Penny Black Saturday #152!

Good morning! Yey – it’s the weekend!! I’m scheduling this as I’m in Bath on a Hen weekend, probably with a massive hangover at this point!! I’m glad they invented scheduled posting as there’s no way I’d make it otherwise! But I’m here now for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge! I loved seeing all last weeks Clean & Simple cards, but we couldn’t leave the other side of card making fans out, this week we’d like to see Fussy & Fancy! It was quite refreshing making this card, feeling like I could keep adding stuff and it wouldn’t matter, I’m not usually a fan of full on fuss but it was a nice change! Pauline is sponsoring this month, she's bravely giving up a gorgeous stamp for one lucky entry!
As soon as I saw this sketch I knew it's what I'd use as there's lots of room for frilly bits and embellishments! Also, the colours match each other a little better in real life!

Here's the challenges I'm entering this into -
Sketch and Stash Challenge - this sketch (new stash is this paper and the little glittery flowers have been very neglected - so much so, the sticky on the backs had dried up!)
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Shine
PaperPlay - Sparkle Galore
Paper Sundaes - Birthday
Sir Stampalot Challenge - Magical Worlds
Spoonful of Sugar - Anything Goes
Thanks for looking, have a great weekend!

Supplies-

Image - Penny Black 'Mimi in Paris'

Colouring - Copics & Stickles

Papers - Kaiser Craft 'Lilac Avenue' & Pink Petticoat

Ribbon, flowers & gems - stash

Sentiment - made on the PC & a Kars Label punch

Borders - Fiskars 'Sunburst' punch

Baby Bunting!

Hello! This is just a quickie to show you a little card I've made for a challenge blog that I've recently stumbled across (I'm a bit slow - they're up to number 47!!). I love these stamps and I love the styles of cards you can (and the Design Teams) make with them, I've had enough of drooling over them so I snapped some up for myself! I hope you like it!

Here it is and here's the challenges -
Waltzingmouse Sketches - this sketch
Stamp with Fun - Pink & Green
Creative Inspirations - Pearls & Lace
Spoonful of Sugar - Anything Goes

Supplies-

Bunting - Waltzingmouse 'Bitty Banners'

Inks - Distress Inks 'Shabby Shutters' & 'Old Paper'

Sentiment - Paula Pascual

Paper - DCWV 'Nanas Nursery'

Ribbon, lace, pearls & thread - stash

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #57 & a DT call!

Good morning! Did you spot the title...? Truly Scrumptious is back!! Yey! Michele has very kindly offered to keep running the blog while Sharon has a blogging break. Unfortunately though, a couple of the DT have decided to step down which leaves us a little short, so...there's a Design Team Call on!! Just link up your entry on the blog and add DT after your name if you'd like to join us! To get us back into the swing of things there's a nice easy theme - Anything Goes! There's 4 digi images from Pink Gem Designs to be won too!
Here's my card, it's a little different to my usual, partly because it's huge! Well, A5! I thought it could work as one of those cards that gets passed around an office for everyone to sign! The text panel idea came from when I saw this sketch, I've had this stamp a little while (and a Christmas version) but it hasn't seen ink until now! I hope you like it, it's for these challenges -

Sweet Stop Sketch - this sketch
Ribbon Girl - Pink & Lilac
PaperPlay - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Spoonful of Sugar - also Anything Goes
Stamp with Fun - Pink & Green
Papertake - Bloom & Grow (something floral)

Supplies-

Image - from Elzybells

Colouring - Copics & Stickles

Papers - Pink Petticoat

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl seam binding

Pearls & button - stash

Flower - EK Success punch

(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

Penny Black Saturday #146!

Hello!! Long time, no speak! I didn't really intend to have a blogging break! Thanks for my DTs for baring with me! In a nutshell, I had a great time skiing, then moved house 12 days after we got back. I thought I'd get a bit of crafting in but I don't know who I was kidding! We've moved in with my in-laws for a couple of months until the house we're buying is ready so I've had to pack lots of my craft stash into storage but I've kept the bare essentials (still a few boxes though!) and to top it all off I've had food poisoning! Busy few weeks! But I'm back now with my DT card for this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge! This weeks theme is Say it with Flowers and there's a $20 voucher to be won for 1-2-3 Stitch!
I thought I'd go easy on the ol' mojo and make quite a simple card using some bright new papers! I hope you like it!

