Yellow! Crafty Boots challenge

Happy Monday everyone - well today sees the start of another challenge over at Crafty Boots and this time the theme is Yellow, as chosen by the lovely Faye - so pop over and join us, I'd love to see what you come up with!

Right my card - 

I've chosen a Mo Manning digital stamp called 'Checking FB' for my card, I coloured her with my Pro/Flexmarkers using different shades of yellow. I matted and layered the script paper from the Papermania Book-print pad onto yellow and black card stock. A Martha Stewart punch created the black doily decorative strip. I embossed a piece of yellow Coredinations card before mounting my image on to it. I drew faux black stitches too. The sentiment is from the Papermania Urban stamps. And, as frequently found, I finished off with a black and some yellow buttons from my ever growing collection!

Hope you like my DT card, I sure enjoyed making it, that image was so much fun to colour!

Take care Zo xx

Blog Candy Reminder

Just a quick note to say that my blog candy which can be found HERE is approaching the end. It closes tomorrow night and I will get my boy to pull a name out on Tuesday 1st May. It's still not too late to enter!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend and not getting too wet where ever you are!

Take care Zo xx

In Stitches for a birthday!

Okay so it's not the best of titles, but it sums up what this card is for!

Wanted to post this card for you all and to enter it into 2 challenges.....yes go me, I've been slacking a bit in the "entering challenges department" but I saw the following challenges and knew I had to enter - right firstly the card -

It's an 8 x 8 Centura Pearl card base, covered with paper from Daisytrail pack of papers I had with a steam-punk set of digi-kits. The image is, of course, one of Krista's from Saturated Canary.  I rolled paper tubes to create the frame, the image is coloured with a mix of Pro/flemarkers and Copics. I made the flower using Tim Holtz Tattered Floral dies and the sentiment tickets are from Polka Doodles Sugar Plum Daisy CD-ROM. I chose them as this image and the thoughts remind me of me this week! Though I hasten to add I don't look anywhere near as lovely as this fine young lady! I finished off with faux stitching everywhere I could draw it! 

Here's a closer look - 

Right the 2 challenges are - 

http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/challenge-16.html - Happy birthday

http://glittergeeks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/week-17-stitches.html - stitches

Right I'm off to get myself sorted for football, last home game of the season today :0( I shall miss my footy friends and, of course, seeing my boys play, but I will be there when it all kicks off again in August!

Take care and enjoy your day! 

Zo xx

Love & Kindness are never wasted...

Good afternoon - well the weather is a little better today, but I'm still staying in looking after my boy who has been poorly this week. No matter their age, they always need their mum's when ill, don't they?

Anyway I wanted to share a quick card I've just put together using a coloured topper from the Polkadoodles Sugar Plum Daisy CD-ROM.  I love these images and the pre-coloured ones are fab, though I have printed out huge amounts of the Digi stamps to colour for myself too.

This last picture shows my lovely (well I think it is!) handmade wired coil I made using my new wire Gizmo.  You'll be seeing lots more of these embellishments from now on!

As you can see I used a topper from the CD, the paper was from my stash, I then used 2 pieces of Coredinations which I embossed and punched and distressed. Most of it got distressed and inked actually! The sentiment ticket is also from the CD, I printed it on to cream card and then inked it with Peeled Paint to match. I added some buttons and that lush flower and there you go! Simple.

But so effective - I love this shabby but pretty look. How about you?

Take care Zo xx

Just testing scheduling!

Please ignore this, am testing to see if I can get it right! Zo xx

WOYWW 151 - wire Gizmo!

Morning!

Happy Wednesday everyone - I'm all excited, I've got a new toy to play with.

Best let you see it first -

See the metal handle thing-y screwed onto the blue wood piece?  Well it's a wire coiling Gizmo, if you haven't seen one before. Now I'm no jewellery maker........yet, but I was fascinated by this little device. You basically wind wire onto it to create coils, which then can be used for jewellery or embellishments.  I love this idea - buying embellishments that are different costs money so I thought 'make your own, Zoe!' For those eagle-eyed of you, my first (yes my first!) coil embellishment is right there on the desk............see it?

Okay here's a better look -

Go me........I even put beads on the end........am quite proud of myself!

So there you go, my desk with a new crafty toy.  I'm hoping over the next few weeks my own embellishments will get better and better and well, different! Right I'm off to make a coffee before nosing my way through the list again.  I usually manage to visit you all, and try my best to leave a comment, but if word verification is on, I'll attempt it once, but then give up I'm afraid, same with other pesky-puter-problems, if I can't comment easily, I don't spend ages trying, sorry!

I thank you all in advance, I'm looking forward to seeing what you're all up to once again and lastly..... big crafty hugs for anyone who leaves a comment <<<<HUGS>>>.

Oooh nearly forgot, if none of this makes sense pop over to Julia's place and see what it all means!

Take care Zo xx

Busy old me!

Well not that old, but it sounded good as a title!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has been leaving me comments recently, and to say hello to all my new followers and, of course, those of you who have been here all along. Don't forget my blog candy is still running, I shall pick a winner on 1st May, just click the picture on my side bar to see all the details.

For today, I thought I'd just show a few pics of some of the cards I've made over the last few days or so.

As much as I love stamping, inking and creating, there are times when you just need quick and simple cards to fill your supplies. What better than kits ready to go - the pink girlie cards are Kanban sets. And of course, you can't help but recognise 'The Snowman' cards, made using the kit from Crafter's Companion.  It was nice to just put these together knowing they'd look fab with me not having to think too much!

Thanks for looking and popping by.
Take care Zo xx