100% Precious

Do you know those cards that you design in your head, yet when you get them made they look completely different and not half as nice as you planned ..... well this is one of those.

I wasn't going to share this but hey ... someone might like it!

I love the image (Saturated Canary).... I love the DP's (Simple stories - Baby Steps)......

 



.....I also love the embellies... but altogher.... i'm not too sure..... hmmmph :-(

.... so thats it really, I do hope you like my card..... even a little bit more than I do.

Love n hugs

xx Cara xx

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts - Young at heart
Anything goes - Stitching Real or faux
Crafty mess - Nursery Rhymes (hush little baby)
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes

 

Anything Goes at Dream Valley

Hello again,

I'm back with my second post in about 10 minutes and this time with my (late) DT post for Dream Valley and this time it's everyones favourite - Anything Goes!!

The winner will receive a £10 for Joanna Sheen's online shop - Wow!!!

My card for this challenge is my dear hubby's birthday card - I'm so rubbish at ments cards so please be gentle with me:

This cute image is another from Tiddly Inks - I just love him with his square balloons lol!

The DP's are from a pad called "clippings" but the make I dont remember. (I have a habbit of using the front sheets for the collage look and then I can never remeber the details...sorry)

 I've used glossy accents on his buttons and balloons and the sentiment is made from a Whimsy alphabet stamp set.

And there you have it - told you I wasn't too good with mens cards lol

Any hoo, I hope you can join our chalenge at Dream Valley - you really have no excuse since its Anything Goes ;-)

Thanks for visiting me today - and a big hellooooo to my new followers!!!!

Love and hugs xx Cara xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Cards for men - Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Always anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Here Come the boys - Favourite film (short circuit)
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Anything Goes
 

New Challenge - Gingerloft DT card

Evening all,

I'm late today with my DT posts as it's my 1st wedding anniversary and me and my troop have all been out for a lovely lunch with the in-laws, it did have to be cut a little short as Lacey is still unwell, but it was still lovely.

Any way, Its challenge time over at Gingerloft and this time we would like to see "a touch of gold" on your creation - easy peasy right????!!!!

The winner will recieve 3 digi stamps from the Gingerloft Store.

So here's my card:

I used the Reindeer Carousel Digi from Gingerloft and coloured with promarkers.

My lovely new Die from Joy crafts came out again, as did my poinsetta die.

Not my usual style of card but I really enjoyed making it.

I do hope you'll hop over and join our challenge.

I'm off to link up and then i'll be back with my Dream Valley post.

See you soon.

Hugs xx Cara xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Anything goes - Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Always Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin Challenge - ATG

 

Twinkle and Sparkle!

Hi everyone,

I'm up with a very quick post today while my youngest is sleeping - she's been up all night with a chest infection, she really is poorly bless her.

Herer is another card made with the same free papers as last time and I also used the same sketch as I loved it!

I used a LOTV image this time coloured with promarkers, I just love her little xmas outfit with the furry colar and cuffs. (i used a snow writer and glamour dust to add the texture and sparkle.

I flipped the sketch this time and went with some of the different papers in the pack and I think the card looks completely different to the last - I might even try to squeeze another out of the same papers and sketch!

One last view to show the inside decorated as always to compliment the front.

There all done, I do hope you like at and I really do appreciate any comments you may leave.

Love and hugs

xx Cara xx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch - 171
Unique Crafters Challenge - Sugar and spice
Allsorts - Young at heart
Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything goes
Brown Sugar - Bingo (pink,blue,glitter)
By the cute and girly - Twinkle twinkle little star
CSAYL - Anything goes/holiday project

Fa la la la laaaaaaaa!

Evening all,

I've had a day off work today, not to do anything nice - ive been to the dentist again - when will it end????

Any hoos I did manage to fit in time for a little play in my craft room to cheer myself up and here's what I made:

I decided to base my card on the latest sketch from Sweet Sketch Sunday and used one of the lovely Wryns from Tiddly inks and she is called "Wryn gos Caroling"

I used my promarkers to colour her up to match my papers (i'm still on a mission to use all of my freebies up)

I really like these non traditional colours for crimbo :-)

The sentiment is also from Tiddly Inks and the flowers are made using a marianne die.

I hope you like my card.

Thanks for visiting me today i appreciate it :-D

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a challenge - Spots and Dots
CWLC - Xmas no Red or Green
Hooked on craft challenges - Xmas no red/green
Papertake weekly - Anything goes
TTCRD - Anything goes
Sweet Sketch Sunday - Sketch 171


 

Joy to the World

Hello again I'm back again with another Tiddly Inks card and this time it's for their current challenge - Make it like Lou - here.

And the challenge is to create a chard using this card made by Lou as inspiration:

I decided to use the sketch, I flipped it and used "Minnies lights" to make another christmas card.

Isn' she fab with her uber large specs lol!

The bright papers and sentiment were another freebie from last year (i'm on a mission to use all my free stash can you tell :-D)

I didn't add too many embellies as the papers are busy enough I thought.

Hope you like my card.

Thanks for visiting me again today.

Love n hugs xx Cara xx

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas - Vibrant colours
Card crafters circle - patterned paper
CHNC - 3 patterned papers
MAWTT - Stitch up

 

Cool Christmas

Morning all,

Hope you had a safe, warm and fun bonfire night.

My day started off badly - I lost a filling out of a tooth while sat in the hairdressers - quickly followed by most of the tooth - I am now waiting for yet another appointment at the emergency dentist i might as well move in there with the luck i've hadwith my teeth lately).

The day did perk up hough - I took the girls to an organised bonfire - for the first time ever!! I'm petrified of anything that goes bang but I plucked up the courage and it was worth it to see the girls faces (when I peaked out from behind Lee's back that is lol)

Any hoos onto todays card - This is another image from Tiddly Inks - I so love their digis!

I coloured the image with my promarkers as always.

I finally made use of some card blanks I've had in my stash for aaaaaages - I just added stickles to the embossed section.

The papers were a freebie from a magazine and the ribbon and buttons are from my stash. The little sentiment tag is LOTV.

Heres he inside decorated to compliment the front.

Hope you like my little card.

Thank you so much for visiting me today and any comments you may leave - they really make my day!

Hugs xx Cara xx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

ABC - V for vibrant
Card Crafters circle - Patterned paper
Charisma Cards - Recipe
CSAYL - Anything goes
I love promarkers - Cute