Sunday Sketch & Stamp #17

Okay the weeks are now flying by and Christmas will soon be here.  It's time for another challenge over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, this time provided by Arianne.  This was such a lovely sketch, very simple and lots of room to add and embellish!  Unfortunately my time at SS&S will soon be coming to an end :(

This time I pulled out my lovely WoJ Santa together with some yummy MME papers.

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Other - White flower soft and pearls from stash

Tools - Snowflake punch

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

1 Card, 5 Challenges

So today I sat down to do some stamping.  On a Saturday I always look through the challenges and see what's around.  There are just so many challenge blogs out there I see what can be combined.  So this card is for fivechallenges, I could have entered into at least eight!  But I thought I would save that for a few more cards.  So, the five challenges are:-

1.  Sketch & Stash Challenge - Sketch
2.  Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
3.  Whiff of Joy - Christmas
4.  Cute Card Thursday - Boys card
5.  A Spoon Full of Sugar - Brown plus blue or pink

I used a stamp from the Whiff of Joy winter kit that I hadn't inked up together with those lovely MME papers again.

Supplies: Whiff of Joy Stamp, Daisy & Dandelion Sentiment Stamp; MME papers; Snowflake punches; gems; brown chalk ink, Stampin' Up! eyelet punch

Whiff of Joy Challenge #56

Here's the third card I made yesterday.  This time I used a fabulous sketch over at Whiff of Joy Challenge.  Although there were a lot of layers, I really enjoyed working with this sketch and love the result.  I used another of the stamps from the winter kit that I hadn't yet inked up and once again used those lovely MME papers.  I am really pleased with all the cards I have made using these papers, glad I have tons of it left!

Supplies:  Whiff of Joy stamp; My Mind's Eye paper; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; flower, snowflake punch, pearls, brad; ribbon, brown chalk ink; Stampin' Up! eyelet punch, Stampin' Up! oval punch

Papertake Weekly Sketch #28 and One Stop Craft #56

Here's the second of my cards from today, and the third post from me!!  I'm entering this into two challenges:

1.  One Stop Challenge - Snowflakes
2.  Papertake Weekly - Sketch

I have used a lovely stamp from Whiff of Joy which was in the winter kit but hadn't managed to get round to inking up!  I also used those lovely MME papers again.

Supplies: Whiff of Joy stamp; Daisy & Dandelion sentiment stamp; ribbon; My Mind's Eye papers; brown ink; two snowflake punches, cuttlebug snowflake die and embossing folder; brads

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

Sketch Saturday #73

Hope you are well. It's the middle of the week and not long now until the weekend.  This is the last card I made on Sunday and I used the sketch over at Sketch Saturday, it was right up my street!  I used my lovely Henry mouse stamp from WoJ and used those very lovely (and colourful!) MME papers.

I really hope you are not bored of my Christmas cards especially as I seem to have repeated the stamps and papers a lot!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Paper - MME

Tools - SU Scallop Punch and Snowflake Punch

Other - Gems from stash

Thanks for taking the time to look!

Simon Says Stamp and Just Magnolia #27

Here's the second card I made yesterday.  This time I used the sketch from Simon Says Stamp Challenge.  I really liked this one.  I love how the card turned out, a bit different from the usual Christmas colours, nice and Bright!  In fact I have entered into Just Magnolia too as their challenge is bright and zingy - I think this qualifies, even if it is a Christmas card!

Used some more lovely MME papers and my WoJ Henry the Mouse which I have well and truly fallen in love with.

Supplies

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Tools - Cuttlebug, Nestabilities and snowflake punch

Other - SU ribbon, gems and pearls from stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday #108

I had a great day today.  My friend, Lyndsey came to craft.  I made four cards and was very pleased with myself as we tend to do more talking than anything else!  Again they were all Christmas cards, so sorry I'm going to bore you with those over the next few days.

This is for Mojo Monday.  I slightly altered the sketch to fit my card but you can see the basis of the sketch.  I used my WoJ santa again and also those lovely MME papers.

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Tools - Cuttlebug Snowflake Die and Snowflake Punches

Other - Snowflake brad, gems and Pearls from stash

Thanks for looking!

4 in 1 Card

I've outdone my self on yesterday, I managed to get 4 challenges for this card!!  I used my other new santa WoJ stamp and more of those MME papers - yummy!  I used fluffy stuff for Santa's suit.  I was so pleased with this card when it was finished.

The first is the sketch from Stamp with Fun.  Second was Creative Card Crew which was scalloped - I used a scallop punch to create a border.  Third was for Whiff of Joy Challenge  which was to use die cuts and I used a Cuttlebug snowflake die.  Last but not least was for My Time to Craft which was quick and cute - Well I think this santa is super cute!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - MME

Tools - Cuttlebug Snowflake Die and Snowflake Punch

Other - Pearls, Flowers and Brad from stash

Thanks for taking the time to look!

