Planet Susie

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

LILAC AND LAVENDER CHRISTMAS!

Hello there my lovely blog friends and followers, thank you for stopping by and checking out my cards. This is the third card for my ex-colleague and, as it is for his sister, I thought I would try another non-traditional one. I have used my beloved LOTV stamps again, simply because I lurve 'em!

This card will be handed to his sister so I am making a box. I will pop that on my blog when I have made it.

Here is my lilac and lavender card -

I have also decorated the inside of the card - yay!

The design is again based on another sketch I found on Dawny P's blog - http://pinkpiggywiggy.blogspot.co.uk/.

Ingredients

Card Base - 7 x 7"

Papers - HOTP Pizzazz

Kraft Card - C & C

Spellbinders Floral Ovals Die

Image/Sentiment - LOTV

Flowers - WOC

Holly leaves - The Best of La Pashe CD

Promarkers

Stardust

Gems - stash

I hope you like this card - it is only the second one I have made which is non-traditional. I quite like the colours but have a feeling I will be back to my traditional cards very shortly. My next card is for my ex-colleague's son and the one that I am really worrying about. I have some ideas rolling about with the rest of the tumbleweed in my head so who know what will happen!!!

Thank you once again for stopping by and leaving your comments, if you don't have time to leave a word or two then that is fine, I understand. I am so pleased that you have taken the trouble to check out my blog.

Big hugs to you all

SUE

Sunday, 18 November 2012

ANOTHER TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CARD !!!

Hello there blog buddies - I hope you are all well and crafting whenever you can. Sorry I haven't posted for a few days but I am totally incapable of doing a card every day - I have tried (very hard to be honest) but I just cannot do it! I did pop over to a few blogs but not as many as I normally do. Anyway I am back now and am posting another card for my ex-colleague - this one is for his daughter. I did try to colour the image non-traditionally but I was disappointed with the result so I started again!!!! I am my own worst enemy!

Here is the card for you to have a peep at

This is the inside of the card - yup I have decorated the inside again!!! I'm getting better! lol. I was going to cut out a circle but changed my mind and used the bauble ornament. I used my laptop for the sentiment and then used the die to cut it out. I left it in the die whilst I stamped a few random snowflakes in blue chalk ink. Once they were dry I put a few 'blobs' of Stardust over them to make them sparkle.

The next one I am making is in non-traditional colours. I have already coloured the image and am quite pleased with it - therefore (at this moment in time - ooh I nearly started trilling then) I am not going to change it. I do love my LOTV images and keep using them. I have printed some digi-stamps from the internet (freebies) and may be using one or two of them soon though.

Ingredients

Card Base - 7 x 7"

Papers - HOTP Paper Pizzazz and First Edition

Dies - Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle, Christmas Ornament 2011

Image/Sentiment - LOTV

Poinsettia from bit box
Ooops nearly forgot - snowflake charm is from my stash!

Promarkers

Stardust!!!

Gems - stash

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I know we all say this but I love reading your comments so, if you stop by AND leave a comment, I am doubly chuffed! You often make my day and many of you make me chuckle (you know who you are don't you) which is a gift in itself.

Take great care of yourselves, I hope your weekend has been good and I also hope that you have a good week - especially if you are able to craft or shop for crafty goodies - yay!!!

Big hugs to you all out there in blogland.

SUE

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge No 40 - Anything Goes -

http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-40-anything-goes.html

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas - http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/christmas.html

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge No 102 - Anything Goes - http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-102-anything-goes.html

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Cold and Frosty - http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/cold-and-frosty.html

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge No 99 - Use something more than 6 mth old - (everything on my card is more than 6 mths old except for the LOTV stamps) - http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/chnc-challenge-99-use-something-more.html

Challenges 4 Everybody No 7 - Anything Goes - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-7-anything-goes.html

Dream Valley No 45 - Anything Goes - http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/challenge-45-anything-goes.html?m=1

Incy Wincy Designs - Hip to be Square - http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/hip-to-be-square.html

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Winter - http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/monthly-challenge-winter.html

Pin and Tack - Spark Your Creativity No3 - Anything Goes - http://pinandtack.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-3.html

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

BLOG CANDY WINNER!!!!!!

