Willow Sketchie Challenge - 19th January

Hi Everyone,

Gosh!!!  I've been at my apartment yesterday and today, and to tell you it was cold, very cold.  Because my heating and hot water had gone down, then talk about whose responsible!!!  Well I have heating and hot water now, for the time being, there back on Saturday to do another repair.  Oh well.

Well anyway, lets get back to Willow Sketchie Challenge.  Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Winner of our Challenge and the Winner is .......... (drum roll) Lisa (number 10), I really enjoyed looking at your card / project, most wonderful.  I hope you enjoy spending your Voucher at Willow Designs.  I would also like to say thank you to Miria, for being such a wonderful hostess.

Well, it's time introduce the designer of this weeks Sketch, its the most wonderful Pauline.  Well she designed the following Sketch for us to use:

And she also said you can add embellishments and a sentiment where ever you wish.

But I hear you say "What does the Winner of the Challenge get???".  Well the Winner (picked at random) will get is a Voucher to spend in Willow Designs.

Well lets get on with my card and maybe some inspiration for you:

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Stash

Image - Polly Pickleberry CD

Sentiment - Polly Pickleberry CD

Design Papers - Polly Pickleberry CD

Ribbon - Stash

Butterfly - U-Create Essentials

Gems - Hunkydory - Coloured with Pro-markers

Glitter - Diamond Sparkles - Hunkydory

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Eyelet Squares

Side View

Wow!!!  I loved making this card, the colours are so strong.

Please Remember:

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

Go and Get CRAFTY!!!

Don't forget to visit my other Team Members and leave me a message to tell me what you think, I love it!!!

Bye x x

Sketch Saturday - Week #180 - 5th November

Hi Everyone,

I have been banished to my Craft Room, because we are having some decorating done and if I'm out there my brother will go mad, because I'm questioning to much.  So I have been banished, not that I mind, it means that I can get lots of cards made, well only 1 at the moment!!!

So I was looking through my book, and thought that I would enter Sketch Saturday, I hadn't done that one yet.  So here's my card:

Card Materials

6 x 6 Card - Craftwork Cards

Card - Create and Craft

Image - Tilda from Magnolia

Design Papers - Milton and Co Christmas Paper Stack

Ribbon - Stash

Sentiment - Stash

Pearls - Kanban

Martha Stewart Punch



Side View

I would like to enter this card into Sketch Saturday - Week #180 - 5th November

Well better go, lots of other cards to make.

Bye x x

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge 76 - Kathrin's Sketch

Hi Everyone,

Hope your all OK?  Today has been very quite, apart from this morning.  I decided to watch the F1, I was really gutted as Schme was doing so well, he was in first, then with one trip to the pits, it was gone.  Oh well, better luck next time.

Well I decided to take part in the Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge, so here's my card:

Card Ingredients

6 x 6 Card from Craftwork Cards

Image - Fizzy Moon - Christmas Bears

Coloured in - Pro-markers and a Glitter Pen

Card - Create and Craft

Design Papers - Milton and Co - Christmas Paper Stack

Sentiment - From Stash

Flower - From Stash

Pearls - Kanban

A View From The Side

I would like to enter this into Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge 76 - Kathrin's Sketch

Bye x x

Willow Sketchie Designs - 6th October

Hiya,

Gosh can't believe it's that time of week again, it's time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge!!!

Firstly, we have to congratulate the Winner of last weeks Challenge, and the Winner was Sandra, yeah!!!  Although you were all winners.  Sandra you card was amazing and the image was fantastic, once again, well done.

Anyway onto this weeks Challenge, our lovely host is Hazel.  The Design Team had to us the new CD, Walter and Winnie does Christmas.  Which is available to pre-order on the Willow Designs Website.  Well our host, Hazel designed this Sketch, she added another component that we had to interpret into the designs.

Before we get to see my card, it's a fantastic prize again, lets take a look:



Well its on with my card:

The Image I chose to do for this card was Underneath the Christmas Tree, again I used the Pre-coloured version, but I finished off with Pro-markers and Glitter!!!  The Design Papers came from the CD Walter and Winnie Does Christmas.  I added a embossed round circle, it was placed in a folder then placed on the Big Shot.  The Sentiment was in my stash, I'm sorry.  I also added a Ribbon which came from Create and Craft.

I then added some Snowflakes, as Hazel suggested!!!!

