Mami Doodles Challenge #43 - Pink/Red/White

Its time for another challenge over on the Mami Doodles blog & for the next 2 weeks the theme is

Pink - Red - White

To take part all you need to do is submit a project using the 3 colours. 

You don't have to use a Mami Doodles image but any entry with a Mami Doodles image (including freebies) will be entered in the draw twice. 

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

Viv

Lily

Double Bed

You also get to choose one Mami Doodles image of your choice.

I am late posting about the challenge as I was at a family wedding 

on Friday when the challenge went live.

Here is my DT card for this challenge.

I used the cute little elephant from the Party Animals set (there are 3 little cuties in this set) & I used ProMarkers to colour the image.

I used glossy accents on the balloon.

The ProMarker combo is

Warm Grey 4,3,2 & 1.

Rose Pink, Pink Carnation & Baby Pink.

The papers were from my scrap box & I wove the panel behind the image from strips of the patterned paper & plain white paper.

The challenge will run until Thursday the 23rd of February at midday (GMT) 

Pam X 

Crafting for craftings sake!

I haven't crafted just for the sake of crafting & last night I coloured some images & today I made cards for 2 of the images. The first I can post now & this is it!

I used a Sassy Cheryl image & it is called "Share the love", isn't she just so cute!                                                          I first seen this digital image on a card by Jackie Mooney, for those who don't know, Jackie Mooney holds monthly card making workshops & I have been attending these for the past 3 years.
Jackie is also my fellow Mami Doodles DT member & is on the Sassy Cheryl DT too.
 Anyhow on to some details about my card!
 I used 2 different brown cards, one is a leather effect & the other is Core'dinations Chocolate box. The blue card is from my stash as is the brown organza ribbon & pearls & gems!
 The image is coloured using ProMarkers & these are the ProMarker Combo's I used! 

Skin - Blush & Soft Peach

Hair - Raw Sienna, Mustard & Buttercup

Dress, Hat, Shoes & Socks - Turquoise, Duck Egg & Cool Aqua

- Burnt Umber, Caramel & Tan

Teddy - Tan, Vanilla & Ivory.

I am entering this card into the challenge over on Sassy Cheryls blog where the theme this week is

 Brown & Light Blue!

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

LOTV Christening Card

I love this LOTV image & find myself using it every time I need to make a Christening card. I used paper from the DCWV Luxury paper pack. The cross is the smallest from a Spellbinders set.

The image was coloured using ProMarkers & FlexMarkers.

The combo is

Sky Blue, Cool Aqua & Glacier Blue

Mulberry Fuchsia Pink & Pale Blossom

Blush & Soft Peach

Forest Green & Lime Green

Cool Grey 5,4,3 & 1

Pam x

Going away card & a Thank you card!

The girl who asked me to make this card was so happy with it that she asked me to make another A4 card for a friend of hers who was going to Australia to go travelling for a year!

The girl was starting in Cairns & making her way down to Sydney.

This is what I came up with.

I printed the map off & distressed it.

I sent the card off to the customer & then a few days after I got the cheque in the post but there was something else in the envelope!!

& on the inside

I was so thrilled with this little card telling me how happy she was with my work & it is fantastic to have the little card to keep!!

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

Charity cards.

My friend Bab's sells cards all year round for the Irish Cancer Society &

I try to help out but last month bab's called on all of her

crafty friend to help out by doing some dog themed

cards for A Dogs Life charity!

I used that reason to get some crafting done just for the sake of crafting

& I really enjoyed it!

Here are the cards I came up with!

The lovely "textured paper" you see one these cards is actually

Wallpaper samples that I got from my local B & Q store!!

Of course all the colouring of this cute little stamp

that I got from Ebay was done using my ProMarkers!

A lot of Cards.

Ok so it has been a good long while since I have blogged.

As usual it has just been a case of not getting a chance with everything else (i.e. real life) but I did manage to get a bit of crafting done.

Most of the following cards are communion cards & I am delighted that the communion season is over for another year!

The image on this card is from Karens Doodles & they are just really lovely, I have the confirmation ones too & she has a fab wedding one too!!

Just a close up of my colouring (think I'm finally getting to know my ProMarkers at last lol) The paper is from the Papermania Birdsong pack!

This one was the first of 3 for the same little girl!!!

The border is punched using an Xcut punch, I really do love these new punches as they seem a lot sturdier than some of the more popular ones out there! Hopefully they will bring out a lot more designs.

The stamp is a Whiff Of Joy one & was coloured using Promarkers although there wasnt too much colouring.

Gems were added using my new I-Rock tool & stencil.

This was the 2nd of the 3 for this girl.

Border punch is again done using an Xcut punch, butterfly & teeny flowers were cut using my eCraft, bow made using bow maker, Karens Doodles image used & coloured with ProMarkers & as with almost all of my cards the sentiment was done with my CraftRobo.

I think this is one of my fave images!!

This was the final card of the 3 & it was a little hard to come up with something!

I wasn't happy with it, felt it was missing something but the customer was delighted with it.

Again its a Karens Doodles image & coloured with ProMarkers, can't remember the brand of paper but I know I have it in a good few colours & I have used them a lot when I get stuck!!

The "stitching" is done using my Sew Easy tool & the Zig Zag attachment head!

Used a Fiskars corner punch on the corners.

This was the first of 2 for the same girl.

It is just as well I found those Karens Doodles images lol!!

Again the usual tools were used ProMarkers, Bow Maker & CraftRobo & I used a paper doily. I found these in my local €2 shop for a pack of 60 with 3 different sizes.

I love yellow & brown together.

This is the 2nd of the 2 & the photo is terrible I know but I only remembered to take the photo when the card was being collected in the evening time so I was chasing the light lol!!

For this one I made the background paper using the stamp & chalk technique I learned at Jackie Mooney's beginners & techniques workshop. I loved this technique & have used it a few times since. It has me on the hunt for nice background stamps!!!

I used some tulle with silver spots that i have had since I first start card making & pleated it along the bottom.

Again my I-Rock tool & stencil was used to add bling.

This candle was for the girl above too.

Yet again I was chasing the light with this & it a Karens Doodles image again.

I added some glossy accents to his shoes to give him nice new shiny communion shoes.

Another communion candle, I really do need to get a new cross Stamp though as I tend to use this one a lot!

I love this image. The lovely Isobel who attends Jackies workshops very kindly let me borrow her stamp & I am delighted that I had the brainwave to stamp it onto some tissue paper!!

Yet another communion card!!!

& another !!! This time using a Whiff Of Joy stamp!

This time I went with a cross cut using my eCraft!

These are Jackie Mooney workshop cards that I personalized when I was asked to make cards the same day for my friends birthday by my mam & brother!

This is the card I made for my friends birthday, at least I was prepared lol!!

The shoe is a digi by Sketching Stamper & was the very first digi stamp I bought!

I coloured the shoe with ProMarkers & went over with an embossing marker then embossed using clear embossing powder!

This is the card I made for my friend from my sister who took the time to ask me to order this in time for the birthday lol!!

I can't remember where I got this digi from but I knew when I seen it that I would use it someday, kind of like most of the digi's I buy!!

This is a christening card using that cross stamp again & itty bitty embossed panels

& of course my Bow Maker

Card for my hubbys much younger cousin. I bought the converse embellishment with her in mind. I still have to buy her a pair of the real things though!!

Wedding card using the stamp & chalk technique learnt at Jackies workshop

A close up of the chalks.

& a matching box too!!

Think that's about it for now!!

Pam X