Well hello peeps - my dear husband has pulled the number out of his coffee 'bucket' - although the picture looks as if the stone pigeon was the 'picker' (another of hubby's little jokes) and the number is 39 - I counted from my first follower and came to ~~EILEEN~~. Here are the piccies of the actual selection.

I would like Eileen to leave a comment on this post first of all and I will then sort out email addresses etc. Please contact me by Sunday 25 November 2012 to make arrangements.

Big hugs and congratulations to you.

SUE

LIEBSTER AWARD

First of all thank you Jenny for putting me forward for this award my little liebchen!!! I can remember getting a medal for my Pitman Shorthand about 392 years ago but nothing else - ever!!! This is so sweet of you and I am really chuffed! Jenny's blog is Cardsarus and you can find her here http://cardsarus.blogspot.co.uk/. Please visit her blog as, like me, she is fairly new to blogging and we all know what it is like to be a newbie!!!

I will now pass this award on to the following blogs, who I feel deserve this award and who inspire me.

http://creativeharmony.blogspot.co.uk/

http://christinescardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

http://anne-elise.blogspot.co.uk/

http://kraftykoolkat.blogspot.co.uk/

http://mycraftworld23.blogspot.co.uk/

About this award.
Liebster is a German word meaning "Beloved," " Favourite," or
"Dearest."
This award is a peer to peer award in which fellow bloggers
present the award to their favourite blogger with less than 200
followers.
The origins of this is unclear, but is believed to have originated
by a German Blogger.
This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward
fashion, to share our dearest and most beloved blogs. That have
less than 200 followers.
Rules.

*Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to
their blog.
*Post the award on your blog.
*Give the award to five bloggers who appreciate, and have less
than 200 followers.
* Leave a comment on their blog to let them know you have
given them this awesome award!

Do keep this going and show your appreciation for other bloggers out there who deserve this award.
If you have already received this award and passed it on, then
you have already ensured it's continuity.

Big hugs to you all out there.

SUE

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

CHRISTMAS IN BLUE AND PINK!!

Hi there blogsters I hope you are all keeping well and warm! I just want to welcome my latest followers - I have now reached the magic 50 - yay!!! I know it says 51 but I have a follower whose name doesn't appear so I don't know who it is!! Graham will be picking someone's name out of his over-large coffee 'bucket' tomorrow. You will see what I mean when I post the picture!

Anyway lovely peeps, I am posting a card that has been commissioned. This is for the lady friend of a colleague I used to work with. I think I have mentioned this before but he has asked me to make four cards for him and this is the first one. I was going to post it yesterday but hadn't quite finished the box and as hubby is doing his four days at work for this month, I then had to wait for the piccy to be taken. Oh and by the way - this is the first ever non-traditional Christmas card I have ever made!!! I usually use quite traditional colours. I have a feeling I may have opened the floodgates and I will be making mostly non-traditional ...... then again!!!

Here is the card for your deliberation!! I didn't want the card to be 8 x 8 this time because I felt that the design would be lost so I cut down an 8 x 8 and made it into a 7 x 7. I then made the box to fit as normal and I lined the inside of the lid with the blue paper. I also decorated the inside of the card but I printed the Christmas greeting on pearl paper and then embossed it, no matter how hard Graham tried the paper was too 'pearly' to photograph properly. However - it looks lurvely in daylight! The actual design is based on a sketch I found on Dawny P's blog - http://pinkpiggywiggy.blogspot.co.uk/.

The card is above and I have posted the box underneath, these pictures were taken yesterday and today with different backgrounds so the colours might look slightly different.

Ingredients

Card Base - 7 x 7"

Papers - HOTP and Docrafts - Daisy Dandelion & Friends

Dies - CheeryLynn Laced Pine Snowflake, Whimsy Double Scallop Doily, Spellbinders Floral Doily Motif

Punch - X-cut Snowflake

Image/Sentiment - LOTV

Flowers/leaves - WOC

Promarkers

Stardust!!!

