Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #146

This weeks sketch is made by Janneke, and the generous sponsor this week is:

Cute Stamps and Cards carries a lot of stamps, dies, punches and all kind of other wonderfull accessories you need to make your own card creations.

The absolutely lovely price this week is two stamps
from The Stamping Bazaar.

Here's the sketch for this week ...

 

... and my card ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Miaaow! ~ from here

Image ~ Motivet Digital Stamp

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearl ~ Stash

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp ~ Challenge #49 Maria's Sketch

Challenge # 49 Sketch has been designed by Marie ...

"Feel free to flip it, resize it and embellish it however you see fit, as long as we can see the original elements."

The prize for this challenge is a digital image from Crafts4Eternity.

The Rules - Remember, if you don't follow the rules then your entry won't be eligible for the prize. First and foremost, you must follow the sketch but as we are also a stamping challenge, you must include stamping somewhere on your project. Digital stamps are fine. To find out more about the rules, visit the rules page.

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Grunge Rainbow ~ Free Download

Image ~ Flippin' Bathtime

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Eyelets & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sewing Machine, Eyelet Setter

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #147

Hello! It's Saturday again, so time for another fab sketch challenge from Sketch Saturday!!!!  This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Here are the latest arrivals available right now...

NEW Kraftin' Kimmie's March Release - NOW SHIPPING!!!
NEW Whimsy March Release Stamps & Dies
PRE-ORDER Magnolia INK Magazine Issue 2 Spring Special
NEW March Pink Cat Studio - Betty Bugs & Dinosaurs!!!
NEW Magnolia Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011 - NOW SHIPPING!!!
NEW Whiff of Joy Stamps!!!!
NEW Prima Flowers - Delightful Day Collection
NEW Fancy Pants 6x6" Paper Pads!!!
NEW Crate Paper 6x6" Paper Pads
NEW Basic Grey 6x6" Paper Pads - Life of the Party & Hello Lusicous
NEW Cards Only Magazine - Spring Special
RESTOCKS - Stempelglede
NEW March Kaisercraft Paper Pad's Nan's Favourites & Bubblegum Hills
NEW March C.C. Designs - NOW SHIPPING!!!
NEW March The Greeting Farm

And remember... Bunny Zoe's Crafts ship worldwide, and if you live in mainland UK or Northern Ireland and your order is more than £40.00, you get FREE shipping.  Also, this weekend there is a massive 25% off ALL High Hopes, C.C. Designs and The Greeting Farm Stamps!  This offer is already available now and ends at midnight tomorrow (20th March) So grab a bargain now before they all go!

This weeks challenge winner will win a generous £10.00 shopping spree at Bunny Zoe's Crafts :)

Here's this weeks sketch...

... and my card ....

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Key

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers ~ Stash

Tools ~ Martha Stewart Border Punch, Sewing Machine, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Pencil Crayons

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #145

 Jacque of the US is hosting this weeks challenge. This weeks challenge is sponsored by:


Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion. 
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More are offering either 5 digital stamps
or 4 digital stamps and 1 paper pack to the winner of this challenge!

'You are welcome to turn the sketch any way you wish and as long as we can see all of the elements, you will be eligible for the wonderful prize!!'

and my card using the sketch ...

To make this card I used ....

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Raspberry Road Designs ~ Vintage Baby

Image ~ Stitchy Bear ~ In His Hands

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash

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

DP2 Challenge #73 ~ A Bit of Green

This weeks hostess Miz Pat, has a great challenge for us. This week it's "A Bit of Green"...perfect for this time of the year... 

I've made this card for my daughter's birthday off of her 2 sons.  I just knew that Mo would have a couple of images that would work perfectly together to make this card.  I used a 'merging' tutorial from here to merge these two little beauties to represent my gorgeous little grandbabies Rylee and Koree!

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Raspberry Road Designs ~ Cherry Limeaide

Images ~ Mo's Digital Pencil ~ Bronte & Louis and So Big Baby

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls ~ Stash

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

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch Challenge #146

This week's challenge is sponsored by our regular sponsor, Simon Says Stamp!

"With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world!"

To see all the latest products instore please click HERE including their Hero Arts new for spring 2011 products!  To see the exclusive Simon Says Stamp range, please click HERE.  Not forgetting their HUGE Magnolia range HERE.  All things Tim Holtz including newly released products can be found HERE.  They have all new Copic colours for 2011 HERE.

As always a very generous $25 gift certificate will be awarded to the lucky winner this week to spend on goodies in the SSS store!

This weeks Sketch is below ... it was a tricky one this week!

and my card ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Pink Petticoat

Image ~ The Paper Shelter

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, Tuille, Pins & Pearls ~ Stash

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

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge ~ Challenge #100

This week's challenge is a…

“You’ve Been Framed!”

"For this weeks challenge you will create a card or project that includes some sort of a FRAME and don’t forget to STAMP " 

You will have from now until midnight (EST) March 5^th, 2011 to complete this challenge and post a DIRECT LINK to your submission into our InLinkz in order to be entered into the drawing for this week's fabulous prizes donated by:

STITCHY BEAR STAMPS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of FIVE Digis! 

AND

MARIANNE

PRIZE: Gift Giving Tilda Stamp

My card for this challenge is ....

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shabby Princess

Image ~ Mo's Digital Pencil ~ Wonder

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sakura Glazer Pen (Red)

Sketch Saturday ~ Cazza's Sketch Challenge #145

This week's Sketch Challenge is being hosted by my teamie Cazza, who has designed a fab sketch for us to use!  

