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Saturday, 15 January 2011

Sketch Saturday Challenge #138

Well that's another week done with Dad's treatment only 5 more weeks to do .... 25 more appointments to attend!  Where has the week gone?

We have another fabulous sketch this week at Sketch Saturday ...


i rotated the sketch and then flipped it for a mirror image ... if that makes sense!
This week we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts who is giving one lucky winner £10.00 of goodies.   Now who wouldn't want to win that?!


To make my card I used: ~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Raspberry Road Designs ~ Big Boy Papers
Image ~ Mo's Digital Pencil Too ~ Super Duper Boy
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Diamond Stickles

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Sketch Saturday DT Call

 We are having a DT Call at Sketch Saturday so want all card makers to apply!

We are looking for 2 new design team members ... could one of them be you?

Here's a bit of info about joining SS...
As we're a sketch challenge blog, we don't have freebies to give our DTs, Jo
 doesn't ever ask for freebies either, we want people to sponsor us and be happy to donate a prize for our winner without thinking they have to give to us a freebie too.  S
o freebies, for us, isn't an issue, although when we are offered them we are extremely grateful of course! 

Your duties would be:
To make a DT card each week, using the sketch provided.

Your card will need to be ready each Friday before the challenge goes live on the Saturday. If Friday's are busy for you then you can of course upload it earlier (i do). If you are worried about uploading direct to SS then you can upload your photo to our private DT blog where one of us will upload it for you.

Jo gives the Design Team weeks of sketches in advance, so you won't be asked for any last minute cards.

We would need you to leave comments each week too, currently 10 comments per 100 entrants, but of course you can comment on more if you wish to, Jo appreciate's that we all lead busy lives so this is why you would be allocated a group of numbers to leave comments for our challengers. 

You would also be required to design a sketch of your own when it's your DT week, currently once a year, although you wouldn't get a DT week until next year as this year is already arranged. Gives you time to see how we do it :)
When you do have a DT week, Jo can help you digitise your sketch if you need her to, but the design will be yours and you take the credit.

You would be required to find a sponsor for your DT week, and arrange the prize, email the winner etc. 

You would also need to find a Guest Designer for your DT week and for the rest of the month that your DT week falls in. If you are unsure who to ask, I suggest that your GD be someone who actually takes part in our challenges already, as this is a nice way to say thank you.

If you have any questions please ask Jo!

Anyone interested in joining our team please EMAIL JO with links to TWO posts from your blog of cards that you consider your best work.

Please do not send just pictures, we want to see the card in it's blog post (hence we want the URL), and please send a maximum of only 2 links, and for only 2 cards (not to a post listing your top 5 or top 10)
It will be a difficult decision anyway, and to keep it fair to everyone who applies we'd like to keep it to two links/cards please. Thank you.

Closing date for entries is 10am (UK time) Friday 21st January.

We will take a look at all the blog links, we will then visit the blogs to see more work by the entrants, and then we will choose the new members as a team.

So come on ladies send that email and come and join the fun!

Monday, 10 January 2011

Sketch Saturday ~ Week #137

I do apologise for my late Sketch Saturday post, but we got one of these ...


Our little Koree Andrew arrived at 5.25am, Saturday 8th January 2011.  Fae's waters broke at 12.30am and we took delivery of a very sleepy Rylee.  Of course there was no chance of me going back to sleep until i had a phone call to let me know everything had gone OK and everyone was well ... that came at 6.30am.  Rylee's response to being told of his brothers arrival was "did Santa bring him?"  ... i told him "yes" LOL

So back to Sketch Saturday .... the sketch was designed by our fabulous Jo and looked like this ....

I made a card following the sketch that looks like this .....


To make the card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Image ~ Digital Pencil Too ~ Angeline
Pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Diamond Stickles, Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug Corner Die.

Thursday, 6 January 2011

Happiness is a Hot Cup of Tea ....

Now there's a sentiment I have to agree with!  A steaming hot cup of tea always makes me happy, especially when someone else has made it for me!!!


To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs
Image ~ Magnolia Travelling Tilda
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Pearls, Ribbon, Brads, Flowers ~ Stash
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Leaf Punch

Monday, 3 January 2011

We're Celebrating You!

