Stamping Mad Toni

Stamp Something Challenge - Sentimental

2011-05-29T08:06:00.000+01:00

The challenge this week over at Stamp Something is to use a sentiment.

I created this card the other day for my father-in-law's birthday and thought it was perfect for this challenge!
The sentiment was created using my Scrabble letters set of stamps. I can't recall the make but they are great. The paper is from my stash as is the card.

Promarker Challenge

2011-05-23T17:57:00.000+01:00

This week's I <3 Promarker Challenge is animals! I had to make a card for my friend's hubby whose birthday is next week and I really struggle with men's cards. Luckily I came across my cute but manly (!) koala stamp from Whipper Snapper!

He is coloured with Promarkers (of course!) and cut out using my extra large Woodware circle punch. He's then layered on to navy blue card cut out with my extra large Woodware scallop circle punch. The paper underneath is from a K&Co pad but I don't know what it's called and the sentiment is from the Whipper Snapper cling set called '29 Again.

Papertake Challenge

2011-05-22T14:02:00.000+01:00

The Papertake Challenge this week is 'Bloom and Grow', which was handy for me as I was making this card for my hubby's Grandma.

The stamp is a fairly new purchase from Penny Black, I think. I stamped it once using Versamagic in Cocoa Bean then went over it again with Galaxy Gold, which has created a nice effect. The sentiment is Elzybells, stamped in Cocoa Bean.

The paper was from a K&Co pad but I don't have the front cover any more so don't know what its called! The card is just from my stash.

Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

2011-05-22T13:54:00.000+01:00

This week's Sugar challenge was 'anything goes', which suits me just fine!

I have so much stuff these days and nowhere for it to live thats easily accessible so I tend to do a whole batch of cards at once. So this is one of the ones I made for June!

The stamp is an old Magnolia one I've had for a while and I've coloured Tilda with Promarkers. The sentiment is a stamp from a Whippersnapper Clear Cling Set. The set is called '29 Again'.

The yellow card border is one I received in a swap.

One of my favourite blogs

2011-05-20T15:55:00.002+01:00

I thought it would make a change from my usual posts to put a link to one of my favourite blogs.
The Card Grotto is a blog by Michelle. She makes the most stunning cards. I love her simple style and her colouring of images is always beautiful.

Something a little different

2011-05-19T21:25:00.000+01:00

Usually I use either a stamped image, a sticker or a decoupage image but these are a little different. The first and third I've used backing paper with an image on it. The second I've used a beautiful butterfly punch, which creates a 3D effect. Finally on the last one I used my scrabble letter stamps to create the word 'Scrabulous'.

Stickers

2011-05-18T21:20:00.000+01:00

Stickers are a great alternative to stamping and colouring an image when you haven't got the time to spare. I really like the Penny Black stickeroos and tend to use those more than any other brand. Here's a few:

Stripes

2011-05-17T20:47:00.000+01:00

I do love stripy paper. Particularly in pretty pastel girly colours! Here are some favourites:

Some decoupage

2011-05-16T21:14:00.000+01:00

I don't often use decoupage but I like the effect you can create with it and there are some really lovely kits out there. So I thought I'd show a few cards I've made using decoupage.

Random Ones

2011-05-15T21:09:00.000+01:00

A few more. As you can see I'm simplified my style a lot and I think this definitely works best for me.

Colouring Fun

2011-05-14T21:00:00.000+01:00

The top one is pencils and the other two are promarkers but nonetheless I really enjoyed colouring all of these images and I'm so so pleased with how they turned out.

I hope you agree.

And some more older ones!

2011-05-13T21:30:00.000+01:00

Wow I didn't realise how many cards I made since I last posted!
Here's a few more:

Christmas Cards

2011-05-12T21:38:00.001+01:00

I know I'm a bit late on the Christmas cards but these were done in time for Christmas, I just didn't get round to posting them!
I put a couple on yesterday's post but here's a few more.

Some more new ones

2011-05-11T21:33:00.002+01:00

When I start doing a weekly update, I'll make notes on what I used to make the card but some of these ones were done ages ago and I can't remember exactly what was used!

A long blogging break!

2011-05-10T21:25:00.000+01:00

Well I realised its been over a year since I last posted!
My last three posts (if you include this one) span two years!!

I'm making a promise now that I'll keep posting regularly. I usually do a batch of cards once a month so I'll endeavour to post those over the course of a month.

Anyway I've got lots from the last year to show so I'll start with those!
Let me know what you think.

Many new ones!

2010-03-31T10:10:00.003+01:00

Hi all,

Once again I've been a bad blogger!!! I've also been a bit of a bad crafter lately, had a stint of a few months what with getting married and various other things that meant I couldn't get round to making any cards.

Anyway I now seem to back on track (and back to splashing my spare cash on crafting goodies!!) so here are all the cards I've made lately. I haven't summarised what I've used but just ask if you want to know!

Happy crafting!

Long time no post!

2009-04-10T07:23:00.002+01:00

Wow! Its been such a long time since I posted! I came back on and found two cards I'd saved posts for before Christmas and never posted so I've just changed the posting time and put them up anyway!
Made a selection of cards last night, I've decided to start going for a more simple style now as it seems to suit me better (as much as I love the cards with tons of layers and embellishments I'm just not good at them!).
So here they are:

This one is my favourite, I'm really pleased with how my colouring turned out.

