Thursday, 28 February 2013

Afternoon everyone
 
Had a  busy morning again, trying to sort a start date for my new job but HR are being frustratingly slow!
 
While I am waiting I plan to get ahead with some card making.
 Here is one for Lili of the valleys 9th birthday.
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE their stamps they're  gorgeous,.



 I tried to think back to what I wanted for my 9th birthday, I think it was pink hair! I remember my whole bedroom was pink and very OTT with frills and pretty pink things so this card is based on that. Of course now I'm older I have more sense ....... I want red hair now!

 
It's a gate fold card, loosely based on a glitter girls board.
The stamp is of course Lili of the Valley
Coloured with pro markers and stickles glitter glue.
Papers are meadow lark by Prima and hunky-dory.
Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts
Butterflies are  from The ribbon girl, they were plain silver, I've coloured with pro markers and added the flat backed pearls.
The rest of the stuff is from my stash
 
Here is a close up of that really gorgeous image:
My 9 year old self is so jealous of that hair!
 
 
 
The front of the card looks like this:
 
 
I didn't quite plan the ribbon correctly so am not completely happy with the way it shuts, ah well I'll know for next time. I had so much fun making it though it doesn't really matter.
 
Hope you like it
 
Thanks for looking x

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Afternoon everyone,
 
Hope all is well, have been busy this morning sorting out the kitchen cupboards, why did I buy all these cans of kidney beans? Any way here is a card I made last night. Think I need to work on my photography skills so apologies for the photo quality.

 
The image is Emma Pot Plant from the gorgeous Lili of the valley
Coloured with pro markers
The papers are by Lucy Cromwell for papermania
Daisies and Roses from Wild orchid crafts
Butterfly was a plain silver one from The Ribbon Girl which I covered with glitter and then added 3 small flat back pearls to make the body
Rest of the stuff is from my stash.
 
The inside matches
 
 
and here is a close up of that gorgeous image
 
 
Must say although I am much more confident with pro markers than distress markers these colours were completely out of my comfort range, I decided to pick the paper first as it had butterflies on and go from there, eeek definitely found it a challenge!
 
I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Wild Orchid Challenges  Daisy, Daisy.
 
Thank you for looking x
 


Monday, 25 February 2013

Morning Every-one

I'm all excited about this new world of blogging I 've discovered, Fingers crossed I'll get the hang of it soon.

 I just took part in my first blog hop  Lili of the valleys DT blog hop. All the cards are amazing so much inspiration I must hop off upstairs now and have a go myself!

Hopefully I will be back soon with a card to show you.

Take care x

Friday, 22 February 2013

Pink and Cream

Hello every-one
 
Hope all is well. Its a little chilly in my part of the world so no gardening for me today. However perfect weather for staying in and making cards!
 
So today I accepted the wild orchid challenge 70 pink and cream, here is the card I made:

 
The image is Tilda with flowing hair coloured with distress markers I haven't had them for long so am still practising!
Paper was from my stash, think it was a papermania pad.
Flowers, hatpins and ribbon slider are from wild orchid crafts
 
Hope you like it
 
thanks for looking x

Thursday, 21 February 2013

First attempt at a proper post, here goes!

So My favourite craft has to be card making, I think its because the end product is something you share with some-one. Making and receiving a handmade card is so much nicer than a shop bought one you can make it so personal.
 
Here is a card I made for my friends 30th birthday. She loves pink but hated being 30 hence the tactful omission of the number 30! The image is from http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/ I just love their stamps, the flowers are from http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com/ and the paper is from my endless stash.
 
 
 
 Hope you like it
 
Thanks for looking x

Very new to this.

Oh my goodness I have a blog!!!!!
Right this might take me a few days to work out, so hopefully be back soon.