A new challenge with BLING!!

 It is new challenge time at All Dressed Up.

Our theme for this challenge is *USE SOME BLING*

Here is my sample card for the challenge

 I have used 'Looking Gorgeous'. She's available to purchase HERE.  

Original with pointy blusher!

Two cards? Well, not exactly.
On the first card, (the second one down),  I wasn't happy with her cheeks.
The blusher looked pointy on her right cheek.
It was driving me mad, so I did no more than peel her off the backing paper to alter her blush.
Then for some daft reason, decided I didn't like the ribbon, so took THAT off and replaced it with a crystal buckle and red ribbon!

So, we have two for the price of one! Ta-Da!!

 

 OK, on to the deets!

This challenge will run until (will be the 15th of June.
Head on over to All Dressed up blog to check out the rest of the teams creations, and why not enter the challenge whilst you are there.

**Please note**
To enter our challenges, you MUST use an All Dressed Up image, or paper.
(We have fabulous freebies that you are welcome to use).

 Don't forget to stop by our ever growing Facebook page to keep up to date with all the latest All Dressed Up news and chat to fellow crafters. 

'See' you there!

Another day and more excitement!

Hello friends!!

As promised yesterday, here's my second project that I'm very excited to share, which
 has been published in the latest issue of the Scrap n' Art on-line magazine.

 

WheyWhey!!

Scrap n' Art is an electronic magazine packed with articles, tutorials and inspiration all the paper crafter could need and has a reader base of over 20,000.  

Wendy has three brand new, exclusive All Dressed Up images, featured in the current issue.

Here they are in all their cuteness....

 Love My Teddy

 Princess for a Day

Too Good to Eat

These three fabulous digital images are available only by subscribing to Scrap n' Art.   

Your subscription entitles you to a monthly magazine for $24/year or you can try it for $5 for one month and you can access tutorials, inspiration, editorials and downloads.
 The theme is 'SUMMER'.

 Here's my card for the magazine using another of Wendy's fabulous digital images...

'On My Farm' 

I used Copics to colour the image and the 'sun' is made from a Silhouette cut file.
(The tiny flowers on the grass are from a Leone Em punch).

It's got to be THE cutest farmyard digital stamp EVER!
Who'd have thought, two magazines featuring All Dressed Up projects on the same day!!

Yes! Two published at the same time! What are the odds!!! Ha Ha!

Have a wonderful day!

COME BACK TOMORROW 2ND JUNE FOR OUR NEW CHALLENGE!!

I'm so excited!!! It's 'Summer' with TTCRD!

 Hi friends!
YES!!! MEGA excited!!

I have a project which is published in the June issue of.....

 Through The Craft Room Door online magazine.
IT'S OUT TOMORROW!!! I Can't WAIT to see it!

 

Through The Craft Room Door is an electronic magazine packed with articles, tutorials and inspiration all the paper crafter.  

Wendy Burns has created three brand new, fabulously cute, exclusive All Dressed Up images 
which are being featured in the June issue.

 Several of us on the design team are featured and our very own Christine has pride of place on the cover!!

The three exclusive digis are:

Flowers for you  

 Love Spring Time

 Best Friends

 

I'm in LOVE!!!

These three beautiful digital images are available only by subscribing to

 Through The Craft Room Door.   

Your subscription entitles you to 5 issues with an additional holiday issue 

in the November/December issue, for only $18.00 p.a. (about £13).

 Your subscription will give you access to all the previous issues, over 100 free digis, tutorials, inspiration, prizes and articles! WOW!!

BARGAIN!

Here's the project I made for the theme which is 'Summertime'

This is a shadow box with a glass cover.

My beautiful ballerina is 'Love To Dance'.
 The Ballet Shoes are also a Wendy image.

I coloured her and the ballet shoes with Copics.

The 'fields' are hand cut from cardstock.

The 'sun and clouds', 'sunflowers' and 'grass' are made with Silhouette files.

I sponged the background to represent a sunny day and sponged the 'sun' to add definition.

I'm going to give this to my beautiful grand-daughter Teigan.

Please stop by tomorrow 'coz I have ANOTHER magazine project to share with you!
This time for

Whoop Whoop!

(There's yet another in the pipeline, so watch this space)!

Thank you so much for visiting.

I'm Sorry.

Yep, I AM!

That's also the title of my card. LOL

My mojo is having a holiday it's driving me daft.

I look at all the stuff in my craft room and I walk out again.

 I was determined to make a card today.

(In between Hubby demanding my attention for this job or that job).

Anyway, I forgot a good friend's birthday the other day, so set to making a belated birthday card.

NOT happy with the result, but I'll show it to you anyway.

I reckon it's more of a masculine card. What do you think?

   I'm happy with the colouring (Copics of course).

