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ROYAL BATTLE CONTINUES over on The Greeting Farm

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I wanted to post this as I know not everyone checks their blogs/emails etc at the weekend, but reckoned I would post one last time about the Royal Battle.  We are at the closing stages of the battle ....  it is down to 6 teams...... the challenge this week is to create a his and her project (co-ordinating).

We would LOVE your vote - so click here to pop over to cast your vote (poll will open Sunday for 24 hours from the time it is made live).  Thanks from the Dream Team - Kathy, Fika and me. 

Now for a card share.  Made this for this month's Hero Arts Challenge - Mother's Day and Home. 

I used the Hero Arts digital kit - Poetic Petals and a sentiment from TLcCreations.  This was a freebie saying/sentiment and be sure to check out their blog/site where they do wonderful word art on a weekly basis.

I am loving my new curved rectangle die cuts and added a little fimo button which I made.  The sentiment reads dan.de.li.on (yellow, golden annoying weed, when picked by a child, is all mom needs.)  Whilst I realise this flower was suppose to be a daisy and not a dandelion I think it holds a striking resemblence to a dandelion.  I added some stickles too... for that extra little bit of sparkle.

Thanks so much for peeking.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and I will post our entry to the Royal Battle in my post tomorrow.  Many many thanks for all your well wishes and support to date.

Mami Doodles New Digital kit released

I am so thrilled to be part of this wonderful Design Team.  Elisa creates amazing digital images and digital kits.  This is the "Midori" Digital Kit and here is what Elisa says about this kit - "Midori is one of my favourite names, it means "Green" in Japanese.  This girl likes to dress up, so I have her in 3 different outfits, and also a template for paper piecing or cutting.  Print the girl undressed and colour it. Then use the template to make the dress in patterned paper. It is a great way to use paper scraps, specially one with small patterns".

I used her in her purest form - didn't paper piece or colour her too much.  Created a set of Thank You cards using the various digital images and enhanced with copics, gems and stickles.  LOVE her.

The kit is available here.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you like "Midori" as much as I do.

Now onto Mami Doodles First Challenge - create a card/project using the colours in this photo for inspiration.

 Here is what I came up with for the Challenge

I coloured "Midori" with my copics in the sky blue/aqua green colour, dull ivory and red, matted and layered on matching cardstock.  Then I used Cosmo Cricket pp and cut out section and added faux stitching and gems.

Thanks so much for peeking and really hope that you will play along with the Challenge.  Full details are here.

We are through!!! Roll on Week Three

Great news... we are through... yipee..... we have made it through to Week Three of the Royal Battle over on The Greeting Farm.  This week the challenge is to make a Scrapbook Page (either 8x8 or 12x12).    There are now 25 teams battling it out.  Woot woot to the Dream Team - Kathy & Fika and little ol' me!.  Fika created a stunning card for last week's challenge - way to go Fika.  If you haven't seen it - click here.

Now... onto a card.  I made this card using the Hero Arts Large Cupcake Cling stamp.  Stamped it on white cardstock and cut out with a slight border.  Then stamped on brown cardstock and cut out without any border.  Printed off the Friends Definition stamp that is a digital freebie here and stamped the cupcake again over the printout.  Coloured with copics and stickles.  Printed the heart image on red cardstock and created a pull out message.  Instructions on how to do this are available on this Hero Arts video by Shari Carroll right here.    Stamped a cupcake image on red cardstock with versamark and used clear embossing powder.  Added machine stitching around the edge (the sewing machine does not like stitching through the embossed surface!).  Forgot to take a photo with the sentiment tag pulled "out"!...oopps!

Thanks for peeking.  Hope you have a great Wednesday.

Congratulations Card

Firstly, thank you all for your lovely best wishes for my birthday.  I had a great day and looking forward to a fun weekend.

Made this as an Engagement or Anniversary Card.  Used a precious moment image and the sentiment is from the new Papermania range.  Also stamped a heart above the couple in the boat and added stickles for some added sparkle (but this isn't clearly evident in the photo).  Added a very fine ribbon (Papermania) and fimo button with sparkle which I made.

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Wedding Card - Just Married!

My DS's teacher is getting married on Saturday so I wanted to make a card for her and her new hubby.  Used my Forever Friends Stamp but I masked the "congratulations" sentiment from underneath the image and added a JUST MARRIED sentiment from the new Papermania Wedding range instead.  It is an A5 card - so it is larger than normal.  Partially coloured some of the image with copics and then added stickles to the bride's headpiece and the petals on the ground for a touch of sparkle.  I also mounted the image on a scallop circle and then onto some Bazzill dotted swiss white cardstock.  Used sheer white ribbon by Papermania as the final flourish!

Supplies: Bazzill dotted swiss white cardstock, A5 card blank, Papermania ribbon,

Spellbinders Scalloped Circles Lge, Big Shot, Quickutz nesting circles, copics, stickles and pop dots.

Thanks so much for peeking - Happy Wednesday!

Shoes Card!

Happy Saturday!  I think this was the digital image that got me hooked on Alison Spelman's images over on Stretch n Bubbles.  I saw it back in October 2009 - it was a freebie then and this is the first time I have used it.  Love the sentiment - "give a girl the correct footwear and she can conquer the world... " - as a shoe lover.... so true!  LOL!!

