New Baby Card - Saturated Canary

Hi Again! I've had a spate of requests for new baby cards recently... Everyone must be pregnant! So, I've been trying to keep up with the demand... Here is my latest -

I started out by printing the digi image from Saturated Canary, and colouring her up, using my Spectrum Noir Markers. I decided to make her dress purple, as it's not a colour I use very often... I then cut her out, using a spellbinders die, and built my card. I used patterned paper from Teresa Collins, and layered it up on white card, and doodled around the edges. I made pennant banners, using MFT die-namics and attached them behind the main image panel. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up, I went over it with a fine tipped pen, as it disappeared in to the print of the paper. I added some Kraft coloured seam binding ribbon and a doily, before attaching the card base. I felt it needed something extra, so dug through my resin roses, selected three, then to keep the purple theme, I attached 4 purple coloured gems as well.
Here's the close up- 

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Kraftin' Kimmie - Make a Wish

Hi ya! Welcome back!

I have another card to share this morning... 

I'm trying to get lots of crafting in before heading back to uni this coming week! (I'm studying a Bachelor of Education, Primary) I'm also trying to make my way through my offcut drawer!

 Here is the card I made -

I knew I wanted to use this too cute Kraftin' Kimmie stamp... I inked her up, and coloured her in with my Spectrum Noir markers. I then went through my offcut patterned paper drawer, and selected these two (both My Minds Eye - old collections) I doodled the borders, and die cut a scallop border out of the polka dot one. I then found some bright yellow ribbon, and tied a bow. The sentiment is from My Favourite Things, and I hand cut a pennant into it. The card was finished off with a few rhinestones.

Here is the close - up! 

I am entering this into the Kraftin' Kimmie Fussy cutting challenge... Cause you know I love me some fussy cutting! And also the sketch challenge from Tuesday Morning Sketches

Thanks for popping by! I've added some new cards to my store, you've got 4 days to enter my giveaway at The Stamp Spot, and don't forget to check out Alacraft, and the 20% discount code JESS20  

Kaszazz - Create Yourself card

Hi Again! I've made it to 700 posts! (This is #700) I am so amazed I've made it this far on my little old blog! In that time, I've made a whole bunch of new friends, seen a lot of different trends, joined Stampin' Up!, left SU!, opened my card store on MadeIt, seen my style evolve, join 2 amazing Design Teams, and of course, got Feeling Sketchy up and running with a group of lovely ladies. I will hopefully have many more posts coming! Now, onto my card -

This sentiment is one of my favourite, and while flicking through my Kaszazz catalogue, I knew I had to have it I stamped it on a piece of Vanilla card stock, in Soft Suede ink, and cut it out using my Spellbinders. I then went rifling through my draw of off cuts to find some patterned papers, I came up with this yellow dot one (not sure of the brand) and some Teresa Collins orange paper, each layer has been mounted on Soft Suede card with a piece of Ribbon Carousel's Red Dual Stripe Organic Twill ribbon tied in a bow. I added a little bit of red bling to the scallop shapes of the die cut, and decided this card was done. 

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches as inspiration, turning the sketch on its side to accommodate my sentiment. I am also linking this up to the Ribbon Carousel Fall into Fall challenge

Thanks for popping by for my 700th post :)

Scrapbooking Photos from Wollongong

Hi guys! I've been scrapbooking this evening! 

I used a white piece of cardstock, in 12x12 I painted some texture paste through some Sequin waste, and then once it'd dried, I sprayed some Blue Perfect Pearl mist through a mask. It's really hard to see in the photos :-/ 

I then cut out two different grey patterned papers (My Minds Eye for both) out, using a Spellbinders die, as well as a MFT Die-namic and glued them down, attached a couple of red rhinestones to it, then laid down one of my favourite crochet doilies and attached a flatback button/charm thing. I cut my photos down from 6x4 to fit behind these awesome Kaisercraft Polaroid frames (I will need more of these, I'm sure) I then used my label maker and wrote the place names (Kanahooka and Wollongong) on the frames. I added a couple of rub ons and my journalling on a pull out tag. Here are some close ups -

You can see a touch of the blue in this one.

 The journalling tag has a border die of notebook paper attached to it, to make it look like it has been torn from a notebook. 

I doodled around the layout, and called it done :-) 

This is being linked up to the Once Upon A Sketch challenge, who have teamed up with CSI Case file #37 - I have used Pen Work (Doodling), Labels and Circles, I've also handwritten my journalling. 

