Truly Scrumptious Challenge 22

Hi there and thanks for stopping by today. Today we have a new challenge for you over at Truly Scrumptious this week. This is the fabulous sketch to follow

Our sponsors this week is Whimsy Stamps and they are giving one lucky person these two gorgeous stamps

Oh I'm so late in posting this, this morning but I've been feeling very poorly these last few days with a bad kidney infection. Now the tablets are starting to kick in hopefully I'll start to feel like my oldself in the next few days. Ok now enough about my health and onto my card, LOL.

The image I've used for my card is the adorable Codi which will be available very soon from Pollycraft.

The papers are a digital download by Katie Pertiet - La Cremerieframboise kit.

The sentiment that I've used for my card is also available from Pollycraft.

The flowers I made myself using my spellbinders peony die.

I hope that you get the chance to join us this week.

Hugs Michele x

Pollycraft Challenge GD Card

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Monday so that means that there is a new challenge over at Pollycraft and this week we have a fabulous sketch to follow created by Paula.

And this is my card following the sketch

The image I've used for my card is Aurelia Joy and I've coloured her using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack from last year and the snowflake I made myself.

Everything else is from my stash.

I hope that you get the chance to join us this week.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Michele x

4 Challenges

Hi there and hope you're enjoying your Thursday evening. I've made this card to enter into 4 challenges. The first one is for Digital Tuesday where the theme this week is Christmas Sparkle. The next challenge is for Simon Says where the theme there is 'So Charming'. The third one is for Quixotic Challenge where the theme there is 'Be Charming'. And the last one is for DP2 where the challenge there is to make a Christmas card for 'Someone Special'

The image I've used for my card is the adorable 'Sticky' from Mo's Digital Pencil and I've coloured him using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack from last year.

The snowflake I've made using my Spellbinders die.

The sentiment is a freebie digital download and the snowflake charm is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Michele x

Whiff of Joy GD - Cupcake Craft Challenge & Papertake Weekly

Hi there and good afternoon. Today I'd like to show you my first ever GD card for Whiff of Joy. My stint as GD for Whiff of Joy has finally started WoooooooooooooHoooooooooooo and I couldn't wait for my GD package to arrive, so I've made this card to show you. I've followed a fabulous sketch that is over at Papertake Weekly Challenge and also a colour combo from Cupcake Craft Challenge which is red & green.

The image I've used for my card is the gorgeous Winter Charlotte with Cat and I've coloured them using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is a freebie digital download from Cuddlebeez.

The flower I made myself using my brand new flower Spellbinders die which I bought from Simon Says Stamp.

The Merry & Bright sentiment is also a stamp from Whiff of Joy.

Everything else is from my stash.

Also don't forget to check out the amazing sale over at Whiff of Joy.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Michele x

Really Exciting News

I still can't believe it but, I was invited to join the design team for Wags N Whiskers! I'm so excited and honoured that I received an email from Nikki Fairburn The design team they have put together is amazing, and I'm still pinching myself about being asked to join them! If you haven't seen this ADORABLE line of stamps, you've got to go check them out. It is a line of stamps designed after the children of the two co-owners of Wags N Whiskers stamps - Lacey Stephens and Nikki Fairbairn, and drawn by the fantastically talented Chrissy Armstrong. Just wait until you see these images, they are sooooooooo cute.

I can't wait to receive my DT package and get started on these gorgeous stamps. Once again thank you so much Nikki for inviting me to be on your DT.

Hugs Michele x

Passion for ProMarkers Challenge

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Tuesday, so that means we've got a new challenge for you this week at Passion for ProMarkers.

Oh you are in for such a treat this month over at Passion for Promarkers, the new challenge runs from 9am today (1st December) until 9am on the 5th January 2010.

You can use ANY COLOURS of ProMarkers and you can make ANYTHING BUT A CARD.
We have loads and loads of prizes to give away, so there will be loads of winners - want to see the prize list?

Grand Prize: 148 ProMarkers from the fabulously generous Letraset - that's the entire collection including all the old and new colours
Plus they have donated another 2 x 5 Promarker Theme Packs

Sugar Nellie/Funky Kits have donated 8 prizes of Sugar Nellie stamps:
4x Maggie & Hamish stamps PLUS 4x Home Grown stamps

Joanna Sheen has donated a £10 voucher to spend in her online shop

Stampeezee have also donated a £10 voucher to spend with them

Whiff of Joy have donated a Fred, Celebrating Elephant stamp designed by Alison Acton

Julie is an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator and she is giving away a stamp set and ribbon.