Printed it out on cardstock, coloured with copics, rounded the corners and mounted on kraft with pop dots.  Added stickles to the stripy tights and glossy accents to the grey shoes (not clearly evident in the photo). 

Thanks so much for peeking... remember Alison does freebies on Fridays!!! and also has another site - Free Digital stamps - be sure to check it out.

A quick Birthday Card Share

Supplies: Cupcake stamp, textured cardstock by Papermania,

Hat pin by Oasis, HA smooth gemstones, MS loop punch border and corner,

Spellbinders scalloped circles, Quickutz nesting circles,

black pen to add the doodles and sentiment (handwritten), pop dots and stickles.

Made this using my new Martha Stewart loopy punches... so cool.  I had fun with them.  Just a quick share today. 

Thanks for peeking.

Lucy's Challenge #4 - glitter

My HA Flickr friend Lucy is holding a challenge at the moment and it involves "glitter".  So I made a card, using her method for stitching, (see video here) her style of card and design.  Just wanted to practice! so entering it into her challenge.

Supplies Hero Arts Anytime Messages CL129, Hero Arts Digital kits Winged Friends and Flutterbies,

MME Wild asparagus 6x6 cardstock, Kraft cardstock, machine stitching, copics, pop dots and stickles.

I made a batch of these butterflies and winged friends a little while ago and added Ranger Industry Stickles for the glittery goodness. 

I also used the tip that Kathy Racoosin gave in her blog on the 3 November last year (Tuesday Tipster) which was to run a black marker down the edge of the cut image to get rid of the white.  It really does work a treat (see top photo) and I do it on all the cut out digital images that I use.. Thanks Kathy!.

Lucy - thanks for the amazing daily inspiration.  Thanks everyone for stopping by.  Hope you all have a great week.

Paperplay Challenge - our Furry Friends!

This week's Paperplay Challenge is set by Elisa and it is a tribute to our Furry Friends.  The Challenge is to make something dedicated to our friends that bark, meow, roar, moo or neigh.

I made my card using one of Jane's new digital images called "Mia and Bosko" available over on Squigglefly.  I love that you can resize digital images to fit the card you are making or do a mirror image/swop over so that Bosko is under Mia's under hand... so cute.  I am still practising with the copics I got for Christmas so apologies for the colouring!!  I added some red stickles to the heart on her top (Valentines is fast approaching!) and to one of the stripes on her tights.  I also added one of the fimo buttons I made in the shape of a heart and used my Labels 8 nesties - Love them!!!

Supplies: PP Cosmo Cricket - the boyfriend range, Image by Jane "Mia & Bosko" available at Squigglefly, Spellbinders Labels Eight, Copics, Stickles by Ranger Industries, handmade Fimo button (tutorial here by Jane), embroidery floss and pop dots.

I hope you will play along with the Paperplay Challenge this week.

I am entering it into these challenges too
My Time to Craft Challenge - Cool Cats
Charisma Cardz Challenge - anything new (Jane's new digital image "Mia & Bosko")

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Scalloped Cards

Happy Monday!  Okay... so I think I might be addicted to scalloped cards!.  I am having lots of fun playing with my Big Shot and new nesties.  Here are two more cards that I made in the same vein as the one I shared at the weekend.

I used patterned paper by Bella Blvd - Honey I'm home range in each card.  Above I stamped the Hero Arts butterfly cling set, cut out, coloured with copics and promarkers.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Birthday Frames set.

Below, I used a rubber stamp from Stampendous called Ruffled Bloom, coloured again with copics and added some sparkley by way of Stickles on the stamen.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Birthday Card

Have been playing with some of my Christmas presents! my new nesties - Scalloped Circles (large) and Labels 8 oh... and my copics too!.  Made this card using the 6x6 papers from Cosmo Cricket, the boyfriend range and the butterfly from Hero Arts Butterflies Clings.  Decided to play around with bending the sentiment to follow the shape of the circle.  I added some stickles to each of the dots on the butterfly wings for that little bit of sparkle.

Supplies - Hero Arts Butterfly Clings set, Senitment from Hero Arts Birthday Frames, Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend Range,

Spellbinders Scalloped Circles Lge and Quickutz Nesting Circles, Copics, Papermania gems and stickles.

I used gems from Papermania to accent the Hero Arts sentiment.  I know I am going to get lots of use out of these Spellbinders sets. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might like to leave.  My inlaws are coming for dinner so have to dash and make some food!  Have a great weekend.

Cupcake Greeting!

Made this for my SIL's birthday tomorrow.  Love the plum colour of the Papermania Chatsworth Vintage Collection with the tiny pink polka dots.  Used some textured cardstock in pink underneath.  Stamped cupcakes on the cardstock, adhered with pop dots and used Ranger Stickles to give them a little sparkle.  LOVE these trinket pins by Maya Road and used one to add a little birthday banner.  Hey presto... a card done!

Supplies - Papermania cardstock and Chatsworth Vintage Collection,

Maya Road trinket pins, Cupcake stamp by Katie & Co - sweetie

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Wednesday... half way through the week... yipee...!  Schools reopened too woohoo!