BG sketch challenge and CCT

With this card today I have managed to combine 2 fab challenges....a gorgeous sketch for the Basic Grey Challenge and Valentine for Cute Card Thursday . I have never joined the BG challenge before, but since the purchase of quite a few yummy BG paper packs, I'm sure I will have no trouble taking part again!!...and it seems an age since I joined in with CCT, so it's so nice to be able to partake this week.

Here are the details

• Image: hAngler and stAngler
• Paper: BG Bittersweet and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: from Hugs and Kisses at ATS
• Flowers and brads from stash

And for all those who are patiently waiting........I don't know if I should really be showing this....don't want to ruin my street cred lol!!!........here is the model of Boudicca!!!!

For those who don't know this is for my DS homework, I made the model....my first ever attempt!....(I used a whole 2kg of clay!!).....and Cameron painted it, I think he did a pretty good job for a 9 year old, especially as the running joke applied to him in our house is..............................'sport not art'!!!

Anywoo, thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day and stay warm, wherever you are

Sketch Saturday #29

Morning everyone,

Well another week has come and gone in the blink of an eye and here we are again with another fabulous challenge for Sketch Saturday and another wonderful sketch....I really love this one, thanks Jo

Thanks also to everyone who joined in with us again this week, you really do make it all worthwhile for me and the other DT members.....I wish I had time to come and visit you all each week.

I have made yet another Christmas card, seem to have made loads lately and still have no where near enough to send out...maybe I'll have to buy some this year....I know the shame of it lol!!

Here are the details

• Image: hAngler and stAngler
• Paper: Imaginisce and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers, brads and spacer beads from stash

Had a really nice day on Thursday, my little girl was in her first Christmas concert at school, she's only in the nursery class and they told the nativity story using the songs of Abba, the donkey was called Fernando....you get the idea, so funny and so cute and then the evening was another throwback to the 80's as my DH and I went with some friends to see Heaven 17, ABC and the Human League......remember them!!!!! So tired yesterday though as I had a few 'shandies'.....I don't get out much lol!!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to hop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous creations from the rest of the DT......have a super Saturday

Sketch Saturday #24

Morning everyone,
It's Saturday yippee!! and that can only mean one thing......another week begins at Sketch Saturday and another fabulous sketch for you to try.

This week we have a fabulous prize donated by our very own Debbie and it is this gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp....thankyou Debbie for your generosity.

So, here is the fabulous sketch again designed by the lovely Jo, hop over to the blog and take a look at the awesome DT work, they did a fantastic job this week

Here is my card

When I saw the corner of the image had to be cut, I decided to make a little tag to fit inside, the sentiment says 'thinking of you'

Here are the details

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: I think must be BG
• Sentiment: Studio G
• Flower, button, ribbons from stash

Thanks to everyone who joined in last week, hope you can join us again this week

Have a lovely day, thanks for stopping by

Sketch Saturday #20

Morning everyone,

WOW! what a fabulous response to my sketch last week, I am totally overwhelmed that so many of you liked the sketch so much, thankyou all for taking part and making my first DT week a truly fantastic experience.

So, onto this weeks challenge at Sketch Saturday where Jo has produced yet another fabulous sketch for you all....I just don't know how she keeps coming up with all the brilliant sketches for us to try, thankyou Jo.

I went into a bit of a panic when I first saw the oval, but thanks to my steady cutting hand, I managed it! I also didn't have any flowers the right colour so I made these ones myself! I have added sitckles to the wings and the flowers but the angle of the photo doesn't show this to its full effect doh!!!

Here are the details

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: I don't know sorry!
• Flowers: I made myself
• Ribbon and buttons from stash

Thanks for looking, can't wait to visit all your blog and look at your fabulous creations, have a super day

WOJ DT call

Morning everyone

I have made a card for Katharina's DT call for a guest designer for WOJ . I used sketch #18 from Katharina's amazing selection of sketches and went for a boys card......not sure if that was the right thing to do lol!!!

Anyway, here it is and here are the details

• Image: hAngler (sent to me by my lovely friend Maya )
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: from a scrapbook pack
• Ribbon, buttons and rub ons from stash

Thanks for stopping by and wish me luck

Sketch Saturday #17

Morning everyone,

Saturday again and you know what that means......another challenge for Sketch Saturday . Jo has produced another fabulous sketch which was a real pleasure to use and the DT have come up with some amazing examples.

There is a super prize up for grabs this week kindly donated by Sally at Bootiful Stampz, so hop over to the blog for all the details and be sure to join in the fun again this week. Thanks to everyone who took part last week, I love to visit you all and look at your fabulous cards.

I have to say the card I made this week is one of my favorites I've ever made, it all came together just as I imagined (shock horror!).....don't you just love those strawberries......I made them myself you know!!

Anywoo, here are the details

• Image: hAmgler
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: I think is called Berry Sweet by K&Co
• Ribbon and brads from stash

Thanks for all the concerned comments about my toothache...it's no better I'm afraid....he couldn't see what the problem was so he just gave me some antibiotics in case of infection.....here's hoping that is what it is and I get some relief soon!

Have a super sunny Saturday, thanks for stsopping by

A spoon full of sugar

Hi again everyone,

See I told you I'd be back with another card lol!, here is my entry for this weeks a spoon full of sugar which was a fabulous sketch by my blogging buddy Nikki and I really loved it...I'm sure I will use it again.

While I'm here, Nikki has reached a sensational 20,000 hits and is offering yummy candy, including 2 HH rubber stamps, how fab is that!!

Pop over to Nikki's blog for all the details and join in the celebration, she is a super lovely lady and makes fabulous cards....be prepared to stay a while...... huge congratulations hun!!
Here are the details of my card

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper:BG
• Lace and ribbon from the local market
• Flower and brad from stash

p.s. I found out today that a shop in town sells Promarkers, they are a bit more expensive, but great if you only want one or two to add to your collection........shhh, don't tell my DH!!

Thanks for looking, have a super day

Not a card

Morning everyone

Yes, its not a card, but it is my first feeble attempt at altering a notebook!

This isn't how it was supposed to look (gosh, I seem to be saying that a lot lately lol!), in my head there was going to be flowers and other embellies, but I couldn't get them to look right, so then I remembered a gorgeous travel wallet which Hanne had showed on her blog and I thought I would add some stamps, well I don't have any stamps, so I just got some images from the net....its not up to much, but it's ok for me!

So, here is my new address book for jotting down the details of all my new lovely blogging friends and since it is not a card I will enter it in this weeks a spoon full of sugar .

Here are the details

• Image: hAngler
• Paper: Crate paper
• Medium: Promarkers

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day

My first Christmas card

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a fab weekend

Here is my card for this weeks Friday Sketchers which was another fabulous sketch, this time by the very talented Mumur .

I have used this sketch to make my very first Christmas card. I haven't been able to join in with a few challenges lately because they've had a Christmas theme and I just don't have any 'winter' things (yet!). I wasn't stamping last Christmas and haven't really thought about this year yet, so at the moment I have no winter papers or stamps or embellies.....I can feel another trip to the shops coming on!!!

Having said that I did manage to find one piece of Christmas paper in my drawer and this super hAngler image. I don't know if it was just lack of inspiration or I liked it so much, but I've gone for the same colour scheme as my previous card.....hope you don't mind!!

Here are the details.

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: hmmm?
• Flowers, buttons and cord from stash

I had to rotate the sketch a bit as the image was too long and I definately need to add something else to it...maybe some sparkly snowflakes

Anyway, thanks for stopping by, have a super day

A secret message!

Hi again everyone,

Here is my card I have made for this weeks a spoon full where the theme was 'a secret message'
This card has taken two days to make....no I'm not normally that slow...but as I was putting it together, I ran out of tape!!!....have you ever heard of such a thing....a crafter with no tape!!!
So a quick trip to the shops yesterday and voila!, my new card.

This card is a tribute to my blog candy win, as I have used quite a few things from my goodie box....the image, the ribbon and the flowers.

Here is the secret message (two actually!), inspiration from all sorts of places but mostly from Camilla (although I didn't actually use a toilet roll!)

So here are the details:

• Image: hAngler from my sweet friend Hanne
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: I really don't know but I think they are fab...perhaps someone can help
• Ribbon, flowers and brad from stash (I can say that now lol!)

Thanks for stopping by, have a super sunny Sunday

2 in 1 challenge with a little help from Marlene

Morning everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are fighting fit this Monday morning.

I'm really late this week with my entry for a spoon full as my inspiration had just totally gone AWOL and I couldn't think of anything to use as 'recycle'.

In the end I went for a ribbon which I cut from an old shop bought card, a flower from an artificial flower bunch and the sentiment is cut from a piece of vellum I used for a wedding card, so I actually managed to recycle 3 things, small as they are.

I have based this card on a sketch from the extremely talented Marlene and although I haven't used an oval, I think the foundations are there, it was a super sketch to work with, thanks a bunch Marlene. I used this gorgeous hAngler stamp which fits perfectly with the theme on CCT which is 'the two of us'.

• Image: hAngler and stAngler
• Paper: BG and I don't know
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Sentiment, ribbon and flower - recycled

Thanks for looking, I'll be back later with a lovely award I received

A spoon full of sugar

Morning everyone,

Here is the card for this weeks a spoon full which was another wonderful sketch by Katharina , it has been so much easier making cards these last few days, using all these wonderful sketches, this lady is so full of talent and her blog is fantastic, hop over and take a look.

Anyway, back to the card. When I was making it I kept saying to myself 'what were you thinking' as it looked like the papers just didn't go together, but I persevered and I actually think now the card is complete it looks ok! I wanted to use this cute image, but couldn't make it into a circle or an oval, hope that's ok!!! I also tried to distress the edges of the image lol!! but it all went wrong and I ended up colour 'washing' the whole image!!
Here are the details

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: Bazzill and mmmm I don't know
• Rub-on, ribbon, flowers and brads from stash

Hope you like, feel free to leave a comment, have a super sunny day

PTW challenge

Hi everyone,

I've got some new dp, can you tell, lol!, they are so fab I have used them again, this time to make a card for papertake weekly. It seems like an age since I joined in at PTW and this week was a sketch by the wonderfully talented Katharina , well who can resist.
The sketch was a joy to work with, here are the details

• Image: Hangler
• Paper: MME 29th street, bazzill
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Sentiment, ribbon, flowers and brads from stash

Hope you like, have a super day, thanks for stopping by

A spoon full of sugar

Hi everbody,

Here is my card for this weeks challenge over at a spoonfull of sugar where the theme this week was 'one for the girls' following the success of last weeks challenge 'one for the boys'.

I gave myself a time limit to finish this card, cos at the moment, no matter if I sit down with an idea or completely blank it seems to take forever, well, I only went over by 15mins, not bad, I reckon, still gave me time to sit and relax and watch BB before going to bed.

I tried to experiment with a few more layers and cut one of the pieces too small, but I'm still happy with how it turned out

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: Bazzill and BG
• Flowers and brads from stash

Thanks for looking, have a super day

A spoon full of sugar

Hi Everyone,

Here is my entry for this weeks a spoon full of sugar where the theme was 'one for the boys'. As most of you agree, boy cards are notoriously difficult to make, but with the help of some super stamps I am actually finding it easier and easier, just got to remember not to go over the top with embellishments!

Well, goodness knows how I managed to make a card that I am happy with....my DS had a cold on Mon/Tue which he has very 'kindly' passed to me and now I feel like complete cr*p, so if you don't see me for a few days...I'll be curled up on the sofa feeling sorry for myself!

• Image: hAngler
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: Bazzill, Basic Grey
• Rub-on sentiment, ribbon and brads from stash

Hope you have a lovely day

Camilla's blog candy

Hi,

Camilla has reached a fabulous 10,000 hits and as a thankyou to all her vistors she has kindly provided a sketch to make a card and is offering super blog candy.

Camilla is a wonderfully talented lady who has some beautiful creations on her blog, you should definately hop over and have a look and join in with the fun, thanks for a chance to win scrummy candy.
Here is my card, hope you like!

• Image: Hangler
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: Bazzill, Stacy Claire Boyd
• Flowers and brads from stash

Check this out!

Hi Everyone,

Here is my entry for this weeks a spoon full of sugar which was 'checks galore', so anything so long as it was checked. I actually don't have much check paper so this one was a bit tricky for me...hope you like!

hAngler image sent to me by a friend, 'painted' with watercolour pens, pp by basic grey and rahyer, ribbon, buttons, brads and flower form stash.

Thanks for looking, have a great day

It's the simple things in life.....

Hi everyone,

Here is my card for this weeks cutecardthursday which was simply to make a birthday card...no problems there then, a nice simple theme, which I just loved

As I was looking for inspiration I decided to follow the sketch on this weeks mojomonday , which made things much easier and is actually my first ever entry to this challenge blog, but I will definately be back. The sketch is quite simple so was perfect for a boy card, you know how difficult they can be...just like in real life lol!

I used my other new hAngler stamp...you know what it's like...once you got em, you gotta use em! coloured with watercolour pens, pp by sharon ann and rayner, brads from stash
Have a super day

2 challenges in 1

Hi everyone,

As the name suggests I have managed (by sheer luck!) to combine the challenges of papertakeweekly and aspoonfullofsugar hope that's ok.

The PTW challenge was HOT!, so any colours like red, orange, hot pink etc, and this is what I came up with, I would like to say I just threw it together, but it was actually a lot harder than it looks, cos I don't have many of those colours....more shopping! oh dear!, but I am really pleased with the finished results

Then over on A Spoon Full of Sugar, the theme is celebration and you can now use hAnglers on your designs, how fab......well this is my very first hAngler stamp which I received only 2 days ago and I love it, sooo pleased we will soon be able to get them in the UK!

Have a super sunny day