Cute Hedgie

Well I've done it again - been tempted by a magazine giving away free stamps but my excuse (if I need one) is that they are really cute images from Country Companions and there was also some free double sided paper as well and a retro download  free offer inside.   I've used some of the paper here together with the hedgehog image, coloured with alcohol pens and glitter added to the dandelion clocks.  The greeting was made up from stamps in the set, cut out with Nestabilities. My stamp collection just seems to keep growing so maybe I should avoid the newsagent's shop in future!!

Baby Girl

Blogging four days in a row - how is that for catching up??  Today it is a baby card using a super digi image from Sassy Cheryl - don't you just love the strand of hair with the ribbon bow?  Backing paper is from my stash and the other pieces of card were all from the oddments boxes.  Image was coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, a Cuttlebug embossing folder made the dotty layer and the image is on  Spellbinders label die cuts. Sentiment produced on the computer and popped onto Stampin' Up punched shapes (the little flower trim was punched from more oddments of card (also SU punch).

Addicted to Stamps and More

The challenge this week at Addicted to Stamps and More is for a CAS (clean and simple) card with lots of white space and minimum embellishment and this is my second attempt at achieving a result without any unwanted 'splodges' or fingermarks!!  The stamp is from Penny Black coloured using Flexmarkers, Promarkers and a touch of Copic.  The sentiment is from a lovely  set of butterfly stamps by Clearly Besotted and yes I have resisted the temptation to load this card with butterflies - so far anyway...LOL !! However I couldn't resist stamping the image twice, cutting out the daisies and layering for some dimension.

Make My Monday week 51

This is the final week on the Make My Monday FLOWERS challenge and this week Suzi was asking for something in PINK, GREEN and WHITE.  I've used a Penny Black stamp onto some white card and coloured using Promarkers. Still going along with my personal challenge to use bits from my leftovers boxes I sorted out some suitable background paper, ran a piece of green card through an M-bossabilities folder,  cut a fancy corner using a Marianne die and punched out a computer-printed greeting.  Just to take the 'using everything' to extremes you can maybe guess where the three little pink squares on the top corner came from LOL!! but I didn't save the rest of the little bits.  As usual the Design Team came up with some lovely ideas for this challenge so do pop over and take a look and maybe have a go yourself.

Digi Image

This is another of the digi images rescued from my odds and end boxes - coloured with Promarkers and pencils.  Background paper is from a K & Co pad (I think) and Nestabilities were used to cut out the image and the larger circle which I embossed with a cuttlebug folder.  A row of punched daisies and computer sentiment so another fairly quick card.  Would you believe it is very dark and raining steadily again today so guess I won't be going far - I have a couple of challenges to catch up on so a good excuse to head for the craft room I'd say.

Forgotten Friday 55

During the week I was trawling through my many A4 boxes of bits and pieces of paper and card searching for a particular colour when I came across a partial sheet of  uncoloured digital images.  I usually print several to fill a page when I want just one and this sheet had been put away and forgotten so it fits in well with Judith's Forgotten Friday challenge.  The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Coloursoft pencils, then cut out with a Nestabilities die.  Background paper is from a K & Co pad which has been lying around for a long time together with a scrap from one of the bits boxes.  The die cut border, corner and backing for the greeting were cut from scraps of blue card and a matching ribbon bow has been added. The curly strip and corner were cut using a die set from Lea'bilities, the greeting was produced on the computer, punched out and popped onto Cuttlebug die shapes.  Three more images left to colour in now and that will be one less piece in my 'bits' collection.

Simply Stampin' Challenge

The challenge at Simply Stampin is ALL THINGS EASTER but as I didn't really need another Easter card I haven't actually put a sentiment on this one but have included some eggs and small tattered flowers which hopefully look a bit like seasonal daffodils.  The stamp is from Nature's Nest set (Stampin' Up), coloured with Promarkers and cut out using Nestabilities. I was reminded about pricking detail by my friend Anne so I dug out a pricking and embossing template which I've not used for such a long time that I'd forgotten how long it takes to prick all those holes!  Background paper is from my stash and the corner motifs were cut with a Cuttlebug die.  Small tattered flowers were made with a Sizzix die and the swirls were from a Marianne die. As the pricking template has been lying unused for such a long time this card will also qualify for Judith's Forgotten Friday challenge.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend - it is grey and damp here at the moment so I guess a day in the craft room will be the order of the day.

A Scheduled Post - I Hope!

I've just switched to the new interface on Blogger and thought I'd try out the scheduled post option to see how it goes.  This card was made using a Polkadoodles stamp from the Wonderland set coloured with Promarkers. Background papers are from Funky Hand and the sentiment was a free digi download but I'm afraid I can't recall who designed it.  I think I will probably stick with this new interface although it is quite an adventure searching for the various functions - I reckon the success of this scheduled post might be the deciding factor.

Bear with Flower

The other week I spotted a give-away on a magazine of some Lili of the Valley images on card  to colour and cut out so I couldn't resist - pity the magazine wasn't as good as the images but I reckon it was worth it because there were 20 different images..  This one has been coloured with Promarkers and Copics.  Background papers are from my stash, sentiment was computer generated using My Craft Studio and I added a Marianne die cut butterfly.