Penny Black challenge #24/CCT challenge #40/OSCC #7

I made this card for my auntie to give to her son. I stamped the PB image and coloured him with my pro-markers. The plain cs is from the papermill shop and the dp is from the For Him paper pack by PM. The sentiment was done on my pc and the adhesive stones and sticky ribbon are also PM. The alphabet stickers are me & my big ideas and I punched the stars with my dovecraft paper punch. The sketch I used was this week's PB saturday challenge which I've turned on it's side. I've also just realised this card fits the bill for the CCT challenge #40 which is to use punches on your cards and the One Stop Craft Challenge #7 which is something blue. . Thanks for looking.

Sketch Saturday #28

I made this card for a friend at work. Her daughter's friend is moving to turkey to teach english and she wanted a 'girly card with suitcases', I think this fits the bill. I stamped the stamps away suitcase image twice on plain dp and cut them out. I used dp by kaiser craft (not much left of my blog candy winnings from Han now). The ribbon is by Anita's and the flowers were bought on eBay a long time ago. The oval was punched from white cs with my marvy punch and inked around the edges. The sentiment was done on my pc. The sketch is from this week's sketch saturday challenge and for once I'm on time (makes a change). Thanks for looking.

Joe Cool!

I made this card for my mother to give to my cousin for his 50th birthday. I stamped the stampabilities joe cool snoopy image and coloured him with my pro-markers. The red cs is from the papermill shop and the grey and patterned dp is by DCWV. I used my pc for the sentiment and the adhesive stones are PM. I punched the circles with my marvy punches and the '50' was done with stickers by creative imaginations. I used a sketch for this card for last week's A Time To Craft challenge but as usual I was too late to enter it. It's so hectic anyone would think it's christmas or something haha!! Thanks for looking.

Retirement card

I was asked to make a retirement card for a friend at work. I love this penny black image and yes I know I use it for every retirement card but I think it fits the bill perfectly. I coloured the image with my pro-markers and added a little dot of stickles to the cocktail glass. I used dp by kaiser craft (that was part of the blog candy from Han). I used pearl dots from craftybitz (I think) and the sentiment was done on my pc. The large flower is by prima and the smaller flower is from my stash. I got new 'stitch' stamps from stamps away and tried them out on this card. Some of the edges went a little awry but overall I like the result (just need a bit more practice at lining them up). Thanks for looking.

Super cool girlies!

I love this image, it was kindly sent to me as part of the blog candy I won from Han. It's such a simple image, you don't have to do anything to it (great for a quick card). The image I think is rubber romance. The red cs is from the papermill shop. The dp is doodlebug and the sentiment stamp is hero arts. The adhesive stones are by papermania. A very quick and simple card but I really like it and it looks even better IRL. Thanks for looking.

Paula's OOAK candy!!

Paula from Pollycraft has some fantastic OOAK (one of a kind) blog candy up for grabs - you could win a fantastic handmade book along with 9 (yes 9) not yet released Woodland Elves stamps. WOW what an amazing prize. You have until December 10th to leave a comment and link to her blog for a chance at winning. Good luck and thanks for looking.

Update: I'm still not 100% but I'm getting there slowly. Thanks for your kind words.

Feeling under the weather!!

I'm sorry I haven't been around for a few days but I am feeling yucky (yes it's a medical term hehe). I have a stinking cold and my head feels about 10 times it's normal size. I have ear-ache, a head-ache, runny nose, cough, shivers and then flushes and I am feeling very sorry for myself. I did struggle into work on Monday and Tuesday but I have given in today and stayed home (unfortunately I don't even feel up to crafting - shock horror). I have loads of cards to show you but they will have to wait until I'm feeling a little better. Hope everyone is feeling ok. We've been promised snow here, hope they are wrong for once. Thanks for looking.