Piano Card

I saw some similar type cards to this on Pinterest and thought they were really nice.I already had a template for making a 3D piano so used that to make this. It's something a bit different. I hand cut all the keys,but since then I've bought the Memory Box die of the piano keys so should be easier to make.The papers are BoBunny.

Aurora Wings

I only recently came across these wonderful digi stamps.I love fantasy art and these were just perfect. I really do love this first card which is unusual for me. It's not even a colour I'd usually use,so it's now my blog header.

Aurora Wings - Gardenia and Pearls

 

Close Up

Aurora Wings - Flower Ballerina

Close Up

Images - Aurora Wings Gardenia and Pearls/Flower Ballerina

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Poppylicious

I absolutely love poppies and so had to have this fantastic image by Tiddlyinks called Poppylicious. I've kept the card as CAS as possible for me.I was itching to add more but I decided just to showcase the fabulous image.

Tiddlyinks - Poppylicious

Close Up

Image - Tiddlyinks Poppylicious

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Embossing Folder - Crafters Companion Stitched Floral

Poppies - Wild Orchid Crafts

I'm entering the following challenge

Papertake Weekly Challenge White + 1

Kitty

I've always been a huge Sugar Nellie fan. I just love all the stamps they produce and even better they are a Scottish company.So it's a joy to support and buy from them. This image is called Kitty and is adorable. I've coloured her with Copic markers apart from her apron and hat bow,which I paper pieced. I used lovely spring colours.

Sugar Nellie - Kitty

Close Up

Image - Sugar Nellie Kitty

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Papers - Echo Park For The Record 2 Documents

Dies - Spellbinders Labels 2,La La Land Heart Fence      

I'm entering the following challenge

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 114 Easter or Springtime 

The Colour Purple............

One of my all time favourite movies,and the chosen colour for this card.I love this Sugar Nellie image called Princess.

Sugar Nellie - Princess

 

 

Close Up

Image - Sugar Nellie Princess

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Papers - Heartfelt Creations Raindrops On Roses

Dies - Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One,MFT pierced rectangles

Flowers - WOC roses,Prima Serenade and  other from stash

Wink Of Stella Clear added to roses on paper and sash on dress

I'm entering the following challenges

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Flowers

Wild Orchid Challenge - 3 Different Flowers

Digi Galore - Flowers

Morning Messy Hair......

I know that feeling well,so when Simply Betty stamps released their new stamps I had to buy this one.

Morning Mess

Close Up

Image - Simply Betty Morning Mess

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Papers - Bo Bunny Little Miss

Dies - MFT pierced rectangles,Spellbinders 5x7 detailed scallops,La La Land dress form

I'm entering the following challenge
Simply Challenged Challenges - Anything Goes Challenge 

Easter Basket

I saw a tutorial for making a little Easter Basket using the We R Memory Keeper's Envelope Punch Board HERE and decided to give it a go. I cut out my doilies using a die instead of pre made ones. The bow at the top of the handle was also made using the punch board.

Easter Basket

Close Up

Top View

Tools - We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

Dies - Cheery Lynn English Tea Party Doily,Whimsy - Double Scallop Tag,MFT - pierced rectangles

Punch - SU scallop

I'm entering the following challenges

Simon Says Happy Easter and or Sweet Treats Challenge

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 316 Easter

50th Birthday Card

I was asked for a 50th birthday card for a lady who likes wine.So I thought I'd use this fab stamp by Ladybug Crafts Ink.I've paper pieced her clothes and the rest is coloured with Copic Markers.

Front

Close Up

Inside

 

 

Image - Ladybug Crafts Ink Martini Nikki

Colouring Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition New Leaf

Sentiment Stamps - Personal Impressions

Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace

Dies - Sue Wilson Spanish Collection Corner,Marianne and MFT rolled flowers

I'm entering this into the following challenge

Ladybugs Crafts Ink Challenge Blog - Birthday

Teapot Card

A Spring like card today.I've made it as a teapot shaped card and used lovely pastel Spring colours. I love lemon and blue together.

Teapot Shaped Card

Close Up

                                                   Image - Tiddlyinks Danni

                                            Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

                                                         Papers - LOTV

                             Dies - Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles,Stately Circles

                                    Glitter on Flowers - Clear Wink Of Stellar

                                I'm entering this card in the following challenge
                                        Tiddlyinks Challenge - Celebrate Spring

Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girls

Another couple of cards from me,this time using Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girls.

