I want to ride my bicycle..

Tonights post is a card I made using another of my Elzybell art stamps - this one was called bike ride. I love this image as she looks like she is having so much fun on her bike. This prompted me to look on the website and I have managed to bag quite a few more stamps (credit card to the rescue:)it is a real shame but the website closes down on 30 Sept.
I coloured her with copics, added stickles in diamond to the top and headband and mounted this onto pretty sparkly pink paper and mirri board (I haven't used this for ages - I forgot how good this could look).

I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment and mounted this in the same way. I then added these to the front of my card. I should have positioned these in a different way as I was left with a large space in the right hand corner. Trust me to use foam pads that wouldn't come off! Basically my card was too big and I should have cut this down.

I then decided that I would add some black gems in a swirl - I should have drawn this first as this looks a little like a drunk snake! It didn't look right so I added some crystal flowers at the end. Lesson learnt as I added these with crystal glaze and this dried rather quickly, and I couldn't move these around when it looked odd.

I also needs lots more practice with colouring hair - I feel a long session on you tube coming on....

I am sure the person I send this card to will not notice all of these things and as I always say each card is 'unique' which covers all sorts of mistakes.

I am entering this into the challenge at the Scrapbook Sisters challenge card launch as the theme is pink and black.

Anyway, more tomorrow (hopefully!)

Debs xx

1st Xmas card

I have made my first Xmas card as before the summer holiday I had received new stamps I had bought from Elzybells art stamps  but I hadn't even inked them. I stamped this gorgeous mouse and coloured him last night and I couldn't resist making him into a card straight away. I use this weeks sketch from Friday Sketchers as I always have trouble constructing a different card - I am very much a straight line, matt and layer the image crafter, but I am trying to get out of this habit... This sketch has been brilliant as this goes against everything I normally do. I am entering this into the Friday Sketcher Challenge.

I have used two papers that I have had for ages that are part of a DCWV Xmas book.
I have mounted the mouse on a left over piece of card where I cut a frame from a card with the nestabilities, this was embossed with the cuttlebug and chalked with pale pink chalk. I discovered when I was mounting the mouse that there was another piece of card stuck to the back which was perfect so this was chalked with a soft green. The ribbon with dots on was left over when I made my friends wedding cake and this ties in with the dots on the paper. The pink ribbon was white but I coloured this with copics as I didn't have the right shade.

I am really pleased with this - I think I will be using this stamp quite a lot over the coming months!

Oh well  - best be going to bed!

Debs xx

Back in the game!

Sorry it has been so long - the summer holidays have been really busy. We bought a house just before Xmas last year and every room is covered in woodchip paper that has been painted rather a lot with nice shiny vinyl paint!! We are trying to decorate the boy's bedrooms as the Twin's is currently pink. The house is original 1976 retro - but not in a good way. I have made a couple of cards but hadn't managed to post these so one of these is today's post as the light isn't good enough to take a photo of the other one - I will try again tomorrow.

The download is from doodle pantry and is called Harold duck. This card was made for my friend Katie who was leaving our office as she has managed to get herself a brilliant new job.

The papers are from a QVC scrapbook set, Harold was coloured with Copics and I used stickles on the flower. The gems are from Hot off the press, some of the papers were run through the embossing folders on the cuttlebug, the flowers are from Orchid Crafts.

I also made a card for my nephew today as it is his 13th birthday tomorrow.

I used a digital download from digi stamp boutique called Dexter, I coloured him with copics, mounted him on some bazill card and paper from DCWV, and added stickles to the present (not that my photo's really show this) and buttons from Woodware. He opened his card tonight and he really liked it.

I have spent a lovely day today crafting. Hopefully I will post more of my efforts tomorrow.

Debs xxx

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Kikki with cakes

Been a busy weekend so I thought I would do a post before going to work :(

I made this card for my friend's daughters 13th birthday - we went to the BBQ on Saturday, luckily it was only down the road from us as the boys were so bored (13 and 11 - don't mix well with girls!!), so we let them go home while we sat in the garden in the sunshine catching up.

I used a digi stamp called kikki with cakes that I bought for the bargain price of 66p from Pollycraft. I coloured her with copics, added some orchid craft flowers and stickles ( that stuff is genius - Idon't know what I would do without it!), and layered her onto some papers I bought years ago in a scrapbook set from QVC. I was really pleased with the colours as it is girlie but without resorting to pink.

Have a lovely day. Debs xx

A little bird told me.

Tonight's card is a last minute birthday card for my father in law as I had forgotten it was his birthday today until last night. I really struggle with male cards, as I never know what to put on them, I think this works OK.

I have used a freebie digi stamp from Digital Pantry, called tweethouse which I coloured using my Copic's that arrived yesterday ( I am soooo in love with these!). I then cut this out using my friend Sue's nestabilities and my cuttlebug, added some stickles in crystal on the leaves, some glossy accents on the bird's beaks and put this on foam pad onto a piece of black card I had sprayed with copper moonglow shadow mist. I generated the sentiments on the PC and added these to scraps of card I had left from the bear in the bath card.
Even though this was a simple card I am really pleased with the result.

More later. Debsxx