Sunday 31 January 2010

Sketch Saturday - Grow Old With Me

This sketch is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog
This is a valentine card for my DH - we do not really do much for ourselves on valentines day as its also our daughters birthday - so instead of romance it will be a 16th birthday party!
The image is of 'Jack & Ginger' from Mo's Digital Pencil
They are coloured using my letraset tria markers
The sentiment was done in word and just printed out
All the papers were free with a magazine last year
Flowers from my stash
And before anyone says it no DH and me are not that old I just love this image. lol
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Friday Sketchers Challenge 87

This lovely sketch comes from the Friday Sketchers and was designed by Jeanette
I have used one of my new House Mouse stamps this one is called
'Pop'-ular Fun
They are coloured using my letraset tria markers.
I then inked the edges and mounted it onto silver card.
The sentiment was done in the same ink I used to edge on my letterpress
and then again edged with ink and mounted onto silver card.
I do not have any border punches as I usually use the craft robo
but this time I used my Woodware Paper trimmer to cut the scallops,
then my crop-a-dile to punch the holes.
I mounted gloss blue behind the holes to make them stand out.
The papers all came from the local craft shop and the flower from my stash.
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Simon Says - New Baby!


The challenge on the Simon Says Blog is

'New Baby'
For this card I used my craft robo to cut the template with the feet and sentiment
Glued it all together and stuck onto white card
The paper with the glitter swirls was left over from an old QVC Kanban kit
The ribbon was in my stash
Sorry about the picture but the silver card is reflecting my pink camera
and giving the card a pink tinge!


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Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge 16

Lisa's challenge over on Mo's Digital Pencil is 'Shades of Grey'
This challenge was quite difficult and as you can see I had to add a little bit of colour!
The image is Simon from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop
He is coloured using my letraset tria markers
The brick paper is from clipart and the sentiment is from wordart
I put both these into word so I could adjust colours and sizes
Simon is mounted on silver card the a small piece of re Quickutz paper is behind him
To add dimension he is mounted using silicon glue
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Three Challenges One Project!












I decided to make something different from a card this time!
These Roses and the Box have all been cut on my craft robo using a
wonderful template from the Paperthreads design website
All the petal etc have been cut individually and then shaped and stuck together
To finish of the inside I used a small red bow
The outside of the box has been simply decorated using some quote stickers
from Paper mania and the heart ribbon.
The box measures 11cm long x 4cm wide x 3cm high to give an idea of size
It was quite abit of work but very enjoyable to do
This covers the following challenges
My Time To Craft - Elegant Roses
Cute Card Thursday - Blooming Gorgeous
Do check out the challenge blogs there are some amazing cards on them
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Monday 25 January 2010

Dottie World

Wow I am the winner if the Dottie World Monochromatic Challenge
Thank you Dotties World
I feel some craft shopping coming on lol

Sunday 24 January 2010

Christmas Cards All Year Round - January

The Challenge this month on
is anything goes
I decided to make a base card and then decorate each one different
I cut the words out on the craft robo although it doesn't show on the photo the bottom of the card is shaped
All images have been coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
I have added a little glitter to each card feel it makes it more Christmassy
The images starting from the top are:
Digital Stamp sold in aid of Meningitis Trust
Lets see if I can keep this challenge up this year!
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Dotties World - Leaf it!

The challenge on the Dottie World Blog is LEAF IT!
Are you sick and tired of seeing cold bare trees? I sure am so this week I want you all to encourage spring to come early! I want to see leaves on your creations. They could be paper ones, fabric ones, stamped or even real ones! The only other rule is that you use a Charmed Download :) Louise
For this challenge I used the Charmed Download of Holly In the Garden
She is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
Mounted onto some green and silver card
I have used a sheet of leave paper from my Forever Friends Pink Parfait Pad
This is mounted onto a light green base card
The leaves and flowers are Anitas dimensional stickers
I will add a sentiment later when I decide who the cards for
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Secret Crafter & Sketch Saturday Challenges

The challenge on Secret Crafter Blog was to use a photo for inspiration
I took the colours and used them
This fabulous sketch comes from the Sketch Saturday Blog
The image on this card is from the Digi Stamp Boutique its Murtle and Shelly
These have been coloured using a waterbrush and my Colourbox
Petal point ink pads Enchantment
The eyes have had some glaze on them to make the shine
The flower paper is from the Forever Friends Parfait Pad brought from the papermill shop
Sentiment was done on my Brother Labeller
Corners and ribbons are both from some crepe tape I have had for ages
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Mo's Digital Pencil and Friday Sketchers Challenge


Over on Mo's Digital Pencil the challenge is to use the following colours or as near as you can


This wonderful sketch comes from the Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog and was
designed by Jacqueline
She is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
The purple paper I think is from Papermania I have had it for ages
Flowers were from stash and I mounted three together with a brad
then stuck to card with silicon glue
Sentiment was done in word
Purple gems from Hobbycraft
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Cute Card Thursday - Fairy Fantastic!

The challenge on the Cute Card Thursday blog is
'Fairy Fantastic'
Now I am not known for doing fairy's so this was quite a challenge
Then I remembered these decoupage Funky Fairys my daughter had put together.
I have mounted her onto some silver mira board
The black patterned paper is a piece of sample wallpaper from the local DIY store
The base card is glossy
I was not sure what sentiment to put with this so have left it blank
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Simon Says Challenge


I decided I would have a go at the Simon Says Challenge
The Challenge this week is to PUNCH IT
This gave me a problem as I do not own any punches!
So I have used what I always use when I want a punched effect
My Craftrobo - I hope this is not cheating
I designed the cut out star border myself using the
Graphetic Design Master Software and the stars to mount on top
The image is from Sandra Dry Digi Stamps and she is coloured using my
Letraset Tria Markers then mounted onto silver card.
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Saturday 23 January 2010

My Time to Craft - Damask Delights

DAMASK DELIGHTS
I must be honest I think I am properly the only person not to know
what Damask was!!
So I just took my inspiration from the DT cards hope this is ok for the challenge
The paper I have used is some flocked handmade paper I brought from the local craft shop
I trimmed it to fit the white base card and cut some scallops in the top and bottom
The image is a House Mouse stamps called
'Smell the Flowers'
(so cute I am hooked on House Mouse stamps at the moment)
He is coloured using my Letraset Tria Marker
Then mounted onto silver card
Very simple card but I didn't feel it needed anything else
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Pollycraft Challenge Fire & Ice


FIRE & ICE (RED & WHITE)
For this card I used a Pollycraft Digiatal Stamp of Albert
He is coloured using Letraset Tria Marker
Edges inked with a red ink pad and mounted onto a piece of white card
Happy Birthday done on my Quickutz Letterpress
Stripes of red shiny card
Finished with two buttons
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Monday 18 January 2010

Sketch & Stash Challenge 27

The is sketch is from the Sketch & Stash Challenge site
My new stash is my papers that come from the Forever Friends Pink Parfait
Paper Pad from the Papermill shop
A new House Mouse stamp 'Feeling Rosy' from e-bay
(that I only got today in the post)
This has been coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
The circles were cut on my craft robo
The 'Happy Birthday' was done on my New Epic 6 and the letterpress
(Great tool only had it since Saturday and love it)
Flowers were from my stash as are the gems
Thanks for looking

Sunday 17 January 2010

Dotties World - Monochrome

The Challenge this week on Dotties World has been set by Gunn and is
Monochrome using white - you can use white through to cream and as an extra a light brown
This image is from the Holly & Madison collection she is coloured using my
Letraset Tria Marker
The striped paper is from the Daisy & Dandelion Pad
The swirl down the side and the for you are in brown but the photo makes them look red!
These are done on my letterpress by just using a normal ink pad
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Mo's Digital Pencil & Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday's Challenge was to use Grey & Pink
and the wonderful layout is the sketch to follow from Mo's Digital Pencil
The grey card was from my stash
The two bands of paper came from my new Forever Friends Pink Parfait Pad
The sentiment was done using my letterpress that I brought yesterday!
(think you might be seeing more of this as I get the hang of it)
Pearlized Stars were brought from Hobbycraft ages ago
Image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called Jordan Multitasking
Thanks for looking

Saturday 16 January 2010

Secret Crafter 66 & Sketch Saturday 86

This card covers two challenge
The challenge on the Secret Crafter is 'Musical' and the sketch is from Sketch Saturday
The image is pre-coloured one of Mickey from Charmed Crafts
The sentiment and the circles were done in word
The paper with the gramophones on is from an old set I brought form QVC
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Friday 15 January 2010

Friday Sketchers 85


The Friday Sketchers Challenge has a great sketch to follow designed by Jacque
I have kept this card quite simple (my DH says like me!)
I have used my new House Mouse stamp which is called 'Say Cheese'
Hence the sentiment which was designed in word on the PC
The blue striped paper has been in my stash for ages and I do not remember where I got it from
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My Time to Craft Challenge 74


The My Time To Craft Challenge this week is 'Cool Cats'
Sorry the photo do not really show this card at its best
Its a really simple card with front just having a plain black and white image
from Charmed Crafts and text printed out on the PC
The inside has been cut on my craft robo
using a beautiful template of the cats by moonlight
Simple but I think quite effective
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Sunday 10 January 2010

