Sketchie Challenge at Papertake Weekly

Evening all!

Today's my last GDT card for Papertake Weekly! Thanks ladies for having me, I really enjoyed being part of the team :)

This week there's a 

Sketchie Free For All

So you can pick this week's sketch

 or any of Papertake Weekly's sketches from their archive.

I chose to use Sketch #68 from the archive.

The sponsor this time is the fabulous 

Simon Says Stamp store, 

who are providing a massive $25 voucher for the lucky winner!

I was asked for a card for a soccer-mad girl's 21st birthday, so this is what I made :)

Ingredients

Mo's Digital Pencil Bethany

LOTV Grungy Sentiment

Computer generated sentiments

Papers from stash

Ribbon from stash

Pink gems from Ribbon Girl

Stickles and Glossy Accents

It's not very clear but the LOTV sentiment is heat embossed with silver embossing powder

Coloured with Promarkers and Copics

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Colour Inspiration

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Spots and Stripes

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Mo's Digital Challenge - Lots of Layers

Ribbon Girl Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Birthday

Crafty Little Fairies - Sport

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Toasting marshmallows on a cold dark night :D

Hi everyone!

This week over at Papertake Weekly, the theme is

Bow Dies

so all we want you to do is to add a bow and use a die. 

You can do one or the other or both if you want!! 

This week we are very pleased to be sponsored by the fantabulous

The Ribbon Girl

…  and check out what’s up for grabs!

Check out the website - it's full of beautiful goodies :D

So here's what I made - a birthday card for my darling niece Hana :)

Ingredients

Image - Saturated Canary

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Lace, check ribbon, hessian, pearls from Ribbon Girl

Stickles, Glossy Accents, Liquid Pearls

Cheery Lynn Doily Die

Joycrafts alphabet die

Whimsy corner die

WOC flowers

Tim Holtz bronze flower

Coloured with Promarkers

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Lace and Pearls

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Favourite Style (distressed, shabby, sepia colours)

Pile It On - Wood

Stampin for the weekend - Happy birthday

Passion for Promarkers - Ribbon/Lace/Twine

Incy Wincy - Floral Frenzy

Divas by design - Use Ribbon

Deep Ocean Challenge - Birthday

Cute Card Thursday - Warm it up (this is a hugely summery card for me, campfires, flowers, making smores - makes me wish it was June already! :D )

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Pirate birthday

Evening all

Here's a card I made a while back, for my niece's classmate's 5th birthday. Hope you like it :)

Ingredients

Image - LOTV

Sentiment - Printed on the computer

Number - Joycrafts die

Tim Holtz sizzix clock die

Twine, hessian and charm from Ribbon Girl

Stickles, Glossy Accents, Aged Ivory Frantage

Coloured with Promarkers

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenge - My Favourite Style - I'm really loving frantage at the moment!

LOTV Challenge - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Challenge - Add Texture

Dream Valley Challenge - Boys/men

Deep Ocean Challenge - Birthday

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Papertake weekly - New Stash

Hi Everyone!

This week's challenge over at Papertake Weekly is

New Year, New Stash

We just want you to use something new that you may have got for Christmas, or to use something in your stash that you haven't ever used before.

The sponsor this week is

Whiff of Joy

and this week’s up for grabs prize is ...

I sew adore you - Henry Mouse

So here's what I made :)

I usually use the same image for every new home card I make haha, but this card was for someone who's actually already had a new home card from me in the past, so I had to change things up! I treated myself to this adorable digi from Tiddly Inks :)

Ingredients

Home Sweet Home by Tiddly Inks

Key charm, ribbon and pink Liquid Pearls from Ribbon Girl

Sentiment by Lili of the Valley

Coloured with Copics

Stickles

Papers from Me to You pack from last year

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - Something New

As You Like It - Favourite Colour (pink, I'm a girly girl and love it)

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Use Ribbon

Tiddly Inks - CAS

Stamping Sensations - Ribbons/Buttons/Bow

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

Tags xx

50th Birthday

Evening all :)

Hope you're all well! And that 2014 is treating you all quite nicely. 

Here's a 50th birthday card I made for a friend to give his wife, hope you like :)

Ingredients

Image - LOTV The Flower Shop

Sentiments - Printed off the computer

WOC Roses

Spellbinders Floral Oval

Lace I picked up on Amazon

Ribbon from Ribbon Girl

Papers from stash

Aged black frantage powder

Tim Holtz numbers

Sitckles, Glossy Accents, Liquid Pearls

Coloured with Promarkers and Copics

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sweet Stamping Challenge - Girly but no pink

A Creative Romance - Something New (numbers, lace)

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Live and Love Crafts Challenge - Perfume (I took inspiration for the colours from one of my favourite perfumes - DOT by Marc Jacobs)

Penny Black and More - Love is in the air

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Anything Goes

Divas by design - let's celebrate

Creative Inspirations - Blooms and Pearls (I used liquid pearls, hope that's ok)

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Papertake Weekly GDT - Anything Goes/Something New

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year, and best wishes for 2014 :) 

Papertake Weekly is back in action after the Christmas break, and this week the theme is 

Anything Goes

with the OPTIONAL EXTRA of celebrating something new.

This is sponsored by the wonderful 

who are providing the lucky winner with a £10 gift voucher to their beautiful store :)

I made a new baby card for a girl :)

Ingredients

Image and Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder

Embossilicious Lattice embossing folder

MS doily border punch

Ribbon and lace from Ribbon Girl

Shabby pink frantage powder

Gem from WOC

Coloured with Promarkers and Copics

Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley Challenge - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Something New

Crafty Little Fairies - Starting Over

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New

As You Like It challenge - Favourite colour (pink - I have more pink embellishments, ribbons, flowers etc than any other colour so it's always the first colour i reach for when crafting)

Oldie But a Goodie - new beginnings

Stamping Sensations - Ribbons/Buttons/Bows

Totally Gorjuss - Ribbon

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx