Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #87 - Friendship

Welcome to our latest challenge, hosted by Yvonne who has chosen the theme 'Friendship'

Yvonne would like to see the word 'Friend' or 'Friendship' included somewhere on your card/poject.

Please ensure your card has one of the two words stated above to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED 

We are sponsored by 

SATURATED CANARY

with

2 of their gorgeous digis

and
SIR STAMPALOT
with these two fabulous prizes:-

Hero Arts Fancy Friendship Stamp Sheet

and 'Our Friendship' single stamp

I am so excited that one of our sponsors this week is Saturated Canary, as I love to use Krista's beautiful stamps.

This time I have used the lovely Harley & Haley to create my friendship card.

As usual I have coloured it up using Promarkers and have tried to stick to just 2 colours, Pink & Turquoise, which I think work lovely together.  I have also tried blonde hair for the 1st time!

The base card is an 8 x 8 scalloped card (this is the size I prefer to use) I have then popped a sheet of Papermania Sweet Owl paper on top.

Over this I placed some lace and a doillie sprayed with iridescent glitter.  I cut a couple of matching frames using my Cricut 'Storybook' Cartridge and stamped a sentiment from LOTV.

 

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I think the butterfly is Magnolia Doohickey, the leaves were also cut using the Cricut Cartridge 'Flower Shoppe'.

Promarkers Used:

Hair - Buttercup, Raw Sienna, Egg Nog
Skin - Vanilla, Blush, Dusty Pink
Haley - Blush, Dusty Pink, Cool Grey 1 & 2
Pink Clothing - Blossom, Carnation, Fushia, Tropical Orchid
Turquoise Clothing - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Marine, Tea Green

Challenges I would like to enter:-

ABC Challenges - Just as You like
Bunny Zoe - Girly
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Creative Creations - The Letter 'B" (Blue)
Deep Ocean Challenges - Cute & Cuddly
Dilly Beans - Friendship
Divas by Design - Put on some Pink
Stamp with Fun - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Anyrhing Goes



Thanks for Visting x

You & Me

Hi All, we have all been under the weather in my house this last week, me with Flu and my bubba with Shingles, thankfully we are both on the mend now.

So as I havn't been crafty this week, I thought I would share a card I made a couple of months ago for a friends wedding.

I have used the lovely You and Me from Tiddly Inks

I mainly coloured using Spectrum Noirs on this one, as I have some great greys, for the dress I wanted to keep it mainly white, so I just added a tiny bit of Promarker Blossom Pink and then some crystals to dress it up a little.

The background was a freebie, but I didn't make a note of who's (please let me know if it is yours so I can credit you).

The flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment has been stamped and heat embossed, then I added a pink organza bow to finish.

Also check out the great Tiddly Inks and Make it crafty Blog Hop Egyptian Blog Hop over the next 2 days.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Divas by Design - Put  on some Pink

Whoopsi Daisy - Buttons or Bows

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 86 - Masculine including Technology or a Gadget

Welcome to our latest challenge, hosted by Rebecca, who has chosen the theme 'Masculine Birthday' 

Rebecca would like to see a masculine birthday card that includes some technology or a gadget. The technology or gadget could be a computer, games console, rocket or car for example.

Please ensure that you do add the technology or gadget aspect to qualify for a Winner or Top 5 slot.

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED

We are sponsored by 
DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS
with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER

 

and
THE STAMPMAN 

For my masculine card I have used an image by Susanne Nyman of Sans Designs called 'Resting Dude'.

The tree has been paper pieced using some velum in my stash that had a bark print on it.

The image was coloured using Promarkers, Copics and Spectrum Noirs, then matted onto some blue and green textured card from Papermania.

The backing papers are First Edition - Animal Antics

The sentiment was created in word.

A Close up of that cheeky Squirrel :)

Promarkers Used:

Hair - Sandstone, E31 & E33

Skin - Vanilla, Blush

Clothes - Polar Blue, Twilight Blue, Island Lagoon, SNoir GT2, Cool Grey 3, SNoir IG8

Squirrel - Spice, Raw Sienna

Sky - SNoir BT1 & BT2

Grass & Leaves - Lime Twist & Leaf Green

Thanks for Visting x

Challenges I would like to enter are:-

Deep Ocean Challenges - For a Boy

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday - Birthdays

Craft us Crazy - Anything Goes

Tangerine Dream

The Paper Shelter are having a DT Call - Woohoo

I thought why not give it a go, I've got nothing to lose as I am still learning.


After using some lovely oranges and yellows in my last card, I really had the urge to use them again.

I used the gorgeous Fancy by Krista at Saturated Canary and set to work with my Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs - Oooh and the 2 copics I own - lol

The basic card is a Pearlescent coffee colour and I layered with a backing paper from First Edition - Family Ties.

I cut an oval with my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge and used the negative cutout to frame her and added a couple of Daisys, a Butterfly and some sparkle.

