A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Challenge 140

The Challenge this week is chosen by Agnes and she would like to see Birthday Wishes

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The Sponsor this week is  Whimsy Stamps:

A little bit of company info....
Whimsy Stamps is a family owned business and online store located in the United States. We carry a line of whimsical and fun rubber stamps made from deeply etched red rubber and mounted on EZ mount foam. We also have a digital stamp collection with new releases on the 1st of each month. We've recently added an online gallery for our DT and registered users where you can find lots of samples using our stamps. We also have an inspirations blog with daily postings and product info and our featured stamper Saturdays!

The random winner of this challenge will win a $15.00 gift certificate.

My entry for the challenge is the card I made for my Neice's 20th birthday ...

To  make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Cuddly Buddly & Summer Driggs

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda Bee

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers & Dewdrops ~ Stash

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #99 .... sort of ...

Nikki has created this weeks sketch ...

... and is also sponsoring the challenge with her stamp company Wags 'n Whisker Rubber Stamps which she co-owns with her friend Lacey. They are excited to announce that the 1st and 2nd release of Wags 'n Whiskers stamps are now also available in Digi format as well as rubber :-)

• CS ~ Paper Cellar
• DP's ~ Bohemian Summer ~ Little Dreamer Designs
• Image ~ RAK from the fantastic Linda ... thanks x
• Sentiment ~ "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!" ~ Create with TLC ~ here
• Button & Raffia ~ Stash
• Dewdrops ~ TabbyCrafts
• Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps No.0, Odourless White Spirits, Woodware Border Punch

A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Challenge #98

The Challenge Topic this week is a Nice Easy one ..."One for the Boys" (something Male inspired) and the Sponsor this week is MichelleO From Stampavie she has very kindly offered the Winner 2 cute stamps!

I seriously think i'm addicted to these Gingham Papers LOL and have decided that "less is more" so i'm trying desperately to keep to that theme and have packed a lot of my embellies away ... i think i was getting a little bogged down with them!

CS ~ Left overs

DP's ~ Gingham ~Freebie download and others left overs

Image ~ Art Impressions, Golden Oldies ~ Harv

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ here

Gems ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stump No.0, Odourless White Spirits

A Spoon Full of Sugar #95 & Just Christmas and Birthday's Sketch #58

This weeks sponsor at Just Christmas and Birthday Cards is.... Simon Says Stamp ... and they have kindly donate a $10 gift voucher to one lucky person entering this weeks challenge.

Hmmm .... does this card still qualify though cos its neither a Christmas or a Birthday card? You'll have to let me know LOL!

The Challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar is a topic this week which was picked by Debbie and is ..... Easter!

CS ~ The Papermill Shop
DP's ~ My gorgeous RAK from the gorgeous Linda xxx
Image ~ Sliekje Digi Stamps
Fibres ~ Stash
Gems ~ Stash
Sentiment ~ PC Generated
Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Odourless White Spirits, Blending Stumps No.0, Nesties, Sewing Machine, Sakura Glaze Pens (purple, yellow, orange)

A Spoon Full Of Sugar ~ Challenge 88

The Challenge this week was picked by Sandra and she challenges you to Freestyle (anything you like).

I thought this was the idea time to show Fae's Valentine card for Scott, cos it doesn't fit with any other challenge LOL! But fits perfectly for this one ... how lucky is that?!

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Love You Paper ~ Dreamsfullfilled free download

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Image ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

Gems ~ Stash

Raffia ~ Poundland

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tools ~ Nesties, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0.

From today I have no TEENAGERS in the house yayyy! Unfortunately, Eloise is not leaving the building just having a birthday LOL .... yes my baby is 20 today! Can't say i'm gonna miss those years to be honest ... moody, mardy and argumentative, not to mention always being right and knowing it all! Anyway Happy Birthday Ellie x

Few Makes ...

The above card is a fantastic digi image from Sketching Stamper. Absolutely fabulous detail and looks amazing IRL. I printed the image out 3 times, cut out and popped on sticky pads. The images have been coloured with Whisper Strokes with the help of my Tombo Blender Pen. I added a touch of Glamour Dust for added sparkle and some beads and gems for the centre. DP's are a free download called Sheet Music. Just to add a little more bling i matted on to gold card and stitched around the edge with gold embroidery thread using my sewing machine.

I used a sketch for this card but can't for the life of me remember which one it was now!

