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!)

Copic Colour Challenge #35!

Hi again! As promised, I'm back with this weeks Copic Colour Challenge card! It's Karen's choice of colours this week and they are fab! We also are thrilled to have a very special sponsor this week, Whiff of Joy no less! And they are giving away this cute Henry Ice skating stamp.
Here's my card using this fun image which Fran sent me! I've also used this weeks Spoonful of Sugar sketch (that gives you an idea of how late I made this card! Whoops!) The corner embellishments are little jingly bells, I thought they would go with the bells on his suit! I hope you like it and can join in with us this week! This fortnights Truly Scrumptious card is below this post by the way. Have a lovely Wednesday!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Jester Charlie' by Whiff of Joy
Colouring - CopicsPapers - 'Kraft' paper by Pink Petticoat, rest from stash
Bells, brads & ribbon - stash
Sentiment - made on the PC

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #18!

Morning! I hope you all are well! It's time for another Truly Scrumptious challenge and it's a fantastic sketch from Mina with the extra challenge of Autumn! There's a lovely set of stamps up from grabs from Stamp Attack, to win, you need to play along with the sketch and use the added theme!
I know I said the other day that I struggle with autumnal cards so I just tried to keep it simple today and use some autumny colours! It's helps when I use one of my fave stamps, I've paper pieced her coat so I'm going to enter this into this weeks Anyone for Anya which is 'Perfect Paper piecing', she looks so cute in her little spotty coat, and of course a brolly is an essential in autumn (and spring and summer for that matter!) Thanks for looking! I'll be back later with my Copic Colour Challenge card!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Rain, Snow & Shine' Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm
Colouring - Copics and a white gel pen
Papers - My Minds Eye 'Bloom & Grow' and Core'dinations
Flowers - EK Success punch
Gems - Creative Beadcraft
Ribbon - Ribbon Mad

Sketch Saturday #71 & ABC 'E'!

Hiya! I hope you've all had a lovely weekend! It was my brother's girlfriend's birthday on thursday so we all went out for a pub roast last night, it was lovely! This is the card I made for her - she's called Lucy by the way! I used another of the fabulous freebies from Mo's Digital Pencil, I have bought some but the freebies are so gorgeous too! This one is especially handy, great for loads of different cards. The papers are digi too. I've made it for this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch and also for this fortnights ABC Challenge which is Embossing - there's some behind the coffee cup! I hope you like it, and thanks for looking in!

Supplies-
Image - freebie from Mo's Digital Pencil blog
Colouring - Copics
Papers - 'Holiday Cheer' from Little Dreamers
Flowers - EK Success punch & Craftwork Cards 'Cad Candy'
Ribbon - stash
Sentiment - made on the PC
Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder

Penny Black Saturday #70!

Hi again! I hope you all are well and enjoying the weekend! I'm planning on snuggling up inside out of the rain all weekend! (*Edited to add - actually, it's quite nice weather, I take it back!*)
It's time for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge (number 70 already - aren't we old!! Hee hee!) This weeks theme is Buttons and Bows - a nice easy one! I've chosen an image with a little bow on it and then added a few buttons, plus I had to add this sentiment with the cute hedgie! Make sure you pop over and see the rest of the DT's fabulous cards! This weeks prize is a $20 online voucher for 1-2-3 Stitch! I hope you can join us! Thanks for looking!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Basket of Joy' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Core'dinations, DCWV 'Nana's Nursery, Girls' & gingham from a download somewhere!
Buttons & ribbon - stash
Flowers - Sarah's Cards Ltd
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
Sentiment - made on the PC

Mo's Challenge #1 & Papertake Sketch #25!

Evening all! I just thought I would share this card with you that I'm entering into 2 challenges, firstly it's for this weeks Papertake sketch (another fabby one from Dawny P!) The second is for the first of Mo's Digital Challenges! This week it's "Perple!" I loved colouring the cat on my last card in a Siamese style so I thought I'd do it again for this gorgeous image - a freebie from Mo's blog! Thanks Mo! I've used some digi papers and made my sentiment on the PC so it's a total digi card! The little gems were made using one of the flourish Bazill templates (available at Quixotic Paperie) - it love it!
Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies-
Image - 'Sinatra' from Mo's Digital Pencil blog
Colouring - Copics
Papers & Sentiment labels (which I've typed over) - 'So Memorable' from Sweet Shoppe and Core'dinations
Buttons, gems & thread - stash