Fall Bestie

Good afternoon everyone

I'm on a roll today.  This card has been made for my Second Cousin for her to give to her Nan.

I have used three different pattern digital papers from my crafty stash.The image is from Sherri Baldy, which I have then coloured using ProMarkers in the colours of fall.

I went to a wedding last year and managed to collect some leaves that were scattered on the tables which are a perfect colour for this project.  I have used one in the top right hand corner and two in the bottom corner.  On top of the leaves I have place some yellow flowers which I purchased from my local £1 store.

To finish off, I have added a brown bow to the top right hand corner, Cosmic Shimmer Pearl glue and a "Birthday Wishes Nan" sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Love to Create - Colour Inspired

Loves Rubber Stamps - Show us your Fall Colours

Tuesday Throwdown - Clean and Simple

Sassy Studio Designs - Fall Colours

My Besties UK - Orange, Yellow and Brown

Scrap-Creations - Fall

Hope you like my card.

Teresa

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Fairy Mum

Good morning

I have just finished a card which my cousin has asked me to make for her Mother-in-law, who adores fairies and flowers.

I have printed a digital paper from my crafty stash in the colour theme of lilac and yellow.  I love this paper because is gives a really soft effect.  I have used my Spellbinders dies to cut two plain circles and two scalloped circles in white and purple card.

This image is a digital stamp from Sherri Baldy which I have coloured in using ProMarkers, in the same colour theme as the digital paper.  I have then added to her wings, some flat back pearls from Hobbycraft and used the Cosmic Shimmer Pearl glue to give a little bit of interest.

The Heartfelt Creations Sun-Kissed Fleur stamp has been embossed onto vellum using the Cosmic Shimmer Arctic Pearl Lustre embossing power.  I have then coloured the back of the vellum using the same colour ProMarkers as the image and then cut out the flowers using the matching Spellbinders die.  The flowers have been layered up and flat back pearls added to the centres.

This card is being entered into the following challenges:

My Besties - Use Lavender

Creative Knockouts - Your Favourite Things (Fairies, Flowers)

613 Avenue - Create Your Own Challenge (Image, Die Cut, Liquid Pearls, Pearls, Ribbon)

Happy Campers Craft - Show us your Flowers

Oldie but a Goodie - Dies and Punches

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Flowers

Well that's all for now, off to start another order for my Cousin.

Teresa

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Footie Birthday Card

Happy Friday everyone

Today's card is a boys theme.  This is something that I tend to struggle with, as you can see, there isn't many male cards on my blog.  I thought it was about time that I tried to expand my range.

I have used a digital stamp from Saturated Canary which I have coloured in using ProMarkers.  The digital papers are from my crafty stash.

Around the edge of the image, I have used a fine line pen to give the illusion of stitching.  For embellishments, I have used some football and star buttons which I had in my crafty stash at home.

To finish the card, I have added a Happy Birthday sentiment in the shape of a ticket.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Glitter n Sparkle - Male Cards

613 Avenue Create - Create your own colour

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes

Feeling Sketchy - Follow a sketch

Passion for ProMarkers - One for the Boys

Totally Paper Crafts - Stitching on a card

Crafty Catz - Birthday Card

I hope you like it.

Teresa

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Pirates of the Caribbean

Good evening everyone

A quick card I finish this morning that reminds me of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean".

I have used a digital stamp from Sassy Studio Designs which I have coloured in using ProMarkers.  The digital papers are from my crafty stash.  I have also used a free digital stamp from Digi Darla, this I have just used ProMarkers around the edges to tie it into the colour theme.

To finish the card I have added two metal buttons from my crafty stash and flat back pearls from Hobbycraft, Cosmic Shimmer Pearl Glue and a "To a Very Special Daughter" sentiment.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Sassy Studio Designs - Pirates

Seems A Little Sketchy - Follow a Sketch

Lady Anne's Challenges - Stamp Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the evening.

Teresa

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80 Today

Good evening

Today's card has been made for a friend who needed a 80th Birthday Card and a lady her likes flowers.

I typed out a "Happy Birthday 80 Today" on my computer and use the Majestic Labels Twenty-Five Spellbinders Die to cut and emboss the sentiment.  The digital paper is from my crafty stash.

The flowers have been made using three different digital stamps from Meljen's Designs and I have printed these out in different sizes and coloured using ProMarkers.  They have then been cut out, shaped and decoupaged with a flat back pearl in the centre of each flower.

To finish off the card I have attached a blue bow made from ribbon at Ribbon Girl and use Cosmic Shimmer Pearl glue.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Crafty Catz - Decoupage

Creative Knockouts - Texturize it

Live & Love Crafts - Inspiration Collage

Craftitude - Anything Goes

That's it for now.

