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Wednesday, February 15, 2012




Welcome to another challenge at The Lollipop Ladies - Tiramisu is the sweet treat ,with the addition of LAYERS.

My papers are Elegance,Tickets and Postcards ,all from Kaisercraft.The little flower was already made just waiting to be used .The section with the half circle cut out can be used for a gift voucher or cash.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Something smells a bit fishy


I did enjoy doing this despite a couple of runs ,even added my name .









Card making is not my first love when it comes to crafting and only came about due to a friend who made lots of cards and had an enormous amount of craft supplies.

I enjoyed doing this batik in the traditional way with hot wax and cold water dyes.The melted wax is poured into the tool on the right and with a smooth motion is pour along a pattern line .Cold water dyes are then used to paint the various sections. Once it's dry a good wash in hot water to get rid of the wax .I did make one mistake ,the green pot with the pink rim has run ever so slightly ,I obviously didn't have enough wax in that area.The whole thing measures 41cm x 24cm .

To make things easy you can buy a wax pen to do the outlines and also Pebeo Gutta.The fabric must be silk or 100% thin cotton.

City Crafter -week 95 - Colours of the Rainbow .pic at top
TCP Tuesday - Rainbow Inspiration - pic at top

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Happy Birthday







My take on the photo from Cupcake Inspirations -challenge 145 - The medallion stamp is from Rosie's , the actual stamp is twice the length shown here so I used a little masking tape to get the size I wanted. The card squares are 4.5cm x 4.5cm , the black square is on raised sticky dots.I wanted to use some flat back pearls for the centres but didn't have just the right colour green so the gems will have to do.Sentiment from Stampit .

I've been up and about since just after five this morning .A pesky mosquito in the bedroom, poor Steve has five bites on his face .

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Brush those teeth









The Lollipop Ladies are back after the Christmas break and I have joined the team - Challenge 38 is inspired by the photo - Fairy Bread - I have to confess I have never eaten Fairy Bread.

My door hanger is for the bathroom to remind little people to brush their teeth.
I started off cutting a piece of chipboard 10.5cm x 25cm .I cut out a 7cm circle. The background paper was just perfect to represent the sprinkles .The image is Tooth Fairy Cynthia from The Stamping Boutique . I've used a mix of felt tip pens and gel pens to colour her .Come along and join in ,the challenge is open for two weeks .

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Love you lots





Cupcake Inspirations - challenge 144 - Photo at top of post. How cute are these cookies.

Crafts 4 Eternity - recipe 56 -clean and simple.

Mami Doodles -challenge 42 -For a loved one.

I'm beginning to like the CAS cards ,it's taken me a while to use so little ,but it works.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

A quick card





Papercraft Star - challenge - 80 - Frames .I made a cute flowery frame for my sentiment.

Lucy's Cards -Inspiration week - day 1 - Picture of lavender on a white shelf,you can see the pic on Lucy's blog .

Scrapbook Boutique - Photo above for inspiration. I love the colours for this challenge.

The flower stamp is from Abi's crafts ,the sentiment stamp is very old .I will have to trawl through some old posts to find the origin.Enjoy your weekend ,off to put some flat pack furniture togther,how good is my weekend LOL.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Cute as a button




The Lollipop Ladies - . I punched two circles and made one of them into a square which surrounds the button. The paper is from Dena Designs.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Just Peachy



One picture taken in sunlight ,the other in shade -I prefer the top pic.




Papercraft Star - challenge 79 - Warmth - the colours on my card remind of the blush on a ripe peach = Summertime = Warmth = Yummy .Papers are from 'dear lizzy' and Christina Re' .The bird is a stamp from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Ippity.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Thanks





Lucy's Cards - Sketch week -day 5.

The sentiment is from Ippity and the pink paper is so old I'm not sure where it came from .
I have a confession to make I stamped the sentiment upside down ,(I hate stamping directly onto a card for this very reason ).At first I panicked and tried wiping it with a wet one ,big mistake ,the card went soggy .After drying it off I stamped again,the right way up this time and to make everything blend together I used some brown ink and sponged over a stencil shape to enclose the sentiment. Does that make sense, anyhow I managed to save the day and it doesn't look too shabby.

Sing it loud





Lucy's Cards - sketch week - day 4

The music paper is 'dear lizzy' and the bird paper is from 'Christina Re'.The bird stamp is from Inkadinkado. The sentiment is from Ippity .

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Live Laugh Love




Lucy's Cards - Sketch week -Day 3 .Green check paper from Frenchville ,the other two are Kaisercraft.

Keep Dreaming






Lucy's Cards - Sketch week - day 2 - One of my favourite colour combos at the moment.I'm hoping to enter a card for all 5 of Lucy's sketches so I'm off to make 3 more by Sunday.

Daring Cardmakers - First Friday -Colour combo .

Friday, January 6, 2012

A little love




Lucy's Cards - sketch week - day 1 -
Joan's Gardens - challenge 1 -Hearts, pink or red, white , embossing,embellishment .I think I've got them all covered.The small heart is embossed with polka dots ,a button for embellishment.

I love the sentiment ,it can be used for valentines or wedding anniversary.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Tea and Cookies




Papercraft Star - challenge 77 -Tea or Coffee - My teapot image came from 'a piece of cake ',the doily from the Stamp Spot, the friendship sentiment is Kaisercraft I think.

Happy New Year .I hope you all had a enjoyable holiday break ,not a slice of turkey or plum pudding passed my lips but my trousers are so very tight.My fridge is still full of goodies ,this morning I saw a bowl of cherries so I think a cherry crisp is on the menu for dinner,Steve has just done a dry rub for some ribs,yum.