Cupcake Cutie Fhiona

I made this cute little card using a delightful little stamp from Your Next Stamp, available from Make The Day Special, and she is called Fhiona!  I coloured her in with Copics, and matted her onto mats cut with Nesties edging the main one with Liquid Pearl dots..  Not sure what the pp's are, I have had them a while!  The word stamp is from a Unity March 2010 kit, Adventures in Happiness, also available from Make The Day Special.

Y is for ........

Yellow this week on the Alphabet Challenge Blog.  I have made another atc for my A - Z book which is almost complete!  I used a Tanda stamp of a yacht and coloured it with Copics, and the background is Distress Inks.

L is for Leaf

I seem to blog a lot of things with Alphabet letters lately!  Here is my inchie for this week's InchybyInchy challenge, where we are up to L in our alphabet of inchies.  I have stamped a leaf, coloured with a Copic and used Rusty Hinge Distress Ink which is gorgeous!

And here are the 12 I have made so far, I am pleased with how they look all together!

Lemons!

Here is my first Guest DT card for Make The Day Special.  The images are from a Unity Store Kit called 'Adventures in Happiness' March 2010.  I coloured the images with my Copics, and the bp is by Flavia, called Lemons and Lilacs, which seemed appropriate!  I added punched flowers and glittery gems to finish.

Pretty Pearls

The new theme on My Time To Craft this week is Pretty Pearls.  For my DT card, I have used K & Co papers for the background, and one of my many Crafty Individuals stamps for the main image.  I used a Martha Stewart lace edge punch and butterfly punch and stamp set, which is so lovely! and embellished with pearls and Primas.

Good News!

Emily at Make The Day Special had a DT call recently, and I am delighted to have been chosen as part of her Guest DT.  Links on the right to the other Guest DT members and their blogs.

B

Has blogger changed! I can't find the bit where we choose the font we want! Oh well, perhaps it is me lol! Perhaps I have clicked something I shouldn't have! Anyway, the theme on Something Completely Different this month is various letters of the alphabet, and this week it is B. I have made a tag using a butterfly girl Crafty Individuals image, coloured with Distress Inks. The words under it say 'butterfly girl' but it hasn't scanned very well! I distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz edge distresser, and have used the word Believe for added measure! Oh and the little butterflies are punched and stamped with Martha Stewart butterfly punch and stamp set.

PS I have sorted out my blogger problem! They have changed the editing thingy to a newer version, so hopefully I will be sorted for the next post!

X is for ....

Xmas. Yes we have reached X on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, nearly finished! I have used a Paper Artsy (I think, it is upstairs lol!) image for my vintagey atc and Fired Brick Distress Ink for the background.

On The Spot!

The new challenge on My Time to Craft is On The Spot. For my DT card I used a Penny Black image which I coloured with both watercolouring and Copics, and matted onto spotty paper.
I am also entering this card for the Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge, which is Animal Antics, so I think this card fits the bill!

W is for ......

White! We are up to W on Linda's Alphabet Challenge Blog, nearly the end of the alphabet again. I have made another atc for my A - Z book with White Winter as my theme.

I am also entering this atc for the Something Completely Different challenge, which is to use W on our work.

R.I.P. Jasmine

Our dear little rabbit, Jasmine, died a couple of weeks ago. She was only about 9 months old and we don't know why she died, although we have since discovered that her brother has died also, so maybe they had something wrong with them when they were born. Such a shame, she was a cute little bunny. Luckily I had a few lovely photos of her taken last summer when she was still a baby. The cardstock I used is by DCWV from their Green Stack, and I knew it was just right for these photos as soon as I saw it. The black words were cut on the Cricut and the flowers are cut with the new Tim Holtz die.

Crowns

The monthly theme on Something Completely Different has been to make Trinchies (3" x 3") and the weekly theme this week is Crowns. I used my Tim Holtz stamp for this, and Crushed Olive Distress Ink for the background.

New Baby

The new challenge on My Time To Craft this week is New Baby. I made my DT card using a Cotton Rabbits Sugar Nellie stamp that I haven't used for ages and was considering putting on eBay! I coloured her in with Copics, and matted her onto patterned paper I have also had for ages! The little hearts are by K & Co and were a birthday pressie the other day, so came in handy very quickly! The lace edge is punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

RSS Challenge 17

Challenge 17 on Ready-Steady-STAMP was to use corrugated card, cream, rose, green and brown, 3D, leaves and numbers! I used a Crafty Individuals stamp on my fat book page and Victorian Velvet and Crushed Olive (I think that's it's name!) Distress Inks. I stamped twice and cut out the words on the image and also cut out the leaves and 3D'd them with silicone gel. I waited ages for my Glossy Accents to dry but for some reason part of it has remained cloudy!

V is for Vase!

We are up to the letter V now in Linda's Alphabet Challenge Blog, and this week it is V for Vase. I have used a Hero Arts stamp, one of my favourites and used a lot for birthday cards! I coloured the flowers with Copics, and inked the background with Bundled Sage Distress Ink, adding some little Crafty Individuals stamped flourishes.

A Tag for a Friend

Inspired by the thrinchie I made the other day (a few posts down!) I made this tag for a dear friend who makes me lots of things, orange is her favourite colour and so are ladies stamps. I hope she will like this tag!

Make it Manly

The new challenge on My Time To Craft is Make it Manly. I don't need to make many men's cards and they never seem easy! I stamped the background and image of my DT card with Versafine (I can't remember the make of these clear stamps, and all my craft stuff is now upstairs and I am downstairs so can't check!) and the background is done with Distress Inks and stamping. The embellishments are metallic nailheads, and I edged the card with Copper Krylon.

K is for Key

This week it is K on InchybyInchy's alphabet. I have used Bundled Sage Distress Ink for the background, and a key stamp that was actually too long for my inchie so I stamped it twice and cut out the middle bit! Hopefully you can't see the join!

Musical Instruments

The theme on this week's Something Completely Different is Musical Instruments on our Thrinchies (the March theme). I used a stamp I have had for ages and never used, and don't know who it is by either! I coloured the image and the background with Distress Inks. I actually stamped it onto some K & Co paper but by the time I had finished inking it you can't see any of the design now!

U is for ....

Umbrella! We are up to U on the Alphabet Challenge, I can't believe we have almost finished another round of the Alphabet! For my atc I have used an unknown stamp! I have no idea who it is by! The background is inked with Stormy Sky Distress Ink.