SECOND SNEAK PEAK - Lovey Dovey Bears - Doodle Palace

Hi all, this is the second new release from Doodle Palace called Lovey Dovey Bears and I just love them, have been in the mood for using bright colours and this is what I same up with, not sure if I have got it right but I like it. I used my CM Heart Cutting System for the hearts, then distressed all edges which was a shame as I got them cut very neat this time but wanted to distress. Used SU In Color cardstock and ribbon, think the ribbon was a little wide for such a small bow. Used special effects on the rose, shoe buckles, flowers on dress, eyes and nose. Now you may ask a blue rose, have created this for some special friends overseas who will be celebrating their 45th Wedding Anniversay in April which is Amethyst, which is blue LOL. Also sponging and stamping as you can see.

Just realised I have not got the bottom of the card in, it has a flat edge which is also distressed.

The Challenge at Doodle Palace this week is to create a card using scoring, there are links to various tutorials.

Challenges

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #37 - Digi Colouring
The Pink Elephant #54 - Use Ribbon
Lots to Do Week 6 - Love is in the Air
Simon Says Challenge - What's Love got to do with it?
Tellens Place #5 - Use at Least 5 Hearts
The Cute Daisy May Challenge - Bright and Cheerful
Cupcake Craft Challenge #78 - Keep it Simple
Cute Card Thursday #99 - In the name of Love

Thanks for visiting, happy crafting, take careX:)

My First card as a DT for Doodle Palace

Hi all, here is my first card as a Doodle Palace Princess, I decided to choose the Toad image, did colour him darker originally but wasn't too keen so I coloured him lighter and Rosanna said looks more like a frog, anyway I think he is kinda cute, he will be available to purchase at Digital Doodle, please check out Dee and Robin's, wonder digitals images starting from only 99 cents.

I used touchmarkers to colour him and special effects to highlight parts of him also used on the waves along the bottom. The beautiful lily was a stencil we bought many years ago to decorate our bathroom and changed our minds, at least it has been used now, the lily is sponged using SU inks, also sponged around the edge. Please check out the other talented Princesses.

Couldn't decide which was best

Challenges

Little Red Wagon #13 - Hearts

Cute Card Thursday 97- Blooming Gorgeous

Pile It On #4 - No more winter colours

The Corrosive Challenge Blog #49 - All you need is Love

Paper Popsicles - Love or Valentine

Easy Craft Projects Challenge #5 - Valentine for a man

Belli Challenge #83- Hearts

The Cute and Girly - Love

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Love Actually

Creative Card Crew #44 - Valentine

Digital Palace - New

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

A Toucan of My Love

Hi all, just look at this Toucan isn't he just cheeky looking, I got this as one of my prizes from Doodle Palace, pop over and see what fantastic doodles Dee and Robin have in their store, when I saw him, just had to have him, hubby loves Toucans. The challenge was pet themed, flowers, glitter, hearts and rhinestones for a Valentine, just realised when loading pictures no glitter, sorry! I have taken the pet theme to mean animal/bird, so hope thats o.k. Not to sure on my colouring of the Toucan not an easy task.

Here's a close up I have used special effects on his eye and upper beak, didn't have too many heart and flower rhinestones so used what I had and then made up with the other flowers (don't what they are called, just in my stash, I used 3d kindyglitz for the centre of the flowers and managed to smudge one! Don't think hubby will notice. Used green fluffy ribbon for the handle and threaded red hearts on and made the sentiment. Then filled with hubbies fav treat Raffaello (he calls them coconut jobbies) bit like ferrero rochers but, white chocolate and coconut. Don't know what to call the goodie holder just made it up by wrapping dsp around a square base. Tried to create a rainforest background and the flowers are imitation orchids LOL!

Challenges

Doodle Palace - Pet valentine project, flowers, glitter, hearts and rhinestones

SG2 Challenge - Anything but a Card with a twist for Valentine

This is also another entry for Tuesday Taggers - Tag it with Birds

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

Flirty Edward

Hi all, had a little time to play later this afternoon, when my idea came together for the Anya Ink Challenge - one layer card, well got to say that is not so easy, after using layers, ribbons, embellishments for so many other challenges this is back to where we all started, (or definately me). Anyway I now own my first Digital Image from The Greeting Farm - Flirty Edward, hubby laughed I had to get him to save it after I had downloaded it. The shaped card was created using my Creative Memories Heart Cutting system, I then used my CM heart punches for the smaller hearts, masked Edward and the hearts, sponged using Lavender Lace and Lovely Lilac, was trying to create a night time feel with hearts for stars. Tried to give him a greyish colour to his face and more human colour to the body, not really sure if the effect is right, not an easy one!

Then masked the inside to get this effect.
Challenges
Anya Ink - One Layer Card
LaLa Land Weekly Wednesday Challenge #21 - Shaped Card
Alphabet Challenge - L is for Lilac
The Easycraft Project Challenge #4 - Lavender

Hope you are all have a fantastic weeked, thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)

More Stitching for Doodle Palace, Rosie D and Softpencil

Hi all, firstly apologies for the photos, project only made tonight you know girls not enough light, will try and improve tomorrow, but, so wanted to get this into the Doodle Palace's love recipe challenge (ends today), which I only found this afternoon when catching up with my blogging. Oh pleased be warned NO PURPLE again (still in shock myself) LOL!

