About Me

Hello, as you may gather from the title I am Antonia and I craft in my attic bedroom. I started crafting when I retired and love making cards for family, friends and charity

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Hippy Chick


This card is following the sketch on the current Sugar Bowl challenge 51 Kikis sketch.
I just love Hippy chick she sits there in that fluid position that only young can achieve (sigh)
I chose the colour combo in line with the challenge " Black White and one other colour" and have used green as my other colour
I should like to enter
Sugar bowl 51 ( see challenge side bar)

Pollycraft challenge 77 (see challenge side bar)
Easycraft projects challenge 30 ( see challenge side bar)

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

off sett nestie and MSE Flower card




I tried a new technique yesterday, I saw it on the C&C Spellbinders show where you stamp over the edge of a die cut shape,cut the outer edge and slip the nestie under the "spare " bit and cut as usual. This leaves a nestie shape with the stamped image over the edge (if you see what I mean)
CT's challege on MSE this time is flowers so I chose the docrafts stamp with this in mind I coloured with Promarkers( the colour does not show as well as I would have liked, I blame the photographer )and added gems from stash. I think I like the off set effect and will try it with other images.
The beautiful Bird on branch is a Marrianne creatable die I got for Christmas and I will use that a lot it is lovely
Hope you like it and thankyou for looking
I should like to enter CT Flowers challenge on MSE
Paper Play Challenge " Clean and Simple" see my challenge side bar

Monday, 3 January 2011

Sugar Nellie/MSE Valentine




The current Sugar Nellie challenge is a sketch and embossing ( see my challenge side bar) and Artydoll on MSE set us a "Valentine" challenge so here is my take.




I used the lovely sugar nellie stamp " Young Love" and embossed the papers and die cuts in my bug




Hope you like it and thanks for looking

Saturday, 1 January 2011

this is the best present any granny can get, a happy healthy grandson. Daughter in law doing very well despite Hunter weighing in at 9lb 10oz Big Sis is already very proud and protective and Dad is
ecstatic