Now remember

1. We do not discriminate anyone for using their 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 recognised.
3. The Challenge runs from Thursday at 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 Randomly be drawn on Wednesday (after 20:00pm)
7. Finally HAVE FUN!!!

Well had better go. x x

Sketch Saturday - Week #175

Hi ya Everyone,

I've been meaning to post this one, but never got round to it, good job it's before Saturday.  Been busy today, as I went to my Stroke meeting, I met someone new and to here his story was fantastic, it's hard to believe people's story's can be so different to mine.  Again blew my mind.

Well this card is for Sketch Saturday, so I need to get on with it, here's my card:

The Image is from The Stamping Boutique, it was a freebie, fantastic!!!  I coloured it in used my Pro-markers, finished off with a little bit of snow and Glitter!!!  The Design Papers I can't remember where I got those from as they came out of my Stash.  The Sentiment came from Kanban, as did the Pearls.

You can see the snow that I put around the window, and the glitter on the candle, and also the lovely felt snowflakes in the corner.

I would like to enter this in Sketch Saturday - Week #175

Well I had better go

Bye x x

Fab 'n' Funky - Challenge #92

Hi Everyone,

Wow!!!  You did it again, so many brilliant entries, you make it hard to pick the three favourite entries, gosh I don't know how they do it.  Well congratulations to the 3, but you are all winners!!!

And so on with the next challenge, this challenge was a Recipe, the Recipe was as follows:

• 1 Ribbon
• 2 Patterned Papers
• 3 Buttons, Brads or Gems

Well our Sponsor this week is Di's Digi Downloads, this is the most fantasic store.  Everything is downloadable, I could spend all day just looking around (not sure Mr Bank Manager would want me to).



And so on with my card:

The Image I used was one from Di's Digi Downloads, it is coloured in in Pro-markers, and finished off with a tiny bit of Glitter!!!  The Design Papers I used, I was only allowed to use two, how difficult was choosing the two.  I decided upon my two, I think they came as a free sample within a book, but sorry don't know for sure.  I then had to pick three things, like buttons, brads or gems, I picked three gems, but it seemed to develop more and I tried to keep it down.

Here is a close up of my three choice.

Now it's your turn to create a card / project.

But the main thing is to have fun!!!

Willow Sketchie Challenge - 22nd September

Hi All,

Wow!!  It's Thursday and that means another Willow Sketchie Challenge.  Talk about the stress!!!  It wasn't that bad, hosting, but I'm glad it's over for a while, pwehhhhh!!!  Well we're onto the old (sorry, I know that your not that old, probably not as old as me!!) guys now, there more experiened!!! 

I have to say congratulations to Donna Williamson, who was the Winner of my week of Hosting, so congratulations, but then again you are all winners in my eyes.

Well, you've got Hazel hosting this week, she came up with the following sketch, which we're all working too.  And we're working to something new, it is the new CD Walter and Winnie does Christmas it's available to pre-order from Willow Designs.

But before my card, have you seen this weeks prize, it's amazing!!!

Well onto my card:



Now the Image I chose was Walter and Mr Robin, again I chose the pre-coloured version of the Image, however, I did finish it off with Pro-markers.  I also added glitter around his hat.  The Design Papers were all from the disc.  The Sentiments came from the Paper too.

I then added a Ribbon which came from Create and Craft and just to finish it of I added a Silver Charm.

Now remember

1. We do not discriminate anyone for using their 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 recognised.
3. The Challenge runs from Thursday at 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 Randomly be drawn on Wednesday (after 20:00pm)
7. Finally HAVE FUN!!!

 Just remember that prize

Well I'm off you better have too!!!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - #119 or #120

Hi Everyone,

This morning, I've been up dale and down!!!  That's if we have any dales where I'm from, doubt it!!!  No I've been to the Doctor's and then to the job centre, and then a quick walk round the market then home, that was my morning, was your's the same???

When I got in I went onto the tintinet and so I picked to do Sweet Sketch Wednesday and when I went onto their blog, they've got another great competion running, so go over and try and win one.

Anyway onto my card:

The Image is one of those Sugar Nellie stamps that is totally lovely.  She is coloured in using Pro-markers and just a little Glitter Pen.  The Design Papers are a combination of Papermania - Temptations and My Mind's Eye - Bohemia.  I then added a Ribbon through the centre which came from Create and Craft.  The Gems came from Kanban.

I then added some flowers, which seemed to go.  I decided to leave out doing a Sentiment and so you can send it for any reason.

I would like to put this one into the Challenge Sweet Sketch Wednesday - 119 or 120 (confusing cause on your diagram / sketch it says 120 and then in the writing it says 119).

If you would like a go at Winning a Miche Bag then go and visit and play along too!!!

Bye

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Challenge 73 - Gry's Sketch

Hi Everyone,

Gosh!!!  Sunday moning and the weather is grim, can we have the Summer back!!!  I wouldn't even mind the snow, but get us out of this horrible weather that keeps raining on and off.  That's it I've had my rant for the day, and now on with something that brightens my day.  This card is being entered into Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

And this is my Card:

The Image for this one had to be one for the summer, so I chose a Tilda from Magnolia, a lovely image.  It is coloured with Pro-markers and finished off with a Glittery Pen.  The Design Papers came from Papermania - Temptations.

You can see a close up of the Flowers that I added, I cut out the leaves using a Woodware Punch.

I would like to enter this into Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Challenge 73 - Gry's Sketch

Well I'm off, have a lot to do, as need to get all my DT stuff done.

Anne-Marie x x

The Sweet Stop - SSS126 - Sketch with a Spin

Hi Everyone,

This is my 2nd post for today, so I won't bore you with what I've been doing, you'll have to read my 1st post to find that out.

This card is made to enter into The Sweet Shop Challenge.

And here's my card:

The Image I chose a Housemouse image, I love these.  Is coloured in with Pro-markers and finished off with the customary Glitter!!!  The Design Papers I'm sorry I haven't got a clue,  they look good though!!  I added a piece of Ribbon to my design, it came from Create and Craft, I'll be so gutted when it comes to an end.  The Sentiment was by Hunkydory and a I added a Brad to it.

This is a close up of the candlestick and the Glitter!!!

I would like to enter this into The Sweet Stop - SSS126 - Sketch with a Spin

Well bye.

Anne-Marie x x

Sketch Saturday - Week #173 - 17th September

Hi All,

Sorry I haven't been around lately, though I have been checking people's blogs regulary, I have been doing all my DT work before it gets stacked up.  But I thought I'd post this one for Sketch Saturday, I've been working on them all day, with the odd DT card placed in the middle!!

Here is my Card

I chose a lovely Tilda from Magnolia for my main Image, it is coloured in in Pro-markers and finished off with Glitter!!!  The Oval came from Create and Craft.  The Design Papers I'm very sorry but there in my Stash and I have no idea.  The Ribbons are stickey and came from Anita's.  The lace part came out of my Crafty Stash.

I would like to enter this in Sketch Saturday - Week #173 - 17th September

See you again.

Anne-Marie x x

Willow Sketchie Challenge - 15th September

Hi Everyone,

Well it's Thursday, two things it's nearly the weekend and more importantly, it's time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge  and the worst thing is it's my turn to host, talk about nerve wracking!!!  Firstly we must congratulate the Winner of last weeks Challenge, Teegs so congratulations to her your entry was lovely.  As all your entries were, and you are all winners in my eyes, but there has to be one.  So here goes (no turning back now!!), and have you seen the prize, a prize like we're giving makes me want to enter, I know not now.  Oh well.

Well as I mentioned before it's my turn to host the event, so I came up with the Sketch below, the drawing isn't that good, but hey I'm still learning, and it's my first ever time hosting an event.  And the Design Team as well as working with my Sketch had to work with All I Want for Christmas is...... from Willow Designs. 



And so on with my card:

The Image I used was All I Want for Christmas is....... from Willow Designs, you get both a pre-coloured together with a line drawing.  I chose the pre-coloured version.  At this point, I decided to do something which I hadn't seen done, a Shaker Card.  So inside the shaker element I used some Flower Soft and also some Glitter!!!  The Design Papers I can't remember where they came from.  I added some Gems just to the top of the Design.

I added a Ribbon and a Charm, which I think looks really good.

Remember you don't have to use Willow Designs but we would love to see them.  You have until 20:00pm next Wednesday 21st September to get your entry in.  You need to post it on the Willow Sketchie Challenge.

Well it's over to you.

Anne-Marie x x

P.S Have you seen the prize for next week, wow!!!!  Makes me wish I was you.