Teeny Tiny Tildas

I had a ball at the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC last saturday, think my dad and niece enjoyed themselves too!  Although we practically walked our legs off, we picked up some great new stash.  I managed to get a couple of the nestabilities dies I wanted and a couple of Cuttlebug embossing folders.  I also picked up a little 'bling' and some pretty ribbons.  Best of all, Magnolia had a stand there and were selling the mini magnolia stamps.  They are adorable and just so tiny and sweet.  As this weeks challenge on the Lets Get Stamping group over on Craftbubble is to make tags, these little sweeties were just perfect!  I photographed them in small batches as I thought it might be difficult to see the images if I put all of them into the picture, so here is the first set.  I coloured the images with ProMarkers (very carefully!) added some stickles and touches of Spica glitter pens.  All the base cards were cut out using various shapes of nestabilities dies and I used another of my NEC buys, the snowstorm Cuttlebug embossing folder.  It is difficult to gauge the size on this close-up piccie, with hindsight I think I should have place a 20p piece in the picture for perspective - next time I'll remember this.  Don't know if any of these fit the bill for Annie's K.I.S.S. Monday challenge, but I'll link them and Annie can decide if they do or not!  None of them have any 'shop bought' embelishments, although one has a small piece of ribbon on it.  I will post up the next batch of tags later.
Here's a picture of me and my dad with Jayne Hayward who is a pal of mine on Paper Craft Planet, we are standing in front of the Magnolia stand.  It was unfortunate (or fortunate!) that Magnolia would only accept cash as payment, so I had to put a few things back (gasp!) and could only get what I could for the cash I had on me.  Still, what I did get I am very happy with.

hugs
wynneth
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Happy Birthday Dear Nephew

There are quite a few family birthdays in my family at this time of year and for my Nephew's birthday tomorrow, I made this card using one of my 'precious' hAnglar and stAnglar stamped images that I am lucky enough to have had sent to me by crafting friends.  Although a very cute image, I don't think it's too cutesy for a young man's card!  The BP is part of a sheet of 12 x 12 denim effect paper I picked up from my local Art Shop's 10p bargain bucket, and is perfect for a male card.  I coloured the image with my ProMarkers and added a subtle amount of sky blue chalk around the image to take away the stark whiteness of the card.  The layout is one I use frequently, as it works for me.  The two fancy edges were cut with a Martha Stewart border punch and an EK success border punch.  I used a little more of my new Card Candy and the sentiment was one of my £1.50 bargain stamps from the Sincerely Yours Paper Extravaganza at Taunton.

Happy Birthday Dear Niece

It's my Niece's birthday tomorrow and I decided to use this funky image for her card.  I downloaded it from an internet site quite a long time ago and I am afraid I don't know which site it was from.  I coloured the image with my ProMarkers and added some Card Candy dots, layered the image up on to some pink metallic card and tied a length of 'eyelash' ribbon around the pink layer.  I added a 'hello kitty' charm to the ribbon, but unfortunately it isn't very visible on the picture.  The background paper was free with a magazine some time ago and I thought it fitted well with the colour scheme and image.  The happy birthday sentiment was one of my bargain £1.50 stamps bought at the Sincerely Yours Paper Extravaganza in Taunton.  I used a very simple layout for this as the BP is very 'busy' and the image quite large and subtley coloured, so I didn't want to detract from this with too many layers.

November Candy

Hurry over to to Jacque's Joie de Vivre blog for a chance to enter to win some amazing Candy.  While you're there check out the wonderful creations she has posted on her site. 

Spoil Yourself Silly

I can share this card with you now, as it is the birthday card I made for my Dad.  It is his birthday tomorrow and I couldn't post it earlier as I didn't want him to see it before the day!  I was sent this image by a crafting friend and I think it is just adorable.  I believe it is a Penny Black stamp, but I'd be happy to be corrected if I have it wrong!  The BP's are freebies from a magazine, which I found whilst sorting out my stash to put away in my newly refurbished craft room.  I thought the two papers work really well together and set the colour scheme for the whole card.  The flowers were punched from scraps of brown and gold card with small amber gems added in the centres and the leaf fronds punched from cream card with a Martha Stewart punch.  I coloured the image with my ProMarkers and added touches of clear Spica glitter pen.  The image was cut out with an oval nestabilities die and layered up on to some bronze metallic card cut from a slightly larger scalloped oval nestabilities die.  I've pre-programmed this post so will probably be en route to Dad's on the M5/M6 when it goes live on my blog.  There's a party planned for Dad's 83rd birthday tomorrow, with all the family getting together for a lovely meal and an evening of fun!

