Make it manly

Well it is time to challenge myself again and this time I need to make a card for a man or boy. Luckily there are some incredible artist out there that can make it so much easier :D

For my card I have coloured this super cute digi from Mo's digital pencil (dragon hugs) with spectrum noir illustrator pens, The papers are first editions wild flowers and Crafters companion Just for men brights. It is all on a 6x6 card and the little glossy blobs are the brilliant black tie enamel accents. It was all stuck together using collall glue.

Feeling the love

It is that time of year when all us crafters get all loved up and get asked to create valentines cards and creations. So this month at Crafty Purple Frog we would love to see what you are making. The theme is love. It can be valentines,wedding or any creation for someone you love. 

So here is what I have made. 

I used a 5x5 scalloped card for the base and the pretty roses paper is First editions black out paper. For a touch of texture I added gorgeous red pearls and the image is  the greeting farm Cutesy Anya, coloured with spectrum noir illustrator pens. I put it all together with collall glue and 3D gell to make her stand out from the rest of the card.
The little hearts around the edge and the main sentiment are from stampin' up sealed with love stamp set. If you like Stampin' Up or want to find out more about them I am also a Stampin' Up demo so feel free to get in touch :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
 4 crafty chicks - LOVE
Cardz4galz - Love is in the air
Crafty girls creations - Anything goes
Give a crafter a cookie - photo inspiration

Crafting by design - Love and romance
Crafty creations - Anything goes

What a great crafty weekend!

I am just back from a crafting weekend with Crafty Purple frog. We had a brilliant time crafting for the whole weekend surrounded by other crafters and with drinks and cakes on hand at all times. It was bliss!

While there I made several cards. These are a couple of them.....

For this first one I used a C6 card that I stamped all over using stamps from the pretty butterfly lullaby set. I stamped the main swirls in memento gray flannel ink and then used wow! ultra slow drying embossing pad to stamp the butterflies and emboss them using avocado (one of the new Wow! colours) and strawberry sundae. Then I inked around the card with my dreamweaver brushes and hickery smoke distress ink. The pink paper is a tiny strip from Dovecrafts pink goody bag. The die cut swirl is Fancy flourishes. And to finish it off I used the great sentiment stamp Friendship. The little dots I made using more of the strawberry sundae embossing powder and melt - it powder.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Creative moments - Anything goes

Fab n' Funky - Animals (for the butterflies in the background)

Inspiration destination - Anything goes

For this card I have used this adorable image by the amazingly talented Mo manning called Corgi and Bess ugly sweater I coloured her with promarkers and doodled around the edge. I also then doodled around the edge of the 5x5 scalloped card blank so they matched. The paper is from the first editions Christmas wishes pack and the pearls are from dovecrafts green and red pack.

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Digi chooseday - Anything goes
Crafty sentiments - Anything goes

If you are a fan of challenges then make sure you keep an eye on the Crafty Purple Frog blog as we have a new challenge starting on the 10th of November and will also be having a DT call.

Huge hugs to you all

Amy xx