Too Old.........Never !!

For cupcake(s) that is!! So here is my final entry for this month's LOTV Take Two challenge. I managed to use one image, two sentiments and three design papers!  This is my second attempt at a pop-up box card and it went reasonably well although my green card isn't quite up to the task of supporting the flowers and went a bit 'wobbly'.  Hope to add a daylight photo tomorrow.

edited to add Daylight photo taken this morning

Cupcake Fairy was stamped in Memento Black ink and coloured using my Promarkers. Her wings are glittered with Glamour Dust and the cupcake icing had the Glossy Accents treatment.

The flowers were cut in LOTV Petal Fresh DPs and white card, using assorted dies including Cheery Lynn; Sue Wilson Classic Rose;  Marianne; Martha Stewart punch and an old Hobbycraft punch. The green swirls are a Spellbinders Floral Flourish die.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenge:

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Monthly Challenge - July - Take Two
Crafting from the Heart - Challenge 29 Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - challenge 46 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Challenge 44 Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge 68 Anything Goes
Divas by Design challenge - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenges: 224 Flower Power
We Do Doobadoo - Challenge 11 - Celebrations

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Pretty In Pink

This is a recent card I made for a Grandma to give to her granddaughter. The request was for the card to be pink and feature a little girl.

I started with an 8x8 scalloped edge card blank. I did my matting and layering using Dovecraft Back to Basics papers and silver mirri card. Image is 'Busy Doing Nothing' by Sheena Douglass, coloured with Promarkers. Dress/sash have been paper pieced using My Mind's Eye and Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose papers and matted onto Spellbinders Labels 8 shape. Sentiment is from magazine freebie paper pad. The larger flowers were made with a Nellie Snellen medium flower punch and the small ones with a Papermania Midi punch. The flourish is Marianne Creatables Swirl Leaf die. Ribbons and gems from stash.

Apologies for the blurry photo - photos 2, 3 and 4 are clear shots!

                                             Close-ups of flower & swirl detail

Box made from Centura Pearl with Memory Box Butterfly Vine border detailing

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Little Fairies - Pretty in Pink

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Use a Rubber or Clear Stamp

Live & Love Crafts - Use Pink

A Creative Romance: Pink

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Red, White and Blue challenge card

I needed a birthday card this week and thought it would be fun to make it to a challenge instead of my normal routine - i.e. make a card and then see if it will fit a challenge. Have to say that this way is much easier LOL.

I used one of my LOTV cute squares and just darkened the red with a Promarker. I cut a 6x6 base of white linen textured card and covered that with Dovecraft blue spotty paper. Some red ribbon and a red brad from stash and the red doily was cut with a Marianne die. I used my La-La-Land banner die again with a paler blue Dovecraft paper and added a few gems for some sparkle. Oh and a few touches here and there with my trusty glitter pen.



I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:


Lili's Little Fairies - Red, White & Blue Challenge
One Stop Craft Challenge 233 - Anything Goes


Thanks for looking!

Jules' Crafty Snippet Challenge - week 45

I thought I'd join in with Jules' Snippet Challenge again this week as I had some pieces left over from a commission card I made last week. Guess who forgot to take a photo of it before it went!

The original card was 8x8 ins which I cut from an A3 piece of card. So I was left with long thin strip of card approximately 16½  x 3¾ ins. I folded it so that the back of the card was slightly longer than the front. I then covered the front with two scraps of DP and used ribbon to hide the join - (forgot to say that I Glamour Dusted the butterflies first). Front RH edge was 'Martha-ed' and words matted and layered onto scraps of pink Bazzill. Pink leaf die-cut and pearls added.

DP & Sentiments - offcuts - K & Co - Best of K&Company Too (360 sheets 12x12)
White & Pink card - offcuts
Pearls & Ribbon from Stash
Glamour Dust

Tools used:
Martha Stewart Vintage Floral border punch
Marianne Designs Creatables - Leaves-LR0192


Thanks for looking!

Birthday Robin

This commissioned card was done a little while ago and my brief was that the lady recipient likes fuschias and robins.  Luckily for me, my recently delivered issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine had some lovely My Mind's Eye freebies including this cute robin chipboard. I was a bit worried that it might look too Christmassy but I think it worked out alright.

Scalloped Card Blank - Papermania

Green card & Gems from Stash

DP & Chipboard Topper - My Mind's Eye - Snowed in Winter Papers (magazine freebie)

Sentiment - LOTV For You Circular Sentiments

Flower - K&Company

Tools used -  Spellbinders Shapeabilities Floral Flourishes S4 327

Thanks for looking!