Dotties World - Sketch Challenge

Over on Dotties the World the Challenge this Sunday is a Sketch by Nicole
For this card I used the image of the Birdie from the Animal Collection
He has been coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
The circles and text around the circle was done on my craft robo
The sentiment was printed in word and came with the image
The background papers have been in my stash for ages sorry cannot remember the name
Swirly paper was brought from my local craft shop
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Secret Crafter - Saturday Challenge 65

The challenge on the Secret Crafter this week is to follow a sketch
I have rotated the sketch so that it worked with the image
The sentiment and the image are both cut on my craft robo
(they were designed by the wonderful Joyce who shared them on the UK Scrappers Forum)
The papers used are from the Daisy and Dandelion Paper Pack
Flowers from my stash as were the brads
Thanks for looking

Saturday 9 January 2010

Sketch Saturday Challenge 85

The card has been made using the sketch from the Sketch Saturday Challenge
The image is Ginger Tea from Pollycraft
She is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
Sentiment is done in word
The orange sheets were put through my cuttlebug to emboss with the dots
The scalloped paper was done on my Woodware Cutter
Flowers from my stash with gems placed in the centre
All paper was from the papermill shop
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Friday Sketchers Challenge 84

The lovely sketch is designed by Claudia over on the Friday Sketch Blog
The image is a Penny Black stamp called Marching Mouse
Coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
Paper were from my stash I cannot remember the make
Circles were cut using my craft robo as was the letters
which are attached to the red circle my own design
The red ribbon came of a bundle of tea towels I brought
Finished with some gem to add a bit of bling
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Thursday 7 January 2010

Pollycraft Challenge 31 & Cute Card Thursday 94

The challenge on Pollycraft was to do a winter birthday card
and on Cute Card Thursday is was 'NEW'
The image I used is a pre-coloured from the ALBERT FOR WINTER collection
The sentiment was done in word
The base card is black with the light blue card ripped and layered over the paw print card
The paw print card is my NEW item I brought it just before Christmas in three colours!
Finished the card by using blue gems in the corners.
Quick and Simple but hopefully quite effective
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Sketch & Stash Challenge 26, Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge 13


This great sketch is from the Sketch N Stash Challenge site
My new stash is the image of the boy texting
its is from Mo's Digital Pencil
The football was recycled from one of my son's birthday cards
Text was done in word then mounted onto mira card
Image was coloured using Letraset Tria Markers
Challenge on Mo's Digital Pencil was Birthdays
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It's not Easy being Purrfect!

This card cover three great challenges
The sketch I have used is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog
and was designed by the wonderful Simmone
Dottie's World Challenge was to B ring in out the old and B ring in the New
and to use a Charmed Digital download
Over on My Time to Craft the challenge is a colour one of Blue & Brown
My old is on sticky ribbon that I have had in my craft for ages
My New is the paw print paper which I brought from a local craft shop just before Christmas
The image and sentiment is from the Animal collection from Charmed Cards & Craft
She is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
All finished with a few gems
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Sunday 3 January 2010

Friday Sketchers Christmas Challenge


The Friday Sketchers Christmas Challenge is a brilliant sketch by Claudia
I am not sure if I have followed it quite right but I am quite pleased with the results!

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called Cara Chatting
She is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
The Ovals were done in word and cut out and mounted together
I finished with a speak bubble and the gems
The background paper was from my stash

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Cards For Men Challenge 2 & My Time to Craft Challenge

This card has been made for two challenge
Cards For Men Challenge 2 this months challenge is something 'New'
e.g New Year, New Job, New Baby etc
The Challenge on My Time to Craft is - ANYTHING GOES!
As you can see I went along the theme of NEW YEAR
All folding and trimming was done using my Crafters Companion set that I won last month
This stamp is from a set called Danger Men set 2
He is coloured using my Letraset Tria Marker
Text was done on the PC
Papers are all from my stash
This card just made me think of a new years resolution to do more home cooking
looking at the image I think this is one resolution that should be broken soon!
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Three Challenges One Card !

This card is for three challenges
The sketch for the card is from Cute Card Thursday designed by Caz
On Mo's Digital Pencil Blog and Secret Crafter the challenge was 'New Beginnings'
This fab image is from Mo's Digital Pencil
He is coloured using my Letraset Tria Markers
Papers are all from my stash
Sentiment is done on PC
Thanks for looking

Pollycraft Challenege 30


The challenge on Pollycraft was a wonderful sketch done by Paula
I used a Pollycraft image of Ginger Sassy
Coloured her using my Letraset Tria Markers
The papers are all from my stash the text paper is Kay & Co
The image and the text was mounted onto silver Mira card
Finished with the stars and white ribbon of a Christmas pressies!

Thanks for Looking and Happy New Year to you all