Tilda and Edwin Christmas

2009-04-07T08:32:00.000+01:00

This is another of my favourites of the Christmas cards I've made. I love the 'alternative' Christmas colours.

I've used Tilda and Edwin from last year's Magnolia Christmas collection, coloured with ProMarkers and gel pen. They both have stickles on their hats too.

Tilda with yule hat

2009-04-06T07:22:00.000+01:00

Papertake Challenge - Let It Snow

2008-11-18T18:54:00.001Z

This week at Papertake the theme is 'Let It Snow'. Here's my card:

Only a little snowy unfortunately but the patterned paper does have snowflakes on.

Image: Tilda with hood, coloured with ProMarkers, gel pen and stickles. The background is DCWV (I think). The trees were part of a RAK from a stamping buddy, which I've added stickles to for tinsel (looks much better IRL). Sentiment is also from Magnolia. All backed onto red bazzill. Quite simple but I think I like it!

Thanks for looking.

Blog Candy!!!

2008-11-18T17:37:00.002Z

Wow I came across two lots of amazing blog candy today!!
First there's Denise, who's started her own stamp company and the first three designs are goooooooooooorgeous! Check them out here

Secondly Debbie is having the most amazing blog candy giveaway on her blog to celebrate 10,000 hits. I'm a regular visitor to Debbie's blog and I have to say everything she makes is fab!! Be sure to check out the heart wreath she posted today.

Penny Black

2008-11-13T22:30:00.001Z

Over at Cute Card Thursday this week, the challenge is to use red and green. Well of course that immediately brings to mind.....Christmas!
This is my favourite Christmas card to date. I went right out of my comfort zone with the tearing of paper....but I love it! This sentiment stamp goes brilliantly with the image. Went a bit mad with my olive ink pad too....! For some reason the sticky ribbon looks wonky in the picture but not in real life - not sure why, perhaps my picture taking skills, or lack of.

The image is Penny Black 'Joy Filled Stockings' and the sentiment is Stampendous I think. The image is coloured with ProMarkers and gel pens. There is stickles on their hats. I've inked the edges of the image, sentiment and paper with an olive green Ink It Up ink pad. The image and sentiment are mounted on to silver cs - now inked to look shiny olive green. The paper is from a DCWV stack - I forget the name. And I added a few sparkly peels offs - a tree in the bottom right and some stars, plus a sticky ribbon to finish.

Magnolia v Stampavie Challenge

2008-11-09T23:10:00.000Z

This week at Magnolia v Stampavie (only the 2nd week of the new combined challenges!), the theme is 'Keep it simple', nice clean lines and no more than 3 colours to be used.

I hope my card below qualifies!! Its certainly simple and I've stuck to 3 colours (red, brown and green.....although I've used several different shades of them).

I can't believe I've actually managed to capture the sparkle round her hood!

Image: Tilda with hood, coloured with Promarkers, gel pen and stickles, mounted onto green bazzill and inked with a gold ink pad. The paper is from a Crafters Christmas Resource book I bought. Then added a sticky ribbon and stamped a starry snowflake border in green. Finally added three buttons from my Woodware 'coffee and cream' pack.

Thanks for looking

An Award

2008-11-09T07:55:00.006Z

I've received a fab award from my lovely blogging friend Paula (or Polly to some of us!).

Now I have to pass it on to five friends! So I nominate:
1. Jo
2. Zoe
3. Joey
4. Anne
5. Sue

I love the stuff all five of these ladies create so go check out their blogs now!

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Windswept Tilda

2008-11-08T18:55:00.006Z

The theme this week at Papertake was 'Simply Sparkling', well I decided to make....yet another Christmas card! I went a bit mad with the sparkle and I'm not really sure about the end result. Anyway its one of the new Tilda's - I think she's called windswept, but not sure!

Image - Tilda, coloured with Promarkers and gel pen. The ground under her feet is stardust pen and crystal lacquer - doesn't show so well in the picture. The papers are from a DCWV stack, I think! Merry Christmas is a diecut given to me by a friend. There's also a piece of snowflake embossed card, which I've covered in stickles for extra sparkle!! Added some sticky ribbon (which is also sparkly) and some adhesive gems to finish.

Thanks for looking!

More Christmas Cards!

2008-11-07T07:52:00.002Z

Well once again its been a while since I posted....so much going on in my life right now!! But I've just received my Christmas Tilda's so I will be posting some cards with them soon - they're all sitting here next to me, coloured in and ready to go!
But in the meantime, here's another Christmas card I made:

The images are Penny Black stickeroos, with Papermania adhesive gems in the middle, mounted on to silver cs. Then a sparkly adhesive ribbon (Dovecraft I think!) and a Merry Christmas peel off. Very simple really.

Thanks for looking!

Another Christmas Card

2008-10-20T20:42:00.006+01:00

Yes its another Christmas card! You can tell its that time of year again, all my posts from now on will likely be Christmas cards ;-)
This one was nice and simple to make.

