ooh la la ribbons

I made this card for the challenge on Ooh la la.
we would like you all to be creative with ribbons. It may be that you put bows on your card or use a ribbon to make a fancy border. You may even want to do some ribbon weaving - the choice is yours.
The backing paper is dovecraft charcoal print, and the mirror is made using the dovecraft mirrors designer template. The ribbon is a lovely velvet ribbon also from dovecraft. Infact everything i have used bar the mirror card, little black bow and sentiment is from the Trimcraft goodie bag that i recieved as a runners up prize on the trimcraft monthly prize draw.

Trimcraft is keeping me hostage

Sorry that i haven't updated my blog much recently but I have been held hostage by Trimcraft. They make me log onto there forum from first thing in the morning and hold me there until the early hours. They won't let me do any housework and my kids have forgotten who the mummy is.
Help me please !!!! visit Trimcraft and set me free

Stamping PIF

Can Wendi and Ruth please email me your address so i can send on the PIF thanks


I recieved this stamping PIF from Craftling and it is now my turn to pay it forward.
The first 3 comments I will send some stamped images.

I have recieved an Award

I have just recieved this lovely award from Donna
Thank you Donna I'm so pleased that you think I deserve it.
I now have to pass it onto 3 people and here are my 3
Nikki
Shirley
and another Nikki

Spring Walk

Ooh-la-la creations has a new challenge blog. And there first Challenge is a spring walk. Here is the card I have made using a magnolia stamped image i had sent to me. The backing papers are from my scrap box.

hint of pink

Trim craft forum are running a card chalenge to make a card with a hint of pink and here is the card i did. Very simple for me but i have had a great lack of inspiration recently. The photo turned out a bit blurred but i am so tired with the hot summer weather i couldn't concentrate when taking the pic

Brown, Orange, Green

Hi everyone. I know i haven't posted or done any challenges in a while but i have so many card orders that i have had to concentrate on them to get them done and out the door.
But finally it's my time again and i thought i wouold start this by doing the blog candy challenge on Bearly Mine Crafts. Donna's challenge 'I'm really into brown, orange and green right now, so I'm setting a card challenge for you to make a card using those colors and also using flowers.'

Here is my card and it really doesn't take much explaining, but it has given me the chance to use my new silk flowers that i bought on Friday. As you can see i have done some doodling on the papers which seems to be my theme at the moment. The sentiment is from the 99p selection of stamps from studio G.

Girls Just wanna have fun

Cute card thursday's #7 challenge this week is Girls just wanna have fun.
I printed of a Dottie image and coloured her with a micture of solid ink and watercolour.. The backing papers and glitter on the design so gives it a bit of bling. A ribbon was added through some eyelets and 3 gems at the top added a bit more bling.

Ismaki #16

Here is my take on the ismaki #16 sketch.
The option is to use 4 colour-coordinated patterned papers.
The papers i have used I got from Nikki so not sure of the manufacturer. the stamp is Dungaree Maggie from bootiful stampz, coloured with my water colour pencils. The sentiment and proverb i printed on the computer.

Birthday Girl

A friend of my daughters has askd me to make a birthday card for a one year old girl. I always seem to find this a difficult age to make for as they are not really babies anymore and they are too young as such to have a favourite that you can use as a theme. In the end i just searche through all my images and papers to find something suitable and this is what i cam up with. The backing paper is a lovely patchwork velum that i had in my stash, which I backed with a pink card stock with brads.The letters and the number i printed off my computer an coloured with my sakura stardust pens as a wash to give a suttle shimmer of glitter. The little bear image is Party bear from the bears all year collection by Gina Jane Johnson. It's then finished off with a ribbon and i think it has turned out ok. I hope my daughters friend likes it, as i had very little information of what they wanted

Sandy's Blog candy

Sandy has some fantastic blog candy up for offer on her blog. All you have to do for a chance to win is to put a Sandy-Link on your blog and leave her a comment by the 27th April. It's a fantastic candy go and take a look

Sketch this #47

Sketch this have just added their new sketch. They have merged sketch this and sketch this card into one so one sketch will cover both LO's and cards.

This is what i have come up with for this sketch. The backing papers are out of my scrap box and this stamped image is one that was sent to me by Nikki which i have coloured using my water colour pencils. i backed the image onto some mulberry paper and finished the card off with some ribbon

Birthday Boy

Here is the card I have made for this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge. It is based on Katharina's Sketch #2. The Image is a stamp that was sent to me by Nikki and as i haven't many cards for boys i thought i would put it to good use. I choose bright orange and yellow as my colour scheme to try and brighten up my day a little, and I love the way it has turned out

On a Roll

Here's another card for tonight. I'm definitely on a roll. This one is for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge. The Theme for the challenge is 'It's a Mans World'. As i'm trying to build up my stock of fathers day cards, I thought that i would use this as starting point.
Backing paper from my stash, Holographic papers is then layered with mulberry paper and then George, by louly and coloured with water colour pencils is added. Sentiment is hand written.

