Possibly my last challenge for a while!

Just a quickie card that I made using the Sketch This Cards #43 sketch. I fear this may be my last challenge entry for a while cuz loooads of stuff is going on right now & I'm a bit swamped. In fact I'm struggling a wee bit! LOL.
My mum is on holiday for 3 weeks, which means I have NO childcare - so I'm playing SAHM for a few weeks.
The sale on the webstore is going great guns & I'm finding that I can't get it all online quick enough (we closed the retail store & are having a huge clearance for those that didn't already know). So as quick as I'm uploading it, we are selling out & I'm spending A LOT of time packing orders. I'm not complaining mind, just explaining why I might be AWOL from blogland for a while.
There's also my DT commitments - and right now that is all the creativity I'm managing to fit in. I'm soooooo grateful to be on these fabulous teams - & when it gets a bit manic (like right now! LOL) there's nothing like a deadline to build some crafting into my day.
I started supplying my cards to DS4's nursery school Tuesday last week and by friday, they were starting to ask for more. Happily the cards have been a bit of a hit & together we are raising some funds - it's great for the warm fuzzies that are sometimes missing from my day!! I managed to get together another 35 cards this weekend to top up their supplies on Monday ... not sure I could keep up that level of productivity for long! LOL. I'll share a few images in the next post.
I will still be creating & blogging - but maybe not much in the next few weeks. & I also need to apologise to everyone that has stopped by and left a comment. I do usually visit each and every one of those bloggers and leave a li'l reciprocol luuurve - but not this week. I hope you'll all keep visiting me & I promise I'll do my best to catch up with you all soon.
I'm also sitting on a couple of bit of exciting news (well I think it's exciting) & I'll be back to share that as soon as I'm allowed! LOL

Oooops! Nearly Missed a Challenge

I was just going through all the challenge sites, as I do every Saturday morning & I realised that I hadn't blogged these ones that I made earlier in the week. The first is my take on the Ismaki sketch #8 & the 'use ribbon' optional challenge. The second is Sketch This! Cards #42 - but I missed the deadline for that now! LOL. See, that is what happens when I break my routine and do the challenges early on! LOL. Lots more of those fairy papers here. The store has sold out now but I still have loads in my stash, so I think I'll be making lots more with them this week!

Pretty In Pink!

I've been busy playing with the EPC 6x6 paper pads for cards & last night made a few with the fairy & cupcake papers - I don't often have the chance to make cards for girls but Fish has a lot of li'l girly friends right now - great news for me! LOL. These pads are on sale at Crop Til You Drop for just 75p - so brilliant value right now. Anyway, I've been catching up on challenges a bit so the first two are the same sketch from CPS (#53). The papers are soooo pretty that I didn't want to add too much embellishment to the original sketch. The ribbons were all scraps I had.
Next is the Sketch This! Cards current challenge - again, I didn't feel that the papers required much to set them off - & the stickers & ribbons were odd bits from my stash - I'm trying hard to use it all up! LOL.
It just goes to show that a simple sketch can make a great card without adding tons of extras to it. And as all the card blanks, rub ons etc came free with magazines, these are probably the most economical cards I have ever made too! LOL.
A few more using the same papers coming in the next post!!

More Challenge Entries!

I have been busy this last day or so - lots of stuff to make (some I can't share just yet), updating my blog links (lots of the challenge blogs have either moved or gone - & I had a bunch of new ones to add) and getting back into doing the challenges myself! I haven't participated since before Christmas & I really do miss it - but I'm back now & having a go.
The first card is for Caardvarks 'Baby Love' challenge and uses Deanne Burton's Feb 1st card sketch. The second uses the same set of papers (Rusty Pickle) for this week's Sketch This! Cards challenge. That's me all challenged-out for today - lots of news coming later tho' about a RAK or two!