Stampin' Up Hello & Just For You Cards

This Clean and Simple card is made using the Stampin' Up ink pads: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Night of Navy as well as the stamp sets Botanicals for You and Hello. I also added some of the embellishment stamps from the Mama Elephant Bountiful Blessings set.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Words only - Moving Along With The Times,
* Colours - Pals Paper Arts,
* Sketch - Case This Sketch,
* One Layer - CAS on Sunday, My Time To Craft,

The other card I made using the Botanicals for You set and the colours Pear Pizzaz, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Daffodil Delight. I had to substitute some of the colours because I don't have the older Stampin' up colours.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Create your own background - Tuesday Throwdown,
* Colours - Colour Q,
* Anything Goes - Penny's Paper Crafty,
* Florals - Cute Card Thursday,
* Sentiment as focal - Allsorts,

xx Mia xx

Kanban Football Card

This card is made using an old Kanban kit I am trying to use up. I have also decided that as I made an investment in my Brother Scan n Cut that I would use it more so I have cut all the layers using it. I definitely think that it makes the card look better as there are no wonky lines etc. I also added some extra mirri card and some card candy from Craftwork Cards.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Boy's Birthday - A Gem Of A Challenge,
* Sketch - Sketch Saturday,

xx Mia xx

Candle On Top Birthday Card

This card is made for one of the ladies I work with. She told me that she liked anything girly and sparkly so this is what I decided on, I hope she likes it. I used the layers, flowers, leaves and card candy from my new Craftwork Cards Heritage Rose kit and the Di's Digi Stamp Candle On Top. I love these gorgeous stamps and I coloured the digi with Spectrum Noir pens. The greeting is added with my computer before I printed it. I also added a little glitter glue, of course.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Personalise It - Incy Wincy,
* Anything Goes - Creative Inspirations, Chocolate, Coffee & Cards, Art By Miran, Simon Says, Crafty Gals, Delightful Challenges
* Cute - Aud Sentiments,
* Furry Friends - Little Red Wagon,
* Animal Magic - The Paper Shelter,
* Mother's Day / Female / Special Lady - C.R.A.F.T., Sweet Stampin',

xx Mia xx

Creatalicious Challenge #86

It's time for another challenge over at Creatalicious and the sponsor for this challenge is Doctor Digi and the image I am using is Schrodinger and I decided to use a Clean and simple style and I used brown pen to Zentangle inside. I choose to then colour the feet, eyes and mouth with Spectrum Noir pens to not overwhelm the image. I then added some faux stitching, spotty ribbon and a paw charm that I purchased from Amazon.

Please come over and join us and check out the rest of the Design Teams inspiration.

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz #313 - Special Lady

This weeks challenge at Crafty Catz is a project for a 'Special Lady' and is sponsored by Polkadoodles and the image I have used is Hats Off Twiggy. I have used the pre coloured topper as it fits perfectly with the colours of the papers I have used which is from the Trimcraft paper pack called Bella. The scalloped oval dies are from Spellbinders and the greeting is from the Crafter's Companion Essentials die range. I also added some pearls and some glittery hearts from my crafty stash.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Sketch - Sunday Stamps,

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz - #312 - No Design Papers

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz which is to use no Design papers and I can't wait to see everyone's take on this challenge. The sponsor for this week is Digital Paper Craft and Sasayaki Glitter. The image I have used is Some Bunny Loves You from Sasayaki Glitter and I have simply coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir pens and layered onto Black shiny card and Red mirri card and added some Glitter glue. I then added some ribbon from my craft stash and well as die cutting the YNS Heart Banner and using the left over hearts to decorate with some red gems.

The card is also for the following challenges:

* Anything Goes - Stamping Sensations,
* Love  / Valentine - Open Minded, Crafty Cardmakers,
* All You Need Is Cutie Love - Cutie Pie,
* Red / Pink and Black and White - Quirky Crafts,
* Keep It Simple - Catch The Bug,

xx Mia xx

Polkadoodles Challenge - Lucky Green

Hi everyone, it's time for another challenge over at Polkadoodles which this time is 'Lucky Green'. This challenge is perfect for the Sticks & Bones Collection and I decided to use some of the papers and one of the digi stamps.

I preprinted the greeting in the spaces I needed and the printed out the separate components. I layered the paper onto some shimmer cardstock. The border punch is a Martha Stewart punch and I used the waste stars and some pearls to add the embellishments.

