Things with Wings

Can you believe that another fortnight has passed and we are setting another challenge at Dream Valley already? This one is Things With Wings and we are sponsored by Digital Delights.

I have used the very beautiful Sugarnellie Fingers Crossed, coloured with promarkers and stardust stickles. She is looking at a layered butterfly, stamped onto the gingham paper using my Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes Additions stamps and dies. I have used the bird (more wings!) and gingham papers from my Echo Park Sweet Day pad. I have used my Memory Box Hibiscus die (i use this such a lot!), punch, card candi and Cheery Lynn Vine die to make the flower. The sentiment has been created on my 'puter using Scrap Casual font - love the dot in the zero!!h

I would like to enter the Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

I'm looking forward to seeing all your Things With Wings creations:0)

Susie x

 

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Sketch Saturday Teddy

A very quick post from me, so that I don't miss the deadline for Sketch Saturday. I used their awesome sketch for this card and decided to keep it very CAS. I think that the focus remains on the cute image.

The papers are scraps from my Forever Friends Kraft pad, with a little scrim and some Hobbycraft twine added. There is also a little platinum Stickles on the sunflower. Oh, and I've coloured it with my promarkers this time.

Hope everyone has had some nicer weather today. After the gales and rain of the last few days, we've been thoroughly enjoying the sunshine and warmth of today: park, bike, scooters, walking.....gotta enjoy it while it lasts!!

 

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Funtime Dan the Pirate

How cute is this image? He is Funtime Dan, by Digistamp Boutique and I've coloured him using my promarkers, gloss ( on the port holes) and Platinum Stickles (on the bird's tail). The papers are from my stash, but I'm afraid I don't know the name. The sentiment is from the Dino-mite Clearly Besotted set.

I would like to enter the Digistamp Boutique challenge and Sketch Saturday (at first, I thought it was a bit of a challenging sketch for me, but it looked like it would suit the image perfectly so I gave it a shot!)

Susie x

 

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Star Wars Boy

Well, I don't know about you, but I am loving having the bairns off for Easter....so much more time to be together and do lots of things we keep meaning to but don't always have time for.....like watching The Great British Sewing Bee, or going to the park, or sewing a doll's dress, or visiting gran & grandad and their new kitten, or going to the Falkirk a wheel, or........!!

But before the holidays, Lou asked me to make a card for one of her school friends. This fab Saturated Canary image, The Force Boy, seemed perfect. I have coloured him with promarkers and used the fab Darling Dear papers from American Crafts. I have also used a bit of hessian underneath the red zigzags, for some texture. The next one she's requested is one with a doughnut on - wish me luck!!

Anyway, I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft - Birthday

 

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Ceara's Trip to the Park

I soooo loved making this card, which was for one of Louise's friends, who loves all animals, especially dogs. And, like Lou, she's not so keen on pink. Who knew that turquoise and orange go so well together?!

I used the beautiful Trip to the Park, coloured with promarkers, stardust Stickles on the shoes and bag and paper-pieced bag. The gorgeous papers are Forever Friends Kraft Notes, with a Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish and a couple of blooms. The sentiment I'd from the Clearly Besotted Dinomite set.

So, our theme at Dream Valley this fortnight is a super simple one......Happy Birthday! And our sponsor is Bugaboo. Looking forward to seeing all your birthday creations.

Susie x

 

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Coloured Country Mama.....At Last!

At last, I have coloured my Saturated Canary Country Mama image! I've only had her since she was released! It's been coloured with my polychromo pencils and I've used my gorgeous First Edition Up, Up & Away papers. The clouds were cut from one of the papers and seemed to work. Some punched flowers, pearls, pearl dots and twine (Hobbycraft & The Ribbon Girl) finish the simple card.....hey, it's me, so it's gonna be simple!!!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Clouds

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Saturated Canary - Pretty Pastels - and I was totally inspired by June's creation.

 

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Sugary Sweet Delia

Isn't she just soooo cute?! And I decided to keep the beautiful little Delia in very Girly colours, with lots of pink.

Delia has been coloured with promarkers and Stardust Stickles. The papers are First Edition Spring Drop, matted onto turquoise paper to make it "pop". I have finished the card with a liquid pearl pattern and a little more Stickles.

I would like to enter the flowing challenges:

Sketch Saturday - the cool sketch

The Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Sugar Nellie Sugary Sunday Facebook Challenge - Spots and Stripes

 

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Pearls and Lace

Our theme for this fortnight at Dream Valley, is Pearls and Lace and we are lucky enough to be sponsored by the fabulous Saturated Canary!!

As you know, I LOVE Krista's images and chose Roses are Red, Violets are Blue as my design image. I thoroughly enjoyed colouring her luscious long hair, her outfit and the beautiful flowers.....I even added some grass! I used my polychromo pencils which, I must admit, have been slightly neglected of late, but it was good to use them again. I love building up the colour and adding the shading....very therapeutic!!

With the Pearls and Lace theme, I thought I might make something more vintage in style, but I've remained true to my preferred style and kept it reasonably clean. The paper is from Forever Friends Kraft collection - loving the colours and patterns in this pad! I have used rafia lace, one pearl and my pearl wand to add the details to the Spellbinders Foliage leaves and the butterfly trail. The butterfly is Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wish Additions and die. Oh, and I've added some text to the flower using my Inkylicious Tiny Text stamp and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.

So, what will you make for us this time? I'm looking forward to viewing your projects.

Susie x

 

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Read All About It

I've been itching to colour this image for a while now, but there's always been something else to do, but the current Saturated Canary challenge of Read All About It has given me the perfect reason to get colouring.

It is, of course, the fabulous What the Librarian Reads and I've coloured her with my Polychromo pencils. And after I saw Susan's fab bookmark using this tutorial, I decided that this is exactly what I would make. These corner bookmarks are so easy and fun that I've currently made another 3, all using my beautiful Echo Park Sweet Day papers - love the colours in this pad!

And here is a close up.....

Anyway, off to enjoy the rest of Thursday night....almost the weekend!!

 

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A couple of simple thank you cards

Now, maybe you're not yet aware of this, but I have a major obsession with Clearly Besotted Stamps! And the Butterfly Wishes Additions set and the matching die is definitely one of my favourites.

I wanted to use up some of the scraps on my desk, so these are from my Kraft Collection pad. Before I stuck them down, I stamped the zigzag stitching, from the Just for You set, in Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. The butterflies were stamped, cut and layered, with a little Silver Stickles added. I also used some of the new Bakers Twine that I chose as my prize from The Ribbon Girl.

This was actually the first of the two cards I made and also features the stamped stitching, die cut butterflies, Silver Stickles and Bakers Twine.

I had such fun making these cards. I would like to enter the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - Wings

One Stop Craft - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's - Girly

 

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Freshly Made Aviator

I just LOVE this little guy and I LOVE the sketches at Freshly Made Sketches! The little guy is, of course, by Sugar Nellie and is called Aviator. I have stamped him onto my new Ryman's 200 card (which I am very impressed with!) and coloured him with my promarkers and gloss for the goggles, plane and wings.

I've used my new Kaisercraft Journey On papers, some cord/thread, a button and a sentiment to complete my card. The sentiment has been made using my Clearly Besotted Just for You set.

So, I would like to enter the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches - sketch

Sugar Bowl - Anything Goes

Sugar Nellie Sugary Sunday Facebook Challenge - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

 

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Shoes and Wine

For this card, I used the fabulous Freshly Made Sketches sketch. As soon as I saw this sketch, I realised how this card could go.....The gorgeous shoes are Stepping Out from Clearly Besotted and the bottle and glass are from a Pickles and Onion set. Normally, I would colour the bottle and glass and add some gloss.....the shoes might have been coloured and glossed but I decided that this card was actually working because they were black and white....it felt kind of boutique-y!!