I have used Rosie D Challenge #62 sketch and one of my favourate Digital Images from Softpencil,
all card stock/DSP used is Stampin Up. I have also had another go at stitching (thing I may have caught the bug) LOL! Quite pleased as I had to patch the heart DSP. Used my Rose Red and Deep Olive Green Touch Markers for colouring.

Challenges

Doodle Palace: Love Recipe
A Digital Image
Hearts
Red, Pink and a touch of other colours
Sparkle
Use the Word Love
Also
Rosie D #62 - Sketch to the right
Ildi Challenge #7 - Scrap and Metal
Softpencil #14 - Red, Olive Green and Cream/Ivory (hope I can be forgiven had in my head white/ivory, if not I totally understand as there is no cream/ivory.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take care AnnetteX:)

My First Machine Stitched Card

Hi all, what a busy day today, gardened, cleaned and got the washing dry in minutes due to the heat we are having hear in OZ. So thought time to play so wanted to have a go at stitching a card always love the effect I have seen on others peoples creations, so sits at the machine and realise I don't have a stitch that makes crosses, so played around and this is what I came up with. Oh and look girls no PURPLE! Have entered this in K L Stampin Challenge, Pink, Black and a Neutral (I choose White). I have Kindyglitz all the holly and the fluffy lace trim and used Special Effects on the snowglobe, bells and berries.

Also new to me I have decorated the inside pages and used my Crop A Dile, now I know I need a little more practice with the stitching but on the quiet I am quite pleased with the card, as black is not a colour I would choose to use and have used it twice now!

All paper/cardstock are Stampin Up, which I am sure most of you will know I have resigned in October as I didn't wish to sign the new agreement, very disappointed! Image is from MO's Digital the crochet flower I got when I was at stamp camp from the lovely Alison, another thing I am going to have a go at LOL, got the thread and the crochet hook, just need to mess.

Challenges Entered

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #35 - to the right
Mo's Digital Challenge #13 - Birthday - (forgot to write Happy Birthday inside)

Cute Card Thursday #94- Create a card using something new

JUGS #15 - A technique Challenge - Add Stitching to your project

Crazy 4 Challenges #19 - Birthday Theme

KL Stampin #2 - Pink Black and Neutral

Saturday Spotlight Challenge #13 - Love Without Hearts

I am interpreting that love didn't necessarily mean your beau, made this in mind for my daughter's birthday (starting early), so hopefully haven't broken any rules.

Finally girls you remember that lovely craft desk hubby got me, still trying to set it up, but someone has taken over, the pretence being to spend more time at home with his family over the hols he brought his main computer from work home that has his drawing package on. So I am still working at the dining table LOL!

Got to dash hubby gone for the Indian Takeaway, he will only frown if I am still on here LOL!

Many thanks for looking, happy crafting, wishing you all a fantastic 2010, take care AnnetteX:)

Finally a card

Hi all, Hope you all have a fantastic New Year, can't believe a month has gone by since posting a card, we had a fantastic time with our visitors, quite a house full, forgot how full on it can be. House is cleaned, paperwork mostly done, so had time to play last night, unfortunately, my mojo seems to have disappeared! Won't tell you how long this card took and still not happy! Just seems to lack something! So wanted to enter this weeks Anya Ink Challenge as my friend is this weeks Guest Designer Emma and Fran is Guest Designer for the month, so Congratulations girls what a fantastic way to start the New Year!

Challenge to use Black and White and one colour of choice, so just had to choose PURPLE! Secondly was SG2 Challenges to use this sketch and so lucky just managed to squeeze it into a few more listed below:

Firstly I coloured in my image, which I stamped off the lovely Debbie P, used special effects and glitter as shown. Then I used my new Zing! Embossing Powder - Lavender to create the hearts on the background, then using CM heart patterns to create the layered heart, sponging the white heart and using my fave purple stickles, then used one of my favourate brads - purple hearts, sadly the last one so must source some more. Then for the first time I used my Kasiercraft Rhinestones. Cardstock all Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant, Lavender Lace, Basic Black and Whisper White.

Anya Ink Challenge - Black and White plus one

S2G Challenges 38 - Sketch

A Spoon Full of Sugar #85 - Hearts

ABC Challenge 'L' - Layering

Crafty Creations Challenge #49, - Black and White with a Splash of Colour

Paper take Weekly Challenge, - New Begining

The Corosive Challenge #45 - Use two of your favourate things

Incy Wincy Challenge #24 - Bling It Up

Hope too get round and visit some of you soon, so had blog withdrawal systems, can't wait to see what you have all been up to. Must go busy weekend ahead.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take care, AnnetteX:)

Softpencil #6 & Get Sketchy #14 + SSCC

Hi all, what a great feeling, just whipped this up the afternoon, fantastic when it all falls together, (helps when the chatterbox isn't around dropped him off at his friends for the day, they have a pool so he was very excited, Rosanna and I did the shopping and are now sat around the table creating, proper girly day) entered for the above two challenges but also scaled to size 4.235" x 5.5" for Stampin Sisters who are collecting cards for soldiers to send home to their loved ones.

Soft Pencil #6 - Flowers
Get Sketchy #14 - Sketch to the right plus a bonus challenge to use your markers, yes lucky I have Rose Red touch marker, more are on my list to Santa LOL.

The Rose is a Soft Pencil Digital Image available here

All cardstock, ribbon, dsp are Stampin Up

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)