Batch colouring

Ok so I had taken today off to attend an appointment this afternoon, planned my day lots of opportunity to craft! BUT we got up to find the white stuff had finally descended on us, Hubby set off for work but was back within 15 minutes, the roads were impassable.School and nursery were both closed - my plans of a quiet morning crafting went out of the window - or so I thought!

Mollie didn't wake until 9.30am so plenty of time for me to plan!

 

I had done some colouring last night with some new Sugar Nellie Digi's and my Spectrum Noirs so out came my ebosser and core-dinations card, I cut tags and frames using my spellbinders by which time our little darling was awake so things got moved to one side.

 

After my appointment Mollie wanted to play upstairs, James was engrossed in his music so I took the opportunity to finish my designs see below:

The first little lady is Alicia, as you can see she is adorable both as a blonde and a brunette. I have used Craftsyle papers with her brunette version and some flowers from my stash.

 

The blonde's  papers are some free ones that came with a magazine

Next is Suzie with her gorgeous ringlets, I have used Lili of the Valley Nitwit papers and punched the edges with a border punch.

Now we have Rachel as lovely little redhead papers again are from Lili of the Valley Nitwit collections....

Here she is as a sweet little blonde with purple beads in her hair

Last but not least is Sophia a little hippy chick with daisy's in her hair. Again the papers are from Lili of the Valley It is a gorgeous collection with some sweet floral ditsy designs.

 

My favourite has to be Brunette Alicia but shushhh don't tell the others!!

 

 

Get Well Wishes

A very good friend of mine has taken ill and been admitted to hospital for tests to try and ascertain the cause of her illness.

 

I made the card below to take with us today when we visited.

 

 

The image, Little Nurse, and sentiment are from my favourite stamp company, Lili of the Valley. I have coloured it with my Spectrum Noir pens and mounted it on co-ordinations card. The backing paper is from a large selection I bought from Payper Box at the NEC in November. It just matched perfectly with the blue mat layer. I have used some Wild Orchid roses and blue pearls from my stash for the finishing touches - the flowers nearly didn't stay in place as Mollie decided she would like them!

 

My friend loved the card and I hope it went some way to make her feel better at this worrying time.

Playing with my Ebosser

My Hubby bought me an Ebosser back in October for my birthday, I have had a few plays with it but everytime I plug it in my 3 yr old daughter takes over and I don't get to do anything productive with it!
I had to do some cards for my mother-in-law so waited until said 3 yr old was in bed and sneaked the machine out and here is the result:

 

The pearl card was embossed using a Darice folder from Crafters Companion and the poinasettas and swirl are Marianne Dies.

The ribbon is from Lili of the Valley, although that and the matting looks a bit wobbly on the photo it was straight. I matted and layered using cardstock from my stash

It's a very plain and simple card but has just enough detail - or so I think and not a colouring pen in sight!

Spectrum Noir Accreditation

I got fab news last night - I completed the Spectrum Noir colouring accreditation program whilst on holiday in Scotland last week. I submitted my work on Sunday and received an email from Jennie last night to say I had passed!!!
This has given me the incentive to do more colouring and what better to colour than one of Crafter's Companion's lovely Mulberry Wood characters.

I adore this lovely little pup, he looks so forlorn...

I stamped him onto Neenah card stock and coloured him and his postbox with my Spectrum Noirs

A little white gel pen highlights the snow.

I used my lovely new Ebosser and xcut dies to cut him out

I matted him onto some co-ordination card stock

And used Marianne poinsettia die to make the flower

The backing paper is from Lili of the Valley and the boarder from Mulberry Wood card stock.

A little snowflake charm and some red gems just adds a finishing touch.

 

I had planned on entering him into Krafty Hands challenge but was a little bit late!

Baby girl card

Thought I'd get back to blogging, not posted in a while but had lost my mojo and haven't done any physical crafting for a while that I thought was worthy of showing but decided yesterday I would get back to it and made a card for a new baby girl.

The Image and sentiment are from the Hunky Dory kits supplied by Crafter's Companion and the papers are from the Humphrey CDs

It's kind of a card within a card as you open the ribbon (from my stash) you can see it opens 2 ways

I have added a verse inside the smaller card but couldn't geta decent photo to show it on here.
It was made for a friend to give to a friend so I hope they like it.

I am biting the bullet and entering this card into my first challenge - Joanna Sheen's So Sweet Challenge