Happy Bird-day!

This cute little bird card was made for the Bugaboo mini challenge this week.. again with a Bugaboo image and sentiment...



..Definitely An Addiction Now I Think ;)

Coloured with promarkers and tried my hardest to match the colours I had with the backing paper. If I could change one thing I'd put more of the peach card behind the backing paper but i didn't have enough *sniff*

On a change-my-addiction note ... I used card candy not sticky gems ;)

Sorry about the naff photos the light in my house is cruuuuuud

xxx

Mr Old Fart

This card was made for the challenge using a Gus image from Bugaboo (again-sorry.. think I have a Bugaboo addiction now as well as the sticky gem one lol) coloured with Promarkers and of course having the obligatory sticky gems attached :)



That's Mr Old fart to you!

..hehe classic



Sassy Studio Designs- cool wintery colour


xxx

I love you!

Here's a really early Valentine for you all...




I made it for the Bugaboo sketch challenge for today, but the sentiment goes out to you all. It isn't easy being isolated here for much of the time and it's difficult to explain really... but it's lovely to be able to post things on t'internet and get feedback where 'normal' people would just use their friends. To illustrate my point... the heating man came round for a repeat visit last week (bad radiators, baaad radiators! lol) and I remembered what he took in his tea as he'd been the *last* person to come and visit...

..I'm sure he left thinking that I was some sort of hermit.. hehe

So *love yous* *hugs* and *mmmwahs* to any of you who take their time to comment on my posts as sometimes it's the only communication I get all day besides Facebook (I love my new phone..even if I can't look at my PC monitor I can now browse The Interweb on my phone!!! wooo... posh! hehe)

Anyway, this was one of my new Bugaboo images ..

(Find her here ... 60 percent off sale still on for a few days! GO GO GO! Code KW696782 lol)

....and my first time I'd put her on a card... I print out many many images (I spoil so many with this stupid shaky hands) and she was lucky enough not to bee tooo spoiled hehe. I decided she'd like to be placed on purple mulberry paper and valentine heart ribbon.. it made her feel special dontchyaknow? :) The sentiment was made so fantastic by use of my scalloped circle nesties (they cut *and* emboss dontchyaknow? Get some! :P )

Here's where I need you though... after taking the photo I decided it needed some more pen round the outside... but should I have left it as it was or do you think it looks better this way? Thanks if you give me any ideas on this...



I would also like to enter this card here:

Totallygorjuss- Cuddly (Skelekinz are gorgeous too! lol)
Secret Crafter- With Love
Pile it on- Anything Goes


Hope you guys are feeling ok, spesh those of you who I know are going through a tough time too just now

Special *mmmwahs* to those who need them

G xxxx

Made this card for the Bugaboo mini challenge 'Bling'



Coloured the gorgeous clown with my promarkers and made sure the flowers looked nice and blingtastic with my purple stickles. captured some bling from around the room for the corners and used some lovely bright dotty ribbon from Crafty Ribbons to give it more brightness factor.



Not overly pleased with the sparkly stitching but you can't have it all can you? ;)

Little Myz is off school sick with a stomach bug so she decided to make one too.. hers can be seen here .. please go and send her some love, she's really upset she's having to miss school.. she hates missing school... so did son-of-mine I guess and now he's at secondary he hates it so there's time for her to change I guess ;)

I would like to enter this into the Dutch Dare card challenge this week which is Stitch It Up


xxx

Sweet as a Cupcake

This card is for a woman or girl who is as sweet as a cupcake...



I made it using an Image from Meljen (again lol.. who knew such a rugged lady could be so taken by whimsy.. I blame my daughter myself... ;) ) and some spotty colourful papers from Goodness Knows Where.. that's what you get for swapping stash..you haven't a clue where anything comes from ;)

Of course there are my addiction-of-the-month sticky gems on there too :)

Of course, what better challenge to enter it into than Meljen's Designs DT challenge for the week for a square or circle card? I made a circle card once.. only once... it kept rolling all over the place... so I knew I was going to stick with square somehow ;)

*hugs*

Challenges:

Scrappyfrog- Cupcakes
Digis by Phooka - Anything Goes

G xxx

Dragontastic!

Stamping Dragon Designs are having a DT call - finishing tonight- and I decided to enter. Not because I thought I'd get chosen (heck, I don't think most of my cards are good enough for challenges let alone Design Teams!.. only a few exceptions...) but there was such a gorgeous digi!!! A dragon...*and* a fairy! Little Myz went into Crafty Heaven for a little while with this digi but hasn't made a card yet... I'm sure she'll post it when she has.... Watch Her Blog... lol.. but don't hold your breath ;)



Isn't this fairy just the cutest?



Ok, so, she's a little underdressed for the UK at the moment, but heck I'm sure it's very warm in dragon-and- fairy land eh? :)

I got to use my stickles and also a newish technique for me.... inkytasticness!!! .. and do you know what? I actually like what i did... for once hehe...

The space on the left was very bare though so I inked it and asked a butterfly to land on it.. not sure I got it quite right but believe me, It Looks Far Better That Way....I even used my new Papermania Shimmery dots .. although I underestimated just how many I'd need to go all round the outside of the scallop.... This card will have to go to Someone Very Special I think as I'm now going to have to save up for some more brown shimmer dots hehe

Well I hope you like it.. I don't think it's that bad :)

Which is A Special Thing in this house believe me ;)

I would also like to enter these cuties in these challenges:

Aly's Sunday Challenge- Things With Wings
Stamp Scrap and Doodle- Anything Goes

*hugs*

G xxx

Messy Valentine card

Hmmm...

Not entirely sure where I was going with this card.

I don't like to copy anyone else- I'm always seeing 'samey' cards.. ok so they are all works of art but lots of people tend to do the same? So I had an experiment before as with the other Something New and I can report back...

Trying to make shabby/messy/arty cards= FAIL!



Well I think so anyway...I'm sure my 5 year old would disagree as she seems to love everything I do that's bright and shiny...

Ok so it's not The Worst Card Ever but it's probably up there somewhere along with other cards People Shouldn't Even Attempt To Make If They Are Not Arty...

If it's not square, measured and symmetrical... it doesn't seem to work for me. Maybe I should just stick to Boring Cards eh?

Pffff...

Just don't tell MelJen I destroyed one of her stamps please... :P

Do I dare enter it into a challenge? Well tbh I don't think any of my cards is as worthy as most cards I see on challenges every time I look... so why not this one? hehe....

Challenges:

One Stitch At A Time- Love and Valentine
Lexis Creations - Say it with love
Stamp With Sarah Kay- sparkling
Delicious Doodles- 3 colours

I think maybe experimentation is for people with less fogginess and more of an idea of what to do rather than Let's Just Try This Here....

*runs away to hide in bed before anyone sees this post*
(may delete it when I come to my senses...lol)

*hugs*

xxx