Olympic Football

Hey, here is an Olympic card I made to support the great Team GB :) I made a male card (I always neglect male cards) in red, white and blue.
I stamped the papermania pastimes image in black and coloured him in using promarkers. I then cut him into a scalloped boarder and edged the image with blue ink. I then cut a red backing and also edged this with the scalloped edge. Next, I cut a piece of blue stripy paper to back half the red edge; down the side of this I used a stripe of red glitter.










I used a red card blank which I topped with a union jack flag paper from the forever friends best of British paper pad. I edged the paper with red ink. I tied red and blue ribbon crossed down the left hand side of the card finishing with a knot. I attached a union jack button to the top corner of the image and blue, red and white card candy in the corner of the card. To finish, I added a union jack bow with two hat pins and red white and blue beads.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: -
st lukes charity cards challenge - going for gold
craft your days away - olympic dreams
jelly park challenges - olympic fever
scrappy frogs challenge - red white and blue - Ends 6th August
pixie dust studio pixie challenge - wins gold
sj papercrafts - olympics
the squirrel and the fox - make it sporty
365 cards - olympic rings

Christmas Present Box

Hey, here is my latest project; a gift box for a present. I used the template from Creations by AR and I think the result is very sweet.

Firstly, I cut round the template to make each section from turquoise card. I then scored each part and built them up to make the case, box and drawer. I also rounded the corners of the outer case.

Next, I used the template to cut three sections of red card; the front and back panels and spine. I then chose my patterned paper. Cutting them just smaller then the red template, I used a Christmas toys paper which combined the red and turquoise theme.

Before adding the outer panels, I chose a red spotty ribbon and attached this round the outer panel with spare at the ends to tie the box together. I then attached the panels.

To finish the outer case, I added a raised decoupaged Christmas bear with a Santa sack, to keep in with the presents theme. I also used an 'It's Christmas!' sentiment tag backed with turquoise card and embellished with red ribbon which I raised with sticky pads.

For the inside, I used acetate to make the window to view a present through and added peel off candy canes to the boarder. To the drawer I added a red spotty ribbon loop tab to make the drawer easier to pull out.

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges: -

holly jolly christmas challenge - christmas gift box

come and get it challenges - anything but a card

snehals creations - any kind of box

incy wincy designs - anything but a card

fab n funky challenges - anything but card

rubys rainbow - anything but a card

dutch dare card challenges - anything but a card

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts

Hey, made this christmas card the other day; think its very cute :)

I stamped this wooden image at a friends house and coloured it using promarkers. I added glamour dust to create the snow and edged the image with red ink. I backed the image with green glittery card. To the image I added three tabs, which I inked with green ink and slotted these into the green backing.
I then added red snowflake paper to the backing card and attatched the image on a slant. I added white ribbon down the side of the card and a metal snowman to the top righthand corner of the image. I used three red and white heart brads which I attached to the green tabs. To finish, I added two red and green flowers with a white snowflake in the center of each.

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

52cct - july embellishment brad challenge

crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge - ribbon

reasonable ribbon - bling and ribbon

crafty catz weekly challenge - glittery

scrapbook sisters - christmas card

tabithas kitchen - christmas in july

ribbon carousel - christmas in july

2sisters challenge blog - christmas in july

The Power Of Pink

Hey, here is another card for the Link Up For Pink challenge. The layout follows a sketch designed for this challenge.

I used the Loobyloo Digital Designs Caring Bear image and coloured it using pro markers. I then cut and embossed this into a scalloped edge shape and edged the image with pink ink. I used glossy accents for the ribbon on the images' shirt. I then chose my papers and used a pink one for the backing of the card and a brown flowery one for the backing rectangle as shown on the sketch. I backed my image with vanilla paper and used brown and pink flowery ribbon across the bottom of the card. To finish, I dusted a cream flower with pink ink and mounted the sentiment 'The Power Of Pink' into the centre across the corner of the image. I added four flowers down the right hand side of the image and added pink pearls to the flowers and the brown backing rectangle. Lovely :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: -
link up for pink - sketch challenge
do you stack up - for a friend
little miss muffet challenges - neopoliton icecream
moving along with the times - pink pearly and pretty
the sisterhood of crafters - diamonds pearls and lace
pile i ton challenge - cute

Nativity Christmas

Hey, here is a Christmas card I made; it follows the traditional theme and is a cute image :)

I stamped the image, which is brand new and coloured it using promarkers. I then edged the image with brown colourbox ink. I backed this onto gold card and attached brown and gold stars ribbon down the edge of the gold card. I then mounted brown paper onto my card blank, followed by a Christmas music notation paper which I inked lightly with brown. I then attached my image and used three brown gems in the corners of the image and card. I stamped the 'Wishing You A Merry Christmas' sentiment and cut it and embossed it into a circle. I edged this with a light brown ink before backing it onto a larger brown circle. To finish I attached a bow to the top left corner and a metal star into the centre of the sentiment circle.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: -
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge - twinkle twinkle
delightful sketches - christmas in july
send a smile 4 kids challenge - christmas in july
totally gorjuss - its christmas
cc monthly challenge - ho ho ho christmas
crimbo crackers - animals
 shellys images blog - christmas in july
forever friends challenge blog - christmas in july

Snowboarding Christmas

Hey, here is a christmas card I made for a snowboarding friend, quite pleased with how it turned out :)

Firstly, I stamped the Stamping Bella image 'Daisyboard' and painted it using watercolours. I cut the image in a rectangle and edged it using lilac ink. I then edged the image with silver holographic card.
Next I cut a dark purple rectangle to attach to the lilac backing card. I then cut a rectangle of snowflake patterned vellum and attached this to the dark purple. I used purple spotty ribbon up the side of the card. I used a 'Happy christmas' sentiment with a silver gem to embellish; I then inked up a lilac snowflake and attached this too with a silver gem. To finish, I used pink and purple card candy across the top and bottom of the card.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: -
christmas stampin - vellum
the squirrel and the fox - christmas in july
lollipop crafts - christmas in july
hooked on craft challenges - christmas in july
ladybugs crafts ink challenge blog - christmas in july
holly jolly christmas challenge - acrostic christmas
craft door magazine - christmas in july
cc monthly challenge - ho ho ho christmas
annabelle stamps - say it with snowflakes

Hope, Love, Faith, Courage

Hey, here is a card I made this morning for the Link up for Pink challenge. I cut out and built up the LoubyLoo Pink Ribbon Boo Bear image to make it 3D. I cut a black edge for the image and a pink backing paper for the card. I then edged the image, backing card and backing paper with pink colour box ink. I tied pink ribbon up the side of the card. To finish, I attached four pink flowers with different spotty and heart brads in the centres.

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

link up for pink - challenge 3

do it with digis challenge - girly

bunny zoes crafts - girls girls girls

ribbon girls - girlie card