Little Miss Sketches

Little Miss Muffet Stamps are sponsoring the new challenge at Sketch Saturday, (please pop over to Sketch Saturday for all the details) and this week, it's a special week...

Today, Sketch Saturday is celebrating 6 years!
I posted the very first sketch on the blog on 31st May 2008.
To start with, My intention was to just share my layouts with anyone who would like to use them to make a card. Then, just a few months later, Sketch Saturday had a design team and sponsors! Then it became a popular challenge blog loved by so many :)
I had a fantastic time in my 4 years there, and though I was sad to go, it was the right time to do so, to give SS a new injection of craftiness with a fresh design team and fresh sketches.

To help celebrate 6 years of sketches, we are having a Blog Hop! There are prizes hidden along the Blog Hop, so leave a comment at each stop on the Hop to maximize your chances of winning!

Hopefully you came here after seeing Jen's fabulous creation.

For my card, I used SS sketch #299...

This image is one of my faves, Birthday Bunny by Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
The pretty paper was free in a craft mag, it's from a pad called Bonnets & Bowties and is by Lili of the Valley & Nitwit Collections.
The sentiment is from Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' set
I used the smallest flower from my Die-namics flower and leaf trio die and added a blue flatback crystal to finish.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Lexi's Creations - happy birthday
The Pink Elephant - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes

Please hop along next to Julie's blog, oh and don't forget to comment ;)

The sketch challenge (using any sketch between 215 and 311) and the Blog Hop end at 7pm UK/ 1pm US-CT time on the 6th June.
All winners will be announced on the Sketch Saturday blog, on Saturday, 7th June.
Good luck everyone :) xx


Here's the hop order...

An InLinkz Link-up

300

Sketch Saturday has its 300th challenge today!
WOW! that's an achievement eh? :)
As one the original Saturday Girls, I was asked if i'd like to be their Guest Designer for this momentous occasion. Of course, I said YES!  and not only that, my first ever sketch gets an airing too, although it has had a bit of a facelift, but then I would need one too if I reached 300! lol...

Obviously the new sketch is the one on the right. And here's my card using it...

The image is Birthday Candle Birdbrain, by From The Heart Stamps. I think that this is one of my favourite images right now, it's such a lovely image to colour. As usual, i've used promarkers here.
The papers used are both from MME's life of the party pad.
The pretty border is a cArt-Us die (fountain).

This weeks sketch is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, who are offering a very generous $25 gift certificate for the lucky challenge winner.

Not only that, to celebrate the 300th challenge, there's a blog hop too!
Hopefully you came here after seeing Jen's fabulous creation.
Not to worry if you didn't, here's the hop order if you need to go back and start over...

Lizy
Vannessa
Cathy
Alex
Marzena
Carla
Lesley
Niki
Laura
Jen
Jo (You are here)
Debra
Melissa

There's mystery candy hidden along the way in this hop.
You won't know where the candy is, so to be in with a chance to win, all you need to do is leave a comment at each stop on the hop (including here), which is easy peasy as you're hopping along to see the wonderful cards made by the SS DT anyway aren't you? ;)

Please hop along next to Debra's blog to see what she has made to inspire you, oh and don't forget to comment :) Good Luck! x

Blog hop winners will be announced on Sketch Saturday next Saturday, March 15th at 7:20am.
The challenge winner of the $25 gift certificate for Simon Says Stamp will be announced 10 minutes later at 7:30am.

again, here's the hop order

An InLinkz Link-up

I'd like to enter my Birdbrain card at:
The Pink Elephant - birthdays
Crafty Creations - happy birthday
Paper Makeup - anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - use a stamp or digi stamp

thank you for visiting me today, hope you've left your comment?  ;)

For Mom & Dad's special day

March 20th will be my parents 48th wedding anniversary.
I hope they like this card i've made for Jake to give to them...

Last week I was very fortunate to have won a prize over at Charisma Cardz *YAY!!* I got to choose 3 images from Crafty Sentiments Designs, and this is one of them, it's called Poppy and Henry, and I love it, it's so adorable and perfect for any card that is for a couple. Thank you again Charisma girls and of course thank you to Crafty Sentiments too :)

Again, I used my trusty promarkers, Poppy using tan, cinnamon and umber, her dress using denim blue, cornflower blue and pastel beige. And Henry using caramel, burnt sienna and umber.
I used this weeks fab sketch at Sketch Saturday *waves to the Saturday Girls*
I layered up my papers, which are all by SU (bella bleu collection).
Th kraft border piece was punched using another SU product,the eyelet border punch.
I added a bit of shine by using gold mirror card for the punched hearts and also for matting and layering.
The Sentiment is handwritten.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Charisma Cardz - Punch it! 
Sketch Saturday - sketch #242 
Crafting By Designs - use alcohol markers
Card Crafters Circle - layers
I {heart} Promarkers - layer it up 
Pennys Paper Crafty - teddy bears

Happy New Year!

oooooh long time no blog eh? 

