Bundle of Joy

Good morning crafty friends I hope you are all well.  Countdown to the kiddies summer break has begun in our household only a few weeks to go and they can't wait lol.

Well as it's Friday I'm popping in with my DT make for the new challenge over on the Polkadoodles challenge blog.  So this week the DT were challenged to create a celebration project and to include a 'shaker' element.  However, for all you lovely peeps as always its an 'anything goes' theme so nice and easy.  

For my make I settled on a new baby theme and made a fairly clean and simple card.  I used 'New Baby' from the Winnie Celebrations 1 collection and coloured her with copics but you know if you don't have the time or maybe not confident enough with your markers yet she also comes in coloured versions too how fab is that.  I used a cloud die which I've had for like forever and used it to cut out the shaker part and thought as she's perched on a cloud she may as well be up in the clouds so added a few cloud die cuts as well.  Sorry for the ploppy photo just couldn't get one with decent light this was the best of the bunch I'm afraid.

Image:-  Polkadoodles Winnie Celebrations 1 'New Baby'

Sentiment:-  Polkadoodles Winnie Celebrations 3 sentiments

Papers:-  Polkadoodles Winnie Celebrations 3 papers 1

                printed onto Ultimate Graphic paper

My  usual close up next of the image.  She's a real sweetie and so easy to colour too.

Copics used   

Face/Body:- E100, E11, E13, R81

Hair:-  E41, E43, E44, E47, E49

Blues:-  BG000, BG53, BG57

Greys:-  C1, C2, C3, C5

Pink:-  R81, R83 

Yellows:-  Y0000, Y11, Y15

Teddy:-  E40, E41, E43

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Moving along with the times  -  CAS

Papercraft Challenges  -  stars

Tuesday Throwdown  -  keep it simple

Addicted to Stamps  -  make your mark

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters  -  any occasion

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  -  always anything goes

The Creative Crafters  -  anything goes

 

Okay that's all from me today.  Don't forget to come across and join in with us it's so easy and as always there are fab prizes up for grabs.  

I hope you have a fab weekend and if you're suffering this ridiculous heatwave take extra care my lovelies.

Ann-Marie

xxx

   

                        

Sweet Bunny Moon - Noor DT Call

Hello my lovelies and a very happy Sunday to you.  We've had a very soggy weekend here indeed but on the upside more crafting time yay!!

So did you know that Noor Design UK are having a DT call well a couple of calls actually, one for the Design Team and one for a Foamiran Design Team.  This doesn't happen very often (believe me I know as I'm a bit of a blog stalker!!) so when I saw it I was just a tad excited!  So as you've probably guessed my post today is dedicated to the Noor Design UK DT call.  For the call you were asked to make either a card, scrapbook page or mixed media project so as I mainly make cards that's what I did.  All the details are here. 

I chose to use the LOTV image 'Bunny Moon' and coloured it up with a mix of Copics and Spectrum Noirs.  I was having a rummage through my papers and came across some old Marianne Design baby papers which are just so pretty so they sort of dictated the colour scheme I went with.

Image:  LOTV 'Bunny Moon'

Medium:  Copics and Spectrum Noirs

Papers:  Marianne Design 'Eline's Babies'

Dies:  Crafters Companion Create-a-card 'Emma', CC baby dies

Ribbon/Lace from stash

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

I used a couple of little baby dies - the rattle and dummy and attached it to the bow to dangle like little charms.

My usual close up of the super sweet image.  The moon has been glittered to within an inch of it's life with Glamour Dust and it looks so pretty and twinkly in real life.  

Copics/Spectrum Noirs

Body:  W00, W1, W2, W3, W5/R20/R81

Clothes:  B32, B23, B18, BV29 (for shadow)

Moon/Stars:  SN's LY1, LY2, LY3 + copic BV00 (for shadow)

Teddy:  E50, E53, E35/G20, G24

Background:  B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Okay so for the next bit of my post I need to let you know a little bit about myself.   I'll start with the most obvious  - I'm a little bit craft mad bordering on addiction maybe!.  Okay, there, I've said it - it's now officially out in the open.  My closest friends would say I'm a little crazy and oh a tad accident prone, but hey I've yet to injure myself with the craft knife and I haven't glued myself to my chair yet so in my eyes we're all good.  I lurve, lurve, lurve my stamps and copics and, papers well that's a given I need say no more.  Add Christmas into the mix and I'm one happy bunny!

