Christmas Cards- Using Laurie Sketches

OK so I had another play tonight with some more sketches over at http://laurieunger.blogspot.com/. I decided to make a couple more Christmas cards.

For this one I used last years Papermania Christmas papers for the base of the card, and then for the triangle piece, also for the middle layer of squares. The first and third square are cut from the white Bazzill Bling, edged with lilac and pink Dew Drops.

The snowflake is from the Basic Grey Christmas chipboard pack, I inked it using the Dew Drops and stuck to the top card. I then cut a circle of the Bazzill Bling and stamped a Hero Arts greeting onto it.

This one was made using the white Bazzill Bling as the base of the card. I cut two triangles out from the darker blue Bazzill Bling and stuck them down. I then layered a Penny Black Stickeroo onto some more white Bazzill Bling and layered that onto the card. I finished with some blue ink to the edges and a few snowflake stickers from the same stickeroo sheet.

And another lol

OK so I seem to be on a roll tonight, this one is a sketch from the same blog as mentioned on the previous post.

The large snowflake appears to be on whiter cardstock than the other white, but it is in fact the same white Bazzill Bling. Its scanned that way as the snowflake is mounted on 3D foam.

Again using the same materials as the previous two cards... the Penny Black Stickeroo is from the same sheet as the snowmen.

Another Blue one!

I used the sketch from http://laurieunger.blogspot.com/ for this one... all materials are the same.

Penny Black Stickeroos, Bazzill Bling, Hero Arts stamps and Dew Drops... yummy

A Blue Christmas

I don't think I've EVER made a blue Christmas card, but there's a first time for everything. I'm actually quite pleased with the way this one has turned out.

The shimmery card is Bazill Bling in white, and then layered onto it is some lovely blue. The ribbon is actually from a really cheap Papermania Winter ribbon pack I bought ages ago.

The cute snowman is a Penny Black Stickeroo layered onto some white Bazzill Bling and edged with blue Dew Drop. I then added a few snowflakes from my Hero Arts 2007 stamp set.

A Basic Grey Christmas

Ah, that time of year is coming... and I have just made my first Christmas Card of the year, using my new Basic Grey papers!! The scan is slightly wonky, so apologies for that!!

The gorgeous paper is the Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' collection. I used both sides of it to make sure the first two layers co-ordinated! The tag was also from the same collection... I then thread some brown grosgrain through and stuck down with some eyelet brads.

I inked around the edge of the paper with my 'Coffee Bean' Dew Drop and used it along with one of the new Hero Arts 2007 Clear stamp set.

Another work of Art

Drawn by my brother Daniel Cole, another Limited Edition... he really is fantastic I think!! As before any feedback is very helpful to him!!

Woohoooo... Invites done!!!

Well I made myself do the Hallowe'en Party invites this evening. I must admit I didn't enjoy colouring in loads of the same image the other night, but tonight with the layering it was OK lol! Just pleased these ones are done... now all I have to do for Hallowe'en is the Happy Hallowe'en cards!!

So here's a picture of the finished products... as always the papers are Doodlebug, the card is Bazzill. The images are my ghost Whipper Snapper stamp. I coloured each image with my Sakura pens. The striped ribbons are Doodlebug and the rest are from various craft shops... finished with a 'Tangerine' Doodlebug gem.

New Brads!

My friend Nicki from Cardmaking Friends bought me the most gorgeous brads back from her visit to the USA. She then challenged me to make a card using them... I have to say it wasn't much of a challenge as they are so gorgeous!!!


So this is what I came up with. As you can see the brads are to die for... they are quite large and material, from K and Co. I started by covering the card in some pink Bazzill Bling, layering a cut of white card and edging with my pink Dew Drop. I tied some lovely ric rac from a recent swap on the forum.

I attached the brad to a Making Memories bloom and a small Prima daisy. To finish I added 3 baby pink gems.

Button It!

A new Just Bex challenge- Cards, LO's or whatever you want for this challenge as long as you use buttons.

I really liked doing this one, seems all the Hallowe'en stuff has turned me orange mad lol!

