Crafty Sentiments GDT Card

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Hi all, it's challenge time again over on Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog and I am thrilled to announce that I have been accepted as a GDT on Team A for about 6 months.  This weeks theme is 'Summer' or 'Summer Colours'.  The lucky winner will win this prize:

I chose to work with Annabel - Butterflies and Flowers.  The store has some absolutely beautiful stamps, digis and other crafting goodies with monthly new releases :)


I loved working with this image as it conjures images of running through open fields in the middle of summer chasing butterflies :) something I used to do as a child

I've made an easel card with a box underneath as I wanted the recipient to be able to have it as a keepsake as well as a card

I've coloured her with Spectrum Noirs and given her red fiery hair, great colours for summer.  This image shows the card and box closed up

This shows a close up of the beautiful CSD stamp and that fiery hair :)

I've filled the drawer with a stationery set and some handmade notelets to match the image on the card.  I did this by scanning my finished image into my computer and then used a programme I have to create the little notelets.  The opacity is set so that the image looks very faded on the paper

This was another project I've made myself using a pencil and ruler to work out the size and design and then I used my Ultimate Pro from Crafter's Companion and The Boxer board to score all of the lines and get a good fit for the inner drawer.  The box itself is roughly 6"x5" and 3" deep so the recipient should be able to fit quite a few precious things in it.

Items used:

I had lost my marker list (it was buried under my crafting table) ........ but........found it :)

HAIR - BG7, DR7,5, CR11,8,  OR3, GB5, CR3
TOP - DR7,4, CR11,8,3
JEANS - TB6,5,4,3,1
SANDALS - GB10,8
BUTTERFLIES - LV3,1, TB4,3, PP4,3
NET HANDLE TN7,4,3
GROUND - DG1,2,3
SKY - IB1

I've used Marrianne Design, Xcut and Memory Box dies,  flowers and gems from my stash and I've used a button and some beads to create a little puller for the drawer.

LOTV papers, Kraft Card for the box and card

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

7 Kids College Fund challenge #102
A Gem of a challenge #122 for a child
Brown Sugar challenge #99
CHPPC June challenge
Craft Creations challenge
Craft Your Passion challenge #219
Crafter's Companion June Challenge - Tags bags boxes
Crafting at the Weekend challenge #2
Crafting from the Heart challenge #24
Crafting Musketeers challenge #14
Crafting When we can challenge #72 (Blue)
Craftitude challenge #67
Creative Corner challenge summertime
Creative fingers challenge #40
Cutie Pie challenge #72
Digi Galore Add a Button
Ditzie Digi Designs wk6
Divas by Design 3 or more layers
Fantasy Stampers challenge #13
Inky Impressions challenge #165
Love to Create challenge #121
Milk Coffee challenge summer fun
One stitch at a time challenge #218
Paper Crafting Journey anything goes
Paper Pretties PWC315 -  summer fun
Penny's Challenge #182
Ruby's Rainbow challenge #82
Scribble and Scrap anything goes
Sister Act challenge #62
Sisters of Craft June anything goes
Sparkles monthly challenge #57
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge #34
The Kraftyhands June challenge
The Rubber Buggey challenge #20
Whoopsidaisy summer is here challenge




Thanks for looking xx

Tuesday Throwdown DT card

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Hi and welcome to our new challenge on Tuesday Throwdown, 'Celebrations'.  Head over to the blog to find all of the details and challenge rules.  I've just joined the fab team at TT so this is my first DT card :)

This weeks sponsor is Milk Coffee who have some fantastic digis in their store.

For my DT project I've used Tiffany in the Wonderland and coloured her with spectrum noir markers.  As it's 'wonderland' I thought she needed a bit of a theme, so I've made the card a teapot and used other elements from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland stories

I've made my own teapot template, covered it in papers from LOTV, added a lock and key stamp from Kanban Crafts, a Happy Birthday stamp from LOTV and placed an acetate box in the middle of the card for the 'eat me' element, which contains Love Heart sweets.

A little close-up to show some of the detail on the card

I've used a butterfly die from Memory Box and a Marrianne Ivy die in amongst the flowers

Spectrum Noir Markers used:

HAIR - GB8, CT4, GB1, LY3, CT1, LY2
DRESS - BGR3, TB4, 3, 1
TIGHTS - IG9, 7, 4, 2, 1

I'd like to enter into the following blog challenges:


A Gem of a challenge #121
ArtbyMiran challenge #8
Artistic Inspirations challenge #96
Clear it out Challenge anything goes stash
Crafting by Designs Birthday Challenge
Crafting from the Heart challenge #23
Crafting Musketeers challenge #14
Crafting for all Seasons challenge #79
Craftitude challenge #67
Craft for the Craic challenge #5
Craft Your Passion challenge #218
Crafty Card Makers challenge #117
Creative Fingers challenge #39
Digi Stamps 4 Joy #94
Ditzie Digi Design - Anything Goes wk #6
Krafty Hands June challenge
Love to Create challenge #120
Papercrafting Journey anything goes
Paper Shelter challenge #162
Pinspirational Challenge #112
Stamping for the Weekend anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge #33
The Stamping Chef challenge #33
Top Tip Tuesday challenge shaped cards







Thanks for looking xx

CAS Birthday Card

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Family birthday card from me today.  I have several female birthdays (Aunts and Cousins) this month and haven't quite decided who it's for yet.......I have a very large family so there's never a shortage of birthdays :)

I've used Lola Cabaret from Artbymiran for this card.  Find her here

I've used greyscale spectrum noir markers in the IG group to colour the image and then used a mix of DR and CR for the boa.  I wanted to give it texture so I played around a little with my technique and am happy with the results

Although it's CAS I still like to play around with my card shapes......

A close up of Lola Cabaret,  Hopefully you can see the technique used to create the texture on the boa.  I've used tiny black and red gems for the fascinator in her hair and larger gems around the rest of the card

I hope you like it, thanks for looking xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Artybymiran challenge #7 anything goes
Artbymiran June challenge Bling
Artistic Inspiration challenge #94 inspired by a song (Lola by Barry Manilow)
Crafting by designs anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Anything goes
Scribble and Scrap challenge #20 anything goes
Sister Act card challenge #60
Stampin with the Dragon - Clean and Simple
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge #32 anything goes

Teacher Gift

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Another teacher gift from me today.  This is for my Son's class Teacher, there are so many LSP's and mentors involved in his care.............I posted a couple of images I had coloured ready to make into gifts for my kids Teachers a few weeks ago

The left image is Shaylee from Artbymiran, find her here

Which has now been turned into this:

A personalised cup in a box using the Arty Farty Rosylee template

There's a poem and message from my youngest Daughter on the back.  It just needs a few of Teachers' favourite sweeties in the cup and a handle to finish it of :)

I've used the following goodies to make the gift:

Spectrum Noir pens

Hair, BGR5, IB1,2,3
Dress, BGR5, LV3,2,1, HB1
Wings, TB1,2

Marrianne, Xcut and Die'sire dies
Flowers and ribbon from my stash

Gems and glitter to add a bit of sparkle and bling, also from my stash

Thanks for looking xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges

Artbymiran challenge #7 anything goes
Challenges for everybody challenge #42
Crafting by designs anything goes (June 4th)
Crafting from the heart challenge #21  anything goes
Crafting Musketeers challenge #14 Stamped image
Crafty Sentiments Anything goes (June 3rd)
Digi Galore challenge Tags (has a Tag, the blog didn't specify)
Scribble and scrap challenge #19 anything goes
Simon says anything goes
Sister act challenge #59 anything goes
Sisters of craft June challenge anything goes
artbymiran June challenge Bling