Friday sketchers

This is my entry for this week's Friday sketchers challenge. I used a cupcake image that came free with a stamping magazine and coloured it with my pro-markers. The dp is from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique (although I forgot to round the corners - hope that is ok oops!). I stamped the sentiment by studio g and used sticky ribbon by papermania. It's difficult to see in the photo but I added stickles to the cupcake. Not my usual type of card as I don't like to leave such large open spaces, nice to try something different though I suppose. Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday/Penny Black Challenge/OCC Challenge

I managed to fit in three challenges with this card - WOOHOO! The CCT challenge this week was "in the water", the Penny Black Challenge was "stars & stripes" and the OCC challenge was simply "make a birthday card". I stamped the super cute PB image and coloured it with my pro-markers. The plain blue cs is from the papermill shop. The striped dp is from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique. I punched stars from the blue cs and stuck them down with a glue pen. I hand cut a slot in my image panel (unfortunately I don't have a slot punch - boo!) and used ribbon from my stash to wrap around my card. The oval sentiment is by craftwork cards. The sketch is taken from Taylors Cupcake challenge #31. Thanks for looking.

Altered candle

This is my second attempt at decorating a candle with a stamped image. It's far from perfect as the colour ran a little (maybe I kept the heat on it too long) but at least I know what to do now. This was supposed to be my entry for last week's Penny Black challenge but I didn't upload it in time. I obviously used a PB image, which I coloured with watercolour pencils. The ribbon is by DCWV. I gave it to my sister for her 40th birthday.

Bad blogger

Sorry I haven't been around very much this week but I've had a week off with the boys to sort them out ready for school. All I seem to have done is shop (but unfortunately not craft shop). I've bought uniform, shoes, bags, stationary etc and all with two boys who hate to shop *fun*. At least they are all sorted now, except for a few things that I had to order and pick up next week. My youngest starts comprehensive on Tuesday and the oldest goes back to Year 10 on Thursday. I can't believe how quickly the holidays have flown by. It will definitely be Christmas before we look around; I'd better get busy with the cards then and not leave them til two weeks before, as I did last year (that was fun - not). Have a great Sunday and I'll hopefully be back later today with a card. Thanks for looking.

Another award

The wonderful Diane has given me this lovely award - you are so kind!!


Rules:
1. The winner can put the logo on hers or his blog. 2. Link the person you received your award from. 3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs. 4. Put links of those blogs on yours. 5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you've nominated.


I know lots of you have already been given this award but I'm hopefully going to give it to 7 fab bloggers that are yet to receive it!!


Tracey - TLC
Amy Rysavy - Prairie Paper & Ink
Michelle Short - The Card Grotto
Michelle Wooderson - Mish Mash
Christina Fischer - Flowers and Ink
Jackie Pedro - The Scalloped Edge
Lana Lepinski - Live, Laugh, Love with Lunarlana

Thanks for looking. Have a great Friday.

Sketch Saturday Challenge & DT call

This week's sketch saturday challenge is slightly different because if you wish to be considered for a DT place you have to make two cards, one being a christmas card. These are my entries for the challenge.

On the first card (which by the way I made for my sister's 40th birthday today) I used shoe dp from a kit that I got from QVC and the dotty dp is from a paper pack by papermania (again from QVC). The image is of course a stamping bella - cupcakeabella, which I coloured with my pro-markers and highlighted with stickles. The sticky ribbon is by papermania and the adhesive gems were from QVC. I used my fiskars threading water paper punch on a piece of bazzill bling cs. The pre-made stickers are by rob & bob and I used my pc for the sentiments.

For the christmas card I stamped the image called snowmen by lizzie anne designs and highlighted their hats with my pro-markers. The gorgeous snowflake dp is by craft creations and again I used my fiskars threading water paper punch to make the decorative edge on the white cs. The snowflake embellisments are by card candy. I used my square nestabilities (for the first time *gasp*) in my cuttlebug to emboss and cut the blue dp panel under the stamped image.

I hope you like. I know they won't be up to the winning standard but I'm relatively happy with them. Thanks for looking.

Feel better soon

My DH's uncle recently suffered a heart attack and although he was lucky and is recovering he had to undergo surgery to have 3 stents put in. I thought I'd make him a card to let him know we are thinking of him. I used an image sent to me by Diane, which I coloured with my promarkers. The striped dp is from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique. The glitter dp is from the glitter stack by DCWV. The ribbon was part of blog candy I received from Shelley and the adhesive stones are papermania. The sentiment is by elzybells. I used the sketch from last week's papertake challenge, although I was too late to enter it on the blog. Thanks for looking.