Another Tilda Card

Just finished another Tilda card :)

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges:

• Dutch Dare: Sketch
• The Secret Crafter: Girlie
• Cowgirl Up: Inspiration Picture plus buttons and ribbons {The picture was of a strawberry cheesecake, which reminded me of the pink panel I used alongside some nice lace ribbon}
• Stamptacular: Buttons & Bows {2 white buttons and a nice purple glittery bow}
• Aly's: Dots {Pink panel has dots}
• Crafty Cardmakers: Birthdays
• A Pocket Full of Posies: All that Glitters {The purple bow is totally loaded with embedded glitter! Plus the required flower as per norm.}
• Sweet Stampin: Use Favourite Stamp {So many Magnolia's to choose from! I opted for this lovely Tilda stamp!}
  

Two Cards

I've been a busy bee again.
Two new cards :)

Here is the first one, Tilda, and as you can see, I am really loving my new Nellie Snellen dies :D
Though I really need to see if I can do anything with my camera settings to make the pictures not so blurry.

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges:

• I Love ProMarkers: Follow the sketch and no more than 3 colours {My three colours were Rose Pink, Cinnamon and Cool Grey 1, and of course I followed the sketch}
• Cupcake Craft Challenges: Distressing {I distressed the edges of the rectangular panel going down the centre}
• Delightful Challenges: Distressing {see above}
• Alota Rubber Stamps: Distressing {see above}
• Alphabet Challenge: Ovals {I used my Oval Nellie Snellen Frame Dies}
• Creative Inspiration: Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin: Pretty In Pink
  

And finally, an Edwin card, though I am not 100% sure about this one, it feels like something is missing from it?
Ah well, can't get 'em all to be how we wanted them to be I suppose lol

I would like to enter this card in to the following challenges:

• Cards for Men: Go on an Adventure {Edwin has his cases packed and is off on a little adventure!}
• Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Use Edwin
• Craft Your Days Away: Favourites {I used my new favourite Nellie Snellen Frame Die, along with my favourite mulberry paper flowers, and of course Edwin was coloured in using my favourite medium; ProMarkers!}
• The Secret Crafter: It's A Man's World
• Cute Card Thursday - Whateva

It's Christmas. Simples!

Here is the card I have just finished making, and I thoroughly enjoyed colouring him in with my new ProMarkers!

This card will be intended for my son this year, and it also fits the bill for the first Challenge at Cards for Men.

As always, click on the image to enlarge and view in better detail.
You might not be able to tell but that little lighter colour on his nose is dusky pink! Also I coloured him in twice and popped him up onto foam pads to make him stand out some more!
It looks a lot better in real life!

Recipe:

• Red Cardstock
• Christmas Simples Digital Stamp from Sandra Dry
• ProMarkers (I will edit the colours in later)
• La Pashe Acetate & Peel-off pens
• Laura Ashley Designer Paper
• S O N silver stickers (coloured in green La Pashe pens)
  
• Whispers Brush Pens
• Diamond Stickles
  
• Scrap Card
• Computer Generated Sentiments
• Double sided sticky tape
  

Calendars, Stockings and Trees

Well, here are the other items I finished making a few days ago, but I didn't want to post them just incase any of the recipients saw them here first!
All have been sent out now, and most of them got them today, so it should be safe to post them!
As always, click on the images to view in better detail!

I bought the calendar tabs in March or April and since then I was struggling to decide how to use them, at first I thought maybe my son could make Christmas cards with them, then I saw the easel card and the lightbulb went off, perfect for desk calendars!
It wasn't until a few days ago that I saw quite a few other people have made them too!
Great minds think alike huh!

On the left is the first one I made ages ago, it wasn't until I got around to finishing them all off that I added the handmade flower. My son has claimed this one as 'that thing in the middle is cool!'
The middle one, maybe went to my brother and his girlfriend?
The one on the right went to William's teacher.

I think the one on the left went off to the states, and I *think* the middle one went to another Aunt. I know for certain that the one on the right was sent to my Mum.

I think the left one was reserved for my sister-in-law, and i know for certain that the one on the right was sent to my Uncle, and in his words 'they are great!'

Once again I am not 100% sure who got the one on the left, maybe my Aunt.
And the other one is sat on my desk as a spare!

I will post each one individually over the next few days with what goodies I used on each one, otherwise this post would be really huge!

All of the calendars together, laid down flat.
I think the first three on the bottom row are my favourites! But then again, I like the Smirk ones also!

My son was given this at school, to decorate at home. He had a whole week to do it, but we only managed to get it finished on Saturday night.
And here is the end result.....

I'll post the details in later as I have to go and finish off making a very special card right now!

Ooops, almost forgot.....

The tree was put up at the end of November! It is a new tree, (well, we got it in January when the sales were on), as out last tree would have been 12 this year (older than our son!), and was starting to look a bit threadbare. This tree is full of (fake) life and is nice and bushy and has no unsightly gaps between the three sections!
It is not fully decorated yet, but I will post a pic as soon as it is done and there is a little story surrounding the lights!

Altered Notebook

I altered this notebook before I went to Leeds to visit family last week.
It was kind of a rush job, which is why it isn't as pretty as it should be ;)
Anyways, I just kinda made it up as I went along, but I did take photographs along the way so I thought I would share it with you.
As you can see I made it to take notes in about my family tree as I have been researching it for a while now.

I used an A6 £1.49 spiral notebook from Sainsburys.

Flip to the back of the notebook and take the back cover off.

Then go to the front and take the front cover off. (You have to take the back cover off first to be able to get the front off).

Ribbon is optional.

Adhere ribbon to the inside of the front cover. I used double sided tape.

Do the same to the back cover, then hide messy part by adhering white card over the whole covers. I used a regular hole punch to punch out the holes.

Pick out your papers and adhere to the outside covers, you can also adhere to the inside covers too like I did. I used papers from the Laura Ashley Traditional collection designer pack.
Then when you are done with adhering the papers onto your covers, put the front cover on first, swivel the spiral around then put the back cover back on.

Embellish as you wish. I used the scallop border of this Fiskars shape template on another Laura Ashley Traditional sheet of paper.

I then stamped a pattern on to some card stock along with some papershapes from Papermania and wrote 'family tree notes' and inked around the edge of the panel.

As I said, it's not the prettiest of notebooks, but it serves a purpose.


Recipe:

• A6 Spiral Notebook from Sainsburys.co.uk
• Laura Ashley's Traditional papers from ArtyMiss.co.uk
  
• Ribbon from a box of Thornton's chocolates lol
• Floral Foam Stamp from Papermania
• Paper shapes from Papermania
• Whispers ink (Will look up the exact colour later) from madaboutcards.co.uk
  
• Whispers Brush Marker Pens from ArtyMiss.co.uk
  
• White card stock
  
• Double sided tape
• Fiskars Shapes Template from Amazon.co.uk