Hydrangea Baby

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Hydrangea Baby which was recently a Friday Freebie. Click here for more info on how to receive the Friday Freebie:


I made this tag card for the new challenge over at Elisabeth Bells World Challenge, where our theme is 1 2 3 Tag You’re It!

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Beach Ball

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I have a cheeky little confession though. I have been full of a cold and haven’t had felt like crafting or had much time for it, so to compensate I thought I would share a make from last year. I don’t know about you but I think it’s nice to look back over my old creations to see how my style and technique has progressed!

It honour of the nice weather we seem to have here in the UK at the moment, here is a card using Beach Ball:

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Spring Leap

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Spring Leap which is available by signing up to Elisabeth’s Creative E-Book:


I made this card for the new challenge over at Elisabeth Bells World Challenge, where our theme is Make Your Own Flowers!

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Meadow Magic

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Meadow Magic:

I’m determined to get ahead on my Christmas Cards this year! And this is another one for my stash.

If you would like to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Merry Weather

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Merry Weather:


I made this card for the new challenge over at Elisabeth Bells World Challenge, where our theme is Die Cuts and Punches!

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Miss Sunkissed Vingette

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Miss Sunkissed Vingette from Elisabeth’s Creative E-Book:


Clean and simple for this one!

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Valentine Angel Reading

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Valentine Angel Reading:

I made this just because, with no real end project in mind, and it may end up as a topper on a quick card, but for now it sitting just like this on the shelf above my craft desk!

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Willow with Hot Chocolate

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Willow with Hot Chocolate:


I made this as a little tag, but as I managed to refrain from adding too many embellishments I think I might use it as a bookmark.

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

I Love You This Much

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used I Love You This Much to create a fairly clean and simple card:


I was very pleased with this card as I used up some negative die cuts and scraps from another project!

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Going on a Walk

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today.

I’ve used Going on a Walk to create a fairly clean and simple card:


I thought a little background scene would suit this image, so I added a little scene coloured with Copics.

If you want to see more of my Digi Bell Creations please take a look here.

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Lisa

Littlest Angel

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today, a little later than planned as I have a poorly boy home from school today.

Woohoo, it’s 18 sleeps to Christmas and the children (and me the big kid) are getting quite excited!

I have another Christmas Card to share and this one uses Littlest Angel…

I have made a lot of red and green Christmas cards this year so this is another one where I’ve used soft creams and golds for a different look.

For more info on my make please pop over to my blog here.

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Lisa

Letter to Santa

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today. 

Woohoo is anyone else excited that it’s getting close to Christmas time? I am and today I will be cleaning the house top to bottom ready to put the Christmas Decorations up tomorrow! It’s my tradition to put them up on the 1st of December and my Children are very excited.

Back to todays make and we started a new challenge a few days ago at Elisabeth Bell World Challenge and this time we want to you to ‘Button It Up’. Surprise surprise, given the time of year I have made a Christmas card using the very sweet Letter to Santa: 

I have made a lot of red and green Christmas cards this year so this ones as a lovely soft cream colour scheme with just a few touches od red and green on the image!

For more info on my make please pop over to this blog post on my blog here.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pumpkin Fairy Ellora

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today. 

I know we have passed Halloween now, but I had this little cutie coloured up and I think she’s so adorable. Here is a card using Pumpkin Fairy Ellora:

For more info on the card please pop over to my blog www.craftingbelle.blogspot.com 

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Lisa

Holly’s Happy Mail

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today. 

It has been a hectic few weeks for me. I’ve been a little poorly, so crafting has been a little difficult and it is also the half term holidays here in the UK and we are enjoying a short holiday.

In lieu of a new creation I thought I would share with you the creation I made for the new challenge that started a few days ago at Elisabeth Bell World Challenge.

We want to see ‘Anything but a Card’ and I have used the super sweet digital image Holly’s Happy Mail to make a little Post-It Note Holder:

For more info on my make please pop over to this blog post on my blog here

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Going on a Walk

Hello all! Lisa here to share a creation with you today. 

I like to have birthday cards ready to go for unexpected birthdays (or ones that sneak up on you) so I have used the digi Going on a Walk to make another one for my stash: 

For more info on the card please pop over to my blog www.craftingbelle.blogspot.com 

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Lisa

Let’s Bake!

Morning all. Lisa here to share a creation with you today. 

I have always been into baking, from way back when my mum taught me all her recipes, to today when I’m sharing that joy with my children! A lot of people have been inspired by a TV programme we have here in the UK called Great British Bake Off. So today’s make is the cover for a baking/recipe book and I thought the super adorable Apple Berry was the perfect image to use: 

I’ve used a favourite colour combination today of red and blue.

For more info on the card please pop over to my blog www.craftingbelle.blogspot.com 

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Goggles

Morning all. Lisa here to share a creation with you today. 

This was made using the digi Goggles: 

As you can see, apart from colouring this cute digi up with a beach scene as a background, the only other thing I have done is mat and layer onto some teal card. That’s because I’m not sure what I’m going to turn this cutie into! He may end up in my colouring journal or I think he would like nice popped onto a calendar.

For more info on the card please pop over to my blog www.craftingbelle.blogspot.com 

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Little Friends

Morning all. Lisa here to share a card with you today. 

This was made using the digi Little Friends: 

I got a bit carried away and coloured up this image without selecting what DP I wanted to use. So instead of spending ages hunting through my stash for the best match I made my own with the same markers I used to colour the image.

For more info on the card please pop over to my blog www.craftingbelle.blogspot.com 

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Bells

Afternoon all. Lisa here to share a card with you today and as it’s the 25th of the month we have a new challenge starting over at the Elisabeth Bell World Challenge Blog.   

I’m not going to tell you the theme you’ll have to hop over to the challenge blog to find out…..but you might just guess from my card!

I’ve used a digi called Christmas Bells and this is one Christmas card off my list. 

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop over to the challenge blog and join in.

Lisa

Dotty Background Tutorial

Hello All. Hope you are enjoying the weekend. We are are as we have some lovely weather here in the UK at the moment.

Thanks to the wonderful sunshine I haven’t been in the craft room for a couple of days so I have something a little different to show you today. I love sitting outside with the children colouring in and watching them play so I have a lot of images coloured ready for making into cards and I thought I would share how I do a dotty sky background.

Here is a finished image (Sweetest Surprises) with this technique, I think the dotty background gives a whimsical look:

I was so engrossed in my colouring I forget to take pictures of each step on the above image. So what better excuse than to colour up another cutie, the following uses Little Friends.

1. I use Copics and I start with my darkest marker B24 I apply random dots all around the outline of the image. I place the dots closer together next to the image and space them apart as they get further from the image. I also press a little harder closer to the image to create slightly larger dots.
2. I repeat with my next darkest marker B23 this time taking the dot’s further into the white area. And then repeat again with B91 and B00.
3. I decide on where my sunshine will be coming from (on this image upper left) and using the same process as above have placed yellow dots using Y02 and Y00.
4. Last thing on the sky is to take your lightest blue marker B0000 and lightly stroke upwards to soften the dots. Repeat with your lightest yellow Y0000 stroking the colour downwards from the top right corner.

I have also added some grass and flowers but this post is already a little long so will show you that another time!

The finished image already to be made into a card:

You’ll probably notice I haven’t coloured the main image yet. I like to leave it until after I have picked DP and then I know what colours will look best.

Hope this has been of help to some of you.

Thanks for reading

Lisa