Crafty Sentiments - For a Child

How are you at creating children's cards? I'm definitely getting better as I seem to be having quite a bit of practice, that's what 3 kids with a hectic social life do for your cardmaking! Anyway I managed to mix this week's Crafty Sentiments challenge into a party card, the girls needed another card for yet another party.


This was one of those quickie cards, I created this card bylaying out my own sentiment and images online.  I separated  Tobey Heart Balloon - digi  (well I had 2 images and I cropped the right bits!) and then joined them back together by drawing more string then I printed and coloured with my copics, cut it to size and popped on a green card base (it's pearlescent but you can't see that in the pic!)

• Stamps - Tobey Heart Balloon
• Copics - E50,51,54,57   G63,67  R24,27,29  Y21,23 YR23
• Pearlescent geen card

**ETA - only just realised this hasn't worked! Typical! Scheduling normally works!**

Crafty Sentiments - Use a digi

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments is to use a digi, so I have! But I kind of decided I wanted to add more to MoMo, I decided I wanted to make it a birthday card and added some of the Patches elements, unfortunately I have only just realised that Patches isn't a digi (i just happen to have him in digi form!) but you could easily use any balloons or pressies!


Don't forget to bob on over and check out the girls amazing creations.

Stamps

• Crafty Sentiments MoMo 
• Paula Pascual Double Sayings

Copics

• Cow - C7, C5, R83, YR23, YR27, B26
• Present and balloons - Y08, Y06, G17, G15, B21, B26, R24, R27

Other

• Red glitter pen, red paper, craft knife and ruler

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Over at Simon Says they're celebrating their 2nd anniversary. I thought I would join in with their Anything Goes challenge as well as their blog hop :)


So here is my 'anything goes project' I really enjoyed creating this cutie, I used one of my own DigiSparkle digistamps Sit on it (remember this is your last chance to grab a bargain as we are closing soon)


I paper pieced the sofa, used nesites to create the circle and scallops and the polka dot border is a glittery sticker and the 'relax' sentiment is a rub on (doodlebug I think!) and I rounded the corners with my chomper.

Crafty Sentiments - Easter

Crafty Sentiments Challenge this week is to use EASTER as your inspiration.  I used one of the new Charles Bear images from Crafty Sentiments, this on is called Egg Anyone?  And I think I ought to add Yes Please!!!!! Got to love chocolate! Don't forget to check out the rest of Suzette's cute new images, there are quite a few of Charles Bear and some gorgeous new Manga images. Check these beauties out;

 

Anyway, for this week's card I added a computer generated sentiment before I printed him off (this is fast becoming my fav way of adding sentiments to my cards) and then I did some basic layering, Simple but I like it!

Please don't forget to check out my team mates cool creations here.

Have a grrrreat day

I adore little animals and love this lion (even though I do say so myself!) He's one of my early DigiSparkle digistamps from the Animal Faces set. He was coloured with copics and I handwrote the sentiment and added some eyelets (you don't know how hard this was - I can be so inept!)

I would like to enter this in the CRAFT challenge whose current theme is Animals/pets.

Pink Polka Dots

Hi all this is the first of my children's birthday cards. For those of you not in the know I have twin girls who will be 5 in a couple of weeks and a little boy who will be 3 in just over a week. Yes, our planning went astray, 3 kids with birthdays only 5 days apart, it makes for an interesting week!


Anyway, this card is for our eldest, Emily who for some reason wants everything to be ice cream related this year! I used a DigiSparkle image - Ice cream from Desserts and I used some Smirk papers and a computer generated sentiment.

This card is for these challenges:

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft - Pink Polka Dots

Top Tip Tuesday - Birthdays

Digi and punches

Hi all, this is a card I did ages ago (hence the gorgeous sunlight!) and it's perfect for the latest Digi Tuesday challenge - punches. The image is a digistamp boutique one.

Sorry for the short post but I have an ever increasing headache (hopefully will lessen when kids are finally in bed!)

Crafty Sentiments - Love/Valentines

This weeks Crafty Sentiments challenge is Love or Valentines, have you got yours ready? Suzette has some amazing images at Crafty Sentiments, check out the cuteness of Taski, she's such a gorgeous digi. I decided she is just so beautiful I din't want to clutter her up with loads of embellies so I just mounted her on this pearlised red card base with a black nestie circle. I finished it off with this sentiment from Waltzingmouse which  I stamped onto this white card and created the banner.

Papertrey Ink Tag Download

Finally got my hands on some Papertrey Ink stamps, okay so they're digi's (struggling to afford shipping unfortunately) but they're still stunning.  You can read all about it here.  But anyway here is what I created with these amazing circles.

Mouse love

I adore the hot pink and black colour scheme and desperately wanted to use this gorgeous pink paper from my lucky win. I won an amazing paper pack and some adorable stamps from Wild Rose Studio.  

