Vintage Bookmark

Hello! I hope you've had a lovely week and are looking forward to the weekend! I love that Friday feeling when you get home from school and can just chill out! Thank you for all your lovely comments about going back to school! I've had a really nice first two weeks back, and my little brother has really enjoyed his first couple of weeks of year seven and seems to be settling in well.

I made this bookmark for my mum, as she is in the middle of reading the Harry Potter books for the first time at the moment, so I thought I'd make her a vintage bookmark to use.

I've had this cute little Penny Black image for ages and have never used it before, but I think it's perfect for gift boxes and bookmarks because of its size.

Materials:

Image: Penny Black

Papers: Prima - Annalee

Cardstock: Crafters Companion

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Fibres, Flowers, Spacers & Gems: From My Stash

Ruffled Ribbon: From Chris

Vintage Stamps: Tim Holtz

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Paint: Tim Holtz Acrylic Dabber

Brads: PaperMania

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

- Allsorts Challenge - Flowers & Swirls

- Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

- Cupcake Craft Challenges - Back To School

- Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

I'm just off to make a card for a great challenge I've just spotted - will be back soon hopefully with a card, and then you'll see which challenge I mean!

I know it's only September, but I feel all cosy, because it's just started raining outside and we're having a roast dinner for tea, yum - my favourite tea! :)

Anyway, thanks for looking and have a great weekend, whatever you're doing!

Bye for now, love, Georgia xx

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Hellooo! Here is my entry for this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge.
I forgot to choose a challenge before I made my card so I had a scout round afterwards to try and find one that my card fitted.
For this challenge, you have to pick your own colour combination out of pink, black, white, yellow, green, grey and lilac.
I've used grey, green and black but there's a little bit of brown on my card so I think it just about passes! :)

The papers are from Sanne, the flowers are Prima, the image is Daisy & Dandelion, the sentiment is printed off my computer and the rest is from my stash.

Thank you for looking, I hope the weather's OK where you are! I've just looked out of the window and it's grey and rainy here! You wouldn't think it's July, would you? ;)

Anyway, I'd better go for my tea now. Bye!
xx

Inspiration Card Sketches Challenge #23

Hello! Just a quick post to show you my card for this week's Inspirational Card Sketches Challenge.

I tried to upload another photo of it but blogger wasn't having it.

Materials:

Image: Penny Black

Sentiment: Studio G

'Friend' Stamp: From my stash

Flowers: Prima

Dew Drops: From my stash

Backing Paper: Making Memories

Pink Recycled Paper: From my stash

Colouring: Pro Markers

Glitter: Craft Planet

I'm really excited as tomorrow I'm going to Alton Towers for the first time! :)

See if you can hear me screaming from the top of Oblivion! Tee hee! :)

Thanks for looking, Georgia xx

Too Late!

Hi there! I made this card to enter the Crafty Monkeys Challenge run by Zoe and Hannah.

I don't know if you know but recently, Zoe and Hannah have decided to run it as a weekly challenge rather than fortnightly.

There was me, leisurely making my card, thinking I had plenty of time, a whole week! But I just went on to Crafty Monkeys and the next challenge has come up so unfortunately I won't be able to enter this card into the challenge but I can still post it on my blog.

What am I like?!

The theme for the challenge I missed was 'in the garden' so I chose this garden image and took my picture in my garden with flowers from my favourite plant out there.

Materials:

Image: Penny Black

Sentiment: Studio G

Backing Paper: Making Memories - From Carole

Yellow Flower: Prima

Metal Flower: Unknown

Buttons: Unknown

Gems: PaperMania

Glitter (On Image and in Centre of Flower): Stickles

Thanks for looking and sorry I didn't enter your challenge Zoe and Hannah! I'll try to remember that you've gone weekly now. :)

xx

Colour Create Challenge #14

Hi! Here is my latest card; an entry for this week's Colour Create Challenge.

The colour combination is red, cream and chocolate - yum!