Just not smitten with the overall effect. It's too 'manish'.

Back to the drawing board!

This is a wooden stamp by Whipper Snapper and is called 'Sorry Pup'.

No digis were harmed in the making of this card. LOL

 I HAVE been making stuff, but I can't share it for another few days and even a couple of months!

(Quite excited about what I have to share with you on 31st May and 1st June)!!!

 I WILL try and make another card before the day's out and if you see my mojo on your travels, will you give it a shove in this direction?

Thanks for bearing with me and for your visit. You are always VERY welcome. xxx

To Have And To Hold

Hi Friends!

Welcome to my inspirational post using the images from the new May launch!

Just look at the four fantastic new images Wendy created!

Just Married

Mirror Mirror

My Little Flowergirl

To Have & To Hold 

How great are they ? (To purchase any of the images, just head on over to the All Dressed Up  Shop).

I have used 'To Have And To Hold 'Bride'

(She is one of the three images included in the  'To Have And To Hold' set).

I framed her with a cutting file purchased from the Silhouette store.
Coloured her with Copics and added a couple of roses that were a match for the flowers on her bouquet and veil. 


 Here's a view showing the sheen on the card.
(It's Centura Pearl Silver).

I added a few strokes of Sakura Gelly Roll sparkly silver pen to her veil and and sash.

I reckon she'd make a lovely Confirmation card too!
 

Don't forget our current theme is Sewing Faux or real.

 these images would be perfect for the challenge theme, plus you are in with a chance of winning 3 images of your choice !

Also don't forget to stop by our Facebook Group to share your All Dressed Up creations 

& chat to fellow crafters.

Thanks for visiting today. I always appreciate it.

I'll be back soon with more projects.

A pirate and a baby girl!

Hya friends.

I hope you are all well and enjoying some decent weather as we are for a change.

(I know some of my American and Canadian friends are still getting SNOW)!

Shock horror!

Well, here in Blighty, we have blue skies and warm sunshine!

What a novelty! LOL

Hmm I digress.

I HAVE been busy, but three, no FOUR of my projects have to be kept under wraps for now.

Not long though and I'll be able to share them with you.

I CAN share a couple of flip cards I've made though.

One was done with my Silhouette Cameo and one was done with a Sizzix Flip -it die set.

I must admit, I'm not a fan of the Sizzix one.

The cut -out (bit that flips) is very small. Too small to do much with IMHO.

 I prefer the circle one, it's much better.

 

 Front

 I coloured my cute pirate with Copics and a Sharpie pen.

 The paper is digital by Silver Daisies Studios.

(It seems to have been discontinued)

middle

 The flip- it card, the wheel and the anchor are Silhouette files.

 Back

 I'm a tad  very annoyed, 'coz Kathy Jakopovich of Peachy Keen fame, gave me a Sizzix circle set when I visited last year.

CAN I FIND IT??? NO!!!  

I've hunted high and low and destroyed my craft room in an attempt to unearth it. 

NADA! Hmmpphh, I WILL find it one day.

My next card is made with All Dressed Up digital paper ...

 Front

 This is the Sizzix one.

The frame die is too small in my opinion.

Middle

I hand cut (not completely successfully) a border to try and make the die cut a bit larger.

The paper are beautiful and available here.

Guess how much for FIVE gorgeous papers......75 pence!!!!

That's as cheap as chips and that's for all 5 papers!!!

Well that's it from me for now!

I hope you enjoyed your visit and hope you'll drop by again really soon.

Zoom - Zoom!

Wow! I've been MIA for ages, did anyone realise? LOL

My mojo went for a walk and forgot to come back!

It paid me a quick visit yesterday though and I came up with this....

 This smashing digi image, from All dressed Up's Wendy Burns, is called '321 Go'.

Cute or WHAT!

I coloured him with Copics and looked on Google for a (free) checkered background.

Cut the image with a Spellbinder's Nestie circle  

(The biggest from the standard set) and cut two slightly larger ones on my Silhouette Cameo.

Sponged the first circle with some Brilliance Sky Blue and matted the black card with coordinating red and white CS.

Not rocket science, but it got me started again.

There's a challenge on over at All Dressed Up just now and it's 'A Guy Thing'.

Don't let the title scare you. Look at my card, easy peazy!

Plus, you don't HAVE to do a 'man' card, just use 'man' colours on any All Dressed Up image.

There are quite a few freebies for you to use so let's see what you can achieve with the challenge.

It IS a challenge but that's what makes us tick isn't it!

I'm off to see my new grandson this afternoon. 

He's 5 days old now and gorgeous!

He weighed in at 9lb 3oz!!!! Phew!!!

Here's a couple of pics on the day he came home... 

 Have a fabulous weekend my friends!