Ismaki Challenge and My Time to Craft

This card I made using the sketch challenge on Ismaki

It also qualifies for last weeks challenge on My Time to Craft, which was Sparkle "Use shiney card, gems or glitter".

I used pink petticoat papers, some cuddly buddly papers and some bits of card from my stash. I stamped the Cuddly Buddly stamp, Charley onto white card and watercoloured it and then cut it out. I added 3 large flower gems, which are nice and sparkly and also a prima flower.

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Beautiful Bird

I have been playing with some more of my new stamps today and I really love how this card has turned out.

I used an A5 card and covered it with some Pink Peticoat Designs paper. I put lilac ribbon down the left hand side and also across the card, close to the bottom and added a purple flower with a large brad. I used my alcohol inks to make the backgrounds for the images and I stamped them using black stazon ink. I layered the stamped images onto white card and then purple card, then added them to the main card.

Both of the stamps I used on this card I bought from I brake for stamps.

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Going for green - SS week 10

This is the card I made for the Sunday Stamper challenge, which this week, was set by Lesley. As green is her favourite colour, the challenge was "make sure that whatever you make features the colour green".

I used a cream A6 card and stamped a calligraphy stamp (Lost Coast Designs) in green ink all over the front of the card. I then stamped the Mona Lisa (I brake for stamps) stamp in green ink onto white card and cut out the stamped image. I then layered the image onto two shades of green card and highlighted the wording on the stamp (Mystic Smile) using 3d gloss.

Both of the stamps I used for this card are Lost Coast Designs

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Quite a productive Saturday

Well I didn't think I would get any crafting done today, but I managed to make three cards :-) This first card I made following the card sketch challenge on ISMAKI #12

I used a cream square card and some lilac Anna Griffin paper, some gold shimmery paper and some purple card which I stamped an Anna Griffin rose background stamp onto. I added a stamped flower which I mounted onto some purple mirror card and then added a couple of different flowers to finish off the design and a happy birthday sentiment.

Just a note

For this card I used a cream A5 card in landscape. I layered some Anna Griffin paper onto some dark red card, just leaving a small edge showing. The "just a note" is a gold peel off which I put onto some cream card and then layered it onto a piece of the backing paper and then the dark red card. The little hearts contain real pressed flowers and I placed them on the card to follow a sketch - again an older one from My Paper World challenge blog.

Another pink and brown card

This is the third card I made today and I used one of the old sketches from My Paper World Challenge Blog.

I used a cream square card and some scraps of papers I had in my "bits box". I used an Anna Griffin Sunflower stamp and stamped it using rusty brown stazon onto pink card which I then cut in a circle and edged with gold krylon pen. The Happy Birthday sentiment is just a peel off.

Purple Angel

This card, you might recognise the backing :-) I used Pink Peticoat papers for the background and I stamped a cute little angel stamp (Lost Coast Designs) in purple stazon onto white card. I then layered this onto some purple mirror card and put it on an angle on the card. I also stamped a small Birthday Girl stamp in purple stazon onto white card and layered it onto purple mirror card also. Finally I added a small flower, attaching it with a little white brad.

I made this card with two challenges in mind - the first one is Cute Card Thursday, where the challenge this week was to use people on your card.

The second challenge is Wednesday Stamper, where the challenge was to use purple on your card

My 1st Gothic Arches

These are my first attempts at making Gothic Arches - I think they are a bit plain and need more texture to them. For the backgrounds I used distress inks and then I stamped various stamps using stazon ink/versamark with gold embossing powders. Here is the link to the templates I used.

One Card - Three Challenges

This card I combined three challenges into one card. The design / layout of the card is the sketch challenge on Papertake Weekly.

Also the Theme Thursday Challenge is to use pink and brown.


The challenge this week on Arty Girlz is "make something that includes chocolate! Chocolate coloured paper, ribbons, flowers, chocolate smelling embossing powder. A chocolate cake perhaps! The only other condition is that it HAS to include only one other colour (oh ok I'll let you have white too then lol)." So I used chocolate brown and pink as my two main colours and used a DMD butterfly stamp as my main image (don't know what that has to do with chocolate though) LOL.

