1 Card meets 4 Challenges

Here is another card which I have made combining four challenges.  This time I have used those super cute Magnolia images that I got last week from Sir Stampalot.  I've also pulled out those gorgeous Cosmo Cricket papers, they are slowly disappearing and I will be so sad when they gone!  The challenges that this card are to be entered into are:

1.  Just Magnolia - Sketch
2.  Creative Card Crew - Fave Things (making cards are my "fave thing" especially Christmas ones!)
3.  Passion for Promarkers - Any colour and theme
4.  Charisma Cardz - Christmas

Supplies:  Magnolia stamps; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamps; snowflake punch; pearls; gems; Cosmo Cricket papers; Stampin' Up! eyelet punch; brown chalk ink

1 Card, 4 Challenges

Here is another card, combining challenges.  This time I've entered it into four challenges:

1.  Crafty Angels - Sketch
2.  Roses on Paper - Romance
3.  Simon Says - Winter Love
4.  Everybody Art - Christmas

I have used a cute Magnolia stamp coloured with promarkers and once again I have used those scrummy MME papers, hope you're not bored with seeing them!

Supplies: Magnolia stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; paper roses; pearls; white flower soft; MME paper; brown chalk ink; glimmer mist; snowflake punch; gem

Create4Fun #47 and Colour Create #32

Here's the last of my cards from Sunday's lot.  Again I have managed to enter this into two challenges:

1.  Create4Fun - Sketch
2.  Colour Create - Red, Green and White

This time I have used some papers from Magnolia and a new stamp from Magnolia which I picked up from Sir Stampalot.  Quite like these papers!  I did only pick up a couple of sheets though.

Supplies: Magnolia stamp; Magnolia papers; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp, ribbon, charm, promarkers; pearls

Just Magnolia #32 and Friday Sketchers #79

A second post from me today!

Here's another of Sunday's cards which I have entered into two challenges:

1.  Just Magnolia - Masking
2.  Friday Sketchers - Sketch

I've used two of my new Magnolias coloured using promarkers.  I also used those Cosmo Cricket papers again, which I love!

Supplies: Magnolia stamps; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; Cosmo Cricket papers; cuttlebug snowflake die and embossing folder; two snowflake punches; brown chalk ink; promarkers; brad; pearls

Charisma Cardz #46 and Stampavie & More #70

Today my my mojo was in full swing and I ended up making five cards!  That's the most I have made in a long while.  I'm pleased with every single one of them (which is unusual when I make so many in one go!) and you will get to see them all over the week.

The first card I made I'm entering into two challenges:

1.  Charisma Cardz - Sketch
2.  Stampavie & More - Brown plus 1 other colour

I used my one of my new Magnolias I got on Friday when we popped into Sir Stampalot.  Unfortunately they had sold many of the new Christmas Magnolias however I did manage to get a few.  I also used my new Martha Stewart punch and those lovely MME papers.  I really like this colour scheme, it's a bit different for Christmas.

Supplies: Magnolia samp; My Mind's Eye papers; Martha Stewart cornice punch;paper roses;Glimmer Mist; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; leaf punch; pearls; Stampin' Up! oval punch; wiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder;brown chalk ink

My Time to Craft #66 and DT announcement

Well I was lucky enough to be asked to join the DT for My Time to Craft.  Of course I jumped at the chance.  So thank's to Wendy and the rest of the team for asking me to join them.  Please go and visit their blogs and see their lovely cards!

Here is my first card for them.  It is "Under my Umbrella".  How could I not use this cute Magnolia stamp?? Papers are from Stampin' Up!.

TFL!

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Stampin' Up!

Papers - Stampin' Up!

Tools - Flower Punch

Other - Brad from stash

I {Heart} 2 Stamp Sketch

I happened to stumble across this sketch at I {Heart} 2 Stamp and thought I'd give it a whirl. Really liked working with it.  I changed the shape of the card to a square. I kept with Christmas but pulled out some MME papers from last year.  I also used another old Magnolia stamp coloured with promarkers.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Paper - My Minds Eye

Tools - Nestabilities, Cuttlebug and Snowflake punch

Other - Glitter, Gems and Pearls from stash

Sketch Saturday #71

Here is my card for a great sketch on Sketch Saturday.  I flipped it to work with the image.  I went with Christmas again using those Cosmo Cricket papers (well they are still out and I really must use up papers!) and an old Magnolia.

Supplies:

Images - Magnolia

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Snowflake punch

Other - Gems and Pearls from stash

Friday Sketchers #73

Here's my card using a lovely sketch for this week's challenge at Friday Sketchers.  Now ordinarily I would have changed it to fit a square card as that is the shape I mainly make, however I thought what the heck and did a DL!  I do like a change.  Again I used those Cosmo Cricket papers and an old Magnolia.  Coloured in using promarkers again.  I thought I would carry on doing Christmas whilst I had the papers out!  Please click on the image to make it bigger, I can't seem to change the size it's either too small or too big, grrr!

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Nestabilities, Cuttlebug and Snowflake punch

Other - Ribbon from SU and Pearls from stash

Just Magnolia #26

Here is my card for the fab sketch over at Just Magnolia.  Really enjoyed using this sketch.  I thought I would start my Christmas cards!  I found some papers from last year, stamped a few old Magnolia images and coloured them with promarkers.  I love the papers from Cosmo Cricket that I'm going to order some more.  I also used my new snowflake punch - I love it!

