Mini Bear ...

Well I'm feeling even older ...My daughter passed her driving test last week! She was so excited. At the moment my car is too big for her to drive and insure, but she's dropping lots of hits about us having a smaller car to share. Lol

I thought I'd mark the occasion by making her a card.

I've based my card on sketch #235 over at Sketch Saturday. The image is yet another LOTV cute image, mind you I think they all are. It's been coloured with copics.

The papers are from Nitwits Cottage Charm collection and the inside has been decorated to match. I've used the TimHoltz Hardware Findings die and the L plate is hand drawn.

Copics.

Bear: E31, E35, E53, E50

Car: R39, R37, R35, R32

Trim: C7, C5, C3, C1 & C9 for tyres

Windscreen: C00

Ground: W00, W0, W1

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday #235

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen - Anything Goes except Christmas

Pile it On #48 - Anything but a Christmas Card

Crafty Ann's Challenge #79 - Birds or Animals

Thank you so much for dropping by. I really do appreciate it.

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Silver Wedding...

Hello lovely bloggers....

Hope you've all had a good week and have something nice planned for the weekend.

I can't believe that it's only just over 4 weeks to Christmas. I haven't bought anything yet let alone got organised to send any cards, or make them in the first place come to that. I'm sure everything will come together in the end.

Tonight's card is another wedding anniversary card. First it was my parents 50th and now in a couple of weeks it's my sister's 25th. How time flies...it certainly doesn't seem that long ago.

I've used LOTV's Wedding Couple again. I really must get some more wedding images, but I do love this one it's just so cute.

The photo's not great it makes the colours look more blue than silver. I've coloured the image with copics and distressed the edges of all the papers with weathered wood.

I've used my new Go Kreate dies that I bought at the Harrogate show recently. Can't wait to try them for a shaped card!

The rolled roses were a success this time. Last time I tried I lost count of how many ended up in the bin - then I gave up in frustration.

The inside has been decorated to match the front using Raspberry Road papers from their Always & Forever and appropriately named Mr & Mrs collections. The card is based on the Deconstructed Sketch #78.

Card Recipe.

Copics:

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R30

Morning Suit : C7, C5, C3, C1

Pinks : R81, R85, R56

Greens : YG00, YG61, YG63, YG67

Browns : E23, E25, E29, E31

Dress : C1, C00

Ground : W00, W1, W3

Tools :

Go Kreate filly square #5 standard & large

Marianne Design English Rose and LR0156

Doo Hickey So wrapped lovely heart

Martha Stewart PATP Eyelet Lace

I am entering my card into the following challenges :-

Deconstructed Sketch #78

Crafty Ribbons #33 - Use at least 2 ribbons

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Divas by Design #62 - Use 2 or more design papers

Papertake weekly - Ribbons and pearls

Thanks so much for dropping by and any comments which you may leave.

Have a super weekend.

Big Hugs,

Janine 

MIC Anastasia...

Good afternoon Blogger friends..

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.

Last night we went out for a lovely meal to celebrate my son's 16th Birthday. He loved his basketball card. Last year I never got around to making him a card and I felt sooo bad. So Christmas cards were been put on hold so I could make it. Looks like I will be buying Christmas ones again. 

I'm starting to feel old now. Brandon's 16 and 6 ft , Leonie will be 18 in March and Frazer who's 14 realised  yesterday (much to his delight) that he was taller than me!

Today's card is one I've made for my Mum's birthday which is in a few weeks. See I told you no Christmas cards were being made. Lol.

I've  used a gorgeous digi stamp from Make It Crafty. It took me absolutely ages to colour her. I used a great tutorial over at MIC by the super talented Alyce (Kit and Clowder). If you've not paid her blog a visit then you really should - her creations are beautiful and her colouring amazing.

Now my colouring is not on Alyce's level , but I'm really pleased with my first attempt.

So here she is ...

I really enjoyed colouring her. So much that I went and bought some more of their digis. 

Here's a close up of her.

I've used the sketch over at Sketch Saturday for my card.

The papers are all distressed with Walnut stain and the image is coloured with copics. I've used my new Tim Holtz 'On the edge Butterflies' die, and also bought the snowflakes one too.

I've also decorated the inside too..

Card Recipe.

