Challenge card

Thought it was about time that I entered some blog challenges again.

So here is my card that I'd like to enter for

Daring Card Makers - Reeling in the ribbon

sponsored by The Ribbon Reel

&

Cute Card Thursday - 151 Hearts & flowers

This shows the 2 different ribbons & the button element of the daring cardmakers recipe

and the hearts :-) & for Cute card Thursday too :-)

and the flowers for Cute card Thursday .....

Happy Birthday!

Another New Home card

For a girlie this time

A crafting friend Carole over at Camcraft Creations reminded me that my nesties could be used slightly differently - there are so many different techniques for everything that the brain sometimes has overload & forgets........

They are embossed straight onto the card rather than cutting & embossing as I've got into a rut doing lately :-)

I stamped the cottage straight onto the card & coloured it with my copics. 

I used ribbons & blooms & matted the card so that it has the contrasting boarder round it.

The blooms had purple jeweled centers which I covered in gold stickles which toned in better.

Bookmark & Serendipity frame

It was my turn to set the member challenge over on Charmed Craft talk forum So the challenges I set were to make seredipity paper & use it in a project of your choice to include blooms & a charm, and to make a usable bookmark to include ribbons & buttons.



So this is how my frame started out..................



Blooms & a charm .........................



More blooms & charms ..............................



Serendipity paper covering the frame ..............



Pearl accents .....................................


The bookmark



To include ribbon & buttons..............



Buttons from my button collection ..................



The body of the bookmark is made from 2 strips of plain ribbon which I stamped with stazon ink. The top attached to a buckle decorated with lace & beads attached. The bottom is knotted with a large covered bead above the buttons.



I decorated the top with beads, lace & a buckle.

There are some lovely makes for the challenge - do pop over for a look .....................

Guess who's staying at my house?

Yes you were right! Calvin mouse came to play at the Copics Workshop today, but apart from trying to grab all Tracy's loot that she brought for us from her shop Creative Treasures he didn't seem to get much crafting done! We were so pleased that Tracy & her Mum came from so far away to join us for the day :-) I didn't get the photographic evidence of Calvin mouse & Bea's ribbons ........................... maybe someone else caught that one!




Anyway Calvin mouse decided to stay on at mine & get some crafting under his belt before the next Copic Workshop tomorrow. Here he is with his Big Shot ........................




But look at who is actually DOING the work!! LOL

More adventures tomorrow .........................................

Notebook cover

Covered a small notebook using a recipe that Carolyn gave us over on Crafts by Carolyn. It isn't a card so doesn't count for the challenge but I used the recipe :- 2 different ribbons, checks, flowers more than 3, and the colour green somewhere on your card.

Susan came to play.....

Susan came to play today - we had fun - once we managed to get into my craft room!

I used my new alcohol ink to do another tin. I used brown Stazon to stamp the images. Love the vibrant colour :-)






We also made the tag using emossing powders & inks. Then we decided to join in with the Crafts by Carolyn challenge Pocket full of Posies. I used the Swiss dots cuttlebug folder & some square brads along with some of my new ribbon.






We had a lovely time & will have more fun later :-)