Shabby Chic .... or just shabby :)

Hi :)  I have spent nearly all night on this card!  It is WAY past my bedtime.  Firstly I had to research Shabby Chic as I had no idea what it was and then I coloured my image.  And of course I didn't have any 'pastel' papers to compete the look I wanted ...so this is what I ended up with .....

 I have used the gorgeous Lil Willow from Tickled Pink Stamps and coloured her in copics.  I'm really happy with her hair .... wasn't an easy one to do ... !

Some nice papers, a bit of faux stitching, some spica pen on the flower petals on the papers (that you can't see in the photos) and some flowers stuck down with some foam tape to add some 'lift' and done.

So now I must go to bed!!

Thanks for stopping by .... and goodnight :)
xoxoxo Carly

I am entering this card into Challenge #49 over at Tickled Pink Stamps - Shabby Chic.  Wish me luck :)

Christmas colours

Hi again!  Yep I'm back!!!!

I coloured this image the other day and have finally made it into a card .. kept it simple because I just love the image and don't want to take anything away from it.

 I have used this sensational image from Saturated Canary called Gypsy Dancer.  I have been wanting her for ages and I knew I just had to have her when I saw her on a fellow team member from Stamping With The Dragon Kevin of  Blog McCrafty's Cards.

I was absolutely thrilled with how she turned out.  I coloured her in Copic Markers but only used a few colours.  I have coloured her again .... and will hope to post that one tonight also .... :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-
Copic Oz - Christmas Challenge
Stampin For The Weekend - #22 Christmas
Polka Doodles - #49 Quick Christmas Card
Clearly Inspired Challenge #41(CIC41) - Christmas
Crafty Ribbons #8 - Traditional Christmas Colours

Thanks for stopping by ..... hope to see you again soon.

xoxoxxoxo Carly

From Fluffy Chickens to Hot Colours

Hi :) I hope your day has been fantastic!  Mine was ... but I'm utterly exhausted!  Each year my work has a Christmas party for all the kids.  Last year it was good but Madalyn was a little to young to enjoy it much....but this year!  Well ... she held a snake, rode a pony, jumped on a jumping castle, had her face painted, did some craft, spent a long time in the animal nursery holding chickens, rabbits and ducks and went up to Santa all by herself to collect her gift!  Not to mention all the eating and running around.  She had so much fun!  It was a great day but quite hot ... and now she is in bed and I'm about ready for bed too he he he he.

 And here is my card for the night ... I actually made it last night but was trying to get a good photo ... I took 25 photos and these 2 are the best ..... arrrrggghhhh I even tried outside in natural light.

I have used the sexy Tiddly Inks Sugar Angel and coloured her in copics.  I also added some glossy accents to her boots, shorts and top so they look like latex ... but it wouldn't show up in the photo.

 The die I used is one of my new Marianne Design dies .... I have this rectangle, a circle, oval and square!  Love them!  and they work through the cuttlebug nicely.

I used a piece of velvet ribbon on the side .....thought it suited my 'sexy' card nicely.  The Hot Pink and Aqua don't really show up well in the photo unfortunately.

So there you have it ... my attempt at a 'sexy' card.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
Tiddly Inks -#75  oh-la-la Sexy Card
iCopic - #59 Colouring Black Hair

Thanks so much for stopping by ... hoping I will have enough energy to colour .... but I'm thinking of an early night.  Taking my Grandmother out to lunch tomorrow ... so another big day ... she is nearly 90 so everything is done slowly ... not easy for a 2.5 year old to do ... so it's an exhausting day for me .... but I love doing it and visit my Grandmother at least once a week.

Ok ... I'm waffling ... I'll go now ....
xoxoxox Carly

Christmas Bling

Hi there  .... wow it's December already!!!  oh my goodness!

So in the spirit of things ... here is some Christmas Bling!  This week over at Stamping With The Dragon we are being sponsored by Meljens.  So head on over and enter your card showing your Christmas Bling and you may be the lucky winner of 4 Meljens digi images!

I have used this gorgeous Christmas Tree from Meljen's.  I have coloured it in copics and added bling with sparkly glitter glue and spica pens.

I have also used a sparkly red cardstock for my base card and embossed some snowflakes in twinkling gold. Sorry about the picture .. no matter how I took it the shadow was still there.  The green cardstock under the image is also sparkly it is called Bazzill Bling.

Talking about Christmas trees ... ours will be going up soon.  Its going to be so much fun this year as my daughter is now 2 and a half ... so will have a ball .... probably pulling off the decorations he he he.

Looking forward to seeing your creations over at Stamping With The Dragon.

xoxoxox Carly

Sew cute .....

Hi there.  Just a cute little bear to show you today .......

This little fellow is from The Stamping Boutique and I think it is just adorable and sew (he he he) versatile.

I have used some My Mind's Eye papers for the background as I thought they were perfect for this image and the latest challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges - Stitching Real or Faux.

 I used one piece on the back which I stitched on to some lovely green card using the sewing machine, this was then attached to some cream cardstock.  The flowers around the outside of the image are cut from a different piece of paper.  But both match up lovely as they have 'stitching' around the flowers.  You may have to zoom in to see.

So head on over to Creative Craft Challenges and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the DT and then get creating and create your own card with some stitching.  Doesn't have to be real stitching ... you can always just draw it on!  There is a fantastic prize to be won ....Joanna Sheen set of 6 Giordano Christmas stamps for our sponsor The Stamping Boutique.

xoxoxxo
Carly

All I want for Christmas is .. fast internet

How are you today my fine blogging friends :)

My header states that all I would like for Christmas is a faster internet speed ... but that's not entirely true ... I would also like a new printer, dies and a new chair for my desk (the screws in this one stick out and leave dents in my bottom ... funny but true).  And those are just the things I would like Santa to bring me as extras because I would also like a stress free, happy and healthy Christmas with my family.

So why the internet ... well have you noticed I haven't been around much?  Stupid internet .... it's so slow it took two days for my emails to download properly!!!  It has taken an hour for blogger to load up ..so not sure if I will even manage this post tonight ... fingers crossed.

Enough whining ............ here is my card .... oh actually ...... before I show you that I just have to tell you about my gorgeous girl Madalyn.  Poor sweet girl got stung by a bee on the top of her thumb today.  She was watering the plants and I think it must have been in the watering can or something.  Well she screamed and screamed and for a while it took me a while to work out what had happened as she wouldn't let me see.  I did the usual things ... flicked the sting out and applied ice.  But her hand ended up VERY swollen ... so another trip to the Doctors for my sweet girl.  She is so brave though.  An hour later she was back to her usual giggling self.

I've never been stung by a bee before ... but I imagine it is quite painful ... luckily once they sting you they die ... otherwise I would still be out there hunting down the bee that hurt my baby girl (yeah I know she's 2.5 years old .. but she's still my baby).

Ok .... you have been patient enough ..... here is my card.  (you thought it took a long time to read all of the above ... well it took nearly 2 hours to load these photos!!! aren't you glad you didn't have to read for that long he he he)

 I have used a really cute image from Tickled Pink Stamps called Cupcake Cherrie.  I think she was one of my first ever digis.  I have coloured her in bright funky colours.  I am going to give this to a very wonderful friend of mine for her Birthday.  It is on the 24th December so I wanted something totally different to Christmas colours ..... and it had to be special because this friend is very special to me and has had a horrible horrible year.

 Do you like the 'doily'??  It is another of my new dies from Marianne Designs.  You will be seeing a lot of these in upcoming posts.  I'm very excited about my new things .. and eagerly awaiting more (it's not long until Christmas and I'm pretty sure Santa has some for me) .....

What do you think of my flowers??  My first attempt at making my own.  Used a Marianne Design Die from the Craftables range.  I'm really happy with them!!  I used a piece of ribbon down the side of the card ... it matched perfectly.  Did have a close up photo ... but not patient enough to wait for it to load.

Thankyou so much for stopping by and I hope you have had a wonderful day.

xoxoxox Carly

I would like to enter this card into :-
Tickled Pink Stamps - #48 Anything Goes

December already!

Hello .... it's hard to believe that it is December already!!!  Where has the year gone.

I have a little tag to show you today.  I have used the always gorgeous Jiggy from Dragons Lair Designs.  This little Jiggy is called Jiggy's Candy Cane.

I have coloured him in copic markers and then used some glossy accents on the candy cane to give it some shine.

Decided to make a tag ... could be a gift tag, or a place setting or a Christmas tree ornament .... haven't decided it's use yet.

There are some truly gorgeous Christmas images and paper packs over at Dragons Lair Designs and don't forget to check out Stamping With The Dragon Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have created this week.

xoxoxox Carly