Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #148

Today's Sketch Saturday challenge is sponsored by  

and the prize that is being offered  is absolutely FABULOUS  and worth a whopping £19.25...

To be in with a chance of winning that fantastic stamp set please create something using the sketch below ...

.... and my card ...

I really enjoyed this weeks sketch!

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Daisie Company ~ Berry Sweet

Image ~ Magnolia Brother and Sister

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Buttons ~ Stash

Tools ~ Diamond Stickles, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Sewing Machine

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch Challenge #146

This week's challenge is sponsored by our regular sponsor, Simon Says Stamp!

"With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world!"

To see all the latest products instore please click HERE including their Hero Arts new for spring 2011 products!  To see the exclusive Simon Says Stamp range, please click HERE.  Not forgetting their HUGE Magnolia range HERE.  All things Tim Holtz including newly released products can be found HERE.  They have all new Copic colours for 2011 HERE.

As always a very generous $25 gift certificate will be awarded to the lucky winner this week to spend on goodies in the SSS store!

This weeks Sketch is below ... it was a tricky one this week!

and my card ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Pink Petticoat

Image ~ The Paper Shelter

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, Tuille, Pins & Pearls ~ Stash

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

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge ~ Challenge #97

This week's challenge is a…

“HEARTS GONE WILD!”

"For this weeks challenge you will create a card or project that is filled with love and HEARTS! You are free to achieve this any way you see fit as long as it’s all about love and smothered in hearts! "

The Challenge closes midnight (EST) February 12^th, 2011.  This week's fabulous prize has been donated by:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

PRIZE: $20.00 Gift Certificate

Winner pays shipping!

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Bearly Mine Floral Fantasy & Pink Petticoat Gingham

Image ~ Magnolia Shy Tilda & Kissing Edwin

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers and Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Heart Coluzzle, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor

Friday Sketchers #89 & Just Magnolia Week 42

Happy Valentine's Day bloggers.

Aud from Norway is this week's host of the challenge.The sponsor this week is ... Scrapmagasinet: The prize you can win is a wood mounted personal stamp (2"x 2") to use on the back of your cards. If you win, you can choose to have a new, one of a kind, custom made stamp - with your own wishes for text, language and /or image. You can, if you want, choose from the designs already up in the online shop.

This week Just Magnolia's sponsor is Wild Orchid Crafts – specialists in Mulberry paper roses, paper flowers and craft supplies. They pride themselves on offering excellent value for money and superb customer service as well as an amazing range of paper flowers. We are thrilled to have them sponsor us as we all love flowers!! The prize is amazing too – lots and lots of roses, cherry blossoms, gardenias, asters, mini roses, lilies and even some little satin hearts, just in time for Valentines day cards.

Just Magnolia's challenge this week is LOVE – remember your creations must have a Magnolia image on to qualify for the prize draw. The winner will be chosen by Random Generator next week so to be in the running all you need to do is ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card and link your card (not your blog) in Mr Linky and have your card posted by 10 pm UK time next Thursday 19th February

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Bubblegum & Liquorice

Images ~ Magnolia ~ Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

Sentiment ~ Studio G 99p clear stamps set

Pearls ~ Local Craft Shop

Tulle ~ TabbyCrafts

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stumps No.0, Nesties, Sewing Machine.

Stampin' for the Weekend

This fortnights challenge which ends on the 18th February is ...Valentines Themed. Stampin' for the Weekend would like to see some projects and cards with a theme of valentines day.

Simon Says Stamp are the fabulous sponsors this fortnight!' With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world! Again, the lovely Heidi is offering a superb $25 shopping voucher to spend in store with FREE postage!!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Daisie Company ~ Berry Sweet

Image ~ RAK from Linda thanx honey x ~ Penny Black Critter Party

Sentiment ~ PC Generated using 4 my lover font

Flower & Pins ~ TabbyCrafts

Gems ~ Stash

Tools ~ Woodware Grass Punch, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Heart Die, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0, Heart Border Punch from HobbyCraft, Sakura Glaze Pen (Black).

Just Magnolia ~ Hearts & Flowers, Cute Card Thursday Challenge #97

The challenge at Just Magnolia is Hearts and Flowers – they'd like to see both on our creations as well as a Magnolia image to qualify for the prize draw. The winner will be chosen by Random Generator next week so to be in the running all you need to do is ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card and link your card (not your blog) in Mr Linky and have your card posted by 10 pm UK time next Thursday 4th February. This weeks sponsor is Wild Orchid Crafts – specialists in Mulberry paper roses, paper flowers and craft supplies. They pride themselves on offering excellent value for money and superb customer service as well as an amazing range of paper flowers. We are thrilled to have them sponsor us as we all love flowers!! The prize is amazing too – lots and lots of roses, cherry blossoms, flat backed gems and even some little satin hearts, just in time for Valentines day cards.

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This weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge is Blooming Gorgeous they want to see our cards/projects that feature flowers, gorgeous flowers, Stamps, fabric, paper...there are so many options. There challenge is also sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts so a double whammy! Wouldn't it be fab if you (well me lol) won both challenges!!!!

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Daisie Company ~ Berry Sweet

Images ~ Magnolia ~ Tilda, Summer Stamp Club Kit 2009, Edwin, Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009
Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Sentiment ~ Magnolia Summer Stamp Club Kit 2009

Pins ~ TabbyCrafts

Heart ~ Cuttlebug Die

Gems ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Gamasol, Blending Stumps No.0, Pencil Crayons, Woodware Grass Punch, Heart Border Punch was from HobbyCraft (one of those £2.99 ones), Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Heart Die

A Spoon Full Of Sugar ~ Challenge 88

The Challenge this week was picked by Sandra and she challenges you to Freestyle (anything you like).

I thought this was the idea time to show Fae's Valentine card for Scott, cos it doesn't fit with any other challenge LOL! But fits perfectly for this one ... how lucky is that?!

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Love You Paper ~ Dreamsfullfilled free download

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts

Image ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

Gems ~ Stash

Raffia ~ Poundland

Sentiment ~ PC Generated

Tools ~ Nesties, Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Gamasol, Blending Stump No.0.

From today I have no TEENAGERS in the house yayyy! Unfortunately, Eloise is not leaving the building just having a birthday LOL .... yes my baby is 20 today! Can't say i'm gonna miss those years to be honest ... moody, mardy and argumentative, not to mention always being right and knowing it all! Anyway Happy Birthday Ellie x

Just Magnolia ~ Jay Jay's Sketch

This week challenge is sponsored by 7 Kids College Fund and the prize is an awesome $20 voucher to spend in their store.

Here's this weeks sketch, you can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch so your entry qualifies for the prize draw. The winner will be chosen by Random Generator next week so to be in the running all you need to do is ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card and link your card by 10 pm UK time Thursday 28th January 2010. (Ellie's 20th Birthday ... that has to be lucky for me!)

I used this sketch to make the first of my Valentine's cards ... obviously not for me to send, but for the girls! This is the one that Ellie will be sending Luke. I've yet to make one for Fae to give to Scott.

CS ~ Paper Cellar

DP's ~ Stolen Moments Design ~ free download

Images ~ Magnolia Winter Stamp Club Kit 2009

Doily ~ Poundland

Flowers ~ TabbyCrafts
Pins ~ TabbyCrafts

Charms ~ The Works

Heart Gems ~ Stash

Ribbon ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ Wordart by Missy ~ free download

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Nesties, Gamasol, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stump No.0, Sakura Glaze Pen (Red & Green), Diamond Stickles, Woodware Grass Punch.

Although i love what i've done, still not sure if its turned out too girlie or not. Ellie loves it though so i suppose thats all that counts!

