Get Well Soon

I have this card following Nicola's (My Paper World) sketch #5. I have stamped Feeling Poorly with Brilliance ink and then coloured her in with watercolour pencils. I have then cut her out and mounted her to bright pink CS. She has been added to a base of more bright pink CS followed by a layer of light pink CS that has been put through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. I have added ribbon accross the bottom of the bright pink layer and added a get well soon peel off above. 3 little gem stones added to the top.

STAMPS: Elzybells NA Feeling Poorly. INK: Brilliance Graphite Black. CS: Doodlebug, Papertrey Ink. ACCESSORIES: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Woodware mini messages peel offs, Papermania gem stones, pink stain ribbon.

Thanks Dad

I have made this card for my Dad to say thank you for coming round to put up some new lights in my house. The image is from Microsft Clip Art and I have coloured it in with watercolour pencils, cut out and added to the base. The base has been made by layering some Dovecraft paper on to some Bazzill CS. The greeting has been stamped and then cut out into a bookplate, this has been attached with small brads.

STAMPS: Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill, Dovecraft Designer Paper Masculine. ACCESSORIES: Bookplate die by QuicKutz, Queen & Co Sprinkles brads.

Dragonfly Notecard

Thank you for all the lovely good luck messages about my presentation. I had it yesterday and it went well I think. I was very nervous though. Unfortunately I don't get my results until April.

I made this little notecard for accompany the brads to Jo that she won. I have simply stamped straight on to the card. The HOTP greeting with stamped Stazon ink and the A Muse dragonfly with chalk ink. I have then added 3 gem stones in the corner.

STAMPS: Hot Off The Press, A Muse. INK: Stazon Jet Black, VersaMagic Pretty Pertunia. CS: Papertrey Ink. ACCESSORIES: Papermania Gem Stones.

Brads Anyone?

Anyone want this big bag of brads? All you have to do is leave a comment here by 7.30pm tonight and I will get my mum to draw a winner from a hat at 8 pm. Sorry only UK entrants due to the bulkiness of the package. Before you ask, there is nothing wrong with them at all, I am just trying to make some room in my craft room! Brads include Making Memories, Papermania, Dovecraft, Bazzill and a few pieces of hardware in there too. There are all shapes, colours and sizes - stars, flowers, big round, small round, meduim round, some large Bazzill ribbon brads, hearts etc.

And the winner is ...

JO

Congratulations Jo, please could you e-mail me (through my profile) your snail mail address and I will get them off to you asap.

My First Sizzix Character!

Apologies I haven't been around much lately. I have been so busy with university work that I have had hardly any time to make any cards sadly. I had a 2,500 word essay to do last week (now handed in) and this week I have a 20 minute presentation to do on Thursday (Argghhh my worst nightmare!) so I am busy writing and preparing for that.

Thankfully I had a small amount of time to make a card for my cousin who graduated a little while ago. I decided to get on and make the card without the PB stamp that I wanted as I was running out of time. I saw the Sizzix graduation outfit at The Glitter Pot and thought it was ideal. I have simply made the sizzix character with lots of different CS and added this to a DL card blank with 3D foam pads. I have added a strip of black Bazzill Bling CS accross the bottom of the card and added a Mini Message, again with 3D foam pads. I had to draw the face on myself (hoping to get my hands on the rub-ons soon), I know it is not great but it is my first attempt. My cousin is a fellow cardmaker so I hope she will understand the thought that went into making this card! Apologies the pic is so small but this is as big as I can get it!

CS: Craftwork Cards Softies, Bazzill Bling, Bazzill, Payper Box. ACCESSORIES: Sizzix Dress Ups Body die set, Sizzix Dress Ups Girl Hair die set, Sizzix Dress Ups Gradulation die set, Craftwork Cards Mini Messages.