C.C. Designs - Latte Kiki

Hiya! Just a quick post, as its almost 130am! I had to come on and quickly blog, and link up to one of the challenges before the deadline.... Here is my card

I only just received this darling little C.C. Designs stamp from Michelle @ The Stamp Spot, unfortunately, she's sold out at the moment, but hit the contact button if you really want her! I stamped her and coloured her up using my Spectrum Noir Markers, using some new colour combinations (for me!) I then cut her out and played around with a paper pad that arrived in my hands on Friday as well... It's by My Minds Eye, and it is DELICIOUS! I layered them all up, and stitched around the aqua piece. I then cut a spellbinders oval shape and sponged the internal section of it with Sahara Sand ink. I stamped the sentiment, (from My Favourite Things) and popped Kiki on with Dimensionals.

I'm entering this into the Latte challenge at Anyone for Anya? and also the Splitcoast Sketch challenge #402

Scrapbooking - Kraft It Up September

Hello! I have a couple of projects to share over the coming days, so keep an eye out for the various bits and bobs :) Here is a scrapbook page I completed this evening -

I used a piece of Stampin' Up!'s Crumbcake (Kraft) card stock, and dolloped some white paint onto the cardstock, with a dry brush, I spread all the paint out until I'd gotten most of it into the area I wanted. I set it aside and waited for it to dry. I collected my patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket and Kaisercraft) and distressed all the edges, as well as sanding them back a little bit. I also cut out a Spellbinders border die out of black cardstock and roughed it up as well. Once the paint was dry, I grabbed a Twiddleybitz mask and sponged Wild Wasabi Ink over the top. I then put together my layout. I found a Kaisercraft acetate shape, and glued it behind my photo and stitched the polka dot paper in place. I then made a journalling circle using Kraft cardstock, white cardstock and two dies. The 'date' has been made with my dymo labeller. Here are some close ups - 

The colours are more true in these photos... I have just shown some of the embellishment clusters (you know I love a good cluster!) 

The title is Hunter Botanical Gardens. 

I am entering this into the Kraft It Up September Challenge, which was to use the following colour palette-

Thanks for popping by!

Gorjuss black and white card - card with Cats

Morning! I stayed up late last night, and was talking to one of my favourite people, Annmaree, and she linked me to a sketch challenge that I knew I had to do something with.... So, I stayed up later, and made a card....

This is another card I made 'backwards....' Usually, I colour my image, then build a card for the image... This time, I made up the card, glued down all the layers and then decided on my image, coloured it up, paper pieced it, and attached it....  Anyway, I used a whole bunch of patterned paper from Kaisercraft Black and White Timeless collection, and layered most pieces on black cardstock before stitching around a lot of them.  I also die cut a glitter piece of cardstock, using the MFT Die-namic Open Bracket Die and attached it to one of the patterned paper pieces. The image is one from Gorjuss and has been coloured using my Spectrum Noir Markers, and paper pieced using a scrap of polka dot paper from My Minds Eye. I fussy cut her and her kitty out, and attached them to the Spellbinders oval using dimensional adhesives. Here's a close up of her and her kitty -

So, what was the sketch challenge? It is Stamp with Fun and their sketch challenge... I was also inspired by the kitty picture over at Simon Says Stamp. (wooh kitties!)

 

Some Odd Girl Dancin' Mae

Hi Again! My mojo is back! *happy dance* I created two cards last night that I'm quietly happy with.... Here's the first one -

I got an envelope of goodies from Annmaree the other day, and in it was some patterned paper American Craft- Amy Tangerine Sketchbook. As soon as I saw them, this pattern jumped out at me, and got me all inspired :D I started off colouring Dancin' Mae with my Spectrum Noir markers. I wanted to try black hair, because I feel like I'm forever colouring light brown hair... I must admit, I struggled a bit with the idea of leaving part of her hair uncoloured.... But, I do like the outcome :) The patterned paper was layered on some black, then on to the card base, the main image panel also has a thin black border... The sentiment is one that comes with Dancin' Mae and is layered up on some Satin Horizontal Stripe Ribbon and a few black rhinestones finish this card off. 