Aren't these prizes just amazing. If you would like some inspiration, please visit my fellow design team members to see what gorgeous creations they have to show you. You will find all the links on my sidebar.

But that's not all on the 15th December, we will be showing you some more fabulous creations - so keep a look out for those.

You can enter as many times as you like, so get creating all those non-card christmas creations.

So here is my creation

I've come up with a gift bag made out of a normal brown lunch bag. All I've of done to this is cut off the top and then added some fancy ribbon for the handles. I punched out the holes using my crop-a-dile and then pierced the ribbon with the snowflake brads to keep them in place.

The adorable image I've used is the lovely Codi and she will be available very soon from Pollycraft. I've coloured in Codi using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack from last year.

The sentiment is also a digital download which is available now from Pollycraft.

The flower I made myself using my Pointsettia die from Spellbinders and then used some organza ribbon for the centre. I coloured one of my pearls using Crimson ProMarker pen.

The snowflakes are also made using my Spellbinders die.

I hope that you get the chance to join us this month, as you do not want to miss out on these fabulous prizes.

I can't wait to see all of your gorgeous creations.

Hugs Michele x

Pollycraft GD & PaperPlay Challenge

Hi there and good afternoon to you all. Today I'd like to show you a card that I've made for a challenge that I've come across for the first time and it's called PaperPlay Challenge.

This is the sketch that you have to follow

And this is the card that I came up with following the sketch.

The image I've used is called Basil and he's a digital image available from Pollycraft. I've coloured Basil in using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack from last year.

The sentiment is a digital download from Pollycraft

The snowflakes I've made using my Spellbinders Snowflake die and then embossed with clear powder and then sprinkled some Making Memories Spotlight Glitter while the melted powder was still hot.

Everything else is from my stash.

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your day.

Hugs Michele x

Friday Sketchers & The Greeting Farm

Good afternoon and hope you're having a lovely relaxing Saturday. Today I've got a card to show you that I've made for the Friday Sketchers challenge where there is a fabulous sketch to follow and also for the Greeting Farm Challenge, where the challenge this week is create a card that best demonstrates/captures your favorite "SWEET TREAT". Well my favourite sweet treat is raspberry & cream sweets, mmmmmmmmm yum yum, so I've used the colours to represent this.

At last I've got round to stamping this little cutie. Isn't she adorable and I got her as soon as she was released from Bunny Zoe's Crafts. She's called Madelynn and I've coloured her using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is BasicGrey - Bittersweet

The flower I made myself using my Peony Spellbinders die and everything else is from my stash.

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs Michele x

Flower Tutorial

 

Hello and hope you're having a good start to the week. I've finally got round to doing this tutorial for you to have a go at. I've posted loads of pictures and hope that it makes sense.

Here are the items that I use to make my flowers :-

Peony Spellbinders die

ProMarker pens

My own stamp made from Peony Spellbinders die

Flower brad with back taken off

1 pearl

To make these flowers I've used normal white printer paper but any type of paper will do.

 

 

 

First off I colour each of the flower shapes with my ProMarker pen using Buttercup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I cut down each flower to create the petals, I've drawn orange lines to show you where I cut into.

 

 

 

 

 

Next I ink up my homemade stamp using my Tan ProMarker pen. I made my homemade stamp by using cardstock that I know that the ink from the ProMarker pen will stay wet for some time.

 

 

 

On each flower I ink up the edges for a bit of definition.

Now on the wrong side of each flower, emboss each petal with small circular motions. Then emboss the centre till they resemble the picture on the left.

 

 

On the right side of each flower, emboss down one side of each petal till it curls slightly. Then once again emboss the centre of each flower until they resemble the picture on the left.

 

 

 

 

 

Now start gluing your flower together. Hopefully this is what it should look like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next step is to get your flower brad and start curling the edges up, I've used my strong tweezers for this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this is what the flower brad will look like when all the edges have been curled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the centre of the flower apply some glue, then add the curled flower brad. Apply some glue in the centre of the flower brad and then drop a pearl in the centre. I've used a pearl but a large bead is also effective.

 

 

 

I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial and I would love to see your flower creations.