Image & Stamps : MIC Anastasia and LOTV Vintage Sentiments Just to Say

Papers : Raspberry Road - Always & Forever and Timeless Victorian papers

Copics:

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11 R30

Hair: E51, E25, E29

Eyes: YG61, YG63

Pinks: R81, R85, R59

Lilacs: BV0000, BV01, BV13

Blue: B23

I'm entering my card into the following challenges :-

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #233

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Raise the Bar Challenge - Birthday Theme

Totally Papercrafts - Cute and Girly

Inky Impressions Challenge - #84 Birthday

Penny's Challenges - #101 Lots of Layers

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Until next time ... Have a lovely week.

Hugs,

Janine x

Slam Dunk...

Good Evening Bloggers...

I know I've been a very bad blogger recently, but there just seems to be so much going on that crafting and blogging are having to take a back seat.

I have a card to share with you today that's for my son's birthday next week. I don't think he'll look at my blog - facebook and twitter are far more exciting than my little old blog.

It's a great image for a teenage boy and suits him just perfectly. If he's not swimming (which is most days) then he's playing basketball at school in lunch break.

Here is my card using Mo Manning's 'Slam Dunk' and a great sketch from CLP Challenge.

I've coloured the image with copics and distressed the edges of my papers using vintage photo.

The papers are Raspberry Road - Cowboy Cool.

Here's a close up of the image.

I used Doo Hickey flags and Tim Holtz Typeset dies to create the name banner at the top. The stars were made using Die-namics stacking stars dies. 

Here's a last look to show the 3d effect .

Card Recipe.

Copics

Skin: E000, E11, E00, R30

Basketball: W3, YR00, YR12, YR14

Blues: B000, B00, B91, B93, B95

Reds: R00, R22, R24, R27

Basket Rim: C1, C3, C5

Hair: E25, E29, E31

Tools

Doo Hickey Clouds & Flags

Tim Holtz Typeset

Die-namics Stacking Stars

I'm entering my card into CLP Challenge #52

Thanks so much for visiting and any comments you may leave.

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Golden Wedding

Good evening blogger friends...

A big Hi to all my blogger friends out there. I know I've been missing for some time, but thanks for staying with me.

Sometimes life with all it's chaos just gets in the way of 'Me time'. I've been so busy generally, but even when I wasn't I didn't feel like crafting.

Last weekend was my Mum & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary. I made them a card because my Mum would have been so disappointed not to have received a home made card.

I had forgotten just how much I enjoyed crafting and even better still the look on the recipient's face.

So hopefully I'm back. I've printed lots of Christmas papers off tonight and hope to make a start on some soon. So watch this space.

My card follows the CLP Challenge sketch and uses the ever so cute LOTV Wedding Couple. I think this has to be one of my favourite LOTV stamps...

I've coloured the image using distress markers and the papers are Raspberry Road - One Fine Day.

The papers have been stitched with a machine which I haven't done for ages. Had to look on Youtube to check how to thread it LOL.

The butterflies and flowers have also been distressed using a sanding block and the papers have been distressed with Vintage Photo.

Distress Markers:-

Skin : Tattered Rose & Aged Mahogany

Hair: Antique Linen & Vintage Photo

Dress: Antique Linen

Morning Suit : Pumice Stone & Black Soot

Flowers : Aged Mahogany, Forest Moss & Peeled Paint

Tools Used :

Cheery Lynn Small Exotic Butterflies

Marianne Designs Flower & Leaves LR0156

Doo Hickey Vintage Daisies & So Wrapped Lovely Heart

Nestablilities Floral Ovals.

I am entering this card into CLP Challenge # 51

Thanks for dropping by and your lovely comments. I've missed you. 

I've been taking a peak at all your lovely creations but haven't had time to comment. I shall be popping by to leave you a comment in the next few days.

Big Hugs,

Janine.

Tilda with Winding Flowers

Good evening Blogger friends...

I have a card for you today which I've coloured with Distress Markers. I was lucky enough to get some for my Birthday a few weeks ago. Thanks Mum & Dad :-)

I've coloured a few images with them, I think this was the second. I've really been enjoying using them, although I have a lot to learn. I find it very relaxing and I can pretend I've got some artistic talent because I'm holding a paintbrush. lol.

