Sketch Saturday #46

Woohoo!!....it's that time of the week again......the weekend and another fabulous sketch by Jo for Sketch Saturday . Thanks to everyone who took part last week using Tracie's gorgeous sketch...the DT loved it and judging by the response so did you!!!!

This week we have been kindly sponsored by Clare from ThreadBare.....if you hop over to the blog, you can read all about it......thankyou Clare for donating this weeks prize

The DT have once again come up with some amazing cards, so don't forget to stop by their blogs and show them some love....I'm sure they'll be thrilled to hear from you.

Well, I don't normally say this very often, but this week.....I love my card!!!!.....it all came together just perfectly and came out just as I imagined it would.

Here are the details

• Image: Gorjuss Girls by Sugar Nellie
• Paper: FREE digital download from Shabby Princess
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: AmyR birthday sentiments from ATS
• Ribbon, flowers, brads, gems and the gorgeous wooden heart from stash.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a lovely long weekend.....and don't eat too many eggs

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

Colour Create - Lilac and blue

Well, I'm just scraping in with this challenge over on Colour Create where the combo is 'Lilac and blue'.

It's not really colours I use alot, so I quickly grabbed this piece of dp from my local craft shop only to discover when I got home that it has snowflakes on it!!!.....oh well, good job I had this Gorjuss girl to stamp up and that combined with the colours makes it wintery but not too Christmassy!!

There is a fab prize up for grabs this week as Tara is celebrating her birthday and they also have over 10,000 hits on the challenge blog.....there are some gorgeous Miss Anya stamps, so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed for this one.....I just adore these stamps!!!

The DT cards are awesome and I will definately be joining in again

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Gorjuss girl from Sugar Nellie
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: Rayher and Coredinations CS
• Ribbon, flowers, brads and gems from stash

Thanks for stopping by, have a super day

Sketch Saturday #44

Saturday again.....yippee and another fabulous sketch by Jo for Sketch Saturday to kick start your weekend mojo.

As it's the end of the month we are again kindly sponsored by The Craft Barn and the prize this week is two fabulous WOJ stamps.

Huge thanks again to our GD Dawn for another amazing card this week and for joining us as our GD, hope you had as much fun as we did, thanks hun.

So, back to the sketch, everyone including Jo was a bit worried about all the circles, but no need to....as you can see from the stunning DT cards.....you can use flowers, buttons, brads, gems or if your really struggling, you can just use some circle paper.....so go on, let your imagination run wild!!!

Here are the details

• Image: Gorjuss girl from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: PM and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers and Copics
• Sentiment: AmyR Friends Sentiments from ATS
• Flowers, brads, ribbon, buttons and gems from stash

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments, wishing you all a fabulous weekend

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

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!

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

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

Friday Sketchers

Here is my card for this weeks Friday Sketchers which was this gorgeous sketch by Kristine .....I love it!

I have moved the flowers to the bottom but kept everything else the same....hope that's ok.

I have also tried a new technique with the colouring on the hat and the trousers, where you use the blender pen to apply the colour. I saw it on a tutorial for Copics and thought I would see if it worked with the promarkers....I need a bit more practise, but I would love to know what you think.....better, worse or just the same??.....any comments or constructive critisism gratefully received!!!

Here are the details

• Image: Sweet and Sassy from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: s.e.i. and Coredinations CS
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: Love sentiments by AmyR at ATS
• Flowers, brads and ribbon from stash

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

Sketch Saturday #23 - DT week

Hi everyone,

This week over at Sketch Saturday it is DT week and this time it is the turn of the gorgeously talented Coco , her style is totally unique and her cards are always stunning. She has provided a fabulous sketch this week (her very first!!) which I'm sure will not fail to inspire you all.

The option is 'Autumn' but I had so much trouble choosing the image and the papers, I went for a 'Christmas' theme in the end!!

Thanks to everyone who joined in last week, I'm sorry I didn't get to visit as many of you as I had planned......hopefully this week I will do better lol!!

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Pip from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: Dovecraft
• Medium; Promarkers
• Ribbon, flowers and brads from stash

I have added some stickles to the hat for an extra bit of sparkle.

So, without further ado, hop over to the blog and check out all the fabulous work by the DT, hope you can join in the fun

Have a super day, thanks for stopping by

Think Pink!

Morning everyone,

Hope you are all well, just popping in with a card I made following a sketch on 2sketches4you . I went with a pink theme because these papers are so gorgeous but more importantly it fits with the Breast Cancer Awareness month. I have been fortunate never to know anyone sufffer from this disease, but I know lots of people out there have so this card is for you and I attach to it, a great big hug.

Here are the details

• Image: Sweet Ebony from Sugar Nellie
• Medium: Promarkers
• Papers: K & Co
• Ribbon, flowers, beads and brads from stash

I bought a border punch (nothing fancy!) to do the scallopy bit, need a bit more practise with it, but I love the effect, you can't see it to good in the photo but it's really pretty.

I was also working on a 'spooky' card last night and after much colouring, realised I had no black card doh!!! how can one make a spooky card with no black!!!! so it's off to the shop this morning in the pouring rain with 2 kids to get some!!!

Anywoo, thanks for stopping by, have a great day

Sketch Saturday #21

Morning everyone,

Saturday again and you all know what that means, Sketch Saturday have a brand new challenge for you. Jo has produced another fabulous sketch, I can't stress enough how amazed I am every week by the wonderful skethes Jo comes up with, they are a real joy to work with.

Thanks to everyone who took part last week, we had another fabulous response and I'm sure you will all be keen to join in the fun again this week.

Hop over to the blog and look at all the stunning creations from the DT and then do another hop to their individual blogs to see how there card were made....stop by and show them some love!

I didn't have the right 'red' for the snowman to match these gorgeous papers so I used poppy and overlayed it with terracota and voila! a perfect match, I have also popped the scarf on 3d pads to give it a bit of dimension. All the papers, including the fabulous background paper is from Charmed cards and crafts

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Snow Cozy by Sugar Nellie
• Papers: Imaginisce and Carol Wilson
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flower and brad from stash

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

Double Dutch

Morning everyone,

Well it looks like my inspiration drought is over as I have finally managed to make a card, thanks to a wonderful sketch over at Double Dutch . They had a fabulous 1st challenge to make a wallet, but that looked too complicated for my old brain lol!!, so I was really pleased to find this amazing sketch for challenge 2.

The DT cards were fabulous and although I normally struggle to put so many pp together I found that this one came together quite easily. I wish I had added a few extra bits.....you know when you do that!....but it was all stuck down before I thought about it doh!!...I am still really pleased with the results though.

Here are the details

• Image: Sweet and Sassy from Sugar Nellie (she's still one of my favs!)
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: Mostly K&Co
• Flowers and brads from stash

Sorry if the photo is a bit pants, but this is my sixth attempt!!!, it's so dark here with the horrible wind and rain.

Also, I've been tagged by Carole and Sandra, so I'll be back when I've thought of some more not so interesting facts to share with you!

It is also the birthday of my lovely friend Hanne - happy birthday sweetie.

Anyway, have a super day, wherever you are, thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a comment, you know I love it when you do

Sketch Saturday #18

Morning everyone,

Well it's another week at Saturday Sketchers and yet another fabulous sketch by Jo. Thank you all for taking part last week, all your cards were amazing and I really enjoyed visiting all your blogs.

This week, the challenge has been kindly sponsored by Alota Rubber Stamps and there are 4 fantastic stamps to be won, hop over to the blog now for all the details.

Here are the details of my card for this weeks sketch

• Image: Sweet Ebony from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: PM
• Medium: Promarkers
• Ribbon, flower and brad from stash

Pop over to the blog now to look at all the fabulous work by my fellow DT and join in the fun, look forward to all you wonderful creations

Have a super sunny day, thanks for popping by

A spoon full of sugar

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a fab weekend

I decided to make a card last night to try and take my mind off the excruciating pain from my toothache and went for the a spoonfull of sugar's challenge which this week was Christmas.

I love to enter 'a spoonfull' and try to make a card everyweek, so please excuse my artistic licence as making a Christmas card is especially difficult if you don't have any 'Christmas' things!!
Anyway I am pleased with the results even if it isn't very traditional.

Here are the details

• Image: Honey from Sugar Nellie
• Medium: Promarkers
• Paper: K&Co
• All other embellies from stash

I see also that last night my counter went over 10,000 hits, huge thanks to all my visitors for popping by and leaving such lovely comments and making this whole blog thing worthwhile

As my birthday is fast approaching and I have tipped the 10K I am going to do some blog candy, hopefully in the next few days...just need to get it sorted...so stay tuned

Have a super day, thanks for stopping by

Friday Sketchers

Morning everyone,

YAY! My DH fixed the problem with the photo's and he showed me what to do if it ever happens again.....big kiss mwah!

So now I am able to show you my card for this weeks Friday Sketchers where it was the turn of Heidi to produce this weeks sketch and what a fabulous sketch it was. The DT cards are fantastic and so full of inspiration.

Here are the details of my card

• Image: Sweet ebony 'reflective' from Sugar Nellie
• Papers: I don't know any of them...sorry
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers, buttons and ribbon from stash

The butterfly is part of my win from Hanne's candy, there's a pot of them all different colours and I've been dying to use them, just not sure what to do with them, so I overlayed it with the flower and I think it looks nice.

Hope you have a fab day, thanks for stopping by

Sketch Saturday #15

Morning everyone,

First of all I want to say a huge thankyou to everyone who took part in last weeks SS, made some gorgeous cards, left lovely comments and altogether made my first DT week a truly memorable one....big hugs to you all

So it's another week at Sketch Saturday and Jo has created another fabulous sketch and my fellow DT members have created some real beauties.

This week we have a fabulous prize up for grabs courtesy of Emma at Sassy Crafts. She has kindly donated a Sarah Kay stamp....so if you needed an extra reason to join in....hop over now to the blog for all the details

Also one of my fellow DT members Mariska has reached 1000 hits in just one month...yeah Mariska....and is celebrating by offering blog candy associated with this weeks sketch.......so more opportunity to win a prize.....join in...you might just win them all!!!!

Anyway here are the details of my card

• Image: Sweet Ebony 'picking apples' from Sugar Nellie
• Paper: Scrapbook pack from Partners (the stationary shop)
• Medium: Promarkers
• Sentiment: Studio G
• Flowers, brads and gems from stash

The frame around the image was an afterthought, which is why its slightly covering the image, but I think it looks ok. Flowers using the punch I won in Hannes blog candy

Thanks for looking, have a super day, feel free to leave a comment so I know you were here

Good luck to everyone

My first DT card

Morning everyone

Well its a new week over at Sketch Saturday and the first week with the new, extremely talented DT. Jo has done another fabulous sketch, which I'm sure will get your creativity going.
Here are the details of my card

• Image: Sweet Ebony by Sugar Nellie
• Paper: StacyClaire Boyd
• Medium: Promarkers
• Flowers, ribbon and brads from stash

Thanks for looking, hope you can join in the fun

A spoon full of sugar

Morning everyone
Here is my card for this weeks a spoon full which was a gorgeous sketch by Debbie . There is a fabulous prize up for grabs this week including a Whiff of Joy stamp and don't forget you can now use any stamp you like.

I was going to do a completely different card, when I read on Jacqui's blog, the sketch was a good way to use up scraps and then I remembered I had these 2 squares of gorgeous paper somewhere at the bottom of the drawer, thanks Jacqui, for jogging my memory!

I really like the way it all turned out

Here are the details

• Image: Sweet Ebony 'giddy up' from Sugar Nellie
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: Crate paper (I think!) and the stripe one I don't know (gosh I'm rubbish with the names of papers!!)
• Sentiment: Studio g
• Flowers, brads, button and ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking, I have to work today, so will be back later with a bit of blog catchup

Have a super day