DP's ~ Summer Driggs Bubblegum & Liquorice
Flowers, Pearls & Ribbon ~ Stash
Image ~ Whiff of Joy Melinda Blowing Kisses
Sentiment ~ Studio G clear stamps
Tools ~ Whisper Strokes, Sewing Machine

I used papers called Winter Wonderland that were a free download but it doesn't say on the TOU who they are designed by!

• CS ~ Stash
• Image ~ RAK from the lovely Jill ... thanks honey mwah x
• Snowflake ~ Cuttlebug Die
• Gems ~ More recycled from the returned Wedding Invitations!
• Sentiment ~ from same kit
• Tools ~ Glamour Dust, Whisper Strokes, Tombo Blender Pen, Sakura Stardust Pen.

Ok, that's it .. i'm done now LOL ... thank god i hear you sigh! Looking forward to the next few days cos gonna be grandson free ... Fae and Scott have booked the rest of the week off to use their holidays up! I intended catching up with blog buddies and getting some serious crafting done!!!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #76 & Colour Create Challenge #31

For our A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge this week there is a fab sketch created by Sonja.

The colour combination at Colour Create this week has been picked by Karen and is BLUE, WHITE & SILVER.

And my card ...

CS ~ Stash

Mirri Board ~ Crafts Central (before they closed lol)

DP's ~ Raspberry Road Designs ~ Shabby Tots

Image ~ Hanglar Stanglar RAK from ages ago

Flowers, Beadcaps, Charm & Gems ~ Stash

Tulle ~ TabbyCrafts

Pin ~ TabbyCrafts

Tools ~ Whisper Strokes, Tombo Blender Pen, Nesties, Silver Sakura Stardust Pen, Sewing Machine, Woodware Leaf Punch

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #66

This weeks challenge is a fabulous sketch from Sonja. Thanks Sonja, i really enjoyed working with this sketch!

CS ~ Papermill ... thanks P xxx

DP's ~ Basic Grey ~ Boxer

Image ~ RAK from Jill, thanks honey x

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Buttons & Raffia ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Nesties

I'm really cooking on gas at the minute ... this is the first of my November cards ... yes November already!!!! I probably still have a few left to make for October, but my VBF Vicki is on holiday until the end of the week and wont give me her list until she get home. I've asked the girls for their lists on numerous occasions, but have been given nothing so i presume they dont want anything making and Paula only sends my cards for special occasions and she doesn't have any ... although a birthday is a special occasion isn't it?! LOL!

Looking forward to my hairdressing trip today, for 2 reasons ... firstly cos its been 5 weeks since i last went and i normally go every 4 ... and gosh, can't i tell! Secondly, i shall be picking up my brand new mini hair straighteners ... especially designed for short hair ... OMG they're soooo cute .... and Diane ... they're PINK! If i'm not too excited i'll take a photo and show them ya!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #65

The challenge this week is Travel ~ you could use a holiday theme or a form of transport ( Bike ,car, horse,) anything goes.

Well, Ellie's friend Tilda went back off to Tenerife a fortnight ago ... supposedly to work and live ... not sure how long that will last ... perhaps another 2 weeks or so until her money runs out lol! So i made Ellie this card to give her ....

Yes, i know it shouldn't say "Bonjour" but then French never was a strong subject of mine lol! Realised my mistake too late to do anything about it lol!

• CS ~ Stash
• DP's ~ Angelflight Scraps freebie download ~ Beach Papers
• Image ~ RAK from the gorgeous Diane
• Eyelets ~ Stash
• Raffia ~ Poundland
• Sentiment ~ Pink Petticoat Sentiment and Tags
• Tools ~ eyelet setter, Whisper Strokes.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #64

The Challenge this week is the fab sketch by Camilla to follow.

I've rotated the sketch so that my image would fit nicely.

I've also left the sentiment off cos as yet i haven't decided who its for and when lol!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ DS George CD (not used that one for ages)

Image ~ The Engineer by Mo, coloured with Whisper Strokes and my Tombo blender pen.

Gems ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #63

The Challenge this week is Floral Fantasy. So something floral on our cards!

• CS ~ from my Paula Papermill box ... Mwahs to Paulax
• DP's ~ Freebie Download ~ Swanky Papers
• Image ~ RAK from Tab ... thanks x coloured with Whisper Strokes and Sakura Stardust Pens
• Flowers ~ Stash
• Sentiment ~ one of those foam ones from out of a pack in Argos
• Tools ~ Martha Stewart Flourish Punch, Glamour Dust, Woodware Leaf Punch

Don't you just hate making these cards? I know I do ... but I suppose needs must! This image does work well though, couldn't image what else it would be used for to be honest!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #42

Yipee .... another challenge that involves a sketch. I'd be lost without these fab sketches! Michelle has designed this fab sketch and its also been sponsored by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts who is offer a £10 gift voucher for one lucky winner to spend in her online store.

