c4e recipe challenge #9

I can't believe another week has just flown by again!!! lol!! another week closer to Christmas too!! eek!!

A little late with my challenge post I was in Birmingham yesterday visiting family.

hop over to the c4e blog for all the challenge details and stunning DT cards!!!

Have to be honest this card was rushed and didn't quite turn out as planned lol!! I think I'll ask Santa to borrow his elves to get me sorted! lol!

The images are very very old stamps I found at the bottom of my stamp box, from All Night Media. Everything else is from the c4e November kit.

Short and sweet tonight lots to do!! lol!
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hugs
michele xxx

c4e recipe challenge #8

Hello!

Another week has just flown by !! I am sure that someone is pinching my days! lol!! It's time for another c4e recipe challenge. You can see all the details and the gorgeous DT work HERE

I really should have done a Christmas card this week, but had this idea to do a notebook instead, i thought I'd make a few for presents this year.

I raided one of my previous c4e kits for the materials, June kit, early bird. I think I went a bit mad with the glitter glue too!!! lol!!

I cut up a second house die cut to add lots of dimension to the front cover. Not sure how practical it is!! lol!


The flower detail uses more die cuts from the kit, a button and some thread. The curls I made by cutting thin strips off the edge of the PP and wrapping around a pencil.

The glitter isn't as garish IRL, honest! for once the camera picked it up!!

Inside the front cover is a little quote die cut with a simple tree die cut attached with sticky fixers.

The inside back cover....

More die cuts from the kit layered up to create this cute embellishment.

oh dear it really looks like I tipped the glitter glue on it!! It's not that bad really!!!!
The back cover has a book plate for me to write a message, or the name of the person I give it too.

The covers hold some plain copier paper. Everything was bound together with the BIA. Next one I do will have the holes cut before I stick stuff on!! It was a bit tricky getting it in the BIA!!!

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take care

hugs

Michele

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crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge #7

Hello

A little late with my c4e post this week, It was the c4e crop yesterday and I was totally wiped out by the time I got home!

Tonight is our annual carnival, we go every year and it is fabulous. I will try to share some pics soon.

This weeks recipe is

1.use the sketch

2. include snowmen

3. include some cotton wool

Take a look HERE to see the sketch and the gorgeous DT work!!

My card is also a sneek peek!! The image is one of the new Christmas cupcake digital stamps which will be available real soon! and the PP is from next months monthly kit!

The image is coloured with pencils and H2o's. Sentiment is one of Suzette's fab stamps, get yours HERE! Her gorgeous character stamps will be available soon too!
Must dash have to find out every ones woolly gloves and scarves!!!
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hugs
Michele
xxx

hubby's birthday!

Hello again!

It was hubby's birthday on Saturday and I was stuck for images for his cards, poor love has had all my stamps and digis!! lol! so I drew one specially and have called the cute guy Clive after hubby! not sure if he thinks this is a compliment or not !! lol!!

I've used the sketch from the C4E recipe challenge HERE. Really quick sketch to work with.

I have coloured the image with coloured pencils, i didn't wait long enough for the ink to dry, whoops! It was too late in the night to be making a noise with the heat gun!

He still needs some work me thinks, he could work well for Christmas too, maybe add a Santa hat and change the patterns on the presents???? will have to have a play.
The sentiment is one of the c4e DT girls, Suzette's new sentiment stamps and this weeks prize on the c4e recipe challenge. I liked how I could use a sentiment designed for Christmas for a birthday!

card recipe

PP - K&co

CS - Bazzill

image - own

stamp - crafty sentiments stamps

Aida thread

coloured pencils

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take care

hugs

Michele

xxx

crafts 4 eternity recipe challenge #6

Good morning everyone!

Wow we have had some rain this week! The sandpit flooded so much we were thinking about getting some goldfish!! lol!!

