Another card...

Good morning to all my bloggy friends,

Here's my card for today

For this one I painted some wild roses and a lilac butterfly and layered up with lilac card and green pattern paper. I used corners cut with Spellbinders moroccan dies and foliage behind the sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Allsorts - Say it with Flowers

Crafty catz -For Mum

Lexi's Creation -Mothers Day

Top tip Tuesday - Mothers Day

Papertake Weekly - One for Mum

I know all my cards have been very similar lately, lots of paint fusion and spellbinder dies, but I promise to show you something different tomorrow.

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sue x

Christening card for SSDS

Good afternoon, I'm back with this weeks challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday

- Use whats on your desk right now.

I had this paper from CUP and topper from Lili of the Valley out as I'd been asked to make a christening card for a one and a half year old boy, who is getting christened this weekend. All my rubber stamps associated with christenings have little babies on them, so I thought this image of a toddler would suit better

I circled the image with card candy and added a couple of bows,

one with a Special Day tag

and the other with a silver cross charm.

Hope you will join in with this weeks challenge and use whatever you have out on your desk right now.

Challenges I am entering

Top tip Tuesday - Wrap it up with ribbon

Hanna and friends - Blue and white

Cute card Thursday - Embellish it

Lili of the valley - Punch it up

The Stampman - Boys/ men

Lets go fly a kite...

Good morning all, I have scheduled this post as I'm at a craft fair today, so fingers crossed its Saturday morning and time for a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss.

This weeks challenge #82 is Strings the Thing

and  we are sponsored by Horseshoe Crafts

Now this got me thinking and then the lyrics from "Lets go fly a Kite", a song from Mary Poppins jumped into my head "with tuppence for paper and string" and my card idea was born.

I followed the sketch over at Die cut Dreams, but I flipped it. 

The stamps are from Flower Soft and the papers are from Hopscotch pad by K and Co.

I coloured the images with Copics.

I tied my string to the smaller kite and wrapped the other end around a small piece of card to look like the kites string spool.

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Challenges I'm entering

Top tip Tuesday - Use 2 stamps

My time to craft - Use a die cut

Creative Card Crew - Anything goes

Charisma cards - Boy oh Boy

I'll be back later with a card for the SSDS challenge

Hugs Sue x

Top tip tuesday- nappy cake

Afternoon everyone, I just stop by quickly this afternoon to show you this nappy cake. A grandma ( to be), ordered it, to give to her daughter at a baby shower she was organising. I completed it yesterday and she picked it up straightaway. Hence the terrible photo, I took it as a last minute thought just before she came to collect it and as you can see its very dark in my hall and stairs. The remit was something neutral and very plain, as her daughter didnt like anything fussy, so I used pamper nappies that I found with very little design on and rolled it so only the white part of the nappy showed. Hidden inside are baby wipes, nappy sacks, and a tall bottle of baby powder was used instead of the centre tube to hold it all stacked together. 

I hope the daughter likes it!

I am entering this in to Top Tip Tuesday challenge - One for the kids and nappy cake tutorial.

Totally Gorjuss - Not Square challenge

Good morning everyone, thank goodness we made it through Friday 13th without too much hassle, apart from Blogger going awol. At last its back on fingers crossed it doesn't go again, I had to go round and re-post all my DT posts, hope these stay put this time. I'm going to make this quick just in case.

Over at Totally Gorjuss our new challenge is -
 Not Square
 and our sponsor is Crafters Companion.

I used a Go Kreate xtra large die to cut down a square card. I wasn't sure how to cut it to keep it joined along the folded edge, so I know it looks a bit strange with a straight side.

I used an image from Make it Crafty - Sapphire with love, coloured her with Copics

I added a die cut swirl and punched flowers, with some dimensional flowers to finish. 

Now if blogger will allow it, please check out the rest of the design teams amazing creations and lets see some of your Not Square cards.

Challenges I am entering

Top tip Tuesday - Flower frenzy

Delightful challenge - Flower power

Papertake Weekly - Fancy a punch

Crafts and me - Punches

Dutch Dare - Winged things

I'll be back later with another dt card for SSDS.

