"Come on and, Stir It Up...."

Ok, so the whole time I was making this summery card for the Crafty Angel's Summer Challenge I had that song in my head.... "Lil darlin', stir it up"... must have been the lemonade! Here's to summer!! 

Card
Papers Pink Petticoat (free download- "Life's lemons" )
Stickers/sandals from stash
card candy (tropical)
MS punch doily lace

Challenges
Crafty Angels- Summer

NO!! but, but......

I made this little guy for the Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps Challenge Blog. They asked us to use NO pattered papers this time 'round. It's like anything... if you are told NOT to do it, you find it so much harder!! Most of us probably make projects all the time without pattered paper, but tell us not to and we are totally stumped.... 

I also followed a sketch that Some Odd Girl is sponsoring this week at IC sketches, they have great sketches and lets face it, I am not giving up the chance to win some SOG digi's!!

So here is Robo heart sending you birthday greetings from his planet to yours...

Card

• I followed sketch by IC Sketches 
•  for my non pattered paper I used core'dinations-the whitewash collection-and put though bigshot with sizzix texturz plate then sanded down a bit. I then went over the core'dinations with blue glittery chalk and distressed the edges. 
• I coloured Robo heart with promarkers then went over some areas with gel roller pen. 
• Bubbley gems from stash and ribbon Love Elsie

Challenges
Inspirational Card Sketches #64
Some Odd Girl Challenge Blog Stash #2- no pattered paper


chat soon,



Don't forget to pop over to My Partner in Crafting Crime and enter their first challenge- ANYTHING GOES- so we all have a project for that one!! Also a few days left to enter into their first blog candy draw!!

Start Snappin' (photos that is)....

A good friend of mine is turning 40 soon and I wanted to make her something small, but special.... she didn't want presents at the party, just donations to a local hospital.

Originally, I planned to make her a mini album with photos of her from when she was younger till 40.. BUT it turns out there aren't any... at least that can be found! Not sure if she has taken and hid them all or if there were non taken????? I have some from dif occasions since I have met her but not to get the effect I was going for... esp. since she is one to avoid the camera. She has recently lost weight and is looking better than ever so...

it's time to start snappin' photos!!!!

I made this little box for her to keep the photos of her 40th party in so even if she wants to hide them away under her bed at least she will have them at some stage to look back on...

I cut out the image she used for her invite and glued to bottom of box so she would have that to look back at as well since it was funny....

I am entering this little photo keepsake box in the Order of the Opus Gluei Happy Anniversary challenge #52. (Make something)  Love their humor, it's a great blog to visit!!! Congrats on #52 and here's to 52 more!!!
I would also like to enter it into Design Dollies Colour challenge- kraft and bright colours cause it is one of my fave challenges.



Box done with my Tim Holtz stamps and distress inks... (good fun as always) and some ribbon and gems from stash.Used alphas from Pink Petticoat and inner box paper as well, embossed sentiment done with JustRITE stamp and cut with nestie

(happy 40th Mari)

Food for thought???

Just a quick post since I have the little ones nearing bedtime. I love the Design Dollies colour challenges cause they are always such cool combos, so I am hoping to get this post done in time tonight (children dancing around me as I write). I also tried their elements challenge this time round which was to combine a non traditional found item into your project.....I didn't set out to do this... I was just making the card and the little guy was eating Cheerios so thought I'd give them a whirl, lol..... (kids couldn't figure this out at all and Clodagh even went to grab one to eat at one stage)....

Card
stamp the greeting farm coloured with promarkers
papers and bits from K & Co Urban Rhapsody
fiskars punch
Cheerios (the floor... hehe)

Challenges
Design Dollies- colour challenge and elements challenge



nighty night!!

A Mother's Motto....

Just a simple little card I made for my Mom. We've already had Mother's Day here in Ireland, but it is coming up soon in Canada (where my Mom lives) so this will have to be posted soon. 

Think the quote I used has good words to live by.. lol... we all hate to get behind on that laundry!! 

I am entering this card in the Crafty Angel's challenge because one of my favourite things to do (as you can tell from most of my posts) is colour in stamps (since I bought a few promarkers I can't put them down!), I used my new favourite punch, and I am sending it to one of my favourite people!!