I am entering this into three challenges, the first up is the sketch challenge from Some Odd Girl, next up is The Corrosive Challenge - Sentiments and finally Make it Monday, anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Goldilocks

Hello again! I'm here to share another card I made over the weekend (it was a very productive weekend card wise) Here it is -

I received an order from Lime Tart last Friday, and it in was my first ever Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! So, while  I was supposed to be packing, I sat and coloured this chicky in... This is Goldilocks, and I thought I'd struggle a bit with her masses of hair... but surprisingly, I found her very simple to colour! I used my Spectrum Noir Markers to colour her, and used lots of the same colour groups to get a lot of shading... I the cut her out until I'd decided what to do with her... Luckily, Annmaree pointed me in the direction of the Kraftin' Kimmie blog/challenge, so I built my card. I used a Crumbcake base, stamped with En Francais in the same colour, and sponged the edges. I used some scrap patterned paper (from My Minds Eye) and some beautiful white satin ribbon from Ribbon Carousel and tied a bow. The main image panel is a new to me spellbinders nestie Labels 2 which I sponged with a bunch more Crumbcake Ink. The sentiment is from the Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set Goldilocks and it's a sentiment I will use a lot, I can tell.... :) 

I am entering this in the Kraftin' Kimmie sketch challenge and also into the Stampalot Challenge which is Tic Tac Toe, and I have used the third row, down, Pink, Brown and Bling :)

Feeling Sketchy and Some Odd Girl

Hi guys! I'm late posting my DT card for Feeling Sketchy today, because I overslept... But, it's here....

I started off with my Hey Kaylee stamp set which I stamped and coloured using my Spectrum Noir Markers, I used this tutorial on youtube to get my shading just how I wanted.

It has made me look at my markers in a whole new light! If you're a recent convert to Spectrums and want them to blend more easily, this is the tutorial for you! :) Anyway, back to the card..... I fussy cut her out and then popped her on dimensionals onto a Spellbinders Label 4 die cut. Next up was building my card. I used patterned paper from My Minds Eye and my sewing machine to attach them together. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Kindness Matters stamp set, and I have stamped it using Craft White Ink to make it pop on the Kraft cardstock. I layered the patterned papers on to the Kraft card base and added some bling to finish it off.
This is the feeling sketchy week 11 sketch -

Pop on over and have a play :)

Spectrum Noir Markers in Monochrome and Sarah Kay Stamps

I stamped my Sarah Kay Picnic of Daisies in Memento Black Ink  and coloured her up using all 6 of the colours from the Cool Greys Marker Pack. The great thing I found with these markers is you can start with either the lightest or darkest colour and are able to blend them together by going back over them with the lightest marker (I don't know if that made any sense... hehe) I fussy cut her out at then attached her to a vanilla Spellbinders Label 10 which I had pierced around the edges using a needle. I then set to making my card, I started with a Grey card base and layered it up with some divine patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket, Baby Jane paper pad. I stitched all around the edges, added a strip of silver/grey grosgrain ribbon, then with my hot glue gun, attached three paper flowers and a yellow button. I finished off this card without a sentiment, but added three little mint green rhinestones to balance it all out :)

This card fits the requirements of this months challenge, yellow, grosgrain ribbon and buttons -

Dancin Mae and Spectrum Noir Markers, Feeling Sketchy Week 8

I received a big old parcel from Michelle at The Stamp Spot and it included my newest toys.... Spectrum Noir Markers!

I bought all the sets that Michelle had... I'd heard so many lovely things from Annmaree about the Spectrum Noirs that when I found out that Michelle was going to stock them, I knew I had to get them! They arrived on Thursday before I went to work, so I had a play.....This was my first attempt at colouring

Ok, so its not overly good, but I was impressed with how easy they were to use! I wasn't discouraged, and Thursday night picked them up again and coloured this one - 

I started by picking out the patterned paper from my 'scrap stash' I think it is from My Minds Eye. I coloured up my Dancin Mae with my markers (sorry, I didn't pay attention to the numbers) and cut her out. I popped her onto a nestie label and popped it onto some dimensionals on to the patterned paper, and embossed white card (that was also in my scrap stash, almost made it into the bin...)  I tied a bow using some leftover white satin ribbon and added three little bright pink rhinestones. I layered the whole shebang onto a piece of Rich Razzleberry cardstock. 

