Cat's Corner #7 & Winter Wonderland #9!

Morning! Here's another quick post before work I'm afraid! It's for a challenge blog I found while hopping the other day called Cat's Corner and it's a German (but translated) blog for all those cat lovers to use all the gorgeous kitty stamps they may have! This week is a sketch, I flipped the oval to fit this cute stamp! It's also for the Winter Wonderland challenge which I've twisted slightly, it's to make a Christmas decoration but I need to get on with cards so I've used and image with decorations in it! I hope you like it! Oops, this took longer than I thought and I'm late!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Deck the Halls' by Stampendous coloured with Copics
Papers - 'Swell Noel' by K&Co & DCWV 'Nana's Nursery'
Ribbon - Ribbon Mad
Sentiment - Cuddly Buddly
Gems - stash
Edges - deckled edge scissors

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp #17!

Hi everyone! I hope you all are well! I just thought I'd share this card with you that I've made for the Dare u 2 Digi stamp challenge which is a sketch by Larissa. I've used Sasha, a download from InStyle stamps, I love the Retro style and thought I would give her a little polka dot dress to match! My colouring went a bit wrong though! The papers are all digi too, from Pink Petticoat (a staple in my opinion!) I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies-

Image - 'Sasha' from InStyle stamps coloured with Copics and paper pieced

papers - Pink Petticoat 'Little Dots' in 'Envy' and 'Lolas Boudoir'

Flower - EK Success 'Retro Flower' punches

Sentiment - from an 'Murray & Ethel' stamp set

Ribbon - the hanging loops from one of my tops!

Gems - stash

Penny Black Saturday #59!

Morning! This is a mega quick post as I'm rushing out the door for work! I'll add all the details later! Oh, it's for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge which is a Recipe: 3 ribbons, 2 flowers and 1 charm or pin. Byeee!
**UPDATED**
I'm back! Not really much more to add except to say this weeks generous sponsor is PB stamps with a 15% off voucher and the DT cards are stunning!!
Here's my card using one of the new clear sets, the christmas PB stamps are probably my faves! The paper is quite old but I thought it would work as I didn;t have room for a sentiment! I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Holly Jolly' clear set by Penny Black coloured with Copics and Sakura Stardust on the baubles
Paper - Paper Mania
Flowers, leaves & brads - stash
Ribbon - Ribbon Mad
Charm - Scrapz

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #12!

Morning everyone! It's time for another Truly Scrumptious challenge! This week is Heathers turn to set the challenge with this fab sketch and the option of adding Beads. Remember, only cards using the sketch and the option are in the draw for the prize, speaking of which, Whimsy Stamps are sponsoring this week with 2 fab stamps!
Here's my card, I've made a little dangler out of some beads and a baby feet charm! I hope you like and I hope you can join in!


Supplies-
Image - 'Thomas in a Pram' from DigiStamp Boutique, coloured with Copics
Papers - DCWV 'Nanas Nursery - Boy'
Flowers - EK Success 'Retro Flower' punch
Gems - Create & Craft
Beads, charm & brad - stash
Twill - Ribbon Mad
Sentiment - Elzybells

Penny Black Saturday #58!

Morning everyone! Thanks for all the fabulous Swirly entries last week!
This weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge is Soft and Sweet! There's loads of ways this can be interpreted, I've gone for Sweet ice cream, sweet wishes and soft colours! Simply Stamps are sponsoring this week with this fab stamp set. Pop on over have look at the other DT's gorgeous cards! Have a great weekend!


Supplies-
Stamp - 'Ice on the Pond' by Penny Black coloured with Copics
Papers - Pink Petticoat 'Little Swirls' and 'Sweet Sundaes'
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
Flowers - EK Success 'Retro Flower'
Gems - Create & Craft
Sentiment - PC generated

Sketch Saturday #59 and Winter Wonderland #7!

Morning! Just a super quick post to show you this card I've made for this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch and I've combined it with the Winter Wonderland challenge, which is Christmas Present, I hope you like it! Now I'm off to get ready for work, I'll pop round your blogs later! Byeee!

