Well things are slowly moving..............

Generally southwards in my case, but hey-ho, that's how it goes, between ageing, and melting in the heat today!!
Here's a lovely Digi By Sherri Baldy, badly taken by my phone, and it was the 23rd photo of this particular card, at which point I have given up!!!
I AM going to get the battery charger plug replaced tomorrow, I DONT CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS COZ I AINT DOING THIS AGAIN!!!!

Unfortunately due to the vagaries of my D*&(^%$! phone, the colour tones aren't quite right, It definitely looks better in real life.
So digi Lemonade for Sale, and boy could I use a nice glass of lemonade at this moment in time, 29 degrees today, here in Oldham! and promarkers.
Some added triangle for the additional bunting, to make the card flow into the backing paper, some green backing paper, some die cut Ice cubes, Oh that sounds nice, Ice cubes....mmn....cold,...mmmn Oh sorry where was I? Oh yes, the pre die cut shapes were another of those bits you get free in the monthly craft magazines, so Lemonade, Lime, and those Ice cubes....mmmn cold..mmmnnn, Sorry!
I managed to sneak into the Tange today, as there had been a bump on the motorway, and the Traffic was backed up for miles, and all that remained for this card was a suitable greeting, which came courtesy of Docrafts Woodland Folk, Bumper kit stamps, "Lets get Together", which I though was quite apt for this card, and just what I was waiting for, you know how sometimes you hit that wall, and you cant get past it, well this was one of those moments, and has been sitting here for a while, waiting for the last finishing touch, Sorry to hold on to it Sherri, xxx

right here's hoping that the breeze will pick up tomorrow, Hotter than Greece today!!!

Here's a list of challenges I am entering this in:
http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/tasty-pixie-challenge.html: Tasty Pixie Challenge: Food.
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Summer Lovin'
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/ no flowers allowed!!

Hugs

Lou

The last of my New Digi's

Well this is the last post of my new releases from Scrapbook Stamp Society.
I was supposed to post it last night, but in all fairness I did a lot of posting last night, some of which you saw, some is scheduled for other days.
And I have finally got into my craft room, having got up late, then watched the GP Qualifying, then back to bed, then cook dinner, watch the Voice, and just got in here.
The last of my Digi's is Peek-a-boo Baby, and is a cutie!
Actually one thing jumped out of my mind when I saw this digi. My Daughters first Birthday, and my Dad not getting her a present.
Now before you all start going "Huh?" which is what I thought at the time, he was even sweeter than normal, and my Dad can be a sweetie, for my Daughters First Birthday, my Dad got ME a present.
It was Delia Smiths Christmas Cook Book, and is still downstairs in my cook book shelf, and the kids aren't allowed to touch it! I mean in all honesty, a first birthday for a child, and grandchild, and they are showered with toys, and clothes, but how many Mum's are treated? Not many I guess, which is what made my Daughters first birthday so special to me, My Dad remembered ME! Ta Dada, xxx
So that was my theme for this card..............

Digi Image was Foiled before water-colouring with Aqua and Whispers marker pens, and cut with a Sizzix framelits die. The backing paper was Papermania's Capsule Collection, and some Peach Core-dinations, embossed with Papermania's Silent Night embossing folder, and sanded back. Some tattered Rose distress ink, was used to distress the die cut, and a peach Ribbon, some coral pearls by Papermania, and a sentiment printed off my pc, Inside the verse reads ".........that I love you more with each passing Day. Happy Anniversary of our Baby's Birth."
And I really wish I had a man as sweet as my dad!!!, xxx

Hope you like her, coz I do!!

Hugs, and thanks for popping by, and your kind comments, xxx

Lou

Birthday Girl

Well the third for tonight from Scrapbook Stamp Society!
Birthday Girl with Words. A lovely Image, suitable for anyone who likes Cake!!

And I like the way it turned out. Okay so I am going through a foil everything Phase, but the words were sort of screaming it!!
As with the previous two Scrapbook Stamp Society cards I have shown tonight, Whispers and Aqua marker pens were prevalent, sorry!
I created an outside step card, measuring 1" in from the edges and scoring and cutting, and trimmed it with half inch wide Gingham "Yeehaw" pink ribbon. I found some pink buds in my stash with 2 green leaves and made little bouquets for the corners.
The image is glittered as well on the cake, shoes, and little heart in her hair ribbon, and mounted onto some pink glitter card.
A pink Ink it up Pigment pad, and some clear embossing powder dealt with the post stamp, I like this one, as a remembrance card for this year, and then I used Tim Holtz's Tattered Rose distress ink, quickly covered with clear embossing powder, before it dried, as the watermark. The stamps are Papermania Urban Stamps from the Portabello Rd range.
Another cute one, and I must say, much as I enjoy trying to put a different twist on some stamps, (catch my next scheduled post on the 18th of this month,) I have enjoyed the stamps I have used today,

Hugs, and just a couple more to go, lol

Lou

Cafe Paris

well yet another newbie from the stable of Scrapbook Stamp Society.
This one I have deliberately kept very simple. Purely because I love the image, its clean simple and is quite capable of standing on its own.
Again I foiled the digi, before colouring, and again, used a mixture of Whispers and Aqua marker pens. The gold is the Letraset metallic Gold marker, which is a water-based pen, and not to be used with my pro-marker nibs, kids!!!

