A favourite stamp

Hello everyone, yes I'm back for another brief encounter!

Things just seem to be tough to fit into my day right now and my crafting is just not happening as much as it used to. I am still here I promise! I'm just not creating anywhere near as much as I used to, I do hope I can find time to do more soon!

I have a card today which is for both the new challenge at Divas by design (your favourite stamp -anything by Saturated canary is a favourite of mine!) and a midway challenge reminder for the Saturated Canary Facebook challenge which is to create something using this awesome "Miss Personality" stamp.

I have used lots of pretty spring/ summer colours for this card. I can't even remember where my papers were from (soory) I think they were more than likely MME. My flowers are a mixture but mostly from Wild orchids and my butterflies are prima. My sentiment is LOTV.

My uber cute image has been coloured with prisma pencils. I think she looks a bit dirty as my printer ink kept bleeding when I was trying to colour :( I ended up using a blender pencil as it bled less that the mineral I used. I'm not sure if it is the card stock or the printer but it didn't make for easy colouring! I used a SU paint splodge stamp around the image too.

Do join in with  us for both of these awesome challenges for a chance at fab prizes!

Thanks for coming by again everyone.

Big hugs

A Creative Romance birthday blog hop

Happy 1st birthday to A Creative Romance!!!

Yes can you believe it has been 1 year since we started and although I have been a dreadful blogger and creator of late I am thrilled to have been a part of the first year at this challenge blog and obviously HAD to participate in our first birthday blog hop!!!

So here is my card... Well I wouldn't say my mojo is well and truly on form yet but for a first creation in a while it's definitely not my worst! I have used MME papers along with Jute and flowers from WOC and butterflies from Kays. My sentiment is Stempelglede like the stamps used around my image.

My image is of course the stunning Denise from saturated Canary coloured with prisma pencils

and what is a birthday blog hop without a little candy along the way?! So as it is a birthday I have this brand new "Ellies birthday" rubber stamp from Saturated canary to give away to a lucky blog hopper and not just that but I may just throw this card in too!

You should have come to my blog from the lovely MELLYand from here you are off to....

SHERI'S BLOG

If you have missed any of the hop just pop back to the A Creative Romance blog to check out the hop order and don't forget to comment along the way to be in with a chance of the fab prizes on offer!

Thanks so much for coming along to visit me today I know I have been a terrible blogger of late :(

Much love to you all and big hugs

A Lil Ladybug birthday

Long time no see?!! I know I've been a terrible blogger and crafter, to be honest I am moving in so many other circles right now that crafting is just taking a back seat. Of course I haven't given it up but just making less right now.

I do have a little saturated canary inspiration for you today with a commissioned card I have made. This IS very similar to a card I have made before as the commission was based on that card, colours and everything.

I have used beautiful echo park papers for this with such a striking colour combination. I have also used a mixture of flowers some of which are from WOC. My butterflies are from Kays with much of the rest coming from my stash.

 My gorgeous Lil ladybug stamp is exclusive rubber and she has been coloured with prisma pencils. I have also added some stickles sparkle to her dress although you can't really see that in this picture.

I have added computer generated personalisation for the customer.

Thanks so much for coming by my blog even though I haven't been by it myself in a while!

Big hugs

Divas 3rd birthday blog hop

Hello friends!

It's a celebration over at Divas by Design today as we are celebrating our 3rd birthday with a blog hop!

We have an anything goes challenge running alongside this which you can enter and win a mystery prize!

But in addition to this you can hop along all the DTs blogs to gain some inspiration leaving some comments along the way.

Each DT member will chose a random commenter from their post to win the creation they have made and also some of us have added a little candy too!

So for more chances of winning make sure you comment on as many blogs as possible!

I am last on the hop so if you haven't been to visit everyone here is the list for you to follow..

Divas by Design challenge blog

Sandra

Lou

Sue B

Margreet

Justyna

Andie

Mirella

Aunty Sue

Theresa

Jayne

Rebekah (you are here)
and thisis the creation I have made for one lucky commenter this time..

I have made a fabulous altered notebook! Using Tilda papers, butterflies from prima and a wooden tag from studio calico.

My wonderful image is "waiting" by saturated Canary and I have coloured her with prisma pencils and have edged in a stempelglede flourish stamp in vintage photo distress ink.

So would you like a chance to win this notebook? Then please leave a comment and thats not all what about a little candy?

I am also offering this some odd girl stamp set, a mariannes die and 3 reams of american crafts twine in black, cream and blue!
Thanks so much for coming by to see me and all my teamies, don't forget to joi us at Divas too for the chance at yet another prize!
Big hugs

Saturated canary Inspiration

Hidey ho folks! I'm here today with a little saturated Canary Inspiration and a commissioned goodbye card..

