SW Stamp of the Week

Over at Spiral Whisper there is some exciting new things happening. First up is Stamp of the Week, this happens every Monday. The stamp can be purchased from Spiral Whisper at a special price for one week only. The stamp this week is the very cute Princess Meg designed by Janet Roberts.

I have stamped Princess Meg out and and coloured her in with watercolour pencils and added glitter to her crown with my Spica pen and have gone over her nose with my Sakura Glaze pen. I have then cut her out and mounted to Lilac CS and added to base with 3D foam pads. The base has been made by simply layering up Lilac CS and Doodlebug paper on to a white card blank. I have printed the greeting from my PC (Dreamed About You font used), mounted to more Lilac CS and rounded two corners. Gem stones added to the message panel and the crown to finish.

STAMPS: Spiral Whisper. INK: VersaFine Onyx Black. CS: Papermania, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: Papermania Adhesive Gems, Copic Spica At You glitter pen, Woodware corner rounder punch, Sakura Glaze pen.

Head over to the Spiral Whisper Blog now to see the great cards the other DT members have created with Princess Meg and to check out the competition they are holding. Of course you have to head over to the shop too where all the new releases are at! I would also like to welcome Frances aka StampOwl as September Guest Designer, have YOU applied for the upcoming months?

Awards

I received three lovely awards last week. Firstly I received the Brilliante Weblog award from Toni, I then received the I {heart} your blog award from Amber & Simone. Thank you so much ladies, you made my week! As I have added them on here and given them out before I hope you do not mind me doing it again but I really appreciate them, it is so nice to know that there are a few people out there that like what I do! :0) Go check out their blogs, they make great cards.

Dala Tilda

I have made this card for my Aunt who's Birthday it is this week. I have completely CASEd (Copy And Selectively Edited) a gorgeous card made by Julie from Julie's Japes. I hope you don't mind Jules! I have added a Craftwork Cards embossed frame to a pistacio card blank and added chalk to the embossed flowers and wrapped a piece of ribbon around. I stamped Tilda out and coloured her in with watercolour pencils, cut her out and added her to the frame with 3D foam pads. Prima flowers added to the bottom corner with ribbon and a CWC message oval added with 3D foam pads to finish.

STAMPS: Magnolia. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Papermania. ACCESSORIES: Flowers embossed frame by Craftwork Cards, Prima Flowers, Organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Craftwork Cards Mini Message, Pebbles Inc chalks.

Christmas Card Competition

Elzybells Art Stamps is holding a great competition with excellent prizes. To be in with a chance you have to make a Christmas card using Elzybells images. For full details please see here <--- click!

Thirty

This card is made for my Sister in Law who is 30 today. I received this lovely image from Sheila and also some from Alex too (thank you both very much). I coloured her in with Coloursoft pencils and Sansodor and mounted her to pink and black CS. I have wrapped two pieces of organza ribbon around a white card blank before adding the image on top. I have dipped some chipboard numbers into glitter and added them to the card with 3D foam. I have finiahed off the card by adding a CWC message and gem stones. She will receive it tomorrow when I see her, I hope she likes it!

STAMPS: Rubber Romance. CS: Craft Creations, Bazzill Basics. ACCESSORIES: Craftwork cards chipboard numbers, Doodlebug Designs Sugar Coating Glitter, Craftwork Cards message, Ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Papermania Adhesive Gems.

Kerry's Ribbon Challenge

To celebrate having over 10,000 hits to her blog, Kerry is giving away some gorgeous blog candy. Please visit her blog she makes gorgeous cards. The challaenge is to link her blog to yours and also make a card using ribbon as it is her favourite accessory! I love ribbon so it wasn't too difficult to fit some on a card. Here is my entry.

I have made the card using one of my new Elzybells winter images available from Elzybells now. I have stamped her out and coloured her in with Copic markers, rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch and mounted to pink CS then added to base with 3D foam pads. I have made the base by layering up dark and light pink CS on to a white card blank and the running a piece of Bazzill Bling through my Cuttlebug using the Snowflakes embossing folder. I have wrapped a piece of ribbon around this panel before adhering to the card. The message is stamped on to a QuicKutz tag and tied on with more ribbon. Gem stones added to finish.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Airondack Pitch Black. CS: Papermania, Doodlebug Designs, Bazzill Basics. ACCESSORIES: QuicKutz tag die, Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, Woodware corner rounder punch, Ribbon from Ribbon Oasis, Papermania Gem Stones, Copic markers.

Juggling Eskimo

My first Christmas card of 2008! I have made this card with the gorgeous Juggling Eskimo stamp from Elzybells. I have stamped him out and coloured him in with Copic markers and mounted to light blue CS then added to base with DST. The base is a white card blank which has been stamped with two sizes of Elzybells snowflakes in blue chalk ink. I have then gone over these with my Spica glitter pen but sadly you cannot see this in the photo. I have then punched out two snowflakes using my X-Cut punch and added them with gem stones. I have then finished off my adding a CWC message to the bottom with foam pads.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Airondack Pitch Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: X-Cut Snowflake punch, Craftwork Cards message, Papermania Gem Stones, Copic markers, Copic At You Spica glitter pen.

Birthday Girl

This card is made using the gorgeous Birthday Girl stamp from Elzybells. I have stamped her out and coloured her in with Copic markers then mounted her to mauve CS and added to base with DST, the corners rounded with a corner rounder punch. The base has been made by layering mauve CS on to white card blank then adding a layer of light mauve which has been put through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I have then stamped the greeting seperately and mounted to more mauve rounding the corners, this has been addded with 3D foam pads to the card. I have then added Dew drops to the corners to finish. I really like how this card came out in the end!

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Airondack Pitch Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Bazzill Basics. ACCESSORIES: Swiss Dots embossing folder, Woodware corner rounder punch, Robins Nest Dew Drops, Copic markers.

Wedding Wishes

This card is made using the gorgeous Bride & Groom stamp from Elzybells. I have stamped them out and coloured them in with Copic markers, mounted to black CS and added to base with 3D foam pads. I have made the base by layering up Doodlebug papers with black CS. I have coloured in the dots on the black paper with a Copic marker to compliment. The message has been cut with QuicKutz dies, the message stamped from the Everyday Greetings Set and gem stones added to the sides.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Airondack Pitch Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: Copic markers, QuicKutz bookplate die, Papermania Gem Stones.

New Home

Bank Holiday Greetings! I hope everyone has had a nice bank holiday!! I have been busy in my craft room for most of mine. I received a gorgeous package from Elzybells on Friday so I just had to have a play with the cuties! Here is my first card, the image is from Julia (thank you so much Julia) I have since ordered him as he is so cute! I have coloured him in with Coloursoft pencils and Sansodor then cut him out and mounted to yellow CS and added to base with 3D foam pads. The base has simply been made by layering a strip of Doodlebug polka dot paper (loving this stuff!) on to a yellow card blank. I have stmped the greeting from the Everyday Greetings set.

STAMPS: Elzybells Art Stamps. INK: Stazon Jet Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs.

Love Birds

Another card made with the Cute Bird Set by Sally-Ann Hancock for Spiral Whisper. This time I have stamped the large branch, the boy bird and the girl bird out and coloured again with Copic markers. I have then cut them out and mounted to brown CS and added to base with DST. I have made the base by layering brown CS and some of this gorgeous swirly paper by Doodlebug on to a white card blank and wrapped around some organza ribbon. I have added the Craftwork Cards message on top of the ribbon and added gem stones either side. To finish I have added Prima Flowers with brads. Don't they make a cute couple? :0)

STAMPS: Spiral Whisper. INK: Airondack Pitch Black. CS: Craft Creations, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: Organza ribbon by Ribbon Oasis, Papermania Gem Stones, Doodlebug brads, Craftwork Cards Oval Message, Prima 'Bubbles' Flowers, Copic Markers, Sakura white gell pen.

You're Tweet-errific!

Here is another card I have made for Spiral Whisper this time using the Cute Bird Set by Sally-Ann Hancock. I have stamped out the girl bird and coloured her in with Copic markers then cut her out using Nestabilities dies. I have then added her to the base with 3D foam pads. The base has been made by layering yellow CS on to a white card blank, the greeting has been printed from my PC (Dreamed About You font) and made into a little tag buy rounding the two corners with a punch. I have then finished off the card with gem stones. Simple as that!

STAMPS: Spiral Whisper. INK: Airondack Pitch Black. CS: Craftwork Cards, Doodlebug Designs. ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities dies, Papermania Gem Stones, Woodware corner rounder punch, Copic Markers, Sakura white gell pen.