Happy to celebrate!

The challenge at Crafty Sentiments this week is Anything Goes.Drop on by to join in the fun and be in with the chance of winning a super prize.Don’t forget to take a look at some fabulous inspiration by the talented DT while you’re there.

Stanley – Happy Days by Crafty Sentiments Designs certainly looks like he has plenty to celebrate!He’s a new release digi stamp too!!A double celebration then 😀 I’ve coloured him up with a number of mediums.Stanley,the bottle and cork have been coloured with Copic Ciao and Sketch Markers.Metallic ProMarkers in Gold and Silver give the label a foiled look.Stardust Pen give the hearts a glittery touch and some extra fizz has been given to the Champagne bubbles with a Graph’It Shake Marker.A few white gel pen highlights  and 3D Crystal Lacquer add shine to the bottle and Stanley’s nose.There…I think that’s it 😉 For the rest of the card I’ve used some patterned paper and wooden wording from paper of a Stampin’ Up prize I won in a draw at Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine’s website.Such a lovely surprise to have that drop through my door!The wooden star buttons and twine I already had in my stash.

Supplies :

Image : Stanley – Happy Days by Crafty Sentiments Designs

Mediums : Copic Ciao & Sketch Markers,Gold & Silver Metallic ProMarkers,Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Red Star Pen,Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen,Gold Graph’It Glitter Shake Marker, 3D Crystal Lacquer

Papers & Card : DP Stampin’ Up Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack,Craft UK Limited 6 x 6 Kraft Card Blank (plus another one to cut up for matting)

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Ovals Large & Classic Ovals Large,Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Squares Large & Classic Squares Large,Big Shot,Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch

To Embellish : Stampin’ Up Expressions Natural Elements, Dovecraft Back To Basics Traditional Twine,Wooden Star Buttons from stash

 

Some challenges I would to enter :

Artistic Inspirations : Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart : Always Anything Goes

Critters and Creatures : Always Anything Goes with a Critter/Creature

Not Just Cards : Always Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner : Always Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy : Green + Sentiment

Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine : Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge : Anything Goes

Let’s Color Saturday Linky Party : Anything Goes with something colored

Little Claire’s : Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper : Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Creatalicious Challenges : St Patricks Day or Use Green

Just Keep On Crafting : Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy’s Challenge : Fancy Borders

Artbymiran Challenge : Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends : Anything Goes

Pattie’s Creations : Use Green

Cute Card Thursday : To Die For

Little Miss Muffet Challenges : Anything Goes

Wonderful Wednesdays : Always Anything Goes

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

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I’m looking over a 4 leaf clover

It’s the 2nd week of the St.Patrick’s Day/Good Luck challenge at  Just Some Lines.To play along you need to use a Just Some Lines image to enter and you could win a digi if you’re picked as part of the Top 3.As usual there is a freebie on the challenge site if you wish to use it 

This darling image is Fairy – 4 leaf clover by Just Some Lines.She’s been coloured with Graph’It Markers and her clothing has been paper pieced.A little sparkle has been added to her pixie boots and  wings with a Gold Graph’It Glitter Shake Pen.I didn’t want to lose the softness of the shading on her wings,so just picked out  the detail already there .Here’s a closer look :

The only way I can think to describe the card I made to go with her is it’s like a variation on a tent card style.But instead of the crease at the top it’s on the left hand side as normal but there are two concertinaed pieces of card top and bottom to keep from the card opening right up.It looks kind of like a slightly open book.I’m probably not doing a great job describing this,so maybe this pic may explain what I mean a little better :

You can also see how I suspended the flowers on some invisible nylon thread.I can’t take credit for the design. I saw a sample card like this at a demo I went to.This is just my take on it.It was quite easy to put together but most of all it fun!

Supplies :

Image : Fairy – 4 leaf clover by Just Some Lines

Sentiment :  From Pink Cat Studio Fairy Friends Stamp Plate

Mediums : Graph’It Markers,Gold Graph’It Glitter Shake Pen,Cottage Ivy Memento Dew Drop Ink

Papers & Card : Craft UK Limited 6 x 6 Kraft Card Blank,Colour Vision A4 Kraft Board (to stamp sentiment on & make concertinaed pieces),DP  Papermania Chelsea Green 12 x 12 Capsule Paper Pack

Tools : Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles Large,X-Cut Dielicious Extra Large Square Parenthesis Nesting Dies,X-Cut Guillotine (to cut down the die cut the sentiment is on),Decoupage scissors

