My Favourite 5 of 2010...

Morning all,

I hope everyone had a good New Year's Eve whatever you were doing?  Good job I scheduled my Sketch Saturday post yesterday - man my head hurt lol!!  But a very fun evening  :o)

So as I'm feeling human again today I thought I'd join along with Debby's Favourite 5 of 2010.  You just need to choose your favourite 5 cards (or near to 5 if you can't choose 5!) and post them.  So here are mine in no particular order.....all 10 of them!  (sorry Debby!)


February 2010 - This is Hubby's Valentines Card.  I really like the layout of this one and of course the Penny Black stamp!!

March 2010 - I made this card for my God Mum's Hubby.  I love the Doodlebug papers, layout and colouring on this one, and it reminds me of spring!

April 2010 - I made this one for my friend's daughter.  Again I love the Penny Black stamp and the layout of this one.  It was the first time I put ribbon behind the buttons too and I was really happy with how that turned out.

June 2010 - I love the simplicity of this card and I think the colour scheme is really striking.

July 2010 - This was my first commissioned card for a friend of mine to give to her Sister-In-Law on her 50th birthday.  I was so nervous making it but really happy how it turned out and my friend loved it and asked for more cards!!  Charleston Tilda rocks  ;o)

July 2010 - This is my absolute favourite card of 210 that I made for my Dad for his 60th Birthday.  I used 3 8x8 inch cards to make it and decided on a 'This is Your Life' type card which illustrated some of the major (and silly minor!) events in Dad's life.  It took a whole weekend to make but I really love the result and so did Dad  :o)
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September 2010 - This was my 2nd card I made as a Sketch Saturday DT Member.  Sooooo chuffed to be on the Design Team!!  I made it for our best friends who celebrated their 1st Wedding Anniversary and love the layout, papers and Elzybells stamp on this one.

November 2010 - I made this card for another friend's daughter - I love the bunting and especially Pirate Tilda, oo-arrrrrr!

November 2010 - This one I made for my Brother-In-Law, it's a shaker card.  I love 'Fluffy' and was voted a Pollycraft Favourite with this one  :o)

December 2010 - A very recent card of mine and already a favourite!!  I think this stamp is wicked and love these papers (sorry if I've bored you by using them on so many cards - I've even bought more, lol!)

I hope you've enjoyed taking a walk down memory lane with me today.  Looking back at my cards has got me thinking about lighter evenings and warmer weather - roll on spring!  Normally at the start of the year I'm feeling quite down but this year I feel so alive and can't wait for the coming year - I do hope it's a good one...

Lots of love everyone, see you all soon.  I think I'm going to make my first card of 2011!!...

Special Sister!

Morning All!

I hope you're all well?  I'm feeling a bit tired today, a bit bunged up and achy but still sooooooooo pleased it's Saturday, yaaaaaaaaay!!  (You just knew I was going to say that didn't you, lol!)

Last night I had Kitten Club with the fantastically talented Lisa Baker and the rest of the Kittens!  We had such a good class, so much fun and loads of giggles!!  I do love Kitten Club  :o))  And today I plan to have an easy one and do some crafting then settle down to watch the fab line up tonight - Strictly, X Factor and I'm a Celeb - it's the little things that make you smile ay  :o))

So, enough blurb and onto my card.  This one is a comissioned card for a friend of mine who wanted a card for her sister.  I planned ahead and used this weeks fab sketch over at Sketch Saturday although I did turn it upside down first!  What do you think?...

Close up of Sugar Nellie's Gorjuss - Sitting (isn't she gorgeous!!)...

Inside of card, sentiment stamp is by Elzybells...

Side view...

This is this week's sketch...

...and we're sponsored by...

...who are offering an amazing prize of $10.00 to spend in store!!  So why not join in the fun and play along too?  You have to check out the design teams cards, wow amazing!!

I'm off now to make myself a nice cup of tea and a bacon buttie, yummmmmm!  Happy Saturday everyone!!

See you all soon,

Much love, 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

(Thanks Lisa aka Wishcraft  ;o) )

Stamps R Us ~ Challenge #9, Sparkles and Scallops
Simon Says Stamp ~ Simon Says.....Sparkle!

