Pull together!

Hello all!
I'm making the most of the fact that I'm feeling creative and trying to get a stack of cards done before I head off back to the UK for a visit.  My card today was done using the sketch over at Retro Sketches - they always have a great sketch to follow and a whole shed load of inspiration from the DT and the challenge entries.  I have to be strict with myself and not click on every card photo as I tend to get caught up in blog surfing and run out of time to make anything!

          A kind of CAS card but I'm sure some CAS purists would say there's too much on it to be truly CAS - not to worry, I think it's good to put your own spin on things anyway :)  I used a Kenny K freebie from a few months back and yes, that is the craft tape making yet another appearance!

 

I would also like to put this in for the Anything Goes challenges over at http://kennykskraftykrew.blogspot.com/ and http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ .

 

 

 

                              Must get on with some other projects as I'm planning on making a fairy garden with my two nieces when I'm in the UK and I need to have a few bits ready before I go!  Plus I'm working on some canvas panels with my Cameo - will let you know how that goes soon but in the meantime, thanks for popping in :)

 

For the birds........

Hello all - I'm back with a double whammy today after a pretty productive crafting weekend!  I got to play with my Dylusions ink sprays and I love them!!!  The colours are so vibrant and I do love to get messy every now and then :)
   
   Both the cards on this posting have a background created by using the Dylusions sprays of London Blue and Vibrant Turquoise together and misting with water - it's that simple!  There are so many great tutorials out there in blogland so I suggest spending some time happily surfing the web if you've got these sprays and want to know what to do with them.

          The first card was done primarily for the Stampotique challenge which is birds and buttons, plus it means I've done another Xmas card (yay! - slowly getting there!)

Do you see what I mean about the gorgeous colour??????  Before I sprayed the cardstock, I had clear embossed some tree branches (a Hampton Art stamp) and then I stamped some again with black Stazon and then embossed some more with some Distress powder in frayed burlap.  The little robin redbreast is a Jo Capper-Sandon Stampotique stamp that I coloured with Copics and adhered to the card along with the many red button-berries.

I would love to have this as a mini christmas canvas on my wall (hmmmmm...)  Anyway, I would also like to enter this into the following challenges - http://daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ - outdoors  http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/  and http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/- christmas in July.

    The next card was done using the sketch for this week's Retro sketch challenge and for this one I used a piece of cardstock with which I had 'mopped' up the excess spray from the first card - didn't want to waste any of that lovely colour!

                   I also used the Dylusions stamp set from Dyan Reaveley - 'How does your garden grow'.  I thought it would be a good idea to get some fun, sketchy stamps to play around with the inks as well.  This was such a fun card to do because as you can see from the photo, I didn't stay within the lines!!!  I know some of you may be extremely uncomfortable with that but do you know what??  Nothing happened!!  The Copic police didn't come and confiscate my markers and the sun stayed on shining:)  I can certainly recommend it - it's about as wild and reckless as I get with my crafting but it's still fun to do!!

I would like to enter this card for the following -

http://critterchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes

http://theribbonreelchallenge.blogspot.com/ - button it

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ - what do you say?

     Wow, long post.......thanks if you stuck in to the bitter end but thanks anyway for popping by :)



What's your number?

Well I've been busy coming up with some new digis for the Can You Digi It? shop so I thought I should at least use one for a card! 
I do have a love for text and numbers in design and have a few ideas running around in my slightly fuzzy brain at the minute.  One of them I actually managed to turn into a digi -

This is a number tile that would be perfect for a background or even as the main image.  You could highlight the age numbers you wanted with arrows, small frames or even colour.  I chose to do a general numbers theme with a computer printed sentiment on the card reading
" Whatever the number, have a great day!".

I followed the sketch for this week's retro sketches challenge for this card :-

I would also like to put it in to the following -

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/ - eyelet/brad

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - big birthday

http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.com/ - seeing spots

http://www.thekraftjournal.blogspot.com/ - cards for him

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Whole latte love.

Hello again - I wasn't expecting to be doing a double posting today but I had forgotten all about the very first challenge over at Mayzy Art.  I had coloured the digi already but then forgot to make the card - doh!  Anyway it's not too late so here goes -

This very cute digi is called Shawna with latte and is one of a number of very desirable images over at Mayzy Art. 

As you can probably see, I used the sleeve for a takeaway coffee as the background strip - I was following the sketch from this week's challenge at retro sketches and this seemed to fit the bill perfectly :)

I would also like to enter this into the following "Anything Goes" challenges at divas by design and Simon Says Stamp .

Thanks for stopping by (again) !



It's all happening in London in 2012!!

For those of you who don't follow UK current affairs, perhaps I should explain the title of this post.  2012 is a big year for London - not only is it the main host city for the Olympics but it is also hosting the celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee!  Wow, 60 years is an awful long time to be doing a job!!  I am seriously disappointed not to be able to see the pageant on the river Thames in June but it's a long way from New Jersey :(

Anyway to get back to the posting, I have been playing with the latest set of fantabulous digis from Lily, creator of The Octopode Factory - she has come up with a very appropriate set called The Queen's Jubilee London set and I decided to do a mini smash book with the fab images on the cover!

If anyone is heading to London this year and wants a little book for snaps and souvenirs then just let me know and I'll send it your way :)

I would like to enter this for the following challenges -
http://retrosketches.blogspot.com/
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ - red, white and blue
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything but a card
http://glittergeeks.blogspot.com/ - humorous


Thanks for stopping by to take a look :)

Henpecked????

Hello again - back with another one of my own digis which are available here at LilyPink Designs at CYDI.  I was doodling and playing around with words the other night and this one (and his friend) are the end result!

I would like to enter him into the following challenges -

http://canyoudigiit.com/blog/  - pretty peacock inspiration

http://retrosketches.blogspot.com.au/  - sketch inspiration

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - favourite colour (blue for me)

http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.com/ - embossing

Thanks for popping in to look  - I'll leave you with a close up..........



Good shoes!

My card today is done with one of my digis again - this is a new one called "Good shoes" and I used the sketch from Retro sketches challenge for this week.

The digi is available with black shoes as seen above and also in an uncoloured version, both with the sentiment shown.  I just added a touch of flesh colour Copics to the ankles and there you have it,  one very quick card!!

Just a quick post this time - for a quick card :)