Mami Doodles Challenge 40 - Altered Art/Home Decor.

The challenge over on Mami Doodles which started yesterday is Altered Art/ Home Decor & because it is the holiday season this challenge will run for 4 weeks so gives plenty of time to get some creating done. The prize for this challenge is the latest 3 Mami Doodles images released - Peter and the Pudding, Bea the Butterfly & Baby's First Christmas plus you will get to choose another of Elisa's gorgeous digi's. To take part all you have to do is link your Altered Art/ Home Decor project on the Mami Doodles blog. You don't have to use a Mami Doodles image but if you do (including freebies) you will be entered twice. You have until midday on the 12th of January 2012 to join in. Here is my DT project.

I made a door plaque for my daughter to put in her Christmas stocking. I used one of the 8 images you get when you buy Ligia & I gave Ligia a new hair do so that she looks like my daughter. The layers for the plaque were cut using my eCraft, Ligia was coloured using ProMarkers, the gem swirls were added using my I-Rock tool, flowers are from my stash & I used 3 different embossing folders. Hope to see some gorgeous creations for the challenge. Pam x

Commissioned Shoe card.

I love this digital stamp from Sketching Stamper. It was my very first digital stamp & I find I come back to it a lot. The leaf flourishes were cut using my eCraft & the purple card was glittered using Crafters Companion glitter spray, I love this stuff, it comes in 4 colours - Gold, Silver, Iridescent & Multi.

The sentiment is computer generated but I think it says it all!

Pam x

Commissioned Photo cards.

Here are 2 cards that were commissioned by my BIL's mother. She always gets photo cards done & with grand children so cute I can see why!

I cut the frame for this using my eCraft & then glittered it using stickles.

I thought this photo was just so cute.

I added glossy accents as water splashes. The frame was again cut using my eCraft.

Pam x

Mami Doodles Challenge 19

The theme for this challenge is

Make it Shine

Every one likes a bit of sparkle, especially in the festive season so this is an easy challenge. To take part all you have to do is make a project with some bling on it. You don't need to use a Mami Doodles image to enter but if you do (including freebies) you will be entered twice.

This is my DT make. I used one of the Ligia playing dress up images (you get 8 different Ligia's in various outfits with 2 different hair styles) & used the dress up add on image to turn her into an Angel.

The prize for this challenge is the last 3 Mami Doodles images released & they are

Baby's First Christmas, Bea the Butterfly & Tropical Santa plus one of your choice.

Looking forward to seeing some gorgeous creations.

Pam x

Mans Birthday card.

I was asked to make a birthday card for a man but the customer wanted the date of birth & the date of the birthday on it but I didn't really like the idea as it reminded me of a tombstone!!

So I looked up news paper archives & was lucky enough to find a news paper for the date of the birthday!

I cut the 50 using my eCraft.

Pam x

Card Swap!

Over on Celtic Crafters where I am a group member it was my month to set a challenge for a card swap & I chose the theme!

I didn't want to make it too easy of the ladies so taking inspiration from Jackie Mooney's gorgeous card I decided on having a shaped card.

Thinking that this might be too easy on the ladies they also had to have a handmade flower on the card too & it couldn't be punched or die cut!

This is where I got the idea for my flowers.

I cut the layers for my card & the matting layers using my eCraft & MTC.

Pam x

Wedding & Christening cards!

Just a few cards I had to do for orders!

This first one was a quickie because I totally forgot about it but I was happy enough with how it turned out!

The couple stamp is a Papermania one (I think) & I always come back to using it no matter what new stamps I might get! The background was done using a technique I learned at Jackie Mooney's Tips & Techniques class where you stamp using Versamark ink & then use a cotton pad to rub in shimmery chalks!

This one was done using my eCraft! I used the eCraft to cut out the bride & groom & the hearts but I also used MTC to scan the card I was using & do a pixel trace & then I was able to cut the matting layers with the eCraft too!

The papers are digital & are from Pink Petticoat

This one is an A4 easel card & although I thought OMG what will I do when I got the order it wasn't that hard to do!!

The butterfly was cut from the Fundamentals 1 SD card that came with my eCraft!

Pam x

Wedding LO

I've been wanting to get into scrap booking more & decided when I was out in my craft room today to try get another LO done!

