She Passed!

Hello Folks!

Another 4 weeks have been and gone in a flash!  The year will soon be away and I'm still struggling to remember to write 2015 instead of 2014!
My wee sister passed her driving test last Saturday.  She hadn't told us that she was doing it but I had an inkling :)  She was under pressure to pass it first time as we all passed on our first attempts (all being the siblings - there are 4 of us altogether, including Rachael).  She managed it so was quite excited and very happy!  She then drove her car up to Belfast on Sunday to Queens, where she goes to university.  She wasn't overly confident as it's a good bit away and involves motorway and lanes and round-abouts and lots of traffic - and she only passed her test the day before!  It also involves knowing the way, so mummy went with her, with daddy following to take mummy home again!  We'll see how she manages on the homeward journey.

We have another challenge for you this fortnight at the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and it was my turn to choose the theme, so I went for...

R for Ribbon!

I want to see lots of lovely ribbon on your makes, I'd really like to see some innovative ways of using ribbon, as well as beautiful bows and showing off pretty ones.

As I had a special occasion for a card this week, I had a specific theme, here's what I did:

I made this for Rachael and I started off by googling a map of our local area which I took a screen-shot of and turned it sepia in photoshop.  The other papers I used are American Crafts, Lucky Charm.

The image is Keys Please by Saturated Canary.  I coloured her with the following copics: Skin;E21,13,00,0000,R20. Hair;E4937,33,30. Top;Y26,23,21. Trousers;E29,27,25,23. Boots;RV34,32,21,10. Eyes;YG17,13. Certificate;E40.

The dies I used are: Die-Namics - Dainty Doily Duo (the small one), Magnolia swirl Doohickey, Memory Box - Simple Banner and Marianne Design die and matching stamp for the sentiment.
The flower is from The Works and the ribbons and charms are from my stash.

The inside is kept fairly simple and echoes the front.  I used another map of the local area which also got the sepia treatment.

So there you have it, I hope you can join us at the Alphabet Challenge Blog and show us what you can do with ribbon!

Thanks for looking!
 

Very Special Sister!

Hi everyone!

The last of my catch-ups now, this one is for the new challenge at the Creative Card Crew that started on Tuesday.

Our sponsors for this fortnight are...

Marianne Designs

Who are offering this fabulous prize to one lucky winner

And QKR Stampede

 Who are offering 5 dig's to another lucky winner!

So to be able to try getting your hands on one of these fantastic prizes our challenge for you for the next fortnight is...

KISS

Keep It Simple & Sweet!

So, here's what I did...

The image was provided by our sponsor QKR Stampede and is called Ballet Shoes.  I coloured them with the following Copics: RV23,21,10,Y15 and I used a clear stardust pen on the stars before adding a little gem to each one.

I haven't used any design papers or dies on this one!  The sentiment was computer generated using the font Lainie Day and the ribbon, pearl (which isn't as bright in real life!) and diamante numbers are from my stash.

As the card is so simple (& sweet!) I thought I would use the image again on the inside but I decreased the opacity and coloured it with Blush Pink, Light Peach, White and Sand prisma pencils for a less bright look.

I made the card for my "little" sister who turned 17 on Monday!  Where has the time gone, it seems like no time since she was only a wee baby!
I hope you will be able to join us with this lovely challenge - check out what the rest of the DT have done on the Creative Card Crew blog!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks; Use pearls
Crafty Boots Challenges; Bingo - first line down:Pink, Glitter, Star.
Loves To Create Challenges; Use red or pink
Top Tip Tuesday; Girly

Thanks for looking!
 

I'm A Proud Big Sister!

Evening all!
 
I thought I'd share the card I made for my little sister - she got her GCSE results on Thursday and she has made us all very proud!
The wee smarty pants got 2 A*'s, 7 A's and a B!!  And in a couple of subjects she only missed the A* by 1 or 2 points!
So I got to it and made her a card and here it is...

I always seem to choose Saturated Canary images for cards for her, these little ladies just remind me of Rachael!  I thought this one looked like she was wearing clogs so I used it - she's called Sabrina.  I coloured her with the following copics:  Skin; E21,13,00,0000,R20. Hair; E47,44,43,40. Dress; E35,33,30.RV34,32,R39,37,29.YG97,95,93.
I was colouring away in my own wee world when I suddenly realised how late it was getting so I had to rush to finish it, but I suppose that is why we all love crafting, having our own wee world to go to!

