Golden YOU!

Good morning, everyone.  I hope you are all staying safe and well and enjoying some extra crafting time.

Today I'm sharing a card I have made for my friend, who will be 60 in a couple of weeks' time.  I was going to put the numbers on the front of the card but I decided to put them on the inside instead as I wanted Y-O-U to be the highlight, not the age.

I blended my pink and aqua shades on to watervolour paper using Distress Inks then die cut this using a Chevron Die from My Favorite Things.  I splattered gold paint all over it then painted the outside frame in gold too.  I die cut the word using gold sparkly foam that I picked up in a Hobbycraft store and finally heat embossed the sentiment and die cut it, popping it up on foam.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Colour Throwdown #598 - Pink, Aqua, Gold and White

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

Thank you for visiting my blog today x

Birthday for a special friend

Hi friends, I'm just popping in with a card I made for my friend's birthday tomorrow.  Would you believe that, even though it is so simple, it actually took me hours to make!  I sometimes think I just have so much stuff that I don't know where to start.  Initially, I started out using Pool Party and Pink Pirouette Stampin' Markers but they just looked washed out so in the end I used my Polychromo pencils.  The stamps are from ages ago, I think perhaps Clearly Besotted.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More #394 - Clean and Simple

Feeling Sketchy #243

Colour Throwdown #598 - Pink, Aqua, Gold and White

Thanks for stopping by today x

Pastels

Good evening, folks.  Today I'm sharing a card that I made for my friend to let her know that I'm thinking about her during a time of need.

I have used some pretty pastel colours (not the actual Stampin' Up! colours, except for the sponged background, but the nearest I could get using my Polychromos).  I love the scalloped frame from My Favorite Things.

I'm entering this card into the Just Add Ink Challenge #509 - Colours.

Thank you for visiting today x

Simple thinking of you card

Good evening, everyone.  I hope that you are all safe and well during these difficult times.

Today I would like to share another card for the CASe This Sketch challenge #374, using the below sketch.  I coloured the little leaf (MFT's Geometric Greenery) with Copics and die cut it using the matching die.  Then I popped the leaf up on foam.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn at Dies to die for.

I'm also entering the Word Art Wednesday challenge where Anything Goes.

There's a very sad story behind sending this card.  Seven years ago, my brother-in-law and his (ex) wife had a little boy, who was born at full term but had anencephaly.  The doctors discovered this diagnosis when she went for her 20 week scan.  Mum chose to go ahead with the rest of her pregnancy, knowing her little boy would not survive.  He was born on 5 June 2013 and died 75 minutes later.  Heartbreaking.  I had never heard of anencephaly before, but I just happened to be reading a novel in which the same thing happened to one of the main characters, so I had a bit of an idea about it.  Every year, I like to send him a card just to let him know we haven't forgotten his wee son or the loss and grief that he still lives with.  We believe that this wee man is now happy in heaven with other family members who have gone on before us.

Thank you for popping by today x 

Christmas in May

Hello friends. I hope you’re all well and keeping safe in these strange times. Here in my town this evening, not only are we still under lockdown (albeit slightly relaxed), but now our electricity has gone off suddenly so I can’t even make a cup of tea! I’ll maybe have to go outside later and try to start a fire with a few sticks and boil some water on it 😆! In spite of all these things, the weather is amazing so there’s always something to be positive about. 

So, earlier today, I made a card which combines three different challenges:

• Rudolph Days
• Case this sketch
• Shopping our stash - stickers

It’s been such a long time since I’ve used stickers on my cards. I’ve had these ones from Simple Stories for about 10 years so I was surprised to find that they are as sticky as when I first bought them. 

Thanks for visiting today xx

Miss you

Hi there, folks.  During these uncertain, difficult times, every one of us is missing someone - whether it's because of the lockdown or, worse still, having lost a loved one.  We're missing family and friends and we can keep in touch via social media, phone calls, texts, etc.  But isn't it nice when we receive a card from someone that we can set up somewhere and look at it every time we pass it?  It's a constant reminder that someone, somewhere cares about us and has been thinking about us and wants to see us again.  This card is just such a card that I made for my friend.
This is a new stamp from Taylored Expressions which I heat embossed in white and then watercoloured with Altenew paints.  The sentiment is an old, but still loved, Paper Smooches stamp (I think!).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More #389 - CAS
• CASology week 368 - Plant
• Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 18 - Anything Goes
• Let's Craft and Create #159 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today!  See you soon xx

Starting over...

Hello folks.  Long time, no see.  I fell off the card making wagon last year and just couldn't get started again until now.  I'm back to making a few cards, especially ones that are Copic coloured.  I've always loved the blended look of copics and promarkers and have been practising for months and months.  I'm nowhere near good yet, but I like how my cards are looking now, so I'll keep going.

Here's a timely card I made using a free digi stamp that I got over at Polkadoodles.  It's in celebration of all the NHS heroes.  It's one of a set, some outlines, others pre-coloured.  They're still free, so pop over and get yours now.

I'm entering this card into the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Polkadoodles.  I used Copic markers and Polychromo pencils to colour this.

Thanks for visiting.  Hope to see you again soon xx