Birthday Farm Animals

Today is my friend's birthday. This is the card i've made for her using Simon Says Stamp's Birthday Farm Animals stamps & dies...

The card is a pop up inside, I added extra die cut balloons to go with the balloon that the piggy is holding...

Stamps set: SSS Birthday Farm Animals (with matching dies)
Coloring: Promarkers
Patterned paper: Sugar Shoppe by Doodlebug

I'd like to enter this card at:
Simon Says Stamp (Weds) - use patterned paper
Seize the Birthday - anything goes

Birthday Farm Animals

Here's a card that i've made for my friend's husband, whose birthday is coming up on Saturday...

These fun party animals are from Birthday Farm Animals by Simon Says Stamp.
I coloured them with promarkers, masked them off and sponged in some blue ink behind them.
The cow was stamped and coloured on another piece of card stock so that I could cut him out and pop him up with foam pads.
I added some dots to the cupcake case, and some wink of stella (clear) to the balloon and party hats.
The strip of patterned paper above the image is from Doodlebug's Hip Hip Hooray pad.

I'm entering this card at:
Allsorts - birthday wishes
Simon Says Stamp (Weds) - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
Seize the Birthday - anything goes

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 :)

For Nan & Grandad

Saturday morning means a new sketch challenge over at Sketch Saturday :)

This week we're sponsored by our good friends;

Simon Says Stamp!

and if you are our lucky winner this week, you could enjoy a whopping $25 shopping spree at their fabby online store. But you've got to be in it to win it! ;)

Here's my card for this week, another anniversary card for my parents...

I used Kraft cardstock as my base card and for punching/matting.
The beautiful papers are by My Minds Eye
(Stella Rose - Gertie)
The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil, it's called Tom and Tilly, and has been coloured with promarkers,
I bought this image a couple of months ago with the intention of using it for my parents card.
The greeting is computer generated, and I finished off the card with some punched flowers, marianne swirls & leaves, and some flat-back crystals.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles - Spring/Flowers
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
ABC challenge - K for Kraft
Card Crafter's Circle - orange & green

Allsorts - say it with flowers

Thank you so much for stopping by, please join in our challenge, and take a look at the cards made by Cor* and the The Saturdays while you're over there :)

Have a great weekend! xx

Love is...

Hello friends!
It's the weekend, and time for another Sketch Saturday challenge!

We're sponsored by our friends at Simon Says Stamp this week :)

You could enjoy a whopping $25 shopping spree at their amazing online store if you are our lucky winner this week.

This is my card, I flipped the sketch...

The image of course is 'Wedding Couple' by Lili of the Valley, coloured with my promarkers.

The gorgeous papers were a prize I won just before Christmas on the Sketchy Colors challenge blog. My prize was some yummy 12x12 papers from the Norwegian company 3ndypapir, this collection of double-sided papers is called White Christmas 2011, the top piece is called 'Juleglede', the bottom piece is called 'Julekveld'. The papers in the collection do have a christmas theme, but these 2 weren't screaming out christmassy to me, and I thought they'd look fab on a wedding card.

The sentiment is from Create with TLC, although I split the sentence beneath the 'Love is' bit from one long sentence so that I could fit it onto a circle.

The flowers and leaves were made using punches and adding a crystal to the centre of each flower.

For more beautiful inspiration please go visit the Saturday Girls and our talented GD for February Liesbeth, there's a lovely mix of styles and themes using this weeks sketch,  yes it is a little more challenging than most sketches I make, but I knew these girls would make some stunning examples for you, go see for yourself, they are sure to inspire you to join in our challenge this week.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations - Love
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (with an optional love theme)
I Love Promarkers - Love is in the air
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the air
Truly Scrumptious - Love & hearts
MMCS challenges - It must be love
 Card Crafters Circle - Valentine (but option of celebrating Love & using hearts)
Totally Gorjuss - Lurve
Bling It On - Love is all around
 Allsorts - Free & Easy February
Crafty Calendar challenge - Love & Marriage
Hooked on Crafts - Hearts (love)

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend xx

SSSSSS ;)

SSSSSS?

Simon Says Stamp Sponsors Sketch Saturday!

Yes, our lovely friends from Simon Says Stamp are giving one of you lucky SS challengers a whopping prize of $25 to spend in their fab store :)

Here is my card...

The medallion stamp was bought off a craft page on facebook that allows crafters to sell any stash they no longer need or use. I don't know what it is called or who the manufacturer is, but I do know that it is beautiful, and my parents will think so too.

I stamped it with memento several times, coloured each layer with promarkers, then cut out the layers and glued them in order again so that it would have a slight 3D feel.

The papers are all from the same paper pad,

'Forever Christmas Cards' by HOTP.

The sentiment is handwritten.