Card Ingredients:

Papers and Card ~ Bazzill Bling Sugar Dadday, Bo Bunny A Gift of Love Sophie Bouquet and Sophie's Notebook

Stamps and Images ~ Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Sitting and Elzybells Happy Birthday (inside)

Dies and Punches ~ Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Squares, Martha Stewart Lattice Border Punch and X-Cut Retro Flowers

Embellishments ~ Pearl Gems and Organza Ribbon both from Hobbycraft

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers and Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor

Other ~ Craftwork Cards Oh My Words! and GLAMOUR DUST!!  (love this stuff!!)

Another Gorjuss Girl! (don't you just love 'em!)

Evening All,

A real flying visit tonight, didn't want to miss out joining in the fun over at The Sugar Bowl with this fortnight's challenge - Challenge 37, Marlene's Sketch. So here's my entry...

Close up of Goujuss - Sitting, coloured with my copics...

Inside of card...

The gingham backing paper is by Craft Creations, the strawberry paper is Berry Blue by Doodlebug and the red gingham is Square Dance also by Doodlebug. All are layered on Core d'inations Heart Felt card. The Happy Birthday sentiment is by Craftwork Cards and I've used my nesties, MS Doily Lace Punch and X-Cut Retro Flower punches. The red gems in the middle of the flowers and the red polka dot paper (Ladybug Swiss Dot) are also by Doodlebug. (I do love a bit of Doodlebug, lol!) The polka dot ribbon is by American Crafts and the sentiment on the inside of the card is by Elzybells. Oh yes, and I've added Glamour Dust for extra bling!

Told you it was a flying visit, lol!

Lots of love

xxx

Gorjuss Birthday!

Hiya!...

...and here I am with my other card I'm posting tonight. This one I've also made for one of my netball team mates, what do you think?...

Close up of Sugar Nellie's Gorjuss Girl - Just a Girl, coloured with my copics...

Inside of card...

The polka dot backing paper is Beetle Black Swiss Dot by Doodlebug and the pink paper is by Bo Bunny, both are layered onto Bazzill Bling card. I've used my X-Cut Retro Flower punches, the black pearl gems are from Hobbycraft and I've added Glamour Dust for extra bling! The ribbon on the inside of the card is from my stash.

I'm entering this card into three challenges:

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 36, Lilians Sketch

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 107, Floral Delight

Sir Stampalot - June Challenge, Punch It

That's it from me tonight but I'll be back soon I promise!

TTFN

xxx

Sugar Nellie Blog Hop

Hi Bloggers!

OMG, I'm sooooooo excited!! I joined in the fun yesterday with the Sugar Nellie Blog Hop.....and I won on Carole's (StarDust Gems and Ribbon) blog!! How cool is that!! And to make it even better, I won a Gorjuss Girl - Bumble Bee. OMG, I'm sooooo happy!!

I have got some cards to post too, but I'll have to do that tomorrow when I've calmed down a bit!!

TTFN

xxx

Gorjuss Friend

Hiya...

...and onto card number 2! This one I made for one of my best friends and I thought a Gorjuss Girl fitted the bill perfectly!...

Close up of stamped image, coloured with copic ciao markers...so Gorjuss!! I layered the image onto a scalloped square nestie and added some Glamour Dust for exta bling!

Side view of card...

Inside...

I got the design for this card from the Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog and I wanted to enter this card into the challenge.....but I didn't get it posted in time, whoops! Oh well never mind, I think the layout works really well with the image don't you?

The papers are by Bo Bunny and the backing card is Core d'inations layered onto pale blue pearlised card. The Happy Birthday sentiment is by Craftwork Cards and the To a Special Friend stamp was part of my prize for coming third in the Christmas Card challenge at my local Craft Club (thanks Invicta Craft Centre and Lisa Baker). The gems are by Basic Grey.

TTFN!

xxx

My First Ever Gorjuss Girl!

Evening all!

I have made soooo many cards that I haven't had time to post yet - bad blogger lol! So I'll be posting them all over the weekend, starting with this one, my first ever Gorjuss Girl! Don't you just love them? I know I do! So, what do you think?

Card ingredients are:

Image: Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl A Little Birdie Told Me

Papers: My Mind's Eye Pretty Please Blossoms and Stripes

Card: Core d'inations Montego Bay

Sentiments: Craftwork Cards Oh My Word! Birthday Messages

Ribbon: Smirk

Pearls: Basic Grey Opaline

I made this card for my Cousin-In-Laws birthday. She's been a really good friend to me and I don't get to see her as much as I'd like, so I really wanted to make her a gorgeous card to let her know what a Gorjuss Girl she is! I hope she liked it?...

Lots of love

xxx