"What to Wear" in grey and pink

Hello folks, jeez it's been a few days to say the least since I last popped in.  We've had no internet and landline for what seems like forever.  At first there was a fault apparently at the box in the street which took days to get looked at and then they said no it was up the pole in our road which took more time to get looked at and then apparently the engineer was up a ladder at the side of our house as he thought it was a fault there.  On the upside at least we had no stupid sales calls/scams to listen to on the landline but boy I didn't realise how reliant I had become on the 'net'.  It was like someone had cut of one of my limbs and is Insta-withdrawal a 'thing' if so I had it big time lol!!

So now that we're back online I have a little All Dressed Up loveliness to share with you.  I have inked up 'What to Wear' and teamed her with the gorgeous LemonCraft Zulana papers again.

She's been coloured with copics in shades to compliment the pretty papers.  I kept the card fairly simple as there was enough happening with the papers I think.

A little closer look at the image.  Isn't she elegant and I love how easy these images are to colour too.

So a bit of a flying visit from me this evening.  I've still got things to prepare for work tomorrow and it's not getting any earlier.  I've popped the links to the Crafteezee goodies I've used that are in still available in the store at the end of my post.

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges I would like to enter:-

All Dressed Up challenge  -  anything goes

Sweet Stampin  -  wonderful women

Colour Crazy challenge  -  anything goes

Cute Card Thursday  -  anything goes

Simon Says Stamp  -  something feminine

Girlfriends

Hello lovely peeps I hope you are all well.  All is good in our little household.  Kiddies are on half term break so my house looks like a bomb's hit it and I've given up tidying until they go back lol.

Anyway a little fly by visit from me today just to share with you a little love of the All Dressed Up variety by Crafteezee.  I've had a play with 'Girlfriends' and I've had this idea in my head now for a few weeks where they were all in sort of picture frames.  This is how it turned out.

This is a slimmer card that I would normally make but I think it suited the design.  I used a strip of the gorgeous ScrapBoys 'Dream Garden' papers and took my colour inspiration from this for the beautiful girlies and coloured them with my copics.  I matted everything onto black card.  This is one of my favourite things to do in cardmaking as it just makes all the colours pop.

A little black ribbon and a rose as a finishing touch and my card was done.  A very simple one but I actually love it.

All of the Crafteezee goodies I've used to make my little old card can be found over in the store and I've popped the links at the end of my post.

Okay, so that's it from me again folks.  I'm off to put some smarter togs on as we're off out for dinner as a little half term treat for everyone.

Have a lovely rest of the week.

Take care

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges:-

Addicted to Stamps and more #377  -  make your mark

Stamping Sensations  -  feminine

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge  -  frame it

All Dressed Up  -  anything goes

Allsorts Challenge  -  dies and/or punches

Crafty Calendar  -  dies and/or punches

'Love to Dance'

Happy Monday crafty peeps, I hope you are all well.  Here in the UK we've had storm Ciara to contend with and boy she is a stinker.  I'm well aware of how lucky we have been here compared to other areas so please keep safe folks.

So onto something more happy.  I'm just popping in to share with you my latest Crafteezee DT make.  I inked up the sweet All Dressed Up 'Love to Dance' and coloured her up to compliment the most delicious Lemoncraft Zulana 'Shabby Chic Grey' papers.  Oh my these are so beautiful and I love the soft pink and grey colour scheme right up my street lol!

Anyway, I've used lots of goodies on my card today as I was feeling in a kind of fussy mood when I made this one.

A little close up of the adorable image.  I used the 'no lines' technique to stamp her with by using a light grey Memento ink so when coloured you can't really see them.  I love this effect it just sort of brings a softness to the image.  You can also see that gorgeous organza ribbon here too and trust me it's so pretty.

A few flowers and bits of lace too and my card just came together.  Love it when that happens lol.  The fab border around the layer under the image was made using a Lady E Design border die and what I love about this one is if you look closely you will notice I've used both the positive and negative die cuts so there is literally no wastage, how cool is that!

Right folks, that's all from me today.  All of the Crafteezee goodies I've used on my card can be found over in the store and I've popped all of the links at the end of my post for you.

Have a lovely week and happy crafting.

