Betty Boop Inspired Card

My Dad's partner asked me to make a card for her (buxom!) best friend who loves Betty Boop. I've seen this Kenny K image used on other blogs and thought it would be ideal so have coloured it to look like the friend. I've used a Cover-a-Card stamps to create the background then scored diagonally to make a luxurious quilt effect. The flowers are handmade using alternating layers of coloured cardstock cut with the Tattered Florals die from Tim Holtz and then sprayed with water before scrunching. The card candy, lace and pearl brads were all coloured with ProMarkers to match.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Craft Your Days Away - Challenge 28, Make Your Own Flowers
• Bearly Mine - Challenge 18, Flowers Flowers Flowers
• Craft Your Passion - Challenge 74, Anything Goes With Flowers
• Sweet Stamps - Challenge 31, Lace
• Card Makin' Mamas - Challenge 28, Digital

Fairy Stepper Card

My Mum's birthday was on the 1st August and I knew immediately that I wanted to use this image so coloured it in to match the paper, then had a complete lack of inspriation on how to construct the card! I wanted to try something completely new so decided to use a side stepper card, which perfectly displays the different layers i've cut out on my Craft Robo. Apparently the colours didn't match very well but i'm pleased with it...




Sorry I used a whole load of colours on this image and can't remember them all...



Supplies
Image - Woodland Fairy by Sugar Nellie
Colouring Medium - ProMarkers & Premier Prismacolor Pencils
Die - Classic Oval/Classic Scalloped Oval Nestabilities
Cardstock - 270 gsm coloured card from Lidl
Papers - Fantasy by Dovecraft
Glitter - Crystal Stickles
Ribbon - from The Range, coloured with ProMarkers
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
Borders - cut out using my Craft Robo
Sentiment - Rub on (can't remember where from)

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Craft Your Days Away - Challenge 26, Birthdays


• Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 26, Birthday Cards


• I Love ProMarkers - Challenge 77, Things With Wings

New Baby Boy Card

Unfortunately due to my boss leaving and me being promoted the last two months have been hectic so I haven't had any time to craft. Luckily it's all starting to calm down now and i've been on holiday this week so had lots of time to play! My mind is overflowing with ideas and i've started half a dozen cards so look out for those soon :-)

Anyway here's a commissioned card I made a while ago but haven't yet posted. It was cut out on my Craft Robo then embellished with Stickles, card candy and ribbon. Very quick to put together but I think it looks really effective!

Squidgy Christmas Cards

My colleague at work asked me to make some cards for him to give his family for Christmas. I suggested shaker cards as i'd just brought some plastic domes, but this lead him to ask for squidgy cards instead! This is what I came up with - the snowflake cut out is backed by a zip lock bag filled with hair gel and sequins. They were a bit messy to make but loads of fun to play with...

Shaped Anniversary Card

So Martin asked if i'd help him make his parents a 32nd anniversary card. Suprise suprise that involved me making the card and him taking the credit lol! To give him his due though he came up with the original idea for the layout, which I then designed and cut out on my Craft Robo. I love the idea of shaped cards but they're a bit hard to write in...

Congrats Random Font Card

When I got back from my holiday I found out my colleague had got engaged so I decided to make him a quick card. I've always wanted to do one using a random mix of fonts and thought it would be quite easy. How wrong was I lol! It actually ended up taking me forever to decide which font and paper to use for each letter, but I'm pleased with the finished effect.

Cute Geisha Girls Card

I've been following Helen over at It's All Fiddle Fart for a while now and find her cards really inspirational. I love her 9 patchwork squares card design, especially with the cute little foam stickers. Every time I see the stickers in Accessorize I buy them but up until now I hadn't actually used them, so decided to make this card for my aunt - it's based on Helen's layout with my own twist...

Meerkat Birthday Card

My gran absolutely loves meerkats so when I saw this image from Delicious Doodles I knew exactly what I wanted to do for her birthday card. I've coloured the image with my trusty old Crayola coloured pencils, as I really struggled to get the right shades. I went out of my comfort zone by using a coloured base card, which I stamped directly onto to tie in with the image.



