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.

Saturated Canary Fairy and tealight card

Hi all, me again lol. As promised I have another card I've been busy making. I'm very pleased how this one turned out and hope you like it.

Items used:

White & blue card

Digi image - 'Fairy' from Saturated Canary

Backing papers - Memory Box

Promarkers

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Card Candy

Glamour Dust

Organza Ribbon

Tealight Candles

Here is a side view of the card

 

I didnt use my Polychromos on this card as I have now completed my set of Promarkers and managed to get the shading right using 3 blue pens!!

Here is my Promarker colour chart showing all the colours I now have in my box and it was laminated by my lovely friend Dianne.

Thanks for stopping by again. Hopefully by the time you read this post another card will be completed!

Bye for now x

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!!)

Happy Mothers Day....

to my very special mum. She is one in a million. Im so grateful for all that she does for me (and my children) and I love her to bits. xx
Here is the card that I made and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. The image is My Fair Lady from Sassy Studio. I coloured it with Promarkers and mounted on Bazzill card. I used Swiss Dots embossing folder on the white background and then mounted this also. I added some satin ribbon and corner die cuts which I again coloured. I finished off by adding some flowers from Wild Orchid and some gems. I then decorated the inside of the card to match.

A view of the inside

Another inside view

I hope all you mums out there have had a lovely day, I certainly have. I was treated to breakfast in bed, had a lovely card and a book from Sophie & Connor, we had a relaxing morning before a nice roast dinner and then this afternoon I sat cuddled up with Sophie watching Mamma Mia. Connor thought it was better to play on his playstation but he did keep popping down to have a sneaky watch for a little while!!

Anyway this blogging business is still going strong and today is now Day 29!! Please come back and visit soon as I have plenty more to post on here.

Happy crafting x

Christmas!!!!

I know its early but I did promise myself that I would make at least 2 xmas cards each month so Im not rushing at the last moment in December. To help me with this I decided today to try out some of my new stamps I bought at Farnborough yesterday! These stamps are from Woodware and I think they are so cute. I coloured with Promarkers, added some Glamour Dust and finished with some pink gems in the corners. I have mounted on some pink Bazzill card which I bought yesterday, that was a definite bargain - £1.99 for 10 sheets in a pack or 12 packs for £10!!! Who could resist that. Another bargain I'm not so happy about was the white card I bought for stamping and printing digi images. It was 220gsm and I was told that Promarkers would not bleed around the edges of images. Unfortunately they did, badly, so I stamped all the images again on the original 160gsm card that I use and it was so much better. I have emailed the company saying how disappointed I am as it is not what they said, just waiting to see what kind of response I get.
A close up so you can see the glitter I've added

I'm now back at work this week after having a week off with my children but am looking forward to another 2wks off at the end of the week. No children around next time so once I have got a few essential jobs done I'm going to craft and get sorted some of the ideas I have in my head!
Please leave any comments, I do read them all.

In the Kitchen!

Well I've been a bit lapse lately and do apologise for that but I've got lots going on around me at the moment. I spent yesterday with lots of lovely crafty friends at our monthly crop and this helped take my mind off a few things. This following card is using a digi image from Jak Heath. I coloured it with Promarkers and then used chalks to shade the background. I mounted onto black card and added ribbon which I also coloured. I finished off with card candy in the corners. The greeting was put on the card at the beginning but I found this a bit tricky so I need to do a bit more practising!!! This is for a friend's birthday next month but I'm hoping she doesn't see it on here! lol

Looking forward to a lovely week off with my 2 children, lots planned, but will be back posting tomorrow with another card. Bye for now

KD Digi, Promarkers, Stickles, Summertime Designs

Good morning everyone, hope your Sunday is looking good. I had a lovely day yesterday with some crafty friends at the Scrapbook Sisters crop in Rainham. They told us it is now the largest crop in the South East and there were about 85 of us there yesterday!!! A photo will be published in a craft magazine soon. A very productive day and very relaxing with plenty of tea and cake for everyone!
I just love this cute little image from Karen's Doodles. It is called Peekaboo Boy. I coloured as usual with my Promarkers and then mounted it on a free background sheet I found at Summertime Designs and navy card. I finished off edging the papers and image card in silver stickles, coloured my ribbon with Promarkers and added a greeting.

Lots more cards to be posted within the next week so please come back soon.
Happy crafting

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

Im here again!

Hi All, sorry its been a few days. I was working Monday and Tuesday and during the weekend I couldnt get decent pics of my cards. I've borrowed my dad's camera this morning and taken some and they've come out just the way I want them to so now I've just got to start saving for a new camera!! I will post a card each day as although I've got a few to make they cannot be seen yet (until after certain events!!).

This first card is similar to another I made recently. The butterflies are digi stamps from Whimsy Stamps. I coloured them with Promarkers (trying to get used to shading and its coming gradually). I added a ribbon which I also coloured to match the roses.









This next picture is a lovely close up to show you that I then highlighted with stickles around and on the wings of the butterfly. I finished by cutting out and mounting with silicone glue. The greeting is from the computer.

