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Tuesday 23 April 2013

Emma's Present

Good Morning,

I am sat out in the garden posting this card!! Can't believe spring is actually here.
Hope you are all well.
This card I have made for the Ribbon Girl April colour challenge. The picture to be used as inspiration I just had to print off and stick into my ideas book, such a pretty picture.

I have used LOTV Emma's presents stamp. The papers are from Nitwits Always Forever too. The image I have coloured with Prisma coloured pencils. The flowers are from wild orchid crafts, Carnation, roses and gipsophilia. The little sentiment tag and the butterfly are Magnolia. I have also used a pretty cream lace to go across the centre of the card.

What a fab challenge, I don't know who wouldn't be inspired by such a lovely picture.

I hope you like it.

Karen x









Saturday 20 April 2013

Buttons, Bows and Polka Dots.

Hello,

Back again with another baby card, this time for the Sweet Stampin Challenge. Buttons, Bows and Polka Dots.

Just  about all my favourite things in one card!!!

I love making baby cards. The pretty backing paper is Nitwits Always and forever.  I have used a marrianne creatable die for the pram and a fancy oval die for the background. The flourish is a Cheery Lyn. The cute little heart tag die is a magnolia one that comes with a bigger tag. The buttons are some I have in my stash and the vintage seam binding is from the ribbon girl.
I have added two tiny butterflies and sparkly stars to the corner of the card. Oh and for the Polka Dots I used Maja Spring Papers inside the card.

Thanks for looking.

Karen x





Close Your Eyes.

Good Morning,

What a beautiful day!! Sun and everything.

Today I am showing you a card that I have put together for the Lili's Little fairies challenge.
The stamp is called close your eyes from Lili of the valley. I am entering it into the above challenge and also the totally gorjus spring colours challenge.

I have again used half acetate for the front of the card. The papers are Maja Spring basics and Melisssa Frances.
The cloud die  is a new joy crafts one and the border along the centre of the card is a poppy stamps one. The stamps are a mixture of Marianne design and LOTV.
The fence die is one I use all the time and comes from magnolia. The little butterfly is out of the Maja Spring papers and I have gloosy accented it and used stickles glitter glue underneath. I saw this demonstrated on Nixe-Moni's gorgeous blog.

I have coloured the image using a mixture of distress markers and prisma colour pencils. Around the edge of the circle I have used metalic gilding wax, which I have to say I found a little messy!!! It is the first time I have used it though.


Have a great weekend

Hugs  Karen x









Thursday 18 April 2013

Golfing

Hello,

Today I have made a male birthday card. I find these quite hard but Lili of the Valley have brought out their sketch pads and I have used the Vintage Boys pad.

The lovely thing is you can colour them yourself. I have used distress markers and prisma coloured pencils.

I have used acetate for the front of the card. The clouds are a joy crafts die. The flower border across te centre of the card is a poppy craft die.

The sentiment has been printed on my mac and then embossed with a cuttlebug swiss dots folder.

The papers are Maja design spring basics and the surround for the image is Bazill basic card stock.






Saturday 13 April 2013

Ideas and things I Love file

Good morning,

Today I don't have a card to show you but something else I have been working on. For a while now I've been looking at the smash books. I like the idea of being able to keep all my inspiration and ideas in one easy to go to place.

I bought the file and insets at Paperchase a while ago.

I have decorated the front cover with a pretty Melissa Frances paper and added lots of little embellishments that I have collected over time.

Inside I have different sections like home decor, recipes, shops I love and a family section fro photos etc.
I love collecting pretty pictures from home magazines and the like just to look at every now and again.

Also  I have a plastic wallet inside where I keep web addresses etc for my favourite places that I purchase card bits from i.e backgrounds that I can purchase and download and digi prints.

All in all I'm really pleased with the look of the file and now have my own record of home decor ideas card ideas and just pretty things to look at.

Hope to have a card for you to see soon.

Hugs
Karen x
Front Cover with Melissa Frances Paper.














This is the cover for my Home Decor section

Inside the front cover


Some Home Decor Ideas (colours I love)


Sunday 7 April 2013

Emma Pot Plant

Good morning,

I have a card today which I am going to enter into the Lili's Little Fairies " All Stitched Up" Challenge , The Ribbon Girl April Challenge "just add flowers' and Cheery Lynn Design " Back to Nature"

I have used LOTV Emma Pot Plant stamp.

I have painted it with Distress re-inkers. The backing paper is a Maja Design vintage Spring and the stitched mats are from Nitwits.

I have used several dies. The fence is a magnolia die, the doily is Cheery Lyn and the little birdhouse is a Marianne creatable. I love the die running sown the edge of the card which is a poppy stamp die.
The large tag with the ribbon attached is a magnolia.

I hope to make another card to post today but I'll have to see what I can come up with.

Hugs

Karen x





Thursday 4 April 2013

Saturated Canary Honey

Hello,

I have a saturated canary card today which I downloaded as a Digi Print.

I have coloured with distress markers. The papers are the new Maja design Vintage Spring range and the backing is  a hesian look paper. The doily is cut using a cheery Lyn die. Very pretty die, it's the first time I have used it as it only arrived yesterday.

The little paper shopping bag is cut using a memory box die, a bit fiddly to put together but worth the effort, I think.

The balloons and the number dies are both Quickutz. I have also added glossy accents to the balloons and the numbers.

I hope you like it and I would like to enter it in to the Saturated canary "pretty pastels" challengesweet stampin  challenge "oh so girly" and Totally Gorjuss Challenge

Karen x