Cute hedgehog

Hello again....Still crafting, although the housework is calling, unfortunately. I could play in my craft room all day given half the chance...

Anyhow, here's another card I've made for a friend.

 The backing paper is Pepper and friends. The purple felt circle was cut using my bigshot and a spellbinders die. The image is from the Country Companions (For Someone Special) stamp set and is coloured with promarkers.

The swirls are cut using the cricut cartridge Cindy Loo in pearlescent paper. Flowers, pearls and ribbon are from my stash. The metal edged tag started off white and has been coloured in lilac promarker. The butterfly started off pink and has been coloured with lilac promarker, followed by metallic purple promarker. The liner has been punched with my Martha Stewart half daisy punch.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :-
Whimsy Stamps challenge 29 - No sentiments 
Craft your passion 100th challenge - Anything goes 
The cutie pie challenge pearls & swirls

Thank you for visiting. I hope you'll leave me a message. Hope to see you again soon.
Happy crafting
Helen xx
 

Mother's Day #3

Hi everyone, it's quiet here today - I've lost my voice. What better way to spend the day when you're under the weather than crafting. Today I've made my third Mother's Day card.

The colour scheme of peaches and cream was inspired by the Lili's Little Fairies peaches-n-cream challenge
The image is LOTV and is coloured with promarkers and also sakura glaze and gellyroll glitter pens. The papers were from my stash, as was the cream lace and flowers. The swirls were cut on the cricut using the Cindy Loo cartridge. I've added a few pearls and a peach bow.

 

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:-

Craft your passion 100th challenge - Anything goes 

The cutie pie challenge - pearls & swirls

I ♥ ProMarkers Ribbons and bows

I hope you like it. Please leave me a message to let me know you've called by. Your comments are always appreciated and never fail to make me smile.

Happy crafting

Helen xx

 

 

Special Day

Hi everyone, hope you're all well. 

This morning I've been making a card for a friend's birthday. It has to be posted so it had to be a fairly 'flat' creation.....

 The image is from the docrafts digital designer 'Favourites Edition' cd. I've used a Martha Stewart half daisy border punch. Papers and embellishments are from my stash.

I would like to enter in the CES Flower Frenzy challenge

Happy crafting everyone.

Helen xx

Elmo 18th

Hi everyone, what a miserable day.....Good job we can cheer ourselves up with a spot of crafting.

My daughter asked me to make a card for her friend's 18th birthday. It's for a boy and sometimes that can be a pain but then I saw her invitation to his party and it had Elmo from Sesame street on it. Cue cricut machine! Here is the finished card and a few closeups. Hope you like it.

I've based this on Sketch Saturday's sketch for week #197 

Elmo is from the Sesame Street Seasons cricut cartridge. The small circle was cut using a spellbinders die and embossed with stars. Papers and ribbon are from my stash. I've also used silver card candy. The large circle was cut using a good old compass and a pair of pinking shears. The tag is metal edged and started off white, I coloured it with promarkers.


Thank you for reading my blog. Please leave me a message to let me know you called and then I can visit you too. Happy crafting.

Helen xx

Mother's Day #2

Hi everyone....I'm on a roll today. Another card completed.

The image is LOTV, coloured with promarkers and cut out using nestabilities circle. (Thank you Sue for lending me the dies). Papers and ribbon from my stash and flowers cut on bigshot with one of the original basic dies. I am entering this card in Crafty Ribbons Challenge 14 - Celebrate your Mum 

and My time to craft circle circus.

Thank you for visiting. Please leave me a comment so I know you've been here.

Happy crafting everyone.

Helen xx

 

Mother's Day #1

Hi everyone, second post of the day....catching up with a bit of cardmaking while I've got the chance. I wanted to share this one with you cos I know there's no chance of the recipient seeing it. I'm lucky enough to have 3 Mums, my own mum, my husband's mum and my late husband's mum. 

This is the first time I've attempted spritzing and scrunching flowers. As I don't have a spritzing bottle yet I've used some perfume so the flowers are also scented. I've added a few pearly beads to them too. The doily has been coloured with ivory promarker. The image is LOTV freebie with a magazine, coloured with promarkers. Lace and backing paper from my stash.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges :-

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 14 - Celebrate your Mum 
 CES Challenges Blues and Creams

100th Birthday

Hi everyone....hope you're enjoying the sunshine.

Here is the card I've made for my late first husband's Nan who will be 100 on Saturday. I can safely say I've never faffed so much, making flowers and playing with the layout but I hope you'll agree that it was worth it. I'm really proud of this one.

Flowers have been quilled using xcut quilling dies and added a black card candy to the centre. Butterflies have been die cut using a Marianne design Creatables die and I've added gems to the body.

 I've used different shades of purple in the flowers, although they look blue in the photo for some reason.

I hope you like it and look forward to your comments. Please let me know you dropped by so that I can visit you too. I've only just started blogging and I'm finding it very addictive..... See you again soon.

Helen xx 


I am entering this card into  the allsorts anything goes challenge
and Alphabet challenge - B is for busy bugs