By the skin of my teeth!

If prizes were on offer for last minute cards I think I might be a serious contender for the top spot. lol I really like this sketch because it works either very simply like mine (did you notice I said 'mine' and not 'me' :)) of fully decorated like a lot of the other entries. So, this is Debbie's sketch for the Sketch Saturday challenge

Materials: image - Pink Petticoat, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Sakura pens as before, Prima flowers, X Cut snowflake
and everything else from stash

Thanks again for looking, sleep tight.

Creative Treasures

Tracey is starting a monthly challenge on the Creative Treasures blog and here is what she has to say Every month will see the start of a new monthly challenge, some months it might be a colour challenge, recipe challenge it might be a photo to take inspirations from. We are going to start with a colour challenge and as this months blooms kit is "Spring Meadows", I'm going to go with this theme, here is your colour inspiration. Closing date with be 30th April and the winner will receive a Monthly Blooms Kit of their choice.

The theme this week on Rosie-Dee's Challenge is blooms so my card fits that one too :)


and here is my card
I'm not sure what the papers are as they came in a card kit last year, but I love the blue and yellow, I think it's almost (dare I say it) summery,if not then it is definitely spring like. The large blooms were picked up from a craft fayre, the blue card is edged with an MS punch and the right hand side of the card was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. It's the back of the card as I cut a couple of cms off the front. The shadows are cast by the scanner so I'll try to photograph it tomorrow once the camera batteries have recharged.

Rosie-Dee's

Challenge week 21 posted by Rosie

My challenge this week is to use up some scraps. I, for one, are in a real scrap splurge kind of mood at the mo, so I want to see what you can make with yours.

The pink and yellow card along with the Crate paper are all off cuts, the flowers, ribbon and diamantes as before and the sentiment is a rub on by MSE. The edge of the card was embossed again using one of the Cuttlebug border embossing folders.

DCM day

It's Kathy's turn to set the dare on the Daring Cardmaker blog today and this is her brief

10 Minute Christmas Card
Just in case you hadn't noticed, Christmas is just around the corner - less than two weeks to go now! So as we hurtle headlong towards the big day we thought we'd help you out just a little bit with those last minute cards. Every year we find ourselves needing a few extra cards, even when we thought we'd got plenty, so this dare is all about super-quick Christmas crafting.We want to see cards that take only a few minutes, but of course don't look it!Make just one, or see how many you can make in an hour ot's up to you. On your marks.... get set......Go Go Go

The image is a ready coloured download from Loves To Doodle , mounted onto red card then onto dark green which has been embossed using a Cuttlebug folder. I added a piece of red ribbon and a Cuttlebug flower with a 'Jingle Bell' centre. Thanks Kathy for helping me to come up with a quick card to send out to my customers!

Papertake Weekly

On a brighter note today, this challenge is for Dawny's Sketch #4 Another good one so thanks Dawny :)I stretched it slighly as I needed a large card! Supplies used are Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Stickles, Irridescent glitter, Quickutz snowflake, navy card, blue ribbon and freebie paper (but I can't remember where from! *oops*

The rest!

Are you sick of reading all this yet? Here is what I've been doing the rest of this week, I hope you are sitting comfortably!! LOL

Materials used

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Stickles

Pale lilac pearlescent card

Diamantes

Swarovski flat back crystals

Cuttleug embossing folder

Bazzil Bling card

Green paper from English Paper Company

Debbi Moore holly paper

Green ribbon

Christmas tree brad

Stickles

Funky Fairys freebie penguin

Papers-Lilli of the Valley and Anita's Blue Christmas

Silver ric rac

Snowflake brad

Stickles

Sizzix heart #2

3mm red ribbon

Rub on - Imaginisce

Felt Santa hat

Anita's Traditional Paper pad

Last one.....

....for this evening, it's bed time :) Just two more quick cards and a bracelet I made last week.

They don't come much quicker than this one :) A Cuttlebug embossed tree which has been 'stickled' in gold, threaded with teal ribbon and mounted onto green card and voila, a Christmas card!

I've got quite a few Christmas images ready stamped and this was one of them. I've glittered the roof, trees and ground and just dusted the sky with pale blue chalk (although it isn't showing) The stamp is from Rubadubadoo (I can never spell that and can't be bothered to check), dark blue paper is frm Debbi Moore, light blue is from the Blue Christmas by Anita's, the ribbon is probably from Ribbon Oasis, not sure where the minute buttons are from and the snowflakes are Cuttlebug. This card fits with a challenge on Christmas Cards All Year Round blog.

The bracelet hasn't photographed very well but it is really pretty in real life. It's made from size 11 silver lined Miyuki Delicas and amethyst faceted beads. It was supposed to be black and gold but I forgot to take my black beads :) I shall make that one tomorrow evening while I'm watching Strictly.

Thanks for looking, sleep tight. x

Papertake Weekly #13

This weeks challenge is a sketch by Katharina for the Papertake Weekly blog

Love this sketch! Lots of Cuttlebug on this one................the rest of the embossed snowman/sledding embossing folder, left over from my Friday Sketchers card, and the little snowman and flakes. The backing paper is another sheet from last years DCWV Christmas pad and the pale blueribbon is wrapped around a pice of pale blue pearlescent card. The sentiment was done (not very well) using a set of Hampton Arts mini alpha stamps.

I do have two other cards to show but they can wait until tomorrow (today) as it is way past my bed time and my head is a shed :))

Take care. xx

Di Hickman's Card sketch

I do love card sketches, they make my life so easy but I've never actually thought of doing my own. I just decide what I'm using on a card and shuffle it till it looks right LOL (Note to self-start using one of my millions of note books and making my own sketches). I do like Di's though and here is this weeks.The blue paper is from an old Sizzix pad and I'm not sure what the stripey paper is as it was in a kit I bought a while ago. The stamped image is by Stamps Away and the charm is from my stash.

My next card is another one from Lythan's tutorial, this time on yellow card :)

The card is actually yellow Bazzill Bling although it looks orange here. The paper is again from the card kit. The house and clouds are again from Marieke's blog I love the colours in this one.

And now back to my left overs! Here are a couple more that I did this morning.

Patterned paper used is from one of the K & Co mat stacks. Not sure where the lilac card is from but I ran it throught the Swiss Dots folder by Cuttlebug. The stamp is one of the Maggie stamps from Sugar Nellies and the ribbon and heart are from my room full of goodies. :)

Paper is by the English Paper Company (part of my prize from a comp last year in Cardmaking and Papercraft) and the stamps again is by Stamps Away. The rest is from my stash.
The stamp is City Divine by Penny Black. The backing card has again been Cuttlebugged and the flower and brad are from a Papermania mini embellishment kit.

What a beautiful day..........

ay ay, what a beautiful day! (I wish I could sing LOL) the weather has been absolutely wonderful today..........Spring has definitely sprung, for today at least.

I've had another quick burst of card making while I'm waiting for a card order to come (nb Kathy & Sheila, it's for a stationery order ;))

So here they are

A quick thank you card with the simple addition of paper flowers, I think they are Bazzill but I'm not sure. There is also a flower brad and a Prima flower in there somewhere. the corners were hand embossed.

The beautiful little Dress Up Maggie has been coloured with water colour pencils. Paper is Pink Petticoat and the rub on greeting is Papermania.

I think this topper is just so sweet! A friend made it for me a couple of years ago when she first got her Robo and I thought it was about time I used it :) So all there is to add is that the card and blue spotty ribbon were on my desk mountain. I'm pleased to say that it is definitely going down but then I have a large drawer full to get rid of!

Another one of my die cuts from ebay. Papers are by Pink Petticoat and Sugared by Basic Grey and the ribbon is from a pack of three one metre reels from the Range. they cost the grand total of 99p for the pack.

More scrap papers. The black one is from a pack either by Dovecraft or Papermania, I can't remember but I know it was only £2.99 and there is a lot of usable paper in the pack which makes a nice change. The stamp is by Inkadoo and it is one I'm extremely fond of. I stamped it onto white card using a Versamark pad and embossed it using Black Super Sparkle embossing powder from Personel Impressions. The dress was cut out leaving a small border and then run through the Textile embossing folder by Cuttlebug. The ribbon is fastened through white flower eyelets fixed with the Cropodile. Off to bag them now as I need to take them to the shop first thing in the morning.

Thanks for reading, enjoy the rest of the evening. xx

3 times lucky!

I'm like a bus this morning...............nothing for ages then three come along at the same time! LOL

I've just made another card for Di Hickman's template challenge.

Another Pink Petticoat cupcake. I love these images and the papers too. I also like the fact that they are on download so you have them to use straight away (as long as you don't do what i did and delete Henrietta by mistake, now I've got to buy her again. i think the paper on the left is Hot off the Press but I'm not sure, pink card has been embossed with the Cuttlebug Paisley embossing folder, ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis again and other bits and pieces are from my stash.

Whatever you are upto, enjoy the rest of the holiday

Thanks for looking

Done it...........

the DCM challenge that is!! This week is a template challenge.

I've had two appointments today with brides to be (wanting stationery) and sorted out a calendar for MiL and at 4.30 pm DD proudly announces that she needs a birthday card for her friend for this evening. Laura is having a birthday sleepover and DD was going at 6! I had specific instructions too in that it had to have Sponge Bob Square Pants on the front. Kids............don't you just love them. LOL

Here we have simplicity at it's best.

Papers are My Mind's Eye- Je T'aime, pressie is a Cuttlebug embossing folder with a bit of bling added and the pic and the greeting were done on the pc.

Take care and enjoy your weekend. Thanks for dropping by.

Knickers!

I came across this blog via Glitter Monkey's blog whilst blog hopping last week and found the template for this fab card. I decided it would be a perfect 'Good Luck' card for a friend who opened her first salon on Tuesday doing hair, nails and spray tanning. She is also selling my jewellery, tiaras and cards. It should be two separate cards but I used the templates on both sides of mine.

