Another Spring Themed Card

Well I wanted to attempt some sewing on a simple card so decided the easiest thing to do was this:

Stamp: was a freebie on Australian Simply Cards magazine it is from Polka Doodles coloured with Y11, Y13 and Y15.
Background is a digital paper from In the Garden by Ziggle Designs purchased a while ago from Scrap Orchard.
Flowers were a freebie from Bizzy Becs.
For a CAS it took a lot longer than expected :)
 I am entering this in Creative CAS September Challenge Spring has Sprung

Spring has sprung.

 Well spring is attempting to break through temperatures are starting to warm up but not by much. We have put in our vegie patch...we had a successful vegie patch last year and are hoping to be as successful this year.  The local wildlife didn't invade it, which is always a bonus.  I just love fresh fruit, vegies and herbs straight from the garden. Anyway onto today's card. I am entering this card in the Mad for Markers challenge Spring Time. There is a weird shadow on this card so apologies for that I didn't have time to re take the photo.

How adorable are Krista Smith's stamps, she is a very talented artist.  I have a stack of her rubber stamps and am excited that she has new digis up in her own etsy store....Saturated Canary Digis.  There are so many I like.
For this card I used:
Stamp - Spread your Wings by Krista Smith from Funky Kits
Copics - from Mad for Markers
Hair and shoes C9, C7, C5, C1.
Skin, lips and eyes E11, E00, B00 and R20.
Clothing B000, B00, B02, G20, 0,
Bird, Cage and foliage E35, E25, G24,  C5, C3, C2, B32
Flowers and ribbon from Wild Orchid Crafts
Paper - Echo Park Spring Time.
Other - Kindy Glitz, Pink ink and rhinestones coloured with C9.

Well must be off I have a parcel to pick up from the post office (sadly not stamp related it's my husbands so no doubt technology stuff).  I can just imagine the weird looks we are going to recieve my youngest daughter Nell decided she would apply lipstick this morning in her own words she told me she looked boootifool.  It was a little too much so we washed it all off her face but it was not so easy to remove from her hair.  Then this afternoon both Nell and Meg got into my kindy glitz so all three of us are covered in glitter.  Now we all look boootifool :)
Thanks for stopping by.

Create a scene Thursday!

The current challenge over at Mad for Markers Challenge Blog is create a scene.  I have never done a card like this so it was a challenge.  I had a few stamps in mind and went searching for digi stamps to make a background. I found this urban fencing at Make it Crafty and thought it would fit perfectly  with Thursday the stamp I won at the Mad for Markers blog hop a while back (Thank you Sammi).  So  I stamped my image masked it printed it out and realised it didn't look right it needed more to the background.  I really wanted an old abandoned building I couldn't find one to suit so I got a clip art recoloured it and used the sketch function in photoshop elements then put my digital stamps over that and printed it out....and it looked alright. I coloured the stamped images with copics.  When I was happy with that I added derwent pencils to the graffiti on the building and some 2B shavings to darken up the door.  I think it turned out alright for my first attempt at creating a scene and mixing clip art, digi and rubber stamps.  What do you think?

So I used:
Rubber stamp - Thursday The Greeting Farm and
Copics on xpress it blending card all available from Mad for Markers shop.
Hair E53, E50, Y11
Skin and Eyes E11, E00, B32.
Clothes, Belt and Shoes C9, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1, R29, R27, R24, B37, B34, B32.
Urban Fencing E35, E27 and 0, C2 and C1.
Digi Stamp - Urban Fencing from Make it Crafty
Digital Paper from Breathe Me - Mega Fanpire Kit by Amy Stoffel.

Simply Sassy City Girl

I have been practicing colouring folds in clothes and I still need a lot more practice but I am getting better.  I found this fold/pleats tutorial which was recommended at Mad for Markers blog really useful.  I have decided to enter this card into the Sugar Bowl challenge 65 sketch with the option of blue.  There is a small amount of blue flowers and blue card.  I also figured I could enter it in Simply Sassy's header challenge.

And here is a closer up of my colouring....I know I still have a lot to learn and practice.

For this card I used
Stamp- City Girl from Funky Kits coloured with copics on xpress it blending card all available at M4M.
Copics - E50, E53, Y11, E11, E00, R20, B000, R85, R83, R81, B37, B34, B32, RV000, C9, C7, C5, C3.
Paper - Bobunny Alissa, Imaginescence Enchanted Garden, Papermania Little Cupcake Shop.
Lace is from my Mum sewing supplies (Thanks Mum).
Pink Tulip Seam Binding from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Thanks so much for looking.

I really adore the images from Tiddlyinks.  I like that I can resize them to suit the project I'm completing and that I can just print it.  Sometimes when I stamp I am not so successful at getting it right you have those little blank bits in your image and that annoys me :). Onto my card for today (please note I took this photo before the glue had dried on the twine so there isn't a big white dob of glue behind the twine anymore).

I used:
Digital image- Carpenter Joe from Tiddlyinks
Copics on xpress it blending card all from Mad for Markers -
E50, E53, E11, E00, E27, E25, E35, YR18, Yr15, YR12, B37, B34, B32, Y15, C3, C2, C1, R29.
Paper - Kaisercraft kbots Xtron and Surge.
Brown grosgrain ribbon and twine coloured with YR18.

I am entering this card in the The Sweet Stop sketch challenge.

Right I'm off to fold some washing and bring some wood in for the fire. 

Clean and Simple

I made this card for a family friend Egan, who turned 2 this month.  This card fits with the August Challenge over at Creative CAS where the theme is Birthday Bonanza.

I used:
Digi Stamp- Dragon from All that Scraps
Copics- G20, G24, E11, E00, E53, E27, E25, C1, C2 on Xpress it Blending card all from M4M.
Paper- Kaisercraft Spirograph Rosette and Phase.
Twine, yellow Kindy Glitz and dino brad from my stash.

Right I'm off to pick up a parcel....no stamps just boring old ink for the printer and I have to drag the two girls out in the howling wind and rain.  The beauty of winter.

Happy 2nd Birthday Nell

On August 1st our little Nell turned 2.  She is such a gorgeous little thing but also such an adventurer she is often into mischief.  While people always hear these mischievous stories they don't often hear the flip side.  She is such a little girly girl and loves a huggle.  She is clever, kind and caring and has the funniest sense of humour. Nell loves rabbits (our rabbits are not so fond of her).  I used LOTV Gift Wrapped for her card and the card as basis for her little birthday morning tea.

I used:

Stamp - Gift Wrapped LOTV.  Stamped on xpress it blend it card and coloured with copics (both from M4M)- G20, G24, C5, C3, C2, C1, R85, R83, R81.

Paper - Imaginesence Enchanted

Card from Regal Craft

Pink Tulip Seam Binding and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

Kindy Glitz

Here is a little photo of the cupcakes I made for Nell's birthday.  Mum always and still makes homemade cakes for our birthday and I am loving continuing this tradition with my girls.