steaming ahead for steve

Hi everyone, from a lovely sunny Somerset.  The weather outside is glorious - albeit a little chilly!!

Anyway it's my b.i.l.'s birthday on Saturday and he's made on steam trains, so I have made his birthday  card using the fantastic Kanban Steam Train images, teamed with brilliant Bo Bunny papers and some card candy.  I edged the papers and the toppers with Papermania inks.  The inside has been done to match the front.

Hugs for now

Wizards, bears and christmas all in one day

Hi everyone

Firstly can I thank all my lovely followers for their fab comments and welcome any new ones.  I am still new to this and really appreciate all your lovely comments.

I have had a crafty few days, but have only just managed to get round to photographing them so here they are:

Forever Friends Christmas Bear

I love these cute bears and this one is stamped and then coloured with promarkers and glittered with Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue.  Then mounted onto Papermania Glitter Card.  The backing paper is forever friends and the embossed strip was done using my cuttlebug.  To finish I added a FF sticker sentiment and three card candies which I then finished with glossy accents.  Quick and simple but quite effective.  

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint- Embossing

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Boys/Men

Teddy Bea - this is the first Teddy Bea image I have used and I am thrilled with the results.  I have always admired them and have finally taken the plunge.  I think she looks gorgeous in pinks and lavenders.

Bea was of course coloured with promarkers and then matted and layered using pink papermania cardstock and a candy stripe pink paper from Craft Creations.  The other two ink papers were from the First Edition Sweet Owl collection.  I made the double bow using ribbons from my stash.  The LOTV sentiment was stamped and then coloured with promarkers, the circles were then cut on the cuttlebug using nesties and layered.  Anitas gems were used to finish this off.  The final touch a few co-ordinating card candies.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge

Paper Sundaes

Craft your passion

Tuesday Throwdown - Think Pink

Crafty Boots

Creative Inspirations - Friendship

Papertake weekly - get in shape 

and last but not least a child's birthday card.

Wizard  This little chap is an LOTV stamp.. I love this one.  What do you think??????

The outside

The inside

Purple cardstock used as a base, then spider web orange ribbon, black and white dotty papermania paper, which I coloured orange.  LOTV image coloured with promarkers, cut using X-cut dies, layered onto papermania glitter card.  The word "Wizard was cut using the Cricut.    The inside was stamped again with the LOTV image and a happy birthday sentiment. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - Orange, Green and Purple

I love promarkers

Cupcake Craft - Halloween

Paper Creations: Black & Orange

Cupcake Inspirations

Scrap Creations - Halloween challenge 

Sunday's crafty makes

Hi everyone and thank you for looking at my blog.  


It's been lovely here today, have had a great day, out to lunch with the out-laws, a gentle stroll along the canal - not too far mind and in between some lovely peaceful crafting.  Below is what I have come up with today.  


LOTV card.  This was a challenge I set on the Docrafts forum.  The theme - I love you, colour white on white with a ribbon, a bow and three embelishments.  I have made my flowers using my new Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and some stickies glitter glue.  Great Fun.  The image was coloured with Promarkers.

This is a childs birthday card.  I used my x-cute nesting die to cut out the balloons and the party image.  The papers were from the Birthday goodie bag bag in April.

 Birthday Girl and Happy Birthday cards . Again these papers were from the Birthday Goody Bag in April.  The design is for the Monday Sketch Challenge on the Docrafts Forum.  The balloons were cut and embossed with my Nesties and the tag is stamped with a LOTV image.

The tatty ted image is has been framed using a nestie die and then mounted onto tatty ted papers.  Hougie Board flowers made and adhered along with card candy and a ribbon.  The backing paper is Hunkydory.
The sentiment is Tulip.

Thanks for taking the time to look. x

feeling blue

Tatty ted card - made for friendship swap in August on Docrafts forum.

I have used the tatty ted papers and Papermania Capsule Cardstock to create this card.  The image has been stamped and coloured with Promarkers.

The ribbon and bow are made from Tatty Ted ribbon and secured with a tatty ted brad.  I have finished the card off with three flowers with card candy middles.