Teddy Bo

How lovely is this bear? Absolutely gorgeous I think. I made this card using all Kay & Co card from a recycled card pad I bought absolutely ages ago, all shades of brown. I think it suits the card perfectly. I coloured the image with my Promarkers, used a little pink glitter and liquid pearls. I again used my Nestabilities to cut the circle etc. Ah I nearly forgot, I also used my new distressing tool from Tim Holtz, I think it is great and gives such a great effect. The sentiment stamp is from a free stamp pack I got from the front of a craft magazine and the stamps are by Papermania, again I have had these ages and never used them.

I really like this card, I hope you do.

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Cupcake Birthday

A very quick post to show you a card I made for a workfriend whose birthday it was today.

Images by Kanban, coloured with Promarkers, with glitter and liquid pearls added. Bazzil card and brown spotted paper by Papermania "The Big One". Sentiment by Craftwork Cards.

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

A couple of cards to show y'all!

I've found a bit of time the last few days to craft, which makes a nice change, I think i'm getting the crafting bug again hooray!! Just a quick post and will come back later and post the recipes for these cards, but for now, here they are, hope you like.

Joy xx

Sketch Saturday - Week #139

As I said in my last post, I was meeting my friend today who sadly lost her mother on Thursday. She's doing very well, much more upbeat than I anticipated and she appreciated the card that I made for her. I think she's going to be ok, it was a difficult relationship and there are a few things to iron out but I think she will come out of it ok.

Anyway, it's that time again, time for the Sketch Saturday Challenge. I love this challenge so much because I am always having difficulty in deciding how to lay out my cards so this challenge makes it easy work. I had a great time making this card with a new LOTV stamp that I recently purchased, isn't she an adorable little girl.

The elements I used for my card are:-

Image - LOTV "Little Ballerina"
Image coloured with Promarkers and Copics
Papers - Cosmo Cricket
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Nesties
Martha Stewart Heart Punch
Punched flowers
Liquid Pearls

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Sincere Condolences

A very quick post tonight just to post a sympathy card that I have had to make, my first one. My best friend from schooldays had some sad news just a few weeks ago, her mother had cancer. Just a week ago she was told it had spread and that it was terminal. She passed away yesterday :( They weren't very very close but you only get one mum don't you so it is still a very sad occasion.

I got this wonderful image from Pink Petticoat which fit the bill perfectly. I just made a very simple card in black and white and used my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots folder. I found a lovely sympathy verse online, there are some lovely verses, I was in tears more than once just reading them.

I am off to meet my friend for coffee in the morning and a natter so am off to bed now.

Thanks for reading and looking.

Joy xx

Sketch Saturday - Week #138

A quick post this evening to add the card that I have just made for Sketch Saturday's challenge this week. The sketch is great so I just had to give it a go and of course had to use one of my new LOTV stamps, isn't this little bunny gorgeous, I love him.

The recipe for my card is:-

Papers: Dream Street Papers - Nancy - The Loft and Gracie - Bubble Gum
Image - Lili of the Valley - Umbrella Bunny
Image coloured with Promarkers
Flowers punched.
Papermania Brad and pink half pearls added
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Nesties

Thanks for looking. Please leave a comment.

Joy xx

Creative Inspirations Challenge 94 - Photo Inspiration

Managed another card, I am such a slow crafter, I can work a little at a time on a card and take 2 or 3 days lol, I won't win any medals for being speedy lol.

Anyway onto the card. I decided to enter another challenge, this time the Creative Inspirations challenge for which I used to be on the design team. The challenge was to use the colours blue, white and brown which I think I have managed to do thankfully lol.

The image I used is a freebie from Meljen Designs called "Sweet Little Donkey", isn't he adorable? I again used my Promarkers to colour the image and used a few accents of Sakura which do not show on the photo.

The paper I have used is called brown and blue dots and I think (I could be wrong) it is by Hot off the Press but don't quote me on that lol. The blue card that I have used is Bazzill Bling in a light blue.

I cut the flower using my lovely flower nesties and added a blue half pearl in the centre.

I also added some brown tulle which I had in my craft drawer and added a little charm to the centre. I then tied some string onto a button and added to the corner of the card.

Sentiment by Craftwork Cards.

And there it is, I hope you like it.

Hopefully get some more crafting done this weekend.

Joy xx