Kate's Yellow Roses

I've recently made a couple of cards with bizarre subject matter eg: pigeons, fuschia's & bowls (on the one card) which my twitter friend Kate found highly amusing so when it came to the subject of her birthday, I thought I'd ask her what she liked. The response was crafting singing/playing piano and yellow roses. 

Armed with that information and knowing we shared a wicked (some may say warped) sense of humour I sat down for a think! 

The roses were easy I make them all the time I'm just not a huge fan of yellow so decided to go with that fact. I then decided on a digi stamp from La Pashe she's a little karaoke singer known as Batouttahell from 'The Next Big Thing' CD Rom.

I then decided to be bold with my colouring virtually limiting myself to two colours, yellow and grey although I wasn't going to be cruel enough to give her grey skin lol. I used my Graph'its for her skin and Spectrum Noirs for the rest. A bit of embossing using 'Floral Vine'  embossalicious folder on yellow card matted onto some grey pearlised card. Using the same grey card I used my 'Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops' die decorated the edge with gems and matted my finished image. I was tempted to add a keyboard border but opted for yet a bit more yellow. A few yellow roses et voila! 

Happy Birthday @KateRockett you nutter!

Happy Birthday Nikky!

Yes today is the birthday of the very talented Nikky Hall of 'Polkadoodles' fame. So I'd like to take this opportunity to wish her lots of love 'n' luck.

Seriously I hope my card arrived in one piece and not in a screwed up soggy mess but if not here it is again in a 'virtual' version.

What design do you send a designer? Is it an insult to send someone else's image? I have no idea so I sent her one of her own digi's from the Candy Doodles CD Rom coloured in with alcohol markers. I cut it out inked the edges and mounted it on to a spellbinder mat. I finished the topper off with a little raffia bow.

The backing paper comes from polkadoodles Sugar Birdies CD Rom I inked the edges and stuck it on an 8x8 card plank. I then added a bit of inked lace added my topper on foam tape along with a greeting and just to add another bit of texture I added a few wooden 'inked' flowers. Hope she likes it!

Forgive Me Crafters

For I Have Sinned! It's been 3 months since my last post! So I thought it was about time I did something about it. It's not that I haven't made any cards since then, I'm just so addicted to Twitter I end up showing it on there instead. So this time I've been good & saved one!

I printed off the cute image from Polkadoodles Candy Doodles CD Rom and coloured it in with a combination of pro and flex markers. I then cut it out using a spellbinders lacey circle die and inked thru with distress ink. I printed the green backing paper from polkadoodles Sugar Plum Daisy CD Rom and layered it with a smaller square of polkadot embossed card which was inked around the edges. I then added a contrasting piece of ribbon. The greeting is again from Polkadoodles (pen & part circle 3) cut out on a smaller spellbinder lacey circle. A few paper flowers & leaves, et voila!

Worth the wait? I appreciate any comments, good or bad.

I Need Therapy

Those of you that know me will probably agree, I need therapy but I was referring to the fab new DVD by Polkadoodles, Nicky Hall. I've watched it this weekend and then crafted along, pausing and rewinding where needed. I really think my colouring will improve over time with this tutorial DVD to fall back on.
I printed out a digi from Polkadoodles Candy Doodles CD Rom. Followed the skin tones & hair tutorial then kind of freestyled with the rest of the image. I then cut out the image using an xcut die and inked the edges. The backing paper I used is from another Polkadoodles CD (Pretty Tuff) I embossed some core donations card and tore & inked the sides added a bit of raffia, some buttons and a greeting. I'm quite pleased with the finished project.

Plumbers Birthday

I had a laugh making this card for my brothers 49th birthday later this month. The digi stamp came from my 'Just Inklined' CD Rom called 'The Next Big Thing'.

It's been coloured with pro markers with 'A Wink of Stella' for his undies! I matted and layered it all up onto an A4 card, inked the edges and cut out a spanner and some nuts from Polkadoodles 'Paper Boutique 3' on my Cameo.

I've just added the insert complete with the greeting 'At Your Age You Need To Keep An Eye On Your Plumbing!' hope he likes it ;-)

Me to You

I've had fun making this 50th birthday card for a friend. I even managed to convince myself to crack open the Hunkydory rainbow mirri board. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the decoupage layers added matching backing paper, card, ribbon & gemstones. Oh and not forgetting the bunting! A lot of people say CD crafting is not proper crafting but I disagree.

Emma Canning Digi

I so love this digi by the very talented Emma Canning that I decided to use it again if I feel brave enough I may even try to become part of the 'Flatfriends DT' as I love to colour in so much. I'd also like to enter this card into the Polkadoodles August Challenge.