Two cards, one background...

Good afternoon, crafty friends! I have a freebie for you today and a bit of inspiration too...

I created this mountainscape to compliment my Happy Campers Project Kit and used the red tone background with the caravan image...

I added Impression Obsession die cut trees (DIE217-E) and a sentiment from Olga's free download, as part of Craft Stash's 5th Birthday...

The blue background inspired me to make a Christmas card (which is a rarity for me, as I don't 'do' Christmas until at least November!)...

Once again, I used my Obsession Impression tree dies and added some Sizzix snowflakes, peel off waste dots, string and a stamped sentiment...

I love both of these cards and think these backgrounds could be used in so many ways...they would even coordinate with the free digital collection that I created for Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine Issue 202...

 Please note : this image carries an angel policy which allows the user to download and use the image for personal use in any craft/ home decor project. It IS NOT to be shared or duplicated in any way or used for commercial use. Please direct people to https://ellas-design.blogspot.com/ to download

and credit where applicable

To download the image, click on it to open, then right click on the picture and click Save As... name the file whatever you like and save it to your computer. I hope you like my freebie and I would love to see anything that you create with it!

Happy crafting,

Watercolour backgrounds...

Good morning again, dear Blogger buddies! I've been playing around with watercolour backgrounds this morning, along with my new CD - Say it with Flowers...

I have a real love for 'clean and simple' these days and thought that the flowers would look nice with a watercolour style background...

I really like the way they've turned out and thought I would share them with my crafty friends! For my cards, I used the Pansy and Tulip decoupage from Say it with Flowers and these watercolour backgrounds...

To Save click on the image, then right click and Save Image As...
I also created these, thinking that they'll go with the other flowers on the disc...

Hope you like them! All I ask is that if you use them, you could give a link to my blog for people to come and get them for themselves.
Crafty hugs,

A freebie!...

Good evening, dear Blogger buddies! A quick pop in to share a freebie with you all! This little guy was heading for the recycle bin, but I thought I would post him and see if any of you lovely crafters would like to give him a new home?...

Hugs,
Lisa x

Passon for Promarkers - Lace...

Good morning, my lovelies!  Well, Tuesday's here again which means it's challenge time over at Passion for Promarkers!  It's Team 1 and the fabulous Julie in the hostess chair this week and she's chosen the theme 'Lace', so as long as you've used your Letraset pens and have some lace on your project, you're good to go!  We're being sponsored by the amazing Letraset this week who are offering one lucky winner the chance to get their mitts on a fantastic set of 6 Flexmarkers!...

Don't forget to be eligible to win the prize, you MUST use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

...I went all pink and girly with my card, using a pretty pink polka dot card from my scraps drawer and sweet Abi Ballerina digistamp which is a freebie from All Dressed Up!...

...I kept the colours for Abi quite soft, with only a few colours in my list :

Skin : Blush, Dusky Pink, Coral

Hair : Buttercup, Campagne, Sandstone

Dress, ribbon and ballet slippers : Muted Pink, Tea Rose, Watermelon

Outline : Soft Aqua

I added lots of sparkle to her dress, hairband and slippers with crystal glitter and attached her using foam pads to 'pop' her off the page...

...I used a Marianne doily die behind Abi to create some focus and added some pretty lace and fine pink satin ribbon, and a lace bow tied with a small paper rose.  I made some bunting from scraps and used the small hearts from Memory Box Precious Hearts die between the pennants.  Some pearls and a simple sentiment finished the front...

...I added a printed insert using the black and white line image of Abi and 'Especially for you'.
I hope you like my girly creation and can find the time to join in with our pretty challenge this week!  Don't forget to hop on over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to see what my lovely teamies have made for your inspiration and I look forward to visiting and seeing what you create!
Hugs,

A couple more Tildas...

Good afternoon, lovey peeps!  Well, it's almost the weekend and yet another week has flown by...at this rate, Christmas will have been and gone before we know it!  I have got my designer head on at the moment and am on a bit of a roll drawing images for my next disc!  My (it's supposed to be hubby's but has now been claimed full time by me!) desk is full of pieces of paper with sketches on, pencils, foam pads and toppers where I've been printing and trialling different designs - maybe one of these days I'll actually tidy it ?!  (Cue fits of hysterical laughter from my family!)

Anyway, I am mid-sort of my computer files too and came across another couple of Princess Tilda cards that I haven't blogged, so here they are for your inspiration...

 ...I used the same layout as before for the green and pink combo, as I batch made these, just altering the colour scheme and Tilda's hair and dress colour each time.

I also found a couple of drawings that I thought I would share for you to use, so will be posting them for you to download in the next week or so.  The first is a horseshoe digistamp...