Take care,

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Stamping Sensations  -  feminine

All Dressed Up  -  anything goes (with ADU image)

Creations in Pink  -  anything mainly in pink

Colour Crazy Challenge  -  anything goes

Craft Rocket challenges  -  bows and/or buttons

Addicted to Stamps and more  -  photo inspiration (went with pink theme and sparkly)

A little Crafteezee goodness

Happy Monday crafty peeps.  I'm playing catch up with my posts so I'm popping in to share some Crafteezee All Dressed Up love with you today.

I have two cards to show so first up is a card using All Dressed Up 'Have an Ice Birthday' by Crafteezee and she's been coloured with copics to compliment the beautiful ScrapBoys 'Cotton Winter' papers.  I've matted them on to kraft as I love the look it gives with the soft colours of the papers.  All of the Crafteezee goodies I've used on my cards can be found over in the store and I've popped the links at the end of the post for you. 

A little close up of the image ... she's a sweetie pie isn't she and perfect for those winter birthday cards.  She's definitely one of my faves for this time of year.

I cut a kraft swirly vine by using the Lady E swirls die and just popped a few little roses on it.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  -  always anything goes

Stamping Sensations  -  favourite stamps

CRAFT  -  anything goes

All Dressed Up  -  anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner  -  winter fun

Okay so my next card to share is again using an All Dressed Up stamp by Crafteezee.  She is called 'Love to Dance' and I've used a mix of copics and spectrum noir markers to colour her.  I took my colour theme from the delicious Mintay 'old manor' papers and it's not a colour scheme I would normally think of using but oh boy do I love it!

A closer look at the image.  She's beautiful isn't she and so very easy to colour.  I fussy cut her out and raised her up with some 3d glue for a little added dimension.  I stamped the fab sentiment next to her and stamped, coloured and cut out the fab little accessary hearts and raised them up with 3d glue as well.

Just a little touch of lace, pearl trim and some gorgeous ribbon and I was happy my card was complete.

I'd like to enter my second card into the following challenges:-

Love to Craft  -  anything goes

Cardz for Galz  -  haberdashery

Cute Card Thursday  -  embellish it

Okay so that's me all caught up with my Crafteezee DT posts.  I've managed to grab myself a day off today so I was hoping to have a bit of a crafting session but unfortunately after a week back at school my daughter's managed to pick up a stinking cold so she's home bless her and hubby appears to be home for the day too, so I don't think my crafty session is going to go according to plan do you!?!

Take care folks and I'll catch up with you soon.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Have an Ice Day!

Happy Friday crafty peeps.  I'm popping on my blog today to share my latest DT make for Crafteezee with you.

I've gone down the clean and simple route for this one and I've even used just white pearlescent cardstock for my base as well.  I do find clean and simple cards quite difficult really but I do love how they look but my fingers always itch to add more lol.

So I inked up Crafteezee All Dressed Up 'Have an Ice Day' stamp and coloured her with copics.  I do seem to lean towards bold colours so I've gone with a black and red colour scheme for her and love it against the white background.  I also inked up one of the sentiments which comes with her as well and did some freehand doodling around the card for a little detail.

Once she was coloured I fussy cut her out and raised her up on the card base for a little dimension.  Here's a closer look at her.

She looks so graceful wish I could skate like that …. me I'd just end up in a heap on the floor lol!!

Okay so that's all from me today folks.  I've popped the links to the Crafteezee goodies at the bottom on my post.

I'm off to do a little Christmas decorating with some lovely Christmas tunes and I may even pour myself a glass of mulled wine.

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges I'd like to enter:-

Colour Crazy Challenge  -  anything goes

Winter Wonderland  -  anything Christmas goes

Cute Card Thursday  -  anything goes

All Dressed Up  -  anything goes with ADU image

Crafty Cardmakers  -  no patterned paper

Stamping Sensations  -  anything goes

'Little Dreamer'

Hello my lovelies, I hope you are all well.  We've had an absolutely manic week I really do not know whether I am coming or going lol.  My son turned 18 so we've had family get togethers and meals and all sorts and this evening we agreed to let him have a few of his mates round.  So I have holed myself up in my craft room and as I type I am listening to some form of music at a fairly high decibel and they are playing some form of drinking game.  So this really will be a fairly quick pop in from me this evening to share a little crafty make with you.