Natty K's Blog Candy Challenge

Natty K over at Crafting Fun! is giving away some lovely blog candy. The challenge is to make a birthday card mainly with the colour pink. Here is my effort. I have stamped Elzybells NA Birthday Girl with Brilliance ink and then coloured her in with watercolour pencils. I have then cut her out using my Nestabilities dies and added her to the base with 3D foam pads. The base has simply been made by adding a piece of pink card that has been put through my Cuttlebug using my new Swiss Dots embossing folder on to a small card blank made from Papertrey CS. I have then added a Craftwork Cards Mini Message that has been swiped with pink ink around the sides to finish.

STAMPS: Birthday Girl by Elzybells NA. INK: Brilliance Graphite Black, Doodlebug Bubblegum. CS: Doodlebug, Papertrey Ink. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Swiss Dots embossing folder by Cuttlebug, Mini Messages by Craftwork Cards.

All Tied Up!

This card has been made for my unkle using one of the stamps that I got for Christmas. I have stamped the dog with Stazon ink and coloured him in with watercolour pencils. I have then cut him out and mounted him to brown CS and 3D foamed him to base. The base has simply been made by laying up a piece of Doodlebug paper on to some more brown CS. I have then stamped the sentiment by Hero Arts out in the corner. I am really happy with how this card came out in the end :0)

STAMPS: Dressed Up! by Penny Black, Hero Arts. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Craftwork Cards Softies, Bazzill, patterned paper by Doodlebug.

Good Luck

I made this little card for Julie at Julie's Japes to say good luck for The Full Monty the Musical which she is staring in and opens soon. I have been inspired by a lovely card made by Nichole Heady who used ladybirds as the focul point. For my card I have used my Beautiful Blooms set by Papertrey and stamped one of the larger flowers out directly onto a card blank I have made. I have then stamped out mini flowers randomly and added little gem stones to the centres. I love how the chalk ink gives a lovely texture to the images. I have finished off the card by stamping the Studio G sentiment on to a seperate piece of card and cut this out rounding two of the corners. This has been added to the base with 3D foam pads. The two bottom corners of the card have also been rounded using a corner rounder punch.

STAMPS: Beautiful Blooms by Papertrey Ink, Studio G. INK: VersaMagic Pretty Pertunia. CS: Papertrey Ink Stampers Select. ACCESSORIES: EK Success corner rounder punch, Papermania gem stones.

Cosmobella Birthday

Happy Valentines Day to everyone, hope you are having a nice day. I have made this card for my aunt who's birthday is on Sunday. He favourite colour is lilac hence the whol card is made up of shades of lilac! I have stamped Cosmobella with Brilliance ink onto Papertrey Ink CS then coloured her in with Copic markers and added a little glitter to the glass with my Spica glitter pen. She has been mounted to purple Bazzill card and added to the base. I have made the base by layering up Pizzazzill CS that I have cut scallops at the bottom made with my corner rounder punch onto a card blank made from Craftwork Cards Softies CS. I have then added ribbon around the card and tied in a knot at the front and added Prima flowers to the bottom right hand corner of the image with brads. I have stamped the greeting by Studio G also with Brilliance ink and then cut out with my oval scallop punch, this has then been swiped with purple ink and added to the card with 3D foam pads. This card is based on a sketch by Amy Rysavy.

STAMPS: Cosmobella by Stamping Bella, Studio G. INK: Brilliance Graphite Black, Doodlebug Lilac. CS: Pizzazzill, Bazzill, Craftwork Cards, Papertrey Ink. ACCESSORIES: Copic markers, Copic At You Spica glitter pen clear, Prima Got Flowers Deux, Prima Sprites, Bazzill brads, organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, EK Success corner rounder punch, Woodware 2" scallop oval punch.

Can Anyone Help?

Can anyone help me please? I am desperately trying to find a Penny Black stamp. It is the hedgehog with the motarboard and scroll for graduation. I have looked all over on the internet including The Glitter Pot, Happy Stampers, Sir Stampalot, Creative Living, First Class Crafts, Capture The Magic, The Craft Barn and none of them are even showing it let alone sold out. I do not have a picture of the stamp or the name sorry but if anyone has any other ideas where I could look I would areally appreciate it. I would check eBay but I don not know the stamps name to search!

