60th Birthday Card!

Afternoon all! Just popped on to show you the card I've made for my Auntie's 60th Birthday in a few weeks, it's going to be passed around so all the cousins can sign it so I've had to be organised for once! I absolutely adore these papers but have just gazed at them til now! I thought they went quite well with a spare bit of fabric I had left from some trousers I made shorter - I'm only 5'3 so this tends to happen a lot! ;-) So I made a little shabby fabric flower from them, some felt and a brad I had in my stash but can't for the life of me remember where it's from - sorry! Thanks for looking!

Ooh, and incase you didn't see, I've decided to open a little Etsy shop, not sure how much will sell but I'll never know if I don't try - plus I need more room and money for stash! Hee hee! Bye for now!

Challenges;
My Favourite Things - This sketch -->
Daring Cardmakers - Material Girl
The Shabby Tea Room - Homegrown Flowers
Allsorts - Photo Inspiration
Papertake - Anything Goes
Stamp with Fun - No Easter cards

Supplies;

Penny Black Saturday #190!

Morning! I hope you're enjoying your saturday morning! We're currently in the calm before the storm as our 2 year old niece Lulu is on the way to stay for the weekend, and it's the first time we've looked after her! Aggghh!! We've got lots of toys, DVDs and chocolate buttons lined up - wish me luck!!
Yesterday was a lovely day though, me and my mum went to the Make It show in Farnborough, now that I'm back and had a blog browse, I realise a few others of you were there too, I might have even passed you! Anyway I got loads of lovely bits and bobs, I think it was better than last years, here's a pic of my haul!

Mostly essentials like tape and a new guillotine after mine flung itself off my desk and broke! But also a few new dies, some bargain ink pads, a few stamps and embellies and some delish glitter! All in all, I'm pretty chuffed, and although my mum isn't a papercrafter, I think she quite enjoyed it too!

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Anyway, now for the reason you're here! This weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, and this week, Nat has designed a sketch for us to use!

This weeks prize is from the fantastic, erm, Fantastic Ribbons! There's 4 rolls of your choice of ribbon to be won!

Here's my card using this sadly neglected Mimi image and some new papers which a had to force myself to cut into! There's a litle bit of new stash there too as this was only made last night! The swirly die cut shape, it's lurvely!! And excuse my colouring, I wanted the paper to tone but it was a weird texture! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like it! Have a great weekend!

Challenges;

Daring Cardmakers - Marie Antoinette
Simon Says Stamp - 3 papers
Allsorts - Anything Goes

Beau-Tea-ful day!

Hello and Happy Monday! I've quickly popped on to show you this card I made at the weekend, I think I'm going to give it to Jamie's mum for her birthday at the weekend but I'm not sure it's 'her' so I may make another one! I'm loving my die-cuts at the moment, especially these cute MFT ones! I made the sentiment on my pc then printed onto Safmat film. I stuck the film over the whole panel instead of just cutting around the sentiment as I thought it would show, I'm glad I did as it gives the pink panel a lovely sheen! I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Here's the challenges;
My Favourite Things - this sketch -->
Stamp with Fun - Cute Vintage
Colour Create - Pink, Green & optional extra Handmade flowers
Daring Cardmakers - Kitchen-alia
Winter Wonderland - Easel card

Have a Tweet Birthday!

Hello! Monday morning is here again, boooo! On a good note though, today is mine and Jamie's 2nd weding aniversary! We had such a nice, lazy weekend in Rye, I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a quite and chilled weekend. The weather was perfect too, dry, sunny and crispy cold! We got back yesterday evening and I made this card for my brothers birthday - not til April, I'm organised for a change! But when I bought this stamp & die set, I really wanted to make his birthday card from it in a 'Twitter' style as he's always on it! Then this weeks Daring Cardmakers challenge is a Social Networking theme so I thought I'd go for it! I've left it fairly embellishment free as it's a men's card and I thought it would make the bird stand out more. I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by, I'm off to think up something special to cook for our anniversary dinner tonight!!

Here's the challenges list:
Daring Cardmakers - Miraculous Social Networks
My Favourite Things - this sketch -->
Winter Wonderland - Birthday Wishes
ABC Challenge - H = Happy Birthday
Crazy 4 Challenges - Monochromatic Blues
Sir Stampalot Challenge - Monochromatic

Thank Yoooou!

Afternoon! Urgghh, what a horrible day! More of an excuse to stay in and make things! I'm back again with another card, this time a summery one using this cute Greeting Farm stamp.

Here's where I'm entering it -
I {heart} 2 Stamp - this sketch
Basic Grey Challenge - Sizzling Summer
Stamp Something - Dogs or Summer
Daring Cardmakers - So Kawaii
Top Tip Tuesday - Thank You
Thanks for looking, I hope you like it!

Supplies-

Image - The Greeting Farm 'Forest Friends'

Colouring - Copics

Papers - Basic Grey 'Lemonade'

Ribbon - stash

Leaves stamp - Personal Impressions

sentiment - handwritten

Happy Birthday Pauline!

Good morning! Now, I'm taking a bit of a risk with this card and putting my trust in Royal Mail that this has arrived as yesterday was my lovely Penny Black teamie Pauline's 50th Birthday! (I'm sure she won't mind me telling you this!) and this is the card I sent to her. I love these gorgeous little mice stamps and thought this would be a good first outing for them! I hope you (and she!) likes it!

It's for these challenges
Sketch Saturday - this sketch
Lili of the Valley - Animal Antics
Cupcake challenges - Something beginning with 'C' - mine is the big Cake and they're also very Cute!
Papertake - Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday - Open Theme
Thanks for looking, have a lovely day! xx

Supplies-

Image & sentiment - Lili of the Valley 'Sprinkled with Sugar'

Colouring - Copics & Stickles

Papers - K&Co 'McKenna'

Pearls, numbers & ribbon - stash

Other - Circle Nestabilities

(A very late) Penny Black Saturday Challenge #147!

