Casing Santa

Hello all,
I hope this finds you well and having a lovely weekend.
I had a wonderful day yesterday all to myself so I spent it in the conservatory making some final Christmas cards! Today is all about trying to finish off my Christmas shopping-and I think I'm almost there now thank goodness-so wish me luck!
My card today is made for my nephew who is 8 and I couldn't think what I was going to make for him- I was sat with my cup of coffee, looked at my mug and suddenly thought 'wow, that would make a good card'!!
I used some red card as the base, die cut a little white Christmassy strip for the top and bottom and punched some buttons and holly. His belt was made with my ribbon punch from Hobbycraft, a lovely simple one but I think he'll like it as he just LOVES everything Christmas:

and here is my mug I cased:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Fab n Funky # 239- use a die cut
Crafting for all seasons # 91- Tis the season
Creative Inspirations # 291-seasons greetings
A song in your he{art} # 21 - have yourself a merry little christmas
Crafty Sentiments - use die cuts
Pinspirational challenges- photo inspiration
4 Crafty Chicks # 222- use a die cut
Moving along with the Times - inspired by a song -Santa Clause is coming to town

Well that's all from me for now, thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Until next time.#
Aloha
Andree x

Purple dress

Evening all, I hope this finds you all well and having a good week so far.
I had a lovely half day today so came home, put on the Santa Clause and did some wrapping up-I now have glitter off the paper absolutely EVERYWHERE and for once it's nothing to do with my cardmaking!!
My card today is made for my friend who has a birthday in a couple of weeks-I used an old stamp which I got years ago from Hobbycraft and have hardly used, it really reminds me of the sort of dress my friend would wear. I coloured it with promarkers and added lots of glitter. I punched a fancy edge with my Martha Stewart edging punch and the papers are Papermania Bellisima. it's finished off with a gem and some card candi:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Ruby's Rainbow # 93- just because
Penny's Paper Crafty challenge # 205- anything goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society # 55- anything goes (add glitter)
Whoopsi Daisy -anything goes
A Creative Romance - use something old
Creative Moments - anything goes -add sparkle
Party Time Tuesdays # 191- anything goes

Well that's all from me for now, thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave, I just love reading them.
Take care, and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Annabelle's christmas

Evening all, I hope this post finds you all well.
I'm not having the best of weeks, a short shopping trip yesterday ended with a huge white van ploughing along the side of our car-although it's caused a fair bit of damage at least we weren't hurt so it could have been alot worse.
I have been enjoying having my craft bits in the conservatory now that we've had a radiator fitted out here-it was only supposed to be for the winter time but I think I may well find myself moving my stash in permanently lol!!
I don't make alot of Christmas cards, normally only for close family and this card is the first of my batch for this year. It's made with a Wild Rose Studio freebie stamp from a magazine, coloured with promarkers. I used my new Lili of the Valley paper pad, Winter Wishes and die cut a snowflake for the corner. I punched the edge of the paper with my Martha Stewart doily punch and added a paper flower. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I added glitter (not so easy to see) and a blue gems to the snowflake and flower:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin - to die for
Delightful challenges - you are a gem
Oddball stamps - winter holiday
Love to Create # 142- make it for Christmas
I love Promarkers # 246 - christmas sing song-White Christmas
Divas by Design - let it snow
Sugar Pea Designs # 11 - winter wishes
Passion for Promarkers # 274-entertain us -film White Christmas

Well, thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Arron's suit

Evening all
It's a little unusual for me to be posting on a Monday but I just wanted to pop on and share a card I made over the weekend.
A friend at work asked me to make a card for her son and said that he loves clothes and smart suits.
I was lucky enough to win this Heritage Press stamp set in a Docrafts facebook giveaway and thought it would be perfect. The papers are from the same set and fitted the bill with the navy and grey shades.
It's the first time I have used these stamps and do think they stamp up really well-they will definitely be used lots in the future I think. It may be good to stamp up a few at the same time and make up some toppers ready to use at short notice.
I added some little navy buttons and some black gems as suit buttons and added the age in a punched star shape.
Apologies for the photo-it's so hard to get a good picture during these dark days!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Fussy & Fancy challenge 127- 2 of a kind (buttons)
Fab N Funky challenge # 237 - happy birthday
Southern Girls - boys

Well thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave. I'm off to do some colouring up for some Christmas cards now.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Apple Queen

Hello to all my followers and friends I hope this finds you well and having a lovely weekend.
I have been having a very quiet one this week as I am trying to recover from last week which was just horrible-it was one of those weeks where I was so glad it was over. The motto was 'if it can go wrong it will' -just why do they happen sometimes?
I have been busy with a bit more Christmas shopping and some crafting in between and my card today is one I made for the Moonflower challenge on facebook using one of Andreia's fab images.  I have coloured this beautiful image with my promarkers and have added lots of glitter and a little glossy accents to her crown, but I don't think it shows up so well.
The papers are really old from way back when I started crafting and I'm afraid they haven't been used in ages-I just love this blue starry paper and did used to use it alot when I first got it. I think the pack was called the Colossal pack?
I tore some white card so it looks like snowy ground and punched some snowflakes. I added a doily behind the image as it sort of reminded me of the moon and added a blue paper flower. The sentiment is from a magazine freebie set. Some little pearls finished it all off:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CRAFT - christmas
Crafty Catz # - christmas is coming
Delightful Challenges - happy holidays
A Crafty Mess # 1 - anything goes
A song in your he{art} - frozen
Chocolate coffee cards # 78- favourite holiday
Just Inspirational - gifts
Melonheadz challenge - add a sentiment

Well that's all from me for now, take care and thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Spoil yourself!

