A sweet goodbye

Today is the last challenge over at Sweet Stampin for our current Design team :(
I have loved working alongside these talented ladies for the past 6 months, they each have their own fab unique style, which I am going to miss on sweet stampin (unless they take part in future challenges of course!)
I will continue to work with Terry on the Sketch Saturday DT, and I really hope that I get a chance to work with Margreet, Rach & Jayne again too in the near future.
Whatever happens, we will remain great friends! :)

So, on to this weeks challenge ... we want you to PIMP YOUR CARD!
You can add lots of bling and embellies to your work for this one ;)

Here is mine...

OK, I admit it! I had trouble with this theme and i'm still not liking the end result.
But I couldn't think of anything else to do so here it is :/

After i'd completed the card and looked at it I immediately thought of...



Cardstock used, SU Whisper White and Basic Black, the black piece is punched at one end with SU's spiral punch.
I've used the star stamp from SU's 'Fun & Fast Notes' stamp set with whisper white ink, then added a bit of glitter to parts of the stars with a glitter pen.
The sentiment is also from the same set.
I then added extra white dots to extend the ends of the stars and to fill up a bit of space.
The pearlised discs are recycled from an old broken bracelet! I kept them but never got around to using them before.
Finally, I drew faux stitching around in both white and black to complete the card.



So sadly we say a sweet goodbye to Terry, Margreet, Rach & Jayne, but please do drop by their blogs to see their last piece of DT work,, and please leave them some love while you're there. Thank you. xx

Sketch Saturday's 2nd Birthday!!

WOW! I can hardly believe that Sketch Saturday is 2 years old!
Thank you to each and every one of the amazing Challengers, generous Sponsors, talented Design Team (past & present) as well as our fabulous Guest Designers for making this blog as popular as it is today :)

By way of a personal thank you, Sketch Saturday challengers are invited to enter in our personal blog candies!
Our PBC (Party Bag Candy) was so much fun to do last year!
Some of the design team have put together a small package to say thank you to one SS challenger, please go to each blog and put your name down on the relevant post,
PLEASE NOTE: you are only eligible to enter each DT members party bag candy once, and ONLY if you've already taken part in this weeks challenge too (please provide a link to your work in your comment on each DT members blog that you visit)
We want to thank sketch saturday challengers so this is why it's only open to SS entrants!
(we will be checking!)
Each Party Bag Candy will close on the DT members blogs at 8:00 AM (UK time) on Friday 4th June, please note: FRIDAY MORNING. No entries will be accepted after this time, sorry.
This is so that the DT members can let me know their winner's name so that I can get the post ready for the following morning to announce the winners :)

However, the normal SS challenge (open to all who leave a link on the main SS blog) will run until 11:59PM UK time on the Friday evening as normal

The sketch is the same obviously, so make your card/project & then leave a link on the main SS blog so you are eligible to win this weeks prize kindly donated by The Craft Barn, then, if you want to be entered into the party bag candy too with the chance to win an extra prize, leave the same link on the blog of each DT member too, if they use mr linky or inlinkz then please use that, if not then please leave a direct link to your work in their comments box.
If your entry can't be found easily then you could miss out on winning, so please do try to leave a direct link, thanks :)

Here is my PBC, it's a wallet,
but i'm not telling you what's inside, that's a surprise for the winner :)

I've used my lovely SU Tea Party papers again :)
The base cardstock is So Saffron, I've also used some Pretty in Pink & Certainly Celery cardstock too the lightest pink card is just a scrap piece (not SU)
I used my eyelet border punch to make the scalloped edge, my boho blossoms punch to make the flowers (I used just the smallest flower on the punch)
and the image is from SU's 'A flower for all seasons' stamp set.
I wrote 'For You' by hand underneath the image.

I hope you will join in with us this week! Not only could you win the main prize by The Craft Barn, but you could also win one of the PBC's made by the DT!
Just remember to leave a direct link to your own work to be eligible to win :)
Good Luck! xx

To be in with a chance of winning MY party bag candy, please leave your entry here...

PBC NOW CLOSED
Thank you for entering...good luck!

Lisa's special RAK for her sister

Lisa has a very special RAK request to all crafters to bring a bit of love and happiness to her terminally ill sister, Jayme. Please try to join in if you have the time.
Jayme is a HUGE froggy fan so if you can make and send a card to her that has a frog theme then all the better, but any card you make will surely be appreciated.

You can read all about Lisa's RAK event by CLICKING HERE

There are some fabulous prizes available too.

I will be updating this post soon with my card... when I've made it,
I love frogs too so this is no problem for me to send a bit of froggy love to Jayme.

EDITED TO ADD:
Here's the card I have made for Jayme...

I wrote out the caption myself, I guessed that would be what the butterfly would be thinking lol
Hope Jayme likes my card! :)

Thank you so much Maya xx

Look what the postman has just put through my letterbox! :)


Isn't this the most gorgeous card!!
The totally amazing Maya, has made this stunning creation to thank me for her new blog header.
Maya's work always blows me away when I see it, each one is it's own masterpiece, from her awesome colouring skills, the yummiest of papers, then all the extra pretty touches she adds that make her work totally gorgeous. And let me tell you it's just as gorgeous on the inside and the back too :)
Not only did I receive this stunning card, but she sent me this oh so cute Hanglar stamp as well!

Maya, thank you so much my lovely friend, you're so very kind and thoughtful.
Lots of love, Jo xx

Introducing!...

... in alphabetical order... the new Sweet Stampers DT members!...

Alie - Alie de Vrij-venema
Carrie - Carries creative cards
Courtney - A touch of pink
Debbie - Debs simple treasures
Jill - Jills cards
Joey - Joey's world of stuff
Lesley - Grenouille greetings
Lindsey - Loopy Linds
Valerie - Vals Crafts

These talented ladies will join Emma, Faye and Myself from Saturday 6th June :)

Congratulations and Welcome to Sweet Stampin! xx

A Sweet Stampin sketch

Hello, i'm back with another card for you.
This weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin is a sketch...

Here is my card...

I got out my acetate again for this one and started this card by creating an oval window at the front.
The papers are from the Tea Party collection by Stampin Up, this time a different side to the paper used in my earlier card.
The flowers are from my trusty boho blossoms punch, these are getting to be a bit of a trademark with me, as I tend to grab my b.b. punch as soon as I think of flowers.
The sunflower image is from SU's 'A flower for all seasons' stamp set.
The sentiment is from the 'yummy' set.

I already told my fellow sweet stampin sisters that I wish I had coloured the sunflowers to match the punched flowers, or punched the flowers in colours to match the sunflowers, but never mind, it still looks ok.

For more great examples of cardmaking loveliness please go visit the rest of the talented DT >>>
thanks for dropping by, have a fabulous weekend! xx

Sketch Saturday time!

Good Morning!
Hope you are all well.
We've had a marvellous warm & sunny week here :)
Well it's Saturday, so time for another challenge over at Sketch Saturday

this week you could win a $15.00 gift certificate courtesy of Whimsy Stamps! :)

Here is my card this week...

The DSP is Tea Party by Stampin Up, aren't they pretty?! I love this collection :)
I also used SU lovely lilac cardstock as the base card.
The adorable image was given to me by my friend Terry (thanks hunni) I used SU markers to colour Tilda in.
The sentiment is also by SU, from their Fun & Fast Notes set.

Thank you for looking, I hope you like the card, please stop by my fellow DT members blogs to see their fabulous creations, the links, as always, are in my sidebar >>>

Thank you, back in a hour!