What a fab sentiment "We're Celebrating You".  Let's hope that we all have something to celebrate this year, whether it be the big or the small things!  


To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Bearly Mine Floral & Pink Petticoat Gingham
Image ~ Mo's Digital Pencil ~ Penelope's party Wagon
Flowers & Brads ~ Stash
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sakura Glaze Pens, Diamond Stickles, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Birch Leaf Punch

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Sketch Saturday My Sketch Challenge #136

Well how exciting is this having my own sketch?! .... Very LOL!  

This weeks Sketch Saturday challenge sketch has been designed by ME and is being sponsored by the fantastically creative Paulette from Create with TLC who is generously offering a $10 gift certificate for the lucky winner to spend in her online shop.

The sketch is a pretty easy one ... had to be cos i designed it LOL!

 and this is what i did with it ...


Our second grandson is due any day now, so i've made sure that there'll be no mad rush making a card when he arrives.

To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Raspberry Road Designs ~ Baby Boy Collection
Image ~ Digital Pencil Too ~ Baby Collection
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Pearls ~ Quixotic Paperie
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Nesties

The Last of Those Blasted Christmas Cards .....











Right that's all of those out of the way now and I can concentrate on the cards of 2011 with not a bloomin' Christmas card in sight ... for a while anyhow!

All sentiments are of course from the fantastic Create with TLC

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Chocolate Boxes

I've been meaning to show you the back of the chocolate boxes that I made which shows a photo of each chocolate and tells you what flavour your about to enjoy!  


And the chocolates inside the box ....


These little boxes are made from an empty twinnings teabag box that Ellie brought home with her from work.  I cut them in half around the depth and then also in half to make them a smaller square box.  



I covered them with some plain papers that i had and then embellished with flowers, buttons, etc.  The sentiments on these 2 small boxes and the personlized digital stamp on the larger box are all from Create with TLC




Before being altered


I hope you like!

Tuesday, 28 December 2010

Candle Cards ....

After looking at everyone's blogs and seeing some of the most beautiful tealight candle cards I decided to give it whirl myself!  It's not as hard as it looks and thanks to Lena Katrine's fab template it took no time at all to knock them up!



To make this card I used ...
3 empty tealight holders and some of my 10kg scented wax brought from Ebay
CS ~Stash
Images ~ Hanglar girl and boy on cloud
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Silver cord ~ Recycled off a Christmas Card from last year
Pearls ~ Quixotic Paperie


To make this card I used ...
3 more empty tealight holders and some more of that wax!
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs
Image ~ Magnolia Twin Tilda
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Pearls ~ Quixotic Paperie
Ribbon ~ Stash
Tools used for both ~ Nesties, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sewing Machine, Diamond Stickles, Fluffy Stuff

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch Challenge #134

Sorry this is being posted late, but i just don't know where my time is going!  I'm sure you're all the same, but hopefully more organised than me!!!!  I still have cards to make and decorations to put up (if i bother at all now)

This weeks fab sketch is being sponsored by Tickled Pink ...Kellie is so generous, she is offering this weeks challenge winner their own choice of 3 rubber Tickled Pink Stamps.



To make my card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Winter Gifts
Image ~ Magnolia Edwin with Lights
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Buttons ~ Stash
Tools ~ Glossy Accents, Sansodor, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sewing Machine

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Mojo Monday ~ Challenge #169

Mojo Monday have a fab sketch this week that i just had to join in with ... well that and the fact that i was fast running out of sketch ideas and time.  Fae's friend asked me to make her 4 cards with matching boxes for her son's teachers, to be ready by this Friday so she could take them in on the last day!   

Here is the sketch ...

and this is what i did with it ....


CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs
Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Small Tree
Sentiments for both projects ~ Create with TLC
Flowers and pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Nesties, Corner Punch, Cuttlebug, Sewing Machine, Diamond Stickles

Sunday, 12 December 2010

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #132

Beatrix from Germany is the host for this weeks Friday Sketchers Challenge and has designed a fab sketch for us to work with.


Here is what i did with it .....