Evening all, I hope you are all well and having a good week so far.
I had an early finish at work today as we have had a new radiator fitted in our conservatory as we are fed up with having to close it off for the winter-so hopefully we can sit out there all snuggly when the snow comes (she says, hopefully!!). Who knows, I may even get to do some crafting out there now during the dark dark nights when I don't want to venture out to my shed!!
I've been having a little play with some new papers I ordered from Lilli of the Valley-I've not owned any before and I think they are just gorgeous. I can see a few more making their way onto my christmas list!
My card today is made with a gorgeous freebie given away on the Karleigh Sue facebook page, coloured with promarkers. The papers are from the Forever Friends love pack-if I'm honest I'm not too sure about the colours, they're not the sort I normally go for!
I added some glossy accents to the water bowl and a little wooden heart shape. I die cut a leafy shape which reminded me of those big leaves you get fanned with lol and finished with some paper flowers and pearls.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Melonheadz - add a sentiment
The Corrosive challenge # 212 -girly
Whoopsi Daisy - lots of layers
Cuttlebug Mania - you go girl (leafy die/cuttlebug)
Party Time Tuesdays # 189- anything goes
Love to Create # 141- anything goes
Inspiration Destination # 7- anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Have a good rest of the week and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Hang in there Possum

Hello all, hope this post finds you all well this weekend.
I have tried to get myself into gear today and begin thinking about Christmas-I don't think I've ever been so late in starting preparations-I've done absolutely nothing yet which is worrying when you think it's only a few weeks away really! Maybe next week!!
Instead, I've had a little play with a cute image I recently won in the Meljens challenge-called Little Possum and he was so cute I couldn't resist choosing him.
I coloured him with my promarkers and used some papers from Dovecraft. The sentiment is computer generated and I added a die cut flourish, some paper flowers, pearls and liquid pearls. Some glitter on the little butterfly finished it all off:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Moving along with the Times:  sparkle and or shine
Milkcoffee - hand colour your image
Passion for Promarkers # 272- Inspired by a Beatles song (getting better)
Fan-tastic Tuesday # 60- anything goes with a butterfly
Delightful challenges- patterns
Little Miss Muffet # 98- anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - add a sentiment
Sister Act challenge #82 -anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - make it sparkle

I hope you have a lovely Sunday, thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Happy Birthday!

Evening all, I hope this finds you all well on this chilly day.
I am kind of getting back into the swing of being back to work-it always takes a few days but I'd much rather be at home and I'm finding once again that I have such limited time for crafting.
The dark nights make it harder to go out into my craft shed too so I decided to sit in the lounge and colour some images last night-I got to the very last part of the image and made a mistake which I couldn't save-don't you just hate it when that happens!
My card today was made with a gorgeous image from Time for Tea which I won in a recent challenge. The papers are from a Forever in Time pad called Blue Garden. I coloured my image with promarkers and added a punched edge with an x cut punch. The flowers are from Papermania and the sentiment is a freebie. It's finished off with some card candi and gems.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug - anything goes
Suzy Bees Bloomin challenge #53 - anything goes -lots of layers
Whoopsi Daisy - add a sentiment
Crafty Sentiments -make it sparkle
Love to Scrap # 41- bling it on
Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge # 60 -anything goes +butterfly
Cute Card Thursday #345 - razzle dazzle
Kraftin Kimmie challenge -anything goes
Passion for Promarkers challenge # 272- inspired by a Beatles song (Birthday)

Well that's all from me for now-I'm off to try and re-colour my image again, wish me luck!!. Thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Until next time, take care.
Aloha
Andree x

Tumbelina Faery

Hello all,
I hope this finds you all well and planning a lovely weekend.
I had a lovely time with all my family here for Halloween yesterday-very busy but lots of fun and my niece and nephew went Trick or Treating for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed themselves!
I've been busy colouring this gorgeous image which was given away on the MoonFlower facebook page recently. I just love this image and wanted to make my card quite girly and soft as it's going to be for my son's girlfriend who is just lovely.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and used my blender pen so that the colours were much softer and used a fine paintbrush to add the glitter to her wings, the flowers and the butterfly as I wanted it to be very subtle-I don't think it shows up too well on the photo though unfortunately. I cut out the image with my Xcut scalloped circle and made a faux nestie for her.
The papers are from my stash and I think they were from Wild Rose Studio but the cover from the pack is missing so I can't be sure!
I used my Martha Stewart doily edging punch for the middle strip and die cut a swirl and butterfly. The flowers are from Papermania and I've coloured them slightly at the edges. Three little gems finish it all off:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges - swirls and curls
CRAFT # 283- fantasy
4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday # 345- razzle dazzle
I Love Promarkers #243  -3 of a kind
Crafters Cafe-# 88 -things with wings
Passion for Promarkers  # 271 -add sparkle
Little Miss Muffet challenge -# 97 if you go down to the woods
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps # 254-Glitter and Glamour

Well that's all from me today. Thank you for stopping by and for and for any comments you may wish to leave-they are always gratefully received.
Have a lovely weekend.
Until next time.
Aloha
Andree x