Sketch and Stash and my final Christmas card!

This should be my last Christmas card of the year and it's for our final challenge of the year at Sketch N Stash.  Our sketch for this fortnight's challenge is below and I've flipped and rotated it to suit my image better!

The fab digi  image is from our sponsor this month, Delicious Doodles and it's called  On A Winter's Day.  I printed it out on watercolour paper and coloured it with my distress markers.

 We're going to be living in a very small hamlet in the new year and this rather reminded me of the feel of it!! I've added some Marianne dies including the poinsettia die. the top flourish and the Love die- I quite like how the little robin is sited in the middle of the'O' - a happy accident!  I've then highlighted with lots of stickles to capture that cold, crisp, snowy feeling!

As mentioned we're being sponsored by Delicious Doodles and also Ooh La La creations!

sponsor - Ooh La La

Prize - Any CD of winners choice

&

Sponsor - Delicious Doodles

Prize -  4 images

Hope you'll join us for our final challenge of the year - oh and don't forget to leave some love for my fab teamies - check out their cards here!

Happy Christmas Week Everyone!!

Juliexxx

It's a new week and a new challenge over at Sketch N Stash and we have a new sponsor, Rick St Dennis, (as well as our regular sponsor, Crafty Devils).  

Prize 2 digis of winner's choice OR discount coupon for Zibbet shop

& Crafty Devils

Prize £10

This is our sketch for this week, and I've used a fabulous Rick St Dennis image for my card.

I chose this creepy guy, Reaper, for my card- bit too creepy for a birthday card but I knew my husband would love it for his birthday, especially as he shipped a very similar figure over from California last year!

The papers are also from our Californian trip, the flourish corner is a Sizzix die and the sentiments are Stampin Up,

That's all from me for today but don't forget to check out the wonderful makes of my SNS teamies here.

Have a  great week,

Juliexx

Sketch N Stash

I'm  a bit late with posting today's card but it's for our new challenge starting today over at Sketch N Stash.

I got some of my Tim Holtz dies to make this card including the clock  dies and the cogs die.  I cut the face of the main clock from the pocket watch stamp and then glossy accented it to give the glass effect - must admit I was pleased with the result below.

I then used some Treasure Gold wax for the aged effect. The time sentiment is from a magazine freebieand the Happy Day stamp and punch are from Stampin Up.

Not sure why my watermark is so big here - must have done something different but what I'm not sure!

Our sponsor details for this fortnight's challenge are below - hope you will come and play along with us!  And if you'd like some inspiration, check out the fab makes of my SNS teamies here!

Sponsor - Delicious Doodles

Prize 4 images

Juliexxx

Sketch N Stash - new challenge today!!

Hello - we're back from our month long challenge over at Sketch N Stash - hope you missed us!!
Good to be back and with the fab sketch below!



We also have the awesome A Day for Daisies sponsoring us and I've chosen the beauteous Bewildered B for my card which you can find here in the ADFD store.

My papers are by Teresa Collins from the Stationery pad, love them and don't know how I managed to actually use them!!

The ribbon was from stash and the sentiment , I think is Paper Trey Ink, although as I made this card a while ago  I can't quite remember!!
Don't forget to take a peek at the gorgeous makes by the rest of my SNS teamies here, and hope you can find some time to play along with us over the next fortnight!!

JULIEXX

Sketch N Stash new challenge and apologies for my absence!

Hey there blogland, so sorry for not being about.  We're in the midst of moving and it is just so stressful, especially as we haven't moved for 25 years, we're hoping to move 330 miles away and we have to find flats for our girls and work out our notices!!  It's fraught with danger, I tell you!!

Still I did manage to find a little colouring time to make this card for today's new challenge at Sketch N Stash.  It's free choice on the sketch too - you can pick any sketch from our back catalogue here over at 

SNS HQ.

I've pick sketch no 70 and used this lovely little chappie from Mo's Digital Pencil called Extra.  I thought I'd continue the paper theme by using papers from my scraps with newsprint/script print.

The corner happy birthday is a  Die-Versiions Die, and the top and bottom edging are cut with a Tim Holtz strip die. Hope you like my little newspaper too that I made up with my leftover scraps of paper.

Oooh and our challenge this time runs for a month, to allow for summer holidays and other summer activities, so you have plenty of time to join in with us.  We have two awesome sponsors for this challenge as below:

Sponsor - Stitchy Bears

Prize $10

 

&
Buttons For Brains

Well, wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed that our move all goes according to plan, we need it!

Before I go, don't forget to take a peek at the other SNS DT cards here - they are fabby!!

Sketch N Stash and my 30th Wedding Anniversary today!

Hello bloggy friends - it's a Monday and so time for our new challenge at Sketch N Stash.  It also just so happens to be my 30th Wedding Anniversary today, so I used our new sketch below to make a card for my hubby Nick. We've actually been together for 35 years as we met in the 6th form when we were at school - and they said it wouldn't last!!!

As you can see, I've rotated the sketch to use the circle element as my focus, with this romantic pre-coloured topper that I picked up at a Craft Fair a while ago.  

My papers are from a  DCWV 12x12 pad that I think I bought back from the US last year - perfect for the occasion.  We're not doing an awful lot of celebrating, we tend to be a bit low key about these events, just focussing all our energy on willing our move to become a reality - now that would be a great way to celebrate!!  Anyway, I'm off to work today, so no time to reminisce about where those 30 years went!!

Our sponsors for this fortnight's challenge are Inky Impressions and you can check out what the rest of the SNS design team have made here.

Happy Monday everyone!!

Hi there- hasn't it been a glorious weekend here in the UK - boy did we need some sunshine!  Easter will also soon be on us and so I've made an Easter card this week, for our new challenge at Sketch N Stash, using this cute Stitchy Bear image, who are also one of our sponsors this fortnight.

I think you can just about make out the sketch under all my layer!

As I mentioned, Stitchy Bear are one of our sponsors, and the other one is Crafty Individuals.

Prize $10
&

Crafty Individuals

I've coloured my image with my usual  pro/flexmarker mix and then added a few die cuts including this  Marianne Basket which I've threaded with ribbon and then filled with some punched Easter Eggs!

The sentiment is from Stampin Up. 

The rabbit is a Tim Holtz die, (the gingham one is a little wooden one), the corners are from Dienamicz and my papers that you can barely see are Prima.

You can check out the gorgeous makes of my SNS teamies here and I hope you'll be inspired enough to play along with us!!

Have a great week.

Sketch N Stash New Challenge

We have a new challenge starting today over at Sketch N Stash using the sketch below.

My image is one that has been unopened in my stamp drawer for a while - I just love this Mabel Lucie Atwell image!

The papers are from Kaiser Craft- the Enchanted Garden pad.

The little toadstools at the bottom are cut with a Cheery Lynn die  and I added some Chunky White Frantage for the spots - I think they look like chunks of marshmallow!

We have a couple of great prizes this fortnight:

My Creative Classroom

Prize an online workshop
&
 Delicious Doodles

Prize 4 images

Some of my DT buddies have used some Delicious Doodles images for their DT cards, check them out here - and then come and play along with us!