Back to School

August 30th 2012
Oops I'm a bit late posting my post for the new Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge this week!!! Our theme is "Back to School" and we have a great new sponsor for this week "Back to Paper" who have provided the image I have used for my ATC along with a prize for this weeks winner! We would love you to join us this week - last week we had a great amount of entries so we can't wait to see your creations for this new challenge!!

I've used pages from an old text book I had along with some graph paper and some cool little collage rules I have had for ages & just a touch of red!!!

I'm also entering this at the new Do You Stack Up Challenge as they also have a Back to School Theme!

In the Pink!

January14th 2012
Happy Pink Saturday!

I haven't joined the Pink Saturday "procession" for a few weeks so decided to join in this week as well as linking my card to the new challenge at Do You Stack Up which has a "Pink" theme. I really do love to create with pink!!

This card uses a great lady in her "pink" attire from a new sheet I purchased recently from June at Dezinaworld. The "doily" patterned paper for the background comes from an amazing pack of papers I recently got from a relative who has been in Japan. I've used various die cuts - frames, flowers, wording & butterfly and some fibres and torn hot pink paper to finish it all off!

Another Great Challenge at CS Designs!

May 22nd 2011
There are several challenges running for May at the CS Designs Papercraft Planet Group and Simply Scrapbooking Site and the CS Designs Challenge Blog - Doodle Pieces.
This challenge is a Shape Challenge and requires you to use at least one semi-circle on your creation! As you can see on my card I have used small semi circles to make an edging for the corners of my card design. The digi image used here is "Lulu Goes Shopping" - she certainly has her hands full!

Here is a close up picture of Lulu and the little beaded dragonfly which I made using instructions from the Mirkwood Designs website - LOL I have so many little beads of all colours and sizes it was great to be able to put some to good use as I have had them for many years! I will definitely have to make some more of these cute little winged insects!

The layout of this card was done using the sketch from the latest Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog. The Cheerful Stamp Pad has a "Colour My World" theme and little Lulu has been coloured with Copic Markers. I am also going to enter this card in the new challenge at the Magical Monday Challenge Blog as they have a theme of  "white with one other colour" and as my card is white and purple little Lulu will fit in perfectly! Lulu is also making her way to the new challenge at the Desert Islands Crafters Challenge Blog as this card uses at least 7 out of the 10 items on their itinerary - patterned paper, glitter/bling, digi image, square card, embossing, die cuts and pearls!

A Purple Patch

May 6th 2011

Another post today but I wanted to get this 'purple' card made before the weekend for the Do You Stack Up Challenge and I wanted an excuse to use the new sentiment I have from CS Designs - "I Believe in Faeries"! Chris has a great new range of sentiments available so make sure you check them out at her store!

The beautiful purple themed collage pictures are from June at Dezinaworld. I made the background paper with white gesso and purple paint and a bit of gold paint too and I used the 'mesh' on the background paper to 'stipple' paint (idea from a tutorial by Janna!)and then I used the mesh on the card. I added some embellishments and fibres to finish it off! I love purple and as the DYSU Challenge was a purple colour theme there was no chance of not putting an entry in!

Do you believe in faeries??

Michelle Perkett "Serena"

March 25th 2011
This "Serena" image from Michelle is just the most gorgeous mermaid! I've coloured her with bright coloured Copics and added her to a card made with textured papers and a rub on sentiment with a little diamanti to dot the "i".

Isn't she just beautiful!

Make sure you visit the Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge Blog regularly to see what the DT have been creating with Michelle's new designs!

I have entered this card in the Simply Create Challenge. The Do You Stack Up Challenge is entitled "Shine On" and required some "bling".

Michelle Perkett's New Challenge "Go Green - St Patrick's Day" Of Course!!!

March 15th 2011
Well of course this week's theme is Green for St Patrick's Day!! Shelley's Team have made some fantastic creations for the challenge this week so make sure you pop over to the Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge Blog to check them out and leave them a nice comment and add your own entry!

I've used Michelle's new "Fiona" digi to make a Green themed card and have added a sentiment from CS Designs which I thought matched the theme perfectly seeing as Fiona has found her four leaf clover!!!

For this card I have used papers from one of my 6 x 6 Basic Grey Paper Pad - these are just great - they have the most fantastic co-ordinating patterned papers! I've cut the image out of the frame and I have individually cut the clover leaves from the frame and mounted them onto the card for some extra embellishment and added layers!

Here is a close up picture of Fiona and the CS Design sentiment - isn't she a real cutie and I just love the sentiment - it's great to have a sentiment that's a bit 'different' to the normal 'Happy B'day' or 'Best Wishes' etc!



My "green" themed card is suitable for quite a few challenges this weeks so I have entered Fiona into the following:

The Do You Stack Up "Layers" Challenge, Shelley's Images Blog,  Meljens Designs Challenge Blog have a "Green" theme and yet another "Green" Challenge at Paperplay this week! Whew - that's a lot of green and I can honestly say I don't normally use a lot of green in my card making! The new Creatalicious Challenge Blog have a two tone/colour challenge and I think this card with it's green and yellow fits in here too! ColourQ Challenge Blog have a great colour challenge going this week using "daffodil delight, kiwi kiss, old olive, early espresso & white" so my card fits right in!

CS Designs "Arty Expression"

February 25th 2011
Hi everyone - I've had computer trouble for the past few days so haven't been able to post any of my "creations" to my blog! But I have it back so I want to share my new CS Designs creation using one of Chris' "Arty Expression" digis. This is the first time I have worked with one of this range and I loved it - nice and arty!!I've made a little hanging shrine with this image using a a little shrine shape I bought years ago and have added a saying with jump rings as well as a stamped crown and a keyring hanger at the top as well as some "clipart" angel wings. It's currently hanging in my front entrance.

I haven't really done any colouring as such with this shrine instead I've sponged ink onto the Arty Expression design and have used little word stamps and a floral stamp to decorate the front of the shrine and the little "doors" that open out to reveal the face behind.

Gingersnap Creations currently have a Random Redhead Challenge - "Crowns" which meant your creation needed to include at least one "crown" and as my shrine has a stamped crown image at the top I thought it appropriate to enter her in this challenge! DYSU have an anything goes challenge running at the moment so my Arty Expression Shrine has also been entered here!

I hope you like my CS Designs creation for this week - I would love for you to leave me a comment!

Ginger Gem Winner at Gingersnap Creations - Random Redhead - Crowns Challenge GC91.