Sketch N Stash is here again!!

This is my card for the latest challenge at Sketch N Stash, with the sketch designed by the lovely lady that is Vicky on our DT.

Loved the sketch, Vicky!!  Hope you will too as we have one of our fab regular sponsors with us and you could win four of their great images!

You'll see straight away that I've rotated the image a quarter turn, as I had this idea to do an easel card as soon as I saw the sketch!!

I've merged this gorgeous new Tilda image with the Magnolia bench which has been in my stash awhile and coloured both with my PM's. I've also done a few very light clouds with my Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a hadn made stencil!!

The papers are K&Co which I've had for at least two years but the little die cut flower flourishes, sentiment and corners are from a K&Co die cut pack that I picked up a couple of weeks a go from HobbyCraft - they are so pretty and you get loads for your bucks!!

The large pair of roses on the bottom half are also from the set, although they look here like they are part of the paper! A few sparkly gems and that was me done!!

Thought about adding more but eldest DD said she loved it and that's saying something as she rather  dislikes images without mouths!!

Feeling a bit sorry for myself today, I've been stung by a wasp that was hiding in my towel as I got out of the bath and I now have a very large sting on my leg!!  I suffer badly when wasps sting, and have a mild systemic reaction which makes the sting area very hard, hot and very wide!!  May have to get something stronger from the Dr if the anthistamines I'm taking don't work.  Blumming things nest in some part of our eaves every year and are a real nuisance!!  This year they've chosen the bathroom eaves - so my warning to you is to shake your towel before you wrap it round you!!

Back to our challenge - hope you can join in with us and make some fab cards using Vicky's great sketch!  The DT girlies have certainly done that, so hop on over to see their beautiful and varied cards on the challenge blog.

Don't forget to tell us what is new and what has been in your stash a while! 

Thanks for stopping by!

My first blog hop at Mo's - Yayyhhh- and Colour Create no 73!!

Hello peeps - oooh it's so exciting today, it's my first Blog Hop for Mo's Dream Team!! And of course it's our fortnightly challenge at Colour Create.  And, and, as you will see, I've actually managed to combine my card for both events - not something I manage to do very often!  Just as well really, as someone has stolen the days this week and I wouldn't have had time to make another!! 

To kick off then, the Hop at Mo's this month has been chosen by my lovely new teamie, Heidy, and her chosen theme is to make your own flowers. So Heidy's blog is where you should start if you've come straight here and you want to  hop along! If you are hopping, hopefully you've arrived here from Jane's blog!

For Colour Create, the inspiration picture has been picked by our fabby Mina, with these gorgeous colours of Blue, Grey and White.  Oh and the optional extra is Vellum!

For my card, I've used this formidable little lady, Aunt Flo, from Mo's Digital Pencil, which is available here - ain't she fabulous, right down to her sensible shoes and Norah Batty tights!!

I've used a strip of vellum behind the image and the leaves are some die cut vellum ones that have been stash lurking!!  The top flower also has some vellum layers, cut with the Nesties Bloom die, and layered up with some of the matching paper in the background. So that's one handmade flower!

The other flowers I made by twisting ribbon round onto a circle covered with adhesive and added a gem, or diamante to the centre! That's my handmade flowers done then.

So there you have it, my two for one!!  Don't forget to visit my lovelies at Colour Create to see their fabulous creations this challenge.  Hope you will join us too.  Oh and if you're hopping with us at Mo, leave a comment on each team member's blog as you go round and you could win one of two $5 dollar vouchers to spend at Mo's - so many lovely images, so little time!! (Don't forget, it starts at Heidy's!)

Finally, I should say that I'm entering my card into the Create 4 Fun challenge, whose super sketch I followed!

PFP Challenge - Here Comes the Bride

This is my card for our next challenge at Passion For Promarkers as chosen by our lovely Debs who's chosen Here Comes the Bride as her theme - it is wedding season after all!

We're being sponsored by the Digi Stamp Boutique and so have been able to choose some of their great images to use this week.  I've chosen the Cute Bride and Groom image - so sweet and lovely to colour. 

I've actually managed to make a card to enter for a challenge this week too and have followed the sketch over at Sketch Saturday but have rotated it a quarter turn.  I've also made some more little rolled roses - love this die!

I've used papers from a PaperMania 12x12 set - think it's called Rose Garden.

As I said, we're being sponsored by Digi Stamp Boutique and you could win 6 digi stamps from their great selection. 

 The PFP team have made some fabbie cards too so don't forget to pop over  to the blog for a peek. 

Have a great Tuesday.

Double DT day!! Basic Grey and CES Challenges

Two very different cards to show you today - one for our next challenge at Basic Grey and one for this week's theme at CES Challenges.

Firstly our challenge at CES, as set by our fabbie Carrie.  And it's film night!! You can  choose your fave film or maybe something that you've seen recently. 

As  usual, our prize is a fabaroonie £10 voucher to spend in Emma's online store!

Just about my favourite film is Last of the Mohicans with Daniel Day Lewis -he is stunning in it and the music and the love story ..wow!!  However, as you can see this isn't what my card is all about!  I needed to make a 21st card for my nephew, who is working very hard at building up his film company.  I was looking for a retro film director image in free clip art but came across this image instead of The Invisible Man. I've coloured with my trusty PMs and used Bo Bunny Time Piece Papers and Webster's Hollywood pages, all from Emma's Online Store.  I've then used some Tim Holtz film strip ribbon and added the little birthday letters underneath, anchoring the strip with some photo clips.   

The little clapperboard was cut from the Hollywood Websters pages.

The gorgeous girlies on the CES DT have chosen some great films and used some great images, papers and embellies to illustrate them, so go and take a peek!!

 

And now for something completely different!! 

This is my card for our next challenge at Basic Grey Challenges and this week we have a  great colour scheme - Hot Pink, Lime Green and Brown/Kraft.  I love bright colours!!!  I've coloured up my  new Gorjuss girl image purchased at the Craft Barn last weekend and then used Basic Grey Sultry Papers.  Amongst many wonderful demos , we watched the amazing Chris Dark ( who also happens to be a previous DT member for Basic Grey Challenges!) work her magic with Copics and used a few of her tips when colouring Gorjuss Girl's hair - quite pleased with it!!!

 Didn't need to do much else, I thought  the papers and colours speak for themselves!!  I've layered up using papers from the  Basic Grey Kraft Basics pad and also stamped my Cat's Life Press sentiment onto the Kraft.

The flowers are made using another new purchase from the Craft Barn - a Marianne die which cuts out the shape for these rolled flowers.  (I did have a birthday voucher to spend there!!)  Another birthday purchase was the WRMK stitching tool and floss, which I got from Quixotic Paperie.

I've also used a  little BG chipboard butterfly which is not a new purchase but has been lurking in my stash for a fair while!

We have our regular sponsor with us, Simon Says Stamps, who have  such a fab range of goodies and you could win a little spending voucher to spend there:

Again, the amazingly talented girls at Basic Grey challenges have made some beautiful creations - I nearly didn't bother when I saw what they had made!  You won't be disappointed if you go and have look!!  I hope you can join us - just don't forget to use a Basic Grey product and let us know what you've used just in case it doesn't quite jump of the page!!

Off for a spot of shopping now, enjoy your day whatever you're up to.

Cheers - hic!!

Back today with our next challenge at Passion for Promarkers and this week we have a colour challenge - Brown with either Pink or Brown as chosen by our fabbie Anja.  These are two of my favourite colour combos and  I decided to go with the blue option this time.

I've used this brill Party Girl image from Mo Manning who's sipping rather a nice red on this occasion!!  I've layered her up with a combo of Stampin Up and V&A Linen papers.  The side flower punch is a newie for my birthday by Martha Stewart and I punched it again and just cut out some of the flowers to give a bit of depth.  The other flowers were cut with the Retro Flower punches and the the flourishes are a QuickKutz die.

