Club Anya & Friends Saturday Sketch #12

There is a lovely sketch over at Club Anya & Friends this week and I very nearly didnt get a card made! In fact my crafting has been a bit awol recently but hopefully thats about to change again. I have been feeling somewhat stressed but promised myself I would not bore you all with the details, suffise it to say I think its getting better and I have a week with my mum & dad to look forward to in a weeks time too! Well on to my card I turned the sketch around and I have used a digi that I won from TGF blog in their weekly digi giveaway. Hope this image is ok to use for the challenge it is 'Sleepy Foxgirl' and she is just so sweet. I have coloured her with copics, the paper is a digi from Raspberry Road but cant remeber which kit the oval frame is cut from mount board with a sissix die and then coloured with a copic and all the other bits are from my stash + a few little punched butterflies the sentiment is by hand, not so sure that was a good idea but didnt have anything else that worked!lol TFL

Club Anya & Friends Monday Mania - Gwen Sketchipe

On Monday over at Club Anya & Friends the challenge was a sketch and stitching, inking, painting and embossing - choose 2. I went with embossing (my oval background) and then I dug out my sewing machine and now that I have sorted my craft room I can actually use my machine so this is the first time I have actually used proper sewing on a card instead of faux stitching. I stitched round each of the gingham paper pieces, I have used the gorgeous little Anya that my good friend Sammi sent me coloured with copics, the rikrak is also cut from the same cs as the mats and oval the flowers and gems are papermainia and the sentiment is a cuttlebug die. I enjoyed doing the stitching so I'm sure that will be happening on more of my cards not sure if this is just too much gingham!lol TFL

Club Anya & Friends Monday Mania - Mags Inspiration

Ok last card for me for tonight, another one I had great fun doing! At Club Anya & Friends along with a picture for inspiration the other stipulation for the Monday Mania challenge was altered TGF stamps, well I thought long and hard about this one and while I was playing in PSE5 today with another card I started playing with the digi images from TGF too and the end result is my card which combines the body of Dressy Edward and the head of Ebony. I have made this into a congratulation type card for someone starting a new job and felt it was quite modern with the suit and then the colours which I took inspiration from the picture. Image is coloured with copics anda touch of stardust too, paper is Dovecraft Hint of Pink by Kate Knight, sentiment is a peeloff that was blue but I used my copic to colour it black and the ribbon flower I made and the beads in the middle are from Monsoon! (my neighbour buys up old stock some of which is damaged and fixes it up and then sells it on - I get all the beads and sequins etc!) Right time for me to call it a night and get my head in work mode as its back to work tomorrow afternoon :( less crafting time for me next week. TFL. xx

Club Anya & Friends Saturday Sketch #10

This is my card for the sketch challenge over at Club Anya & Friends, the large b&w flower in the top left corner is actually cut from another piece of the paper and then added to the main piece (it doesnt really show in the pic), the paper is A Hint Of Pink by Kate Knight at Dovecraft. Image is a Dressy Miss Anya coloured with copics the flowery swirl is a sizzix extended cut and the little gems are from the £1 shop. TFL

Club Anya & Friends WCW - I see a hole

OMG! I cant believe I've just made a christmas card and its only March, mind you looking out the window right now you would be forgiven for thinking it was still the middle of winter! Cold, wet and windy! Anyway back to my card. I have made this for the WCW challenge over at Club Anya & Friends and the challenge was to have an aperture in your card, well while I was glancing thru my dies I saw my sizzix snowman and an idea formulated from there. The aperture has been filled with some acetate which is sandwiching some glamour dust for sparkle, the image is Miss Anya- Snow coloured with copics and some sakura stardust and glaze, papers are a christmas digi from Raspberry Road, the mittens and sentiment are sizzlits dies and the holly is an Ellison cut & emboss die. I'm actually quite pleased with how this turned out in the end. TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch #9

Whoo hoo, I have managed to craft tonight and get a card done for the sketch over at Club Anya & Friends. I have used the new freebie image of Audrey who is just soooo cute. The papers are all from my scraps drawers so am not sure what they are or who they are by, sorry about that. While sorting thru my stuff this week tho I did find my slide mounts and in amoung all the grey ones was this lovely yellow one so I just had to use it, also found the mini scrabble tiles which were sent to me a long time ago and the little tortoises were another find but I have no idea when or where I got them!!! lol I love uncovering all these forgotten bits feels like I've got loads of new stash and havent had to spend out to get it!lol Audrey is of course coloured with copics (under my new lamp!) Well my craft room is certainly moving forward there are still some bits to sort thru and once the shelves are in place I will be able to put everything away properly but for the moment I have to keep moving baskets around the room (and the house)! Well thats me done for tonight, hope to do some more tomorrow. Night night and TFL. xx