Please let me know what you think of the close up and do come back again tomorrow to see the next card.

Bye for now x

 

 

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

This first card today was for my friend's birthday last week. She is a big fan of Frank Lampard and Gerard Butler so I wanted to combine the two. I found these pics and then used Paintshop Pro to make the backing paper. I mat and layered onto a peach card, glittered with stickles around the edges and finished off with a computer generated greeting and card candy.

This next card is for a 14th Birthday. Butterflies was all I had as a theme so as its for a girl pink was my first choice!! This digi stamp is from Whimsy Stamps. I coloured it with Promarkers and then added some stickles along the lines of the wings. I cut both butterflies out and mounted with silicone glue onto paper from my stash. This paper was from Making Cards magazine. I used stickles to glitter around the edges and finished off with ribbon, which I'd coloured with Promarkers, and a computer generated greeting.

I hope you like these and look forward to any comments. I will be back to post another card tomorrow.

Bye for now

Crop time!

Well today has been a day of sitting crafting with the only interruptions being for a cuppa or the loo!!!! There were quite a few ladies today all having fun and a good old chat as its the first time we've met since Christmas. Our last crop was cut short because of the awful white stuff falling but today we had no problems.

The first card I made is a New Home one. I haven't made one of these for ages and the image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. I coloured it in with Promarkers and mat and layered using papers from my stash. I think the papers originally came from Making Cards magazine. I finished with stickles glitter around the edges and some flowers and brads. The greeting was printed on the computer.

I will post another card tomoro as I want to get into a regular habit of blogging. Please come back and take a look and if you wish to leave any comments.

Happy crafting

I soooo love my......

Postman! He is just the best. He realised I wasn't home yesterday so left a little parcel for me with my neighbour. As soon as I'd dropped my son at school this morning I called to collect it and this is what I got ........

 23 Promarkers and 3 tubes of Pinflair Glue. I ordered these Sunday evening from Cards of Distinction and they were delivered Tuesday. I always buy from the same place now as the Promarkers are the cheapest I have found, p&p is free over £12 and the service is wonderful and quick. So guess what I've been doing for a little while today?????












This next card is one I made at the weekend. It looks quite simple but took me ages as I kept losing pieces of card!! The backing card is embossed with Swiss Dots on my Cuttlebug. The flower is layered with silicone glue and I used an embossing tool to help curl the petals before gluing. I added a ribbon which I coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment on the base of the card is a rub-on.

Got some more cards that I'm working on at the mo and one that I will be able to show after Friday! It's my lovely friend Colleen's birthday and I'm hoping she will love the card I have made her!! Will post pics asap so please come back and visit me again.

Your comments are most welcome.

Happy crafting :)

Here are ....

the latest creations I have made. Things are getting tight now with xmas only 2 wks away and Ive still got loads to make!!

This first card I made this week for my Nan who celebrated her 96th birthday. The image is from Image-nation and I coloured it with Promarkers to match my backing card. I added 2 ribbons which were also coloured the same and finished off with a computer generated greeting and 2 gems.







 
 

This second card is one of several I have made the same. I mounted white card which I embossed on the Cuttlebug, used stickles around the edge, cut out a scalloped circle and a plain circle from Nestabilities and I embossed the plain circle. I then added an image which I coloured again with Promarkers but I also added a bit of sparkle on the hat. I finished off with a greeting printed from the computer.

These are some of my finished cards. I still have quite a few to do tho so may be in the quiet corner for a few days!!!

Thanks for taking the time to have a look and please leave any comments.

At last I can show you....

this lovely card I made for my very special friend Tina. It was her birthday on Wednesday 1st December but as the weather was bad I've only just been able to see her. She didnt mind her card being late cause she knew it would be gorgeous as usual!!

The image is a Sugar & Spice digi download from Charmed Cards & Crafts website coloured with Promarkers. Paper is from my stash and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I mat and layered the image and papers and then added stickles around the edges.

The insert was done with matching papers and again glittered. I added 2 special verses which really sum up our lovely friendship. A box was also made as the flowers made it a bit too bulky for an envelope.

I have also been busy in this snowy weather trying to get xmas cards completed. I had a little production line going as I was embossing on the Cuttlebug and cutting circles and scallops and colouring digi images. Will post the results this week. Im working for the next 2 days so will post after that.

Please leave any comments and thanks for visiting my blog.

Remembering..

This is the card I managed to make today whilst having a crafty day with Eileen. We always do too much talking and drinking of tea and dont have much to show but we do have a thoroughly good time. Eileen is such a darling that she even got in some gluten free goodies today which I could eat whilst I crafted!!!! Very much appreciated Eileen and a lovely gesture.

Remembering.....

The image is from Just Inklined and I coloured in using my Promarkers. The backing paper is from my stash, white organza ribbon coloured with Promarkers and card candy.
Thanks for stopping by. I have another card half made so will get that on here in the next couple of days.
Bye for 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.