Dream Valley Challenge 49 - Girls, Girls, Girls!

Hiya!

Hope you're enjoying the snow :-) I've scheduled this post as at this moment I am likely to be recovering from a fab girlie night out!  To celebrate our weight loss, the "fat club" I attend is holding a dinner dance so we've all got pretty posh dresses in our new sizes - can't wait!

The new challenge from Dream Valley is all about Girls, Girls, Girls (how appropriate!) so I thought I'd share a card with you that I made for one of George's school friends.  I love any excuse to get out the pinks.....

A close up of the image.....

You can join in with any of your girlie creations so make sure you pop over and join in the fun! And if you're good I might share a piccie with you of me in my posh dress :-)

Love 'n' hugs,

One post, two cards....

Hiya!

Hope you are all well!

I've got to make this post a quick one so forgive me if I skip the small talk and some of the details.... If there's anything you want to know, please ask!

I love this image from LOTV - it's called  Big Present. I followed a sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp.

Close up:

Sentiment from Sentiments 4 You:

Challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - One for the men/boys

Stampin for the weekend - Colour combo

Sunday sketch and stamp - Fab sketch

My second card uses a poor neglected stamp of mine: Luvvie from Sugar Nellie. The sentiment is Sentiments 4 You again!

I'm not quite happy with this one though.... The colours bled when I coloured and Charlie "helped" me with the 3D gloss.... :-(

I do like the rolled rose though - I used a fabric swatch my sister gave me from where she works. Love it!

Challenges:

CRAFT - Valentines Day

Cards for men - seeing red

Creative inspirations - lots of love

Fab n funky - love is in the air

Paperplay - love letters

Simon says stamp - love is in the air

 Right, I'm off to make a nice warm lunch!  Have a fab day :-)

Love 'n' hugs,

Dream Valley 17 - Monochrome

Hiya!

Hope everyone has been enjoying the recent gorgeous weather! I've had a really busy week at the allotment and taking my littl'uns to a never ending stream of kids clubs, swimming and football lessons and other social events but I have managed to squeeze in some crafting time! I've got quite a few creations to show you over the next few days but this is for the new challenge over at Dream Valley. This time we'd like to see your monochrome creations!!!!

I always seem to do my girlie cards in pinks and purples but I've got some really pretty blue papers so I wanted to do a blue girlie card this time..... The image is of of Sugar Nellie's Manga Girls which I have not used nearly enough!

I've coloured her with my promarkers, cut her out and put her inside a nestie cut frame on foam pads to make her stand out a bit.... I took this photo at first but I'm struggling getting my piccies right at the moment....

so then I took this one.... The colours look better but then I've got all the shadows to deal with! I can't win!

I followed a lovely sketch at Sunday Sketch and Stamp although the deadline has now passed so I can't enter it.... :-( I've made my usual scrunchy flowers using scalloped circle layers that I've dampened and given a good scrunching before pinning together with brads.

I have used:

Image - Sugar Nellie

Papers - Forever Friends Pink Parfait (pale blue) and Papermania Henbury Lane (brighter glittery paper)

Promarkers

Nesties

Round corner punch

Ribbon, gems and brads from stash

Challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy - Make your own embellies (scrunchy flowers)

Wags 'n' Whiskers - Handmade (flowers)

Stampin' for the weekend - What a cutie

Simon says stamp - Anything goes

Paperplay - White + 1 other colour

CES challenges - Totally gorjuss/pretty girls

The ABC Challenge - A for Anything goes

Right! I'm off to the allotment before we run out of sun :-) Have a fab weekend and hope you can join us at Dream Valley soon!!!!

Love 'n' hugs,

Have a magical birthday!

Hiya! Hope you're all having a lovely day like I am! A blog award this morning, some friends popped round for a cuppa and a natter and then a lovely afternoon catching up on all your lovely blogs :-) And then I find I have a few new followers too! Thankyou so much - I'll be popping over to visit you shortly!

I had a bit of fun with this card... I have used a Sugar Nellie image, Maggie the Christmas Fairy (available here) but I think she can be used for birthdays aswell as Christmas!



I've used my promarkers, some glitter gel pen and some glitter glue on her wings and the trim of her dress.



The papers and gems are Henbury Lane, the lacey heart border punch is from Xcut and the embossing folder is Victorian Fleur from Papermania. The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is a Daisy and Dandelion clear stamp.

I'm entering it into the following challenges:
The ABC challenge - M is for Magical (with an optional sketch which means I can enter it twice!)
Sarah Hurley - Birthday girl
Wags 'n' Whiskers - A Fairy Special Challenge (my 2nd entry)

Hope you like it :-)

Love 'n' hugs,
Mel xx

A New Baby! And some advance notice.....

Firstly the advance notice..... Next month is my first Blogaversary! As a celebration, I'm going to be putting together a little candy :-) Oooooh! I'm so excited. I've not done this before so I'll be putting a little bit more thought into it before I post about it but watch this space.....!

This card is for a friend of mine who had just had a tiny, little baby girl. And I do mean tiny, little! Born a little earlier than expected and weighing only 4lb 5oz, but doing very well :-) I won this goooorgeous image from Sugar Nellie a while back and I've been dying for a reason to use it! I coloured her with my promarkers and added a little holographic embossing powder for sparkle. The paper is Forever Friends "Hugs and Cuddles" and I've used a new embossing folder I just got on the front of the latest Docrafts mag. The pink thread is from my stash - had it for yeeeears, but all gone now :-( Then I added a swirl which is Sizzix decorative swirl #4 cut on my Bigshot with a little detail using a white gel pen and some pearls from ebay. I decided to make a matching candle gift to go with it and added a little scrap of ribbon around the bottom to finish it off.

Sorry one of the pictures is sideways but they took aaaaages to upload so I wasn't about to delete them and start again!

Challenges:

Sarah Hurley - New beginnings

Saturday Challenge - Tons of texture

Totally gorjuss - Fab sketch (I've turned it on its side)

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - New things (Embossing folder)

Passion for Promarkers - Baby cards

Paperplay - Cutie Patootie

Moving Along With The Times - Dreams

Anyway, lots to do and some candy to organise! :-)

Love 'n' hugs,

Mel xx