Sketch Saturday meets LOTV, Week #2!!

Morning All and Happy Saturday!

I hope you're all well?  Wow, what a week that was!!  I was made redundant from work yesterday, we knew it was coming and to be honest I'm glad to be out of there but it's always the people you miss isn't it.  I didn't think I'd be so upset but as per usual I ended up crying!!  I couldn't even give 'my boys' a hug as I knew it would set me off again!!  I feel really sad to not be working with them anymore  :o(  I've been there 9 and a half years so I'm very nervous about finding another job and starting somewhere new!!  Although I'd quite like to have March off and start somewhere in April so once I get the old company out of my system I'm sure the nervous excitement will kick in - well I hope so anyway!!  But for today I'm off to the Make It Farnborough Craft Show and hopefully a good bit of craft shopping will help to start the de-stressing process!!  Very excited about the show, I've never been to this one before and always need more stash, lol!!

Onto my card and this weeks Sketch Saturday DT card.  You guessed it, it's another LOTV but this time a male card that I made for hubby's step dad.  It was his birthday on Thursday and when Daemo spoke to him he said how much he loved his card and was really chuffed with it  :o))  That certainly lifted my spirits in what has been a very stressful week!!  Here it is...

Close up of LOTV Pride and Joy...

Inside of card...

Side view...

Here's this weeks fabby sketch...

And this week we're sponsored by The Craft Barn...

Do play along too if you get the chance!!

Ok, I'd better get going, I'll be back later to link up and catch up on my comments, apologies if I haven't visited you yet this week but I am on my way!!

Have a fab day all and see you soon,

Much love,



Challenges I'm entering my card in:
A Spoonfull of Sugar ~ Challenge 140 ~ Birthday Wishes
ABC Challenge ~ Another O is for.....Ovals

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Core d'inations Chocolate Mocha, My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue paper stack

Stamps & Images ~ LOTV Pride and Joy, Stampendous So Birthday

Dies & Punches ~ Cricut George and Basic Shapes Cartridge to cut ovals

Embellishments ~ Craftwork Cards Oh My Words! and Craft Candy, String from Hobbycraft, Staples from Woodware

Other ~ Tim Holtz Distressing Tool, Cricut Create, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Bear ~ E34, E33, E31, R20, R00;  Hat & Scarf ~ E27, E25, E34, BG01, BG000;  Car ~ G99, G94, YG63, YR23, Y21, Y11, C7, C5, C3, C0;  Other ~ B0000, C0, 0

Digistamp Boutique plays Netball!!

Evening All,

Well what a horrible day!!  The weather has been rubbish all day here, dark, grey and wet  :o(  And I'm off to netball in an hour, soooooo gonna have to wrap up warm tonight!!

My card I'm posting today I made for one of my netball team mates.  When we score 40 goals or more in a game I buy the girls a bar of choccie and recently we have had a run of high scoring games so when I was looking for inspiration for V's card I came across Digistamp Boutique's 'Zoe love Chocolate!' and thought it would be perfect!!  And she even looks like she could be wearing a netball kit!!  So I've coloured her in in our team colours of navy (and black skins when it's freezing!!) although I did give her red shoes!!  Oh well, netball trainers come in all sorts of colours, lol!!  What do you think?...

Close up of Digistamp Boutique's Zoe Loves Chocolate!...

Inside of card...

Side view...

V is such a committed team mate, as I type she is on her way home from Leeds (yes Leeds up north and we live in Kent down south!!) and determined to still get to the courts to play tonight - talk about dedication ay!!  And she soooooo rocks at netball too  :o)

Have a fab evening all,

See you all soon,

Lots of love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch 142
Digistamp Boutique ~ February Competition
Totally Papercrafts Challenge ~ Challenge #54 ~ Do It With Digi's
Stamps R Us Challenge Blog ~ For The Girls!