I used Teresa Collins papers in lemon and pink with some chocolate card stock for contrast. My butterfly border is a joy crafts die and my pretty flowers are a mixture of Wild orchids and Prima. My beautiful butterflies are of course from Kays kreative korner and my sentiment is waltzing mouse.

My sweet sorrowful image is one of the Saturated Canary images in Rubber only "there's always tomorrow" available at Little darlings and other outlets. I have coloured her in prisma pencils and added a little stempelglede flourish in vintage photo distress ink around the edge.

Don't forget to pop over to the Saturated Canary inspiration blog regularly for some stunning inspiration and keep up to date with the challenges on the facebook page!!!

Thanks for coming by my blog again everyone!

Big hugs

Lace at Midweek Magnolias and Divas buttons and bows

Hi everyone, yes it's been a while! I seem to be getting myself involved in other things and not crafting so much at the moment. Maybe I just need to have a break away a bit? Anyway I am still floating about with the odd creation!

Over at Midweek Magnolias it is midway for our Lacey lace challenge and at Divas we have a new challenge of buttons and bows which both fit with this card.

I have used pretty papers which came free with a crafting magazine, Prima butterflies, flowers from WOC and a wooden tag. lace and some berries from Live and love crafts. My die cut leaves are also magnolia and my frame for the image is nestabilities.

My sweet Tilda has been coloured with prisma pencils and I have added some liquid pearls in blue. My image edging has been inked with tea dye distress ink and I have used a stempelglede stamp around the edges.

We do hope you can join us for the challenges. My team mates have made some stunning creations do check them out and don't forget you have a chance of winning an awesome prize from Magnolia in Sweden if you enter at MM!

Thanks for coming by my blog!

Big hugs

Anything goes at stampin for the weekend

Hello again everyone! I'm still cold ya know?! I shouldn't complain at least we don't have a tonne of snow but I feel the cold really badly (says she in her blanket and fingerless gloves!) so I'm all up for a bit of warmer weather now!

I have a new card to show you today which is a commission I made and is also perfect for the Anything goes challenge over at Stampin for the weekend today.

The request was an 18th girls birthday card, spring colours, girlie and with a frog....

Did I meet the criteria? I used fabulous Black market paper society papers.  Stunning flowers from WOC, butterflies from Kays kreative korner and love metal heart and wooden tag from LLC.

I gave the customer a few images to choose from (frog related) and she chose this one from Meljens which I have coloured with prisma pencils. I have added some pink liquid pearls and I have edged in a stempelglede flourish stamp in peeled paint distress ink.

Although this isn't normally the sort of image I go for I actually really enjoyed making this and hopefully that shows through in the work I have done.

Thanks for coming by my blog again everyone. It would be fab if you could join us for our Anything goes challenge at Stampin for the weekend with a chance to win a prize from Marker pop!

Big hugs

Saturated Canary Mother's day inspiration

Hello lovely folk how are we all?! It's a bit brrrr freezing here today (lots of cold fog about) and there was me thinking that spring was coming with a few recent days of sun!

I have made a little inspiration today for Saturated Canary. I wanted to make a Mother's day card with a difference. I haven't tried one of these cards with draws in before so I figured it was time to give it a go!

I found a tutorial on how to make something like this HERE. I changed the measurements a bit as I wanted mine to be bigger (this is a 6x6) I love the fact there are 2 little drawers to the front and one on either side so thats 4 drawers for little extra goodies!!

I have used Magnolia papers for all of this on kraft card stock. The little drawer handles are made from ribbon and gem brads. The card on top is an easel card and stands up on this sentiment I printed from google search which is mounted on foam pads.

My wonderful image is the darling Snail mail from saturated Canary she is just so cute! I have coloured her with prisma pencils and have edged  in a tsempelglede stamp in Victorian velvet ink. My cute wooden tag is from LLC and has been stamped with a LOTV stamp.

My fowers are a mixture of some stunners from LLC and WOC. There is a prima wooden clock in there and of course that stunning butterfly from Kays Kreative Korner (swoon!) I have also used a bit of pink tulle under the layers for added texture.

Here is ho the card lays flat against the box for ease of posting. Now all I have to do is find some delicious goodies to pop in those drawers and send it off to my mum!

Thanks for coming by my blog again and do pop by the SC blog for some more inspiration and join in with us over on our Facebook page for some challenge fun!

