Summery Christmas card!

Hiya! Excuse the odd title but I've made a Christmas card today and I think it looks quite summery! I've had this Elzybells stamp for ages and never used it although since I've bought it I've had the idea to colour it black and turn it into a silhouette. When I saw what this weeks Winter Wonderland challenge was, I decided to give it a go! The background is just bands of colour with Copics with the buildings in various greys and blacks, then I covered the whole thing with a Versamark ink pad and sparkly embossing powder. I'm quite chuffed!

It's for these challenges-
Sketch and Stash Challenge - any sketch, I've chosen week 1(sort of - sorry it's not very accurate!) and I've used this neglected stamp
Winter Wonderland - Silhouette
Totally Gorjuss- Bling It On
Simon Says Stamp - Embossing
Paper Sundaes - Sparkle, pearls & yellow
Thanks for looking - I'll be back tomorrow with my Truly Scrumptious card. Have a lovely evening!

...very sparkly!

Supplies-

Image - from Elzybells

Colouring - Copics & sparkle embossing powder

Paper - Basic Grey 'Ambrosia'

Pearls - stash

Ribbon - Hobbycraft

Sentiment - made in the PC, printed onto Safmat film

Penny Black Saturday #143!

Good morning! I hope you've all had a lovely week! I'm back from my holiday at some point today so I'll fill the gaps in this post then! But for now, here's the details of this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge and my card!
This week the theme is Spring is Sprung! I love Spring, definitely my favourite season (not such a let down as summer and so much prettier than autumn and winter!)
I thought I'd make another Mothers Day card for this challenge - the 2nd of 3 I need to make - and I thought this stamp would go well as it's daffodils in the picture! Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely weekend!

Supplies-
Image - 'You're the Bestest' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - 'Nanas Nursery' by DCWV
Pearls & ribbon - stash
Butterflies - EK Success punch
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat onto Safmat film
Other - Nestabilities 'Lacey Squares'

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 #68!

Hiya chicks! Yep, the weekend is here already! Time for the Penny Black Saturday challenge! We have a colour challenge for you this week - Chocolate, Lemon & Pink! The DT cards are beautiful and all so different! PB Stamps are very generously offering one lucky entry a 15% discount voucher, they stock tonnes of Penny Black stamps!!
I hope you all enjoy your weekend! I'm at work today - boo! But out in Southampton tonight with a few girlies - not sure I'll be card making Sunday morning! Hee hee! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Cinnamon' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Basic Grey 'Porcelain'
Sentiment - made on PC and printed onto Safmat film
Pearls - Glitter Pot
Flower - EK Success punch
Brad - Dovecraft
Ribbon - stash

Penny Black Saturday #65!

Whoops! I just came to check for any comments and remembered
I didn't schedule this last night! So, sorry for the delay but here's my card for this weeks 'Hearts Desire' challenge on Penny Black Saturday. This can mean hearts on you project, for a loved one or just a smooshy, lovey-dovey card! There's a cute little watercolour palette from Horseshoe Crafts to be won!
Here's my lovey-dovey card, I thought the little bunnies on this part of the stamp look pretty into each other (most rabbits are though I guess...!) Coupled with some gorge Pink Petticoat papers and that's my card! I hope you're having a fab Saturday whatever you're up to!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Bunny Friends' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Card blank - Paper Mania
Papers - Pink Petticoat 'Old Fashioned Girl' & sentiment printed onto Safmat film
Flowers - EK Success punch
Leaves - Leone Em 'New Ash family'
Gems & lace - stash

Friday Sketchers #50!

I've finally managed to join in with a challenge, I checked through my posts and the last time was 20th March!!

This card is for this weeks Friday Sketchers challenge. I've also been asked to do some samples by Denice at Design House Papercraft along with my TS teamies, so of course I said yes! My little package came the other day and this is the first card I've made with it! This little lady is Daisy from the Dragons at Home range. It's quite nice having a play with some decoupage as it's not normally something I'd do! It was such a nice sketch too, I love using DL cards but always seem to go for square! I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies-

Image, flower paper, ribbon & glitter from GD parcel

Sentiment - PC generated and printed onto Safmat

Flower & beads - stash

Spotty paper - DCWV 'Nanas Nursery - Boys'

Penny Black Saturday #45!

Hi everyone! Sorry again for being so rubbish at posting on here and coming to see your lovely blogs, I just don't have the drive at the moment, I don't know why and I hope it will come back soon!
This week on the Penny Black Saturday challenge blog, Nat has designed a fabulous sketch for us, I really enjoyed working with this one! Our Jacqui has kindly donated these gorgeous stamps for one lucky entry this week too!