It was made like this - cut an A6 black card blank in half. I can't remember where the packing paper is from....possibly a DCWV pack, I inked the edges of it with a white ink pad and trimmed one end with my fancy scissors. The image is a Penny Black stickeroo. Topped off with a sparkly ribbon (Dovecraft I think!) and some Papermania adhesive gems.

Thanks for looking!

Now for something completely different!

2008-10-19T07:45:00.002+01:00

Well I've been making some Christmas cards this week, will be showing them one by one over the next few days.... But I decided this was an ideal time to go outside of my comfort zone and do some 'different' cards. I've also been trying to use some of the things in my craft box that I don't seem to get round to using normally - heat embossing stuff and so on.
Anyway here's the first one:

The peel off was one sent to me by a friend, stuck on acetate and coloured with peel off markers. Then I just used my Penny Black sentiment stamp. The stamped sentiment started to bleed a little so I went round the edges with my silver gel pen, I quite like the effect.

Minimalist but I'm happy with it.

Thanks for looking!

Sketch Saturday

2008-10-17T08:45:00.002+01:00

Another fab sketch from Jo at Sketch Saturday this week, although I must admit I had to think pretty hard about it before any inspiration struck! And of course I used one of my gorgeous new Tilda's then decorated the inside with the new accessory stamp. Be warned - its very girly!

The only thing is I keep wanting to add a sentiment somewhere but I can't decide where! Suggestions...??

I used 'Pink Tilda Ice/Ballet Princess' and 'Pink Ballet Slippers', coloured with ProMarkers and gel pens. I chalked the edges of Tilda and matted her onto pink bazzill, then used a strip of leftover K&Co sparkly sweet paper, purple bazzill, then the little squares are 1" of the same pink bazzill with a big pink button and some Papermania adhesive gems.

Thanks for looking!

Stamp Something Challenge

2008-10-16T08:33:00.002+01:00

Over at Stamp Something this week, the theme was 'Something for a Friend'. I've done a card, which I intend to give to my friend who has been in hospital for over 2 months now with a broken leg. Shes getting a bit fed up so I thought may be a nice card would cheer her up a bit.

Recipe: Pink Tilda with striped tights, coloured with Promarkers, chalked round the edge, layered onto bazzill cs, cuttlebug embossed card, ribbon from stash and the sentiment is made up of Papermania cardstock stickers.

Naughty Blogger! And Cute Card Thursday

2008-10-15T18:42:00.002+01:00

Well I have been a naughty blogger, no cards for about two weeks now! But I'm off work this week - the Dr signed me off due to a nasty wisdom tooth extraction on Friday - so plenty of crafting time!
My new Magnolias arrived yesterday from their new 'Pink Collection', I ordered three 'people' and one accesory, and I made some cards with them today so I will be showcasing them in the next few days.
Here's the first, 'Pink Tilda with rose'.

Isn't she gorgeous??! I'm really pleased with how my colouring came out but unsure of the card overall. Anyway this is also my entry to Cute Card Thursday, which was the fab theme of 'Buttons and Bows'. I know its an age til Mothers Day but everytime I look at this image I picture her peeking up at her mummy with a rose in her hand!!

Image: Pink Tilda with rose, coloured with promarkers and gel pens. Inked round the edge.
Mounted onto bazzill CS, cuttlebug 'swiss' dots folder also mounted on bazzill. Die cut border
from a swap, buttons and ribbon from stash, sentiment from craftwork cards.

Whiff of Joy cards

2008-09-30T22:23:00.002+01:00

I have to say I absolutely ADORE the gorgeous stamps available from Whiff of Joy (you will find Katharina's blog in my sidebar). So far I've only been able to buy three of them but there are more being released on 4th October and the DT have been giving previews this week - and WOW! So glad I've been saving my pennies...! Anyway here are two cards I've made with the stamps I had from the previous release (I'm green with envy that the DT get the whole lot!)

Recipe: Whiff of Joy 'Melinda hugging heart' stamp, ProMarkers, gel pen, Anita's sticky ribbon, craftwork cards sentiment, bazzill basics cardstock, Papermania adhesive gems, paper from a QVC stack (I forget the brand).

Recipe: Whiff of Joy 'Melinda blowing kisses' stamp, watercolour pencils, bazzill basics cardstock, K&Co sugar sweet papers, sentiment is handwritten, ribbon is chiffon edged from Handy Hippo, Papermania adhesive gems.

Stamp Something Challenge

2008-09-29T21:49:00.002+01:00

The Stamp Something Challenge this week was to.......stamp something!! So thats what I did! Have been wanting to use this super cute Whipper Snapper stamp for ages!

Recipe: Stamp - Party Cats from Whipper Snapper, ProMarkers, glaze pen, Papermania adhesive gems, K&Co paper, craftworks sentiment.

Penny Black Saturday

2008-09-29T21:35:00.002+01:00

Penny Black Saturday had the theme of 'Seasons' this week. So I took the oppurtunity to make another Christmas card.

I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Recipe: Stamp - Penny Black 'Joy Filled Stockings', coloured with ProMarkers, Stickles, Lizzie Anne designs Snowflake stamp, silver ink, green CS, red card, holly paper from Handy Hippo, sentiment stamp.

Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

2008-09-15T15:47:00.002+01:00

There was a FAB sketch over at Spoonful of Sugar this week, I played around with lots of images and papers, and here's what I ended up with:

Recipe: Stamp - 'Tangled Up' from Whipper Snapper, ProMarkers, gel pen and glaze pen. Some stickes on his hat too. 'Merry Christmas' peel off. Papers from Dovecraft 'Tis the Season' paperpad, ribbon is Dovecraft sticky ribbon (I forget the pack name), CS from PaperMill

Papertake Weekly Challenge

2008-09-14T21:05:00.000+01:00

Papertake Weekly this week is an Autumn theme. For my card I used one of my new Whiff of Joy stamps - the link to Katharina's blog is in my sidebar. This one is Oakley on his scooter. I coloured him in using some nice autumnal colours. Sorry its not a great picture.

Here's my card:

Recipe: Oakley from WoJ, Promarkers, gel pens, gems from Papermania, sentiment from craftwork cards, cuttlebug embossed card, background paper saved from the craftwork cards sentiment packet (!!!).

Cute Card Thursday

2008-09-09T22:31:00.000+01:00

Cute Card Thursday this week was 'Pretty in Pink'. Perfect for me as I had a friend to make a card for who loves pink and had also coloured in and mounted this lovely Jemima Puddleduck image.

You can't really see the rub on in the picture, but its silver and says 'Happy Birthday'.

Stamp: Jemima Puddleduck, ProMarkers, gel pen mounted on pink bazzill, gems from Papermania. Backing paper from a QVC pack. Rub on from my stash - lost the packing somewhere!! Ribbon is Anita's sticky.

Sad news and cards....

2008-09-05T22:16:00.002+01:00

Well I had the sad news yesterday that my son's nursery is shutting down. The last day was today (yes I know total shock for everyone, including staff) so I now have to find him somewhere else to go. He has been there since he was 5 months and was really excited as he'd just moved up to their pre-school. I'm totally gutted for him and I know all the staff have taken it badly. It was a very emotional day for everyone.
Anyway I spent last night, taking my mind off the big issue at hand, by making individual thank you cards for all the staff. Thankfully its a small nursery so only 10 staff, but here's my cards:

All the staff have been so brilliant and my son loves them dearly, I know he will miss the staff and kids so much.

Spiral Whisper Challenge

2008-09-04T09:12:00.004+01:00

This is the first week of the Spiral Whisper Challenge blog and this week was a sketch (you will find the link in my sidebar).

You have to use Spiral Whisper stamps on your card but thats ok because my new ones just arrived!!!

Stamp: Harry with Teddy from Kerry Steptoe @ Spiral Whisper, Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen (white on his shoes), gems from Papermania, Anita's sticky ribbon, blue card from Paper Mill and blue handmade paper from Papermania, sentiment from Craftworks.

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge

2008-09-04T09:09:00.003+01:00

The Spoon full of Sugar challenge was to create anything but a card. The DT entries are totally gorgeous - you can find the link in my sidebar.
You can now also use ANY stamp you like so I decide to use one of my new Spiral Whisper stamps to create a bookmark.

Quite simple but I like it.

Stamp: Martha Ballerina from Kerry Steptoe @ Spiral Whisper, ProMarkers, gel pen and glaze pen. Mounted onto pink card from Paper Mill. Ribbon from Dovecraft. Stickers are Papermania and read 'Love a Good Book'.

Odds and ends!

2008-09-01T18:31:00.002+01:00

I've really struggled to do any actual challenges this week!! But I'm hoping to get all of the 'usuals' done this week as well as any cards I need for this month so hoping to have lots to show my blogging buddies!
BUT in the meantime here are some I made JFF (just for fun!):

Stamp: Sleigh ride from Sugar Nellie, Pro Markers, glaze pen, gel pen and stickles.
Mounted onto silver CS, and Dovecraft DP (Tis the Season paper pad) and red card blank, stamped with white using a Lizzie Anne Designs 'snowflake' stamp from Silly Monkey Crafts. Sentiment is a peel off.

Stamp: Whipper Snapper 'Sundae', Pro Markers, glaze pen, gel pen. Inked round the edges with an Ink It Up pad.
Gems from Papermania. Vintage style alphabet dome stickers from Silly Monkey, spells out 'enjoy it' - much clearer in real life! Pink bazzil CS and a dark pink card blank. Anita's sticky ribbon.

Stamp: Whipper Snapper 'Denny Dinosaur', Pro Markers, gel pen. Gems from Papermania. Inked edges with Ink It up pad. Patterned CS from a DCWV glitter pad. Orange card from Paper Mill. Green card blank. Sentiment is a peel off.

Stamp: Lizzie Anne designs 'fairy' from Silly Monkey, Pro Markers, gel pen and stickles. Gems from my stash. Inked edges with Whispers lilac ink pad. Mounted on pink bazzill. Sentiment is a rub on. Anita's sticky ribbon. Cream card blank, stamped with Lizzie Anne designs 'sunflower' using an Ink It Up purple.

Stamp: Whipper Snapper 'party koala', Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen. Gems from stash. Mounted on blue bazzil. Blue embossed 'swiss dots' card. White DL card blank. Sentiment is a sticker (Papermania I think)

Thanks for looking!