To Embellish : Papermania Capsule Collection Chelsea Green Blitters (flowers),Papermania Chelsea Green Daisy Chains (cut in half),Crafts Too Acrylic Stones Wheel Cool Series

Some challenges this is for :

Glitter n Sparkle : Anything Goes

That Craft Place : Anything Goes

Card and Scrap : Use Dies

Cards Galore Encore : Use a stamp or digi stamp

Connie Can Crop : Green with Envy

Catch The Bug : Feelin Lucky

Di’s Digis Designs : Make it Green

Open-Minded Challenges : Use Something Green

The Doodle Garden :  Anything Goes

Brown Sugar : Make It Sparkle

Craft for the Craic : Something Green

Craftitude : Anything Goes or Add a Little Green

Cut it Up : Green for St,Patrick’s Day or Spring

Get Inky! : Green/ St.Patty’s Day

Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge : Things with Wings

 

Thanks for looking 

Lisa x

 

 

Eye’m waiting for Halloween

This month’s challenge at Just Some Lines is Halloween.To play along you need to use a Just Some Lines image to enter and you could win a fantastic digi stamp if you’re picked as part of the Top 3!

I had so much fun making this!!I chose to make a shaped card to go with the rather creepy Waiting – Skeleton by Just Some Lines.He’s been coloured with Copic Ciao Markers then fussy cut so that I could add him to this die cut tombstone card.I always like to cover the front of shaped cards with another die cut panel to hide the folded edge.This gave me the opportunity to have a good,messy play too!!I started by embossing the piece to give it some texture then sanded it to create a pitted,weather worn feel.I wanted to deboss the lettering as if were were really carved into the stone.Now this was a learning curve – but I did it 😀 I cut the letters from some scrap chipboard then stacked them 3 deep,gluing of course 😉 Next came the hardest part of figuring out how to make the perfect sandwich in my Big Shot and astounded myself by getting it right first time!To enhance the effect I ran a ProMarker inside and followed with a black pen where I thought the extra shadowing should be.Onto the lichen next…I wanted this to be pretty realistic but having only Polar White Flower Soft was a bit of a hurdle.Remembering I had some inks tucked away in a drawer I tipped a little Flower Soft into a small pot and dropped some Yellow plus a couple of drops of Butterscotch for a more natural appearance,smooshing it around with my finger to make sure it all got coated.Whilst this was drying I inked round the edges of my tombstone then cut,sanded and inked the ivy.The grass at the bottom is actually the leftover from the ivy trimmed down,sanded,inked etc… I adhered my little skele friend (or should that be fiend?) and using clear drying PVA added my lichen,trying to emulate how it would normally grow.There I’m done!!

And just in case you think it’s a little early to start thing about All Hallow’s Eve here’s a glimpse of what was in my garden the foggy other day just to get you in the mood….

 

Spooky,eh?When I think of all the money I’ve spent on decorations….lol….

It’s OK there aren’t any spiders visible in these pics….I left those ones out deliberately…. 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Waiting – Skeleton by Just Some Lines

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Black Soot & Peeled Paint Distress Ink,Hearthstone ProMarker (from Limited Edition Autumn/Winter Set),Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5mm Pen,Ranger Posh Impressions Rainbow Ink in Yellow & Butterscotch 

Cardstock : Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad,Scrap Chipboard

Tools : Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Tombstones,Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet Set,Marrianne Designs Ivy Set,Cuttlebug Mesh Texture Embossing Folder,Big Shot,Core’dinations Sand It Gadget,Decoupage Scissors

To Embellish : Polar White Flower Soft (stained)

Some challenges this is for :

4 Krafty Girlz : Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday : Signs of Distress

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge : Halloween

Sassy Studio Designs : Think Outside the Box

Crafting By Designs : Anything Goes

Penny’s Paper-Crafty : Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges : Halloween

Creative Craft Challenges :  Anything Goes

Cuttin & Stampin Challenges : Halloween

Loves Rubber Stamps : Anything Goes

Paper Minutes : Bizarre, Strange & Weird

Papertake Weekly :  Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door :  Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks : Halloween

A Little Bit Crafty : A Little Bit Shabby

Country View Crafts’ Challenge : Something Spooky

Designed To Color : Use a Die

The Cupboard Trilogy : Halloween/Fall

Created With Love Challenges : Halloween

613 Avenue Create : Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody : Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint : Anything Goes

Opus Gluei : Boo!!!

