Back 2 Skool, Again.

Yes, I left school, twice. There was me, working (slaving) somewhere unmentionable, for months and months, when along came these two men in black who told me I had to go back to school for a few more weeks. I wasn't happy! The whole class started banging on their desks and burst into a chorus of "I Hear You Knocking..." (I had knobbly knees!)
Not happy with this card. Can you see why? Run out of silicone glue last week. Hubby kindly said, 'let's go and find some' (after first suggesting I use the stuff left over from the bathroom) Well, miles out to the nearest craft store, bought some, not my normal stuff. Stick it! by DoCrafts. It was meant to be clear but it came out white, runny and sugary, like golden syrup goes when it's a bit old, and sticks to the tin, which looks like it's going rusty...(not that we keep our golden syrup that long!)
I'd already coloured and cut out four little moles ready to build up, so there's four layers, plus the smiley face, the flower and his glasses, which I also added Glossy Accents to. I put it all together and look, the glue's seeped through! Great big stains of greasy glue on Moley's face, arm and body. So, I'm never going to buy that glue again! But apart from that, I'm very pleased how Moley turned out. You will find him HERE in my store, Spyder's Other Corner.
This easel card did start life as a sketch from one of the magazines I have, but I can't find it now! Things used were, Bazzil Card, My digi, Promarkers, Woodware punch, Quickutz, Candi, buttons, ribbon, Skool brads, black brads, sticky stuff used on carpets, to stop them from slipping and Glossy Accents.
The sentiments were done on the computer. (White on black) The font is a freebie, it's called Crazy Girlz Blond BTN and you can download it HERE where there's a few more types of the same font if you want them!
There would be more pictures, but my camera's on charge!
Today I achieved two things... one, the zip file and the spell check on my computer had disappeared. Now, I NEED, my spell checker. It automatically checks blogger as I type here, and also when I type your comments, and without it's help, you'd never understand a thing I type! But, after Googling said problem, I found out how to reload one and use a code to re-install the other, so, big toffee apple for me!! (Or in this case, a gold star!!) I've found a few Challenges hope my card fits in! Village Fete tomorrow ....helping mum.... wish me luck!!

Challenges

Freshbreweddesigns-back to school, abc
Thepixiecottage-back 2 school
Pixieduststudio-school is cool
Stampinroyalty-back to school
Creative stamp Friends -School
The Stamping Boutique -Back to School
allsorts challenge -Back to School
Crazy Amigo Back to School
Jens Digi Stamps Back to School
Kreative Stamp Friends School
Paper Pretties Back to School
Stamp Insanity Back to School
Stampinsistersinchrist-recipe
(I've used brads, buttons, ribbon and it's 'popped up')
Partytimetuesdays-anything goes
Bunnyzoescrafts-easel cards
Papercreatorscrafts-all about easels
Emeraldfaeries-buttons(3 red spotty ones!)

Hats, Shoe's and Handbags, oh my!

Here's a little card I made to 'get my mojo' motivated! I was doing my Quirky DT card over the weekend... and had these papers I really wanted to use... hats, bags, shoes to go with the digi I'd just coloured, but, obviously, the yellow and red coloured digi (Sunday's post) and these blue and pink papers just didn't go!

Then I remembered I had some Lili of The Valley images, which came free with PaperCraft Inspirations last month. (20 images!)

Don't you just love Lily of The Valley images!? The making of this card just came together so easily!
And guess what?!? I didn't use my ProMarkers, no! I used some watercolour pencils I bought from a pound shop ages ago, (but I must get some better ones!!) and!!! I just used one colour, with a pastel blue ProMarker to go around the edges and to touch up the beads and socks.
I've also cut the card down a little, so it isn't square, and to make sure the papers fit.

The inside I've left blank at the moment but I will probably layer it up a little more when I get some more red Bazzil card!
No one has it near me unless I drive miles!! (I guess it would be cheaper on line!)
I have made a sentiment ready to go on the front but it's not fixed yet and I couldn't decide what font to use, or where to put it!! What d'you think?? Sticking out of the side or tucked in behind the image?

The fonts are both freebies. This first one is called 'Pea kevinandamanda Funky' and you can download it only from HERE

And the second font is called 'A Red Bucket' and you can also only download it from the same place HERE (A good place to bookmark for scrap booking fonts!) Also always on my sidebar.

I've used a matching paper inside, which has the shoes and handbags in stripes matted over the last of my red Bazzil card.

Freebie Papers The Shoe/handbag papers are from Craft's Beautiful Magazine, issue 225. You can still download them HERE (you will have to login, make up a cool name and look in on the forum too! Stay a while there's other papers to find)
The blue gingham papers are also a freebie from Activity Village (always on my side bar) This link will lead you to all 'Dark, Pastel, and Brights', gingham papers (I used the small pastel blue here)
I wasn't sure the gingham would go at first, but I think they look okay now. The flowers were cut out using an Xcut punch, which was one of the very first punches I ever bought. Never got on with it from day one. It's never cut and always tears, or jams but I do love the shape of the flowers. The packet was damaged when I bought it, so the price had been reduced. At least by using gingham, the flowers have a bit of a ragged material look about them, but they are paper.
Other punches used were Nestabilities large deckled rectangle, Martha Steward fern and lace punches. (and counting the sentiment, Woodware and Crafts Too scalloped edged Oval)
I've added Stickles glitter to the papers and the flower on the hat, added a ballerina charm and used red Bazzil card for the layering. I've also used blue and white eyelash wool and the thin ribbon? Weeelll, believe or not, came from a new red top I treated myself to! That's it for now, thank's for stopping by!

