Josh Griffiths Forest Animals...

Hey there, crafty friends! I'm back to share a couple of cards made with the Josh Griffiths Forest Animal dies that I got in my recent Sizzix haul...

First up is the Valentine's card I made for hubby using the ever so sweet Bear die - he is so easy to layer up and turns out SO CUTE!...

Then I decided to make up the deer die and create a card...

The little rocks came from another Josh Griffiths set that I got in the sale called Twilight Animals...

And then, because you have to cut multiple layers for each animal, I couldn't waste the other layers, so ended up with a whole menagerie of animals!...

 

I have to say, that cute bear has to be my favourite and I can see me using him for quite a few Christmas cards this year! I still have the little raccoon to play with, but that's for another day...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my die cut creations...

Crafty hugs, 

Tiddly Dogs...

 Hey there, crafty buddies! So it seems that I forgot to post the card that I made for my eldest son's birthday earlier this year and thought it would be good to play along with Lorraine's 'Use Red and/or Pink' challenge over at Passion for Markers...

 I made this sweet A6 card (not a size I make very often but should try and do more of, if only for storage space?!) using Tiddly Inks Flying high stamp set - which is now available as a digital download from their Etsy store HERE...

 I kept my card clean and simple, just stenciling a cloud background with some simple mats and layers, a few cloud die cuts and my favourite script sentiment dies....

 I finished with a few gem sprinkles and decorated the inside to match with one of the balloon stamps fussy cut with a white border...

Colour List :

Dogs - Cappuccino, Umber

Balloons - Pale Pink, Cocktail Pink, watermelon, Red, Berry, Burgundy, Dolphin Blue, Cornflower, Storm Cloud, Tea Green, Pebble Blue, Blender 

I'd like to enter my card into the Passion for Markers #775 Use Red and/or Pink challenge 

and I Love Promarkers challenge #576 Anything goes with optional Down on the Farm

 

Thanks for dropping by and I may be back soon with some creations from my crafty Sizzix haul....

 

Coloured embossing...

 Good evening, crafty friends...I'm back to share a simple card that I created for my sister's birthday this weekend and thought i would tie it in with playing along with what should have been my challenge over at Passion for Markers...

 

I want to try and use some of my older crafty products, mainly to justify keeping them, but also to hopefully find new ideas with them and decided to go through my number of embossing folders. I embossed some white cardstock with this pretty floral folder and then coloured the pattern up with my Promarkers -

Apple, Forest Green, Baby Pink, Dusky Rose, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Soft Peach, Honeycomb, Lilac, Amethyst, Blue Pearl and China Blue

I mat the panel onto a black mat, added a dusky pink strip and my favourite script dies, before finishing off with a touch of glitter and some small enamel dots...

I would like to enter my card into the 'Birthdays' challenge over at Passion for Markers this week...

Crafty hugs,

Guess who's back?!...

 Hi there, crafty friends! I'm back again!...

I have quite a few birthdays and other occasions happening this month and I need to try and create some quick and easy cards to send. I find that when I have spent a couple of hours on a card, I am reluctant to give it to anyone unless I think that they will a) appreciate it and b) not throw it in the bin after a day...I know that inevitably this is what happens to a lot of our creations but also know that some people appreciate handmade cards more than others!

Anyway, I created this simple embossed card using an embossing folder from my stash (think I picked it up from Amazon but not sure)...I am also trying to justify the huge amount of craft products I have by revisiting things that may have fallen out of favour and using them again...

I used another of the 'Thank You' cards from The Works as my base card and inked the embossing with Tattered Rose, Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint and Pistachio Distress Oxides before matting onto a soft brown cardstock...

 

I used a Pastel Blue Promarker to colour the tiny flowers and added small pearl for the centres. I finished off with a pretty sentiment and acetate line butterfly which was gifted in a pack of ephemera from a crafty friend...

Hope you like my simple card. It's similar to these anniversary makes I did for our local village shop...

Thanks for popping by and I hope you find inspiration in my card...

Crafty hugs,

First card of 2025!...

 Hey there, crafty friends...well isn't this a turn up for the books?! I have actually sat at my crafty table (a couple of times now!) and made a few cards...I can't say that it came naturally or whether I completely enjoyed it or not but I've found that breaking things down into pieces helps. So I sat one afternoon and coloured some images, then I stamped and cut some sentiments, then made up some cards...I found it much easier to do like this and didn't feel that I was taking a whole afternoon or evening creating...

So for my first card of 2025, I have used a Tiddly Ink stamp called "Flying High" (which is now available as a digital image in Christy's Etsy store HERE) and coloured the girl and balloons image up with my Pro/Flexmarkers :

Skin - Blush, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Coral

Hair - Pastel Yellow, Cappuccino, Umber

Yellow - Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold

Truquoise - Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Surf Blue

Pinks - Pale pink, Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink, Watermelon

 I used a printed thank you card that I picked up in The Works for a bargain price in the sale last year as my card base and added a simple white panel for the image to sit on. I added a strip of candy stripe paper matted onto dusky pink and then some of my favourite dies - clouds (of course!) and my Yana Smakula sentiment dies - I think I could add these to most of my creations (and have recently!)  I finished off with some crystal stars and pink enamel dots (courtesy of the lovely Marianne)...

I would like to enter my card into the Passion for Markers Week 771 Challenge - For the Girls

I hope you like my pretty, girly card and will be back soon to share some more creations...long may the craft/life balance continue! 

Hugs,

Passion for Markers - Mega Christmas Challenge...

 It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that this will be my last entry as Design Team member for Passion for Markers....after 11 years of designing and crafting with a fabulous group of people, it has come to the time for me to hang up my markers. I am really struggling with wanting to craft at the moment and so feel it is time to step away for a while and reset - I am hoping that with a break, I will find the things that I enjoy doing again and reconnect with my love for making....

Our Mega Christmas challenge is running until the 7th January and has a super easy theme of 'Anything Goes'...

 As always, our fabulous sponsors have been so generous in their prize offerings :

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £20.00 gift voucher

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Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 product of your choice (must be in stock)

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Leann’s World 101 are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

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All Dressed Up stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

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Polkadoodles are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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Sheepski Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

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RAM Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a £10.00 voucher

 

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Di's Digi Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a £6.00 voucher

Some wonderful prizes, I'm sure you'll agree...

 

Just a reminder that for this challenge, you can enter up to a maximum of 3 times and can enter via the Linky HERE...

 

For my DT card, I used a digital image from Lili of the Valley and kept everything clean and simple, making the image the focal point of the card and just adding some glitter, peel off and gem embellishments...

I hope that you can join in with our festive challenge and wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!...

Huge crafty hugs,

Passion for Markers - Add one or more presents...

 This week's challenge over at Passion for Markers has been set by the lovely Sue who would like you to add one or more presents to your creations...

 We're being sponsored by The Paper Shelter who are offering one lucky winner a choice of 3 digital images from their online store...

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with called "Merry Christmas my Dear"...

I just used the Santa with present part of the image and coloured him up with my Pro/Flexmarkers, matting and layering onto a simple card layout and adding some glittered die cut snowflakes, gem stars and a couple of fishtail flags.

I went with a non traditional colour scheme as I've never been a big fan of red, green and gold for my Christmas creations...

I hope you can find the time to play along with our festive challenge this week and will be round to see all of your wonderful creations...

Crafty hugs,