Friday Sketchers #38

Claudia is hosting this weeks Friday Sketcher. Please follow the basic layout and add as many embellishments as you wish and wherever you like...and, of course, just place the sentiment where it best suits your image. 7Kids College Fund has wonderful stamps they all work with circular shapes, so based on that Claudia came up with the sketch. This week's prize is the cute stamp from Stampavie's LeLo Design "Little Susie" for one of us!

I just loved working with this sketch and it will definately be one that i use again. Once more i've managed to use some of those scrap DP's up, image ~ RAK, but not sure who, i must write a name on the back of them when i get them so i remember who to thank ... coloured this little cutey with WM's and the flowers with Sakura glaze pens, added a touch of Glamour Dust to the ribbon detail of the stamp, which doesn't show up in the photo, flowers, beadcaps, ribbon and brads ~ stash, silver cord ~ found on the floor from yesterdays card lol and silver heart was on a wedding invite we recieved a couple of years ago. Sewing done with my new machine.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #36

This weeks sketch is being sponsored by Pollycraft Designs!
Pollycraft produce wonderful, exclusive stamps and downloads, offering free delivery on all UK orders. Paula is offering 2 fabulous stamps from the new collection as a prize this week!!

Another one that i've made using paper scraps ... i'm just loving getting rid of all those silly little bits of DP's that i just can't bear to throw away. CS ~ stash, image ~ coloured with WM's and Sakura Glaze, sentiment ~ RAK (but dont remember who ... sorry), buttons ~ poppicrafts, pink raffia ~ Poundland.

Heart's Desire!

This weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge is ...Please could we see some hearts (or a heart lol!) on your cards this week? Already done your Valentine's cards? How about doing a Wedding / Anniversary / engagement or birthday card! We don't mind which - as long as there's a heart or two...or three.....!!!

Well, I have made quite a few cards with hearts on just lately thanks to my gorgeous grandson Rylee! He asked me to make his Mummy & Daddy a valentines card along with all his grandparents, great grandparents, Auntie Weezy, Great Auntie Cissy and family and friends who live in other parts of the country and don't get to see him on a regular basis.

This card was made using holographic card (59p for 10 sheets from Home Bargains) I cut 2 hearts from gold holographic and pink card using my coluzzle heart template and stuck on a photo of Rylee and decorated with hearts and flowers cut from scrap card using the Hippy Chic Cuttlebug Alpha dies, a button and some gold cord finish it off. The me to you ribbon was off a Christmas gift set. The paper for the insert was once again a freebie paper downloaded from here and is made by Derek, Thanks Derek!

The verse inside reads...

I'm so lucky your my Mummy and Daddy

Your the best two there could be

That's why this valentine is filled

With love to your from

Your special baby boy Rylee xx

This card I made using the Crafty Template, January templates. Again I used Derek's beautiful Love papers. I made this in a similiar way as the first card, but without using the Coluzzle (purchased after I'd made all these...typical!) The verse inside reads...

With all the sunshine things you do,

The smiles you share - the laughter, too -

With all the dreams you make come true

It's great to have Grandparents/Auntie/Family like you!

Loving You!

To celebrate the launch of the new Poppicrafts website Michelle is holding a competition every month. Januarys competition is very simple:
"Make a valentines Day card using only these 3 colours - BLACK, RED and WHITE."

Here is my entry into the competition.......

I followed the step-by-step instructions from here at Nichole Heady, Capture The Moment, for this slider card. I used red cardstock for the base of the card and matted and layered using black cardstock and Pink Petticoat, Daisy Daisy, black and white flourishes. I added hearts cut out with a cuttlebug die. For the insert I used the black card for the base and matted and layered with the red card and Pink Petticoat papers. I attached both together with white organza ribbon from my local market.

The verse reads:

I remember when we first met and the strong love that has grown between us since then. How full, yet short, the years have been. A large reason for this is because of you and your kind ways. You have made us a home, warm with the joy which only a family can bring. You have stood by me in the good and the bad, the smiles and the tears. I love you with a love that goes beyond what I can express. Thank you so much for being my friend, my love and my husband!