tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85076564247759936502024-03-21T16:04:45.124+00:00Crafters CornerWelcome to my blog.Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-85341226400242179042014-05-22T14:57:00.001+01:002014-05-22T14:57:56.049+01:00Been playing again!<br />
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I have been playing with my new <a href="http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/">Spectrum Noir Pencils</a> again, and I am quite pleased with the result.</div>
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The image (gorgeous!) is a digi stamp from <a href="http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html">Aurora Wings</a> called Poppies, and I love poppies (may have mentioned that before). There are a lot of absolutely gorgeous images on that site.</div>
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I printed it onto Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Colouring Card (I added a background in Photoshop), went through the printer a treat. It is brilliant to colour on, and the Spectrum Noir pens do not bleed through to the back.</div>
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I used the pens for the base colours, using FS2 and FS4 for the skin, CR1 for the poppies and DG2 for the pods and leaf. Then I added the detail with pencils 004 and 009 for the skin, 024 and 027 for the poppies and lips,and 108, 059 and 044 for the pods and leaf. I also used white for her eye.</div>
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The Earth Laughs in Flowers stamp is part of the Nottingham Lace set from <a href="http://www.indigoblu.com/">IndigoBlu</a>, I thought it fit well - certainly fit in the space I had left so that was a bonus!</div>
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I am really enjoying these new pencils, they add so much more depth to the already awesome pens.</div>
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Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-78700127581143762452014-05-18T23:07:00.000+01:002014-05-18T23:08:24.533+01:00I really must try and get back into blogging!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must try and get back into blogging, it is a seriously long time since I did any. I read all my favourite blogs every day, but never get round to updating mine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here goes.... Just to break me in gently, here are a couple of cards I made recently. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> I have made these using my new Spectrum Noir pencils to colour the images.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">The bird one is the Large Blue Tit from <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Clear-Stamps/Animals/Birds-and-Feathers/15293-/Large-Blue-Tit-Clear-Stamp---As-Seen-On-TV">Clarity Stamps</a>, and the Poppy is a digi stamp.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">The apertures were cut on my Brother ScanNCut, and the photographs were taken by me - the bird picture at <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dee-burtonmerewetlands/">Burton Mere Wetlands</a>, and the poppy at <a href="http://www.chesterzoo.org/">Chester Zoo</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-22588071483354063182012-12-14T15:34:00.000+00:002012-12-15T11:12:29.683+00:00Winter Friends<span style="text-align: justify;">Wow, it is a seriously long time since I posted anything on here!! Where does the time go???</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;">The decoupage image is from Paintbox Poppets, and the card itself is Centura Pearl. I embossed the card using my brilliant new eBosser! I just love it, almost all my Christmas cards this year were made using it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: normal;">All I need to do now is try and remember how to enter the challenge, it has been a very long time!!</span></div>
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<br />Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-19203360267870341492011-06-01T11:50:00.003+01:002011-06-01T11:59:14.615+01:00I love Poppies!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior0BVZr_jr_VP9VjrmmK5NZ63BfTcfxT9d5OQ5Bxzg0vQq6V_9tWBCy9_XNJhDqkd90aIEYmvyBYpC8JHEmcTa1X3HVPN6VEGC7N7YSirPYrcV_4j16tn9UIw8yeJ75j0tU6Ked4hcX35/s1600/Poppy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEior0BVZr_jr_VP9VjrmmK5NZ63BfTcfxT9d5OQ5Bxzg0vQq6V_9tWBCy9_XNJhDqkd90aIEYmvyBYpC8JHEmcTa1X3HVPN6VEGC7N7YSirPYrcV_4j16tn9UIw8yeJ75j0tU6Ked4hcX35/s320/Poppy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613202273420478482" border="0" /></a>I just love poppies, so when I saw the challenge over on the <a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-challenge.html">Stampalot </a>blog, I couldn't resist! The challenge is to use the picture of a poppy field for inspiration.<br />I was lucky enough to have been in the right place at the right time to take this photo of a beautiful Poppy, and just had to use it. It was taken at Chester Zoo. My family laugh at me because, while everyone else is looking at the animals, I am usually looking the opposite way at the flowers. I think it must be a throw-back to my childhood, because when we went to the Zoo my Dad only ever looked at the flowers, and my grandmother never went there without a pair of scissors in her bag for cuttings!<br />The background paper I used is from Joanna Sheen's Jane Netley Mayhew 2, and was just perfect. I used my beloved Nesties for the layers, and added a red silk flower. I had a bit of a problem as to the centre of the poppy, but then hit on the idea to use black stick-on gems!<br />Trouble is, I love this card so much I don't want to part with it! Maybe I could send it to myself in November for my birthday!!