Natalie and Amy's Challenge

Hi it is time for another challenge over at the wonderful Natalie and Amy's Challenge. This month the theme is to use Something Old and Something New.  I have used lots of products from the brilliant store which you can find HERE!!

Card Recipe

Card Blank - from stash Old

Stamp - Kraftin Kimmie Captain Hook New to me

Papers - Marianne Designs Paper Bloc dark vintage blue New to me

Nesties - Old

Spectrum Noirs - Old

Coredination card

Marianne D Die cuts

Cannot wait to see your old and new stash xxxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

All you need is love!!!

Hello it has been a busy couple of weeks I turned 40 last Saturday. I have been doing lots of volunteer work and stuff too.
My youngest son is going up The Shard today so I am really apprehensive as the school are taking him not sure what he will think.
I am sharing with you today my DT make for Delicious Doodles Challenge we have a lovely theme this week " All you Need is Love" we cannot wait to see your love themed creations.
I chose to make this cushion. It is my first attempt at quilting OMG so much fun xxx I used some fabric squares from The Cotton Patch and the two squares with Delicious Doodles images on I created using my graphics programme and printable cotton. I used the gorgeous Delicious Doodles images Zebra and Foal and Zebras.
You get the chance to win some lovely images from the shop so please join us in our challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Anything Goes

Hi there I hope you are all keeping well. Our house has had one bug or another in it for the past 6 weeks. I am getting a bit fed up with it now. I have been into sewing recently and I wanted to make my own fabric so this weeks Delicious Doodles Theme "Anything Goes using favourite colours" gave me the chance to do this. I have made a cushion for my sofa.

 Cushion Recipe

Delicious Doodles image - Butterfly 
Sweet Pea Stamps Image by Ching Chou Kuik
Graphics programme
Washable Printable Cotton
Zip
Cotton

My favourite colours are currently Teal and Rust

We hope you can join us you can win 5 images from Teri's store.

Challenges I would like to enter are:

Digi Stamps For Joy - How Time Flies

Digital Tuesday challenge - New Beginnings ( I am giving my living room a new look)

Sweet Pea Stamps - Show us your blog 

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

My Favourite Things

Hello today at Natalie and Amy's Monthly Challenge we have a theme of My Favourite Things! So what are My Favourite things. At this very moment in time I have two things that I love doing. They are digital crafting combined with traditional crafting and sewing. So for this I decided to make a padded bag for my daughter to store her child's tablet in.

I printed off this gorgeous duck image which I matted onto a backing paper (in CraftArtist) both from the Crafters Companion Everyday in Mulberry Wood CD rom. I printed onto a cotton and I also printed another of just the image (with my daughters name) onto some printable shrink plastic. I made a zip tag.
I attached to the zip using a jump ring.

I then added some cotton wadding to the image and quilted it. I then sewed it onto my material and made the bag.

Challenges I would love to enter are:

2 Sister Challenge - Anything but a card

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Something NEW

Hi I am a little bit late posting this DT post for the Delicious Doodles Challenge . I have been entertaining today. This week Team B are creating Something New for the challenge. I decided to make two new baby cards. I digitally coloured up the image A Mothers Love one pink and one blue. I added to some card stock and added a punched border lace and a saftey pin and charm. I added a Whiff of Joy sentiment to finish.  There is a sale on too at the store a huge 20% off up until January 1st on ALL ITEMS

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Something a bit different using a digital stamp

The current theme over at Delicious Doodles Challenge is Anything But a Card. The challenge which my team is not part of inspired me to stretch my imagination to create something with one of Teri's images. My son loves the part of the Nativity where the Three Kings are involved so I thought that Teri's image We Three Kings would be perfect for his stocking.

I sized the image to fit the stocking template I created. I then printed it twice. I used the image as a template. I have slightly altered the town of Bethlehem and the decorative lines.

