Hoooooot

Well as you can probably tell there is a story behind this card! OH and his brother have this on going debate about the size of each others noses, and who has the biggest one....to be honest they both have big noses....and I get to say that 'cause I don't, anyway the pair of them are like 3 year olds rather then 39 and 43, and I just sit there listening to them shaking my head. So when it came time to make OH brothers card I asked OH what theme he would like me to do.......I shouldn't of asked.... the best of a really bad lot was something about his nose ........right, thanks for that...........

In a flash of inspiration...it was quite painful I came up with an Owl, why well in the UK a nose is also called a beak normally when you are being insulting, and I then thought of Hoot....Hooter is also a name for a nose......see I told you it was painful


This is a digistamp - from Louby Lou, which I printed out, and coloured with copics, I created the sentiment on my pc and printed that out, the DP is some of my all time favourite 'boy' themed paper - by Cosmic Cricket. The sketch is a Flashback sketch from Poetic Artistry.

So what do you think?


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Recipe:-
Stamps: Digi stamp by http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.wordpress.com/
Ink: n/a
Cardstock: nonbranded
Patterned Paper: Little Boys by Cosmic Cricket
Accessories: Stars unknown, copics, nestabilities

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Treak

I was dilly dallying yesterday on SCS, and sorting photos getting them ready for this blog etc and I started to get things ready for this post......and then I looked at the time and realised that in my hand was the card I am going to show you today....and the post was going to be collected from the post box in about 45 mins....and if I didn't get it in that box there was no chance that Treak would get it in time for her birthday! The air turned blue, I turned into a sprint runner (not a pretty sight!)....and made it just in time


There is a thread on SCS about people who are like me and collect lots of dp and don't urm use it...so I decided I would make a special effort in honour of Treak and use some dp I had never used before.....this is so spangly and new it was still in it's wrapper...and I used 3 different dps from the collection...

The layout is this weeks sketch challenge on SCS SC234, I stamped and coloured the image, adding a bit of extra glitter on the sea to catch the light.



I used my American Craft Glitter Marker but I found that it rubbed the card, I would say almost to the point of going through the card, has anyone got these markers and had the same problem?


I used some of the dp from the front on the inside to carry the theme through.





So what do you think?


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Recipe:-
Stamps: Inkadinkado - Chelsea Sentiments, Only a Kid Once
Ink: Momento
Cardstock: DCWV
Patterned Paper: DCWV - Grade School
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, gamasol, copics, American Craft glitter marker- pure glitter, stickles

Nursie Nursie

Another niece turned 21......I am not old enough to have a niece who is 21well I have 3 of them who turned 21 this year so far and another one that turned 18....having said that I am not old enough to have a nephew who is 25......I wasn't even born when he arrived

Anyway Aisling is going into her final year of her nursing degree in September, and she is going to be very popular with her gentlemen patients...it might have something to do with her being 6ft tall, a body to die for, boobs in the right place, eyes that would melt your heart.......and she is really really nice, oh and to top it off she is intelligent........not sure quite where she came from must of been the milk man

The card is pretty simple, the image is coloured with Copics, and the background dp is from LLB's new collection Venaissance. I have been trying to improve my colouring technique with my copics and I found this thread (I can't access SCS at the moment but as soon as I can I will update post) on SCS invaluable. I have to say though for me the colours chosen are definitely for those living in a warm climate, so I will choose some paler ones in the future...this is all down to personal choice....and I am a snowflake!

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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clearly Stamps with Character Girls in Uniform
Ink: Momento
Cardstock: Blue Mirror Card unknown
Patterned Paper: LLB Venaissance Collection
Accessories: Nestabilities, numeric rub ons, 3d foam, grosgrain ribbon, copics

Pink Explosion!