I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Crazy Challenge - Forest Friends/Back to Nature


• Delightful Challenges - Animals & Insects, Dots & Stripes


• Crafty Catz Weekly, Challenge 45 - Animals

Piece Of Quiet Card

My Mum is a really awkward person to buy presents for and whenever we ask her what she wants her answer is always "just give me some peace and quiet". I spotted this Penny Black image used on someone else's blog and thought it would be perfect to use on a tongue-in-cheek birthday card for her. The card was well received and made her laugh...

Masculine Cake Day Card

It's my colleague's birthday soon and as i'm in charge of cards for our team I've made one! I've used male Dovecraft papers then stitched around the edge. I haven't used a sewing machine since doing Textiles at school but with help from my Mum it's turned out quite good. I want my own mini machine now though, so if anyone finds one that does zig zag stitch then let me know...

Orange Lizard Birthday Card

It's my boyfriend's birthday today but I've already brought him a gorgeous leopard gecko as an early birthday present. He's named her Dora (as in Dora the Explorer) so i've made him this lizard themed card to represent his present. The backing paper i've handmade using lizards dicuts with my ProMarker AirBrush system and the tags have personal messages on the back.

MSE 3 B's Challenge Card

The current challenge over on MSE is to make a card with three things beginning with "B" on. This is my entry, which is a birthday card using a cute black haired tilda dressed in blue from the new fairytale range. The backing paper is from Basic Grey and is matted on to pearlescent blue card. I've used black card candy and the sheer ribbon bow has been coloured black to match.

Valentine's Card

This is my Valentine's card for my boyfriend. As soon as I saw the Valentine Penny Black stamps I had to have them as they were so cute and I've put them to good use here! Martin has kept everything I've handmade him so far and treasures them (bless,) so I always try to make something a bit special and different. This card opens in an unusal way to reveal the message!

Girls, Girls, Girls Card

I've been lacking inspiration for the last two weeks so figured i'd enter the "girls, girls, girls" challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers. This is my entry - i've used K&Co paper, a Miss Anya coloured with ProMarkers (15 colours, mix of old and new) and 3D letters from 24Studio. I'll be saving this to give to one of my good friends for her birthday in March!

Tea Bag Holder

My Granny is in hospital as she's been having heart problems, so i've taken a half day tomorrow and am going to give her a suprise visit (she lives an hour and a half away). I've brought her a big bouquet of flowers and made her this little tea bag holder as she is always so chuffed when I give her handmade gifts. I made the measurements up and used a poem I found online.

Christmas Fairy Tri-Fold Card

This tri-fold card is for my Gran and I got the idea (along with links to instructions) from one of the CraftyPlace card swaps a few months ago. I love how this turned out but almost seriously harmed myself when trying to get a photograph of it to put on here! I managed to knock a huge painting off the wall which smashed over my head - luckily I only cut my hands though.

Fairy Cracker Card

I came up with this great idea of making a card shaped like a Christmas cracker but it turned out slightly harder than I thought (always seems to be the case lol)! This is what I came up with and it pulls apart revealing the message in the centre. It turned out better than I thought and the girly pastel colours make a nice change - I love the backing paper.

Lilac Teddy Kisses Card

I had lots of fun playing with my ProMarkers to colour this free digital image I found online. It's really cute and because it's quite a big picture the card didn't really need much else apart from some matching pearlescent card and card candy (again coloured with ProMarkers). This card is co-ordinated to go with a purple themed present I'm doing!


For those that want it, the freebie image is from here.

Fishing Easel Card

I am soo pleased with how this card turned out. This is my first ever easel card and I was inspired to make one after receiving a cute one from Mrs Bs Blog. This is for my Dad's friend who loves fishing so i've used a stamped image coloured with ProMarkers. The little pond is loads of colours blended together covered in clear glaze and the effect is perfect.

Santa Window Card

Yay i'm now the proud owner of the 92 original ProMarkers! Once I'd finished playing with them (including doing a colour chart) I figured I could use them to create a stained glass window effect on acetate so this is what I came up with. It's a bit plain and I wasn't where I could squeeze a sentiment but i've now got loads more ideas for using acetate windows...