Oh Well ....: January 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Ahem, forget that I ....

.... mentioned anything to do with resolving to create more in my last post. Flippin' kiss of death, that was!!!

It's been a loooooooong, dreary January - can't believe we've only done three weeks back at school - feels like twice that. Oh well, only two more until half term!! We've got quite a few family and friend birthdays in February, so I hauled myself up from hiberation on the couch and made this for a little pal:

I'm entering this into the following challenges: Fussy and Fancy Friday ("Polka Dots"), Creative Card Crew ("Seeing Red"), My Time to Craft ("Favourite Embellishment" - mine is stitching and ribbon), Passion for Promarkers ("Recycle Something" - the ribbon is from a box of chocolates), ABC Challenge ("Happy Birthday"), Basic Grey Challenges ("Favourite Things" - mine are papers and stitching), Creative Inspirations and Simon Says Stamp both have "Anything Goes" challenges and Truly Scrumptious ("Something Forgotten" - I dug out the Sugar Nellie stamp).

Here's a close-up of the image and the name banner:

Recipe:

Papers: Crate Paper "Emma's Shoppe" and BG "Piccadilly"

Image: Sugar Nellie "Manga Girl"

Doily Die Cut: Cheery Lynn "French Pastry"

Colouring Medium: Promarkers

Other: Pink Paislee die-cut numbers, ribbon from chocs, needle & thread

Thanks for looking!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Well that's that ....

.... for another year!! Can you believe it's 2012 already?!! I hope you have all been having a happy and peaceful Christmas time, are rested, relaxing and raring to go this New Year!

I am a bit shame-faced that I haven't posted since the 15th of December - I did make a few more Christmas gift bags, and a card for a 5 year old whose birthday is so perilously close to Christmas that this is the first time I've actually got it together enough to make him a birthday card!!! I did intend to post those projects whilst it was still December, but didn't, and now it's January there's no point really!

So, on with the new - remember that nephew's birthday card I've been mentioning in every post for the last month and a half? I .... em .... made it .... yesterday!!! Here it is:

I'm entering this into the following challenges: Passion for Promarkers ("Celebrations"), and Kenny K Krafty Girlz, Basic Grey Challenges, Crafts and Me, Simon Says Stamp, Stampin' for the Weekend and Creative Inspirations, who all have "Anything Goes" challenges.

The aforementioned nephew is a drummer in a heavy-metal band, so this Kenny K image couldn't have been more perfect. I coloured it with pro-markers for a strong and cartoon-like effect - here's a closer look:

I continued the metal theme with lots of copper embossing powder and also with the Spellbinders gears and sprockets. I got this set back in the NEC in early November as part of an early birthday present from my stepmother, but had to hand it over to her to add to the rest of the gift and wait till my birthday to get it for real! I cut the gears out of plain old cardboard, but "metalised" them using some fab metallic stuff that you just rub on with your finger. Here's a side-shot of the dimension and all: