Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Keeping Warm

Hi Everyone

Well i managed to fit another card in today and its just in time for the Craft Punked Blog Challenge and this weeks theme is Keeping Warm,.  Ideas could obviously be hats, gloves coats, fires etc but i thought this image went perfectly.  What better way to keep warm than curled up on a comfy chair or sofa on these warm dark cold nights.  Oh i wish i had Minnie and Tink back with me........

So..........  coloured with Spectrum Noirs and the image is Paw Prints.  I've used some dove craft paper that i brought back from Belgium and i know the holly doesn't match the theme but it matches the backing paper and i bought this Holly die at Graces while at a demo recently and also the holly berries which i knew would be useful.  The tag is from a diesire tag set once again, with a sentiment to match.  So not really a christmassy image but it now could be used as a Christmas card.

Pop over and join in the challenge.

hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Blue & White

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Today is day for a new Craft Punked blog challenge and as it's St Andrews day today the theme is Blue & White.

I've chosen some white watercolour card card as my case and matted half of it using some K& Co card stock .  I've added a sentiment from Sheena's stamp set, Best Friend and then cut a Butterfly out of the same paper with my diesire die.  This die is available to Crafters Companion members only at the minute but will be on general release in the New Year. Then to finish I've added a few pearls and some blue lace.  honestly it has taken me nearly two hours to make such a simple card and yet if i was to make it again it would take 10 mins max.  I find it really hard to come up with ideas when I'm not colouring in. However i love the finished result it was well worth the extra time it took.

Don't forget to pop along and take part.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Best Friends

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The Craft punked Blog challenge this week is best friends and i made this topper at the NEC last week while demonstrating Spectrum Noir pens.  Louisa and i were talking about colouring for her upcoming shows and i decided to try and colour images to reflect the staff at CC so this one has dark hair with a hint of red like Louisa.

The papers are from K&C and the Craft Superstore had a half price sale recently so i purchased a couple of pads.  I've matted the swalk image onto Kraft card and used a couple of members only dies to complete the card. The dotty border and one of the tags.  The butterfly is a dienamics die die that i bought at the NEC and then i just finished off with a few pearls to match.

Don't forget to pop over to the blog to take part.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge

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The Craft Punked BlogChallenge today is anything goes so i thought i would share a box i made, which is a change from the cards i make.  I have made this using one of Crafters Companion new boards, the Ulti box board.  I have made it out of kraft card and matted with some polka dot paper i bought in Belgium but i think you can find it it here in the uk,  its dovecraft i think.  I've then wrapped around some cream lace and decorated with a memory box die and used my spellbinder dies bitty blossom.  I am not really a cut and glue type of person and colouring is my favourite but i fancied a bit of a change.

I may even use it to put a Christmas gift in!!!

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge

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Its Friday and i am at the NEC enjoying myself meeting all of you lovely crafters but i have scheduled a post so fingers crossed it has worked.

This weeks Craft Punked Blog blog challenge is Occupations and i have chosen authors and a saturated canary image.  I'm not sure if this was inspired by the 50 shades of grey book but that's what it reminds me of anyway.  So i have coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens and used my K and Co papers matted onto Kraft card.  I've used my Marianne die hearts and a lovely whimsy tag to put my little Valentines message on.  I may even keep this card for Kevin for valentines day...........  hmmmm let me think ..........  no i won't he'll probably choke laughing!!!

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Autumn

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Well 3 posts in 3 days this is a rare event for me nowadays.   But i have another challenge card to share with you for the Craft Punked Blog Challenge and the them is Autumn/Fall.

I have used my 6x6 regal frame as the card inner and used papers from my heartfelt creations pack that Sara brought back from CHA.  I've used and 8x8" card base and matted onto plain black card.  Then my favourite flowers at the minute are made using my bitty blossom dies.  I love the contrast with the oranges, browns and blacks and it reminds me of fall..............

I think this may be my last post for a week as i have a demo at Frankies on Saturday, details  on the CC website   Then next week its the Craft show at the NEC,  Birmingham.  I will be there all four days - Thursday til sunday demoing spectrum noirs so if you are about then please pop along and say helloo.


Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Halloween

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Well i have had a week off work this week and have been busy looking after the lovely little girls for Leann.  Here's a few photos of Minnie and Tink.  Photos are from my i phone so not too good., apart from the one that's outside

I have never had dogs in my house before and they are just so lovely to look after as they are very well trained by the dog whisperer, aka Simon (Leanns husband)  although i do think they are being spoiled just a little but he'll have that sorted out in no time when he gets back I'm sure.

So i finally got time yesterday to make my weekly Craft Punked challenge card and the theme is.....  take a guess..............  HALLOWEEN!!!!

I wasn't looking forward to this one at all but i have to say love my finished card.  I started and had no idea what it was going to turn out like so i just went with the flow and chose colours to match the fab papers Sara brought back from CHA and then thought about putting a background in so found this spooky house from Dis Digis.  The main image is from the Octopode factory and i have coloured both images with Spectrum Noir Pens.  I've used a few dies on this card too a circle and scalloped circle which you can find all over the place, tag from the scalloped tag set, vine die and a whiff of joy picket fence which i can't find any more online but there are lots of fences out there and used black card to accent.

Hope you like it and don't forget to pop along and take part.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge

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I'm so excited I'm going to work for a couple of hours then off to a colouring day at the Aston again with the girlie's.  And I'm looking after Minnie and Tink (ie Leann's girls) and they are just fab, they are so well behaved and such lovely dogs i love them to bits.

Here's this weeks card for the Craft Punked Blog Challenge and the theme was to work from a recipe, which i loved doing and i think we need to do more as its more of a challenge, so i have chosen Cream, Red, Flower and Gems.  I've used a new stamp from the everyday in Mulberry Wood range that Sara is presenting today as a POW on ideal world and these stamps are right up my street.  The backing paper is from the matching CD ROM.

Coloured with Spectrum Noirs and the colours i have used are:

TN1, TN2, TN4, EB1, IG9, IG3, True Black, FS8, CR7, DR1, DR7, DG2 & DG3

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - With Sympathy

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This morning is time for another Craft Punked Blog Challenge and this week it is With Deepest Sympathy.  So i took a break from my colouring and made a card using coordination's  embossing folders and dies.

I have used Nostalgia coordination's, i just love this colour and i have used two shades.  Then i used the petite dots 6x6 folders from crafters Companion and the Ornamental  oval frame.  The flowers are made using a spellbinders flower die bitty blossom and the leaves are in the same pack too.


I just love the finished result.

Don't forget to pop over to the blog and take part.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge

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This weeks Craft Punked Blog Challenge is Tea or Coffee so i had the perfect stamp to use this time.  I bought this back in March and it has not been used up until now, that's really awful isn't it.  I really must get back on track with using all of my stamps at least once before i buy any new ones.................

I've used my Spectrum Noirs to colour this image in and then used some Milton and co paper i had stashed in my cupboard, (again bought ages ago and never been touched).  I have used my little Scalloped tag once gain, i just love it and i can't stop using it.

Pop along and take part if you can.

Hope you like oit.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Cosy Evening

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This weeks Craft Punked challenge is Cosy Evening and i guess it'll not be long before the temperature hits below zero.  I hate being cold........  However i do like being nice and warm and wrapped up in my cosy dressing gown sitting watching tv on those cold evening with candle in the background, just adding that little touch of a glow in the background.

So here is one of the cards i made for my trip to Holland at the Rayher house show.  Its one of their stamps and its a very traditional Christmas design.  Coloured with Spectrum Noirs and i think some nitwit papers.  Ooooo and i coloured the little gems with a touch of yellow using my Spectrum Noirs to get that glow too.

Hope you like it and pop along and take part ion the challenge if you can.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Hobbies

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Well i thought i would have posted by now about my fab trip to Holland with Margaret but I really don't know where this week has gone to at all.  So I'm still in the middle of sorting it out and hopefully I might have it ready for Saturday morning.  Just in time for me to be off on my travels again to another trade show in Belgium............

