Music loving teen

Oct12

A CAS and masculine card today! I made this using Srif Craft Artist 2 and printed out the guitar and headphones twice so I could decoupage them.

Challenges:

Brown Sugar – Use a Number
Craft for the Craic – Inspired by Music
That’s Crafty! Challenge Blog – Boys Will Be Boys
Little Red Wagon – It’s All About The Boys
Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine – Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
Pile It On – Funky

Leona B

Jasper is 12!

Sep11

I is my middle child’s birthday today and I have made him a card using a digikit called RockStar from Daily Trail. The cards is flat and has a co-ordinatinting insert. The font came from a different digikit. I love the simplicity of this card as my boy – like most 12-year-olds is not into fussy cards.

Challenges:

Inkspirational – one layer card
The Pencil Case – anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs – For the Boyz
Doodle Pantry – Anything Digital Goes
UnstampaBelles – Boys will be Boys
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge – Children
Crafting-With-Friends – Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks – Birthday
Creative Artiste Challenge – Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge – O is for One Layer
Paper Minutes – All About Children
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com.au/

Leona B x

Cheerful Stamp Pad Challenge – All that Jazz

Aug11

For my second All That Jazz challenge post I have made a CAS card using the grand piano and added my own sentiment. Perfect for the piano teacher!

I have had Craft Artist 2 for some time now but I am learning to do different things every time I use it.To get this effct of the border, I used to layer 2 squares but today I discovered that it is far easier to use just one square and make a thick boder around the shape!

Today’s challenges:

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.co.uk/ – monochrome

You can enter the Cheerful Stamp Pad Jazz/Music challenge up until Sunday.

Yours in crafting,

Leona x x

Cheerful Stamp Pad Challenge – Make it for a man

Jul21

This is the time of year when children thank their teachers – but what about music teachers? I have made this card today for The Cheerful Stamp Pad, using a digistamp and backing papers from SentimentabaSusan – available at the Stitchy bear outlet. I have used stash from Kanabn’s McKenzie and Stampunk ranges to collate the card and the beautiful acetate overlay is from Hunkydory.

The challenges I’ll enter today are:
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ – anything goes
http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – Favourite sentiment (Thank you is not used enough!)

Don’t forget to enter youer card for a man over at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.
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Yours in Crafting,

Leona x x

Cellist from The Paper Shelter

Mar14

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:

1Peter 4:10

I have made a musical card for today’s project. The Digistamp is from The Paper Shelter, and is called Cecilia. I have coloured her using my ever-trusty Promarkers, using the following colours:
Hair: Buttercup, Mustard, Sandstone, Cocoa
Skin: Sunkissed Pink, Blush
Dress: Pear Green, Moss
‘Cello: Walnut, Rosewood, Terracotta, Honeycomb

The papers I have used are called Prima Botanical and were free a while ago with the magazine, Simply Cards and Papercraft. The sentiment stamp was free from the same magazine and is stamped onto a fussy-cut segment from the paper pad.

I cut the music from a Sizzix decorative strip – my Sizzix dies are rather neglected since I bought my Grand Calibur, but still have so much to offer.

Creative Moments challenge – a bit rock and roll

Mar12

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools

Ecclesistes 7:5

I have a really rock ‘n’ roll melting pot for today’s card. The guitar digistamp is from Delicious Doodles – who are sponsoring the new challenge at Creative Moments. The decorative 8″ x 8″ card base is from Kanban, as is the gold embossed frame. The harlequin backimg paper is from Creative impressions washables range and I added a few peel-offs to emphasise the black and gold theme. Finally, the sentiment is from DoCrafts Art Deco line.

I printed and fussy-cut the digi and highlighted certain elements with a metallic gold pen.

Yours in crafting,

Leona x x

Guess what my son got for his birthday…

Sep11

He got a bass guitar and this little rock dude from Kenny K is perfect for him. The papers used to make up this card are from the aptly name Rock On range from Hot Off The Press and the letters are from Kanban.

I am entering my little bassist into these challenges:

http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – for the boys

http://musicallychallengedchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – Faster by George Harrison

http://www.cardsinenvy.blogspot.co.uk/ – manly

http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/challenge-176-must-use-yellow-blue-and.html – red/yellow/blue

http://blog.markerpop.com/ – anything goes

http://hobbyhousechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=54c49785972fd8a3 – a Hobby House artist

http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup – retro/funky colours

http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ – childs play

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ – sketch

http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca/ – anything goes

http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ – all about kids

http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/- masculine

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/ – masculine

So, Happy birthday Jazzy – have a fabulous day and practise often!!!

Yours in crafting (and motherly love),

Leona x x

Christmas in July

Jul29

Well, I have started my Christmas cards in earnest now and aim to have virtually all done within the next 2 weeks. As a teacher, I know that I will not have time after September when I go back to school, so it must be done now!

Today’s Christmas card is made with a Hunkydory kit – I have bought the card inserts as well ans I think thee really add to the quality of the finished product.

The pictures show the front, inside and back of the card. The rear has a panel cut from insert paper for a personal message.

Today I’ll be entering these challenges:

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ – Christmas in July

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-90-anything-goes.html – anything goes

I’ll be back tomorrow,

Leona x x

Boy with trumpet

May31

This is a card made with a free colouring image for a friend’s son. The background is made with an embossig folder and the colour palatte was kept limited to reflect the boy’s school uniform. It i slightly different tp the sketch as I mde the main image the second layer and not the top one.