Topsy Turvy Cake

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well.

Well what a stunning weekend we had weather wise here in Warwickshire ~ we even managed a barbecue on Saturday evening and stayed out until well after dark as it was so warm.

Today I have a Birthday card to share ~ not made for anyone in particular ~ but will go in my card box for future use.

First time I have inked this stamp up ~ but it could fast become one of my favourites me thinks!

CARD RECIPE

Image: Whimsy Stamps ~ Meljen's Designs 'Topsy Turvy Cake'
Colouring Medium: Copics & Spica Pens
Cardstock: White hammered card base, Bazzil Basics & Polka Dot card from my scraps box
Sentiment: Craftwork Cards ~ Birthday Messages
Rhinstones: Doodlebug Mini Jewels 'Limeade'
Ribbon from my stash

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

Charisma Cardz ~ Challenge #32 ~ Monochrome
Just Inspirational Challenges ~ Photo Inspiration
Meljen's Design ~ Challenge #123 ~ Tie A Ribbon
Stampin' for the Weekend ~ Challenge 15 ~ Monochromatic

Thank you for stopping by ~ I hope you like my creation.

Sweet Little Donkey

Hello everyone out there in blogland  .....

Firstly, I want to say a HUGE thank you to Debby who very kindly pointed out that she couldn't leave a comment on my blog ~ I checked this out and there was definitely a problem.  It worked when I first set up this blog and now it doesn't?  I spent some time checking all the settings and finally managed to get it working by enabling the little window that pops up on most peoples blogs to leave a comment ~ I will never know what went wrong, but I am very glad to have now sorted it.  So, if you have been trying to leave a comment and couldn't, it is now fixed.

Anyhoo, here is my share for today ~ a Birthday card for my Mom and her birthday is today.

My Mom adores donkeys so I thought this image was perfect.  

I have decided my long winded descriptions of how the cards on this blog have been created are a little tedious to read, so I am going to try and just 'itemise' what I have used instead ~ let me know what you think.

CARD RECIPE:

Image: Whimsy Stamps ~ Meljen's Designs 'Sweet Little Donkey'
Colouring Medium: Copic Markers
Backing Papers: Prima ~ Fairy Belle Collection
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics
Nestabilities: Lacey Circles
Sentiment: Crafwork Cards Birthday Messages
Martha Stewart Punch: Scallop Dot
Embellishments: Ribbon, Rhinestones and Charm from my stash

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

Meljen's Designs ~ Happy Birthday
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ~ Pink
Charisma Cardz Challenges ~ Pink + 1

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Twit Twoo!

Hi everyone,


I'm back after a short absence, the builders are back.  More work, but nothing major this time, all the same I find it hard to concentrate or in fact get anything done when they are here!


Today I have a card that I have made to enter into the Sketch N Stash 88 challenge.

For this card I took one of my A5 white hammered card blanks and cut it down to make a square card blank {old stash}.  I have then taken a piece of Papertrey Ink 'Perfect Match' cardstock in Ocean Tides and cut a square slightly smaller than my card blank, I have then layered onto this a piece of My Mind's Eye paper from the 'True Blue' collection {new stash}.  For the border on the left I have used more Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides and layered over this with another piece of My Mind's Eye paper from the same collection.  The image is Whimsey Stamps ~ 'Whimsey Owl' (the link takes you to a Digi Image version) and he was stamped onto a piece of Craftwork Cards 'Ultra Smooth Premium Cardstock' with Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad, coloured in using Copics and then run through my Grand Calibur with a Netabillities circle die.  The image was then mounted onto a mat cut from the Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides cardstock.  To finish I have used a scrap of ribbon {old stash} from my ribbon scraps box (there was literally only just enough to tuck under the edges) a Prima flower and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards which has been colour tinted with VersaMagic ink in 'Oasis Green' to tone with the colours of the rest of the card and finally some Jose Rose nail heads - whew!!


Thank you for visiting and for any of your lovely comments ~ always welcome.

Birthday Girl!

Hi everyone,


Today I am sharing a card that I made for my gorgeous dog Majik for her 5th birthday, I know totally soppy, but I don't have children so I have to spoil someone.  This is another first for me because I am going to attempt to enter a challenge with this card, the challenge is Wags 'n Whiskers Anything Goes.

So, I have taken one of my cut down white hammered card blanks and then layered this with a square of brown Bazzil Basics and another square of white hammered card.  The image is Whimsey Stamps 'Cupcake Bliss', this was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured with Copics.  The image was cut out and mounted onto a rectangle of bone patterned DCWV 'The Pets Stack' paper and more brown Bazzil Basics card.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with a Stampin' Up oval punch.  I added pink ribbon and the paw brad from my stash.


Again apologies for the photo, hopefully when enlarged it will look a little better!

Bundles Of Joy!

Hello everyone.  Well, this is my first venture into blogging, it may be a bit sporadic to start with as I get to grips with the fundamentals, but hopefully I will get there!

This is a card that I made for a very good friend who (wait for it) has recently been blessed with nine Bearded Collie puppies.

I first took an A5 white hammered pre-scored card blank and cut it down to a 15cm square (I am trying to use up some old stash), the image is a digi image from Whimsey Stamps called 'Dog Song' and this was coloured with Copics and then mat and layered.  The border is an EK Success border punch 'Paw Prints' and this has been trimmed with ribbon.  The sentiment was computer generated and punched out using the Stampin' Up 'Word Window' punch and mounted onto coloured card stock punched with the Stampin' Up 'Modern Label' punch