See you later

Hugs Sue x 

Two design team cards - ABC and Truly Scrumptious

Good morning every one, its a new challenge over at ABC.

 Its Team A's turn, but I've done a swap this week, so I'm joining in with team A's - T is for Trouble challenge.

Our sponsors are Kenny K this week and I've used their very sassy Mae Western

I coloured her with copics and kept the card background quite plain with just one patterned paper from stash.

I used a large swirl flourish cut from black gloss card and black chiffon ribbon, then finished with some pink and black gems.

Hope you like it!

My second Dt card is for Truly Scrumptious challenge and its a sketch

I used papers from a K and Co pad layered with a lovely pearlescent lilac card.

This super cute image is from LOTV and I coloured her with Copics.

I finished with some die cut swirls and flowers and it obviously has to have some gems on.

 Unfortunately this is going to be the last challenge at Truly Scrumptious and you have just one week to play. 

I'm looking forward to seeing your take on this weeks sketch.

Challenges I am entering

Delicious Doodles - Anything goes - both cards

CRAFT - Flowers - 2nd card

Creative card crew - Childs play - 2nd card

Top tip Tuesday - Square - both cards

My first challenge as a guest Gorjussette - Bling it!

Today's challenge at Totallly Gorjuss is Bling it, this has to be my favourite sort of challenge, I Lurve Bling.

Our sponsors this week are Whoopsi Daisy.

For my card I followed a sketch over at Sketchy Colours. The papers are some from stash, that I've had for ages so I dont know their makers, sorry. They are very elegant though and have a lovely pearlescent shimmer. I matted on to pink card and distressed all the edges with Brilliance pink ink.

I used one of the beautiful digi images from Whoopsi Daisy and coloured her with Copics, then added a little Stardust Stickles on and around the image.

I used a shimmery ribbon strip and made a double bow and added a  large crystal jewel to the centre.

A couple of swirls and loads of gems finishes the card nicely I think.

Now its over to you, lets see lots of bling.

I am also entering my card into these challenges

Sketchy Colours - Mariannes sketch

Spoonful of Sugar - Lets Celebrate

Toptip Tuesday - Open challenge

Hanna and Friends - Pink and Brown

Stamp with Fun - Birthday

Stampavie - Birthday

Crafts and me - Pink and sweet

ABC challenge S is for ...

Sparkle

Thats right its Wednesday and that means a new challenge at ABC and our sponsors for this challenge are

 One Stop Card Crafts.

Its a nice easy one so lets see some sparkley creations.

I chose to do something a bit different for me, I stamped and embossed a large butterfly twice and coloured both in using Twinkling H2O's and also used a black Sakura glitter pen around the coloured parts. I stamped around the edge of one with a swirl stamp and embossed with hologram embossing powder, then matted it onto red glitter card.

I cut out the second one and layered it using glue gel to give a dimensional effect and added gold wire antenna.

You can see the dimension better in this photo.

I finished off the card with some gold glitzy ribbon and flowers from stash.

Although the photo doesn't show it well, the whole effect is very sparkly, some may say over the top, but not me, the sparklier the better.

Please come over to the ABC challenge and dazzle me with all your sparkly creations.

I would like to enter it into these challenges

Crafty Purple Frog - Touchy feely -Textural

Simon says stamp - Emboss it

Top tip Tuesday - Open challenge

Flutterby Wednesday - Open challenge

Q is for Quilting/sewing - New challenge at ABC

Good morning everyone in blog land. Its Wednesday, so that means a new challenge at ABC challenge blog.

It was great to see all your wonderful entries in last weeks Q is for Quotes. So now its Team B's turn with

Q is for Quilting /Sewing

Our sponsor this week is the Stamp Fairy. I hope you will join in and add some stitching, real or faux, to your card. 

I used Stamp Fairy's Peapod image on my card and coloured with Copics. I pricked holes around the edge and drew in faux stitches.

The backing paper is from a K and Co pad and I just thought it fitted so well with the theme. The main one covering the whole card already had the stitched quilted effect and on the others I edged them with faux stitching.