Ok but before that it is time for a Craft Punked  blog challenge and this week it is hobbies.  So while i was in Holland i coloured one of Rayhers stamps, in between classes and then Margaret made it into a surprise card for me.  How fab is this?  She is the queen of cutting out as i really would not have the patience.  And i used to go ice skating when i was younger, not just on a Saturday afternoon every now and again but myself and my sister used to take classes every Saturday morning at Durham ice rink.  Sadly the ice rink is long gone but I used to love it.

Coloured with Spectrum Noirs and i think the paper/card is Bo bunny, its what Margaret was using for making boxes and cards in her demos and it was so gorgeous.

hope you like it and don't forget to pop along and take part.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenege - Pets

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Today's Craft Punked Blog Challenge is 'Pets' and my first pet was a little kitty called 'Fluffy' so i just had to colour this gorgeous swalk image in as a reminder.

I've used Spectrum Noir pens to colour and some papers i had in my stash, one is magnolia and the other is K&Company. I've also used my diesire Ornamental Frame die to frame the image.

I was up until 11.30 making this last night as i am a little bit behind with my cards.  Just not enough hours in the day at the minute.  

Ok so to my next piece of news.  I'm off to Holland in the morning to Amsterdam to spend two days at a trade show teaching spectrum noir colouring. Margaret Brown from the CC DT is also coming with me too as she is going to be demonstrating the Ultimate pro and we are both sooooo excited.  Its my first trip to Holland so we are going a day early to do a bit of sight seeing tomorrow and then down to work on Sunday and Monday.  I have prepared a tutorial for an image i will be colouring in the workshops and will share all the news and pictures with you as soon as i can.  the tutorial will also be available shortly on the Spectrum Noir Blog

Hope you like it.

Louise xx 

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Wedding

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Its time for another Craft Punked  blog challenge and this week's theme is weddings.  So.............  luckily i had a card already prepared for a friend who asked me to make one for a couple that were renewing their vows. Its a design you have seen before and i first saw it when Pops made it a while ago and loved it.  Everyone who has since asked me for a wedding card just loves this and i have made 5 or six now just in varying colours.

Coloured with spectrum noirs and made with snow white Centura Pearl and a little magnolia card stock.  The flowers are from wild orchid crafts and i found the heartt charm in my stash.  oh and nearly forgot the stamp is from Lily of the Valley.

Pop over to the blog and join in.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - New baby

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Its been two weeks since i last posted a card and i missed last weeks blog challenge.  I really didn't want to but i have just been really busy, not enough hours in the day.   I have been to Donnington Craft Show which was fab, also demoed at the Derby garden Centre last Saturday and met some lovely crafters there.  I'm sure i have been doing other stuff too but it has all gone in a flash..  Oh and i had an awful summer cold that knocked me for six and i just slept all the time when getting in from work and it is still lingering on.

So this week the theme for the Craft Punked Blog Challenge is New Baby and i have used a fab SWALK image and coloured her with spectrum noirs.  The backing paper is from the Swalk CD and i have used a folded back card scored on my Ultimate pro. The corners have been cut on my e-craft and i added a couple of matching flowers and pearls.

Ok, busy busy busy so i don't know when i will post again.  However i do miss keeping you all updated so i will be back soon.  So on Saturday i am off to Birmingham NEC for a trade fair and won't be back until Wednesday evening.  Then in another weeks time i will be off to Holland to another show where i will be colouring using my spectrum noirs.  (can't wait, i've never been before and i will get nearly a whole a day sight seeing too.  I'm sure i will have some photos to share with you.

Hope you like my card.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Flower Power

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I cannot keep up with everything that is going on....................  Anyway here is my card for this weeks Craft Punked Blog Challenge and the theme is Flower Power.

Sooooooooooo.................  i have chosen a paper from the summer adorbales cd and some stamps i had in my stash and used dusky concord to stamp with.  I've added a little bow in a matching colour and matted onto a plain white linen card with some matching purple cordinations.  The little sentiment says each time you smile, but i think its so small its not clearly visible in the picture.

I l; love the simplicity of this card and my inspiration is from Kate Martins blog, but her 3 cards are much much better than mine.  Hope you don't mind Kate................

