Something Old, Something New .....

When I spotted the latest challenge on the Forever Friends blog, I just knew that I had to have a go!  The challenge is called 'Are You Brave Enough?' and they want to see a card from your early card making days plus a card from now!

So first of all, here's my current day card (above) made with a Wild Rose Studio stamp ("Girl with Dog") and papers from Paper Mania layered with kraft.  I've also added a paper flower and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

And now (are you sitting down?!) a card from November 2006 made with a Visible Image stamp:

This was made in my 'pre-Promarker' days when I struggled to colour in stamped images (badly!) with watercolour pencils.  I still do a lot of clean and simple cards but I like to think my colouring has improved during the last six years!!

I'd like to enter my first card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'animal crackers'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'just good friends'

The Poodles Parlour - 'anything goes'

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 'anything goes'

Forever Friends - 'are you brave enough?'

OLLCB - 'recipe'

Christmas Shopping!

Don't panic - it's not quite time yet for Christmas shopping although I am sure there are some people who will already have started!! 

This is my card for two of the current Christmas challenges - Winter Wonderland where the theme is 'Christmas presents' and Bah! Humbug! where the theme is snowflakes.  For my card I've used a stamp from Wild Rose Studio, papers from DoCrafts and a sentiment and card candy from Craftwork Cards.

I Love Promarkers Birthday Blog Hop and Challenge

I've made this card for the current challenge on I Love Promarkers - the theme is birthday cards and there is also a birthday blog hop which I've just enjoyed looking through.  This is a card that I've made for a card swap using a bargain buy from the show at G-Mex last weekend - it's a Wild Rose Studio stamp and was half price!

Card Recipe

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Ribbon - Meiflower

Pale pink and pale green card

Dotty embossing folder

Card candy - Craftwork Cards

Pink and Purple Christmas

Another Christmas card to add to my stock for December - this one is a bit different because the theme on Winter Wonderland is to make a card using pink and purple. I've used a Wild Rose Studio image with some of my favourite gingham paper from Craft Creations and a stamped sentiment from Personal Impressions. I've finished the card with a mock press stud fastening, some punched snowflakes and some nail head gems. I'm also entering the card in the first Christmas Club challenge on One Stitch at a Time where the them is 'as you like it'.

Another New Year Card

I've made this card today for New Year Swap on one of the Yahoo groups I belong to using a Wild Rose Studio stamp. The backing paper I've used is from Craftwork Cards and I've added a peel off greeting. To finish the card I've added some 'bling' (well, a bit of bling as I'm not a 'bling' person!) - pale pink gem stones. I'm entering this in three challenges:

By the Cute and Girly - 'bling it on'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'new beginnings'

Ellephantastic - 'new beginnings'

Non-Traditional Christmas Card

The image on this card is from Wild Rose Studio - and I've coloured it with Promarkers and then die cut it into an oval and layered it onto a slightly bigger black oval. The paper is left over from last year - can't remember where it's from - and I've added a greeting from Craftwork Cards and some black dots. I'm entering this in two challenges which have 'non-traditional Christmas' as their themes this week - Corrosive Challenge and Cupcake Craft Challenge.

Thank You Card

I've made this card using a stamp from Wild Rose Studio - coloured with Promarkers and then layered onto silver card. I made my base card into a fold back card (I'm told it's called a 'kick card) and then layered Kanban card onto the base. The little circular sentiment is also a stamp from a Personal Impressions set. I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Raise the Bar - this week's theme is 'thankful'

Stamp Somthing - something with thanks

Charisma Cardz Challenge Week 41

Here is my card for this week's challenge on the Charisma Cardz which is "More than One Fold". I've used a stamped image from Wild Rose Studio, coloured with Promarkers and backing papers from Dovecraft. The 'stopper' on the base of the card is from Craftwork Cards.

The base card was made by folding an easel card and then cutting away a portion of the folded part - just a little bit different to a standard easel card.

Keep It Simple - Bling It!

This is my card for the current challenge on Keep It Simple! which is 'bling it'. I've used a stamp from Wild Rose Studio and backed it onto lilac card and then added some purple nail head gems in the four corners and down each side of the image.

Allsorts Challenge 63 - Dressing Up

And the last one for today which is for challenge 63 on the Allsorts Challenge Blog which is Dressing Up".

This stamp is from Wild Rose Studio, coloured with Promarkers and layered onto black paper. The swirl design is a Sizzlit die and I've added some black pearl gems to the corners of the card.

Just a Little Thank You .....

This card was made with one of the new stamps I bought last weekend - it's one of the Milton Bear range from Wild Rose Studio - the image has been coloured with Promarkers using vanilla and tan for the bear and then lilac, amethyst and and wild orchid on the dress. I've added some blue pearl and china blue to the flowers and the bear's bow is amethyst.

I'm entering the card into two challenges:

I Love Promarkers Challenge 17 - the recipe for the card was to use two different papers (mine are from HOTP and Craft Creations), 3 buttons and 1 ribbon.

Just Cute Bears Challenge 17 which was to make a thank you card.