BLOG CANDY!

2008-09-01T18:19:00.003+01:00

Well there is some WONDERFUL blog candy up for grabs on Christine's blog : http://craftlingscosycorner.blogspot.com/

She also has there her thought-provoking arguments on word verification on blogs:
"ARGUMENTS AGAINST WORD VERIFICATION

Everyone will have their own view, but in my case, I regard the removal of word verification as a basic courtesy to my visitors who are kind enough to take the time to leave comments. Being aware of their comments through comment moderation, but not hindering them with word verification is the very least I can do to reciprocate their courtesy to me.

The problem with word verification is that it takes too long. The characters are very often hard to decipher, and it’s frustrating when you get them wrong and have to re-enter the little suckers!

So this campaign is on behalf of busy bloggers. Please spare a thought for the poor bloggers who work so hard at getting round as many blogs as possible to leave sprinkles of blessing and good vibes wherever they go. The terrible proliferation of this awful plague of word verification is a blight on their efforts to make the Land of Blog a cheerier place.

I think most people just have word verification switched on by default, not realising how easy it is to switch it off, and perhaps not realising how annoying it is for other bloggers. Either that, or they’re under the misapprehension that they will be bombarded with spam messages. This is not the case. I’ve had mine switched off now for three of the four months that I’ve been blogging, and have had two spam comments. The responses I’ve had from other bloggers to my earlier posts on this topic back this up. (You can see the comments in response to my previous post on this subject, HERE.)

For safety’s sake, have comment moderation on for sure, but please consider canceling word verification on your blog. Maybe for a trial period, and see how you get on.

Unless there are thousands of comments being left, comment moderation shouldn’t be too much of an issue for the blog owner, and other bloggers will also be more inclined to leave comments if they can see that you don’t use word verification.

However, each to their own, and if you disagree with me, that’s cool. We can agree to differ and not visit each other’s blogs! lol ;o)
OK.. rant over. If you have read all the way to the end, thank you for putting up with it, and ~ obviously ~ do what you wish on your blogs, but I had to say something. I love to get around and leave comments, but word verification spoils the experience.
Of course, when I get my new job, all this will be academic to me, as I will then have a life, and I won't have time for much blog-hopping!! Not that blog-hoppers need to get a life.. Errr... think I'll stop digging now, before I get into REAL trouble!! lol ;o)"

I have to say I'd never really considered the whole word verification issue before but I can see Christine's point and so I've turned mine off. Hope this is appreciated by all my blog visitors ;-)

Cute Card Thursday

2008-08-30T08:08:00.002+01:00

The Cute Card Thursda challenge this week was 'In the Water'. I spent ages wondering what stamps I had for this one, then I decided to actually go rummage through my stamp box and thats when I remembered Nessie!!
So here's my card:

For this card I used: Funstamps Nessie stamp, Impress inkpad, Pro Markers, white gel pen, Papermania adhesive gems, cuttlebug swiss dots card, blue bazzill basics paper on a white card blank.

An award!

2008-08-29T21:39:00.002+01:00

My lovely SBS sister Joey has given me a fab award!

I love everyone else's blogs soooooooooo much that I've decided to give this award to all of you! Every blog I come across is full of gorgeous projects.

I won!!!!

2008-08-29T20:57:00.002+01:00

I'm so excited! I won the blog candy over at Stamp Something Challenge ! Its a fab $15 gift voucher for The Coconut Scrapshop - the only problem is there's sooooooooo much gorgeous stuff I can't decide what to buy!

Stamp Something Challenge

2008-08-27T06:35:00.001+01:00

I like the Stamp Something challenge this week - its quite broad 'Birthday Somethings' but it gave me the chance to use another Whipper Snapper stamp (god I love them!) that I hadn't managed to use yet.
So here he is, 'Birthday Beagle' :

I find with the Whipper Snapper stamps that on the whole they are quite large and so I find it works best to keep the card simple.
I coloured Birthday Beagle with Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen. Hes matted onto purple vellum. Then onto cuttlebug embossed card onto a purple card blank. The sentiment is from my stash.

Thank you Kristin!

2008-08-26T07:37:00.003+01:00

Well today I've been given a FAB award by my blogging buddy and SBS sister Kristin

The rules for this award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

So my seven nominees are:
1. Jo
2. Lindsey
3. April
4. Anne-Marie
5. Carol
6. Anne
7. Michelle

Some of you may have been nominated before (I did try to make sure you hadn't but I might have slipped up!) but I just wanted to give everyone a chance to see some of your amazing work!!

And thanks again for the award Kristin!

Cute Card Thursday

2008-08-26T06:44:00.000+01:00

Another fab challenge from Cute Card Thursday, this week is bright colours. Fab cards from all the DT as usual.

This is mine:

Isn't he gorgeous?! My little angel is a Whipper Snapper stamp coloured with Pro Markers - I liked the idea of quite a poignant message with a bright and cheerful coloured image. Matted and layered on bazzill basics card stock. Its quite a simple card but I think the little angel boy has to take centre stage!!