A Little Birdie Told Me

Bumble Bee

Just A Girl

Birthday Faux Book

When is a card not a card? .............

When it's a faux book.

I made this for a special friend's birthday

Saturated Canary - Reading Beauty
Front

Close Up of Front

Side View

Bottom View

View of spine

 

Inside

 Image - Saturated Canary Reading Beauty

Medium - Copic Markers

Papers - K&Co Ancestry

Dies - Spellbinders Labels One,Cuttlebug Corner,MFT Pierced Rectangles

Lace and Flowers from stash

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges

Charisma Cards

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Papertake Weekly

World Autism Awareness Day

       Today is World Autism Awareness Day.

My card says it all

Digi Image - Bugaboo

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Cricut Cartridge - Jigsaw Pieces

Card For A Trainee Veterinary Nurse

I was asked to make an 18th Birthday card for a PSA in my son's school.It was for her daughter's 18th birthday.She's training to be a veterinary nurse.I used two images and merged them together.

The Paper Shelter - Cute Nurses

                                     Images - The Paper Shelter & Meljens
                                        Colouring Medium - Copic Markers
                                                       Papers - LOTV
                                                    Dies - Magnolia Tag
                                                Punches - Martha Stewart

Saturated Canary

Today I thought I'd  start by posting some of my older cards I made,but obviously not seen on here before.Saturated Canary is one of my favourite make of stamps so here's a couple from there.They're all coloured with Copic markers.

Saturated Canary - Butterfly Baby

Saturated Canary - I Heart You

Saturated Canary - Violet Vintage

Yes......A Card....or 20!

A card I was asked to make for the Deputy Head Teacher at my son's school.It was for her daughter's 16th Birthday.She likes the colour pink,Rangers FC,One Direction and Nicky MacDonald.

      Image - Headphones by Jade Dragonne

        Colouring Medium - Copic Markers 

Papers - Best Creations

Dies - Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles,Grand Decorative Ovals,Large Ovals,Memory Box -  Virtuoso Music & Star Flourish,Nellie Snellen - Tag Die,MFT - InstaFrame

Punch - SU Round Tab

Sad Times...........

come to the forefront for me this week. Saturday 18th would have been my dad's 84th birthday and Monday the 20th will be the 2nd anniversary of my mum's sudden death. It's incredible how much you miss them when they're not here anymore. So this weekend will be spent remembering good times and visiting the cemetery.

My music choice for today is going to be more upbeat and you can't beat a bit of Foreigner.This is one of my favourite songs of theirs.

Foreigner - That Was Yesterday

Enjoy!

My Love......

of rock music is fairly well known to most who know me.When I set up my blog it was for me to keep an online diary of my cards/scrapbook pages and also for my love of rock music. The crafting kind of took over the blog and very little was posted of my music loves. I got swamped under trying to keep the blog going and feeling I needed to visit other blogs to leave comments and that wasn't what it was all supposed to be about. It was fantastic that people took the time out to comment on my cards but that wasn't why I set it up.So the crafting has taken a back seat on the blog for a while and I feel much happier about blogging again,BUT not with crafty things.I'm going back to pleasing myself with my music.Please feel free to unfollow me if you want.I do understand. I mainly keep my cards on Facebook now,but only as a central point for me and no one needs to feel they have to comment on them there.

Anyway....enough of all that drivel.I'm posting a song that I love,by a band I love.I hope some people do actually take time out to listen to the songs,as they're not all what you'd expect.

Alter Bridge - Watch Over You

Some Sample Cards

I was doing a Copic Marker demo last weekend and Craft World using my favourite rubber stamps from Sugar Nellie.These are just a few of the samples I made.Will post the rest later.

Image - Simply Sassy Stardust

Image - Simply Sassy Windswept

Image - Simply Sassy All Spruced Up

Image - Sugar Nellie Fairy Maggie

I'm still finishing off putting all the storage in my Craft Cabin,but will hopefully soon have some more pictures to share.

TFL

Cass xxx

No Cards

No card to show today,busy doing samples for the demo weekend at Craft World. Thought I'd share some pics of how my craft cabin is coming along.My Facebook friends have been getting kept up to date with it's progress.







