A Few More Odds & Ends I Forgot To Post

Ok, so I said I hadn't done much crafting lol!  When I've gone through my photographs I realised I had more than I thought!

My first attempt at an art journal page, this was so much fun!  Lots of stamping, sketching, and colouring with my promarkers.  I drew the poppies on marker paper and then coloured with promarker and cut them out.  Really would like to do more of this!

A cute card for one of my lovely colleagues at work, image from  All That Scraps
coloured with promarkers

 

Red Nose Day charity bake sale poster, I had so much fun making these silly red noses!

OK! My Bad - Not Posted In 2 Months!

Well here we are in August and I just haven't got around to posting for 2 months!  Haven't done an awful lot of crafting as I've been so busy.  A week in the Lake District in May, plus a week at home with Mark.  Lots of charity events at work including a 10 mile walk last month right in the middle of the heatwave we've been having.  I have another week in the Lake District coming up in September and it's not coming fast enough!

Ok! So here are a few odds and ends I've worked on over the last few months.

Just something silly while trying out my new flex markers :)

A sympathy card, not something I enjoy doing, stamped and coloured with distress markers

This was a bit of a challenge lol!  I had a request for an 50th birthday Elvis themed card, as the lady in question was having an Elvis themed birthday bash.  The actual card shape was made by welding several shapes together in the cricut craft room, the gorgeous photo I found on line and the roses are from I am roses I think.  Overall I think the black and white worked really well :) 

I am the designated charity champion in our store, along with another colleague,  so each month we have to come up with a different charity event.  Aprils was a breakfast hamper raffle, I make posters for all our events this is Aprils. It's always fun to try and come up with a different theme each month :)

These three are all coloured with promarkers, first and last images are from Wee Stamps and the center one is from  All that Scraps

This next card was for my Dads birthday, the ships wheel, sentiment and ship stamps are from Crafters Companion, the stamp used for the wooden panel background is by Bo Bunny I think, the texture for the wood was created by dragging ink pads over the cardstock and the I stamped the boards over the top.  The scene was created using Tim Holtz distress markers on watercolour paper.  The brass plate is from Docrafts.

 This card was for father's day for my Dad, I used the south western cart on my cricut and used a cut downloaded from the cricut project site, I love how vibrant this is :)

Card for my brother-in-law, he is a keen photographer and when out and about taking photos he has what we call a NO! Dad hat lol!  As his kids always shout NO! DAD!  when he puts it on, so here's a cute bear wearing a No! Dad! hat lol!

A quick scrapbook page of our night out bowling and then a meal at an all you an eat Chinese buffet YUM!  Shame I've just started Weight Watchers again lol!  Pics of my hubby, Sister, her hubby and kids :) 

A quick scrapbook page of the Easter goodies I made, the cookies were so good!!

Card for my nephew, used the robots cart and played around with embossing boards and folders to get some additional texture.

 There is more to come, I just have to fiddle around with the photos so they don't take forever to load!

A New Look Blog Layout And Update

Hi crafty friends, long time no postie lol!

Firstly I have given the blog a new look, links to other blogs, fave site, challenge sites archived posts and labels etc. Are now in a pop out menu on the right side of the page, you can also change the look of the blog by clicking on the links above.  I'm loving this new dynamic layout.  Please feel free to tell me if you like it or if you prefer the old style layouts.

On to the fun stuff, yes I know I have been very lax again in posting updates, I'm a busy girl, what can I say lol!

Actually all work and no play can make for a very grumpy girl.  I've been busy with family and work stuff for the last few months and not had a lot of time to craft.  I do have some stuff but I'm only going to post the most recent for now :)

Ladybug Lolita

I spent the entire day colouring this yesterday, very please with the results, I'm loving the Promarker fine tip nibs, you can really add texture and detail.  The digi stamp is from All That Scraps and is printed on to Rymans card stock.  finished off the image by blending a little SU Pool Party ink around the edges, a little stickles on the wings and as my glossy accents nip is now a stump and no good for detail, I decided to use my nail art fine liner to colour the tiny ladybird lol!