Anyway, Crafteezee have released some new All Dressed Up stamps and they are adorable.  So for my card I have used the sweet stamp 'Little Dreamer' and teamed her with some Mintay 'Old Manor' papers which are divine I so love the colour palette.

I decided to mat all the papers and image on black card to really make it pop.

I have used a Lady E leaf spray and dirtied up some Fantasy chipboard to add under my ribbon and flowers.  I have put the links to all of the products I have used and can be found over at the Crafteezee store at the end of my post.

Okay that's all from me folks.  Apparently the lads have ordered pizza and it's just arrived so I'm going to see if I can sneak a cheeky slice from them lol!!

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges:-

Colour Crazy Craft challenge Wk 40  -  anything goes

Creative Fingers #172  -  anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and more #362  -  make your mark

All Dressed Up challenge  -  anything goes with ADU image

Crafteezee All Dressed Up loveliness

Good morning lovely crafty peeps, a quick pop in from me to share a little Crafteezee All Dressed Up loveliness with you.

I've had a play again with 'What to Wear and teamed her up with some beautiful LemonCraft 'Sense & Sensibility' papers.  I used the sentiment from the set but cut it up so that I could ink the edges and add it to my card at an angle.  

I also got to play with some 'Fantasy' chipboard.  This is the first time I've used this and it's just fab I love it.  All I did was use a little distress ink over it and used it behind the image and I think it just adds that little extra interest and depth to your cards.

I've taken a few piccies to hopefully try and show you lots of the items I've used.  You can see the beautiful lace in the next photo and it really does add a special touch to your card.  You can also see the Lady E Design border die I used to cut my border from kraft card.  I love this die it's going to be so useful in fact I've even kept the negative that was left over as it can be used on another card.  I've popped all of the links to the items I've used at the bottom of my post.

A little close up next of the image.  She's been coloured with copics to compliment the papers and she really was a dream to colour.  

copics used

Skin:  E000, E11, E13

Hair:  E41, E43, E47, E49

Clothes:  R000, R00, R20, R22, R27/E41, E43

Bow/bag:  YG11, G24, G28 

Okay, so that's all from me today folks.  I'm working on something a little autumnal next, so hopefully I'll be able to pop in shortly and show you. 

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx 

Challenges:-

Colour Crazy Challenge  -  anything goes

Creative Fingers  -  anything goes

Crafting by Designs  -  anything goes

Simon Says Stamp  -  stamp it no digis

A Perfect Time to Craft  -  anything goes

All Dressed Up  -  anything goes

Love to Craft  -  anything goes

Time to Sparkle

Happy Thursday lovely crafty peeps.  I hope your week is going well.  We're all okay here we've been doing some back to school shopping as the end of the summer break is creeping ever nearer much to the dismay of the kiddiewinkles.  

I can feel autumn just around the corner too.  I can see my summer bedding in my pots just beginning to fade and my pretty solar lights are coming on earlier and earlier of an evening.  I've noticed a few leaves starting to turn and I spotted the V formation of some geese today flying off to better feeding grounds.  The Rowan tree is laden with berries this year so I think autumn will be a little earlier than normal but hey I'm not complaining it is my favourite season after all!

Anyway I digress lol.  I'm actually popping in to share with you my latest DT make for Crafteezee.  I inked up the fab All Dressed Up 'Time to Sparkle' stamp this time and coloured her with copics to compliment the beautiful LemonCraft Sense & Sensibility paper.  I felt in the mood for a little clean and simple card which shows off the gorgeous image and also used a pretty Lady E Design wavy border die to add some interest.  I've popped all the links to the items I've used at the end of my post.

A little closer look at the image.  The sentiment comes with the stamp too.

Okay so that's all from me today.  I've a full day ahead, work until the afternoon and then school shoe shopping which I'm not looking forward to … wish me luck!!

Thank you for stopping by my little blog.

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx

Challenges:-

Simon Says Wednesday challenge  -  CAS

Color Throwdown #557 -  purple/blue/turquoise/yellow

All Dressed Up  -  anything goes

Sir Stampalot challenge  -  things with wings