You're the apple to my pie + cakebox

Ready for Valentine?
I am with a few cards and gift boxes ready for Valentines day.

Paper: American Crafts, Melissa Frances Kitchy Kitchen, white card, Kraft card.

Colour: Faber Castell polychromos pencils, Distress ink, Tattered Angels Chalkboard spray, Glimmer Mists, Viva red pearl pen.

 Stamps: Magnolia.

Dies: Spellbinders, Doohickey dies, Marianne Design.

The inside of the card.

 Cricut: Tags, bags, boxes and more, cake box cut in pink American Crafts card.

Paper: white card, Melissa Frances paper and sticker.

Embellishments: Liquid pearl in raspberry, white Prima flowers sprayed with Glimmer Mist, Glossy Accents, pearls and stamen, green organza ribbon

With love

I am back!
We had a lovely time up in the lakes. So happy we managed to get 3 weeks this year. The weather wasn't bad for UK standards, I can't complain.
We did lots of things, but I only managed to make one card. I brought along my craft tote, but most of my craft time I stamped and coloured images. I did a lot of colouring with distress ink, watercolour pencils and paint.
We had no reception on our mobile and no internet. I did not miss the mobile at all, but missed the internet at times because I wanted to look at all your crafty creations out there. I have a lot of catching up to do.

I made a card with a stamp from The Greeting Farm, stamped on a pre-scored kraft card and coloured with pencils.

I used Papermania Rose Garden paper and some lace sprayed in Spring Rain Glimmer Mist.
The flowers are from Prima and Kaisercraft and painted with Shimmerz paint. I made the flower centers with Viva Pearl pen in Yellow and Ice White.

A close up of the coloured image. I didn't  use my blender pencil this time, but blended with a cottonbud. Just added some Stickles and Glaze for a finishing touch.

Stylin' chic

Hello,
I 'm a bit behind on my posting. I promise I will make a few today.
The first one is a mixture of stamping and the Cricut. I used The Greetings Farm stamp and the Paisley cartridge for the umbrella and sentiment. On the inside of the card I used  K&Co rub-ons.

Supplies:
DP: Whoop De Doo by g.c.d studios
Embellishments: Spellbinders photocorners, Cuttlebug emboss folder, lace and Stickles.

Thanks for your helping hands

Hello,

I haven't put away my color pencils yet. I colored this Greeting Farm stamp with my aquarelle pencils and some Sakura gelpens.

The flowers are made with Spellbinders flowers creations and the sentiment is made with Just Rite stamps.

Some Basic Grey June Bug paper to brighten it all up, with some flower brads from Making Memories.

I'm entering this card in 2 challenges; A Spoon Full of Sugar: floral delight and Simon Says Stamp!: a recipe.

I folded one edge on the background paper, this idea I got from the Cardmaker's Sketch Book. I like their books and although I don't follow the CPS-blog on a regular basis, I find them very inspiring.

Hope you have a lovely day. Bye.

Rock the farm

Hi there,

I've been crafting my Sunday away. Tomorrow is back to work. Managed to shake off the bugs.

I used this cute stamp from TGF, she's fun to colour. I had to use some paper from BG Offbeat, I thought all the pears and apples and turnips worked well with the farm theme. I cut some ducks from the "A childs' Year" cartridge. Some fun designs on there!

I 've used a lot of different craft goodies on this one, I even got out my sewing machine again. Phew!

I kept the inside nice and simple, but added some stitching. All the duckies are layered 3 to 4 times to give them extra dimension. I'm going to upload this one to my TGF Gallery.

Have a nice week!

Butterfly kisses

I'm starting to long for a bit of color and warmth. I know it's not yet spring, but with this exceptional cold weather we 're experiencing, I just yearn for some warm sunshine.
The forecast for Sunday and Monday is more snow, I just hope not for the South of England. Although they say it's less cold when it snows. Hmm... Sorry, I just don't take the cold very well.
I've cheered myself up a bit by making this next card. Just had to use oranges, yellows and greens. Haha!
I've added my card to the Gallery at the Greeting Farm  http://www.thegreetingfarm.com/galleria/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=837
and have joined for their first Saturday Sketch Challenge and on the Flutter by Wednesdays Challenge as you have to make something with "NEW" and butterflies, fairies and angels. Don't have the last 2, so made something with Butterflies.

It's another new Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm -out of my Christmas stocking-, the butterfly and hummingbird are from Artemio -a Belgian breed, hihi-. I forgot to mention the flower and the leaves, also from the same set. I stamped the white cardstock first with different colors of Distress Ink. The butterflies and bird are just stamped in one color and cut out, then I added some glitter and pearls. The rub-ons are from Doodlebug, the patterned paper is from BG Offbeat collection. I've added some Spiced Cider Blingz to the paper roses and some brown polka dot ribbon around the card.
I'm still experimenting with my Copic colouring. I've seen some lovely Manga colouring on You Tube. I wish I could colour that way. It was a girl with a kitten in her arms. Beautifully done!
Something from the homefront; my mom needs to have another coronary op on Monday and I'm already worried sick about her. I can't go over yet. I just pray that she isn't scared and all goes well with her. So terrible that I live so far. I wish I could find a way so she could live with me.

