Polka Doodles #21: Libby the Gypsy Girl.

Hello there my friends. It's Friday! Yay! As if that isn't good enough, we have an brand new Polka Doodles challenge starting today. The theme for Challenge #21 is "To Die For". All you have to do is use die cuts on your card. How easy is that?!

I made a quickie birthday card for this challenge, using a pre-coloured image of Libby the Gypsy from the Fredericka Mini CD Collection. To jazz it up I used Spellbinder dies to make a frame for Libby. If you want to make impressive cards with minimum effort - for those last-minute projects - this CD collection is the bees-knees. What's more, there are tons of pretty papers in the CD and they match perfectly with the digis. Also included are digi stamps of othe 6 pretty little ladies for you to colour.

Take a look at my easy peasy card:

My card base is black. The background paper is from the Fredericka Mini CD Collection.  And to frame Nikky's lovely little gypsy girl I used Spellbinders Resplendant Rectangles dies. I'm playing with black and purple for my project.  

Because the die-cuts are rather ornate, I'm keeping the rest of the card  simple by  just adding some bling, nothing else. And oh, some foam tape to give little Libby a lift.

Here's a close-up of the image. Beautifully coloured by Nikky Hall and perfect for when you need a card on the fly. 

Oh look! More die cut on the inside! I thought why not...it's the name of the game this week. The birthday sentiment is also from the Mini CD Collection.

I'm taking Libby to the following linky parties: Crafts And Me #134 "Lots of Layers"; Paper Craft Star #146 "Beauty"; Whimsy Stamps Monthly #59 "Anything Goes", L exi's Creations #90 "Black & White and one other colour" - purple and Digi Sketch "Cute".

Now it's your turn. Use a die or two or three in making your project. Then link it up over at the Polka Doodles Challenge Blog. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!

Beijinhos!

Forever In Our Hearts

Hello there my friends. We received some sad news on Tuesday. The time had come for a dear friend to end her battle with cancer and go Home to the Lord. Little over a year ago she was full of life, bright and bubbly. We met regularly under the guise of playing bridge. We talked so much, we struggled to complete a rubber! She made us promise that when the time came, there will be no tearful mourning. Instead we will wear yellow, her favourite colour and sing happy hymns. But it's not easy to not to be sad, and near impossible to be cheerful as she wanted us to be....and I struggled to make this card, from the remaining 3, to give her mum.

The papers are by Crate Paper "Toy Box" 6x6 pad. 

I'm using 2 stamps here. The daff is from Chocolate Baroque's Easter Traditions set, coloured with Promarkers. And the sentiment is from Our Daily Bread's Sharing Your Sorrow set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. Then I stamped again, slightly lower for a shadow effect. Quite please with how it turned out.  

I cut the image out with Spellbinders Labels 4, inked the edges with TH's Peeled Paint  and popped it up with some foam tape.

Enough space on the inside for each of us to say a little something to her mum.

The sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches # 199; I picked the colours from Color Throwdown #243; other challenges: Word Art Wednesday #81 "Anything Goes"; Perfect Sentiments #80 "Anything Goes"; Cute Card Thursday #270 "Tie It Up" and Belli Challenge #170 "Flowers".















That's all from me today. Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow with a DT post for PolkaDoodles. In the meantime, say hi to a friend 'cause we really don't know what tomorrow will bring. Have a great day, y'all!

Beijinhos!

Birthday Kitty

Almost midnight and I staggering in with my Mojo card. It's been an incredibly long day but I managed to squeeze in this birthday card for a dear friend. Here it is:

The patterned papers are from Frist Edition's Spring Feast 8x8 pad. 

I went crazy with the foam tape - mounted the focal image and the main layer. For extras I added a tag stamped with a greeting from WMS Say It Loud set, some ribbon and 3 pearls. 

The star of the show is this cat from Chocolate Baroque's Swirly Pets set, heat embossed in black.  

