J.J.'s card

Morning lovelies! Its another day already - where is this week rushing away to - who pressed the fast forward button I want to know!

Anyway - I've got a card to share with you today that I made for my nephew J.J's 11th birthday :

He's mad keen into football and always plays in his team at weekends so this kenny K image seemed fitting. The image is coloured with promarkers - I've tried to keep mainly to blues but a little bit of black crept in there too. The layout is the sketch from the Friday Sketch challenge - and the bits and bobs are some very old buttons and stars from Crafttime. I've used the Claritystamp word set to do all the words.

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

The Friday Sketch challengefridaysketchchallenge: Sketch 30
creativemomentsbloggersnetwork: Anything goes
herecometheboysblogchallenge - favourite film (bend it like Beckham - not my favourite but it fits!)
Kenny Kkennykskraftykrew: Monochrome
pattiescreationschallenge Birthdays
oh lalahttp://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-118-someone-special.html: someone special
That's it for today - thanks for popping by - sorry for being so brief - its just too busy at the moment!!!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Post for Christines Digi Adventure: Tulip image

Morning everyone, I hope you are all  well and having a good week, it's time for another showcase over at the lovely Christine's blog and this week Christine has asked us to showcase her tulip Digi.

I hope you will all hop over to Christine's blog  and see the other DT's makes as they have made some beautiful cards.

Here's mine:

Its a gorgeous image to colour - I used promarkers and the shading present on the image made it really easy for me. The embossing folder in the background is a six by six inch one from crafters companion - can't remember its name!

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

tuesdayalchemy: Anything goes
papertakeweekly: Flower power
artisticinspirationscrafts: Anything goes
CACBcraftyannschallengeblog: Gems, ribbon, flower.
J and C Creationsjandccreationschallenge: Floral delights

I hope you all have a good day - I'm running this morning and lifting turf at school this afternoon - we're extending our patch for our fruit bushes! Oh then its rainbows tonight - will be glad of getting home at the end of the the day I think!

Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

bright and colourful

Good morning to you! I hope you are well and ready for a new day! I've got my first attempt at a card made with one of those new mermaid stamps from LOTV to share with you today - I had such fun making it - and am quite pleased!

I love pink and green together but there's some blue in this one two - and yellow! The image is coloured with promarkers and I've used faded jeans DI around the image whilst it was still in the spell binders die. I's like to enter this card into the following challenges:

LLFliliofthevalleythursdaychallenge: all things bright and beautiful
crafty-emblies: Under the sea
AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog: Ribbon and lace
CACBcraftyannschallengeblog: tictac toe (gems, ribbons, flowers)
totallypapercrafts (Cute and girly)
stampinfortheweekend - all stitched up
sweetstampinchallengeblog: Anything goes (DT)
happycamperscc: Bright colours
cutecardthursday: Sketch
divasbydesignchallenge: Lets get Cute

Back tomorrow with a card for Christines Digi Adventure! Thanks for dropping by today and hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

SALS 26: Icy penguins

Good morning lovelies! I hope you are okay? I'm good and happy to tell you that Lucy passed her grading for jujitsu and is now a white belt! Well done Lucy. Unfortunately - I took pictures on my mobile as I forgot my camera - and although I can upload them to facebook - I can't fathom how to get them onto my p.c. - so sorry but no pictures today!!!

There is, however, a new challenge going on over at seemsalittlesketchy and this is the sketch they want you to use.









Its a great sketch that I will definitely use again and again. Our sponsor this fortnight is deliciousdoodles and I chose the image Penguin Family which you can get here.

Isn't it just the most gorgeous image - its like a pencil drawing so it makes for a very quick card if time is tight.
The papers I've used are LOTV.

I'd like to enter my lovely penguin family into the following challenges:

Winter wonderlandchristmasblogchallenge: Card for a man
joannasheenchallenge: Cold frosty
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge: for a man/boy
IDICrobynsfetishchallengeblog: anything goes
2sisterschallengeblog Favourite Christmas image.
totallygorjuss: Pastel Christmas
Whoopsi daisycutedaisymay: Pastel colours
bunnyzoescrafts: Winter


Well that's all for today - thankyou so much for visiting and for any comments you may choose to leave!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

remember

Morning to all you lovely people in blogland. I hope you are well and had a good Saturday. We had a relaxed Saturday that imvolved swimming for the kids and their dad and crafting for me.... then I took the girls to a birthday party - and then the day seemed to be pretty much over! Doesn't time fly?

I've got to take Lucy to her first Jujitsu grading today - everybody seems to think that getting the grade is a matter of course - so hopefully I'll be posting a picture of her tomorrow in her new belt! Fingers crossed!

Onto today's card - it is of course, rememberance Sunday - and since I was making a card for the poppies challenge at CSD is seemed only fitting to post it today - so here it is.

The image is called innocence and is from Crafty Sentiments Designs - I think she's stunning and goes well with the whole theme of the card to remember those who selflessly gave their lives for us. I've coloured the image using promarkers. The poppies along the bottom have been cut by spellbinders dies and have black pearls for their centre. The others are from Sheena Douglass - the top one printed from Sheenas CDROM and the bottom one is actually one of the transfers - just cut around - I just haven't been able to get on with the transfer technique sadly!

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

CSD craftysentiments: Poppies
cardcrafterscircle: We remember
simonsaysstampschallenge: Thinking of you/sympathy
deliciousdoodleschallenge Remembering
Creative Inspirationscinspirations: Red for remembrance
Crafts and Mecraftsandmechallenges: Red
Passion for promarkerspromarkerchallenge: In the garden.
thatcraftplaceblog: red for remembrance

That's all for today - thanks for joining me on my crafty Journey and I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

Hugs

Rachel xx

Elvan winter

Good morning all you lovely people in blogland - and welcome to my followers old and new - it means alot to me that you want to keep looking so thankyou!

Today I've got something to show you using an image from Kenny K - I was fortunate enough to win the new followers candy over at Kenny K and this is one of the images I chose - she's called Elf Queen - I think she's stunning.

I've coloured her in promarkers and added glitter here and there but its not showing up too well in the picture. The scene at the back I got a few years ago from Hunkydory - its a bit of a cheat but I thought it went really well and we must use up old stuff too you know!!!! Lol!!!

I'd like to enter my elvan queen in the snow into the following challenges:

kennykskraftykrew: Sparkly snowflakes
digitaltuesdaychallenge: Fantasy
TPSthepapershelter: Fairies and Elves
southerngirlschallenge: Christmas
paper-craftingjourney: Anything goes
craftycatzweeklychallenge: Anything goes.

That's it for today - I've got to take my girls to a birthday party later but other than that the day is free - I imagine that we'll be swimming - but you never know!

I hope you have a lovely Saturday and thanks so much for stopping by!

Big Crafty Hugs

Rachel xx

cold hands warm heart

I just love that saying - it always reminds me of my mum and dad - they always say it - and I've adopted it as my hands are always freezing!!!!

Sorry - that's a rather odd way to start a post - good morning to you all! I hope you are well - welcome followers old and new - its always nice to have you drop by to my little corner of blogland. Well today I've got something to share with you that was mainly inspired by three challenges - those at the Sunday stamper which is run by the fabulous Hels Sheridan - this one requires blue this week - also the Splodgeaway challenge that required blue and silver and visible image that needed sparkle. This is what I've made:

Sorry for the quality of the close up - it sort of shows the idea of the textures I've tried to get in there so I left it in. The snowflake stamp is the freebie on this months craft stamper. I used weathered wood distress stain on a plain inkylicious tag, dried it then using a splodgeaway mat and cut and dry foam, added DI broken  china and faded jeans - dried - then around the edges used DI stormy sky. Then I flicked water onto the tag and blotted with kitchen roll to get the splodgey effect. After drying I stamped in versa mark then added sparkling silver wow powder and heat set - then I added distress stickles and rubbed some coarse glitter/beads (beadazzlers or something its called!) into the glue. Finally I added the metal snowflakes and the ribbon, charm and mesh with sentiment (that's LOTV grunge sentiments). OOO I did have fun making this - and got myself proper messy - it was fun!!!!

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

Sunday Stamperspinkleart.blogspot: Blue

splodgeaway: Blue and silver

visibleimage: Sparkle

Ribbon Girlribbongirls: Add sparkle

PIOpileitonchallenge: make it sparkle

Paperplaypaperplaychallenges: Snowflakes

charismacardz: Feeling Blue

Thanks so much for looking - back with something a bit more conventional tomorrow! Have a fabby Friday!

Hugs 

Rachel xx