I've added some more units since these pictures were taken but not got pics yet.Will update it later.Getting there slowly but surely!

TFL

Cass xxx

Luv a Latte

Have been meaning to blog this card for the last few days and finally got round to it. I coloured the image when I was visiting Susan. I took Louis over for a few hours to play with her two boys. She's called Luv A Latte and is a Simply Sassy stamp from Sugar Nellie.She's coloured with Copics (no surprises there)





The papers are MME.Sentiment is SU Oh So Many Sayings and is stamped inside the punched out area using the SU Word Window punch.The other punch is a Martha Stewart punch around the page.Buttons and pearls from stash.



Finally got the electrics fitted in the cabin.Was out today and chose the light fitting for it.Just need to get some flooring then it's off to Ikea to kit it out!

TFL

Cass xxx

My Fair Lady

I was asked to make a 50th Birthday card and decided to use this digi image from Sassy Studio Designs. I've coloured her with my copic markers.The card is cut using a Go Kreate die and the white paper is actually embossed although it's not showing very well.It's by Doodlebug.The ribbon,maribou feathers and satin flowers are all from a local haberdashers. The sentiment I printed on the PC and cut out using a Spellbinders Fancy Tag die. The bling round it is made specifically for these dies and you just peel them and stick.







I still feel there's something missing from this card. Not sure what though.Probably the fact it's pretty plain and simple for me..lol

TFL

Cass xxx

Sugar Bowl Challenge # 65

Wow I can't believe I've managed to make another challenge card. I've not posted this much for a while. Well at least it's a lot for me!...lol.

The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl was to follow Maria Therese's sketch and the option of blue.I've used the Simply Sassy image from Sugar Nellie called Team Spirit and coloured her with my Copic Markers in colours to match the gorgeous Bo Bunny Liberty papers.The pom poms I made using a strip of blue card and cutting a fringe all along it and scrunching it up. I thought it looked quite effective. The star is a Sizzix die and the alphabet stamps are from Fiskars.I've dotted all around the blue cardstock with my white gel pen. The eyelets are just set in a line on a plain piece of white card.

Here's a close up picture of the hand made pom poms





Off to lie down in a dark room now....lol.

Only joking!



I've nearly finished another card so watch this space!

TFL

Cass xxx

Sugar Bowl Challenge 64

We'd been having little challenges on the Sugar Nellie Facebook page and one had been funky hair colours. As usual I missed the deadline.although in all fairness I was only just back my holidays.So instead I used the image for the Sugar Bowl Challenge #64 Kiki's Sketch. The image is a Simply Sassy called Apple Of My Eye and is coloured with Copic Markers. Her hair is a funky green colour, and I've added some glossy accents to the apples. The papers are a mixture of Craft Creations,MME and BG. I love this sentiment as it reminds me of something my dad used to always say to me. It's by Unity Stamps.The sentiment is cut out with an X Cut set of nesties.Flowers and ribbons from stash.

As I mentioned I'm entering it into the Sugar Bowl Challenge

I also thought I'd share another picture with you.I moved house a few months ago and as the garden is pretty big and I don't have a craft room that I'd buy a log cabin to use as my craft studio.All my friends on Facebook have been getting kept up to date with the progress of it.It's not quite finished yet as I have to get the electrics installed,but I thought I'd show you a picture of it so far.

I can't wait to finally have it up and running and have my own little space.

TFL
Cass xxx

Manga Rock Idol

I hate making cards for the male of the species but I bit the bullet and made this one for my friend's birthday using the Sugar Nellie Manga Rock Idol stamp. He's coloured with my trusty copic markers. The cardstock is Bazzill and I can't remember what the PP is.Possibly Crate.The star punch is by EK Success.Sentiment is by LOTV.Star is a Sizzix die and the gorgeous large button I got in Bee Crafty in Elgin.I hadn't finished this card when I went on holiday so got the chance to finish it when I went to The HOS in Elgin.


I had a wonderful time on holiday in Lossiemouth.Met Karen,Kate,Erika,Sharon,Kath and Debbi and also met an old school friend who now owns a golf course and tea room just outside Lossie.What a small world.

TFL
Cass xxx