Beside the Sea

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Today is another Craft Punked blog challenge and this weeks theme is beside the sea.  My first thought was to make a card using the lovely new SWALK image with the little boy and girl by the sea but i thought that was a bit too obvious.  So i changed my mind and used this fab little image from the Morehead Double CD ROM as when i think of beside the sea i think of Ice cream, (as well as sand, freezing cold water and harsh winds)  The backing paper also reminds me of deck chairs too and my mam and dad shouting at each other about how to put them up without nipping fingers........ oh happy days!

So i have printed and image form the cd and used coredinations and backing paper from the cd too to matt and layer.  The bunting and sentiment are all from the cd too and i used one of my punches for the border.  The image is layered onto the centre of one of the CC new dies, Enchanted Spring.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - At the Movies

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I feel like i am in a caught up in a whirlwind and it won't stop...................   I know i say this all the time but i cannot believe how quick the time is flying by, its Friday for goodness sake and is the 3rd August...............

Well time for a Craft Punked blog challenge and this weeks' them is at the movies.  The prize on offer this week is from the Octopode factory and Lily has designed some lovely dark characters that we could use this week.  The one i have chosen is Sally from the nightmare before Christmas and i have coloured her in reds and greys...........  to match the paper i used.  How lovely is this paper, unfortunately i cannot give you a link as it was a gift but i think it is an american company called heartfelt creations who make fab paper pads..........

I've coloured her with my Spectrum Noir Pens pens and oh my goodness doesn't she have big eyes.  I've used a scalloped x cut die and cut the photo corners on my e-craft.  Grace loves a nightmare before Christmas so i can't wait until she sees it.  Or i may even keep it for her 9th birthday.

Don't forget to pop along and enter your card.  You don't need to use an octopde factory digi it just needs to be linked to the movies..............

I have scheduled this post so i hope it works as at this point i will be packing and getting ready to leave for the Olympics, Kevin and i have tickers for the athletics and the mens 100 metres, heats.  I'm sooooo excited...........

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog Challenge - Transport

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I am very very late in posting as i should have had this ready on Friday am for the Craft Punked blog challenge.  However bet late then never as they say.  I'm at the studios with Leann for the Morehead POW and i have been trying since late Thursday night to edit my photo and get it to a point where it is of a good quality to see but i have been having technical issues. And arent you all loving them, me too i need to make some more cards with the stamps they are soooo cute.

So here it is.................

This weeks theme is transport so any card you have that link to this and you would like to enter.  My card is a sarah kay stamp that i have only used once before so she deserved to be dusted off and used again and i have coloured her with my Spectrum Noir Pens.  This time i went with blue and green and i think it looks very peaceful, i need to paint my house these colours as i'm sure it would have a calming effect on me, (or maybe not).  Its K&CO paper and i have stamped with stomry sky and distress the edge of the picture with weathered wood distress ink.

I love blue and green together but it was always a saying that blue and green should never be seen, although i really don't know why, maybe someone could enlighten me?

Ok, off to see if i can sort out my spectrum noir blog post which should be ready for tuesday and i have lots of other thing to do.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Craft Punked Blog challenge - Olympics

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How quickly do Fridays come round and where is this year going, its nearly August??????

This weeks Craft Punked Blog Challenge is the Olympics and i have gone all patriotic by making a red, white and blue card and this card is how i hope the British Team will get on at the Olympics, ie Gold Medals all the way............  I am lucky enough to have tickets for the athletics and can't wait, its such a big occasion.

My image is from the Swalk range and he is coloured with Spectrum Noirs.  I've used backing papers from the Swalk CD ROM 2 and then just added a sentiment and a few brads.  Quite bright for me but i really do think i am starting to like all of these bright colours and colour mixes.

I'm scheduling this post on Tues am as i am getting ready for my trip to London with Gracie and her mam Emma.  Its tonight and she is so excited she is such a fan and i really don't know where her influence has come from ;0).  I just found out last night that LMFAO are supporting too and she has been singing I'm sexy and i know it all morning.  We've got our wellies packed and i hope it stays dry.  I should have some piccies to share with you later on in the week and when I'm back from London i'm off to Birmingham for, guess what.  Another Madonna concert.  this one is inside so it'll be less hectic i think.

Hope you like my card.

Louise xx