I would love to know what you think.
Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

STocking Fun

Hello I am just sharing some felt stockings I have made for a few comissioned orders over the  last few weeks.
I used felt from Sew Sweet and I designed the stockings using my own unique designs.

Joey's Stocking

Jed's Stocking

Raya's Stocking

Theo's Stocking

Ruth Marina's

Zara's 

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Blue Christmas

Hi everyone hope you are all well and warm in this seasonally cold weather. I have been busy getting ready for christmas and here I am sharing with you one of the cards I have made. This is also for my DT piece over at Delicious Doodles Challenge where we want to see a christmas card with some blue in it.

I have used Emo Christmas and Snowflake collection from the Shop!  I coloured in my image mounted on to card and added some sparkle with stickles. I then scanned into the computer and created a backing paper to match the image using Craft Artist 2. I used a snowflake from the snowflake collection as an embellishment I added a red card candy and some gems to bling it up a bit. Sentiment stamp is inkadinkadoo. Ribbon is from the stash xxx

I hope you like my card I must say I loved making it. I am entering the following challenges with it.

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - X there must be an X on your project mine is the bones on the Emo's skull tattoo

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Natalie and Amy's Challenge

Hello I hope you are all well. I have been busy with a few orders for christmas bits and pieces. I hope that you are all warm and dry this weather is really harsh this year.
I am sharing with you a card I made for the latest monthly challenge at Natalie and Amy's this week. Our theme is "Winter Wishes". So any card with a wintery or christmas feel will be perfect for the challenge.

The papers I used are First Edition - Stocking filler papers, I used a gorgeous  CC Designs Sugar Plum Angel Emma Stamp set .

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Delicious Doodles Challenge time!

Hello everyone it is so cold this week I am hoping the rain holds off as my sister is getting married tomorrow and we have to drive a long way to get there. I have been busy preparing for Christmas. I am making some felt stockings for several friends, a special advent calendar for the children and I am going to make a reef and some bunting. I am also trying to prepare for a school winter fayre and fit my own christmas cards in too!!

I am showing you my DT card for Delicious Doodles challenge this week. The theme "Something that flies" I chose to use three Delicious Doodle images for this card. Holly Fairy, Christmas Holly border and the Snowflake collection. You can find all the images in the store.

I use Craft Artist Professional to create my own backing paper using the Snowflake collection from Delicious Doodles. I then combined the Holly Fairy image and the Christmas Holly border to create one image. I coloured with alcohol pens and added some holly embellishments from My Paper Flower expert. I then added a sentiment.

I vintaged up my background on the fairy image with crackle accents which i added to the wings too.

Challenges I would like to enter are: 

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Girls only (all girlies love a fairy)

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Lola with Pan Pastelled DP and Embellie

Hello I am hoping you are all well and enjoying your Monday. Today I have completed my second Digital stamp this one took ages to do as there are lots of lines but it was fun and I am just so happy to have started doing this. She is called Lola she is quite serene great for teenage girls I think xxx

Card Recipe

Alchol Pens - Spectrum Noirs

Image - LOLA

Card - DL card blanks

Design Papers - Paper Mania Bexley Black 

Pan Pastels

Iridicent spray, sentiment and card candy from stash

I had such fun making this card. I firstly made my design paper and floral embellishments. I took a design from the Papermania Bexley Black papers and gently rubbed on Permanent red shade pan pastel for my Design paper ( I fixed with a glitter iridescent spray) and Turquoise shade pan pastel for my flowers.

I coloured my image with Spectrum Noirs

Spectrum Noir Recipe

Skin -FS1,FS5, FS9

Cheeks - CR5

Hair - GB7, GB9, GB11

Clothes - GT1,GT2, GT3

            PL3,DR2,DR6

I then layered onto cardstock and embellished.

