Golden Thank You with SpiegelMom Scraps

Today I am sharing a totally blingin  in your face shiny Thank You card using products from SpiegelMom Scraps

I went a bit mad with all the gold but making cards is about having fun and this was super fun to make.

I started by sprinkling the mist then adhering the doily. I added the stardust sequins with dods, then made a circle from thread and stuck it down under the sequin heart and chevron cork pieces.  I chose some gold alphas from my alpha stash and then outlined my card with gold pen to finish.  Remember you can use the code Louise10 to receive a discount in the SpiegelMom Scraps store.

Thanks loads for joining me today, Lou.

        

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Things with Wings

A wicked challenge over at Digital Tuesday this week :) Things with Wings, the options are endless.  I have made my card using a Di's Digi Design Image, I have printed out quite a few of these little cuties so be sure to keep an eye out for more of these sweeties coming.

I have used Echo Park Sweet Day papers from the 6x6 pad and coloured the image with prisma pencils on watercolour paper.  The sentiment is from hero arts.

I am entering my card in the following challenges -
Di's Designs Challenge blog - More than 1 diecut
Crafting for All Seasons - Things with Wings
Diva's by Design - Lovely Layers
Fab n Funky - Things with Wings
Clear it Out - Child image plus stash (doily, I must stop hoarding these)
Sassy Cheryl - It's a Cut
Shopping Our Stash - embossing
Use It Tuesday - Anything Goes


Thanks loads for visiting :)  Hope you have a great Thursday.....

Card Mania - On The Beach

I am totally late with this card, but you still have 4 days to enter the current Card Mania Challenge which is "ON THE BEACH/IN THE SEA"

Our sponsor is Meljen's Stamps which is where the 2 images I have used on my card are from....

Two winners will get to pick 4 digi images each from the Meljen's Shop.

Make sure and drop by Card Mania to check out the rest of the DT's creations and thanks loads for dropping by :)

Dying to Diecut with Southern Girls

This fortnight at Southern Girls ..........

Our challenge is to use diecuts or punches on your projects :0) Remeber that at Southern Girls we love ALL types of paper craft including scrapbooking, mini albums, Off the Page projects, smashbook pages, cards........ the list is endless!

We have some awesome sponsors this challenge and you have to enter to win, so get cracking.lol.

This is the card I made for the challenge using a stamp from Kitty Lane....

So I look forward to seeing those entries this week and looking at your fantastic creations.

Other Challenges I am entering are........

Tip Top Tuesday - Use something older than 6 months - I used my crystal stem.
Use it Tuesday - 2 hoarded items - Crystal Stem and prima rose paper
Ribbon Carousel - Fancy Flowers
Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

Some Sewing Cards..........

Have you been to the Artfull Craft webshop and seen the bag a bargain packs?????  If not you should definitely check them out.  My first 2 cards are made with Cosmo Cricket (one of my very favourite companies) Material Girl papers and my sewing machine.

aren't they cute! I also used my sewing machine on paper (arghhhhhhhhh) a personal first for me as I always feared wrecking my precious sewing machine, but now I have started, I LOVE IT! I worked out you still need to backstitch just like on fabric.

Next up is a lil' primrose card, made with a 6.5x6.5 pad.  The flowers are from my stash and the leaves were punched.  The cage and bird were cut on my cricut.

You can see I made this card before I discovered the joys of "real" sewing, although the faux stitching looks great too and is very therapeutic when we are nearing the end of the school holidays :) 

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The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

This week is ANYTHING GOES at The Paper Shelter Challenge, so I decided to make a waterfall card with some cute girly TPS images.  I cropped the images so the faces are the main focus and fitted in the squares nicely.  I used the following images (I have included links to the appropriate area in the shop)

Rapunzel

Sophie in the Country

In the 20s

Fairy Emma

The papers are digital papers and the cardstock is SU Cameo Coral.  Hope you will come over and join in with us at the Paper Shelter Challenge, remember you may use any image you like and the theme is anything goes.

I am entering this card in the following challenges...
Creative Challenges - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Reel Challenge - Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash - Digi Images
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Waving Thank You...

Ok it is getting harder and harder to come up with post titles these days, for newcomers to my blog you may wonder why???? She has only been blogging for a few months!!!!  Well actually this is my 3rd blog, for some reason my blogs seem to crap out and freeze up or delete themselves after 2 years, I think I am cursed.   So yeah it is getting a bit harder to come up with titles after 4 years.

I made this card this morning..........

 The image is called Winnie and she is from Krista Smith at Saturated Canary.  I followed a sketch from THAT CRAFT PLACE challenge and the challenge at The Saturated Canary Challenge is ANYTHING GOES so I am entering that too.

Here is a little close up of my colouring and the image, I am definitely getting alot better with my prisma pencils which is FANTASTIC!!!!