I had gone for blue on this one, as the next 2 are definitely pink themed, lol, so I needed something different!
So a pastel blue base card made from a sheet of A4, then a piece of pale blue patterned backing paper, and a small rectangle of Blue paper. I have a Xyron, and the starter disk has the Eiffel tower on it, so I put it to repeat, and dragged it randomly over the sheet of paper.
Then Jaunty angles abound as I placed it on the card base, I edged the main image in a silver paint pen, and fixed that in place. The sentiment was printed out on my PC, and cut with a Whimsy Notables die, I am still waiting for the stamps for this to arrive from Oyster, and a touch of glitter on the steam from the Cafe!
Simple and clean, and I love the image!

Hugs

Lou

New Images from Scrapbook Stamp Society

Okay ladies and gents second post for tonight.........
This one is the first in a series of new Scrapbook Stamp Society images that I will post tonight, this is La Stache!

Okay so your probably wondering what on earth is going on in the first picture, well if you have digi stamps, and you have access to a hot enough laminator, or even better a Foil-it by Patsy-May, then you can foil the images from a laser printer. Which is what the first picture shows, the foiling on the digi image. So get the old laminator out, and PLAY!!!
I used Whisper, and Aqua Markers for the colouring, both are water based, and applied to supersmooth card. They also polish off the foiled  areas very nicely.
I created a decorative base using the Cheery Lynn Reflections Boutique Mega Doily, on some hammered cardstock, and used the Spellbinders Frameabilities Polka Dot Frame, to create a mirror frame for the image. Silver ribbon, a couple of feathers, gems and some pearl wired gems, added to a printed sentiment finish the card.
and that's card 2 for tonight!

Lol

Hugs Lou

La Fee Verte by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff

Another Scrapbook Stamp Society DT card from me, as I have loads in the pipeline so to speak, lol. This one's a beautiful Image by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff La Fee Verte, though I have no idea what that exactly means in french, verte is definitely green, Fee I suppose is a Fairy, but I'm not sure lol, but anyway, it is a stunner, and a lovely complex design, that you can loose yourself in for quite some time.
Which is exactly what I did! This card has been in the making for about 2 weeks, not because it was hard to do, but I did take my time over it as there were things I wanted to try, and then of course I lost my hard drive, so now I have a crate of disks sitting here waiting to be loaded onto a new hard drive, I lost 850GB in the crash, so its going to be a long time getting everything back on!!
But back to the card.

Base card I made 8x8" in Centura pearl.
Butterflies were cut on the Happy Cut, using the Butterfly die that came with the machine, from a mega pack of 12x12" papers by K&Co,
Base paper is a design by William Morris, Rabbit something. I cant tell you which one  it is as the name is on the back of the paper, lol.
Base Matt is a Cloud design by Kanban.
Dark green paper as a top Matt.
Digi Stamp by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff.

I duplicated the fairy figure in My Craft Studio, as I knew exactly what I was intending to do with it.
But this design was a bit of a step into unknown territory for me..........my thinking: Butterflies have brown or black bodies.........so the body for the wings ..........lets try a darker skin tone than I am used to........
I dont know if I got the skin tone right, I think I have. But I'm not definite, as its the first time, I have tried it.
The main base image and the duplicated fairy were all coloured with the same promarkers...
Pine, Forest Green, Lime green, Fresh Meadow, Indgio Blue, Sky Blue, Cobalt Blue, Arctic Blue, Amythyst, Orchid, Fuchia Pink, Dusky Rose, Rose Pink, Antique Pink, Ruby, Sunkissed Pink, Pale Pink, Sandstone, Cocoa, Cinamon, Chestnut.
Then I used a silver Sakura Pen for the decoration on the dress, and used versamark and clear embossing powder to glaze the fairy. I fixed her on top of the original with some clear glue. I deliberately left some of the edge of her dress trailing outside the main Image, to draw the veiwer in.
I hope you like it, xxx

Lou

I am entering this in the following Challenges:
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/ Wings and things
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ AnYthing Goes
http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 3 Layers or More
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything Goes
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/week-146-theme.html Cut it out week 146

Scrapbook Stamp new digi's!!

OK, Blogger is playing silly devils again!! I am getting really annoyed with it!! So some new Digi's from Scrapbook Stamp Society, this beautiful Fairy Butterfly, Shades of Green, though f Course I did Shades of Blue instead.. This digi is by Morgan Fitzsimons, and you can get it at Scrapbook Stamp Society

What I used:

A pre-cut Butterfly from Hunkydory

Promarkers,

Gold Gel pen,

Papermania, enchanted Midnight Fairy stamps,

Versa mark Ink pad,

Blue Mica Powder,

This ones a sweetie , Lotus Blossom.

What I used:

Promarkers

Blossom Stamp

Broken China Distress Ink,

Labels 17 die,

Shaped Card stock,

A couple of Organza Flowers

Base paper, pre printed.

What a couple of Stunners!!