Sewing Rabbit

Morning All

Another Card for you this week 

This card was made for my mothers day card as she is into sewing, card making, quilting, art, painting anything really so this seemed to fit just nicely with her. 

I have used a backing paper printed from the computer I believe it is from the boofle collection from do crafts.

The image is from the Happy Hoppers range from Joanna Sheen and it has been coloured using promarker pens. 

The flower and swirls have been cut from my cricut expression machine. 

Anyway here is the card 

Recipe For The Card

Cream A4 card blank

Patchwork backing paper

Happy Hoppers Stamp - From Joanna Sheen

Promarkers 

Card Candi 

Cricut machine - flowers and swirls 

Gem

Challenges

I am putting this card forward for the following challenges.

I Love Promakers Challenge - Anything Goes  

Stamp With Fun- Challenge 203 - Anything Goes 

Everybody Art - Challenge 28 - Spring 

Creative Inspirations -Challenge 206 - Spring Colours

ABC Challenge - J for Just As You Like

I hope you like my card and I look forward to reading any of your comments. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs and Smiles

Kelly xxxx

Flower Power

Morning Everyone, 

A new card for me today,

I have created this card using the LOTV Stamp If Friends Were Flowers , it was released back in November and I think it is delightful, very easy to stamp and colour in, which I  have found in the past with flower stamps to be a bit of a pain. I guess it is down to the quality of the LOTV stamp.

I made this card for my mother in laws mothers day card, It is a little bit different from my normal style of card. I like the idea and love the colours of the backing papers when I made the card I did like the flower I created but when looking back I kind of wish that I had used my normal "rose" style but I guess it is just different. The main thing is the Hubby loved it and so did the mother in law. So I guess that is all that counts. 

Well enough ramblings here is the card 

The recipe for the card is:
A4 Cream Hammered Card
Backing Paper - This believe it or not has been in  my stash for years and I have only just got around to using it up.
Lili of the Valley - If Friends were flowers stamps
The Flower was cut using the cricut machine in various different sizes
Swirl and Leaves are all cut as well from using the cricut machine.
The Card Candi at the edge of the card was a white card candi and was coloured in using promarker pens to match the flowers
The sentiment was printed from the computer coloured in using distress ink and mounted onto the same cream card
The image topper was also cut from the cricut machine - Martha Stuart Elegant Cake Art
The Image was coloured in using promarker pens and flex marker pens
The bow is just a plain cream ribbon tied by hand to create the bow.
The Bottom Lace effect is self adhesive ribbon.

I am putting forward this card for a few challenges.

• I love Promarker - Ribbon and Bows - Challenge #159 
• Ladybugs Craft - Spring 
• Moving Along With The Times - Spring is in the air
• My Mums Craft Shop - Spring Has Sprung
• Fussy and Fancy Friday - Flowers - Challenge #84

Valentines Card - Male

Morning All, 

Hope you are all well. 

Today I have for you my husbands valentines card that I made for him. I didn't want a cute bear card for him so instead I opted for a more "unique" style card. 

As you can see from the card it is not the normal style of card that you would necessarily associate with valentines card. 

The base of the card is a cream card that has been edged with faux stitching. The leaves have been cut from a die cut and coloured in using pro marker and spectrum noirs. The border is from a nestabilities edge die that I got with my Grand Calibur from Create and Craft. The blue section is from a nestabilities that has been cut on a textured card and then coloured using Tim Holtz distress ink pads. It has been edged in white faux stitching. The banner "Alan" has been cut from my cricut machine and matched using the same colour as the leaves, the same backing paper and the same blue as the main mat. The image is a digital stamp that I had in my library and this has been coloured using a selection of pro marker pens and spectrum noir pens, (i love how these two different pens work so well together) The sentiment is from a perfect pals stamp collection from Crafters Companion the one with a little girl holding a pink Dalmatian puppy. 

To finish the card I have used two little blue gems and three pieces of card candy, blue red and white. 

Here is a close up of the coloured in image, I have always struggled with shading and this last week and a bit I have done nothing but watch the four day deal on Create and Craft with the pro marker pens and watched hundreds of you tube videos and I think I have finally cracked it. 

I will take some photos of the little pieces I have played with this week and get them up soon. 

Thanks for reading and remember keep them fingers crossed for me for the die'sire design team. 

Hugs and smiles

Kelly xxx

Cards and Informations

Morning All

I have a card I am about to up load for you it was my husbands valentines card.

Anyway I have some what I believe to be brilliant cards that I will be adding soon, but due to them being family members who have access to this blog it would be unfair of me to pop them up just yet.

I am also working on a scrapbook at the moment from our holiday we had in Centre Parcs in September, I have created the cutest little squirel layout, it just needs a few finishing touches and I will get that up soon.

I have also applied for the Die'sire design team and I should hear today, I am on tender hooks just waiting for that email/phone call to come through being on a design team for an award winning company is all I have dreamed about since I started crafting back in 2006 - and by doing this if I am accepted will mean it will inspire me to keep this blog up to date more often.

Anyway must dash and I will get that valentines card up loaded in just a few ticks.

Hugs and Smiles

Kelly x

90th Birthday Card

Hi All

I thought today I would show you a card I made for my Husbands Gran's 90th Birthday that we celebrated with her in November. 

The card I have made is an easel card with a book of trix style front. 

The front "book" design is cut from the cricut machine in various different sizes to create the layer. 

The top layer has been embossed using the grand calibre machine. 

To finish the card I have cut Happy Birthday, 90 and the flowers and leaves again all from my cricut machine. 

The card went down a treat and I hope you like 

 Thanks for looking

Hugs and Smile 

Kelly xx

Christmas Cards 2012

Well My last post said that I was having some time away but I was back, and since then I have no posted anything, so thought it was about time that I got my act into gear and got some items posted. 

I have even been really naughty and forgot to photograph my parents birthday cards as it was my mums 50th I went all out on her card, luckily I will be seeing them tomorrow so I will get a photograph of her cards and my dads and pop them up for you as well.

For now though I have all my Christmas cards that I did for last year. 

I have cut right back on my cards for 2013 as I am hoping to concentrate on my scrapbooks as well as card making. 

Sorry I can not for some reason get them to turn around so unfortunately head on carpet time.

Thank you for looking and I hope to get some more posted shortly

Hugs
Kelly x

Had some Time Away-But I am back

Hi All

Just thought I best pop on and update my blog. I have not been very well at all for the last few months, had many days where I have not even really been able to get out of bed. As I type this I am still laid on sofa trying to get energy to go finish a card I have to do.

Can not believe how long it has been since I last uploaded anything.

I have not really been making cards, but a have made a lot of scrapbooks and am really enjoying looking back through photos and having all the memories come flooding back to me, it is very rewarding to be able to show the photos to family and friends and have them comment on the scrapbooks. 

I have also been changing around my craft room, changing how I have my pens, I have such a large selection of pro-markers now and a few spectrum noirs that I needed to do something about them. rummaging around in that box I had them in was driving me mad especially when they kept jumping out of the box, onto the floor and then hide from me. 

So I am going to update the blog with lots of photos of the scrapbooks I have done, change the layout of the blog to give it a fresh new look oh and finish my mother in laws birthday cards. 

Hope you like what is to come 

Hugs and Loves

Kelly xxx