Spooky!!!....................

 

Hi there everyone.....Emma here!

Over at Aud Sentiments today we have a new challenge starting and the theme is to 'use any Halloween Sentiment'. Full details of the challenge can be found at the challenge blog.......our sponser this time is 'The Cutting Cafe'.

I have used papers from my stash and all edges have been distressed and glittered.....

....I have used this Super Cute image by Marina Neira.......called 'Marvin the bat' available at The Stamping Bazaar Store....{He is sooooooo adorable don't you think!} I have coloured him with Promarkers and chalks....

.....This FAB halloween sentiment is available from The Cutting Cafe.....I have added more glitter to the edges.......

.....I have also made a treat bag using one of the sentiments as the tag!

Challenges entering:

Marks finest papers-pumpkins

Paper Sundaes-things with wings

Incy Wincy-anything goes

Pear tree-celebrations

S2G-orange and purple

Thankyou for looking and all the lovely comments you all leave..........

Big hugs

Emma xxx

Halloween....

Hi Susan here...

Can you believe its Thursday again...and time for another challenge over at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. The theme this time is 'Use any Halloween Sentiment' how easy is that!! Come and join in the fun with us on this challenge, for full details of the challenge call across to Aud Sentiments. This time around we are lucky enough to have The Cutting Cafe as our sponsor. They have such a variety of products over there all of which are so much fun to work with! We were lucky enough to use some of the images for our cards! They are giving the winner of this challenge 3 sets of their choice!



 For my card, which is quite simple and 'clean' looking, I used a two tone grey backing card from The Paper Mill Shop and inked the edges with black then I used a spiders web design from Tiddlyinks and embossed it with black sparkle embossing powder. Here and there I attached some black and clear gems, to add extra sparkle!!

 

This is one of the few images I used from The Cutting Cafe, I have used crackle glaze over the body and allowed it to dray and do its 'thing'. I was really pleased with the effect!! The little moving eyes are from my stash.

The spider was also an image from the same set, I cut it out and added a black pompom for its body....eeeek, nobody likes it here, we all hate spiders!!! I have hung it on a piece of acetate so that it bobs about over the web, eeek!

This great sentiment was my final image to use I embellished it with gems and cut it out with a nestability. Then I slightly inked the edges with black ink.

I made a simple little gift bag full of chocolate sweets. The witches hat was made by copying an image twice and flipping one over then sticking them together with the edge of the treat bag inside.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Allsorts challenge #71 - Plain and simple

Crazy 4 challenges #56 - Bling

Incy Wincy #61 - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card, I hope you liked it.

Love Susan

xxx

Lady Tilda.....

Hi Susan here.....

I hope you are all having a great day....I am because I have had some spare time and I have been able to use one of my favourite stamps, Tilda, we only have a few of these precious little ladies but I love them. My backing papers are from stash bits and pieces and although the photo doesn't completely show the colour of the main background it is a deep burgundy pearlescent card from The Paper Mill, absolutely gorgeous card. All the edges have been distressed and glittered with stickles.

Here she is, 'Lady Tilda', isn't she beautiful?
I have used Pro-Markers to colour her in with and used a little stickles here and there on her dress.

My flower is from Prima, I glittered the edges of the petals, the center is a hair clip, the netting is from our local market, I gathered the middle and attached the flower, the edge of the netting has been glittered. The gems I arranged into the swirls, I used three colours, crystal, purple and pink.

My sentiment has been made on the computer.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Totally Tilda #6 - Glitter and sparkle

Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays

Little Red Wagon #47 - Glitter

Charisma Cardz #38 - Anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges #56 - Bling

Pear Tree Designs #19 - Celebrations

Incy Wincy Design Challenge #61 - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card, I hope you liked it.

Love Susan

xxx

Lil Lolita......80's Sookie.......

Hi there everyone, Emma here........

I am addicted to these gorgeous gals!!!!  I have made another card using 'Lil Lolita 80's Sookie' {digi}.....from Tickled Pink Stamps...........She is just GORGEOUS!!!  I have used the sketch designed by Kellie for the Tickled Pink Monthly Challenges....I love this sketch!!  My papers are a mix....the gingham is from Bev's blog and the music sheets I found on the internet, all edges have been distressed and glittered. I have also stitched around the gingham squares......

.....I LOVE this FAB girl.......'80's Sookie'...... my hair actually looked like this in the 80's and I wore all the big bracelets and necklaces and earrings.....oooooooh and the funky legwarmers hee hee!!!!!!!!  I have coloured her with Promarkers and chalks....I also did some faux stitching around the edge of my topper.  The word 'DIVA' I did on the computer.....

....I made my own little flowery ruffle from ribbon and netting.......this actually looked liked something I used to wear in my hair back then!!!!!!!!!!........

.....This gorgeous gems and lace are from the market....I stained the lace pink to go with the theme!

