Subscription commission

If you subscribe to Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine you will have spotted this card in the subscription section. I really enjoyed colouring this beautful stamp they sent me to use.

Image - Crafter's Companion

Medium - Copics

Papers - Kaisercraft Miss Nelly

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Punch - corner rounder

Other - lace and pearls

Challenges

The Paper Shelter flowers everywhere 

Bunny Zoe lovely layers 

Noor! Design UK Here comes Summer 

Paper Creators all about flowers
Graph'It Time for Tea colours
Little Miss Muffet anything goes

Today we will be at my Mum's new home putting up curtains, lampshades etc so a very busy day ahead. I will try to draw my candy when I get home tonight.

A Christmas wish

I love the cute Christmas Scottie stamp set by LC Designs and can see these being used a lot. I have used one of my favourite die sets, MFT pierced rectangles. The image has been coloured with Copics and the papers are LOTV. I am going to miss the LOTV papers when I run out of them. I used Marianne poinsettia dies and pearls. The sentiment is part of the stamp set.

Challenges

Stamping Sensations anything goes 

The Ribbon Girl a card 

ABC Christmas C is for cute critters 

Creative Knockouts furry friends

Scotties for Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine

Now that a new issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine is out I can share the cards I made for last month's issue. I had to create a sketch and make three cards using the Little Claire Scottie stamps. The papers are First Edition Vintage Noel. For this one I used a wooden snowflake, ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and a Memory Box banner die.

This one has baker's twine and a snowflake charm along with MS punched snowflakes and pearls.

For this one I used three different MS snowflakes punches.

I would like to enter the three cards into the following challenges.

Simon Says Monday Throwback (Dec 2014 holiday card)

Crafting from the heart Anything goes 

Bizzy Becs anthing goes

I am super busy at the moment. A lady phoned yesterday as she bought some cards and a gift from me at the hospital shop and picked up my business card. She ordered some special Christmas cards and two gifts. I also had two magazine commissions come in this week and need more stock for Christmas fairs. Must do some ironing this morning then a crafting day for me.

Autumn is on its way

I made this card for the subscriber issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft which came out in August. I was asked to keep it fairly simple. I love Autumn, much more than Summer which can be too hot for me and I love the Autumnal colours too.

Image and sentiment - MO Manning for Penny Black Missing you clear stamp set

Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition Neroli

Dies - Memory Box cherry blossom and Joy butterfly border

Challenges

Penny Black and more at Allsorts anything goes 

The Ribbon Girl add flowers 

The Craft Barn stamping 

Scrap and Craft butterflies

Hunkydory in Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine

If you have a copy of the July edition of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine you will see these 4 cards I made. Something very different for me as I have never used a Hunkydory pack before. I must admit though that I was very pleased with the result. The images and papers are very pretty and didn't need too much embellishing to make the cards.

Today is my day for selling my crafts at the hospital shop so an early start. We are lucky having a Monday as it means we can set up on Sundays as nobody uses the shop at weekends. 

Upcycling

I thought I would share these upcycled projects with you today. They were a commission for the June edition of Cardmaking and Papercrafts Magazine using old song sheets. You could also use musical papers of course. The ribbon and lace are from Crafty Ribbons, flower made with a Go Kreate die.

View of the top, cherry blossom from Wild Orchid.

Challenges

Die Cuttin' Divas Water a flower day 

Crafting by Designs flowers 

Cute Card Thursday lovely lace 

Noor! Design UK flowers

  The bouquet was made with a Spellbinders scalloped die. I cut the circle, wrapped it around the flowers which I had wired together and then cut off the excess paper. Same ribbon and Memory Box die cut butterflies.

Challenges 

Everybody Art not angular 

 

I bought the Fiskars quote sentiments in America and they were perfect for the project. I use a Go Kreate die, flowers and bow from Hobbycraft.

Challenges

Bunny Zoe buttons and bows

Please scroll down for today's card and up to my candy page to enter my candy.

Meant To Be

This card was made for Cardmaking and Papercraft online blog. What better image for an engagement card than a LOTV couple. I am really pleased with my colouring on this one as black hair isn't easy.

Image - LOTV Meant To Be

Medium - Copics

Papers - LOTV Antebellum

Punch - Hobbycraft folk heart

Sentiment - computer generated

Other - Wedding votive and bow from Hobbycraft

Challenges

Bizzy Becs anything goes 

Sister Act anything goes

Penny Black Mother's Day

I made this card for Cardmaking and Papercraft online blog which you can find here. I so love the PB hedgies, they are so cute and love colouring them too.

