Commissioned 30th Wedding Anniversary (Pearl) card

Hello Everyone!

How the devil are you? I'm so sorry I've not been here for a while but I've not had a chance to pop into Crafty Corner lately - mainly due to having to exercise (weight loss is still going OK!), holibobs over Bank Holiday and the 'mo-jo' seemed to have a disappeared for a while.

However, a friend of mine asked me to make a 30th Wedding Anniversary card for her Mum from her Dad - pearl is theme for this anniversary. The only thing I had to include was the name so I opted for using Teddy Bo & Bea as I've not made one of these for a while and here it is:-

 

Thought I would use pink and blue as a theme as these are the main colours in the 'pearl'escent card.

 

What do you think? - Mojo still intact? I must admit I have quite enjoyed making this over the last few days. Hopefully my friend's Mum & Dad will both like it as well. I even managed to finish of one of three Father's Day cards I need to make - watch this space for that one.

 

Have a good weekend everyone - fingers crossed the weather forecast is right and we can have a couple of BBQ's!

 

See you soon (hopefully!)

 

Lisa xx

 

Card Ingredients:-

Square card blank

Blue card from Stampin' Up

Pearlescent card from stash

Glittered paper - Mr & Mrs from Best Creations

Dies - X-cut and Spellbinders

Image - Teddy Bea & Bo (no 60) coloured with Spectrum Noir pens (PP2 PP1 PP3 BT1 TB3 TB1) and Promarkers (Vanilla, Sandstone, Caramel and Ivory)

Ribbons  - Blue and Pearl Lace from local haberdashery store

Flowers from stash

Pearls, gems and hearts from stash

 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at http://asimplefive.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Anything Goes with Ribbons challenge at http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/



oooo.......Look what's new............

More details to follow very soon :-

I will be on Team Two and my first posting will be on 08 June2013

 

Here is the link to the new Crafty Friends Challenge Blog http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

Lisa xx

Happy BIrthday to my Crafty Buddy Karen

Hi Everyone

Hope you all had a lovely weekend - back to work now though :0(. I was home alone on Saturday as Brent had to go into work so after my 54 lengths of the swimming pool I spent the rest of the day in Crafty Corner - how nice! Fingers crossed that my efforts in the pool help me lose a bit of weight for weigh in at Slimming World on Tuesday!

It was my Crafty Buddy Karen's birthday yesterday and I am sorry to say that I didn't manage to get her birthday card to her on time - how rude! I did give her a card to open so that she had something (as well as her pressie of course!) but the card was awful! So awful that it looked like a two year old had made it, so I've made it up to her with her proper card that I've given her today - I hope she likes it! And here it is:-

 

And she does know too much - especially how much I spend on crafting goodies!!

 

For the inside of the card I used the new Fabric paper from the Forever Friends Kraft range - beware the edges do fray a bit......

 



Here is a close up of the image:-

 

However, this is the second attempt at colouring - my first is below. The colouring was fine - in fact I think the blonde/light hair is actually better on this first attempt, but the greeting stamp fell off of the block and so I couldn't use it - I did swear a bit!!

 

 

Now I know why I use more digi-stamps than normal stamps!

 

I hope you all like the card too!

 

Fingers crossed for Weigh-in day on Tuesday and hopefully I'll be able to blog some more cards soon!

 

Bye for now and of course Happy Birthday Karen!

 

Lisa xx

 

Card Ingredients:-

 

Kraft square card blank and Kraft card

Patterned papers and fabric paper from Forever Friends Kraft range

Pink ribbon and bow from FF Kraft range

Beige ribbon from stash

Flowers from stash

Gems from Papermania

Pearls from stash (actually donated from my Brother's wedding - they were on the tables!)

Stickles

Image - SWALK Best Friends stamp from Crafter's Companion coloured with Spectrum Noir pens (HB1 HB2 BG2 BG3 BG4 BG5 FS2 FS4 FS6 EB1 EB2 BT1 BT2 TB1 TN4 TN5 TN7 TN8 GG1 DG1 and DG2, Blender pen)

Dies - Butterflies from Memory Box, Spellbinders and X-cut

 

Entered into the Flower Power challenge at http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Lots of Layers challenge at http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the ANything Goes challenge at http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Anything Goes/May Flowers challenge at http://memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/may-challenge.html

 

Entered into the card with flowers challenge at http://dustinpike.blogspot.ca/

 

Entered into the flowers challenge at http://threescrappygals.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Focus on Flowers challenge at http://useyourstuff.blogspot.co.uk/

Digi Haven - Mother's Day/Floral Challenge

Hello Everyone

Well the Spring weather didn't last very long - it's back to the rain now, what a surprise! Still on the plus side, Brent has had to go to work today so I'm spending the rest of the day in Crafty Corner - I've already been for a swim this morning.