Elaine at Quixotic Paperie has just started up a weekly challenge and you can find details on the blog here for this 1st Challenge.  The theme is to make a birthday card - so this card is also eligible to enter for the first challenge.  It is well worth a visit to Quixotic Paperie any time, but at the moment there is also 10% off every item in the store to celebrate Elaine's birthday, so don't miss out on the bargains in the store.

hugs

wynneth

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Winter Whiff of Joy

The new Whiff of Joy Winter Kit droped through my letterbox last thursday and this lovely stamp was amongst the latest goodies.  The sledge is also one of the stamps in the kit and is just perfect for this elegant winter lady to sit on.  For the background I used one of my Graphicus Guild papers and layered this on to a piece of plain dark red paper from my stash.  I coloured the images with my ProMarkers and I think the holly green and burgundy red are a very elegant combination for a Christmas card.  The sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings set by Hobby Art Clear stamps.  The red organza ribbon, flower, gem in the centre of the flower and metal snowflake charm are from my stash.  I cut the layer with the sledge using a circle nestabilities die and layered this on to a piece of red card cut out with a petite scalloped circle nestabilities die.  I stamped a small snowflake from a CD's set of Christmas stamps randomly on the sledge layer, using evergreen chalk ink.  Finally, I added a little Polar White Flowersoft to simulate snow under the sledge.  One more Christmas card to add to my stock, which is good as I have so many to make!

Queen Kat Designs Wednesday Blog Hop

Why not pop over to the Queen Kat Designs blog and join in the Wednesday Blog Hop this week for some inspiration and to see all the great work the DT have come up with.  The hop this week celebrates the release of some new and exciting stamps and watch out for special offers in the QKD webshop.  I hope that I shall soon be part of these Wednesday hops now that I am a member of the Whimiscal Ink Sorority DT for Queen Kat.

Teddy Christmas

Here's my third entry for the Let's Get Stamping weekly challenge over on Craftbubble using the sketch and including distressing. 

This cute little Christmas teddy image was sent to me by a friend and I coloured him with ProMarkers, adding a touch of Spica glitter pen in black on his eyes and nose.  I added some Diamond Stickles, dusted with Glamour Dust, to the fur on his hat and the star in his hands to give them extra sparkle and dimension.  Sadly, this doesn't show up too well in the picture.  The BP's are from the Dovecraft Victorian Christmas 6x6 paper pad and I have heavily distressed them with inks and a file from my distressing toolkit.  I also stamped some swirly snowflake images from a set of Christmas stamps from Elusive Images with a Fired Brick distress ink pad.  I layered him up on a piece of red mirror card, which I cut out using my deckle edge nestabilities die, the image was also cut out with a slightly smaller die from the same set.  The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly and the flower, ribbon and 'jingle bells' are from my stash.  Another card to add to my (slowly growing) stock of cards for this year!

More Vintage Santa

I'm getting on well with my Christmas card production now. This card is another entry for this week's Let's Get Stamping sketchie challenge over on Craftbubble. Using the sketch and including distressing, I have again chosen this lovely Vintage Santa collage stamp from Crafy Individuals. I used Antique Linen, Fired Brick and Pine Needles distress ink pads to create the distressed look. The BP is from the Dovecraft Victorian Christmas 6x6 paper pad. The Merry Christmas ticket is a stamp from Magnolia which I heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The gold ribbon is from my stash and the green Card Candy was one of my purchases from the Sincerely Yours Paper Extravagaza which I went to in Taunton last saturday. I decided to make another easel card, they are so easy to make and yet look so impressive. I think quite a few of my cards this year will be made this way! The layers on the inside of the card and the 'stop' for the front panel, were cut with a nestabilities label die, with the top layer up on foam pads to raise it up.

Christmas is a'coming

I am really late starting my Christmas cards this year, so have decided that any challenge cards I make will have to be Christmas themed, at least that way I will be playing along and adding to my stock of cards at the same time.

The card I'm sharing with you today is one of my entries for this week's Let's Get Stamping sketchie challenge over on Craftbubble. My card follows the sketch and we also have to include distressing.

This adorable vintage santa collage stamp is from Crafty Individuals and I think it lends itself perfectly for the distressed look.

I stamped the image with distress ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then 'distressed' it with Antique Linen, Fired Brick and Pine Needles distress ink. The BP's are from the Dovecraft Victorian Christmas 6 x 6 paper pad which I somehow managed to buy two of last year! Some of the papers are not obviously christmasey, and I do really like this particular pad of papers. The 'North Pole' sentiment is from Magnolia. I decided to make an easel card for this challenge as they are so easy to make and are very effective. I lined the inside of the card with another sheet from the same paper pad and added the sentiment in the centre, layered up with foam pads, to act as the 'stop' for the front of the card. I used a scrap of red mirror card to cut out a strip to attach to the round North Pole image then cut two slits in the BP so that this could be threaded through. This could be a removable bookmark, if wished, although I have stuck it down on this card. Finally, I added a piece of hessian ribbon across behind the image, to comply with the sketch.