SplodgeAway L for Lace

Over on the SplodgeAway blog we are onto week 3 of our alphabet showcase and its my turn to make a card including lace somewhere on the card, i ve decided to use lace on the flower i made.

The splodgeAway mat came in realy useful for making the effect on the card that ive stamped on, more details are on the SplodgeAway blog. 

Thanks so much

Its almost the end of the school term so time to get cracking on the teacher thank you cards and gifts, this year I've gone for something quick and simple, each year i seem to have to make more as i cannot leave anyone out and as well as making things for my sons Teachers and TA's  i also make them for my nephew and nieces Teachers and TA's too.

I will make different variations of the card shown except for the only make teacher i will have to think of something else, something sporty as he is big on sport.

 For the gifts i plan to make decorated planners/journals. I bought some plain craft A5 planners so i plan on decorating them very similar to the cards although the flower will be on a tag attached to ribbon on the spine of the book so it Can be used as a book mark, because if the flower was to be attached to the front of the book it would be too bulky when writing in the planner.

Once I've got them finished i will post them on here for all to see. 

The leaves are cut on the cricut , the rolled flowers are diecuts from my little shoe box, the card is from suzicraft, the sentiment is stampin' up. ive also used my splodgeAway mat with walnut stain distress ink, and as always ive edged elements in stickles and liquid pearls.

ship ahoy

I think im now on a roll with my magnolias, its like buses none for ages then they all come at once!

Coloured with distress inks using the new splodge away mat, every layer has been stickled and edges distressed with walnut stain, apart from the bazzill the only patterned paper ive used is a cloud one by WMK. the mesh is again from the pack mentioned in Saturdays post (from suzicraft) all the embellishments are cut from the cricut dress up dolls cartridge.
Sorry about the poor pic it was taken on my iphone.

Im entering this in just magnolia challenge - green
The shabby tea room - flags, ive been inspired by the colours duck egg blue/green and ive included a flag
Simon says stamp - bit o green

crafty afternoon

Today i was working a short early shift at work 7 till 11 so when i came home i had my cuppa, some lunch and quick chat with martin before he went and got some shut eye (he works nights). I then had the whole afternoon to craft as i didn't even have to go and pick up sam from school.

I decided to make an easel card using a magnolia image tilda with parasol, ive coloured her with a mix of promarkers and distress inks ive also edged everything in a mix of brushed corduroy, tattered rose and walnut stain flowers and also prima chiffon flowers, the centre of the flower is actually a snowflake button from dress it up, the leaves, corners and butterfly were cut on the cricut, the greeting wqs generated on the computer and everything is edged with a sparkle of stickles. Im going to enter tis card in the following challenges

simply magnolia anything goes
cute card Thursday birthday or celebration
Do You Stack Up favourite colour

Papertake weekly one for the girls

Im going to visit my local craft shop tomorrow (suzicraft) as ive got the whole day off to get crafty, i shall be a happy bunny :)

sweet baby girls christening

I had a commission to make a christening card for a sweet little girl, and i couldnt think of no better image than the LOTV christening stamp. ive coloured with promarkers, the papers ive used are first edition spring drop and websters pages which were a freebie with this months simply cards and papercraft magazine.ive added 2 types of ribbon and used a lace punch the flowers are Wild orchid crafts the leaves are cut on the cricut, ive also added stickles and a few dew drops to finish.
Im entering this card into lili's little fairies LOTV challenge blog ribbon and lace, there are some amazing entries pop on over and have a look.

Ive got a late start at work today so im going to make a start on a few of the mothers day card orders before i go.

happy Anniversary

Next week is my mother and father in laws anniversary so i set to work on their card, i used one of my favourite lily of the valley images and stamped it on craft card stock then coloured it with distress inks. The paper is K&Co. all of the flourishes, hearts and leaves were cut from the cricut give a hoot cart. flowers are wild orchid crafts, the sentiment is pink gem designs, heart pearls are an eBay purchase and stickles to finish.

Im entering this card in the simon says stamp challenge - anything goes

If you take a look on YouTube here you will see a whole host of tutorials on the new splodge away craft mat, its amazing and worth a look.

Ive had a busy week and today i am on an early shift 7 till 1 (so i scheduled this post as i wasn't getting up before 6am just to do my daily post Lol) tomorrow im going to chill and relax (after ive caught up with the housework) that will leave my evening to be able to tie up a few loose ends in my secret work ( i will spill the beans when i can) and then make a few cards just for fun instead of for commissions.

Happy Birthday

Yesterday was Ashleighs 15th birthday, and the day was all about spoiling her, she got many lovely things from friends and family and of course plenty of cash to go shopping with!
when i got home from work i didn thave too much time to make any cards, i did however stay up late to make a card for my mother in laws birthday, as always the lighting is no good on a night so later today when ive finished work i will take a photo in the good light and post it.

The card im showing you now is an old one because i didnt want to leave a post with nothing to show, the cupcake was cut with sweet treats cricut cartridge and the papers are MME lots of bling for the sprinkles, the sentiment is hero arts.

Gothic Kenny K

My first day back at work wasnt too bad, but i was itching to come back home and finish a few off the card orders i had to do, this card i finished earlier in the week but forgot to post it, the criteria was something gothic and she likes black, the only image i could think of was a Kenny K stamp, you can always rely on him for something different. The image was coloured in pro markers, the wo was cut on the cricut, and embellished with card candi, and small purple prima flowers as always finished with stickles.
It was too dark last night to take photos of my finished cards so ill take them later today and post them tomorrow or this evening if im not too tired after work