Sketch Saturday Challenge

2008-08-24T08:20:00.000+01:00

Over at Sketch Saturday this week you will find another fab sketch:

Jo is also asking this week for people to apply to join her Design Team. To do this you have to make two projects using her sketch, one of which must be a Christmas theme. I ended up making three cards using this sketch (and I'm sure I'll end up using it again soon!) but here are the two for my entry to the DT call:

For Tilda I used: Tilda stamp, Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen, paper from a stack by QVC, cuttlebug swiss dots card, light blue card from my stash, adhesive gem stones and a 'yummy birthday' rub on from DoCrafts.

For Rodney the Reindeer: Whipper Snapper stamp, Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen, black and red card, paper from a Dovecraft 'Tis the Season' paper pack, Happy Christmas peel off and adhesive gems.

More Blog Candy!!

2008-08-23T16:27:00.001+01:00

Juliet is giving away some FAB blog candy here: http://julietspaperpalace.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-candy-alert.html Just because she feels like it, we don't mind of course. Her blog is also fab...check it out now!

Friendship Image Swap

2008-08-23T15:27:00.001+01:00

Took part in my first friendship image swap on Trimcraft this week. My swap partner let me know today that she received it so I know its safe to post!
Here's the card I sent to my swap partner:

I'm not sure why the pics all have a bluey tinge...! Anyway its red cardstock, scored and folded using my fab Wonderboard! Image is Sugar Nellie, kindly sent to me a buddy on Trimcraft. The paisley is cut from a K&Co sparkly sweet paper. I then stuck gems on to the pattern. The sentiment is Dymo.

More Pro Marker fun!

2008-08-22T21:22:00.003+01:00

Well I have to say I LOVE MY PRO MARKERS!I'm just about to order some more from Silly Monkey Crafts (who have 10% of everything right thru Bank Holiday Weekend by the way!) because I just cannot get enough of them. I think I might ask for the whole set of 92 for Christmas...!

So anyway I've been using my PMs at every opportunity so here's some cards I made last night using my beautifully coloured images (if I do say so myself, lol)

The top one is a Hamish stamp from Sugar Nellie, with cuttlebug embossed card and a printed sentiment. (I've just noticed Hamish isn't stuck down properly, off in a sec to fix that!)

The middle one is a Whipper Snapper stamp 'Best Friends' and a 'Hugs n Kisses' stamp, cuttlebug embossed card and gems from my stash.

The bottom one is an Elzybells stamp (can you see the shiny glaze I put on ducky??! I love this stamp, its soooo adorable!), blue card stock, glitter card from DCWV, Dymo sentiment and gems from stash.

Also wanted to say thanks to all the visitors to my blog and those of you who comment - I'm trying to find the time now to visit all your blogs and check out your fab creations!!

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge

2008-08-22T21:04:00.002+01:00

This week at Spoon Full of Sugar, the challenge was a fab sketch by Debbie. The challenge this week is also sponsored by Whiff of Joy stamps and Katarina has donated on of her GORGEOUS Charlie stamps as a prize.

Here's my attempt:

Its a Sugar Nellie 'Maggie' stamp, she comes with different accesories for her stick- a flag, balloon, star or heart. Coloured in with my Pro Markers, gel pens and glaze pen. Matted and layered onto some red bazzill basics card. Gems from my stash. Blue card blank, Happy Birthday vellum, some glitter patterned card from DCWV and some red Anita's sticky ribbon.

Papertake Weekly Challenge

2008-08-21T23:43:00.000+01:00

This week's Papertake Challenge was a Sketch by the wonderful Katharina - who has some of the most amazing sketches on her blogs (see my blog list on the right)

This is mine:

Tilda is coloured with ProMarkers, gel pens and Sakura glaze. The cupcake sticker is Papermania. The ribbon is Anita's sticky. The sentiment is from my stash. The paper is K&Co sparkly sweet. Finally the background is cuttlebug embossed swiss dots by my buddy Tazzy at Trimcraft.

BLOG CANDY ALERT

2008-08-21T07:16:00.002+01:00

Shary has some fab blog candy - http://shary-theothersideofme.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-candy.html - to celebrate the number of hits she's had on her blog. Go check it out!

Sketch Saturday Challenge/Tilda & Co Challenge

2008-08-20T21:47:00.000+01:00

Here's my interpretation of this week's sketch at Sketch Saturday, I combined it with Tilda & Co's challenge of just using blue and white. I used some other colour for Tilda's hair but so have the DT so I guess its allowed!!

Tilda is coloured with ProMarkers, gel pen and Sakura glaze. The sentiment is Dymo. The card is from my stash and theres some white Cuttlebug embossed 'snowflake' card. The gems are also from my stash.

A Triple - 3 challenges in 1 card!

2008-08-20T06:52:00.000+01:00

The first time I've managed this, 3 challenges in one card!! My only problem is I'm not sure I actually LIKE the card!

The challenges are - Cute Card Thursday 'soft furnishings', Stamp Something 'all about summer' and Penny Black 'ribbons.

The image is Penny Black, stamped and watercoloured. The sentiment is a High Hopes stamp, coloured with ProMarkers and matted and layered. I used cuttlebug embossed card as a background. The ribbons are Anitas sticky ribbons.

Well Done Cards

2008-08-19T08:20:00.003+01:00

Well it was results day this week for lots of people and I've got two friends who did very well so here are their cards:

They are both Tilda images from the new collection, kindly sent to me by a Trimcraft buddy. Coloured with ProMarkers and gel pen, with a bit of Sakura glaze pen. Both have Cuttlebug embossed card as the background. The first one the has a Dymo sentiment, the second is papermania stickers matted and layered.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge

2008-08-18T23:06:00.002+01:00

This week at SFSC, the challenge was to create a card with a secret message. Here's my attempt:

Not my most creative effort. Must admit I struggled with this one. I used Luca and Nellie images kindly sent to me by Dee at Trimcraft (I do stamp my own images too honest!!), coloured with watercolour pencils and a sakura clear glaze pen. Held in place with silver heart brads. The paper and ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment is a penny black stamp. I went over the words 'great big' with my sakura glaze pen but it hasn't shown up well in the pic.

Craft Fairs

2008-08-17T20:59:00.001+01:00

I've googled and everything but can find no answer to this, does anyone know of any upcoming craft/stamp/card making fairs/markets in the Kent or Essex area? I'm really keen to go to one but can't find one.

Anyone help me?

ABC Challenge

2008-08-16T07:47:00.004+01:00

ABC Challenge this week was 'E' for embellishment. Here's my card:

I used cuttlebug embossed card, a little bit of sparkly sweet K&Co paper, some purple vellum, an image kindly stamped for me by Christine at Trimcraft which I coloured in watercolour pencils, an Anita's sticky ribbon, some sticky gems and a Making Memories jumbo blossom with pebble brad.

My Son's First Card

2008-08-16T07:45:00.001+01:00

Here it is:

Isn't it cute?! He only turned 3 last week. All I did for him was stick the ribbon on, but he picked out which one he wanted and stuck the Pooh Bear stickers on himself.

Tilda & Co Challenge

2008-08-14T22:59:00.001+01:00

The theme this week at T&Co is ‘Christmas is coming’.
Here’s my card:

I used a Tilda stamp, coloured with watercolour pencils and gel pen, matted onto green card, two different DCWV Christmas papers, See Ds alphabet stamps with glitter.

Sketch Saturday Challenge

2008-08-14T22:58:00.000+01:00

A lovely sketch this week over at SS. This is my interpretation:

It’s also a Get Well card for my best friend who is currently in hospital with a badly broken leg.
I used a stamped image kindly sent to me by Christine at Trimcraft, coloured with watercolour pencils, matted on to purple card, green swirl embossed card – sent to me by Tazzy at Trimcraft, purple vellum, Papermania ribbon and K&Co sparkly sweet paper.

Struggling to finish

2008-08-14T09:20:00.000+01:00

I started playing around with this card:

When I got my new Dovecraft Wonderboard - which is fab by the way! But I'm struggling to finish it, I don't know whether to just leave it as it is, sometimes simple is better right?? Can anyone help me out??

Cute Card Thursday

2008-08-14T00:02:00.006+01:00

This week's challenge was 'The two of us'
This is mine:

It was a bit of a 'last minute make' and I'm not 100% happy with it. Still, I do love the stamped images - kindly sent to me by the lovely Christine over at Trimcraft. Might have to get me some of those stamps.....

To make this card I used: Max and Milly stamped images from Spiral Whispers, background paper from a Dovecraft pack, glitter card from the DCWV glitter pad, handmade paper from my stash and a sentiment from my stash.

Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers 23

2008-08-13T17:53:00.002+01:00

I recently joined the sisterhood, find them here: http://sisterhoodofthebloggingstampers.blogspot.com/

I wanted to make some new 'crafty' friends and I think it will be a fab way to do this!

Well this is my 'getting to know me' post.
My name is Toni. I'm 22. I've been making cards for about 4 months now. I started because I wanted to practice for making my wedding invitations (which is September next year by the way!!) and now I'm hooked. I love stamps - especially the Magnolia Tilda and Edwin range and also just starting to get a few Penny Blacks and Sugar Nellie's too. Hoping to branch out into scrapbooking soon.

I work as a Trainee Legal Executive for a local family law firm. I also study law in my spare time.

I have a three year old son, who is my pride and joy. I also have a wonderful fiance who I love dearly.

Thats just about it I think! Looking forward to getting to know the rest of my group!

Son's Birthday

2008-08-13T07:05:00.003+01:00

My son was three at the weekend, I wanted to make him a waterfall card but had no idea how to! Two days after I made the card below, lo and behold my Quick Cards subscription turned up with a tutorial on waterfall cards.... So should be making one of those soon.
Here's what I made instead:

He loved it - hes a big racing car fan.
The number and car are from Dovecraft 12 x 12 paper pads - I forget the name. The background is from a DCWV glitter pad, the name is K&Co black glitter alphabet stickers and the sentiment is from my stash.

Another Tilda

2008-08-13T07:02:00.003+01:00

I originally made this card for last week's Tilda sketch challenge but didn't get around to uploading it in time!! So here it is:

I used Party Tilda, coloured with watercolour pencils, 2 different sorts of K&Co paper from the Sparkly Sweet pad, an Anitas sticky ribbon and a heart brad and sentiment from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

Stamp Something Challenge

2008-08-12T19:45:00.002+01:00

Over at the Stamp Something Challenge, this week was to use pink green and blue.