This weeks prize over on the C4E recipe challenge has been kindly donated by Suzette. These gorgeous sentiment stamps. Suzette kindly sent me a set to play with, along with one of her new character stamps due to be released soon. Oh my!! The sentiments stamp beautifully and there are so many to choose from! I used one for a birthday card too! If you hop over to Suzette's blog HERE you can see the gorgeous character stamps and there is a chance to win another set of sentiment stamps too!

This is the set you can win by following the C4E recipe HERE!

Don't faint this is my first Christmas card this year!!! How bad am I?? lol!! Just a few hundred left to do!

I have used materials from the c4e November kit available HERE (not many left!) including something I've never tried before a snow marker! Oh how much fun!! you could really get carried away with that! Simple to use, just draw where you want your snow, let it dry a little and heat with a heat gun. It all puffs up like fluffy snow!! Have to say though, next time I will add it at the end because handling it flattens it and gets it dirty!




This is one of Suzette's fab stamps! Perfect size for cards and ATC's.

card recipe

PP - MME from c4e November kit

CS - Bazzill from c4e November kit

stamp - free from cardmaking & papercraft mag

snow marker - marvy from c4e November kit

punch - Martha Stewart border punch

glitter glue

sandpaper to distress all the edges.

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take care

hugs

Michele

xxx

PTW challenge

Evening !!

I got a little stuck this week for images for my hubby's birthday cards, so I drew a couple of new images. They still need some work but I find it helps to use them to see if they will work first.

I have done this card for this weeks PTW challenge, they have a fab sketch and gorgeous DT work which you can find HERE

I tried some paper piecing with the image, the cupcake case is basic grey PP and the cupcake is felt! I coloured a second candle and added it with sticky fixers to lift it up.

The second technique i tried with this card is the ruffled paper. I saw a tutorial for a cupcake gift holder HERE which used the technique to create a whipped cream effect on the cupcake. I have seen this done with ribbon before but haven't tried it before.

card recipe

PP - basic grey & paper pizazz

CS - Bazzill

felt - £1 shop!

image - own

sentiment - computer generated

glitter glue

coloured pencils

I'm off to party! lol! we have family coming over for hubby's birthday soon! Strawberry gateaux!! Yummy!!

I'll be back tomorrow with the C4E recipe challenge!

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Hugs

Michele

xxx

sketch saturday #75

Nearly did it again! Almost forgot to post this Sketch Saturday card! Whoops!

There is just enough time to enter this week sketch Saturday challenge HERE it well worth a visit for the gorgeous DT cards!!!

I wasn't entirely happy with this card, i think the PP is little busy for the layout, but Tilda is a dream to colour! I'd like to do this sketch again but with less PP & more white space.

Card recipe

CS - Bazzill & stash

PP - K&co sparkly sweet

stamp - magnolia autumn club

colouring - pencils

punches - MS doily lace border & butterfly & rose leaf

brad - gifty from UKS friends

glitter glue

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hugs

michele xxx

c4e recipe challenge #5

Hello everyone!

Hope you all had a fun Halloween! My boys dressed up as Thomas the tank engine and Tom, a character from the Beast Quest books! Bless them! we had a fun family gathering at my mums, who was surprised to see her pumpkin muffins disappear!! lol!! Yummy!!!

So this week over on the C4E blog we have posted another recipe and sketch for you to play with! This weeks prize is 3 sets of Halloween digital stamps from my store! You can also download a free set of Halloween"spots" HERE!!! The challenge is HERE, do hop over and check out the DT cards they are gorgeous!!

I've include the lace trim as one of my 2 ribbons. Now I call it lace trim, but Prima call it ribbon! So who am I to argue with Prima!!?? Do I get away with it?? lol!!


Tilda was floating about the card for a while until I thought to sit her on the flourish, must get something for my Tilda's to sit on! lol!

Card details:
PP - K&co - Bailey & Roam
CS - Papermill & Bazzill
Stamp - Magnolia Autumn club Tilda
coloured - water colour paints & H2o's
Gems - stash
Ribbon - c4e October kit, prima lace (ribbon)
Paper rose - c4e October kit
paperclip
printed sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by
take care
hugs
Michele
xxx