<br /><br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-53697546382033174732011-01-26T13:26:00.003+00:002011-01-26T13:38:05.325+00:00A Winter's Tale<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXHg4RiwPAadlpUcUlw6vsgpXnLhXG9qvgooSwVOuMozD8sdn4ZPJrgdwv7JChQ3T-gqCl_wX_Ncu-DuzVtiUgeyiGKBqkOurHwUYJ1ZyOqdCg6vFK127c2_WO5oi4udNY7uUqHmPC_AK/s1600/Winter%2527s+Tale.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXHg4RiwPAadlpUcUlw6vsgpXnLhXG9qvgooSwVOuMozD8sdn4ZPJrgdwv7JChQ3T-gqCl_wX_Ncu-DuzVtiUgeyiGKBqkOurHwUYJ1ZyOqdCg6vFK127c2_WO5oi4udNY7uUqHmPC_AK/s320/Winter%2527s+Tale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566485714095363682" border="0" /></a>I came across a challenge over on Sir Stampalot, which, surprisingly, I am still just in time to do! It is called <a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-challenge.html">"A Winter's Tale"</a>, and inspiration is to be taken from either Queen's 1995 song, or Shakespear.<br />Now, I am a big Queen fan, and thought I knew most of their songs, but this one had escaped me. I Googled it (where would we be without Google?), and loved it. To me it cried out to be used with this image from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams. Everything seemed to fit!<br />I used the background that went with the image, and which just happened to have swans on it. I Googled (again) the lyrics for the song and used the first verse. Then I layered the image onto silver holographic card. Trouble is I love this so much that I can't bear to send it to anyone, so I will just have to keep it!<br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-19580018594126834152011-01-08T14:17:00.003+00:002011-01-08T14:24:32.667+00:00Another challenge....am I actually getting my act together?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SFnV4FwP4y0Tr8FeCk5BIxNdbwNJU0Fu1pCPjkQ9MrAiTfy778DHwH-VfSJXPSs2ogIPpwelcFQg-hy6e3sV-z8RlclWQypZmFDVNgLg96lleciogEMaKSUJHR7F2dzbYsyuzkmN7JeK/s1600/february.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SFnV4FwP4y0Tr8FeCk5BIxNdbwNJU0Fu1pCPjkQ9MrAiTfy778DHwH-VfSJXPSs2ogIPpwelcFQg-hy6e3sV-z8RlclWQypZmFDVNgLg96lleciogEMaKSUJHR7F2dzbYsyuzkmN7JeK/s320/february.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559819386470269714" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Over at <a href="http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/2011/01/good-morning-everybody.html">Anyone for Anya</a>, the challenge this week is to make a <a href="http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/2011/01/good-morning-everybody.html">calendar page for February</a>. This caught my imagination, even though I hadn't done a page for January.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I love the poem "January brings the snow....etc.", so had to use it. I found the rainy background and the mountain scene on the internet (how can we live without Google?), and I stamped and scanned my Anya so I could use it like a digi stamp. Of course she was coloured with my beloved ProMarkers, can't function without them!</div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-25928251080144535792011-01-03T21:11:00.003+00:002011-01-03T21:24:05.615+00:00Here's to 2011 and getting my mojo back!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6oIdMRJUi-kPJ3AaQ3vVn-ciQnnmfE721891NSQBAa_2qrsU8BuWFem8qk6PBjJdXZZmyu9cYwVT4f6JIquV_l-pvrfzilERnYVWNHT2uqWaHAVL5igjgpZzec1bfLvuzsaZoNweC2_B/s1600/DSC_5099.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6oIdMRJUi-kPJ3AaQ3vVn-ciQnnmfE721891NSQBAa_2qrsU8BuWFem8qk6PBjJdXZZmyu9cYwVT4f6JIquV_l-pvrfzilERnYVWNHT2uqWaHAVL5igjgpZzec1bfLvuzsaZoNweC2_B/s320/DSC_5099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558070745512620066" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For pretty much all of 2010 I seem to have been completely without my "mojo" as far as blog challenges are concerned, so my resolution this year is to get said "mojo" back and get into challenges again!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, for my first entry for this year I have decided to have a go at the <a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-80-mega-christmas-challenge.html">Passion for ProMarkers Mega Challenge</a>, after all I won it last year, so you never know..................</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am also entering it into the <a href="http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2010/12/ilpms-challenge-46-anything-goes.html">I Love ProMarkers</a> challenge for this week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme for both of these challenges is "Anything Goes", and I am afraid that when I hear those words I always think of the song "In olden days a glimpse of stocking..........etc.), so I just had to do an Art Deco-ish lady. I am a bit limited in "stash" here at home, most of my good stuff being in the shop. I close between Christmas and New Year, so can only play with what I have here. For that reason I made up my image in Photoshop, then coloured my lady in with ProMarkers. I think she is gorgeous. I have the stamp in the shop, but, because I don't have stamping stuff here, I usually stamp my stamps, then scan them so I have digital images to play with at home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, enough of the waffle, I had better get this posted, then go join my husband who is patiently waiting for me to watch a film with him! Can't seem to convince him that crafting should take precedence!! Still, back to normal tomorrow, back to work and normality!!</div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-38733256757137178972010-12-18T11:46:00.004+00:002010-12-18T11:56:45.038+00:00A blog challenge - after all this time!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6vtvoJSHGOXUX45Uori-RODr8N3eogJI1QDJIKP6UyyqjqwIbNOVQs2AEGPHDzF-gyDpNz4GZ2499J94Wt-4QMFhR12jW-QAqCqGCuGWulOMqBX6fGlh1Z9mPgupZrRB7JZDbllThC6Y/s1600/Alt+christmas.