Spring Bringer

Hello my lovelies and a very happy Thursday to you.  I hope you are all well.  We are still on Easter break here for the kiddies so all routine has left the building but normality will return on Monday when they go back.

I have a shaped card to share with you today and I decided to ink up the adorable 'Spring Bringer' by Wee Stamps and when I started this card it was a beautiful spring day but you wouldn't think so as I sit and type as it's turned a little on the cold side again.  Good old British weather you never quite know what you're going to get no matter what time of year it is really!

So anyways I'll stop rambling on and show you my make.  I used a set of Crafters Companion Create-a-Card 'Emma' dies for my shape and layers and used Kraft card as the bases.  I'd forgotten how much I love to work with Kraft so that's not going to get put away any time soon.

Image:  'Spring Bringer' by Wee Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Mini Chalkboard' sentiments

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Memory Box 'Minuet'

Card stock:  Crafters Companion Kraft card and Neenah Classic Crest

Dies:  Crafters Companion Create-a-Card 'Emma', Spellbinders 'Floral Ovals', Marianne Design Creatables

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon/Twine from stash

And last piccie I promise is a close-up of the image and she really is a cutie pie.

Copic list

Face/Body:  E50, E51, E11, R20

Hair:  E31, E35, E37, E29

Clothes:  BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78/YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67/W00

W0, W1, W2, W3, W5

Flowers:  YG00, YG23, G28/R32, R35, R37, R59

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

Creative Inspirations  -  one for the girls

Simon Says Stamp  -  showers and/or flowers

Cute Card Thursday  -  birthdays 

The Ribbon Girl  -  use any image challenge

Okay that's my fly by for today.  I'm off to stick kettle on for a coffee and hopefully sneak some colouring in before hubby walks in and I have to look all busy and housewifely.  In my defence I have worked my way through my washing and ironing pile, the hoover has made contact with the floor briefly today and you can't quite write your name in the dust yet so that can wait till tomorrow.

Take care and happy crafting. 

Ann-Marie 

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'I Do'

Hello folks and a very happy Good Friday to you.  A real quick fly in by me today to share my latest before everyone gets back.  I should be doing chores but oh well!

So what am I sharing today? Today's make is a wedding card although I don't have a wedding to attend I just wanted to colour up this beautiful image so thought why not someone's going to need a card at some point.  I adore this image it's from Wee Stamps and is called 'I Do' and it's lovely to colour up and I couldn't resist adding some Stickles to her dress .. it was a must really.

Image:  Wee Stamps 'I Do'

Medium:  copics

Papers/card:  DCWV Luxury Stack, Crafters Companion Centura Pearl

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts and stash

A close up of the image next.  I think you can just about make out the Stickles on the dress and I've had a play with some Frantage around the edges too and I'm rather taken with the stuff.

Copics List

Face/Body:  E50, E51, E21, E11, R20

Hair:  E43, E47, E49

Clothes/Flowers:  R32, R35, R37, R59/W00, W0, W1, W2, W3, W5, W7/100

YR23, Y28/YG23, YG63, YG67

Challenges I would like to enter:-

The Ribbon Girl  -  anything goes card challenge

Stamping Sensations  -  anything goes 

Right I'm off to make it look like I've done some housework and then I'm going to sneak back in my craft room and colour some more!

I hope you all have a lovely Easter and get to enjoy some crafting fun.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

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'Story Teller'

Happy Saturday afternoon folks.  It's an absolutely gorgeous day here.  Hubby's cut the lawns and I've got the washing out and some chores done so now I get to pop in and share with you my latest creation.  

I sat and coloured a Sugar Nellie image the other day just for fun and decided to make it up into another frame this time for my other niece.  Really pleased with how it turned out.  I have added lots of Stickles on the flowers and wings, the papers also have glittered accents not that my terrible photography picks it up though, but it looks lovely in real life! 

Image:  Sugar Nellie 'Story Teller' digi

Medium:  copics

Papers:  old My Mind's Eye 'Penny Lane'

Cardstock:  Papermill Direct, Crafters Companion Centura Pearl

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon:  The Ribbon Girl

Stickles 'Diamond' (on flowers/wings)

Pearls/twine from stash

Copics used

Face/Body:  E11, E50, E51, E21, R20

Hair:  E43, E47, E49

Clothes/Flowers:  R81, R83, R85, R39/BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Toadstools:  W1, W2, W3, W5, W7

Grass:  YG00, YG03, YG67

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

Creative Inspirations  -  Spring Spectacular

Allsorts Challenge:  Bring on the Bling (Diamond Stickles on flowers and wings)

Stamping Sensations  -  anything goes

Let's Craft and Create  -  Easter/April Showers/Spring

Okay that's all from me today.  I've got another image all printed out and ready to be coloured so I'm off for a little colouring therapy.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get to enjoy a little craftiness.

Take care

Ann-Marie 

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Purplicious Pansies

Happy Monday folks ... the words happy and Monday is one sentence mmmm personally I hate Mondays until around 2pm when I'm home from work but the rest of the day is awesome!  

Well I have a little card to share with you today and I hope you like purple as there's a lot of it.  Put that together with some pansies which always make me smile such a pretty flower and you have the makings of a pretty happy little card.  

Cardstock:-  Crafters Companion Centura Pearl 'Snow White hint of silver'

Centura Pearl 'darks', Neenah Classic Crest card

Stamps:  Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Victorian Floral 'Pansy' stamp set

Dies:  Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners Victorian Floral 'Pansy' die set, Crafters Companion 'Love' die

Medium:  Spectrum Noir markers

Spectrum Noir Markers used

HB1, HB2, HB3, LV3

LY1, OR1, OR2

A bit of a side view so you can see the depth you can get from the stamps/dies.

Challenges

Creative Inspirations  -  anything goes

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

Stamping Sensations  -  anything goes

Okay time for me to look busy, mouths need feeding before a trip to the supermarket and then my youngest is off to Scouts.  Monday's really do keep me on my toes!

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

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