Sketches By Carly - Sketch #53

Hi Everyone,
How are you all today???  I'm afraid I haven't been around for the last couple of days, I have been tucked up in bed with a case of a 24 hour bug.  I have never felt so rough and rotten in a couple of years, lets just hope that's the last of it.  Please!!!
I think that being so ill I forgot to post this card, so I'll do it now.  I found Sketches by Carly latest edition so I thought I'd have a go.
Here's my Card:

Card Materials
6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards, Card - Stash, Image - Stash, Design Papers - Western Romance and All About Me, Ribbon - Create and Craft, Pearls - Kanban, Flowers - Essential Craft Selection, Leaves - Woodware, Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:
Sketches by Carly - Sketch #53Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C131

Willow Sketchie Challenge - 1st March

Hi Everyone,
How are we all this morning???  I'm not sure but where did February go???  I can't believe it's the 1st March, well this is a scheduled post (so I hope this comes through all right, well you do worry don't you???).  I am out this morning, I have gone to my Stroke Club, I wonder who I'll see today???.  And what will we do???.  
Today's Thursday, and that means it's another Willow Sketchie Challenge.  But firstly, I must congratulate the Winner of last weeks Challenge, we had loads of really good entries and I really like looking at each of them, so thank you.  So the Winner of last weeks Challenge was (drum roll) ...........Grandma's Pearls (no 82).  I really enjoyed your card / project.  I hope you enjoy you Voucher to spend at Willow Designs.  Congratulations.
Well, this week our hostess is the most fantastic Kelly, and she has a real good Challenge for us............ Basically she has a Sketch for us to follow, and here it is:

Now I here you calling 'What will I win???'.  I heard you, the Winner of this weeks Challenge (picked at random) will receive a Voucher to spend at Willow Designs, how cool is that!!!
Well on with my card:

Card Materials
6 x 6 Card - Craftwork CardsCard - Southfield StationersImage - Polly Pickleberry CDDesign Papers - Polly Pickleberry CDSentiment - Polly Pickleberry CDRibbon - Create and CraftCharm - Card CharmsFlowers - QVCLeaves - WoodwareGems - HunkydorySpellbinders - Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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Please remember:

1. We do not discriminate against anyone for using their own crafty stash, but if you have any Willow Designs we would love to see them.
2. You can rotate or flip the sketch, re-size the elements as long as the original Sketch Layout can be easily recognised.
3. The Challenge runs from Thursday 09:00am (UK time) until 20:00pm (UK time) on the following Wednesday.
4. You can enter up to 3 times per Sketch / Layout.
5. You can also combine our Challenge with a maximum of 10 others.
6. The Winner will be drawn randomly, after 20:00pm on the Wednesday.
7. Finally, HAVE FUN!!!

Off you go and get CRAFTY!!!
Don't forget to visit my other team members.
I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #206 - Signs of Spring!Delightful Challenges - Spring Colours

Sketch 'n' Stash - Challenge 80 - Free Choice Sketch

Hi Everyone,

Wow!!!  To wake up this morning Snow, and it looked so beautiful.  The garden at my Mum's looked delightful, but like everything, it had to go.  The snow went so quick and left lots of slushy mess.  Oh well.

Today, I found a Challenge that had been on the system all week, but I decide to enter Sketch 'n' Stash.  It's a really good Challenge, you had to pick a Sketch that you like.  I picked Sketch 42 which was:

And this is what I came up with:

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Stash

Image - Hangler Stangler

Design Papers - Stash

Sentiment - Pink Gem

Brads - Craft for Occasions

Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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I had so much fun creating this project, I don't make many boys cards, so I thought that it was about time I did.  No flowers, no Ribbon how will I survive!!!

I would like to put this card into the following Challenge:

Sketch 'n' Stash - Challenge 80 - Free Choice Sketch

Well I'd better be off, leave a message if you like it.

Bye x x

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 140-47and Stamp 'n' Doodle - Use Red as the Main Colour

Hi Everyone,

I'm nice and warm inside, I've seen people outside and they look so cold, I am so happy that I'm warm and inside.  Well I've been looking through the Challenges and I realised that I could do one for Sweet Sketch Wednesday and also one for Stamp 'n' Doodle, so I thought lets combine the both.

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Local Store

Image - Pink Gem Designs - Little Gem with Flowers

Design Papers - Stash

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Flowers - Create and Craft

Brads - Create and Craft

Leaves - Woodware Punch

Ribbon - Stash

Hearts - Craft for Occasions

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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I would like to enter this Card into:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Challenge #140-47

Stamp 'n' Doodle - Use Red as the Main/Most Prominent Colour

Bye x x

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Challenge #107 - "Love is in the Air"

Hi Everyone,

I hope all of you are well and keeping warm is this most inclement weather that we have been suffering, I am pleased to say that we must be through the worst of it, be now!!!

