Crafty Boots Challenge 5 - Young at Heart

Another new stamp!! :)  I realised when I was sorting out all my new stamps (and some others bought a while ago but not yet mounted or used!) that I got quite a few!! :)  I love using new stamps! Maybe don't need to add stamps to my shopping list for the NEC though!!!

This is my DT card for this fortnight's challenge over at Crafty Boots Challenges where the theme is Young at Heart.

This stamp is from Sugar Nellie and is another Pip image.  I coloured Pip and her little dolly with Copics and Kuretake Wink of Stella pens.  

I used backing papers from Polka Doodles 'Pretty Sweet' CD, mounted on kraft card.  The sentiments are also from the Pretty Sweet CD.  I then added the name 'Georgia' with glitter foam letters and a gorgeous ribbon with a diamante buckle.   

The ribbon is from Stampin up!, it is retired now in this particular colour but it is THE nicest ribbon ever and they do it in other colours.  If you want any Stampin up! products then one of my fellow design team members at Crafty Boots - Amy - is a Stampin Up! demonstrator and orders can be placed through her.  Visit Amy's blog for more information on how to order Stampin Up! products and she also has links to their catalogue on her blog.

Head over to Crafty Boots Challenges to join in with this challenge!

News

I almost forgot that I haven't shared my latest news!!

I have been asked to be a:

I am really looking forward to working with the Polka Doodles team as a guest designer and you will be able to see my work on the Polka Doodles Challenge blog on the following dates:

- 11th November

- 25th November

- 9th December

Quick make with more new stamps

Another card with another new stamp.  This was a bit of a rush as I wasn't feeling well and had to make a card for my Aunt's birthday.  The stamp is a Sylvia Zet stamp, available at Quixotic Paperie.  I coloured her with Promarkers and Wink of Stella.

I added a backing paper, some little bubbles on the points of the shaped card, a birthday sentiment (available from Crafty Boots)

I also added some gorgeous pins, soon to be available from Crafty Boots but they blend in with the backing paper so you can't see them too well in the photos!!

New stamps!!

 

As some of you will know I had a bit of a crafty binge last week and ordered quite a few new stamps!! I have only coloured a few so far but now I am not doing my exams until July I guess I'll get to play with the rest soon.  (p.s. thank you to everyone who sent messages, I am feeling OK and my lovely Mummy is even taking me to the NEC now my exams have been postponed!!  We will be there on the Sunday maybe see some of you there? Let me know if you will be there on the Sunday!) 

 

On to this card then.  This is one of my new stamps from Sugar Nellie!  I did it Sunday night when I wasn't feeling great and couldn't find the energy to search for my copics so went back to the old Promarkers!  I then put her on a scalloped circle to which I added gold ribbon and candi.

I added peel offs and stickers to spell the name 'Sally'.

The backing paper is gorgeous and I can't remember the set it came from.  It was an 8x8 pad I think called 'Once Upon a time' or something like that....

Hope you like her!

Crafty Boots - Challenge 4 - Halloween

Here is my card for the next Crafty Boots Challenge.  The theme this fortnight is autumn or halloween.

I desperately wanted to use my Pretty Sweet CD but didn't think the cute little girls were very scary so I went about trying to turn one of them into a witch! (Not sure what Nikky Hall would think of me witching up her sweet little girl!!)  I printed the witch from Polka Doodles' Sundae of Seasons CD and cut out her hat.  I then coloured the cute little girl from Pretty Sweet and stuck the hat on her head.  I also cut a spider from the Sundae of Seasons CD and stuck this hanging from the hat.

The 'trick or treat' letters are also from Sundae of Seasons.

I cut a cat and some bats using spellbinders dies, and got some halloweeny ribbon from our local craft shop.

The pale purple backing paper is from the Pretty Sweet CD, I then added a square of orange card which I distressed.  On top of this I added a scalloped doilie - available from Crafty Boots.

I hope you like this sweet little witch as much as I do!

Getting my colleagues crafting...

Some of you know (and were probably surprised) that on the flight home from the Falklands my colleagues asked if they could join in and do some colouring (with my pens) - and I let them.  I let them play with my beloved pens. 

Anyway... one of my colleagues Nicole coloured the following picture which is from Polka Doodles' Magical Winter CD:  How good is this?!!!

She coloured it with Copics, Wink of Stella on the tree and Art & Graphics on the sky and snow.  For her first attempt at crafting I thought she did unbelievably well!! 

Nicole asked me to make it into a card for her but was very specific that I was not to alter her picture at all - she did however want it to look like it was snowing - but without touching the picture!

Here is what I came up with.

I made another book style card like I did with the Pretty Sweet gift box here.