Challenges entering:

Tickled Pink - Sketch

Digital Tuesday - All about girls

A spoonful of sugar - Anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - handmade flowers

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Handmade flowers

Little Red Wagon - Glitter

Lil Lolita Boutique - Stitching

Charisma Cardz - Anything goes

Crazy 4 challenges - Bling

Scrappy Frogs - Handmade flowers

Incy Wincy - Anything goes

A pocket full of posies - Lavender and lace

Thankyou for looking and all the lovely comments you leave me.....I really love reading them all.

Big hugs

Emma xxx

A Birthday card for Mark....

Hi Susan here....

Over at The Crazy Challenge we have started another challenge for you to join in with.....the theme is 'No Ribbons or Buttons'. Our sponsor is the fabulous Sassy Studio. Check out The Crazy Challenge blog for full details of the challenge.

My son-in-law Marks birthday was last week and I wanted to make him a special cheeky card, because he is very special to us and a bit cheeky on the side!!!!.... I came up with this.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!!!

I used backing papers from a 12/12 HOTP pad called 'Boys to Men'. I love these papers they colours and designs are perfect. All edges have been distressed.

This cheeky image is from Sassy Studios and is called 'Alice in Sassy Land'. I used Pro-Markers to colour her in and then gently inked the background.

My sentiment was made on the computer, the little flower I found in the bottom of our stash drawer!!!!

The challenge is no ribbons - so I used embroidery thread to tie up the card.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A spoonful of sugar - Anything goes

Sisterhood of crafters - Birthdays

Charisma cardz - Anything goes

Pear tree designs - Celebrations

Incy wincy - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card, I hope you liked it.

Love Susan

xxx

Diamonds and Pearls.......

Hi there everyone, Emma here........

Over at Wags 'n' Whiskers today we have a new challenge starting......'Diamonds and Pearls' {this theme was chosen by me!!}  I love using gems and pearls on my creations.......as you can probably tell!!! Full details of the challenge can be found HERE...

I have used papers from Nitwits...all edges have distressed and glittered.....

...this cute image is called 'Thinking of you' and I have coloured it with Promarkers and chalks......

...My lace and pins are from our market....

...the gorgeous flowers are a mix from Wild Orchid and Prima....all have been glittered.

Challenges entering:

Sundays with Crissy - Sparkle and shine

Alys Sunday challenge - Sparkle and glitter

Digital Tuesday - All about girls

A spoonful of sugar - Anything goes

ABC - Distressing

Little Red Wagon - Glitter

Charisma Cardz - Anything goes

Delightful sketches - Make it sparkle

Anything goes - Cute

Thankyou for looking and all the lovely comments you leave me.....I really appreciate them all!

Big hugs

Emma xxx

Catch of the day.........

Hi there Susan here.....

Today over at Cute Card Thursday we have started a new challenge and the theme is to use a fabulous sketch by our Leanne. Our sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is a Canadian stamp company which just opened in October 2009! They feature images from artists Crissy Armstrong, Annie Rodrigue, Steven Leary and Jean Grant which are both whimsical and quirky!

The prize up for grabs this week is........Two Images of the winners choice.

For full details of this challenge and to see the sketch call across at Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog and join in the fun with us.

Now on to my card.......Naturally I have used the sketch that has been set for this weeks challenge. My backing papers are all from a 12/12 paper pack from HOTP called 'Boys to Men', I absolutely love these papers they are ideal colours and designs just right for 'Boys and Men'. All the edges have been distressed. The corner dies are from Sizzix love them just right for mens cards, I have added glossy accents to the top.

My image is from The Stamping Bazaar and is called 'Catch of the Day', designed by Marina Neira...I have used Pro-Markers and chalks to colour the image and gently inked the outer edge of the topper before matting onto a piece of kraft coloured card. My sentiment was made on the computer.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Stamp something - Use a digi

Secret crafter Saturday challenge #101 - Anything goes

Totally Gorjuss #48 - Wild thing

Stamptacular Sunday #77 - Grid challenge

A spoonful of sugar #122 - Anything goes

ABC - Distressing

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card, I hope you liked it.

Love Susan

xxx

Lil Lolita 20's Evie.............

Hi there everyone, Emma here...........

I just could NOT resist making a card using the GORGEOUS Lil Lolita 20's Evie......from Tickled Pink Stamps........I am  ADDICTED to these gorgeous gals!!!! They are only available in digi form for a limited time......I could not resist getting them all hee hee!!!!

I have used a FAB sketch designed by Kellie for the Tickled Pink Monthly Challenge, my papers are all Basic Grey....all edges have been distressed and glittered......

....Oh my.....isn't she just GORGEOUS?????!!!!!!!  I have coloured 20's Evie with Promarkers and chalks.....

.....My flowers are a mix by Prima and Wild Orchid, all have been glittered.......

.....I did the sentiment on the computer, I also love using buttons and these matched perfectly!  All my lovely lace, ribbon and pearls are from the market.

Challenges entering:

A spoonful of sugar-Fall into Autumn

Creative card crew-Autumn or fall

ABC-distressing

Lil Lolita Boutique-buttons

Tickled Pink-Sketch

Simple Doodles-dots

Stamp Something-use a digi

Staceys stampin stage-colour combo

Paper Sundaes-fall colours

Thankyou for looking and leaving me such lovely comments.......

