Sweet Sparkle

Yoo hoo! I'm still alive! Sorry I haven't been around lately.

I have made 7 cards (record!) and then what happened?

A power cut blew up the router and bang goes the Internet!!

 I was having serious withdrawal symptoms from not having the Internet for so long!

 

Anyway I'm dropping by to show you one of the many cards I have managed to make during the summer holidays.

 

 

This is a birthday card for my Gran who will be 83.

I used Wee Stamps 'Sweet Sparkle' Digi which I won in a Facebook comp when it was released.

She is coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers.

Blues and white have become one of my fav colour combos!

 

 

What I used:

Wee Stamps 'Sweet Sparkle' digi

Nitwits - Petal Fresh 

Promarkers and flexmarkers

MS butterfly punch

Glamour Dust

Liquid Pearls

Tiny gems and pearls from stash

WOC flowers spritzed with Perfect Pearls

Whimsy ticket sentiment and die

 

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

Papertake Weekly - Flower Power (flower embellies, flowers on image and flowers on paper)

Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Favourite Colour Combo

 

So there you have it!

Thanks for visiting :)

 

I'd like to say I'll be back but with only two weeks to go before we start school again I have A LOT of class things to get done :( fingers crossed though lol

 

Hugs

Rachael x

 

Less Is More - OLC shaped card blank

Hi all!

 I have an entry for this weeks Less is More challenge which is a

 One Layer Card with a shaped card blank other than square or rectangle.

 

So I pulled out my circle nesties and raided my LOTV drawer and found the

Posy Trio set and had fun making these three cuties:

 

 

 I simply stamped each bear and coloured them using Promarkers.

 

I added a little stickles to the butterfly and a pink gem for the

flower centre.

 

 

A simple pearl for the flower centre.

 

Lots of stickles on this one!

The sentiments are from an older LOTV set.

 

So there you have it!

 

Hope you're all enjoying the gorgeous weather

we've been having in the UK recently. I wish I could

 enjoy it more but it just makes my hayfever

worse :( and its bad enough to start with!

Love the bright sunshine just not

too much heat lol!

 

Anywhos last week at school yeehaa!!

 

Happy crafting!

Hugs

Rachael x

Wee Spring Bringer

Hello! Hope you're all well!

I'm back with another 'fancy' card lol.

One of the ladies at work saw the card I made for Mams birthday HERE and asked for a 'special one like it' for a 50th birthday.

 

 

So I printed off Wee Spring Bringer and decided to treat myself to some new digital papers from Nitwits.

She is coloured with Promarker and Flexmarkers to match the gorgeous Romance and Roses papers using these colours:

 

I can't believe how many flowers I used! I just seemed to be pilling them on!! Lol.

 

 I didn't want the 50 to be huge because I don't know the recipient

and how pleased they are that they are turning that age so

(I know a few silly folk that are embarrassed that they are turning 50 next year!)

 I used two small number peel offs on some card candi.

A side view.

I was inspired by THIS gorgeous card to put something behind the image.

And I wish I hadn't cause it was such a pain! I'll leave the gorgeous cards to Bev lol.
 

 

and an inside peek

 

What I used:

6 x 6 white card blank

Wee Stamps - Spring Bringer Digi

Nitwits-FQB Romance and Roses

PTI - Sweet Blush cardstock

Flex and Promarkers

MS Butterfly punch

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Flowers from WOC and Mulberry Crafts UK

Lawn Fawn - Happy Everything sentiment

Card Candi, Stickles, Nesties

Pearls, silver peel offs and ribbon from stash   

 

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

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge - Bling (glittery wings and flowers)

 

 

If you through all of that well done and thanks for reading!! Lol.

I coloured up another Wee cutie last weekend so may be back soon!

 

Happy Crafting

Hugs

 

Rachael xx

 

Feeling all springy!

Oh what a title! Lol

I decided to have a little play with one of my favourite Wee images - Sweet Blossom 

when I really should have been packing for London woops- more on that later.