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, and I hope 2013 will be a great year for you all.

So this is my first post of the new year, the first of many I hope, because I'm going to try to get more cards and blogging done this year.

The following card uses a policeman decoupage image which was left behind after a previous card make a few years ago, I glued it to some cardstock before cutting it out so that the image would be sturdier than decoupage paper as I wanted to use foam pads to raise it from the base card a little.

The checkerboard design is from Tiddly Inks, I printed it straight onto the card blank. The little handcuffs charm in the top corner was put there because I loosely followed last weeks sketch from Sketch Saturday.

challenges:

cards for men - men at work

Tiddly Inks challenge - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp challenges - black & white and a splash of colour

This card uses 'Beer Bear' from Di's Digi Downloads, coloured with promarkers.

challenges:

Here come the boys - sketch

Totally Gorjuss - spotty

I love 'Tulips' from The Stamping Boutique, it's such a joy to colour (in my case, my trusty promarkers), it is a little fiddly to cut out for layering but the end result is so worth it imo.

The name was cut using 'By The Letters' dies by Die-namics.

The sentiment is a combination of 2 clear stamps from my stash.

challenges:

lexi's creations - anything goes

The Crafty Bloggers Network - flowers

MMCS blog - anything goes

MAWTT - floral delights

This little cutie is by LOTV and is called 'Me & My Cat', again coloured with promarkers then cut and layered with foam pads to stand out.

I used the same Die-namics dies for 'mommy'

(note to self: save up to buy uppercase and numbers too)

challenges:

charisma cardz - happy birthday!

Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes

This is my final card (for now), using a cuthbert image from Pollycraft from a while back. The number was handcut and glittered.

challenges:

TPE181 - celebrate

Pennys Challenge 109 - anything goes

I hope you like them, and I hope to be back real soon! 

Jo xx

My last DT card...

It's Saturday morning, 8am, so it must mean that it's time for a new Sketch Saturday challenge, yet this week sees my last DT card as a Saturday :(
I will miss SS very much, it's been a constant in my life for the past 4 years.
I'm so grateful that the blog will continue each week (and I've had a sneaky peek at some of the upcoming sketches designed by Jen and omgoodness you are all in for a treat!) I shall definately be joining in as a challenger when I have some time to, like lots of you, SS will be my first port of call when I want to enter a challenge :)


This weeks challenge is sponsored by the ever fabulous Simon Says Stamp and you could soon be treating yourself to a whopping $25 shopping spree in store if you're this weeks challeneg winner!

Here's my final DT card...

This card uses an image from Kenny K, Madison Attitude. I coloured her with promarkers.
The pink cardstock has been embossed with my swiss dots folder and layered onto kraft cardstock which i've also used throughout the card. The 3 different papers are all from Nitwit Collections, which were freebies from a craft mag and have been sitting in my drawer waiting to be used.
The flowers and leaves were made using a mix of punches, the flowers finished with a crystal flat back gem.

There's more beautiful creations from the Saturdays on the blog, where you'll also see the brilliant card from Sarah-Louise, guest designer for May.
And remember, Sketch Saturday are having a DT call, so if you fancy being a 'Saturday' yourself, email Susie with your application. Further details can be found on the blog. Good luck! xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - special birthdays
Shopping our Stash - use 3 or more deigner papers
Charisma Cardz - pink and girlie
Crafty Catz - happy birthday


Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend :)

Susie's sketch

Sketch Saturday may be having some changes in the near future, but this week has the same format, is DT week, and it's the turn of Susie to provide the sketch, and a fab one it is too!...here's my card...

We're sponsored this week by Kenny K, woohooo!
We were given images to use, I have used Allura Von D and have coloured her with promarkers.
The papers used are all by Echo Park from the collection called 'little girl'
all I did next was add silver mesh to the corners and gems to the left of the image.
I haven't added a sentiment yet, but it looks fab without one anyway.
Great sketch Susie! thank you xx

We're joined this month by Sarah-Louise, who has made such an amazing card to kick start her month as guest designer. Please go take a look on the blog, you'll see some beautiful cards made by The Saturdays, some of which are the last ones they have made as a member of the DT.

Thanks for looking, hope you have a great weekend and bank holiday, i'll be spending mine decorating!

Jo xx

Martini Nikki

It's the weekend!
We have a new sponsor this week for our challenge at Sketch Saturday :)



and if you are our lucky winner you could be choosing two Nikki & Friends stamps to add to your collection :)
How fab is that?

so as I left it late in the day to make my DT card, I decided to get out my own 'Nikki' stamp to make this last minute card...