Teresa

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Double Easel Fairy

Good evening everyone

I hope you have all had a fantastic weekend.  Today I decided to have a play around with different shape cards.  I found a tutorial on a double easel card on the Creative Expressions Workshop Blog and thought I would give this style a go.  Here is the end result which will be entered into the following challenges:

Besties Challenge - Anything Goes

My Besties UK - Bring out the Fairy in you

Inky Chicks - Pretty in Pink

Lady Anne's - Stamp Anything Goes

I have used a digital stamp from Sherri Baldy, coloured her in using ProMarkers and added some flat back pearls to her skirt and glitter to her wings.  The digital paper is from my crafty stash at home.

I have used the Heartfelt Creations Sun and Striped Sun Kissed Fleur Stamps and Spellbinders Die set to create the flowers.  They have been embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Arctic Pearl Lustre Embossing Power and flat back pearls added to the centre.

A butterfly has been cut from a die and embossed with the same embossing powers and again, flat back pearls added.

To finish the card, a "Sending Wishes and Fairy Kisses" sentiment has been added and as a stopper for the easel, a "To a Very Special Nan" sentiment.

I'm pleased with the way it has turned out, I hope you like it too.

Teresa

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Boys Birthday Card

Hi Everyone

A very quick post tonight, I have had a lot of orders come in and am stressing a little about getting them all done, not that I'm complaining, it's fantastic that things are starting to pick up.

Tonight card is being entered into the following challenges:

Totally Paper Crafts - Birthday Boys

Love to Create - Clean and Simple

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Use 2 or more patterned papers

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

The image was the base of a decoupage sheet that has been in my crafty stash for about 3 years.

The front of the card has been folded back and I have used two different blue and black digital patterned papers.

I have kept this card very simple which I think suits it better and only added a Birthday greeting and some star buttons.

On the inside of the card I have added a birthday verse just to give it a more professional look.

I hope you like it.

Teresa

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Pure White

Good Afternoon

I have just finished my next card which I will be entering into the following challenges:

Sassy Studio Designs - Shabby Chic

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Paper Piecing

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Pure Whiteness

Passion for ProMarkers - Embossing

The digital image is called Elizabeth Laura Bennett from Sassy Studio Designs and it has been coloured in with ProMarkers and I have taken a piece of patterned paper from my crafty stash to use as her dress.

I have kept the rest of the card in a white theme.  The base card has been cut and rolled back to show a piece of embossed pearlescent paper.  I have added three small paper rose from Ribbon Girl and two hat pins from Wild Orchid Crafts.  

I have use the Majestic Labels Twenty-Five Spellbinders Die to create a frame around my image, Cosmic Shimmer Pearl Glue has been added around the edge of the frame.

 I have also added paper flowers to the top right hand corner with pearl brads in the centre, also from Wild Orchid Crafts.  

To finish off I found a shabby chic corner and mini frame with a simple Mum sentiment.

I hope you like it

Teresa

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Sliekje Birthday Card

Good evening

It's been a bit of a bad day today, just as my starting to feel better after my back operation, I suddenly come down with a cold.  My sitting here nursing a mug of hot milk and brandy at the moment.

Any where, my card today is being entered into the following challenge:

Passion for ProMarkers - Perfect Pets

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes + Ribbon and Flowers

Designed to Color - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Blue

I have chosen the colours blue and brown which I thought matched the image perfectly.  The image is a free digital stamp from Sliekje Digi Stamps and it has been coloured using ProMarkers.  The digital papers are from my crafty stash.

I have used two Spellbinder Dies, Captivating Squares and Damask Accents and added some blue stitched ribbon from Ribbon Girl.

The paper flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have coloured them using a FlexMarker and added pearl brads from my crafty stash.

To finish the card off, I have added Cosmic Shimmer Pearl Glue and a Happy Birthday sentiment.

I hope you like it, I'm now off to bed to feel sorry for myself.

Teresa

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My Bestie Bling Bling

Good evening

Here is the second card made today, it is being entered into the following challenges:

Besties Challenge - Monochromatic

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anythings Goes

My Besties Dutch Girls - Bling Bling

The digital stamp is from My Besties - Sherri Baldy and is coloured using ProMarkers and the digital papers are from my crafty stash.  I have used three different sets of Spellbinders Dies on this card, Persian Accents, Captivating Squares and Delightful Circles.

I have added lots of bling into this card by using green and crystal gems, ultra fine glitters and mini pearl flowers, all from my crafty stash.  I have also added a green glitter ribbon bow from Ribbon Girl.

The paper roses are also from Ribbon Girl and the flat paper flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and have been coloured using ProMarkers and glittered.

