A Birthday Card for our Daughter

Good afternoon,

What a fantastically sunny day we are having here in Inverness!  We had an early start this morning as we decided to do a car boot sale to clear some space (which I can now fill with some crafting goodies) and went prepared for all weathers, I even took my sheepskin boots and gloves but most of the layers were discarded as the morning went on lol.

Today's card is one I made for our daughter Iona who was 9 earlier this month.  This is her favourite stamp and she asked if I would use it on her card.  I was actually quite please as it saved me agonising over what to make for her!

I've tried to make it a bit more funky by using quite bright papers and teaming them with black cardstock.

The Stamp is Peek a Boo from Sugar Nellie and I've coloured it using Promarkers.  The papers I've used are Oh La La by My Minds Eye.  The round sentiment is by LOTV and the daughter one is from a huge and really useful set from Docrafts.  A die cut flourish using a Tim Holtz Sizzix die, spotty ribbon and some black gems finish off my card.

I hope you are having a good weekend and the sun is shining wherever you are.

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

Sister Act Challenge - #74 Anything Goes

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - September

Fairy Cakes Birthday Card

Good evening,

Well it's been a busy and sociable weekend with my daughter's birthday party yesterday and my own birthday today as well as my friend's daughter's birthday party.  This is the card I made for her.

The stamp is Fairy Cakes by Sugar Nellie, (ok I admit to having had a sneaky visit to the Funky Kits shop in Elgin last week but I needed some retail therapy!) I've coloured her in with Promarkers and added some Stardust Stickles for a wee bit bling on the wings.  The papers are My Girl by My Minds Eye and were another TK Maxx bargain I picked up while I was in Elgin!  The sentiment is by LOTV and the butterfly and round embellishment stickers are also from the paper pack.  Some pearls, a foam number and a ribbon bow finish off the card.

I'm off now to settle down with a glass of red and wait for the Chinese takeaway to arrive!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - #235 Sweet Treats
Sister Act - #73 Anything Goes
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - September
Crafty Ribbons - Birthday
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes
Robyn's fetish - #228 Anything Goes


I've also decided to enter my card into the DT call over at the Sugar Bowl Challenge Blog.  This runs until the 11th September so if you love Sugar Nellie Rubber Stamps and Digis click the link below and head over to their blog for more details.

Forever Friends Going To The Chapel Wedding Card

Good Morning,

It's been a wee while since my last post, things came to a head at my work and due to stress I've had to take some time off.  I'm feeling the better for being away from the situation but I'm still quite up and down.  Thank goodness for crafting to help take my mind off things!  Today's card is one I made for my daughter's friend's Mum and Step-dad who got married recently.

The stamp is from the Forever Friends Going To The Chapel Clear Stamp set, which I picked up in the sale at a local craft shop.  I've coloured the image with Promarkers and sprayed it over with Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle Iridescent.  I've also added some extra glitter glue to the Bride's veil and some little pearls to the headdress.  I've cut out the image and mounted it on die-cut circles from X-cut and Spellbinders.  The backing paper is by Best Creation and although you can't really see it in this photo it has some lovely texture and added glitter.  I've also used Bazzil Bling cardstock which has a nice shine to it. The sentiment is by LOTV and I've added some hearts made using an Embosslits set from Stampin' Up.  My card is finished off with some silver organza ribbon and some little pearls.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Pie Challenge - #77 Two's Company
Sister Act Challenge - #72 Anything Goes
Penny's Challenge - #193 Anything Goes
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - September

Another Baby Girl Card

Hi there,

Oh well it was back to work for me today and back to school for Iona, I have to say she was more keen than me!!!

Today's card is one I made at the weekend when Iona and I were doing some crafting together.  It's yet another baby girl card, we've really had a spate of girls lately!  I've gone for another Forever Friends image from the New Arrival DVD.

I've coloured the image with Promarkers and I've used some ancient Honey & Hugs papers which were a magazine freebie.  The button and pearl border came about as a happy accident as the glue was showing through the rather thin papers.  The sentiment is by LOTV and I've finished off the card with 2 kinds of ribbon.

