Best Day Ever Bunnies

 Some adorable little bunnies to share with you today.
I used we herd stamp set from Waffle Flower Crafts.

I used MFT puffy cloud dies, lawn fawn simple grassy hillsides.
The background clouds were done with distress oxide tumbled glass using MFT cloud stencil.
The bunnies were coloured with copic markers.
Sentiment and die from Taylored Expressions

Thanks for visiting my blog
Lou

I would like to enter the following challenges....

Crafty Critters Challenge - Animal Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes Spring

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Simply Cuties
Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes - Top 3
Allsorts Challenge - For the Love of Animals
Polkadoodles Challenge - Anything Goes
Classic Designs Challenge - Four legged friends - Top Pick!
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Another Fly By

When I was playing with cloud backgrounds a couple of weeks ago, I also did this background using distress oxide in Mermaid Lagoon, I used a light touch and spaced the clouds a reasonable distance apart compared to my usual clouds which gave me lots of lovely white puffy space.

 The image is called Sky's the Limit from Kraftin Kimmie, it is now retired but I did find a link HERE where you may be able to still purchase it.
I coloured up my image with Copic markers and Promarkers

Thanks loads for popping by my blog :)
Lou

Entering in the following challenges....
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times - Planes, Trains & Automobiles 
Crafty Gals Challenge - Anything Goes

Box Card from The Whole Herd

 A couple of posts ago, I shared a card for the Mix It Up Challenge fancy folds challenge, I mentioned that I had made another fancy folds card.
I hadn't made a box card in ages so I decided to get my hand back in and give one a go.

I used Hay There stamp set by lawn fawn along with an alpha dieset from them and added sentiments from You Goat This

I coloured the images with my copic markers.

I know there are tutorials for box cards but I just made mine on my score board with no measurements, playing around with the score lines and eyeballing it.
I really enjoyed putting this one together and it has definitely got me in the mood for adding some interactive elements on some cards.
So I am off to have a play and will post the results in some upcoming posts.

As always, thanks for popping by,
Lou

I am entering my card in the following challenges....
Aud Sentiments - Use Glitter/Bling and/or Green/St Patrick's + a Sentiment
Simon says Stamp - a bit o green

Lil Patch of crafty Friends - Anything Goes - Top 5 Pick
Gem of a challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - More Than one fold
Crafting Happiness - More than one fold - Top 3 Pick

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes - Top 3 Pick

Wish Big at Bizzy Becs

Hi, I am here to today to share my Bizzy Bec's DT project with you.

For this card I aimed to make a quick and easy shaker card,  ummmmmm, so didn't turn out that way.

I will share a tip with you that I learnt this week as I decided to change.  DO NOT use mono glue or Tacky glue for shaker cards.  It does not dry properly and remains sticky or tacky.  So your sequins will stick to any of the mono or tacky glue that has slipped out from the layers.

II ended up taking my card to pieces and salvaging the image to start again.

Here is the finished card....

All the items I used that are available from Bec's are pre-order.

Product from Bizzy Bec's with links.....

Penny Black Wish Big clear stamp set (which is on special at the moment with free shipping in Australia)

Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Stackable Circle Dies

Wild Rose Icing On The Cake paper pad

I coloured my image with Letraset Promarkers.

Thanks loads for dropping by

Lou

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges....

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Craft dee Bows - Handmade bow

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Fall colours

Passion for Promarkers - Fall Colours

Dream Valley - One for the girls

Love to scrap - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps -Lots of Layers

Crafting when we can - No square cards 

Bizzy Bec's Anything Goes - 5 Today

Today is my baby boys 5th birthday it is also the day that Bizzy Bec's October Anything Goes Challenge.

I am sharing my boy's birthday card for the challenge....

I have used the following items from Bizzy Bec's on the card....

Wild Rose - Fox on a branch stamp

Lawn Fawn Big Scripty words Stamp

Lawn Fawn Big Scripty words Lawn Cuts Die

I watercoloured the stamped image with shimmering H20 watercolours.

Thanks loads for dropping by,

Lou

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges...

Inky Chicks - Animals

Sunnyday Crafting - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Ellibelles Creative Moments - Critters and Creatures

Southern Girls - It's well Bling Bling

This fortnight over at Southern Girls Challenge we want to see bling on your projects.  Gems, pearls, shimmer and shine the options are endless really.

We have two fabby sponsors, Pink Gem and Delicious Doodles.. The image I have used is from Delicious Doodles.....

I coloured the image with Twinkling H2Os to get lots of shine and pop and then added some gems to the middle of the flowers on the cake.  The papers are ECHO PARK - Sweet Day, the ribbon is American Crafts and the brad is Basic Grey.

Here is a close up of how shiny the twinkling H2Os made the image :)


I am entering my card into the following Challenges.....
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes Clean and Simple
Tuesday Throwdown - Your'e a Gem
Craft Your Passion - Past Challenge (#82- Bingo)
Love to Create - Ribbon or Twine


Thanks for looking :)

OMG - Uninked Stamp Stash

I have been very industrious lately sorting my stamps and putting the ones I want to keep into clear CD cases and putting the ones I want to sell aside for listing on trade me. Well while I was beavering away I discovered a whole clear doco file (how I stored previously) full of uninked Gorjuss Girls.  Holy Moly what on earth was I up to?????  I have quickly remedied that and stamped off a few on watercolour paper.
Here is the first card I have created using one of these cuties.........