Here's my simple but sparkly card using up some scraps of paper, I hope you like it! Thanks for dropping in and I hope you're enjoying the sunshine!

Supplies-

Stamp - 'Cinnamon' by Penny Black coloured with Whispers and 'Crystal' Stickles

Papers - Doodlebug, Black glitter paper from Create and Craft, others from stash

Sentiment - PC typed and printed on Safmat film

Flower - Cuttlebug die

Pearls - Glitter Pot

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder

Penny Black Saturday #41!

Where do the weeks go?! All the sunshine must have made it fly by! Thanks for all the fabulous entries to Tracies sketch challenge - there were loads!!
This weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge is a personal favourite of mine - Doodling! I do it on almost all of my cards - I can't help myself! Any kind will do! The design team have made some beautiful cards - and lots of different doodles too! Here's my card using an image from a swap - I'm not sure what it's called but I like it! The doodling is my squiggly borders a round the image and papers, I hope you like it! This week, our very own Pauline is donating one of her favourite stamps (a new version obviously!), this cute little sleeping bear! I hope you can join in, thanks for looking!


Supplies-
Stamp - Penny Black coloured with Whispers & Copics
Papers - Daisy Bucket
Gems - Creative Beadcraft
Sentiment - made on the PC and printed onto Safmat film

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #2!

Wow!! There was a huge response to our first challenge - thanks so much to everyone who entered, there were some amazing cards! This fortnights Truly Scrumptious challenge is slightly different - still a sketch but this time you have to use handmade buttons! This can be either fabric, shrink plastic, chipboard, fimo or anything you think of! We have a great sponsor this week, Chris from Sketching Stamper and she very kindly let the DT play with some of her images! One lucky enrty will win 8 of her fab digi images! This little lady is Vicky! I loved the Manga style to her so I thought I'd make her look a little bit quirky with her white sparkly hair! For the buttons, I used various punches and nestabilites to cut out felt shapes, I then punched in some eyelets and threaded a bit of ribbon - et voila! I hope you'll like it and you'll join in with us again!

Supplies-

Image - 'Vicky' from Sketching Stamper coloured with Copics and Sakura Stardust

Papers - Dasiy Bucket (front and back of one sheet)

Buttons - handmade with Heart shape and Flower shape Woodware punches and small circle Nestabilities onto felt

Eyelets - Doodlebug

Ribbon - stash

Sentiment - made on the PC and printed onto Safmat film

ABC Challenge & Papertake: Dawny's Sketch #9!

When the ABC Challenge was coming to the end of it's alphabet, I said to myself I'd try and join in from A to Z, oops! It's gone up to C before I've even had time! Oh well, this weeks challenge is to make a Child's Card. I've also combined it with this weeks Papertake sketch from Dawny! The papers are another Sweet Shoppe download (I love them!) Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies-
Stamp - 'Imagine' by Penny Black coloured with Whispers
Papers - Sweet Shoppe by Susan Bartolini, and Pink Petticoat 'Washed Out' in Sage
Flowers - Woodware punch
Leaves - freehand
Sentiment - made on the PC and printed onto Safmat film
Embellishments - 'Card Candy' by Craftwork Cards

Penny Black Saturday #35!

Another fab response to last weeks challenge! Thanks so much for all the entries!
This week on Penny Black Saturday we have gorgeous prize from Funky Hand, 2 of the brand new downloads 'Huge Funky Love! Perfect for this weeks challenge - Romance, just in time for Valentines Day! This little stamp is supposed to be a white duck but I thought I'd turn it into a Rooster or something!! The sentiments say 'Tweet Love' and 'I'm glad I built my nest with you' - sweet! Thanks for looking!

Supplies-

Stamp - 'Duckling' coloured with Whispers

Papers - 'Old Fashioned Girl' by Pink Petticoat

Lacey edge - Martha Stewart Doily punch

Ribbon & flowers- stash

Pearls - Glitter Pot

Sentiments - Pink Petticoat printed onto Safmat film

The Sugar Bowl #3!

This fortnights Sugar Bowl challenge is 'Love and Romance' and the prize is a whole set of 6 new stamps!! I would so love to win this prize!! Here's my heart shaped card - it is straight, honestly! Just a dodgy angle! The template for the card and the papers were from a valentines download I bought on EBay a couple of years ago but I don't know who sold them though - sorry! Thanks for looking!

Supplies-

Stamp - 'Lovvie' from Sugar Nellie coloured with Whispers

Papers - downloaded, dotty paper from Pink Petticoat

Calendar - Inaginesce 'Snag'em' stamp

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat onto Safmat film

Border - Martha Stewart Doily punch

Ribbon - stash

Swirls - flourish font onto Safmat film