The pink stripe and spot papers are from MME Fine and Dandy Girl pad. The gorgeous shaped turquoise bit is a die cut from my new Kaiser Craft On the Move pad and has "style" stamped from the Stepping Out set. Pearl swirls complete the card. I worried that they were maybe a little too much, but I think they work. What d'ya think?

Susie x

 

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A Special Mother's Day Card

Well, time just seems to be racing ahead and it's time for another challenge at Dream Valley. This fortnight, it is Mother's Day / For a Lady and we have a new sponsor, Freckled Fawn. I have made a few different cards for Mother's Day, but wanted to show you my extra special one for my mam.

I decided that I would make a flowery card for mam on one side of the card blank and a card from Lou and Euan, using "their" images on the other side. Mam can choose which side to show, or show both. This way, I get to make the flowery, colourful card I know she loves, but also include a meaningful character, or two:0)

For the flowery card, I used a little bit of the beautiful Henbury Lane paper. I've pleated some white ribbon and layered some silver mesh (both from Hobbycraft) over the pleats for a bit of texture. The white circle has been embossed using my Crafts Too folder. The flower has been made up from my Memory Box Hibiscus die, a punched flower and pearl. The leaves are from the Spellbinders Foliage set. The beautiful butterfly are my new Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes Additions and die - fantastic service and quality - I am now obsessed with this company!!!!! I've been surprised that the butterflies stamp so well using my Distress Ink pads (this one is Tumbled Glass)....I've never had particularly sharp images when I've tried before.

For my birthday, the lovely Melly sent me the cute CC Designs characters (School Hansel and School Lucy) as they reminded her of Lou and Euan. I've had them stamped and part coloured for a wee while, just waiting for the right project.......this!!!! They have been coloured with pro markers.

A bit of Stardust Stickles around the edges complete my card.

So, what can you show us at Dream Valley this time? I'm looking forward to seeing.

Susie x

 

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CAS Male Card

Sorry I haven't blogged recently, or visited many of your blogs. I've been making plenty of cards lately, but seem to have had no time to blog anything! Hopefully, I can get this rectified yet again very soon!

So, I have a new obsession (like I need another one!!!!!!)......Clearly Besotted Stamps. They seem to have lots of stamp sets that I need like the Twinkle Toes ballerina set - perfect for the dance mad children I know......Going Places vehicle set - perfect for the little boys I know.....Dino-mite dinosaurs, Butterfly Wishes Additions and I've just ordered the Stepping Out and Just for You sets for a few orders and personal birthday cards I need to make! The quality of these stamps is excellent and the service superb. I highly recommend them!

Anyway, best get on talking about the card, huh!?! This one uses one of the Going Places stamps. I've added a tiny bit of shading with my promarkers and some Platinum Stickles. I am definitely in a bit of a Clean and Simple phase, hence the style of this card. The sentiment is from the Going Places set. The blue paper is from my stash and has had a few "clouds" stamped and shaded - these are actually thought bubbles from a Studio G set, which I think I bought from Michaels in Florida for $1. A little bit of twine, some piercing and a sewn on button complete my simple card.

I would love to enter the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girls - Add Ribbon and Twine

Crafting When We Can - Earth, Air, Fire, Water - the air bit!

Addicted to CAS - Masculine

A Gem of a Challenge - Button It

 

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Dream Valley - Ribbon and Bling

I am soooo late with my Dream Valley post, but I promise I've good reason!  My lovely sister, Lindsay and my gorgeous nephew, Jakob were over visiting us.  We've had a fantastic time catching up and having fun and now I have the chance to write my post!

For Dream Valley this time around, our theme is Ribbon and Bling.  I decided that this was a perfect opportunity to give this a try.....  which I found through a google search for bracelet tutorials:

I've made mine with 5mm satin ribbon and sewn beads and spacers into it.  Here is a pic of the full bracelet:

I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all make for our Ribbon and Bling challenge.  And you have an extra week to play for the chance to win a ribbon bag from Crafty Ribbons.

Happy crafting!