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6vtvoJSHGOXUX45Uori-RODr8N3eogJI1QDJIKP6UyyqjqwIbNOVQs2AEGPHDzF-gyDpNz4GZ2499J94Wt-4QMFhR12jW-QAqCqGCuGWulOMqBX6fGlh1Z9mPgupZrRB7JZDbllThC6Y/s320/Alt+christmas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551987912081253938" border="0" /></a>This year has been a bit of a dead loss as far as me entering blog challenges is concerned. I can't remember the last time I entered one! I see them, think "I'll do that one" and before I know it the time has gone and it is too late!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So, when I saw this one, which is <a href="http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2010/12/cupcake-121-non-traditional-christmas.html">Cupcake Craft Challenges, Non-traditional Christmas card</a>, I decided to enter one of the Christmas cards that I am (still!) in the process of making. I have done all my posty ones and posted them, the ones I am still doing are for hand delivery. For once I haven't used my beloved ProMarkers, I have fallen in love with the new Joanna Sheen Enchanted Dreams CD, and a couple of the images lend themselves to Christmas. This is one of them. It doesn't show very well, but I have added gold and clear glitter to make it sparkle.<br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-24402979633376030262010-10-17T23:30:00.003+01:002010-10-17T23:38:32.554+01:00About time I posted again!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlENXPSUFGIm5JrH_GzmOmwDmkeKq_wxS4FbeF_wD8_tRJRbGtogMBtmF3abfJk8fRa8pGATv2ier7XCZ9nw2bTB8Z-iyFYpyrh3VmbhX867ABi7Ys-DhGDARcq7n0z0NCpml8gczPzzxQ/s1600/DSCF2049.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlENXPSUFGIm5JrH_GzmOmwDmkeKq_wxS4FbeF_wD8_tRJRbGtogMBtmF3abfJk8fRa8pGATv2ier7XCZ9nw2bTB8Z-iyFYpyrh3VmbhX867ABi7Ys-DhGDARcq7n0z0NCpml8gczPzzxQ/s320/DSCF2049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529147941042684226" border="0" /></a>I have been really lax lately blogwise! I haven't done any challenges (never seem to get organised before the deadlines!), and haven't even posted up my swap group pictures! I will try and do that in the week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, I just had to come on and post a picture of my great-niece, who I met for the first time today. She lives in Zurich (with her Mum and Dad!), and they came home for the weekend. They decided that the best way for her to meet everyone was to have a "Meet the Baby" party in Altrincham. It was a lovely day, if a little noisy (got a sore throat from talking over the noise!), and she is gorgeous.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a picture of her with her great-grandmother (my Mum) - both ends of the generation scale! It isn't the best picture I have ever taken photo-wise, but can't fault the subject matter!<br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-67009271395862802622010-08-10T15:49:00.006+01:002010-08-10T16:17:19.663+01:00July ATC swaps from my swap group.<div style="text-align: justify;">I have just realised that I have been a bit lax in recent months, and haven't posted any pictures from my ATC swap girls since March!</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I have just done the July Swap where the theme was Animal World - anything animal! Here are the results, which, once again, are brill!!<br /></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Nob2Q3GNZZCcplaXkEaHEcxzNkdV105v9_IlaE-6OttmLLRG5KrAnNC68NHT5s3xRS9F6Vw4-TFEm7vzk_XXI4w4NRxoIQ_gD5cy6bVahYByJGcYuzLtuGZvlvL5XioAOkaTAj3iPvsL/s1600/Beryl.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Nob2Q3GNZZCcplaXkEaHEcxzNkdV105v9_IlaE-6OttmLLRG5KrAnNC68NHT5s3xRS9F6Vw4-TFEm7vzk_XXI4w4NRxoIQ_gD5cy6bVahYByJGcYuzLtuGZvlvL5XioAOkaTAj3iPvsL/s200/Beryl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503794517964224034" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8Kz8P1UBLx9v0N1IabE5ASDt0C7P0nKSFsMv93o71a1NrzsDQI7XUrY5PJ4PyozvwGNGCs1n8zGHfgkfsGSgvCOIauJOZ6fp1ZHuaOM4Q4V4WXwxsQTxTM4Sdm6LGDZXxRrfqZKNUuj4/s1600/Carol.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGa-PAeDAuT838HYFMaIEG6mydOsSnRJtCyrDnLqOmyIV4INwjbDFjIxJRlNpORFB4_URWrdNEVaU27xbAnyNrNhnLJ8apfrMICH1PBXnsHfQCGObHbNlaCek5LQbzcS91oezaHPdbGl-/s200/Sue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503800454819661074" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XKdL1GxHaXm9EzheVZz-KAHH0OJFLjnjW3mHC-7OZMzXxbiXSj96NXqrgrv51dyZnosstM26deuxzl479PgF2TmGbCOaa48Rvovum4IHkxM9yf8DrReK_qYcWKZGGp1OMOFjvRzSrqz0/s1600/Val.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XKdL1GxHaXm9EzheVZz-KAHH0OJFLjnjW3mHC-7OZMzXxbiXSj96NXqrgrv51dyZnosstM26deuxzl479PgF2TmGbCOaa48Rvovum4IHkxM9yf8DrReK_qYcWKZGGp1OMOFjvRzSrqz0/s200/Val.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503796726452595314" border="0" /></a>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-45163796756876809362010-07-23T14:34:00.004+01:002010-07-23T14:50:01.954+01:00I am officially a Great Aunt..........<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytnG4c4_9aKSCKvXlmx6C5PSpW0CycVdx3SS72v18EarnPbUzicU1zxf0IdzwgkMqk2cU6DPsLcM_Fj1H5Pp2MG8obunyGVFE4K9cgaEFhwH5k_nE8u2AMY2-F4jrJsSK1gxUTMqOuUW3/s1600/Evie.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytnG4c4_9aKSCKvXlmx6C5PSpW0CycVdx3SS72v18EarnPbUzicU1zxf0IdzwgkMqk2cU6DPsLcM_Fj1H5Pp2MG8obunyGVFE4K9cgaEFhwH5k_nE8u2AMY2-F4jrJsSK1gxUTMqOuUW3/s320/Evie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497095014532616562" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">although I maintain I have always been great!! My nephew and his wife had a little girl last week, Eveline May, and I have made this card to welcome her to the family (and the world).