Penny Black Saturday #37 - Get Well Soon

The challenge this week over on Penny Black Saturday is to make a get well card. These are always handy to have in so no complaints here!!

This Penny Black Stamp "I'm So Cute" has been coloured with Promarkers and Sakura pens with some Glamour Dust and chalks finishing him off. I have used Anna Griffin pigment ink in Chocolate. Card, border stamp, flower stamp and flower punch are all Stampin' Up. Sentiment is from a Hero Arts set. Some coffee card candy finishes it off.

4 in 1

I have made this card to combine four challenges namely 1) Heidi's great sketch from Friday Sketchers 2) Cynthia's "Scenes" challenge from Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog 3) "3d Somethings" theme from Stamp Something and 4) "Fish and/or a Frog" from Daring Cardmakers.

Fishing Edwin and the fish are by Magnolia Stamps and I have made the fish 3d. Colouring is with Promarkers and Twinkling H2o's and I have gone over the top of the fish with some glossy Modge Podge. The sentiment is from a SeeD set and is again coloured with Promarkers. Paper is from K&Co Hopscotch Boy 6x6 paper pad and card is SU. Brads are Dovecraft. Thanks for looking.

Sugar Bowl Challenge 4 - One!

The current challenge from The Sugar Bowl is to use only ONE patterned paper!

The paper in question is from K&Co Wild Saffron 12x12 paper pad. It IS double sided but I was a good girl and only used one side! I have coloured this beautiful Sugar Nellie designed by Elizabeth Bell with Promarkers and Sakura pens, made some embossed borders from SU card and got a bit carried away with the ribbon embellishment(!).

Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday #48 - Signs of Spring

Well we have snowdrops and crocus flowers in abundance here in South West Scotland and even some lambs in the fields so Spring is slowly approaching - which brings me to this week's challenge from Cute Card Thursday which is "Signs of Spring". The DT have just created some lovelies again this week and we have a new Guest Designer joining us for the next two weeks so pop on over to the blog for inspiration ♥♥

This gorgeous stamps is Sugar Nellie Elizabeth Bell "Chickadee". I have coloured her with Promarkers and Sakura gel pens. Paper is Basic Grey Lily Kate, card is SU and I have used flowers by Prima and Poppicrafts. Sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.

Thanks for looking and I hope you join in the fun.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - Shady Lady!

The challenge from Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges this week is to "use shades of one main colour, in addition to hair and skin tones or natural backgrounds, after all brown skies and pink grass might look a bit strange! What we want to see is shades of one main colour used for the clothing, embellishments or any patterned papers you plan on using". The DT have created some fabby shady ATCs so pop on over and take a look ♥♥

This cute Tilda with Puppy has been coloured with Promarkers and Sakura gold gel pen. Paper is from a Papermania strip (Brown & Creams). Large brad and crochet flower from Poppicrafts, gems by Swarovski and sentiment from stash (code for I can't remember!).

Thanks for looking

Candy

Just a quick post to say that JACQUI (Cats Whiskers) has two lots of AMAZING candy to give away.

If that's not enough BEV is also giving away two lots of fabby candy on her blog so pop on over and have a look!!

Penny Black Saturday #36 - Sketch by Nat

I finally got my mini-photographic studio set up so can actually take pictures at night now that look at least something like the original. Very pleased with the true-colourness of this picture actually.

This card is made using the fabby sketch by Nat for Penny Black Saturday. I have coloured Penny Black "Uplifting Occasion" with Promarkers and used Basic Grey Ambrosia papers with embossed SU card. Ribbon was from Scrapz, pearl brads from Poppicrafts, flowers are Prima and little ribbon flowers were from our local haberdashery. Thanks for looking.

Small World of Inchies & Twinchies - The Kiss

I so enjoyed making this little thing last week I had to join in again. This week the theme from Small World of Inchies and Twinchies is "The Kiss". I find these old pictures fascinating - I love to try and imagine who they were and what their lives were like. I fancy this is a devoted pair of sisters - hence the sentiment! Thanks for looking.

Gothic Arches - Mardi Gras

As it's Mardi Gras time in New Orleans next weekend, this is the theme from Gothic Arches.

This lady started off life as Marlene Dietrich - she was the only image I have that the mask fitted!! I have added this Creative Expressions sentiment to an alcohol ink background and made her an elaborate headdress. She's even got her ticket ready!

Thanks for looking.

DCM - "Feeling Green"

This week the challenge from Daring Cardmakers is "Feeling Green" - that is to make a card with lots of green. There is a double dare to make it a Get Well card.

I used this Graphicus "Create a Tree" stamp on a brayered and masked background (loving this technique right now - can you tell??!!). Lots of layering, some tartan ribbon and a little stamped sentiment that was a freebie a long time ago finish it off.












I want to share my son's creative talents too today!! These are the Valentines cards he made yesterday. He made two of the red one for both his Grannies but then insisted that his Grandpa had to have his own that was more "manly" so made the blue one!! He chose everything and stamped the lot himself - even punched out the circle with the image in the middle. For 4 he has such a good design and colour eye don't you think!!

Thanks for looking.

Three in one combo

I have made this card to fit in with three challenges this week. Firstly Friday Sketchers has a wonderful sketch by Heidi this week which I have adapted slightly as instead of using an oval I have used the screen background. Then we have a theme of Fans from Cynthia's Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog and it's chocolate the colour or the edible yummy stuff from Stamp Something. PHEW!!

I have used paper from DCVW Far East paper pad and used pink and chocolate SU card. The fan screen was made using a WS Designs stamp and colouring with Sakura Gel and Souffle pens. Geisha Anya by Greetings Farm is coloured with Promarkers. Sentiment is a Craftwork Cards one coloured with Brilliance inks.

Thanks for looking. Have a lovely Valentine's Day. My DH is away at work but he left me two stunning cards and wrote such beautiful words in them I was moved to tears! Miss him so much.

Cute Card Thursday #47 - Music and Dance

Happy Thursday!

This week on Cute Card Thursday we have a theme of "Music and Dance" so think instruments, song titles, dancing, musical notes etc. Pop on over to the blog to see the Design Team's amazing cards.

This is Ballet Maggie by Sugar Nellie and I have coloured her with Promarkers. Paper is from Basic Grey Euphoria paper pad and I've used nesties and a Fiskars border punch. Some feathers, Prima flowers and a Penny Black sentiment finish it off.

Thanks for looking.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - Hearts

It had to be hearts this week on Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges didn't it??!!

This Lelo Designs stamp has been colours with Promarkers and Sakura pens and I have used paper from the Papermania Scrumptious 6x6 pad for the background, some satin and velvet ribbon and a couple of little heart gems to finish it off.

We have still have the talented Beth with us as GD for February so pop on over to the blog and check out the fabby DT Creations.

I'm so excited!!

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I am just so excited to tell you that I won second place in the Crafty Individuals ATC Competition!! Gobsmacked too. Not very often I am speechless!!

Check out the announcement here!! I had to see this before I actually believed it. I can wait to see the other winners (especially the first prize entry) and hopefully very soon I will be able to share a link to the winning entries. Couldn't wait to tell you though - I've been bursting!

A Spoonful of Sugar #38 - Doodle-doo

The theme this week from A Spoonful of Sugar is "Doodle-doo" ie some doodling on your card. This took me WELL out of my comfort zone as even my handwriting is pretty much illegible but hey-ho I doodled some swirls and dots on this Basic Grey Eva paper and did some faux stitching around the edge of the card.

This gorgeous Sugar Nellie Elizabeth Bell stamp has been coloured with Promarkers and Sakura Souffle Pens. I have used SU card and embossed card by K&Co, Dovecraft brads with the hardware and flowers from Poppicrafts and Prima.

Thanks for looking! Off to get my young man from Nursery!