Sketch #80

on the ICS blog this week is sponsored again by Paper Romance

You will notice this time that I turned the sketch slightly as it suited my image better. I have followed the sketch properly but have just noticed from my photograph that, because I have used sheer ribbon on  a heavily patterned paper, apart from the bow, you can't actually see the ribbon!!!!

Paper - Papermania
Image - DewDrop Craftz
Promarkers
Glamour Dust
Sizzix corner die
Charm from stash and
Computer generated sentiment

By the time you read this post I should be home armed with loads of dirty washing and loads of well thumbed books. Thanks for looking.

Inspirational

Card Sketch #78 and this week we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts

You will probably notice a theme emerging over the next few cards as I've been preparing for my rather large wedding fayre in August!
Papers - Pink Petticoat
Image - DewDrop Craftz
Promarkers
Prima flowers
Marth Stewart Butterfly punch
Glamour Dust
Gems
Ribbon

We would love you to come and take part in our fabulous sketch challenges but don't forget to let us know that you have :)

I must tell you, not that I want you to be envious in any way, but the rest of my August posts are all scheduled as by the time you get to read this I should be laid in the very warm sunshine with a good book and an iced coffee on the lovely island of Zakynthos (Zante)!

Tfl x

ICS sketch #77

I love working with Dawn's sketches and also love seeing the diversity of the team's work or projects. To say we all work to the same sketch the projects are vastly different. This week we are sponsored again by Paper Romance

It's funny because I don't often use DL cards now but when I do, I think I prefer them this way round. I used loads of them back in the dark ages when I first began card making but that was before I fell in love with square cards lol
Paper - My Mind's Eye (magazine freebie)
Image - DewDrop Craftz
Promarkers
Nellie Snellen frame dies
clear gems
pc generated sentiment

We would love you to join in with us but please leave us your address so that we can call by for a visit :)

Goodbye, farewell!

The following card has been made for the final DewDrop Craftz challenge. Nikki has decided to pull the challenges as we weren't getting many entrants. I can understand it from both sides as I know that time is a great issue.......or lack of it. I have only had time this week to take part in one of my usual challenges as I'm really busy with stationery orders. The only cards I've made are my DT cards and I used the Mojo Monday sketch for this one! Details can be seen on the Challenge me blog.
Now onto my card....
The challenge this week was 'time' to be interpreted as you wish. I chose to make mine 'Party time'
and used one of the bee images by Tasha 

 

The bee is coloured with Sakura Glaze pens and he has a lovely sheen to him which the camera hasn't picked up. The image and freebie farame are both from DewDrop, the papers are left from other projects and I was very brave and hand wrote the greeting (only because I cut my circles and then realised that I didn't have the rub on I wanted!


Other news from DewDrop is the new Cougar which is now in stock (along with some wonderful storage trolleys. I mentioned it the other day but didn't have a piccie of it...........well now I have :)

 

 I have tried to get a sample to use for my DT cards but Nikki just isn't having any lol

Thanks for looking in and I really hope you can us in our last challenge.

DewDrop challenge

I made another card for the DDC Challenge Me Don't forget that the colours are lilac and lime and there is plenty of time to join in with out challenge. There is a fab prize on offer too for this one :)

Materials: image DDC digi, Promarkers, brad - Woodware, everything else from stash

DewDrop challenge

....has been announced at lunch time today on the Challenge Me blog. This is what Nikki has to say about this week.....

The prize for this challenge will be a set of brand new digital stamps - which are not yet released.

I am sure you will bee happy to receive these cute and very cuddly characters.

So, feel free to interpret in anyway you can.. in any crafting creation.. whether it be a card, layout or altered project..

The rules for the challenges are on the right of the blog.. and remember there is an incentive for challenging your friends..

 

Here is my card in lilac and green (ok, more lilac than green, but it's there!) lol

Materials: image is a digi stamp by Misty (and can be found at DDC Digi Shop and is the most amazing value and very versatile. I use the flower images quite a bit but it's the first time I've used the Cyclamen .) sentiment-Cutting Cafe, Promarkers, MS punch, Nesties and everything else from stash.

There is some amazing work by the design team so why not pop over and have a look.

Till next time :)

Va va vroom

I had a play with one of the new release digi stamps from DewDrop Craftz the other day and this is what I came up with. My first card uses the 2 Sketches challenge sketch which I flipped on it's side!

