Always and Forever

Hi Crafty Friends, 

How are you all?

Today is a card I made for my parents wedding anniversary. 

I used Birds Cards SVG file for the background - You can find her files here

The image is from Lili of The Valley and I coloured it in with promarkers and the odd flex markers. I cut the balloon out twice and raised this with foam tape.

The flowers are from Wild Orchard Crafts and the leaves and swirls I believe are also from Birds Cards.

The gems are from my stash and I used a stamp from I think it was Popcorn the Bear.

The challenges I am going to enter this in to are:

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes - 22/09

Creatalicious Challenge - #67 Flower Power - 15/10

Crafting from the Heart - #36 Anything Goes - 22/09

The Crafty Blogger Networks - Anything Goes - 01/10

Thank you for stopping in I hope you like it and I look forward to reading your comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

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Well Hello Shirley

Good Morning 

My turn to share with you what I have created to share with you for inspiration. 

This week I am sharing "Shirley"  

I love Shirley she is so cute, with her mad hair and glasses, she is perfect for any age. 

 As it is summer I thought I would go with Bright and Funky colours, this is really not my normal colour scheme but it is so cheerful and bright I thought it would certainly stand out. 

The base is an 8 by 8 white card blank with Bright Pink and Lime Green colour card stock which have been cut down by a 1/4 of an inch to give a nice border. 

I used a designer paper from my stash which luckily complimented the image and my colour scheme perfectly.

 I stamped Shirley out onto 300gsm card stock cut her out using a spellbinder die, and coloured her with promarker pens.

Hair; Walnut, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Sandstone

Top; Wild Cranberry, Pink Lobster, Rose Pink

Skirt; Leaf Green, Grass Green, Apple

Boots; Apricot, Honeycomb, Oatmeal

Skin; Ivory, Blush, Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink

Glasses; Apple

Eyeshadow- Soft Aqua (Flex Marker)

 Lips - Vermillion (Flex Marker)

Edging - Soft Aqua

To finish the card I added a green wavy border with a pink strip across the center of it, I then added a sheer green ribbon and knotted it at one end.  I used a photo corner die in the green added to each corner. Finally to finish the card I punched out four flowers two in each colour and added gems to the center of the flowers and to the center of the corner dies. 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges

Thanks for stopping in 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

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Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas

Good Morning to Everyone, 

Wow its back to me, these weeks are flying past. 

Today I am sharing for you a Christmas tag. The tag is probably for a really big present but you can resize it to suit your needs. 

I took a plain piece of card stock and used my red brick distress ink and inked the background.. I didn't want just a solid colour so thought this would work well. 

I took my stamp he is from the Yuletide range and is "Claus" and stamped it on to 300gsm white stamping card, and coloured his face with promarker pens, I added glossy accents to his glasses and stickles glitter glue to his beard and hair. 

I matted this onto red and gold card stock.

I added a bordered and inked this in green, and added gems to the center of each point. 

The poinsettia is a die cut and I coloured this in using two different reds and layered them up, I added gold gems to the center of the flowers. To finish it off I added red spotty ribbon.

I adore this Santa he is so cute and makes me feel like I could just have a cuddle of the "real" Santa. 

That is it for me for this week, don't forget to pop back and see what Sue has on offer for you tomorrow. 

Don't forget as well you can find "Bee Crafty" on Facebook we have a lovely little group that you can share your creations in. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

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Hearts For You

Good Afternoon guys, 

Hope you are all keeping dry, so far we have had a bit of rain but nothing like what was forecasted. 

Today I am sharing for you a wedding anniversary card (I have plenty to share with you as July is my busiest month for anniversary cards) 

This card is one that I made for my husband’s cousin and his wife, the celebrated 14 years of marriage the other day. 

I first seen this idea on Pinterest, unfortunately it has been pinned that many times I am having problems getting back to the original idea. 

The card base is a A5 card base and is matted with black and white card, the top layer was a plain white card section that I embossed using one of Sue Wilson A4 embossing folders. 

I cut the hearts and the butterflies out with my Cricut machine. I used my promarker pens (lobster Pink, Yellow, and Grass) to colour in the die cut pieces, I went for vibrant colours so they stood out from the black. I embossed the top layer of each heart and matted a contrast butterfly to each piece. It was finished of with a sentiment of "Happy Anniversary"

Really simple for me, normally I love to have a coloured image in and flowers all over, but I think it actually looks pretty cool, and I am thinking some Christmas cards like this would look lovely. Watch this space - I will be having a play later and see what I can come up with. 

The challenges that I am entering this into are:

Crafty Catz #240 - Hot Summer/ or Hot Colours -  25/07
Sister Act Card Challenge #66 - Anything Goes - 25/07

Crafty Girls Challenge - #22 - Anything Goes - 24/07

7 Kids College Fund - #104 - Anything Goes - 30/07

Just For Fun - #1 - Anything Goes  - 01/08

I hope you like it and I will be back soon to share some more ideas with you. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Happy Belated Fathers Day

Hi Guys, 

So I have had a few scheduled blog posts for whilst I was away but I didn't get as many up as I wanted to before I left (how bad am I time just ran away from me) 

So anyway I am back from a fantastic week in Turkey, whilst we were there me and Alan celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary it was brilliant, just the two of us, spending time around the pool in 38 degree heat sipping cocktails most the day - just what the doctor ordered. 

