Gnomes!!

You've got to love them!!  Just a quick post this afternoon, wanting to share a recent make - using one of the new dies I got at Christmas that I desperately wanted and have only just used - oops!!  I'm sure they'll get a lot of use in the future though :-)

I've die cut the hills, the sun & clouds and the gnomes and snail - so basically everything on the card lol.  The cute gnomes have been coloured with pro-markers and then stamped the sentiment.

I would like to enter this into :

Passion for Promarkers : Use punches/dies.

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Morning!!

Its fresh and bright here this morning - I'm just waiting for my mum to come through so we can go to a local market town and on to a few garden centres, as she is in need of a pressy for one of her friends.

I'm just going to quickly blog a card I made for my youngest to give to his 'girlfriend' - he only walks home from school with her but...

The image is an oldie from Spyder and has been coloured with promarkers and some sakura glitter pen to the heart.  The papers are recollections, which have been matted onto card.

I would like to enter this into:

Cutie Pie:   All you need is cutie love

A gem of a challenge: Love is in the air
Sweet Stampin: All you need is love
Passion for Promarkers :Papertastic

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Hellloooo, is there anybody there???

Oh lordy, I cant believe how long its been, seriously lost my blogging mojo - even commenting on other blogs has fallen by the wayside and for that I apologise but I do still have a nosy.  It seems though I'm not the only one who feel this way.

Anyhoo, I hope you all had a fab Christmas & New Year - if you can remember its seems so long ago.  I didnt really get anything crafty this year - just a couple of dies - that I 'desperately' needed - however, they are still in their packets - lol, they will get used at some point - honest - lol, just dont tell hubby!!

Even though I've been quiet on here my crafty mojo has made a re-appearance and I've been making cards like a good'un - my son is 16 in April (omg!! that cant be right!!!) and I've got his cards made, early, incase mr mojo decides to go walkabout again! and a couple of others which I'll blog about soon.

Talk about being prepared - I've got one of my mothers cards done, which is the one I'm going to blog now - the next mothers day card is going to be exactly the same as this one.

The image is from Mo's digital pencil, she recently had a new year discount code, so I took advantage of that - I've loved this image for ages and often thought it would be ideal for my gardening mum and mum-in-law!!

I printed off the image and then masked an image on top of it whilst I stencilled the distress ink circle around the image - which I have then coloured with promarkers and added the sentiment from word.  I have kept it c&s by matting onto pink card and then just adding some gems from my stash to the corner.  I am really pleased with how this turned out (I wont admit it was my third attempt though - due to botching of the stencilling - lol!!)

I would like to enter this into:

Passion for Promarkers - C&S
I love promarkers - Anything goes
As you like it - One layer or lots of layer (one layer) - its the first time I've attempted this and really like how it has turned out - I will definately be doing more like this.
Mo's DP2 challenge - anything goes.

Hopefully it wont be so long until my next post, thanks for looking.

Ali
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Happy...

... Wednesday everone, hope you are all calm on the run up to Christmas - I'm trying not to panic - although I dont really know why I should be - I've just wrapped my pressies, but we've got the decorator in and the house is in a bit of a state.  We've got the tree up - but I'm itching to get cleaning - anyhoo, hopefully he'll be finished tomorrow.  I'm trying to get a list made up of last minute bits and pieces before the boys break up - as I know once they do, I'll get nothing done!!

I  havent actually made that many cards this year - just really for hubby, the boys, my mum & the in-laws.  Talking of which - here is the card I made for them:

The image is a cute LOTV coloured with promarkers and some stickles added.  Not sure the dp - they are from a double sided 12x12, matted onto blue bazzill, all edges have been distressed with a sentiment I did on word then added some punched snowflakes and little pearls from my stash.

I would like to enter this into:

I love promarkers - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - Lets celebrate (christmas)

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Easy now...

... I know - another post!! lol.  This is a card I've recently finished for my youngest son:

I'm not sure the maker of the stamp which has been coloured with promarkers and some fine glitter added to parts of the image.  I have then matted it onto red card and green card and die cut some scraps of christmas dp which I think where dovecraft and then added a stamped sentiment.

I would like to enter this into:

Passion for Promarkers: Christmas is coming
Papertake Weekly: Take your pick (colour combo red & green)
Aud Sentiment: : Anything goes with a sentiment

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Helloo...

... oh dear time has run away with me again :-(.  I have been pottering though behind the scenes - hanging on desperately to my mojo but when I read and look around blog land there are lots of peeps suffering with this, so fingers crossed all our mojo's are out partying and theyll be back with us shortly!!!

Here is a card I recently made for Ians brother who has moved into a new home - it was tricky trying to do a masculine new home card - if you know what I mean lol.

The image is a digi from Tiddlyinks, coloured with promarkers and I then had a go at adding a cloud effect with distressed inks - inking over a die cut cloud.  The image has been matted onto black card the dp is Amy Tangerine again matted onto black card.  I have then added a die cut fence and just a computer generated sentiment.

I would like to enter this into:

I love promarkers - New Home
Simon says stamp (wednesday challenge) - anything goes
Tiddly Inks - anything goes


Thanks for looking

Ali
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Yoo hoo,

happy Tuesday folks - had a lovely crafty morning and chit chat with Janine and then home to take advantage of the lovely weather and got my washing pegged out - just time for a quick blog post before the boys come in and I have to get tea ready.

The image is a Krista Image for Sugar Nellie, that I bought second hand ages ago and only used a couple of times - I dont know why as I love the image, it has been coloured with promarkers/flexmarkers (until one ran out grrr)  the papers are MME matted onto pink bazzill.  I have then added gems and sentiment from my stash.  I googled a free printable of a library card printed it out and distressed the edge.

I would like to enter this into:

Sweet Stampin' - antiques roadshow
Passion for promarkers - lots of layers
I love promarkers - anything goes.
Sugar Bowl - anything goes

Right gotta dash, thanks for looking

Ali
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