Uptown Girl coming up roses

I bought this little lady from Stampin Bella - Charlie has a Pressie - from Quixotic Paperie last week.  Love the Uptown Girl images but they're not cheap so I took advantage of the 20% discount that Elaine was offering last week and bought a couple!  And they arrive the next day - great service!

I've coloured her with my Promarkers and some Shin Han Touch Brush Markers which I love!  Like Copics but much cheaper (from Jacksons's Art Supplies here in the UK). The  papers are My Mind's Eye, the border die was cut with a Martha Stewart punch and the rest of my embellies were from stash. Oh, and the sentiment is from Stampin Up.

The card is for one of my wonderful M&S girlfriends (we all met when we started out at M&S head office over 30 years ago).  Love them all dearly - we've all been through at lot together over the years, and we still meet up for every couple of months to put the world to rights (haven't quite succeeded yet but we'll get there!)xxxxx

I'm entering my card into the following challenges

4 Crafty Chicks - Use flowers

Red Rubber Inspirationals - Celebrate Friendship

Divas by Design - Pink

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Distress

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Ribbon and Pink

New Challenge at Passion for Promarkers - Yummy food

Today's card is for our new challenge starting today over at a Passion for Promarkers with a great theme of Yummy Food as chosen by our lovely  Loopy Lou.  I think I may have stretched the concept with my choice of coffee but I do love a Latte and often have one as an alternative to the chocolate cravings!!

This is also my second GDT card for Funky Hands, and as soon as I saw the digi of the coffee cup, I'm a Mug for You - Coffee Love, I knew I had to team it up with this gorgeous Saturated Canary image. The papers are from the Prima Introspection pad and the corregated strip is actually one of those bands to stop you burning your pinkies!

The little heart is a wooden one from Live and Love crafts and the frame is cut with a Fiskars corner/border combo.

Our sponsors for this challenge are Whiff of Joy with the lucky winner getting a stamp of their choice!

Don't forget to check out the rest of my fabby teammates's  cards here!

Rory from Mo Manning

This little lovely is Rory from Mo's Digital Pencil.  There is something so sweet about a little girl in Mum's shoes -not so sweet when they grow up and start pinching them!

My papers are Thrift Shop from October Afternoon, and I've used various dies including the hanging daisies and the bow scroll from Memory Box, the heart border which  is a Martha Stewart punch and the mat border which is a Spellbinders nestie.

Nice to think I have another day off tomorrow but don't feel I've made the most of the three day weekend here so might do a spot of shopping tomorrow.

Funky Hand Digi Stamps!

Hi there - Happy May to you, of course it's rained all day here in London - welcome to Spring!

I've made today's card with a fab digi stamp from Funkyhand - I love the name - this is Where the Fairies Live, No 3 Stump Lane (there are other residences available too!).  Just click on the link to take you to the site.

I've made a New Home card , which the image is made for!  I've teamed it up with some My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline papers, a Spellbinders die set for the image and matting and the sentiment.  The flowers are a Cheery Lynn die - Sweet Williams, and the butterfly is a Marianne die. Oh and can you just make out the birds on a wire die-cut from Memory Box!

Just got to find someone who's moving now, to send it too!  Could be me!!

Nearly the extra-long weekend here in the UK - hooray!

Sketch N Stash new challenge starting today - come and join us!

Another Monday but at least we have another bank holiday next week here in the UK!  Another Monday also means it's time for our new challenge at Sketch N Stash with the fab sketch below from our back catalogue. I have rotated it right to better suit the shape of my image layer.

The image I've used is one of my all-time favourites from Mo's Digital Pencil - Fairy Needle- I just love her!

I hooked out all my sewing related dies and embellies  to go with the Kaisercraft Needle and Thread papers.

There's a Memory Box Needle die, a Sizzix Needle and Thread die and Scissors, a Die-Versions Sewing Machine and a PaperTrey Ink mannequin stamp and die combo, along with the Tim Holtz On the Edge die.

The little flat back cotton reels were a gift from best matey, Lesley :)

We have not one but TWO fabulous sponsors for this fortnight's challenge, as below, great prizes, I'm sure you'll agree.

Sponsor.......Crafty Devils

Prize £10 to spend in their store

Sponsor. .....Crafty Individuals

My wonderful teamies at Sketch N Stash have some awesome cards to share with you, so check them out here.

My final card as a Guest Designer for Sketch Saturday

Yes, this is my last card for my Guest DT spot over at Sketch Saturday - I've really enjoyed playing along with the fab team there - thanks for having me girls!

This week's sketch has been designed by the lovely Vanessa and here it is below.

I interpreted the column effect by positioning the flowers at varying levels across the page.   I cut them with a Spellbinder set of flowers and layered them up on some Prima papers from their Stationary pad.  The stems are from a Marianne flourish die and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

The fabulous sponsor of this week's challenge is Milk Coffee and they are offering 5 digi images to the lucky winner!

That's all from me for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend, I'm just off to do some colouring!xx

The Tramp by Mo Manning

I made this card for my niece's boyfriend's 21st birthday  over the weekend.  We had a whirlwind trip up to the Lake District actually, to celebrate their joint 21sts in the form of a Great Gatsby Party (pics at the end), which was a great success.  So I thought The Tramp would be just perfect for Sean's card.

Love these corner sentiment dies from Die-Versions but they don't show up too well against the papers I've used (Websters Pages) hence the close up.

The Charlie Chapline motif is cut from a Graphic 45 pad and the other dies I've used are Party Music from Memory Box, Film Clapperboard die from Whimsy Stamps and a film strip die from Tim Holtz.

You can find The Tramp here in Mo's store.

And here are a few pictures of the big day:

My two girls with our great-nephew Sam. 

Son Harry didn't go for the obvious but went as the invitation with a scene from the Great Gatsby 

Hubby Nick as Elliot Ness thinking he was enforcing prohibition! 

And the birthday boy and girl themselves, Sean and my niece, Lily! 

Passion for Promarkers - Sketch!

We have a new challenge starting today over at a Passion for Promarkers with a great sketch for you to work with from our gorgeous DT matey, Lou.

I've used this fab Lili of the Valley image from their Romance Sketch pad (which, sadly, now seems to be discontinued).  My papers are from a DCWV 8x8 pad, Garden Party, the panels behind my image are a Marianne die, as is the pink heart balloon, while the thin heart dies are from Impression Obsession.  The flowers are Kort and Godt and the tag sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Our sponsor this week is Letraset themselves who are giving the lucky entry a pack of 6 Flexmarkers!

And don't forget to check out the wonderful makes of my fabulous teamies here!