Newborn baby girl card (OLL #74)

Pink, Pink and more pink is the theme for challenge #74 over at Ooh La la this fortnight.

My card is for a newborn baby girl, and therefore as pink as it can be! For it I used several pink papers from the Silhoutte Magic and Fleur d'Imagination CDs; the adorable newborn baby image I am afraid I can't remember where I got it from, my apologies to its creator; the sentiment is Raindrop Echo Designs; ribbon and buttons from my own stash. I also used my new XCut Running Stitch border punch and the Cuttelbug polka dot embossing folder. I hope you like it.

Onto some challenges:
Challenge up your Life - Monochrome
Stampavie and more - Monochrome
Phindy's Place - Monochrome
Stampin'B's - Monochromatic card
Stamping for the weekend - Monochrome
Totally PaperCrafts - Do it with Digis
Do you stack up - Polka dots
Sugar Creek Hollow - Buttons and bows
Crazy 4 Challenges - Die cuts
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
Digi Doodles - Anything goes

Have a nice and productive week!

Man card

A man card, this time for a golf player.

I decided to use the leftovers of the backing paper I used for this other man card; Papermania´s For him Golf stamps and Fourth Dimension stamp (golf ball); the buttons I made mysef with different shades of green Fymo; green and blue cardstock, blue felt and ribbon from my stash; Nestabilites; faux stitching.

Some challenges:
Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch 102
Top Tip Tuesday - All stitched up
Colour Throwdown - Light green, dark green and blue
Creative Belli - Felt/Fabric
Fab'n'Funky - Make your own (buttons)
Creative Inspirations - Plain and simple

Thanks for looking!

Little Claire's card

Little Claire Designs have a new set of digital images for sale and their first challenge here. They are also offering this gorgeous digital "Lydia goes shopping" as a freebie - isn't she cute? I liked it so much that I had to use it straight away. So here's my card.

The backing paper is from Daisy & Dandelion by Docrafts, the stamp is Born to Shop by Docrafts; the velvet flower, gems, photo corners and lace from own stash; Nestabilities die cut label; digital image coloured with Letraset Promarkers.

And here are some challenges:
Mojo Monday - Sketch 178
Craft your passion - Use Pink
Creative inspirations - Distress
Paper Sundaes - Flower, lace, distress and pink
Stamps+Fun=Creativity - Anything goes
Digital Tuesday - Die cuts
Little Claire's - Anything goes

For my Valentine :-)

My Valentine and I are not the romantic type, if you know what I mean, so the kind of card we exchange on 14th February usually has a humourous feel.
For this years card I searched for the thickest cardboard I could find; I roughed/distressed the edges and included 2 hearts, red and kraft cardstock, faux stitching, and a pair of digital boxers from Whimsie Doodles; the sentiment is stamped with GStudio alpha stamps; red gem from my own stash.
Not everyone's idea of romanticism, but as said, it works for us ;-)

Some challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - Valentine/Love

Creative Cowgirls - Love is in the air/Valentine

Creative Craft World - Love card

The Pink Elephant - Be my Valentine

Aud Sentiments - Valentine Sentiment

Digital Tuesday - From the heart

Everybody Art - Valentine

PaperTake Weekly - Have a heart

PaperPlay time - Cupid or hearts

Crafty Catz - Valentine/love

Stamp Something - For your Valentine

Whoopsi Daisy - Give us your Heart

Our Creative Corner - Cut it out

Ooh La la Challenge #73: For Someone Special

Challenge #73 over at Ooh La la this fortnight is about that Someone Special.
For this black and white card I used papers from the Femme Fatale CD and a vintage digital image from TLC Creations, all matted with black cardstock; XCut border punch; black gems from Papermania; black satin ribbon from my own stash.

Hope you like my card.
Don't forget to check the OLL challenge blog for more great creations!

Onto some challenges:
City Crafters - All you need is Love/heart
Riley and Co - A heart challenge
Try it on Tuesday - Feel the Luuuurve!
Penny's paper crafter - Hearts a Flutter
Simon Says Stamps - Love is in the air
Tanda Stamps - Share the love
Tellen's Place - Hearty hearts
Fussy and Fancy - Valentines with no red or pink
Mami Doodles - The magic of Love
Polka Doodles - With hearts

Hope you all have a nice productive week ;-)

Man card

I am always stuck for ideas for man cards. This time I got inspiration from a card I recently saw on the net (I am afraid I didn't take note of the creator at the time) and am quite pleased with it.
All the bits - photo corner, ribbons and the backing paper, are leftovers from my own stash. The sentiment, which I adore, is from Raindrop Echo designs; the image of the vintage watch that I printed on the paper is a freebie (not labelled); Nestabilities Labels One; papers distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

Onto some challenges:

Creative Stamp Friends - Shapes

Karber Weekly - Use something old (the vintage watch digi stamp)

Paper Playtime - Digi Anything goes

Sarah Hurley - Die cuts

Stamp Something - Use a digi

StampARTic - Clean and simple

Aly's Sunday Challenge - For the guys

A fun Sketch

Here's a colourful birthday card for a good friend of mine, I hope you like it:

I used the sketch for this week's Mojo Monday; the cute cupcake backing paper is a download from Papercrafts (Teatime Treats Cupcake), the cupcake stamps are from Docrafts, coloured with Letraset Promarkers, Stickles and 3D embossing fluid; Circle embossing folder; sentiment from Inkadinkado; ribbon, ink and coloured papers from my own stash.

Some Challenges:
Mojo Monday - Sketch 176
Tuesday Throwdown - Stitching
PaperPlay - Stamp it out
Polka Doodles - Party Time
Drunken Stampers - Birthday bash
Scrappy Frogs - Hey Cupcake
The Paper Players - Anything goes
I love Promarkers - Anything goes
Craft Us crazy - Anything goes

It's nearly the weekend, have fun!

Baby girl

Here's a CAS card for a friend of the family who is having a baby girl this week.
For it I used the Sizzix elephant die cut; Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval; Docrafts polka dot embossing folder; pink papers from OLL; stamp from Honey and Hugs, Papermania; pink gingham ribbon from my own stash.

My card enters the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar - New beginnings
Do you stack up? - Patterned paper
My time to craft - Emboss
Inky Impressions - Emboss it!
PaperPlay - Layer it up
Delicious Doodles - Spots or stripes
Crafts4eternity - Polka dots
The Sisterhood of crafters - Anything goes

Love is in the air

This is a funny wedding card for my sister-in-law who lives in Queensland, Australia. She recently got married, a wedding the whole family attended...on-line! Yes, thanks to Skypes the whole family managed to participate. I have been to many weddings in my life and I think this was by far the best I have ever attended - from the comfort of our house, in our pyjamas, cos it was 1am for us and morning for them - no need for a new outifit, sore feet or makeup :-)

It is a fairly large card (17x15cm); pale green base cardstock; the 2 gorgeous patterned papers I used in blue/green/turquoise tones are from the Capsule Collection by Papermania; digital image by Bugaboo (which I won in one of their challenges), coloured with Letraset Promarkers; X-cut border punch; navy blue cardstock, turquoise ribbon and card candy from my own stash. Because of the large size, I also made the envelope out of the same green card.

My card enters the following challenges:
Craft your Passion - 2 patterned papers
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Love is in the air
Pile it on - Love is in the air
Aud Sentiments - Love
Crafts your days away - Love
Digi Doodles - Swirls
Fab'nFunky - Delight in your digi
Penny's Paper crafty - Anything goes

Thanks for your comments, have a nice weekend!

OLL Challenge #72: 3 of Something

The new challenge starting today over on Ooh La la is:

3 of Something

My card features 3 different Tea bag tiles from the Teentastique CD, matted with coloured paper and linked with organza ribbons, finished with 3 different coloured gems.
Make sure you visit the other DT blogs for more inspirational projects!

Papertake weekely - Ribbons/pearls
Glitterbabe - Anything goes with sparkle and gem
Digi Doodles - Anything goes

Have a fantastic week!

1 year blogging!

Yes!! Hard to believe that it's been a year!

I am not an "every-day" blogger, I must admit, but I do try to post weekly at least and participate in events in the Blogworld as much as I can :-)

During these last 12 months I have "met" lovely creative people, had nearly 10,000 visitors, 34 followers and thousands of positive and caring comments. I have also had the pleasure and honour to be part of the Ooh La La design team.

So - many thanks to my followers and blogging friends, and all those bypassers who leave messages.

Neus xx

Mess2Magic celebrates her Blogaversary

...so have a look here for details, but quick, it finishes today!

Birthday mouse

Isn't this little vintage mouse cute? I got it from TLC Creations and coloured it with Letraset Promarkers; the rounded birthday ticket is a digi from Sentiments 4 you. The backing paper is Bohemia, Barefoot "love"; orange and mustard cardstock, gems, flower and ribbon from my own stash.
(Apologies for the bad quality of the photo; it was taken early in the morning and therefore the light was far from right)

Some challenges:

CES challenges -All creatures great and small

Crazy challenge - Animals

Sisterhood of crafters - Birthday

Kaboodle Doodle - Digi

Stamp Something - Digi

Aifactory, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes

Thanks for your comments!

