Christmas joy!

Hi Delicious doodles challenge is Christmas or New year I chose to of a Christmas card. I used Christmas Candles image from the Delicious Doodles store. A big favourite of mine this year! I used an embossing folder, stamp set and die to embellish and alcohol pens to colour with some sparkle from my cosmic shimmer glitter glue.

 

No Design Paper

Hi there I have been busy so I have not blogged for a long time. My Mum is poorly and life is hetic. I am just blogging my DT inspiration for this weeks challenge at Delicious Doodles Challenge. We want to see no Design Papers on your cards.
I used this stunning image by Teri called A Robins Christmas for decorating the image I used some Alcohol markers a very simple pallete of colours. I then added some cosmic shimmer glitter glue. I backed onto black card. The fence I used is a Tim Holtz die. The bow is Chantilly Bow by Tattered Lace Dies the fern and Poinsetta are also from Tattered Lace dies.

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

Floral Fun

Hi hope you are all well and having a good week. I have been cleaning my oven this morning so apologies for my delay in posting this DT post.
I have created this card for our latest challenge at Delicious Doodles "Anything Floral". We all love flowers so get something floral and join in the fun with us. As usual there are 5 Delicious Doodles images up for grabs as a prize xxx
I used the new floral image called Love in a mist and Butterfly border. I copied and pasted the Love in a mist image to create a bouquet. I used a spellbinders die to create a pot to plant my bouquet into. I then used the border to frame this. I decoupaged the border for extra dimension. I used alcohol pens to colour. i used centura pearl as my base card.

Challenges I am entering are:

Digistamps for Joy - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -Anything Goes

Bearly mine  -Use a Digi

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

Birds of a Feather

Hi another great day out with my gorgeous family making the most of the summer holiday. We  went to the new Queen Elizabeth Park that is next to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. It is a short tube ride away from us. We had a great day.

I am posting my DT card for the Delicious Doodles Challenge. This week we would like to see " Birds of  a Feather". I chose to use the beautiful Peacock image from the store. I love electric blue and black together so this inspired my card. I coloured the image with alcohol pens and decoupaged it up.

I used the chevron embossing folder from Crafters companion to make the panels that I put the image onto. I added some card candy to embellish the project.

Challenges I am entering are:

Digi Stamps for Joy - Anything Goes

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

Sweet Peas Stamps

Hi I have been having a play with some inking techniques today using Sweet Pea Stamps Digi image Fading Love by Ching Chou Kuik. I printed the image onto centura pearl card stock and coloured the image with promarkers and a metallic promarker. I then created a mask by printing the image onto copier paper. 

I created a moon from the copier paper and tore some paper to create my landscape (this needs practise). I stamped on some birds from indigo blu and some wild flowers from clarity stamps. The sentiment is just rite stamps.

Challenges entered are:

Sweet Pea Stampers - Tear it To pieces (my copier paper for my scene)

One Sweet Challenge - Favourite technique ( creating scenes)

Christmas card

Hi been an exhausting day we went to London Zoo. Wow it is so amazing. Such a wonderful place to show the children all the different species of animals from around the world. We love the giraffes most.

Today at Delicious Doodles we would love,to see your Christmas cards. Never to early to start making Christmas cards. I went for a CAS look with mine. I embossed some white card and coloured the raised embossing with my pro markers in traditional Christmas red, green and gold. I then used my Gothic arch window die from Spellbinders to make a window for my Christmas Candles to sit on. I decoupaged these.

 Challenges I am entering are 

Winter Wonderland - Red and Green

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

Simply Butterflies

Hello hope you are all well and enjoying August. I am just popping in with a card I have made for the challenge at Delicious Doodles.
This week our theme is butterflies. I designed this card using my Craft Artist 2 software. I placed three of Teri's New Butterfly image in different sizes onto the workspace. I then chose one of the materials from my design kits. I punched out the butterfly shape using the fab punch tool. I placed this behind the butterflies in the relevant size. I then faded the transparency so you could see the design through the image.
I added a touch of alcohol pen to give some interest. I then stamped the sentiment directly onto the image that I printed onto centura pearl cardstock.

