Craft Fairy Blog

A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge 'Oh Baby'.

2009-01-20T15:12:00.003Z

I've just made this Cute little card for the challenge over on A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge 'Oh Baby'. I've also used the new Shy Bear Bo Peep Stamp from the Merry Stamper. This new set of stamps has just arrived from the States and is set to be a hot favourite here. If you want one then click here.
I stamped the image on to watercolour paper and used the Tut Art and Graphic pens to colour her in.
There is a little decoupage going on in the finished card. Look closely at the leaves on the tree and the flowers at the front of the card if you want to see it.
The card is finished with some of the beautiful light pink saddle stitch ribbon and some of my useless writing. That's easy to spot as it's the weakest link in the card.
Happy crafting,
Yvonne

Buttons and Bows for Friday Sketch! #45

2009-01-19T14:35:00.003Z

Amy, over on Prairie Ink and Paper has some wonderful sketches and this is the second time that I've taken part. My only problem with her challenges is that she also makes some fantastic cards so I have to work hard to live up to her standard. So it took me two days to come up with this:

I think that many of you who visit my blog will, by now, know all about the Glamour Girls stamps from Time to Stamp, so I shan't go on about them too much.

Other bits and pieces that you might want to know are that the background paper is done with Stazon in stone grey.

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 43 and Time to Craft

2009-01-15T17:24:00.006Z

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 43 is now running and, as the challenge theme is humour, I thought that I would enter this. My Time to Craft is also running a challenge: Are you having a laugh? so this is just right for that too.
Now that the wedding season is with us we shouldn’t forget that the anniversaries that are also prolific. So to celebrate that special anniversary with humour I’ve made a lovely card that your friends and relatives will love to get.

If you want to make this card you will need:

1 DL card in pale blue.
The loving couple stamp from our new Flaunt it sheet of unmounted rubber stamps.
1 sheet of white card for stamping the image and the background paper.
Youth is a State of Mind Stamp from the Funny Ladies sheet of stamps.
Art and graphic pens from Kuretake in Pink, Skin Tone, Grey and Blue
Stazon in Stone Grey

What to do:

Use Stazon in Stone Grey to stamp the image on to a piece of white card and trim to size. Colour the image with the pink and blue pens and use a little water to thin the paint to give a paler colour where needed. Edge the card in blue.

Decorate a piece of card with the pink calligraphy from the Heart set that you have edged with the blue pen from the Art and graphic pens from Kuretake. Trim to leave a fairly wide border as seen in the example. Edge the card in blue as you did with the earlier card.

Stick to the base card and use 3d foam pads to stick the loving couple sheet to the card.

Now, use Stone Grey Stazon to stamp the Youth message and again edge in blue. Yes, lots of blue edging here I know but it helps to harmonise the Images.

Use 3d foam pads to stick to the card. Your card is finished.

Blog Candy

2009-01-14T14:03:00.002Z

There's Blog Candy to be found over on a lovely blog called Stamps, Paper, Scissors and a Smiling Donkey. It's very nice candy but, remember, if you go there please come back!!!

Roses to the Manor Born

2009-01-14T08:52:00.004Z

Having used that subtle stripe on the lily card, I decided to use it again on this card with a rose. I've used the Cupcake Craft Challenge 22 which this week is a great sketch. I've also entered it for the Arty Glitz, Button It Challenge. So only time will tell if anyone likes it.

If you want to make something like this then you will need to use:

The rose stamp from the Flowers and Leaves unmounted rubber stamp sheet from Time to Stamp.
3 Pink buttons

Some Scrapbooking paper in a fairly subtle shade

The message stamp from the Inspirational Sayings sheet from I Brake for Stamps.
16mm Chiffon ribbon in willow.
Art and Graphic pens from Kuretake. I used the following colours to ink up the stamp: 56, 57, 200, 202.
Stazon in Stone Grey for the message.

Below is the stamp sheet for you to see all of the fantastic stamps that are on it and remember that it can be bought for only £20.

If you click on the image you will be taken straight to the product. You will probably recognise many of the stamps from cards that I've already made.

Oriental Lilies for CPS #99

2009-01-13T09:20:00.006Z

Some of you may have seen me use this stamp before and it is a very pretty stamp I know so I decided that it was just the thing to use for this CPS #99 sketch today. I've also entered it for the Arty Glitz, Button It Challenge. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

If you want to make this card then you can get this super value stamp from the Postcards and Stamps sheet. You get all of these images for just £10. It can't be better.