This is the front (obviously) LOL

And this is the back!

Papers and paper frills are by Doodlebug. I will have another one to show later as it isn't quite finished.

The next card was ordered by a friend.Papers are K & Co and Craftwork Cards. 60th were cut on the Robo and the backing was embossed using a Cuttlebug die. All finished with a piece of navy and white gingham ribbon.

I will be back later as I have a load of cards to make so feel the challenge templates might just come in handy. :)

I love my hubby.....

...........so I might just save this card for him for Valentine's day :) I've made it this afternoon for the DCM dare which was from Jo "My dare this week is 'Foiled!' -I would like you to utilise some plain old aluminium (aluminum for our friends across the pond!) foil from your kitchen :). You can scrunch it, die cut it, emboss it, ink it, coil it, cover chipboard - or anything else that you choose!"

The copper card was embossed using a Cuttlebug folder and mounted onto a piece of ivory card. The large heart is chipboard covered with tin foil. I got one in one of the lovely kits from the Scrummy Stash cafe and use it as a template. The card was finished with a red heart shaped brad and a greeting from a Letraset rub on pack.

Cuttlebug embossing folders

Leigh has posted a "Just for fun" challenge on the Just Bex forum and here is what she said "Ok so a while back, a few of us vowed to do something inspiring with the little cuttlebug folders we have gathering dust. here is a wedding card I made this week using one." I made a couple of cards a while ago which fit the brief.
The folders were used on the first one 'as they come', on the second card I used Bazzill card and just rubbed over the embossed square with an emery board!

Baubles

I totally forgot that I hadn't posted this card, for the DCM Little Extra, on my blog. This is what they were looking for this week.

This week we'd love to see you making cards on the theme of Baubles, Bells & Bows See how much of a dent you can make in the "I need to make X number of Christmas cards" list with this one. Please come back and leave us a message when you've made your card(s) and we'll pop over to see what you've created.

Baubles were embossed with the Cuttlebug 'Textile' embossing folder and cut with a scalloped circle punch. The cap on the top was cut by hand and I added some gold wire for the hanger. The baubles are actually gold mirri card! Backing paper is from an old K & Co Christmas pad, sentiment is a Studio G stamp again and the ribbon was from my stash.

I am making jewellery at the moment as I have a party next Wednesday evening. I shall photograph it all together when I have finished. Will break off tomorrow morning though for the DCM challenge.

Night night xx

Cute cards!

The DCM have just announced the dare for this week and it has spurred me into using a new Cuttlebug embossing folder for the first time. I just loved this folder as soon as I saw it on the Oyster Stamps web site but when it came I wasn't sure what to do with it as it is C6 size. Anyway, back to the task in hand, the dare.....this is the instruction for this week:-

Well, this week the Design Team have come up with this idea for you to play with, we hope you'll enjoy it.
TEXT...
definition... the main body of matter in a book or manuscript. the actual wording of anything written or printed, short passage of scripture, etc
We'd like you to somehow incorporate text into your cards this week - not just one word.. but a portion of TEXT... like a poem, or newspaper print, Caligraphy, Even rip up an old text book and use some of the paper from it, there are masses of possibilities here, so let your imaginations run riot and let us see you texting to your heart's content!

and here are my cards, yep that's right, I made two :) (I always make baby cards in pairs, one boy and one girl, and sometimes a twins one too.)

The folder is embossed onto Bazzil card and mounted on a sheet from the Small Wonders mat pad by Brenda Walton. The silver ABC charms tied on the ribbon is from CBC the flowers were from ebay and the brad in the centre is a pink pearl brad by Papermania.

Again the embossed card is Bazzil mounted this time onto card from the Small Wonders Boy mat pad. The silver shoe charm, gingham ribbon and buttons are all from the Crafts By Carolyn shop.

If anyone is going abroad this weekend is there any chance you could fetch us some sunshine back please. This weather is so grim and depressing. We were so hacked off the other night, we booked our holiday for next year! We are going to Cornwall for two weeks on 2nd August and I have a sneaky feeling that we won't be spending much time on the beach!

Message for Kathy B......we have booked to go back to Zakynthos for two weeks from the 5th August next year. :))

Midweek dare

I have just finished a quick card for a customer and made it with the midweek dare in mind. This is what they had to say :

So what Little Extra treat have we dreamed up for you to play with this week?
Well, there's a lot of wedding talk around on the design team with two weddings coming up soon. So inspired by this we'd like you to put some LOVE into your cards this week. Wedding, Anniversary, Engagement or simply to say "I love You" - there are lots of opportunities to get lovey-dovey and slushy, so get out all the romantic stash out and show us what you can do. After all, you know what they say;"All you need is Love, Love, Love"

This is the card I made.

The little squares were embossed with the super Cuttlebug embossing folders, dusted with I'Kan Dee shimmer chalks and edged with lilac ink.They were then mounted onto silver card (although it has scanned black!). I finished it off with a piece of silver organza ribbon. The greeting was done on the pc.