70th foiling

Hi Everyone, my card today is for an old work colleague, she always insists I send her "angel" cards, so for her 70th birthday I chose this image, I thought it so pretty and perfect for her. I print and cut the image and coloured it in DI's, also print and cut the lilac paper with a rounded bottom, maybe I was thinking of our behinds in lockdown ahem! I then added foil for the sentiment. I used a punch again! 😄 for the stars. I also added a foil line around the lilac paper. A little pink card to brighten it and it was done, sounds so simple when I say it like that!

They're promising LOTS of rain for us this weekend, up to 100mm, that's nearly 4 inches, I hope their wrong,  I think it will have to be a crafty day, aw! what a shame hahaha. Keep warm if your covered in snow, dry in the rain and safe from Covid.

image - Elizabeth Dulemba

paper - Tiny Twinkles, The Lovely Studio (used to be Pink Petticoat)

Distress inks

pink card - Lidl

Silhouette Cameo

WRMK foil pens and foil

this shows how the foiling shines.

 

Wedding cards

Hi Everyone, my post today included 2 cards, why? you may ask, because a friend of mine asked if I would make cards for herself and her Mother for her Daughter's Wedding Day.

I had recently bought a car die which I thought looked so elegant, not knowing that the order would be within days of me buying it.

wedding car die - Sweet Dixie

flower corner die - Sue Wlson

oval pin dot dies - Tattered Lace

embossing folder - Embossolicious

the text was sketched on both cards by the Cameo with dark grey and silver pens,

 as I can't print on the heavy 300g linen card I used

silver card from stash

as it was for the same couple I wanted something completely different.

dp - The Lovely Studio (used to be Pink Petticoat)

flower die behind tag - Sissix

tag - Silhouette store

heart dies - Magazine freebies

banner - done on Cameo

I also added a heart shaped photo of the couple by the

 heart dies, but forgot to take a photo of it!

here are the cards and boxes I made for them.

http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/ikesworld-challenges-97-ag-optional.html

25th Anniversary card & box

Hi Everyone, this is a scheduled post as I wanted it done before we went away to the anniversary celebrations. Here is the card to go with the present I posted on the 6th September. 

This card came about as I saw the sentiment on Create with TLC and as they both love dancing and have learned ballroom, I thought it apt.

Sentiment - Create with TLC

oval dies and sentiment die - Tonic

25, heart, couple - cut on the Cameo

square pin dot dies - Sue Wilson

greeting on oval - shaped in PS

sentiment sketched onto Centura pearl card

 with the Cameo, as I can't print onto it.

embossing folder - Embossolicious 

dp hearts - The Lovely Studio (Pink Petticoat)

silver card - stash

box die - Tonic

names designed and cut on the Cameo

Over the hill you go!

Hi Everyone, my card today is part of a plan I hope to keep to, but saying that plans are meant to be broken aren't they LOL. My plan is to hunt out old bits and pieces and use them. My bits today are

balloon - magazine freebie

sentiment Create with TLC

dp's  pistachio - The Lovely Studio (formerly Pink Petticoat)

sky dp - Numb Bumm, no longer trading

embossing folder - Cuttlebug

balloon double sided paper (both sides used) - The Range

Robin Christmas Card

Hi Everyone, firstly I have to welcome a few of you who have chosen to be my new followers, I very much appreciate your trust in me keeping you interested. Thank you xx

My card for the Outlawz sketch challenge this week is for Christmas, yeah! must have got at least 3 ready now LOL.

Anyhow, something different, I have been going through the vast amount of cutting files I have, even made a few boxes, (another post) shamefully, most not used before, these are 2 of them.

One that I came across started it all, that was the Robin on a branch, so easy, even to layer, and the holly frame which was just as easy. I've added a link and as you can see I have had them for years and not used them, isn't that disgraceful?

My biggest choice was what to use for the diagonal backgrounds of the sketch. I decided on a "snow" background, I wasn't sure of the colour choice, but thought I would go with it.

robin on a branch a freebie 2012 - Shirley's Cards

holly frame 2009 - Einne digital cutting files

ponsettia die - Tattered Lace

background paper - The Lovely Studio (previously Pink Petticoat)

ribbon from stash
eyes and touch of beak - Uniball glitter pen
berries - Stickles xmas red

Sympathy Sprite

Hi Everyone, my card today is for the family of my cousin, who died a last week, a beautiful gentle soul, who I loved a lot, even though we saw her rarely and was 20 years older than me. She had suffered with Alzheimer disease for 6 years, a tragedy for anyone, but I feel more so, of someone so lovely.

