Celebration Mouse

Evening Everyone!
Just thought I'd share a quick card I made for the Passion for Promarkers challenge which this week is 'Inspired by Song'. My song was Madonna's 'Celebration' and this little card uses Bigsby Mouse from Karen's Doodles. I kept it fairly simple, colouring with my Promarkers, adding Stickles to the balloons and embellishing with a dinky bow and gems. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards. I decorated inside too to complement the front of the card but left the panel blank so I can decide what verse to pop in there later.
Anyway, just a quick post tonight.
Be back soon.
Karen x

Cosy Toes

Evening Everyone! and what a windy night it is...perfect for cosying up and getting crafty!
Tonight I'd like to share a card I made using some of the Joanna Sheen House Mouse decoupage. I love this little scene of the mice in their stockings in front of the fire. I simply decoupaged the image and then layered it up on designer paper and gold holographic card and then added some crystal Stickles for a bit of sparkles. I didn't add any flowers or ribbon as this card is for our four year old grandson so I didn't want to make it too girly. Instead I printed out the 'Night Before Christmas' poem and added it as a verse inside.




I thought this card would be great for a few challenges:
House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge - Fuzzy and Warm.
Joanna Sheen - Christmas Wishes
Papertake Weekly - I'm Dreaming Of... (A red and green Christmas)
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your evening.
Best wishes
Karen x

Trio of Tags

Morning All!

Just a quick post today. The challenge over at Simon Says this week is for a little 'Sparkle and Bling' so I decided to enter these three little tags I made with my Nesties. I was in a recycling mood so used up some of my red and blue mirri card scraps, offcuts of sparkly ribbon and cord and edged my images with Stickles. I'd also like to enter them into the Bah Humbug 'Glitter and Glitz' challenge - so why not pop over to the Bah Humbug and the Simon Says blogs for more inspiration if you've not yet got your Christmas crafting underway!

Bye for now

Karen x

Tempus Fugit Tag

Morning Everyone!

Nearly forgot to pop back and show you my tag for this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show. I stamped and masked my images from the Paper Artsy stamp line in Archival Black ink. I then created the background in red, yellow and blue ink with a sponge which then mixed together to make some secondary colours where they overlapped. I added accents with a white pen, pearl pen and Black Diamond Stickles before adding Glossy Accents to the clock face and key. Finally I layered the tag on black and white card stock, added coordinating ribbon and the little sentiment.

I love the bright effect but it would be equally as nice in other colours.

Thanks for looking!

Best wishes

Karen x

Festive Flower Soft

Hi All

Back again with a Christmas card I made that I'd like to enter in Creative Inspirations challenge which this week is for 'Christmas in May'. I used some Flower soft designs, making one of the little sentiments look like an old pub sign covered in snow (Stickles and pearl pen) and Flower Soft for the foliage. I also added vintage lace and ribbon and matted the image on plenty of layers and glittered cardstock. I then decorated the inside of the card to complement the front design.

Hope you like this little festive feel!

Bye for now

Karen x

Fairy Dust

Hi Everyone!

Hope you've had another fantastic Bank Holiday and enjoyed the great weather we've been having!

This week I decided to take part in the By the Cute and Girly and the Papertake Weekly challenge which was nice and easy as 'Anything Goes' as well as the Spoonful of Sugar 'White and one Colour' challenge. The card I made used one of my favourite Lili of the Valley fairy stamps which I embossed in black embossing powder and very lightly highlighted with a touch of pink souffle pen. I layered it up onto black and pink card and embossed a piece of white card with a Swirl folder and added Diamond Stickles for a little 'fairy dust' ha! ha! The pink organza ribbon and gems just finished it off.

Anyway, thanks for looking - enjoy the rest of the day!

Best wishes

Karen x

Shoe Friends

Hi Everyone!

Hope you're having a great Bank Holiday Monday. This week over at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, the task is 'Way To Go' - a theme using anything that gets you from one place to another. I chose the little mice in the shoe - although I doubt they'd get very far snuggled up like they are!! - and coloured them with Pro markers. The papers used were from My Minds Eye 'Pretty Please' spring collection which I layered up and decorated with a few pink gems, a pearly flower, some die cut swirls and crystal Stickles. I purposely didn't add a greeting as I'm not sure yet what occasion I'm going to use this for so I thought I would also enter this in Cute Card Thursday's 'No Text' challenge and the I Love Promarkers 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Best wishes

Karen x

Trinkets and Trim

Afternoon Everyone!

After a lovely weekend where the sun was literally crackling the flags - today it's drizzly and wet and back to our normal springtime weather! To brighten things up a little I decided to take part in the Bo Bunny Tuesday Challenge and make a card using their vibrant Vicky B collection of papers which is full of oranges, greens, pinks and earthy tones. The challenge this week was to use trinkets and trim. The trinket I made the focal point of my flower by popping it up on foam dots and the trim I dyed with alcohol inks to match the colour scheme of my card. I used a Martha Stewart punch to add a decorative border and plenty of Copper coloured Stickles. I would also like to enter this card in the Papertake Weekly challenge which this week is 'Truely Dimensional' - ideal for my multi layered flower!

I hope you like my spring time card and hope it encourages the sun to come back again!

Bye for now

Karen x

Lavender Flower Fairy

Morning All! Just thought I would post my latest little card. Dug out my Flower Fairies Cd and did a little decoupage. I would like to enter this card into the Cupcake Challenge of 'Keep it simple' and also Cute Card Thursday's 'Metal Mania' because of my little silver charm. I hope you like it...couldn't help but add a little Stickles - every fairy needs some, don't you think!!