To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Very Merry Christmas
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Image ~ RAK from the lovely Linda x
Flowers ~ imag-e-nation
Ribbon & Leaves ~ Stash
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Nesties, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Sakura Glaze Pens (Red, Green & Yellow)

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Red & Green Must NOT Be Seen & Stamp with Fun Challenge #88

Red & Green Must Not Be Seen ... so some gorgeous Christmas cards or projects but using non traditional colours.  This weeks challenge is sponsored by Whiff Of Joy who are offering Oakley with Bauble Rubber Stamp.

I'm combining this challenge with a fab sketch from Stamp with Fun designed by Emmi41 who also have a wonderful stamp up for grabs as their prize.

The sketch ....
 
and this is what i did with it ....


To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Pink Petticoat Rainbow Christmas in Mocha
Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Lantern
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC from the Let Your Light Shine Collection
Pearls & Twine ~ Stash
Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sewing Machine, Diamond Stickles

Sunday Sketch & Stamp ~ Challenge #42 Mira's Sketch

This fortnight's sketch has been designed by Mira:



This fortnight, the sponsors are Fresh Brewed Designs. The lucky winner of challenge #42 will get 3 images of their choice from the Fresh Brewed Designs store.  Fresh Brewed Designs was started by Heather when she noticed the lack of coffee themed stamps available. Since then it has grown into a store of over 200 digi-images of all sorts of wonderful creatures and creations. Fresh Brewed Designs are also able to offer their own range of rubber stamps.


To  make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Old Fashioned Christmas
Image ~ RAK from the lovely Linda x
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Pearls & Lace ~ Stash
Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Nesties, Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Snowflake Die.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch Challenge #133

This week's challenge is sponsored by our wonderful regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp!  A $25 gift certificate will be awarded to our lucky winner this week to spend on goodies from their amazing store!

Here is the fab sketch created by Jo ....


and this is what i did with it .....


To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Paper Cellar
DP's ~ Summer Driggs
Image ~ Magnolia Sister & Brother 
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor.

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #131

Tanja from Germany is this weeks host and sponsoring the challenge is "The Stamping Boutique" who are offering a $10 Gift Certificate as the prize!



I thought it was about time i got a wriggle on posted this card ... its been completed on my table for the past couple of days but i've just not had chance to upload it from the camera.

To make this card I used:~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ freebie download don't remember where from or who by ... sorry!
Image ~ Kenny K ~ Xmas Hottie
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sakura Glaze Pen (Clear), Sakura Stardust Pen (Red), Diamond Stickles, Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Snowflake Die and Snowflake Embossing Folder.

Crackers 2010

Its not me that's crackers in 2010, although some most would beg to differ LOL ... but the Christmas Cracker's I've made for this year festivities.  These particular ones are destined for Holland and obviously are not mine, but mine will be the same.  The only difference is mine wont have a box!



To make the crackers I followed the fab tutorial that Kirstie Allsop did for Channel 4 last year (Kirsties Homemade Christmas)
1 Roll of Wrapping Paper brought from Poundland in the sale last year
8 Empty Toilet Rolls
6 metres of Black Organza Ribbon
12 small Jingle Bells
Scraps of Red CS to strengthen the ends
Cracker Snaps .... although I haven't added them this year as I forgot to buy them ... oops!


This is what I put inside them ...
Handmade tissue paper hat using scraps of tissue paper measuring 30cms x 9cms and folding into 4 and cutting the end to a point.
Christmas Cracker joke printed from the internet
1 handmade Peppermint Cream wrapped in tinfoil.

Sunday, 5 December 2010

Bracelets and Boxes .....

I've been making a few beaded bracelets for stocking fillers this year  to help keep the cost of Christmas down and also cos I want to do a handmade Christmas as much as I possibly can .....


This bracelet is made using Blue, Teal and White glass pearl beads.


For this one I used Cream, Brown and Pink glass pearl beads


And finally this one used Red, Fuchsia and Pink glass pearl beads.  Each bracelet consists of 114 beads all loving hand wired by my poor sore hands LOL!


To gift wrap the bracelets i've been putting some of those laughing cow boxes to good use ...


To alter this box, i've used :-

CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Old Fashioned Christmas
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Flowers, Ribbon, Gems ~ Stash
Tools ~ Snowflake punch, Nesties, Sewing Machine and copous amounts of glue LOL