Challenges I would like to enter are:

Pan Pastels - Make an embellishment (flowers made with DP tinted with Pan Pastel)

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Colouring Tutorial - Creating Dinosaur Skin

Hi well finally I have taken  the plunge of drawring my own designs and turning them into digital stamps and kits. I have previously drawn images digitally but I was not happy with the results. So from now on I will be drawring them by hand and then digitally altering them.

I am just doing a tutorial on how to create Dinosaur skin using the very cute newest release at Twit Whoo Designs. He is called Santasaurus. He is inspired by my son who loves dinosaurs.

You could use this technique on all reptiles.

Tutorial Recipe

Image - Santasaurus 

Spectrum Noirs - DG1,LG1,LY2,LG3,DG1,|TN1

Crackle Accents

Tutorial

1) Colour in the image Santasaurus with LG1 in small circular motions all over to give a base for the rest of the colours.

2)Now using the chisel end of your LY2 Spectrum Noir place random strokes all over the top 2 thirds of the image.

3) Now take the TN1 and do the same as step 2 but try to put the marks in diffent places and in some places overlap the ones that you have already placed down.

4) Repeat step 3 with LG3 Spectrum Noir Can you see the layers building up in the photo above

 5) Repeat Step 3 with DG1.

 6) Add a layer of Crackle glaze over all the areas where you have coloured in depending on how thick your layer is it should take 1-2 hours to dry and it creates the effect of reptile skin. You could use in over grey elephant skin for a similar textural effect.

 7) This is an example of the finished technique.

8) Here is another example. 

I hope you like what I have done and please leave a comment if you use the technique so I can visit you and see what you have done.

The card I made with the image is a DL card. The papers and Holly are from Paper Flower Expert CD rom (My Craft Studio). The ribbon is from Natalie and Amy's. The sentiments are from Twit Whoo Designs. The punch is Martha Stewart and the twine and buttons are from my stash.

Challenges I am entering with this card are

Christmas Stampin All Year round - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - One for the Boys

ABC Christmas Challenge - Vibrant Colours

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Remembrance

Good Morning hope you are all warm and cosy and any of you at the NEC are having a great time. I am just stopping in to share with you a card made for our new Delicious Doodles Challenge. We have a theme of Remembrance this week and the DT have made some gorgeous creations to share with you so please pop over and take a look.

Card Recipe

Images - Remembrance and Sniffing Daisies  from Delicious Doodles

Alcohol pens - Spectrum Noirs

Cardstock - stash
Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - stash
Stickles

I combined the two images using my graphics program. I cut away the girl from sniffing daisies and created a poppy field. I really love the image Remembrance and it is perfect for all those In memory cards that it is sometimes hard to find an image for.

I hope you can join in the challenge we would love to see what you create.

Challenges I am entering are:

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Feeling Blue
Dutch Dare Challenge - Favourite things (Combining and altering images on graphics program, spectrum noirs and poppies)
Simon Says Stamp - Thinking of You or Sympathy

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Autumn Wedding

Hi everyone hope you are all keeping well in this very cold weather. I have been busy and one of the things I have been doing is making this card for my sisters wedding which is in a couple of weeks.

Card Recipe

Images - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Swalk Congratulations stamp set Crafters Companion

Card stock - white card and Coredinations (Crafters Companion)

Roses - stash

Leaves - From Paper Flower Expert CD rom

Glossy  Accents Crackle glaze 

Alcohol Pens

Stardust Stickles

I kept it very simple as I wanted the images to take centre stage.

Challenges I am entering are as follows:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge -  Favourite Colour Combo

Tuesday Throwdown - Autumn leaves

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Poppy and Remembrance

Hello there I am sharing two of my favourite Delicious Doodles images in this card. I joined them in my graphics package the girl is the gorgeous Poppy and the cross is the Magnificient Remembrance.

Card Recipe

6"  by 6" Cream card blank

Black card stock

Spectrum Noirs

Images as above Poppy and Remembrance - Delicious Doodles

Stickles

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

New Release and Sneak peek...

