Let The Little Children Come To Me .... Sketch Saturday Challenge #182

I blinked ;;) and it was Saturday again ... where has the past couple of weeks gone?  I know I've been busy firstly doing =(( bedside vigils for a week with Dad and then helping Mum sort the funeral, make 100 funeral programmes and the million :)] calls that have to be made, sorting finances and informing different people/places/departments.  It's been that hectic  and I've been so (:| tired that I've not had time to post the last 2 weeks cards for the SS challenges on this blog .. but I promise over the next few day I will try too.

On to this weeks challenge at Sketch Saturday and another fabulous sketch created by our JO!

This week we are sponsored once again by the very lovely Nikki from

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Thanks go to Nikki for her kind sponsorship & generous prize :)

... the sketch ...

... and my card ....

... made for my gorgeous grandson's Christening (2 weeks late) using the beautiful Mo Manning digital stamp "Hanging The Star" with the star removed and replaced with a clipart dove

To make this card I used :~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shabby Princess ~ Festival

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ Christening Collection

Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sansodor, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sewing Machine.

The Lord Will Guide You Always ... Card Pattern #138 & DP2 Challenge #106

I really don't want to jinx things by saying this week ain't been too bad up to now!  :) ... We've had a GP, District Nurse and a St Giles Nurse visit already and its only Wednesday!  We've got a cupboard full of "just in case" drugs awaiting the need for a syringe driver :| ... the good news is ... Dad isn't sick enough to be even considered for one of those yet :D 

I've got a much needed day off today. DS is at the oldies this morning cleaning and DN (niece) is off down there to play dominoes :-B  I've already been to the opticians for a sight test and also took DGN (darling great niece) for her's too.  We also did a spot of retail therapy and managed to bag a right bargain and a whole outfit for her to wear at the grandbabies Christening \:D/ ... which cost under £15 and consisted of a Wallis jumpsuit and all the accessories ... OK so it didn't include shoes and handbag, but it did include ... bracelet, belt, ring and headband thingy ... and i pushed the boat out and treated myself to some knickers from good old Primark! :">

Moving swiftly on to the fab sketch produced by Card Pattern's and sponsored by Catherine Pooler  I made a card for Rylee for his Christening.

The Challenge over at DP2 is ... "Any Holiday or Celebration" 

I used John drawn by the fantastic Mo Manning at Digital Pencil Too

and again on the inside of the card in just it raw form ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shabby Princess ~ Plentiful

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ Christening

Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Nesties, Cuttlebug

Sketch Saturday Challenge #111

Boy did i have a job with this weeks sketch .... no matter how hard i tried it just wouldn't seem to fit ... i did however persevere and managed to make a card ... it definitely was a challenge this week!

This weeks challenge is sponsored by the fantastic Simon Says Stamp.

To make this card i used:-

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Bearly Mine Flower Delight

Image ~ Digital Pencil Too ~ Baby Flora Fairy

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ Sparkle and Shine

Ribbon, Flowers, Pearls, Hook and Eyes ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps No.0, Diamond Stickles, Sakura Glaze Pens (Orange & Yellow)

Poor Rylee has chicken spots (pox) as he calls them, bless him ... he's really suffering at the minute.  I've never seen so many spots on a childs face before and some on his body are enormous.  Its his birthday on Tuesday too and he's supposed to be having a party this Sunday!

Papertake Weekly Challenge

This weeks challenge is to make a card using the sketch below, which is another one of Katharina's. Fae and Scott are off to a wedding on Saturday and they asked me to make a card for the occasion, so I thought it'd use Katharina's fab sketch to do that. Here's is my interpretation... CS ~ stash, pp ~ dont remember where I downloaded it from sorry! Image was part of a RAK, blooms and brads ~ stash and sentiment is a stamp that I've had forever and have no idea where it came from! I coloured the image using watercolour pencils and H2O's and added some glamour dust to the centre of the flower.

I was also asked to make a card for a naming ceremony and this is what I did today too....

I used Raspberry Road Designs ~ My Baby Love, Girl printed directly on to CS from Crafts Central, its the linen look card. I embellished with gems, hearts and flowers and added ribbon so that it could be tied up like this ....

I made the flowers using 2 flower punches and then added punched leaves. Then, to finish it all off I made a little box to put it in...

I never know how much to charge for the cards I make and I'm definately thinking I've underpriced myself on this one ~ £4!

Just wanted to leave you with one last photo that I took today of Rylee...

He's going to be really pleased we're his grandparents when he's a teenager, don't ya think lol!

Exploding Box!

My first attempt at an exploding box and i'm hooked!

I was asked to make a Christening card much like the ones I've done before, but you know how it is ... I was bored of making them. So on the off chance that the person who specifically asked for a name card would like something different I set off with this creation. I found instructions here http://glitteradventure.blogspot.com/2006/11/exploding-box-class.html which I found easy to follow and started printing papers from Pink Petticoat and Crafters Companion Cds. I dont think its too bad for a my first try.