This is also for the following challenges -
Clean & Simple - this sketch
Papertake - Anything Goes
Spoonful of Sugar - Texture
PaperPlay - Critters Galore
Cute Card Thursday - Totally Tropical
Thanks for looking, have a lovely weekend!! We're off for a picnic, t'ra!

Supplies-
Image - 'Critter Party' by Penny Black
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Core'dinations & Jillibean Soup
Pearls - Quixotic Paperie
Twine - Hobbycraft
Sentiment - made on the PC
Other - Nestabilities

Penny Black Saturday #140!

Good morning! It's already the weekend again! And therefore time for another Penny Black Saturday challenge - this week the challenge is Pearls and Lace, ooh classy!! And there's 2 prizes again, courtesy of Fantastic Ribbons and PB Stamps!
Here's my card, I wanted to make is quite girly and spring like, and I thought these papers would do the job! I didn't follow the sketch exactly as I thought the flowers on the papers looked too nice to cover up with other flowers, and then the sentiment wouldn't really fit where it should have done so I popped it below!
This card is for these challenges -
Cute Card Thursday - this sketch
Spoonful of Sugar - Birthday card
Stamp Something - Flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges - Flowers
Thanks for looking - have a lovely weekend!

Supplies-
Image - from 'Critter Party' set by Penny Black
colouring - Copics & Stickles
Papers & sentiment - 'Rose Garden' by PaperMania
Pearls - Hobbycraft
Lace - stash
Butterflies - EK Success punch
Other - Nestabilities & Core'dinations

Penny Black Saturday #135!

Good morning all! I hope you've had a great week! I thought this week was dragging but now it's the weekend again, it feels like it's flown by! It's Saturday which means time again for another Penny Black Saturday Challenge! This week we'd like to see you January Sales bargains! Or if, like me, you didn't snab any, just show us your most recent stash! This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Fantastic Ribbons with 4 beautiful rolls of ribbons up for grabs!
Here's my card - I saw tutorial by Paula Pascual in Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine and had to try it! I've been looking at everyone's Distress Ink water colouring tutorials and fancied a go, then when I saw the backgrounds that could be made, I decided to get myself a few! (And they were on eBay so actually quite a bargain after all!) She used a beautiful Hero Arts stamp (which I bought too!) so I adapted it to use for this challenge. I stamped and embossed in white then swirled around with the blending tool and a few inks (colours below), and added a few glitter highlights. I thought it only fair to use one of Paula's sentiment stamps! The shape it's stamped onto is also a newbie, it's a Kars punch with 4 different label shapes. The shapes are all a bit smaller than I thought but I love this one anyway! I made 2 copies of this image in case one went wrong which meant there were a few leftover bits so I made another card, I'll save that for another day. I have to say, I'm pretty chuffed! Although don't look too closely - you may see some inky finger splodges!
This card is also for this weeks Spoonful of Sugar which is Blue & Green and Top Tip Tuesday which is to use a Sentiment.
Cripes, I've rambled a bit - thanks for looking!

Supplies-

Image - 'Flying Stars' by Penny Black

Inks - All Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive, Forest Moss, Stormy Sky & Broken China

Paper & Gems - PaperMania 'Capsule Collection's

Ribbon - stash

Sentiment - Paula Pascual

Shape punch - 'Multi tags' punch by Kars

Border - X-cut scallop punch

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #47!

Hello! I hope you're all well! I've been a busy little bee while all this snow has been around and finally finished all my Christmas cards, I did some batch making over the weekend so I'll show you them another time (if I remember!) But it's time for another Truly Scrumptious sketch, the last of 2010 with the optional extra of 'Frame it'! Basically give your image a fancy frame! I really wanted to use this cute image for my mum and dads card as it's a little bit like Poppy was as a kitten (even now as a big fat mog she tries to climb up the inside branches of the tree!) and I wanted to make some kind of haphazard frame. I couldn't find any bauble or light images small enough so I decided to draw them! Hopefully it's not too obvious! I've covered them with glossy accents to make them seem more realistic. I've also used the tutorial Dena posted on her blog about glittering over the image, I used my VersaMark pen to glitter emboss over the baubles and star on the image and I also did it over the sentiment, it's such a lovely effect, thanks Dena!
This is also for the following challenges: Mo's Digi Challenge - Glitz and Glimmer, Spoonful of Sugar - A Christmas Card, Cat's Corner - also a Christmas Card, Top Tip Tuesday - use Ribbon and ABC Christmas Challenge - Yuletide (I've used the Red and Green choice and the Holly and Berries). Thanks for looking!