Mountboard Squares

This is the first time I've used mountboard. These are 2" x 2" squares which I have made for a swap I'm involved in. The only condition was that they had to be spring colours. I used my distress ink pads to make the backgrounds and sprayed a little gold glimmer mist on. I stamped various See D's floral stamps using a versamark ink pad and sprinkled gold embossing powder on and heated with my heat gun. I coloured the flowers using my Marvey Le Plume pens and then edged each of the squares in gold.

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Di Hickman March Sketch #4

I made this card following a sketch on Di Hickmans Blog. I used a lilac A5 card and the papers I used are from Pink Peticoat. I just added a purple ribbon and bow as on the sketch. I feel that there is something missing from this card - it looks too bare to me. I might alter it and add something else to it ..... but then it wouldn't follow the sketch LOL.

Monday Blues

I've had a good crafting day today and made some blue cards for a change.

This first card is a 5" x 5" square card, which I covered with some backing paper which I downloaded from Buddy Irish. The stamped image is a Paper Artsy one and I stamped it onto light blue card using an encore metallic ink pad and layered it onto some darker blue and then light blue card again. The Happy Birthday is again stamped in encore metallic ink and the stamp I used it a Docrafts/Whispers one. Again I simply layered it onto dark blue and light blue card and then added a couple of light blue flower brads. Finally I added some grosgrain ribbon down the side.

My Paper World Sketch #7

For this card I used an A5 card blank and covered it with light blue patterned paper downloaded from Buddy Irish. The stamped image is one of my lovely Lost Coast Design stamp which I stamped using an encore metallic ink pad onto light blue cardstock. I added a small silver butterfly and a couple of punched out flowers attached with brads to complete the My Paper World sketch design.

A Couple of Mona's

This first one I like the simplicity of it ... a bit like me, simple LOL. I used a 5" x 5" square card blank and I stamped the Lost Coast Design Mona Lisa stamp using rusty brown stazon onto cream card. I just layered this onto some copper mirror card and mounted it onto the card. The sentiment is a Docrafts/Whispers stamp, which again I stamped in rusty brown stazon and matted and layered it the same. I then simply added some brown ribbon down the left hand side and hey - presto a very quick card.

Di Hickman Sketch March #3

This card I made using the sketch from Di Hickman's blog. I'm not really sure about this card - OH says I can't put Mona Lisa in a flower like that - but it's growing on me LOL.



I used a square card blank and cut the front diagonally as shown in the sketch. I covered the inside back of the card and the front of the card with some stripe paper. I stamped the Lost Coast Design Mona Lisa onto cream card using stazon ink and cut her out in a circle. I cut a slightly larger circle out of copper mirror card and mounted Mona on this. I then attached a large flower to the front of the card and matted my design on top of it. I then just added a couple of little burnt orange flowers and added some gold glitter glue to the centres.

Happy Easter

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter :-)

This card, I made for a sketch challenge, on My Paper World. I have to admit it isn't quite to the sketch, but I hope it will be okay LOL

For this card I used a Lost Cost Design Stamp and stamped it using rusty brown stazon ink onto white card. I then layered this onto some copper card. I used two pieces of beige paper again layered onto another piece of copper card and then put the main "topper" onto this. I added an orange ribbon and then realised that the ribbon should have gone more over towards the stamped image.

Inspired by a friend

One of my forum friends has some lovely black and white cards on her blog. I was so inspired by these and so made some today. Thank you Andrea for the inspiration :-)



For this card I used a black A5 card and some Pink Peticoat papers. The stamped image is one of my new Lost Coast Design stamps - Winged Girl and stamped using black stazon onto white card. I simply layered the stamped image onto some black and white cardstock and mounted it onto the card, added some black ribbon and a bow.

Spread your wings and fly

This is another of my new Lost Coast Design stamps - Spread Your Wing and Fly. Again, I stamped the image onto white card using black stazon and then layered it onto white and black card. The paper I have used is again another Pink Peticoat one and again I simply added a black ribbon and bow. I do like black and white cards :-)

Birthday Card

This card I made for a forum friend's birthday. The stamped image is one I stamped at a craft club a while ago.

I used some distress ink over the stamped image to give it an aged look and then I layered it onto some copper mirror card. I added a brown ribbon and it was finished.

Some Fat Book Pages - Challenge 6

These are a few more fat book pages which I've made for a swap. I've used distress inks to make the backgrounds and then used various stamps and stazon ink.

This weeks challenge on My Time to Craft is Quotes and Sayings, so I thought I could combine these with the challenge also.