Sunday 27 December 2009

Christmas is over.............back to crafting (with a bit of luck)!!

I say "with a bit of luck" because my husband always insists we have a break between Christmas and New Year. He doesn't seem to grasp the fact that I NEVER need a break from the shop - that is where all my toys are, and where I love to play! I did, however, bring some of my toys home with me (ProMarkers and cute stamps, etc.) this year, so all is not lost. All I need to do now is manage to stay home for at least long enough to do SOME crafting...................not an easy task with a husband who just loves to go out, and to go shopping!
Anyway, back to the task in hand. I have done this card for the Crafty Cardmakers challenge, which this time is a sketch. As I was doing it at home I decided to get my trusty best friend, Polly Pazzles, to die-cut my shapes for me. Just added to the challenge, as I had to get the shapes into the Pazzles program before I could cut them.
Choosing the cardstock was also a challenge, as I don't have as much choice at home. However, my husband had bought me some nice pearlescent card in a pack he found in the "chucky-outies" at W. H. Smith's. It was a pack with 3 blue, 3 pink, 2 silver and 2 white A4 sheets, and it was 99p! The white embossed butterfly card is some I have had in for some time and not found a use for until now.
The next problem I had was what to use for an image. The smallest circle was a little small for most of the stamps I had brought home, so I used a digi stamp I had got from The Greetings Farm (her name is Lily), and down-sized her to fit the circle. Not sure if she is a little small for the size of the card, but what the heck, she will have to do! I coloured her with ProMarkers of course - not quite as neat as usual, the greys bled a bit, obviously different cardstock.

3 comments:

  1. lovely card hun, had a bit of trouble getting here, but got here in the end lol - love the image she is so pretty, thank you for joining us at crafty cardmakers xx

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  2. You're lucky.... haven't seen my promarkers since before Christmas.. I'm still changing beds,washing,ironing etc just about to attack the study !!!!! I thought going away for Christmas I'd have nothing to do HA what a laugh..

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  3. Fab stamp Sue, she's gorgeous and your colouring is superb! Thanks for joining us at crafty cardmakers x

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