 And here is a little close up of the flags, just for fun coz I love how glittery and cute they are :)  The stamps are from heroarts and are actually meant to be put away for Christmas for me from the kidlets.  hmmm that's the problem when you buy your own Christmas gifts and you LOVE them.lol.

The paper is from a cool set of digi papers called Mini Flowers by SherylK and they are totally my fav colours, there are another 9 cute designs in the set, very cute.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges.....
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons & Bows
Hiding in my Craft Room - Holiday, Any Holiday (She has a caravan, so she is obviously on holiday)
The Hybrid Chick - Make it Sparkle
Cropstop - Be Thankful
Paperplay - Being Thankful
Cardmakin Mamas - Sentiments
Allsorts - Pennants or Bunting

Thanks loads for dropping by, Have a fantastic day :)

Thanks Geoff!!!!

I made this little cutie for Geoff who works with Andrew at Hatuma, he sent us a lovely Peter Rabbit book for  William and a lovely book that is a true story about a puppy called HERBERT for the other  little Forsyths to congratulate them on their new brother.  The thing that is so surprising is that Geoff is unmarried & lives on his own!  I was so blown away particually when I opened the books up and he had written a lovely paragraph in each one.  What a great guy, and just so you know he was until recently single, a great catch for the lucky lady that has snaffled him I think.  The image is from PollyCraft and I have used their Sketch from the challenge for my card.  

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Here is a close up of my blinged up star, coloured with Copics and Prisma pencils and then covered with Tattered Angel Glimmerglam in Pixie Dust which gives it awesome shine and bling.

And here is a close up of the coloured image, I am regretting having left my copics gathering dust for a while since I have gotten my prismas because used together and then blended over with OMS the results are awesome.

I am entering this card in the following challenges including the PollyCraft one I mentioned in my post...........

Cardmakin Mamas - Thanks
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Use a Digi
4 Crafty Chicks - Baby, Baby, Baby
Aud Sentiments - Thank You
Craft Challenge - Cute
Penny's Challenge - Give Thanks
Scrapbook Sisters - Baby Baby
Creative Card Crew - Thankfull
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Bling It On
Cutie Pie Challenge - Use A Charm
icopic - Thankfull
Lexi's Creations - Charming

Quick & Easy With Baby Steps and Artfull Crafts

Just thought I would share a couple of projects I made using the Simple Stories Baby Steps 6x6 paper pad availble from ARTFULL CRAFTS.  I am so into this cute little pad as it has adorable single sided papers in totally cute patterns that could be for boys or girls.  Plus pages of sweet elements like I have used on my thank you card.  I like single sided paper pads as I always have a panic attack covering up a gorgeous pattern on the reverse side when I do projects using double sided papers, but that is just me and my OCD kicking in.

Onto the projects............... 

 First up we have a really quick and easy Thank You card using papers and an element from the Baby steps pad which have been distressed with scissors to within an inch of their lives then inked with a creamish brown ink in a sponge, then I painted the edges of the card and distressed the letters for the sentiment using Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fences, I used some twine to fasten a button for some added interest and then stuck a punched butterfly in the corner of the element. To finish I gave it a couple of sprays with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Frost.  It honestly took about 10 minutes to make.  Super quick and easy.

I am entering my card in the following challenges....
Whimsy Stamps - Button It
Lady bug Crafts - Oh Baby
Charisma Cards - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything goes

Next up we have Zippy's ( sorry William's ) plunket book, none of my children have boring run of the mill uncovered  record books, where is the fun in that?????  So out came the Baby Steps pad again, I cut up a few papers to use on this to give it kind of a quilted look.  I cut Will's name out on my cricut using the "songbird" cartridge.  The cute wooden safety pin is from KaiserCraft and I put some distress Crackle paint in Picket Fences on it and around the edges of the book.  I then did the little dashes to look like stitching with a brown ink pen and went round the letters for definition.  Another really quick project.
Thanks for looking and I hope I have inspired you to whip up some super easy and quick projects.

I am entering Will's Book in the following Challenges
Anything Goes Challenge - To The Letter
Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything But a Card

Thank You cards from William

A quick post from me tonight as I am busy busy with my new little bundle of joy and NEED SLEEP :)

I made these while I was in hospital after having William, appropriate that they are thankyou cards really........

This first card was made with My Minds Eye papers from the 6x6 pad Lost & Found - Portobello Road.  I inked the edges with old paper distress ink and an inking tool.  I then embellished with pearls and assorted flowers.  The image is a Popcorn the Bear one from Crafters Companion.

My next card was made almost entirely from a Party Animals paper pad from Kaiser Craft.  These awesome pads make it so easy to make awesome co-ordinating cards that come together easily and look fabulous!

Well thats a wrap from me as I have to get to bed and get some sleep!