Thankyou

first post of the day
This is an image that is one of the new images from Delicious Doodles, Olyvia.
I just felt green was the right colour for her on the day I coloured her. She will have changed her wardrobe, I'm sure, on her next outing.


Lots of different greens here and also using my new flourishes diecut. The image herself was coloured with promarkers with a touch of white gel pen on the owl.


The feathers just seemed the right thing to use.They are held in place first by glue then a big brad that I coloured with alcohol ink to co-ordinate.

I am entering this into a couple of challenges
Sarah Hurley Challenges - Thankyou
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything goes with new stash - Swirl diecutter and image

Tales of the Unexpected

I'm a bit late posting this I know. Things happening at home that needed my attention more. Better late than never though.
This week's challenge over at Delicious Doodles is as my title suggests "Tales of the Unexpected".
Make something that has a bit of a twist, as Terri suggests "You could make something cute into something horrid, or make an exploding box or have a hidden item somewhere on your make. You could even do something that is totally your normal style!!"
Well, the other ladies on the DT have all worked their magic and produced some gorgeous pieces. Well worth a look.
My card looks ordinary enough, doesn't it!
The patterned paper is papermania. The main part has been punched to co-ordinate with the black embossed vellum.

The image is "In the Pumpkin Patch" coloured with promarkers, cut out and attached to embossed orange cs then onto more paper from the same papermania range.

All then attached to plain orange paper then to black cs base.












The image panel hides

Evil Carnival Clown and the "Happy Helloween" sentiment in a double slider card accessed by that little pumpkin. Again, coloured with promarkers with a healthy dosing of distress ink.

Don't forget to go look at the other DT blogs and marvel at theit work.

I am entering this into a couple of challenges
Art Impressions - Hallowe'en
Moving along with the times - Hallowe'en

Christmas tree decoration

This started off life as a make for another challenge, then I changed my mind. lol.
I don't know about you, but I like to have little gifts hidden in the branches of the tree at Christmas. It seems to make that day last longer than the short while of getting together to give and receive pressies before the slog in the kitchen. Even though my "kids" are now grown up and I'm now a "granny", they still look for a pressie "from Santa". Just one of those little family traditions.
This is one of the "ornaments" that will be on the tree this year. Made from green and red co'redinations card stock with just the printed images and top done in white c.s.
Lots of heat embossing in red sparkle of different images decorate the inside of the panels.
The two outer layers are "hiding" a little 3cm square gift box.




















The view of the outside? For this I chose the Delicious Doodles' images of various pets in Christmas stockings.




everything is threaded on some thin green satin ribbon, secured between layer 2 and the outside.


All the images are coloured with promarkers and barndoor DI smudged round them





































































I am entering this into a couple of challenges
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes
Jens Digi Stamps - Anything But a Card
Crafty Boots Challenges - Anything Goes

New Stuff

My first official make for Delicious Doodles as part of Teri's new DT.
This week the challenge is for people to make use of the new stash/techniques aquired. This is to co-incide with the new season that is upon us and the new DT that Teri has gathered together during the "summer". We haven't had much of a summer here in Scotland, infact, I can count on one hand the number of days that reached as high as 20c in this corner.

My project is made using a new canvas for me - dominos and two new images (for me).

Using the image Tattoos and Feathers

and using Medusa's Daughter

For both dominos, I started off by drilling the holes with a small bit. Then applied alcohol inks in the colours I wanted. Then, after colouring the images with promarkers and fussy cutting out, applied with a small amount of glossy accents to secure. Some bent wire was added behind Medusa's Daughter to simulate another couple of snakes and for balance an inchy stamp using stazon for background interest on the other. Glossy accents used to coat both dominos. Some tiny watch parts added to the Tattoos and Feathers to match the steam punk look of her.
The findings for making both of these into jewellery are still in the post unfortunately. So cannot show fully finished yet.

