Blooming with sweetness

Happy Valentine to all, but specially to my one and only beloved one.

Websters Pages papers are most delightful and so soft in their make-up, they really suit the Magnolia stamp.

Colouring with colour pencils.

The flower is handmade from old magazine papers.

A safe landing

My next card is for someone who is going through a rough time. Life isn't always easy and the hard times may bring us low, but as long as we remember that every cloud has a silver lining and there is a God who watches over us. so here is to you who struggles...

Prima papers from the Jack 'n Jill collection are used as the background papers. The stamp is from Crafty Individuals and coloured with pencils.

The sentiment is from TCP studio and stamped on a Magnolia die cut tag.

The flowers are by Prima and altered with Tattered Angels spray mists.

You are truly amazing

A new card for you today with a super cute image from Nellie Snellen, Smookie the dragon sitting in the moon.

 I used papers from Jillibean Soup for this card on a kraft card base.

My image is coloured with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. I am really pleased with the colouring and so love working with these pencils.

Shimmery, shiny Prima flowers sprayed with Chalkboard Glimmer Mist in green and yellow and Iridescent Gold with Card Candi centres. The leaves are made with a Spellbinders die from white tissue paper and then sprayed with Cherry Blossom Glimmer Mist.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts and stamped in pink Brilliance ink and mounted on a corrugated kraft label.

The tide always turns

Hello and welcome to my first card for the month. I used this lovely angling
Tilda with a cut from the Cricut cartridge Animal Kingdom. The papers I used are from K&Co Wild Saffron. The image is coloured with Polychromos colour pencils.

I do love the shading and blending possibilities I have with these Polychromos pencils and I had fun applying several shades of Stickles too.

I have you in my heart

Just got to love those adorable Magnolia stamps. My fondness for them has grown over the past year and I have bought a few more. What I like is that they are so cute and one image lends itself for multiple occasions.
I have made another Valentine card with Tilda holding a heart.

The image is painted with Cosmic shimmer paint. The branch swirls are a stamp from a collection by Making Memories. The flowers are from Magnolia and sprayed in Cherry blossom pink Glimmer Mist. Little pearl pen dots decorate the image.

The edges of the image are distressed with Antique Linen crackle paint and the corrugated card has the Picket Fence version.

I used October afternoon paper and stamped the ledger paper with  LOVE YOU. This is a gadget stamp from the sweet brand that makes these love sweets. I found the stamp at Waterstones'.
The sentiment stamp is one by Hero Arts and stamped in red Memento Ink.
This card is for the Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love challenge .

You're my sweetie pie

Another Valentine card for today with a very simple design.
I used an Inkadinkado stamp and kept the colours to brown and blue. The blue images are stamped on ledger paper from October Afternoon Let's fly a kite. The brown spotted paper is also from the same pad.
The ribbon is from American Crafts.

The squares are just punched with Woodware punches. The blue star paper is from another paper collection by Jillibean Soup.

I don't make many of these clean & simple cards, because I like to fluff things up. Gives me a break from my daily routine where work keeps me strict and in line. I love to see the work of other card makers who do keep it to simple straight lines, but for me this is quite hard to do.

Happy Birthday with Tilda

Little cook Tilda is sending you a sweet birthday cupcake.
Meet my new Magnolia card with soft pastel colours!

The image is coloured with Polychromos pencils. The lace is from Polkadoodles, the design paper is from Melissa Francis 5thAvenue and so are the pearls.

I made my own flowers with paper from the 100th Womans Weekly edition. It had a copy of the very first edition in lovely brown paper. I sprayed it with Perfect Pearls. The leaves are made from tissue paper and sprayed with Cherry Blossom Glimmer mist.The sentiment is a stamp by Inkadikado.

The brads are from Making Memories.

I love colouring with my new pencils. I have always loved colouring and it is definitely my preferred medium.

Get ready for Valentine

Hi,
I am back after a while. Where does the time go? I find it harder to keep up with my posts. Having moved my laptop away from my craft desk, hasn't helped.
I spend less time on the internet, although I still browse but use my I pod. It is a very small screen, so I try to keep my online time to a minimum.
Here is my card for today. With Valentine on the way, it had to be with red and a heart.

 A lovely Magnolia stamp with Tilda holding a heart, colored with Polychromos pencils and Sansodor. The sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft. Pretty velvet Petaloo flowers with white Prima flowers and Marianne Design leaf. Cute little button brads pop through the holes of this Martha Stewart border.

Gorgeous Websters Pages paper form a 6x6 mixed pack.

The ribbon is from Dille and Kamille, which I bought on our last trip to Belgium in the city of Brugge.

Happy Birthday to my Sweetheart

Hi,
today I will share with you the birthday card I made for my sweetheart's birthday.
I used my all time favourite stamp brand Crafty Secrets and choose this happy Kewpie set. They look so cheeky and cut and were just the neatest thing for a funny card for my man.

All the paper used is from October Afternoon. My DH loves green, so I picked that as the main colour.

I stamped all the images with Memento ink and then coloured them with Polychromos pencils.

Love these cheeky ones!

Celebrate the New Year

Wishing you all a prosperous 2012. Hope you had a lovely time.
Here is my first card for the year with a Lili of the Valley image, which I thought was quite suitable for the theme.

 I used my new Polychromos pencils and Sansodor to colour the image. I used Basic Grey Kioshi papers.

Handmade tissue paper flowers, which I sprayed with Glimmer Mist, the die I used is from Marianne Design and the leaves are from Spellbinders.

Kioshi brads for the centres and vintage silver glass glitter on the edge of the bottom flower.

Love my new pencils. My Christmas present from my sweetheart, 120 Polychromos from Faber Castell in a mahogany box.

Hugs with a Motivet stamp

Hope you all enjoyed a lovely Christmas together.
I have a sweet and soft pastel shades card to share with this cute little hippo from Motivet.

I made the card from Tim Holz's Kraft resist paper and lined it with soft pastel pink card. The other papers are from Melissa Frances.

 The image is coloured with Cosmic Shimmerz.

The flower is made out of plain white paper with a Spellbinder die and the sprayed with Glimmer Chalk in Mint Choc Chip. The leaves are a die from Marianne Design and also sprayed with a few shades of Glimmer Mist. The sentiment is a stamp from Lili of the Valley.

Hark the herald angels sing...

Wishing you all the merriest Christmas ever. Hope it brings you peace, love and joy.
Sharing this Christmas card with you today with a new stamp from Lili of the Valley.

I used a kraft card as base and K&Co Que Sera Sera papers. I made a stamped background paper with a Hero Arts Cling stamp and Memento ink and covered the image with Glamour Dust.

 The main image is coloured with pencils and Cosmic Shimmer paints.

The sentiment stamp is also from Lili of the Valley. The little iridescent rounds are stickers by Paperchase.

More Christmas cards with Lili of the Valley

Two more Christmas cards with a stamp I bought last year from Lili of the Valley. I am into these watercolour paints at the moment and so you will see a lot of cards painted with Cosmic Shimmerz paint.
I have made 2 similar cards with just a small difference in the colouring.

I used Making Memories paper for the background and embossed the white card and sprayed it with Glimmer Mist.

Christmas Carols

Time is drawing near and Christmas is only 2 days away. I have a card ready for you to share with a stamp from Lili of the Valley. The image is painted with Cosmic Shimmerz so the have a lovely shine.

I used my Cuttlebug quite a bit for this card. I have embossed the base card with a Tim Holz folder. I used Spellbinders snowflakes on craft paper. The flower was made from Making Memories Ledger paper with a Spellbinders die and added Viva Pearl pen in the centre.The leaf is also a Spellbinders die and the branch is from Marianne design.

I have used Melissa Frances paper and Making Memories Ledger paper for this card. On the inside I have stamped with Distress ink and Tim Holz Stampers Anonymous Christmas stamps.

A winter bunting with Whiff of Joy

Finally! I know it has been a while. December is most hectic at home and at work. I am praying that I will find the strength to tackle everything that is thrown at me.
I have not had a lot of spare time to craft and it has seriously bugged me, but I did manage to work on some things that I had going already.
I made a little home décor piece for the winter season and used Whiff of Joy stamps. Well, they might not be all the same brand, but they are definitely by Elisabeth Bell.
Here it comes;

3 triangles from grey cardstock covered with Marianne Design Vintage Christmas papers.

 Spellbinders snowflakes covered in Glimmer Glaze in Waterfall and white pompom trim embellish the banner.

Melissa Frances snowflake border punch with cream coloured dewdrops in the centres A little puffy stuff from Woodware to create a fluffy effect on the clothing..

 I didn't take a picture of the hanging banner, but you get the idea. I have hung this from the banister of the stairs in our hallway.

 Just some close-ups of the 3 images which I have painted with Cosmic Shimmerz paints.

 Just look at that lovely sparkle! It adds so much more to the festive season, don't you think?

Have a lovely Christmas time. Hope I get more time to post some other stuff.