Card
Stamp- Laundy Anya- The Greeting Farm
Papers- Pink Petticoat and stash
Ribbon- stash
Gems- Anitas
Coloured with ProMarkers
Also used Glossy Accents on the Laundry Basket (to make it look plasticy...lol)
Flowers cut out of papers

Challenges
Crafty Angels-My favourite Things
Alota Rubber Stamps- Challenge 33- Alota 33- Mother's Day
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- anything goes







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Every Cloud has a Silver Lining....

This card I made specifically for the Passion for ProMarkers Week 47 Challenge "Create your background using only your ProMarkers".

To start I coloured the whole card background with pastel blue, then I used my blender to draw clouds on the solid blue background. I went over the doodles a good few times before the colour was bled out completely. I then went over the inside of the cloud again (x about 3) with the pastel blue again to get a darker effect. At the corners I used a shade darker and tried to get a distressed effect and used the blender to soften a bit. (not sure I achieved what I was going for but....). I used my glue pen and some white glitter to line the inner of the clouds and give them the "Silver lining" effect. The images were coloured with promarkers, and a bit of glitter then put on with pinflair glue  for the floaty effect.......

Images
Clouds and rainbow- Some Odd Girl (text added by me)
Angel Anya- the greeting farm

Challenge

Passion for ProMarkers Challenge 47- theme- use ProMarkers only for background

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Come sit next to me, pour yourself some tea.....

Even though this card looks simple, I can tell ya, it wasn't!! No one told me how hard it is to do black hair with promarkers!!!! I watched tutorials and looked at other people's creations, but with only a black and cool grey 3 it was tough! The quote is from Weezer, one of my favourite bands to play when I am in "a mood"... it always cheers me up! The image is  "Foo-Ling" one of the aisian su-shes from Stretch N Bubbles. Isn't she cool... there are other su-shes available there as well. I downloaded her free as a gift this year from Paper Craft Planet. (100 followers freebie!). Thanks Alison!!! 

Card
Image- Stretch N Bubbles
Papers- Pink Petticoat and gemstones cardstock
coloured with promarkers
ribbon and flowers from stash
black card candy
Quote- Weezer

Challenges
Design Dollies: Poppin' Pretty colour challenge- pink, yellow, black 
 Tellen's Place- it's all about you

Sitting pretty....

If you have been following my blog lately, it has probably been apparent that I am in love with  Some Odd Girl digital stamps. Can't help it... they are just so darn cute. So since I was stalking their blog (lol) I decided I would enter their sketch competition. So here is Kaylee sitting pretty........

Card:
papers from pink petticoat and papermania
Tim Holtz distress ink in worn lipstick
lace and diamante from stash
Coloured with promarkers

Competiton:
Some Odd Girl Challenge blog- style challenge-sketch

Blog hopped all the way to Paris, mes amies!!

I just brought "Mae" on a little trip to Paris with me on the S2G blog hop!! She is dressed perfectly and with the fresh flowers she picked up at the market to say "Merci".... the little buttons have grapes on them which is perfect to represent France's fine wines!! Cheers!

 Card
I followed the  sketch by Crafty Angels
Laura Ashley Adhesive Buttons by Sticko
Adhesive Rhinestones by K & Co.
Lavender Stickles by Ranger
"Merci" sentiment was free digi from S2G Challenges that was part of their "twist"
Digi Stamp "Mae" April freebie from Some Odd Girl
Coloured with ProMarkers
Silver Adhesive heart tag by Finishing Touches
 Ribbon by Heidi Swapp "Easter"
Grey paper from stash and Gingham paper in lilac freebie from The Craft Table blog



Challenges

S2G Challenges- #51 April in Paris blog hop with twist thurs. "Merci"
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 45- recpie buttons
Charisma Cardz Challenge 14- Thank you
Practical Scrappers- markers
Colour Create Challenge 42- Lilac, Grey, White
Paper Play Challenge 14- shiny happy people
Crafty Angels Week 29- sketch
Our Creative Corner- Buttons
Meljens designs #2- girly colours

thanks for looking!!

Blog Hoppin' with Stretch N' Bubbles

Well, today I did my first blog hop with   Stretch N' Bubbles Challenge Blog.

