Card for my Brother in law

This cards uses an image from Mo's Digital Pencil

I have coloured him with my Trimarkers and Chameleon pens 

I then used my spellbinder dies to cut the image and sentiment 

I coloured the edges with my Tim Holtz inks and blenders.

Finally I used three strips of snippets as the background 

This card is for the following challenges 

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch I followed

Pixies Snippet Playground ~ use your snippets

Penny's Paper  Crafty  Challenge  ~ anything goes

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Happy Anniversary

This card uses a pre-coloured digi image

I then used my spellbinder square dies to cut the image

I had some left over copper card from an earlier project and as it was still on my desk I used it to cut a mat and three smaller squares 

These were simply mounted on to the card

I finished the card with the sentiment which I printed from word.

This card is for the following challenges 

AAA Cards ~ maximum white space and geometric 

Simon Says ~ anything goes

Crafty Catz ~ anything goes 

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Clean and Simple

I love this card and such a quick make.

The letters are wooden ones I picked up from Hobbycraft

They already have a sticky dot on the back

So all I did was run the card through my printer to add the word birthday and the stick on happy.

This card is for the following challenges 

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge  ~ anything goes

CAS on Friday  ~ Big sentiment or word

Tuesday Throwdown ~ one layer wonder

Crafting by Design  ~ anything goes 

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Holy Cow

This card uses a pre-coloured image from Dr Digi Stamps 

I used my spellbinder oval dies to cut it out

And also to cut the mat.

The paper are all kanban foiled ones in black and white.

I finished it with a sentiment I printed from word.

This card is for the following challenges 

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch I followed

Crafting by Design ~ anything goes 

Through the Craft room door ~ anything goes 

Crafting with Attitude ~ anything goes

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Autumn Birthday

This card uses a great image and sentiment from Bugaboo

I have coloured him with my spectrum noir triblend markers

I then used some of my metallic cards as backing papers

Ans some snippets for the strips at the edge

Finally the card was finished with some square gems.

This card is for the following challenges 

Stella Says Sketch ~ Sketch I followed 

Catch the Bug Challenge ~ Bingo ~ gems, own choice, 3 layers

Crafty Catz ~ colours of autumn 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge ~ anything goes must be coloured in 

Pixies Playground Challenge ~ use your snippets

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A Friend's Birthday

This cards used  a lovely clear stamp that was part of the set I won from Pixies Snippet Playground Challenge

I have coloured them using my new spectrum trio markers

All the papers are from my snippets box

I used some scalloped ovals dies to cut the shapes and make the image inlay into the mat.

The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Docrafts.

This card is for the following challenges 

Sketch Saturday  ~ sketch I followed

Through the Craft Room Door ~ anything goes 

Always Fun Challenge ~ Use dies or punches

A Bit More Time to Craft ~ anything goes

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Anniversary Card

It was my daughters and son in laws 2nd Wedding Anniversary on Monday as they are expecting their first child in December I thought this image fitted perfectly.

It's a digi image from Redonkadoodles.

I coloured the image with my Chameleon pens 

The oval was cut on my Scan n cut as was the black oval behind.

All the papers are bits from my snippets box.

The sentiment was done in word and printed out then matted onto a small bit of the black card.

They thought it was a great card.

I am entering it into the following challenges 

Moving Along with the Times ~ Wedding or Anniversary

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch I have followed

Pixies Snippet Playground ~ use your snippets

Simon Says ~ Think pink

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge ~ anything goes but must be coloured

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Happy Birthday CAS

I used a tonic die to cut the shape from the white card.

I then cut the same shape from metallic shine purple card-stock.

Behind the white card stock I placed a piece of pink glitter card.

The I stuck the metallic shiny purple inside the whole so the card is all flat.

This is a really quick and simple card to make but I am quite pleased with the results 

and it uses some snippets up.

This card is for the following challenges:

AAA Cards - CAS Using a third and insert die cut

Less is more - Sparkle and Gloss

Cute Card Thursday - Sentimental

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

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Old Lady Again!

I did warn you I liked this stamp!

It's a digi stamp from Stamp on it I have coloured her with my Chameleon pens and used my scan and cut to cut it out.

She's then mounted onto a piece of snippet card.

The stars and pink cards are also from my snippet box.

The sentiment has been printed black onto yellow.

This is because my friend who this card is for is registered blind,

But she can read text if it bold and has a yellow background.

The sentiment inside was also done on yellow paper.

This is one of the best things about making cards.

