Mo's Goodness and two top threes!

Hi there bloggers - where has this week gone, I just do not know.  Very busy at work and have felt brain dead in the evening doing all those sums!  So haven't been on here much and forgot to post this little lady and also to proudly display a couple of Top Three wins, one from the lovely ladies at Sketch Saturday for my Mummu card recently here and one for my Book Frame card here which I entered at Creative Moments- thank you ladies, I'm well chuffed!!

Back to today's card and this is the super cute, Goodness from Mo's Digital Pencil.

What a sweetie she is don't you think - Mo's homage to the wonderful Shirley Temple! I've coloured her with my Promarkers and then layered her up on some Go Kreate dies and October Afternoon Papers with a little Lili of the Valley sentiment.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Hands: Buttons and Bows

That's Crafty: Inky Challenge - used alcohol ink and Fired Brick Distress Ink on the frame

Crafty Ribbons: Anything Goes with a ribbon.

Shopping Our Stash:  Buttons and Bows

Right, need to go off and do some chores now before getting down to  some crafting later!  Happy Saturday!

Sketch N Stash card and Janey's Digi Designs

We have a new challenge for you today over at Sketch N Stash - the sketch is below and we have an optional extra of using die cuts on your card.  And as our sponsor is Crafty Individuals, I've used one of their fabulous images - Just an Old Fashioned Girl.

I'm also delighted to show you this gorgeous dropwort digi image as designed by the fabulous Jane Clempson, she of the witty words and green fingers!  Jane has just started a new venture of floral digi images,  inspired by her love of gardening and you can find more details here on the design team blog 

                         Janey's Digi Designs

Jane has also very kindly asked me to be on her design team and I couldn't be happier to oblige!   You can find the Dropwort image here in Jane's store.

Now I'm not so green fingered as Jane and I'm not sure if these flowers come in pink but they sure did look very similar to the Graphic 45 papers that I've used so have taken my colour inspiration from those.

For my die cuts, I've used a Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterfly die, a Cheery Lynn leaf flourish and a Go Create Tag for my sentiment.

We're thrilled at SNS that Crafty Individuals have agreed to sponsor Sketch N Stash this year, I love so many of their stamps and don't use the ones I have enough!

Look what the lucky entrant into this fortnight's challenge will win, this yummy haul below!

As always, my teamies have made some wonderful cards so check them out here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Basic Grey - Anything Goes

We have an Anything Goes theme for you at Basic Grey Challenges this time which was perfect as I needed to make a wedding card for my dear friend, Sue, who is getting married to Malcom today!!  Sadly, I can't be at the wedding, happily because I am in New York!!!  Hope you have a fabulous day Sue and Malcolm!

In many of the Basic Grey pads, you get some pages that are quite neutral and not patterned and I've used some from several packs including Sweet Threads, Sultry and Little Black Dress.  The image is from Mo Manning, called Married - they look so joyous!!!

My flowers are a mixture from Wild Orchid Crafts and The Hobby House.  The image is cut and layered with a Go Create die , the corners, Marianne, and the envelope is a Sizzix die.  The flourishes are PaperTrey Ink as is the sentiment. There's also a Magnolia die border thrown in for good measure - I think I've used just about every make of die out there!!!

You can just see above that I've also added some liquid pearls around the image and on her veil, and there's also some touches of glitter on her tiara and bodice - also on her ring if you can see that closely!!

We have our regular sponsor with us, Simon Says Stamp, with their regular awesome $25 voucher up for grabs to one lucky winner - just remember to use a Basic Grey product and tell us what it is.

You can check out the fabulous cards from my Basic Grey teamies here- you won't be disappointed!
Thanks for popping in!!

Bauble Baby

Hi there - I'm really running on empty at the minute!  Popping really quickly to share a bit of Christmas spirit in the form of this little lovely First Christmas available at Mo's Digital Pencil of course,  although I can't help but call him Bauble Baby!

I had originally just intended to make a tag but then remembered the bauble embossing folder I have and added the ribbon and the tag to make it look like a pressie! The large bauble is a Stampin Up stamp and punch combo, the white one is part of the image which I've glittered up and the brighter green one is from a Dovecraft punch that I bought at Ally Pally at the weekend for a £1 - bargain!

Dashing off now, commenting to do and hubby's presents to wrap for tomorrow ( which will be today when you read this!)

Whiff of Joy Challenge - HOUSE!!

No we don't want to see houses, we just have a Bingo challenge for you at Whiff of Joy Challenges this fortnight- so choose any three design elements in a line, horizontally, vertically or diagonally, to use on your card.  I tell you, I found it hard to choose only three! I eventually went with the diagonal line of Dies/punches, pearls and flowers.

I used Princess Rosebud for my card, she is so gorgeous!!

 I think I used almost every die in my stash on this - well, not really but there are plenty of them!  Firstly I used a Go Create die to cut my card blank and the concentric layers.  The image was cut with a Nestie labels die and framed at the top with a Marianne die.  The flourishes are also a Marianne die, the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and sentiment was cut with a Stampin Up circle punch.  My papers are by Tilda which are sooooo pretty and the sentiment is Lili of the Valley.

Added a touch of glamour dust to the flowers and butterfly, oh and  to her tiara and pearls and she was ready for the ball!

Our sponsor for this fortnight is Simon Says Stamp and there's a $25 voucher up for grabs to spend in their on-line treasure trove!

You can see more WOJ wonders from the fabby DT girls here and if you're playing along, please don't forget that we need to see a Whiff of Joy image on your make!