Happy Anniversary House Mouse!

Hi Crafters,

Here's a card I made for my brother and sister in law's Anniversary.  I printed off a gorgeous image from the House Mouse Triple CD and also printed some matching backing paper.  I embossed the centre panel and used a Martha Stewart heart punch for the border.  I made my own flowers and distressed all the paper edges with a Tim Holtz distress ink - Stormy Sky. I also punched the smaller flowers from the backing paper so that everything matched! I added a bit of glitter to the image, tied some ribbon around the panel and stamped an LOTV sentiment.  I'd like to enter my card in the House Mouse and Friends 'Monochrome' challenge. Hope you like my card and thanks for looking,
Hugs, Karen xx

Pink Princess!

Hi Crafters,

This is a Welsh card I made recently for a little girl's Birthday.  She loves princesses and anything pink and girly of course!
I added lots of glitter to the punched leaves, various pink flowers from WOC and some lovely organza ribbon.  I added some pearls to the butterflies and added stickles to the Saturated Canary image which I coloured with my Promarkers.
I'd like to enter this card in the Passion for Promarkers challenge which is "pink and pearly".
I hope she liked the card and thanks for looking,
Hugs Karen xx

Sewing House Mouse

Hi Crafters,
I've got something a little bit different this time! I covered an old notebook so that I could keep handy sewing patterns in one place and I'll always know where to find them (in theory anyway)!!
I used a House Mouse stamp from a Joanna Sheen set, coloured it in with my promarkers and used my favourite Maja design papers.  I added a couple of cotton reels made from a Memory Box die and some buttons in colours to match the pink and green theme.  I also wrapped co-ordinating thread on to the cotton reels and I stitched round all the papers with my sewing machine to continue with the stitching theme!! I then found some matching ribbons and wrapped them round the spiral binder.
I'd like to enter this in the Joanna Sheen Challenge which is 'Pretty in Pink'.
Hope you like my little creation and thanks for looking,
Karen xx
                                              

Sending Happy Thoughts

Hi crafters,
I made this Birthday card for my niece, Jess, and used one of the gorgeous Saturated Canary images.  I coloured it in with my promarkers and added some stickles here and there!!  The papers are from Maja Design and I stamped a 'Lili of the Valley' stamp for the text.  The flowers are from WOC and I found some heart pins to match the colour scheme perfectly!  I added some pearls to my butterflies but I must have taken the photo before I they were added lol!
I'd like to enter this card in the 'Anything Goes' challenge on the Saturated Canary challenge blog.
Thanks for looking and I hope you like my card!
Hugs, Karen xxx

Golfer Brother Card

Good morning dear crafters,

I have another of those difficult male cards to show you!! I've used a 'Lili of the Valley' stamp and coloured it in with my promarkers.  I distressed the edges a little with Tim Holtz 'Antique Linen' and added a memory box star die.  Couldn't add much more than buttons and some card candy - I nearly added glitter and some corner dies but stopped myself as the card was for my golfing mad brother and I don't think he would appreciate the glitter!!
I'd like to enter my card in the Passion for Promarkers challenge which is 'summertime blues'.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking,
hugs, Karen xx

Sparkly House Mouse

Hi crafters,

Hope you are all enjoying this gorgeous weather - bit too hot to craft though!!  I'm not complaining by the way!!
I've made a card for someone leaving at work and I used the House Mouse Triple CD which is brilliant - there's an image there for any occasion.  I used some gorgeous new papers from First Edition called 'Floral Pavilion' and I added some WOC flowers.  I used my PATP punch from Martha Stewart and finished off with some glitter and pearls.  I'd like to enter my card in the House Mouse and Friends Challenge 'Add some sparkle' - although it doesn't show up very well in the picture.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking.
Hugs Karen xx

Celebration!!

Hi crafters,

I've got another girly card to show you!  The image is from saturated Canary, coloured in with my promarkers.  I love the colour combo of blue, brown and cream - must use it more often!  The flowers are all from WOC and the gorgeous papers are from Maja Design.
I'd like to enter this card in the Saturated Canary Challenge which is 'Celebration'!!.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking.
Hugs, Karen xx