Big hugs

A male project with a flourish

Hello again everyone! Is it me or are the days just flying by at the moment?! I honestly can't seem to find time to catch up on anything these days and my crafting really does seem to be taking a back seat :(

Anyway I'm here today to show you a little box I made which is for both the new challenge at Midweek Magnolias (flourishes) and the new challenge also at Divas by Design (let's hear it for the boys).

I have made this for my brothers 50th birthday..

I have used stunning papers from Authentique for this and finished off with lots of kraft elements. My flourishes are cut with a magnolia die, my butterfly is prima and my wooden tag studio calico (at LLC).

I am ashamed to say this is the first time I have inked up this little cutie Edwin. He is from an older range but is just too adorable. I have coloured him with prisma pencils. The blotches around the edge are and urban stampin up stamp.. love this which I have stamped with stormy sky distress ink.

This is a perfect little box to hold his pressie in!

Do check out the makes from my other teamies. At MM there is an awesome prize up for grabs from Magnolia in Sweden! And at Divas yet another great prize from Craftie Charlie.

Thanks for coming by my blog again friends!

Big hugs to you all

The Divas are sparkling!

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well in blogland!

We managed to survive half term and are just getting back into a normal routine of things here again. The week went by really fast and it seems far too quiet with all the kiddies back at school!

Over at Divas by Design today we have a new challenge and a couple of new DT announcements so do pop over and say hi to them!

Our fab new challenge is to MAKE IT SPARKLE so we want to see glitter and bling for this one..

I have used Tim Holtz shabby chic papers for my card. Does anyone know where I can still get these? I just adore them and have practically used them all now I'm just hunting about for scraps! I have also used an abundance of flowers from WOC, LLC and Kort & Godt as well as using a Mariannes rolled rose die to create some of my own. My butterflies are prima.

My stunning image is another of those gorgeous Aurora wings digis. I have coloured her with prisma pencils, she actually scared the life out of me for colouring as she is so detailed but I just love her that I had to give her a go! I have used a stempelglede flourish stamp around the edge of my image and have added some shabby pink frantage for some extra sparkle.

Do check out the awesome makes from my teamies at the challenge blog, including one of our fab new DT already!

Thanks so much for coming by my blog again folks!

Big hugs to you all

Buttons at Midweek Magnolias and Rubber only at Divas

Good morning lovely folk! Thank you to everyone that posted a wonderful comment on my Aurora wings card I do love those pretty images (so much so I have had to get more!)

Today I have a card which is for my DT Midweek Magnolias New challenge Beautiful buttons and also for my DT Divas by Design's new challenge of Rubber stamps only..

I have used pretty papers from Black market paper society along with jute and flowers from WOC, bling from Prima and bees from little snippets.

I have coloured Tilda with prisma pencils and have added a stempelglede flourish stamp around the edge in black. Ihave also added a little stickles sparkle to Bee Tilda's wings.

Do check out the stunning creations from the other teamies on both the blogs and please join us for the chance at some fabulous prizes!
I am entering this into Creative Inspirations buttons, Papertake weekly layers, Kaboodle doodles use buttons and twine and Dutch Magnolia anything goes.

Thanks for coming by my blog everyone!

Big hugs

Beautiful Aurora wings digis

Hello everyone! Well I have to say I am on the mend, thanks for all your well wishes! I am taking some antibiotics at the moment so I am sure to be as right as rain before the end of the week!

I have made a card today just for the heck of it.... yes no DT card or commission or anything, just for fun!!!

I have found these beautiful stamps by Aurora wings through both blogging and facebook pages and I have to warn you they aren't for the faint hearted! What I mean is they can seem pretty daunting to the beginner colourer, although she does have some simpler designs in her etsy shop too!

I have used all Magnolia papers for this creation (such pretty colours!) along with some seam binding, jute and flowers from WOC, with some of my other flowers, berries and little wooden tag coming from Live and love crafts. My butterflies are from papermania which I have added some stickles sparkle to and the rest is from stash.

 This is woman with Gardenia and pearls and I have coloured her as always with my prisma pencils. She did take quite a while lol, although I had to finish her over 2 days due to being disturbed by my day job!! I used liquid pearls for all the pearl strings here and added some stormy sky distress ink around the edge.

I can't decide yet whether to pop this one on my facebook selling page or keep her back for a special occasion! 

I am going to enter her into..

Card making mamas make it sparkle, Simon says stamp get krafty (all my matting card stock is kraft), Fashionista shabby chic and Butterfly spot challenge butterflies and flowers.

Thanks so much for coming by my blog again everyone!

Big hugs to you all