Please don't forget to go visit all the other DT blogs and see their amazing projects using their new stuff. Then will be your turn to show us yours and be in with the chance of winning five images from the Delicious Doodles shop.

A bit of bling

Over at Stampin' Dymonz' Scrap Shack we have a weekly "Christmas Card Club". Trying to stay ahead of the game when it comes to making cards for that time of year. This week the task is to use acetate. I thought I might as well incorporate some of the challenges over here in blogland so, following the sketch over at Midnight Madness #110, this is my card.
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The acetate is a panel inserted to make the card square. I used matching vellum on the other side. (HunkyDory) Mounted onto pearlised black CS. Ribbon from stash has "with love at Christmas" peeloffs added. The ends are covered with card candy. The image is from Delicious Doodles, coloured with promarkers and glossy accents on the flame. Edge distressed with Barn Door and Black soot DI. Layered onto dark red and pearlised black. The tiny pearls from Pizzaz aplenty... thanks Terry



This shows the speckled green CS base I used and some gorgeous 2 tone ribbon with gold threaded swirls. If you look at the front it looks green.

The back of the image covered, both to neaten and provide a writing surface for a greeting


You can see the pearls better here and see I added a bit more dimension to the ivy.



A couple of challenges I am entering this into
Midnight Madness - #110 - their sketch
Delicious Doodles - Flourishes and Bling
Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge - Dark colours / trees
Crafty Purple Frog - Pearls and swirls

A Christmas card

Yep, I started early this year. I hope not to get caught napping this year or rushing to get them done. This week the challenge over at Delicious Doodles is for cute and cuddly. Well I think this would fit the bill. (No pun intended). It's about as cute as I'm going this week. Loosley following the sketch over at Fetch-a-sketch, I came up with this.

The penguin, from the range over at Delicious Doodles, is coloured with promarkers with a touch of silver gel pen. Some glossy and crackle accents used to add some shine.
Papers all from various sources in stash. The only one I know the origin is behind penguin - Crafty Chaos. Ribbon also from stash.
Sizzix corner diecuts using scraps.






I am entering this into the challenge over at
Delicious Doodles - Cute and Cuddly

25th Wedding Anniversary

I was asked to make a 25th Wedding Anniversary card. Something special for a special couple.
I followed my oval stepper card idea - with a bit of a difference.


The oval was replaced by a heart shape.

The theme was silver and purple for the party so went with these colours.

The image is purple as well but surrounded by all the silver, refused to come out true to colour.

Using Delicious Doodles' The Lovers image, digitally altered to the correct purple colour, printed twice. The top layer was relieved of the white lines and stuck to the other image that had the white lines coloured silver. A small gem placed in where the earring was. This was in turn layered onto silver then more purple heart shapes.

The base card is a stepper card but with a difference. The tutorial for this can be found at Stampin' Dymonz Scrap Shack. This was made with pearlised silver card stock.

The left hand panels were stamped with heart images in silver.
Some silver peel offs to add that extra little something.

The right hand side
One of the homemade roses from purple and silver paper and the 25 from silver peel offs and the same border peel off round the edges.

The bottom, some more purple paper and peel offs but this time also a silvery white lace. Another of the silver and purple roses I made.





Then the box. Can't have a card without the box.
Pearlised white card stock this time. More of the lace from the card and some more of the paper roses.


The card nestles in silver tissue paper and a suitably mushy verse was stuck into the lid.

I am entering this into the challenges over at
Delicious Doodles - Lovely Lace
Claudia & Co - Fancy Folds
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Cards For a Special Reason

Third Winter birthday card

Second card for the soon to be 50 year old. Found out she likes blue and fairies so this next one that I worked on in the week will fit the bill to a T.
Again, grateful for those preprinted images, this one is the newest from the Delicious Doodles range called Wistful Fairy. I used my sakura pencils in blues for the main image just picking up a few details in purple to add colour.


