Anything goes with Crafty Sentiments

Hi there and welcome back after a lovely Christmas and New year i hope?

We have had lots of flooding down here in the south west of the UK and a couple of times have not been able to get out of our village ( go figure). But the children have had the fun watching films and playing games while poor mum and the rather happy dog go traipsing off for a walk each day...nothing like feeling like a drowned rat lol.

Anyway its time for challenge  #24 

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This week is Anything goes with Crafty Sentiments Designs

We chose some lovely Manga images this time round just to try colouring something different.

I was lucky to have the digi Jason and Eve

Unfortunately these are not the greatest pictures as this stepper card just wasn't playing nice when stood up no matter how i anchored it but it is lovely to look at!

I used two sheets of 8x8 from the Melody Ross designer collection  called the Lydia collection. And used some sheer yellow ribbon with thicker yellow lines on it at the bottom of each step .  At the front i added a sentiment that i used TH distress ink pad scattered straw on and on the scallops gathered twigs.

The back of the card i used ribbon again and added a couple of the lovely recollection paper flowers that i have been given in the past...The image was again distressed using scattered straw distress ink pad round the edges and then mounted onto silver card and then yellow and i used small sticky pads to separate each layer for some dimension.

Herwe is a closer look at the image again not hte greatest but i think eventually i will have to invest in a light tent as the lighting on a dull day is terrible.

I used the following Copics:

Eve ....Skin E 00,01, 02  R 20 cheeks

Hair E 13, 15, 17, 27

Dress YR 01, 12, 15, 18

Eyes G 20, 24

Jason...Skin E 00, 01, 02 R 21 cheeks

Hair YR 21, 23, 24, 27

Eyes B 91, 95

Top G 00, 02, 05, 09

Trousers B 32, 34, 37

Heart R 35 and R 37

Any way hope to see you again next challenge and i will be entering this card into the following challenges:

TTPHC Secret Santa hop

Hi there and Happy 2014!!

I hope you had a lovely Christmas and new year.

We at TTPHC decided to have a secret santa swap!

So please feel free to see what my lovely Santa sent me!

Now be warned its a little photo heavy as a group photo just doesn't do it all justice!

Such a gorgeous round tub which is a lovely size and can still get loads of use out of it and display it at the same time!

Here is a peak inside!

What do you think about these lovely reels of ribbons my favourite colours!

Now everyone knows i love purple and these flowers are gorgeous!! i cant wait to play ....and the metal embellishments and locks and keys will come in very handy for doing steampunk...which i keep being given of late and i am not a steam ounk person but are starting to enjoy doing something different so these will be a great help!

I love the flower stamps above i am one spoiled lady this year! YAY!

Now no crafter wouldnt be without a couple of memo pads and i love the flower one with the pen and  house mouse...just right for jotting down my card recipes ...lol

And ladt but not least Spellbinders!! yup i love these! I am a  well know spellbinders nut in any shape or form and these are GORGEOUS! 

Above you can se all these goodies grouped together and you can see why i didnt think doing a group photo would do it justice....such a lovely Secreta Santa gift ...and you know who you are you ! i cant thank you enough xxx

And last and by no means least here is the lovely card that accompanied it!

In total i sent out three SS this year and sadly one that i was expecting got lost overseas but i am happy i still had  a lovely christmas thanks to my secret santa and my boys!

\i look forward to seeing you at our first challenge on the  13th and to make it easy for everyone its and anything goes xx

Best wishes

Now here are the rest of the group and their secret santa gifts that you may like to visit xx

Anita - http://kardmakingheaven.blogspot.co.uk/

Ashley - http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.co.uk/

Becky - http://beckyscardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Darcy - http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.co.uk/

Eithne - http://cardroomdelights.blogspot.ie/

Fiona - http://ahighlanderflingofcards.blogspot.co.uk/

Jacqui - http://jacqui-creations.blogspot.co.uk/

Lisbeth - http://skaperlyst.blogspot.no/

Lucy - http://loopylass2010.blogspot.co.uk/

Lynne - http://esperitecrafting.blogspot.co.uk/

Nicola - http://craftycardsbynicola.blogspot.ie/

Pam - http://alljazzed2create.blogspot.co.uk/

Sian - http://serendipity-cards.blogspot.co.uk/

Sylvia - http://sylviaskards.blogspot.co.uk/

Teresa - http://ceesascardcreations.blogspot.ie/

HAVE FUN!!

sexy Kenny K Christmas card

Hi there everyone who is going bananas on making Christmas cards?  I know i am flat out i have loads to upload for you guys to have a looksie at! I will be glad when i can say goodbye to Christmas cards for a while lol

I am lucky to have built up a wonderful stash of digi's and chose a Kenny K image  and this one is called Mistletoe.  She is a rather sexy lady ready to deliver Christmas presents to her lovely other half i think!

I used a white card blank and covered it with a holly covered gold foil card and then used a black card and then the digi using a Nestabilities Grand Labels

I then added a purple ribbon and bow and also on top of the ribbon i added a cute ribbon i found made out of delicate snowflakes and Christmas trees. i then added some blue and white snowflakes around the image and added a snowflake sentiment

I covered the inside of the card with the same gold holly sprig card and cream paper with a sentiment added in gold reading Christmas Joy and happiness throughout the new year.  And also a few snowflakes as well!

The last little thing i added was a gold metal snowflake and attached a angel i had made from jewllery findings and beads....I think she is cute!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

One Stitch At a Time challenge #194

Hi there and we have another lovely challenge for you at OSAAT

  One stitch at a time challenges 

and the theme this week is ANYTHING GOES

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet 

with a complete set of images that we used in challenge #192

 and the runner up gets a $3 prize.