The Saturdays and our talented guest designer, Hanne have made more gorgeous cards to inspire you to make your entry for this weeks sketch challenge. I hope you will join us.

Have a great weekend xx

Fizzy Christmas

Time for another Sketch Saturday challenge! and this week, we are sponsored by the fab, Simon Says Stamp!

To be in with a chance of winning a whopping $25 to spend in their awesome store, all you have to do is take part in this weeks sketch challenge, easy peasy!...

I recently bought myself a couple of Fizzy Moon festive stamp sets.

This one is called Little Messages, isn't he adorable?...

A simple card to make, I coloured Fizzy with SU markers, dotting the colour to get a look similar to fur.

The papers are all from the same paper stack by My Mind's Eye (Gertie).

The sentiments are also from the same stamp set along with some others, you choose your own message.

The gifts and bauble embellishments were hand cut from the same paper as well as co-ordinating kraft and metallic card too.

Looking at them now, maybe I should have added a little bow to the top of each gift box? might add those before sending the card.

I'd like to enter this card at:

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes + BROWN

Papertake Weekly - First Christmas

Little Miss Muffet challenges - Simplicity

Charisma Cardz - Cutesy

Thanks for stopping by today, please go visit my fellow Saturday Girls, their cards are sure to inspire you, they are amazing :)

Have a great weekend xx

Sketch Saturday #176

Morning all :)

Time for another Sketch Saturday challenge!

and this week we are sponsored by our lovely friends at

where you could win a whopping $25 to spend in store if you are our lucky winner this week :)

Here's my card...

This card is part of a mahooosive order from my manager at work, in total she wants me to make 42 cards for her! Thankfully not all at once, although she needs some of them now, this is one of them.

I thought this cute little melonheadz robot would be fab for a 6yr old boy.

I have used 3 different papers, all available from different sets by Going Digi.

I added the name of the little boy with a silver marker to one of them.
The sentiment is from a SeeD's stamp set. and then all I did to finish was add a punched star, chipboard 'rivets' and the number six, which were made to look metallic using a silver marker.

Please stop by to see the cards made by our GD Donna, & The Saturdays.

and wait until you see the first DT cards made by our new girlies... Susie & Tracey!

WOW!!!

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

Bearly-Mine challenges - use 3 backing papers

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes (option of using a punch)

Happy 4th birthday PTW! xx

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by today :)

Jo xx

Video Boy

This weeks Sketch Saturday challenge is being sponsored by...

 each month they offer a fabulous $25 shopping spree in their store to our lucky challenge winner, will it be you this month?

Here is my card for this weeks challenge...

The image is 'Video Boy' by Mo Manning, As usual I have used my promarkers to colour him in, I originally wanted the tshirt a different shade of green, but I don't have the colours needed (I can feel a shopping spree coming on soon)

I also need to get a new warm grey 1 and blush markers, both of mine are on their last legs now.

The green paper used on the base card is from Provocraft's Bitty Scrap Pad called 'windswept'.
The blue piece is by NitWit Collections, I roughed them up a bit to echo the 3 lines either side of the sentiment on the sketch layout. Then handstitched over the top with navy cotton... and yes I deliberately wanted the stitches to look that bad! lol

The sentiment was handwritten, as were the white shapes on the black 'console' buttons and the number 13 in the centre.

My son has snagged this card for his friends birthday in a couple of weeks time. The following day will be his other friends birthday too, and Jake has decided to make the card for him using one of my own designs for a teenage card.

thank you for stopping by today, I hope you will have time to stop by and see the other cards made by The Saturdays, there is such a mix of themes and styles using the same sketch :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

Squigglefly - Blue & Green
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fairy Fun Fridays - snips and snails & puppy dogs tails
Sweet Stampin - for a teenager (YAY! I won!)
Totally Gorjuss - It's a man thing

Have a great weekend xx

Christmas in July

Time for another Sketch Saturday challenge, and our sponsor this week is...

You could be the lucky winner of a $25 shopping spree in their awesome store if you are this weeks challenge winner :)

I decided to make a crimbo card this week, using this fab 'Helping hand' image from Dustin Pike, coloured with promarkers.

The papers are by My Mind's Eye - 'complete boy' and I used 3 punches while making this card (4 if you include the circle punch for the Stamps Away sentiment)
The 3 punches were:
Xcut - Diamond
Xcut - Sparkler
All Night Media - snowflake

The xcut punches are fab, I will be getting more of their designs over time, they punch well and are easy to line up, the ANM punch however has always been very stiff to use with cardstock, I've tried punching through foil and greaseproof paper but it still sticks and won't do as it's told unless I use paper instead of cardstock (the cardstock used here is only 160gsm too) 

I had to get Hubby to punch out my snowflakes for me... brute force was needed.