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Snowflake Punch, Nestabilities and Cuttlebug

Other - Pearls and white fluffy stuff (for the snow) from stash

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #13

I'm so excited, this is my first card for my GDT slot on Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  I was so excited to be picked as I've never been on a DT before and I feel honoured to have been choosen.  Thanks to the team for welcoming me!

Without further a do, here is my card.  The sketch is a fabulous sketch by Clare.  I hope you all enjoy working with it as much as I did.  It's been a while since I made such a vibrant card.  I choose my new Magnolia stamp coloured her with promarkers and pulled out a very old pad of papers which I had never used (tut tut!!).  Please go and visit all the other DT members to see their fantastic cards.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Papers - DCWV

Tools - Nestabilities and Cuttlebug

Other - Ribbon, Flowers and Brads from stash

Just Magnolia Week 25

I've made a card for the Just Magnolia Challenge. This week was to use handmade flowers. I kind of just threw this together. I used some old papers - again!!  Image was coloured using promarkers again. I scrunched some punched flowers, inked them and stuck them together.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools - Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Flower Punch

Other - Pearls, Gems and ribbon from stash

Just Magnolia #23

Today's card is for Just Magnolia which is a fabulous sketch by the very talented Bev.  I loved this sketch.  I do like simple as there seems to be more room for movement!

Okay now this is where I've been a bit naughty as these are new papers!  I really like this card as the colours in the papers are not always what I would use together but they are great.  I will be using these papers up!!  I also was trying to get this finished up before last night's X Factor.  I was going to put a few more embellishments on it but just didn't get a chance before I need to clear away.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Papermania

Paper - Bo Bunny

Ribbon - Bo Bunny

Tools - Fiskars Border Punch, Cuttlebug and Nestabilities

Other - Flowers and brad from stash

Just Magnolia Challenge #21

Here's my card for the Just Magnolia challenge which was a lovely sketch.  One which will probably get used again in the future!  Again used some more of my lovely K&Co Papers.  I'm doing well!!  Coloured using promarkers again.  I've used one the new Magnolia's from the Fall Kit.  I love these!!

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Papermania

Papers - K&Co

Tools - Nestabilities and Cuttlebug

Other - Flowers, brads and spacers from stash

Bad blogger & Papertake Weekly Sketch #22

I know, I know, there are no excuses! To be honest over the past few weeks I've been using some of my stampin up stash. It was great to get back to it. It was what I needed, a break from Magnolias, Gorjuss girls and all the other stamps. I got to the point where I just sat and stared at an image and didn't know what to do anymore! Plus there are more and more challenge blogs and I felt I needed to make more and more cards to enter them all. Also I seem to spend more and more £'s as I want every stamp, bit of paper and embellishment that I see and I don't when using SU! I need to start buying things I really really need rather than wanting everything I see.

Anyway on Friday the new Magnolia fall kit popped through the letterbox. I was surprised as I had forgotten all about it. It got me excited about inking up again. I couldn't wait to get them mounted and inked. I love the chef Tilda and Edwins, perfect for when my cousin's son (and his girlfriend) finishes his chef's course at college or his birthday next year. I had a look at the challenges and settled up for the sketch on Papertake Weekly. Perfect, just some simple layers and a few embellishments.

Here's my card:

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Stampin Up

Paper - My Mind's Eye

Other - Flowers, Gems and Pearls from stash

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.

Thanks for visiting my blog and taking time to comment. I really enjoy reading your comments - they are much appreciated. I must make time to visit some blogs and leave some love!

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

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

Friday Sketchers #57

My entry for Friday Sketchers. A very lovely simple sketch. I like simple! Again image coloured using promarkers as I have a little stock pile now from when I have been practising. No mishaps and they all look pretty well coloured in so I might as well use them up! I love this little Tilda stamp.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Paper - Bo Bunny

Tools - Punches from Stampin' Up

Other - Flowers, pearls and brads from stash

Here is the card I made my dad for Father's Day. It was done very quickly, sorry dad. I actually like it. Simple. I did decorate (very simply) the inside but didn't take a photo sorry. Image coloured using promarkers again. I think I need a few more colours to add to my collection such as the greys.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Papermania

Paper - My Mind's Eye

Tools - Nesties and Cuttlebug

Other - Buttons and ribbon from stash

Friday Sketchers and Sketch Saturday

First this one is just for fun. No sketch and no challenge. Love the colours in this one and I love how it turned out. Used some fab ribbon which I got from the local garden centre! Matches very well I think. Used my prismas to colour this little gorjuss girl in.

Supplies:

Image - Gorjuss Girl by Sugar Nellie

Sentiment - Debbie Moore (I think)

Paper - Basic Grey

Tools - Nestabilities

Other - Ribbon, pearls, flowers and brads from stash

This card is for Friday Sketchers. Such a simple sketch - I like those!! The picture quality is a bit poor - sorry. Again I used my prismas to colour the image in. I glittered up those wings for a it of sparkle.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - unknown

Paper - My Minds Eye

Other - Flowers, pearl and brads from stash

This is made using the sketch at Sketch Saturday. I turned it round to fit the image I used. Again I used prismas to colour the image. Am really getting used to these now especially as I ordered some more! Also dug out the lovely MS punch that I bought back with me from Florida.

Supplies:

Image - Miss Anya - Greeting Farm

Papers - My Minds Eye

Tools - Martha Stewart Punch

Other - Flowers, ribbon, pearls and brads from stash