Storybook owl LO for BBTB2

Oh,oh! I was in big doubt if I should put these LO on my blog. I'm putting it on the BBTB2 blog.
I think the pictures of me aren't very flattering, my head looks like it's going to explode. LOL.
So please, you can have a laugh, but just do it behind my back. Anyway, I said the purpose of my blog was: to be able to keep my crafty creations forever, even if the paper versions get destroyed or given away. -and also to share with others, because I enjoy looking at what all of you have made-.
Well then here it goes:

The big wise owl - whooo's head is bigger? mine or yours?- LOL

Not the best picture, but that happens on holiday when you keep trekking from one B&B to another, you see a lot, but get to tired.

I should have maybe laid the LO's down to photograph... well you get the idea.

Paper is from Papermania and K&Co, buttons from Autumn Leaves, little sticker owls from Paperchase.

I used different cuts from the Storybook cartridge.

Plantin Schoolbook Rickrack challenge

I got a little card together this morning. It's a perfect day outside, though the forecast is a volcanic dust storm/wind coming over the UK today, all the way from Iceland? So, just not hang the laundry out today...
I made this card using only cuts from the PS cartridge. Rickrack frame, label, flowers and leaves and even the blue and brown background are made with the Cricut. So versatile!
Of course I had to include some stamping.

Supplies: DCWV cardstock, paper from Marianne Design Eline's Vintage, Copic and Whispers markers, Stickles, corner rounder punch small X-cut, Basic Grey brads, ribbon from stash, Whiff of Joy and Hero Arts stamp.

Find joy everyday

Hello,
I haven't posted for a while. I was too busy getting the garden tidy for Spring last week, so my days off work were consumed by re-potting and fertelizing.
I 've made a card for this weeks BBTB2 's challenge; the girl or boy from A Child's Year cartridge, but I'll enter it in 2 more challenges.
I've chosen for the boy, because most of the cards I make, have got girls on. So lets give the boys a chance. It's turned out a bit girly anyway. LOL.

I 've used several layers of card to cut all the different elements of the boy and flower. I have even tried to give his hair a bit of shape. The face and hand are coloured with Copic and the trousers and grass are sanded. I used a lot of Glimmer Mist on the hair and felt flowers. Those have been cut with Spellbinders from white felt and then sprayed and fastened with a Doodlebug velvet brad. I used different types of Stickles on the image and lime green Shimmerz on the punched out butterflies. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. I also did some inking and added some faux-stitching on the card. The border punch is from Martha Stewart, the design paper is from We R Memory Keepers Nonsense collection and the card is from American Crafts (white), DCWV (light blue), Papermania (other colors).

I'm also entering this card on Practical Scrappers: white pens/markers and on Flutter By Wednesday: # 100, well that's something to shout about. They are having an open challenge, so mine has got the butterflies...

Thanks for visiting, will be back soon.

My little Valentine project

Hi everyone,
I have reached the finish, well almost. I still have to write the little lovenotes to my DH. I'll get him to write one to me too.
I'll show some pictures from the beginning of the project, well at least when I remembered to.

Remember this is an empty chocolate box, originally black. I painted it white and added some champagne gold colour. Here 's my craft desk. I'm using K&Co paper and some Crafty secret stuff.

Some punched cardstock flowers, card is from Papermania. I used GlimmerMist on the flowers and some of the diecuts.

Here 's the work in progress. I use an old parcel box to spray in, -keeps my bathtub clean now-...

I even sprayed on the lace to make it look old.

The finished box.

Top view with the Cricut cut.

What 's inside; the surprise gift to us as a couple: a tag mini album.

I hope you don't mind me making this quite a long post. Not usually my habbit, so please bare with me.

This is the first page of the tag album. The cartridged used are Plantin Schoolbook and A Child's Year.

Tag 1(back) and 2. The front and back of each tag is decorated. I'll take them off the bookring to be able to photograph them better.

The back of tag 2 has a mini envelope with a little notecard where I will write a lovenote to my DH.

Tag 3 with another diecut.

That' s the back of Tag 3. I painted some Prima flowers gold and glittered them.

Tag 4.

The back of tag 4 with notecard.

Tag 5 with my DH on his bicycle. I stamped a sentiment and gold embossed it, but it didn't come out very well. I used the same stamp on the back of the tag. The stamps are 99p and from G Studio.

The label is also cut with A Child's Year. I forgot to mention that the vintage paper is from Provocraft and comes in a 12x12 stack.

Tag 6 with more stamping and embossing. All the stickers are by Crafty Secrets. The little heart button was mine when I was 3. My mom had knitted a little red cardigan for me and it had a whole row of thes buttons, which I now own thanks to my mom. Keep her in mind 'cause she's back in the hospital for another heart operation.  I love you, mom.

The back of tag 6.

Last Tag 7 with my sweetie.

The end. The little embellishment group on the left are 2 buttons a rose , a leaf and a ribbon attached to a safety pin. I then put everything back together on the bookring.

Thanks for looking and I'm posting this on the BBTB2 blog for a Valentine chalenge with purple and on Flutter By Wednesdays challenge #93 embossing and butterfly, angel and fairies as I 've used it all on my project. Actually my angels are cherubs. Take care everyone. Bye.

