Friends...

A lovely sketch over at 365 Cards  it being Day 253 and Super Sketchy Sunday....yet again.

Pam has been really kind to us today.

So here it is :-

....and here's what I did with it :-

I am loving using Kraft card at the moment and find all colours go with it so well.

Kraft card - Lakeland

Vintage Sticker - Anna Griffin

Faux stitching rub-ons - Doodlebug

Text Rub-on - DCWV

Other pieces of card from my bit box, the burgundy left over from my card a couple of days ago, the Duo one.

That's all I'm blogging today, I did a couple more but they leave a lot to be desired so may need a bit of TLC or rehashing.

Thanks for stopping by.

Feathers

365 Cards Day 248 - Imagine This....Feathers

Deets :-

Stamp - Clarity

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Maribou Feather - QVC

Brads - Doodlebug Sugar Coated

Sentiment sticker - Bo-Bunny

Card from stock

You wanted feathers........................you got feathers!!

Marks on the scanner glass not on the card, I really must clean it. Thanks for looking. xx

At Last!

.........I have caught up over at 365 Cards...phew!!
So we have here
Day 231 - Imagine This 'Sky'

I had to think long and hard over this, but knew that when I think of sky it is always blue and summer and there are birds involved.

This image is a great freebie download from The Creative Cottage called 'Home Sweet Home' which I printed out twice and double mounted

I added little pink gems to the flowers on the grass to bling it up

The paper is Kay & Co 'Sparkly Sweet'

The alphas are Doodlebug 'Loopy Lou'

The birdies are a stamp by Clarity Stamps. and finally....

Day 244 - 3 Different transparent items
This one also fits in with
Charisma #43 - No Backing Papers

This was a quickie...  :)

I folded a sheet of acetate in half.

I placed a vellum quote by DCWV underneath the top and anchored it with 2 transparent snowflakes

On the top I placed more transparent snowflakes, 2 of which exactly matched the two at the back so masking them

A piece of plain vellum is placed on the inside back to write on....JD!!

I will now go check the whole of the month of October and make sure I haven't missed one....just tomorrows to do, please be kind to us Pam :D

Blue Christmas

Not much going on in my little part of the world.
Weather is dreary and my purse is empty after getting my car repaired to get it through it's MOT...these things are sent to try us.
I did manage one card though and it is a blue Christmas card to go with my mood.
I used the great sketch from Sketch and Stash challenge 21
and if I'm not too late this will fit in perfectly with Crafty Creations 37 - Blue ~~( Too Late :(  )

Stamp Something - Bling It Something

I dug out all my old Christmas papers from last year and I refuse to buy anymore until these are all used up.
The new stash are the die cut snowflakes the, large one I covered in Doodlebug Sugar Coating glitter, and the snowflake stamp by Dawn Bibby which I stamped onto the faux silk paper which I made for another challenge somewhere ??? I also added glitter to this before the glue dried and it is lovely and sparkley.
Denim by Adirondack was used to stamp the snowflake.

Let's hope I can get a few more made today eh???

365 Cards 225 & 226

A bit of a catch up for me as yesterday I didn't make one card at all. My mojo went awol.
So I have been a good girl and caught up.
Day 225 - Super Sketchy Sunday and the start of Torendi Week

I thought the sketch hard and my card looks oh! so busy.
Used for this card:-
The scalloped border is by Bazzill
The spotty ribbon by Queen & Co
Snowflake rub-ons are Sew Easy by Doodlebug
The sentiment cut from a magazine as you can tell...lol!!
Card Candy 'Winter Wishes'
Everything else from my stash.

Day 226 - So......... The word SO to appear somewhere on the card
I loved this challenge and had the perfect stamp with 'So'on it
I got this stamp off eBay and use it for Easter cards.
Used for this card:-
Paper - Kay & Co Basic Grey 'Motifica'
Nestabilities Die cut Curved Rectangles
Coffee coloured card - DCWV
White card and satin ribbon from my stash
Versafine Onyx Black for stamping

I apologise for the squashed scan, this card looks quite lovely in real life with the bow in all it's glory.

Snowflakes in September

Our Forum had a card kit swap and I used all the bits from Looby to make this card and thought this would be lovely to put in for the challenge over at Allsorts 19 as this was the theme
So I am unable to list the ingredients used, sorry.
All I can tell you is that I used ProMarkers to colour and Doodlebug Sugar Coating on the hat and pom pom.

Embossing adventure

I have been playing with embossing after reading somewhere that the Fiskars Texture Plates can be passed through the 'Bug'. Very successful too. So I have 6 different textured backgrounds to play with and can resist, just for a short while, buying any more Embossing Folders.
I have used a small piece of large dot embossed card in the middle of this card, such a change from Swiss Dots which I have done to death.
Ingredients:-
The papers - Basic Grey 'Sugared'.
The ribbon - SU 'More Mustard'
The lovely sentiment is a sticker by Chatterbox.
Velvet brad - Doodlebug
Flowers - Making Memories
Metal spacer under brad - Beads Direct.
Flourish Outline Sticker

This card is for these challenges
Kezza's Sketch 2 for September
Crafty Creations #32 - Embossing

Super Sketchy Sunday

And here we are again at the start of another week , where does time go?
At 365 Cards today we had the usual great sketch to follow which has the ability to turn round and bite you on the butt when you think you have it sussed.
Why do I find these simpler sketches sooooo hard?
It started with a die cut pocket by Linda Maron 'Mod Designs', well it looked sort of diamond shaped!....shut your eyes and imagine..lol!!
Then I found some paper bits out of my leftovers box to match the colours, the green being Kay & Co...aha! it was the edge piece with the name on the back....that's a bonus.
And an Anna Griffin card blank in lilac was the perfect base.
Some purple organza ribbon tied in a bow so I could use the tails and I had the sketch sorted.
But I added a Linda Maron metal word doodad which says 'Dream' to hold the ribbon tails down and inside the flap I used some Doodlebug rub-ons to say 'take time to..'
So there is a slight deviation from the sketch, but only a tiny one and there we have it a start of another week over at 365 Cards

Color Scheme

365 Cards Day 164 - To use given color scheme
Alarm, alarm, such busy colours.
Found some great papers in Basic Grey 'June Bug' and Kay & Co 'Patchwork' and some bits and bobs of chipboard and got to it.
I didn't have anything in the purpley colour so used my Aubergine PM and coloured some strips of card for the flower stems.
All the flowers were glittered with Doodlebug Sugar Coating in Lily White
The sticky sentiment is from a sheet of Reminisce 'Princess'

Pink & Green

Having a mind boggling weekend trying to look for templates to download for making Wedding Favour Boxes. I have cobbled together 4 or 5 different ones, but I need something that is simpler, really and less taxing for my poor old arthritic thumbs. My son gets married on the 27th and he asked if I would like to make them...I need to make 50 .....if anyone who kindly reads my blog has any ideas I would be eternally grateful. TIA

Now on to more important things...lol!!
Cards I have made today.
The first is to cover
365 Cards Day 155 - Super Sketchy Sunday...a given sketch
C.R.A.F.T Challenge 10 - Pink & Green.....simples, I love pink & Green

Ingredients used :-
Green card - Bazzill Basics
Papers - Basic Grey 'Eva'
Brads - Doodlebug Sugar Coated
Stamp - Clarity
Ink - Versamark Onyx Black
Ribbon from my stash...would you believe that this is the most shocking lime green and the scan has totally bleached it!!

Tools used :-
Nestabilities scalloped ovals in 2 largest sizes
3/4" circle MakeMe punch to concave the corners.
DS Foam Tape to raise the image

A Certain Sentiment....

A card done today to cover
365 Cards Day 151 - to use the sentiment 'You Can Do It!'
The Pink Elephant # 25 - given sketch

A great sketch to use from TPE which always helps when mojo is low.
I had to think about this sentiment for quite a while and on rummaging through my box of image swaps came upon this one which looks to be from Hero Arts and the wording on the image is "With peace upon my wings, I shall fly around the World" which I thought was just perfect for this challenge.
I used Craft-T chalks to colour the image, and papers from Kay & Co. Tim Coffey Travel/Vacation . 3 pieces of card candy in a nice sandy colour and starfish charm finished it off. I used Doodlebug rub ons onto a little tag for the sentiment and added a little piece of cotton thread.

You Have Me In Stitches

365 Cards Day 129

My 2nd attempt at this challenge is this card.
I didn't read the 'rules' correctly and my first card only had a couple of little stitched flourishes in the corners....bad girl!!
I have to do a stitched image!
So I routed out a brass template and pierced around the flower and inside the spiral in the middle for the flower onto a large emb. Nestie 'Pinking Circle'. The embossing or texture of the card hasn't scanned.
The paper used was Basic Grey 'Offbeat'
I did a further piercing of a Bazzill In Stitch'z for a stem on top of the paper.
This was finished off with a little 'sun' tag and some Doodlebug rub-on letters along the stem to say 'flower'
A little piece of pinked bazzill sun is peaking out of the top corner lol!!

Well the card was completed through lots of tears as I watched the memorial service for dear Michael Jackson....may his soul rest in peace, God Bless him.

Something Tasty....

Passion for ProMarkers Week 6
The lovely colours to be used for this challenge are
Moss and Poppy
And an extra challenge is to add something tasty to the card.
I have these lovely stamps from Kars Ollyfant and the picnic image with the picnic basket was ideal.
ProMarkers used :-
Moss
Poppy
Cool Grey 2
Vanilla
Apricot
Sandstone
Apple Green
Rose Pink
Pumpkin
Raw Sienna
For the skin tones I used :-
Copic Skin White, Blush & Pale Grape
The papers are Basic Grey Cupckae and Urban Prairie
I cut the cream piece of card with my Fiskars Wide Scallop scissors.
Both pieces of white card were smooshed over with pale yellow chalk to tone it down.
The gems are by Doodlebug
The ribbon was off a box of chocs...I do love to recycle. :)

The scan has tended to highlight the basket more than it really is due to it being raised on dimensionals

I've been framed....

365 Cards - Day 118

Create a frame on your card, is the general idea for todays challenge and this card I have had to do today to get in the post for a wedding I'm going to in August.
The frame on the card is a loose interpretation as I have created a frame using my scalloped oval Nesties to enhance the word 'Acceptance'. One frame cut out of vellum with white hearts on and the backing frame in silver which has glitter embedded.
The papers are oddments out of my box, the blue one edged using my Fiskars punch 'Threading Water'.
The word I created in Word using the font Jane Austin (28)
I married up the colours of the papers with oddments of ribbon and a flat backed pearl by Basic Grey and 2 gems by Doodlebug.
The base card is a heavyweight hammered white which I keep for specials.
Hope this is not a cheat for this challenge ;-) LOL!!

365 Spoonfuls of Passion.....

This is my title for a combo of 365 Cards theme 'Oh! Boy' - Spoonful of Sugar's Sketch and Passion for Promarkers colours this week-----Royal Blue and Berry Red.
I adored doing this card as everything went together so well.
The sketch by Michelle O. over at Spoonful of Sugar was challenge 56 and was great to do.
The theme of a 'Oh! Boy' over at 365 Cards at first daunted me, as I don't have much call for boys cards.
But............
Then I remembered that this weeks colour scheme on Passion for Promarkers was red and blue and it all fell together as the image of football came straight into my mind.
So the ingredients used are :-
Stamped image from a forum buddy
Promarkers used....Berry Red, Royal Blue, Cool Grey 2, Raw Sienna
Copics used........Pinkish White, Blush, Pale Grape
Sakura Glaze Gel Pen in black
Uniball Signo broad - white
'Happy Birthday' paper - Craft Creations...wait for it....2002 !!!
Striped paper - Doodlebug 'Boy O Boy Dotted Line (I cut into a 12 x 12 for this)

Base card and sentiment stickers from my stash.
Thanks to the challenge blogs for feeding my mojo. xxx

Tulips

Another great sketch over at Mojo Monday this being wk 91.
I'm determined to get this done in time too. Last weeks was too late :-(
No stamped images so no colouring, just a lazy sort of piece together job which is so relaxing for a change.
Transparent sticky image of Tulips - Anna Griffin
Oval frame sticker (with great matching tulip) - Kay & Company 'Romanza'
Green paper - very old misc. download
Pink Striped paper - Doodlebug
Flourishes stamp - Basic Grey
Ink Pad - Adirondack 'Stained Glass'
Sentiment - Letraset Rub-on
Base card & ribbon from my stash

Thanks for taking the time out looking x

Dragonfly for Day 99

So loved this sketch over at 365 Cards but may be too late to get my card in.
I love this blog and it's all Mandy's fault lol!!
We had to follow the Super Sketchy Sunday sketch and add a drogonfly.
The papers, dragonfly and little Bee are all Kay & co 'Daisy'.
The sentiment /flower stamp is Hero Arts.
I used Marvy Le Plume pens to ink the stamp
Rub-ons by Doodlebug 'Sew Easy'
2 Nestie label shapes cut and embossed and layered with dimensionals, the little window idea in the Nestie was from a wonderful blog called Amazing Paper Grace.
The lace and base card from my stash.
Thanks for looking.

Card Recipe

Day 103 on 365 Cards is a Card Recipe...I love these.
Ingredients to be used :-
1 A2 sized card - solid background
2 Patterned Papers
3 Jewels
and
A Stamped Sentiment

So I made my recipe using :-
Anna Griffin Card blank cut to size
2 Basic Grey Papers
3 Doodlebug Jewels
and the sentiment from my stash of misc. unm. stamps...bad girl.
Stamped using Versafine Onyx Black

This was far harder than I imagined, how to make a card look acceptable with so few elements was a journey in itself lol!!
But it's not bad :-)

365 Cards Combo....

Found another brilliant challenge blog 365 Cards
Day 102 was to combine 3 of 365 challenges one from each of the months of March, April and May.
From March I chose Day18 'Going Green'
From April I chose Day 57 the sketch from Super Sketchy Sunday...and..
From May I chose Day 74 a handwritten sentiment
Oh! my this will be a first.
Ingredients :-
Papers - Papermania Olivine Essence and Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Rub-on faux stitching - Doodlebug Sew Easy
Jewels - Doodlebug
Sakura Red Glaze pen for the heart
Nestie waste for the frame
Base card,small piece of card & flowers from my stash

Sketches {by Tamara}

Sketch #95 over at Sketches {by Tamara} was a challenge as I am still suffering from brain fug. There is something I'm not happy about but can't put my finger on it. It didn't look finished and so added the 2 corners as I felt there was too much space on the pink...this may be the mistake!
Still, to craft when your mind is dull is not a bad thing as long as you can accept the finished piece as something worth showing.
Ingredients :-
Paper - Basic Grey 'Offbeat' and 'Sugared'
Bloom stamp - Bravura
Scalloped circle card - Bazzill 'bling'
Ric Rac - Bazzill
Brads - Doodle Bug
Sentiment stamp - Funstamps
Sakura Gelly Rol pens to colour blooms
Versafine Black Onyx
Base card and gem in centre of sentiment from my stash