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

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Hearts

Do check out the challenge blogs there are some amazing cards on them

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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

Christmas Cards All Year Round - January

The Challenge this month on

Christmas Cards All Year Round

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:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Caroling Cats

Digital Stamp sold in aid of Meningitis Trust

Pollycraft - Albert

Victoria Case - Dog with Present

Victoria Case - Mush!

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

Image is from Mo's Digital Pencil 'Goth Girl'

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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My Time to Craft - Damask Delights

My Time To Craft Challenge is

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

Pollycraft Challenge

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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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

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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

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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 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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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

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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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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 card cover the Sketch n Stash Challenge and Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge

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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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

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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