Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #19

Sunday comes round so quickly, 'Yay!' it's time for Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe challenge once more. Here's the sketch the lovely Michele has created for your delectation! In addition, we want to to use,

1. the colour RED

2. include a heart(s)

My interpretation is rather simple this week. But I treated myself to a pad of BG Sugar Rush DPs & I wanted them to be seen!

I won this Sugar Nellie Manga image a while ago & it had never seen ink. This image is so cute, but I do worry that the little boy will grow up with bandy legs!



This is the flatest card I have made in ages! My only embellishment is a heart I cut & covered in glitter. Sometimes simple just feels right!

Anyway, come & play along at C4E this week & you could win a mini card kit. We also welcome the talented Sandra as a Guest DT member, see her blog at Papiergardens. Her work is fab!

I'm rather late with this, so apologies. It's been a busy day. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Happy Birthday Dena!!

Here's a card that holds a special place in my heart, because I made it for a very special lady! I discovered her blog just under a year ago, when she was new to the world of Blogland like me. At first, I was bowled over by her beautiful cards, but very quickly I came to find she is quite simply, a warm, kind & generous friend too.

DENA!

This one's for you, by best blogging buddy!!

Today is Dena's birthday, so I hope this has reached her OK. It is a Mo Manning stamp, coloured to fit this fortnights colour combo at Colour Create, where incidentally, Dena is on the DT.

Now I have a favour to ask. I would like everyone who sees this post to hop on over to Dena's Stamping Corner & leave her a special birthday message. If you haven't been there before, you're sure to be in awe of her amazing talent & inspiration. She's just FAB!

So there you go.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENA!
Have a Wonderful DAY!!

Big, extra special, Birthday Hugs,

Andie xx

Love Tilda

There are just so many challenges to enter with a Valentines theme this week I just had to make a card. Having said hat I've probably missed the first one at Just Magnolia where the theme is Hearts & Flowers. The fab layout at A Spoonfull of Sugar suits that theme perfectly!

I chose the colour scheme from the beautiful rose picture at Simon Says Stamp & at Secret Crafters they are asking to see hearts on your cards. Finally the theme at Creative Card Crew is Valentines, so this fits the bill there.

My DPs are K& Co & the big heart was made with Bazzill Bling card stock. I love that stuff! Tilda is coloured with my trusty Distress Inks & I think this has to be one of my favourite Magnolia images. She is just so innocent & trusting.

Anyway, I hope you like my card. Thanks so much for looking.

Enjoy what's left of the week & roll on the weekend!

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Setting the Record Straight!

It's a common misconception that fairies are all slim & pretty. Mo Manning has proved otherwise with her images of fairies who are, shall we say, a little overweight. I'm not sure how this one gets off the ground, but she's nonetheless graceful in flight!

I based the card on the fab sketch at Sketch & Stash this week. I'll definitely use this again. My new stash is the Mo Manning stamp, & I've used Basic Grey Wisteria DPs I've had for some time now, but I never get tired of them.

There are quite a few other challenges out there this would fit in with. However, I've probably missed the deadline for Quixotic Paperie where the challenge is to use a butterfly on your card. Passion 4 Promarkers want to see cards with 'all creatures great & small'. The butterfly fits this category, but it also got me thinking. Is a fairy a creature or a person? Discuss!! Finally at Cute Card Thursday they want you to use flowers on your cards, easy!!

Well I hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #18

How quickly time flies! It's Sunday once more & time for another Crafts for Eternity Challenge. Here's the fab sketch Michele has designed for you.

Your challenge this week is to

1. follow the sketch

2. use an inking technique

3. use something clear

My image is another little cutie from Lili of the Valley. I took the newspaper from the picture & translated it into my backgound. I screwed it up, distressed it with Distress Inks, embossed around the edge & covered it in crackle glaze (that's my 'something clear'). As far as inking techniques go, I have been playing with alcohol inks on high gloss paper. The vertical & horizontal strips were created with Adirondacks of various shades with gold mixative. Unfortunately I have no blending solution to lighten them, so it came out much darker than I hoped, hence I only used strips, rather than the whole background as I had originally intended.

I had lots of fun experimenting with this. In retrospect I wish I had given the whole card a vintage feel. I hope you will give this a go I join this week. Michele is offering another goody bag up as a prize, so what are you waiting for!

How many of you woke up to snow again this morning? Rather unexpectedly, we had about a centimetre, but it's already disappearing. Hope you are having a good weekend.

Thanks for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Miss Anya in the Pink

Fancied making something rather girly with this one. Can you tell?!!

This card fits in with two challenges. The layout is based on the lovely sketch at Create 4 Fun this week. Also at A Spoonfull of Sugar, you've got free range, anything goes, it's Freestyle!

This is the first time I've inked up this stamp from the last Miss Anya release. Doesn't she look summery?! I should really wait, we haven't even had a hint of Spring yet, LOL! She's coloured with Promarkers & the DPs are eons old, from the K&Co Romanza Collection. Pat on the back for me for using old stash!! The flowers are all from a Crafty Feeling Kit & I used a McGill punch on the leaves. Not much else to say really, except her cheeks look a bit grubby in the photo. Rest assured, IRL, she has had a wash!!

Hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #17

Oh Gosh, where does the day go? I'm rather late with this but better late than never! Michele has dreamt up another fab challenge over at Crafts 4 Eternity this week. The challenge this week is to:-

1. follow the terrific sketch (I really like this one)

2.use your favourite colour

3.add some brackets.

In the artificial light, it is hard to tell that my favourite colour is actually pink. Depending on my mood it can be light pink, or as in this case, cerise. Strangely however, last week when we used a colour we weren't keen on I discovered I had loads of mustard amongst my DPs. This week I find I have very little pink. A discrepancy that needs rectifying me thinks!! These DPs are by Cherry Arte. The brackets were created with a Nestie, Labels Eight.

I coloured my image with Promarkers. I made the flower with retro flower punches. To create the pattern I further punched the pink flower with the Martha Stewart Double Loops corner punch that my wonderful bogging buddy, Dena, sent me for Xmas. I glittered the swirls & the brads with Stickles, then managed to squirt it over the ribbon, so ended up glittering that too!!

This little lady is from the Manga collection at Sugar Nellie. I'd been hankering after a sugar fix, as I hadn't had one for a while! I also want to enter this into the Passion for Promarkers challenge this week, where the theme is 'girls, girls, girls'.

Well there you go. I hope everyone is having a good weekend. We had a guest pass for a David Lloyd centre today were I played squash, went in the gym & did some swimming. Now I'm aching! But I need to get fit. At work we are doing an indoor triathlon for Sports Relief in March. This involves 1000m on the rower, 20Km on the bike & a 2 mile run! Why did I say Yes to that? Am I mad?!!

Anyway, I'll just have a glass of wine to take the pain away. Jackie & Kylie, I'm joining you in spirit if not in body, LOL!! Go pay these two lovely ladies a visit, their creations are fabulous.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Sorry for the length of this post. Thanks for looking & bearing with me.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx