Monday, 27 June 2011

Baby Line

This brand new digi image called "Baby Line" from Just Inklined is perfect for the birth of a new baby.

Coloured with Promarkers and lots of matting and layering going on. Can't remember the colours I used but what's new? lol

Hope you all had a good weekend and enjoying this very warm weather!! lol

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Purple Magnolia

I coloured this gorgeous Magnolia image from Just Inklined in purple because I loved the colour, then realised there probably wasn't such a thing as a purple magnolia, but to my relief after doing a google search, there is such a thing!!! lol

I coloured it in with Promarkers and also coloured the ribbon and pearls which started life as white, the corners were done with a Stampin' Up corner punch and the embossed background was done using a score board.

Colours used are:
Flowers: Aubergine, Purple and Orchid
Leaves: Pear Green, Lime Green and Lime Zest

See you soon xx

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Happy Fathers Day Dad

My Dad's Father's Day card for this year.

This is a large 8" x 8" card and I used the gorgeous Forever Friends Retro Collection.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you're doing and Happy Father's Day Dad xxx

Friday, 17 June 2011

CDAC Sketch Challenge

For all you Just Inkined fans out there, there's a Sketch Challenge over at CDAC with a chance to win three of your favourite digi images. Here's the link with all the details and if you pop over to the Just Inklined blog here, you will find lots of inspiration from the Design Team.

Coloured mine with Promarkers and just used a bit of black and red card and ribbon and that's it!! Easy peasy lemon squeazy!!!

** This challenge has now closed but this fantastic image can be purchased here **

Have a nice day whatever you're doing xx

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Colourful Cupcakes

Cupcakes seem to be the fashion at the moment, even wedding cakes are being made out of them, but unfortunately I don't particularly like them. I love looking at them, but as I haven't got a sweet tooth I don't eat them!!!

I loved colouring them in though and this great image from Just Inklined called "High Tea" can be found here.
The cupcake backing paper is from the DCWV pad "The Sweet Stack", and the border is done using the good old Romance board from the Glitter Girls.

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend xx

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Black and Gold

I love the Forever Friends bears and this little chap is from the "Black and Gold" range.

The little bear is a ready made decoupage topper and the backing paper is from the Black and Gold pad. The dots are actually shiny gold but the photo doesn't pick it up too well.
Finished off with the usual ribbon and pearls and the border was done using a fiskars border punch.

Have a nice day whatever you're doing xx

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Book Box Card

I've seen a few of these book box cards on my blog hopping travels and knew I had to try making one myself. To be quite honest they're so much easier than I thought they'd be and for a first attempt I'm really pleased with it.




There are quite a few tutorials up and down but the one I used and found the easiest was from Bonnie's blog here. Thanks Bonnie x
The backing paper is from Marianne Design Eline's Babies Blue pad. The roses are handmade using a Woodware punch and the leaves are punched with a Leone Em punch.

That's it for now, have a nice day xx

Monday, 6 June 2011

Flower Power

Hiya and welcome to this month's Just Inklined blog hop. Our host this month is Debbie and her theme choice is "Flower Power".

The gorgeous peony image can be found here and I coloured it in with Promarkers (can't remember colours as usual!!). The delicious sparkly backing paper is from DCWV "The Sweet Stack" and the flowers and leaves are punched.

If you're following the hop in the right order you should have arrived here from Toni and from here you need to pop over to Cathy and see what little beauty she's got in store for you.

In case you get lost here's the hop in the correct order. Enjoy!!

Debbie
Toni
Karen (me)
Cathy
Heidy
Joyce
Jeni
Jak

Hope you all had a fabby weekend whatever you were doing xx

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Purple Rose

Rather than go with a typical red or yellow rose, I thought I'd be a bit more daring and go with a striking purple one. I love how the colours have turned out and I was lucky enough to have a sheet of Joanna Sheen Satin Mirri Board that exactly matched the Promarker colours.

The image is from Just Inklined and can be purchased here. I cut the image out and mounted it onto a piece of card that I had printed the With Love sentiment on, the black frame was done by hand and the little gems started life white but I coloured them in with the plum coloured Promarker.

The colours I used are:
Roses: Aubergine, Plum and Mulberry
Leaves: Pear Green, Lime Green and Lime Zest

Hope you've had a lovely weekend whatever you've been doing xx

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Tiptoe through the tulips

Another of the new gorgeous digi images from Just Inklined. This one's called Tulip Jug and can be purchased here.

Coloured in with Promarkers and the spotty backing paper is from a Stampin' Up pad that I dug out from the back of a cupboard last week .. as you do!! Finished off with my MS doily punch, punched flowers and the usual ribbon and pearls.

Promarker colours used:
Jug: Cocoa, Caramel and Sandstone
Tulips: Burgundy, Crimson and Lipstick Red
Leaves: Pear Green, Lime Green and Lime Zest

Enjoy your day whatever you're doing xx

Monday, 23 May 2011

Anyone for Golf?

This is one of the brand new Trinitage designs from La Pashe available to pre-order now.
This one is called "Golfing" would you believe and is available in Set 3 which can be purchased here.



We crafters all know that the male species are the hardest to make cards for, but this is absolutely perfect for the men in your life even if they're not keen golfers.

I'll be adding a few more from the new Trinitage sets over the next few days so keep popping back for more samples of these fantastic sheets.

See you soon xx

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Three Drawer Box

Ever since I saw one of these on the Clearly I Stamp blog I've been dying to have a go but needed a spare couple of hours to give it a try. It was a bit time consuming and I can't say I'm entirely happy with the end result, but I'll definitely be having another go sometime soon. Katie Renz's fantastic tutorial can be found here. Thanks Katie xx



Rather than used a patterned paper I just ran my swiss dots folder through the cuttlebug using plain white paper. The rose is handmade using a new fllower punch I bought last weekend at The Range, and the gorgeous fern punch is a Leone Em one.