I followed another of the sketches over at Priscilla Styles' midnight madness, this one is #82.
Layered the image, after distressing the edges onto a blue distressed paper then onto a torn vellum layer. The little panel has a piece from a crafty individuals paper.
All this was layered onto an distressed, embossed layer with highlights in oil pastels. Then came the layers of lilac and navy. The ribbons from stash
Some distress stickles were dotted on to complete.

I am entering this into the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #82

2nd of 3 birthday cards

A friend asked me to make a card for him to give to his wife for her birthday next week. Her 50th. So had to be something a bit special while not revealing her age. I thought long and hard on the images to use. Then the PC stopped working and all my digi's stored were not accessible. Still I had some preprinted.....
This one is from Delicious Doodles called "Smell the Roses". I followed the sketch over at Midnight Madness MMSC#83.


The image is coloured using promarkers with just a touch of glittery gel pen to highlight. This was layered onto an embossed oval shape that I had lightly touched with oil pastels and surrounded with some lace and backed with another embossed oval to enclose the lace edges.
The base card is a linen effect cream card with the diagonal cut away. The front panel consists of layers of red, yellow and cream paper topped with DCWV paper from citrus range. The inside panel is the same red and yellow with a panel embossed the same as the image panel.


The ribbon section consists of a wide yellow satin with 2 narrow red satin and golden yellow cord. Attached to the back panel and mirrored on the front by cutting a slit and a hole and threading through before tying in the front.



I am entering this into the challenge over at Midnight Madness for the sketch #83

Purple Reign

Well after a few days of no PC - I'm back on line. Dec has not been the best month for anything that involves moving parts or requires some heat. That weather!! Well hopefully I'm back on track now.

This card is for the challenge over at Delicious Doodles' challenges. Use purple somewhere.
I used the sketch over at Midnight Madness MMSC#84 - the simple version.


The image is the Jewelled Fairy of Delicious Doodles. I have used a mixture of watercolours, DI and promarkers to colour in. She was layered onto some green pearlescent card then a scrap of papermania. The side panels are pearlescent purple onto papermania green. These were then added to a freebie paper from a mag onto which I had added an acetate panel with the sentiment. All this layered onto a dark green from Crafty Chaos' Velvet Descent range and then onto some sage green CS.

I am entering this into Delicious Doodles Purple Reign challenge as that was the inspiration.
Also into the Midnight Madness # 84 challenge for the sketch

Paper Pandemonium

Haunted House Designs set the challenge and I've just squeaked in I hope. At least two papers to be used. Well I snuck in with just that - 2 papers. They are from the velvet descent range from Crafty Chaos, although I did a little bit of alteration of the colour on one of them .... sorry Susan.
The image is from Delicious Doodles. The folded paper frame was inspired by splitcoast stampers, though I have added a bit of my own to it.
The colouring of the image was done with promarkers. Ribbon and brads and other cardstock from stash.


I am entering this into the HDH challenge #67 - 2 or more patterned papers

Yet more cards

This being snowed in has meant that a few more cards than usual are being churned out of my crafty room. I have followed a few sketches and recipes from some of the challenge blogs and these have been credited.

Sketch from the Craft Mad and Loving It group on the craft bubble forum... an image from digidrawn



Using the recipe of lace SISC#37 from Stamp Insanity, one of their images and the sketch from Midnight Madness MMSC#84. Papers from Crafty Chaos, blue Christmas range.



Using the recipe from Delicious Doodles challenge #3 - use a digi and one of Teri's images "Bark at the Moon".


Using the sketch over at Midnight Madness again. This time MMSC#82, the CAS version. The image is from Gingerloft.

not a card

MMSC#81 sketch this week is the layout I used on this calender - the simple one. Another of Delicious Doodles' images, "Winter's Wonder". I saw this in their blog hop the other day and had to have it - The Snow Leopard did it for me. I coloured the image using some metallic pencils, cut it out and mounted onto a lace covered lilac card stock then framed her with some bronze glimmer misted purple. Bronze and purple dewdrops to finish. This was then all mounted onto a pearlised bronze paper which in turn was mounted onto more bronzed purple. The ribbon and lace trim and dewdrops are all from Crafty Feelings.