Susie x

Vintage Violet

I have had this little cutie, Vintage Violet, coloured up for a few weeks now and have finally had the opportunity to use her! I've used the colour palette from the Saturated Canary challenge, using MME papers from 2 different pads (whose names have temporarily escaped me) and Kraft card blank. Violet had been coloured with pro markers , gloss and Stickles. This was my first attempt at pink hair and I will DEFINITELY be doing it again as it is so much fun!

I've attempted a more vintage feel with some lace and twine. And I threaded some sequins onto the twine to kind of reflect the headband.

I have used the fantastic sketch at Sketch 'n' Stash - it's been a while since I played along but this sketch seemed to suit my image and papers perfectly.

 

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Freshly Made Sketch and Some Birds

I really enjoyed using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch last week, so decided I'd have another go this week. And I'm really glad I did, as I've end up with a card that's a bit different to my norm:0)

I've used my new £1 bird stamp from Hobbycraft, which has been paper-pieced with some scraps of Memory Box Spearmint papers. They've been cut and matted onto Spellbinders Labels 2 die cuts. The label is a tag from Tesco that has had some washi tape added before going through the Cuttlebug Hearts embossing folder. Some washi tape was added to the black label too. The tag had a scrap of ribbon and a button sewn onto it to add a bit more colour and texture. The For You sentiment is from LOTV. Some Silver Stickles complete the simple card.

I would also like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Valentines / Love

 

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A Family Valentines Picture

For my birthday, my mam and dad got me a pyrography (wood burning) set. And I must confess that it has taken a further 4 months to actually use it.....shocking!

But I have finally used it to burn a flower pattern and some writing onto the wooden hearts, which I bought at Hobbycraft. I have added some Platinum Stickles to the designs too as you need a bit of bling, don't you?! The paper hearts were cut using my Sizzix Framelits die and Que Sera Sera paper. The frame has been recycled from an old family picture pre-Euan and had some Hobbycraft roses and gold leaves glued to it. I have it hanging in my kitchen, where I see it almost all the time.....I spend ALOT of time in my kitchen!

So, as you will probably have already guessed, our theme at Dream Valley this fortnight is Valentines / Love and we are sponsored by Meljens Designs. The team have made some gorgeous creations using a few of their designs. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations too.

Susie x

 

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Princess Zella

Well, it would seem that I AM getting back into blogging, huh?! And the commenting will follow soon too, I promise! Keeping my iPad handy in the kitchen seems to be doing the trick;0)

Anyway, back to the very beautiful (Saturated Canary) Princess Zella. I've coloured her with pro markers and challenged myself to do long blond hair....I am very comfortable with brown hair, less so with blond, but I'm reasonably pleased with this effort. I think I used Pastel Yellow, Buttercup and Primrose.

I've used Memory Box Spearmint paper, with some silver mesh from Hobbycraft, my beloved Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flouish die and xcut punched flowers. The flowers have French knots sewn into their centres and there are a few cross stitches (although I'm not sure that the effort of sewing through all the layers was worth the final effect!).

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Everybody Art - Monochrome Blue

Moving Along With the Times - Punch it Out

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Totally Papercrafts - Make your Own Embellishments

 

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Sketch Saturday Ballerina

I need to blog this ASAP to make the Sketch Saturday deadline......

I've used the LOTV Little Ballerina, coloured with pro markers and paper-pieced. I love making these little tutus - running stitch along some ribbon, together with some sequins and beads gives a lovely effect for something so easy! I've used the beautiful First Edition Spring Drop papers, some Hobbycraft twine, star charm from stash and the all important Stardust Stickles. "Living the Dream" is the name of the show that Aimee, together with my two kiddlywinks and lots of their friends are starring in next week.

I would also like to enter :

Inky Chicks - Bingo (image, flowers and die cuts)

One Stop Craft Challenge - Sparkle and Bling

Stamping For the Weekend - Something Metal (star charm)

Totally Gorjuss - Flowers (lots on the papers)

 

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