Sneak peek

Aha, you thought I was gone...
I'm in the middle of a project that I'm creating for the BBTB2 challenge; something for Valentine and something with purple. First I thought "purple for Valentine?"... I do love purple for my clothing but not for Valentine. Oh dear! But then I started digging out some stuff I had lying around and a little light went up...
Aha... So this project is a bit more work then usual, so I give you only a little sneak peek. I can tell you it's a box with something inside... Not telling what is going to be inside yet. Patience....

Although my purple in the picture looks blue, it is in fact real purple combined with lilac to soften it down. Some distressing, some glimmer mist,....lalalalala.... Not telling you anymore, just keep in touch. Ciao.
PS: I 've reloaded the picture in previous post as the background was too blue and didn't do my card justice.

Fall in love with me

My first Valentine card for 2010.

I made this one with the valentine cuts from the Cricut "A Child's Year cart, the card + overlay, the girl and dog and the rose heart. I also used some glitter, Stickles and liquid pearls together with some embossing, paper roses, pearls, lace and some inking. The sentiment is from DCWV text paper, punched out with a tag punch from Fiskars.

This time no stamping, just a little scrapcard with limited colours. Loving this cartridge. I hope they 'll do a challenge with this one on BBTB2 soon.

PS: Just noticed they are using the cart on this weeks challenge. It was posted 6 hours earlier than my post. Oh my God! I just used the cut minus the shift key. As I can't find any indication of it having to be the boy and girl cut, I 'm entering mine too. If work and time allows, I might enter a second one this week with the cut everyone seems to have used in the DT. This is fun!
PS2: Entered this one on "A Spoon full of Sugar" challenge too, as you had to have "hearts on your card". Happy Valentine, my dear.

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.

Happy Everything

Hello,
I 've just finished the card I made for the BBTB challenge. I kept it simple without any patterned paper, because I wanted to do more cutting and layering. I was almost going to make it a Christmas card, but held off because was ment to be a bit more spring style - hence the flowers.

I love how it 's turned out. I cut the branch in 4" and robin in 2". The flowers and leaves are 1".

Supplies: 3 shades Tsukineko ink for the robin, DCWV Neutrals and Coordinations Elements cardstock, Martha Stewart punch, clear embossed Hero arts sentiment, Orange and Stardust Stickles, popdots, chalk for the background.

Hope you like it. I 've been looking at all the art work on Regina's blog. Amazing stuff! I do love Michelle Kovack's creation. Great job!

Too Cute to Spook

Hello,
I finally managed to upload my project for the BBTB challenge. We had to use the tag feature from the Stretch Your Imagination cart. I used the card function on the tag and made it into a Boo! banner.
Click on the picture to enlarge.

I used a few carts to make this one: Stretch Your Imagination, Doodlecharms, Accent Essentials and Storybook.

Supplies: DCWV Glitter Spring Stack, Papermania cardstock, black card from craft supply, Glitz it Sparkles, wobbly eyes, bling flowers from John Lewis, Prima flowers, orange ribbon from Hobbycraft, fibers from Avec, twine, McGill pine branch punch.

I made a little purple accordeon flower to give some weight to the banner. It is not completely symmetrical, but that doesn't matter to me.

I thinh it turned out really playful. It actually is the first banner I 've ever made. Might try a Christmas one soon. It's so much fun. |Hope you like it and thanks for visiting.

The Creepy Inn

Hello,
I'm playing along with the Bitten By the Bug challenge. I must say that this was a hard one for me. How do you fit the sign in? 

I made mine into a Halloween card. It actually gave me an excuse to use the new Eerie paper from Basic Grey.

Supplies: Orange paper fro DCWV Spring glitter stack, Eerie from BG, cardstock from craft supply, Doodlebug bonbon mini rub-ons, swirl stamp from G Studio, purple glitter from Doodlebug Sugar Coating, black Distress embossing powder from Ranger used over 3D Gloss and heated to make it bubble, Olive Vine Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels, Glitz It Sparkles for the eyes, Tsukineko ink black and jumbo java, paperdistresser, Cricut Christmas and Stretch Your Imagination cartridges.

A close-up look where you can see Mr. Spider creeping in through the window and he's dressed up like a real fella in his glam jacket.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Shimmering chandelier

Hello,

I 've tried to make something unusual. Not so long ago I bought the Cricut Home Decor cartridge. It has some lovely images, like this chandelier. It may be intended to decorate walls, but I liked it for a card and I wanted it in lilac. These chandelier images seem to be in fashion, together with damask and velvet or flock. I 've seen a bit of it since last Christmas and Marks & Sparks follows the trend, although they do pink and black.The chandelier crystals are decorated with Stickles Gold an Silver Ice. I 've used Basic Grey Euphoria paper and stitched to a white card. I then stitched a piece of lace from John Lewis to the card. I embossed a piece of acetate with the Swiss dot folder in the Cuttlebug and also stitched it to the card. I used acetate to give more shine to the chandelier. The 'Greetings from' scrap is from Mamelok Press and layered on the same lilac paper from Basic Grey as I used to cut the chandelier. The little angel scrap is from Crafty Secrets Valentine scraps. I just added some Papermania cream pearls ans some Hortensia flowers from Prima and voila....ready.

I just want to share to more pics from my garden. Look who was playing hide and seek!

Though they didn't hide much. This year we 've got a lot of babies from all different species. These are Goldfinches and haven't got their red head yet. But aren't they cute! This one is the smallest and just kept falling asleep. They don't even fly away when I hang out the wash, they just sit there bobbing their little heads. Hope they're all safe in their nest tonight.

Have a good evening and thanks for looking.