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not one to waste an opportunity, I am entering it into a couple of challenges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2010/07/cutie-patootie.html">Papertake Weekly Challenge - Cutie Patootie</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/challenge-22-at-osaat-team-b-didgi.html">One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think it is definitely cute, and it is a digi stamp called Cuddle Cloud Baby from Meljen Designs, and you can get it <a href="http://whimsystamps.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=232">here</a>. I did one in blue for my friend who had a little boy (Jacob), but that went before I could get a picture.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I used the letters from "It's in the Words" CD, and I have coloured the main image with ProMarkers (of course). I added some glitter on parts of the image and around the name. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFlqR-54XHvRiIS5pig96KdRaZwzQ8JCA5ylflbOg3YeeFYmDm_gA5pRKBjbdt1YwryleB2klU53sbInEAcEnbg_t6jpiUYyXewywMOgqZOwOA2VfDrlsrLC60bECdElsx9TrsoO2Qn_6/s1600/Evie.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFlqR-54XHvRiIS5pig96KdRaZwzQ8JCA5ylflbOg3YeeFYmDm_gA5pRKBjbdt1YwryleB2klU53sbInEAcEnbg_t6jpiUYyXewywMOgqZOwOA2VfDrlsrLC60bECdElsx9TrsoO2Qn_6/s200/Evie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497097952880025666" border="0" /></a>Trouble is, now I don't want to send it - can't bear to part with it!! I will send it though, because she is worth it!! Don't you think she is gorgeous??</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-76749838076495679862010-07-11T22:41:00.005+01:002010-07-11T23:07:36.871+01:00I've got Inky Fingers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiULdOsf1Jp-F54Os2nTWWygPQV-wFFq5h29eZ9GPESBsrerEFxD2Ia5fuUqJpk2loFJ_wd8v_waL5vOJCjEghcd6Ej89Dg4guk-uWtMC9b9s1_bHzFfCxmi631gc7s2HDYi7vRwz6Ot7Z/s1600/Inky+Fingers.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiULdOsf1Jp-F54Os2nTWWygPQV-wFFq5h29eZ9GPESBsrerEFxD2Ia5fuUqJpk2loFJ_wd8v_waL5vOJCjEghcd6Ej89Dg4guk-uWtMC9b9s1_bHzFfCxmi631gc7s2HDYi7vRwz6Ot7Z/s320/Inky+Fingers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492768035772211186" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Vix (<a href="http://vixykins.blogspot.com/">Vixykins</a>) will be proud of me, I have got my fingers inky, or at least I did yesterday. The challenge over at <a href="http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-24-inky-fingers.html">Crafty Cardmakers</a> has been (for the last fortnight) "<a href="http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-24-inky-fingers.html">Inky Fingers</a>", and I have been itching to get this one done. However, as usual, life got in the way and I was down to doing it yesterday in the shop. I decided to just get the e-mails (and Facebook) out of the way before I started, and I was just finishing doing this when my son walked into the shop. So, instead of making my card, I spent a lovely day talking to him and my husband! When he left, I had roughly 1 hour in which to do my card, and all the other things I needed to do.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I decided to just make a selection of inky backgrounds and bring them home with me to make the card here. I bought (a couple of weeks ago) some Starburst Stains, which I haven't tried yet (for this Vix would NOT be proud of me!), and would have like to have used them on this card. But I didn't think I had time to add the water and let them do what they had to do, so instead I used some Cosmic Shimmer Mists that I had received on Thursday (they come ready mixed). I also used some Inky Dinks which I got at Port Sunlight, and again, hadn't used. I made 4 different pieces of card, all very different. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The image is a Sweet Pea stamp, which has been stamped, scanned and enlarged, coloured with ProMarkers (of course), with a few accents with Sakura pens. I have used two different inky backgrounds, although you can't see much of one, just a bit peeping out from behind the image. I secured the image to the mat using something new (to me), a Crafler (a craft stapler), and some gorgeous butterfly staples. I got these in the shop on Thursday and couldn't wait to try them out!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As well as Crafty Cardmakers, I am entering this into - <a href="http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2010/07/flutter-by-wednesday-112.html">Flutter By Wednesday - Anything Goes</a></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-82895643436733043862010-07-07T21:26:00.003+01:002010-07-07T21:34:58.743+01:00I've been playing again........<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57Ka-5fD1OxkYDhqKvlugIzdUGbZdS-NKyLbewM_i2DS_MjKCTpN7EHi2iEaD44-q9Qi1IRL4PY7CvcN8wzvaeltVgaFFVhXoiHjpSErTB_s68lIiXz_KFCsSTEo_ruKnrHXiu0FCn6-R/s1600/Mum.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57Ka-5fD1OxkYDhqKvlugIzdUGbZdS-NKyLbewM_i2DS_MjKCTpN7EHi2iEaD44-q9Qi1IRL4PY7CvcN8wzvaeltVgaFFVhXoiHjpSErTB_s68lIiXz_KFCsSTEo_ruKnrHXiu0FCn6-R/s320/Mum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491263711403664466" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This time with my new "toy" Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist 2.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is my Mum when she was 17 and when she was 82.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not bad for a first attempt!</div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-41194042055601511832010-07-04T12:03:00.002+01:002010-07-04T12:05:53.950+01:00Do you like Whiff of Joy Stamps? (I do)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI3jEYotjBR1V2tbwfLYH2OlTs6TzTsLNT177n16OLRbW_UNXx9BzqRIrTl-jYURgP2birKoG9Fvpa2jD5_vz9RlwaWznONep_IFxDbVRK3TgKjMYWh-tQfaVt9coF5aU8SS3GY6mdH2l/s1600/aStampPerDay.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI3jEYotjBR1V2tbwfLYH2OlTs6TzTsLNT177n16OLRbW_UNXx9BzqRIrTl-jYURgP2birKoG9Fvpa2jD5_vz9RlwaWznONep_IFxDbVRK3TgKjMYWh-tQfaVt9coF5aU8SS3GY6mdH2l/s200/aStampPerDay.