NEC 2012.

So I didn't go to the Craft show at the NEC for last year as I was in uni and didn't have the funds, busy trying to work out how much it would be at the mo. But would it be worth it?

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For Just Magnolia and Totally Papercrafts

Just a simple card, I used pink with a floral pattern and cut part of the card then put the topper on so it overhung. To fit the challenge for Just Magnolia I coloured her in Purple shades and added purple accessories and then some pink pearly gems. Also, wanted to use this for the TotallyPapercrafts challenge which was girly girls as I think pink and purple are two stereotypical girly colours. I hope this fits into the challenge which again I've left till the last minute.

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So the rest...

Phwee a more slow post but still last minute entries for challenges on thursday ha.

First is my card which I have combined for Cute Card Thursday and Dutch Dare Card Challenge.

So the Challenge for Cute Card Thursday was Circles. My mum had stamped me this Penny Black image onto a circle piece last week so I thought it would be ideal. I coloured it using Pro markers and then used chalk around the edge to tie it in better with the background paper. I also thought the background paper (which I believe was papermania) was a good choice for this challenge because of the circles which contain the snowflakes.

I then embellished it with what was needed for the Dutch Dare Challenge which was; Buttons, Bows, Brads and Bling. I used some spotty red and white Papermania ribbon on the edge of the card and created a bow with the same ribbon to stick on top in the corner. The buttons you see are also brads and then the bling in the top right corner are just some gems that I stuck down using double sided tape. Think so far this is my fave card this week.

My next card today is for the combined challenges of Charisma Cardz and Sketch Saturday.

The challenge for Charisma Cardz was Stars and I had this great star paper and toppers but didn't know how to really use it on a card. That's why I combined it with the sketch for Sketch Saturday. I used some contrasting paper with the stars and then used the same paper as ribbon at the bottom right of the topper. Above the image I used a Merry Christmas Paper Ribbon which was on one of the sheets of paper and then added 5 green round brads. I was quite shocked to see though that the ribbon actually said Meryyy Chrsitmas. practically all along it. Should be interesting to see if the receiver notices it!

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Last Minute Entry!

Quickie post as I've left it last minute - as usual - to post a challenge. So this one is for Lili of the Valley. Again it was just a basic card using the old die cuts. I seriously love them so I'll probably keep using them for a few more weeks!

I literally used the die cut pack that I first bought from Lili of the Valley. It was the everyday fairies and sentiment pack with backing papers to match. The Challenge this week was Pink and Blue. So I chose a pink fairy (her name escapes me right now!) and used the blue background to fit in with the challenge. To attach the fairy I used a "boinger" again (love doing this atm too) and then just added the pink paper ribbon and pink sentiment of "With Love and wishes".

I like how simple this card is as it doesn't have a particular sketch and everything was from the same pack.

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It's been a while.

So it's been nearly two years since I was last on here, and a chaotic two years at that. I completed my A Levels, my sister got married, I turned 18 and I've just passed my first year of uni. Hence the lack of crafting ha.

So anyway down to it.

Me and My Mum made a fair few challenges this week. She did more than me ha as I tend to plod along and it takes me a while to do it.

So the first one I did was the Winter Wonderland Challenge which was Red and Green Must Not be Seen.

So for this I used an Owl stamp by Kanban and coloured it using some ProMarkers. The Pink paper in the background, which just has Merry Christmas in various fonts, was from a pack of Christmas Paper my Mum shared with me, it may have been Papermania. The blue ribbon was just a roll of Papermania ribbon and the Christmas Greetings sticker was by Dufex. With the flowers I just tried to tie in all the colours and finished it with a Papermania felt Snowflake Brad.

I like the colours as I don't usually make anything pink, let alone for Christmas, and just thought it was really different :)

Next was my card I made for the Just Magnolia Challenge. This week it was a sketch that had to be completed, as well as the standard Magnolia image.