But to win main prize you have to use a digi available from the site .

The image i was given the chance to play with is steampunk profile by Alipeeps Art and is available at the Stitchy Bear Outlet

She is a lovely lady with long flowing hair and i had much fun colouring her and making her into a card.

I foun some lovely foiled A4 card that i folded in halft to give me an A5 card with that gorgeous gold and black band down the side on the right.  I ten added some black spiderweb fabric that i had in a swap box last year and then layered the image onto copper coloured adorable scorable card and then onto a embossed gold card.  I then finished her off by adding a few cogs to the card as that was the only steampunk embellishment i had at the time...to date this is my second steam punk card and i quite like steampunk...

I used the following copic colours for the image

Skin E 00, 01, 02 and R 20 for her cheeks
Hair E 04, 07, 09
Lips R 36, 38

And finally a gold pen and some Martha Stewart glitter glue for the cogs in her hair! Fairly simple the hardest thing i found was getting her hair right!

I hope you like my inspirations and would love for you to leave a little love xx

Favourite Christmas colours!

Hi there and welcome to another challenge with

It's time for this week's challenge. It's a chance to use your Favourite Christmas Colours and you can win a $5 Coupon from Digital Delights

Now i do apologise as this is a quick and not so detailed post for me but i have been under the weather of late.

I used everything from my stash and i mean everything! didnt have to go out and buy anything

Papers are just from loose paper stash

i love these pearls on a string and the rosettes! they are a new love!

Through the Purple Haze Challenges - Chritmas is coming the goose is getting fat

Well its getting closer to Christmas all the time and my young son and i have been busy beavering away making ornaments for the tree and finding little do dads for stocking fillers...oh and i am nearly finished icing my Christmas cake!  I hope all of you are in line for a lovely Christmas even through these hard financial times.....And to be fair its lovely going back to the old way of having Christmas and my son has loved making Christmas decorations and icing the cake among other things...himself included!  So long as you have family around who cares about buying heaps of presents its the love and fun that counts!  Any way less of me rambling and more onto the challenge this week for TTPHC.

Hi there and welcome to another challenge with

and this week we are sponsored by the brilliant  Kenny K 

Originally we were to make a Christmas card using 1 digi, 2 papers and 3 embellishments.   But a few of the DT went a bit bananas so i did both! but the other one i did will be in another post...that way i can enter more challenges lol.  So i was lucky to have Santa and his sleigh (separate digi's but i just had to buy these to as they belong together!)  Kenny K  has some lovely images up for grabs for the loved ones this year from the more traditional to the sexy stuff just for your other half...So pop on over to  them and pick up some gorgeous digi's to suit everyone.

So onto my creation this week!

I started with a red A4 card and bone folded it in half to make an A5 card blank which i then embossed with a snowflakes.  I then used K & Co Christmas Cheer paper and a handmade paper in cream with silver snowflakes on it.

I then attached a red ribbon and bow as well as adding a fairy and a sentiment called Christmas Cheer from the K & Co  Life's little occasions- timeless traditions.

I used Tim Holtz stormy sky and broken china and distressed my image after colouring it to make it look like a dark sky and after colouring the sleigh and Santa i used fine white glitter and a MS glitter glue that looks like snow for all the glittery bits on the card.

I used Copics for Santa and the sleigh.

Santa Coat/trousers R 35, 37, 39, 46

Beards C 00, 0, 01

Fur trim E 40, 42

Belt/Boots W 9, 7, 4 and Y 34, 38

Skin E 00, 01, R 22 cheeks

Sleigh/Bag E 13, 17, 19

I would like to enter into the following challenges:

My mums Craft Shop - winter

One Stitch At A Time #192

Hi there and welcome to another wonderful challenge at

  One stitch at a time challenges 

and the theme this week is USE A DIGI

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet 

with a complete set of images that we used in challenge #190

 and the runner up gets a $3 prize.

But to win main prize you have to use a digi available from the site .

This week i was given a lovely image called Snow Deer Scene by Ike's Art and available at the store.  It comprises of quite a few elements one being the complete scene and the rest are components of the winter trees and snow as well as the fawn and deer being separate if you so wished.  I decided to work with the complete scene which i printed twice to make my project.  This onw came out darker than my first attempt as i had used tracing paper and the night time colours of purple and blue had shown through lovely .  But seeing as i tried to chop two tips of my fingers off and got it covered in blood i restarted and had to use a thickish parchment paper and don't quite get the effect i had before...sadly.

Although this has gone off to a new home as a friend was quite taken with it!

I had started with a canvas that i had made different shades of really dark purples and Dark blues to mimic a dark winters evening. I had then printed the parchment and coloured the deet and bushes and elements of the trees.

I then overlayed a sheet of Acrylic A4 which i then made snow for the trees and added colours for the bush and berries and highlights of snow for the deer.

I used Copics in E 14,17.19 for the body of the deer and her fawn and G 28 and 29 for the bush.

I then used Martha Stewart glitter glues for the red berried and the white on the snow, trees and a little bit of loose glitter on the ground and the back of the deer.

Originally the tracing paper really showed the colour of the evening sky through the two layers but thanks to the thick parchment it is rather muted which was a loss as it created such a lovely effect of twilight on the scene.  I like the Martha Stewart Glitter glue that i ordered some more in a three pack in arctic winter colours as i feel i will use a lot more of this on my Christmas cards this year!

Happily my fingers are healing well and i kept the tips!

I would like to enter my project into the following competitions:

My mums craft shop - Winter