Looking Forward to 2012

Apologies for being M.I.A. of late. I seem to have lost my Mojo!

Personally I blame the 'Bun in my oven'!!!

Yes I'm pregnant! Due on 21st April 2012. 5 months down and 4 to go. So I seem to gave used up all my rations of creativity, lol.

I'm determined to get back to my card making and blogging in the New Year. So watch this space!

Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous 2012! Lots of love from Connie & Bump

Happy Birthday Lisa

Its my friend (and work collegue) Lisa's birthday today and I set myself the daunting task of making a card for her.
Why daunting I hear you ask (lol). Well, not only is it traditional for all the other girls in the office to sign (and therefore secretly judge) the card, but also Lisa is a fellow cardmaker and a very talented one at that, so that always puts extra pressure on!

So anyway, here it is!

Its my 1st attempt at colouring black hair and although I'm happy with the shading, overall its still a little too grey for my liking. But I'll keep practicing!

The image is a Sugar Nellie stamp called Strike A Pose and I've coloured her in with my ProMarkers. The DP is MME quite contrary (free with a mag). The punched edge is done with a Fiskars punch and everything else is from my stash.

All comments welcome. Thanks for looking

I am entering this in the following challenges:
The Sugar Bowl - Sketch and Girly
Fussy and Fancy - Celebration (2nd entry)
Passion For ProMarkers - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Totally Gorjuss - As You Like It
I ♥ ProMarkers - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Use 3 or more dies/punches (Fiskars border punch and for sentiment I used circle and scaloped circle dies)
Stamptacular Sunday - Diva-tacular

1st Ever Top 3 Award!

Evening folks. Just a quick post to let you know that I got my 1st ever Top 3 Award!

Thank you Christmas Crafting Challenge Blog

Have a lovely evening everyone!

Kenny K Wedding Card Commission

My friend saw my cards on here and asked if I could make a card for her cousin's wedding. Her only clues to what she wanted were 'cool, fun & funky'! So I automatically thought of Kenny K! lol

I've coloured the image in with my ProMarkers. The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The DP is old Papermania and everything else is from my stash.

My friend loves it and hopefully the bride & groom will too!

All comments welcome. Thanks for looking

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy - Sketch
Passion For ProMarkers - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - As You Like It

Our 2nd Wedding Anniversary

This is the card I've made for my Soulmate, my best friend, my wonderful husband, Martin

Today we are celebrating 9 years together and on Monday we will have been married for 2 years!

The image is a DigiStamp called Bodacious Bev from Kenny K. I've coloured her in with my ProMarkers to look like me, lol. The stripey paper is Papermania Capsule Collection and everything else is from my stash.

All comments welcome. Thanks for looking

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Kenny K's Krafty Girlz - Layers
Sketch N Stash - Sketch (and Digistamp that I bought ages ago and haven't had a chance to use yet)
Top Tip Tuesday - Masculine
Fussy and Fancy - 1000 Followers Celebration Challenge (celebrating our anniversary)
Cards For Men - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum - One For The Boys
Lollipop Crafts - Make It Masculine

Polly Penguin - Purple & Green

Oh yes its another Christmas card! This time I have used Polly Penguin again from Digistamp Boutique.

I've been going back trying to complete the weeks I've missed out on the Sundays With Santa Facebook Group. This is for Week 15: Purple and Green. Not normally my first choice for Christmas cards, but its turned out fab!

I've coloured the image in with my ProMarkers. I've added Glamour Dust to the snow and round the edge of the image.
The DP is old Papermania and everything else is from my stash.

All comments welcome. Thanks for looking

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Totally Papercrafts - Christmas in August
Christmas Crafting - Cute Christmas (2nd entry)
Christmas Card Challenges - Glitter
Digistamp Boutique - Use a Digistamp Boutique image
Totally Gorjuss - Cute and Cuddly

Winner!

I won the Christmas in July challenge over at Fussy and Fancy! Woohoo!

The prize was 7 Digi Stamps from Bugaboo Digi Stamps, but because they have a sale on I've ended up with 11!