Challenges I am entering are:

Whimsy Inspirational Challenge - Clean and Simple

Crafty Sentiments - Animals

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

Snuggles

This image from Crafts and me is A Loving Snuggle. It reminds me of those first few days we spend loving our newborns. So I made this card. Simply fitted the image to make a 5:5 by 5:5 topper. I coloured with alcohol pens and added a stamp to the background for wallpaper. I matt an layered onto centura pearl card.

Challenges I am entering are

The Crafting Cafe - A Baby is born

 

Brambley Hedge

Good Evening I have been busy making some new cards to make my stash a bit plumper. This is one I made using my Crafters Companion Brambley Hedge CD rom. I printed out the topper onto centura Pearl card also from Crafters Companion. I printed a backing paper from the CD and made one of the floral embellishments. to accent the design I used some leaves I die cut from black card stock. I also embossed some black card using a swirly cuttlebug design. I then added a sentiment from the stash.

Challenges  I am entering are:

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Animals   

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Pearlescent

 

Cherish each moment!

Hit is the Summer Holidays so plenty of Crafting time. I am trying to build up a stash as I donated about 500 cards to friends to raise funds for Macmillan cancer , Christians Against Poverty and premature babies so my personal stock is very low.

I brought this I image from Crafts and Me a Digi stamp designed by my friend Teri who runs Delicious Doodles. I liked the fact it was Dad with child rather than Mum.  A simple card really I printed image to fit a 5:5 by 5:5 square card. I then coloured with alcohol pens creating a rather retro wallpaper with pens. I stamped the sentiment by just rite stamps (love this company). I matt and layered onto a 6 by 6 square card.

So challenges I am entering are:

2 sisters challenge- Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy's challenge - Celebrate (new birth)

Totally Papercrafts - Inspired by a song  ( cherish by Kool and the Gang)

 

Love Grows Happiness

Hello I am just showing you a card I made to rebuild my stash that has depleted. I used two fantastic Digi images from the store  Crafts and Me. 

I used The Embrace and A walk in Paris. I combined them on the graphics package. I printed onto centura pearl and coloured in with alcohol pens and metallic markers.  I matt and layered and mounted onto centura card base.

challenges I am entering are

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

one Stop Craft Shop - Keep It Simple

Just For Fun-Anything Goes

 

Native American Earrings

Hi there just posting my DTmfor the new challenge on Beading Friends Forever. Our August challenge challenge is split into two parts. You can enter both parts or just one part. Check out all the rules over at the challenge.

As always we are sponsored by the wonderful Beads Direct. Who are offering the winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in store.

I made these Native American  Earrings. I have a passion for bead embroidery currently. I used Lacey stiff stuff fixing my cabochon onto it. I then used a selection of seed beads to create the circle and finished wit some ultra suede at the back.

The second part of the challenge is odd count peyote stitch.

Following the tutorial from beadaholique

 

Come and join us if you are new to beading this challenge gives you a great way to learn the very relaxing skill.

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

Delicious Doodles Anything Goes

Good Morning to you all! Hope you are having a super summer. I have been busy with the kids taking them to activities and the park. Today I am going to watch Bradie and Max perform at the Summer Bubble Theatre which they have been attending all week. I am looking forward to it.
I am also showing you my DT card for our "Anything Goes" Theme at Delicious Doodles. As always Teri is giving away 5 of her gorgeous Digi stamps to the lucky winner.
I love this image "Leaping Dolphins" and have used it on this CAS card. I printed the image twice. I coloured in each image. I sprayed one image with spray and sparkle from Crafters Companion. I cut out and decoupaged the dolphins which I sprayed with a gloss acyclic spray. I added a sentiment and I matt and layered onto cardstock.
Hop on over to the challenge for all the details of how to enter!

Challenges I am entering are:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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

Summer time!

Hello well it has finally arrived Summertime is here and this is our Delicious Doodles Challenge theme for this week.

