Its Purple and Bling time

Wow, can't believe that holidays are over and its back to work for me tomorrow.  Two weeks have just flown by.  I have however spent time in the country with my parents and had a crafty day with friends and lots of relaxing time. Luckily this next term is a short one so before I know it will be holidays again. 

Its time for another challenge at Bizzy Becs.  This month the theme is 'Purple and Bling' and is by our DT gal Sally

We also have a fabulous prize on offer kindly donated by Bec at Bizzy Becs Online Store 

Tri Boss Embossing folder -  Ticket Stubs.

For my take on this months challenge I have chosen  an image from the Blue Butterfly Digi Stamps Birthday Collection called  'A Present to You' and you can find her here. She has been coloured with copics.

I have also used Spellbinder dies Floral Oval and Petite Ovals, some flowers, ribbon and bling from my stash. 

Coming up very shortly we have a very special birthday in our family and this card has been made especially for that occasion.

Thanks for visiting and I look forward to seeing your entries this month.

Happy creating

Karen

Bird Swing

Yes Rain!   I am not sure whether it is here to stay but.  The last few days have been a very pleasant change from the humid muggy weather we have been having and have even dragged the quilt out of the cupboard.

Today I would like to share with you a card that I made for a wonderful couple that have recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary made of course with her favourite colours.We also had the pleasure of joining them with their celebrations. It was a wonderful night filled with great music courtesy of  brother in laws band. lovely food and great company.  Luckily the weather was kind and they had an outside seating arrangement and everyone partied on till the wee hours.

For my card I chose to make an easel card and followed along with the current Tic Tac Toe challenge at Bizzy Becs .  I have done  - shaped card, flowers and lace/ribbon.

The image I chose is from Whimsy Wee a  gorgeous digi stamp  called "Bird Swing" which I have coloured with copics.  The easel  card was constructed using my Spellbinder die Labels 8 together with Petite Ovals, these can be preordered in store - here.  Bec has a fabulous range of new Whimsy Stamps that are available for preorder so pop over and check them out -  here.  Paper, ribbon, lace and flowers are from my own stash.  The sentiment was a freebie that I found on the internet at Nettys Cards here.  The number sixty was from some chipboard alphas that I have in my stash and spritzed them with dylusions spray crushed grape.

I have made some other cards in the last few days so will be back in a few days to share them too.

Thanks so much from dropping bye.

Happy Crafting


Karen

Tic Tac Toe

Hi and welcome to April.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and didn't over indulge too much on the choccies.  For some of us it was a 5 day weekend which I have to say was fantastic. I made my own Hot Cross Buns for breakie on Good Friday too.   We got most things done around the house I had a crafty morning catch up with our Copic colouring group and then had time to spend with family and friends.  We didn't touch any of our chocolates over Easter as we over indulged in the food department and well were just a wee bit too full to eat eggs as well.   However in the last week the choccies are slowly disappearing.

As it is a new month that means it is time for a new challenge over at Bizzy Becs.  This month we have a Tic Tac Toe challenge so there are lots of combinations to choose from.

 ....for those who are unsure on what to do...
it's like playing Bingo-you choose the 3 squares that you wish to follow from the Tic-Tac-Toe Grid either going  Across, Down or Diagonally in a Row.
ie :- Birthday - Dry Embossing - Lace or Ribbon...

....... theme by DT Carolyn

 The prize for this month is a
 "CHEERY LYNN DIE"

There is a fabulous selection available to order in the store here.

I have chosen to do do across the top line for my card (Punch/Die Cut, Colour Blue,Birthday)

The background has been done on watercolour paper using water colour crayons and I have used a Magnolia Stamp 'Largo the Dolphin' and for my dies I have used Memory Box Clouds, Swirly Tree for the Waves and Swaying Palm, and of course it is mounted onto blue bazzill , white cardstock and a blue bazzill card.  I have coloured her using a new technique I have just learnt shading with dots.  I am very happy with the way it has turned out and will be trying that technique out again.

There is a fabulous new collection of Magnolia Stamps available for preorder through the store here as well as Memory Box Dies here, together with lots of wonderful new items so pop on over.