I thought I would let you know today, that I went for my final Driving Assessment today, and I am pleased to say that I can drive according to them, but it all depends on the DVLA on what they suggest, so fingers crossed.  A few more weeks then an answer I'm sure, and I will get a final answer.

I'll tell you that I saw an amazing selection of digi images there are out there.  I loved how each and everyone of you used them and of course, coloured the images with your chosen medium.  I thought they were amazing, and it goes to show that there is a web page for everyone.  However, there can only be one Winner, please check out the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge blog to find out if it was you.  But I must thank all of you for you wonderful creations, they were all fantastic.

Well the theme this week fits perfectly with the up and coming "loving" occasion and is simply called . . .

"love is in the air . . ."

and this week we are very lucky to be sponsored by:

The DT were lucky crafters as we were allowed to play with some Phindy's Place digi images and here is what I have created to share with you . . .

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Local Store

Image - Phindy's Place

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Hearts - Martha Stewart

Ribbon - Stash

Flowers - Great Expressions

Gems - Hunkydory

Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Hunkydory

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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Please Remember:

1. The Challenge will run from Wednesday 9:30am till Tuesday 10:00pm (following week).
2. Use what you like to create your project ........ as long as it's a legal Stamp; not indecent.
3. Please, please link back to the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge Blog so we can pop over to see your project.
4. You may combine your project with as many other Challenges as you like, up to a maximum of 10 Challenges.  However, we reserve the right to change this if a prize is on offer.
5. All DT work is for inspiration only and not to be copied for submission to a competition or magazine.
6. If you participate and make multiple entries for a particular weeks theme, please note that the DT may  only comment on 1 or 2 entries.
7. Only one entry per person will be submitted to each prize draw unless specified in the Challenge post.
8. The MOST IMPORTANT RULE ................... have loads of crafting fun making your project.

Have a great week everyone and I can't wait to see how you have used a "Love is in the Air" to create your Card / Project this week.

Please visit my other Design Team to see what the came up with.

Leave me a message to tell me if you liked it (or not!!!)

I would like to enter my card into the following Challenges:
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Challenge #146 - Pink or Red
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge - Challenge #38 - Hearts, Valentines and/or Lace
For Fun Challenges - Put a Little Love in your Heart!
I Love Pro-markers Challenge - Challenge #103 - Love is in the Air
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - It Must be Love
Delicious Doodles,  The Challenges - Challenge #12 - All Loved Up
One Stop Craft Challenge - Challenge #168 - For the I Love
Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Challenge #92 - Emma's Sketch

Bye x x

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Challenge #106 - "Use a Digi Image"

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all doing well in these Arctic Conditions, which the Country is being put through.  I have been keeping warm, but yesterday I went to work and also I had to have a blood test.  This morning Mum wants some more tea, so we're going off to town, I'll think I'll have a Thornton's Hot Chocolate for my trouble.

Firstly, I need to thank you all for joining in with last weeks photo inspiration, for those that I saw I really like the clever way in which you used the photo to help/inspire you to create your card/project. So thank you all.

Well there were 2 lucky Winners (drawn from random) from last week.  Congratulations and I hope you enjoy your Prize.

Well anyway, it's Wednesday and that means Fab 'n' Funky Challenge have got a new Challenge for you all.  Well this weeks theme is called . . ."Use a Digi".

This fits in with this weeks Sponsor as this week we are sponsored by:

We were lucky crafters as we were allowed to play with some Stamp Fairy digi images and here is what I created to share with you . . .

Card Materials

  

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Stash

Image - Stamp Fairy - Nelly and Leo

Design Paper - Stash

Lace - Stash

Open Heart Punch - Martha Stewart

Ribbon - Create and Craft

Flowers - Stash

Glitter - Create and Craft

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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Please Remember:

1. The Challenge will run from Wednesday 9:30am till Tuesday 10:00pm (following week).
2. Use what you like to create your project ........ as long as it's a legal Stamp; not indecent.
3. Please, please link back to the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge Blog so we can pop over to see your project.
4. You may combine your project with as many other Challenges as you like, up to a maximum of 10 Challenges.  However, we reserve the right to change this if a prize is on offer.
5. All DT work is for inspiration only and not to be copied for submission to a competition or magazine.
6. If you participate and make multiple entries for a particular weeks theme, please note that the DT may  only comment on 1 or 2 entries.
7. Only one entry per person will be submitted to each prize draw unless specified in the Challenge post.
8. The MOST IMPORTANT RULE ................... have loads of crafting fun making your project.

Have a great week everyone and I can't wait to see how you have used a Digi Image to create your Card / Project this week.

Please visit my other Design Team to see what the came up with.

Leave me a message to tell me if you liked it (or not!!!)