Here's my entry:

I used one of my Tilda stamps, coloured with watercolour pencils and gel pen. Cuttlebug swirls embossed green card and K&Co paper from the sparkly sweet pad. Finally a sentiment, a butterfly and some gems from my stash.

Friendship Image Swaps

2008-08-12T19:31:00.001+01:00

Any bloggers out there interested in joining a friendship image swap, get yourself over to trimcraft - http://www.trimcraft.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=5836&st=0&sk=t&sd=a Where I'm trying to get one going!!

Wow! Check out my new banner

2008-08-04T21:27:00.001+01:00

Hi all,
Found this lovely lady who allows you to use her wonderful sketches as blog banners. Find Rachelle's beautiful sketches here.

Question for all you crafters!

2008-07-28T11:27:00.001+01:00

I've got a question for my fellow crafters:
What is the one item, outside of your 'standard tools' that you could not live without? Something you bought thinking it would be handy now and then and has ended up being in almost permanent use!! Mine has to be my corner rounding punch.

Yet more Magnolias....

2008-07-28T06:49:00.001+01:00

And here are the other cards I made today - Yes I know more Magnolia stamps, god I love 'em. Went a bit OTT this week and got an order from Elzybells stamps (I really wanted one of their personalised 'Handstamped by' stamps), bits from QVC and a few more bits from the sale at Artymiss. I think some no spend weeks are coming up!

Cute Card Thursday

2008-07-28T06:45:00.005+01:00

Cute Card Thursday this week was 'Things that Grow'. I could think of nothing other than flowers - had a touch of creative block this weeek!!

So here it is:

ps... ok another photo that no matter how i try it will not post right! what am i doing wrong???! can someone help please? otherwise please see previous posts and check out the link to my photobucket album

Some of my older cards

2008-07-23T08:37:00.003+01:00

Some other cards I made a while back:

Ok some of the cards are not coming up right....anyway you can view them Here.

Tilda & Co Challenge

2008-07-23T08:06:00.003+01:00

This week's challenge over at the Tilda & Co Challenge blog was 'Bugs'. This is my attempt:

I used a tall DL card from my docrafts sample kit, Tilda with boots stamp, coloured in with watercolour pencils, the bees are stamps, used butterfly peel offs and a 'Happy Birthday' peel off, framed with sticky ribbon. Oh and Tilda is mounted onto one of my 'Foto Finesse Toppers' from Handy Hippo. I liked the idea of a 'real' background.

Peel Off Card

2008-07-23T08:04:00.001+01:00

Over on MSE (www.moneysavingexpert.com) we've got a thread going on card making and the lovely Polly sets us a challenge each week. This week was to use peel offs in a card - thankfully my docrafts sample kit turned up which included peel offs! So here's my challenge entry:

Few Other Cards Made Today

2008-07-19T16:22:00.001+01:00

Here's a few other random cards I made today:

All the images are stamped and then coloured with watercolour pencils.

Whiff of Joy Designer Competition

2008-07-19T16:20:00.001+01:00

Here's my entry using Katharina's sketch.

Check out Katharina's fab sketches and upcoming stamps here: http://katharina1704.blogspot.com/

Clare's Challenge / Cute Card Thursday

2008-07-19T16:16:00.003+01:00

These are two cards I made for Clare's Challenge over on Do Crafts. The top one is also my entry for Cute Card Thursday's 'Animals Only' challenge.

This one was a Penny Black stamp coloured with watercolour pencils, chalked the embossing round the edge, added a ribbon and some embellishments from my stash. Finished with a sentiment secured with a heart brad.

This one's a Tilda stamp coloured with watercolour pencils, I chalked a 'sky' in the frame, coloured the flowers with watercolour pencils, added 3 flowers embellishments from my stash, and again a sentiment secured with a heart brad.

First Christmas Card

2008-07-19T16:14:00.002+01:00

This is the first christmas card I've made this year. I found the Paper Nation stamp quite tricky to colour as its more detailed than I'm used to!! Got a couple of Christmassy Tilda's on their way so will be able to play with them soon. You can't seen where I've written 'ho ho ho!' in silver under the picture either. I have no Christmas sentiments to date and the printer is on the blink!!

Today's Cards

2008-07-18T18:51:00.004+01:00

So today I went a bit stamp mad and created several cards. My four new Tilda stamps have just arrived (got another coming from Ebay and then an order of 10 from the Magnolia website!!) so I intend to create with those later.

Let me know what you think!

Help!

2008-07-18T06:09:00.001+01:00

Ok, so I bought some beautifulred pearlescent aperture cards in an online sale. They arrived and they really are lovely. My issue is that the aperture is a really intricate butterfly design and I'm totally stumped as to what I should do with it!
Any suggestion welcome....?! Please!!!!

My Photobucket Album

2008-07-17T10:02:00.002+01:00

http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/toniwoty2009/Cards/

Relative Newbie

2008-07-17T09:57:00.001+01:00

Well I'm a relative newbie to crafting but my stash has grown VERY quickly and I'm really enjoying cardmaking. Once my scrapbook kit turns up in the post I will be branching out into that too. Hope you like my cards. Will post my photobucket link then add more into posts later.