My daughter made her friend a Hello Kitty Birthday Card

My daughter, who will be 10 on the 21 Feb decided that as it was her little friends Birthday that she would make her a card to give to her.  i showed her how easy an easel card is to make and off she went - this is what she came up with - i think she made a fabby job!.    She loves to craft and make things. My friends daughter is 19 and when we go the the big craft show at the SECC in glasgow together, the two of them go off an buy their goodies - my daughter thinks she is soooo grown up when she gets to do this - the Hello Kitty die was one of her purchases and so was the paper block which she cut the dress and bow from, she is busy saving hard for the next show which is at the begining of March................her little friend loved her card and my little girl was chuffed to bits!  she will be thrilled that i showed her card on here too xx

My mother in laws Christmas card

This was the card i made to give my MIL for her Christmas - used a large card and a couple of the large A3 sheets from Kanban - cut and decoupaged the lady and glittered her hat syole and the Christmas tree - penny black winter scroll stamp used to create a border down the outside of the cars, also added it to the inside of the card along with another Penny Black sentiment - she was really pleased with it........yeah did something right!

Forever Friends love you lots

Square white hammered card layered with pink design paper from the forever friends loved up pad, pink vellum then white hammered card with edges inked with tattered rose distress ink, nellie snellie cutter used to cut a mulberry matt onto which a layer of pale pink heart d/p added from same pack as before - forever friends bear stmped in versafine sepia ink and coloured with copics, ribbon from new stash from malaysia sentiment from forever friends set and gems added for sparkle

this card suits a few challenge this week:-

allsorts challenge#35 - pink and brown - lots of pink and little brown bear

crazy4challenges-c4c20- faby sketch to follow this week - done that!

crafty calendar challenge#4 - keeping warm - nothing keeps you warm like a big bear hug full of love

one stop craft challenge#63 - fancy corners or edges - mulberry matt cut with nellie snellie die to give fancy edged square

forever friends challenge - a quick ff card

Forever Friends I love U

White A5 hammeredcard, foreve friend bears stamped in versafine sepia and coloured with copics, stamped again on pink vellum and the I,U and the heart all cut out and layered onto the original images, pink vellum stamped with dot using versamark ink and chalked over, Penny Black sentiment stamped onto mulberry card which had been cut with my new nellie snellen die cutter, bears matted and layered onto pink  b/p from forever friends all loved up pad, flowers, pearls, brad and charm from stash - think hubby will probably get this for his valentine card...........whey hay its made in plenty of time ......instead of making it at midnight on the 13th feb!!!! own up - who else has done that!

 this card suits Emma's sketch over at:-

sketch saturday #86- follow a sketch - done that

sugar nellie - just for you

Peach 6 x6 square base card, edges inked with spiced  marmalade distress inks - dp from papermania goody bag- capsule range, sunshine, edges of the 4 small squares also inked, new sugar nellie image stamped and coloured with distress inks , ribbon coloured with distress inks to match, flowers and buttons added to corner

cute daisy may - flowers and ribbons -managed that

cute card thursday#94 - all new - papers and image and orange flower, all new

truly scrumptious challenges - minas sketch - last weeks challenge - didnt upload in time!

a spoonfull of sugar challenge.#87 - lots of layering - lots of layers here, also used last weeks recipe challenge too!

Club Anya and friends sketch #2

Square 6x6 card, edges inked with spiced marmalade distress inks, anya image stamped onto pale yellow scalloped circle of bazzill card, coloured with distress inks,layered onto silver mirri card cut with cicular nellie snellen die cutter, used paper from new papermania capsule sunshine pad, rounded corners and inked the edges - polka dot ribbon from p/m  goody bag, charm added which says made with a smile - craftwork cards sentiment, and gems from stash

check out the challenge here:- club anya sketch 2  follow sketch

a kiss for you

   

Easel card - made from 2(well one full one and half of the other) 6x6 pre scored cards - backing paper from stash(think it was froma kanban mixed box - not sure) the brown patterned paper i think was dcwv.  The fabulous dig image is one of Mo Manning's - check out her stuff it is amazing.  Coloured with promarkers and fake snow added to collars and cuffs on the eskino's coats and boots - inked edges and layered on top of 2 layers of paper, pale blue ribbon addded and tied - heart embellishment, gems and sentiment from stash.

this card fits a few challenges:-

promarker challenge -last weeks challenge - cool aqua and cocoa were the colours - too late in uploading!

abc-challenge L is for layering - lots of layers here

stamp something challenge - colour combo of blue and white

colour create challenge#36 - colours kraft/blue and white

fussy and fancy challenge #2 - winter theme - think eskimo's fits the bill

Tilda says Thank You

Square 6x6 card covered with some of my new papermania capsule papers - my local craft shop runs a loyalty scheme and my loyalty card was full - so bought the p/m goody bag and some other bits and pieces last week as a treat to myself the goody bag is all colours of yellow and orange - called, quite aptly - sunshine!  could certainly do with some of that after all our snow, just starting to thaw out now!

