Happy Saturday......

Good morning everyone

Well, it's a cold start to the day but I have already been out doing a couple of chores and I am now cosied up in my craft room with a list as long as my arm of cards I need to start making today. It is a good day and I am feeling very positive with things I have ahead of me.

The card below is one I made recently when I bought some new pens from Amazon. I've been using Promarkers in the past but several of these are now running out and I was looking at changing to a different brand. I still need ones that blend well as I enjoy colouring digi images in and using these on my cards but I was stuck on which brand to go for. Copics look lovely and I follow several people on Facebook and blogs that have lovely colouring skills but Copics can prove to be very expensive if you want the whole set. I was looking on Amazon and came across the Ohuhu pens. These had very good reviews and the price was excellent. There were several sets to choose from and once purchasing a set you can then add to that with other sets. I decided to go for the 200 pen collection as this had a good assortment of colours. I have then added the skin colouring and pastel set to my Christmas list.

After colouring the image I mounted this on a base layer that had the word 'brother' cut out using my Cricut Air2. The good thing about digi images is you can resize them to suit whatever size card you are making. This is the first time I have done one this big and I'm pleased with how it come out. I am enjoying designing cards on my Cricut now and I'm gradually getting used to how to do things. This layer was also then mounted onto another piece of contrasting card and card candy was used as a finishing touch. This card wasn't an order this time so I have added it to my box of spares for whenever someone asks for a card. I hope you like this and it helps you with your own ideas for the future.

Have a lovely day and I hope to see you back here again soon.

Kenny K Skateboard Boy

Good morning all, what a flipping miserable day it is today. Just thought I'd post another card I made at the crop Saturday before I go off and start another one. Only got a little craft time today as unfortunately I will be going to a funeral later of one of my friends from another craft group I go to :(

The card I am showing is made with another Kenny K image, this time a skateboard boy. I coloured him with my Promarkers and cut out using a fancy nestie shape then mat and layered onto papers from my stash and a square scalloped card. I finished off by adding some star nesties (which I also embossed to make them look better thanks to a little advice from our dear crop leader!!) and added a star brad to the centre of them. I cut the numbers out using the 'Olivia' numbers on the Cuttlebug.

I hope you like this card. Please feel free to leave a comment as I do read them all and I hope you visit again soon. Happy crafting everyone.

Kenny K Golfer

Hi all, Happy New Year to you all.  Sorry for the delay but I've been busy being creative!! Today I'm posting the first card I made in 2012.

I've used a golfer image from Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers. As usual I mat and layered using papers from my stash. I added organza ribbon and a 'Just for You' charm and finished off with some Stickles. (I do like my glitter!!) 

I also decorated the inside of the card to match the front.

When colouring the image I also used some Polychromos pencils which I was very lucky to receive for xmas. I need to practice a little with these but will hopefully get the hang of them after a few more tries!

Here are some other craft goodies which Santa bought me.....

.....and these are some items I bought with some xmas money. Now I've got so many bits to experiment with I need to get ahead and make some cards lol.

Anyway thanks for dropping by today, please come back tomorrow to see the next card. (I'm writing the post now and scheduling it for tomorrow so it will definitely be here!!)

Promarkers, Kenny K Digi, Summertime Designs

Hi All,

Sorry its been a few days but I've been busy working and I've also had lots of cards to get made with the next few weeks so I've been trying to get them underway. At the moment I'm waiting for my hair dye to take effect so I thought I'd get this post done for you all to see (just hope it doesn't take too long otherwise my hair will be a strange colour!!!!)

I love this card and am so pleased with how it turned out. It is for my godaughter's birthday tomorrow but she has already opened it as I wont see her on her birthday. I have used a digi image from Kenny K and coloured with Promarkers. The wall is a template I bought from a craft show last year and I used chalks to get the right shading. The backing papers are from Summertime Designs. Please take a look at Summer's blog as she has lots of free papers which she is being very generous with and letting us crafters download. There are some gorgeous colours and designs so I will be making regular visits to her blog. After matting and layering the papers and the wall I finished off by printing out some sayings in different fonts and added these to the wall to make it look like graffiti. I also added a greeting at the top of the card with my godaughter's name. Please let me know what you think. Happy crafting. See you again soon

Crop competition

Last Saturday was our monthly crop at Allhallows. Every month we have a competition and whoever wins gets free entry to the next crop they attend. This month the subject was to make a Valentine card but NOT to have the colour red on it. There were lots of lovely cards and this is my entry. Unfortunately it wasn't the winning one but I will try again next month.

