Sketch Saturday

I must be on a roll as I have managed to complete 8 ATCs and 2 cards in less than 24 hours.

This is my card for the Sketch Saturday challenge. I have rotated the sketch to create my card. I have used some of the lovely Snowman decoupage and papers to make this card.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

After a few months of not managing to get any cards made I finally decided that today I would visit a few old favourites and complete a challenge. I decided to do the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, which was a lovely sketch challenge.
Here is my card:

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

As well as the Bonus Fun challenge on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge this week, there was also the weekly challenge. This week it was entitled "Shapetacular Card." You had to " create a card with an unusual, out of the ordinary shape! NO square or rectangle cards allowed! Along with this requirement you must also include some sort of stamping on your card!"

I have used a new template that I bought earlier this week and my stamps are the Jolly Nation knight and princess. I have had fun creating this card (which has taken me most if the day).

Crafts 4 U Forum

This months colour swap is Gold. I have made three of these. They are lovely and bold.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Build-a-card

It has been ages since I have participated in a challenge, but this one caught my eye and I decided to give it a go. Over on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge there is a Blog Hop with a difference. Each of the DT blogs gives an element to be used to "build-a-card". The elements were: Blue, oval, matting, stamped image, two more colours, ribbon, flowers, charm, sparkle and a friendship themed sentiment. I think I have managed to include all of the elements..

Just Magnolia - Week 9 Paper Piecing

This was the only card that I managed to do at the Craft Club day at my local garden centre on Saturday. The challenge on Just Magnolia was to create a card using paper piecing. This is the first time that I have stamped on to patterned paper and used it as part of my image.

A Few ATCs

I have been a bit pre-occupied lately to get any blogging done. Unfortunately, my Mum had a car accident last week. Thankfully both Mum and Dad are OK, just a bit shaken.

Anyway, I have a few ATCs to share today:

Firstly, I made these ATCs for the swap at my local garden centre on Saturday. The them was "Father's Day". I love these stamps, and I coloured them in with my new promarkers. I am really pleased with the quality of the colouring. When the ribbon is pulled a small message appears.

Secondly, this one is for the Monthly Lottery over on Crafts 4 U. The theme was Black and White.









Then I have a set of three of these for the Monthly swap also on Crafts 4 U, where the theme was Weddings / Brides. I got this cute little image from a Rob Thomas CD that I won in a raffle a few years ago.




Finally, I have these two for the DoCrafts A-Z of Techniques, where this months letters are K and L. I really struggled with the letter K, but came up with "Kite Fold" from Tea bag folding. L was easier. I did Lacé.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Blog Hop Bonus Challenges

On Priscilla's blog there were 3 bonus challenges as part of the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Blog Hop. These are my entries:

1. Create a project using the following ingredients:

3 brads, eyelets or buttons

3 different pattern papers

glitter or some other sort of bling

2 stamped images

(There is glitter on the flowers.)

2. Create last week's Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: "Oh, for the Love of Chocolate!": You are free to create whatever you wish as long as you use some sort of stamping and include chocolate somewhere!





3. Create a card or project using this sketch:







Well, I am exhausted now after all that hopping and I am off to bed.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Blog Hop Challenge

As part of the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog Hop some of the design team have added extra little challenges along the way. Nikki's challenge was to create a card for one of the children on this website.

This is the card that I have made for Emily. I hope she likes it.

A Maze of Memories Workshop

I had a fabulous afternoon today attending a workshop at A Maze of Memories. The title was "Decorated Clipboard". Well, here is my attempt. I am really pleased with the finished product. The papers are Basic Grey Wisteria papers with co-ordinating stamps. The big flower is made of Bazzill Bling paper in a lovely lilac colour. I then added a bit of glitter on the flowers and dragon flies.

Just Magnolia - Week 7

I have finally got round to making a card for the first time in ages. This is for the Just Magnolia Challenge where the theme is Animals and Insects. The stamp is my newest addition to my Tilda collection and it is perfect for this challenge. I used my Slice cutter to cut the background shape, and the shape for the greeting.

New ATCs

I can't believe that a month has gone by since my last post. I have been so busy with other things. Anyway, I haven't made any cards for ages, but I did manage a few ATCs yesterday.

These are Purple and Green for a swap on Crafts 4 U.







These are for the A-Z of techniques swap on DoCrafts. This month the letters are I and J. I have done I is for Iris Folding:

and J is for Journaling.

Finally, back to Crafts 4 U for this months monthly swap where the theme is Flowers.

Just Magnolia - Week 2

I just love Tilda and I haven't created a card with her for ages, so I was thrilled to discover this new challenge blog called Just Magnolia. The colour theme was to use Pink and Green and of course a Magnolia stamp.