Anyway today i have a card for you I made for fathers day. This is the card I gave to my dad. How late am I in getting this up on my blog.  OOOPs

So I used a Lili of the Valley image -  I love this image and it was perfect for my dad, we have dogs in our family (well he has three) and you will often find him sitting out in the garden with one of the dogs sat on the bench next to him, so as soon as I seen this I knew I had to use it!

I used my promarker pens to colour the image in with and chalk for the "sky" I added white liquid pearls to give some extra detail to the image. 

I used brown and green and matted and layered the papers up. I added a cloud with the word "DAD" in and a sentiment of "HAPPY FATHERS DAY" All the die cuts were cut using the cricut expression original machine. I added fake stitching around some of the letters and the cloud. 

I finished the card by adding string and card candi to it. 

I will be entering this into the following challenges:- 

Animal Friends Challenge - #16 Must have animal - 01/08

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Must use digi or rubber stamped image - 01/08

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes using patterned paper -01/08

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes - 01/08

Sarah Hurley 365 - July - Celebrations -01/08

I hope you have enjoyed the card and I look forward to reading your comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Ho Ho Ho

Good Morning Everyone, 

Monday again I really do think these weeks are getting quicker and quicker. 

Today I decided to do something a little bit different, I thought instead of as standard card, I thought I would do a card in a pop or pop up card box as they are sometimes called.

Today I am using one of the Bee Crafty Christmas Stamps, I adore this Santa, I think he is so cute. 

I did cheat a little bit, I did use my cameo to make my box, but only because I was running out of time, I will look at doing a little tutorial for you on how to make the box manually and get it posted for you as soon as possible. 

Isn't this the sweetest Santa, I coloured his face with promarker pens, added glossy accents to the glasses, and stickles all over his beard, eye brows and anywhere white really. Give him a lot of bling, the only problem is I can not get it to show up on the pictures.

So the box was decorated with Christmas paper and Christmas embellishment , card candi, a die cut of "ho, ho, ho" 

The items I used

Clause - Stamp

A4 card stock

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Christmas Backing Paper

Christmas Embellishments 

Card Candi

That is it from me for today, thanks for hopping in.

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Craft or Blog Everyday In June - Day 7

Good Evening,

Sorry it is a bit later then normal... Been a busy day shopping with the hubby for some new clothes ready for the summer -- well that is if we are going to have a summer.

So today is Day 7

Our theme that has been set is "What is your favourite medium to work with, or craft something sporty"

So I thought I would craft something sporty. And make it for a male and keep it ready for that "forgotten" male birthday.

The image is from the Paper Shelter. I have coloured him with promarker pens. The backing paper is from Crafters Companion Male Hobbies CD

I cut my sentiment using my cricut and finished the card with card candi and stitching. I am starting to like the more simple cards for males..

Don't forget to leave a comment and let me know what your favourite craft gadget is, this will also help you into the draw for the giveaways 

I have decided as well that  I will also do a little give away -  3 separate winners -

Prize 1 - £10 Bee Crafty Gift Voucher

Prize 2 - £5 Craft Magazine - winner to choose

Prize 3 - Lili of the valley stamp to the value of £4.75

The only rules to be eligible are:

1. Follow my blog

2. Comment a minimum of 20 days out of the 30 

This is not a rule but I would also love for you to follow me on Facebook - if you do follow me, let me  know in the comments and this will give you an additional entry.

Unfortunately due to postal charges these days this give away is only open to UK friends. (I will look into how I can do a give away for my international friends and try and do something in a few months time)

Hugs Kelly 

xxx

Start Your Engines

Good Morning Guys, 

Here again for another card! 

This time it is the start of a new challenge from Fab n Funky and our challenge this week is:

Fathers Day or For The Man In Your Life. 

This week we have received some fantastic images from The Paper Shelter. 

So on to the card. 

I went with My Racing Car image  and I picked the digital stamp part of the Image, I coloured it in using my promarker pens.  I picked this image as it is perfect for my dad for his fathers day card, he loves racing, is in a racing league and often goes go karting as well.

The papers are from Joanna Sheen Messy Rabbit, which I think contributed lovely to the card. 

The title "Start Your Engines" and the Flags are from Miss Kates Cuttables and I have cut these on my Cameo machine.

I matted it with white and orange card, edged the layers with fake stitching. 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges

Creative Cutting Challenge - Fathers Day Card - 09/06 

Paper Makeup Stamps #143 Anything Goes - 09/06

Eureka Stamps - Fathers Day - 09/06

Incy Wincy Designs - Something For The Men In Your Life - 09/06

Well that is it for me for now, I will be back later with the Blog 30 Days of June Challenge 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Hip Hip Hooray

Good Afternoon Everyone, 

Thought I would hop in and share with you a card I made for my Father In Law's Birthday. 

The card is an 8x8 card, matted and layered. The image is a stamp from Lili of the Valley, and is coloured with Graph It Markers, and Promarkers. 

Around the image I used Fran-tage to give extra detail. 

The sentiment was stamped and embossed using a bronze/gold embossing powder. 

I finished the card with a button, some twine and fake stitching.

I am entering this into the following challenges. 

7 Kids College Fund - #100 Anything Goes - 04/06

Creative Moments Challenge - #43 Anything Goes / Twine - 04/06

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #37 Anything Goes - 03/06

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes - 02/06

Well that is it for me, thank you for stopping in and I look forward to reading your comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx