Just Inspiration Bingo with Team B

I played along with the Just Inspiration challenge with this quick card.  From the Bingo card I picked squares, gems and pearls.  The image is stamped onto acetate, coloured and then mounted on some kraft coloured card.  Ribbons and stickers make the frame.  Gems have been added to Santa's bobble on his hat and red pearl gems to the holly in the greeting. The image is from High Hopes.

 

 

Excuse the red spot - had to use flash as it has clouded over here. 

FOSTV93 - Anniversary Card

I don't always remember people's wedding anniversaries but I do my best with close friends and family as I personally feel it is important to celebrate a good marriage.  As well as anniversaries today I will be thinking about those with troubled marriages and pray for reconciliation.

As you may have gathered for my little introduction this week at Friends of Speedy TV our theme is to make an Anniversary Card.  Please do join in the challenge - you can find it here.

My card uses the dogs from the Firefighter set and the sentiment is from Love Love Love.  The heart was cut with a Spellbinders die.

Thanks for looking, leaving some love and playing along with our challenge.

Zac's Birthday

Our Godson Zac had a birthday earlier this week and this is the card I made to send. 

The dragon is wearing a Chelsea blue scarf of course as like hubby our friend and his boys all support Chelsea.  The image is a digital one and it was coloured with Copics.

Hope you are having a good weekend.

FOSTV92 - Favourite Colours

I had to think hard about this challenge as I actually have quite a few favourite colour combinations and at this time of the year the autumn colours always "call to me".  I decided though to go with colours that I really feel are my favourites - bright girly colours of pinks, purples and turquoise blue.  The card I ended up with is all sparkly too as I used a watercolour paper and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.  I know Gladiolas are probably not found in these colours but I have used some creative licence! 

Now that you have seen my favourites why not hop over to this weeks FOSTV challenge and post a card showing yours.  There is a small stamp set on offer - just right for your Halloween creations.

The Marks Finest Papers set I have used is called Glad Glads and each flower was embossed with a different colour embossing powder prior to colouring.  The middle flower was masked.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog, please come back soon and please check out the FOSTV challenge.  We would love some new players.

Nephews aka Grandsons to my Mum

Hello sorry I have been so quiet.  Been busy with "real life" so not had so much time to play or indeed much mojo.  Had to get creating today as Mum needs cards for my nephews - two birthdays fast approaching.  Both are digital images and the second one is actually pre-coloured - I know it is cheating but as I also need cards for two other boys this was a quick option and I actually liked the look.  The first one was coloured with Copics.

If  you need a challenge our FOSTV animal challenge is open until tomorrow afternoon and we would love new players.  You can find it here.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend.
Janine

FOSTV91 - Animals

This week's challenge at Friends of Speedy TV is to use an animal.  Now the problem was what animal to choose - my selection of Marks Finest Papers stamps include quite a few animals.  Neither of my cards turned out as planned but I think they are both OK. 

My first card is inspired by South Africa and the elephants.  I used the set called Wild and Free on this one.

My second card is inspired by one Michelle Zindorf did some time ago but is nowhere near as good.  I used 3 stamps sets on this one North American Woods,Buffalo Spring,Marsh Silhouettes.

I did not get enough embossing powder on when I added the blue ink so the wolf got a little spoilt. 

I left sentiments off both cards as I am unsure where they will go and for what occasions.

If you find some time this week please pull out your animal stamps and join our challenge.  You will find it as challenge 91 on this page

FOSTV90 - Decorated Corners

Another Monday, another new week and it is it time to decorate the corners!  I seem to have spent the whole weekend dealing with corners but more about that below.  First I need to share with you my card for Friends of Speedy TV challenge 90 which is to make a card with decorated corners.  They can be decorated in any way you like, but I chose to stamp mine and then add the poinsettias. You might want to check out what the others in the FOSTV team did with their corners too.

I started the card by spongeing with distress inks - Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.  I then stamped the fern from Joyous Season in Peeled Paint and Pine Needles.  The centre Poinsettia is from Poinsettia Blooms and the small corners ones are from Christmas Selections - they were separately stamped, coloured with Copics, cut out and added.   The sentiment is from Poinsetttia Blooms and I used a Spellbinders die for this.

The card was completed amongst an awful lot of clearing and cleaning so I have checked corners of rooms, cupboards and appliances!  It was a physically and emotionally exhausting weekend.  We have been doing the clear and clean of my Mother in Law's house as it is has sold.  It has been empty since November when she went into a care home and we needed to sell it in order for there to be enough funds to keep her there and well looked after.  She has dementia so there was a lot of cleaning to do and in shifting things we found all sorts of odd bits - sadly no treasure!  We scrubbed, polished and cleaned and hopefully the new owners will be happy there.  The house belonged to Dave's grandparents and his Dad lived there from a baby so quite a lot of history.  We hired a carpet cleaner to use as part of the process so I need to find the strength this week for some others - 2 or 3 here and at least one for my Mum. 

Hope you all have a great week and get your corners sorted! The FOSTV challenge can be found here as challenge 90 from about 14:00 UK time on Monday.