The image is from Kenny K and I coloured it with Promarkers and then mounted onto a nesties frame. The heart backing papers were from my stash. I think they were originally from a QVC pack. I layered these all onto pink card and then used stickles around the edge. I finished off with card candy and a greeting printed from the computer which i also mounted onto a smaller nestie frame.

Im trying to blog on a daily basis (apart from 2 days when I work and just dont get time) so please pop back tomorrow for another card.

I have a poorly son today so will be indoors all day. Hopefully he will sleep for a while and I've got a few cards to make so will try to get them done.

Bye for now, happy crafting

Christmas...

Finally, the second card I made whilst crafting with Eileen on Thursday. The template used is for a circular card but I decided to put this on a square one and add some little extras!! The image is from Kenny K, the flowers are from Wild Orchid and the fancy papers are from Docrafts. Once I'd layered all the circular sections I used my Stickles to give a bit of bling around the edges.
Hope you like this, I think I need to make another one now!

Us crafters waste nothing!!!!

First of all I would like to thank my crafty friend Eileen. At a recent crop she was doing her usual brayering and stamping and decided that this pic was not good enough to use for what she wanted (she didnt like the spider!). The pic was going to be heading for the bin but I was cheeky and asked if I could have it to use. The credit goes entirely to Eileen for a wonderful pic, I just layered it onto some orange and black card and finished with a ribbon. I will be giving this to my neighbour as a birthday card as its her birthday the day before Halloween.

Please take a look at Eileen's blog http://eileenscraftyzone.blogspot.com as she does some lovely pieces of work.

This next card is one of 2 I managed to make at our crop today (inbetween chatting and laughing!!!). The image is a digi stamp from Kenny K. I coloured it with Promarkers and then cut out. I then mounted it on 2 oval nestabities. I added some gorgeous flowers which I bought from Wild Orchid Crafts (http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com), ribbon coloured with Promarkers and gems from my stash. I added some Stickles around the edge of the oblong blue layer and some dots on the scalloped parts of the ovals.

Thank you for coming and looking today. Please leave any comments you wish to make.

So pleased with......

....what I managed to get done today. 3 essential cards finished and that now means Im able to start my Christmas cards.

This first card was needed for a Crystal Palace football fan who will be 80. I made the backing paper and then mat and layered it along with pics of the Crystal Palace ground and players. Finished this off with a greeting and card candy.

This next card is of the Chryslar Tower in New York. I made the backing paper in Paint Shop Pro 8 and also made the pyramage image. I layered these on blue and silver card but have left the rest blank.

This final card is going to be sent to a DoCrafts Member for her grandaughter's birthday. She wanted to surprise her by receiving cards from other crafters. The lady sent me a photo and I made backing paper and a pyramage image. I added a flower and brad and a greeting to finish off. I hope she will be pleased with the finished article. A few little crafty bits will also be included for her.

I've got some lovely digi Christmas images from Kenny K and cant wait to start using them so please come back and look in the next few days.

Thanks for dropping by, any comments will be most welcome. If you leave a comment I will also visit your blog and return the favour.

These are some of my latest creations which I made at the crop on Saturday. The image is from Kenny K and I think they are just right for trendy teens.

I made this card for friend of mine after he passed his driving test last wk. The pics were found on google and as usual I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and card candy. It has been personalised with his name and the date he passed.

Still got lots of cards to make so its keeping me busy. My daughter did me a wonderful favour today of sitting die cutting some scalloped oval shapes out of my scrap papers. So much paper I have filling boxes up that I need a good sort out. She really is a darling and it is much appreciated.

It just had to be men.....

cards that I made this time. All the ones in my box are female orientated and everyone keeps asking for male ones so have made a start with some. Not sure where I got this pic but it was a freebie digi stamp. I coloured it with Promarkers then blended the white card with chalks.


This next pic was a freebie again from Kenny K digi stamps. I used purple in the papers and embellishments as boys are tending to wear pink and purple more often these days. Please let me know what you think!!!

This was my freebie football boy again coloured in blue and using card candy instead of buttons.

The flower image is from Just Inklined and I added a friend verse beside it. These cards are for my friend's mum to send to her friends so I made them in different colours. The ribbon at the corner is coloured with Promarkers.

This card is for an engagement. The floral papers are from Hot Off The Press and the image is Mikey from Charmed Cards and Craft digi stamps.

This final card is for my friend's mum. I love this image of Peonys and found a lovely Mother verse to put beside it. I changed the letters at the beginning of each line to match the colour of the flowers.

I now have quite a few special cards to make so that will keep me busy for a few days along with going out for days with my two children. Hope the weather is nice for you all and the heat isnt putting a stop to your crafting. Thanks for looking.

PS. I have entered a card on the Featured Diva section of Karens Doodles this week so please keep your fingers crossed for me xx