Timeless Tickled Pink Anniversary card...

Hello all!!

Hope you've had a lovely weekend??? hasn't been too bad here weatherwise... although today its a bit sticky... bit too warm in my craft room :(

Today I'm sharing my Hubby's Anniversary card.... 

Its a month away yet... but I had an idea so went with it while I was inspired...

I love these Tickled Pink Victorian Steampunk images SO much... and thought these 2 were perfect together... I merged them (only a tiny bit) in my graphics program, and enlarged them so they would be the focal point of my card...

You can grab Evie and Luca HERE

I've coloured them with promarkers and pencils... 

The Stripy paper is MME and the Blue paper is Prima...

I stamped the border on the blue panel with the stempelglede grunge scroll.

The clock was a freebie DIGI

 (at the moment I'm struggling to find the link of where I got it... I will update as soon as I can)

I printed it onto Kraft and attached some black chain to it (this was off an old top!!, I'm all for recycling!)

The heart is handcut from red cardstock, and glazed...

I added a flower to Evies hair... a hand written sentiment, and some doodling and enamel accents....

and thats it!!

I've made this card with the following challenges in mind....

Tickled Pink - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Masculine card

Fabulous Fridays - Clocks and Timepieces

Shopping our stash - Red, Ribbon or roses

Cards for men - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by tonight....

Paula xxx

Sketch Saturday #168 Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Happy Saturday peoples!!!

Hope you are all well?? 

I had an unplanned lie in this morning! seriously... I didnt crawl out of bed until 9:45!! thats SO not like me! 

still, I did go to bed with the headache of the century, so maybe that had something to do with it!

And I know you are wondering, cos you're that sort of bunch... yes I STILL have said headache... ouch!

anyway, I'm behind with everything this morning, so I'd better get on with it!

Jo has designed another fabulous sketch for us over at Sketch Saturday...  

LOVED it Jo...thanks!!

And here's what I did with it...

Meet Steampunk Lilith from Tickled Pink stamps!

God, I LOVE her!!...

Have you ever bought a stamp because you can't NOT buy it, and then can't for the life of you think how you'll use it!!

this was THAT stamp! I knew I HAD to have her, cos she's just so GORGEOUS!! I love her 'don't mess with me' attitude...it took me a while to think up a way of using her though!

Anyway...my brain must have been working overtime yesterday, cos this just sort of came to me in a lightbulb moment! 

(okay, I think we have just explained the headache!)

Bit different for me again this one... 

I've coloured Lilith with my promarkers...

I had to colour her hair red... cos I secretly want to be her!!

The OH SO YUMMY papers are Prima - Moulin Rouge...

I have to say, I wasn't sure about these papers before I got them... they are SO well priced for the amount you get, so I figured they probably wouldn't be any good... BUT I am SO glad I tried them... they are really good quality, and such gorgeous designs.....

I think I might have to get more!! I got them from Quixotic Paperie

I made the Yo-yo flower using some old trouser fabric, and added an old button from my old clothes stash!

The metal charms are actually suns, but I think they look like cogs!  

got them off ebay...

I created the border at the top using a stempelglede grunge scroll stamp  and just roughly cut around the swirls on one side...

to finish I just added a sentiment, and some enamel accents!!... (can you tell I love these at the moment??)

Thats about it...

we are sponsored over at Sketch Saturday by Simon Says Stamp... 

and theres a fab $25 voucher up for grabs...

Thanks for visiting today!! have a wonderful weekend!

Paula xxx

A quick post...

Did you see that Kellie over at Tickled Pink Stamps has Digis for $1??

There are 5 available, but only for a limited time (And Kellie doesn't state how long this is so HURRY!)

I've just got mine!

You'll also be helping Kellie raise funds for an important Charity too...

Please read Kellie's posts here and here for full details.

I'll be back later!!

xxxx

My Tickled Pink Feathered Friend...

GOOOOOOOD Afternoon!!!

Okay, so if you've read the post title, you probably expected a bird somewhere right?

You've scrolled down, had a gander at my card, and spotted a bunny...

If you are a smart cookie, you'll have realised that bunnys don't have feathers, 

and are assuming I've lost my marbles.... right?

ahhhhhh... look closer my friend... 

of course I'm refering to the feather in the gorgeous Lil Ivy's top hat!!

now, said feather was not meant to be there... I sneeked it in.... 

and why? because this weeks challenge over at Tickled Pink is add a feather!!!

Now, I didn't have an actual feather anywhere in my stash... and believe me I CHECKED!!

Hubby is working a million hours overtime this week, so no chance of crafty shopping! and I'm too impatient to wait for an online order to be delivered...

(I did for a fleeting moment think about the river, and swans... but we don't need to dwell on that)

SOOOO I doodled a 'sort of' feather and stuck it to her top hat!!

 BINGO!!

I'm not sure if this is cheating, but I'm going to enter it anyway.... shhhhh, they might not notice!

I decided to try a shaped card again... but this time I've gone for loads of different size nestie labels

(truth be known, I've run out of square card blanks...lol!)

I've coloured Ivy with my promarkers and pencils...

The papers are allsorts...

'My Friend' sentiment is from the greeting farm spotlight set...

everything else from stash

(yeah, I'm too lazy to list it all!)

and naturally, edge doodling to finish...

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Crazy 4 Challenges - shaped card

Fuzzy Wuzzy - Shaped card (+animal)

Glitter geeks - Furry or feathered friend

Stampin' for the weekend - spots and dots

MAWTT - Don't be square

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Paula

xxxx

'This Ones For You' Shaped Scrap Card...

