Sugar Bowl Challenge #8 - Tiets sketch #2

Well, this week, I was determined I was joining in with this one,lol! Every day, I do lots of blog hopping and say that I am going to do this challenge and that one and Inever seem to get round to them all. The Sugar Bowl is a fab blog and since week one, I have said that I am going to join in the fun but I haven't managed it until now - that's as long as I'm not too late! Hope not!

Once again, everything that COULD go wrong with this one DID! The image was too large, the sentiment was wrong AND, when I went to do the inside the whole bl***y thing was upside down. So, no inside until I fix the front to another card - then, I will carry the sketch through since it's such a fab sketch. Bit complex but fun. Thanks Tiets!

And now, onto the card. The papers are K & Co. I think they are Mckenna but not too sure as I have half of one and half of a second 12x12 pack mixed together and no front covers. Sorry. The image is Sugar Nellie 'Penpal' coloured with watercolour pencils, metallic watercolour pencils and Twinkling H2Os. I got this from my daughter for Mothers Day. It was one I had been after for ages and typically, that's me just got round to using it! Worth the wait, me thinks! She is gorgeous, my daughter too, lol! Card stock is from my stash and I have left the sentiment strip blank so I can adapt it to suit the recipient.

Hope you like it
Hugs
Suzanne x

Friday Sketchers #48

Hi everyone! How nice and peaceful it is around here today. I better remember and take the flags back down before the kids get out of school, lol! My card today is for Friday Sketchers #48 - a sketch by Kristine and a fab one at that. This card has been a nightmare. I first made it and didn't matt and layer the bits so I didn't like the result So, I thought I would cheat and take it apart and fix it. HA! I ripped all the papers and bent the card - grrrr! So, I gave up and started from scratch! Just as well I loved the sketch and these papers or I think I would just have given up.

The image is new stamp set from Personal Impressions coloured with watercolour and inktense pencils. The DPs are '3 Bugs In A Rug - Snips and Snails' range. They are double-sided and are called 'Turtles', '123' and 'Little Prince'. The CS and the spanner and screwdriver embellishments are from my stash. The text is my bad handwriting. Ovals are cut on the Bug with Nesties.

I have carried the sketch through to the inside as well.

Hope you like it. Any comments are appreciated.

Hugs
Suzanne x

Late Again!

Hi everyone. First of all you will have to excuse the poor photo. It is realy dull and horrible here and I can't get a decent photo at all. Secondly, this is another late card! I really liked the sketch by Dawny P over at Papertake Weekly and thought I would have a go. Unfortunately, I set the card aside to dry and then forgot about it till Easter Day. And, yes, I still had time to enter but I forgot I had made it for a challenge, lol! I am using the excuse that I have too much to do with repairing and decorating the house and nothing to do with the fact that I am going senile very early in life, lol!

Anyway, the card! Nice foil design paper - can't remember the name. Image is Tilda with Easter Egg coloured with watercolour pencils and stickles added to wings. CS and gems from my stash and sentiment is from pc.

Hope you like it. Any comments are appreciated

Hugs
Suzanne x

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #27 - Sketch

This week over at Secret Crafter, there is a fab sketch by Donna to try out. It was a lovely sketch to work with. I haven't added the flowers at the corner of the images as this card is for my son and Im not sure he would appreciate them, lol!

I have used Old Macdonald papers again and this time, the goat from my new stamps by Ollyfant. He is, as usual, coloured with watercolour pencils. Ribbon is also Old Macdonald. CS and rub-ons from my stash.

The inside:

Hope you like it. If you stop by to take a look please leave a comment so I can return the visit.

Hugs
Suzanne x

Sketch Saturday Challenge #45

Hi everyone! This card is for the Sketch Saturday Challenge which is a fab sketch by Tracie. Lovely to work with but then I realised that the image I had chosen was the wrong way round so, I have had to rotate the sketch a bit.