There is some fabulous inspiration from my teamies this month so hop over and check them out and while you are there why not add your own creation using Mr Linky and be in the running to win this months fabulous prize.

Until next time, happy crafting

Karen

Happy Easter

Hi, wow can you believe it nearly Easter and  week 8 at school next week this term is flying by.  Today I would like to share with you a card I have made for my parents and will be posted off Monday with their Easter goodies.

For my card I have used two of the latest Magnolia stamps 'Little Easter collection 2013'.  They are Tilda hiding an Easter Egg and Happy Easter Background and have coloured them with my copics.  I have also used Spellbinder dies  Floral Ovals and Classic Ovals these are available to pre order at Bizzy Becs here.

The Cherry Blossom flowers are also available at Bizzy Becs and I have added a bit of bling with the addition of the crystal beaded spray and flowers by Green Tara from my stash.  The lace border is a Nellie Snellen die that I purchased last year from a lss and the ribbon is from Spotlight.

Here is a look at the inside of the card

Don't forget to pop on over to the our Store Blog here and check out what my other Teamies have been doing and there is still time to join in this months challenge 'Anything Goes' and be in the running to win  a Memory Box die.

Have a safe and wonderful Easter with your families and friends and thank you for dropping in and your comments.

Until next time

Happy Creating

Karen

Just for You

Welcome to March and our new challenge over at Bizzy Becs.

 This month the Theme is "ANYTHING GOES" and is by DT Jodene.


 There is another awesome prize up for grabs a Memory Box Die.  They are awesome and in fact I have used some this month on my card.  As the theme suggests you can make anything, so get your stash out and get creating.

For my card I have used Memory Box dies Clouds, Country Landscape and a Poppy Stamp Die Simple Banner which are available for preorder through the shop here and here.  I have used a La La Land image Capri Marci and  have coloured her up with Copic Markers which are also available for pre order here.

I hope you all enjoy this months Theme, and I look forward to seeing your cards and projects.

Happy creating

Karen

Hello

Hi everyone, well can't believe the weather we have been having lately up and down like a yo-yo.  This last week the humidity has been awful, today is a pleasant relief  so am quite looking forward to Autumn and being cooler.

Now that school has gone back the dog is back outside again and she doesn't like the hot weather at all, almost tears the door down when I get home, poor thing. She has loads of fresh water and spends most of the day in my Orchid House which has a sand base and she can keep relatively cool there in the shade, down side being she is full of black dust. As you might guess she is very much an inside dog and loves to be around us as much as she can.

Today I would like to share with you a card I made using a Magnolia Stamp "Edwin with Aeroplane"  he is so cute just had to stamp him up and colour him.  I thought that it fitted in with this months theme of "Friendship" over at Bizzy Becs. I have also used one of my new dies from Magnolia for the hello banner.

There is still time left to join in the February challenge at Bizzy Becs and have the opportunity to win 5 digis of your choice from Becs store.

Look forward to seeing your cards, happy creating.

Karen

Friendship

Welcome to a new challenge at Bizzy Becs .  The theme this month  being February is 'FRIENDSHIP' and was chosen by Michelle.

The prize this month is:

 your choice of '5' digital images from Bizzy Becs online store

I  have chosen to present my image on a 6 x 6 canvas which I firstly covered in gesso and then using the background papers from the ' Card Embellishment Kit 4' which is available in store here and are always very popular after adhering it to the canvas, I then dry brushed with gesso and inked around the edges with dark brown ink.

The image used is a magnolia stamp called 'Up Up and Away' and is from the new With Love collection 2013 and whilst it is not currently available in store there are still some others from that collection that can be found here.  I have coloured her with Copic Markers.  The quote I found online and is by Eleanor Roosevelt about True Friends.  Once reduced it fitted perfectly onto a Magnolia die cut tag.

So pop on over to Bizz Becs Store Blog here and check out my other teamies fabulous creations to get you inspired.  

Hopefully the issue with Blogger is now all resolved and I look forward to seeing your creations.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Crafting.

Have a fabulous day

Karen