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch #8

A great sketch over at Club Anya & Friends again this week. I have used Hope & Grace - Sing (thanks Sammi) coloured with copics and a little bit of Sakura stardust too. Papers are all from a digi kit called You Are My Sunshine by A Work In Progress aka Vicki, flowers and gem are all from my stash and I used blue cs for the swirl which is a sizzix die and the hello friend is a cuttlebug die. TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Monday Mania - Seeing Spots

Wow there have been some awesome goings on over at the Greetings Farm and Club Anya and some fantastic new releases which I would love to get hold of, but will have to wait a bit longer! :( Anyway the Monday Mania challenge over at Club Anya is ...Recipe: There must be a minimum of 3 Circles used and at least 1 piece of polka dot patterned.
Challenge: Is to create a card using as many circles, dots, spots, or anything round in your card. Be creative use punches, create your own dots, buttons, lollipop flowers, anything round. So here is my card, definately 3 circles and some polka dots! The polka dot ribbon flower is made from a tutorial by ScrappyFairy and you can find it here. I'm quite pleased with how my first one turned out and shall definately be making more of these. The image is Dressy Ebony and I have added a little purple gem to her necklace and she is coloured using copics. Background paper is from a digi kit called Purple Passion and is by Stacey Towers (aka Stacey's Scraps) oh and the gren mat is embossed with swiss dots! TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch #7

Another great sketch over at Club Anya and Friends and I have used another image that was kindly sent to me by Sammi (really need more of these stamps!lol) this one is from the Mom & Dad set which is a beautiful set. I have used copics to colour in (one of them was a new colour bought today but shhhhh dont tell the OH! lol) I have used some more of the Shabby Princess papers that I printed off the other day for another card, the ribbon is from my stash and the little ribbon rose is one of the white ones I bought the other day which I coloured using my copics and I also coloured the peeloff sentiment too. TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Wildcard Wednesday - Paper Piecing

Over at Club Anya & Friends the Wild Card Wednesday challenge is Paper Piecing so I couldnt resist having a go. I used WS Dressy Ed and paper pieced his suit with gingham paper from K&Co Briana range which I used some other sheets of for the mat and background. I put my flowers thru the BS with swiss dots embossing folder for added texture then added a peeloff sentiment. Oh and coloured the image with copics (of course) TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch #6

This project is using the Saturday Sketch #6 from Club Anya & Friends and it is a gift for one of the residents where I work, whose room inculdes these bluey green colours. Papers are papermania from way back when I started scrapbooking, the ribbon is from my stash, cs is coredintations and the sentiment is from K&Co Proverbs To Go and the image coloured using my copics is Dressy Joyce. TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch

Well having only just started to follow the goings on over at Club Anya and Friends here I am with another card this time for their Saturday Sketch. The image is Hello Ian which my great bogging buddy Sammi sent me some time ago and I have been practicing my copic colouring with him and when I saw the sketch I knew I had to use him. Also used some scraps from my drawers and added a little leaf charm which I have had for ages and some little adhesive stones coloured with copics. TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Wildcard Wednesday - Metal Mania

Well this cute little image is Prince Ian and is from The Greeting Farm relay which unfortunately has had to be cancelled due to the overwellming volume of entrants which kept causing the site to crash. It was fun to take part. Anyway I decided that I would use the image to take part in the Wildcard Wednesday challenge over at Club Anya & Friends instead where the challenge was to use metal. I have used a little metal bookplate which I have had in my stash for years, papers are K-Ology Addison and all the other bits are from my stash. Image is of course coloured using copics with the addition of sparkly black sakura for his boots. TFL

2 in 1

Well after seeing a fabulous card over on Sammi's blog the other day (mind you all her cards are fabby!) I decided to have a go at the challenge too so combined the challenge at Anya Ink this week which is Flowers with the Club Anya & Friends - Monday Mania with - Jen Shults which was a colour recipe of Olive Green, Pink & Brown + sparkle great challenges. This is my card - the Miss Anya was a stamped image that was sent to me, the papers are PaperMania Signature Regency, ribbon is American Crafts, flowers are cut from a Big Shot die and the gems were i my stash as was the little green bow in her hair. TFL

ETA: Ooops just found out (by reading the rules!lol) cant enter this into Club Anya as cant combine challenges - never mind it gave me a great colour combo anyway, lol