The card has been finished off with a 21st sentiment.

I hope you like.

Teresa

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Friends Thank You Card

Good Evening

I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend, my has been a bit stressful, so today I decided to relax and just craft all day.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Love to Create - Any Hero Thank You

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Stamped/Digi Image

The digital stamp is from Bugaboo Stamps and have been coloured in using ProMarkers and the digital papers are from my crafty stash.

I have made the paper flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur Stamp and Spellbinders Die set.  They have been embossed with black sparkle embossing powder and coloured with Promarkers, flat back pearls have been added to the centres.

I have also used the Persian Accents Spellbinders Die to create ribbon across the card.

To finish off I have added the sentiments "Friends make life Blossom" and "Thank You".

This is the first of two cards made today, check back later to see the second.

Teresa

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Fireman Sam Easel Card

Morning everyone,

A young friend of mind has asked me to make a Fireman Sam card for her Son's birthday.  He adores Fireman Sam and she looked everywhere for a card, but they were either too small or didn't have son on them.

This scared the life out of me, I'm not that good at cards for boys and Fireman Sam is so well know, I didn't want it to look cheap.

Here is want I have come up with.

I found a website called Coloring-Book, they have got colouring pages for all different kinds of well know characters.  I chose an image of the Fireman Sam fire engine and images of the four main characters.  These have all been coloured using ProMarkers.

I chose some bright digital paper from my stash at home and placed the fire engine in the centre of the card.  I then used 3D foam to place the characters in front of the fire engine.  It's hard to see in the picture, but with Fireman Sam, I used thicker 3D foam to make him stand out from the rest.

I have wrapped red stitched ribbon around two corners on the card and used red and blue buttons from my local shop as embellishments.  The buttons have been given a stitched on effect.

To finish the easel, I have used a Happy Birthday sentiment and added in his name, coloured in with ProMarkers, as a stopper.  The same style of buttons have been added to the stopper.

My young friend is over the moon with the finished result, which I am pleased about.

I am also going to enter this card into the Inky Chicks challenge this week, which has a theme of stitching.

That's all for now, I'm off to start my next project.

Teresa

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Penny Blossom Bookmark

Good Afternoon

Today I thought I would combine to challenge blogs together into one creation.  The first is for Crafty Catz, who required a Bookmark as an entry and the second is Totally Paper Crafts, who required the colours Red/Black with a touch of white.

So I have made a Bookmark in Red, Black and White.

This gorgeous digital stamp is from Penny Blossom and it has been coloured in using ProMarkers.  The digital papers are from my stash and have been printed onto glossy photo page to give a more intense colour.

 The sentiment "Dare to be Different" came with the digital stamp, it has been backed onto black card and a black gem stone added to the corner.

 

I have made a bow out of Red taffeta ribbon from Ribbon Girl and wrapped black rose ribbon from my local shop around the centre.

 

To finish off, I have made two bead strings out of beads in my crafty stash and one shamballa style string with a single bead and added these to the end of my Bookmark along with some satin ribbon.

This is the first time I have made a Bookmark, I don't think it has turned out to bad, I hope you think so too.

Teresa

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My Besties Christmas Tree Decorations

Good Morning everyone

Where has the summer gone, I have been so cold this morning that I nearly put the heating on.  It's a bit of a shock to the system.

Anyway on to today's creations, I have made to sets of Christmas Tree hanging decorations, one set in Green/Red and the other in Blue/Red.

I was out shopping at my local supermarket last weekend and came across these clear christmas baubles.  They are actually for putting photos in, but I thought I would have a little play with them.

I have used 7 of the My Besties digital stamps, re sized them and coloured them in with ProMarkers.  These little images took longer to colour then any of the larger sizes because of how small they are, but I'm pleased with the way they have turned out.

I have then added some little pearls with Cosmic Shimmer Pearl glue and punched out some small snowflakes and glued them onto the image.

I wanted the effort of a snow globe, so I punched out lots and lots of little circles with a hole punch from pearlescent , my hand aches quiet a bit now.

Then to add a little sparkle to the snow, I sprinkled some white glitter strips and some extra fine coloured glitter.

I then added an extra couple of punched snowflakes.

To hang the baubles on the tree, some red nylon cord from my local shop has been tied on.

And just to finish them off, a big red organza bow from my local shop, has been added to the top.

I have had so much fun making these, that I am already planning another trip to the supermarket to pick up some more.  I might even cover my whole Christmas Tree in My Besties.

I am entering these into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

Crafty Ribbons Challenge

Challenges 4 Everybody

Designed to Color

Well that's it for now, I'm off to start the next project.

Teresa

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