Hiya! Whoops! This could be the latest Penny Black Saturday challenge card from me ever! Sorry guys! I've been so busy that this card has been started and put down countless times! Better late than never though eh?! This weeks challenge is Easter Extravaganza! And this weeks prize is a gorgeous little stamp donated by our lovely ex teammate Carole!
Here's my card, I thought I'd have a go entering the sketch challenge on Cardmaking and Papercrafts website, I really liked it! I'm also really enjoying using all my little miniature Penny Blacks too, helped along by these lovely new Echo Park 6x6 papers and a little doodling of course!

This card is for these challenges -
Cardmaking & Papercraft - this sketch
Spoonful of Sugar - All Creatures great & small
Creative Inspirations - Easter
Daring Cardmakers - Spring/Easter
Thanks for dropping in!

Supplies-

Image - from the Penny Black '12 Days of Christmas' set
Colouring - Copics

Papers - Echo Park 'Springtime' & Core'dinations

Gems - Papermania

Ribbon - stash

Sentiment - Paula Pascual

Other - square Nestabilities

Baubles card!

Hiya! I hope you had a lovely weekend! I had a great one - I baked banana bread and strawberry cupcakes and we had an offer accepted on a house! Woo hoo! I don't want to count my chickens just yet though, it could still all go wrong!
But anyway, this is just a quick post to show you a card I whipped up last night, I love the Clean & Simple sketches so I've used it on this card. I've also made this for this weeks Daring Cardmakers dare which is 3 of... something, mine is baubles, this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges which is to use Circles and also this fortnights Colour Create challenge which is Robins Egg blue, Seafoam green & cream with the option of winter.
I made the baubles just using Nestabilites, glitter card and come little gems. It's quite flat so would be easy to post and also really quick so I might make some more in different colour ways.
I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies-
Paper - 'Jolly by Golly' by Cosmo Cricket
Sentiment - Paula Pascual
Glitter card - Create & Craft
Thread 7 stash - stash
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
Other - circle Nestabilities

Penny Black Saturday #127 & Sweet Stop Sketch #82!

Morning all! Sorry this is a day late, I don't really know where yesterday went! But it's the weekend already which means it time for a couple of challenges! Firstly is this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge which is All my Favourite Things! I had a real think about this and wrote them down before I stared my card and this is my list: digi papers, organza ribbon, pink & teal (much like my blog colours!), snowflakes, Stickles, this swirly/funky font, Christmas, Kraft card, Copics, this border punch and this is my current fave Penny Black set! Phew, I think I managed to cram them all in, and as a result, I'm really pleased with this card, I need to to that more often!
We have a treat for you this week too, a Promarker Tutorial from our Guest Designer Debbi and to go with it, there's a set of Promarkers to be won by entering this challenge!
And it wouldn't be a post by me without my squezing in a million other challenges! It's also for this weeks Papertake sketch, Winter Wonderland which is Winter Sports and Cute Card Thursday which is Anything Goes!

Supplies-
Image - 'Mimi's Christmas' clear set by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics & Stickles
Papers - 'Happy Holidays' by Zoe Pearn
Gems - PaperMania
Ribbon - stash
Snowflakes - Woodware punch
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
Sentiment - made on the PC
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Secondly is this weeks fabulous Sweet Stop Sketches challenge,
I've managed to cram in a couple of challenges here too! This weeks Lili of the Valley challenge, which is also Anything Goes (and a Blog Hop!), Stamp Something which is November's Digi stamp day and this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges which is to make a Christmas card. Thanks for looking, I hope you have a lovely weekend!

Supplies-
Image - 'Kitty Sleeping in Present' by Pink Cat Studio
Colouring - Copics, Sakura Glaze & Silver Stickles
Papers - 'Holiday Cheer' from Sweet Shoppe
Sentiment - Paula Pascual
Ribbon & charm - stash
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch
Other - Circle Nestabilities & Craftwork Cards 'Card Candy'

Penny Black Saturday #124 & Sweet Stop Sketch #79!

Morning! This is going to be fairly quick as I'm off to do the hair for a wedding this morning and I'm still in my PJ's! I'm going to start off with this weeks Sweet Stop Sketch, it's fab! I've combined it with this weeks Lili of the Valley challenge which is 'Winter Fun'.



Supplies-
Stamp - Lili of the valley
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Pink Petticoat
Thread & gems - stash
Sentiment - Elzybells

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Now for this weeks Penny Black Saturday which is Spooky Nights! I'm also entering this into the Spoonful of Sugar challenge which is Boo! We have a special announcement this week, we have a brand new addition to our little team and it's the very talented Jenny!! Welcome on baord Jenny! I'm sure you'll all love her cards! Have a fab weekend, thanks for stopping by!






























Supplies-
Stamp - 'Witchy Mouse' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - stash
Embossing - 'Spider Web' Cuttlebug folder
Bats & ribbon - Hobbycraft
Border - Fiskars 'Sunburst' punch

Just a quickie!

Morning! I'm just rushing out the door so this'll be quick! I made a card while I still had the Elzybells stamps out and made a card with this weeks Clean & Simple Stamping sketch and combined it with this weeks Daring Cardmakers challenge which is Trees. I hope you like it!

Supplies-
Image & sentiment - 'Just Hatched' by Elzybells
Colouring - Copics & Stickles
Paper - free MME pad from a card making magazine
Ribbon - Hobbycraft