I'm entering the following challenges with this card:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Lollipop Crafts - anything goes
Bearly Mine Challenges - anything goes
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
Sentimental Sundays - anything goes (plus a sentiment)
Digi's with Attitude - anything goes


yep, lots of anything goes challenges! ;)

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to see what The Saturdays have made this week too,
have a wonderful weekend! xx

well she's so fine, fine, fine...

Well I wonder what was wrong with Blogger, whatever it was it must have been major eh?
Thank goodness it seems fine now so I can show you my DT card for Sketch Saturday...

a nice easy sketch this week I thought,

The image is of course LOTV and has been coloured with my promarkers.

The papers are by Dovecraft 'eastern promise' (floral) and Stampin Up 'tea party' (spotty)

I paper-pricked the spotty piece and then hand stitched through the holes with white cotton and layered it onto a piece of white cardstock that had been punched with my eyelet border punch (by SU).

The flowers are by Petaloo and are called 'sweet petite'

"the only flowers you'd ever wanna meet!... Oh, o-oh, ohhhhh!"

sorry had a Jackie Wilson moment there LOL! :D
(apologies if you will have that song embedded in your head for the rest of the day now!)

Incidently the flowers were given to me for my birthday by Sandra, who's sadly leaving our SSDT today :(

Please go see her beautiful final DT card this week and wish her well.

We're going to miss her on the team.

Thank you San xx

Our sponsor this week is...

and you could be the lucky recipient of a $25 shopping spree in their fabulous store if you are this weeks challenge winner :)

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend xx

Circles!

If you like using circles on your cards then you are going to love the sketch we have for you over at Sketch Saturday,

and if you like craft shopping (of course you do! who doesn't?!) there's a whopping $25.00 shopping spree prize for the lucky challenge winner, because this week, we are sponsored by our generous regular sponsor, Simon Says Stamp.

Here's my card...

I've made this for my friends Son, he's a West Bromwich Albion supporter.
I wanted grass paper but didn't have any so I made some on my pooter, hope it looks real enough.
The stripy paper was also made on the pooter, as was the sentiment.
I bought the footballer stamp off ebay, the listing said it may be a Personal Impressions stamp.
The stamps used on the strip across the middle are from a See D's set.


I'd love you to visit the rest of my SS sisters, their cards are always beautiful and inspirational, and this week is no exception.
And Paula is back from her little craft break too! :)


 Thanks for visiting today.
By the way, do you like Take That?

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Sketch Saturday #142

I LOVE 'beer monster' I think he's one of my fave images for male cards, but maybe that's because most of the men I know are beer monsters!!
He's a dream to colour (I used SU markers this time) and a bargain at only 99p from Pollycraft.

This card was made using this weeks sketch at Sketch Saturday...

I printed and coloured his hand/glass again, and it is mounted on 3d foam.
The papers are by Nitwit collections, and were free with simply cards and papercraft mag, and they are a fab mix of blues, greens and browns, just the colours I wanted for this and all I added was a bit of faux stitching to define the shapes in the sketch.
 




This week our challenge is sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp!
So to be in with a chance of winning a whopping $25 to spend in store you need to take part in this weeks challenge...easy peasy! ;)

My fellow SS sisters have been busy with this weeks sketch too, please stop by to say hello and drool over their brilliant cards while you're visiting. Not forgetting our fab guest designer for the month of February.... Debbie

Thanks for looking, i'll be back in a mo with my sweet stampin DT card...

Dear Santa...

Gotta love this sentiment! :D
I got it from Gingers House, there's loads on this blog and most make me giggle.
The image is from Bugaboo and is called Wavy Hair Girl. I coloured her with promarkers.
The dark patterned paper is a freebie from Miss Cutiepie, it's so lush, I love it.
The other paper is from Hot off the Press and is called 'memories'.
The holly images were stamped using a freebie stamp from a mag a couple of years ago and then coloured with pm's.

I made this card using this weeks sketch over at Sketch Saturday, this week we are sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp, and our lucky winner will receive a whopping $25 to spend in their wonderful store! :)

My friends and fellow teamies have produced as always the most stunning cards, please go visit them and see how they made them :)

Back in a minute with my sweet stampin card xx

I need more crafting time!...

... don't we all eh? christmas is just such a busy time, I take my hat off to all of you who can still find time to craft and blog as well as being domestic goddesses *bows down with respect*

I'm embarrassed to say that this week I have had to combine both of my design team commitments due to lack of time (& energy) - something which I really didn't want to do if at all possible.

Sketch Saturday is on week #81 and is being sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp where you could win a $25 gift voucher to spend in their store!

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog is on week #4, and has a, well, 'challenging' colour combo for you all this week, and remember, you get an extra chance to win the monthly prize draw if you use Stampin Up products in your creation ;) The colours are...



The monthly prize this month is a 'Punches Three' stamp set and a scallop square punch, awesome prize eh?!

Here is my card...