The papers I used are Pretty In Pink by Glitz.  The dies are Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval, Whiff of Joy Stars Festoon and Marianne Design banner with sentiments to fit.  The "Clever Clogs!" was computer generated and printed on kraft card and chopped up into little squares before being attached with foam pads.  The pearls, gems, ribbon and twine are all from my stash.  Everything was inked with Walnut Stain distress ink.

The inside was done to match the front with another computer generated sentiment.  This comes from when she was wee, maybe 3 or 4, and we would all call her a genius while pointing our finger into the middle of our forehead - if I remember right it came from TFI Friday - and she would copy us.  That's what comes from having brothers and sisters so much older than you! lol!

So there you are, my card for my talented and clever little sister.  I wonder where she'll be in a few years time?  Somewhere good I bet!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbon Challenge Blog; Anything goes with ribbon
Cute Card Thursday; Back to school
Divas By Design; Use some twine
Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog; Back to school
A Gem of a Challenge; Anything with a B - Banners
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog; Girls, girls, girls
One Stitch At A Time; Back to school
One Stop Craft Challenge; Spots and dots
Southern Girls Challenge Blog; The warm and fuzzies
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge; Back to school

Thanks for looking - and if you haven't already seen it, don't miss my blog candy!

Happy Birthday Rachael!

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all well and keeping warm - there's so much snow all over the place but thankfully we seem to be avoiding it this time!  There was talk of us getting some over the weekend but the threat seems to have moved over a bit and is missing us.  I'm sure it would've been nothing like the amount in the US!  Wow, that's a lot of snow!  Stay safe if you're affected.

Anyway, I have to shout a bit Happy Birthday to my wee sister Rachael who's turning Sweet 16 today!  I know she's having a good birthday weekend but I only ever wish the best for her - love her to bits!

So it's new challenge time for the Pink team at Eclectic Ellapu and guess what?  It's my turn to host and as it's my wee sisters birthday today I decided to go for the theme...

Girly!

Here's what I did...

I used several Magnolia stamps - Not sure what you call the Tilda but she's sitting on Love Muffin.  I used the masking technique and I stamped with Memento Desert Sand - I have wanted to try the stamping with a light coloured ink technique for a while and that is the lightest coloured ink I have.  I coloured them with the following Copics: Skin; E21,13,00,0000,R20. Hair; E49,39,37,35. Etc; RV13,11,10,BG02,000,0000,YG95,93,91,E33,31,30,W3,1,00.

The card is a large 8"x8" card from Craftwork cards and my papers are First Edition, Spring Feast.  They are from a 6"x6" pad so I quilted 3 patterns from the pad to fit the card.  I made the 3 lollipops by cutting circles of card and covering in super sticky tape, I then got the ribbon and tied a knot at the end, trimming close to the knot and sticking it in the centre of the circle, the ribbon coming from the knot I then twisted and wrapped in a spiral til I got to the outter edge of the circle and adhered the loose end on the back.  I then painted 3 wooden toothpicks with white paint and attached to the back.  The tag and lace banner are both Magnolia stamps with computer generated sentiments.  Some more ribbon and baubly ribbon from my stash and card candy with gems complete the card.

The inside, as always, matches the front.

So go have a look at what the rest of the DT did at Eclectic Ellapu - they've produced some stunners this week, as they do every week! lol!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafts & Me Challenges; Your favourite colour combo
Craft Your Passion Challenges; Pastels
Crafty Ribbons Challenges; Anything goes with ribbon
Delightful Challenges; Pastel colours
Love to Create Challenge; Let's celebrate
Moving Along With The Times; Only girls allowed
No Matter Which Challenge; Ribbons and bows
Southern Girls Challenge; Bling it on
ABC Challenges; G for going dotty
The Shabby Tearoom; Happy birthday in pink and blue

Thanks for looking!
 

Rachael's Birthday

It's my little sister's 15th birthday on Friday.  She used to look at my blog but I don't think she does anymore, so hopefully I'm safe to show my card!  If you are looking, Rachael, - STOP!  and don't look any further!

My mum wanted a card for her so this is what I did...