The corrugated card, eyelets etc all from stash.

I am entering this into the challenge over on Midnight Madness - their sketch #81
Make it Crafty have an "Anything but a Card" challenge so entering this into that as well.

A birthday card!

Yep even with Christmas looming - there are still birthday cards to make. This one is for a friend's daughter who is turning 13 in the new year. Another teenager!!
I thought she deserved a card that was a bit more grownup for this momentous occasion of entering her teens, though still girlie with lots of sparkle.
I used the gorgeous papers from Crafty Chaos' "Dancing with Fairies" range and an image from Delicious Doodles called "Free Spirit". The sketch is that from Fairymoon Crafts.
The image was coloured in using promarkers, with just a touch of purple stickles on the wings.
The dark pink backing paper was painted with a silver shimmer paint to give it that sparkle. I also added a touch to the fur of the wolf and the moon behind the fairy. The backing circle is from the citrus range of DCWV that was in my scrap box. A couple of lengths of ribbon and some gems to finish the card. I did use some border peeloffs just to finish the glitz, all on very pale cream, linen embossed card base.
I am entering this into the challenge over at Fairymoon Crafts as it is their sketch.
Also into the Delicious Doodles 2nd challenge - "Celebrations"

Delicious Doodles Blog Hop and First Challenge/ HDH #65

Yep - Teri of Delicious Doodles has got her challenges underway with a blog hop this week and this week it's an "anything goes" challenge. The DT have done a marvellous job showcasing some of the fab images.
My entry into the challenges is "The Watcher"
This is the first time I have coloured this little beauty in and wanted to keep him .... so made him into a picture to hang on my crafty room wall.
I used distress inks to colour him. In real life this gives that extra bit of sparkle to the feathers but I can't get it to photograph, oh well.


The watching eye.... first layer is glossy black cardstock matted onto painted card. Onto this I added 2 more eyes - blown up from The Image and layered adding some glossy accents after inking bits on these as well.
I added my Raven to a sheet of maroon card stock on which I had stuck papers from Crafty Individuals, torn, and distressed with black and dusty concorde. This was then layered onto black onto which I had stamped a saying from Smeared Ink's Li'l Grumpies set.
The feathers down the side just to balance are from stash, threaded into beads and on a leather thong.

I am entering this into The Delicious Doodles Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
and Macabre Mondays HDH#65 - Ravenous Ravens
and Digital Tuesday Challenge - Things with Wings

GDT spot at Tuesday Taggers

Wooohoooo Following the entering in of my "Nursery Rhyme" little book into Tuesday Taggers a couple of weeks ago and being chosen as the lucky recipient of those fabulous ribbons from Ribbon Oasis, I was asked if I wanted to do a little project as guest DT. What an honour.
Ildiko is the one who chose this weeks challenge. I must admit - it took me a couple of days to get my head round the colour combo she chose of 'Silver, Gold and Purple with some sort of stamping'. Silver and gold are not a combination I would normally put together on the same project, but I don't think it turned out too bad in the end.


I used a digi from Delicious Doodles, changing the colour to purple using my graphics program. I actually cut out all the white bits except a small sliver round the outside of the image and mounted it on the textured gold card adding a tiny gem where the earring would be. The purple background was stamped and embossed in silver (the rubber stamp was a freebie from when I first started collecting stamps and has no name on it). This in turn was mounted onto silver and then gold miri adding ribbon at each layer before a final back of more purple to which was attached a little box for the candle.

The candle ......

Using the same stamp and gold pigment ink stamped onto white tissue paper. The image was the right size for 3 hearts round the candle. I went over the outline with gold gel pen to make sure the image wouldn't get lost against the candle and then cut out close to the outline. With a touch of stick glue to the back of the hearts to secure and some greaseproof paper to protect, the heat gun was gently played over the area to melt the wax enough to draw the image in but not so the whiteish core of the candle is exposed.
The box has a top and bottom to keep the candle secure and a final piece of ribbon round it.