The image is a Sarah Kay one that I bought from Ebay a while back, coloured with water colour pencils. The papers are, once again, Basic Grey - Gypsy. The flower, brad and gems are from my mums stash.

Hope you like it

Hugs
Suzanne x

Truly Scrumtious Challenge #4 - Flower Power

Thought I'd join in with the challenge over at Truly Scrumptious Blog which is a fab sketch and to go crazy with flower embellishments. I thought I'd ink up my new Tilda for this one and use it as an easter card for my daughter. Fat chance - she decidxed she would make her easter cards at the same time. So, it was then going to my sister - and... she seen it too, lol! Anyway, since I haven't added the greeting yet and I am in desperate need of a thank you card, it now has a purpose!

Papers are Basic Grey - gyspy again. Image is coloured with copics (still don't like these) and distress inks with stickles on wings. Circles and ovals were cut on the Bug with Nesties. Flowers are punched and brads and ribbon are from stash.

Hope you like it

Hugs
Suzanne x

Double Challenge Card

Hi everyone. This card has been made following the fabulous sketch over on Charisma Cardz Challenge - Challenge #13 - sketch challenge, and also fits the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is Easter. The Penny Black image is coloured with Distress Inks. The first time I have used this image which is one of the clear stamp set I bought recently - 'Garden Friends' - I think! I have ran a piece of green CS throught he Bug using the Swiss Dots Folder. The DP is . The flowers are punched from glossy papers and stuck together with small brads and mounted on foam pads. I added some gems to finish.

The inside has a strip of DP punched with Fiskars punch and a computer printed Easter Verse on pink and green CS.

Hope you like it

Hugs
Suzanne x

Charisma Cardz - Challenge #11

This card is the one that I made for my mum for mothers day. Joanne over at Charisma Cardz has set a sketch challenge this week - her first ever one - and it was a fab sketch to work with. Ireally enjoyed making this card, even added some decor to the inside, lol! Unfortunately, after all the messing about trying to get a decent photo, the computer has just deleted them due to an errror, grrrrrr! Knew it was too early for me today! So, for the inside, I had printed a wee verse on the computer and mounted it onto the same dp's as used on the front.

Also, I forgot to say thank you to my mum for all the help she gave the kids with the cards they gave to me (previous post). She put in lots of effort and I think the results werte fantastic. And, if my daughter doesn't hurry up and post her gorgeous effort on her blog, I'll be posting it here, lol!

Hope you like the card!

Hugs
Suzanne x

Card Recipe:
Image: Willow with Flowers - designed by Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy;
Medium: Distress Inks and H2Os;
Design Papers: Smirk range - I think;
Embellishments: Ribbon and Gems from Mums stash;
Sentiment: PC.

Last minute Challenge Combo

This card is for Challenge #35 over at Sketch Saturday. This is a brilliant sketch by Jo and the prize is fabulous also...Emma Lockley is giving away a bunch of products and also offering a discount on the products. Pop over and check out her blog.

I am also going to enter this one in the Secret Crafter Sater Challenge #16. This is the first time I've entered this one. I used the sketch above and chose 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments and then put it all together.

I know I am quite late in the week with this but, I really enjoyed working with the recipe and the sketch and thought I would enter them.

Hugs
Suzanne x

Card Recipe

Image: Forever Friends;
Medium: Watercolour Pencils & Twinkling H20's;
Design Papers: HOTP Cardmakers Creative Pack - Icy Rainbow;
Embellishments: Glittered Brads from Artoz, Adhesive Pearls from Kanban Crafts & Cuttlebug Corner.

Mojo Monday - WK 71. Tiny Baby!

This card was made using the sketch by Julee on the Mojo Monday challenge blog. This is the first time I have been on the blog and let me tell you, I am glad I found it. I have bought some new papers, ribbon, even a couple of stamps and still... nothing! Untill, I saw this sketch! I dug around in my stash and found these baby papers and came up with this. Hope you like it.