If you get the chance to have a wee peek I've now got a cookery blog (link on the top right) with a few recipes which I hope to build on over time.

Thank you for looking,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Pie Challenge - #76 Buttons & Bows

Charisma Cardz - #17 Buttons & Bows

Sister Act Challenge - #70 Anything Goes

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - August

Forever Friends Baby Girl Patchwork Card

Hello,

I hope you are all fine and haven't been affected by the adverse weather conditions Bertha brought a few days ago.  We weren't too badly affected in Inverness itself but the surrounding area was hit quite badly.  I think the train lines East to Aberdeen and South to Perth are still closed.

Tonight's card is another baby girl card, all our friends and relatives have been having girls lately there hasn't been any boys for a while now.  I've gone back to a patchwork theme again as I really like the effect and it's great for using up wee scraps of paper.

The digi is from the Docrafts Forever Friends New Arrival DVD which was free with a magazine a wee while back.  I'm usually a bit nervous of using CDs or DVDs but I find the Docrafts Digital Designer ones are quite straight forward to use.  I coloured in the image with Promarkers and all the papers used are from the Hot Diggety Dog collection, also by Docrafts.  I've used a Spellbinders Nesty set to die cut the patchwork 'swatches' and added faux stitching with a Micron pen.  The sentiment stamp is by LOTV and the circle dies are by X-cut.  All I've added are some pearls and a spotty organza ribbon bow.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.  

Shona xx

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

I Love Promarkers - #232 Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - #224 Anything Goes

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - August

Sister Act - #69 Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - #190 Anything Goes

Die Cut and Embossed Birthday Card

Good Morning,

Well it's been a busyish first week of the holidays, Iona had swimming lessons every morning last week and then we went to Belladrum which is a fab little 2 day festival in our local area.  This year the headline acts were Sir Tom Jones and Razorlight.  My other half was also DJing at the Roller Disco at the festival and Iona had a whale of a time roller skating while her dad played the beats!  The weather unfortunately has taken a turn for the worse so we've been holed up at home for the last couple of days.

Today's card is one I made last week and I have to say it wasn't an original idea, it's based on a card I found on Pinterest.  I am absolutely hooked on Pinterest there are such fab ideas for cardmaking and life in general!

The card was made almost entirely from two 12x12 sheets of cardstock.  and I've used various embossing folders to add texture.  The Tattered Floral and Flourish dies are both by Tim Holtz for Sizzix.  All I've added is a matching button tied with paper cord some gems and a rub on sentiment from Kaisercraft.

As this isn't an original idea I'm not entering it into any challenges but I did enjoy making it as it was a change from my usual style.

Thank you for taking a look and if you are interested I now have a cookery blog (link on the right hand side of the screen) there's just a couple of recipes on it so far but I hope to keep adding to it regularly.

Shona xx

Patchwork Santa

Hi There,

Yay holiday time at last!!! I'm not super excited because I'm going away anywhere, I'm just glad to be finished work for a fortnight!  As you can tell from the lack of posts the last few weeks have been busy and more than a wee bit stressful, with a few late nights just before I finished on Friday.  Anyway, holidays mean more crafting time and that can only be a good thing!

Today's card uses a Forever Friends image I coloured weeks, if not months, ago with my Promarkers.

The papers are all magazine freebies from a couple of years back and I've used a Spellbinders die to cut the swatches for the 'patchwork'.  I've used the papers again for the snowflakes which were made with the X-cut freebie die that came with this month's Creativity magazine.  The circle and scallop circle dies are also from X-cut. The sentiment is by LOTV and I've added Hobbycraft gingham ribbon and large Dovecraft pearls to finish my card.

Thanks for stopping by and having a peek at my blog, it's much appreciated.

Shona x

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - #230 Ribbons

Robyn's Fetish - #223 Square or Rectangle Card

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - August

Sister Act Challenge - #68 Anything Goes

CHN Christmas Challenge Extra - August