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490005312725293858" /></a>Then head over to <a href="http://katharina1704.blogspot.com/2010/07/stamp-per-day-2.html">Katharina's blog</a>, as she is giving away a stamp a day!!Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-15732091286121344122010-06-20T23:21:00.004+01:002010-06-20T23:40:38.968+01:00March of the Giants!It was the Midsummer Watch Festival in Chester this weekend, and we went today (OH went yesterday as well). 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width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9QUGZ0WwjpjyyMeXLxGCWdIMapBZJPKYsGvNQIL1uXrmVA-ExkQ79i0-ZIeANLYIWUMeCJtQr2khuhg9VVZA4DDFuH7nuelbWEe4U1IaT77orHZ9FFkIocjxEK0uS90CX_TRBDcCIZkm/s200/DSCF0890.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484988077577965410" border="0" /></a>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-11147014075097548242010-06-19T15:50:00.004+01:002010-06-19T16:05:29.979+01:00A dreaded Man's Card!!!!!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgUrr8XDiGumAgT55dYxD5gzfqHhP3fUbpoUtXxWRW1XT_mSQBUyLST4WB0DThAKXDoR4mzZzqakT49Lj1R0cJ6fK67sGImwfSEBg4u1OblQsi69NQg1tLXqcIP2LWH27qFRTO-aUwBTT/s1600/nautical+card+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 303px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484497891627726402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgUrr8XDiGumAgT55dYxD5gzfqHhP3fUbpoUtXxWRW1XT_mSQBUyLST4WB0DThAKXDoR4mzZzqakT49Lj1R0cJ6fK67sGImwfSEBg4u1OblQsi69NQg1tLXqcIP2LWH27qFRTO-aUwBTT/s320/nautical+card+1.jpg" /></a>Every now and then we are forced into making cards for men!! Now, I know my husband is not, strictly speaking, my father, but I usually make him a Father's Day card, just in case our children forget. This is it for this year.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">I have used my (at the moment) favourite technique on Photoshop, which is layering and blending different pictures and textures. This one has a canvas base layer, then a picture which I took of the boating lake at West Kirby a few weeks ago, then a gradient layer, then a picture that I took of the Tall Ships leaving Liverpool in 2008, topped off with a layer of a "nautical" pattern.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">I have made the easel from one of the A5 landscape card blanks I have in the shop at the moment, which I have inked with a mixture of Sea Breeze and Oasis Green Versamagic. The buttons I have had for years, and am now just finding a use for them (the lighthouse is a button too).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6wY89G5-NfVPzrsJ3aAa1UiAUPr1Do53a1LwphvSJdPr5KgMRsT1tJ-3cm1mPMrA4HDpJEvuJ88nhcSv6bfTClHmZxW5LbqQV8qBCQEjUtnSV7KWatSRlUqppTb2gJ_VvCTd8tBrzNdf/s1600/nautical.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484499652393146226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6wY89G5-NfVPzrsJ3aAa1UiAUPr1Do53a1LwphvSJdPr5KgMRsT1tJ-3cm1mPMrA4HDpJEvuJ88nhcSv6bfTClHmZxW5LbqQV8qBCQEjUtnSV7KWatSRlUqppTb2gJ_VvCTd8tBrzNdf/s320/nautical.jpg" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">This is the picture, but when I printed it onto linen textured card, it toned down the colour.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">I am entering this card into -</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-23-cards-for-men.html">Crafty Cardmakers - Card for Men</a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a href="http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-95one-for-boys.html">Cupcake Crafts - One for the Boys</a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> </div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-33880106676564135442010-06-02T11:17:00.005+01:002010-06-02T11:28:31.691+01:00More Photoshop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8ddvEZCws-MDPk6BJCv8HK9yRmgqIylWEUHOQy66nxqpnOe5KCUp6J8Dj8_UuLZ-2I7IwWIF_oLCeJwBdOzm8yfjK0ZytbSqTBdbnDO_fy2cHCshPCFxsWEluyEExJW4WaBsdq_oc6Vg/s1600/P4020073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8ddvEZCws-MDPk6BJCv8HK9yRmgqIylWEUHOQy66nxqpnOe5KCUp6J8Dj8_UuLZ-2I7IwWIF_oLCeJwBdOzm8yfjK0ZytbSqTBdbnDO_fy2cHCshPCFxsWEluyEExJW4WaBsdq_oc6Vg/s320/P4020073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478118995531039474" border="0" /></a>Here is another Photoshop creation from the same tutorial.<br /><br />The pansy was taken in Chester Park last year.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSl8zBeeErIi49ewSOYUHT5_VAKouX3Z7mqtRzRgvCetbH7BpS93-ZbtpoB7Fc3NLzB6Iqj-6XdCit2x14RW6gEbHh3Y7XvO1wVarTXzBUaOOcralDe9fIm0OEvzIJCPIHGjC6hfDern1C/s1600/P4020085.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSl8zBeeErIi49ewSOYUHT5_VAKouX3Z7mqtRzRgvCetbH7BpS93-ZbtpoB7Fc3NLzB6Iqj-6XdCit2x14RW6gEbHh3Y7XvO1wVarTXzBUaOOcralDe9fIm0OEvzIJCPIHGjC6hfDern1C/s200/P4020085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478120996220158482" border="0" /></a>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-54809165632078222602010-06-01T23:57:00.005+01:002010-06-02T00:45:19.507+01:00Playing in Photoshop!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgs_DlSFRKtWQ2U9tcVmfmfze3mlS_ZlXGg2RfiT_WbVEq-NaeGi1O-CPAeUBNhb8nHYMxjXNPaxoIfAX2c1TGsVUsSp2qmzHam78T4ba1yJMF66_10_BEOjXD98fn04LEYg5yOLsJESNO/s1600/first.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgs_DlSFRKtWQ2U9tcVmfmfze3mlS_ZlXGg2RfiT_WbVEq-NaeGi1O-CPAeUBNhb8nHYMxjXNPaxoIfAX2c1TGsVUsSp2qmzHam78T4ba1yJMF66_10_BEOjXD98fn04LEYg5yOLsJESNO/s320/first.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477946801985962690" border="0" /></a>I bought a book/magazine called Beginner's Photoshop for 50p in the "chucky outies" at W. H. Smith's last week, so I thought I would have a go at some of the tutorials.<div><div style="text-align: justify;">So far I have been so taken with one of them I haven't got any further. Here is a picture I made by combining some of my own photographs with some graphics from My Craft Studio.