Hugs
Suzanne x

Card Recipe:
Image: Forever Friends;
Medium: Watercolour pencils;
Design Papers: HOTP Paper Pizazz 8x8 paper pack - Baby;
Embellishments: White ribbon from stash;
paper square from dp pack

Sponnful Challenge - Nikki's Sketch

This card is my entry for the challenge over at A Spoonful of Sugar, which is a sketch by Nikki. I hope I amn't too late to enter. I seen the challenge last week and I thought to myself "what a fab sketch, nice and simple". However, I didn't realise the time had passed so quickly. I coloured the image on Saturday night and then put the card together yesterday. I was just finishing it when... the kids all decided to join me round the table. Kim doesn't need much help but Jack gets a bit carried away with the craft knife and Wee Steven loves the scissors! Anyway, here is the finished card at last.

Starting with a square Anita's base card and covering with paper that Kimberley unearthed from her bedroom. The image is Sugar Nellie by Elisabeth Bell, coloured with watercolour pencils that I got for the kids in the reduced section at my local Tesco for 96p! lol! I thought I'd see what they were like. Mounted onto pale lilac card and put on base card with foam pads. The flowers and brads are from WH Smith. I added some pink stickles to the brads (sugar coated). The pale lilac ribbon across the bottom is from my stash. The sentiment is a stamp from my stash on pale lilac cs and cut with wavy scissors.

Really pleased with this one! Not usually a flowery person. Hope I'm not too late for the challenge.


Hugs
Suzanne x

One Card - Three Challenges!

Penny Black Saturday, Cute Card Thursday and Papertake Weekly!
Hello everyone. At last, I have a card! This card was made for my neice, who is 2 today. The base card is a square Anita's one, covered with 'Provence Polka' from The Paper Company. The strip of CS down the side is from my stash and has been run through the Bug with the 'Spots & Dots' embossing folder. The image is, I think, Penny Black which I received from Josianne and is coloured with the Watercolour pencils and Twinkling H2Os I got for Christmas. It is matted onto CS from my stash and cut with my new circle nesties in the Bug. The greeting is from Craftwork Cards and the small flowers are from WH Smith with adhesive gems from Dovecraft added to the middle.

I am making this card my entry into 3 challenges as it covers them also.

The first is Penny Black Saturday Challenge, which i haven't entered before. This one was to use 'embossing' and I have done with the strip down the side of the card. I have also embossed the flowers in a way too.
The second is the Cute Card Thursday Challenge, again, one I haven't entered before. This one was to use any 'new craft goodies you received for Christmas'. I hae used my watercolour pencils, twinkling H2O's and my classic and scalloped circle nesties.
And, finally, the third is the Papertake Weekly Challenge. This week, the theme is to use 'Spots'. I have used a spotty background paper, circle nesties and spots and dots embossing folder. The adhesive gems in the middle of the flowers are also spots.


I have also used my new stamp which I got from Ebay on the back of my card. You can get the link for the stamp from Bev's blog here. Thanks very much, Bev!

Anyway, I am quite pleased with this card and now I need to go and buy a birthday present. Why do I always leave everything to the last minut lol?!

Hugs
Suzanne x

Sketch #28 - Sketch Saturday

Todays card is my entry to Sketch Saturday Challenge #28. A gorgeous sketch from Mariska. I started with square base card and covered one half with 'Baby Powder - Hiccups' and the other half with 'Baby Powder - Tiny Tantrum' both by Imaginisce. I used some white ric-rac to cover the join. The image is Forever Friends coloured with inktense pencils and cut with oval nesties in the bug. This is mounted onto pink card and stuck to base card with foam pads. The flowers are from WH Smith, as are the brads. The sentiment is from a K&Co kit my mum got from QVC as a gift for me about 3 years ago, I think. This is fixed to card with eyelets from my stash. Really enjoyed making this card. I will probably use this sketch lots in the future.

