Paper pieced Peonies from Penny Black

 Hi bloggers, have neglected the ol' blog for a while as have been working away doing other things, but have a few bits to post, so here goes the first of a few days' photos for you to have a peek at.

I used an old Penny Black stamp called Peonies which is rubber and wood mounted - absolutely delighted to see what looks like a re - release of the image in the new Penny Black Flower Gallery set which you can find here.

Decorated the box for this one..

and love the Martha Stewart punch around the page set called Wild Flowers.

Some other photos to show you the gorgeous colours from the Twinkling h2O watercolour paints.. and the paper piecing - coloured a few layers and then mounted them so the flower is more dimensional.

Sugar Nellie Funky Kits Wedding card

Just popping in for a quick hello and posting some cards as catching up with the blog now my Christmas projects are underway!

The image used for this card was from sugar Nellie / Funky Kits which you can find here, stamped on cream card and coloured with twinkling H2O's. the embossing is from a cuttlebug folder and the ink is antique linen TH distress ink. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The leaf die cuts are from a Magnolia Doo Hickey Die and the box was made for the card with the same cardstock used for the card blank.

will pop back later with some more

Di's Digi Fall Colours + my fave twinkly paints

hello bloggers and fellow crafters, hope you have all been having a good weekend and those Christmas cards are in full swing LOL.

Am sharing a great feminine card, which would be great to send to someone who loves baking, and I have chosen autumnal colours for this one - those limy / green flowers, when the leaves start to turn and the browns and reds, just no orange on this one

Over at Di's Digi Challenge Blog, the theme this week is Fall Colours, and hope you can join in too.

I have used Gonna Bake a Cake image for mine and I just love the luscious choc layer cake and the little girls baking cap!

I have used Cheery Lynn Mega Fanciful Flourish die on this card, cutting the die so I could re position leaves and fronds where I wanted them

...and added some pretty Wild Orchid Craft flowers to which I added ultra fine glitter in an old rose colour pink and limey green colour, using art institute glitter glue to add the glitter as well as adhere the flowers.

...a closeup photos of the roses and cherry blossoms and the stitching onto the Nitwit papers from their Warm Fuzzies collection.

The tan coloured pearls are from Cottage Crafts, and you can find the range here, they are excellent value and each pearl comes off the sheet individuality, no need to cut the long adhesive strings on other brands!

and the inside of the card left blank for that special sentiment.

In case you are wondering about the skin colour, I used promarkers for that (yes you can colour hammered card which isnt usually suitable for promarkers as it can bleed, if you are careful). I used markers from light to dark, in the following order - antique white Flex Marker, almond, satin, march hare and sunkissed pink - delighted with the result!

Hope you like the card blank, which cardstock I also used for layering and the punched border - its kraft card from Craft creations which you can find here and its a great weight, good quality cardstock which I got in 12 x 12 sheets - am going to use more of it!

I am entering this card into some other challenges too:

Sketch 'n Stash - Challenge 100 use one of the catalogue sketches - I used number 82, here is the sketch

The Pink Elephant Challenge - #173 Use your favourite colouring medium - I used twinkling H2O's

Cupcake Craft Challenges - get Krafty

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenges - Cute and Girly

Stampin for the Weekend - All stitched up (got my sewing machine out after a long while..woohoo)

Will be back with more cards next week, as have been going through all the photos taken and not posted, so pop back again..

Bearly Mine Challenge #51 & Cuddly Buddly

Hi everyone, an popping in to share a card which I hope will chase the rain away, using a Bearly Mine digi paper set called Spring Delights and a Pachela Studios' digi image I found on the Cuddly Buddly website:

 

I love the Toby Tumble images they are sooo cute, and I knew the charm and the papers were meant to be used with this image!

Here is the card  - have used the new memory box cloud dies and a fiskars border punch as well as the Martha Stewart Photo corner punch.

and some more close up photos so you can see the clouds, which I inked and shaped...

Pop along and join us at Bearly Mine, where the Challenge this week is Anything Goes, and don't forget to pop along to the website where you can find lots of freebie papers AND some new blossoms to print out as well.