This card is my DT post for Feeling Sketchy this week - 

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Tickled Pink Stamps for Shabby Chic Card

Hi! I had a quick play in the craft area before work this morning, and really went outside my comfort zone.... (okay, so it's not purple.... so not completely outside my comfort zone) come see -

I started out colouring my image, which is from Tickled Pink designs. I found her 'trench coat' really hard to colour, so decided to paper piece it instead. I have used my Stampin' Write Markers and some retired Stampin' Up! DSP for the coat. I cut her out and then built my card. The base is So Saffron, layered with Crumbcake which I ran through the Big Shot with a circles embossing folder. I sponged the edges, and then sewed around it (messily.) The centre panel is a piece of Pretty in Pink layered up with some patterned paper from Echo Park (I think) and some lace which I have stitched in place. I pierced two holes in the top of the centre panel and threaded some twine through and tied a bow. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and is called Friendly Messages and has been stamped on to a Spellbinders Label. I added 4 little pearls to finish off this card. 

I am entering this into two challenges, the first is the Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch and next up is The Corrosive Challenge 'shabby chic' challenge  

Balloon Kaylee for a cute, bright birthday card

So, I was on a bit of a crafting buzz last night, as I want to use all my 'scrap' patterned paper, and I spied the iSpy Sketches challenge and thought it'd work perfectly for using some scraps...

I had picked out this patterned paper, from Echo Park to play with. I loved the colours on it, and decided to colour up Balloon Kaylee to match. I used my Stampin' Write markers and a blender pen. When she was completely dry, I went over her balloon using my VersaMarker and put clear embossing powder with holograhic glitter over the top, and heat set it. I layered up my patterned paper and some Baja Breeze card stock and stuck them on to my card base. I stamped my sentiment, and then cut a nestabilities shape for Kaylee to sit on. 

I am entering this into the iSpy Sketches challenge which can be seen below or at the link. 

Thanks for popping by!

Cornish Heritage - Kitty Stamp Thank You Card

Hi Guys! Back today with another card from the Tuesday... This one is a card especially for my little sister ("Hi Beck") and in a way for my Dutch cousin Joan, who really wanted to see some cat cards on my blog...  I have avoided doing anything with cats for a couple of reasons, but the big one recently is, Mark took the cats when he moved out, so apart from seeing their adorable faces on the fridge door as magnets, I don't get to see them anymore. When he moved, this was one of the toughest things for me. The kitties were definitely my babies, but I know they are being loved, and looked after at least... On with the card hey?

My dear friend Annmaree sent me this image last week, and it was actually the first time I've coloured an animal stamp (in a very long time at least) I used my Stampin' Write Markers on watercolour paper, and a blender pen. I then cut the main image out using my spellbinders nestie Ovals and a Nestie Label 4 in Soft Suede. I stamped my woodgrain stamp on the Bashful Blue base and Soft Suede label in coordinating ink. I then wrapped some Moss Green Seam Binding ribbon around the blue base and tied a big bow. I layered it all onto a Crumbcake base and added three Blush Blossom Mini Rolled Roses  and a sentiment in Soft Suede to finish it all off. 

I am entering this into two challenges, the first is the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches which grabbed me as soon as I saw it. I think its the ribbon treatment to be honest, I love that it frames the card nicely... Next up is the Fancy Flowers challenge at the Ribbon Carousel.

 

Thanks for popping by :) 

Magnolia circle friendship card

Hi again! I'm back with this weeks Feeling Sketchy card, we're well on our way to reaching 200 likers (and a giveaway) on our Facebook Page so pop on over and keep up to date with what the Sketchettes are doing!
Here is this weeks sketch, which once again I stressed over, but as soon as I sat down to create, I loved!

Circle cards aren't something I usually make, because I don't have any envelopes to fit them :P Silly excuse really! Here is my card - 

I cut out a scallop circle out of white card and a regular circle from patterned paper (retired) from My Minds Eye, I think it was Quite Contrary range, although, I could be wrong.... I then set to colouring this Magnolia image with my Stampin' Write Markers and blender pen. She was actually really easy to colour! I tried a different colour combination for her hair too... Usually a blonde is So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and More Mustard, but, I wanted a softer, lighter blonde, so switched out the Mustard with Crumbcake. I love how her hair came out, as it either makes or breaks an image I've found! So, once she was all coloured up, I fussy cut her out, and focused on the sentiment circle, which is a Spellbinders Labels 10 cut out of white, sponged with Crumbcake. I went over Magnolias wings and the label with some tombow craft glue, and then while it was still wet, sprinkled a bunch of glitter over the top adding just a touch of sparkle to the card. 

We'd love to see you over at the Feeling Sketchy blog, so why not drop round and play?