The layers are the Spellbinders Labels 4 layering die. The other embellishments are Craftwork Cards card candy. The digi stamp is coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Monochrome - Crafting Musketeers,
* Anything Goes - Doodle Pantry, Sisters Of Craft, Scrapper's Delight, Little Miss Muffet,
* Sketch - Catch The Bug,
* Bold colour and a neutral (White and green) - My Sheri Crafts,

Please come over and join us.

xx Mia xx

Sticks & Bones Mammoth Dinosaur Digital Download

S4-190 Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four- 6 Dies

Love Card

This card is made using the papers from the Nitwits collection Ladies and Gentlemen. The border is punch using a Martha Stewart punch. The shimmer card is from DCWV. The hearts are die cut from the X Cut Hearts set. The shimmer hearts are from my crafty stash. The greeting is cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Sketch - Retro Sketches,
* Check / Gingham - My Time To Craft,
* Handmade Embellishments - Pile It On, C.R.A.F.T.,
* Anything Goes - 613 Avenue,
* Love - Cupcake Inspirations, Glitter 'n' Sparkle, Creative Card Crew,
* Hearts - Deep Ocean,
* Valentines - Little Red Wagon, Paper Shelter, Cute Card Thursday,
* Sweethearts - Crafty Gals,
* Anything Goes / Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon, Ribbon Girls,

xx Mia xx

New Stampin' Up Stamp Sets

These two cards are made using some of the the Salebration stamp sets from Stampin' Up. I just love the fonts used and the quality of the stamped impression.

The flowers are from the What I love" set and the Just for you greeting and the smaller four petal flowers are from the 'Botanicals For you' set. The two pink inks are Melon Mambo and Pink Pirouette and the peach colour is Calypso Coral.

The coloured card stock is also from Stampin' Up in these colour ways. I have also used a touch of gold ink and gold mirri.

The first card is for these challenges:

* Sketch - Sketch Saturday,
* Colours (Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Gold and White) - Colour Q,

The second card is for these challenges:

* Anything Goes - Delightful Challenges,
* Clean and simple - Sweet Stampin',

xx Mia xx

Two Simple Mother's Day Cards

These cards are for an order I had for two Mother's Day cards. I used two images from Crafts U Print as the sender wanted something very specific and I needed something fast. I was lucky as they had images for both cards. I kept the cards simple to allow the pictures to be the star of the cards.

I layered the images into some shimmer cardstock and added some jewels and typed greetings.

The giraffe card is for the following challenge:

* Furry Friends - Creative Knockouts,

The bluebell card is for the following challenges:

* Anything goes - Bizzy Becs,
* Inspiration word (flowers) - Time Out,

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz Challenge #311 - Use Red As The Main Colour

This card is for this weeks challenge at Crafty Catz which is a good challenge for this time of year and that its "Use red as the main colour". Our sponsor is Sami Stamps and the image I have used is Birdie Hearts and its is just so cute. If you get a chance to you should definitely check out their Etsy shop. All of the stamps are so cute and beautifully drawn.

I have used papers from the Nitwits collection called Truly Madly Deeply. The bird is coloured using Spectrum Noir pens and I have added glitter glue and ribbon from my crafty stash. The dies are from the XCut Nesting dies set.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Valentine's / Love - Melon Headz, Crafting For All Seasons, Crafty Calendar,
* Hearts - Love To Scrap, Hanna & Friends,
* Hugs & Kisses - Creative Inspirations
* Photo Inspiration (Hearts) - Inspirational,
* Anything Goes - Cards und More,
* Things with wings - Moving Along With The Times,
* Animals - Crafty Ribbons,
* Hand Coloured image / Love - Whoopsi Daisy,
* Sketch - Cheerful Sketches,
* Digi stamp - Crafts Galore Encore,

Please come and join us.

xx Mia xx

Fuchsia and Clematis Mother's Day Cards

These cards are all made using part of the Kanban Concept Card Kit which I have had in my crafty stash for awhile. I also added some purple card from the Shades cardstock from Create and Craft. The ribbon is from my local craft shop and the gems are from Papermania. The shaped card blanks are from a Create and Craft kit. To add the greetings I used the Stampin' Up Back to Basics alphabet set.

These cards are for the following challenges:

* Sketch - Sketch Saturday,

* Anything Goes - Catch The Bug, Really Reasonable Ribbon,
* Cool Colours (purples) - Little Red Wagon,

xx Mia xx

Playful Pups Birthday

This card is made using the Mama Elephant Playful Pups stamp set which is coloured using my Spectrum Noir pens. I then used acetate to cut the Spellbinders diamond essence die. It didn't cut all the way through but I then hand cut around the outside. I also used the Spellbinders circles to cut kraft card and glittery red cards stock. I used the Stampin' Up inks: Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red and Soft Suede to use the mini stamps to create the background paper.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Clean and simple - Allsorts,
* Sketch - Tuesday Morning Sketches,
* Plastic - City Crafter,
* Colours - Colour Q,
* Anything Goes - Crafty Sentiments, Penny's Paper Crafty, Art By , Penny Black & More
* Shine and/or Sparkle (shine - acetate / sparkle - glitter cardstock) - Cards 4 Guyz,
* Kids / For A Child - Cuttlebug Mania,

