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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Happy Anniversary

Good Morning Crafty People. 

How are we all doing today?

July is my busiest time for wedding anniversary cards and I always get to the point were I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do especially as most of the cards are going to the same people. 

After hours (and I mean hours) of research which involved chewing my husbands ear off, and searching websites, I still hadn't decided on a layout, it was only when I was looking through photographs of my parents scrapbook I made them for their 30th Wedding Anniversary;  That the idea hit me.. What about using a wedding photograph on a card.

 That was it the idea started flowing and before I knew it the card was made. 

I used my wedding card stock in the pink and white for the card, with a colour photograph of my parents wedding. I love the vintage feeling of the card. My parents have been married for 34 years.  Both young sweethearts when they got married, I think my mum was 18 and my dad was 19. 

The card base was cut using a Spellbinder Nestability Labels One Grand Shape. 

I matted and layered this up with pink and white card stock, printed the photo and made this square to fit into the last layer of the white. 

I made home made roses and added these to the bottom, I added wild orchid craft flowers to the edges to compliment this. I finished the card of with a swirls, three butterflies, some liquid pearls and pearls in the center of the flowers. 

The inside of the card was matted and layered with the same layers with a sentiment printed on pearl card, and a butterfly to edge it.. Unfortunately I forgot to get a pic of the inside of the card - oops

I am really pleased with how this turned out! It is the first card that I have made using an actual picture on the card, and I certainly don't think it will be the last.

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

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog - #205 Anything Goes - 07/08 Crafty Girls Challenge - #23 Anything Goes - 07/08

Divas By Design - Anything Goes - 06/08

Crafty Creations - #268 Anything Goes - 05/08

MilkCoffee Challenge - 2 or More Die Cuts - 14/08

Time Out Challenges - #11 - Celebrations optional twist butterflies - 16/08

That is it for me for today - thank you all for stopping in, I look forward to reading your comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

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Golden Anniversary

Good Evening Everyone, 

Hope you are all having a great day, I can not believe that 12 years ago today the world changed forever, my thoughts have been with all them people and families who lost loved ones on that tragic day! 

So today I have for you a card I made for my parent in laws friends, I recently met them and they are such a delightful couple, they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary last week and thought it would be appropriate to make them a card for their anniversary. 

The card I made is using cream linen card stock from the Paper Mill. Gold pearl card and spellbinders.  I embossed the bottom section of the top mat and covered the join with a gold ribbon, I actually ran out of gold ribbon but did have a Christmas gold ribbon which said "marry Christmas" on but when you turned it over you couldn't read the writing - perfect for an emergency! I printed the sentiment of using my computer and changed the colour to "deep gold" and printed on pearl paper with a hint of gold to the pearl. 

I finished it with a gold bow, and gems. 

 The challenges I am entering this in to are:-

The ABC challenge - U for Unlimited 15/9

Crafty Ribbons - Anything with Ribbon

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes   18/09

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes #164

I hope you like and I look forward to reading all your comments

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

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New Design Team - Inspiration Monday CBN

Good Morning Everyone, 

Today I have for you a card I have created for my first challenge with my new Design Team. The Crafty Blogger Network.

This months theme is "metal magic" basically use anything metal or looks metal i.e. brads/eyelets/charms

The sponsor of this months theme is 

Lacy Sunshine  offers  beautiful original and imaginative  digital stamps  for all your papercrafting needs.  All images from Lacy Sunshine are  hand  drawn and designed by  myself, Heather Valentin, a professional artist, muralist and  illustrator  and my dad, professional artist, G.P.

"I am one  who loves creating timeless pieces from my heart and  soul, creating an extraordinary world filled with magic and whimsical friends.... one drawing at a time.  Come  journey with me now into my  world of pur imagination". 

Thank you for taking the time to visit. Enjoy your stay!
~Heather

Heather has kindly donated a $20 gift certificate for the lucky winner.

Here is my inspiration I hope you like

I am putting this card into the following challenges:-

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes -12/7
Paper Creators Crafts Challenge - Think Pink - 12/7
Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes - 21/7
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Anything Goes - 1/8
ABC Challenge - Q for Quite A Few - 15/7

Thank you for popping in and once again any comments that are left are greatly appreciated.

Crafty Hugs
Kelly
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