<br /></div>Gorgeous, or what??<br />Just done another one so I thought I would add it to this post<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpbjC1T_RbQFetI71HQeBpKdPyOkYf-hfdwQgbPwFqMgMQIKFb_kllHY1E0PAE7eqcCS1PD-CqJl1g_noXu2pgR3cS374gJ0ucu8j5YVDirVQ35EMSARGkyAmU3FE7XVZ7nTHfq0i7tBf/s1600/second.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpbjC1T_RbQFetI71HQeBpKdPyOkYf-hfdwQgbPwFqMgMQIKFb_kllHY1E0PAE7eqcCS1PD-CqJl1g_noXu2pgR3cS374gJ0ucu8j5YVDirVQ35EMSARGkyAmU3FE7XVZ7nTHfq0i7tBf/s320/second.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477955465255423954" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-81412875871201842102010-05-29T15:11:00.003+01:002010-05-29T15:20:03.974+01:00Entry number two...................<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mk-yLUEaqhOFZoNYEeP67mLTsZu94Tf-7Lm9bGFJbWN8KVnqUM9ji5UgDfjfp0HVufurjhUgK7phsuGPBrC1_uB8efiPSrAfr3T6Vbfd-ci0aLzA2BUK_592cNQ95WGkqH3Ez0ecgCmO/s1600/PICT0132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mk-yLUEaqhOFZoNYEeP67mLTsZu94Tf-7Lm9bGFJbWN8KVnqUM9ji5UgDfjfp0HVufurjhUgK7phsuGPBrC1_uB8efiPSrAfr3T6Vbfd-ci0aLzA2BUK_592cNQ95WGkqH3Ez0ecgCmO/s320/PICT0132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476694836108448818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xe1uaBKKYx6Yg83inTRZm4BqNmAVKddKEba4H0f8rKDLqM-6RL0nud9T1NR9dzUt0gTOwa_rKCVoOm-qLQP_PlWX-UuGOvOGQKx1wqDfm_Btz0fBFf5NNyRuvMlfMTQN7DVBH2jaSNrY/s1600/PICT0128.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xe1uaBKKYx6Yg83inTRZm4BqNmAVKddKEba4H0f8rKDLqM-6RL0nud9T1NR9dzUt0gTOwa_rKCVoOm-qLQP_PlWX-UuGOvOGQKx1wqDfm_Btz0fBFf5NNyRuvMlfMTQN7DVBH2jaSNrY/s320/PICT0128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476694832397198466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here is my second entry for <a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-53-anniversary-week.html">Passion for ProMarkers.</a> I just got the Hunky Dory Kinetic card blanks in my shop, so thought it would be good to try one out.<br />The theme of "<a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-53-anniversary-week.html">Anything Goes</a>" put me in mind of the song "In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, now heaven knows, anything goes", so that was my inspiration for this card. The backing paper was Monochromatic, but I coloured all the white flowers in with Rose Pink ProMarker to match her clothes.<br />These cards are a little difficult to photograph, my my husband has done his best!<br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-82216637116414530402010-05-29T15:02:00.004+01:002010-05-29T15:11:29.741+01:00I think I am going to be a bit greedy...................<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrySHl-qcpziMiRULmK3noJ1pAOuWE8ue_RDpCXfUaoj1UGVjyylIQuVD3pYVS1oxUNy-3Lg020BNI7CTvDx4ETsyP_yw_P0v5aPR8rUaSUWzLlpolqcsid9zdKWvnbJtywgtUW6xyr40/s1600/PfP280510+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrySHl-qcpziMiRULmK3noJ1pAOuWE8ue_RDpCXfUaoj1UGVjyylIQuVD3pYVS1oxUNy-3Lg020BNI7CTvDx4ETsyP_yw_P0v5aPR8rUaSUWzLlpolqcsid9zdKWvnbJtywgtUW6xyr40/s320/PfP280510+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476692859475595122" border="0" /></a>Passion for ProMarkers is having a birthday this week, and have mega prizes up for grabs in the challenge, which is <a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-53-anniversary-week.html">"Anything Goes"</a>. The first prize is a complete (yes, complete) set of ProMarkers, and I really shouldn't expect to win that, as I won it last time, but the other prizes are just as brilliant!<br />This is my first entry - I think I am doing two - and she is just Gorjuss!! The background paper is from My Craft Studio Walk in Wonderland, which I printed twice, once with and once without Gorjuss, and cut out the bubble with her on to decoupage. I put two strips of narrow DST following the lines on the paper, then sprinkled Glamour Dust over it. She, of course, is coloured with ProMarkers, as is the gold brad in the middle of the flower.<br /><br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-25443435795634811682010-05-23T23:05:00.003+01:002010-05-23T23:18:32.853+01:00I've been bullied!!!!!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nBx2MWz6IFb9O2HWMZ5o8UZ3fHLVDVl15vI-gJfAjPfG8JCLMmESm6A5yNv0d-B1TuPzj3S9VdO0Iz9JjA-xbod2LdOpIDbC4hnSS6ZS3u7ex-mTAfBbrEXEgNpoBYVh_KxHD6GUl7B4/s1600/Moon+Shadow+3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nBx2MWz6IFb9O2HWMZ5o8UZ3fHLVDVl15vI-gJfAjPfG8JCLMmESm6A5yNv0d-B1TuPzj3S9VdO0Iz9JjA-xbod2LdOpIDbC4hnSS6ZS3u7ex-mTAfBbrEXEgNpoBYVh_KxHD6GUl7B4/s320/Moon+Shadow+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474590466784417554" border="0" /></a>I have had a set of Moon Shadow Inks for about 3 years and never used them, and just recently Vix (<a href="http://vixykins.blogspot.com/">Vixykins</a>), and Jill (<a href="http://thestampmanuk.blogspot.com/">The Stampman</a>) have been nagging me to get them out and USE them!! So I did and this is one of the cards I made.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I made the background using cream card and Violaceous Violet Moon Shadow Ink. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </span></span>Then I printed the gorgeous Butterfly Swirl digi stamp onto the card with my laser printer, and foiled it using toner foil and my laminator.<br />Next I coloured parts of the image with my beloved ProMarkers, which I also used to colour my clear jewels. Added the flowers, and here she is!!<br />I have just decided (with the help of Vix) that she would qualify for the <a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-52-theme.html">Passion for ProMarkers challenge this week, which is Fantasy/Mythology,</a> and I also think she may be OK for <a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2010/05/say-it-with-flowers.html">Papertake Weekly challenge, which is Say it with Flowers</a>.