Celebrate

Another card with an Elisabeth Bell image.

I coloured with Caran d'Ache watercolour pencils, but adjusted the colour to fit with the K&Co paper.

I made a larger card this time and used a cut from the Damask Decor with the little tea-cup and tea-pot.

A close-up of the detailed cut with added Stickles. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

 The inside is also decorated with the DP from K&Co paper Que Sera Sera.

A close-up of this very cute image by Elisabeth Bell.

Apple shaped card

Hello and welcome to my blog,
I have a card to share with you today; it's another shape card made with my Cricut and Gypsy in the shape of an apple. I used another Magnolia stamp coloured with Distress inks for my card and used K&Co Que Sera Sera paper to decorate interior and exterior.

I used Patina Stickles and distressed the edges of the paper. The sentiments are from Hero Arts and I used a Fiskars squeeze punch to cut them out. The flower and leaves are also made with punches.

The lace is sprayed with Spring Rain and Moonlight Glimmer Mist. I  used gunpowder pearls from Papermania for the flower center and some accents.

A close-up of Tilda with her apple bucket. These images are really fun to colour and I am finding my way with the Distress inks from Tim Holz, so much that I have even bought more colours.

The inside of the card with Hero Arts sentiment.
We went on a short break to London this weekend and had a lovely time. We stayed in the absolute center of London between baker Street and Oxford Street. We visited the National Gallery, Camden Market, Fortnum and Mason, The Royal Academy of Arts, Covent Garden, Soho, the Liberty department store and so much more until our legs ached. We ended our days in China Town where we went for dinner and had a very good time. Just some pictures to share, we actually didn't take many and I didn't bother at all.

The Stables Market with lots of stalls and food and drinks.

 Lovely sculptures at the Stables.

The railway bridge above the Lock and barges

 The locks.

 A lot of shops at Camden High Street are decorated with this type of artwork, making it a really fun street.

 Outside the Royal Academy of Arts.

You are truly amazing

Hello,
My Magnolia card for today is going to be entered at Just Magnolia Week 120: sentiments - challenge.

I have used BG Kioshi paper for this card and American Crafts textured cardstock. I have used the wrapped gift cut from A Child's Year for the front and the interior of the card and decorated it with Stickles. All other cuts are made with Spellbinders. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I sprayed my ribbon with Glimmer Mist Chalkboard Grape Ape.

The interior of the card with a little note-card to hider a gift card in. The little card is a cut from the Damask Décor cartridge.

It is very detailed design and a bit hard work for the Cricut, especially if you don't get the settings right the first time.

Sweet

How time flies! It is the last week of August already and I haven't been posting.
I have got some card ready and I am halfway through making my holiday album which I have made from scratch.
My card for today is made with an Elisabeth Bell image and a cut from Doodlebug cartridge welded with the Gypsy.

I have used October Afternoon papers and the image is coloured with watercolour pencils.

The SWEET sentiment is from the Stamped cartridge. I have added some green Stickles around the wholes to highlight. Distressing is done with Pumice Stone and Peeled Paint.

Some leaves cut with Spellbinders and some lace and Basic Grey buttons.

I used American Crafts textured cardstock and left the inside blank apart from the sentiment.

You shine a light -Webster's Pages-

Hello,
I have been missing for a while. I have had the week off work and I have been crafting.
I just didn't get round to blogging as the weather has been nice and I have spent time outdoors.
I made this card with a Stamps Happen stamp. It is such a cute image and makes me wish that summer would last a wee bit longer. Isn't it lovely to have the sun and long days...

Webster's Yachtclub papers and Marianne Design dies, EK Succes flower punch and sealife rub-ons from my collection.

Colouring with Distress inks, paper sentiment from Webster's pages.

Another close-up view; the dress is Milled Lavender and Stormy Sky.

The inside of the kraft card has also been decorated with DP papers and rub-on.

Sending warm fuzzies

Last card for July?
It might be this one using a Hampton Art {foot.longs} stampset by Kelly Panacci. It contains cute little animals and fitted just nicely in my new EK Succes label punch.
I used Making Memories paper from Fresh Anthology collection - Sydney. I used Watercolour pencils and Distress Ink to colour the image.

 Two vintage buttons with twine sit on top of two Prima flowers. The ribbon is sprayed in Frost and Moonlight Glimmer Mist.

The inside of the card is decorated with paper from the same collection and the same stamped image.

Dream

Hello there,
Are you up for a picture heavy post today. I have a card ready that took a bit more effort to make, but I had a ball and good hardly stop. So for the minimalist card makers out there -I love that style too-, just have a little patience with this happy card maker. This card is going on the PDCC92: coral, petal pink and antique gold. I think I have nailed it : ) and what they have to win is really up my street; Glimmer Mist! Mama!
Here we go:

The card front: the stamps are from Wild Rose Studio Fairy Kira and Kaisercraft. Melissa Frances paper from the Vintage Attic Treasures pack. I cut the kraft card with my Gypsy using Wild Card to get the torn edge look and the Nestabilities were also put to good use for the frame.

Colouring with Distress Ink from Tim Holz and a little metallic white paint from Docrafts. EK Succes flowerpunch and Fiskars oval punch. Some old eyelets with charms and a bird charm from  my necklace.

I scrunched the flowers and gave them some though love. The swirl is from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge.

The wings are sprinkled with glitter and just shine.

 Some twine instead of ribbon.

 Viva gold pearl pen for the flowers.

Another close up of Fairy Kira.

The inside of the card is also decorated using more designer paper and an EK Succes punch, flowers and more lace.

I also decorated the envelope with little flowers to make it all fit together.

Live full the life you have imagined

Hello bloggers,
I haven't been blogging lately. Work is very, very stressful at the moment and it has made me feeling mentally exhausted. I just did not have the energy to get to my blog.
Nevertheless I have 2 cards that have been hanging around for more than a week. I tried something new, which is stamping on black card and colouring with  metallic colour pencils from Derwent. I bought these pencils last year at the pencil museum in Keswick, but did not use them much because they don't seem to have much effect on white paper.

I stamped in Brilliance white ink, but touched up with white gel pen after colouring. This background is done with pencil.

This background is done with white metallic paint wash. The stamps are from Hero Arts. The sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft.

 The full image cut out with Nestabilities.

Another detail of a butterfly. I stamped on black cardstock from American Crafts; this is a nice heavy weight card but the pores are large/ textured, which doesn't simplify colouring on it.

October Afternoon ledger paper and Coordinations cardstock Black Magic, but I used the reverse on both cards so I could use the colour.

Prima music sheet paper for the background and both cards on kraft card. I prefer the second one with the coloured background. The painted one becomes a bit too misty.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Motivet stamps - Shy Hilda, little hippo

Motivet stamps seem to have disappeared of the radar.
They only have a web-shop now and are waiting to move to the US. The Craft Barn use to sell their stamps, but have stopped doing this for over a year, I think.
It is a pity though, I really like them. They have very cute images and good quality.
I dug one out of my stash to make this little card.

Oh yes, another scalloped card made with the Cricut. The DP is from Papermania Rose Garden, BG Euphoria Chips, Joy Crafts butterfly dies with distress ink and pearl Glimmer Mist, a paper doily with Glimmer Mist, some bling and a EK Success border punch.

Hilda is coloured with Warm Grey Copics, a lttle bit of Flesh and a bit of light blues. Some BV31 and BV02 added to the blues in the background and some Sakura white gel pen for the highlights.

The inside also has some DP and BG Chips with a bling butterfly.