Some of you may have seen this weeks sponsor the amazingly talented Lisa Baker of Lisa B Designs demonstrating at the various craft fairs up and down the UK, she's also a regular in Making Cards magazine.

Here's a little bit about her.....

Hi, My name is Lisa Baker and I have always loved playing around 'making things' from a very early age, one of my favourite programmes was 'Blue Peter' and I used to drive my mum mad with boxes of card, toilet rolls holders, tissue paper etc... Over the years I have tried my hands at sooo many different crafts and have found some pleasure in all, my favourites being jewellery making, silversmithing, teddy bear making and of course becoming totally addicted to paper crafting.

Many years ago I started collecting Artist Mohair Teddy Bears and it wasn't until I bought a teddy bear kit at a bear fair in Holland in 1996 that I had a go at making a teddy bear. I had a lot of fun making it and learnt from it the process of how to make a bear. Now being the typical Gemini that I am was not content with that and decided I would like to make my own teddy bears and critters and started putting pen to paper and designing my own. Hence Huggability Bears was born. www.huggabilitybears.co.uk

I am now a freelance craft designer and demonstrator and run my own classes and because of my love of stamps decided this year to put pen to paper again and recreate some of my bears and critters as stamps to enter the wonderful world of paper crafting. I hope you will like my critters as much as I do and enjoy creating some wonderful projects with them!

Big Hugs

Lisa.B.x

Lisa has very generously donated a prize this week of 4 of her fantastic stamps PLUS a Wild Rose Studio Paper Stack!! 

So here is this weeks Sketch.

and my card

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Raspberry Road Designs ~ Butterfly Collection

Image ~ Penny Black Embrace

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, Ribbon & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps

Bearly Mine Challenge #5

This weeks challenge was picked by  Judith and the theme is Birthday cards!

And the prizes for this challenge are ... 

Bearly Mine Design

2 Digi sets of the winner's choice


Wildorchid Crafts

selection of flowers and lace


Tickled Pink Stamps

  2 Digi stamps or 1 rubber stamp of Winner's choice

Go Kreate

3 Rectangular Dies worth 13.99 each

" the challenge is to make a birthday card, and there are four chances to be a winner, as chosen by the Design Team.  Challenge ends March 14th.  Winners will be announced with the next challenge."

This was made for Jo, the boss, for her birthday on Tuesday.

To make this card and box of choc's I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Bearly Mine ~ Floral Fantasy & Pink Petticoat Gingham

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Small Gift

Sentiments ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, Pearls, Butterfly & Pins  ~ Stash

Pearl Rik Rak ~ Market Stall

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Woodware Leaf Punch, Sewing Machine, Chocolate Box Tray Insert, Corner Punch

Sunday Sketch and Stamp ~ Mandy's Sketch

This weeks Challenge sketch has been designed by Mandy.

Sketch 48

"Please feel free to flip, re-size and embellish as you wish, just as long as we can see the original elements."

There are two prizes up for grabs this fortnight.  Two goody bags of crafting stash which has been kindly donated by Maggie,  These goody bags include a rubber stamp, papers and embellishments.

So, my card ....

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Marisa Lerin Papers

Image ~ Magnolia Farmer Tilda

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash

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

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #143

This weeks host and sketch designer is Claudia and the challenge is sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps.

Tickled Pink Stamps is based in Australia and is the home of the Lil Lolita and Lil Lads Stamps. They are everything quirky and sweet all in the one stamp and perfect for any occasion. Tickled Pink Stamps also has a range of sentiments and images to match with the gorgeous Lil Lolita and Lil Lads ranges. With new images coming all the time there is always something there to suit everyone and help bring out the quirky in us all. 

The prize for this week's challenge  is one rubber stamp from Tickled Pink Stamps own line! 

 Feel free to turn the sketch any way you wish as long as we can see all of the elements!

... and my card ...

To make my card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shabby Princess ~ Plentiful

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda & Edwin Dancing

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ I Hope You Dance Collection

Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Pencil Crayons.

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Anything Goes...

This week as it’s the first challenge of the month, Papertake Weekly have an open theme for us and it’s ... Anything Goes.  There is an optional extra and this week it’s something old ... add something old or that you haven't used before to your card. This is only an option and you don't have to use it.

The sponsors of this challenge are .... Lili Of The Valley who are offering a .....

and here is my card ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Angelflight Scraps ~ Beach Papers

Image ~ Magnolia Barefoot Tilda

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Lace & Pearls ~ Stash

Twine ~ Off a pair of jeans holding the price tag!

Starfish ~ Stash

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Hole Punch, Sewing Machine, Stapler

Just Magnolia Challenge 95

This week there are two prizes up for grabs!!  

The lovely ladies from the Ribbon Girl are sponsoring one of  this weeks prizes!

 

and the second sponsor this week is Crafty Sentiments,  they are offering a £10 voucher to spend in their store.

"The challenge this week is a sketch provided by Mina.   You can flip and rotate the sketch, as long as the elements of the sketch can still be seen.  You can combine the challenge with any other challenges of your choice as long as the main image on your creation is a hAnglar & sTanglar or Magnolia stamp you will qualify to be in the draw for the fab prize.   The challenge closes next Thursday 3rd March."

My card ...

To make this card I used :~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shabby Princess ~ Plentiful

Image ~ Magnolia Spring Stamp Club Kit 2011

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Corner Punch, Woodware Leaf Punch