I cut a snowflake using a spellbinders die and added flat back gems, doodle dewdrops and a sentiment to the centre of the snowflake.

Also on the front I added a piece of holographic card, a piece of vellum embossed with a spotty embossing folder, a piece of blue card with ribbon, snowflake vellum, gems and candi.  On top of this I added this Merry Christmas topper which came with the Polka Doodles Christmas Boutique magazine.

On the inside I used her scene inside the box rather than making a giftbox.

I used a piece of lace, another topper from the Christmas Boutique magazine and cut the Merry Christmas bunting from some backing paper from the Magical Winter CD.

I used some snowflake acetate on the front so that she could have snow without me touching her picture!

I also added white flower soft inside so that it looks like snow on the ground.  It is not glued down so it is also a shaker card (this excited people at the office somewhat and a lot of shaking was done!!)

Even though I didn't colour this picture I think she did so well - I'd like to take some credit for showing her how to use the pens but to be honest she was a natural and picked it up really quickly!!

Girl/Flower power

I am SO in love with the new Pretty Sweet CD from Polka Doodles!  If you don't have it then you need it!! I think everyone needs this CD!  I can't put it down!  The girls on this CD are SO cute and very addictive to colour.  The backing papers are also gorgeous!  

I made this card for my godmother whose birthday is next week.  I wanted something very girly (and an excuse to use Pretty Sweet ~ it's Keiron's birthday next week he'll be lucky if he doesn't get a card with these gorge girls on!!) so went flower crazy!

I coloured the little Amelia with:

- Promarkers (top, bow & hair)

- Copics (skin and trousers)

-Flexmarkers (hair)

-Wink of Stella & Sakura glitter pens (roses)

The backing paper here is also from 'Pretty Sweet'.  I added some flowers (I think Prima) down each side of the card.

I also added some flowers I made using the 'Roly Rosies' kit which is available from Crafty Boots.

Finally I added a Petaloo daisy (available from Crafty Boots) with a Happy Birthday sentiment.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Fairy Fun Fridays: - Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice

If the Shoe fits - Where my girls at

I break for challenges - Girl Power

Crafty Cardmakers - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - #58 Anything Goes

Polka Doodles - Handmade flowers (roly rosies)

I still can't stop using Pretty Sweet here's a sneaky peek of something which you will see more of on Monday using the gorgeous Pretty Sweet girls again!!

Something Special...

It is my friend Dionne's birthday on Friday and I wanted to make her something special.  I am not going to see her until November and wanted Dionne, and everyone else to see what I made as I really like it!  I will save her card until I see her to blog though!

I decided to make this book card/box to hold some of the birthday presents I got for Dionne.

I used an image 'Maddie' from my **BRAND NEW** Pretty Sweet CD from Polka Doodles.  

I used dark purple glitter card on the outside of the book on both the covers and the spine.  I then added a LUSH backing paper from the Pretty Sweet CD.

I coloured Maddie with a combination of Copics, Flexmarkers, Wink of Stella, sakura pens and Promarkers.  I added some silver die cuts behind Maddie and also a sentiment from the Pretty Sweet CD.

I also some lilac ribbon to tie the book closed.

I left the back of the book plain with only the beautiful backing paper from the Pretty Sweet CD.

On the inside I used a Martha Stewart punch around the edges of the "book" part of the box.  I also used Cosmic Shimmer to colour it (very messy, I wouldn't recommend it but I didn't have any other kind of purple ink/pigment believe it or not!!)

The backing papers I used on the inside are also from the Pretty Sweet CD and I mounted them on a pale lilac glitter card.  I also used some more die cuts and a sentiment on the inside cover.

The inside of the book is just the right size for some Penguin cross stitch kits that I got Dionne for her birthday from the Falklands!!!!  

They are very basic in comparison to what she usually does but I thought they were such a good size she could use them for her cards!

I really hope she likes it as I've had the idea in my head for the past 3 weeks!! :-D

White Christmas

I wanted to make a card without using any colour.  

I ran a piece of vellum through the Cuttlebug with a snowflake embossing folder.

The snowflake image is from Polka Doodles' Magical Winter CD and I have coloured it with silver and clear Wink of Stella pens.  I then added some gems to finish it off.

I also added a piece of ribbon from the Polka Doodles' Christmas Boutique magazine.

Frosty Sparkles

I used a piece of white glitter card and a kraft backing paper from Polka Doodles' Magical Winter CD for this card.  I then used a Spellbinders die to cut a scalloped circle from the white glitter card.  I added some buttons (from Polka Doodles' Magical Winter CD) to the corners of the kraft paper.

The snowman is from Polka Doodles' Winter Fun stamp set and I have coloured him with Flexmarkers, Copics and Wink of Stella pens.