 

 

I coloured her up with Pro and Flexmarkers to match

the papers from the LOTV Promises pad.

 

 

I love the colours in the paper pad and am very pleased with how she has turned out :)

 

 

I cant remember the last time I used ribbon on a card

and have never ever made a big bow like this one!
I feel like I may have gone over board with the flowers too!

What I have used:
Wee Stamps -Sweet Blossom
LOTV Promises paper pad
Papertrey Ink - Aqua Mist and Winter Wisteria cardstock
White card blank
Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Lawn Fawn Happy Everything sentiment set
WOC and mulberry paper flowers
Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl
White Opal Liquid Pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers - Ribbon, Lace or Twine

So London was awesome!
Thought I'd share a few photos

British Museum Tube journey Choccywoccydoodah mmmm

The gang outside of Buckingham Palace      The show was amazing!

Thanks for sticking with the long post :)
Hoping to be back soon.
Hope you're all well

Love and hugs

Rachael xx

LIM - Coloured Card Blank

Well you could knock me down with a feather!

I finally have a card for the LIM challenge.

 And it's on time!!!

 

This card came together so quickly

and exactly how I had pictured it in my head.

 That never happens to me!! Lol.

 

The theme this week is

 

One Layer - Coloured Card Blank

 

 

 

I immediately found a lavender card blank and dug out an old

Stampendous butterfly stamp that Ive had for years.

 I think it was one of the first stamps I bought.

 

 

I stamped it in PTI Plum Pudding ink and used various shades of purple Promarkers

to colour the flowers and tint the wings.

 

 

It looked a bit lifeless so I used some silver Liquid Pearls.

 I hope the pearls are ok!

 I know one layer is supposed to have minimal embellishments!

 

As I was digging I found another butterfly stamp that is quite similar

and made a matching tag.

 

 

So  there you have it! An on time challenge card! Lol.

 

Enjoy the rest of your day :)

 

 

 

Hugs

Rachael xx

Almost made it!

Ive come to the conclusion that I'm not going to be able to enter

my cards/crafts into specific challenges anymore :(

Why?

Because the life I lead is just too darn busy!

This will be the third card in the last month that Ive made and

 missed the challenge deadline :(

And I suppose this is something I'm just gonna have to come to terms with!!

 Cos I can't see it slowing down anytime soon lol!

Anyway.....

 

 

It's taken almost a week to finish this CAS card for last weeks

 Less is More challenge to CASE either Jen's or Chrissie's card.

I choose Jen's as it reminded me of the

 Fillable Frames PTI stamp and I loved the colour combo.

 

I love the mix of fonts in the sentiment!

 

A bit of a side view.

As you can see its not a perfect CASE

 but I had to work with the supplies I have!

 

 

What I used:

PTI Hawaiian Shores cardstock,

PTI Filliable Frames 4 stamp and die,

Kraft card,

Versafine Black Ink,

Hobby House Black Pearls

 

And that's that!

 

We've had great weather here up North today!

 Hope you have seen some of the sun too :)

Enjoy the rest of you're weekend

and I'll be round whilst watching BGT (LOVE IT!!)!

 

Hugs

Rachael :)

Ice cream and Pickles :)

Hello!

Just dropping by to show the latest card I made using a

 scrummy Saturated Canary digi.

 

One of the teachers went on her maternity leave on Friday and

 although I don't know her very well

 I wanted to make a little something.

 

Pretty simple layout as I took forever to colour it in and get the hair right!

 

 

Bit of a close up.

It just about shows the sparkle on the

 ice cream but not the glaze on the cherry!

 

 

What I used:

 

White card blank

Saturated Canary digi - Ice cream and Pickles

Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Paper off cut from stash

Buttons - Docrafts.

Stickles

Glaze pen

 

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

Passion for Promarkers - Button it up

Papertake Weekly - One Paper Taker

 

Off to go finish the washing and get ready for school tomorrow.

Where on earth does the weekend go people!!!??? Lol.

 

Hope you're all well.

 

Hugs

Rachael xx