Two Birthdays

Hello - long time no posts!!  Not only did the card-making mojo go walkabout but major decorating work meant I couldn't get at my stash anyway. So, after a long break I finally got back into the swing with two birthday cards both using Lili of the Valley Die-Cut Squares:

Here's the first one which is actually green although it looks gold

Image -  Lili of the Valley - Fairies A4 Die Cut
Sentiment  - Lili of the Valley - Set 7 For You Circular Sentiments
Green card, Gems & Butterfly from Stash
DP - Dovecraft Back to Basics II
Papermania Scalloped card blank
Tools used:
Nestabilities Scalloped Circles
Nellie Snellen Die - MFD 020


and the second

Image - Lili of the Valley - Girlie Afternoons A4 Die Cut
Sentiment  - Lili of the Valley - Set 7 For You Circular Sentiments
DP - Henbury Lane by Papermania
Gems from Stash
Purple Glitter border - PaperCellar
Scalloped card blank - Hobbycraft (I think)
Tools used:
Marianne Doily Die
Hobbycraft Butterfly Punches


Thanks for looking.

Wedding

Well after a little bit of time-out I'm back with a wedding card - the second one going out to Australia -using an image from my favourite Lili of the Valley. This is one of the Big Squares which come in at 5 inches square so just right for a 'big' 8 inch square card.  As you can see this is a very pink card! Lots of punches used on this one too.

                               

Image & Setiment - LOTV

DPs - Love Letters - First Edition

         My Mind's Eye - punched flowers

Pink Card - Bazzill Basics - pink shimmer

White card, beige card & Gems - Stash

Tools used -

Martha Stewart Lace Heart edge punch

Nestabilities Plain & Scalloped Circles

Nellie Snellen Multi-Frame Die Set Flower 1 - MFD020 (sentiment circle)

Nellie Snellen medium flower punch

Marianne Designs - Creatables - Swirl Leaf die

Martha Stewart medium branch punch

Thanks for looking.

                 

Wedding Card

So here is a recent commissioned make and I know I shouldn't really say this but I do just love it!!  I think it is the lovely zingy green card that makes this although it's not a colour that I'd normally have thought to use for a wedding card.  My friend had got me a couple of packs of this card from a supplies warehouse that she is able to go to and I can see that it will be used very often.  My love affair with LOTV continues of course.

Card size is 8 inch square and the embossing had to be done in two goes. It's fairly easy to line up the hearts folder but the birds & swirls won't match up so well, hence the flower treatment in the centre.

This is the first of two cards (second one will be blogged soon) and both are going out to Australia. LOL, I'm going global!!

Image - LOTV Weddings - Big Square
Sentiment - LOTV - For You Circular Sentiments
White & Green card and Gems from Stash
Striped DP for punched flowers - Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose collection
Green ribbon - Offray

Tools used:
Cuttlebug - Hearts and Birds & Swirls embossing folders
Nestabilities - Plain & Scalloped Circles
Marianne Creatables Flourish die
Nellie Snellen Medium Flower Punch
Martha Stewart Branch Punch

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge

Creative Craft World - Use 3 or more flowers

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LOTV Wedding Card

So, this is the first wedding card I've made and have to say that I'm pleased with how it turned out. I made my own 8 x 8 inch card blank and also made a box for it with a pink tissue paper liner. This was a commissioned card and I personalised the insert with the bride and groom's Christian names and the wedding date on the LH leaf and a nice verse on the RH leaf.

The flowers were made with my Nellie Snellen punch, some cut from pink card and some from the K&Company DP.  I added a gemstone to each centre before coating with Glossy Accents.

Image - LOTV Big Square - Weddings

Sentiment - LOTV - For You Circular Sentiments

DP - K&Company

White & Pink card and Gems & Ribbon from Stash

Tools used:

Nestabilities Plain & Scalloped Circles

Nellie Snellen Medium Flower Punch

Martha Stewart: Lace Heart Edge Punch and Medium Branch Punch

Marianne Design - Creatables - Swirl Leaf

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley Challenge 94 - Love is in The Air

Craft Your Passion - Challenge 56 - Anything Goes

Sketch N Stash Challenge 60 - Free Choice Sketch   (Sketch 34/New Stash LOTV Big Squares)

Thanks for looking.

A Little Experiment

This card came about because I wanted to try colouring ordinary white card with promarkers to match my design papers.  This was an idea from Coops   (http://coopsclutteredcorner.blogspot.com/)    that I read in the comments section on Alison's (http://xxxtglxxx.blogspot.com/)  blog.   I started with the lovely floral Pink Petticoat paper and went from there. You can just about see my pink Promarker-ed card behind the DP and the Sentiment. I was also looking for a suitable card to give the Marianne bird die-cut its first airing.