So all I used for this was some Blue snowflake printed card, which had a bit of glitter on, can't really tell from picture, and then for the main parts of the sketch I used glitter paper mounted onto silver mirror board. I then used this image for Magnolia, which my Mum had stamped for me ( therefore I don't know the name of her sorry!) and I coloured again using ProMarkers, trying to keep within the same colour palette. I didn't like her flat on the card so I made her raised off the card in the form of a boinger as my mum calls it.

You can just about see the little bit of mirriboard under her head here. All I did was folded it a few times to give and accordian effect then stuck it to the back of her then onto the card.
I then finished it off with a couple of flowers and a simple embellishment.

Next Challenge was for Lili of the Valley. I love Lili of the Valley and as I'm busy sorting my things out I couldn't find the stamps, so I went "old school" Lili and used the die cuts. The sketch that was the challenge I found quite easy to make, and I like how it looks simple but still nice.

The background paper was out of a Papermania christmas kit (I think!) and the starry paper and the reindeer were from a Die Cut pack I bought from Lili of the Valley a while back now! To complete the sketch I added a couple of flowers to the corner. I do like this sketch and think I will use it in the future.

Next up was good old Penny Black Challenge. The challenge for them this week was Christmas in July, giving me a wide range of ideas to use :). I ,again, raided my Mums stamp collection and found this cutie from the set Jolly Follies.

How cute please! I used some paper I've had for a while in my box as a background and attached some gold ribbon I had bundled up. The Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas Sticker is by Dufex, which I've also had for ages and the flowers just made it look less bare.

Another challenge I did was a combined challenge for Charisma Cardz Challenge, which was flowers, and for Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, which was Get Well Soon.

For this I used Papermania Flower paper set I got forever ago with a little bit of purple sticky ribbon and some flowers. The sentiment was just a little Get Well Soon stamped, which I mounted onto the backing paper then raised it with 3D Foam. The image was a printed image I got at a shop near here which they'd ordered from inklined.com. Still need to investigate this site as I LOVE some of the images I bought ha.

My Final Challenge was for Sassy Studio Designs and the challenge this week was Red, White and Blue. I love the Union Jack so my first thought was maybe try and tie that in somehow but I couldn't find an image to go with it. So anyway this is my card.

I used a Sugar Nellie Pirate Stamp and tried to keep it all very simple. Red background, white flower and blue colourings. Even though it has a little black on it I hope it still can be included for the challenge!

That's all for now. I'm going to attempt to update my blog info and background now ha!

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Crafting sesh!

So was in a very crafty mood this weekend people, so me and the mother :) decided to have some crafty fun and do some challenges, my first lot actually lol. These were the results lol

This is my attempt at the Friday Sketches Challenge which I'm quite proud of to be honest lol I like this one :). I used a floradoodles pyrimage type topper and sentiment which came without then the matching paper as a base. I then just used basic card and colours and added some stitching with a fineliner. Finally of course I had to add a floradoodles glitzy flower with a pretty dotty brad. :)



This was my twist on the Sketch Saturday Challenge. I say twist cos there was only meant to be 3 flowers and in a different position but for this card it looked nice to put them like this. So I used a Rachelle Anne Miller stamp coloured and edged using pro markers. layered onto some papermania paper I had. Then I used the sweet sentiment stamp and edged it using the pro markers. I then added some white ribbon at the bottom to try and tie in the paper and added some floradoodle flowers and pretty dotty brads which I love at the mo :).




This was my attempt at a challenge for Penny Black whose challenge was "Christmas". I used the little mice and singers Penny Black stamp layered onto some holly paper and coloured it again using pro markers. I then used the "have yourself a merry little Christmas" sentiment stamp also Penny Black.I then added some glittery flowers and attatched them using the cute dotty brads :).

So this was the first card I made, its my effort for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which was a " New Something". This Card is supposed to be for a new job and I used a Penny Black stamp as the man, coloured in with pro markers and I edged the image and the sentiment with pro markers. I then just added some flowers with dotty brads in the middle and to finish it off a few buttons.

Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

Here is my attempt at Spoonful of Sugar challenge. I used pink papers for this challenge and a cute image which I coloured in with my Pro markers hope you like my attempt.