Gems - stash

Anyway that is all for now my lovely friends, once again thank you so much for any comments you may wish to leave. I really am pleased that I now have 50 followers - don't be strangers and do drop by again soon to see if you have won the card candy. I will also be checking out the blogs of my new followers tomorrow - before I start my next marathon card - lol!!! I may even look for another sketch to follow as I enjoyed it so much!

Big hugs to you all and either have a very good night's rest or have a lovely crafty day - depending on when you read this. Am I waffling - yes I am!

SUE

I would like to enter my card and box into the following challenges

Challenges 4 Everybody No 7 - Anything Goes - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-7-anything-goes.html
CSAYL Challenge No 36 - Anything Goes - http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/csayl-challenge-36-oops-anything-goes.html
Colour Me Creative Challenge No 56 - All about Kids - http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup
Delightful Challenges - Let it Snow (snowflakes) - http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/let-it-delightfully-snow.html
Dream Valley Challenge No 45 - Anything Goes - http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-45-anything-goes.html
Mema's Crafts Nov Challenge 1 - Anything Goes - http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html?m=1
My Heart Pieces - Cute Creations - http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/2012/11/anything-cute.html
Natalie and Amy - Colour me Happy - http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/colour-me-happy-d.html
Papertake Weekly Chalenge - Flower Power - http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/flower-power.html
Stampin with the Dragon Challenge - Christmas - No red/no green - http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/stamping-dragon-design-challenge.html
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge No 44 - Anything Goes - http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/2012/11/challenge-44-nov-13th-19th.html
Totally Gorjuss Challenge No 158 - http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.ca/2012/11/challenge-158-pastel-christmas.html

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

BLOOMIN' CHRISTMAS BLOBS!!!

Hi there blog followers and a huge welcome to my new follower - only four to go and I will be picking a winner of my blog candy. Don't forget I have added a little more to the prize but will leave you guessing!!!

Anyway I made a card yesterday - yes no thinking allowed on this one - however I am not happy with my snow blobs! Methinks I was a little gung-ho with them and went a tad overboard and it is almost a dis-ahhhhhs-ter dahlings! Oooer now you know what I have been watching! I only watch it for Artem's pecs you understand. Back to the card ... this is my SECOND Christmas card and it will probably be shelved because I am not sure that I could give it to anyone.

I loved the image and used my faithful Promarkers to colour it in, then decided that it needed some Liquid Pearls. I haven't used these in ages and think I must practise a little more before I actually put them on a card. I love the colours though, so that is one thing going for it - lol!

Ingredients

6 x6 card blank

Dovecraft Back to Basics - Vintage paper pad

Burgundy card from stash

Image - freebie from internet

Spellbinders - Floral Ovals die

Spellbinders - Venetian Accents border

Promarkers

Flowers/leaves - WOC

Sentiment - freebie with a magazine

Ribbon from stash

Thank you for stopping by my blog and if you have managed to leave a comment I am really grateful to you. I am lucky to have you all as followers and I am still enjoying myself - even when my mojo deserts me!

It is a very dismal day here so I think I will do a little more colouring with my Promarkers now ..... or I could do some ironing ..... or clean the bathroom ..... or make a casserole. Ho hum decisions, decisions.

Big hugs to you all out there and enjoy your crafting if you have time to do some today.