It was my god-daughters birthday earlier in the month, Ellie is a girlie girlie, pink loving, sparkly wearing 6 year old! and what kind of godmother would I be if I didn't make her a card to help her celebrate her pinkness! I might add that along with the card I bought her some positively pink outfits and sparkly hair accessories to go with them! oh and she is a budding crafter so she got loads of stickers and glitter and oh a whole host of fun stuff!

I got my Copics out for this image along with a bit of glitter provided by my American Crafts Glitter Marker Pure Glitter, there are actually 3 different stamps used on this card, the girl, the pig and the fence, so I had to do some masking.

The is a bit pink, well the whole card is a bit ott on the pinkness but you are only 6 once

I dusted off some of my flowers..... and stuck a button and threaded some DMC thread through it, added some more ribbon, a tag embellishment and some flower gems.

Very pink very girlie and the young lady loved it! It was completely over the top sugary sweet but I think it worked!

Thanks for looking.

Shop 'til you drop!

It was one of my friends birthdays recently....and she does like to shop........rather she likes to go shopping but she doesn't seem to buy all that much......I am strange, I can't be bothered with all the tooing and froing....if I want it, can afford, I have it.....going around town looking at the same top just slightly different in 50 shops and going back to the first shop you saw it in 5 hours earlier is just plain HELL!



Close up to see how I used Diamond Glaze on my skinnie minnie to add a bit of weight to her



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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clearly Stamps with Character
Ink: Memento
Cardstock: Making Memories
Patterned Paper:
Accessories:Prisma blooms, glitter, cuttlebug, nestabilites and Prismacolor pencils

Shimmer and Shine

On this one you are going to have to trust me...it looks a whole lot better in real life, it was a complete nightmare trying to photograph this card and try and get the colours, vibrance, and shimmer....

This card took a whole lot of work, layers upon layers of different embossing powders and I 'know' the recipient with chuck the card in the bin the day after his birthday....teenagers don't you just love them! and just to spit him....there will be no money in it!

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Recipe:-
Stamps: unkown
Ink: Stazon
Cardstock: craftworks
Patterned Paper:
Accessories: embossing powders, nestabilities, ribbon

Beer and a Pretty Girl what more could a man want...

..........the easiest way to a mans heart!

A close up of girlie....!

(The puckering is not that bad on the actual card, it was because I used silicone glue as it was the only thing that would stick with all the glitter on the card stocks that I used)

Inside of the card....

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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clearly Stamps with Character
Ink: Memento
Cardstock: DCWV
Patterned Paper: Various
Accessories:Copics, even more glitter

I love the image on this card, it harks back to when children could be children and the health and safety mad world was not even on the horizon!

Our friends little boy was turning 3 and he is a real 'boy' into everything and anything and outside exploring.....



so proud of his new friend!

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Recipe:-
Stamps: High Hopes
Ink: Memento
Cardstock: Craftworks
Patterned Paper: Trimcraft
Accessories:Prismacolour pencils, ribbon, nestabilities, and some gems

Relaxing when you are over the hill!

A male friends birthday in March and this image I think suits most men his age down to the ground! I think his wife nearly wet herself with laughter when she saw it as this is the vision she sees most Sundays!

love the holes in his socks!

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Recipe:-
Stamps: Clearly Stamps with Character Golden Oldies
Ink : Memento
Cardstock: Basic Grey
Patterned dp: Basic Grey
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Birthday Greeting rubon, brads and Brown ribbon

Chirpy!

I fell in love with this card by prbloom over on splitcoaststampers, I can't stop looking at it! I hadn't used my wonderful new Inkadinkado stamp that I had also fallen in love with so I joined them both in marriage!

And I am shocked........I had a comment on my last card from the one and only LEONIE.........and she recommended my 'ickle old blog her blog
Thank you Leonie and especially for mentioning the link to the Bowel Cancer website




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Recipe:-
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Ink: Memento
Patterned Paper: Making Memories Paisley
Accessories: Ribbon - American Crafts, Waterfall Stickles, Prisma Color Pencils, Sandsodor, Nestabilities and Cuttlebug