Crafter's Companion Challenge #1

This is a completely new Challenge blog and all you have to do is make a card following the sketch below, all they ask is that you use some product from Crafters Companion, it can be papers and toppers from one of their Cd's, or you might have some of their lovely stamps that you would like to use, You must have something visible on your item from the Crafters Companion range.
This weeks prize, donated by Crafters Companion, is one of their new Popcorn stamps,

This weeks sketch Challenge is designed by Wendy

I don't have any stamps by Crafter's Companion so I used backing papers from the Cute Companions Cd Volume 1 and layered them up with a stamped image from Penny Black which has been coloured with Whisper brush pens. The ribbon, flowers and brad are from my stash and the greeting is a peel-off.Nip on over to the Crafter's Companions Challenge blog and check it out.

Good Luck dragon

Sallie has been in her new job now for a week and seems to be enjoying it.

To wish her well I made this card using a Dragon with Butterflies stamp from Lili of the Valley. I coloured it using Whispers brush pens and mounted it up onto a green backer.

A piece of ribbon with butterflies and circles, from Hobbycraft, was stuck onto a pale green card before the image was layered up. A peel-off greeting completes it.

Sallie's birthday

Sallie was 23 last week, this is the card and gift I made for her.
The stamp is from Penny Black and has been coloured with Whisper marker pens. It was stamped onto white card then layered up onto pink and white ovals cut using Nesties. The ribbon is from Hobbycraft and the flowers and green backer from my stash.
The stamp actually belongs to Sallie but she is very kindly letting me store it for her.

She mentioned when she saw mine that she would like a Birthday book. She chose the papers from my stash and said she would decorate the cover herself if I made the book for her.

I decided to complete it as a surprise present for her following her ideas for the layout.

The paper on the cover is from K & Co., the flowers are from my stash and the word is computer generated then cut out with an oval Nestie. All finished off with the BIA.The inside pages are all comuter generated with the addition of stamped letters for the months using stamps from a See D's alphabet set.

2 for Dad

We are going up to the Midlands on wednesday to see the family and take cards for events this month and next.
These are cards I made for my Dad for his birthday and Father's day.
This is for his birthday - he always wears a shirt and tie when he goes out so it's very suitable for him. The image is a stamp from Funstamps called 'Gent's shirt'. I ve coloured the stripes with Whispers pens and decoupaged the cuff, collar and tie on the blue one and added a blue brad for the cufflink.
The shirts are in pink, green and blue which fits in with the theme on the Lilli of the Valley challenge site. This second card is for Father's day, which is 2 days before his birthday.
I've stamped an image from the Daisy and Dandelion collection by Design Objectives onto brown paper and again coloured it with Whisper pens. The letters have been stamped and glittered. Multi layered flowers with brad centres complete the card.
This fits in with the challenge on Cute Card Thursday to include letters or numbers on a card.

Boy or Girl?

My neighbour across the road is in the very late stages of pregnancy so while I was playing with my Nesties I set about making a card but not knowing the sex of the baby made one blue and one pink. The images are from Penny Black and have been coloured using Whispers brush pens - another of my favourite things at the moment. The background has been cut into an oval and mounted up onto an oval nestie shape with a star shaped button threaded with spotty organza ribbon for an embellishment.

The large letter'B' is cut from glitter card using a chipboard letter as a template while the smaller letters are cut with a Cuttlebug die.

Since making the cards I have discovered that the baby was in fact due yesterday and is a little boy.

Anyone want a card to celebrate the arrival of a little girl? I'll happily send it to you if so.

1st birthday

I'm just getting to grips with the Nestability dies that I bought a few weeks ago and have been finding any excuse to use them.

This is a card for my neighbours little boy who will be 1, obviously, next month. I do love this image, it's so cheeky and have used it for both a girl and a boy now.

The image is from Paper Nation and has been coloured using Whispers brush pens. It's layered up onto a scalloped oval nestie shape in silver mirror card and then a plain oval in blue.

The large '1' is a peel-off which is layered up in a similar way.
The greeting is all spelt out in silver peel-offs.

As it is very shiny it qualifies for the Cute Card Thursday challenge which is 'shiny'

52Q

I'm still playing catch up here but have now done week 12 and 14.
Week 12 asked - What am I grateful for right now?
Week 14 asked about the last good book I read. I read lots of books but most of them are easy read paperbacks soi'm not counting them.
Here are my answers. The two stamps are from Magnolia and have been coloured using Whispers brush pens. The artwork and text is from the Walking in Wonderland Cd.

Birthday book

This birthday book was inspired by the ones made by Net and shown on her super blog.
I've been working on this for around 3 weeks as all the measurements are my own. The first stage was to design and print out the tables on the computer, then decide how to display them and make the pages.The month initials are stamped in purple on tabs extending from the pages. I have a double page spread for each month with 18 spaces. I've included a column to add details of where I know the person from e.g forums, f/b etc.
I've used paper by Paper Adventures for the covers. The Sarah Kay image is stamped onto cream card and coloured using Whispers brush pens. The letters are die-cut stickers from the Brenda Walton range by K & Co. The tiny flowers have been double layered and finished off with a spot of glitter glue. All bound together with my BIA.