I've used SU brilliant blue cardstock for the base, the old olive DSP is from their 'Haiku' collection.
I have added more mustard cardstock 'straps' and added a silver/grey washer and 2 screws as extra elements to work alongside this adorable sugar nellie image, Hamish fixing tractor. Not sure if this stamp is still available anymore actually. I've coloured the image in with ProMarkers, choosing colours that were as close as possible to the SU ones.
I have left the sentiment blank because I will add a number to the box when I know what age to add to it! lol.
TFL xx

That's another one done!

I've made another Christmas card using this weeks sketch over at Sketch Saturday :)
This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, who are offering a fantastic $25.00 gift certificate prize to our winner!

Here is my card...



The backing paper on this card is by Basic Grey, the name is 'Dasher', i've had this a while so unfortunately I don't know if it is still available to buy.
The holly pieces were handstamped with a stamp from a £1 Dovecraft clear stamp set and then coloured in with ProMarkers.
The sentiment is also Dovecraft, but from a different set.
'Snowflurry Tilda' was coloured with ProMarkers too, with glitter added to highlight the snowflakes and her wings.
I must extend my ProMarkers collection, the same colour schemes are getting quite tedious now.
Anyway, you will see much better cards than this if you visit my fellow DT members blogs, you can visit each one by clicking on their name in my sidebar :)

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend! xx

SS - week 68

It's Saturday! so that means another sketch over at Sketch Saturday.
This week we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi from Simon Says Stamp :)
Who has generously donated another $25.00 gift certificate to the challenge winner!
Fabulous prize eh?! :)

Here is my card for this week...

I have used my favourite patterned cardstock again, 'chateau upholstery' by Chatterbox.
The green stripy band is the other side of the same cardstock.
I have used a gorjuss image and coloured her with watercolour pencils & some Stampin Up inks.
The flowers were punched with my SU boho blossoms punch, with a half pearl in the centre of each. I really love making flowers this way (as you can probably tell!)
The sentiment is also from SU ('Best Yet' level 1 hostess set)


Just a reminder.. If you're interested in entering our DT call, you have until 8pm (UK time) this coming Monday evening (14th September) to show us your work. All details are on the blog.

Hope you all have a great weekend :)

Sketch Saturday #63

Would you like to win a $25.00 gift certificate to spend on craft stash?........ well who wouldn't eh?! ;)
well you can be in with a chance of winning this amazing prize by entering this weeks challenge for Sketch Saturday, because we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

This is my card this week...

I'm keeping this card to send it to my sister for her birthday next month.
I'm not sure of the name of the image because it was given to me (Precious Moments perhaps?), but I think it's so cute!
I have coloured it in with ProMarkers and added a little sparkle here and there with a clear, glitter gel pen.
The flowers were punched with my SU boho blossoms punch, the leaves were punched with my woodware 'ash' punch, and the frame around the flowers is by Prima.
The patterned paper is from my scrap drawer (I used the same paper to punch out the flowers).
The sentiment is hand written, I chose to write the letter 'e' backwards because when we were little my sister wrote my name on our bedroom wall with a backward e and tried to blame me, only the thing was, I wasn't old enough to write at the time so her plan backfired! lol!

TFL, Hope you all have a wonderful weekend xx

Sketch Saturday #59...

This weeks sketch over at Sketch Saturday is being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp! and the winner of the challenge will win a $25.00 gift voucher to spend on SSS goodies! WOW!

This is my card for this week...

Card Base - SU! whisper white
Designer Paper - SU! tea party
Image - Gorjuss Girl 'sitting' coloured with Pro-Markers
Sentiment - SU! 'pocket silhouettes' set
Embellishments - fabric flowers, 'ash leaf' punch, eyelets, and glitter pen.


Please go take a look at the beautiful cards by the DT girls and also the fabulous card by Gitti, who has been our GD for the last 2 weeks. WTG Girls!! *claps*

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Jo xx

SS#56

Hello Everyone, it's Saturday so it's time for another sketch :)

This week over at Sketch Saturday we have another awesome prize for our winner...
$25.00 worth of craft goodies from Simon Says Stamp!

We also have a new guest designer, Leonie, who will be with us for 2 weeks, we are very honoured to have Leonie join our team, her work is so beautiful, she is one very talented crafter!

Here is my card this week, sorry about the photo, could have been better.

Yes, i've used the same image as my last card, it's from Stampin Up! and the set is called 'Summer by the sea'
The fish images were stamped using a long forgotten stamp set that I found, See D's Boys Toys.
The images were coloured with watercolours,
all papers and embellies are from my 'scraps' drawer, so it proves that scraps can be useful!
The word 'Grandad' was printed from the computer.

Please join in and be in with a chance of winning the fabulous prize on offer this week, and don't forget to visit my fellow DT members blogs too, their cards are always stunning!

Enjoy your weekend everyone! xx