 Supplies

White card blank and Rymans card stock
Promarkers
Outfit: Cardinal red, berry red, lipstick red, cool grey 4 & 5, black, blender
Flower: sunflower, honeycomb, burnt orange, gold, burnt sienna, pear green, forest green, khaki, frosted lea, cool grey 4
Hair:Burnt sienna, cinnamon, tan, vanilla, blender
Skin:Copics Skin Tones set, vanilla
Wings:Denim blue, polar blue, blender
Uniball Signo broad white gel pen
Stickles frosted lace
Ladybug Lolita From All That Scraps (this may be retired now)
Personal Impressions Kirsty Wiseman Tag Sentiments PICA6297
American Crafts Dandelion and Crimson card stock
SU Pool party ink pad
Versamark ink pad
Stampendeous fine detail embossing powder
Cuttle bug embossing folder swiss dots, Crafty Concepts embossing folder grunge dots
Matts cut from Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge
Wilkinson stitch red ribbon
buttons, gems and ribbon rose from stash
Glossy accents or red nail polish for the ladybird

Here are a few more items I've made, I will post more on these tomorrow as it's getting late :)

Happy crafting
Anna x

Parisian Boudoir

Dragon Wing Charm

Clearly for Art modelling Film

Sunny Days

New Cricut cart arrived :)

Woop! My new cartridge, Rock Princess, arrived yesterday and as luck would have it it was my day off :) Anyhoo, even though I was supposed to be making cards for customers I couldn't resist playing lol!!

This cartridge is awesome, I can see it getting used a lot, there are loads of great images. There are some great things that could be used for guy cards too and some lovely roses which are suitable for any type of card. Well worth investing in I think.

My other favourite cartridge is Tie The Knot, predominantly wedding themed but could be used for all types of occasion, very versatile and beautiful images.

Here's what I made yesterday :)

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart. Used Core'dinations & also Stampin Up card stock. Ribbon is Anita's. Digi stamp is by Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Shine.

Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart. Used Core'dinations Black Magic cauldron stack & also Papermainia card stock and a bit of C&C glitter card, ribbon from HobbyCraft.


Used the Rock Princess Cricut cart, it's not just for girls lol!! Used Core'dinations nostalgia & gemstones & also Papermainia card stock. Stamped the background and the tag on the candy box :)

Used Core'dinations Gemstones & Black Magic Cauldron. Digi stamp is by Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Shine. Tag stamped and distressed, not sure where I got the ribbon :)


Commissioned card wedding card. Toppers cut from the Tie The Knot cart, used Crafters Companion Centura pearl cardstock and C&C glitter card and mirri board, ribbon and pearls from HobbyCraft.

Try, Try Again

I couldn't get the photos to upload yesterday so I'm going to have another go lol!!

A cute pirate Tilda card.

The card is a diamond envelope fold (I think) Which was shown on C&C recently by Kay Rutter using the Hougie board. As I don't have a Hougie board I messed around until I got the folds right, it's not perfectly aligned but looks ok lol!!

The front of the card, think the Tilda stamps may become a new addiction, they are so adorable. Coloured with Promarkers, card used for stamped image is Bristol board but it did bleed with the Promarkers so I wasn't entirely happy with that.

Spotty paper was from my huge stash of scrapbook paper, I think it was from a pack I got from Poundland. The white card is Core'dinations and the skulls is from Tainted Scraps Rockstar kit printed on to C&C super smooth decoupage paper.

Inside front flap of Pirate Tilda, the mats were cut from Spellbinders nestabilities deckle oval and banner cut by hand.

Top of pirate Tilda, flower cut from Core'dinations using Sure Cuts Alot 2, Gerber Daisy cutting file purchased from SVGCuts.com and can be found in the 3D Flowers Kit part II.









Beautiful birthday planner made from Joanna Sheens Enchanted Dreams by Josephine Wall. Printed on to Phoenix satin 260gsm card. Covered some scrap chipboard with some coordinating scrapbook paper, punched along the top edge using a binder punch and then just tied ribbons on to the plastic comb to hide it lol!!


Waterfall cards using the mini card sets from Joanna Sheens Enchanted Dreams by Josephine Wall. Backing papers printed onto C&C super smooth.

Some new cards

Well after a rubbish Xmas & New Year things are getting back to normal, except I've had my hours cut at work. I suppose it's not all bad, at least I have more time to play lol!! Just adding a few cards and odds and ends I've been making.

Entry for Passion For Promarkers weekly card challenge. The adorable donkey digi stamp is from http://www.meljensdesigns.com/
Coloured with promarkers. Flowers, mats and tag cut on Cricut using SVGCuts 3D Flowers Kit part II and the Winter Woodland cart. Sentiment made in PSPXI. Finished with some perfect pearls and ribbon from Joanna Sheen :)

A few cards & bits I've made over the last month

Hi, been a bit busy the last few weeks but thought I'd post some stuff I've made.