And seeing as how everytime I use a precoloured image I get loads of comments about my fabulous colouring skills (which shows people never read my posts as I always say "I have used a precoloured image) here is my ACTUAL colouring........

 This is coloured using prismacolor pencils and polychromos pencils with mineral spirits for blending on watercolour paper.
The shadow is copic markers N0 & N2
Papers are MME

I am entering my card in the following challenges ( got to love Feline Playful<3 )
Colour Throwdown 
Crafting for all seasons - lots of layers
Ribbon Carousel - Pintrest Inspiration
Divas by design - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky Challenge - Celebration
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Perfect Sentiments - Anything Goes ( with a sentiment )
Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes
Oldie but a goodie - Anything goes (stamp is about 2 years old and was previously uninked)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Sketch

DTC - SPARKLE

This weeks challenge at Digital Tuesday Challenge is sparkle, we want to see lots of sparkle on you projects with a digital element to them.

Here is my card using Cirque from The Paper Shelter, she is quite the sexy circus performer :) I used the
PRECOLOURED Version

 I added glimmer glam very liberally on my card, both on my papers and the image. The rosettes were cut using  Tim Holtz alteration die (available from Artfull Crafts, as is the glimmer glam).

Hope you will come and play along with us.

Fun with Modge Podge

I have had another busy week with it being the School Holidays but I have still managed to sneak away and get a few things made to ease my crafting bug.  Although with my SIL's birthday in a week or so I had the perfect excuse.  She loves pink and pale green so the new collection from KaiserCraft "Lil Primrose" is just perfect for her.  I have been harping on at her that she needs to start sending me her pictures as she draws adorable little animals and gorgeous flowers and I think they would make fabulous digital stamps, so give her a little motivation I have made her an Art Journal to put them in.  Once she has a few together I will get her organised to get them into files and start her an etsy shop.

Firstly here is her Birthday card......

I have used a selection of papers from the Lil Primrose 6x6 paper pad, cute frilled Gingham ribbon, prima innocence 2 flower, oval spellbinder nesties, distress ink and a KaiserCraft Lil Primrose stamp all available from Artfull Crafts.
The chipboard is some I won from Kellie's Blog when she was doing a 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway, and the other flowers are from my stash.  I coloured the image with prisma pencils.

I am entering this card in the following challenges...
Annabelle Stamps - Anything Goes
Cardmakin Mamas - Happy New Year
Crafty Catz Weekly challenge - Use Something New
Polkadoodles - Vintage/Retro



Now the Art Journal......

Again I used papers from the Lil Primrose 6x6 Pad.  I fussy cut some flowers from one of the sheets on both the art journal and the card. I used Glimmermist  on the lovely Prima resist canvas (teapot and butterfly), I cut out the label and the word "CREATE" on my cricut. there is 1/4 of a container of modge podge on here too, which is why the project took days instead of a few hours as I had to wait for layers to dry before moving onto the next one.

I am entering my art journal in the following challenges.....
Frosted Designs - Paint
Delicious Doodles - All things new
Fairytale Challenge blog - all things new
Simply Create too - Layers

Well that's me for now, hope you found a little inspiration. xox

TPS - Tie a Bow

This week the challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge is to tie a bow using some sort of spooled item.  I have used one of the newer images on my card, PRE-COLOURED a smart snow white.  I made this card for my Jodie's 2nd birthday last Tuesday, I can't believe how fast time is flying and how big she is getting.  I have managed to pass my love of all things pink onto her so I have made this card VERY pink just for her.
The sentiment was stamped using an old SU set and the ribbon is also from SU.  The papers came in a lovely package I was sent by my good friend Trace, the box was packed with loads of yummy paper crafting bits and bobs, I was so lucky.  I gave her blog a summer makeover to say thanks but I am thinking a little something in the mail could be called for.  Make sure and go and check her cards out, she is SUPER clever and talented.

SGC BIRTHDAY BLOGHOP

Can you believe we are a year old?, and what a fantastic year it has been with the support from all our wonderful sponsors, and to be on the best Design Team anyone could wish for. In celebration of this, we have an amazing bloghop with some of our fantastic regular sponsors giving away fabulous prizes. You should have arrived from MARIE, if not, head back to www.southerngirlschallenges.blogspot.com where a full blog hop list is.

I have used and image from The Paper Shelter called "My Little Spoiled". The Paper Shelter is giving away a $15 Gift Voucher to one lucky lady who 1 - comments on my blog and 2 - enters the challenge at Southern Girls Challenge.

So, to recap.... the rules are simple, make sure you make a project that is either Birthday themed, has lots of layers or even better both and enter on Southern Girls Challenges, also leave me a comment, and on the 20th of September I will draw a random name, that will be a winner of the sponsor that I am showcasing.

Now head on over to Alicia and have fun......

ASFOS - Birthday Card - and it was quick and easy :)

This Birthday card for our "Birthday Challenge" at A Spoonfull of Sugar was a nice easy one to make using precoloured "Cool Waitress" from The Paper Shelter and honeyscript from www.dafont.com . I had lots of fun making this in PSE9 but you could really make it in any good photo program. It is nice to have some flat birthday cards to send overseas that aren't going to cost me a fortune in postage to send. All I added as embellishments are some dewdrops in the cornersjust to break it up a little and the cardstock is Melon Mambo from Stampin Up.

Thanks loads for visiting and hope to see you linked up at ASFOS.......