Another driving test passed....

Well yesterday I have made a card for my cousin who passed her driving test recently, the roads will never be the same again lol.

I apologise about the awful picture but at the moment I seem to be making the card late at night and needing to get it in the post the next morning and as there is no real light until about lunchtime I will have to make do. I think I need to be a bit more organised as I didn't start this card until 10:30pm.

No inking on this one as there just wasn't time, you may recognise the papers from a card I made a while ago and some are the left over bits but I did need to print the large paisley one.

Ingredients

Images: Digistamp Boutique

Papers: "Gypsy" Sassy Designs Inc

Cardstock: Snippet folder

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Monkey DIY

I don't know about anyone else but the word Monkey always reminds me of the 70's BBC 2 TV series, where the monkey was magical and rode around on a cloud that he summoned by blowing on his fingers. Although it was badly dubbed and made absolutely no sense it was unmissable TV.

Anyway enough waffling back to the card, I printed this image ages ago and realised after I did I made him a bit big so he has sat in my image draw ever since. I was in a colouring mood and he was the first image I grabbed so he had to make it onto a card lol.

I have used left over papers from Echo Park and Sassy Designs, I don't normally combine papers but as both were sat together in the snippet draw and seemed to match perfectly I decided to give it a whirl.

Ingredients

Image: "DIY Chester" Pollycraft

Papers: "WoodWork" Sassy Designs and "This & That" Echo Park

Cardstock: Snippet folder

Ink: Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

Challenges: Snippet Playground
Cards for Men

Mmm Crumb Cake

Sometimes our inspiration comes from challenges, sometimes from things we see around us and sometimes it comes from the need to clean out the snippet draw lol. So I have had these papers in the snippet draw for almost a year so I decided they finally needed to be used. Since I now love inking I inked the edges with Spun Sugar and Antique Linen distress inks and used my splodgeaway too.

I have had the skin and hair coloured on this image for such a long time and had the pink copics on my desk from the baby girl card so decided to colour her in pinks, the brown/beige was coloured once I had decided which papers to use.

I tried the patp on this too and must say I was impressed with the finished look, kinda wish I had used crumb cake now instead of white though, I know it doesn't look white cos I inked it lol.

It is also straight in real life but by the time I realised how wonky the photo was she was already in the post.

Ingredients

Image: Gorjuss Girl stamp

Papers: "Grin n Bear it" Nit Wit

Cardstock: "Crumb Cake" Stampin Up

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Poppy Fields

I have been making CAS cards again, now I expect for some these are quicker than the other type to make but for me cos they are so cas and show every error they take a whole lot longer. I have used a ready coloured image from the "The Next Big Thing" cd by Just Inklined, I printed the first one direct onto the card base then printed a few more and cut and decoupaged them. I really enjoyed making this card and I hope the recipient likes it too. I know they like poppies as they have pictures everywhere.

Ingredients

Image: Just Inklined CD

Cardstock: Walmart Snippet Draw

Gems: Studio G

Sentiment: Freehand 591 font

Challenges: Snippet Playground

A la mode - Girl Talk

I have used another of the "a la mode" stamps from MFT for this card as it reminded me of my friend, these stamps are so easy to colour too. I have used the papers from Sassy designs again and even paper pieced her little top. I found the perfect red cardstock in my snippet folder and this card came together really quickly, not my most fabulous original creation but I hope the recipient likes it all the same.

Ok so I have made a few cards but my mojo is still in hiding. I bought a roll of wax paper to try a few new techniques and it is still sitting unopened on my craft table.

Ingredients

Image: MFT Stamps A La Mode "Girl Talk"

Papers: "Christy" Sassy-Designs Inc

Cardstock: Snippet Folder

Brads: Glitter gems from Papermania

Challenges: Snippet Playground

A Get Well Wish

One of my very good friends is off work at the moment poorly and I wanted her to know I was thinking of her. I made this card yesterday and it was made mostly from items I was waiting to put away. I had been practising my inking using my splodeaway mat and was about to put the papers in the snippet folder when I thought actually I will use them up instead. This isn't typical get well colours but I thought it looked classy.

I am ashamed to say I have had this image a while and this is the first time I have coloured her, I have been trying to not buy anymore images until I have used some of the hundreds I have but it is so hard when the companies keep tempting me with sales lol. My willpower is weak lol.

Is anyone else like me, I see something all these ideas whizz around my head and I have to have it, when I get it home I can't think of a single thing to do with it and sometimes it can be months before I use it.

Ingredients

Image: "Wryn" Tiddlyinks 

Papers: 'Keita" & "Antique" Sassy Designs Inc

Cardstock: Snippet Folder

Brad: Eyelet Outlet

Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs

Challenges: Snippet Playground

I don't normally review products I have bought but thought I would give you my opinion on the slodgeaway mat. I played with Sue's mat at a playday and even I was surprised how good I was inking, Sue has a review here which explains it better than I ever could. Well I had to have one and ordered that night, It took a long time to arrive almost two weeks which I thought was a little excessive but they are a two man team and they have been inundated with orders. It was worth the wait though and inking has become something I want to do rather than hubby saying why have you got all those inks when you don't use them and feeling I had to use them to justify the storage space they were occupying. Expect to see lots more inking on my cards as not only does it give a lovely look but it is also really therapeutic.

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