Challenges
Liliofthevalleythursday-Thank You
Thecraftypad-cute n girly
Cutedaisymay-anything goes
Aifactorychallenges-august-anything goes
Ribbongirls-ribbon
Theprettylittleribbonshop-very first challenge- ribbon.
Fussyandfancy-use a lot...(at least 3 of you fav Embel)
I've chosen Flowers 4 or the brads...I've used 8 brads
Don't forget Quirky Craft's has a Red Hat Challenge!

Sylvia's Card

See! I'm here, bet you thought I'd be out the back and up to my elbows in glue, paper and card. Actually, you're quite right, five minutes ago, I suddenly realised I'd blocked myself in my craft room as I'd had everything out trying to find something and then forgot what it was...Frog the cat thought it was great fun as she could get right at the back of the shelves and play with the scraps of paper that had fallen down. Meanwhile of course, Hubby John (bless him, BIG hug) had cooked dinner and was now on his computer trying to book flights to Seattle. He's been trying for a couple of days now, but our card kept getting blocked. He tried all our cards, and everyone was blocked. Turned out after a phone call this morning from the bank that it's an automatic thing that happens if suddenly your credit card asks to spend more money that it ever has before, which in a way is reassuring but on the other hand very annoying, as the price of the air tickets kept going up by the minute as places were being snatched up!! In the end we did get our tickets, (after a nice man at the bank explained) so Seattle here we come!! Well...a few more weeks yet!
Right! Why am I here?? Oh yes. This is Sylvia's Card I sent off this morning with her goodies. made with Pink Petticoat papers, little inside pocket to hold stamped images. Clever ol' me did a bit of paper piecing. I printed the image twice, one on to heart paper and then cut out the ice cream bit and 3D-ed it. Pink Petticoat have a 'how to' HERE. Then added some micro fine glitter, with a 2 in 1 glue pen. (which isn't bad, but I think I liked the Quickie glue pen best) It's called a 2 in 1 glue pen because, according to the tiny writing on the side and I quote... "When wet use as ordinary glue. After applying allowing to dry-the same surface can be used as a sticker (reusable)" oho, have to try that! The little gems are from Anita's gemstone Wheel. (Mine was cheaper, she whispers) The card itself is Bazzil Card, Limeade I think. Is there a right way and a wrong way to fold it? I think there must be, because even though I used my Crafters Campanion thingamajig to crease the fold, little tiny fibers sort of broke away on the fold, which doesn't normally happen with Bazzil Card, cos it's good stuff, usually!
Ah, I know what you're thinking, stop yakking and tell us about the font!! Ok!! Yes it's a freebie~you might already have it, but if not it's called ... hang on ... I wrote it down somewhere... Ah! AncestorySF. You can download it for free, just Google t AncestorySF free fonts and choose where you'd like to down load it from!
I used WordArt again, so that I had an outline and could use two colours, but it writes very nicely in ordinary 'Word'. I used three Woodware punches for the flower and the leaves (stamped out using the same green Bazzil card) and ProMakers Pens for the blue and the green but my new Pink Copic pen for the pink bits. I phoned Emma (daughter) seeing she was driving past the Craft shop on Sunday Morning, to pick me up some skin tone Copic pens... Skin tone to Emma is orange...(she eats far too many carrots!!) but luckily she changed her mind and got me pink. I'm still in two minds about the Promaker/Copic Pens. Which do you like best? I want to like Promakers as I used to buy loads of Letraset stuff when I did my cartoons years ago, but they're really hard to get and the Copic Pens are just sitting there (all the colours!!) in the craft shop, which is about a 30mile round trip for me...
Challenge!! Yes, (sometime in the future I'm going to find this... and then pop back here and tell you about it, just so y'know, once these posts are written they aren't necessarily finished!! ) There's a challenge ( or will be, depending when you're reading this!) over on Cute Daisy May Challenge to make a Thank you card! So of course I've picked this one! Pop over and join in!
Right! that's it, I think!! But first , let's welcome two new Followers!! Hi first to Mrs Ann who's out the back in the dark with no picture and no link. But, could you be Anne Marie, who has popped over and said Hi and has put my Blog Candy onto her side bar, I wonder? (No...says the voice in my head., there's no E on the Ann) Anyway, thank you for that Anne Marie!! Let me know if that's you, if not, tell us where you are Mrs Ann and then I can put a link in and come and visit (don't worry, just your blog- not for coffee or biscuits!)
And as if by Magic!!!! I have a link from Anne Marie, So, we'll say Hi anyway, cos we're nice!! So, still looking for Mrs Ann... (I love a mystery!)
Then we have Theresa in MS ((wave))) who has some lovely pictures on her blog, one being a very large Stick Insect and a very small baby frog. (aw) I can remember having loads of baby frogs leaping about our small garden...couldn't mow the lawn for weeks!
Back tomorrow with a Squeak! Bye till then...thank you for stopping by!