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></span></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-30522791632004358102010-05-16T22:48:00.006+01:002010-05-16T23:09:27.250+01:00I don't like strawberries, but.......................<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppeR47h1_Sd18rTRQDKachgoGb7Su0pQxk9_hSOMKQHjAnzUHhvBRMONON6DtXRXiebu3Dcr8WB4obtdDfEL3AAdlUe1Ah3JNqnVejdyjWXrfoi_UYBSkct8h_KKquIbF0cpH24b-8Rge/s1600/Strawberry.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppeR47h1_Sd18rTRQDKachgoGb7Su0pQxk9_hSOMKQHjAnzUHhvBRMONON6DtXRXiebu3Dcr8WB4obtdDfEL3AAdlUe1Ah3JNqnVejdyjWXrfoi_UYBSkct8h_KKquIbF0cpH24b-8Rge/s320/Strawberry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471991847257996258" border="0" /></a>I couldn't resist joining in the challenge on <a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-51-theme.html">Passion for ProMarkers this week, which is Strawberries and Cream.</a><br />The image is a Strawberry Shortcake colouring page, and I have layered her on a cream mat, then a pink one, and then the background paper. Now, I know that those aren't strawberries, but roses, but the colours went so well, and I couldn't find any paper with strawberries on. I tried my Martha Stewart "Punch around the Page" punches for the first time on the background, and in the corners of the card. The card itself is actually a pale cream, although it is hard to tell from the scan. I must remember not to put lumpy things on cards that need to be scanned - can't get a good scan.<br />All in all though, I think she is quite cute!!<br /></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-60404199470149202002010-05-03T22:42:00.005+01:002010-05-03T23:04:32.770+01:00Another Day OutWent over to Liverpool today, and went for a wander down to Albert Dock. It was quite cold and blowy, but the sun was shining and it was quite pleasant.<div style="text-align: justify;">Went round the Dock, then onto the river side (was going to take a picture of Billy Fury's statue - love him - but he was festooned with dying flowers which had been laid on him for his 70th birthday a few weeks ago, so I will do it next time maybe), and round to the Echo Arena. They have moved the giant wheel there from the park where it was before.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Didn't expect to get a go on it (husband doesn't like to pay for things he thinks are a rip off), but it was only £5 each for pensioners (sadly the girl on the ticket booth didn't argue, just believed we were old!), so we went on it. All I can say is "WOW", fabulous, and £10 well spent. Took some pictures, although they are not as good as they could be as they are obviously taken through glass, but not bad just the same.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kdiRKroXfLQ4lPmIxijuzsJAIaCXXyLmRJPpNyXMZjYXbFw34tTmasQPUPhCCOSTLQeiTIunKKqoy36U_abZPMdhJurAM1ZjCn35fa8Gj8VVMxHYnG0oj-i9FWh0vjYoY6dfb87oiGyM/s1600/DSCF0659.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kdiRKroXfLQ4lPmIxijuzsJAIaCXXyLmRJPpNyXMZjYXbFw34tTmasQPUPhCCOSTLQeiTIunKKqoy36U_abZPMdhJurAM1ZjCn35fa8Gj8VVMxHYnG0oj-i9FWh0vjYoY6dfb87oiGyM/s200/DSCF0659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467164996294478178" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuP18mSvtwMsz7DjIwMrvEaGAA9uDZEAmGINzRqtqcLTinPS6SOOHPR2BZypFpRU_O2UNQYF7dR5ww7jYKhAEtla_FCeEfpsAe_ESpYTnDCyh5QCJCEUY8src83QmdrEVlZ_Ks_QQhrtE/s1600/DSCF0660.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSh4bUuWcfueMoeAEt_ZOnSrbx22O60JmZemD-hZo-6rLceKwjf9xJb5b-OD5Nr7zOT_mjsfJl4rLgCo3Kq22CGooWWaFmfBIjY1DxA02cRvEbDFzy8hwH0s6xGbQWDcjaR8oxQYBDOpY/s200/DSCF0688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467167264465995618" border="0" /></a>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-13888673113601674342010-04-23T21:01:00.005+01:002010-04-23T21:17:02.851+01:00A Day Out<div style="text-align: justify;">Had a day out in West Kirby Sunday before last, haven't been there for years. It was a beautiful day (for a change), and I took quite a lot of pictures. As it turns out it came in quite handy as I found the<a href="http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-79.html"> Secret Crafter's Saturday challenge</a> last weekend, where the theme was "A Day Out" - perfect!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of my favourite things at the moment is merging photographs with "cute" digi stamps, so I set to work with Photoshop and came up with a few pictures. I was going to make them into a card, but the cuties were going to end up too small, so I changed my plan and came up with a little booklet. I printed out the cover on my inkjet printer, then put it through my laser printer for the words, which I then foiled through my laminator. I printed out all the pages, then coloured the cuties with my ProMarkers (can't live without them!). I have a Bind-it-All, which I have had for a couple of years, and hardly used - in fact my husband has used it more than me - so I got it out and had a go at binding the booklet together. The binding rings I have were probably too big for the booklet, but it was a good learning experience!<br /></div>Here are pictures of the finished article -<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu3KcFE4VXeCFM59yv7UM44qKuptKGRr3FOvxRz3o6RqkioJDxlKNY57k_xijwoZjf5hRRdTtSCMd_sVZKiUhw3A3Vsz5Pb-lce77ZgSyeHp21uYo1_cEKPmeAyKKdiaBeB8ZUsIfSiWk/s1600/DSCF0615.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu3KcFE4VXeCFM59yv7UM44qKuptKGRr3FOvxRz3o6RqkioJDxlKNY57k_xijwoZjf5hRRdTtSCMd_sVZKiUhw3A3Vsz5Pb-lce77ZgSyeHp21uYo1_cEKPmeAyKKdiaBeB8ZUsIfSiWk/s200/DSCF0615.