Blue Christmas

This card is one that will hopefully give a different meaning to 'blue christmas'. 

I used the tree stamp from the Polka Doodles Christmas Fun clear stamp set and coloured it using promarkers.  I distressed around the tree with green and blue distress ink.  The snow on the tree and the ground is flower soft pearl white and the snow in the air is white liquid pearls and a tad of flower soft for good measure.

The card and the blue layers are made from pearl cardstock.  The patterned paper is from Papermania.

I am entering this card in the Winter Wonderland 'Cards for Men/Boys' challenge.

Thanks as always for looking.  I hope you like it and would love to hear any comments you may have.

Take care and happy crafting
xx Denise

Christmas is coming!

What better way to keep busy than getting ahead on some Christmas cardmaking.  In the spirit of season, I made this card.

Sparkling Elf

I used Elfie from Polkadoodles Magical Winter CD by Nikky Hall.  She and the gifts are coloured in with Letraset Flex Markers and embellished with Stickles and Liquid Pearls.  The snowflakes are punched out of light blue glitter paper.

Perhaps I used a bit more 'bling' than I would normally put on a card, but once I got started I couldn't stop!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafter's Companion - Challenge 15 - Glitter and Glitz

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Use a Lot

Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog and my creations.  Any feedback is welcomed!

Take care and happy crafting
xxDenise

Things that make you go "Awww"

Ok, so maybe when you think cute and Christmas, Santa himself may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but when it is the adorable Santa straight from the imagination of Nikki Hall, I couldn't help but go 'Aww'. That's why when I saw the 'Cute Christmas' theme for the Christmas Crafting blog challenge I knew what I had to do!

Santa was stamped with black memento and coloured with pro markers. The tree was printed from one of Nikki Hall's CDs (will update with which asap) and was coloured using the Letraset flex and pro markers. Both images were embellished with Zig Wink of Stella pens. The 'dots' on the tree are various coloured Stickles.

The backing paper is from Polka doodles Sundae of Seasons winter section. The layers are green glitter card and gold satin card.

I thought about putting a bow or candy cane or something else on the cardl but decided to leave it sweet and simple.

Thank you for checking out my blog and my creations. I sincerely appreciate all my followers and welcome any and all 'constructive' comments.

More to come soon.........

I have to do some 'homework' from this past Saturdays class with Barbara Gray and Clarity Stamp, so be prepared for some patterns!

Happy Crafting
xx Denise

Me and My Flexies

As another Sunday night is coming to a close, signaling the end of a far too short weekend, I find myself a bit more disappointed than usual. The reason for my additional dismay as I ready for another week of work is that I will have much less time to play with my new Letraset Flex Markers. I got them yesterday and have barely put them down since I unpacked them.

These alcohol markers with brush tips are lovely to work with. They did take a bit of getting used to, but I seemed to get the nack quite quickly.

Here is my first effort.

This gal is from one of Nikki Hall's CDs, though I will need to double check which. I was so excited to try out my pens, I was immersed in a flurry of images before I realised what I was doing! I found it a bit challenging to ge the colours I wanted at first, especially for the fence and the bricks as the sets don't have a brown to speak of. I was pkeasantly surprised to find that I was able to combine and blend different colours to end up with the colours you see above.

This next one was used to make a 'leaving' card for a work colleague.

I already planned to use the elephant stamp and the sentiment that came with it, but I had originally expected to colour it with promarkers. However, I got sidetracked on other projects and b the time I was ready t do te card, I had the flexies. I think the soft quality that is achieved with the flex markers compliments the stamp's style and the card's intended tone, so I guess sometimes things do happen for a reason!

.....and one more for good measure and in the name of helping a fellow crafter. I started this picture to experiment with blending some of the more vibrant flex marker colours to see if there was any unexpected bleeding of the colours. After I had finished the experimental bit, I liked the look of the image so much that I decided it deserved to be a proper card.

I have to say I am really pleased with my new flexies. The next thing for me will be to use them in conjunction with pro makers. The next thing for Letraset will be to bring out more colours in the flex markers...AND FAST!

As always, I would love to hear your thoughts (whether they be positive or negative)

Happy Crafting
xxDenise

Girl in the Garden

It is the end of the weekend, and a busy one at that.  I can never believe how quickly the weekend flies by! At least I did get a chance to do a little bit of crafting in between the dishes and the laundry and tidying up etc. etc.

This card was inspired by the Polkadoodles weekly challenge.  The image came from the Double Sprinkles of Kraft CD and it is coloured with pro markers.  I used a Crafter's Companion embossing board to make the flower layers on some satin card and patterned cardstock.  The flowers at the bottom were made by colouring 250 gsm paper with pro markers, cutting out the petals with a tonic flower punch, and assembling them with hot glue.

I don't tend to do much crafting with 'people' on my cards, but I have to say, this little gal won me over.  

Girl in the Garden - Polkadoodles with Pro markers

I have entered this card in these challenges
(sorry if I miss any, I am new at this!)

Polka doodles: In an English Country Garden
Paper Playtime
I ♥ Promarkers

I have now also listed this card on Make it Monday

As always, I would love to know what you think, and welcome any feedback (good or bad).

Happy Crafting

xxDenise