Quixotic Challenge #9 ~ Judy's Sketch

This weeks challenge is a sketch, courtesy of Judy!

Feel free to play around with the sketch - flip it, add embellishments etc, but please make sure we it can still be recognised!

This month's prize will be a
Mystery Selection of Prima goodies with an RRP
of around £15!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ K & Company ~ Elizabeth Bownd ~ Garden Collage

Image ~ RAK from my lovely VBFBF Diane ... mwahs xxx

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Pearls ~ Kanban Crafts

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tools ~ Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Pencil Crayons, Birch Leaf Punch, Woodware Grass Punch.

Double Dutch ~ DDC#34 ~ Sketch It!

Make a card with the sketch provided. You may turn it upside down, mirror it or use it on a rectangular card or even a project, as long as we can clearly see that this is the sketch you've used. All entries will be shown in this challenge's photo album and the DT will pick a new winner in two weeks' time.
This challenge will run until Sunday 17 January at 18.00 hrs (Dutch time)!

I really must start organising myself better ... i've had this card made and loaded on the PC for ages now, but only just got round to uploading on my blog, thus entering this challenge only by the skin of my teeth LOL!

• CS ~ Stash
• DP's ~ Popsicle ~ Free Download
• Image ~ Swiss Pixie Digi Image
• Ribbon ~ Blog Candy i won from Jacqui ... thanks honey x
• Dewdrops ~ RAK from Tab ...mwahs xxx
• Flowers ~ left overs from the bridal bouquets i made.
• Sentiment ~ PC Generated
• Tools ~ Birch Leaf Punch, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Pencil Crayons, Woodware Grass Punch, Nesties.

Mo's Digital Pencil ~ Challenge #14 & Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge #95

This week, Lisa, the January hostess at DP2, has a great sketch challenge all lined up for us. So, following the sketch layout, design a card using any theme and anything else you'd like, for any occasion you are in the mood for!

And for me this included .... This week Cute Card Thursday Challenge to make a card/project that feature a Pink & Grey colour combo, sponsored by Simon Says Stamp ... acredit voucher worth $25!!!!

This just has to be my favourite card of all time at the minute! I love the two tu-tu image. As a child i used to attend ballet class every weekend and loved it with a passion!

CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Bubblegum & Liqourice
Image ~ Two Tu-Tu's ~ Mo's Digital Pencil Too
Sentiment ~ PC Generated
Pearls & Gems ~ Stash
Tools ~ Nesties, Blending Stump No.0, Gamasol, Pencil Crayons, Sakura Stardust Pens, Sewing Machine, Glamour Dust.

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Sketch #32

This week once again Kraftin Kimmie is the sponsor of the Papertake Weekly Challenge. Kimmie is offering a bundle of three images of the winner's choice, so thank you to her :)

So the challenge this week is a sketch - this one .....

Nearly at the end of my February cards, still not kept to my promise of at least 1 Christmas card a week .... might try 1 a month LOL!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs

Image ~ End Of Summer ~ Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Pearls ~ Kanban Crafts

Ribbon ~ Recycled off a Christmas card

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts of course LOL!

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tools ~ Gamasol, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stump No.0, Sewing Machine, Martha Stewart Flourish Punch available HERE, Birch Leaf Punch and although its not shown on this photo {doh} Sakura Glaze Pens in orange and yellow for the centre of each flower {took the photo, uploaded it and then realised!}

Friday Sketchers Challenge #84

Claudia is the host this week and the challenge is sponsored by Sunshine’s Stamps and the winner of this week will win 3 images of their choice from the store!

CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs
Image ~ Swiss Pixie Digi Image
Sentiment ~ Freebie Wordart Download
Ribbon ~ Stash
Flowers ~ Stash & TabbyCrafts
Gem ~ Stash
Dewdrops ~ TabbyCrafts
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Gamasol, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stump No.0, Diamond Stickles, Woodware Grass Punch.

Tilda's First Inking ...

Poor, poor Tilda ... this is the very first time she's been inked and used for a card, but it wont be the last time she's used .. not now!

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Freebie Download

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda from Spring Stamp Club Kit 2009

Laybird ~ Local Charity Shop

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts and Stash

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tools ~ Woodware Grass Punch, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Sakura Glaze Pen

Its flippin' freezin' here today. It's not stopped snowing since very early this morning and i've had to abandon my car down the road! I know i shouldn't have been going out in it, but i need to pay some bills and you know what its like time was running out on me, so it was either go today or tomorrow. I thought it was better today than struggling with whatever we have overnight and in the morning. The main roads around here are passable with caution, but our road hasn't seen any grit for the past week or so and with the grit boxes empty it doesn't look like they will for awhile either! Total madness when you live on a hill and in a village made up of hills. We had 2 road closures this morning, both of them main access routes into the village which left just one way in and out ... down a bloomin' big hill! My problems started when i pulled into our street ... just couldn't get enough momentum so ended up doing a turn in the road and trying from the other end! Got 6 doors away for our house before i started sliding down the road sideways ... not fun! I did however manage to park up straight and just abandoned the car ... in gear and with bricks behind the wheels LOL! And that's where its stopping for now!

Just Christmas & Birthday Cards ~ Sketch #53

This week's challenge is sponsored by Georgia. The lucky winner will receive a roll of Scor-tape. You can cut it without a pair of scissors!! It's also very sticky!

Yep, another easel card LOL! I just love em!

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Cuddly Buddly free downloads

Image ~ Swiss Pixie

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Heart Shaped Bead ~ Stash

Scroll ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

Pearls ~ Kanban Crafts

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch available HERE, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Birch Leaf Punch, Diamond Stickles.

We're melting here today, we've had little flurries of snow, but nothing really to talk about ... i'm so disappointed ... i want snow like Kath has and her icicles are awesome!

Another Missed Mojo Monday #120 ~ Contest

Once again i've missed the deadline for posting my card! I really must be more organised and post my cards once i've taken the photo and uploaded it onto my PC.

Well, its another bloomin' cold morning here in the Midlands. We had snow over night and we have snow now ... which is a novelty for us really cos we've not had a lot at all! The roads are atrocious round here which isn't helped when you live on a hill LOL! There is talk of closing one of the main roads into the village as there has been 8 accidents just this morning! Fae managed to get down that road ... which is the only road access to her house! But couldn't get the car up our road so had to walk Rylee up ... not that he was bothered one bit. She did think that she'd got a good hours walk to work in the next village, but she managed to get the car there sticking to main roads and only going downhill LOL! Lets hope she can get back home!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Bubblegum & Liqourice

Image ~ Magnolia Fall Stamp Club Kit 2009

Ribbon and Gems ~ Stash

MSDP ~ RAK from Dawny P

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Sentiment Scroll ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

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

Stamp With Fun ~ Challenge #40

This weeks challenge is a wonderful sketch from Bea. She's sponsoring a 15 Euro coupon for Megahobby.

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Summer Driggs

Image ~ RAK from Jill ... thanks honey x

Flower ~ TabbyCrafts of course LOL!
Gems & Ribbon ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ PC Generated using Kids Print Font

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Sakura Glaze and Stardust Pen.

Create 4 Fun 23rd Challenge

This week's prize is the Inky Impressions Stamp Angelica's Bunny and to win all you have to do is follow the sketch below created by Bev.

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Summer Driggs

Image ~ Precious Moments

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts and have placed another order today for some of those gorgeous Cherry Blossoms that Tab currently has in stock ... delish!

Pink Lace ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Woodware Grass Punch

Following The Sugar Bowl Sketch

Right, so I'm running out of sketches to use for the thousands (slight exaggeration) of cards i need to make for February ... done the January ones already! Gosh, I'm on top form ... for a change! Therefore, I've had to use the sketch over at The Sugar Bowl, but due to my lack of Sugar Nellie stamps/images i wont be entering this card!

• CS ~ Paper Cellar
• DP's ~ Alexa Crazy Part 1 ~ Free Download
• Images ~ Magnolia ~ Tilda is from the Summer Stamp Club Kit 2009 and the heart from the Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009
• Flower ~ TabbyCrafts of course LOL!
• Sentiment ~ PC Generated
• Tools ~ Martha Stewart Flourish Punch available HERE, Diamond Stickles, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Woodware Grass Punch.

Papertake Weekly ~ Sketch #31

Ok so i know i'm a week late for this challenge, but it was still in play when i made the bloomin' card LOL ... i've just been delayed posting it and i've not quite decided who's fault its going to be yet LOL!

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Summer Driggs

Image ~ Swiss Pixie Digi Image

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Flower & Brad ~ Poppicrafts (ages ago)

Dewdrops ~ TabbyCrafts

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Woodware Grass Punch ... since taking this photo i've added Diamond Stickles to her wings and an orange gem for her button ... note to self: for gods sake get some camera batteries!

And another ..... sorry LOL!

Yep another easel card using Hanna's fab sketch again. I was soooo pleased with how the card for my friend Suzie turned out I just had to give Hanna's sketch another go and will probably use it again and again .... or until she comes up with another amazing sketch {hint hint LOL}

This card is for my sister for her birthday, she had a crap year last year with her kids and i wanted to remind her how special she was to us. So as you can see i went to town with it.

• CS ~ Stash
• DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Ring It In
• Images ~ Scroll ~ Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009 ~ Magnolia Tilda ... one of my very first purchases that had been stuffed in a drawer and forgotten about, but dont worry i've fell in love with her all over again!
• Pearls ~ Stash
• Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts
• Beadcaps ~ Ebay
• Ribbon ~ Stash
• Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Birch Leaf Punch, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Glimmer Mist, I have since added Diamond Stickles to her underskirt frill.

Another Easel Card

I seem to be addicted to making these easel cards at the minute. Not that i'm complaining cos i do enjoy making them and love the effect once they're done! This one is no exception and is for Ellie's boyfriend Luke, who has put a smile back on our little girls face these past few months ...