xx Mia xx

Monochrome Valentine's Card

This card is made using one of my two new collections from Nitwits called Ladies & Gentlemen and the BeBunni image is from the Hearts stamp set. The bunny is coloured using my Spectrum Noir pens and I used a Micro fibre cloth with the blender pen on it to give the rabbit some texture. The ribbon is from my local craft shop. I also added Papermania gems, flowers and brads as well as glitter glue.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Monochrome - Fussy & Fancy, Crafter's Cafe,
* All You Need Is Love - Sweet Stampin',
* Valentines - Just Us Girls, Paradise Of Stamps,
* Love is in the Air - A Gem Of A Challenge, Incy, Wincy, Crafty Gals Corner,
* Love & Romance - Fantasy Stampers, Ooh La, La, Crazy Challenge,
* Anything Goes - Craft Your Passions,
* Hearts - Simon Says,
* Creatures - Fab 'n' Funky,
* Love Sentiment - Aud Sentiments,
* Inspiration photo - C.R.A.F.T.,
* Hearts and flowers - Natalie & Amy,
* Sketch - Die Cuttin' Divas,
* Add some red - Card Mania,

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz Challenge #310 Ahoy Me Hearties

This card is for this weeks challenge which is all about Pirates. The sponsor for this week is Fabrika Fantasy and the image used is Pirate Parrot 2. I added some die cut embellishments cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut. The map is a free image from the internet which does not have copyright.

Please come over and join us and see all the fantastic DT inspiration.

xx Mia xx

Polkadoodles Bag & Invitation

I decided to make a bag to gift the plaque I made for the little boy I look after and of course I used the Sticks and Bones kit. All the items on the bag are from the Sticka & Bones kit from Polkadoodles.

While making this I also thought about party invitations for a children's party so decided t make one of those as well. The leaves are cut from the papers using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut.

I hope you like them,

xx Mia xx

Crafty Creations #308 - Hearts

This will be my last challenge for Crafty Creations as I seem to be spreading myself a little thin and not giving me enough time for my own crafts. I want to thank Jamie and all the other ladies at Crafty Creations for making me feel welcome.

This challenge sponsor is Robyn's Fetish and the image I have used is Hooked On Love and I coloured it using my Spectrum Aqua pens. The layers and hearts are all cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Love - Ribbon Girl, My Time To Crafts,
* Anything Goes - Little Miss Muffet,
* Valentine - Sweet Stampin', My Sheri Crafts,
* Bling - Allsorts,

2 Cute Ink - Warm Winter Wishes

This card is made using the 2 Cute Ink image 'Warm Winter Wishes' which is exclusive to the members of their digi club where you pay monthly for a set of exclusive stamps and you also get a discount in the Etsy store found here.

I coloured the image using Spectrum Noir pens and all the die cuts are cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut. The papers are from the Eskimo Kisses Nitwits collection.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Ice & Snow - Aurora Wings,
* Snowmen - Scrap - Creations,
* B for Baubles - ABC Christmas,
* Winter Wonderland / Winter - Deep Ocean, Paper Shelter,
* Christmas - Fab 'n' Funky,
* Celebrations - Penny's,
* Anything goes - Hiding In My Craft Room,

xx Mia xx

Lili Of The Valley Butterfly Meadow

The last time Lili of the Valley had a retiring sale I bought lots of stamps and some of them I haven't had time to use so I thought that I would use this one called Butterfly Meadow.

I used Kraft card from Stampin' Up and papers from the First Edition Bella Rose paper pad. The layers are all cut using my Scan 'n' Cut except for the banner which is the Heart Banner from LaLa Land Crafts. The ribbon and flowers are from my local craft shop. The greeting is a digi stamp from Cuddly Buddly. The Lili bunny is coloured using my Spectrum Noir alcohol pens.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Item from my stash - 613 Avenue,
* One for the girls - Penny Black & More,
* Bunting / Banners - Little Claire's, Cupcake Inspirations,
* Pink - Really Reasonable Ribbon, A Gem Of A Challenge,
* Happy Birthday / Birthday wishes - Little Red Wagon, Creative Knockouts,
* Ladies only - Cute Card Thursday,
* One / Multi Layers (Many layers - all those embellishments :) ) - As You Like It
* Tic, Tac, Toe (Die, stamp, flower) - Just Us Girls,

xx Mia xx

Polkadoodles Sticks & Bones

I have really been enjoying using the new Sticks & Bones CD from Polkadoodles and I decided to make a door plaque for a little boy who I look after who is absolutely obsessed with Dinosaurs.

Apart from the plaque and pearls everything comes from the CD Rom (which is also available as a download) and these images and papers are fantastic for all sorts of occasions for both adults and children.