Sketch Saturday #40

Wow, where did that week go???....Saturday again already, I've only managed to post 2 cards this week!!, but having said that I am always so glad when the weekend does come around cos it means another fab new challenge at Sketch Saturday .

This week we've got something a bit different, with lots of layers.....maybe we'll get to see a few more scrapbook pages and if the sketch isn't enough to get you going, we have been kindly sponsored this week by The Craft Barn.....there is a lovely prize and lots of fabulous offers, so hop over to the blog for all the details.

The DT have done an amazing job yet again....what an amazing bunch of talented ladies....but don't look too closely..... Jeanette and I have used the same image lol!!

I've gone for something a bit different with the blue hair....what do you think?.....I asked the lovely Marlene for tips on colouring the hair black cos I was a bit worried she was going to end up looking like a little old lady...thanks hun....but when I got the stamps, I immediately coloured them all in, one had black hair, one red, one brown, then I went a bit wild and did violet and cerise and blue....and to be honest I think they all looked fab....so look out for more alternative colours next time

Here are the details

• Image: Gorjuss Girls by Sugar Nellie (as if you all didn't know!!)
• Paper: BG and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers and Copics
• Flowers and brads from stash
• Sentiment: AmyR Friends Sentiments from ATS

Thanks for stopping by, it's gonna be a busy day, my beautiful daughter is 4 today, so today is all about her....I love her with all my heart, she makes me laugh every day....I know she can't read this but ..........HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORGEOUS GIRL XXXX

Preview - Friends Sentiments

Just popping by with a card to show you the fabulous newAmyR Friends Sentiments set of stamps soon to be released at ATS .

They are all just wonderful and with over 20 sentiments, I'm sure you will never again be stuck for the right thing to say, whether you use them for the outside or the inside of your card.
The DT have some fantastic samples to show you and you can even win your very own set, so hop over to the BLOG for all the details....you have until 2nd March to get your name in the hat.

As this is from day 1 of a 4 day preview, you will also see on the blog, some stunning cards using Cookie Crumbs Mushroom Friends, another soon to be released set.....and once again there is a chance to get your mitts on these.

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Angels Everywhere (minus the wings) from ATS
• Paper: MME and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Ribbon and gems from stash
• Sentiment: AmyR Friends Sentiments from ATS

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day

Friday Sketchers

Morning all, hope you all had a 'flippin' good day yesterday......we all had more fun making the pancakes than actually eating them......and none landed on the floor or on the ceiling!!

Well, here I am at last with a card after my slight creative meltdown.....can you actually have a slight meltdown...hmm, maybe not! Anyway, thanks to all you lovelies out there for your supportive comments regarding my missing mojo, you have all made me feel so much better

And thanks to a fabulous sketch and all the inspiration from the DT over at Friday Sketchers I was able to make this card.

Here are the details

• Image: Precious Moments
• Paper: s.e.i and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers, brads and gems from stash
• Sentiment: Love sentiments from AmyR at ATS

Sorry for the short post, but my DD turns 4 on Saturday and I still have to tidy the house and buy all the pressies!!!.....so really must dash!

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments, have a super day

Sketch Saturday #39

Here we are again with another fabby new challenge on Sketch Saturday and what an amazing sketch it is too.....thanks Jo, you're the greatest.

We have been very kindly sponsored again by Emma Lockley who has donated another fabulous SU prize...thankyou Emma!

We also have some other fabulous news......we are intoducing a Guest Designer spot.....and this week we have been joined by Susan ....congratulations and welcome to Susan...our very first GD!!!

We have decided to intoduce this GD spot as our way of saying thankyou to all the wonderful entries that we have each week, so from now on each member of the DT will take it in turns to choose a GD from the regular participants of our wonderful blog and then they will join us for 2 weeks....isn't that just fabulous.....keep an eye on your inbox ladies....next time it could be you!!

Anywoo here are the details....remember my mojo is still AWOL!

• Image: Tilda
• Paper: K & Co, Doodlebug and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers and brads from stash

Again a huge thankyou to all our challengers last week, your work is amazing and makes it all worthwhile....I love you all!! Pop over to the blog and take a look at the fabulous prize and at all the awesome examples from the DT and don't forget to hop a bit further over to Susan's blog and show her some lurve!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend

Has anyone seen my mojo???

Yes that's right, my mojo is MIA.....so if anyone sees it can they send it back to me......I just don't know what's the matter with me but I just don't seem to be able to put a card together without it turning into a 3 hour ordeal...and that's just choosing the papers and the image lol!!.....hopefully things will return to normal next week!!

Luckily I made this card a few days ago which is for ASFOS and I am reasonably happy with it....although I do know that my image is sitting on...well...nothing!

Oh my, this is bad.....I can't even think what to write....my inspiration has well and truly packed it's bags and headed south!!!

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Tilda
• Paper: PM and BG and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Ribbon, flowers and brads from stash
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave, have a super day

ATSDT Challenge#37 - Get Sketchy

This week over on the ATS blog we have a fabulous sketch challenge for you all to try.....don't you think it's great and it is so easy to work with.

The DT have some awesome examples for you, so why not hop over and take a look and come join in the fun with us.

You can upload your photos to the ATS gallery and on SCS with the keyword ATSDTC37 and then we can come and have a look at all your wonderful creations

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Hey Cupid from ATS
• Paper: The Paper Company and Coredinations CS
• Medium:Promarkers
• Ribbon, flowers, brads and button from stash
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS

Hope you are able to join in with us this week, thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave, have a great evening

Sketch Saturday #38

Wow, how can it possibly be Saturday again....I do not know where this week has gone.....but gone it has and it can only mean 1 thing.....yeah another fabulous new challenge on Sketch Saturday , this week created by the ever amazing Jo.

Well done to my lovely friend Jeanette for the wondeful sketch she produced last week and once again, huge thanks to everyone who took the time to join in the fun.

This week we have been very kindly sponsored by Sandy at the Craft Barn and you have the chance to win, Daisy and Dan, so hop over to the blog for all the details and to take a look at the fabulous samples from the DT

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Sugar Nellie
• Paper: K&Co and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers

Another short post from me I'm afraid....got so much to do.....maybe I'll have more time next week with the kids being on holiday from school.......ermmm...did I just say that!!!!!

Anywoo, thanks for stopping by, have a super sunshiney day

Oh and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, hope you have a lovely day with the one you love!

New designs at Pink Gem

Hi everyone, just popping in to let you all know about some fabulous new designs available at Pink Gem Designs , including Little Gem, Meg, some Funky animals and some new sentiments.....hop over to the blog for a look at all the new cuteness, they are all just adorable...

Cookie Jar and Jar-gon review

Evening all, it's time for a review over on the ATS blog and this week is the fabulous Cookie Jar and Jar-gon set, loads of images and cool matching sentiments.....just perfect for sending some love

For my project, I made this cute little box from a tutorial on SCS and filled it up with cookies....if I was actually giving this to anyone, the cookies would be in a bag

Here are the details

• Image and sentiment: Cookie Jar and Jar-gon from ATS
• Paper: doodlebug
• Medium: Promarkers
• Ribbon, brads and flowers from stash

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave

ATS DT Challenge #36

Oops!, just realised I forgot to post my card for this weeks ATS DT Challenge. The theme this week was 'Paper Piecing' and if you head over to the blog you can take a look at all the other fabulous examples from the DT.

This is the first time I have used this new AmyR stamps from the Warm and Cozy set, just perfect for all you Get Well soon and Warm Winter wishes and also great for paper piecing.

Here are the details

• Image and sentiment: AmyR Warm and Cozy from ATS
• Paper: BG and I think Daisy Bucket
• No colouring
• Ribbon, flower and brad from stash

Right, go to dash, off to work in 15 mins and still got to get changed, pop back later when I will have another ATS review

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day

A spoon full of sugar

Here is my card for this weeks ASFOS challenge which was a fabulous sketch by GD Tina and the DT cards are totally awesome as always, thanks for the inspiration.

I have used Party Max, from Pink Gem , isn't he cool!! I think he is just perfect for all your birthday boys but he could also be used for any 'school' cards, just colour him differently and voila...he's off to school!!!

Here are the details

• Image: Party Max from Pink Gem designs
• Paper: BG and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: Studio G
• Ribbon and brads from stash

I feel like he's missing something on this card....a few embellies maybe.....I'll add those later when I decide what to do

Anywoo, thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave, have a super day

Sketch Saturday #37- DT week

Well, as the name suggests its DT this week over at Sketch Saturday and this week is the turn of none other than my lovely friend and fellow DT member Jeanette . Isn't this sketch amazing???....she says it's her first ever, but I think she's been practising on the sly.....lol!!....only joking sweetie.

This week we have also been very kindly sponsored by Denise from Whimsy Stamps and the prize on offer is two of her gorgeous new designs....hop over to the blog for all the details and to take a peak at the fabulous DT work.

Again, huge thanks to everyone who took part last week, another fantastic response.

Here are the details

• Image: Sweet and Sassy from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: s.e.i. and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers, brads and sentiment tag from stash

I half stamped the image a la Rach (thanks for the inspiration hun) and coloured it using the blending technique. The fancy circle was cut with my new scissors, one curve at a time....it wasn't time consuming at all lol!!....but I love the effect and I think it looks pretty good, considering the scissors are straight and I was cutting a circle!!!!

That's all for today, off to work for me in a few hours, hope you all have a fabby day...thanks for stopping by

ATS DT Challenge #35

Over on the ATS blog this week the challenge is to make something for all your Valentine Treats......how do you make your Valentine Treats pop!!
The DT have come up with some fabulous ideas, so hop straight over to the blog for some great inspiration.

Me, I went for this really simple to make gift bag. The white bag was a pack I received a loooong time ago from my lovely friend Nikki , way back when I just started blogging and I have only just got round to using them!!!....thankyou sweetie. All you do is adhere two pieces of card to the bag and decorate as desired....see I told you it was easy!!!

Here are the details

• Image: Hey Cupid from ATS
• Paper: BG and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS
• Flowers, brads and ribbon from stash

Now all I need to do it buy the choccies to go inside lol!!......if you're interested in the tutorial for how to make this cute little bag, leave a comment and I'll have a search for the link

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day, stay safe and warm

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

Rockin Out - preview

Hi everyone, just popping by with my card for a fabulous new set previewing at ATS . This bundle of cuteness is from the set called Rockin Out....isn't he fab and of course the cute little monkey is by his side. You have a chance to win this cool dude if you pop over to the blog and leave a comment......well what are you waiting for.....get hopping!!

This is the 3rd day of preveiws for some gorgeous new ranges including 'Cookies'....a set full of cookie related stamps including a whole bunch of sentiments....lots of lovin from the oven! and 'Warm and Cozy'.....perfect stamps for get well and winter wishes, scroll down on the blog to have a look at all the amazing examples from the DT.....you are sure to be inspired.

Here are the details

• Image and sentiment: Rockin Out from ATS
• Paper: Doodlebug, BG and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Brads and ribbon from stash

Sorry for the late post, I've been busy making (sorry helping to make!) a clay model of Boudicca for my son's homework....parents were allowed to help!!.....it's drying now just ready for him to paint tomorrow....that's if her arm doesn't fall off lol!!........I'll show you all a pic if I'm brave enough when it's finished!!

That's all folks, thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave

Sketch Saturday #36

Welcome to another fabulous new challenge on Sketch Saturday , but before I get to that I just wanted to say.....WOW! and a huge big thankyou to everyone who took part last week, the response was phenomenal, over 200 entries, looks like you all enjoyed the sketch!!

So onto this week, again another amazing sketch by Jo to really get your mojo movin and if that's not enough this week we have been kindly sponsored by Paula at Pollycraft Designs and the prize is 2 fabulous stamps from their new range.

The DT have once again made some delicious samples for your inspiration, so hop over to the blog for all the details and to take a look at their gorgeous work

Here are the details of my card, I've rotated it as my image was the wrong shape, feel free to do the same.

• Image: Picking Apples from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: Urban Prairie by BG and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS
• Flowers and brads from stash

I have used the darker/lighter shading technique on this image and I think it turned out pretty good, so I'm brave enough to show you a close up!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day, look forward to all your lovely creations

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I NEED YOUR HELP.....

.....to decide.......Cuttlebug and Nesties......or....Copics

Basically I have a bit of spare cash and I can't decide what to buy. As some of you may know I don't have any machines or cutting aids....just me and my trusty craft knife/scissors and was thinking of getting a Cuttlebug and Nesties, but then because I love the colouring part and want to improve my skills with that I think the time has come to 'upgrade' to Copics, but sadly I don't have enough for both.... :(

Help me out her ladies.......what do I go for?????????????.........your help would be much appreciated....look forward to your thoughts

I told you I'd be back....

Yes, that's right, as promised I'm back with my other card for today. Here is one I made earlier...in true Blue Peter style.....a card using one of the gorgeous new stamps from Pink Gem Designs .

This is sweet Milly, isn't she just adorable waiting to blow out her birthday candle. You can buy her and a whole load more of these little cuties from Janet at Pink Gem, hop over and take a look

Here are the details

• Image: Birthday Milly from Pink Gem
• Paper: The Paper Company
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers and ribbon from stash
• Sentiment: Computer generated

Well, that is it for now, got to get to some DT work, thanks for stopping by, have a lovely evening

Friday Sketchers

Here is my card for this weeks Friday Sketchers which was a fabulous sketch by Bea. I really enjoyed working with this one as the shape of the card was a bit different from normal......and because the DT cards were so inspirational.

It's been made for a few days but I've been into work for the past few days and not been able to take a pic....so here it is, last minute...no surprise there then!

Here are the details

• Image: Another sweet Tilda image from my lovely friend Stacey
• Paper: s.e.i. and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS
• Ribbon, flowers and brads from stash

I tried to do the buckle thing on the ribbon, but it didn't look right, hope it's ok just to have it like this

Hope to be back later with another card I have to show you, I was going to do them both at the same time but the photo editing program has packed up again and I can't remember what to do.....typical woman!!....have to wait for the hubby to get back

Also we have a new addition to the family.......no not that!!.........we have a new cat, we got him on Sunday from the rescue centre, his name is Cesc and he's settling in just fine, I'll show you some pics when I get chance

Phew, that turned into a long post, thanks for stopping by, see ya all later...hopefully!!

ATS DT Challenge #34

Hi everyone, just popping by with my card for this week ATS DT challenge where the theme is 'Brads Galore', so lots and lots of brads on your creations this week....see if you can beat my grand total of...6!, yeah I know, not exactly galore, but its all I could manage lol!!

Hop over to the blog to look at all the fabulous creations from the DT and get the details of how to join in the fun

Here are the details

• Image and sentiment: Hugs and Kisses from ATS
• Paper: BG
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers and brads from stash

Sorry for the short post but the clock has just ticked past midnight...need to swap blogging for bedding.....zzzzz

Sketch Saturday #35

Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to another fabulous new challenge on Sketch Saturday and another amazing sketch by Jo, I think you'll agree this one is totally awsome.....thanks hun!

The DT totally rocked this sketch so hop over to the blog for some fantastic inspiration.

Thanks to everyone who took part again last week, I think that you all love Jo's sketches as much as I do.

So, this week we have an amazing prize up for grabs donated by Emma Lockley and it is a faublous selection of SU goodies. Now for all you lovers of SU who weren't fortunate enough to win Emma's candy, this could be your chance to get your hands on some gorgeous stash.....check out the blog for all the details

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Tilda with rose from my lovely friend Stacey (she doesn't have a blog, I keep trying to persuade her but so far she is still resisting....I will wear her down....lol!!!)
• Paper: s.e.i and Coredintions CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers and gems from stash
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS

Well off to work for me in a few hours, hope you all have a lovely weekend, thanks for stopping by