Friday Sketch 44

2009-01-10T14:36:00.003Z

Today's card is for the Friday Sketch 44 that is currently running on Prairie Paper and Ink. I've wanted to join in with this sketch for quite a while, but I've never quite had what was needed for the sketch.

I've made a simple card, but I must now admit that these are the sort of cards that I like the most.

This time things were different as I've finally received my new dies from Accucut and the scalloped circle was just the thing to make this card.

The ribbon is a grosgrain with white dots and is another beloved piece of stash.

I've also used the daisy duo from Image Tree to stamp the image and it was coloured in using my trusty Art anf Graphic pens from Kuretake.

California Vegetables

2009-01-07T09:22:00.002Z

In the continuing saga of the Glamour Girls series of stamps, the California Vegetables stamp was waiting to be used and complaining bitterly that it had been left in the box, ignored and unused. Then I saw a challenge and that was it. The challenge on My Time to Craft this week is for Food, Glorious Food. So as the poor unused stamp had California Vegetables on it I knew just what to do. What you see below is the result. I hope that you like it too.

If you want to get these fantastic stamps then you can easily do so by clicking the image below.

Candy Alert

2009-01-05T22:13:00.003Z

If you want some candy then Lauren has some on Lauren's Cards etc.

Seeing Spots

2009-01-05T21:53:00.003Z

Well, when I saw this challenge on the Papertake Weekly Blog I knew that I just had to join in with it as I really do love cards with spots. I've made this card with my Dottariffic pens from Kuretake and thay will be on my site soon.

If you want to make this card then you can get the sentiment from this sheet of stamps.

Happy crafting.

Oriental Thank You Card

2009-01-03T10:51:00.005Z

I've decided to use the Oriental Splendour ATC sheet of stamps from The Merry Stamper today as it's been used by Cath Wilson in a Craft Stamper feature for the February edition. This card uses the same sheets that Cath used so you can do other things with your stamps.

I have made my card up as a 'Thank You' card as I also wanted to submit it in the Daring Cardmakers 'Give Thanks' challenge.

If you want to make this card, you will need.

Oriental Splendour ATC sheet of stamps

Oriental Half Plate from I Brake for Stamps

A5 Base card in white linen finish

'Thank you' stamp from the Inspirational Sayings from I Brake for Stamps

Pink paper flower

Pink grosgrain ribbon with spots

3 buttons

Stazon in Stone Grey

Art and Graphic pens to colour the image.

Pink card to mount the image and the the background strip.

Spring is in the air yet again.

2008-12-30T20:57:00.005Z

I do love Christmas but I must admit that as soon as it is over I can't wait for the spring flowers. With that in mind I decided to respond to the challenge on I Love 2 Stamp, Go Ahead with these lovely lilac flower stamps from the Cartes Postal sheet of unmounted rubber stamps.

I used the butterfly to make the background paper and the large lilac post card stamp for the main image. the ribbon is the 16mm willow double edged satin and the image is coloured with the ~Art and Graphic pens from Kuretake.

Christmas is over so we can look to the spring.

2008-12-28T14:03:00.003Z

I hope that you've all had a wonderful Christmas and that now your thoughts are turning to the beautiful spring that I know is just around the corner. I know that mine are as I really love it in the spring when all of the flowers come out. To celebrate this I've used Sketch 96 from the wonderful CPS as a basis for my design. You can look there for more interpretation of the same sketch.

To make this card you will need to use the fuschia stamp from the flower power stamp sheet from I Brake for Stamps which you can get by clicking here
For all those who want to see all of the stamps on this £10 sheet here it is:

I also used a sentiment from the Inspirational sayings plate for the words on the card.

The ribbons are:

16mm Pink Organza

9mm azelia organza

I'm not going to write out a full explanation as I think that this one is fairly self-explanatory.

Happy crafting

Yvonne

A Snowman Gift Bag

2008-12-21T21:39:00.003Z

I've revived my interest is making gift bags for Christmas and I must say that I am pleased with this attempt. Have a look at this Snowman Bag and let me know what you think.

I decorated the bag with a Sizzix snowman die cut that I layered up to give him a little interest. I shaded the snowman with pearlescent chalks.

And another one....

2008-12-21T09:32:00.003Z

I was so pleased with the way the the last boy card turned out that it has spurred me on to make another similar card for the challenge over on Sketch Saturday So here's my effort. Basically, I've used the same papers and ribbon but the different layout makes a huge change in the finished card. I don't know which one I like the best.

Please leave a comment and let me know.

The image is from the Kids Collection by The Merry Stamper.