Crafty Catz : Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles : Shaped Cards

Graph’It Colour Challenge : Halloween’s a Scream

Sister Act Card Challenge :  Anything Goes

 

 

 Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Ava Flowery Summer

At Craft Your Passion this week the challenge is Summer Flowers.We have the fabulous Digital Paper Craft as our sponsor too.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job.

For my card I’ve used the sweet,sweet Ava Girl by Digital Paper Craft and coloured her with a mix of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers.The FlexMarkers were used alone on her skin,hair and shoes.I introduced a couple of ProMarker colours on her dress to get the shading and hues I wanted.The papers were a freebie with Quick Cards Made Easy.It also came with a CD-rom full of coordinating elements.I resized and punched out the sentiment then coated it in 3D Crystal Lacquer.Once this was dry I mounted it onto a tag,threaded with paper twine,from the same CD-rom.This was then bordered with some punched flowers shaped with a ball tool.I like to make leaves to match with the same punch by trimming them down and adding the vein detail with a very fine ball tool.As the image is quite large with a lot of white space I decided to punch the floral border in white to keep in with this and to give an extra lift to the whole card.I dotted some Liquid Pearls into the center of the flowers on the border and the red ones too.Some flat backed pearls were used to embellish the cut out corners.I did also apply some gloss to her shoes too but it doesn’t really show in the main pic so here’s a closer view 🙂

I can’t take credit for the layout tho’.More details below 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Ava Girl by Digital Paper Craft

Mediums : ProMarkers,FlexMarkers,3D Crystal Lacquer,Liqiud Pearls in Ruby Red and White Opal

Papers & Tags : Raspberry Road Freebies from Quick Cards Made Easy

Cardstock : Red & White ; Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad, Green ; Bazzill Basics, Pale Aqua ; Core’dinations So Mod 6 x6 pack

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch,Martha Stewart Hydrangeas Edger Punch,Martha Stewart Flower Punch and Stamp

To Embellish : Flat Back Pearls

Some challenges this is for :

Passion For Promarkers Challenge : Sketch 

613 Avenue Create  : Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody : Always Anything Goes

Great Impressions : Square Card  

Lacy Sunshine : Girls, Girls, Girls

A Gem of a Challenge : Punch it Out

Allsorts : Use your new stash (papers & CD-rom)

Crafty Calendar : August Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss : Die cuts and punches

Word Play Saturday : Childhood

Creative Corner : Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge : Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts : Something Floral

As You Like it Challenge  : Favorite Twine or Ribbon and why – I really love this paper twine.It gives great texture and interest.There’s a lovely array of useful colours in the pack.BUT the biggest bonus being it ‘s only 99p from The Works!!LOL – can’t resist a crafty bargain 😉

Aud Sentiments Challenge : Anything but a birthday card with a sentiment

Crafting By Designs : Anything Goes

Digistamps 4 Joy : Make your own embellishments (flowers & tag)

I love Promarkers : Summer

Bearly Mine Challenges : Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments : Dies and Punches

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations : Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Through The Craft Room Door : Always Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Unicorn Wishes

At Digi Sketch Challenge we have another new challenge and the theme this fortnight is Make Your Own Flowers.We have the super RIck St. Dennis as our sponsor.

It’s my turn to host and here’s my sketch :

You can follow the sketch,theme or even both.Hope you stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used the beautiful and oh-so-elegant Unicorn  by Rick St. Dennis.The Unicorn itself has been coloured with Copic Ciao Markers and the flowers have been coloured with a selection of Spring/Summer Limited Edition ProMarkers.The patterned paper is a pull-out freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.I’ve teamed this with some Core’dinations card.Some flowers and leaves have been die cut and layered.The sentiment is stamped directly onto the flowery paper.Brads have been added as a finishing touch.And just in case you hadn’t spotted it I’ve rotated the sketch 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Unicorn  by Rick St. Dennis

Colouring Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Spring/Summer Limited Edition ProMarkers

Sentiment : Personal Impressions  Mixed Sentiments Clear Set

Ink : Impress Jet Black Dye Ink Pad

Paper & Card : Patterned paper freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine,Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad, Core’dinations So Mod 6 x6 pack

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch,Nellie’s Lace Edge Border Dies,Joy!Crafts Pointed Flowers and Assorted Leaves 1,Big Shot

