Key to Home

I hope those of you who are at home today are enjoying th start of the Easter holidays. Its very cold here in the South but we are still looking forward to our Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday.

I enjoy using tags in my art and found time to make this tag for the Artistic Stamper Challenge.

I used some text printed paper and coloured it with Distress Inks. I printed the word HOME and again aged it with Distress Inks. The stamps are a favourite by Paper Artsy and I stamped these onto text paper and cut them out. To finish I added a key by Tim Holtz tied with twine.

The Easter Tree

Well the Easter holidays are nearly upon us, but nearly as warm as last year. It is freezing here in the South today - although no snow!

I love Little Claire Stamps and made this Easter card using their tree stamp and Easter set.  I stamped and coloured the images with Promarkers and mounted the picture onto yellow card. I added the bunting and twine to spell out Happy Easter. I think it is such a pretty card.

I am also taking part in the 30 Days of Lists Challenge and hope to share some of my journal pages with you soon!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Polka Doodles - Easter
Simon Says Stamp - Easter

Twinchie Challenge

 I love making small artworks and it is my aim to make a large artwork one day from the Twinchies I've made. I made this for the Twinchie Challenge which is Flowers.

I stamped the flower image onto text paper twice and coloured them with Distress Ink. For the top layer I used Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder and Stampendous Fragments, then melted them. I cut into the flower to give it a 3D look and then mounted it onto text paper. 

I'm a bit disappointed with the photo, as its looks more impressive in real life!

CAS Wings

I haven't had a play with products for a long time, so it was good to make something just for the sake of it!

This week at Addicted to CAS the theme is wings, so I made this card by stamping the image using two colours of Distress Ink. I then drew out the colour with a water brush and painted over areas with mica paint. The sentiment reads Live, Live, Love and was stamped in Distress Ink.

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all the Mums out there are being made to feel very special on Mother's Day and of course thinking of the mothers that are no longer with us.

I made so many Mother's Day cards over the last few weeks, but finally got round to making a special one for my own Mum!

I love Joanna Sheen's Holly Pond Hill CD and the lovely artwork by Susan Wheeler. So I made this card using printed sheets and the additional decoupage. I finished the card with ribbon and roses.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Joanna Sheen - Mums The Word

Dream Valley Challenges - Mothers Day

For Mum!

Firstly apologies for neglecting my blog what with half term being in the middle of February the time flew by!

A few months ago I bought a mini Cricut machine which I am slowly getting to grips with. I thought I would share one of the cards I made using the machine.I used a printed card blank as the base and added paper flowers to decorate. 

I have some other Mother's Day cards to share with you later in the week!

I am entering this card into the following challenges :

Allsorts - For a Lady

One Stop Craft Challenge - Mothers Day

Love and Ribbons

Its been a long week this week with my little one being home from school with some horrible virus and my Dad still hobbling about on crutches so I haven't had much time for crafting!

I just had time to make this simple card. After purchasing the recent issue of Crafts Beautiful Magazine I was inspired to make this card by one of the articles in it. I used a 6 x 6 inch card blank and layered lace, ribbon and buttons. I finished the card with three wooden hearts. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges :
Card Crafters Circle - Love is In The Air
Crafty Catz - Love is in the Air
Daring Cardmakers - Love is in the Air
Simply Create Too - Valentines

Wired Heart Card

Its that time of year for hearts and flowers! This card I have made for a couple of years and is proving to be one of my best sellers in my online craft stores. So I thought I'd finally get round to sharing it with you!

I cut the heart with my Sizzix machine and then wrapped it with wire threaded with beads. The background is cut with decorative scissors and inked with Distress Ink. Finally I used alphabet rubons for the greeting.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Craft Calendar Challenge - Love and Marriage.
Happy Daze - Love is All Around
Totally Papercrafts - Make Your Own Embellishments
LadyBug Crafts - Love

A Birthday in a Teacup

Well what a weekend we had at the Sparkly Fairy quarters! My Dad fell and broke is leg in the snow and still remains in hospital! Life is interesting! It's actually his birthday today so we are hoping to have him home today, but it will be a long 12 weeks in plaster!!

Anyway.....I thought I would share this little card with you, although having little time for making much at the moment. I made this card using Docrafts Papermania stamps to stamp and decoupage the teacups. I stamped the bunting and the greeting and coloured all with AquaMarkers to get a watercolour look.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

ABC Challenges - Birthday Cards

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

A Happy New Year

Well a bit of a belated Happy New Year to all my readers. Where does the time go? What with being back in the routine of school runs and pack lunches the first weeks of the Year have flown by!

At the moment I am working on some Valentine's cards. I thought I would share this one with you as its my favourite new card! I used the free stamp from Cards and Papercrafts Magazine for the sentiment and added the heart and button embellishment. I have sold one already!

There are a few Love challenges around at the moment so I am entering this card into the following:

Stamp and Create : Love

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Craft Room Challenge - Valentines