Birthday Card for my Daughter

This card, which is larger than I usually make, is for my daughter who was born the day after St Patricks day, 36 years ago.  We always tell her if she had come a bit quicker we might have had to call her Patricia, in honour of St Patricks Day.  This year I know she needs a little cheering so I made her this card with Cabaret Lolly from the Paper Shelter, with some alterations, Lolly is usually winking but I now have her looking straight out from the card, added a shamrock bow to her cane and changed her hat from a bowler to a top hat, making her more of a little green leprechaun for the card, coloured with copic and touch pens.  I printed sheet music and several little blessings onto pink and green vellum, die cut green shamrocks to place on her hat and on the background.  Inside I wrote a poem:

Due on the Seventeenth
Born on the Eighteenth
What a difference a day makes
A little girl born
In the morn
Her name - Kellie
Which rhymes with belly, smelly and jelly
But if she had not tarried
She would share her day with St Patrick
And then could have been known as Patricia  (and her last name which rhymes with patrick)

Entered into the challenge at The Paper Shelter - Punches and dies

Going Green for March

It's March, and in the northern hemisphere it is Spring, lots of flowers and green grass, where I live it is Autumn and we are dreaming of the green grass to come.  Also a time for the Irish, St Pats and all things green.  This cute image is from Digistamps4joy and is called '3 little maids', which gave me the idea for the sentiment, with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan for changing some words.  Coloured with copic and touch pens, mounted on green cardstock, white card distressed with different green shades.  A couple of green flowers mounted together and the cute little cat purring for attention is from Crafty Emblies. 

Perfect Sentiments -    Going green with a touch of grey
Dilly Beans - Going Green
Polka Doodles - Distressing
Robyns Fetish Challenge - A Birthday Card

Pin Up Girls

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge this week is Pin Up Girls.  Here's a little Irish Colleen called "Belle" from Sassy Studios.  Coloured with Copic and Touch pens, mounted on Pink  and Green Cardstock, die cut shamrock (I've cut lots of these this month) and a litle title 'Irish Cream Cheesecake'.

March Going Green for St Patrick

The Crafters Cafe is going green for St Patrick, I was lucky enough to get to choose a couple of images from Rick St Dennis to play with this month, for which I thank Rick immensely.  This one I fell in love with the moment I saw her,  Lady Felicity Highrumple Lunching at the Savoy.  You have to love that name.  I have coloured Lady Felicity with Touch and Copic Pens, added some emerald gems,a little bow and a cute Irish greeting.

Look for the Green challenges at: 
 The Crafters Cafe -  Green and /or St Patricks Day
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes / Optional Tic Tac Toe - I chose Bling Green and Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - A Bit O' Green

Is it Spring?

Lots of talk about Easter, St Pats Day and Spring at the moment, only where I live it is Autumn, and we are having a gloriously hot Autumn Yeah!!!.  But back to the rest of the world, over at Polkadoodles their theme for this week is Spring Flowers and over at A Blog Named A Hero their fortnightly challenge was to create an element out of a stamp. I am still not sure if this is working, but it is definitely spring flowers and elements from stamps.  I got a bunch of flower stamps and coloured them with Copic and Touch Pens, cut them out and then started layering them onto white cardstock, some leaves also coloured and some that are fabric, then I punched out a whole lot of little blue flowers,the large pink flower has been cut out twice and layered, tied up with a green bow and added the sentiment.

Card is entered into

  Polkadoodles - Spring Flowers

  A Blog Named A Hero -  Just make your Own

Get Together Final Post

The 'Get Together Challenge is running until 31st March over at the Paper Craft Planet, Shelleys Images and Digistamps4Joy have joined forces to bring us the challenge.  The cute rabbit image is called 'Peter" from Shelleys Images and the pretty Egg Basket is from Digistamps4joy.  The challenge requires you to use both images in a project.  If you complete 3 projects you receive $3.00 vouchers from each designer.  For this project I created a scene with tree trunks, Peter and the Egg Basket were printed on Watercolour Paper and coloured with watercolour pastels.  Put into a journal I am doing about the celebrations of 2013. This page is part of a 4 page piece about Easter, I am starting with the real meaning of Easter and why we celebrate it,  then onto the different ways it is celebrated around the world and some history.  The scene is mounted on Easter Egg Silver Paper, not underneath the image though as this is a very precious commodity.  I do silver paper pictures and have a supply of used silver paper from some years ago.  Can't use much of todays as it carries brand names all over it.

This page is entered into:
Get Together - Paper Craft Planet - Digistamps4Joy 
Get Together - Paper Craft Planet - Shelley's Images

Get Together Post 2

This is my second project for the 'Get Together Challenge, running until 31st March over at the Paper Craft Planet, Shelleys Images and Digistamps4Joy have joined forces to bring us a challenge called "Get Together"  A cute rabbit image called 'Peter" from Shelleys Images and a pretty Egg Basket from Digistamps4joy.  We are required to use both images in a project, and if you would like to join in and complete three projects there are $3.00 vouchers being given out.  Too good to pass up.  I have made an ATC, I removed the large egg from Peter and have him holding the Egg Basket, added some glittery brads as dimensional eggs, some ribbon and lace completes the ATC.

The little card is entered into:
Get Together - Paper Craft Planet - Digistamps4Joy 
Get Together - Paper Craft Planet - Shelley's Images

Get Together Post 1

Over at the Paper Craft Planet, Shelleys Images and Digistamps4Joy have joined forces to bring us a challenge called "Get Together"  A cute rabbit image called 'Peter" from Shelleys Images and a pretty Egg Basket from Digistamps4joy.  We are required to use both images in a project, and if you would like to join in and complete three projects there are $3.00 vouchers being given out.  Too good to pass up.  My first project is an Easter Card, with the images coloured in Copic and touch Pens, some flowers and leaves added, the little butterfly and green flowers are split pin elements.  All mounted on striped paper and green cardstock. 

The little card is entered into:
Get Together - Paper Craft Planet - Digistamps4Joy 
Get Together - Paper Craft Planet - Shelley's Images
Easter - Robyns Fetish Challenge Blog
Stripes - Dilly Beans Designers and Friday Challenge Blog

Small Things

My small Things ATC, comprises a photocopy image taken from an old childs book, gorgeous little faces on the children in the book, this little boy is playing with his kitten, I have added a wooden clock and fence from Craft Emblies.  Some hessian, Tim Holtz distress inks, ribbon and a little tag.

It has been entered into

Fun with ATCs - Vintage
Try it on Tuesday - Time Flies
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

1st photo taken inside, the other two outside

Skating

My Skating ATC.  The little owl is called Ice Skating Hoot, from  Pink Gem Designs.  Coloured with Copic Pens, Snowflakes with silver paint and crystal blings.  A little pompom and bow on her hat.  I have used some glossy accents in the ice area.  Mounted on red cardstock for a border which also has a bit more of the red ribbon on it.  Not sure where she will end up. could be on a Christmas Card. 

She is entered into the Crazy Amigo Challenge - Skating.