Blogging Break

Hi Everyone

Firstly sorry for the lack of posts lately - I have been busy with uni work deadlines the past few weeks so card making has had to take a back seat for a while. Therefore I have decided to take a brief blogging break. This means that I probably won't be making many (if any) postings before christmas day, but I plan to start making and blogging again after the christmas festivities.

I would therefore like to you wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


Ben

Edit: I have also changed some of the settings on my blog to make it easier for people to leave comments - I have removed word verification and have also changed setting for the comment box to come up in a different window - if these changes have not happend when you come to comment can you please let me know by leaving a comment.

Bently Bear Christmas Tree

Hi everyone

Hope that you are all well and that those of you celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend enjoy it. Well onto the card itself... the stamps of Bently Bear are from a set of 7 which came with issue 70 of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine and where coloured using LePlume II pens and Whispers Strokes markers, the backing paper is BoBunny's 12" Tis the season Deck the halls.

This card was really quick and quite easy to make.

Have a great weekend

Ben

Cute Card Thursday -Teen Terrors

Hi Everyone

Well as promised I am posting a card. I made this card for the cute card thursday challenge which this is teen terrors - to make a teen inspired project. I had great fun putting this card togeather as it was a challenge to make a 'cool' teen card. I also tried to make the card contempory as well - what do you think?

Onto the card itself, the image was by Personal Impressions and was coloured using Le Plume II pens and Whispers Strokes markers, the flowers at the bottom are by imaginisce, the bow was made using ribbon from stash as was the other glittery pink ribbon, the tag was from Irene's papers -n- things, the backing paper was from K&Co 6x6 'Hopscotch' pad and the lettering was from Colour Connection's Handmade Paper Alphanumerals

I will be posting another card tommorow and am now going to catch up on my blog hopping

Ben

I'm back.... and Blog candy alert

Hi Everyone

Sorry about the lack of posts lately, I have had a busy few weeks with a uni coursework deadline along with numerous other things and haven't had a chance to do any crafting until this afternoon.

Also Linda has a great blog candy up for grabs on her blog so why not pop over and have a look.

Well off to do some crafting and hopefully I will be back later today or tommorow with a card.

Ben

BLOG CANDY ALERT

Hi Everyone


Another quick posting today to let you know that Danielle over at Paper Inspirations is running a fab blog candy . Check it out here to enter. I will be adding it to my sidebar tommorow - time allowing. Be quick though as it closes on the 16th November

Well must dash as its my birthday today

Have a great weekend

Ben

Help!!

Hi Everyone

Wondering if you guys can help me... I am trying to link some blog candy to my side bar and cannot work out how to do it and wondered if any of you could help by leaving a comment on this post on how to do it.

I hope to be back tommorow with a card.

Thanks
Ben

Saturday Spotlight with hidden potential

Hi Everyone

Well back again this time with my entry for the saturday spotlight hidden potential challenge which this week was to 'make a scene'. Well I have been racking my brains all week to no avail and then during my card making session this afternoon I had a brainwave and came up with this card. The elements on it are really simple the trees and snowflakes are by Anita's outline stickers, the background is black card the two reindeer are from a set of 12 by Craft for Occasions and the hill was drawn using a gray pencil.

thanks for stopping by

Ben

DT Call entry

Hi Everyone

Sorry about the lack of posts this week but I have been really busy with uni work.... now you are probably wondering about the title of the post, well over on the Cards for men blog their is a call for DT members (check it out here) and I thought that I would submit a card to see if I might be selected for the disgn team.....

On to the card... The top picture is a close up of the image as I think its great for a male card. The second image is the better of the two as it shows the whole card. The backing paper is form the 'Hopscotch' paper pad by K&Company, the black ribbon is from paper mania, the senitment (which says 'May your day be filled with fun and laughter') is by Funstamps, the image is from Personal impressions 'cute characters set 2' and is coloured using LePlumeII and whisper stroke pens

I hope to be back with another posting later

Happy crafting
Ben

Christmas Tree

Hi Everyone

Well the weather here is awful today - rain and thunder - so I decided to make a quick christmas card this morning. The card design is based on a card that I made for a friends birthday several months ago.

On to the card itself the backing paper is from the BoBunny Back to Backs range and is called 12" Tis the season deck the halls, the black ribbon is from Papermainia ribbon collection, the snowflake (which I recently purchased) is from Crafts for Christmas and the christmas tree stamp was from Hobbycraft and coloured with LePlumme II pens.

Happy Stamping

Ben

Blog Candy Notification

Hi All

While blog hopping and commenting on your blogs I noticed some of you had joined in the blog candy on Victoria Case Stamps blog (Check it out here). Well I have just snuck in to the candy to take part.