Not sure I have a style so to speak.  I like a little fussy I do love to build my cards up with embellishments but I'm not afraid to go clean and simple.  The common denominator in many of my creations though is colour.  I do love my colour.   

I love to share my creations with other folks.  I have a Facebook page and share on lots of different craft sites.  I also have a Pinterest Board and an Instagram account too.  I can think of nothing better than posting something and to have inspired someone else to either craft or try something new.

Okay, so I've come to the end of my post.  I hope you like my card and all I can do now is wait and see and wish everyone who enters good luck.

So for now that's all from me.  It's late but my head is full of lots of ideas and my fingers are itching to colour so I'm off to stamp up something else.  I have work in the morning but hey who needs sleep it's overrated in my book!

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Challenges I'd like to enter:-

Creative Inspirations  -  anything goes

Simon Says Stamp  -  we're seeing stars

The Ribbon Girls  -  July 'use any image' challenge

Stamping Sensations  -  anything with flowers

  

X for Xtra Special over at The ABC Challenge

Hello everyone I hope you all well and are having a good start to your week.  I'm in full birthday party mode this week, we've just had our son's birthday celebration at the weekend and now I have my party head on arranging my daughter's party for a couple of weeks time.

Anyway, its the 15th of the month and that means its time for another new challenge over at The ABC Challenge and I have my DT card to share with you all.  This challenge we are on the letter X so that's X for Xtra Special so that's a card or creation for an xtra special occasion like wedding/new baby/birthday.  We have two fabby sponsors this time Bunny Zoes and The Paper Shelter so come over and join us we'd love to have you.  My teamies as usual have been busy making beautiful creations for you to feast your eyes upon so go and take a peek at all the gorgeous inspiration.

Okay let me show you my creation.  I decided to make a card for a new baby and got to use the adorable 'Enchanted Dream' from The Paper Shelter.  I used the printed version this time rather than the digi stamp and am really impressed with the quality it printed out lovely and if you're in a hurry its a great idea for a quick card.  Anyway, enough waffle here's my card:-

Image:  The Paper Shelter 'Enchanted Dream'

Papers:  DCWV 'Nana's Nursery baby girl'

Flowers:  WOC and The Ribbon Girl

 

A close up of the printed version and I've just distressed the edges and added some Stickles.

 

Okay time for me to go now.  Have a great day folks and I'll see you tomorrow as I have my Whimsy challenge card to share with you all.

 

Take care

Ann-Marie

xxx

 

A sweet little baby

Hello everyone I hope your week is going well so far.  Mine is going well, hubby has managed to grab a couple of days off and we're making the most of the last few days of the summer holidays with the kiddies as they go back on Thursday. 

 

I've popped on to show you a card I've just finished for my sister and brother in law.  They're expecting their second little one any day now and we have the advantage of knowing its a girl mind you she said that with her first baby after the scan and they got it wrong she had a boy!!!!  Well anyway I'm very excited to say the least and can't wait to meet her when she arrives.  Here's my card I hope you like it.

 

 

I've used a Magnolia stamp again and its another one I didn't buy straight away and of course regretted it whenever I came across it in blogland so with my sister expecting it was the perfect excuse to get it!!  The image is coloured with a mixture of copics and promarkers and trimmed with ribbon/lace and a string of pearls.

 

The papers are DCWV Nana's Nursery and are just beautiful.  I've inked around all the edges to dirty them up a little and had a go at stitching around them as well which is not at all straight but I kinda liked it like that so left it.

 

A bit of a close-up of the image.  The sentiment is a Dufex one which I came across when I was having a rummage.  Flowers are from WOC and everything has been stickled again.

 

Challenges I would like to enter:-

 

Wild Orchid Crafts  -  Layer it up

 

Papertake weekly  -  Anything goes

 

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia  -  Flutter

 

Right I'm going to toodle on now folks.  I'm in the middle of making a little something else to go with this card so I'm hoping my sister holds off giving birth until I've had the chance to finish it, best get my behind in gear me thinks!!!!

 

Enjoy the remainder of your week and I hope you manage to sneak in a little craft somewhere.

 

Take care

Ann-Marie

xxx