SUE

I am going to enter this card into the following Challenges -

ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vibrant Colours - http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/v-for-vibrant-colours.html

Kaboodle Doodles No 144 - Anything Goes - http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-144-anything-goes.html

LEJ Designs No 28 - Die cuts/Punches - http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/lej-designs-challenge-no-28-use-die.html

Mema's Crafts Nov 1 - Anything Goes - http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html?m=1

My Heart Pieces - Use Ribbon - http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/2012/10/as-beautiful-as-ribbon.html

Natalie and Amy - Colour me Happy - http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/colour-me-happy-d.html

Nutcrafters No 30 - Ribbon and/or twine - http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-30-ribbon-andor-twine.html

One Stitch at a Time No 138 - Anything Goes - http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-138-anything-goes.html

Through the Craftroom Door No 43 - Anything Goes - http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/2012/11/november-6-13-challenge-43.html

Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas Cards - http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/christmas-cards.html

Friday, 2 November 2012

10th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CARD

Oh my word - this has taken me sooooo long to do that I think they are going to be celebrating their 15th Wedding Anniversary when they receive this! I actually finished it last night and have been ironing this morning whilst Graham did the pics. I don't think I have ever taken so long to finish a card - I started it last - yes last - Friday. I really must stop thinking soooo hard about my designs. As I have said before, if I don't 'mull' them over (and procrastinate whilst doing so) my cards are so much quicker to do.

Although the flowers look peach and purple, they are in fact peach and two tone brown(ish). I wanted to use peaches and browns with some green in there. I used some of the same papers inside the card and a sentiment I found on the internet (freebie). I deliberately left the inside quite 'clean' because I wanted the sentiment to be the main part of the inside.

Because of the floral embellishments on the front of the card I decided to make a box - I have templates and boards but I don't use them, I always make boxes by using my own measuring system. Again I used the papers I had used for the card plus some die cuts and flowers to embellish the top.

The die cuts in the corners are all from one Di-Lites die but I felt it would be too much to use four so I placed one in the top right-hand corner and then cut the rest to an almost heart shape and placed them in the other three corners.

Ingredients

8x8 card blank

First Edition papers - Boho Chic and Desert Blooms

Sarah Kay stamp - Laura and Henri

Promarkers

Spellbinders - Labels 10, Scalloped circles and ovals

Spellbinders - Plain circles, Di-Lites Fantastic Flourish 2

Marianne Creatables - Champ. flute, flourishes

Sentiment - freebie from internet

Pearls, glitter, lace, doily from stash

WOC flowers

Please let me know what you think of my card, I shall nip next door tomorrow and hope that my neighbour likes it.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges -

Anything Goes Challenge No 79 - Anything Goes - http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-79-anything-goes-at-anything.html

Bearly Mine Challenge No 59 - Flowers Galore - http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-59-flowers-galore.html

Catch the Bug November Challenge - Anything Goes - http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/november-anything-goes.html

Challenges 4 Everybody No 6 - Anything Goes - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/listing-ends-friday-9th-2012-900pm-all.html

Die Cuttin Divas No 89 - Anything Goes - http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-89-anything-goes.html

Fab 'n' Funky No 145 - Die Cuts/Punches - http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-145-die-cuts-punches.html

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge No 75 - Pearls and Flowers - http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-75-pearls-and-flowers.html

Gem of a challenge No 58 - Polka Dots/Spots - http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-58.html

I love Promarkers No 141 - Cute - http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-141-cute_31.html

Inky Impressions No 83 - Lots of Layers - http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-83-lots-of-layers.html

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes - http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/3/post/2012/10/anything-goes-must-use-a-stamp-digital-or-otherwise.html

Lady Anne's Sentimental Friday Oct/Nov - Anything Goes - CBLA_SF4 -http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/1/post/2012/10/octnov-sentimental-friday-anything-goes.html

Lady Anne's Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes - http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/2/post/2012/10/monday-8th-october-2012-anything-goes.html

My Mum's Craft Shop No 82 - Bold and Bright - http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge3-82-bold-bright.html

The Paper Shelter No 88 - Anything Goes - http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/challenge-88-anything-goes.html

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Punch It Out - http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/punch-it-out.html

Think I may have gone a little OTT with all of these!!!

Big hugs to you, and thank you so much for popping by and an extra big hug if you have left a comment for me. I shall be visiting your blogs now that I have finished this card. Apologies for not visiting and leaving a comment sooner, but I am on to it now!!! Don't forget to tell your blog friends about my blog Candy.

Catch you soon.

SUE