A BIG thank you to everyone who had a look for me, it is called "A Scholar!" I cannot find it in any UK online shops and although I can see a picture of it on a US website it is out of stock. Actually I need the image fairly quickly so buying from the US would be a bit of a problem anyway. I so wish that I had bought it when I saw it last year. What a shame. I do really like the cow one, thank you for your suggestions, however, I do not want my cousin to think that I am calling her a cow!!

UPDATE 16/02/08: I have found out that the stamp has been discontinued so I doubt that I will now bw able to find it anywhere. A very kind lady is going to have a look when she travels to New York for it for me so fingers crossed. Thank you for all the suggestions including finding a card on eBay with it on. A good friend of mine kindly asked the person who made it if I could buy a couple of the images from her but it wasn't her stamp to do them which is a shame. Never mind, I have learnt from my lesson. When I see something I want ... buy it before it sells out!! ;0) I think I have found another idea using a Sizzix person die.

I Have Won! I Have Won!

Yipee! I have won Tara's blog candy challenge. A big thank you goes to Tara and her husband Matt. I loved all the entries but obviosuly I am chuffed that I won. I am feeling awfull at the moment with a cold (yes I know I sound like a man but ...) so it has really cheered me up. YAY! Thank you again :0)

Changito 60th Birthday

This card is made for my unkle who is 60 on Monday, he plays guitar in his band so I thought this would be a great stamp to use for him! I have stamped the monkey with Stazon and coloured him in using pencils and Sansador with a paper stump. He has been mounted to brown card and added to card base with 3D foam pads. I have made the base by layering up patterned paper on to a card blank and then adding a strip of blue card that has been embossed with my Cuttlebug. I have printed off the greeting from my PC and with great difficulty managed to die cut this out and get it almost straight! This has been added with a brad and 3D foam with ink added around the edges.

STAMPS: Stampendous - Changito Guitar. INK: Stazon Jet Black, Colorbox Queue Chalk ink Dark Brown. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill, Patterned paper by Doodlebug. ACCESSORIES: QuicKutz tag die, Cuttlebug Spots & Dots embossing folder, Papermania brad.

Flower Girl

My new Elzybells NA stamps came this week so I thought I would make this quick card with the Flower Girl. The NA version of the Elzybells stamps are much smaller than the UK version so are nice for small cards. I have stamped Flower Girl with Stazon and then coloured her in with watercolour pencils. She has then been punched out using a scalloped oval punch and added to the base with 3D foam pads. I have made the base by making a small square card blank from Bazzill card and adding a strip of darker Bazzill card near the bottom. I have stamped the sentiment below this and added a flower to the top with a tiny gem stone in the centre.

STAMPS: Elzybells NA, Papertrey Ink. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Bazzill. ACCESSORIES: Woodware 2" Scalloped Oval Punch, Prima Got Flower Deux, Papermania gem stone.

Tara's Blog Candy Challenge

Tara is holding a challenge over on her blog for the chance of winning some lovely candy, here is my attempt. The challenge is to make a baby card for a boy or a girl. The challenge closes tonight so I have just about made it in time! I have stamped my A Muse Ellie with Bow with Brilliance ink and coloured her in with Copic markers and added a little glitter to her bow with my Copic glitter pen. I have then cut and embossed her out using my Nestabilities dies and attached to base with 3D foam pads. I have made the base by making a small card blank from Doodelbug card and adding a layer of white card on top, rounding the bottom right hand corner with a punch. Before attaching the white layer I have wrapped round some organza ribbon and tied in a knot at the front. The sentiment has been stamped to finish.

STAMPS: A Muse, Studio G. INK: Brilliance Graphite Black. CS: Doodlebug, Papertrey Ink. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Copic markers, Copic At You Spica glitter pen Clear, organza ribbon from Ribbon Oasis, corner rounder punch by X-Cut.

Just Because Bear

I really loved Nicola's #3 sketch so I thought I would have another go inspired by some of her latest cards. I made this card for my friend Ruth to accompany a couple of RAK goodies. I have stamped Gift Bear and then coloured him in with watercolour pencils adding a little glitter to the flower with my Copic glitter pen. I have cut him out and mounted on to pink card and attached to base with 3D foam pads. The base has been made by putting a strip of pink card through my Cuttlebug and embossing with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder and added to the card blank. I have stamped 'just because' underneath the panel and added 2 small flowers with brads to the corner of the image.