On the inside I did some more stamping with sentiments from WMS Say It Loud.

Taking my swirly Kitty to the following challenges: Mojo Monday #294; Robyn's Fetish #160 "Four Legged Friends"; Dream Valley #57 "Animals"; Ginger Loft Challenge "Happy Birthday" and Opus Gluei #157 "Chat Noir"


That's all from me today. Thanks for dropping by. I'm off to bed now...see you soon!

Beijinhos!

Christmas Card Club #9: Feature a Creature

My second post today, folks! And this time I bring thee glad tidings! Before that, have you noticed how the temp has plunged... in May? We got away with some ground frost but it's definitely snowing in the mountains! Are we really a month away from summer?

Now on to the glad-tidings bit. Our Christmas Card Club hostess this week is none other that the super talented card-machine - Miss Hazel and she wants us to "Feature a Creature" on our Christmas creation. And that's what I did! My feathered festive familiar, straight out of a much-loved carol, is perched high on a fruit tree. (Hum that tune?) Here is the handsome fellow:

Simple patterned paper from Papermania's Henbury Lane A4 pad.  In this paper collection you will find some luscious and bright Christmas colours; a more youthful vibrant take on your reds and greens. 

This is a very simple card. It's all about the image, with no distractions, except for that little gingham bow. 

And here's a close up of the handsome partridge in a pear tree, courtesy of  Chocolate Baroque : Christmas Song, stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle. I coloured it with SN and Promarkers. And to give a festive boost, some bling and lashings of Stickles.

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Chocolate Baroque's  Warm  Christmas Greetings .

Join me with your creations at these festive play-pens: Christmas Stampin All Year Long #16 "Christmas Carols"; My Time To Craft Challenge #222 "Christmas In May"; Jingle Belles Rock "Merry & Bright"; Christmas Blog Challenge "Oh Christmas Tree"; CRAFT Challenge #207 "Christmas" and our hostess' fabby Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish y'all a blessed Pentecost Sunday!

Beijinhos!

Eat Cake and Be Merry

Good morning everyone! I'm back with a DT offering for Eclectic Ellapu. It's a very special week because we have a few... quite a few ... new members in the team. The EE fam is growing and now you get twice as much talent to inspire you each week. Hop on over to Eclectic Ellapu to meet the new members of the team. Our lovely boss-lady Elaine has managed to nab some super talented ladies, that's for sure! 

This week it's Challenge 30  and we're playing an ol' favourite of ours (and yours!): "Anything Goes".  So, ink up your stamps, crank up the die-cutting machine and let's get this show on the road!

I made a birthday card.... there's a surprise! The papers are from Bo Bunny's "Blast Off" 6x6 pad.

For my focal image I have Louby Loo's Pippin the Mouse and this one's called Birthday Pippin. ...love those big ears! I coloured him with SN and Promarkers.

The sentiment is from Chocolate Baroque's Birthday Words set , stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle . For cutting and layering the sentiment I used Spellbinders Grommet Labels die; for the image I used Spellbinders Postage Stamp die. To finish: some ribbon, twine and a couple of eyelets.

On the inside I stamped a greeting from WMS Compact Sentiments set.

I'm takin' Pippin to the following parties: Delightful Sketches "Bingo - Patterned Paper, Ribbon, Stitching"; One Stop Craft Challenge #229 "Anything Goes"; Our Creative Corner "Anything Goes"; Pumpkin Spice Challenge #20 "Candy or Anything Sweet"; Crafts 4 Eternity "Sweet Tooth"; Sister Act Card #7 "Anything Goes"; 4 Crafty Chicks "Birthday Birthday Birthday" and  Crafts and Me Challenge #133 "Use a Digi".

That's my card for this week. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to swing by the Eclectic Ellapu Challenge blog and have some fun. It's Anything Goes and you really have no excuse to let your hair down! See you at the linky party!

Beijinhos!