Pretty as a...Penguin!

Hi Again!
Back with my second post of the day...this time with a Christmas card using the lovely Penguin image from Mo Manning's Digital Pencil. I coloured him in using my Spectrum Noirs and this time set myself the challenge of mastering my grey colours - a bit tricky but I am pleased with how this little penguin turned out.

The papers I used were a magazine freebie, but because the image is so good, I wanted to concentrate on it and decided against lots of embellishments...instead I went for lots of layers and created an ornate frame with the Spellbinders Adorning Squares die - hooking the little elements of the die cut around the edges of the image.

I finished with a sentiment and a couple of those 'good ole' gold Card Candi!
Hope you like this card - I can see him turning up on a few more Xmas cards in the future!
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Christmas Cards All Year - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas - A is for Anything
Spectrum Noir - Animals/Critters (second entry)
Inkychicks - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!
Karen x

Little Boy Blue

Hi Everyone!
Yesterday I had some lovely news that I was one of the winners over at the House Mouse and Friends challenge - what a fab surprise - just wanted to say thanks to all the House Mousers!!

So...back with a card today using the fab Mo Manning image 'Spit Happens'. Trouble is, this little baby seems to look like a mucky little baby now that I've photographed him. Somehow, his face seems blotchy and his T-shirt looks like it needs a good scrub. The light here this afternoon is miserable and grey, and even after photographing him on the windowsill, he still looks like he needs a wash...so sorry about that! LOL!

Anyhoo, I coloured this little fella in my Spectrum Noirs and matted him onto Papermania's Kraft Note papers. I used an aqua blue velvet ribbon to tie in with some of the ribbon challenges that are running this week, and created punched flowers to tie in with Digital Pencil's 'With Flowers' theme. I also added a punched border using my Martha Stewart punch.

I'd like to enter it in the following challenges:
Mo Manning Digital Pencil - With Flowers
Allsorts - Ribbon but No Bows

Thanks for looking!
Best wishes
Karen x

Fairy Wishes !

Morning All!
Today I'd like to share a card I made using this cute Fairy mouse image. I coloured her in using my new Spectrum Noirs which I am loving and getting to grips with how they work together.

The papers I used were Papermania's Rose Garden and I created a border with my Martha Stewart doily punch. The sentiment was printed from my computer and I punched the flowers from the papers with Xcut and Woodware punches and added pearl gems to the centres.

Hope you like this card. I'm hoping to enter it in the following challenges:

Spectrum Noir - Animals/Critters.

Try It On Tues - In With The New ( my new Spectrum Noir markers)

Creative Inspirations - Blooms and Pearls

Charisma Cardz - Birthdays

Have a great weekend!

Karen x

Welcoming the New Year

Afternoon Everyone!
Today, I decided to make an easel card as I've not made one for a long time. I dug out one of my fab Penny Black stamps feature one of the cats and a mouse celebrating with a bottle of champagne. I coloured it in using my Twinkling H2Os and added a little shimmer with my gel pen.

I wanted to make the card quite bright and jolly so used Echo Park's lovely 'Off the Record' papers matted onto black card stock. I added a strip of red stripy washi tape along the card fold for decoration, added an XCut punched border, red gems, and a Lili of the Valley stamped sentiment.

This image is great for all kinds of celebrations - so I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday - 'New' (New Year)
Ali-Craft - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 'New' (New Year)
Crafty Creations - A Card featuring 'Something to Drink'

Hope you like my card!
Back soon
Karen x

Bear Necessities

Hi All!
Today I want to share a card I made using one of the older Lili of the Valley stamps called Bear and Butterflies.

 I made the card using some embossed navy cardstock which has a hint of gold in it and created layers using stripy DCWV paper and blue hearts paper from Trimcraft matted onto gold holographic card. I coloured the image with my Promarkers before adding a sentiment and Candi from Craftwork Cards. I seem to be a bit addicted to the gold Candi at the moment so I will have to try and wean myself off it LOL!
I also decorated the inside to match and used a sentiment stamp from Waltzing Mouse.

Anyhoo, I'd like to enter this card in the Winter Wonderland Challenge which this week is to use 'Bears/Teddy Bears', the Lili of the Valley 'Anything Goes' challenge, and the Crafty Cardmaker's 'Bear with Me' challenge.

Many thanks for popping by!
Best wishes
Karen x

Mad as a Hatter!

Afternoon Everyone!
I'm back to share a card I made using the brilliant 'Hatter' image by Mo Manning. I decided to go with a pink and green colour theme for a change today, hoping that this would look cheery and bright on such a grey and dismal day!

I teamed it with matching papers from Hot off the Press and a green polka dot ribbon, Martha Stewart punched border, gems and computer printed sentiment. As I printed the image quite large and coloured it with my Spectrum Noir markers, I thought it didn't need a great deal of embellishments and preferred to let the fab artwork speak for itself.

Anyhoo, hope you like it!
I would like to enter it into the Mo's Digital Pencil 'Anything Goes' challenge, the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which is to 'Banish the Blues' and show a bit of humour, as well as the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Cards Galore Encore, the 'Free and Easy' Challenge at Allsorts and the 'Birthday' challenge at Charisma Cardz.
Thanks for looking!
Best wishes
Karen x

House Mouse - Silver or Gold for Challenge HMFMC160

Morning All!
Today I'm back with a quick post to share the card I have made for this month's House Mouse and Friends Challenge which is to use Silver or Gold on your card.

I decided to have a change from making a Christmas card and instead went for spring colours. I used the fab image of the mice with bubblegum machine and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir pens in shades to match the Forever Friends Kraft Notes papers that I bought with my Christmas money. I then matted all the elements onto gold mirri card, added a gold sentiment and gold Card Candi before finishing with a rustic string bow and an 'old gold' coloured heart charm.

Hope you like my card. Why not pop over and join in with the challenge which runs until the 11th of January.
Thanks for looking!
Bye for now
Karen x