Card Ingredients:
Papers & Card ~ Core d'inations Brownie, MME Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink 'Radiant', 'Pretty', 'Charming' and 'Lovely'
Stamps & Images ~ Digistamp Boutique Zoe loves Chocolate!, Stampendous So Birthday (Inside), Sentiment computer generated
Dies & Punches ~ Martha Stewart Lattice Border Punch, X-Cut Retro Flowers
Embellishments ~ Ribbon is Celebrate from Hobbycraft, Pearl Gems also from Hobbycraft
Other ~ Glamour Dust
Colour Mediums ~ Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor;  Skin ~ Pink, Soft Pink, Rose;  Hair ~ Dark Brown, Brown Earth, Pale Brown;  Clothes ~ Deep Red, Rose, Indigo, Black;  Other ~ Royal Purple, Dark Brown, Dove Grey

Another Pretty In Pink Birthday!!

Evening all,

Sorry it's such a late one from me tonight, I wanted to post this earlier today but I didn't get in from work until late and then had to rush out to umpire 2 games of netball.  Ooooo it was cold tonight!!

Anyway, onto my card and this one was a commissioned card for one of our friends to give to his daughter Cleo on her 2nd birthday.  The requirements were pink with a cat on it somewhere!!  And here's what I made...

Close up of front panel...

Main card front...

Close up of Stampavie's 'Snuggles'...

Inside of card...

Side view...

I'm so sorry the piccies are rubbish, I made the card on Saturday and by the time I'd finished it, it was dark outside and our friend was round to collect it!!  But nevermind, you get the idea right?!  Roll on summer ay!!  Is it me or has this winter been never ending?  Must be my age, lol!!

On a much brighter note (than the weather!) I was really, really chuffed to find out I'd made Top 5 at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week with this card - wahoooooo!!  How cool is that!!

It certainly made my day!!

Ok, time for beddie byes I think,

See you all soon,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Sketch N Stash Challenge Blog ~ Challenge 55 ~ New stash is my gorgeous stamp!
Sir Stampalot Challenge ~ February Challenge ~ All Creatures Great and Small
Copic Creations ~ Challenge No 44 ~ Warm Colours
Totally Gorjuss ~ Challenge 68 ~ Check It Out
Pollycraft Challenge ~ Challenge #81 ~ Diamonds and Pearls (the Glamour Dust looks like diamonds to me)

Card Ingredients:
Papers & Card ~ Core d'inations Sugar 'N' Spice, Craft Creations Ltd Pink Gingham, Papermania Hugs & Honey Paper Stack, Heart paper from stash
Stamps & Images ~ Stampavie Penny Johnson 'Snuggles', Number 2 from Penny Black set, Hero Arts Birthday Sentiment (inside)
Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Rectangles and Big Scalloped Circles, Martha Stewart Valentine Lace Punch, X-Cut Retro Flowers punch, Sizzix Trixie Girl Alphabet dies, Hearts cut using the George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge
Embellishments ~ Pearl Gems from The Glitter Pot, PEarl Hearts from Hobbycraft, Ribbon and Bows from Papaermania Capsule Collection
Other ~ Funky Foam from Hobbycraft, Glamout Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E34, E33, E31;  Clothes ~ R85, R83, R81, RV00;  Cat ~ C5, C3, C1, C0, RV00;  Other ~ C3, C1, C0, 0

Copic Creations!!

*** 2nd post today! ***

Hiya, me again!!

In my 'catching up' I found that I won the last Copic Creations Challenge (No.43)!!  Whoop whooooooooo!!  Ok, so it was completely down to random.org for picking me but the prize is.....

OMG £25 to spend at Lili of the Valley!!!  Can you understand why I'm soooooo chuffed!!  What an amazing prize  :o)

Massive thanks to Copic Creations and to Lili of the Valley.

Here's the card I won with...

Better go and calm down now ay, lol!!

Lots of love,

Sketch Saturday meets LOTV :o)

Morning All,

And Happy Saturday - wahoooooo!!  My goodness that was one busy week!!  So sorry to you all for not commenting 'on time' but I have now caught up (I think!) so fingers crossed I haven't missed any of your fabulous creations!!  Hope you've all had fab weeks?

Onto my card and this is my Sketch Saturday DT Card for this weeks challenge.  Another STUNNER of a sketch by Jo, I really loved playing along with this one!  Here's my card...

Close up of LOTV's It's My Party (I love this stamp!!)...

Inside of card...

Side view...

Here's this week's sketch...

And this week we're sponsored by.....

 Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps who are offering a $10 gift voucher to spend with them!!  So, why not head over to Sketch Saturday and play along too?

It's so wet and miserable here today so I think a crafty day is in order!!  Got soooo much on sky+ to catch up on too - told you it was a busy week, lol!!

See you all soon,
Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Lili of the Valley ~ Challenge 84 ~ My Favourite Colours (well one combination anyway!!)
Simon Says Stamp ~ Make your own Embellishments (the flowers were made using 2 sizes of X-Cut Retro Flower punches and pearl gems)
CES Challenges ~ Challenge #24 ~ Spots and Stripes

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling, Bo Bunny Peacock Lane 'Flowers', 'Stripe' and 'Plumes', MME fine and Dandy
Stamps & Images ~ LOTV It's My Party and Circular Sentiments, Stampendous So Birthday
Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Lacey Circles, Woodware Circle Punch, X-Cut Retro Flowers
Embellishments ~ Ribbon from The Glitter Pot, Pearl Gems by Basic Grey and Papermania
Other ~ Glamour Dust
Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E29, E27, E25, E34;  Clothes ~ C7, C5, C3, C1, C0, V17, V15, V12;  Other ~ BG01, BG00, YG06, 0

Another Pretty in Pink Girlie Birthday Card!!

Hiya!,

Well what a horrible dark and gloomy day it is today!!  Such a difference from yesterday  :o(  And I'm out tonight umpiring two games of netball - I'm not looking forward to that let me tell you!!  Is this winter ever going to end??

Anyway, enough of me being miserable and going on about the weather, onto my card!!  This one I've made for our friends daughter who will be 2 on Saturday.  All pink and girlie  :o)

Close up of Penny Black's Fairydust...

Inside of card...

Side view...

Have a fun evening everyone and if you're in the warm and snug, think of me out in the cold and rain, lol!!

Much, love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ~ Week 138 ~ Pretty in Pink

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch 141
Papertake Weekly ~ Putting On The Glitz!!

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling Feather Boa, Imaginesce Lucy Bird, Pebbles Ince Party Time Girl Stripe / Flower and DCWV stack pink striped paper

Stamps & Images ~ Penny Black Fairydust, LOTV Circular Sentiments and Stampendous So Birthday

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Lacey Circles, Cricut George & Basic Shapes Cartridge (to cut the circle) and X-Cut Retro Flowers

Embellishments ~ Ribbon from The Glitter Pot, Buttons by Papermania

Other ~ Cricut Create, Bow Maker, Cotton and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E34, E33, E31;  Clothes ~ R85, R83, R81, RV00, C0;  Other ~ C3, C1, C0, 0

Pretty in Pink and Super Cute LOTV!!

Evening All,

Happy Valentines Day!!  Have you felt the love today?  In case you haven't MWAH, there's a big kiss from me  :o) 

Hubby and I aren't very romantic, we do cards but that's about it.  And as my birthday is only 4 days before valentines I always get a lovely bunch of flowers then rather than for valentines.  Although I wouldn't mind another bunch.....or choccies or a meal out lol!

Onto my card and this one I've made for God Daughter who will be 5 on Friday  :o)

Close up of LOTV's Hello Cupcake...

Inside of card...

Side view...

Can you see that in the background of the piccies.....yes it's the sun, wahoo!!  Well it was sunny here for a couple of hours anyway!  Oooooo, roll on spring  :o)

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Valentines, whatever you're up too ;o) 

See you all soon,

Lots of love,

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
LOTV Challenge Blog ~ Challenge 84 ~ Sketch by Dawny
Cupcake Craft Challenges ~ Cupcake 129 ~ I *heart* You

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling Feather Boa, Pebbles Inc Party Time Girl Stripe / Flower, Gingham and Heart Paper from my SS DT Buddy Jo (thanks hon!)

Stamps & Images ~ LOTV Helloe Cupcake and Circular Sentiments, Stampendous So Birthday

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Lacey Circles

Embellishments ~ Ribbon & Pearl Gems from The Glitter Pot, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima

Other ~ Bow Maker and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E34, E33, E31;  Clothes ~ R85, R83, R81, RV00;  Other ~ C3, C1, C0, R27, 0

Awards #2!!

Morning All,

Hope you're all well today on this rather wet and dull Sunday?  A perfect day to stay in and make cards don't you think??  My Sunday has started brilliantly!!  Hubby had to go off to work but before he went he bought me up a cup of tea in bed (and a couple of jammy dodgers, shhhhhh!!) so I switched the lappy on to check out all your amazing blogs and to my complete surprise found that I'd won over at Totally Tilda Challenges!!  Wahooooooooo, I can't believe I won and I'm soooooo chuffed!!  Mainly because this challenge is a chosen winner rather than a computer randomly chosen winner.  Not that I mind winning like that either but it does give you an extra buzz to know that you've been chosen doesn't it?  I'm absolutely over the moon, I'd just found Totally Tilda too, this was my first time playing  :o)  I'll be back let me tell you, lol!!

Here's my card I won with...

Well, seeing as I'm on such a crafting high I think I'll go and create!!  Have a fab day everyone  :o)

Lots of love,

Awards!

Coo-ee, me again!!

My goodness I've had such a busy week that I haven't had a chance yet to post everything I wanted too!  So here I am again with a cheeky little 'bonus' post, lol!

Firstly I am truly honoured to share with you all that 2 lovely blogging friends, Jules and Barbara have awarded me the Leibster Blog!!  THANK YOU SO MUCH Ladies  :o) 

This award is aimed at bringing unknown good blogs to light.  Can't quite believe that I have been chosen, little old me with my little old cards but I am absolutely over the moon to accept it!! 

There are a couple of conditions in accepting the award which are:

1.  If you have been tagged, do you want to accept, then you have to create a post on your blog and post the love blog photo.

2.  Choose 3-5 of your favourite blogs to tag, link these in your blog too and tell the lucky people they have been tagged.

Only 5!!  I'd love to choose you all as you're all such talented crafters and true inspiration's.  But it's only 5 and after much deliberation here they are:  (drum roll please!)

Vicky ~ Vixx Handmade Cards

Lisa ~ Wishcraft

Leonie ~ Leonie Design

Chrissy ~ Chrissy's Cardland

Lisa ~ Crafty Moments

Gosh that was tough!  Please have a look at these super talented ladies blogs, their cards are amazing!!

My second piece of news is that I was voted a Top 3 at last weeks Pollycraft Challenge!!

Can't quite believe that either!!  Here's the card I made:

So all in all it's been pretty damn good week ay!!  Hope you've all had fun this week too?

Ok, think it's time to stop talking and start doing some crafting  :o)

Much Love,

And another one.....Male birthday card that is!!

Morning All,

It's Saturday - wahoooooo!!  Happy Saturday to you all  :o)  I hope you all have lots of fun things going on this weekend?  My Sketch Saturday DT Card today is my Father-In-Law's birthday card.  It was his birthday on Tuesday and he came down to see us all last weekend.  He's treated himself to a laptop and as IT is my thing I was teaching him how to use it.  There were lots of laughs let me tell you!!  Here's his card...

Close up of Wild Rose Studio's Time for a pint...

Inside of card...

Side view...

Here's this weeks fabby sketch from Jo...

And this week we're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!!

So why not play along too?  Hope to see you there!

Have a fab weekend all,

Lots of love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Totally Papercrafts Challenge ~ Challenge 53 ~ Clean and Simple
Cupcake Craft Challenges ~ Cupcake 128 ~ Seeing Red!

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Kraft Card from Elzybells, Papers from Wild Rose Studio 'For Men' paper stack

Stamps & Images ~ Wild Rose Studio 'Time for a Pint', Stampendous So Birthday (inside)

Embellishments ~ Ribbon is by Celebrate from Hobbycraft, Pearl Gems are E-Line by Prima

Other ~ Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ C3, C1, C0;  Clothes ~ B97, B95, B91, R29, R27, R24, E29, E27, E25;  Bar ~ E29, E27, E25, C5, C3, C1, C0;  Beer ~ E53, E34, E50