Today's card is the lovely Tilda with Winding Flowers...

Sorry about the photos, but I just don't seem to be able to get the right settings. Any tips on what settings to have my camera on would be appreciated.

The little tag at the top has a discreet '50' on it. A lady doesn't always want to broadcast her age does she? My daughter is giving it to her boyfriend's Mum.

The papers are Raspberry Road Antebellum except for the inside of the card where I used Raspberry Road Always & Forever. They've been distressed with Vintage Photo ink.

The flowers are from WOC. I did try to make my own, but I wasn't happy with them. First I tried rolled roses and then I tried hand made roses using five petal flower punches. Spent loads of time faffing about only to throw them in the bin and grab some WOC ones.

I think the lace is also from WOC and I've died it with black tea to give it an antique look. Pearls and ribbon are from The Hobby House.

Here's a closer look at Tilda.

I positioned the little butterfly to make it look like it was flying out of her hand.The larger butterfly is a Cheery Lynn die. 

I enjoyed making this card as I got to use lots of my new purchases I bought at the Whichcraft show recently.

Card Recipe

Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo & Aged Mahogany

Top: Worn Lipstick

Flowers: Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade

Leaves: Peeled Paint

Shoes: Antique Linen & Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain

Grass: Bundled Sage, Forest Moss & Walnut Stain

Skirt: Bundled Sage

Outline: Tumbled Glass

Tools: Tim Holtz - Vintage Market; Cheery Lynn - Small exotic Butterflies, Olive Branches & Swedish Spring Oval frame (inside); die-namics - mini tabs quartet: Doo Hickey - So Wrapped Lovely Heart

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - #33 Sketch by Nadell

Deep Ocean Challenge - #28 Welcome Summer

Fairytale Challenge - #44 Soft Colour Tones

Allsorts Challenge- #160 Any die will do

Cute Card Thursday - #222 Here Comes Summer

I'd just like to say a big warm welcome to my new followers. Also a big thanks to everyone who has left such lovely comments.

Hugs,

Janine xx

Happy Times ...

Good evening blogger friends...

I thought I was never going to find the time to post this card today. 

It seems all I've done today has been chores. How is it that my kids seem to leave ALL their washing until Friday night, which means my weekend is spent washing and ironing :-(

I'm sure there was nothing left in any of their wardrobes!

I have edited my photos in Photoscape this time. I have bumbled my way through and they seem to have turned out OK. It looks like there are a lot of features so I just need some time (lol) to explore it.

I have had this card made for my Dad for about a week but didn't dare post it because he checks on my blog from time to time.

The card I've made uses the cute Lili of the Valley image - Happy Times.

I decided to make it a monochrome card, which I've never done before, after seeing a gorgeous Tilda card done in monochrome on Delphine's blog. 

I'm really pleased with the result. See what you think...

I've followed the latest sketch over at CLP Challenges

The image has been coloured with the Copic E shades, so there were plenty to choose from. The papers are Nitwits Cottage Charm & cottage charm too and they've all been distressed with Walnut Stain.

The sentiment is also from LOTV , the clock is Tim Holtz Weathered Clock and the branch is a Marianne Creatable die, Garden Branch.

Here's my arty farty compilation..

Card Ingredients.

Stamped using Momento Rich Cocoa Ink

Skin : E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20

Top: E59, E57, E55

Trousers: E79, E74, E70

Hair: E59, E39, E35, E34, E31

Slippers: E35, E34, E74, E70

Newspaper: E0000, E40, E41, E79, E73, E57

Chair: E44, E43, E41, E40, E57, E59

Present: E09, E07

Shadow: E74, E70 & blender pen

Tools: EK Success binding edge punch, Tim Holtz Weathered Clock die, Nesties Labelstwo and standard circles, Marianne Creatables Garden Branch die.

Papers: Nitwits Cottage Charm & cottage Charm too.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

CLP Challenge - Sketch #48

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Chocolate and cream

Simply Create Too - #15 Happy Father's Day

Dream Valley Challenges - For that Special Guy

Gingerloft Challenge - Vintage

Thanks for dropping by and any lovely comments which you leave. I love to come home from work,make a nice cup of tea and sit and read them :-)

 Hugs,

Janine xx