I got to see some really great work from their design team and they all have a new follower. So here is my take on their sketch challenge...... I just gave the little birdie a star to hold (he is a free download from Stretch N' Bubbles so go download him cause he is so cute)

Guitar hero...

I really like these new digi stamps I found at  Some Odd Girl, think they work well for teenagers. I used a Kaylee stamp a couple posts ago and this is Kody.

Papers- Pink Petticoat
Digi stamp-  Some odd girl
Card Candy
Coloured with pro markers (ordered a few more yesterday... prefer them to the chalks I was using that's for sure!! Looking forward to practicing!!!)

Challenges
Alota Rubber Stamps- Alota 32- 3-2-1 challenge (3 papers, 2 card candy, 1 stamped image)
A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 98- one for the boys
Simon Says Challenge- A card for a child
Passion for ProMarkers- theme- the young ones
Enjoy your day!!

Love this quote.....

I have to say, I really enjoyed making this card... distressing is so much fun and you really don't have to worry about mistakes, etc. cause sometimes it even adds to the card in the end.  This was the first time (other than distressing corners really) that I tried a few new distressing techniques at home. I read Hels first tutorial on distressing from Gingersnap Creations and learned so much! Really want to get some crackle paint soon!!!! They also have a brilliant tutorial right now about bubble wrap backgrounds, unfortunately there are too many kids in this house to have a sheet of bubble wrap with all the bubbles intact (and that includes my husband and I might be a bit guilty too!) The liquid pearls in the mini mister with some water works brilliantly for a bit of sparkle!!

I just love this quote.... it is sooooo true... and I am so lucky to have three!

So here's the long list of bits used for this card:
L is for Love tab paper and quote from Cosmo Cricket's dutch girl stack
Snap and chipboard tabs by We are Memory Keepers
screw brads by Woodware
Promarkers canary yellow
Tim Holtz distress inks in peeled paint and tea dye for corners and stamped Tim Holtz Visual Artistry collection harlequin stamp for background in peeled paint ink
Also used a script stamp from one of the visual artistry sets with Memento coffee bean ink on the butterfly die
Ranger Distress Stickles in Picket Fence and Rock Candy (on butterfly wings and corners of card)
distress tool by Xcut for quote and paper corners
Ranger Liquid Pearls in gold used with sponge on corners and on chipboard tabs, brads and snap. I also used in mini mister with a bit of water and sprayed on card and butterfly and dried with heat gun.

WOW.... it was sooooo much fun..... could play all day!!!

Challenges I tried:

Simon Says Challenge-it's so distressing
GCSP3 Gingersnap Creations -blue moon challenge-take on a tutorial (as mentioned above I used THIS one)
Crafty cardmakers- challenge 18 A challenging challenge  (but one I might make a regular cause so much fun)
Caardvarks- A new baby card (I think any new mother could relate to this quote..)
Pollycraft Monday Challenge- Challenge 38- anything goes
Design Dollies Colour challenge- dark green, rusty orange, yellow
Crafts and Me Challenges- fairies or wings (I choose wings-butterfly)


cheers,

It's O.K., "Anything Goes" Kaylee!!

Well, it was "Kaylee's" first time dying her hair pink (she should have probably left the dye in longer to get rid of all the blonde, I think) as it was my first time colouring with pro markers!! LOL! 

Card:
Digi Stamp- Some Odd Girl
Papers- Pink Petticoat and some from stash
Pink Diamantes- Anita's
Ribbon- stash
Diamond Stickles
Fiskars punch

Competitions:
Frosted Designs-colour challenge- lime, hot pink, black
Stamp Something-colour pink
One Stich at a Time-challenge 7 anything goes
Just Add Ink JAI11-anything
Crafty Creations- challenge 61 anything goes
Meljen's Designs- challenge 1- anything goes
For Fun- anything goes
S2G Challenges- S2G- anything goes
Ai Factory-challenge 30 anything goes (ha ha I am soooo silly when I linked to this challenge I entered title of my card, rather then my name..... LOL!! Can't change now!! Sorry Ai Factory!!)
Order of the Opus Gluei-Challenge 49 sparkle

 Chat soon,