I have been on a bit of a spending spree recently and wanted to try out my new corner punch, I had coloured this image from Sliekje (gorgeous images and all for free!) and hadn't worked out to use it so created this little beauty (can you tell I really like it?) I finished it off with  these gorgeous Doodlebug letter transfers (yes another sale purchase)

I'm entering this card for these challenges:

Little Claire's designs - Anything Goes

Less is more - Black, White and Pink

Do it with Digi's - Valentines

Stampin for the weekend - Valentines

Crazy for Challenges - Valentines

Bee Crafty - Hearts

Allsorts - Love, love, love

Tweet-heart

I finally got some playtime today (although I paid dearly for it, Drew managed to unravel half a loo roll all over the bathroom!) I created this little card using a new release over at DigiSparkle.  

I merged two stamps (from the Tweetheart set) together and then cut them out with a nestie (using the out of the box technique). I coloured them with my copics and mounted on a kraft background which I stamped with a heart using Versamark ink before adding the ribbon.  When my Corner Chomper arrives (would have been today but I din't hear the doorbell - how annoying!!) I'll probably round the bottom corners in order to echo the curves of the oval.

A trio of boys

My girls are now into the party age where they seem to have party after party.  Three boys in their class made quite a sensible decision to group together and have a party together, hence the need for 3 cards.  I used Digistamp Boutique images which I coloured with my copics.  I added Papermania birthday sentiment and numbers.

Digi Blog Hop

How do you feel about winning  load of Digistamps?  All you have to do is join in with our Digi blog hop.

Just in case you're new this is what you have to do! (Ooo, that was almost poetic!)  Start here at the Digi blog hop and then hop round our hoppetts leaving them a little comment and collecting the letter they each have for you.  Once you've collected your letters to make a word pop back to the Digi blog hop and tell us and then you're in the running to win some amazing digis.    

This month my letter is i

If you've arrived here from Adrina's blog then you're in the right place. If not then hop on over to the Digi Blog Hop and start from the beginning.

So, here is my card:

I've used a Digisparkle image, this is Holly, she is one of the Christmas Girls.  I coloured Holly with my copics and used my coloursoft pencils which I blended with mineral spirits to put a blue shadow around the edge and as you can see I've used copious amounts of glitter. I also used a DigiSparkle sentiment that can be found in this Traditional Christmas set.

Right, now it's time to pop on over to Claire's blog and see her super creation.

Christmas tree

And my final reveal, my Christmas Tree set.  

You can buy it here from my digistamp shop DigiSparkle.

This card is quite CAS.  I've coloured the tree and then added gemstones that I've coloured with my copics.  I was just going to put a green outline but I was knocked (by an enthusiastic child) and so I created a swirly pattern round the edge with a glitter gel pen.  I finished it off with an Elzybells sentiment.

Gingerbread Man

Another Christmas release.  This is the Christmas Characters digistamp set. 

I've created a card using the gingerbread man from the set.  

He's coloured with copics and I added some liquid pearls for his eyes.  I masked the background and stamped an Elzybells in Memento desert sand ink and finished it off with an Elzybells sentiment.

Penguins

Here is my first reveal of those sneak peeks.  

This is a card a made using my new Penguin digistamp set, 

you can buy it from mydigistamp shop, DigiSparkle here. 

I used a hero arts background stamp with Versamark ink, and a scallop nestie to create the border.  I used some Crafty Sentiments digipaper and I handwrote the sentiment.

Crafty Sentiments - Make a gift

This week' challenge at Crafty Sentiments is to create a gift.  I made some Pistachio chocolate fudge and popped it in an altered ice cream tub.  I used one of the gorgeous Crafty Sentiments digis.

Don't forget to check out the rest of DT's amazing creativity.

Fairymoon Challenge

I've been told about this challenge and I just loved the sketch so much I just had to do a card.  Fairymooncrafts (what a cool name!) and don't forget to check out their shop.  


I've used a DigiSparkle digistamp, the cartwheeling boy from the Anyway Up set. I created the background by masking and used the sunrays technique.  I coloured the boy with a mix of copics and a whispers blender pen, so I could use the same inks as the background. I added the border with a black gel pen and added a Papermania sentiment.

Christmas at DigiSparkle Challenge

Just a quick reminder that there are only 4 days left to enter your Christmas card over at the DigiSparkle Challenge.  Remember the winner gets 3 digistamp sets of their choice!


I thought I might leave you with a bit more inspiration, this card uses my Christmas Elf digistamp and you can pop over here for more digistamp Christmasness.

Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer

♫Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose♫

and if you look closely so does my Rudolph! (thanks to the miracle that is glossy accents)  

I also added some liquid pearls (using my flicking technique to get the pearls rounded - you just flick the other side of the card to help the blobs settle into a pearl rather than a mountain). I used a Pink Gem free digi - pop on over to check out her latest one.

This card is for these challenges

Pink Gem - Sketch

Allsorts - Song title