Ali's card making blog

Here is the card I have made for hubby's birthday in a few weeks time (shhh...) I have used a digi stamp (can't recall where from sorry!, coloured with promarkers and backed with paper of my Funky Hand Dreams Come True CD. Finished off with a few gems and a sentiment. Hubby really is a beer monster in real life so hopefully he will like it ;-) I am entering this card into the following challenges: August digi day at Stamp Something Challenge 8 at Just Inspirational (going to the pub being the hobby/activity/entertainment) and Cupcake's blue and green challenge

Here is a cute little card I have made for my friend to give to her mum who has recently been promoted to being a senior usher (not sure if that is the correct term!) at Durham Cathedral. The card is made with a Lily of the Valley printed image, funky hand papers which I got free with a magazine, two different ribbons and two flowers which I got in the pile of stash from the car boot sale the other week! I'm going to enter this card into the Cupcake Craft Challenge - two papers, two ribbons and two flowers.

Here is a cute card I made for a friend's new Baby Boy. I have a sheet of glittery baby images which I am really enjoying using, I think this image is really subtle but cute as well. I've used backing papers from the Funky Hand Dreams Come True CD so I am going to enter this into the Get Funky challenge for July, the theme of which is 'Something New'. I am also entering the card into the Corrosive sketch challenge and the babies/children challeng at C.R.A.F.T challenge . Thanks for looking!

And here is another card which I made today which I am going to enter into the following challenges: Quirky Crafts summer challenge Charisma cards 'All about bling' A spoonfull of sugar - enjoying the sunshine Lothian Crafts Summer's coming challenge I made the card using my new Penny Black Stamp which I got on the internet for £1 (bargain), some left over paper from my Funky Hand Dreams Come True CD and I used my Cuttlebug to do the frame. I also used my pro markers to colour the image (half price in Hobbycraft at the moment, yet another bargain!) The shelves were a bit bare when I went yesterday mind you, but I finally managed to get a red one (to do the ladybird with), they seem to be a bit rare?! Have a good rest of Sunday, I'm off to bed now x

So here is the first card made at my super new desk in my super new crafty corner! I wanted to make a new baby girl card for my 'box' at work which I sell cards to my colleagues from so when I saw this challenge today I thought this was the ideal opportunity! (I already have a baby boy card in the box, like to keep one of each in there just in case!) The theme of the challenge is 'new' as this is the very first Craftalicious challenge. So my card is 'new baby girl'. Made from some gorgeous images I got on a sheet at a craft fair, my funky hand cd papers (again, getting a bit addicted to those!) some peel offs, gems and baby girl ribbon. If you want to check out the challenge and also the blog hop (which I'm off to do in a mo) at the craftalicious blog then click here

I'm getting into this challenge thing now, especially as I now (as of yesterday afternoon) have my craft area set up in the conservatory! No more tidying everything away, hurrah!! So, I came across the Allsorts Challenge Blog and decided to enter their challenge this week, which is 'black, white and one other'. You can visit their blog and this week's challenge here My card used a gold decoupage flower I have had for a while and have been waiting for some inspiration to use. The white backgound is embossed and cut using my favourite new(ish) toy, the Cuttlebug. The black and white background is from my funky hand CD, I love all the different patterns and colours you can print out from that range. Topped off with a bow and a simple greeting. More about my craft room later :-)