2nd card of the day

After a craft drought of over a week, I have finally the the bug again today and here is my second card of the day.
Using the CPS sketch #61 I used a number of backing papers from my stash. I stamped out all the images with my whispers stamps and coloured them using whispers strokes.

Black/White + One

Caardvarks challenge this week to to create a card using Black and white plus one other colour.
I chose Turquoise as my plus one. I uses a bland and white flower velum for the background attatched to the card with turquoise brads. I then matted and layered turquoise/white and black and white dots/white. The stamped image i had sent to me by Shirley which i coloured with my sakura stardust. Card finished with a bit of blingy ribbon

Fathers Day

Ila is running a sketch challenge at the moment to win some blog candy, so I thought i would have a go and see what i could come up with for the sketch. I have very few male cards in my stock at the moment and i had this stamp image that i recieved from Nikki that i had already coloured with my watercolour pencils so I thought I would see what i could do with it.
the backing paper is some i had printed off ages ago from a sample scrap kit, the ribbon is from my stash, the buttons and sentiment are printed from the computer and then embossed with extra thick embossing powder to give them a bit of depth. I have used mulberry paper behind the stamped image to give it a bit of the look of turf on a golf course.
The whole card is a bit dark to me but that could be because i normally tend to use a lot of bright or pastel colours but it seems to have worked out quite well

my first play with george

Thank You to louly for your scrummy George i just couldn't wait to have a play.
The first card George the diver i have made using sketch #8 on My Paper World. I used one of my cuttlebug folders on mirror card for the back part of the card, layered onto blu glitter card, the next layer is a blue watery paper from my stash yet again layered onto blue glitter card. I coloured george with my Sakura stardust pens to give his wet suit a wet glossy look, the bubbles are made with 3D Crystal Laquer. I finshed it off with some seaweed and fish that i found in my scaps box and the sentiment is from the george print.
The second card i just made because i loved the image, (As do i all the dottie and george images). All the cardstock i have used is from either my stash or my matting and layering box that i bought for a £1 from the craft show at the NEC (can't remember which stall as i bought sooo much). Mulberry paper is used on one of the matting pieces. George is coloured using my watercolour pencils and the sentiment is hand written with sakura stardust. The card is finished off with faux stitching

Anniversary Card

I had a few anniversary card to make this month, then i noticed the challenge on Di Hickman's Blog. I used her card sketch #2 and her theme for thursday is Anniversary cards.
The backing paper is part of some i recieved from Nikki, I stamped the sentiment from my see d's collection and then added a flower die cut with my cuttlebug and then added a couple of silk flowers. Card finished with a border peel off. the card looked a bit too plain so i then scalloped the edges of my card, to give it a bit more definition.
Hope you like it

Butterfly, flutterby

Daring Cardmakers this week is Butterfly Flutterby. You must have a butterfly somewhere on your card. So here is mine. The backing paper and butterflies are from a scap kit by Lilybelle
I Added some wire to the butterlies to make the tendrils.
I have sat them on a felt die cut That i recieved free with a magazine and then finished that card off with some glitter peel off borders and 3 little heart gems
I hope you like it

Things with Wings

The challenge on Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Things with Wings'. The stamped image i have use is one sent to me by Nikki., coloured in using felt tips used as a wash with a paintbrush. Baking paper from my scrap box layered onto holographic card

DC mid week challenge

Now this weeks mid week dare is inspired by Rachel and is called 'Folded' ! This is not folds in the card blank itself, but rather folds ON the card- whether it be some kind of paper folding technique or folded embellishments or even just a folded over message of some type.
For My card I printed off some flower embelishments and then folded the petals so that they were 3d. I used backing paper that i recieved in a PIF annd the stamp is a small whispers stamp.

'Arte y Pico' Award

Thank You to Shirley for Awarding me this Award. This is the first award I have recieved and it means a lot.

I now have to award this to five other people, they in turn (I hope anyway) will do the following...
1) You have to pick 5 blogs who deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material and also contributes to the blogging community no matter what language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to the blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award .
4) Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "arte y pico" blog (linked in my title) so everyone will know the origin of this award. (Cut and paste the info into your blog to make things easier)

Nikki - Bunny-Zoe's Blog

Justine - Just Crafty

Sophia - Moonlight Inker

Nikki - Nikki's Cards and News

Pretty Pressings

Thank You again Shirley

Look what I got in the post

I had a lovely surprise in the post this morning. Loads of stamped images from Nikki. Thanks Nikki they are lovely and i can't wait to use them, and the card is just sooo cute.

Claudia's Box Challenge

The challenge on Papertake weekly this week is to make a box from the tutorial. There are some lovely examples on the blog and I know mine is nothing in comparison, but here it is. I printed out the wording on the computer and used another one of the dottie images to decorate it with. I did have a bit of trouble with the ribbon around the lid so it's a bit wonky, but at least i've got somewhere to keep all my stamped images tidy now