Happy Day

This girly birthday card is for my friend's daughter, who is 4 this week. The cute stamp, called Happy Day, is by Wags'n Whiskers and it was the prize I won for their Friendship challenge with this card. The sentiment is by a shop I discovered recently, Blokum, which has stamps in Spanish AND Catalan, something I have been searching for a while, so... happy days indeed! ;-)

I coloured the image with Letraset Promarkers; all papers and cardstock are leftovers from my stash, like the button and ribbon.

Some challenges:
My Time to craft - Up in the air
Charisma Cardz - Birthday
Colour Create - Pink, red and white
One Stop Craft - Card for a child
Southern Girls - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Ooh La La Challenge #71 - Bling it on!

The challenge for this fortnight over on Ooh La La is: Bling it on!

For my card I used the Mirror Mirror Pyramage set from the Ooh La la Passion from Fashion CD as a main image, as well as one of the papers from the same folder as backing, this was distressed; the matting cardstocks are a glitter sheet and a cream pearlescent card; cream organza ribbon and pearl from my own stash.

Can you believe that this was my first pyramage card ever!? I was not sure how it would turn out, but the ready-made set in the CD makes it so easy! Plus the image of the glamourous lady with the mirror is really fabulous, I love it, so that helped too :-)

Please go and visit the other creations by the OLL Design Team; you will find some beautiful glittery stuff!

I would like my card to enter the following challenges:
By the cute and girly - Bling it on
Cupcake crafts - Something new (it has to be the pyramage technique for me)
Paper Crafting Journey - Let's get digital
Delicious Doodles - New (technique)
My partner in crafting time - Something new (technique)
Paperplay - Clean and simple
Papertake weekly - Anything goes
Fab'n'Funky - Anything goes
Craft your days away - Anything goes
Sundays wih Crissy - Ribbon

Thanks for your comments!

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2011

I would like to enter my New Year's card onto the following challenges:
Digital Tuesday - Let's celebrate
CRAFT - New Year
Totally Paper Crafts - Time to party
Catch the bug - Ring in the New Year
Papertake weekly, One stitch at a time, Simon Says, Digi Doodle, Aud Sentiment, Sew Many challenges, Moving along with the times - Anything goes

Ooh La La challenge #70 - A toast to 2011

The Ooh La la Challenge #70 is now open and the theme is A Toast to 2011.

For my square card I used Star Gazer papers from the Fleur D'Imagination CD. I just love these pink and olive papers, it is such a beautiful colour combination!
I decided to use my Matilda stamp, which had been hidden in the drawer for a while, and coloured her with Letraset Promarkers. The olive green buttons are my own, made with Fymo; the pink ribbon and the distreesed olive cardstock are from my stash; circle and scalloped circle Nestabilities; handwritten sentiment.

I am typing this post with just one hand - have you ever tried to hold a crying newborn while typing??! Not an easy task! :-) So as much as I would like my card to enter some challenges, it will have to wait until the little one is asleep and I get some time to blog, hopefully later on today.

But just in case I don't get to blog before New Year's Eve:
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS AND READERS!

And to my son - Happy Birthday, pet! I can't believe you are 6 today!

Happy Holidays!

Hope you all have a wonderful time!
Neus x

My newest and most beautiful creation of all....

Introducing my new baby girl, born on Saturday 4th December at 3am.

We are all doing fine, very tired naturally and adjusting to the changes but super excited to have the little one with us... especially 6-year-old-Big-Brother!
I will be getting some much needed rest and therefore MIA in the blog scene for a few days, but will be back soon!
Neus x

Ooh La la Challenge #69 - A Nativity Scene

[This post has been scheduled so hopefully you will be able to see it on 13th December, in time for the new OLL challenge. Apologies for the lack of blogging in the last couple of weeks, hopefully I will get back on my feet soon]

Time for another challenge at Ooh La la! This fortnight the theme is A Nativity Scene.

For my traditional card I used the card topper Bless The Children and the A5 paper insert Christmas Time, both from the Joyeux Noel CD; you can find lots of Christmas related image and papers on this fabulous CD! I mainly played with golden rich tones to give the card a very festive look. The borders, from frosted gold cardstock, are cut with an XCut punch; the golden ribbon is from the Connemara collection from Laura Ashley; gems from my own stash.