I used a digi stamp from Saturated Canary called Nevaeh which I coloured with Pro-markers, Flex-markers and Prismacolor pencils (Skin: Sunkissed pink, Oatmeal, Blush & Pastel pink. Hair: Burnt umber, Chestnut, Cocoa & Cinnamon. Clothes: Antique pink, Dusky rose, Ruby, Tea rose, Cadet blue, Sky blue, Denim blue, Pear green, Leaf green, Aniseed & blender. Pencils, Kelp green, Dark purple, Dark brown, Black & White.)  I then cut her out with Petit Oval Large nestie.

The papers are My Minds Eye; Tickled Pink paper pad.
I coloured a chipboard 15 using one of the pink pro-markers and then coated it with glossy accents.  I then embedded some dewdrops in the glossy accents before smothering with some pinky/peachy glitter.
I had a diamate butterfly in my stash which was on a stick, so I removed the stick and coloured the pearls with the pro-marker.  I also coloured some flatback pearls and added them to opposite corners.
The cherry charm was relieved from my stash and I used a nested bird nestie to cut out the name which was computer generated, by me!

After I had taken the photo's I thought I would colour the dots on her dress with a clear stardust pen.  It's always risky to decide to do something to a card once it's finished and it usually ends in disaster for me!  I took another very bad picture to show the sparkly dress.

The inside is fairly plain using the same papers, pearls, nesties and font as the front.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Allsorts; Free & easy
CES Challenges; Give me wings
Diva's By Design; Anything goes
Fab & Funky Challenges; Use a digi image
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge; Girlie girl
The Poodles Parlour; Anything goes
Scrappy Frogs, Die cuts
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays; Die cuts
The Pink Elephant; Pink
Sketch Saturday: Sketch

Thanks for looking and for your lovely comments - and hello to my new follower! :)
 

Elegant Tilda!

This is the second and last card I made for my sister for her birthday.



I used this lovely Tilda and sat her on a piano - my sister plays the piano (although she's not allowed to sit on it!), so I thought she'd like it! I coloured it with my copic markers.



I also used my new Martha Stewart punch around the page punches. Papers are Basic Grey, Wassail.



And I spritzed the flowers with cosmic shimmer mist.




Apologies for the blurry pictures - light wasn't so good when I took the pictures and I just couldn't get a good one.

Thanks for dropping by.

Deary me!

Another bout of absenteeism, but not quite as long this time! :p
This time I'll show a card that I made about a month ago for my sisters birthday

As far as I remember I used my Sugar Nellie Manga girl stamp, coloured with my copics and used Basic grey paper.

I made the butterfly with a nestie shape and curled it to give it shape. I added the beads to the card over the ribbon from stash and then the butterfly on top.
The sentiments were printed and cut out with a nestie and cut in half.

I finished it off in a matching box.

I hope you like it, thanks for dropping by!

Another one for Rachael

My Ma 'n' Da wanted a card for Rachael too. So I made this one from them:

This is the inside:

I followed this sketch from Papertake Weekly:

I used the Sugar Nellie stamp "Wish" which I coloured with H2O's and stardust pens. The papers are from the DCWV "Once Upon A Time" stack and the brads are charm brads from Dovecraft. The wording was cut using my Craft ROBO

They were giving her tickets for her birthday and wanted something to put them in so I made this to match the card (also following the sketch):

I got the idea for this from SCS but I don't know if it was done as per the instructions as I didn't read them because it said you needed a crimper - which I don't have! I used all the same ingredients for this as for the card.

She was delighted with her present!

Happy Birthday Rachael!

I'll try to make up for being such a bad blogger by posting another card!!

It was my little sisters 12th birthday today (Tuesday).

So this is the card I made (eventually, that "r" has been sitting painted for weeks on my table!) for her:

And the inside:

I followed the sketch from Crafts 4 Eternity, which looks like this:

I used the largest "r" from my set of grungeboard letters and I painted it with worn lipstick distress crackle paint. The papers I used are Basic Grey "Pheobe" range and I used my Craft ROBO to cut out the rest of the name and the "12". I edged everything with distress inks. The cute little flower is a charm brad from Dovecraft. And my circle nesties were nearly worn out with this card!!

Rachael liked the card and I hope you do too!