Yooooo hoooooo!!

Its me again!!

I've actually been getting more time to craft than I thought I would...the trick is, getting up early!!

My Son doesn't drag himself out of bed before about 9:30, so I just make sure to grab a couple of hours in my craft room first thing! simples...

Theres a couple of challenges out there at the moment for shaped cards, and I've been meaning to join in all week, but couldn't decide on a shape! LOL!

Here's what I finally ended up with....

This card was actually created around the button... I was messing about last night with the Ranger enamel accents I bought with my winnings over at Simon Says... and I added a bit of a pattern to a plain red button...

Then I found the perfect matching stripy red fabric in my bag of fabric scraps, I think this was a pocket lining from some shorts... The mesh fabric was a belt tie from an old top...

I created the main circle of the card using strips of scraps from my scrap drawer!! YEY for me! I havent been in there for a while! feels good to not waste stuff... think I might try to create more cards like this to use up more!

The card looked too small with just the circle, so I punched a load of small circles out of scrap Kraft card... cut them in half, and added them around the edge...

The oh so gorgeous Lilith from Tickled Pink is coloured with promarkers and derwent pencils...

I originally stamped the sentiment directly on the card, but I pressed too hard and got a horrible ink line round the edges...grrrrr!! fortunately I found a precut circle in my scraps box MATCHING one of the strips I'd used on the background!!! How perefect is that!!
so I stamped it again... and did a 'cover up' shhhhhhh!
its from the Greeting Farm spotlight set...
The bracket (from the same set) is stamped with red ink, and I've cut it out....
(don't know if you can see, but I've added a bit of enamel accents to some of the white dots)
added a few crystals, and a bit of doodling, and thats it!!

Is it wrong that I really like this card??
 I don't think I've made a shaped Card before...(I'm a bit of a square:)) but I think I might be making more in future!!
I've made this card with the following challenges in mind...

  Tickled Pink - Shaped Cards

 Cheerful Stamp Pad - Going in Circles

Karens Doodles - recycle it

Sparkles Forum - One for the girls

Wags And Whiskers - Buttons and bows

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Shaped Cards

Truly Scrumptious - Buttons and bows

off now to link up quickly, as some of these challenges end soon!!

Thanks for looking!
Paula xxxx

Sketch Saturday DT card...Sponsored by Bunny Zoes crafts

Good Morning!!

Its the weekend!! whoooohooo!!! can you believe I've only just got up!!!

have had so many awful nights this week, I must have been catching up!

Hoping to get lots of crafty time in today, so expect a few posts over the next few days!

Today though, its Sketch Saturday time.... and Jo has provided yet another cracking sketch!!

I bought a few Tickled Pink Stamps when they were last available as digi, and they have been sitting colourless for too long now!!

This one is Victorian Steampunk Evie... LOVE her!!

Bit of a different 'feel' for me this one... but I think I like it!

I've coloured Evie with my promarkers...

The papers I had to dig deep for... I coloured the image and then wasn't sure I had any papers in the right colours... The polka dot paper I found in a freebie stack I got with a mag AGES ago... and the others are from the DCWV old world stack... which I think was one of the first paper stacks I ever bought!

The lined paper is Prima, which I used for the butterflies, and the little tabs at the bottom...

I made the flower using a punch, and a spiral roll, and added a pearl in the centre.

The sentiment was a gift from the lovely Maria...

I've added some buttons, beads and doodles to finish....

heres the awesome sketch...

this week we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts

and theres a £10 voucher up for grabs...I'm sure the lucky winner will have no problem spending that!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges..

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Divas by Design - Pastels

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Thanks for looking today!

xxxx



Something VERY different!!

Good afternoon peoples!

Yep, ANOTHER post!!

Feeling like I've got a bit of mojo lately... so I'm making the most of it...

(and I've tidied my craft room, so I can actually find stuff now!)

I've been naughty this morning and paid my first visit to Tickled Pink stamps...

I have been told off though, hubby checked my paypal account this afternoon...

oooopsssss!!

I've been admiring these quirky cuties for AGES... but I wasn't sure what I'd do with them,

so kept resisting...till I saw the Victorian steampunk ones!!!

AND that they are available in DIGI... awesome!!

My son has been asking for a bookmark for ages, so thought these would be perfect...

Found some spray inks in my stash, that I have never used! so I had a little play... don't remember buying them, or what I bought them for!... maybe a little craft fairy bought them for me ...;)

 Anyway... heres my VERY different for me bookmark...

Don't know how i'd describe the style... maybe just my version of vintage?!

Heres a more close up image of the details...

You can get Steampunk Luca HERE

I've coloured him with promarkers...

The text paper was a free download from melstampz

i've layered the pocket watch onto it in my graphics program before printing... that was also free from HERE

I inked all the edges with my new found inks...

The sentiments were created on the PC

The ticket strip was a border from a sassafrass paper, I folded it to make it curved...

The strip at the bottom was from the same paper...

the ribbon and gems are from my stash

The chain and charm were from ebay...

I SO enjoyed making this, and my son's verdict?...

'Mum its well cool!! you're AWESOME!'

Everybody wins...yey!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges...

Paperplay - Anything but a card

My Mums Craft Shop - Something old/Something new (new image/old inks)

Karens Doodles - Perfect purples

Paper Sundaes - choose 2 toppings (I choose purple/gems)

WOW, its so great to enjoy crafting again... I might even have something else to post tomorrow...

I know its mad isn't it!?!

Paula xxxx