Hugs Michele x

Pollycraft GD Card For 3 Challenges

Good afternoon and hope you're having a lovely Thursday. The weather here in Ireland is cold and very wet, ideal weather to stay indoors and craft, yipeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Today I'd like to show you a card that I've made for three challenges. The first one is for Create4fun where there is a fabulous sketch to follow. The second one is for ASFOS where there is a colour combo of brown and one other colour pink or blue. And the last challenge is for Quixotic Challenges where the theme this week is tearing.

The image I've used for my card is the lovely Felicity and she will be available very soon from Pollycraft. I've coloured in Felicity using my ProMarker pens

The DP is BasicGrey

The sentiment is also a digital download from Pollycraft. I've coloured the sentiment using my ProMarker pens. I then used my peony Spellbinders die to cut it out. Then I also cut heavy cardboard out using the peony die, glued this to the sentiment. Then I cut some more heavy cardstock using my circles die and then glued the sentiment on top of it. I then made a scroll using my Floral Accents die also from Spellbinders and then stuck the sentiment on top.

The flower I made myself using my Sizzix Flower Layers die.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Michele x

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 21

Hi there and thanks for stopping by today. Well today is Wednesday so that means we have a brand new challenge for you over at Truly Scrumptious. This week we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow created by our DT member Debbie with the added theme of having a sparkly flourish on your project.

Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights by Louby Loo. The winner of this challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in Wendy's store.

So this is what I came up with following Debbie's fabulous sketch. I've coloured in this Gorjuss image using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is BasicGrey

The sentiment I've used is a digital download from Pollycraft, which I've coloured using my ProMarker pens.

The flower I made myself using my Sizzix Flower Layers die and the flourish is from Spellbinders - Floral Accents.

I hope that you get the chance to play along with us.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.

Hugs Michele x

Passion for ProMarkers Challenge DT Card

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Tuesday, so that means we've got a new challenge for you this week at Passion for ProMarkers. This week we DO NOT have a colour combination but the theme this week is 'Vintage'

Our sponsors this week is Yellow Moon and they are giving one lucky person a gift voucher.

The image I've used on my card is from the WOJ Wedding/Baby Collection and I've coloured it using the following ProMarker colours :-

Skin: Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink, Pastel Pink & Almond

Hair: Almond, Tan, Caramel & Chestnut

Dress: Meadow Green, Apple & Forest Green

Babies Shawl: Powder Blue & Duck Egg

The DP is a freebie digital download from Cuddlebeez and the flower I made myself.

I hope that you get the chance to join us this week.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.

Hugs Michele x

Pollycraft Challenge GD Card

Hi there and thanks for stopping by. Well today is Monday so that means that there is a new challenge over at Pollycraft and this week we want to see Christmas Cards.

For my card I've followed a fabulous sketch that is over at Sketch Saturday this week and I shall enter my card there.

On my card I've used two different images from Pollycraft the adorable Bronson & Beaker Skate Off and also Basil the Snowman and I've coloured them using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack.

The sentiment is also from Pollycraft.

The snowflake I made myself by using my Snowflake Spellbinders die, embossed with clear powder and then sprinkled Making Memories Spotlight Glitter. Then I ran a normal star brad through my Bigshot to emboss it a bit and then glued a blue gem in the middle.

I hope that you get the chance to play along this week.

Hugs Michele x

WooooooooooooooHooooooooooooooooo I'm so excited

Hello everybody and hope you're all having a lovely weekend. Mine started off really well yesterday morning, as I received an email from Ann Cutts saying that she would like to feature my blog on Inspirational Craft Blogs and would I mind. Well after picking myself off of the floor, I quickly emailed her back (before she changed her mind) saying that I would LOVE to be featured on Inspirational Craft Blogs.

If you would like to see the post, here's the link

http://inspirationalcraftblogs.blogspot.com/2009/11/michelle-roos.html

I want to thank Ann so much for thinking of me, this really is such a huge honour to be featured there.

Hugs Michele x

Friday Sketchers

Good afternoon and hope you're enjoying your weekend so far.

Today I have a card to show you that I've made for the challenge over at Friday Sketchers where again there is another fabulous sketch to follow.

The image I've used is from the WOJ Baby/Wedding collection and I've coloured it using my ProMarker pens.

The DP is Colour Stories - Shades of Brown.

The flower I made myself using my Peony Spellbinders die, oh and watch this space as in the next few days I will post a tutorial on how to make this flower.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Michele x