DP - Pink Petticoat - magazine freebie

White card, gems and ribbon from stash  - Pink card (bird) Bazzill Bling

Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment - Boxed Wishes by Inkadinkadoo

Tools used:  Marianne Creatables Die - LR0138

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An Anniversary Card

Here is the Anniversary card I made for my Mum and Stepdad. As you can see I've used my favourite colours and stash again - well I absolutely love them and so will they, of course!

DH took the photo for me and somehow managed to crease the butterfly's wing - luckily I noticed before the card was sent.

Image - LOTV Love and Romance Cute Squares  -  Sentiment - LOTV Dreamy Days

DPs - Papermania Capsule Collection in Heather

Lilac Card - Bazzill Basics Bling  -  White/Mirri card and Ribbon from stash

Gems - Papermania Mosaics

Tools used:

Marianne Creatables Flower Doily LR0129

Martha Stewart Deco Fan Punch

Plain Circles Nestabilities  &  Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Fleur de Lis Pendants

X Cut - Butterfly Punch and small Corner Rounder.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley Challenge 84 - My Favourite Colours   (Lilac and Silver)

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Valentine's Day

Celebrating Saint Valentine's Day and also 28 years since we got engaged, here's the card I made for my DH

The insert is also decorated with the heart border punch.

DP - Dovecraft
Image - LOTV Love and Romance Cute Squares
Sentiment - Papermania Honey & Hugs Rub-On
White card and Gems from stash, Red card - Papermania
Red ribbon cord from Crafty Ribbons
Glitter and Glossy Accents added too!
Tools used - Marianne Creatables Flower Doily LR0129
Martha Stewart Lace Heart Edge Punch & Lace Scallop Heart Punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Let's See Some Love challenge 138
CRAFT Challenge 89 - Valentines
Papertake Weekly - Have a Heart
Totally Gorjuss: Challenge 67 - Love
Crafty Cardmakers - challenge 39 Hearts
The Crafty Pad Challenge 108 - Hearts

Thanks for looking.

Tilda in Blue

I decided that I really should do something a bit different from my usual pinks and lilacs.
Here's a birthday card I did for my very good friend who is also a cardmaker.

DP - Gingham Download from Bev Rochester's site 'All the things I Love'   http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/

Tilda image and ribbon sash coloured with Promarkers - Glossy Accents added to sash, crown & wand.

White, Blue and Mirri card from stash - jewels also from stash

Blue flowers from The Works, Cream flowers and Pin from Wild Orchid Crafts,

Leaves - Woodware Punch

Sentiment   - Lili of the Valley Dreamy Days Circular Sentiments

Tools used - Marianne Creatables die, Martha Stewart Deco Fan Corner Punch, Nestabilities Plain   Circle for sentiment.

Louise

Tilda card

Well I hope that you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year. We're not New Year party people but always tune in to Jools' Hootenanny and raise a glass of fizzy stuff.

I thought I'd post another 'old' card and it's the first one I tried in this style after being inspired by the wonderful cards of Jacque Beddingfield whose blog I've been reading for over 12 months now. She really is a very talented lady and showcases some fabulous makes so if you haven't already seen her blog please check it out here  http://jacquesmagnolias.blogspot.com/

So here's my effort which I was quite pleased with until I realised that I'd used a sitting Tilda image. Maybe I should draw some lines in or something. Ah well, we learn by our mistakes!

Design Papers - Free with Cardmaking & Papercraft Mag (My Mind's Eye perhaps)

White & silver mirri card  from stash.  Image coloured with Promarkers

Flourishes cut using Marianne Creatables die. K&Co Butterfly and Star toppers

Paper flowers from Hobbycraft.  Rose leaves from Joanna Sheen

Heart Pin from Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Tools used:  Nestabilities Scalloped and Plain Ovals

                    Martha Stewart Deep Edger Punch - Double Loops.

Louise

PAMPERED PETS & ANOTHER CARD

Here they both are having a hard day!

PHOEBE, our miniature wire-haired dachshund. Sadly, about two years ago at the age of five, she went blind, almost overnight, due to SARD (sudden attack retinal detachment). However, she copes very well and has a good life as you can see.

MR GRIMSHAW, our lovely old gentleman from the cat rescue centre. He has owned us for eleven years and was around five when we got him.

From a while ago and I can't remember what the DPs were. MUM letters cut using the Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet. The silver circles were cut using a Marianne Creatables die and the Butterfly is a XCut Punch. Ribbon, flower and peel-off from stash.

Louise