Monkeying Around!

Had a rollercoaster of a time lately so haven't been making very much but time to dust myself off and get back to it!

Crafting, and especially colouring, is very therapeutic which prompted me to have a look through my wooden stamps and see what took my fancy.  This image is  called Changito B.day and it's by Stampendous.  I just love those cheeky grins!  I coloured the image using Promarkers and then matted it on to a Die'sire die.  The spotty background paper is by My Minds Eye and is from a stack that I bought in America in 2011 (or might even have been in 2009!).  Just the kind of cheerful image and card that I needed to get me going again.

New Baby Girl

This card was made for an ex work colleague (I don't work there now!) who had a baby girl at the beginning of September.  The image is Penny Black and was coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pencils (plus blending solution).  Now, I'll be honest and admit that I didn't think using the pencils on top of pens would make much difference but I was pleasantly surprised!  The image was mounted on to a Die'sire Chantilly Lace stamping frame cut in pink Centura Pearl cardstock.  The sentiment is by LOTV and was stamped and punched out.  I added a bow to the top left corner to balance the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.

Twins!

This is one of my favourite ways to make cards, especially when colouring.  The image is by Wild Rose Studio and I stamped it twice and coloured using Promarkers.  I like to colour 2 at a time so that I can at least end up with one image that I'm happy with, although in this case both turned out fine.  It had been a long time since I had got my Promarkers out so I was surprised to end up with 2 usable images.  I used a Die'sire die (Classical Frame) to cut the coloured image and then mounted it onto a rectangle of red card.  I rounded the edges to keep the image close to the edge.  The papers are also Wild Rose Studio and were simply cut to size and mounted onto white card blanks.  The card on the left had a birthday circular sentiment and the one on the right has a Father's Day circular sentiment.  The sentiments were stamped onto the same red card used to back the image and were cut out using a circle punch.

Spring Is Coming (honest!)

Sadly I was a bit too late to enter these into the I Love Promarkers Four Legged Friends challenge, but I can add them to my blog anyway!  I've been doing a bit of Promarker practice recently and am beginning to fall in love with them all over again.  Not sure why I stopped stamping and colouring in the first place as it really is a very relaxing thing to do.

I made 2 cards virtually the same so that I had 1 to use and 1 to pop into my spares box (the spare one has now been sent out so it didn't last long!).

I used some yellow Core'dinations embossed spotty card for the background.  I received a huge 12x12 pad of this card not last Christmas but the one before, so I get a tick for using up something old.  The message ovals are by Craftwork Cards and again are something that I've had 'forever' (and to be honest wouldn't be without as they are so handy).

With Sympathy

The kind of card we all need to make sometimes, but no-one enjoys.  I wouldn't normally show this type of card but I wanted to show my colouring.  It's been a long time since I got my Promarkers out but recently I've been rediscovering a love of colouring and I was particularly pleased with how this came out.  The stamp is a gorgeous lily from a 'Just To Say' set by Docrafts/Papermania and the sentiment is from the same set.  The card blank was bought with the decorative edge and I used a Spellbinders Lacy Square Nestability to echo the card edge.  The green backing paper is from my 'big box' but I believe it is by K&Company.

Born to Shop card

I have lots of birthdays in March and April which is why I've not added much to my blog - I've been too busy making them all. I didn't take photo's of them all, last minute as usual so it was a choice between getting them in the post or adding them here. I thought it was nicer to get a birthday card to the recipient on time.

Anyway, this card is for an old friend of mine who I know will appreciate the sentiment! The image was stamped and coloured using Promarkers and cut and layered using oval Nesties. The background paper is also from the Born to Shop range from Papermania.

Wild Rose Studio For Men

As soon as I saw this stamp I knew it would be perfect for my brother and other male family members. It's been coloured with Promarkers. The background paper is from Dovecraft Mens pad and I embossed the cardstock with the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug embossing folder and sanded it back to make the embossing stand out. Although you can't see it from the photo the 'froth' on the beer has been flocked to add some texture.

First Card for 2011

My birthday is New Year's Eve and I have a friend who's birthday is New Year's Day. We were both born in the same year but are a year apart in age and only a day apart in birthdays! The image here is a stamp I bought for my birthday from the Glitterpot yesterday (thanks hubby) from Wild Rose Studio and coloured with Promarkers The message is from a set I bought in Florida. I used a Nestie from a new set I bought yesterday (Labels 15) which I edged with Promarker to make it stand out a bit more. The backing paper is Papermania (So Sweet I think but I've had it ages and there's no cover on the pad!). Some gems add the necessary new year sparkle!

I have entered this card in 2 challenges, both were anything goes

http://www.promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/