PTW - Dawnys Sketch #11

over at PTW is another gorgeous sketch by Dawny P, I love her sketches but didnt think I was going to make this one in time but I have (only just!) Papers are BG sugared, flower from my stash, Amy Butler button, quote is from K&Co Proverbs To Go Box and the image is the gorgeously cute Daisy by Sugar Nellie which has been coloured using Whispers pens and a touch of sakura glaze. TFL I am now off to bed as I have a paperwork day at work tomorrow starting at 8.30 so no doubt by the time I finish at 4 I will have a headache!lol but no doubt I'll try and fit some crafting in tomorrow night!

Dotties World Challenge - Twice as Nice

Well this week over at Dotties World Adele layed down the challenge to ... use two or more charmed downloads on your creations this week. You can mix and match, duplicate an image, resize, whatever you fancy but I need to see two or more images. I have been thinking long and hard about this one and finally came up with an idea but now its on paper I'm not so sure about it. I like the image(s) but not sure about the composition of the card as a whole. The papers were freebies with a mag (crafts beautiful) and I really like them, I love my flowers and the little Amy Butler heart buttons are from my recent win from Dotties World I just adore. I love the Dottie & George images from the at work collections but now I've put them all together I'm not so sure. The idea is for an anniversary card (incase it wasnt obvious!lol) Oh well its all stuck down so no changing it. LOL TFL

Sketch Saturday #43

Here is my take on the sketch this week from Sketch Saturday. For some reason I struggled with this at the end, it started off coming together pretty well but was hard to finish and I dont really know why! The image is Dottie as a butterfly from the front to back collection from Charmed Cards & Crafts, papers are K&Co classic K Bailey range, mirri card, flowers, butterfly charms and brads from my stash. Will add a sentiment when I know what the card will be used for. TFL

And for tea tonight ....

... we had this! A 3lb 15oz Skate, caught at about 9 o'clock last night by Adrian, we took the pic last night when he got home at about 11.30 I was just on my way to bed! so tonight I cooked it up and very nice it was too, even better seeing as it hadnt cost us anything!lol He was very pleased and proud when he got home last night.

SCSC #24

The challenge this week over at SCSC is Favourite Colour. Well incase you cant tell from my card its PURPLE! and I also love combining purple with green. My paper is Pm which I used my multi-shaper punch on then I also used the punch on the cs mat. Image was given to me and she has been coloured using a mix of whispers strokes pens, wc pencils and sakura pens, I used a couple of the punched out flower shapes and the ribbon, clip and peeloffs are from my stash. TFL.

Friday Sketchers #44

The sketch this week over at Friday Sketchers is another fabulous one and I was able to make use of the beautiful K&Co classic K McKenna papers that I won as part of the prize over at Dotties World. The prize also consisted of 3 bottles of Amy Butler embellishments, Amy Butler ribbon and some Stickles so I plan on having loads of fun with such a scrummy prize (when I stop stroking it!lol) Back to the card I've already told you about the papers and in addition I have used flowers and brads from my stash and the image is Onion from the new Daisy & Dandelion range as is the sentiment. Onion is coloured using sparkly paints similar to twinkling H2Os (but cheaper!) Thanks for a great sketch and thanks for looking. x

Holly in the USA Bag

Well now I can take one of my favourite download images to work, rest and play with me! I have used Holly in the USA from Charmed Cards & Crafts, who is designed by the very talented Louly and I have placed her on a digi background added some elements from a kit addon by Sweet Blossom Designs to A Work In Progress freebie kit called Country Life then I have printed this onto transfer paper and ironed it onto a little cotton bag which I bought in a local craft shop for £2.50. I am thrilled with this as this is definately a ME bag now!lol TFL I really should be doing something else but what the heck I'm off to work after lunch so why not relax now - and I can take my new bag too!lol Bye for now. x

Sketch & Stash Challenge #6

Really enjoyed this one again over at Sketch & Stash. I have used the Madison with Attitude download for the 1st time from Charmed Cards & Crafts and she is coloured using sakura pens 2 of which are new (the red & black sparkly ones), grunged the edges with some red ink the black card has been embossed at top and bottom using one of my new CB borders then faux stitching in the sparkly red pen, coloured the peeloff sentiment and the red paper has been in my stash forever!, wooden flowers from my stash with some added red sparkly pen! do you think I like that one!lol TFL

CCT challenge #52 - Recipe

Well over at CCT they have given us a recipe this week which goes like this ... Take something ripped; 2 papers and 4 embellishments BUT there's a twist - four embellishments means ONLY four. A two-layered flower with a charm/spacer and a brad for example would count as ALL of your embellishments so choose them wisely! So my card uses Pm papers adn flowers (3) piece of ribbon from my stash (4) coredinations cs, sentiment peeloff and the beautiful Holly at Work image from Charmed Cards & Crafts. I decided on a 'good luck' card as my niece has exams for college coming up and thought this image worked for that too. TFL

Crafty Muse Challenge - Change of Season

Lovely choice of challenge this fortnight over at Crafty Muse - a Change of Season, well my choice for this is tulips and it was inspired by an image of Sammi's that she was giving away in my early days of blogging and it has been sat on my pc waiting for just the right occasion well here it is! The papers are Pm and the ribbon, wire and brad are from my stash. TFL

PTW challenge Feeling Fruity

Great theme over at PTW this week, something edible on your cards. I remember that I had a bag of wooden fruit that I had bought for £1 several years ago (dunno why just thought it seemed like a good idea at the time!lol) anyway I dug them out and found this lovely apple and remembered I had downloaded a collab kit which included a lovely apple tree paper by Mels Lightbulb Moments so with the addition of some ribbon, gems and a sentiment devised by Ria which reads 'an apple a day keeps age at bay' and then inside it says 'so they say!' my card was created, a collab between my daughter and I!lol TFL

Dotties World Challenge - A Sketch

Over at Dotties World this week Karen set us a challenge to use her sketch but also that ...The scalloped edge merely depict some sort of fancy edge. It doesn't have to be scallops but you MUST provide a fancy edge of some description, this is not an element that can be changed. You must of course include one of our downloads too. It is a great sketch and I decided to use it to make a scrapbook page and a traditional one at that not a digi one! Mind you the papers are from a digi kit which is a collab between Vicki ( a work in progress) & Sara (sweet blossom Designs) but this kit is only available thru Scrap 'n' Art magazine the kit is called Spring Zest its really vibrant. I chose a picture of Ria when she used to be a Brownie and they had been working towards their circus performer badge which ended in a bit of a circus day in the nearby village. The pic was taken in our garden before she went. So juggling Dottie was just the perfect image to use for this one and I added teh actual badge too. The heart and the journaling plate were cut on my xyron personal cutter, scalloped circles are nesties and the scalloped edge is hand cut. TFL and thanks Karen for the inspiration it was nice to do a traditional page for a change. Sorry the pic is a bit blurry I scanned it as the photo I took didnt come out too well so thought this would be better it is but not by much!

cutting it fine with Sketch Saturday #42 & SCSC #23

Ok only just making it I think (& hope) sketch Saturday wonderful sketch and SCSC is Have cake and eat it so here is my card. Papers are cosmopoliton range by MM brads and flowers from my stash , image and little cake are from the new Daisy & Dandelion range and after much thought I decided to leave the image naked! TFL

Here you are Mum! MTTC challenge #53 and ABC challenge F

well this is just a quick post especially for my mum who is going to be away for mothers day and I wanted to do something a little different for her so I just hope she likes this and wont be too mad at me - she'll know what I mean! This is a digi page made using a freebie collab kit called Mon Amie and its by Vicki ( a Work in Progress) & Stacey Towers I have also used some leaves from a couple of Vickis other kits. The photo is from when my mum came to visit me in hospital shortly after Ria was born, it was a bit of a surprise as she wasnt actually due for another 2 months! I just felt that this photo shouted a mum moment at me. Happy Mothers Day Mum hope you like it. xx(will bring you the original next time we visit. Thanks for everything you do for me, I love you. xx

I have also realised that I can use this digi scrap page to enter into 2 challenges this week the MTTC one which is nature, well the flowers and leaves work there but also what is more natural than motherhood. Also fits with the ABC challenge which is flowers. TFL

A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge #43 Little Gem

Over at ASFOS this week the challenge is we would like to see you use Gem's on your cards. Well I had unfortunately not got my card completed for their wonderful sketch last week as my night shifts so rudely interuppted my crafting time! I had got as far as sorting my papers and layering them together but that was it, so I used it as my starting block this evening and chose my image 'Summer Ice Cream' Sugar Nellie and then decided it would make a good mothers day card for my MIL so chose the sentiment and then added the paper flowers and then added the pink gems to the flowers. The papers are MM cosmopolitan collection. I really loved this sketch and even added faux stitching, definately one to use again the hardest part for me was choosing the 3 different papers as I do sometimes still struggle to put pattern papers together, even when they come from the same collection! but I am pleased with how this one turned out. Please excuse what looks like lines in the paper at the bottom of the pick but I have used the flash on my camera and this is the reflection from the gloss painted surface I must try and remember to put a sheet of plain paper there before taking the pics in future! lol TFL

Well I now have 2 days of training ahead of me so I think it is probably best if I head off to bed but hopefully I will be able to fit in a bit of card making tomorrow evening (fingers crossed)

PTW - Dawnys Sketch

Great sketch by DawnyP over at PTW. I have used BG Sugared papers, embossed one piece with the script folder, the image is from Chatrmed Cards and is the wonderful George doing his Elvis impression (love this image) then I've added organza ribbon, wooden sentiment tag and photo anchors from my stash. TFL now I'm off to bed as I'm on the night shift but wanted to get this uploaded before I could go!

Sketch & Stash Challenge #5

Another great sketch over at Sketch & Stash this week. Turned it on its side and used some papermania papers that I have had forever! the new stash is my Bubbles stamp from the Daisy & Dandelion range and I replaced the stamped flower that she is holding with a paper flower and brad from my stash with a little swirl stamped on the brad. The sentiment is D&D too stamped using Stazon on some shiny paper ribbon that I bought a couple of years ago to hang my christmas cards from and then promptly lost it til after christmas! TFL

Scraps 4 Fun blog candy

Just happend across this blog by chance and Sonias cards are awesome and she has some amazing blog candy up for grabs so do go and check it out here

Dotties World Challenge - Get the Feeling

Nicola set a fantastic challenge this week over at Dotties World which is ... Get the feeling!!!!! I would like to see some kind of fabric incorperated in the card or item, it could be felt, ribbon, lace, cotton etc and of course a Charmed Cards and crafts download. I wasnt sure what I was going to do for this then I was sat the other evening playing with a new toy called a yo-yo maker which makes little rosette thingies out out fabric and I had picked up some scraps of material at the same shop I bought the yo-yo maker and when I finished it, it occurred to me that it would fit nicely in the centre of a paper flower and so my card was born! I have used the gorgeous Madison in Venice for my image and coloured her using my sakura stardust pens so her dress and accessories are quite glittery but it doesn't show that well in the pic. She is mounted on some paper by Raspberry Road Designs which in turn is matted onto a piece of coredinations gemstone cs and the background paper is Pm as are the flowers then I've added the yo-yo to the biggest flower and some gems from my stash to the others, also used the sakura pen to colour some of the background flowers to tie it all together. Hope you like it. TFL.

Sorry not been about much again this week but work got in the way and now I have a terrible cold felt so bad yesterday I just couldn't face crafting which was annoying as I had planned to spend the whole day catching up on challenges but it was not to be! so I'd best get on with some now instead! Bye for now. x

Dragons doing homework!

Actually its Ria that is supposed to be doing the homework! but she just cant resist having those 2 out with her whenever she gets the chance, trouble is they can be somewhat of a distraction! an adorable distraction but a distraction all the same! Indie is on the right shoulder and Walley is on the left. TFL and goodnight