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Pink Petticoat Lola's Boudiour

Image ~ Hanglar Stanglar

Gems ~ Stash

21 ~ Hippie Chick Alpha Dies

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, New Nesties, Cuttlebug, Sewing Machine, Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents

I did follow a sketch for this one but i'll be blowed if i can remember which one it was and for which challenge ... it was just after Christmas when i made it LOL!

Sketch Saturday #84

Simonne has created this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch and is sponsored by Your Next Stamp which is a new rubber stamp company based in Canada, and they have the most wonderful fun, cute and whimsical images.

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Ring It In

Image ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts
Tulle ~ TabbyCrafts

Charm ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ PC Generated using Beyond Wonderland font

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps No.0, Gamasol, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch available HERE, Birch Leaf Punch, Diamond Stickles, Sakura Glaze Pens.

One of Hanna's Sketches and a Special Card for my Friend!

If you haven't come across Hanna's blog yet then let me tell you, you're missing a treat. Hanna is an uber talented 13 yr old girl. She makes the most adorable cards, using the most delicious embellishments ever! She has also designed some fantastic sketches, which is what i used to make the card below.

The card i've made using Hanna's sketch is an extremely special one. One that is for one of my dearest and oldest friends. A card that i hope conveys how i truly feel and one that gives the hope that we all need.

On Wednesday 23rd December, I had one of the worst phone calls you could ever have from my dearest, darling friend Suzie, telling me that she had lung cancer and not a lot of hope! Devastated, seems an inadequate word to describe how we all felt. She had been ill with pleurisy in October and hadn't seemed to be able to shift it completely, but this was not what we expected. Unbeknown to us, Suzie and her family knew that she would be tested for this but thought nothing would ever come of it. She's 40, she has far too much to live for, a gorgeous husband who worships her and 2 adorable sons (13 on Christmas Eve and 11). She's going for a pet scan on Tuesday and the poor love is petrified, so i made this card, to let her know we are thinking not only of her but of all of them. Hopefully, the results of this scan and the biopsy she had New Years Eve will give us a bit of hope. Although we have decided that we will not allow anything to happen to her!

The verse i used was a verse found on the internet about a Guardian Angel

• CS ~ Paper Cellar
• DP's ~ K & Company ~ Tim Coffey ~ Tulip Pad
• Image ~ one of the angels i had leftover from my time as Papertake Weekly GDT ~ The Angel Company
• Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts
• Beadcaps, Pearls, Pearl Brads, Ribbon ~ Stash
• Lace ~ TabbyCrafts
• Scroll ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009
• Sentiment ~ PC Generated
• Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Birch Leaf Punch, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blender Stump No.0, Diamond Stickles.

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #93

This week CCT want to see our cards/projects using Caz's sketch.....

This weeks sponsors are Stretch 'n' Bubbles and the winner gets to choose 4 images of their choice, and the four runners up get one image each of their choice. Alison really has offered a wonderful New Years prize.

• CS ~ Stash
• DP's ~ Basic Grey Sultry
• Images ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit
• Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts
  Tulle ~ TabbyCrafts
• Pearls ~ Stash
• Sentiment ~ PC Generated using Cocktail Bubbles Font
• Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Nesties, Bringing Crafts-Too You Birch Leaf Punch, Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents.

Just Magnolia Week #38

This week's sponsor is All That Scraps and the prize is any C.C. Designs stamp set of your choice!!

This weeks sketch has been designed by Mina, you can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch so your entry qualifies for the prize draw. The winner will be chosen by Random Generator next week so to be in the running all you need to do is ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card and link your card (not your blog) in Mr Linky and have your card posted by 10 pm UK time Thursday 7th January 2010.

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Shabby Princess ~ Moody Blues

Images ~ Magnolia Winter 2008 Stamp Club Kit

Buttons ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tulle ~ TabbyCrafts

Black Pearls ~ Stash

Metal Heart Charm ~ Stash

Tools ~ New Label Nesties from Fae, Scott & Rylee (mwah's), Oval Nesties, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stump No.0, Gamasol.

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge #18

Happy New Year to you all!

Challenge #18 is a sketch by Barb and is being sponsored by Squiggle Stamps, who have very generously donated a £20 gift voucher for the winner of the challenge, and in the spirit of Christmas, they have also giving two stamps to give away as runner's up prizes - so 3 lucky people will be selected to receive a prize from this challenge!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ K & Company ~ Chelsea Pad

Image ~ RAK

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Raffia ~ Stash
Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Gems ~ Stash

Tools ~ New Nesties from Fae, Scott & Rylee (thanks love ya x), Pencil Crayons, Blending Stump No.0, Gamasol, Sewing Machine, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch available Here

I would like to wish you all good health and happiness in 2010 ... and let the new challenges begin LOL!

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C17

Another fab sketch from C4C which is sponsored by the Greeting Farm.

CS ~ Paper Cellar
DP's ~ K & Company ~ Chelsea Pad

Image ~ Sugar Nellie ~ A Gift For You ~ RAK

Flowers ~ Stash

Pearls & Gems ~ Stash

Tools ~ New Nesties from Ellie, Woodware Grass 1 punch, Woodware Birch Leaf Punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stumps No.0