...To download, just click on the image then right click and Save Image as...to your PC.  There's also a digitally coloured version...

...Don't know if anyone will use them, but I thought it better to give the chance than just delete them!  (If you do use them, I'd love to see what you make with them!)

Short and sweet from me today, I'm off to heat up some homemade chicken and veg soup for lunch and then I might just tackle my craft table so that we possibly might be able to have tea sat at it this evening!  I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow! Have a great weekend and let's hope that the sun remembers to shine again!
Hugs,

In limbo...

*If you're looking for my Passion for Promarkers DT card, please scroll down a post!*

Good morning, dear Bloggers!  Well, firstly, I must apologise for my absence - I was hoping that it would be because of the fact that the house would now be nearing completion, when the harsh reality is that they haven't even started yet!!  It is the school summer holidays and I, as the title suggests, am in a total state of limbo!  Half of our belongings are packed away in various places and my crafty stash is still partly in the shed, and with not knowing when the work is likely to start, I am reluctant to unpack it all!  I had been so good, getting ahead with my DT cards and making sure that all my card orders were up to date and now, I am back to square one, trying to get ahead again in case work suddenly does start!  We are waiting for the gas board to come and connect us to the mains - our wonderful council only put the order in about 5/6 weeks ago, despite knowing since last August that we wanted to switch (as you can imagine, not very happy with our local council at the moment!).  So, I'm afraid that it means I will likely be sporadic in my posting for the near future!

On the plus side, I have managed to sit and colour in a few of the CAS cards that I printed out when work was first supposed to start, so I do have a little craftiness to share with you all today!...

Card number one is using the ever so cute Wee One from Wee Stamps...

...I coloured her as a little girl this time, using brighter pinks than I normally would, but I quite like the results.  Here's the colours I used :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink

Hair : Linen, Buttercup, Champagne, Sandstone

Pram : Tea Rose, Cocktail Pink, Watermelon, Antique Pink, Primrose, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sandstone, Caramel

Bird : Glacier Blue, Cloud Blue, Sunflower

Horse : Tea Green, Soft Green, Blossom, Sorbet, Ivory, Vanilla

I used Stickles Frosted Lace on the trim around the hood and added some pearls to the wheel centres and top corner...

...Card number 2 was using the fabulous free image from MayZArt.  We are big Doctor Who fans and the tenth Doctor (aka David Tennant) was probably one of my favourites, so I just love this image!  I forgot to write the colours down for this one, but I think that they were :

Tardis : Midnight Blue, Navy Blue, Blender for highlights, Tulip Yellow, Gold, Ivory, Champagne, Cool Grey 4, 5 & Black

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed

Hair and Jacket : Cinnamon, Cocoa, Umber

Trousers : Pastel Beige, Soft Khaki, Khaki

Tie : Crimson, Burgundy,

Shoes : Cool Grey 1 & 3

...Card number 3 uses the sweet Alyssa Relaxing from Digi Stamp Boutique.  I decided to colour the bath this time, rather than paper piece and am not totally convinced on the result - I used my blender to add some polka dots and added Frosted Lace Stickles to the bubbles.  Here's the colours again for all you Promarker fans :

Skin : Blush, Dusky, Sunkissed Pink (my usual combo at the moment)

Hair : Nutmeg, Saddle Brown, Auburn, Rosewood

Pillow : Tea Rose, Watermelon

Bath : Tea, Pastel, Soft Green, Ivory, Champagne

Bottle : Aniseed, Lime Zest, Pear Green

So there we are, like buses, you wait ages for one and then 3 come along at once! (Unless you live where we do and then you're lucky to get one every 2 hours!! lol!)  I do hope that work starts soon - most people will be glad when it's finished, I'll just be glad when it starts!  I will try to post when I can and I do keep dropping by you all to see what you're up to.  Enjoy the rest of the Summer and hope to see you soon, big crafty hugs,

Lisa x

Wedding carriage...

Hey guys, back again!  As promised, here's a card I made using the wedding carriage freebie below...

...it's a C5 card (what no square?!), with gold mirri and vintage cream embossed paper...

...The carriage is coloured with Promarkers : Cinnamon, Tan and Light Fawn FM for the wheels, Sandstone, Vanilla and Ivory for the carriage, Dusky Rose, Pale Pink and Pale Blossom for the interior, and Cool Grey 5,4,3 and 1 for the horses.  The image was actually quite easy to colour, despite the detail!

...I used the second smallest Floral Ovals Nestabilities for the sentiment and printed the wording out using PS...