Suzanne x

Another one for Whiff of Joy

This one is another one for Whiff of Joy Design Team Call. This one is Herb with Bird coloured with water colour pencils. I have mounted the image onto silver mirror card and used foam pads to mount onto main card. The papers are all Dovecraft Christmas Papers and the snowflakes are K&Co. The small snowman is Herb coloured same as main image on shrink plastic. Sorry about the quality of the photo.

Suzanne x

Sketch Challenge SK112208

SKETCH CHALLENGE SK112208

I have been getting lost on the web again and I have just found the Paper Craft Planet site. I loved this sketch. It was so simple to work with and still managed to produce a lovely result. Since I liked the result I thought I would take part in the sketch challenge.


I started with a white, square card which I covered with Snowy Jo - Jingle Baubles paper by 'imaginisce'. Next, I cut a rectangle of Snowy Jo - Snow Soiree paper and fixed this across the top half of the card. The image is 'Christmas Kisses' designed by Elisabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie Stamps. As always, it is coloured with inktense pencils. I cut this with my oval nesties in the bug. The scalloped oval behind the image is the largest of the set and I cut 2 halves of the red and green sheets of card from the DCWV Christmas Cardstock Stack. I tied some sparkly, silver trim from Papermania round the middle and mounted the ovals onto foam pads. The small greeting was one from my stash.

Sketch Saturday Challenge #25

This card is my entry for Sketch Saturday Challenge #25. This was a brilliant sketch and I loved it. I will probably be using it a fair bit in the future. Really enjoyed making this card and I was quite pleased with the end result. I am going to give this to my youngest son. Started with a square base card and covered with green paper from Paper Adventures, added two strips across top and bottom with Spotty paper from Paper Adventures. These were from a QVC kit a couple of years ago so I am not sure what they are called. Ran a strip of white card through the bug with the snowflakes embossing folder and fixed down the side. The image is a new Sugar Nellie one called 'Trimming the Tree', which was designed by Elisabeth Bell. I coloured it with inktense pencils and mounted onto red card. I added four green brads from my stash to the corners. The round greeting is from Craftwork Cards and the small square greeting was done on the pc. All corners were rounded with a punch.

PINKS AND GREENS

This is a card I have made for my friends daughters 1st birthday and also as my entry to Challenge #20 on A Spoonful of Sugar. The challenge this week is 'Pink and Green'. This is the first girly card I have made, usually it is blues and greens, and I am quite pleased with the way it has turned out, apart from when I got carried away with the glitter! Still not sure if I am going to add a number 1 to it yet. We'll see.



I covered a square base card with DCWV Nanas Kids paper and then I added some pink stickles to the centre of each flower on the paper. Next, I stamped the forever friends image and coloured with my usual inktense pencils. I layered this onto pink then green card and added to side of base card with foam pads. The flower and banner are from a K&Co sticker pack. The flower has been outlined in pink and green stickles and I have printed 'Happy Birthday' message on banner. The corners of the image are stickers also and the dots on them have been stickled too. I have added a pink ribbon with bow to finish.

Tilda & co Challenge

This card is for the Tilda & Co challenge 38 which is a sketch challenge. Since I didn't have a lot of time, this is a very quick card. Covered base card with some blue snowflake/star paper (not sure which). Coloured tilda image with inktense pencils and mounted onto blue card and paper which were cut with oval nesties in my cuttlebug. Tied some blue organza ribbon down the side to finish off.

Challenge Combo

CHALLENGE COMBO

I am at last adding some of my own cards and taking part in a couple of challenges. Ive been meaning to do this for a long time but I am either too busy with the kids or too busy being nosy at everybodys blogs.

This card is for the Sketch Saturday Challenge #18 and also for the Stamp Something Challenge.
You will have to try and ignore my terrible photography skills. I covered my base card with Holiday Joy Mini Dots by Paper Adventures. I used Elzybells stamped mouse in hat image (not sure of proper name for this one) and coloured in with inktense pencils and water brushed. I added some crystal stickles and them layered onto red card. I then done the same for the small images at the bottom which are a mini Christmas pud and an Anitas greeting. I finished of with some red organza ribbon.