First card in ages...

Hi Guys

Sorry its late but as promised here is the first of the cards that I have made ready to be sold. I really like how this card turned out. The flowers are by imaginisce, the stamp is a new addition to collection from Daisy and Dandelion and is called 'some bunny loves you...', the green swirls were made using a punch and the gems in the centre of the flowers were from stash. Apologies that it's not right way up but computer would not let me flip it for some reason.

Enjoy your day, now off blog hopping

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)

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