Sweet Little Gothic Girl

Hey-de-ho me lovelies,

Apologies for being so hit and miss with my blog recently...we seem to have had an endless stream of house guests staying with us (it's been a fab summer though, so not moaning) and what with fitting in work around the school holidays means there hasn't been much time for anything else. I do hope to remedy that soon though and get back into blogging on regular days!

Anyhoo, I'm sharing a card today that I made for Sophie's friend Liv, who turned 14 at the end of June and although it's a very clean and simple design, for once I feel that less is definitely more. I'm so pleased with the way the colours work on this card and the little goth girl is absolutely adorable.

I merged 2 digital images together for this card.  The little goth girl is a pre-coloured image from The Paper Shelter and the fence in the background is a pre-coloured image from Pink Gem Designs.  I have to say, that one of the things I absolutely love about working with digital images, is that they're so versatile and adaptable.

Digital Images: The Paper Shelter (Gothic Girl), Pink Gem Designs (Heart Fence) and Delicious Scraps (Doodled Borders Vol.2)

Card Stock: SU! (Real Red)

Sentiment: DigiStamp Boutique (Happy Birthday Ticket - cropped)

Sophie's 14th Birthday Card

Morning all, it's beautifully sunny here today after a full day of rain yesterday. At least the whole Easter weekend hasn't been a complete washout but it has gone far too quickly for my liking. Do I want to go back to work tomorrow? That'll be a big fat no then lol!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for Sophie's birthday last weekend...I recently learnt how to do step cards (courtesy of the lovely Sue from Bearhouse Creations) and now I'm obsessed and can't stop making them. They seem to have really ignited my craft mojo and I'm pretty sure you'll be seeing lots more of this style of card in the coming weeks!

I'm entering my card into the current TPS Challenge #154...Spring is Here (ends 22/4/14)

Digital Image: The Paper Shelter (Coffee Break)

Digital Design Papers: Bella Gypsy (Friends)

Colouring Medium: Promarkers & Smooth White Card

Card Stock: SU! (Tangerine Tango)

Embellishments: Ribbon, Button and Pearls from my craft stash

Tools: Poppy Stamps Die (Banner Die), Carl Flower Punch

Sentiments: Created on the computer using 'Cinnamon' font

Passion for Promarkers #237...Flowers

Good morning, I hope you're all OK and that any poorlies out there are on the mend soon. I've had a really rubbish start to the week and I'm hoping it will get better as the week goes on!

Passion for Promarkers have a brand new challenge today and our theme is all about FLOWERS!

You can use floral digi papers like me, or add loads of flower embellies...or even use a flower image! Just so long as you use promarkers for colouring in, the options are endless!

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and the prize is 7 digi images to the winner!

Digital Image: The Paper Shelter (So Pretty)

Digital Design Papers: Bella Gypsy (Friends)

Colouring Medium: Promarkers & Smooth White Card

Card Stock: SU! (Certainly Celery)

Embellishments: Flower Buttons and Ribbon from my craft Stash

Tools: Die-namics Die (Simply Scallops Medium), Alphabet Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Cuddly Buddly Rubber Stamp

Cupcake 236...Get your Kraft On

Happy Easter Monday to you all and more importantly a HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to my gorgeous neice Alex, hope you have an amazing day my lovely!

Mondays always mean a new challenge over at Cupcake at this week we want to see you GET YOUR KRAFT ON! Basically, we want you to colour on kraft and its our lovely Delphine who has chosen this wonderful theme.

We're sponsored by The Ribbon Girl and the prize they're offering is a £10 Gift Voucher to the winner chosen at random.

I treated myself to one of the new Embossalicious folders from Cutting Edge Crafts and these folders are amazing because they are 6"x6" square. I ran mine through the Big Shot and it fitted perfectly. The only problem is....I want more of them now!

I'm entering my card into the following challenge...

The Paper Shelter #105...Anything Goes (ends 2/4/13)

Digital Image: The Paper Shelter (Funny Sunflower)

Colouring Medium: Promarkers & SU! Crumb Cake

Card Stock: SU! (Crumb Cake)

Embellishments: Gingham Ribbon & Pearls from my craft stash

Tools: Embossalicious (Florabunder) Nestabilities (Floral Ovals)

Sentiment: Pink Gem (Sunshine & Smiles)

Guess The Cupcake Card

To celebrate our 4th Birthday over at Cupcake last week, we ran a competition for crafters to guess which Cupcake had made which card...I couldn't post my card until ther winners were announced (posted on the Cupcake challenge blog yesterday) and I'm happy to be able to post my card today.

There's also a new challenge going live at Cupcake today and it's one of my fav theme's...BLACK & WHITE. The Cupcakes have provided some fab inspiration so pop on over you want to find out more and join in the fun!

Digital Image: The Paper Shelter (Sweet Kitty)
Design Papers: Sweet Shoppe Designs (Scoop it Up)
Card Stock: SU! Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: Ribbons, Lace, Pink Loop Twine, Pearl Ribbon Charm & Pearls from my Craft Stash!
Tools: SU! Border Punch
Sentiment: TLC