For this one I used some orange Bazzill Bling and plain black Bazzill. The flower was one of the Creative Imaginations Swatchbook rub-ons, which I then added an orange button to the centre.

The faux stitching was done using my trusty black and orange Sakura pens. And to finish I added a HOTP clear stamps greeting from a QVC TSV a couple of months back.

Nice Matters Award

A massive thank you to Beth at http://astampingoodtime.blogspot.com/... who nominated me forthe 'Nice Matters Award'. I must admit, I visit Beths blog every day religiously... she does some stunning work!!! Its amazing how people from different places all over the world can connect over the same interests!! If any of you get time, please take a look at her blog!!

Its now my turn to nominate 5 bloggers to carry on this reward...

1) Leigh @ http://leighslittleblog.blogspot.com/... I had to nominate Leigh first, she showed me the world of blogging after all lol!!
2) http://craftyincalgary.blogspot.com/
3) Stamping Granny @ http://stampinonthemountain.blogspot.com/
4) Deborah @ http://adepts.blogspot.com/
5) Kate @ http://noseycritters.blogspot.com/

I would love to nominate everyone I know, but rules is rules lol!!!

I copied this bit from Beth... If participating in these games is a hardship for you, my feelings will definitely not be hurt. These good tidings are sent with fun in mind. ;)

Been busy

Hello everyone... been a bit busy the last few days... hubby is making me do all the Hallowe'en party prep, lists etc.
He has told me I need to get the invites made by next week (shock, horror lol) as people need notice to organise a costume. Hubbys costume is hilarious...

I am in the middle of making my Hallowe'en Doodlebug house atm... all I can say is wow!! They are so much fun, the windows are a bit fiddly, but its worth it! Hopefully I can have it finished tonight and blogged tomorrow!

Not sure if I'll be around much this weekend as I am on 'toddler duty'. Hubby has his first rugby game of the season tomorrow, so won't be seeing an awful lot of him... although it gives me a bit of time for crafting tomorrow night lol!!

Anyway catch you all later!!!

Hallowe'en Cards

OK, so my mojo is working overtime right now... here are a few more Hallowe'en cards... both using the Whipper Snapper stamps... and of course Doodlebug papers and ribbons lol!!!

A Little Gem

Another Just Bex challenge- We would like you to make a CARD or LO with GEMS use as many or as few as you like.

I loved this one, pretty simple card I might add. I used the most gorgeous flower rub-on from the Creative Imaginations Swatchbook. Adding several sticky gems to the centre of the flower. The text is using a Studio G stamp.

To finish I added 3 more gems to the side and edged the cardwith black ink.

Touchy Feely

We want cards and LO's good enough to touch, feel and stroke. It's all about textures for this challenge.

OK, so this challenge wasn't my particular favourite as I wasn't sure what I could use... but I had some gorgeous Velvet Ric Rac from a recent forum swap. I then used 3 blooms in various sizes and added a pretty little crystal brad for the centre.

The text is using Doodlebug rub-ons.

Tantalising Tangerine

Just Bex Challenge- Now Orange is not a colour I tend to craft with, but rename it Tantalising Tangerine and it takes on a whole new persona. Your challenge is to create a card using an Orange colour scheme and 1 point will be awarded for completion of this challenge.

I really enjoyed this challenge as my new Whipper Snapper stamps arrived from the States this morning. So I thought I'd make a lovely Hallowe'en card!!

I coloured the image with my Sakura pens and edged with black ink. The card is covered with some scrummy orange Bazzill and Doodlebug striped paper. The ribbon is also Doodlebug.

To finish the card, I added 2 purple gems and edged the whole card with black ink.

Letters

This challenge is from July on the Just Bex forum- Think of a word...maybe your name or initials..then either use wooden blanks from somewhere like http://www.woodenletters.co.uk/ or chipboard letters, maybe you can cut some out or robo them, you decide and then TART them up!!

I decided to make this for my daughter Ceara. I thought it would look lovely on her bedroom door!!!

I bought a large chipboard letter, this one measures 8" tall. I then covered it with a dotty sheet from my DCWV Nana's Kids stack. It looked rather bare still so I decided to ink around the edges with my pink Dew Drop.