Happy Christmas.

A Card for a Boy!

2008-12-20T15:23:00.003Z

I know that I don't very often make cards for boys but this time I'm making the exception because it lets me use this great stamp from the Kids Collection by The Merry Stamper.

The layout of this card is courtesy of Friday Sketchers and I used the Tut Art and Graphic pens from Kuretake to colour him in. The dinosaur ribbon that I used on the tag can be bought here.

I do hope that you like this effort as I know what a pain it is to make cards for boys and I hope that any slug hunter that gets it will love it too.

2008-12-19T22:26:00.000Z

Yippee!
I’ve just won a prize on the This Thursday challenge,
http://thisthursday.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/challenge-25-naughty-or-nice/
I am over the moon as the prize is great. Lots of Cosmo Cricket stuff. What a perfect Christmas present.
If you want to take a peek, the card that won the prize is called Soft Focus, and it's further down the page.
I’m sure that I’ll come down from the clouds before long.
Happy Christmas,
Yvonne

Contemporary Christmas

2008-12-16T22:38:00.002Z

Over on My Time To Craft, this weeks challenge is for contemporary so I thought that this might fit the bill.

It's one that I made some time ago and I have the tutorial here.

Monochrome Madness

2008-12-16T22:25:00.003Z

Great challenge on again this week over on Paper Take Weekly Challenge. This Time it's for Monochrome Madness and I've decided to enter this pink card to see if anyone likes it.

If you want more details on how I made it then click here and all will be revealed.

Cute Little Shy Bear

2008-12-13T14:30:00.002Z

I've just made this Cute little card for the Punch challenge over on Cute Card Thursday challenge 40. The challenge this week is to use punches but not die cuts. So I've used my Fiskars border punch to make the decorative strip underneath the picture.

I've also used the new Shy Bear Bo Peep Stamp from the Merry Stamper. This new set of stamps has just arrived from the States and is set to be a hot favourite here. If you want one then click here.

I stamped the image on to watercolour paper and used the Tut Art and Graphic pens to colour her in.

There is a little decoupage going on in the finished card. Look closely at the leaves on the tree and the flowers at the front of the card if you want to see it.

The card is finished with some of the beautiful light pink saddle stitch ribbon and some of my useless writing. That's easy to spot as it's the weakest link in the card.

Happy crafting,

Yvonne

Soft Focus

2008-12-10T21:27:00.005Z

I've wanted to make a card with this image for simply ages and when I saw Challenge 42 over on My Time to Craft, and Dawnys Sketch #4 on Paper Take Weekly I knew that it would be just the thing.
I also entered it for the Naught or Nice Challenge on This Thursday its all about... Do you think that it qualifies?

The image comes from the Glamour Girls sheet once again and the background has also been produced with a stamp from the same sheet. So does the cute little sentiment 'Divine' at the bottom of the card. The ribbon is a 7mm wine grosgrain that can be found on the Craft Fairy site by clicking here.

Thanks for looking and, if you like anything that you see, please leave a comment.

My Time to Craft Challenge 39

2008-12-09T22:19:00.002Z

I've just seen this challenge over on My Time To Craft and it's for daisys anywhere on a card so I hope that this one will be just right.

If you want more details on how the card was made then please click here.

Kazan's Sketch 15

2008-12-08T19:29:00.002Z

I've just submitted this pull treat for Kazan's Sketch 15 over on 2 Sketches 4 you. Check them out too for great challenges.

Marilyn on a Pink Spotty Ribbon

2008-12-04T10:22:00.005Z

I decided to join the challenge on Cute Card Thursday, which, this week is to design a card with a heart on it somewhere. This is my attempt.

I used my fabulous stamp from the Glamour Girls sheet from Time to Stamp and paired it with the flowers that have just arrived on my doorstep throw in a bit of pink spotty ribbon and a button and here's my card. The paper is from Doodlebug Design.

Happy crafting.

Vintage Ladies

2008-12-01T09:59:00.004Z

As many of you know, I've been adding to the cards made form the Glamour Girl sheet of stamps from Time to Stamp and this is the latest to be created.

I've gone for a soft focus for a change and used light caramels and lace to give it a vintage feel.
The image is stamped in Versafine Ink in Sepia and it's on a lightly pearlised card. All of these things help to make it vintage in feel.
The sentiment is from the Inspirational Sayings from I Brake for Stamps.
Don't you just love it?

If that's not enough, here's another one to help convince you that you have just got to have this plate of stamps.

Enjoy!!!