Photo Frame

I was asked by my daughter to make an insert for a photo frame so that she could add a photo of her cute step-son, Mikey. Here's the result..

Papers are from my Kanban Male Backgrounds CD, the colour altered slightly in my paint program so that it would be a better match with the blue cardstock used.
I stamped the letters to spell his name, coloured them with promarkers and carefully cut them out.
Punches used: SU eyelet border, SU star, Clippunch small star, woodware 1" circle, and dovecraft small circle. The holes in the buttons were made using a cropadile.
All they need to do is cut the photo to size, and slide it in the holder from the top, then pop the whole thing into the frame.
I have also been given a photo frame and a photo of little Mikey, so i'll be making another insert to go inside that too :)

I can show it now.

This card was made for my very special and supportive friend, who has celebrated her birthday today :)

Yellow is her favourite colour, she also likes pink so this should make her smile.
I love this cute lil' ducky, it's called 'Lillie with Tulips' and is from Fairy Dust Crafts. I coloured Lillie with promarkers.
Papers are Dovecraft Back to Basics and HOTP Soft Nostalgia.

Hope she liked her card and had a fabulous birthday :)


Challenges entered:
Crafty Bloggers Network - Floral
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Think Spring
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Birthday (happy 4th bday CCT!)

Tulips for Mothers Day

This card is for my Mom this coming Sunday...

The image is from The Stamping Boutique and is called Tulips, coloured with promarkers as per usual. I actually printed out the image 3 times so that I could cut out parts of it to 3D the image.
The paper is by Echo Park and is from their collection called Little Girl. I've had this paper pack for a little under a year, and liked it so much that I recently bought the digi set so that when I run out from the paper pack, I can print out more.
The sentiment is computer generated.
All I need to do now is look for a 'read-it-and-weep' verse to add to the inside.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Crafty Catz - Mothers Day / Special Lady
Allsorts - Say it with flowers
Lexi's Creations - Mothers Day
Crafty Bloggers Network - Floral
Papertake Weekly - For the Girls (or Mum)
Oldie but a Goodie - Mums the word
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Think Spring
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Mums the word
Creative Inspirations - Something for Mum

Thanks for stopping by today xx

UPDATE:

with this card, Thank you Laurie xx

Pink & Blue Hydrangeas

The following cards were made using my pink and blue hydrangea sheets, available from craftsUprint...

These sheets are suitable for lots of occasions, including; Birthdays, Mothers Day, Anniversary, Get Well Soon and Thinking of you, and have sentiments for Mother, Mother-in-Law, Grandmother, Aunt, Sister, Sister-in-Law, and friend.
A good all rounder for that special lady. The topper fits on an A6 card blank (as shown above).
To buy via craftsUprint, you will need to purchase a minimum order value of £5.00.
Most sheets (including mine) cost just 80p, and there's so many to choose from that you can easily reach the £5 mark.
Alternatively, you can buy the sheets direct from me, there's no minimum order value if you do, all my sheets including these can be found on my other blog Jobo Designs.

Blue Hydrangea

Pink Hydrangea

There's also a matching gift tags sheet available too, which has 10 tags, 5 of each colour.

Thanks for looking xx

A couple of cards.

Here's a couple of cards that i've made...
Emergency Crafters challenge. I found out about this new challenge blog via facebook, this is their first challenge and the theme is to use Red or Blue (or both)
Today happens to be my friend's hubby's bithday and his card happens to be mainly blue so I thought i'd show my support to this new blog and enter this card...

The metallic and soundwave papers are from my Kanban Male Backgrounds CD, This fabby image is called mini love and is from Sketching Stamper, although I had to alter it a little in my graphics program so that it would look like his own car (I have also put his reg number on the licence plate, but have gone back into my editing program and distorted that bit for this photo)
The sentiment is by Inkadinkado.

I'd also like to enter this card in the challenge over at Polka Doodles, Let's hear it for the boys!


And here's my other card...

This was a quickie make, The hilarious image was a freebie from Dustin Pike (thank you Dustin) I coloured it with promarkers, then assembled the card using a powder blue cardstock base, scraps of navy blue, grey and black cardstock and acetate (the windscreen, hard to see in the photo, sorry)
The sentiment is a SeeD's one.

I'm hoping that this card is eligible for the challenge over at Cards For Men, which has the theme 'Cheeky Chappies' the DT examples show cards that cause a giggle for a man.
Also for the challenge over at Digi Doodle Shop challenges which has a theme of Animals.

Thanks for looking xx

For Nan & Grandad

Saturday morning means a new sketch challenge over at Sketch Saturday :)

This week we're sponsored by our good friends;

Simon Says Stamp!

and if you are our lucky winner this week, you could enjoy a whopping $25 shopping spree at their fabby online store. But you've got to be in it to win it! ;)

Here's my card for this week, another anniversary card for my parents...

I used Kraft cardstock as my base card and for punching/matting.
The beautiful papers are by My Minds Eye
(Stella Rose - Gertie)
The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil, it's called Tom and Tilly, and has been coloured with promarkers,
I bought this image a couple of months ago with the intention of using it for my parents card.
The greeting is computer generated, and I finished off the card with some punched flowers, marianne swirls & leaves, and some flat-back crystals.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles - Spring/Flowers
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
ABC challenge - K for Kraft
Card Crafter's Circle - orange & green

Allsorts - say it with flowers

Thank you so much for stopping by, please join in our challenge, and take a look at the cards made by Cor* and the The Saturdays while you're over there :)

Have a great weekend! xx

Flashback Friday challenge - paper piecing

This time, the challenge over at Flashback Friday is to show our first paper pieced card. This card was made way back in May 2008 for my youngest daughters then 17th birthday. You can read the post HERE.