Hi all I hope you are all well. I have seen some really mind blowing pictures of the damage Sandy caused to the East Coast of America so really thinking of all those affected. I have been hard at it creating some Christmas cards this week. I am today sharing with you a card I made using Delicious Doodles images.

Card Recipe

Design Papers - designed using CraftArtist 2

Images - Christmas Scroll Border and yet to be named New Release hop over to the Delicious Doodles Facebook page to name her and a chance to win her.

Pens - Promarkers

Stickles

Seam binding

Snowflake - Crafty Embellies 

Gems -stash

Sentiment - Inkadinkadoo

Challenges I am entering are

Creative Card Challenge - Special occasion not birthday ( I choose Christmas)

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Fabulous Fibres ( Seam binding)

Simon Says Stamp - Get in shape (anything but square I choose DL card)

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Geisha Girl xxx

Morning I hope that all my American and Canadian friends are safe the natural forces of nature are being very unkind at the moment. Please stay safe. I am sharing my DT card for the wonderful monthly challenge over at Natalie and Amy's Challenge. This months challenge is " Colour Me Happy" We want to see your favourite colours of the moment.

Card Recipe

Card Blank - 6 " by 6" square

Geisha Emma - by CC Designs Main Image

DP made using Permanant Red Shade Pan Pastel and Marianne Design Eline Huis Butterfly stamp set

Glossy Accents

Spectrum Noirs

Ribbon,Gems and Flower from stash

I love Red and Black together so I wanted to share this card with you for this challenge. I love the drama that Red and Black creates. I also think it is a great combination for Oriental cards.  I hope you can join our challenge this month and checkout the store lots of gorgeous goodies are arriving all the time xxx

Challenges I would like to enter are:

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can - Countries (Japanese Geisha Girl)

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Teabag Folding Christmas Cards

Hello with the winter nights now drawring in I have been starting Christmas card making. I thought this year I would try to make less cards with people on. Here are some of the teabag folding christmas cards I made last night.

Card Recipe

Card Blank 4" by 4" - Natalie and Amy's Store
Design Papers - From a selection at Natalie and Amy's store Christmas section
Buttons - From Stash
Sentiment - Inkadinkadoo stamps

A slightly different layout in the photo above.

I am entering the following challenges with these cards.

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Christmas
Fussy and Fancy - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Fright Night

Hello I hope you are all having a nice week even if the weather is sad xxx I am sharing my Delicious Doodles Challenge DT card with you.

Our theme is "Fright Night" I have made a stepper card using Halloweenie Frankie. I coloured with alcohol pens and used some Paper Mania Capsule collection papers from Natalie and Amy's store.  I added some plastic spiders as I know lots of people who are frightened of them.

Challenges I am entering are:

Charisma Cardz - Don't be Square

Cute Card Thursday - Something Scary

Hope you all enjoy your Halloween weekend xxx
Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Twas the night before Christmas...

....and we all want it to snow. I have been making Christmas cards again with the gorgeous Snowflake Collection from Delicious Doodles. I have been truely inspired by these gorgeous images.

Card Recipe

Image - Delcious Doodles Snowflake Collection

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Spray and Sparkle

A5 Black card folded in half

Pan Pastel 

Versamark

Sentiment stamp Inkadinkadoo

I printed out the different snowflakes from the gorgeous Snowflake Collection. I then used different colours from my Pan Pastel collection to colourise the snowflakes. I then added stickles to the snowflakes and glossy accents. I let them dry overnight.

I folded a sheet of blank A5 black card in half. I then used my versamark to print my sentiment and gently dusted over some Pan Pastel. I sprayed the front of the card with Iridecent Spray and Sparkle. I added my snowflake to the card with foam pads. I have done two colourways to show you. I will be batch making more of these cards for Christmas so simple but so effective.

Challenges I am entering are:

Digi MakeOver Challenge - Weather

Totally Papercrafts - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale