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

Bubble's Birthday!

Evening all,

I hope you're all well?  I had a fab day yesterday, thank you all so much for all your lovely birthday wishes!  Gosh 35 - that seems so old!!  Good job I don't feel it then ay, well not mentally anyway lol!  Hubby and I went to Bluewater and had a delicious lunch in TGI Friday's.  Typically though I didn't find anything that exciting to spend my birthday money on - why is that always the way when you have money to spend?!  But I did buy some gorgeous new PJ's from Marks & Spencer - I do love my PJ's lol!!

Onto my card and this one I made for my Nephew who was 9 years old on Tuesday.  Wow 9 - the years are flying past!!

Close up of the front of the card...

The main front of the card...

Close up of the main front of the card...

Inside of the card...

Side view...

The LOTV stamp was absolutely ideal for Archie as he is completely hooked on his PS3.  We all went round to see him on Tuesday night and he had some of his school friends round too, did we get to see him.....not likely!!  He spent the whole time upstairs in his room with his mates playing the PS3!  He he he, so my card was perfect for him and he loved it!

Take care all and see you tomorrow...

Big Hugs,

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Sketch and Stash ~ Challenge 54 ~ Fabby sketch and my new stash was my LOTV Stamp

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling Crystal Blue, Doodlebug Frosty Dot and Dragonfly Stripe, SEI Happy Day Cake Walk

Stamps & Images ~ LOTV Computer Fun, Elzybells Football Boy and Football and Hero Arts Birthday Sentiment Stamp (inside)

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles, Sizzix Smart Guy Dies and Woodware Circle Punch

Embellishments ~ Ribbon from The Glitter Pot, Craftwork Cards Oh My Words! Birthday Circles

Other ~ Funky Foam from Hobbycraft and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E53, E51, E50;  Clothes ~ (Football Boy) R29, R27, R24, C0  (Computer Boy) BG01, Bg000, BG0000, E27, E25, E34, YG06, YG11;  Other ~ YG06, YG11, C7, C5, C3, C1, C0, 0



Valentine Tilda!!

Morning All,

And how are all you lovely people today?  I know in my last post I said I had lots of cards to make and post and so far haven't posted any!!  But I have made some I promise, just ran out time to do the posting bit!!  So here I am with the first one, a Valentines card I made for Hubby...

Close up of Lots of Love Tilda, coloured with Copics and added Glamour Dust!...

Inside of card...

The right hand side of inside...

Close up of Tilda with Heart, again coloured with my trusty copics!...

Side view...

I really enjoyed making this card, hope Hubby likes it too.....I'll let you know on Monday!

Ok I'd better get on.  It's my birthday today (wahoo!) so Hubby and I are off to Bluewater for a bit of shopping, lunch and then maybe a film.  If you don't know what it is, Bluewater is (I think!) one of the largest shopping centers in the UK and luckily for me (but not for Daemo, lol!) it's only about 20 miles from us  :o)  So I'd better get cracking but I'll be back later for a proper catch up and mooch around your blogs.

Hope you all have a fab day,

Lots of love,



Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Totally Tilda Challenges ~ Challenge #15 ~ Tilda with Lots of Hearts

Just Magnolia & hAnglar sTanglar ~ Week 92 ~ Special Monthly Challenge and Ribbons

Magnolia Down Under ~ Challenge #82 ~ Love

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #140 ~ Fabby Sketch - I Love It!!

CES Challenges ~ Challenge #22 ~ Red and Romance

Papertake Weekly ~ Have a Heart

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling, Magnolia You Are So Special 'Kisses', 'Lace Flower' and 'Rose Garden'

Stamps & Images ~ Magnolia Lots of Love Tilda, Tilda with Heart and You are so special.  Elzybells I heart you

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Classic Rectangles, Go Create Concentric Tags #1, Martha Stewart Lattice Heart punch,  Cricut George & Basic Shapes Cartridge (for Circle and hearts)

Embellishments ~ Ribbon is Celebrate from Hobbycraft, pearl gems and hearts are also from Hobbycraft

Other ~ Cricut Create, Bow Maker and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E29, E27, E25, E34;  Clothes ~ R85, R83, R81, RV000, Other ~ C5, C3, C1, C0, 0

Pollycraft Challenge

Afternoon All,

I hope you're all good and having good weekends?  Today I'm posting a card I made for our friends birthday.  We went out with him and his wife last night and had a lovely drink and meal, a really fun night  :o)  Here's my card...

Close up of Pollycraft's Jerry Kisses Pile of Pressies...

Inside, sentiment by Stampendous...

Side view...

I'm really pleased with this card, I love the digi and the colour scheme.  I think Men's cards are quite tricky as you don't really put many embellies on them, but I love this one!!  :o)

See you soon by lovely followers,

Lots of love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Pollycraft Challenges ~ Challenge #78 ~ Baby It's Cold Outside!
Truly Scrumptious ~ Challenge 50 ~ Fabby Sketch
Copic Creations ~ Challenge No. 43 ~ We're Cool!

Card Ingredients:
Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling Sugar Daddy, MME Lil' Robots 'On a Pedestal' and 'Nuts and Bolts' and Fine & Dandy Tickled Pink 'Radiant'
Stamps & Images ~ Pollycraft 'Jerry Kisses' Pile of Pressies, Stampendous So Birthday
Dies & Punches ~ Woodware Circle Punch
Embellishements ~ Pearl Gems E-Line By Prima, Craftwork Cards Oh My Words! Birthday Circles
Other ~ Bow Maker and Glamour Dust
Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E29, E27, E25;  Clothes ~ E27, E25, BG01, BG000, BG0000, B97, B95, B91;  Other ~ C5, C3, C1, C0, 0

Sketch Saturday

Morning All,

Firstly, I'm ever so sorry that I haven't posted anything for a whole week!!  Bad Blogger I know.  To be honest, I haven't even made anything for a whole week  :o(  I'm not happy about that at all but I have loads to make this weekend so fingers crossed (time permitting!) the drought is over, lol!!

I hope you've all had good weeks and been fabulously crafty?

My card today is my Sketch Saturday DT card and this week it's my very talented teamie Maya's turn to host.  She has a wonderful sketch for you all to play with and our sponsor is Tickled Pink who are very generously giving the winner 3 digi stamps!!

Here's my card...

Close up of Cupcake Cherry...

Side view...

Here's this week's sketch...

and we're sponsored by Tickled Pink  :o)

Fab or what!!  Hope to see you over at Sketch Saturday...

Lots of love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes + Flowers
A Spoonfull of Sugar ~ Challenge 137 ~ Photo Inspiration

Card Ingredients:
Papers & Card ~ Core d'inations Heartfelt, Doodlebug Square Dance, Wild Rose Studio Candy Floss paper stack and Craft Creations Ltd Blue Gingham
Stamps & Images ~ Tickled Pink Cupcake Cherry, LOTV Circular Sentiments
Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles and Lacey Circles, X-Cut Retro Flowers
Embellishments ~ Pearl Gems from Hobbycraft
Other ~ Glamour Dust
Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Skin ~ E01, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E27, E25, E34;  Clothes ~ R29, R24, BG01, BG000;  Cake ~ E31, E53, E50, YR16, Y21, R29, R24, R81, RV000;  Other ~ C3, C0, BG0000, 0