Divas by Design "Anything Goes" challenge

Good evening Everyone,

Apologies for a bit of a quiet period on the blog, but somehow the days are too short for me again! And I don't mean the daylight situation (btw, this is actually finally getting better! :)), it's just that 24 hours in a day is sometimes somehow not enough! Do you feel that way also?

Anyhow, better late than never, and here is the card that I posted on the Divas by Design "Anything Goes" challenge this week. Click here if you want to play along - it's definitely worth it - we have some new sponsors! :)

A pretty simple-looking card, however the "window" and all the punched flowers did take a bit of time, and a lot of patience! All in all - happy with the result! It started as an idea for a Christmas card, and ended up as a Birthday card.. oh well!

I have new video ideas for my new YouTube channel, but these will have to wait a little bit also, I'm afraid! Bear with me!

Have a good week,

M.

My 2014 resolution...

It has happened.. I was postponing this moment for quite a bit, but I decided that with the New Year I should make a crafty resolution and here it is: I've decided to join the YouTube madness!

Now, I have to admit, I am one of the thousands out there who hates their voice when recorded. In addition, I am not the biggest fan of my accent... But hey, I've decided to give it a go, and then there was simply no going back! 

The plan is to make a few tutorials of shaped cards, maybe some hauls...hopefully at some point some giveaways... For now, I am still trying to figure out how to set up my camera to have both hands free (I know, I should have waited with making videos until then, but I just didn't want to have another excuse!) - and since at the moment one of my hands holds the camera, I am a little bit limited... I might try some photo-tutorials, we'll see... 

Enough of rambling, here's the first (and so far only) video on my channel... Let me know what you think! And please forgive me for forcing you to watch my cutting mat for the first 2 minutes ;-)

Have a good evening!

M.

Christmassy Baby Card

Hello again,

Hope you're all keeping well. I have spent way too much time online today, hence this is just a short post, showing you a card I made for the daughter of my boss. It's a bit after Christmas now, I know, but she wanted - as she put it, roughly - a special keepsake kind of a card for her little one. I feel so honoured to have been asked to make it! 

Since I know little Saoirse is often called by her mammy "a cheeky monkey", I knew straight away what kind of image I wanted to use. And the LMMS Pudding Chester was precisely what I was looking for! Isn't he just the cutest? Since I wanted to make him a bit more girly, though, I added him eyelashes, freckles and a cute little bow. I was asked to make the card girly, but without too much of the usual pinks, etc. I tried my best with balancing the colours, and the little "monkey's" mammy was really happy with my creation!

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the baby's name, and then for the first time played with my Xyron sticker maker - very handy! I was lucky enough, as by pure coincidence the font was not too big for the machine - gotta keep that in mind in the future! :)

 A bit of glitter and GlossyAccents was a must!

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - Add a bow

QKR Stampede - Snowflakes and sparkle

Inky Impressions - Something New  (digi)

Inky Chicks - Anything goes

A Gem of a challenge - Something New (digi)

Hop you liked it, have a great Sunday evening!

M.