Supplies-
Stamp - Forever Friends water coloured with Whispers and a white gel pen
Papers - My Minds Eye 'Be Merry'
Embellishments - Craftwork Cards 'Card Candy'
Sentiment - Elzybells
Ribbon - Ribbon Mad

Friday Sketchers #60 and Papertake faves!

I've had a free afternoon and I'm back with a challenge card - yey! I thought I'd cheer myself up on this grey day with a nice summery card and using my fave stamps and papers so I think it will qualify for this weeks Papertake challenge, which is to use your favourite things! This is also for this weeks Friday Sketchers challenge, a sketch by Heidi. I hope you like it! Enjoy whats left of the weekend!

Supplies-

Stamp - 'Rain, Snow and Shine' from The Greeting Farm, water coloured with Whispers and high lighted with a white gel pen

Papers - 'Urban Prairie' by Basic Grey

Buttons - 'Sugared' by Basic Grey

Ribbon - Hobbycraft

Gems - stash

Penny Black Saturday #57!

Morning all! Sorry I've not been blog hopping this week, work is so busy all I want to do when I get home is flop out on the couch! Hopefully I'll get time this weekend. This weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge is Swirls. And the prize is this cute Penny Black Frolic stamp from Simply Create, it's so cute! The DT cards this week are beautiful, I love swirly bits on cards and theirs are fab!

Here's my card using some gorgeous pearlescent and foiled swirly paper with this pretty stamp. I've embossed the image with white sparkle powder then painted in the gaps with Twinkling H2O's. The fuzzy image is an attempt to show you how glittery it is, hmmm! Still struggling with my mojo, hence the simple layout - nothing too taxing! I've left off a sentiment until I know what it's for. Thanks for dropping by, I hope you like it!


Supplies-
Stamp - 'Flying Stars' by Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2O's, border drawn with a Sakura Stardust pen
Green pearl paper - Create & Craft
Swirl paper - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon - stash
Gems - Mad About Cards

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #11!

Morning! As suspected, my mojo has left me! Also, I thought I had another week until the TS challenge so this was a mad scramble! This weeks Truly Scrumptious challenge is a great sketch by Sharon with the added theme of using Black, White & one other colour - skin and hair colours are allowed!

Here's my card, obviously using green as my other colour. I've used some of the gorgeous Summer Driggs papers, I love them! Thanks for dropping by, I hope you'll join in!

Supplies-

Stamp & sentiments - Inkadinkadoo 'Unlisted' coloured with Whispers

Papers - 'Limeade' from Summer Driggs (link on the side bar)

Brads - PaperMania

Twill - Ribbon Mad

Penny Black Saturday #56!

Sorry for the late Penny Black Saturday challenge post today, I've been mega busy at work this week and I'm off to a BBQ now so it'll be a short one from me!

"Today is the 4th of July...Independence Day in the USA and on behalf of the Design Team
we would like to wish our American cousins "Happy 4th of July"
have a wonderful holiday weekend.
So onto this week's challenge which is a colour challenge
RED WHITE AND BLUE
in honour of the American Flag....."The Stars and Stripes"

Here's the gorgeous stamp to can win too, courtesy of Sharni & Clair Stampin' Up demonstrators!

Here's my card! The only papers I had in these colours are these Christmas ones so that's what it had to be! I decorated the inside too but I'm not too happy with it! Oh well! I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies-

Stamp - 'Warm & Cold' by Penny Black coloured with Copics

Papers - Scraps of DCWV Christmas stack and Pink Petticoat 'Doodleicious Christmas'

Snowflake - Cuttlebug die

Gems - Create & Craft

Sentiment - Studio G

Silver thread - stash

And the winner is......

I'm back! Booo! It was lovely though, thanks for all the nice messages!

It also means it's time to announce the Penny Black Saturday 1st Birthday Bash winner!! I've used Random.org and here are the results........

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 72
Result: 68
Powered by RANDOM.ORG

which means the winner is

Diamond Dolls Crafty Space!!

Woo Hoo! Congratulations! Drop me an email Diamond Doll and I'll get your goodies out to you! Thanks to everyone who played along with our celebrations!

Hopefully I'll be back with a card in a bit and try and kick start the ol' mojo!