Truly Scrumptious Challenge #20 & Copic Colour Challenge #39!

Back again! It went so quickly but was really fun! Now for todays challenges....firstly this fortnights Truly Scrumptious challenge, a fabulous and unusual sketch by Dawn with the extra challenge of 'Texture'. I've gone for a funky Christmas style card using one of the new Pink Petticoat 'Gem trees'. My added texture is the gems on the tree, Twinklets glitter at the base and a stripe of it along the card and two stripes of black chunky glitter plus some fluffy fibre ribbon stuff! I've shown a close up of the glittery bits. I hope you can join us! This also qualifies for this weeks
Papertake challenge which is to use something Digi and some sparkle!


Supplies-
Image - Pink Petticoat 'Fairy Lights'
Paper - DCWV 'Rose Tinted Christmas' pad & black glitter paper from Create & Craft
Gems & fibres - stash
Glitter - 'Twinklets' & Doodlebug 'Sugar Coating' in Beetle Black
Star - Nestabilities circle & Sizzix die Star

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And now for my Copic Colour Challenge card. This week the colours are bright! I also have a little confession, it wasn't til now that I read the colours again and realised I got last weeks challenge (which I missed because I was poorly) mixed up with this weeks and used B02 insted of G05 - whoops!! Luckliy there is a little bit of green in there so I should get away with it! I've used one of Mo's Digi Pencil freebie images - this one is so cute and comes with a few little accessories! I've added some sparkle to the water to give it a shimmery look but it doesn't really show (why do we bother?!!)
Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies-
Image - 'Summer Baby' by Mo's Digital Pencil
Colouring - Copics & Sakura Stardust
Paper - Pink Petticoat 'Pinstripes' and blue paper from stash embossed with 'Tiny Bubbles' Cuttlebug folder
Sentiment stamp & ribbon - stash
Embellishments made with various punches

I'm back!! And with a couple of cards to share!

Hi all! I'm back into the land of blogging! I had a BRILLIANT Hen Do last weekend - thoroughly spoilt, but exhausted afterwards and ended up getting a nasty cold which put me out of action for a couple of days - hence the lack of a card for this weeks Copic Colour Challenge and why this card is so late! It's for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, a fabulous theme in my opinion of Song title/lyrics! The DT have gone all Christmas Carol-y which is so fun! I pulled put this image though and thought 'Just the two of us' by Bill Withers (or Will Smith depending how old you are!!) would fit the bill!
We also have a very special addition to our little team this week, we are joined by the amazingly talented Debby!! Yey! I love everything she does and really struggle to comment on her cards, trying to think of something more interesting other than 'WOWZERS!!!' every time! And she's with us for the whole of November too!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Lovin' & Huggin'' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - My Minds Eye - 'Bloom & Grow' & Core'dinations
Sentiment - made on the PC
Pearls & ribbon - stash
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch

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There's a part 2 to this post and that's because this week I am thrilled to be this fortnights Guest Designer on the Anyone for Anya challenge blog - woo hoo!! I love these little cuties so any excuse to ink them up is a bonus! Thanks so much Dawny!
This weeks challenge is a Recipe:- 3 pieces of paper/card, 2 button & 1 ribbon or bow. To show how fab I think this challenge is, I've broken out the good papers - these babies don't get cut up very often!! I've also added some Flower Soft to her coat and muff to make her extra snuggly! I hope you like it and are having a great weekend! I'm off to Dorchester today, staying in a cottage til Wednesday for my Father-in-law's to be's 60th birthday bash, it's going to be brilliant! Catch up with you soon! xx

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Rain, Snow, Shine - Miss Anya' by the Greeting Farm
Colouring - Copics & 'Polar White' Flower Soft
Papers - My Minds Eye 'Be Merry' & Core'dinations
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
Ribbon & buttons - stash
Holly leaves - Quickutz die
Sentiment - Dovecraft mini clear set

Penny Black Saturday #73!

Hi again! This is scheduled as I'm probably feeling pretty ropey right now as I'm on my Hen do in Brighton, I know my wedding is a way off but I'm now allowed holiday in december! Anyway! Here's my card for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge which is White on white, everything should be white apart from your Penny Black image! The prize this week is a 15% discount vouncher for PB Stamps! Here's my card using a LOT of Glamour Dust - it's everywhere! As the card was quite simple, I thought I would decoupage the image up a little bit and add some Glossy Accents to their little boots! I hope you like it and can join us this week!

Supplies-

Stamp - 'Hand Mailed' by Penny Black

Embossing - 'Snowflakes' Cuttlebug folders

Glitter - Glamour Dust & 'Crystal' Stickles

Ribbon - stash

Tag - made on the PC

Border - Dovecraft Snowflake punch

Anyone for Anya? Sketch #3 & Papertake!