Although I do wind her up by showing it to Ike her guide dog and telling him to read it, people do give us funny looks lol

The verse I used was the same as the earlier card which can be seen here

This card is for the following challenges 

Crafting by Design ~ Anything goes

Through the Craft room Door ~ Anything goes

 Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge ~ Anything goes

Simon Says ~ Anything  goes

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Wedding Anniversary

This card uses a brilliant digi stamp from Bugaboo

I printed it onto white card and then

coloured them in with my Chameleon pens.

I then used a spellbinder oval die in my Big Shot machine

 to cut the pink swirl card in the corner.

The image was then mounted behind and 

it was all attached to the card front.

The sentiment was done in word and mounted onto a snippet of card, this I trimmed with the same oval die so it fitted perfectly.

This card is for the following challenges

Stella Says Sketch ~ Sketch I used for inspiration

Catch the Bug ~ bingo ~ sentiment, sparkle and bugaboo image

Always fun challenge ~ Cute Critters 

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Updated Stamp Storage

I decided whilst I am looking after my friends house that I would sort the storage of my stamps out.

I had them all stored in plastic DVD boxes and the took up four of the above boxes. Some had got squashed and I didn't find it very easy to see what stamps I had, hence the decision to re-order them.

After much looking I saw these storage wallets on Amazon

I decided these would work perfectly and fitted in the plastic storage boxes I currently had the DVD cases stored in.

These boxes also come from Amazon and are available here

I then took some white card and cut it down to 13.5cm x 18.5cm.

I then used my Tim Holtz stamping platform to stamp my stamps onto each bit of card just using a black ink pad.

Once stamped I then laminated the sheet using an A4 laminator pouch. I then trimmed the laminated sheet and cut down the waste to 13.5cm x 18.5 which became my backing sheet.

Finally the stamps were stuck on to the back of the sheet and the backing sheet attached to protect stamps. 

Then this was slipped into the storage wallets and popped into the plastic box.

Now all my stamps fit in just two of the boxes instead of four and they are so easy to flick through to see what I need.

It's taken quite a few evenings but has been quite fun doing.

Now I have spare boxes I can get some more stamps lol

This is for the following challenges 

A bit more time to craft ~ anything goes

2 Sisters on the Blog ~ something with S ~ Stamps and Storage

Simply Create too ~ Anything goes 

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Some Advice For Getting Older

I am still looking after my friends house whilst they are away but have been off work for a couple of days as caught a bug.
So thought I would catch up on some blogging. 

This cards used a great digi image from Stamp on It

You are going to see a few cards with this image as I love it lol

She is coloured using my Chameleon pens

The papers are all from my snippets box

The swirls and flower were cut using some dies in my sizzix

Sentiment was done in word and printed.

The verse inside says:

If you get up in the morning and have chest pains

Don't panic just look down to check 

you are not standing on your nipples!

This card is for the following challenges 

Sketch Saturday  ~ sketch I have followed

Sisterhood of Snarky Sisters ~ g is for gross
Pixies Snippet Playground ~ use your snippets
Crafting with Attitude ~ anything goes

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Birthday Card

Crafting this month will be a little bit hit and miss as I am away from home looking after

my friends house, so between work and that I do not have much time to craft.

However I have taken all my stamps with me to sort out and organise in a new way.

I have spent an afternoon at home this week so made a couple of cards

This was a quick make using an image from one of the Hunky-Dory Little Books

I cut it down to a smaller size and matted it onto a piece of left over blue card.

I had used the centre of the card to die cut the sentiment so it matched perfectly.

This card was for a male friend of mine and the sentiment had 

flowers swirling from it so I just cut these off.

I then used a piece of left over red glitter card and a snippets of yellow to finish it.

This card is for the following challenges:

Pixies Snippets Playground - Use up your snippets

Sketch Saturday - The Sketch I have followed

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

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New Home

A couple of friends who got married recently have been waiting for their first home to complete and it did today.

I wanted to give them a card so decided on a quick make.

The cutting file was brought from Esty

I then used my scan n cut to cut the shapes from some vinyl. 

I love the scan n cut for this as you just place the bits on the mat and once scanned in move the item to the right position and cut.

Once at l used some transfer paper to put the image Straight onto the card blank.

I am really pleased with how this turned out.

This card is for the following challenges:

AAA Cards Challenge ~ CAS made in minutes

Crafting by Designs ~ Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door ~ Anything Goes

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Taggy Blanky

I had some squares left over from the quilt so thought I would make a taggy blanky for my friends baby as well.

These are basically soft blankets with lots of different textures.

Firstly I made the 12" x 12" patchwork square with the leftovers from the quilt.