This image is exactly how I felt when I heard she had passed. I saw the image HERE and chose it as my favourite card on Morgan's Artworld challenge HERE and had to choose it for this card.

image - Pierrot Sprite Aurora Wings

coloured digitally in PS

dp's - The Lovely Studio used to be Pink Petticoat

 dies Tattered Lace

pearls from stash

If the card looks a little wavy, it was, because of wet glue, but after gentle persuasion it is now straight.

A splash of colour!

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Thankfully quite a good theme for me and one that filled my theme for a card for my Nephew, who works for a luxury car company as "test driver" I think that's what his job is, he tell them what's wrong with the design of the car? Anyway onto the card. 

The image and sentiment is from Create with TLC

Swiss dots paper from Pink Petticoat

the check and arrow paper is from Pixelscrapper

layered onto black card.

outer circle die Tattered Lace pin dot

inner circle Tonic die

DSC - February Challenge

It's time for the Monthly challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Scrapbook page with Dots and Stripes

sponsored by 

Robyns Fettish

We were given assorted images to work with and mine was a barrow full of flowers, now what photo to use? I came across a photo of my parents  wedding, I hadn't used Pink Petticoat papers for a while so decided to use her dots and stripes papers plus a couple of others. I added PS masks and played with blending modes and also added colour to the bouquets of my Mother and Aunt. I used digi papers and colours which were used on the barrow and flowers to match. 

Go see the Team inspiration HERE

The Challenge is for digital items, how about you joining with an entirely digital layout? Try it you may like doing it.

Barrow and flowers by Robyn's Fetish

Scrapbook template by Megan Turnidge #61 

Digi papers Pink Petticoat

Elements different designers

Butterfly

Hi Everyone a DT post for Deedee's Digis today, she is sponsoring a challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches, I decided to use the sketch from TMS as I had to make a card for my niece, and, with colours which will match an outfit she wore to a wedding I decided to use the FlutteringBy kit from Deedee's.

I used the outline image of the Butterfly and Flower which is included in the kit and coloured it in PS to match the paper. All designed and printed out in PS. I layered the butterfly with 3 layers on the outer wing and 3D'd the sentiment, also from the same kit.

I thought it appropriate, as my niece has a farewell and birthday party this weekend as she off to China in a couple of months. It should have been in a week, but my Great niece has been chosen to dance for the UK in a Dance competion, she has told me which one, but senior moment and all that! and the finals are in July, of course she couldn't back out of it, so they are leaving in August. This card is to wish her luck.



Papers are all Pink Petticoat, which I have neglected for too long.




http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/things-with-wings.html  - Yep!

http://www.houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/april-challenge-add-butterfly-andor.html  Yep!

http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/april-27-springgreensblog-post-author.html  Hope there is enough Green!

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/challenge-04-anything-goes.html  ATG - Yep!

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe296.html  ATG - Yep!

Pearl Anniversary card & box

Hi Everyone, my elder brother and his wife have just celebrated their Pearl (30th) Wedding Anniversary.

I wanted to make something completely different to what I usually make, to do this I started by looking through my files and saw a digi rosette and realised I had cut files, never used. That's a start, look for paper and saw this - a card made LOL.

I used Pink Petticoat Elegance digi paper, the rosette is a file by Lettering Delights, the silver is embossed with a Tattered Lace border die, the pearls are from The Range, the sentiment was done in PS. I couldn't think of how else to place it, without retracting from the rosette, but think it looks OK. I cut a heart with 30 in the middle, placed a pearl for the inside. Sometime in the past I saw some cards where the "empty space" had been filled with embossed lines so did it on this one. some pearls on top of them voila!

 For the box I placed the PP paper and added the pearls to the flowers as for the card, I made a tag in PS with a flower which to me matched the paper.

DSC # 99 Favourite Colour

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Favourite Colour

sponsored by  Bugaboo Digi Stamps

My DT choice from Bugaboo is "Umbrella 1". I thought it so pretty. 

My favourite colours are from the garden for this weeks challenge.  Yellow, Pink and Green, I couldn't get it down to one, as I have lots of favourites, I LOVE colour - as you can tell from most of my cards. 

I followed this sketch
 by Digisketch Challenge

"Umbrella 1" by Bugaboo

DP's are by Pink Petticoat

Smiley face by JustJaimee

This is the card printed and decoupaged with added bling and layered with black card.

http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/doodle-pantry-digital-challenge-49.html  Any Digi challenge 49

http://ladybugcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/august-challenge-june-winner-and-top-3.html  Favourite colours