Supplies-
Image - 'Cat's in the Christmas Tree' from Mo's Digital Pencil
Colouring - Copics & Glossy Accents
Papers - Forever Friends 'Santa's on his Way'
Ribbon - Ribbon Girl
Sentiment - made on the PC
Gems - PaperMania

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #46!

Morning! Time has flown and 2 weeks has gone by already so it's time for another Truly Scrumptious challenge! A great sketch once again with the optional extra of 'Think Pink'!
I've made yet another Christmas card - I can't even remember what I used to make cards for now! This card is also for this weeks Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp challenge which is to use Kraft card (easy for me!), Top Tip Tuesday which is Paper Piecing and also this weeks Spoonful of Sugar which is Anything Goes!
I'm not sure if it all shows but I've paper pieced her little apron and glittered all the edges with some Stickles, I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Supplies-
Image - 'Merry' by Kraftin' Kimmie stamps
Colouring - Copics & Stickles
Papers - PaperMania 'Capsule Collection' & DCWV 'Rose Tinted Christmas'
Twill - stash
Gems - PaperMania
Sentiment - Elzybells
Other - Craftwork Cards card candy & Oval Nestabilities

Another Combo Christmas Card!

Hiya! Thanks for dropping in! You'll be pleased to hear my phone is now safe and sound and I can relax again! I doesn't really do, being a mobile hairdresser with no means of contact!!

While I was home waiting for it, with the wind howling around my windows, I've made a Christmas card for a couple of challenges, here goes:-
Anyone for Anya - Use Kraft Card
Cupcake Craft - This 'Scrummylicious' sketch!

Just Cute Bears - Black, white & 1 other colour (I know there isn't much black but hopefully it's still ok!

Spoonful of Sugar - Snow/Snowflakes
ABC Christmas Challenge - Winter Wonderland (with lots of White)
Phew! I think that's enough to be getting on with! Have a lovely day!

Supplies-
Image - 'Forest Friends' by The Greeting Farm
Colouring - white gel pen, Glamour Dust & 'Polar White' Flower Soft
Snowflake stamps - Stamps Away
card - Gemstones Core'dinations & Kraft card
Embossing 'Snowflakes' Cuttlebug folders
Gems, ribbon & button - stash
Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' border punch

Penny Black Saturday #125 & Sweet Stop Sketch #80!

Good morning! I hope you're all having a relaxing/fun/exciting weekend (delete as appropriate!) It's time for a couple of Saturday challenges! First off is this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, this week we'd like you to include Zig-Zags or triangles (or both) on your cards, you could use modern style Christmas trees, border punches, pinking shears, ric rac etc! And for one lucky entry there's a 15% lifetime discount voucher from PB Stamps.

I have just about managed to include zig zags and triangles on this card but only if you count the trees as triangles! I am also entering this card into this weeks Stamp Something challenge which is Stamp Something Pink in honour of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month.

I've put away the Copics and broken out the embossing powders with both of my cards this week, a rarity as I get into a bit of a mess with them normally! Lol! I hope you like it!

Supplies-

Stamp - Joy.Hope by Penny Black

Papers - DCWV 'Rose Tinted Christmas'

Gems - PaperMania

Edges - Pinking shears

Snowflake - Dovecraft punch & silver Stickles

Thread - stash

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Last but not least is this weeks Sweet Stop Sketches challenge, I've flipped it this week to make the most of these fab stamps and paper. I'm combining this challenge with this weeks Spoonful of Sugar challenge which is Let's get Punchy - or use punches and die cuts. The little squares are done with my nesties and the border is with a Fiskars punch.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you can join in with one of both of these fab challenges! Have a great weekend!

Supplies-

Stamps - Paula Pascual - 'Joyful Bubbles'

Papers - Pink Petticoat

Ribbon - stash

Gems - PaperMania

Border - Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch

Other - Square Nestabilities

Happy Halloween!

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