elzybells closing down sale, in fact I placed several orders. I am very sad to see this store close as the quality of the images is excellent. Amongst the orders was the retail therapy large stamp and the small dinkies set and every now and then I get a good idea and this seemed to be one of them, I used the large stamp on my card and the smaller one on the envelope. I paper pieced both and I think it makes an unusual set.

Ingredients

Images: Elzybells "retail therapy"

Papers: Summer Driggs " Golden Sunshine"

Hello

Well folks I had a play in my craftroom this week and managed to make a few cards, never seem to have enough time and when I do make a card like I did last week I forget to take a photo. I have a few birthdays coming up and decided to try and not be making them the night before lol. The first card is one I made for my friend from work. I have used an Elzybells stamp, I know I stamped rather than printed lol. I bought a few in the closing down sale, I actually did two orders as I forgot this stamp the first time around. I coloured her with copics then remembered these papers and she didn't match but I had got the hair just right and didn't want to start again so I paper pieced her, this technique is so much easier with a stamp rather than a digi stamp.

Ingredients

Image : "Retail Therapy" Elzybells

Papers: Freebie from Zoe Pearn

Challenge: Sketch Saturday Sketch

How'd you do

I loved this cute stamp as soon as I saw it and it was unbelievably easy to colour. I started with the Friday sketch challenge sketch but went a different way lol, so will have to make another one for the challenge now. Not much to say about this one, tried chalks around the image, not as easy as I thought it would be but never mind. Used one of my new punches from Florida and I tried to get the prints to look like the puppy was walking but failed more practice is needed.

Ingredients

Image: "How'd you do" Elzybells

Papers: "Tail Wags Too" Nitwit