Thursday 27 February 2014

Colour Dare #82

Hello Crafty friends,
   I haven't played along with the Color My Heart dare in a bit but this week I had some flowers stamped from before and thought they would work for this challenge....thank you for the motivation to get the images coloured!! I have 3 now so I think I will make them into a gift set :)
Here is my card...
 

The stamp set is called Enjoy every moment, its retired but a great image for practicing my colouring :) I hope you like it!
Michelle 

Sunday 23 February 2014

skylark sympathy

Hello Crafty friends!
    I just LOVE the new skylark paper pack don't you? I had to make a sympathy card so this is what I came up with
I used the Damask embossing folder and sanded it. then lots of Art philosophy cuts and rolled flowers and glass beads. retired juniper ribbon, a bit of lace and ta da :)
I am entering this card into the Heart 2 Heart Challenge for their challenge to make something shabby chic. I think it qualifies :)
Hope you get to craft today
Michelle

Monday 17 February 2014

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #43

Hello Crafty Friends!
   Its that time for another sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog

Pretty sweet sketch!! Here is my interpretation
This is a some new some old card. The stamp set is retired but the quatrifoil embossing folder is new to me and the ribbon is from my stash. Coloured with copic markers (Im a beginner)
Hope you get to play along!
Michelle 

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Random Cards

Hello Crafty Friends, 
    I have a few cards to share that I have been working on :)
I am thinking this will be valentines card for my son ;)
This is CTMH's new stamp of the month for Februarys! I love him! and the ivy lane paper.... you can shop at www.rnmom.myctmh.com go check it out!! And a layout with that beautiful paper here too.
What do you think?
The left side :)
The right side )
 
 
Hope you get to do some craftying today!!
Michelle
 



CTMH 2014 Spring/summer Team Blog Hop

Hello Crafty Friends!

          Welcome to our February Team Braer Blog Hop that focuses on "New items" in our brand new idea book.   You will see creations from our team that may include stamp sets, patterned paper, inks, embellishments and more from the  Close To My Heart Spring/summer Idea book. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today,kindly contact your local consultant to place an order.
We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we really love feedback from our blog viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 
 
If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. If you came from Arlene's blog then you are in the right place!
 
My focus was on the supper cute mini stamp sets! I used 3 of the new sets on page 119 of the new book. I coloured them with markers after embossing them for more emphasis. I also embossed the back ground paper with dots (you can find them on page 130) and Ivy lane paper on pg 25.
 
 
For this card I cut the cloud shape out from the cricut and embossed them with the dots, added shading with sky markers. And I used the new balloons and the happy birthday mini from the last book its number is m1033 in case you need that one.....at $2.95 its easy to have them all :)

I cut the shape for the perfect day banner out on the cricut too.. :)
 
 
Your next stop on the Team Braer Hop is on to Cindy's blog!

If you get lost along the way, you can head to  Brae's blog at www.brae-er.com, as she has the complete blog list.
 Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

Be sure to come back next month....we will be focusing on sunshine and warm breezes!! I cant wait :)
Michelle


Monday 3 February 2014

AHSC #41

Hello Crafty Friends,
    Well it was a wintery weekend here in Orillia and maybe that's what inspired my card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog .... this is their sketch for today...#41

and here is my card....I used only cardstock and cut out the cute bears from Polar Bear Holiday....
 
its a pretty simple card but I like it :)
Michelle