Spring is in the Air!

Hello my lovelies, how are you all today on this fine Monday morning.  I'm just popping in to share with you all some Whimsy love to brighten your day.

There is a new challenge up folks on the Whimsy Facebook page HERE and this time it is to create something using Spring colours and will run till 31st March.  Well I was itching to ink up my adorable Crissy Armstrong image 'Cuddle Bunny' and decided to make a tent card as its been a while.  I teamed her up with some Maja Design papers 'Sofiero' and boy these are so beautiful.

Image:  'Cuddle Bunny' by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment:  'Everyday Moments' by Simonne Clay for Whimsy Stamps

Medium:  copics/promarkers

Papers:  Maja Sofiero 'Exuberance of Flowers in Bloom' and 'The Magnificent Flowerstreet'

Dies:  Whimsy 'Notables 5' die, Whimsy corners, Spellbinders 'Labels 22', Cheery Lynn 'Fanciful Flourish'

Flowers a mixture WOC, The Ribbon Girl and stash

Liquid Pearls 'White Opal'

I wanted the sentiment to hang from the opening so just attached a couple of chains which turned out to be quite fiddly seeing as I didn't have the right tools to close the links back up but I got there in the end.  I also decided to go around the frames with some Liquid Pearls so much more economical than using all my little individual pearls and less time consuming too! 

A nice close up of the image and she's such a little sweetie and lovely to colour.

Copics/Promarkers List

Face/Body:  E000, E11, E21, R20

Hair/Boots:  E31, E33, E35, E37

Clothes:  Promarkers Blue Pearl, China Blue, Indigo Blue/Blossom, Rose Pink, Maroon

Bunny:  C1, C3

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  -  'anything goes' with pearls

Cute Card Thursday  -  springtime

Allsorts challenge  -  spring is coming

Sweet Stampin  -  cute

Okay time for me to go do something productive.  How I interpret that - well making a card is productive it doesn't have to involve a pesky vacuum cleaner right?!?

Catch up with you later folks.

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Wish upon a star ........

Good morning folks and a happy Wednesday to you.  Here's hoping its a much better day weatherwise than  yesterday which was horribly wet and windy and so blinking cold.  Come on where's the nice weather surely it has to make an appearance soon!

 

Anyway, lets get to why I'm here.  I have my GDT card to show you for the ABC Challenges which today is N for Not just one (make a card with 3 or more embellishments).  So a nice easy one really with all those lovely embellies that are around to use.  We are being sponsored by the fab Lili of the Valley and Stamp Fairy for this challenge and don't forget you can pop across here for lots of yummy inspiration from the rest of the talented dt members. 

 

I used Mimi Stars from the Stamp Fairy isn't she adorable and as soon as I saw her I knew that I wanted to make a tent card with acetate in the opening so I could add some gem stars on it.  My card sort of just progressed from there I found the background paper when mooching through my stash and the two diecut stars I made to look like buttons by punching a couple of holes in them.   I made a double bow, added a wire star and lots of twinkly crystals and voila it was done.  I hope you like it.

 

Image  -  Stamp Fairy 'mimi stars'

Medium:  copics

Paper:  old Kanban I think

 

A little bit of a side view and you can see its a tent card.  I used glitter card inside so its a little bit sparkly in there too!

 

 

Lastly my close up of the adorable image.  She was lovely and easy to colour and I cut her out and used glue gel to 3d her on the front.

copics used

 

Dress:  B32, B37, B39, C1, C3, C5, C7

Hair:  E50, E53, E33, E35

Skin:  E00, E000, E11, R20, R81

 

Okay enough of my waffle for today I shall love you and leave you and don't forget pop across to ABC Challenges and have a go you got to be in it to win it!!!!

 

Enjoy the rest of the week and I hope you manage to squeeze in a little crafty time.

 

Take care,

Ann-Marie

xxx

 

 

 

Not a shop bought flower in sight!!!!

Hi all, I hope you are okay.  All is peachy in my neck of the woods.  I think Spring is just around the corner it is so close I can taste it. 

I'm getting a little ahead of myself at the moment and I've made an Easter card.  I decided to make a tent card which was great fun, not quite sure what I was thinking with the colour combo though its not my usual style and would you believe there is not a shop bought flower in sight all the flowers have been made using punches for a change.  I do think it is lacking something not sure what though and I am not 100% happy with it wasnt quite what I had pictured in my head.  

The gorgeous papers I used were Prima Sweet Fairy.  Stamps coloured with a mixture of copics, promarkers and prismacolor pencils.  The sentiment is a Forever Friends die cut.

Actually, if you read my earlier post this is the card that I was making when I broke my cuttlebug. I was die cutting the scalloped circle out so I could place the scene behind.



My hubby is at the moment tinkering with it (they do like to tinker don't they!!!) in the hope that he won't have to fork out for a new one.  I would like to thank all of you that took the time to leave me your comments about different machines available I have found them invaluable.  I was gutted when it broke but I am actually quite excited now at the prospect of a new machine and I think I am going to get a Big Shot that is of course when my hubby realises its a lost cause which I hope will be sooner rather than later.

Okay,  a couple of challenges that I would like to enter into:-

Magnolia Stamp Lovers  -  Punches

Totally Tilda  -  Die cuts and Punches

Right, thats a wrap from me.  Have lots of crafty fun wherever you are.

Take care.

Ann-Marie

Snowflakes a plenty!!

Hi all, hope you're having a fine Thursday wherever you are. Its not so nice here today, got drenched doing the school run but the upside is I've had a couple of hours this morning to myself to get something crafty done and boy did I enjoy it. I think when my little girls goes full time beginning of November I am going to have to allocate myself a set crafty time as nothing else is going to get done I would quite happily craft all day everyday so I think I'm going to have to be strict with myself (yep good luck with that then!!!).

Well onto my card, I've been wanting to have a go at a tent card for ages and I've finally made one and I love them. They're so easy to do and providing your embellies are not too big they fold quite flat aswell. I wanted to frame the aperture with lots of snowflakes so I die cut and punched some out of pale blue and white glitter card and also punched out some holly leaves and put those around too. The stamped image is of course Sugar Nellie 'Hug in a Mug' and I love this one (I say that about all of them!) and she's coloured with copics. What I 've started to do lately is when I stamp an image I stamp a couple and colour them both at the same time and then try and make two cards out of the papers I've got on the go at the time.

I've distressed my papers with my scissors, inked and added some stickles to the edges and also added some gems to some of the snowflakes and little red ones to the holly leaves for berries. Just another piccie to show the front view.

Papers used are My Minds Eye - A Signature Christmas, Marianne Design dies for the snowflakes, Sugar Nellie image and sentiment is Inkadinkado.

Well I think thats about it really. Got an autumnal card on the go at the mo which all being well should be done soon, so I'll catch you then.

I'm going to enter my card into a few challenges:-

A Spoonful of Sugar - Anything goes

The ABC Challenge - Distressing

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anything goes

Take care.

Ann-Marie

xxx