...to embellish, I used a pretty heart shaped doily, maribu feather, pearl string, a mixture of paper and silk flowers and the Memory Box Madera corner die cut up.  I wasn't sure about the image at first, thinking that it would be a bit fiddly to colour, but now it's completed I'm lovin' it!  Hope you like it too and find use for it!  Lisa x

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

One Stop Craft

Celebrations

CRAFT Challenge

Celebration

Crafty Ribbons Challenge

Flowers

DYSU Challenge

Use a Flower

Digi Doodle Shop

Bingo

I've gone with middle across, A bit of sparkle, Something New (my digistamp) & Pearls

A quick freebie...

Hi guys, Just thought I'd drop in with a quick freebie for you all.  Don't know if it will be of any use, but you're welcome to download it from 4shared here

...or you can click on the image to view, then right click and 'save image as'.  Will have a go at a card with it later to give you some inspiration.  Happy crafting!  Lisa x

Freebie...

Hey guys!  Been having a play in PS this morning and what with the Jubilee and Olympics this year, thought I would make my own union jack papers, but in a more pastel tone...

...The papers are in 6x6 format 300dpi and can be downloaded from 4shared by clicking on the images above.  Enjoy!  Lisa x

Leigh Show and a freebie!!...

A big Hi! to everyone who came along to Leigh Show yesterday, it was a great day and lovely to meet and chat to those of you came over to the stall!  I got some wondeful reactions and feedback for all the samples and hopefully helped by answering any questions that were asked?!  I'd like to say a big heads up to Jan & Vicky, from Warrington, who I had a great chat with - it was lovely to meet you girls and fun too!  (Thanks for becoming a follower Vicky - welcome to the madhouse!)  The day absolutely flew by and once again, by mid afternoon, my voice was failing, but I was glad to meet so many crafty-minded people!  Looking forward to March...2 days...I'd better stock up on throat lozenges!

Well, I don't have a card as yet today, but I thought I would treat you all to a freebie - I'm offfering the witch digistamp, that I used for my post labelled Bewitched!  You can dowload both the line drawing

and coloured image

   in .png format and a co-ordinating web paper

in jpeg via 4shared (just click on the text links to be directed to 4shared.com)  Hope you enjoy using them and Happy Crafting!  Lisa X
p.s. These images will be available until 1st November 2011 - please leave a comment if you like them!

Wow! Second post of the day!

 I was playing around in Photshop and came up with some pretty brush stroke florals which I used to make a little envelope style topper with decoupage bits - and here's a simple card that I made using it...

...it's available to download  as a freebie, either with the "Birthday wishes especially for you" text, or just with the "especially for you" on - just click the coloured text links to direct you to 4shared.com (I tried uploading as a .png file, but it was having none of it, so it's in jpeg format, I will keep trying)

It's available for anyone to download, I'd just be grateful if you could direct people to my blog to grab it from here...thanks!

Ella card

Hi guys!  I'm back in sample making mode, getting ready for the launch of Boys2Men on Saturday 23rd October, not to mention the orders I've had to complete this week, so unfortunately, cards for posting are thin on the ground!  I have managed to create a card using the Ella freebie...

It turned out very girly and pink, but I couldn't help it!  I used the pink spotty backing paper from the Plush Pals disc, my new oval nesties (that I got at Leigh show -think I need to extend my collection a bit more yet!), some dusky pink ribbon and cream lace.  I inked around the edge of the backing paper and ovals using Old Paper distress inks, which are my new favourite product...I'm sure I'm not using them to their full potential yet, but you have to start somewhere!  I decoupaged the top of Ella, to give a bit of dimension (I chopped her legs off, basically!) then added a touch of Glamourdust.  I have to say, the picture doesn't show the colours to their best, but that's because of the gloriously blinding sunshine and clear blue sky outside, so I'm not complaining!  I may try making this again and use my walnut ink to give it more of an antique look, I haven't got the jist of dirtying things up yet, I keep chickening out and opting for the lighter inks!

Hope to be back soon with some more creations, until then, enjoy the late sunshine, if you've got it!

Everyone loves a freebie!

Now I've learnt how to add links to downloads, I thought I'd post a freebie...because we all love a freebie!

I've changed over to 4shared for my download links, as I'd been told that Docstoc was a bit of a nightmare, so if you tried to download the tree ornament templates and found it a hassle, they're now available through 4shared which you should find easier - just click the original link in Monday 4th October post to download.

So, here's my first freebie - this is Ella and you can download her as a coloured image or digital stamp, to colour using your pens, etc.  She's rather sweet and looks lovely sat on a length of ribbon or nestie shape, with her legs dangling over...I'll post a card idea when I've made one!

Enjoy!