Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge- Oh Baby

I made this card for the Spoonful of Sugar -Oh Baby Challenge. I did some paper piecing on the image and painted with twinkling H2O's. A patchwork of patterned paper for the background and finished with Liquid Pearls, ribbon and a bear button. I had originally made this for a friend of mine who due, but I'm not over keen so I made another, below.





This card I made for a friend of mine who has just been given her date for a planned section, she knows she's having a boy, so at least I didn't struggle with which colours to use. I got my inspiration for this card from one that Debby made for the above challenge, you can view hers on her blog at A Scrapjourney.
I used a Penny Black stamp,water coloured it, layered plain and patterned papers and made a wrap around strip for the middle using the piece of card that I cut off the A4 sheet in order to make the square card. The text was printed on my computer and the card finished with a bow. Simple!

1st card in ages - Cute Card Thursday

I made this card for the Cute Card Thursday challenge - Have a giggle. I've had these stamps for ages, not sure what company they are. I used glaze and glitter and added a diamond necklace and earrings to glam her up.

Back soon.....hopefully

After taking a break from blogging in the run up to and over christmas, I'm hoping to get back to doing some challenges and getting this blog back upto date. I have only posted some candy links so far, but once I get back into my usual day to day routine I have promised myself that I will find time to sit at my crafting table and get busy.

Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2009, may all our wishes come true.
Hugs Sue x

Stamp Something and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

I made this card following the sketch on this week Stamp Something Challenge. I started with a blank red card with a layer of holly vellum. The stamped images are Penny Black and coloured with marvy le plume and highlighted with sakura gelly roll and glaze pens. They were then layered on to green card and then applied to a strip of red. I finished with a ribbon bow and 4 green gems. I decided to use this card for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge too as its *Red and Green*.

Mums Birthday Card

This is the card I made for my mums birthday on Tuesday 18th Nov. Its using one of the embossing boards from the Glitter Girls, along with one of their radiant lights fairy decoupage. I took her to a craft fair this afternoon, where she pick a gorgeous bracelet, that has magnets in, to help with her arthritis.

A Selection of my Cards

Saturday Sketch # 23

Here's my card for this weeks Saturday Sketch. I also went for the option of using Autumn colours. The papers are Basic Grey and I used some thin fibers instead of ribbon. I stamped Willow with Cookies using Archival Black and watercoloured with a mix of pencils and Marvy Le Plume. I used the same inkpad for the sentiment and swirl. The flowers are Prima and Flora Doodles with brad centers. I really liked this sketch its a bit different, thanks Coco.

Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge # 5

Here's my card for the Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge. This week its a sketch by Jill and you must use Pink, Brown and White colours. I used Kay & Co papers from the Neopolitan range. I stamped and watercoloured the Willow with hot chocolate and used Flora doodles and a stamped sentiment, along with some flower ribbon to embellish and finish off.

Time for some sad news and good news

The sad news is that the Tilda & co/ Sarah Kay challenges are no more, unfortunately there has had to be some changes, Donna has needed to merge the two blogs together to free some time up for herself , the good news is that there is a brand new challenge blog which is called Magnolia vs Stampavie. You can check it out here.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge # Sparkle and Bling

This is my card for A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge. I used the Sketch from the Papertake Weekly Challenge and some pearlescent card and loads of bling. Unfortunately the glue was a bit messy so I sprinkled with glitter in the hope that, (as long as you dont get too close, only look at it from a certain angle and screw your eyes up when looking at it)....it will just look like an extra bit of glitz. Nevermind its one I can keep as a reminder not to use this glue again to stick gems.

Our Creative Corner Challenge ~ Handmade for the Holidays

Here's my entry for the Our Creative Corner Challenge ~ Make a Gift. Its quite basic, just a pyramid box made from plain card with 4 penny black images stamped, coloured and cut out. Edged with gold peel-offs and tied with red and gold ribbon. But more importantly filled with mini chocolate mallow cakes. Yummy!! Think this might be a little pressie to myself.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #21 Lim's Sketch

Here's my entry for the spoon full of sugar challenge. I have used a Whiff of Joy image that has been stamped and watercoloured. The papers are from Cosmo Cricket, along with the homemade corners and paper buttons.

My 1st Whiff of Joy Challenge

I had a play last night stamping and colouring my new Whiff of Joy stamps, so thought I might have a go at the challenge. This weeks challenge was Autumn, so I used some autumn coloured papers by K & Co, I think and Anna Griffin ribbon, along with various flowers layered up. This gorgeous image is Willow with Hot Chocolate and she is sitting on her armchair with the help of 3d foampads. I used a thick brown gloss to highlight the wood of the chair.
The water-colouring isn't brilliant, but not bad for a first attempt, and sorry the photo is a bit dark.

New Stamps ~ Yippee !!!

I have been ill in bed all week, but still managed to order my first Whiff of Joy Stamps. This morning they arrived and are gorgeous, these must be the best medicine ever. I have tried to get all the housework and shopping done today and now I am off to play.

Two in One Challenges ~ Penny Black & Saturday Sketch

Penny Black Saturday Challenge- Thanks a Bunch
For my card I stamped Bashful Badger using Archival Ink (black) and painted the image with Twinkling H2O's. Flora doodles and Prima flowers with gem centers as embellishments and 2 widths of red ribbon. I know that I've used Christmas colours and its not a Christmas image or theme, but I wanted to try out my new colours of H2O's. I've used the sketch from the Saturday Sketch Challenge #20 so covered 2 challenges in one.