I thought this would make a nice small gift to a couple celebrating their love, anniversary or engagement maybe?

Another Delicious Christmas

I'm in Christmas card mode. It's getting to that time of year when I really need to make a few more.
I love this Poinsetta Fairy of Teri's Delicious Doodles. A simple card again. I don't do fru-fru easily at all and this image really doesn't require it. So following the sketch over at Sketchy Colours, I put this together...

The image is coloured in promarkers with gold sparkly gel-pen on the little fairy's wings and the bodice of the poinsetta fairy. Her wings were painted with gold paint as was the frame. The base dark green card stock was sprayed with a light dusting of gold shimmer and mounted onto gold miri. Little gems adorn the corners and the sides. The lace and velvet ribbon are from stash. The scallopped bits top and bottom are the same green card without the gold spray to which I added just a dot of stickles. This was then all mounted onto a pale green card base.
Simple, but I hope stricking.
I am entering this into the challenge over at Sketchy Colours as it is their sketch I followed. Also at Digital Tuesday for their "Framed" challenge. The City Crafter Challenge is tasking us to use a digi image - so I am entering this over there as well

Poinsetta Fairy

Another of Teri's Delicious Doodles.... and another Christmas card done. This time using Poinsetta Fairy. I was following a sketch - from where I can't remember off hand. Oh well.
Coloured mostly in promarkers with just a touch of gel pen and water colour paint here and there. I decoupaged the poinsetta border. I added an extra touch to one wing. Mirroring the scroll work of the image onto the dark bottle green card matting layer and then attaching that to some sage green card stock. Using the same sage green wrapped a ribbon bow round and stuck that onto the base adding peeloff borders as I went. The image layer was then stuck on using foam padded tape. A couple of homemade pins and some dewdrops and done apart from the sentiment - which I always leave until I decide who gets the card.


This is another entry into The Crafty Purple Frogs first challenge for "Anything Goes"

White Witch

Yes, there are some out there. I have had this image sitting in my "inbox" just waiting to be coloured in and made into something. Time has not been on my side for a few weeks. Anyway, I finally got round to finishing a project .... yayyy!!
So, using the Delicious Doodles Pumpkin Witch image, coloured with promarkers, with a silver gel pen to highlight her hair and some glossy accents on her lips, nails and spiders, mounted onto black card. This in turn was mounted with foam tape onto a rectangle of silver painted card again mounted on black cardstock, onto which I had stamped some bat images. The bit that was going to be hidden of the moon+bats image - I had stamped onto the witch layer. This lot in turn was mounted with more foam tape onto a smoke stamped background using Smeared Ink Holy City range. I love this technique. I attached a little diecut bat onto a thin strip of acetate and stuck it between the image layers and the BP. I attached some torn strips of fabric in grey and orange knotted together then mounted the whole thing onto yet more black as a card base.



There are a few challenges that I'd like to put this out for ....
The Simon Says Challenge for Halloween projects
Gingersnaps Creations GC72 for Neutrals plus one other colour
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays where the challenge is Halloween or Autumn

ME time

I finally had some ME time today. I forgot the chores and made a couple of cards, with a third on the way. The first one was purely for my own pleasure as I love the image and have finally got round to buying it. It's from Delicious Doodles. Teri has just announced her new DT. She has some fantastic ladies on board with her now. This image is called "Alas Poor Yoric" for obvious reasons.
I did the image in 2 layers. The skulls are coloured using metallic pencils and then painted in glow in the dark paint. (my new toy). The snakes are painted in metallic paint. Everythingthing else is promarkers, with a touch of gold paint in her hair. The ribbon snaking up the card is a tiny part of a stupendous RAK sent to me from a dear friend. All other bits are from stash.
I am entering this into the Simply Betty Challenge for "The first Day of Halloween"