See you soon xx

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Clematis

One of the new digi images availabe from Just Inklined which can be found here.

This gorgeous clematis was coloured using Promarkers:
Flowers: Cocktail Pink, Pale Pink and Ivory
Leaves: Forest Green, Apple and Meadow Green

The spotty backing paper is from the Marianne design Eline's Babies pink paper pad and the flower border punch is a Fiskars one that I keep forgetting I have!!! All finished off with a few sparkly gems and of course a ribbon and bow!

See you soon xx

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Pansies

I think pansies have to be up there amongst my favourite flowers, and when I saw this image from Just Inklined (available here) I couldn't wait to get it coloured up.

I could have chosen any colour but decided on the blue as it's my favourite colour. I coloured it in with Promarkers and even remembered what colours I used!!

Flowers: Lemon, Prussian, Bluebell and Blue Pearl
Leaves: Forest Green, Apple and Meadow Green

Have a nice day whatever you're doing xx

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

My first dome card

I've been wanting to make one of these dome cards for ages, but never got round to it because I thought they would be difficult to make. I was wrong .. they're so simple and I'll probably have a bigger problem making the box for it than the actual card!! lol

It's my mum's birthday on Friday and every year I have to come up with something different from the year before .. I think I might have pulled it off with this one as she won't have seen one of these before .. so the next big hurdle is the verse .. I have to find a different verse every year too and it has to be one that's guaranteed to make her blub!!

Back to the card .. the flower is from one of the Cupcake Crafting cd's and is actually seven layers deep. The corners are done using my good old fashioned light box and a stencil I've had for centuries!! I put a piece of acetate behind the oval and finished it off with a few pearls.

Happy Birthday for Friday Mum .. love you loads xx

Blog Hop Winner

First I'd just like to thank everyone for all the wonderful comments I received on the Just Inklined Blog Hop. It really means a lot and is much appreciated, and secondly my blog was one of those that had a hidden spot prize .. the prize being the gorgeous Rose Bloom digi image showcased on my card.

Now onto the bit you've all been waiting for .. the winner (names put in a hat and drawn by my darling daughter Samantha) is .........

Tracy

So if you'd like to get in touch with me Tracy and give me your details I'll send the digi image to you straight away. Congratulations and thanks for the lovely comment xx


Monday, 2 May 2011

Clean and Simple

Hello and welcome to this month's Just Inklined Blog Hop. Our host this month is Jak and her theme choice is CAS (Clean and Simple). Now for me that was easy because I don't often make "busy" cards so I loved this theme choice.

I used this stunning Rose Bloom image and coloured it in with Promarkers. The rest is self explanatory, some score lines and a few pearls and that's it!! Easy peasy!! lol

Now just to make this hop a little more interesting, there are five hidden spot prizes on five of the design teams blogs. We're not letting you know on whose blogs the prizes can be found, but if you leave a comment on each blog and your name is chosen from one of the winning blogs. then you win the digi image showcased on the card on that particular blog. The winners will be announced on Wednesday.

If you're following the hop in the right order you should have arrived here from Meesh and from here you need to pop over to Cathy and see what little beauty she's got in store for you.

In case you get lost here's the hop in the correct order. Enjoy!!

Jak
Debbie
Toni
Meesh
Karen (me)
Cathy
Heidy
Joyce
Jeni

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoy the hop! xx

Thursday, 28 April 2011

Belated Happy Easter!!!

Ooops ... this card should have been posted last Easter weekend, but after colouring the image in .. I lost it!!! Anyway to cut a long story short, I found it yesterday so here's the finished card .. better late than never they say!! lol

The beautiful cross is from Just Inklined and can be purchased here from La Pashe. I actually wrote the Promarker colours down, but guess what .. I've lost them too!! lol

Enjoy your day whatever you're doing xx

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Fizzy Moon Easel Drawer

This is the second of the five I made, this time using the gorgeous Fizzy Moon range. I'm not sure I like the pyramage as it sometimes gets a bit difficult to see the actual picture because of the height of the layers!!

I'm on with a three drawer box at the moment, I just need to decorate it and then I'll post it on here when it's finished.

Enjoy your day whatever you're doing xx

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Forever Friends Easel Drawer

I sat out in the sun yesterday and made five of these easel drawer cards. This is the first one I decorated using one of the hundreds of Forever Friends toppers I've got and keep forgetting about .. as you do!!

I hope you've all had a lovely Easter. I've still got seven days holiday before I go back to work .. now what shall I do with myself .. mmm well now that the sun seems to have gone back to bed I think I'll decorate the rest of the boxes!! xx

Sunday, 24 April 2011

We're Hungry

These little chicks have just been hatched and are waiting for their breakfast. Maybe Mummy will bring them back some Easter eggs!! lol


The image from Just Inklined can be purchased here.

Happy Easter everyone and enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend xx

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Peel off flowers

Yes I did say "peel off" flowers!! lol Who would have thought peel offs could look so nice.

I stuck them onto pink card and cut round them then layered them on top of each other and mounted them onto a nestie oval. The backing paper is from the Papermania Capsule Boysenberry range. Finished off with a computer generated sentiment and some white pearls.

See you soon xx

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Just for You Fizzy Moon

This is for my cousin Lynda's birthday on Sunday, who was born 8 hours before me on the same day, so her birthday is one I can never forget!!

I've used the delightful Fizzy Moon Celebrations range, i.e. the pyramage topper and the beautiful flowery backing paper, and some matching coloured cardstock.

Have a nice evening, whatever you're doing xx