I then added a large bloom, with Doodlebug rub-ons spelling my daughters name in the centre and some various pink and orange ribbons and ric-rac behind. I then added a few bright flowers and some sticky gems for the centres.

Sugar 'n' Spice

The Just Bex challenge is... Anything edible for this challenge please.

So here is a card with my new Doodlebug stamps. The background is from my DCWV Nana's Kids stack. It actually co-ordinates really well with the Doodlebug colours!! I have used the Frames and the Birthday stamp sets, stamped with Doodlebug ink lol. The ribbon and sequins are also DB lol!!!

The Winner..

of the Blog Candy is

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I have emailed you through your blog, so please reply with your address!!!

Thank you to all who entered and well done to Cheryl KVD!!!!!

Mmmmm Doodlebug

I got two sets of the Doodlebug clear stamps today. I won them from a US seller on ebay, and got them for half the price of buying from UK, and same postage rate too!!! I got the Birthday set and the Frames, and they are both delicious!!! I already have a few sets, so these will go nicely lol!

I can't wait to have a play with them tonight!!!!

Blog Candy!!!!!

OK, the hit counter now reads 1003, so here it is.....

All I want you to do is leave me a comment below... please only one comment per person otherwise I'll be here forever lol!!! If you pass this onto your friends and they mention your name in their comment, you will get entered again!!!

Easy peasy, it'd be silly not to when there are Love, Elsie 'Betty' embellishments going for grabs!!!

I will close this on Tuesday evening at 10pm and give the results on Wednesday... so come on, get commenting lol!!!! And I am happy to send anywhere in the world too!

I forgot to add.... you'll also get a card made by me using some of the Love, Elsie stuff!!!!

Watch out... Blog Candy

I'm just off to the In-Laws in a bit, but tonight I shall be putting on my first ever Blog Candy... this is to celebrate my upcoming 1000 hits and to say thank you for all the fantastic comments I have received!
Old and new blog visitors are welcome... and tell a friend... if they say you told them, you get given another ticket. I'll givev full details later... but keep an eye out...


And one clue.... Love, Elsie!!!!!

More LO's

Here are the ones I made yesterday, again I made a few more, but if I showed them all you'd get bored lol!!!

Another LO of my precious daughter. Again these pages are for my holiday scrapbook.

The paper used for this one is Rob and Bob. The chipboard frame and ribbon slide are Dovecraft. Then I thought I'd try something different and tied 3 different ribbons around a section of the main ribbon. The results are quite pretty!

These monkeys were soooooo gorgeous but had the sharpest teeth you could imagine lol!!!

Very basic page, See-D stamps were used for the title and brown Sakura pen for the doodling.

Stash!!!

Woohooooo, I finally got my stash parcel today... I have been waiting patiently, wondering if it would make it through the strikes lol!! No pics tonight I'm afraid, but I will tell you what I got...

Hallowe'en Doodlebug chipboard house!!!!
Doodlebug Christmas papers
Love Elsie chipboard buttons- Riley and Betty
Love Elsie gel stickers!

Then I went to the Papermill to get some DST, naturally ended up getting a few more things...

Dovecraft Christmas brad packs
Dovecraft Christmas chipboard stickers
Red and Green buttons

So after a nice little spend up, I came back and have made 3 LO's and a card!! I will pop them on tomorrow as lighting isn't the best at this time of night.

A few from tonight

Ok so I've not done any crafting for the past few days, hence the lack of entries... but I am back, here are two of the 4 LOs I've made this evening...

I adore this picture of my daughter lol... so I used some bubblegum Bazzill for the strip down the middle. Some more paler pink Bazzill to mount the photo on and then the lettering 'On the run' using my Urban Lily stickers. I then had a try at some doodling using my Sakura souffle pens... I'm rather pleased with the results!

I used some blue Bazzill for the strip down the LHS on this LO. The 'Smile' stamp is from my Doodlebug clear stamp set. The gorgeous 2-tone flowers are from bumper packs at Craftsulove, then finished with sticky gems.