Stamp With Fun

This is my first entry over on "Stamp with Fun". A lovely sketch for which I have chosen to use various shades of green along with a Penny Black stamp.

Papertake Weekly Challenge

A lovely sketch on Papertake Weekly Challenge. I have finally got round to making this card this afternoon using a Tilda image that I stamped yesterday at a craft day.

Daisy and Dandelion

Well, I was looking through my sketch booklet when I remembered I had a lovely sketch in there for the Daisy and Dandelion blog, so I set to and made my card this afternoon. However, when I have checked back to the blog I realise that I have missed the closing date by 2 days. OOOOOops!

Anyways, thought that I would post the card anyway to see what you think.

Colour Create - Black, White and Pink

It's been a few weeks since I have taken part in a Colour Create Challenge, but this week I had just the stuff to use - new Bagpuss decoupage papers. The colours of course were Black, White and Pink (there must be something in the air this week about Black and White).

I am really pleased with how this one has turned out.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

It's funny because the other day I had a dream about Black and White and today the challenge on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge was Black, White + One (where the One was any other colour). I have been after these little Oriental Doll stamps for ages and I finally found them in a shop nearby this morning, so here they are on their first outing. I chose to go with the Oriental colour of red as my other colour. It also makes a change to make a long card rather than a square one.

Sketch Saturday

A lovely sketch on Sketch Saturday last week.
I have combined some lovely papers with this cute Penny Black stamp to complete my card.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Last Saturdays challenge over on Penny Black Saturday Challenge was to create a gift. I have used this theme to create a little gift box. I have used one PB image on the top of the box. I have then attached a ribbon so that the box can be pulled open to reveal a further PB image on the inside. I'm not sure if these photographs do the box justice but I am sure that you get the general idea.

This is the box closed:









This is the box open:

Papertake Weekly Challenge

A lovely sketch on Papertake Weekly Challenge. I have used my lovely Daisy and Dandelion stamps and stickers for this one.

This is for the Birds

This weeks challenge on Stamptacular Sunday Challeng is entitled "This is for the Birds". Now, bird stamps are not something that I have a great deal of but I found these little cuties in my Daisy and Dandelion sets.

Nursery Rhymes

Over on Crafts 4 U this months lottery theme was Nursery Rhymes. I am very late in getting this ATC made for the winner, but again, better late than never. My nursery rhyme was of course "The Owl and the Pussy Cat".

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Well, better late than never. I have managed to get this card done for my friends new baby which is due any day and finish it in time to enter the first challenge on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. The theme was New Beginnings and it has to include some form of stamping. I managed to get this cute little Forever Friends new baby stamp and it fitted in quite nicely with this theme.

PaperTake Weekly Challenge

After a very hectic week I have finally managed to get an hour to make a card. I really liked this weeks sketch over on Papertake Weekly Challenge - simple but quite striking.

Sketch Saturday

I found this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch quite a challenge. I decided to stay away from stamping for a change and created this lovely little toadstool house from a template I found lurking in the cupboard.

Friday Sketchers

A lovely sketch over on Friday Sketchers. I have used some of the smaller stamps on one of the Daisy and Dandelion sets to create this image. I have then use a variety of pink papers for the layering.

Feelin Fruity

The theme on Papertake Weekly Challenge was to use something edible on your card. I rumaged around in a box of embellishments and found these two cute buttons; one apple and one bananas. I have tried to make the colour scheme of the card fit with the buttons.

A Spoon Full of Sugar

There was a lovely sketch to follow on A Spoon Full of Sugar and it involved some stitching. I have attempted the stitching and I am pleased with the effect that it has created. I am not sure about the colour scheme though.

Colour Create - Orange, Yellow and Green

A lovely colour challenge on Colour Create last Sunday - Orange, Yellow and Green. The added bit to the challenge was to try and make something other than a card. Well, I thought about it for a while and deided to use some felt to make a bouquet of flowers for my Mum for Mothers Day. I then decided to carry the colour scheme on into the pot to stand them in. This has been a real challenge for me but I am very happy with the finished product.

Spring into Life

I have produced three ATCs for this months Crafts 4 U colour swap. The colours were "Spring Colours" which is open to a range of interpretation. I chose to use yellow, orange, green and pink along with pale blue and lilac to reflect all the colours that nature is starting to produce in my garden. I have also used the Serendipity Embossing Technique which I discovered from Sonia's blog. You can see the tutorial here.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

And finally for today (I think), the title on this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge was "Something to eat". I have used this cute stamp of three mice sharing a cake and then added two more cakes at the top. I have used some Forever Friends backing paper because it fitted the title nicely.

Friday Sketchers

A very simple but effective sketch on Friday Sketchers this week. Again, I have been able to use my new stamps, this time "Bubbles".