I hope to be back tommorow with some cards

Ben

Forever Friends Happy Birthday

Hi all

Well I am back as I manged to fit in some crafting time this morning. I used the sketch from the Creative Inspiration challenge to make this card - I only hope I am not to late to enter it - the colour combo of blue and green is not a usual choice for me (I usually combine them with other colours) but I love how they have worked out on this card. The papers on the card are from the K&Co 'Hopscotch' paper pack, the image is from the Forever Friends collection and coloured using Whispher Stroke markers and LePlumme II pens and the paper flowers are from imaginisce. I have added a close up of the image aswell as none of the photos do the card justice.

Thanks for stopping by

Ben

Truly thankful - Crazy 4 Challenges

Hi Everyone

Firstly I hope that those of you celebrating Thanksgiving had a great weekend last weekend and that the weather was kind to you. I was pretty busy yesterday so wasn't able to up load this card for the Crazy 4 Challenges C4C6 challenge last night. The challenge for this week was to create a card around a thankful theme, I loved putting this togeather as I am starting to get fed up with doing christmas cards at the moment. Before going on to the card I would also like to say a huge welcome to my new followers I hope to get a chance today to have a look at your blogs and leave some comments.

Onto the card itself the backing paper is from the K&Co 'Roam' Design paper pack, the black ribbon is from stash, the two swirls were made using a punch, the stamp was from Hobbycraft and coloured with LePlumeII pens, the gems on the ribbon were from stash and the sentiment stickers were from Anita's Outline Stickers.

Hope you have a great Day

Ben

Saturday Sketchers

Happy Sunday Everyone

Well today I am back with yet another christmas card, though I think that this image is great! and the sketch on Sketch Saturday allowed me to use it (it was stamped up a few weeks ago). The card itself is pretty simple the sentiment is from stash, the green ribbon is from stash, the snowflakes at the top of the image where made using a snowflake punch, the christmas baubles stamp was from Inkadinkado and the papers were from Daisy and Dandelion Christmas Collection A4 Paperpack 'A Winter's tale'.

Hope you have an enjoyable weekend

Ben

Truly Scrumptious Present

Hi Again

As promised I am back...... with yet another Birthday card this time using the sketch off the Truly Scrumptious Challenge . I adore this present image and have used loads of times as it is versitile and suits most occasions. This card also features some papers from one of the new paperpacks I recently purchased from K&Company (K&Co) which I really looking forward to using once all my christmas cards are finished! On to the card itself the stripy backing paper is from Daisy and Dandelion 'Christmas Collection' A4 Paperpack 'A Winter's Tale' the brown and green patterned paper are the 'Roam' Paperpack by K&Co the ribbon is from stask, sentiment is from Express Yourself DIY and the image is from Hobbycraft and I coloured it with LePlume II pens.

Thanks for stopping bye

Ben

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Hi All

Hope that you are all having a great weekend. The weather here has not been great so I spent some of the day crafting, blog hopping etc and managed to get a load of challenge cards done (so there are going to be quite a few posts this afternoon). This card is what I made using this weeks Papertake weekly challenge sketch as you can see its a birthday card, the backing paper is from the Daisy and Dandelion 'Christmas Collection' A4 Paper Pack 'A winter's tale', the sentiment is from Express Yourself DIY, the ribbon is from the Papermania ribbon collection and the stamped is from Funstamps (and is called 'Clare') I coloured the teddy with Whispher stroke pens and LePlumeII pens. I really like the layout of this sketch as it is so versitile - I will be using it again.

Ben

Sketch Saturday

Hi all

This is the card I made for this weeks Sketch Saturday Challenge which was pets. I loved the sketch that was used on the challenge as it allowed me to experiment with some bits I've had in my stash for a while but haven't had an occasion to use them. I deemed that to some people a sheep could be classed as a pet!

On to the card itself the green backing paper and the stripy paper which I used for the semi-circle are from the Daisy and Dandelion 'Christmas Collection' A4 Paper pack 'A Winter's Tale', the silver ribbon is from stash, the light green corragated card is from stash, the yellow flowers were made using a punch, the red border ribbon (around the stamped image and overlapping the silver ribbon) are self adhesive velvet borders from the paper cellar's make it yourself range, the sentiment is from Express Yourself DIY, the bow at the end of the ribbon is from Club Green celebration and Craft and the Image is from Inca Stamps and is called 'Curly Sheep'. I raised the stamp image up using foam pads and then attached the flowers in the corner to it.

Hope you like it and I am now off to do some blog hopping

Ben

Crafts 4 Eternity

Hi All

Yes I am back again.... and its another challenge card, this time for Crafts 4 eternity Recipe Challenge. I loved the challenge on the blog this week as not only did it include a sketch but also two additional recipe peices (a knot or bow and a punch).

So on to the card itself, the snowflake backing paper is from the 'Christmas Collection' A4 Paper Pack 'A Winter's Tale' by Daisy and Dandelion - I am loving this paper pack at the moment. The green paper with gold flowers on it is from stash (sorry cannot remember the company), the ribbon with the knot at the end is from stash, the 'christmas' sentiment is from a christmas stamp collection I have had for years (sorry cannot remember company), the two white swirls above and below the sentiment were made using a punch that I recently purchased from Hobbycraft and which I thought worked well with this card layout, the snowman is stamped image (again sorry but cannot remember company) and was coloured using LePlume II pens and Whisphers Strokes Markers.

I hope to be back later with another posting

Ben

Another Christmas Card

Hi All

Firstly sorry about the lack of posts this week. I have been having some problems with my digi camara which have now been resolved. On to the card I made it using the sketch off of the Just Christmas and Birthday Cards challenge (check it out here). The backing paper was from the Daisy and Dandelion 'Christmas Collection' A4 Paper Pack 'A Winter's tale' the ribbion was from Papermainia and the holly was a stamp (sorry cannot remember who by but will check) the holly was stamped onto some white card from stash.

Thanks for stopping by

Ben

Edit: I had also intended to include this card in the Papertake weekly challenge which last week was 'Black and White +1' but missed the deadline. Also the sentiment stamp was from a set that I have for years (sorry cannot remember the company)

Forever Friends Happy Birthday

Hi all

Here is a Forever Friends card that I made a few days ago and which I love. Although there is not much on the card I think it looks extreamly sweet with the bear carrying the present. The card is pretty simple, the stamp is part of the Forever Friends collection, the white card was from stash and the sentiment is by Express Yourself DIY and the image was coloured using LePlume II and Whispers Stokes markers.

I hope to be back later with another card.

Ben

Thanks

Hi Everyone

This is just a quick post to say thank you for all the kind, encouraging comments that you've posted about my cards - its really encouraging to have people making nice comments about my cards, especially as I have only been card making for a few months.

Thank you again

Ben

Let it snow - A spoon full of sugar

Hi everyone

Well I am back again.... with another christmas card. This one I made this afternoon after the Bently Bear Card. Snowmen are one of my favourite things at christmas so they will be making a regular appearence over the next few months.... well onto the card, the gold background is the actual card blank, the snowman topper was from Hobbycraft, the paper, snowflakes and sentiment were from stash and Let's Get Crafting Christmas Cards issue 16. The top picture is a close up and probably the better of the two photos. I have entered this card into the 'A Spoon Full of Sugar' challenge this week which is christmas creations. You can check out the blog here

Thanks for stopping by

Ben

Bently Bear Christmas

Hi all

Well here is one of the christmas cards that I promised to show you earlier. Out of all the cards I have made this is one of my favourites - the image of Bently Bear is so adorable don't you think?? I have found a couple stamps of Bently at christmas and am itching to ink them up so watch this space..... on to the card itself, the snowflake paper and the dark red paper (on which Bently Bear is mounted) are from the 'Christmas Collection' A4 paper pack 'A Winter's Tale' by Daisy and Dandelion which I purchased a few days and is absolutely adorable. The Bently Bear stamp is one of seven that came with cardmaking and papercraft issue 70 (you will be glad to know that not all my cards where made from magazine free gifts - but they have helped to start off my stash) Bently Bear was coloured using Whispers Strokes and LePlume II pens.

I have added a close up of the Bently Bear stamp but the photo really does not do it justice. I have also entered this card into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week where the challenge is Celebration. Check out the challenge here

Have a great weekend

Ben

Flower Fairies Birthday Card

Hi all

Welcome to my first posted Birthday Card. The template for this card was from a previous Friday Sketchers challenge week 51 . On to the card itself the poka dot backing paper was from a Hobbycraft inspiration pack the other papers were from the Spring Matstack (I can not find the paper pack at the moment but will add company when found) , the flower fairy chipboard was a free gift off Cardmaking and Paper craft magazine (Issue 65 May) and the rest was all from stash. I hope that you like the card and I hope to be back later today with some christmas cards I been working on.

Ben

Welcome

Hi

Welcome to my craft/cardmaking blog. I hope that you enjoy looking at my creations and that they can help inspire you to create your own