Adorable Bunny Bears!!

Spring is in the air, at least in my imagination, it's freezing here and snowy.  Although the sun was out for a few minutes earlier, which I enjoyed while making a cup of tea :) 

How adorable are these, I've gone bear crazy the last few days and cut a ton of teddies from the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge.  I couldn't help making a series of cards with these bunny bears :) The other carts used were mother's day bouquet for the flowers and just because cards for the flower stem. The little butterfly, ladybird (stamped inside, which I forgot to photograph lol!) and sentiment are from Studio G designer clear stamps by Alison Wong and coloured with promarkers.  Card stock is American crafts from the spring and pastels collections.

Happy Crafting and I hope it's warmer and sunnier where you are!

BTW!  The dynamic blog was driving me crazy, it was too slow and clunky on my puter so I changed it again lol!

Anna xx

A mixed bag...

..this morning :)

Morning All, I've actually got a day off today, hooray lol! So thought I'd post a few bits I've been working on over the last few days.

My fist project is a mini photo organiser, I find of followed the tutorial here but added my own twist. I used c6 envelopes and made up some simple photo mounts to slot in to each of the pockets. I think it turned out really cute and you could do so many variations on this. I'm already thinking of gift ideas for Xmas lol!

The tabs and photo corners were cut using SVG files from Images By Heather M and SCAL2







Supplies:-
Stampin Up
Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede card stock
Early espresso Classic ink pad
Early espresso taffeta ribbon (I think, it was a gift so I only had a couple of metres)
4 c6 envelopes


I made some more flowers, I'm getting addicted lol! I used an the Impatien SVG file from SVGCuts 3D Flower Kit Pt2 and cut it in 3 sizes, I'll pop a quick tutorial up some time this week to show how I made them. The large purple flower was made using the wilted ribbon technique, there is a tutorial on Stamper Dogs Youtube channel here. It looks gorgeous in the 'flesh' but I couldn't get a nice piccy of it. I think I might make some faux enamelled flowers for the centre if I make more of these and turn them into brooches.






I just made up the next card to try out my new flowers lol!



Supplies:-
Stampin Up Love letter DSP
Stampin Up Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla & Basic Black card stock
Anita's Black satin ribbon
Colorbox Chalk ink pad Lipstick Red
Memento ink pad Black
Berry Red & Burgundy Promarkers
Create & Craft Super Smooth paper

The last card is for my Brother-in-laws birthday, he's an old school metal head lol!
I wanted a kind of faded/worn denim effect so sanded and distressed some Core'dinations card stock from the Earth Elements pack. I like the effect and think it worked how I wanted it to :) The guitar and large skull topper where cut from the Cricut cart Rock Princess.




Supplies:-
Stampin Up Sahara sand card stock
Core'dinations Earth elements card stock in co-coordinating blues & black
Papermania medium grey cardstock
pewter brads
silver gel pen
Colorbox chalk ink pad in Blue Iris


Anyhoo that's all from me today
Happy Crafting
Anna x

Spring Tulips

Morning all, just a quicky card this morning made using the stampin Up owl punch again :) I just love this punch, it's so versatile.



I followed a tutorial at Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds for the tulips.

The tulips were cut from Create & Craft super smooth paper, deep pink and white one coloured using Impress garnet inkpad, pale pink coloured with Stampin Up perfectly pink and rose red inkpads and the darker pink was coloured with antique rose promarker and rose red inkpad.
Sentiment stamped with rose red
Pink cardstock Stampin Up in Perfectly pink
Green and white cardstock and ribbon from my stash

That's all from me today
Happy Crafting
Anna x

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 :)

Naughty Meeses!

Another challenge card today, thought I'd enter the all the twos challenge, two flowers, two ribbons & two papers, I also added two very naughty mice lol! The challenge is over at Cupcake Craft Challenges. They have a fun birthday blog hop going on at the mo :) Anyhoo here's the card, sorry for the crappy photo again, my camera is playing up.
House Mouse cupcake stamp from Joanna Sheen, coloured with Promarkers, I adore these stamps and am planning to have them all eventually lol! Edged using a Colorbox chalk inkpad. Gingham paper I made myself in PSPXI and the little mousey footprint paper is from the Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter Two Bad Mice CD. The sentiment was stamped and then cut out using a nestabilities die. Rose were made using a cheap pack of paper petals from hobby Craft from the bridal section, I coloured them with Promarkers then spritz them with ImagePac pearl lustre mica pigments. The heart border was punched using a XCut border and corner punch.

Hope you like :)
Happy Crafting!