Red DP ~ Think Spring by Andrea who designs the most gorgeous digikits and allows you to download them for free! Other DP's ~ leftovers. Image's ~ my new Magnolia Spring Stampclub Collection, coloured with WM's and the butterfly has extra bling .... Glamour Dust! Flowers, beadcaps and brads ~ stash. Yellow butterfly ~ in a pack with other things, flowers, stars, etc all fabric from Poundland. Stitching ~ sewing machine.

Using the paper that i had left, i decorated the inside and used another of the Magnolia stamps. Again coloured with WM's and blinged with Glamour Dust.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #37 & Colour Create Challenge #1

I desperately wanted to participate in the new Colour Create Challenge firstly cos its a fab colour combo (Pink, Green, Brown) and secondly cos my gorgeous, talented blog buddy Tab is one of the DT. But just lately I can't seem to make a decent card without having a sketch to work with. There just happens to be a fantastic sketch that fits the bill over at ASFoS designed by the guest designer Tina46.

I did intially think .... "where the hell am i gonna find paper to fit that combination", but after looking through my selection of paper pads that Linda sent me (the angel) i found the perfect ones .... Basic Grey ~ Sultry! I didn't even know i possessed any Basic Grey's ... I hear a lot of you mention different makes of paper pads, but to be honest, what with never buying them i generally dont have a scooby-doo what your on about!

CS ~ leftover, DP's ~ Basic Grey, sultry lol!, image ~ RAK from Jill (my fairy godmother), i think ... please correct me if i'm wrong! coloured with my trusty WM's, ribbon, flowers, pearl and butterflies ~ stash, sentiment one of my blog candy wins and is a sticker. I distressed my paper by dragging my craft knife blade along it.

After all that i hope it fits the bill and its the first of my March cards made .... before you start saying how organised i am, please don't ... cos i've not finished my February ones yet lol i still have 4 of those left to do for Bethany's 18th!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #27

This weeks Challenge is a fab sketch created by MichelleO to follow theres a gorgeous prize of Teenage Lizzie Kindly donated by Katharina from Whiff of Joy .

Another Christmas card done, only a few left .... lol who am I kidding?! CS ~ stash, DP ~ red dots Pink Petticoat, song sheet paper from Digifree, Santa image ~ RAK Becky coloured with WM's and Sakura Stardust pens, added Flowersoft to his bits again .... not his BITS obviously, but his cuffy bits, snowflake brads ~ stash (forgot I had them) and blinged with gems ~ stash, ribbon ~ stash.

Papertake Weekly Challenge, A Spoon Full of Sugar, Ismaki #40 and Cute Card Thursday

The Papertake Weekly Challenge is "Let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!" Anything snow related - snowmen, snowflakes, snowy scenes etc!

A Spoonful of Sugar challenge #26 is "Blooming Marvelous". we would like to see you use flowers or a floral paper on your creations this week.

And then the Sketch #40 from Ismaki is ....

And Cute Card Thursdays Challenge #37 Snow + Snowflakes. This week they would like to see 'snow' or snowflakes on your card and they have a fantastic 'Herb with Christmas Pudding' stamp from Katharina at Whiff of Joy to give away to one randomly chosen winner.

At last I cry a card that I'm truly happy with! I think my Mojo went a gogo over the past week and although I made cards there was nothing I was really really happy with, until now!

CS ~ stash, DP's ~ Freebie download, Winter Wonderland, image ~ Magnolia Stampclub winter collection, coloured with WM's and blinged with Glamour Dust, flowers, gems, brad and bead cap ~ stash, snowflake cut with Cuttlebug die. Sorry about the photo quality i'm putting it down to poor lighting!

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #26 & A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Challenge #22

You know I said yesterday I only had 4 cards left to make for my November birthdays.... spoke to soon didn't I? Hmmm.... I do think people have a bl**dy cheek though... I'm talking about my FOT (father-out-law). He came today and said "Make me a card for MOT's (mother-out-law) birthday" No please or thank you!!!! I smiled sweetly and bit my tongue until he left then I swore like a trooper PMSL!