The flowers were made using a mix of crepe paper, tulle & just plain white paper!!

I used my heat gun again to melt the black ribbon!

I love the effect this gives.

The "Mr & Mrs" & the flourishes were again cut using my eCraft!!

Pam X

Button Cards

So my crafty friend Ang who is part of the facebook group that I'm in set a challenge for a card swap this month & it was a brilliant challenge!

We had to use buttons as the main focus of the card so no using as embellishments.

Ang posted this link to give us some inspiration & I love the technique.

This is what I came up with.

I used my eCraft & MTC to cut out the circles & rings to make the giant button.

I tore paper to make the "hills" & used ProMarkers to colour the sky & add some birds. I stamped the sentiment which is a from a Hero Arts set in Distress ink & added some Glamour Dust to the tops of the hills!!

I made a second card for the challenge because I was out in my craft room making a card for an order & had a brain wave!

this is what I came up with

The buttons are handmade again!

I used my heat tool to melt the organza ribbon, it looks fantastic. I got the idea from here. This lady will be teaching at the GBCE which I will be going to on the 30th of September & I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Pam X

My eCraft wall art!

I bought the vinyl to do some kind of word art on my newly decorated craft room wall! I decided to give it a bash the other night!

This is what I came up with.

I done this using the eCrafts own software & the Fundamentals & Swils & Flourishes SD cards!

I'm happy enough with it

(for now ;) )

Pam x

Wedding cards.

Here are some wedding cards I made using 3 different stamped images that I had coloured in ages ago & they were stored in the lid of my ProMarker box.

This one is one of my fave wedding stamps & its a LOTV stamp.

LOTV have some stunning stamps & they have low postage too £3.50 worldwide (£2 to uk) but orders over £25 are free!

The sentiment is just a wooden stamp & I don't remember where I got it! I stamped it using Perfect Pearls Medium & then used silver Perfect Pearls! It gives a gorgeous finish.

This next card is done using a Whiff of Joy stamp

The new ProMarker fine nibs would have come in very handy for this, as it was I used my blender pen to correct all of the mistakes I made & there were a lot, especially around the wheels.

This next image is a digital one & it is from Karens Doodles

I think this is a lovely image, very fun.

This next card was made using the die cut I cut from a SVG a while back using my eCraft!

I don't know where I got the file from but it was a free one!

Again I used my Crafters Companion glitter spray to jazz up the die cut!

You can get the spray here.

Pam x

Baby card.

This is a baby card with a twist as in the baby was 7 months old & getting Christened by the time I got around to making it!!

The name was cut from glitter paper using my eCraft & the bow was made using my bow maker! The papers are downloadable & are from Pink Petticoat.

Pam x

Card Swap!

So this card is for a swap on a Facebook group that I am a member off.

Di was the host & came up with the theme of black & white or Sepia (like an old photo) & it had to have a big flower & a gem!

This is what I came up with.

I tried to create a sepia effect using alcohol inks & a canvas effect photo paper

a technique I first tried at Jackie Mooney's monthly workshops.

The big flower was created using tulle (which was used at last months workshop)

& lace. I also used alcohol ink for the big heart gem to give it an antiqued look!!

My eCraft is finally behaving!!

After downloading a new update for the eCraft software I tried to cut a SVG file I got for free on line. I can't remember right now where I got it from but it was the first SVG file I tried to cut with my eCraft all those months ago back in September 2010.

It never did cut as the software had major issues & I have been using Make the Cut software ever since! I tried the eCraft software because although MTC is brilliant it cuts to the eCraft very slowly.

I cut this

very delicate cuts & no sticky mat

and it cut brilliantly, it wasn't as fast as cutting from a sd card but it was faster than MTC.

I still love MTC for editing & creating files but its nice to be able to cut with the software that came with my eCraft!

Pam X

Altered notebooks.

So my hubbies young cousin was staying with us for a few days & to pass the

time last Saturday we spent a few hours crafting!

This is the notebook I made for my son who was too cool to craft with us

but not too cool for a notebook lol!

This I made for my sister.

This one was for my hubbies aunt!

These 3 were made by Ciara.

These were made by my daughter Lily

This one for her friend.

and for herself

Pam X