Big Hugs

Emma xxx

A very special card for my Sis!!!!!!!.............

Hi there everyone, Emma here........

Today I am a guest at Lexi's Creations {Thankyou so much for having me girls!} and their theme is 'Picture Perfect'.....that means they would like to see a photo on your creation.  Sooooooooooo, I thought I would make a very special card for my little Sis using one of her very own photos {she has thousands of them from Paris!!} that she took while in Paris........she LOVES anything and everything about Paris so I knew she would love this card!!!

I changed the photo to black and white then distressed it a little to give it a vintage look.....My papers are a mix from Papermania and my stash, all edges have been distressed and glittered....

......this is a favourite photo of my sisters of the Eiffel Tower that she had taken a few years ago....my lovely lace is from the market.......

......I found this old charm in my stash.....I have had it for ages!  The pearls and the vintage button I have had for a while too.......

.....the lovely flowers are a mix from Wild Orchid and Prima....all are glittered....

....I did the sentiment on the computer and glittered the edges.

{Jen.......I'm so pleased that you loved the card xxx}

Challenges entering:

My time to craft-jewelled

ABC-distressing

Secret Crafter-Anything goes

Papertake weekly-photo inspiration

Fab n Funky-photo inspiration

Corrosive-clean up the dust

Thankyou for looking and all the FAB comments you leave me........

Big hugs

Emma xxx

Miracle of Love.....

Hi Susan here....

Monday not only starts the beginning of another week but it is the day for some fun over at Lexi's Creations. A new challenge has begun today and the theme is 'Picture Perfect', all that means is we want to see a 'photo' on your creations.....the full details of the challenge and some inspiration from the design team take a trip to Lexi's Creations. The fabulous 'Letraset' is our sponsor for this challenge and the winner will receive some great Promarkers from them.

For my card, my backing papers are from a Joanna Sheen CD called 'Fashion Boutique', I wanted to keep to a neutral cream and brown colour theme, I love this colour theme its vintage and gentle. I have mat and layered onto brown card throughout and all edges have been distressed. The pearls are from our local market.

As you can tell I have cheated a little here and used a 'photo' from a Joanna Sheen CD  called 'Fashion Boutique', but it was what I wanted for my colour theme, and the image is beautiful and how I imagine my 'Granny' or 'Great Granny' to have looked in her 'Sunday Best'. I did however print it out onto a mat photo paper!!!!! haha!

This is one of the beautiful sentiments from Lexi, it is called 'Miracle of Love', pop over to Fairy Dust Crafts to see all the designs available, especially now that the Brand New Craft Store is stocked and open for business.

My flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and I chose shades of cream to match my theme.

My ribbon is from our local market, the pin I added extra beads to the stem and the feather from my stash just finished it for me.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

ABC - Distressing

Secret Crafter - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card, I hope you liked it.

Love Susan

xxx

Nancy the hedgehog............

Hi there everyone, Emma here.......

Well I could NOT resist making a card with the gorgeous 'Nancy with bouquet' from The Stamping Bazaar....designed by the very talented Maina Neira. Nancy is so adorable isn't she!!  My papers were from my scrap box....all edges have been distressed and glittered....

....I have coloured this adorable image with Promarkers and chalks and I framed it with some lace that I got from the market...

.....'Nancy with bouquet' is available from The Stamping Bazaar store...

....my flowers are a mix from Hobbycraft and Prima....all have been glittered...

....the pearly wiry thingies are from hobbycraft!!!....

....the sentiment I did on the computer and my vintage button is from my stash.

Don't forget to check out The Stamping Bazaar Blog for all the latest news on our new releases and giveaways.....each and every one designed by Marina Neira!

Challenges entering:

Alys Sunday challenge - sparkle and glitter

A pocket full of posies - Floral fantasy

My time to craft - Jewelled

ABC - Distressing

Pixie Dust Studio - Fur or feathers

S2G - Critters

Stamp something - use a digi

Simple Doodles - Dots

Fuzzy Wuzzy - Green, pink, kraft and choc

Totally Gorjuss - Wild thing

Secret Crafter - Anything goes

Thankyou for looking and all the wonderful comments you all leave me.........you are all FAB!!!

Big hugs

Emma xxx

Wishes............

Hi there everyone, Emma here........

Well it's been chucking it down here in Manchester all day.........Perfect crafting weather hee hee!!!

I have made a card using one of the Cowgirl up designs.......my papers are all from my stash, all edges are distressed and glittered......

.....This funky fairy is called 'Check Faery'.......she has been coloured with Promarkers and chalks.....

.....The flowers are old ones that I have had for ages.....a touch of glitter just brought them to life again!!!

Don't forget to join in with the Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge this week............the theme is 'Hip not to be square!'

Challenges entering:

Pile it on-pile on the layers

Pear tree designs-Pink

Tuesday taggers-Diamonds

ABC-distressing

Stamp something-use a digi

Daring cardmakers-come fly with me



Thanks for looking and all the lovely comments you all leave me......They make my day,

Big hugs

Emma xxx