Anyway on to the challenge, which is a day late - sorry! The theme at Digi Haven this time is Mother's Day/Floral and is sponsored by:-

Pop over to the Digi Haven Blog to join in the challenge and for more info on the prizes in store for the winners.

I've chosen to use a Poppy Digi-stamp from My Grafico and here is my DT card:-

 

 

What do you think - I don't normally use flowers on their own.

 

I'm off now to schedule another post for Monday and to start planning some more cards - can I get any more made while Brent is at work - watch this space!

 

Don't forget to join in our challenge at Digi Haven!

 

Enjoy the weekend everyone

 

Lisa x

 

Card Ingredients:-

 

Square Card Blank

Pink paper from stash

Patterened paper from Pinkpaislee Spring Jubilee paperpad - was a freebie from one of the card magazines

Dies - Spellbinders

Ribbon and bow from local cake decorating store

White candi dots from stash

Image from MyGrafico coloured with Spectrum Noir pens (CR1 CR2 CR3 CR4 CR6 DG2 DG3 BT1 GG4 and BT1)

Glossy Accents

 

entered into the Blossom and Blooms challenge at http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

enetred into the Anything Goes challenge at http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Spring Flowers challenge at http://www.sugarcreekhollow.blogspot.ca/2013/05/60-spring-flowers.html

Entered into the Mother's Day/For Mum challenge at http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/

Entered into the Mother's Day challenge at http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge No 61 - Pastel Colours

Hi Everyone!

It's bank holiday Monday here in the UK and for once the weather was nice! Bit chilly when it clouded over but when the sun was out it was lovely. Need to catch some rays on my lilly-white legs lol! We even had the first BBQ of the year which was scrummy! Fingers crossed that the weather will be OK every weekend so that we can have one. Just need to remember that my belly isn't as big anymore, left over goodies for lunch tomorrow!

Anyway onto the new challenge at Forever Friends and the theme is Pastel Colours. This challenge is sponsored by:-

and

 



For more details on the sponosors and for info on the prizes up for grabs for winning the challenge pop over to the Forever Friends Challenge Blog.

Here is my card for the challenge and I've used an image from OPC:-

 

I hope you like it - I had a nightmare using the new Spellbinders dies, so much so that I think they are the worst crafting product I have ever bought. I might even sell them! Full details of the card are below.

 

Don't forget to come and join in our challenge at Forever Friends.

 

I'm off now to watch Pirates of the Carribean for about the hundreth time! Back to work tomorrow :0(

 

Lisa xx

 

Card Ingredients:-

A6 Card Blank

Papers from First Edition and Forever Friends

Buttons from stash

Bow Forever Friends

Dies - Spellbinders

Image Laundry Day from OPC coloured with Spectrum Noir pens (CT1 BG1 BG2 BG4 DG1 GT1 PP1 LV1 PL1 and BT1) and Promarkers Vanilla and Sandstone

 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the ANything Goes challenge at http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Buttons challenge at http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.co.uk/



Forever Friends Monthly Challenge No 17...................Anything Goes!

Hello Everyone

What a busy day at work today, no lunch hour for me but I did find 5 mins to sign up for the Cancer Research Race for Life in July. Now I've lost loads of weight it should be a doddle (famous last words!!)

Anyway on to the challenge at Forever Friends and its an easy one for you all to join in today and its 'Anything Goes' and is sponsored by:-

and

 

For full details on our sponsors and the prizes on offer and to join in the challenge pop over to the Forever Friends Challenge Blog.

 

Here is my DT card using a Bugaboo image:-

 

 

Thought I'd try a different type of image and colour combo this time - Hope you like it!

 

Off to see if we can find a holiday break for the Bank Holiday weekend but think it's looking doubtful!

 

Don't forget to go and join in our challenge!

 

See you soon

 

Lisa xx

 

Card Ingredients:-

Sqaure card blank

Orange and green Jewel Core D'inations

Patterned paper from First Edition Animal Antics paperpad

Ribbon from Dovecraft

Gems from stash

Dies - Spellbinders

Image from Bugaboo coloured with Spectrum Noir pens (GT1 OR1 DG1 BT1 PP1 BG1 BG2 and BG4)

 

Entered into the Animals challenge at http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Furry Friends challenge at http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Entered into the Anything Goes challenge at http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/