Live Life to the Full

I’m a great believer in living life to the full, we don’t know what is around the corner and some would say it’s best we don’t.

My card today says it all, not a bit of colouring done on this one, it’s more of a scrapbook style layout and all done from a Kaisercraft design paper pad.

I simply love the aqua shades, just lots of matting and layering with this one, using black card to emphasize the papers.

Adding foam pads to raise some of the elements.

And finishing with a ribbon slider.

Something Old Something New – Grad Cap Box

This is something Old Something New that the Design Team for Creations by AR are doing each week, every week one of us will share something newly made from one of the older templates in the Creations by AR shop.

See all of our projects each week at http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/creationsbyar/page/something-old

I decided to showcase the Grad Cap Box this week as I know many of you are preparing for the Graduation season and this could get many of you a head start.

Just think that little scroll could be a special gift like a rolled up Money or a show ticket, just to say how proud you are and well done.

I stamped the cap top in black ink and found a beaded tassel in my local haberdashery store.

Ribbon Carousel Challenge Week 2

 

Ribbon Carousel challenge, a simple Birthday card for me today using Stampin Up rubber stamps and Vintage Seam Binding ribbon

This is the second week of May and we are giving you some fresh inspiration for this month's theme.

What is this month's theme?

CELEBRATIONS!

So hop over to the blog here to see what my team mates have created and enter the challenge for a chance to win an amazing prize.

Dream Team Blog Hop of the Month–Gifts

Its that time of the month when the Mo’s Dream Team come together and do a special project to give you a little inspiration and hopefully some Oooo’s and Awes along the way

This Months theme for the Blog Hop is A card with a little gift inside and Kerttu is our host and that is where the blog hop begins.

You should have landed here from Pops blog.

I decided to make a tea light gift card and boy did I have fun getting it right.

I used the Snowman digi image from Mo’s Digital Pencil for my project.

The easel card folds down behind the tea light box

The image is coloured with Copic markers and prisma pencils.

It was embellished with Stampin Up papers and border stickers and gems from Meiflower and die cut flowers and holly, ribbon was from Ribbon Carousel and button from Dainty Paperie 

Next up is Gretha and I know she’ll have something amazing to show you

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there is a couple of spot prizes on comments left

Lady Elizabeth

I’m back at Create and Craft today Tuesday at 12noon and 5pm and hope you tune in to watch, if you do please email in, its so nice to get those emails.

I thought I'd leave you with Elizabeth from Just Inklined and I think you’ll agree she is quite the lady, coloured with Letraset Promarkers, Flexmarkers and prisma pencils.

Silk Ribbon from Ribbon Carousel, papers from Stampin Up and scalloped edge made with a Martha Stewart punch.

I'll try to get more cards posted from the shows today as soon as I can.

Pride and Joy

Another fun character by Dr Digi’s, this one is called Pride and Joy.

Chris (husband) said the sheep should have a worried expression and the farmer should have a glint in his eye but that is him just being naughty ha ha!

I thought this would make a wonderful card for the man in your life with the twist on the words “Love Ewe” Coloured with Promarkers and FlexMarkers by Letraset and teamed with Stampin Up designer papers and Fantastic Ribbons ribbon and buttons.

Slugger Sam

Seeming as though I’m in a sporting keep fit mode I thought I’d share Slugger Sam with you.

Slugger Sam is a fun character from Dr Digi’s

Coloured with Promakers by Letraset papers are Stampin Up and the Ribbon is from Ribbon Carousel 

Blueberry Girl

This must be one healthy little lady, they say that blueberry’s are good for you and this little lady has them in abundance.

Blueberry Girl from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

I used Stampin Up papers and edged then using the Tonic Studios geared lever edge punch a ribbon from Ribbon Carousel and some gems and pearls from Mei Flower 

I think had it been me picking the blueberry’s I’d of had the evidence all around my mouth ha ha.

Image coloured with Copic markers

Mother Duck

Mother duck said “quack, quack, quack, quack” and only five little ducks came back.

Mother Duck, a newly released digital stamp from Just Inklined 

Such a gorgeous image this one, I coloured it with copic markers and teamed it with Stampin Up papers a pretty ribbon and pearls from Mei Flower 

The eggs are a spellbinders die that I dotted and distressed.

Anniversary Filigree

I know, I know, I bought one but I just couldn’t do it, so I set to straight after dinner and got cracking making a card for Chris’s Mam & Dad, I may keep the other for his Dads Birthday or Fathers Day.

A bit of a filigree feel to this one.

 

Soft, dreamy and clean, I used a heart corner punch (corner adorner) really old punch, my ScorPal for the embossing, love the ScorPal, Moroccan spellbinders die on the Grande Calibur, Memory Box Heart die, some ribbons and pearl pins.

I also used my Stampin Up heart punch and a bit of matting and layering.

Silver Fairy

Such a sweet thing this one. Silver Fairy,  I used Copics and Prisma pencils to colour her and used the overhang technique using the spellbinders label four die, I have a tutorial here The corner punch is an EK success punch. and both scrumptious ribbons are from Ribbon Carousel 

I just love heather colours don’t you? there is just something about them. The Silver Fairy digi is from Wee Stamps and i tried to keep her in pastel tones as I had lots of colour with the Stampin Up paper and ribbon

Mariko is Mad

This little one reminds me of myself when I was young, I was quite a handful and my Mam and Dad would often say they didn’t know how I survived to be an adult, apparently if it wasn’t for family and friends I would have ended up in the raggy home eek!.

Mariko is Mad Digital Stamp by Mo’s Digital Pencil Coloured with Letraset Flexmarkers and Prisma Pencils

I used some broderie anglais and then some of the gorgeous ruffle ribbon by Ribbon Carousel  on top of it the border work was done using an around the page punch by Martha Stewart some puffy letters (Thickers Glass Slipper) and a few blossoms and pearls and the designer paper is from Stampin Up.

Fast Freddie

I was itching to get some new images released for Just Inklined and I thought I would start with my favourite first, I just know you’ll be bowled over with him.

Fast Freddie

Coloured with Flexmarkers by Letraset and teamed with some Stampin Up designer papers which I inked and distressed.

Just check out his stance, a sportsman if ever I saw one.

These are the other new releases from Just Inklined

Just a Boy

Morning all, well my sleeping pattern is getting no better, I’m in bed early now, mostly before 10pm that is actually very early for me as I used to struggle to be in bed before 2am, I am waking a number of times during the night and normally wide awake and bushy tailed by 3am and having to force myself back to sleep until around 5.30am, I am absolutely bushed to say the least, it is like walking through a fog.

This morning the whole household was up and having a cuppa by 6.30 and Natalie although still in a lot of pain is looking much better, she is presently as sound as a baby laying on the sofa.

I have started to pack up the Christmas decorations but need his nibs to get it all into the loft for me.

My card today is made using a digi stamp from Spesch stamps

Coloured with Copic sketch markers then teamed with Stampin Up designer papers and the lucious ribbon is from Ribbon Carousel  lurve… her ribbons, most are from Maya Art.

I’m hoping to pop to the local garden centre today as I have had my eyes on a beautiful wire Christmas tree that I’m hoping will now be in the sales, I bought a little pottery nativity from there just before Christmas which I love. So I’ll take Natalie along if she is well enough and we’ll have a coffee while we are there.