To Embellish : Making Memories Primaries Brads

 Some challenges this is for :

A Gem of a Challenge : Summer

Brown Sugar :  Anything Goes

QKR Stampede : No Squares Allowed

Sister Act Card Challenge : Anything Goes

Wags ‘n Whiskers : Fairytale/Fantasy

Emma’s Cards UK : Floral

Ladybug Crafts : Something Floral

Cute Card Thursday : Die-ing to Punch

Delightful Challenges : Make it pop…add layers or dimension 

Creative Belli : Summer

Digistamps 4 Joy : Make your own embellishments

Paper Shelter Challenge :  Punches and Dies

Whimsical Designs :  Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly :  Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Rainy Days & Mondays

At Digi Sketch Challenge we have another new challenge and the theme this fortnight is Rain,Rain Go Away!We have the super Crafty Sentiments and Ellephantastic as our sponsors.

It’s the lovely Anne-Marie’s turn to host and here’s her fabby sketch :

You can follow the sketch,theme or even both.Hope you stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

As you can see I’ve made two card and both use our sponsors images 🙂

For my top card I’ve used Mia by Crafty Sentiments and coloured her with Copic Ciao Markers and used white gel pen to add highlights.Altho’ she’s not really designed as a rainy day image I’ve applied 3D Crystal Lacquer to her coat to give the appearance of a rain mac and also to her boots to make them look like wellies 😉 I’ve flicked a pale blue Copic Ciao Marker across the background and coated it with more lacquer for instant rain!I chose the papers,that I’ve had an age,to compliment the rainy feeling.All edges have had the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser treatment.A couple of  clouds have been sanded before being placed on the card.To finish the card a clear button has been threaded through some paper twine which has been wrapped around the border piece.

Supplies :

Image : Mia by Crafty Sentiments

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen,3D Crystal Lacquer

Papers & Card : DP K & Co,Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Tim Holtz Paper Distresser,Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch,Nellie’s Multi Frame Dies Flower Circles,Joy!Crafts Clouds Die,Big Shot,Core’dintaions Sand It Gadget

To Embellish: Paper Twine and Clear Button from stash

For my second card I’ve used Emily Autumn by Ellephantastic and coloured her with ProMarkers this time,trying to incorporate as many of the new Spring/Summer Limited Edition colours.I’ve also gone for a different look by using pastel backing papers and card.I cut a circle frame to place behind the image from some Nellie’s  Multi Frame Circle Dies.I’ve not used them like this before but I really like it 🙂 I stamped a circular sentiment and added it to another one of the frames.Some acrylic dew drops have been used to embellish.

Supplies :

Image : Emily Autumn by Ellephantastic

Colouring Medium : ProMarkers

Papers & Card : DP Freebie Emma’s Garden from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine,Bazzill Basics

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Siesta Lip Pattern Corner Punch,Nellie’s Multi Frame Dies Circles,Big Shot

To Embellish : Acrylic Dew Drops from stash

 

Some challenges these are for :

Creative Inspirations Paint : Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time : Use a Digi

Crafty Calendar : April Sunshine and Showers

Digi Haven : Rain/Umbrella

Inky Impressions : Punches/dies

Mema’s Crafts Monday Challenge : Anything Goes

Marker POP Challenge : April Showers

Heck of a Challenge : Just Add Water

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

 

 

Have a monster Birthday!

This week at Craft Your Passion the challenge is Make It Cute!!We have the fabulous 2 Cute Ink  and The Robin’s Nest as our sponsors too.Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at the DT inspiration, they’ve done a wonderful job.

For my card I’ve used the adorable Monster Balloon Digital Stamp  by 2 Cute Ink and coloured him with ProMarkers.His balloon has given a coating of Glossy Accents.I’ve layered up various papers from the Kars Vector paper pad.I turn to this pad time and time again for male themed cards.You can just pick out that the one behind the monster is glittered too.I chose some green cardstock to coordinate and a few brads to match.Metal embellishments just seem so right on masculine cards 🙂 The sentiment has been made on my Dymo Labelmaker using a plain bold font this time,then cut into banner shapes.Love this little gadget 😀 This card is for my DH from my youngest son.

Supplies :

Image : Monster Balloon Digital Stamp by 2 Cute Ink 

Sentiment : Created with my Dymo Embossing Labelmaker

Mediums : ProMarkers,Glossy Accents

Papers & Card : DP Kars 6 x 6 Paperpad Vector,Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,X-Cut Large Corner Rounder Punch

To Embellish : Making Memories Primary Mini Circle Brads

 

Some challenges this is for :

Brown Sugar :  Anything Goes

Creative Corner : Layer It Up

Sweet n’ Sassy Digi Challenge : Happy Birthday Fellas

Crafty Ribbons : One for the Boys

Shelly’s Images : Anything Goes

I love Promarkers :  Anything Goes

Bearly Mine :  Anything Goes

Can You Digi It :  Male Birthdays

Creative Card Crew : Masculine 

Paper Minutes : Real Metal (brads)

Tuesday Alchemy :  Anything Goes

Cards by Lady Anne/Stamp Anything Challenge :  Anything Goes

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Let our friendship ‘dragon’

There’s another new challenge at  Digi Sketch Challenge and the theme this fortnight is Dear Friend.We have the super Bugaboo Stamps as our sponsor.

It’s the lovely Sharon’s turn to host and here’s her fabby sketch :

You can follow the sketch,theme or even both.Hope you stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used the adorable Clyde – Clyde Friend by Bugaboo Stamps  and coloured him with ProMarkers.The papers are a past freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.I’ve used various punches and distressed all the edges.I dug out some small buttons and threaded them with paper twine.The wonderful sentiment came with the image  and I just had to add this cute little wooden ladybird 🙂

Supplies :

Image & Sentiment : Clyde – Clyde Friend by Bugaboo Stamps

Colouring Medium : ProMarkers

Papers & Card : DP past freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine,Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,X-Cut Large Corner Rounder Punch,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch (with guide removed to make inverted scallops),Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

To Embellish : Woodware Wooden Ladybird,Bag-O-Buttons Savannah,Paper Twine from stash

 

Some challenges this is for :

Creative Inspirations Paint : Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time : Use a Digi

The Squirrel & the Fox : Fairy Tale or Fantasy

Alphabet Challenge :  A for Anything with Wings

Avadares : St. Patrick’s or Green

Crafting By Design : Anything Goes

Penny’s Paper-Crafty : Anything Goes

Whimsical Designs : Going Green

Oldie But Goodie Challenge : Bright Colours (the papers,cardstock,buttons,twine and wooden ladybird are all over 6 months old)

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge : Anything Goes

Forever Friends : Monthly Challenge : Animals and/or Butterflies and/or Birds 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Lovecats!

We’re so wonderfully,wonderfully,wonderfully,wonderfully pretty….well that’s enough of The Cure 🙂 and so onto my Love ♥ reminder post for Just Some Lines.There’s still plenty of time to play and the freebie is still up if you choose to use it to do so but any Just Some Lines image is fine 🙂

What could be more fitting for a milk carton than a couple of kitties 🙂 Well that’s what I thought when I saw Cat Love 2  by Just Some Lines.After scouring the internet for instructions I happened across one at A Load of Old Pickle but alas I don’t have a Hougie Board.Iwork in ‘old money’ on a Martha Stewart Scoring Board so I then found this one at Robin’s Creative Cottage which also included tips on how to make them in different sizes.So I’ve drawn inspiration from both and rolled it into one.And I managed it first go too!Thanks ladies for 2 great tuts.The box is made from linen effect card and I printed the image onto the same.After colouring them with Polychromos pencils I decided that altho’ it looked OK it wasn’t quite right (maybe it was the texture of the card) so out came the low odour oils thinners to save the day or the image in this case.Couldn’t be bothered to root around for my paper stumps so grabbed some cheapie cotton buds that were to hand.They work quite well on a smaller image like this plus there isn’t that much cotton wool on them to suck up all the thinners.They’re great for blending pastel pencils and detailed areas with chalk too.One thing’s for certain you wouldn’t want them near any part of your body!I layered up some spotty paper onto some red card and added panels on all 4 sides and 1 each side of the top too.I decorated the  binder clip I ‘won’ in a Christmas cracker (hoarding can be good sometimes) with more red card and  a contrasting spotty paper that were tiny scrap pieces.I added some ribbon and wooden buttons threaded with paper twine to finish.I’ve filled it with jelly beans to give to my DH.He’s not one for sweets and chocolate much (what’s wrong with him!!) but he does like his jelly beans… 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Cat Love 2 by Just Some Lines

Mediums : Faber Castell Polychromos pencils,Low odour oils thinners

Paper & Card : Papermania Bexley Black Capsule Paper Pack 8 x 8,Bazzill Basics card,Linen card from Southfield  Textured 12 x 12 pack

Tools : Martha Stewart Scoring Board, Fiskars 30cm  Euro Personal Paper Trimmer,X-Cut Guillotine,Nestabilites Scalloped Rectangles Large and Classic Rectangles Large,Big Shot

To Embellish : Papermania Bexley Black Ribbon,Wooden Buttons and Paper Twine from stash,Binder Clip won in a Christmas cracker 

Some challenges this is for :

Crafty Ribbons : Button Up

Forever Friends : Animals &/or Butterflies &/or Birds

Moving Along With The Times : Love is in the Air

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge : My heart is for you

Crafty Creations : Love/Hearts

Creative Belli : Valentine/hearts

Divas by Design : Love/Romance

Freshly Brewed : Hearts and Dots

Paper Shelter Challenge : Valentine

Whimsy Inspiration: Metal

Can You Digi It : Love Is In The Air

Crafty Sentiments :Valentine’s

Everybody-Art-Challenge : Metal

LEJ Designs : For Someone Special

Party Time Tuesdays : 3 and 3 (buttons)

Through The Craft Room Door : Always Anything Goes!

Tuesday Throwdown : Anything Goes

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge : Love ( for a Man)

Kaboodle Doodles : Valentines

Lexi’s Creations : Valentine / Love

Melonheadz Friends Challenge : Valentine’s

One Stitch At A Time : Anything Goes

The Squirrel & the Fox : Love

Creatalicious Challenges : L’Amour

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Bags of charm :)

This fortnight at Just Some Lines the challenge is Add a Charm.From now on only projects made with Just Some Lines images can be entered.But the good news is there will be a freebie image posted on the blog for the duration of the challenge for you to use!Just pop on over to Just Some Lines to find out all the details.While you’re  there don’t forget to get inspired by the DT’s creations.

For my project I’ve used the fabulous Lola by Just Some Lines.She’s been coloured with ProMarkers and has had a pearl added to the flower in her hair along with some Diamond Stickles on the gem on her ring – what else?!I got the idea to make this gift bag from the latest issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.Not sure if it’s me but I found the instructions difficult to follow and also thought the some of the measurements were wrong.Just as well I had a practice with some scrap paper and there was a template provided,so I took the measurements off that.Worked like a…er…charm!I used some pretty double sided paper from my stash.The chocolate piece on the flap is the reverse side so I made my faux stitching the same colour.The handles are grosgrain ribbon and I’ve embellished it with some pearl brads.The charm I cobbled together from a necklace kindly donated to me by DD1 🙂 I decided to turn it into a handbag charm.I’m thinking of presenting a piece of jewelry to my DD2 for her birthday in this 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Lola by Just Some Lines 

Mediums : ProMarkers,Diamond Stickles,Whispers Brush Marker (fine tip end)

Paper & Card : Papermania Double Sided 12 x 12 paper,Papermania Capsule Collection Textured A4 Colossal Pack

Tools :  Fiskars 30cm  Euro Personal Paper Trimmer,Embossing Ball Tool,Nellie’s Multi Frame Dies Eastern Rounds Set,Nestabilities Labels 4,Big Shot,Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Edger Punch,Piercing Tool

To Embellish : Papermania Pearl Brads Pinks,Grosgrain Ribbon from stash,Charm made from recycled necklace

 

Some challenges this is for :

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge :  Tic Tac Toe (Charm,Ribbon,Punch)

Pattie’s Creations : Altered or Recycled (Charm made from old necklace)

Sparkle & Glitter, a Rick St. Dennis Challenge : Anything BUT a Square

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge : It’s in the Bag, or Box

Moving Along With The Times : Bling it on

Paper Crafting Journey : For a Girl

Pixie Dust Studio : No Squares Allowed

Sassy Studio Designs : Use a Charm

Digistamps 4 Joy : Anything Goes

I love Promarkers : Anything Goes

Paper Shelter Challenge : Anything Goes

Can You Digi It : Getting Girly plus Photo Inspiration

Creative Card Crew: Girly 

Deep Ocean Challenge : Anything But A Square

Die Cuttin’ Divas : Edge Punch With Ribbon

LEJ Designs  :  Stitching Real Or Faux

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x