2 Challenges in one

Boy, did I enjoy this one!
I wanted to play on 2 challenges at once. This is my entry for BBTB2 and the Copic Colour Challenge.
Now I just hope I can link them properly.

Supplies: Miss Anya Dressy Greeting Farm stamp, Graphically Speaking cart, Swirl embossing folder Cuttlebug, DCWV Spring Glitter stack, Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist, MS border punches, Carla Craft corner punch, scalloped oval Nestabilities.

Cherish

Goodmorning everyone,
What a night we've had. Storm winds and gushing rain. The sun has come out finally this morning.
I have another card I would like to show you.

Supplies: Memento black tuxedo ink and Versamagic red ink, grey card from stash, patterned paper from Marianne Design,  stamps from the Greeting Farm, JustRite and Somerset Studio, colors Copics, Stickles, Nestabilities, Swiss Dots embossing folder, red foil from stash, black lace from Veritas, Tom Tas heart punch.

New stamps

Goodmorning,
Hope you had a nice weekend. I sure did. The weather wasn't, but that doesn't bother a keen crafter.
Saturday, my DH drove me all the way to Surrey, first to Crafts U Love and then to The Craft Barn. He planned on buying me my Christmas presents. Ain't I a lucky girl!
Of course I couldn't wait to start using them... Don't worry DH, I've kept a few for you to wrap and give on Christmas day.
I decided to make some cards for 3 colleagues of mine, who will be leaving for other clinics. In one way or the other, they are all moving to be closer to their families.
And now the cards:

Couldn't resist this happy hippo from Motivet. I used some pink and mint Shimmerz and a lot of cutting and ebossing with the Cuttlebug. I used K&Co + Making Memories paper, flowers from American Crafts colored with Shimmerz.

This little girl is from The Greeting Farm. On this card I used Glimmer Mist. I must say I am won over by the Shimmerz. Less mess, easy little pots to use and cheaper than Glimmer Mist. Definetly my choice for making cards. The sentiments are made with JustRite stamps and I used my new circle Nestabilities to cut them out, which is a lot nicer then using the punch. I finally got the complete Copic set and I really enjoy them. It's worth investing in them.
Thanks for looking and have a nice day.

Thank you card for my friends

Hello,

Today I want to share with you a card I made to thank some friends of mine. They 're always so sweet and thoughtful. They gave me a treat with some fresh picked green beans and blackberries from their garden. So I made this little card for them. Of course with my all time favorite paper from Basic Grey. I think I could work for that company. Havn't seen a single paper of theirs that I did not like.

So this one 's made with the Granola collection and some Coordinations cardstock which I embossed with the Cuttlebug and then inked the edges with Jumbo Java from VersaMagic. Nurse Anya is stamped in VersaMagic Red Brick and colored with Copic Ciaos. I also colored the background and used the colorless blender over it. Just added 3 gemstone stars for some bling.

I have used the rectangle Nestabilities from Spellbinders to die-cut and emboss the image. The tag is punched with Fiskars' punch. They have got these really easy squeeze punches. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and heat embossed with white powder. The flowers are from Prima and the button is vintage.

I have to sizes of white cards I use for making my cards. These square ones are from Anita's and my rectangular ones are from Royal and Langnickel, who produce really good quality crafting stuff. On other occasions when I want a colored card, I use the Cricut and some 12x12 scrapbooking cardstock or papers.

Hope you like it,

Thanks for looking.

Get Well cards

Hello, As promised a few more get well cards. Being a nurse, I love this pretty stamp from the Greeting Farm. I found her a Crafts U Love. I colored her uniform in the NHS colors, a color I now where too. I was used to nurses wearing only white. Changing felt a bit strange in the beginning when I started working here. But I guess it 's a better color for my image now, couldn't imagine her all in white. LOL. Paper: Basic Grey Lime Rickey, Ink and colors: Dew drops, Copics and Whispers, Brads: Basic Grey, Flowers: Prima, Glitter: Star Dust Stickles, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Anita's 3D Clear Gloss, Button: 99p store, ribbon from my mom. :) Here is my lovely nurse again.

She 's in her holiday mood now, just like me, so her apron is lighter. She 'll serve you sparkling orange juice and a sweet apple. LOL.

All items used: same as before, only no Glimmer mist, Button: Autumn Leaves French Twist, Ribbon: Hobbycraft. Hope you like it.