   

Bearly Mine all that Glitters & Wee Stamps

Hi everyone and sorry for being awol for so long, internet issues and now blogger wont let me upload :( (had to load pics in this post in internet explorer then the rest done in google chrome... odd but I couldn't load photos in google chrome at all arghh).

enough about tech hitches - onto my card for Bearly Mine Challenges, and the image I used for this was new Wee Stamps Holly stamp which I coloured in the gorgeous muted greeny blue colours like the ones you can see in the paper in the Spring Mist pack found HERE.

here is a close up photo of the layers:

Also, Donna has some new Halloween papers with the cutest critters over on the Bearly Mine Designs blog, and there's 25% off until tomorrow - go and have a peek!

I have loads of other stuff to post when I can get the picture loading issues resolved, so will be back soon.

Lily of The Valley decorated box

Hi everyone, not been posting much as kept occupied with this little project; couldn't wait to make it once I had the idea, it had to be realised!!

Love using LOTV images and love making boxes and non-card paper craft items, so this was perfect for my first Christmas project of 2012.

If you want to see other cards made with LOTV images, click HERE.

here is a better view of the snowman

... and the top of the gift box which can be picked up by the handle / ribbon, as it has been secured underneath, but....

... the ribbon slides through the top snowflake and you can lift of the lid and secure it again without tying any knots or creasing the ribbon!

and this is one of the sides where you can see some more die cut and glittered trees - the box is 3.5 inches square and about 10 inches high.

There is an Anything but a Card Challenge running over at Lili of the Valley's Ideas to Inspire until August 16th, so if you want to enter, here is the link to the Challenge Blog

Di's Digi Downloads Pile on those Flowers Challenge

Sorry am a bit late with this today, but here is my card for our new challenge over at Di's Digi Download Challenge Blog.

The theme this week is to Pile on those Flowers, and am sure that's an easy one for most of us to do, we find it hard not to, sometimes!!

... so pop in and join us with all your floral themed projects.

Tina Wenke Stamped Book Card

Hi everyone and hope you have all had a fabulous weekend. 

Am popping in to share a book card which I have wanted to make up with this particular stamp for a while - just the perfect image from Tina Wenke called Storybook Friends.

here is another view from the side where you can see the 'faux' pages and inking.

and here is the inside:

 and a side on view of the inside

loved making this project and will be making another one very soon!

Di's Digi DT card Male Inspired

Hello blogland and hope your BH weekend is off to a good start for those of you who have one. Delighted to share another card using Di's Digi Downloads for the challenge for next fortnight which is for mens cards. Since Father's Day is just around the corner, so get your stash out and get crafting - hope over to the challenge post here.

For my card I used mechanic ted and am embossing folder with cogs and black soot distress ink to create the border. no papers or anything else as I wanted a big image so I could get some serious colouring in!

the sentiment is made with alphabet candy stamps from craftwork cards which you can purchase at Cottage Crafts if you contact Marina or here and a LOTV ticket stamp which you can find here.

That's all for now but I have loads to post on blog so will be back with more.

Di's Digi Challenge DT card - Show us some Bling!

quick hello from me this morning before I head out, to show you the new challenge over at Di's Digi Challenge blog - perfect excuse to get out all things glittery and make a bling card to brighten your day or someone else's!

Will be back later with more photos on this one and couldn't wait to use my new nestability label dies as I LOVE LOVE LOVE this shape!

My first Bearly Mine DT card

Hi everyone, am excited to share my first Bearly Mine card with you, for Challenge #34 Fairies.

The papers I have used are from a new release due out this Friday 11th May and are called Floral Breeze. Its just sooo delicate and timeless, that I love all of this pack and I couldn't wait to get crafting with it.

 here is my finished card - lots of gems, clean white and pastel blue. I also only acquired my first memory box die in the last few days and so couldn't wait to team it up with the papers.

here is a side on view to show the layering with the spellbinders die and the die cut branches

you can get this new paper set from Friday this week - click on the picture to go to the Bearly Mine digi paper site.

Di's Digi Spring Challenge and Bearly Mine Petunia Parade

Hi everyone, and welcome to the weekend, and its a bank holiday one so just fantastic! Have a card to share today for our Di's Digi Challenge blog - the theme for the next two weeks is Spring. Hop on over and take part if you can, cos its a theme to lift all our spirits when its a bit rainy out there.

I have teamed up the image Izzy flowerpot with Donna from Bearly Mine's new release called Petunia parade, a new set available from yesterday.

just added some sloeup photos = image coloured with twinkling H2O's

you can find the digi image here and the papers here

edited to add - on Friday May 11th there are another two new Bearly Mine Digi releases coming our way - here is a little preview - Floral Breeze and Yummy Delights