I made this card for the challenge using two delicious doodles images. Virgo who reminded me of a girl in a prom dress and Cross and Roses. I used this image to make a tattoo as I am not making the card for a Virgo. The beauty of digi's xxx

 

I printed onto centura pearl and I coloured with pro markers. I used some DCWV papers and a ribbon. The flowers at the bottom are dies.

 Challenges I am entering are:

Crafty Creations  - Summer

 

All about the Scenary

Hello I am sorry I am a bit late posting my Delicious Doodles creation today. I have been busy at a school outing. We went to the woods today. I am exhausted lots of fun had by all though. I then had to drop my eldest daughter at a church trip and have only just returned.

My card is based on our new Challenge theme All about The Scenary. I used Sunset At Sea which I coloured with Distress inks I added some fine glitter to the sea. I then used Spell binders to create a frame and matt for the image an anchor die and some twine and sentiment.

Challenges entered are:

Just add ink - just Add Water

 

 

Floral elegance

Hi just for fun today I am sharing this make. I am mid flow with all my teacher thank you makes. This is a sneak peak of Floral elegance which is to be released at the weekend over at delicious Doodles . I printed onto centura pearl card stock coloured with alcohol pens and then used a spellbinders die to make the vase. The stamp is just rite stamps.

 

Challenges entered are

Can u Digi it - summer smiles

Digi make over challenge

 

Very Excited today to announce...

Hi there I am so excited to announce that I have been asked by the very lovely and talented Marcea to be on the DT for the new and fresh Beading Friends Forever Challenge . I have always loved beading and could not miss an opportunity so of course I said YES straight away.
Today sees the start of our challenge for July. We have two different challenges for you to enter. You can enter both parts or just one part. Check out all the rules over at the challenge.

As always we are sponsored by the wonderful Beads Direct. Who are offering the winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in store.

The theme this month is to make a beaded flower. There are lots of tutorials and patterns out there. I chose to follow this tutorial for the Lady Vera Pendant by Off the Beaded Path.

I made my flower into a brooch.

The Tutorial that has been chosen for July is from Beading For Perfectionists: Herringbone stitch basics with a twist

I have kept my bracelet all one shade of plum. I used 4mm cube beads and 8/0 seed beads to make this  rather than the sizes recommended in the tutorial.

From the Front

Flat

From the back

Come and join us if you are new to beading this challenge gives you a great way to learn the very relaxing skill.

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

Use a Charm

 Good Morning to you all. I hope everyone is having a good June. Such a shame our weather has not brightened up. Nevermind I have made this bright card for the new challenge starting today at the wonderful Delicious Doodles Challenge. We want you to Use a Charm in your project. I had this cute dolphin charm in my stash and wondered what to team it with. I decided to use two of Delicious Doodles summery images... Beach Huts and Deckchair. I used distress inks to paint them and I used some twine to hold my charm. I used two embossing folders to create my textured matt and layer. I used Crafters Companion chevron 6 by 6 folder and Cuttlebug argyle.

Challenges entered are:

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

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

All Creatures Great and Small

Yay the sun is out this Friday morning and it is time for Team B to inspire you at the Delicious Doodles challenge. this weeks theme is All Creatures Great and Small. I chose a larger creature from Teri's awesome collection of animal images. this image is Tiger. 

I printed off my image large enough to sit nicely on an A5 card. I painted with distress inks. I then embossed a pie e of white card with a leaf stencil. I painted some of the leaves. I mounted onto card and added a sentiment.

Challenges I am entering are:

Aud Sentiment - Anything Goes

Digi stamps for joy - Masculine
 

leather and Beads

Hi I am excited to share my bracelet with you for the Beading Friends Forever Challenge tutorial. the tutorial is In the Garden Wrap Bracelet. it says it takes 6-8 hours but I did mine in about  2-3 Hours. 

I used brown leather a button from my stash three colours of s-lon  some bronze miyuki cube beads and som 8/0 seed beads. I slightly altered the Bollywood style macramé by using less seed beads than the tutorial.