A few pearls, bit of distressing and there you have it! 

My teamies at PFP have made some awesome cards for the challenge so go and have a peek.  You'll also see on the challenge site that we're being sponsored this week by Joanna Sheen and you could win a £10 voucher to spend in her online store!!

Off to finish getting ready for another thrilling day at work :(

See you later and thanks for stopping by :)

Sketch N Stash No 63

Monday morning rolls round again- the only good thing about it is it's time for our new challenge at Sketch N Stash with our sketch for this fortnight designed by our lovely Jill.

 

Our sponsor this week is the brill Simon Says Stamp store.  Do play along with us to be in with a chance of winning a little spenderette in the on-line store!!

It's my Wedding Anniversary this week - the number of years is shown on my card!!!  Not that we're quite doddery yet but I've used this wonderful Jack and Ginger  image from Mo Manning.  We're almost there, hubby's bald spot is coming along nicely and I only like to wear comfy shoes!!

My interpretation of the sketch is very subtle this time - I've used tulle for the back matting and I've also rotated the sketch to accommodate the tulle - I hope you can just see it!!  My papers are Webster's pages from the Hollywood set, bought from Crafty Emma's, as were some of the flowers, the rest being in my stash for a while!

BTW, had a great day on Saturday at the Craft Barn Extravaganza- so many fab demos and picked up lots of tips and ideas, and a little bit of new stash!!

Hope your Monday is ok - see you in the week!!

CES challenge card and some news!!!

Happy Saturday and Happy Me!!  Before I show you my card for this week's challenge at CES challenges,  I have some news which I have been doing the happy dance about for the last week!  I've been asked to be a member of Mo's Dream Team!  Can't tell you how excited I am!!!

Right, deep breathes, calm down and carry on!!! 

It's time for our next challenge at CES and this week the theme of Clean and Simple has been chosen by our very lovely Donna!!  Now this isn't my normal style, I'm a pile it on and use lots of DPs kind of girl but have to say I really enjoyed making my card!

I used this gorgeous Whiff of Joy Uru image, so cute, which I've coloured with my PMs.  I then scored the card blank and simply layered my image within the scored square.  Confession time  - I thought I'd be brave and stamp directly onto the card blank but it went horribly wrong!!  I then made another border using the Baker's twine wound round Card Candi spotted with a white gel pen.  The image, Promarkers, twine and Card Candi can all be purchased at Emma's online store of course!!

Hope you can join in with this great challenge and don't forget that the prize is a £10 voucher to spend in Emma's, fully of yummy stash, on-line store!!

The great girlies over at  CES Challenges have made some fab CAS samples to share with you so don't forget to check them out!!

Another reason to do the happy dance today - I'm off to The Craft Barn in Lingfield for  their Extravaganza weekend, filled to bursting with brill demos and ideas (and a bit of stash shopping of course - it would be rude not to!).  Enjoy your day!

Colour Create - Blue, Purple and Silver

Morning - back again with our new challenge at Colour Create with this beautiful colour combo as chosen by my fabbie teamie Sharon L.

And perhaps you can guess from the picture that your optional extra is to make your card for a male - maybe for Father's Day that's coming up?

I won this gorgeous digi image from Delicious Doodles a little while back and thought it would be perfect for this colour combo although I had to slip in a little green for the tail feathers - go shake 'em!!  The backing paper is from the Magnolia range of 12x12's which was obviously had to matched with the image!!  The little silvered tag frame is from Making Memories and were a pressie form best matey Lesley, and the ribbon is from my stash.

Our sponsor this week is Bunny Zoe Crafts who have loads of fab goodies and you could win a £10 voucher to spend in the store!

Well that's it from me for now - I've sneaked in a day off work today so I'm gonna catch up on my blogging and get some DT cards made - an ideal day off!! Have fun, whatever you're doing!