I finished the card with a Doo hickey swirl and even added a scrap as I thought it looked like another small peapod. A strip of lace and then 3 buttons along the edge of the image, a stitched effect button at the top and another small button in the centre of some flowers

Hope you like it!

I am going to enter this into

Sundays with Chrissy - Stitching

Top Tip Tuesday - Show me those buttons

Totally Gorjuss - Button it

Totally Papercrafts - Buttons

House mouse - multifolds

Heres my entry for the House Mouse - Multifolds challenge.

I made a double twisted easel card, using two images layered on two colours of card.

I coloured both images with Promarkers.

I just love these images, they're sooo cute, just look at their little fat tummys, all full of cake.

Here a photo at an angle so that you can see the folds.

I kept the embellishments quite simple as I didnt want to detract from the images, just a few card candies from Craftwork Cards.

A close up of the sentiment, quite fitting I think.

I am entering it into Passion for Promarkers - Food and Drink challenge

Top Tip Tuesday - Birthday

Charisma Cardz - Easel card

New Design Team- 1st card

Good morning everyone, I have some very exciting news, I have been chosen to join the very talented ladies on the Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays design team.

This is the place to explore all of your crafting dreams, inspire your creativity and test your limits. We hope you will join us for some crafting and creating fun!

New challenges will be posted on Saturdays. Participants get a chance to join in the fun and even try to win a prize!

Everyone is welcome to join us and are eligible to win prizes.

Here's my 1st DT card - its a sketch challenge this week

I decided to use this oh so cute image from House Mouse as its one of my favourites. I coloured it using Promarkers and layered it up with papers from a Papermania pad - Summer Blooms.

Colours used were

Tree; Blossom, Apple, Pear green, Cinnamon

Cat; Cool grey 1, Blush

Mice; Raw Sienna, Blush

I also used a little blue Prisma pencil for the background and tiny bit of black for some shadow.

I finished off with a House Mouse sentiment and I just had to add some flowers and it was crying out for some extra blossoms.

Hope you like it and it inspires you to join in with this weeks sketch challenge.

So what are you waiting for? Head over there and join in the fun.

I am going to enter this card in these challenges;

Die Cut Dreams - Spring Garden

Top Tip Tuesday - Want us to use our favourites, I've used my current favourite stamp and my all time favourite - flower embellishments.

Passion for Promarkers - Sugar rush

Charisma - 4 legged friends

Delicious Doodles - a card I would like to recieve

Stampin for the weekend- #5 Springtime

Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring - 2nd entry

Rock Chick

Good morning everyone. Woo hoo its Friday, comes round quick, doesn't it.

Here's a quick card I made for the Kenny K Krafty Girlz - Its all about R's, challenge. I've used Rock Chick, Red, Ribbon,and Rhinestones. Think that just about covers it.

I followed the Sketch over at Papertake Weekly challenge - #53

I coloured her using Copics, nothing unusual there. Finished the card with ribbon, rhinestones and some card candy from stash.

I would also like to enter it into these challenges

Charisma Cardz - Black, white and 1 other colour - (red)

Copic Creations  - use warm colours

Top Tip Tuesday - Bling it on

Kenny K challenge card

Good morning all, I've not had chance to make or post any challenge cards for a couple of days, but have managed to put together this quick one for  the Kenny K Krafty Girlz challenge - this week its favourite things. Some of my favourite things are ribbon, gems, this image, she's so sassy and my old denim blue jeans that I used to wear alot when I was younger. (I know I haven't used them on the card, but these on the image look really similar and reminded me of when I was young and sassy.) lol.

I followed the sketch over on Truly Scrumptious challenge #50.

I used some freebie papers from a mag, and the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, digi download.

I coloured this lovely young lady with Copics and Prisma pencils, no surprize there. I felt it looked a little bare so I punched out a couple of swirls and cut them into smaller pieces, for around the edge. I used ribbon and a flower slider brad ( not too sure what its called) and finished with a few gems in the corner. ..and Voila a quick card.

I am also going to enter it in the Copic Creations challenge - who are 'Cool' this week. I think the colours are cool and she most definately is.

Also the Stamp Something challenge want us to use a digi. 

Top tip Tuesday - Anything Girlie