Morning all! Just a quick post to show you my card for this weeks Anyone for Anya and also for the current Papertake challenge which is Spots'n'Stripes! I've used one of the Greeting Farm's 'My Guy Ian' stamps, I think they're fab for moody boys cards! This is a very short post as I'm off on my Hen Weekend today! Woo hoo! We're going to Brighton for 2 nights of fun, food and pampering - or so I'm lead to believe! I've scheduled my PB challenge card for the morning, have a lovely Friday!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'My Guy Ian' from the Greeting Farm
Papers - mixture of digi scraps & Core'dinations
Eyelets - Making Memories
Colouring - Copics

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #19 & Copic Colour Challenge #37!

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Hi again! It's my fortnightly double challenge post! The first one is this fortnights Truly Scrumptious sketch with the added challenge of a Recipe - 3 flowers, 3 brads & 3 pearls/gems. It's such a great sketch to use too as it can be flipped all different ways. Here's my card using this adorable Lili of the Valley stamp (which I pre-ordered months ago because I just had to have it and have only just got around to using!) The little Poinsettias were made using the EK Success Daisy punch, one medium in green, 2 medium in red and one small in white then a little pearl brad to hold them all together. There's a fabby prize this week and the DT cards are all stunning so make sure you pop over and join us! I'm also going to enter this into this weeks Winter Wonderland challenge which is an Open Theme - easy enough!


Supplies-
Image - 'Teddy-Big Star' by Lili of the Valley
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Forever Friends Christmas pad
Poinsettias - made with the EK Success medium & small 'Daisy' punches
Gems & pearl brads - stash
Sentiment - made on the PC


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And onto my Copic Colour Challenge card! There's such a pretty colour selection this week and I actually had all the required Copics! So I had to go for a nice, delicate stamp. I'm not sure of the name of this one, my PB teamie Nat stamped it out for me. I've shown a picture of it closed to so you can see the colour behind the border punch, and hopefully in the other picture you can see the where I've added some Sakura Stardust to the water. I'm also used this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch, although I've moved the sentiment about!
Well done if you've reached the end of this post!! I hope you like them and can join in the challenges!

Supplies-
Image - by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics & Sakura Stardust
Papers - Laura Ashley stack
Ric-rac - Ribbon Mad
Sentiment - made on PC and printed onto Safmat film
Flowers - Sarah's Cards Ltd
Pearls - Glitter Pot
Punches - Fiskars 'Threading Water' border punch & Leone Em 'New Ash Family' leaf punch

Penny Black Saturday #72!

Morning peeps! This is going to be quick as I'm off to work, booo! Also, I'm annoyingly busy at the moment so I haven't had any time to look at all your lovely blogs or to join in any challenges! :-( Thanks for sticking with me though! xx
This weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge is Halloween! My favourite cards to make actually! Our lovely Carole has donated this cute stamp for a lucky entrant! I hope you can join in!
I'm also entering this into this weeks Cat's Corner challenge which is also Halloween! Have a good weekend!

Supplies-
Image - 'Trick or Treat' by Penny Black (from Nat - thanks sweetie!)
Colouring - water colour pencils
Papers - 'Happy Haunting' by Pink Petticoat
Ribbon & charm - stash
Pearls - Glitter Pot

Copic Colour Challenge #36!

Evening all! Here's my card for this weeks Copic Colour Challenge! We're sponsored this week by InStyle stamps who have very generously given all of the DT an image to use! They're also offering one lucky crafter 2 glitter pens, a Memento Ink pad and 2 stamps from InStyle! Lovely Jubbly!
Now, I didn't have my mind plugged in when I chose my image - some funky halloween colours to use and I go and choose a snowy wintery stamp! Doh! You'll have to look quite closely to see the orange tone too! I think you can tell I'm not really loving this card! Thanks for looking anyway, I hope you can join us this week!

Supplies-
Image - 'Sarah' by InStyle stamps
Colouring - Copics
Pearl paper, mirri card & ribbon - stash
Brads - PaperMania
Embossing - 'Snowflakes' & 'Snow Dots' Cuttlebug embossing folders
Sentiment - made on the PC

Penny Black Saturday #71!

Morning all! I hope you're all well! It's time again for the Penny Black Saturday challenge and this week it's a really funky sketch by Nat! Valentines are sponsoring this challenge with another fabulous Stampin' Up prize. Here's my card, I decided I need to make more 'man friendly' cards so I've kept the embellishments to a minimum - or none as the case may be! I love this embossing folder, it's a Christmas one but I'm yet to use it on a Christmas card - it's so versatile! I hope you like it and can join in with us!
Have a lovely weekend! I'm in Dublin for my Aunties wedding reception so I'll be back Sunday night/Monday morning! Byeee! xx

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Circus Act Dogs' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Basic Grey 'Cupcake'
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat (I think!)