Buttons and Bows

Hi Everyone!

Just got back from a lovely break in Scotland - great food and great scenery even if the weather was a little mixed!

Anyway, I thought you might like to see a card I created as one of the Papercraft Testers for Papercraft Inspirations magazine which was to use some old fashioned digi button cards to make a card. My example used some lovely Papermania Rose Garden papers, a little doily for a frilly effect and some pearly buttons and ribbon rose embellishments. A little piece of cotton lace and pink organza ribbon helps make it look really pretty.

Hope you like it. Why not pull out your button box and have a go like me at the Cute as a Button Challenge over at Totally Papercrafts. I'd also like to enter this card in Papertake Weekly's Anything Goes challenge.

Enjoy the weekend.

Bye for now

Karen x

Christmas Tilda

Morning Everyone!

I thought you might like to see my latest card. This one features a lovely wintry Tilda stamp all togged up for Chritsmas. I coloured her with my Promarkers and layered her onto papers by Papermania from last year. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the trellis effect behind, added some gems that I also coloured to match with my Promarkers and glittered up little areas with Stickles. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley which I layered onto gold card that I distressed a little at the edges. The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts. Anyway, I hope you like it. I'm going to enter it into this weeks Just Magnolia Challenge which is 'Anything Goes', Totally Papercrafts 'Holidays' challenge and Simon Says Stamp 'Christmas in August'. Sorry about the swift post - on my way out and didn't want to leave it until I got back!!

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes

Karen x

Ice Cream Critters

Evening All!

I just popped by today to show you my entry for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge which this week is for 'Buttons, Bows and Bling'. I used the lovely image of two mice enjoying a tub of ice cream which I coloured with Promarkers. The background papers were from Papermania and some lovely coppery American Crafts textured card was used for matting and layering. I also used a Martha Stewart punch for a border then added a bow, buttons and tiny matching gems in the corners - hope you like it!

Why not head over to the challenge site where you'll find they are celebrating their anniversary of 100 challenges with a blog hop and some really fab mousy and non mousy prizes up for grabs!

I would also like to enter this card into the I Love Promarkers Challenge which this week is for 1 ribbon, 2 designer papers and 2 gems or buttons and also for the Simon Says Stamp and Sir Stampalot - Anything Goes - challenges.

Thanks for looking!

Bye for now

Karen x

Sending Sunflower Greetings!

Here is my entry for the Totally Papercrafts challenge which this week is 'cute and cuddly'. I used a Crafter's Companion Popcorn the Bear Cd but to make it a little different I decided to make a shaped card in the form of a sunflower to mimic those on the Popcorn patterned paper. The base card is Bo Bunny's Double Dots and I cut the sunflower shape in brown card from a Papermania template - I then cut the patterned paper slightly smaller and mounted them together - one on the front of the card and one inside. I decoupaged the bear slightly on the front and added a little Glossy Accents and made a small round panel on the inside to write my greeting.

Anyway, hope you like this fun idea!

Karen x

Welcome Spring!

Hi everyone! Today it was time to pull out my favourite House Mouse stamps and create a card for the House Mouse and Friends Challenge which this week is to 'Welcome Spring'. This little stamp shows a mouse sheltering from a shower underneath a daffodil which I've coloured with pro markers. The papers are Papermania and the little crocheted butterfly is Maya Road with an additional wee gem of bling!

Hope you're having a good weekend!

Bye for now

Karen x

Pretty Poinsettia

This card was made using the Poinsettia template from Papermania, scraps of Christmas paper and ribbon layered upon on a background made using the snowflake embossing folder and my cuttlebug - a great way to use up those oddments of Christmas papers from other projects!

Crazy for Christmas?

So...are you ready for Christmas yet? Are your prezzies wrapped, cards sent and decs up? Have you found five minutes amongst all the preparations to get a little crafting done? I know the days seem to be whizzing by and I must admit I have done a little crafting - even if the prezzie wrapping has had to take a bit of a back seat - so I thought I'd show you what I've been up to. Another House Mouse decoupage card completed - an image I love - which I hope to enter in the House Mouse and Friends Challenge which this week is Charming Trees and other foliage. You get extra bonus points if you use a charm but I'm a bit low on festive charms at the moment so I'm hoping the fab image will just see me though. Hope you like it!

Best Wishes

Karen x

Hedgie on the Move

This is my entry for the 'Moving' challenge over on the Floral Fantasies blog sponsored by Sir Stampalot. There are some fab prizes to win so why not head over there and enter your crafty creation!

I have used a Penny Black Hedgie stamp and some Papermania paper and even added a little strip of paper pleating. I also hope to enter this card in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which this week is 'For Someone Special'.

Deck Chair Hedgie

Sorry about the bad lighting in this pic - it is 9.55pm and these energy saving bulbs aren't like the old ones!!! Some of my pink bits look a bit peachy but they are pink in 'real life'! For this design I used Papermania linen effect paper, a K and Co diecut mat pad from their Wild Raspberry collection and a punched border using a Martha Stewart punch and a leaf punch to add to the corner flowers. As this design covered a lot of areas I would like to enter it in a number of sketches.

One Stop Craft Challenge - Fancy Edges and Corners

Creative Card Crew - Punch It

Spoonful of Sugar - Lots of Layers

Allsorts Challenge - Pink and Brown

Papertake Weekly - Pretty in Pink

Charizma Cards - Anything New ( My latest Penny Black and Wild Raspberry Diecuts)

Crafty Cardmakers - Whats New (Penny Black image and Wild Raspberry diecuts)

Pink and Brown themed Penny Black

This is a 6 x 6 card I made using Penny Black 'prezzie giving' hedgehogs for my latest Challenges. I love the Pink and Brown theme so am entering this in the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and the Charizma Card Challenge - as well as the Allsorts Challenge using their great Sketch idea. The papers used are Papermania with a lovely linen effect which unfortunately you can't see very well here.