Autumn gift bags for my Mum-in-law to give to friends when they go away in a couple of months time, the tutorial to make the bag is by ChicnScratch on youtube, go check out her channel here
The leaves were from Hobby Craft
Everything else from my stash
Stamp Frame is a Sizzix die
Tags cut using a Spellbinders die



Again these bags were made following ChicnSratch's tutorial
Card from stash
images from here and coloured with Promarkers
background cards were textured using Cuttlebug embossing folders, sanded and then a chalk ink pad brushed over the top.
Tags were cut from a sizzlet circle die and a spellbinders petite scallop die, all the sentiments were hand drawn so each would be individual :)
The string is good old garden string lol! from the Pound shop :D



This card and plaque were for my sisters 40th birthday and I have to say is one of my favourite things I've ever made. She is totally cat mad and has several cats, her fav being Shadow, an old and now very shabby looking black kitty lol!

The images are from Joanna Sheens Ivory Cats cd, I used the Virgo zodiac kitty because it looked like Shadow.
For the plaque I printed the cat on to acetate, sprayed the back with Crafters Companion glitter spray and then stuck it to gold mirri card with their stick n stay spray adhesive. Then added a frame and decorated with peel offs and gems. the back of the plaque was made using the matching background paper from the cd. I copied and imported the main image in to PSPXI and removed the cat and added a matching colour background. The scroll was made in PSPXI using av bro pro and eye candy xenofex filters.
The seal was a stamp I made ages ago using my ImagePac stamp kit, I embossed a piece of chipboard with several layers of gold embossing powder and pressed the stamp in while it was still hot.
The stand was made using a template from MCS Pretty in Porcelain cut out in gold mirri board and the other side was covered with matching bg paper.
I made a matching card, box and gift bag to make it look really special.

Quick card today, tried to do something different with the papers but not really my style of card at all, papers are too contempory for me and not thick enough, managed to crease them while I was sticking them down :( Not sure how I feel about this one, also used rub ons which I never use as I don't get on with them but was trying to use things that have been lying around for a while. Followed a sketch from I need a sketch. I totally love the image and wanted to use it as soon as I saw it, may end up recycling and putting it on another card lol! Entering into Cupcake Craft Challenge's 105 blue and green challenge :)

Card base centura pearl
blue and green papers freebies off Scrapbook inspirations
Rub ons are K & Co I think
Image from Arthur's Free Clipart
buttons from stash
ribbon from Joanna Sheen



Off to a wedding tomorrow so got to get my nails done today, then I have a weeks holiday yay!! Hubby back at work on Monday so I get the house to myself for a few days, hurrah! Peace and quiet lol!

Happy crafting
hugs
Anna

Blue Winter

Another challenge card, this on is for week 65 Passion for Promarkers Winter Blue challenge, I love this theme, blue is my fav colour :)
The card was a bit of an experiment, I made a couple of mistakes but we'll pretend to not notice those lol! The card can fold down to an A5 size as the side panels fold back rather than forwards and there are three nice panels to decorate on the back too. The snowy background paper is from MCS Crystal sparkles. Glitter card and mirri card from stash. The snowflakes and noel were cut from a couple of sizzlet dies and and horse is coloured with my promarkers and then given a couple of coats of CC spray and shine. Carousel horse is from Beccy's Place she has some gorgeous free images :) The little charm was made from bits and bobs I had laying around, haven't put a sentiment on the card yet cos I'm not sure who it's for lol!




Happy Crafting
love
Anna :)

Goth Angel

Hi well haven't managed to finish that scrap kit yet but will get onto it over the next few days. Hubby decided to decorate the computer room so I've been having to occupy myself with other things lol!

Thought I'd join in this weeks challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers, this weeks challenge was music. I discovered some awesome digi stamps at Kenny K and had to have them, his Gothic Angels rock!! No pun intended lol!
Anyhoo here's my challenge entry


Digi stamp from KennyKdownloads.com
coloured with ProMarkers and the given several coats of Spray & Shine from Crafters Companion.
Sentiments made on computer
Everything else from my stash ;)
Sorry for crap image, I will upload a better one tomorrow if I get around to it, the light was reflecting on the mirri board and it looks flat and black lol!

My new fav toys :)

Well I got some Promarkers when I went to the NEC in March but didn't really get time to play until a couple of weeks ago, anyhoo thought I'd show a couple of cards I made using them. This one was a practice card and my first attempt at an easel card. The cute teddy digi stamp is from Wendymade & all things crafty Other stuff from my stash.