Fortunately for him I have challenges that need completing, which in turn means cards that need making lol! So using the fab sketch at Friday Sketchers by Jacqueline from the Netherlands and A Spoon Full of Sugar's challenge #22 "Sparkle and Bling" I set to and made this .....

CS ~ stash, DP's ~ Summer Driggs, images ~ Magnolia Fall collection, paper peiced and coloured using Whisper Markers, ribbon ~ brown on from tag on Skinny Jeans (thanks Primark) and blue from stash, bling ~ stash, swirls ~ cut using Cuttlebug and glitter card, flowers ~ stash, leaf ~ stash, flowers in Tilda's hand blinged with Glamour Dust.

A Fab Day, Cute Card Thursday Challenge 32 & Papertake Weekly ~ Frightful but Delightful

Gosh I've had such a productive day today. Did those 4 cards for DH's brother this morning, then this afternoon I've managed to make Rylee's halloween cards to send to family and close friends, 16 in all! I'm also going to enter this into Cute Card Thursday's Challenge 32 ~ Autumn (Fall).

Edited to include the Halloween Challenge #22 at "A Spoon Full of Sugar" We would love you to create a card using the theme of Halloween. I think this one passes for that!

I like to add a photo to these card so that family and friends that dont live close can still see how he's growing. CS ~ stash, DP ~ Shabby Princess, holiday sampler, cobwebs ~ Magnolia Fall stamp, spider ~ Home Bargains (part of the glow in the dark spiders web with 12 spiders, only wanted the spiders! 59p). We ended up taking millions of photos before we got this one! The other generally looked like this.....

Also going to enter this card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Frightful but delightful.....

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Katharina's Sketch #13, 2 Sketches 4 You ~ Kazan's Sketch 11, Mojo Monday week 56 and A Spoon Full of Sugar #21

Yesterday when I collected Rylee from nursery at lunchtime I also bought Fae home with me! As she bent to get him out of the car at nursery, he put his arms up and ended up poking her in the eye! During the morning her eye swelled, kept watering and was very painful making her feel dizzy. She phoned the GP and managed to get an appointment for yesterday afternoon. To cut a long story short, he's grazed her eyeball across her pupil and she now has antibiotic eye drops she has to administer 4 times a day! Anyway, when she got up this morning her eye was ok for the first 15 minutes but then gradually became more painful, its still swollen and keeps watering and she ends up with a headache because shes squinting. So on the Drs advice she stayed home today, which gave me an unexpected Rylee free day!

I was determined not to waste my day and have made 4 cards for Andy's brother's 40th birthday next month ....God I'm organised lol!

This card is for Rylee to give and is made using the sketch from Papertake Weekly by Katharina. CS ~ Papermill, DPs ~ leftovers, sentiment ~ done on PC, brads and peel-offs ~ stash, image ~ via google, coloured with Whisper Markers, Fluffy Stuff added to cloud.

This card is for Eloise to give and is made using the Sketch 11 by Kazan at 2 Sketches 4 You. CS & Dp's ~ leftovers, sentiment ~ done on PC, image ~ via google and coloured using watercolour pencils and Whisper markers, 40 ~ cut using my Bug.

This card is for Fae & Scott to give and is made using the sketch from Mojo Monday. CS & DP's ~ leftovers, stitching round circle done with machine, peel-offs ~ stash, image ~ via google and coloured with Whisper Markers. Sentiments says "I don't wanna be 40!" Thought that he was thinking that whilst in a major strop lol!

This is the card that Andy and I shall be giving and is made using the Lim's sketch at A Spoon Full of Sugar. Not really a sugary sweet picture I know pmsl! CS - Crafts Central, DP's ~ Pink Petticoat, buttons and peel-offs ~ stash, image ~ google again, coloured with watercolour pencils and Whisper Markers.

Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 20 & Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #2

This weeks Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge is to use the colour scheme of pink and green, any shades of these colours are fine.( you can also use face and hair colours). There is the chance of winning a fab stamp of an Alota Bugs By the Fire Stamp which has been very kindly donated by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts.

This week's Saturday sketch is from Sue. Use the sketch anyway you like as long as we can still recognise it! No theme or technique again this week so lets see what you create!

This is another card for Laura-Jayne made for Daniel and Aimee to give her (hi Aimee! lol) CS ~ stash, DP's ~Raspberry Road, Annie papers, image ~ Kerry-Jo stamp, coloured with Whisper Markers and blinged with Glamour Dust and Sakura Glaze pens, gems & ribbon ~ stash.