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463428243951075250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexUcBU-6o0DqIZRWfU_DWPNxYWYP_mIUFsa41DgTqrCYrkAYKruDExKQ_CNdyfF7z_Pvm2GGTc0K1GzGOykXXzR7OyqN8cJSgz9sVboktbaqOLSgmAPkz1exEPiIIL5gkeM71ggSmbF5d/s1600/DSCF0616.JPG"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexUcBU-6o0DqIZRWfU_DWPNxYWYP_mIUFsa41DgTqrCYrkAYKruDExKQ_CNdyfF7z_Pvm2GGTc0K1GzGOykXXzR7OyqN8cJSgz9sVboktbaqOLSgmAPkz1exEPiIIL5gkeM71ggSmbF5d/s200/DSCF0616.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463428254217501554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtu3KcFE4VXeCFM59yv7UM44qKuptKGRr3FOvxRz3o6RqkioJDxlKNY57k_xijwoZjf5hRRdTtSCMd_sVZKiUhw3A3Vsz5Pb-lce77ZgSyeHp21uYo1_cEKPmeAyKKdiaBeB8ZUsIfSiWk/s1600/DSCF0615.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwiItz_lhj5f94NVbFM5gYyYTp0To4H3aETAJYoL5MTpN6xhfAJxpFMTN3feFC2KTIiHZow-aGQcONU8j9IVldala-4paii_Gn5yJ4Y9bYGn4G4TbZTBh7EO7eXZt_h_EZ_nRumR452Ec/s1600/DSCF0617.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwiItz_lhj5f94NVbFM5gYyYTp0To4H3aETAJYoL5MTpN6xhfAJxpFMTN3feFC2KTIiHZow-aGQcONU8j9IVldala-4paii_Gn5yJ4Y9bYGn4G4TbZTBh7EO7eXZt_h_EZ_nRumR452Ec/s200/DSCF0617.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463428258975369426" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgez1mh0oOJf-FJ0XCdBhRWWZm5XhLNxcnSCzhc0mecA1xWPBy2zju75l6Oz00CTQmSL11Q98yNY7bmRJ43yBv0qaCG1eCqwvh-tqermvtX1cJvz5iB4oWCVTo61_zp-qwnSVdjxsphmRkm/s1600/DSCF0618.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgez1mh0oOJf-FJ0XCdBhRWWZm5XhLNxcnSCzhc0mecA1xWPBy2zju75l6Oz00CTQmSL11Q98yNY7bmRJ43yBv0qaCG1eCqwvh-tqermvtX1cJvz5iB4oWCVTo61_zp-qwnSVdjxsphmRkm/s200/DSCF0618.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463428263105021954" border="0" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_ll-p23q_4haydgLsDLg3PiocKrMdUFu07NlcyYznKHp6WGOu82RHKl2HPqhETGcgpe0kT9Xos3rQrFuC_89AJABwhtBgJ6YFRSgmwzykfaE6JJ1exWS_NYS1LDLVzGU6M6xlDYVnm8y/s1600/DSCF0619.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_ll-p23q_4haydgLsDLg3PiocKrMdUFu07NlcyYznKHp6WGOu82RHKl2HPqhETGcgpe0kT9Xos3rQrFuC_89AJABwhtBgJ6YFRSgmwzykfaE6JJ1exWS_NYS1LDLVzGU6M6xlDYVnm8y/s200/DSCF0619.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463428271480556722" border="0" /></a></div>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507656424775993650.post-2301964606540182622010-04-16T11:49:00.005+01:002010-04-16T12:12:20.012+01:00A REALLY Challenging Challenge!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35vCT5b4TBbPBJTxOuix3W2AUV4ppEYcYkU8FgUFbEPmymoXQ18L9MyYKKGEwpZgCTPoZk64zy_gEavTp4kFJsThI6-UwWdmxlfg3ThFt7n4WRfhwcyes55AeNUx0jhuc5G6akfT-VwSG/s1600/DSCF0611.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35vCT5b4TBbPBJTxOuix3W2AUV4ppEYcYkU8FgUFbEPmymoXQ18L9MyYKKGEwpZgCTPoZk64zy_gEavTp4kFJsThI6-UwWdmxlfg3ThFt7n4WRfhwcyes55AeNUx0jhuc5G6akfT-VwSG/s320/DSCF0611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460691529888793186" border="0" /></a>Well this really did prove to be a challenge. Over at Crafty Cardmakers they have a challenge called "<a href="http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-18-challenging-challenge.html">A Challenging Challenge</a>", the idea of which is to create a card either using something bought, stashed and never used, or something not done because you are scared of it.......... you get the idea?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I had seen <a href="http://vixykins.blogspot.com/2010/03/and-now-steasel.html">Vix's See Through Easel Card</a> and wanted to have a go, but kept putting it off, so I thought now was the time. I cut the frame and the card on my Pazzles Inspiration (Polly), she is such a good friend! I also persuaded Polly to cut the scrolls (they are from a Pazzles disk which I have had for ages and not used!). The image is a digi stamp from Dewdrop Craftz called Butterfly Spiral. I printed her on acetate, using my laser printer, then foiled her using the laminator (another technique that I am just trying out). I have glittered parts on the back of the acetate, and for the dress I used my quickie glue pen and gold leaf flakes. Not sure that she shows up as well as she could on the picture, it is quite hard to photograph something which is, in the main, transparent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I used some background paper with butterflies on from the Spring book from Crafty Individuals, die cut and glittered a butterfly for the stopper, and added a greeting. I thought it needed just a bit of something else, so added the stick on jewels around the frame.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am also entering this into <a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/stampalot-challenge-april.html">Stampalot Challenge April</a> which has the theme of "Fantasy", think this might fit, and would love to win the Fabulous prize of a Cricut machine!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are two more pictures.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SGdAUyH5NGDh_R22lL359x3UVHQ6-6ldN8RafLaOn0J_bDv7U3UNtoKBkYa-uTpaPpE_cbBxarPclVcmo0jN-u2KDYaRyvzICeGXYUlCj6DdwuqN_V_-FUGiHyYq4TP_jLjXxFzRJHPU/s1600/DSCF0613.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SGdAUyH5NGDh_R22lL359x3UVHQ6-6ldN8RafLaOn0J_bDv7U3UNtoKBkYa-uTpaPpE_cbBxarPclVcmo0jN-u2KDYaRyvzICeGXYUlCj6DdwuqN_V_-FUGiHyYq4TP_jLjXxFzRJHPU/s200/DSCF0613.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460690746380228082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mpiR3vfH7hsdyqQxSjZ3ZdZnsth1VzHzUDDT434qb1H7-Ifpw6WxD9V5FSQIpKW4ufHyDoDTz7vtaL0hMTA76Qs54AfzGVElsxjs72mUXxNKreH5UllcGS23mZEGaFPaOhKplAXuwTJG/s1600/DSCF0612.JPG"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mpiR3vfH7hsdyqQxSjZ3ZdZnsth1VzHzUDDT434qb1H7-Ifpw6WxD9V5FSQIpKW4ufHyDoDTz7vtaL0hMTA76Qs54AfzGVElsxjs72mUXxNKreH5UllcGS23mZEGaFPaOhKplAXuwTJG/s200/DSCF0612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460690738168008274" border="0" /></a>Crafters Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933748841942691894noreply@blogger.com7