Image - Penny Black Country Lady

Medium - Copics

Papers - Santoro Mirabelle

Dies - Marianne border, Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Sentiment - PC generated

Other - paper flowers and brads

Challenges

Papertake Mum's the word 

Creative Inspirations anything goes 

As you like it Digi or rubber (I do love digis but rubber stamps are still my favourite. There is something about the process of stamping and also I feel more like they are mine.) 

Cute Card Thursday Celebrate 

Penny Black Spring blooms 

The Ribbon Girl Going green

Bunny Zoe Spring colours

It's my day for selling my cards at the hospital shop so a early start. I will back to link up and catch up with you this evening.

Hello I have exciting news

As you may know I have been designing for the online blog for Cardmaking and Papercraft since last June. Well I am so excited to say that I will also be doing some commission work for their magazine and this is the first of them. 

I was asked to make a Hello card for the subscriber's extra supplement for the February edition and this is the card I made.

Image - LOTV James Peeping

Medium - Copics

Papers - MME Unforgettable

Die - Marianne creatables

Other - pearls, fineliner pen

Challenges

Penny Black and More at Allsorts Anything goes 

Simon Says All creatures great and small 

Crafting Musketeers Cute
Sweet Stampin' Inspired by a song (Hello - Lionel Ritchie)

An early start for me today as I have my monthly craft stall at the hospital shop today so I will link up and catch up with you later.

Happy Hanukkah

A first for me, a Happy Hanukkah card which I made for Cardmaking and Papercraft online magazine. I don't know much about Hanukkah other than it is called The Festival of Light and they light a menorah so I set about finding a suitable image. This is Max with Menorah from Mo Manning. He has been coloured with Copics and I used First Edition Gilded Winter papers as I though the gold appropriate. The die is Memory Box and I added some gold pearls.

Challenges

The Paper Shelter Special celebrations 

Cute Card Thursday Little angels 

Papertake Anything goes 

ALBC Anything goes not Christmas 

Whimsy Anything goes

Published online again

My latest card for Cardmaking and Papercraft is now on their website and you can see it here. Please hop over and check it out.

Image - LOTV art pad

Papers - LOTV Up, up and away

Sentiment - LOTV

Ric rac - Crafty Ribbons

Dies - Spellbinders labels 10 and curved borders

Other - enamel dots, Sakura pens for sentiment

Challenges

My Mum's Craft Shop Dies or punches 

Let's Craft and Create Anything goes 

Incy Wincy Cute critters 

Cutie Pie Two's company

LOTV Pretty papers
Papertake Anything goes

I am selling at one of my regular craft fairs at the hospital today so I will be back to link up and catch up with some of you later.

Magazine project - Postcards

My latest project to be published online for Cradmaking and Papercraft has jost been published. You can find it here so please pop over and take a look.  The first postcard features a photo from Key West and the second a gorgeous silhouette stamp from Little Claire. You can find all the products listed on the CM&PC page. I have never made postcards before but I will be using these for scrapbook pages.

Well all I bought in The Range yesterday was a pack of red card as I am getting through a lot of red and green card making Christmas cards. Mum loved her card and her present. I had a couple of emails, one with a magazine commission for 5 cards and another from Stamposaurus for whom I make cards to launch their new stamps. 4 new stamps coming out so that is 8 cards to make for the lovely Jayne. Crafty Ribbons also have some new Christmas ribbons on their way to the DT so samples needed of those for their stand at upcoming shows. With lots of craft fairs Sep-Dec to say I am busy is an understatement. Good job I love it.

Thanks so much for all your visits, I always appreciate all your lovely comments. I will have some new candy coming very soon for one or maybe two lovely followers.

Dad

I am very excited to bring you my first, and I hope not my last, magazine commissioned card today. It is for Cardmaking and Papercraft online. I was asked to make a modern Father's Day card with shopping list and instructions. 

Sentiment - Woodware stamp

Papers - First Edition Man Made, DCWV Burlap paper

Dies - Sizzix primitive stars, Tim Holtz star cluster

Other - baker's twine

Challenges

Bearly Mine One for the boys 

Country View Only men allowed 

Charisma Father's Day 

Allsorts For the guys 

Sweet Stampin' Father's Day/special man/boy
Simon Says Father's Day/masculine
Fab n Funky Father's Day/for the man in your life
MAWTT Father's Day

You can find my post here and I would really appreciate you hopping over to the online magazine to take a look.

Thanks for all the Anniversary wishes. We had a lovely chilled out day with a lovely lunch at Cafe Rouge.