 New tilda image coloured with distress inks - used mustard seed and spiced marmalade - orange flower from goody bag others from stash - thank you sentiment from new Penny Black clear enjoy set, and added gems for a bit of bling - enjoyed the simplicity of this sketch. Had intended to enter if for sketch and stash#86 sketch - but just a little late - well thats how it goes!

this card fits a few challenges:-

charisma cardz#2 - something new - papers, flower and stamps

just magnolia - thank you - Tilda stamp and thank you sentiment

Musical Tilda Birthday Card

White hammered A5 card - edges inked and distressed with dusty concord distress ink, used my new magnolia stamps from the 'winter/christmas kit', coloured with milled lavender and dusty concord distress ink, sash and bow on dress glittered with sakura clear sparkle pen, new nellie snellen oval die cutter used for oval shape and Happy Birthday sentiment stamped on to it, 3 paper flowers with 3 paper roses added to the centre of each, added little piano charm from a selection i got in the new year sales from a local book shop.

this card manages to fit quite a few challenges, here they are:-

crafty catz weekly challenge#15 - a birthday card

charisma cardz#-2- anything new - my stamps, die cutter and charm

sketch saturday#-86 - a sketch to follow - yep- done that!

the secret crafter saturday challenge#66 - musical - b/paper. piano stamp and piano metal charm

cinspirations #43 - wednesday challenges - new year,new you - new stamps and die cutter and charm

I'm back ....with lots of challenge cards - kicking off with the Sugar Bowl Challenge

This weeks challenge was to follow Kathy's sketch and add distressing-The design papers for this card are from the new papermania capsule range - sunshine - the edges of the yellow stripey paper have been distressed . Sugar nellie stamp - pick me- coloured with distress inks and edges coloured with distress inks - colours used - frayed burlap, shabby shutters, tattered rose, mustard seed and spiced marmalade. lemon ribbon from stash, new charm from a selection i got a christmas time and sentiment from new set of pb enjoy clear stamps - nellie snellen rectangles used to cut orange mat -

challenges for this card are:-

The sugar bowl #27 kathy's sketch - include a sugar nellie stamp and distressing

keeping my fingers crossed for this challenge as the winner gets to pick 6......yes 6 new bits of rubber!!!

Going off to bed now - had a few good hours blog hopping and found some lovely creations on my wanderings- my mojo has gone off and left me behind - think Santa took it back in his sack with him to the North Pole -hopefully will get some inspiration and get back to some challenges soon - nitey nite xx

p.s  anyone else having problems with blogger? (or is it just me being stupid?!? - and doing something wrong-please give me a shout if you can help!)-my side bar info keeps disappearing -my followers,candy bar,links and challenge buttons have all been coming and going for thelast 3 days now! strange

Happy 2010!

Would just like to wish everyone all the best for the coming year and hope you all enjoyed the festivities over Christmas - hope all your hangovers are a distant memory! - seems like some have had a longer break from work than expected with this amazing spell of weather we have been having - we live on the west coast of scotland and being so near the sea we don't normally get snow that stays on the ground for any length of time -but boy it must be bad as we have had snow all around for days at a time. Nothing like what those further south are expeiencing though, we are sooooo not equipped for freak weather spells like this -Hope you all stay cozy,safe and warm x x

Just Cute Bears Challenge Blog and DT

If bears are your thing then this is one blog you will not want to miss. Ali has set this new blog up and will challenge you every Sunday to make a papercraft project with any kind of bear on it -sound like fun - i'm beary excited about this as i just love the furry creatures! The fun begins on January 24th - don't miss it................................ooooooooh and did i forget to mention.......they have a Design Team call out a the moment. Off to raid my stash and see what i can come up with - pop on over http://justcutebears.blogspot.com/

see ya over there
Evelyn xx

Whiff of Joy Advent candy

Check out the advent candy on offer every day until the 24 December - some amazing things on offer - and as the saying goes 'you have to be in it to win it!' I for one would love to win anything from the Whiff of Joy range as i just think they are superb. pop on over to http://katharina1704.blogspot.com/ and check it out for yourself - Go On how can you resist!

This was an Anya card which i made with some scraps of paper and a small scoll stamp which i used to make a border on either side of the paper,imaged coloured with copics, sentiment and gems added

Wooden Santa decoration and photo holders

Sorry not blogged much lately,but have a few projects to up load,so here is the first 3 items for you to have a peek at. Plain wooden santa decoration from Hobbycraft which i have painted with acylics paints and added some glitter to his beard and hat, also got some plain wooden Christmas phot clips to decorate

She's done it again!

Another set of amazing candy from the lovely Stephanie - her generosity and kindness know no bounds, would definately love a peek at stephnaies craft room/stash, i'm sure she would have more than my local shop! Pop on over and check out her fab blog,she always has beautiful cards to show.http://stampingsharing.blogspot.com/2009/11/mini-blog-candy.html Will be keeping my fingers and everything else crossed!

check out stephanies mini xmas candy - its fab!

Stephanie over at http://stampingsharing.blogspot.com/2009/11/mini-xmas-candy.html has some lovely Christmas candy on offer until the 24/11. This is one of the most amazing blogs to checkout-stephanie is so generous and offers mini kits which tie in with all her latest creations. This is definately a blog you will want to follow, i love popping in to check out what she has been up, her colour schemes are always fab , as is her choice of stamps. Will be keeping my fingers crossed.thanks for the chance Stephanie x

I'm still here........honest!!

sorry not uploaded much for a few weeks now,life and health issues just seemed to take over!........as we all know they can do at times. Off to have my swine flu jag on Wed, keep thinking...will I or won't I, but with other health issues i suppose it is in my best interests to have it! had my normal flu jag last week and for the first time in 5 years i was left with quite a sore arm, all red and warm,have heard the swine flu jag can do this too, so not looking forward to it.
Have a few things to upload but camera really playing up....................think i'm getting a new one for my Birthday on Friday...........daughter let the cat out of the bag.......so will be able to get things uploaded again....yeaaah x

All that Scraps Blog giveaway

All that scraps are giving away to one lucky blogger a set of wonderful fairy stamps by Amy Young - check out the blog for the DT samples, http://atsblog.typepad.com/they are fab - would love to be lucky enough to win these......but may just have to buy them when they launch on Nov 2nd - pop on over and take a look x

Penny Black Autumn coloured handbag

This handbag box shaped card was made from a template from a Nivea box which had 3 lip glosses inside -loved the packaging and thought it would make a good gift bag - so drew round it onto cream hammered card and set about making this. Stamped swirl stamp aroung all the edges in sepia ink, coloured PB bear with pastel chalks and a water brush, inked circle with the same sepia ink and added a ribbon and bow. This fitted the bill for a couple of challenges, one over on Docrafts, hosted Robocraft(the lovely Anne)and also for the http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ which was to make something in autumn colours

A little box and a lilac lady

I was asked to be this weeks host over on the docrafts board for this weeks sunday stamping challenge, and this is what i made. a triangular box. (well, this was my second project!!! ahemm!)

My challenge was to use a stamp or stamps that are either new to your collection or stamps that haven't seen the light of day for some time.Any shape of card/box etc but NOT square or rectangular. NO pre- printed backing paper(you can stamp a background to make your own) a sentiment(preferably stamped. I'd like you to only use 2 colours and to use chalks somewhere on your project, you can also use any embellishment of your choice. simple enough.................only i set about making my project and decided to make the card with the lilac/pink lady........quite happy with it, until i uploaded it to the computer and realised, i had been sooooooo naughty, look at the shape.....yes, its a rectangle!!! Bad enough getting it wrong, but, considering i set the challenge, well what can i say.....I feel a bitof a ninny! But the upside is that it fits the bill for http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ challenge this week which is 'so charming' you were to use a charm on your card - so woo hoo this one has a lovely made with love charm attached to the ribbon.

Kate's candy has arrived

As i mentioned previously I was lucky enough to win Kate's candy ........and the post van arrived on Friday afternoon with it! It was like Christmas, i kept opening bits and finding more goodies inside, Kate sent load of stuff, including some beautiful handmade vellum butterflies, which are just so delicate and i won't want to use them, just keep them to look at! I have been busy today adding more ribbons into my memor-Ez ribbon bag - how fabby that was too. Can't thank Kate enough......but thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart x

Sketch and Stamp - a bit late but hey ho!

This was my card which i had made for last weeks sketch and stamp challenge..........only i forgot to upload it!! what a ninny! never mind, really enjoyed this sketch and fell in loove with this stamp,coloured with promarkers,mme paper, pearl brads and flowers cut with woodware punches, ribboons from stash.

WOWEE I won Candy!

Look what i won -How amazing is this.....I have been lucky enough to be picked as the winner of Kate's blog candy http://catoscraftycorner.blogspot.com/ I am delighted and so surprised, Kate and I have been in touch and she is posting it out today ------Mr Postie better watch out ,as i may be stalking him for the next few days .......Thank you so much Kate xx

and again Papertake weekly challenge 3

here is my other card for the same papertake weekly challenge - black and white and another colour - gone for blackwhite and red again - just got this new stamp set, it is a SU set called harmony - just loved the sentiments, so had to make another card.

Another papertake weekly challenge card 2

Decided to do another 2 cards for this challenge-http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/which was black white and one other colour - so went for blackwhite and yellowfor this one. Used Penny Black stamp,, matted and layered with yellow card, edges inked with yellow ink, sentiment from SU Harmony set,inked and matted and layered with yellow too, added a little yellow bow to finish.