Recipe:-

Dress - S.Noir OR1 & GB5

Hair - Copic E31, PM Sandstone and I think E25 (I've lost my Notes Grrr)

Skin - Satin, Blush & Vanilla

Other Colours - Forest Green & Berry Red

Flowers  - Wild Orchid Crafts

Thanks for looking and Wish me luck!!

Challenges I would like to Enter:

Broken Box Stock - Happy Birthday

Simply Create Too - Mothers Day/For a Female

Card makin Mamas - Birthday

Paper Makeup Stamps - Anything Goes

Lacey Sunshine - Favourite Colour Combo (Chocolate & Orange)

Whoopsi Daisy - Make it Girly

Pink Gem - Dies & Punches

Crafty CardMakers Challenge 85: Blooming

I am so excited to have joined the talented design team at Crafty Cardmakers and to share my first DT card.

It is for this weeks Challenge No 85: Blooming images hosted by Marie and sponsored by

We would love it if you came and joined in the fun HERE and check out all the lovely cards by our Design Team.

Straight away I knew I wanted to use either an Orchid or a Lily, my two favourite flowers, but finding an image I liked was not so easy.

I finally found this beauty by Oak Pond Creations, It is a Stargazer Lily, just what I was looking for.

I did find this a little tricky as I have never attempted to colour an image of a flower before and my first choice was to pick some lovely pinks, but after a few combinations I just could not get the look I wanted.

So after a few coffees and a trawl on the internet looking at pictures of lillies I came across the Tiger Lily which is orange in Colour and very striking, so this is the route I took and here is the finished card.

I used a feathering action on the petals to try and get the blending right, which hopefully you can see in the photo below

I used the following Promarkers:

Flowers - Amber, Pumpkin, Pastel Yellow & Spice

Leaves - Forest Green & Lime Twist

I layered and cut some Cardstock using my Woodware Fingerguard Trimmer (Princess Blade) and added some Cricut die-cut Swirls (Cindy Loo) which I  coloured with my Promarkers to match the lilies.

I also coloured some flat back pearls to match.

I hope I have inspired you to have a go and join us this week at Crafty Cardmakers

Challenges I would like to enter are:-

Simply Create Too - Mothers Day or for a Girl

Deep Ocean Challenges - Letter B - My letter B is for Birthday and Blooms

ABC Challenges - H for Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Hearts/Flowers

Broken Box Stock - Happy Birthday

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Flowers & Pearls

I Love Promarkers - One for the Girls

Enchanted Love

With Valentines almost upon us and thoughts of love in the air, I thought I would share with you a lovely Anniversary card I made using one of my favourite images from The Paper Shelter - Enchanted Love.

I have used this image several times and think it is ideal for Valentines or Anniversarys.

As always I coloured it up with my Promarkers and a couple of Spectrum Noirs:-

Pixie - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg & Marine
Fairy - Tropical Orchid, Fushia Pink and SNoir PL1
Hair - Cinnamon
Skin - Satin & Blush with Dusty Pink for her cheeks
Wings - SNoir PL1 & BT1 - Stickles
Leaves & Flowers - Leaf Green, Apple Cider, SNoir PL1, Lilac & Fushia Pink
Hearts - Lipstick Red

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Die Cut - Cricut Ornamental Iron - my current Fav!

Paper - Nit Wits Promises

Ribbon & pearls from my stash

Challenges I would like to enter are:

Dis Digi Design - Valentines/Love
The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog - Inspiriation Photo
stamp-n-doodle - Love is in the air
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday  - Hearts
Creative Craft Challenge - Hugs & Kisses
The Stamping Chef - Love
The Ribbon Girl - Love You/Valentines
Creative Creations - Love
Divas by Design - Winged Things

Red Headed Honey

I had a request from a friend this week for a girlie card, but I needed to make her a red head.

I have never done red hair before, so I grabbed all my pens and tried a few combos, then set to work.

I used the gorgeous Honey by Krista from Saturated Canary.   I decided to make her super bright and used some of my favourite Pinks & Purples to make her pop and this is the result.

I must say I am pretty pleased with how she turned out for a first attempt.

Just added this with my new camera - Much clearer.

Card Recipe

Pro-Markers I used

Hair - Pumpkin - Raw Sienna - Spice
Skin - Satin - Blush - Dusty Rose
Eyes - Apple - Leaf Green
Skirt - Orchid - Blue Pearl - Amerthyst - Pink Mittens - Blossom
Top - Fushia Pink - Tropical Orchid
Shoes - Amerthyst - Lilac - Metallic Violet - Cool Grey 2, 3 & 4
Bunny - Caramel & Copic E31

Paper  - LOTV Promises

Die Cuts - Cricut Ornemental Iron

Ribbon & Gems from my stash.

Have a great weekend

Challenges I would like to enter are:

Passion for Promarkers - Favorite Colour Combo
Papertakeweekly - Tie up your loose ends
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo
Creative Card Crew - Girly
Stampin for the Weekend - Something Girlie
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Moving along with the Times  - Bling it on
Paper Crafting Journey - For a girl
Dream Valley Challenges - Girls Girls Girls
fairytale-challengeblog - Use your new stamp