STAMPS: penny Black - Gift Bear, Studio G. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Papertrey Ink, Doodlebug. ACCESSORIES: Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, Copic At You Spica glitter pen clear, Prima Got Flowers Deux, Doodlebug white brads.

Sue's Blog Candy Challenge

Sue at Slumber Cards has got some lovely Lola stamps up for grabs as her blog candy. The challenge is to make a card with lilac in it as this is her favourite colour. The challenge closes on the 16th Feb. Here is my entry which has been inspired by a card in the latest issue of Beautiful Cards magazine. My mum's favourite colour is also lilac so I have made this card for her for Valentines. I have cut out a scalloped rectangle from pearlecent card and run this through my Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls folder, this has been added to a pearlescent square card blank. I have added brads to 3 die cut blooms and attached these to the card with foam pads. I have swiped the message oval with lilac ink and attached to the card also with 3D foam pads. I hope you like it Sue and I also hope my mum likes it!

INK: Doodlebug Lilac. CS: Craftwork Cards. ACCESSORIES: Craftwork Cards Spring Blooms, Craftwork Cards Mini Messages, Papermania gem brads, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder.

Ted's Cake

I have made this card for no other reason than to ink up my new stamp! I have stamped Ted's Cake and coloured her in using watercolour pencils. I have then cut the image out using my Nestabilities dies. This has been added to the base with 3D foam pads. The base has been made by simply adding strips of patterned paper in various lengths to the card blank. Simple! I will add a greeting when I know who I am giving it to!

STAMPS: Ted's Cake by Penny Black. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Craftwork Cards - Softies, patterned paper by Craftwork Cards - Cupcakes. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities.

Beautiful Blooms with Appreciation

This card is a CASE from a gorgeous card made by Papertrey Ink's Nichole. I have stamped the leaves and flowers directly onto the card blank. For the top flower I have used a die cut that Ruth kindly sent me and stamped a flower inside with a gem stone in the centre. This has been added to the flower centre with a 3D foam pad. I have also added a gem stone to the smaller flower. I have stamped the sentiment onto a seperate piece of card and cut out using a corner rounder punch on the corners on one side. I have added this to the card with 3D foam pads. I have then added a little bow of organza ribbon.

STAMPS: Beautiful Blooms & Faux Ribbon by Papertrey Ink. INK: Doodlebug Limeade, VersaMagic Pretty Pertunia. CS: Papertrey Ink. ACCESSORIES: EK Success corner rounder punch, Cuttlebug Flowers Die Set, Papermania Gem Stones, Organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis.

My Paper World Sketch #3

This card is made for Nicola's sketch #3. I am not that happy with this card but I do like the skecth so will see if I can have another go at another time. I have added purple card to a small 4x4" square card blank. I have cut this card at the bottom using my corner rounder punch accross the card to make a scalloped edge. I have added a strip of lilac card accross the middle and added a strip of organza ribbon accross the bottom of this using my Xyron machine. A Prima Sprite has been added to the top of the strip with a brad. A Thank you rub-on has also been added to the strip.

CS: Craft Creations, Bazzill. ACCESSORIES: Organza ribbon, Prima Sprite, Bazzill brad, Pebbles Inc rub-on, Xyron adhesive, EK Success corner rounder punch.

Tagged - The Middle Name Game

These are the rules:-
You must post the rules before you give your answers. You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name. After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers. At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details.

I have been tagged by Natty K so here goes ... my middle name is Louise:

Love craft shopping nearly as much as making cards!

Oysters - something I do not wish to try!

Umbrella's - something I am always losing!

Internet - something I spend far too much time on!

Student Nurse is what I am!

Envelopes is what drives me mad - I never have the size that I want!

Well ... you all wanted to know that didn't you!! I think everyone has been tagged now but if you haven't you have just been tagged by me!