The stamp is 'Martini Nikki' and is one of those available from Pages of Memories, coloured with promarkers.
Papers are by First Edition (Bird Song)
Sentiment is from a SeeD mini clear stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today, to see more card yumminess please go see what Maria and The Saturdays have made this week :)

Have a great weekend xx

Armchair Bear

It's Saturday morning, and by now you know what that means...
A new Sketch Saturday challenge :)
and this weeks challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

My card this week...

The image is of course by Lili of the Valley and is called Armchair Bear.

It's a perfect Dad or Grandad image, don't you think?

I coloured it with my trusty promarkers.

The papers are from 2 stacks, MME Stella Rose - Gertie, and BG Basic Kraft.

The Saturdays and our fab guest designer for April, Maria Therese, have made a lovely collection of cards to inspire you this week, why don't you stop by the blog and take a look?

Thanks for looking, I hope you all have a fab weekend xx

Paula's sketch

Good Morning :)
Saturday morning means a new sketch at Sketch Saturday and this week I get to play with a sketch that has been made by one of The Saturdays, and this week is the turn of the lovely Paula :)
This week we are sponsored by Tiddly Inks, and if you are our challenge winner this week, you could treat yourself to a $10 shopping spree in the Tiddly Inks store :)

I wanted to use a Tiddly Ink image this week, so treated myself to Wryn - Birthday Girl...

I coloured Wryn with promarkers, and doodled onto the gifts for a bit of added interest.
I sponged the background behind Wryn. The patterned papers are from my Kanban male backgrounds cd, except that I colourised the 2 designs in my paint program to make them pink.
The sentiment is handwritten, but the '21' is stamped from a SeeD's set, and I finished with Marianne swirls, punched flowers, pearlised mini plastic flowers and crystals.

For more delightful cards, please go see what the Saturdays have made this week, and we have a new guest designer, Maria Therese, who will be with us thoughout April :)

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - Spring colours (pastels)
Prairie Fairy Fridays - Anything goes


Thanks for stopping by, have a great Easter weekend and bank holiday :)

Grumps

Sketch Saturday is having a special week this week, we've reached week 200, also, we are taking part in a mini DT swap with our sponsors of this weeks challenge, Bugaboo Stamps.
You could win 7 free digis if you're our challenge winner! :)

Here's my card for our week #200 sketch challenge...

I have used Gus Birthday - Recount for my card, this image was kindly given to me by Bugaboo (thank you!), I coloured Gus with promarkers.
The purple striped paper is by Echo Park ('little girl' collection), and the mosaic purple paper is by Provocraft (tags, bags & boxes paper pack for the cricut).
I drew the word 'GRUMPS' and also the liquorice allsorts and coloured them with pm's.
This card was made for my Dad. My daughter gave this to her Grandad for his birthday, my kids all call him Grumps. His fave sweets are allsorts, or Bonties as we call them, Jake couldn't say Bertie Bassett when he was little and used to say Bonty Bassetts and the name has stuck.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Cards for men - cheeky chappies
MMCS - digital images only
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Please go see the cards made by Bugaboo's Jackie and Yvonne, as well as our talented GD for March, Cor*, and the rest of The Saturdays, you won't be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by today, oh and remember... the UK clocks will go forward by 1 hour in the early hours tonight/tomorrow.

Beer Bear

Mornin! :)

We are sponsored by the fantastic Bunny Zoe's Crafts this week at Sketch Saturday :)

There's a special Mothers Day weekend event in store!
 Bunny Zoe's Crafts
10% off Everything!
until Midnight, Sunday 18th March

 Go grab a bargain now! ;)

Not only is there a fab offer to be had, but you could enjoy a £10 shopping spree in store if you are our lucky Sketch Saturday winner this week!

Here's my card for this weeks challenge:

This card has been made for my friend's husband, the image is 'Beer Bear' from Di's Digi Downloads, and has been coloured with promarkers.

The Papers are by Nitwit, they were in my stash, and were free in a craft mag sometime last year I think, it has been quite a while ago.
I sponged all the edges and used my torn edge scissors to distress the piece under the image.

I stamped the letters to spell out his name, then coloured them with the same colours used on the image before carefully cutting them out and adding them to the card. The sentiment is handwritten.

Please drop by the blog to go see what our talented GD Cor* and The Saturdays have made this week! :)

I'm entering this card at:
Birthday Sundaes - use green
Kaboodle Doodles - show us some green
Shopping Our Stash - Food/Beverage

Cute Card Thursday - Birthday

Fairy Fun Fridays - distress it

Totally Papercrafts - Male card

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

(my 3rd & final entry....for this week anyway)

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend,

and Happy Mothers Day to all you Moms out there! xx