3 in 1 Card

I managed to get 3 challenges out of this card!  I really like this one. I used another new WoJ stamp.  I just love the santa stamps.  I only just got a couple of them but I think I need a couple more!!  I used some new MME papers, yes I finally broke and bought some papers!!

Firstly I used the sketch from A Spoonful of Sugar. Another great sketch.  The second is for Cupcake Craft Challenges which was buttons and stitching.  So I only used one button so I hope this is okay but I did go overboard with the faux stictching!  The last one is for Crafty Angels which was buttons and bling.  Again I hope it was okay that there is only one button but I used a lot of bling in the middle of the snowflakes.

Supplies

Image - Whiff of Joy

Sentiment - Daisy & Dandelion

Paper - MME

Tools - Stampin Up Oval Punch and Snowflake Punch

Other - Ribbon, Gems and Button from stash

Thanks for looking!

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

Whiff of Joy #47

Here's my entry for the Whiff of Joy Challenge which was to use the colours Teal and Orange.  It was a bit of a last minute rush to get it finished but as I had coloured the image in a couple of days ago I wanted to get it done and uploaded.  I used promarkers to colour the image and used some old MME papers - again!

Supplies:

Image - Whiff of Joy

Papers - My Mind's Eye

Tools - Cuttlebug and Nestabilities

Other - Ribbon, flowers and brads 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

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

Friday Sketchers and Papertake Weekly

Hope everyone is okay. I've not had chance to visit many blogs and leave some comments recently, I'll try my best over the next few days.

Today was my day off and I was really happy when my Miss Anya stamps dropped through the letterbox as it meant I had some time to play!

The first card is for Friday Sketchers. A fab sketch which I will probably use again in the future. I used my watercolours to colour her in.

Supplies:

Image - Miss Anya by The Greeting Farm

Paper - MME - Magnolia

Ribbon - SU! Choc Chip

Other - Flowers and brad from stash

The second card is for Papertake Weekly which is another one of Dawny's fab sketches. Love the vibrant colours on this one. Again I watercoloured her.

Supplies:

Image - Miss Anya by The Greeting Farm

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Paper - Basic Grey

Other - Flowers and brads from stash

Cute Card Thursday #51

Here is a card I made using the sketch from Cute Card Thursday. I enjoyed working with this sketch. I used a lovely Tilda stamp which my mum bought for our friend Lyndsey. She came over a couple of weeks ago and spent the day with us. I will at some point show off the cards I made! Anyway whilst here she let me stamp this cute little Tilda. Here she is! I used my prismas to colour her in.

Look! I've even decorated the inside!! I won't be doing this all the time!

Supplies:

Images - Magnolia

Sentiment - Stampin Up

Papers - My Mind's Eye

Others - Punched flowers, flowers and brads from stash

A Spoon Full of Sugar #42 and One for Fun!

Isn't she lovely? I received the Magnolia Spring Stamp Kit last week and this was the first card I made using one of the delightful stmps. I think this is one of my faves. Card made using the very lovely sketch from a Spoon Full of Sugar. I didn't using stitching but I did distress the edge of the papers using scissors. I got covered in paper fluff in the process! I also using my very lovely new papers from MME.

Supplies:

Image - Magnolia

Sentiment - Papermania (Clare Curd's Signature Range)

Papers - My Minds Eye (Magnolia)

Other - Flowers, brads and pearls from stash

Medium - Watercolours

The second card was made for fun! I love how this turned out. I used black and purple, not a combo that I use often. I ran some core'dination card stock through the cuttlebug and sanded it down to bring out the purple core. I didn't use a single scrap of patterned paper! I also used another gorjuss girl. Love them!

Supplies:
Image - Gorjuss Girls by Sugar Nellie
Sentiment - Papermania (Clare Curd's Signature Range)
Other - Flowers, brads, ribbon and pearls from stash

How Gorjuss!

My blog has had a 'gorjuss' makeover. I have fell well and truly in love with these little darlings!

Here are a couple of 'gorjuss' creations. I've spent ages colouring these little girls in so I thought it would be best to make a couple of cards with them!

Both cards are non challenge cards for a change! The first I have used some lovely MME papers I picked up from Sir Stampalot on Saturday. They had a whole bunch of new papers in. I have gone back to using my watercolours again.

Supplies:

Image - Gorguss Girls by Sugar Nellie

Sentiment - Stampin Up

Papers - My Minds Eye

Other - Flowers, brads and pearls from my stash

The second card is using no patterned paper whatsoever. A bit of a first for me but I love it! Used lots of ink and distressing and my fave colour combo - black and pink. Again coloured the image with watercolours.

Supplies:

Image - Gorjuss Girls by Sugar Nellie
Sentiment - Debbie Moore
Other - Flowers, pearls and brad from my stash