Black and one other colour .......

Does not have to be boring......  Over at the Anything Goes Challenge blog this fortnight our theme is black and one other colour (excluding hair and skin).

As a member of Docrafts I regularly participate in the Friendship swap organised on the forums every month and take great pleasure in both making and receiving my cards.

With this in mind I put my new Timmy stamps to good use and have made my card in Black and Yellows.

I used my fav umbrella man and birds as inspiration for this card and have used TH distress inks and a couture creations embossing folder as well.  The papers are from the papermania capsule collections.  And of course I stamped using Versamark inks.

I have fallen in love with Timmy all over again ....... his inspriational sentiments inspire me to make everyday worth living and to fill it with joy.

A quick hello to Mel who received this card.  I know she loved it.

So come on hop on over the the Anything Goes challenge blog and have a go at this fortnights challenge.  The other girls have made some wonderful inspriational projects for you to look at.  Don't forget that the Craft Den has some fab online shopping as well.

I have this week been busy doing my homework for a project that my friend Sacha is teaching me.  Sacha has just set up her own blog  http://justforyoupapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ and is now also a member of DC.

Also keep an eye on my blog over the next week or so - I have used Tim again and can't wait to show you and there will be blog candy soon.

Hugs to you all

A little yellow ray of fun

Gosh it's been hot today, and the sun has been glorious.  I sat outside and coloured my images for today's cards.  It was great.  Came in when I got too hot and put them together.

I covered the basic card shape with Papermania yellow capsule collection papers.  Then used brown coredinations paper and distressed it.  The 3 tags and the top paper are by Bo Bunny.  The image is a Papermania stamp coloured with promarkers.  I made the flowers from the papers using the cricut and finished with a Recycled jeans button and some mini buttons.  

This card is for my friend Julie who drives a yellow beetle.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin challenge blog - anything goes

DYSU - duo challenge 38

Passion for Promarkers - planes trains and automobiles

Top Tip Tuesday no 53

Bearly Mine

Scrap Creations Blog - Its a girl thing

Paper and Such Design Blog

My Craft Spot - ribbon

Make it Monday

Well it's wet and horrible here in Somerset today, kids out with friends, hubby off working, so I have the perfect crafting day.  Spent a fantastic day yesterday at Monkton Elm Garden Centre, at a Docrafts Craft Demonstration with Sue.  It was brilliant.  Did I come away empty handed........... no of course not.  Also got my new Heritage cartridge for the Cricut.  So excited, can't wait to try it out.

Anyway here is a card I have made for the Mil. Its their friends anniversary so a card was needed.  Something nice and sunny .............

So here's tilda in all her summery colours.

The yellow papers are from the Papermania colour capsule range, the oranges are from Stampin Up.  Tilda has been coloured using Promarkers.  I have then inked the edge of the image using Papermania Mini Ink Pads.  The sentiment is LOTV and I used my Nesties to create the shape.  The swirls are Tim Holtz.  The roses are made from sprirals of torn paper.  The verse and flower are from the Docrafts Digital Designer Cd.  The edge of the insert was punched with a Martha Stewart Punch.

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:

• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge
• Scrapbook Sisters
• CES Challenges - Embelish Me More
• Our Craft Lounge - Challenge OCL83
• By The cute and Girlie - September Challenge
• The Crafty Ribbon Challenge No 2 - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 182 
• Flutterbywednesdays - Challenge 171

Hi everyone.

This is a card I made for AsIDoRodos on the Docrafts Forum.  It is friendship card.

The flower is made on the Cricut as is the word Hi.

I have used some older papers I had (The brown and reds were originally from TKMax, don't know who by tho.) and the yellow pattern paper is a Papermania one. The brad was part of my birthday presssies earlier this year from a crafty friend.  I finished it off with some pale blue Kars gems.  The ribbon was won on a docrafts challenge.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafts Us Crazy - Challenge Autumn Colours
DYSU Challenge Blog - No 36 Texture
The Pixie Cottage Challenge 86  Mellow Yellow

I have been having a bit of a blog hop today and have come across the Pixie Cottage.  They have some fantastic candy up for grabs, but also they are showcasing the latest rubber stamps in their collection.  There are some fab bears, some cute bunnys and much much more.  My fav is the two bears cudding.  They remind me of the two "Charlie Bears" that I have called Florence and Haydn.  These two bears are named after my Nan who I lost 22 years ago, but still miss greatly.  These bears enable her to be with me always (if only in name!).