Sketch Saturday #59

Here's the card I made for my mum. I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday and gave it my own twist. I used my new summer kit stamps from Magnolia again and used promarkers to colour her.

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Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment (inside) - Penny Black

Paper - K&Co

Tools - Corner punch and Martha Stewart border punch

Letters - American Crafts Thickers

Other - Flowers, brad, pearls, spacer and charm from stash

Medium - Promarkers

Friday Sketchers #60

You will all think I've done a runner from here soon! Okay I've had a couple of very good excuses. It was my mum's birthday on Sunday and it was mine and my dad's yesterday. See I said I had a good excuse!

Here's the card I made for my mum's birthday for my dad to give to her using the fab sketch from Friday Sketchers. As it was a special card for someone special I even concentrated on decorating the inside too which is something I wouldn't normally do. It took sometime to do but I love it. I used my new Magnolia summer kit stamps coloured using promarkers again.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment (inside) - Penny Black

Papers - K&Co

Letters - American Crafts Thickers

Tools - Cuttlebug embossing and flower punch

Other - Pearls, brad, flowers, and spacers from stash

Medium - Promarkers

The Sugar Bowl #14

I received my Magnolia Summer kit earlier this week. I thought I hadn't ordered it so that was a bit of a surprise when I opened it! Having inked them up and started to colour a couple in. You will be seeing them on a card shortly!

This card is for The Sugar Bowl. What a fantastic sketch! Loved it. Again I used one of my new gorjuss girls, which I can't get enough of. My bit of sparkle is the gem brad, do the pearls count too?

Supplies:

Image - Gorjuss Girls by Sugar Nellie

Sentiment - unknown

Papers - Imaginisce

Tools - Fiskars border punch and flower punch

Other - Flower, brad and pearls from stash

Friday Sketchers #59 & The Next Level

Well....what can I say about Friday and the Take That concert? WOW! It was an absolutely amzing show. As my mum put it, it was out of this world! There was so much going on apart from Take That singing (and dancing and dropping their trousers!). We were lucky to get there pretty early and get a seat. I don't think my little back could have taken five hours of standing! We had a fab view of both stages. It was the best show I had ever seen and to see it at Wembley with 80,000 other people was fantastic. The highlight had to be the elephant being moved by the dancers. The atmosphere was electric and the noise just rumbled round the stadium. Plus it was being filmed for the DVD! I need to sort through my photos and I will try and post a couple of the best - although they look like ants on stage!

On to a card which I have whipped up tonight. Used my new gorjuss girls. I think this set is the best so far. I love the fairy one. Again I coloured it in using promarkers which I have well and truly fallen in love with. I just need to practise a bit more and try not to go out the lines! This card is for Friday Sketchers. A very nice sketch to work with. I've also entered into The Next Level which was buttons and bows.

Supplies:

Image - Gorjuss Girls by Sugar Nellie

Paper - Wild Raspberry by K & Co

Tools - Border Punch by Martha Stewart

Other - Ribbon, flowers, buttons and brad from stash

Just Magnolia #11

Tomorrow I'm off to Wembley Stadium to see Take That. I am so excited you wouldn't believe! They have been my fave band since I was 11 years old and I'll soon be 29! I've heard, read and seen so much good stuff about the show so I'm really looking forward to it and hope it blows my expectations right out of the water! I'm not looking forward to the travelling down there though. I'm sure I'll be back on Saturday full of it!

This card is for the Just Magnolia challenge. It was a fantastic sketch by Bev. It was a dream to work with - so easy the card just "fell" together. I love the colours and the papers. Again I have used my promarkers. I love these, so much so I ordered a few more. I just realised this isn't the best photo. Sorry.

Supplies:
Image - Magnolia
Paper - Bo Bunny
Tools - Butterfly punch, nesties and cuttlebug
Other - Flowers, brads , pearls and ribbon from stash