I wasn't sure about how to go about this at first. I immediately assumed I wouldn'd be able to join in as I don't have any red, cream and chocolate paper but then I realised that I could always just use a plain-coloured backing paper and add red and cream accents.

I don't know who this image was from unfortunately, or who it is made by, which is a shame as I love it and I only have one.



There are some gorgeous design team cards over at Colour Create so even if you aren't planning on entering, the cards are worth a look!



Here's a closer view:





















Sorry for the poor-quality photography, the light was too yellowy and I was shaky with the camera!



Thanks for looking and good luck if you are entering Colour Create!

Our Creative Corner Challenge

Hello! Here is my entry for this week's Our Creative Corner Challenge. There is a really easy theme, for this challenge - make a card using one of your favourite colours combinations.

I like pink green and blue together so I raided my papers and found this Paisley pattern in my Sparkly Sweet Pad.

Materials:

Image: High Hopes

Sentiment: Studio G

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Backing Paper: K & Co. - Sparkly Sweet

Ribbon: PaperMania

Star Gems: PaperMania

Big Pink Flower: From Tab

Small Pink Flower: From Michele

Metal Flower: Unknown

Brad: PaperMania

Thanks for looking! I hope the weather improves for everyone soon! I don't know if it's just the north-west of England that's being affected? Come back sun!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow because I'm going to have a lesson-free day at school! In the morning I've got an orthodontist appointment and I'm getting my braces fitted. Then in the afternoon, I'll be going back to school but me and lots of my friends in my form are taking part in a special workshop where we will be putting on a presentation to some primary-school children!

Then the icing on the cake is that in the evening I've got Waterloo Road and The Apprentice to watch! Yay! Sorry, I know I'm a bit sad to get this excited over T.V. programmes!

xxxx

Friday Sketchers Challenge #45

Hi there! Here is my entry for this week's Friday Sketchers Challenge.

I am really, really pleased with the result and I'm glad to have made a card I like because I have previously made two cards that I don't like very much, so I'm glad.

My mum stamped out some of her Anya images for me so this is my first Anya card! I love the Anya images as I think they are really cute and they are a pleasure to colour.

This particular Anya came with two little outfits to colour so I picked this little dress and then raised it up off her body with foam squares.

Materials:

Image: Anya

Sentiment: Kolette Hall

Star Gem: PaperMania

Big White Flower: From Sarita

Small Turquoise Flower: Prima

Metal Flower: From Sarita

Brad: From Sarita
Backing Paper: From Sarita

Ribbon: From Sarita
Button: Unknown

Thanks! Love from, Georgia xxxx

Colour Create Challenge #4

Hi! Here is my entry for this week's Colour Create challenge. I think this is my favourite card yet! I have used some of the goodies I bought from a garden centre called Garners near to where I live. Click on the link if you would like to look at their website.

Materials:

Image: Joanna Sheen

Sentiment: Penny Black

Butterfly Stamp: Unknown

White Flower: Prima

Grey Flower (Punch): Woodware

Brad: Unknown

Mosaic Tiles: Unknown (I threw the packaging away before I could check!).

Ribbon: From My Craft Draws

Barette: From Caroline

Backing Paper: Free With A Magazine

Yesterday, I went to the murder mystery party I talked about last week. It was brilliant! It turned out that I was the murderer! Tee hee! Mum was wary about letting me back into the house! :D

Enjoy your last day of half-term. Thanks for looking.

Georgia xxxx

'The Little Princess'

Hi there! Here is my latest card. I decided to layer-up the image and if you look at the second picture you'll be able to see properly.

I've been put-off using the hob for a while! I've just been cooking some mince and the oven-glove caught fire while I was holding the handle of the pan! Whoops! I put it in the sink straight away and I am fine. Mum's taken over tea though!

Anyway, here are the materials I used to make the card:



Image: Unknown - from Heather

Sentiment: Studio G

Stars and Ribbons: Hobbycraft

Flowers: White one is Prima, pink one is from Jo

Backing Paper: PaperMania



Thanks for looking!