I have a box that I keep all my snippets of ribbons in that I snip off from clothes, gifts etc.

This came into its own to attach lots of assorted ribbons to the square.

I backed it all with a piece of minky fabric that is so soft to touch.

Everything was secured into place by running a couple of rows of stitching around the edge.

This is for the following challenges:

Pixies Snippet Playground ~ use your snippets

Allsorts Challenge ~ Something for Baby

Simply Create Too ~ Anything Goes 

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First Attempt at Quilting!

To go with the card I made in the previous post I wanted to make a gift for the baby.

I knew that the nursery was having a Dumbo theme.

I found some fat quarter's in Hobbycraft that were Dumbo and in pinks perfect.

I have never made a quilt before but had brought some fabric dies to use in my Big Shot Plus,

I cut out a number of squares from each piece of material and the worked out a pattern I liked. 

Before I did any sewing I found some help from 

Pinterest and You Tube!

I sewed the squares into 12x12 blocks, then joined the blocks into rows and fixed the rows together. Amazing what you can learn online.

I then watched some more tutorials and added the wadding and backing to the panel. Then I stitched each square to give the quilting effect.

Now come the how part finishing the quilt of with some binding.

I cut 2.S" strips of the backing material and joined them together.

I then folded it in half, ironed it and attached it to the quilt.

Again this involved watching some videos of how to do cornes etc

Finally I folded the binding over and attached it on the otherside.

It had taken me an afternoon and an evening but I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Thisis for the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday ~ use a die cut

Craft Rocket Challenge ~ Anything goes

Crafting with Attitude ~ Anything Goes

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Baby coming soon

This card was made for my friend, as she's just started her maternity leave.

The cutting file was brought from a great site called 

Jamie and Jenn. 

If you have cutting machine do visit as the have some fanstatic files.

The papers were all from my snippets draw.

I used my Scan and cut machine to cut the shapes.

Then mounted then onto a piece of white card.

I kept the card a soft pink as she knows she is having a little girl.

This card is for the following challenges:

Through the Craftroom Door ~ Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges ~ Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft ~ Anything Goes

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1st Birthday Card

This card uses a great digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil

This image always makes me smile

I have matted it onto some sparkle card

The sentiment was done on my Scan and cut

This was again matted onto the sparkle card

Finally I used some ombre card to put it all on to.

This card is for the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday ~ Bright and cheerful

Crafting by Designs ~ Anything Goes

Pennys Paper Crafty Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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Birthday Cup of Tea

I made this card for my friend who loves a cuppa.

The image is from Kanban and I have simply matted it

The bits of cards are all snippets

I finished the card with some bling and a sentiment.

This card is for the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday ~ sketch I have followed

Though the Craftroom Door ~ Anything Goes

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Disney Castle Wedding Card

This card was cut on my Brother Scan n Cut

I used a SVG file I brought and cut it out of the Silver Sparkle card.

I then matted it with the purple behind which was the accent colour of the wedding.

Its a very simple card but I am please with how it turned out.

This card is for the following challenges

Sparkles Challenges - Wedding

Tuesday Throwdown - Add some bling

Simply Create Too - Anything goes

Always Fun Challenges - Mood Board Inspiration

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Happy Birthday x 3

This card uses a great little bear which was part of the set that I won on

Pixies Snippet Playground - Thank you Di

I coloured him using my chameleon pens then trimmed him down

The Happy Birthday was done using my Scan n Cut 

I then used strips of left over snippets to create the colours behind the word

I liked this style so much I made two more cards with different images and different coloured snippets

These cards are for the following challenges :

Pixies Snippet Playground - Use your snippets

Simon Says - Make your own background

Through the Craft room Door - Anything Goes

Less is More - Small Images

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Fathers Day Card from Twins Boys

For this card my friend gave me the quote and 

asked me to make a card to go with it!

As it was from twin boys I decided to use a digi stamp 

from Mo's Digital Pencil.

I flipped one image so it was facing the other way.

Coloured them with my Chameleon Pens.

Then matted it onto some dotted card.

This card is for the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenges - Anything goes but must be coloured in
Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze - The Guys Have it

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Dinosaur Birthday

This card is made using a digi kit from Polkadoodles

called Sticks and Bones.

This is a perfect it for when my DS asks for a card for the next day!

It has coloured images as well as black and white ones.

Needless to say on this card I used the pre- coloured ones.

I used some of the frames and word to create the number 5.

As well as to encircle on of the sentiments from the kit.

I tha cat them all out using my Scan and cut.

Printed one of the background papers another put it all together.

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs ~  Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz ~ Anything goes with optional circles

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