I would like to enter this card into:
Wags 'n' Whiskers Stamps Challenge - Valentine Challenge
Sqiuggles and Giggles - Valentine Challenge

Ready-Teddy-Go Challenge - Challenge #7 "I'm in Stitches"

Hi Everyone,

Well, I'll think I'll give you an update on my New Years Resolution.  Well I've BROKEN them all!!!  To much emphasis is put on them anyway.  That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Well, it's the 1st of the month (gosh, I'm not sure where January went???) and that means there's another Challenge to Ready-Teddy-Go.

Before I go into details on the new Challenge, I have to thank all of you for working so hard to put your entries in to last months Challenge, they were all totally gorgeous.  I really hope the Winner (picked at Random) enjoys  the prize.

Lets get back to this months Challenge, it's called "I'm in Stitches".  Now it's your choice on what we see with it, it could be real stitches or faux stitches.  It could even be a teddy with stitches.  As lone as the Image is a Teddy Bear.

It's time to see what I came up with for "I'm in Stitches", and here it is:

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Stash

Image - Love is Sweet - Meljem's Designs

Design Papers - Stash

Ribbon - Create and Craft

Open Hearts - Martha Stewart

Glitter - Create and Craft

Spellbinders Nesabilities - Heart Circles

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Please Remember:

1. Your design must feature a teddy bear/bear (pre-coloured, stamp or digi) as the main image to enter. 
2. No backlinking to previous posts is allowed - only entries posted on or after the challenge commencement date will qualify. 
3. You may combine this challenge with any other challenges but you MUST provide a link back to the challenge in your blog post. 
4. The winner of the prize must claim it within a calendar week of the announcement or it will be forfeited and redrawn. 
5. You can enter up to a maximum of 4 times per month. However a different make must be submitted for each entry. Submissions which do not meet with these rules will be removed. 
6. MOST IMPORTANT RULE - have fun !!! 

Lets see what you come up with, I'm really excited about it.

Don't forget to go over and see my team mates.  And of course leave me a message, to say whether you liked it.

I would like to enter my card into:
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Ribbons
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Valentine Challenge
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Polka Dots
One Stop Craft Challenge - Stitching Faux or Real
The Crafty Pad - Valentine Challenge

Bye x x

Ready-Teddy-Go Challenge - Challenge #6 - 'In the Pink'

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year!!!!

How are you all???  I am feeling great, I have made New Years Resolutions, which I will stick too.  

They are to:

1. To not eat any kind of Chocolate, until my Birthday (no it's not the 2nd January) the 27th March 
2. To try and be successful in my rehabilitation, to hopefully get some movement out of my right arm

I'll let you know if I keep the Resolution or not???

Have you made any???

Well today's the 1st of the month and that mean it time for the New Years Challenge for Ready-Teddy-Go.

Firstly, I would like to say Congratulations to the Winner (picked randomly) of last months Challenge, and the Winner was ............ (drum roll) Anita M (number 32).  Wow, your entry was lovely and I hope you like playing with your Me to You goodies.  Secondly, I would like to say thank you to Julie Ann (the Challenge Co-ordinator), she has worked so hard putting this together, so thank you.  Thirdly, it wouldn't be a Challenge Blog without you, and you wonderful designs.

Well on to this months Challenge, it's 'In the Pink', which means anything pink in colour, I can't wait to see what you come up with.  But I hear, "What will I be Winning?", well the Winner (picked randomly) will be getting a Selection of Bear Toppers, including Forever Friends, Me to You and Fizzy Moon, how fantastic.

Well lets see what I came up with for the Challenge, 'In the Pink' 

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Stash

Image - Ms Cutie Bear - Robyn's Digital Fetish

Design Papers - Papermania Capsule Collection

Sentiment - Papermania

Ribbon - Create and Craft

Flowers - Lakeland Sheer Pastel Flowers

Gems - Kanban

Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Fairy Daydreams - Hunkydory

Leaves -Woodware Punch

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Heart Circles

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Please Remember:

1. Your design must feature a teddy bear/bear (pre-coloured, stamp or digi) as the main image to enter. 
2. No backlinking to previous posts is allowed - only entries posted on or after the challenge commencement date will qualify. 
3. You may combine this challenge with any other challenges but you MUST provide a link back to the challenge in your blog post. 
4. The winner of the prize must claim it within a calendar week of the announcement or it will be forfeited and redrawn. 
5. You can enter up to a maximum of 4 times per month. However a different make must be submitted for each entry. Submissions which do not meet with these rules will be removed. 
6. MOST IMPORTANT RULE - have fun !!! 

Lets See what you can come up with.

Don't forget to go over and see my team mates.  And of course leave me a message, to say whether you liked it.

I would like to enter this into the following:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sweet Sketch 134

Bye x x