Materials: images - DewDrop Craftz, Promarkers, brads - Woodware, papers - K & Co, rub ons - from stash

Thanks for looking.

DewDrop Digiz

Have you seen the new Digi shop on the DewDrop Craftz web site? There are some lovely new images on there ready to download. I love digi downloads, I print them off a sheet at a time and colour them as I want them but have always got uncoloured images knocking about!! I love this new image Nikki sent me the other day. She is called Butterfly Swirl and I just had to get out the glitter pot when I saw her. :) I used the new sketch from the Inspirational Card Sketches blog for my card and I think it also fits in with the Papertake Weekly challenge which is

Angels And Fairies

It couldn't be simpler. So if you want to p p p pick up a penguin (sorry!!) all you have to do is include something fairy-ish or angelic on your cards and that's it..

paper-magazine freebie, download-Butterfly Swirl, ProMarkers,Cuttlebug embossing strips, flowers-Prima,
Glamour Dust, everything else from stash.

The camera hasn't picked up the glamour dust at all which is a shame as she has sparkly hair and wings. I had to take the photo at an angle to stop getting my reflection in the mirror card. LOL

I really need to do some work now but I'm going to nip down the garden to feed the fish and pull some pears off the tree for after tea this evening. Not sure whether to make a pear sponge with chocolate custard or pear crumble and ordinary custard!! Such difficult decisions :))

Back later, tfl. x

PS There are even some free digi images in the DewDropz Digi Shop.

Inspirational Card Sketches

Dawn comes up with some lovely sketches but I must admit that they sometimes scare the life out of me LOL and this sketch was one of the scarey ones. When I first looked at it there appeared to be too much to put on my card but this is what the DT projects are for and they are fab and true to the blog title......thank you girls :)

Image - Scuba Josh
Bubbles stamp - DewDrop Craftz
Papers - World paper mountain!
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Fish - Cuttlebug

Thanks

DewDrop Craftz

Have you checked out the new challenge on the DewDrop Craftz blog yet? Sarah has set a colour challenge using this fab picture (courtesy of Martha Stewart)

Isn't that just the most beautiful shade of blue?

The image is a new release from the DewDrop shop and will be available very soon. The stamp is made using another of Sally-Ann Hancock's sketches and I've coloured her with ProMarkers.
Paper - Stampin Up
Flowers - Prima
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Ric rac, ribbon and brad from stash

TFL

Colour Create

The colour combination this week is grassy green, apple green, sunflower yellow, lemon and white
It's a lovely fresh looking combination and when I first saw I definitely didn't see a man's card however once I chose my image I could see how it would look and I'm quite pleased with the outcome! The optional extra is to decorate the inside of your card which I haven't done as my cards are on general sale and you can guarantee someone will ask for the same card but with a plain inside, so I've played safe :)

I also used the Friday Sketchers sketch by Claudia


The image is called Jim-Just Chillin (beer) by Sally-Ann Hancock and is available from DewDrop Craftz, coloured with ProMarkers. The green wavy paper and sentiment are from Kirsty Wiseman's Patti Picklicious cd and the brads and other pieces of card are from my stash.

TFL xx

Sneaky peek #2

This evening is also challenge night on the DewDrop Craftz blog and we would really love you to join us there too. The challenges on DewDrop are fortnightly so you have plenty of time to join in :)

See you later with my actual cards.

Ooh err

This card was made using the sketch dated 6th June so am just a bit late with this one. I made it for Nikki from DewDrop Craftz (don't forget the bookmark challenge is on until this Sunday so you have plenty of time to enter :)) as it was her birthday last weekend but she didn't let on!!


Papers are Bloom and Grow
Image is from Sally-Ann at The Digistamp Boutique
Flowers are Prima
Gems are Anita's
Sentiment is a MSE rub on
Ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis

My next card was made using the Sketch Saturday sketch from 30th May which makes me ever so slightly behind LOL!

This card went to a lovely blogging bud for her birthday.

Papers are again Bloom and Grow (and yes, they are my new favourites :))
Image is Pink Petticoat coloured with ProMarkers
Sentiment is a rub on by MSE

TFL

New challenge

The new challenge was revealed last night on the DewDrop Craftz blog and this time it was my team mate Domi's turn to set it and this is her brief..... A bookmark.. something simple or something exquisite, either way something you could use to save your page in a favourite book or magazine.
I used the School Girl stamp for my bookmark (and coloured her with ProMarkers) and it can be purchased from here My words were stamped using a Studio G alpha set which I won when the (now defunct) Page Plans blog first started. The 's' is missing but I never had the guts to email and tell them, so I'm ok as long as I make sure that my words don't contain the letter s! LOL

We would love it if you could take the time to join us for our little challenge which runs for two weeks, so there is plenty of time. There is also a small prize on offer too.

Charlotte

I've had a couple of people ask me where the image came from which was used on this card

Well, her name is Charlotte and she came from DewDrop Craftz
I hope that helps :))

DewDrop Craftz charity stamp

In support of Orchid, a charity which raises funds to help fight male cancer, Nikki has worked together with Sally-Ann Hancock from The Digi Stamp Boutique to bring you a new and exclusive 'Jim' stamp.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday #51 Jim is coloured with ProMarkers (what else!) The papers are 3 Bugs summer collection from last year but I still love them, the shells are QK cut from gold glitter card and the little star fish were punched from a piece of cork as I couldn't find my sand paper. The circles were cut with Nesties.

As mentioned above, the stamp is available from DewDrop Craftz and £1.45 from every stamp sold will go to the charity..........He is available facing either left or right and I've placed my order.
Please think about buying him to help a very worthwhile charity.

TFL

PS....Please scroll down for newer posts.

DewDrop Craftz

challenge this week was set by Sarah and she said she "would like you to incorporate a 'pocket' into your creation. This could be a pocket to hold a secret message.. money or even another part of the creation" The winner of this challenge will win a stamp of their choice from Nikki's shop

I made two cards for this challenge although I might have my wrist slapped for the first one :)

The pockets are in his shorts LOL The image is from DewDrop and he's been coloured with Promarkers. The backing paper is from a HOTP pad I found in a drawer and the sentiment circle is from Patti Picklicious.

This little Manga couple is so sweet and ideal if you don't want a super cutie image for a wedding card! Again I've used the PMs, the papers are from Papermania and my tag was just an oval Nestie. Eyelets, gems and ribbon are from my meagre (!) stash.

When Patti met Sally.........

It should actually be Sally-Ann, as in the fabulously talented Mrs Hancock but it didn't fit :) and I shall show you why I came up with this ingenious (not) title :) I needed a card in a hurry this morning but didn't have the time to start looking for matching papers etc and Kirsty's cd, Patti Picklicious was staring at me and so the inevitable happened. Instead of trying to reduce the off cut paper mountain even further, I printed of another half dozen sheets! I also used the Truly Scrumptious challenge from 29th April which also stated that the card had to be good enough to eat.

The papers from the cd are the Filligree Baby Girl split sheet and the Chocolate Fudge Spots. I also used the Happy Birthday 'button' from the Circle Greeting section. The cupcake image is one of Sally-Ann's drawings which have been turned into acrylic stamps by Nikki at DewDrop Craftz I coloured the image with my PMs and added glitter to the icing and Glossy Accents to the cherry on the top :) The card looks wonky in the picture but it isn't IRL.........honest LOL

TFL x

Time flies

I cannot believe it is two weeks since I last blogged..........how bad is that? So what have I done since I was last here, well.......I have orders coming in fast and furiously (so much so that my mum is working with me part time), I'm ahead with my DT work (DewDrop Craftz cards will be shown tomorrow evening when the new challenge is uploaded and I will add my Debbi Moore DT work later), have two more commissioned albums on the go, DD no 1's wedding is all planned now so we're just waiting for the big day and I have been doing challenges but just haven't had the time to blog them! I did a wedding fayre on 26th April and then last week DH took me camping for the weekend (he knows how to treat a girl :)) We went to the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District, it's very quiet and I can't even get a mobile phone signal where we stay! Even DD2 enjoyed it (she's 15). She bought the book Marley And Me on Saturday morning and just laid and read.........unheard of unless it's a gossip mag. Oh and I've half sorted my craft room :)

So to begin......I have made and delivered another set of day and evening invitations for a wedding

and a set of table numbers for a charity function

They were tri-fold in black and white tied together with ivory ribbon. Sorry about the pants photo but I didn't get them finished till about 9 pm and DH whisked them up to the hotel so they could go in the post first thing yesterday morning to be (hopefully) received this morning in time for the 'do' this evening..............it's a good job I work well under pressure LOL

I think I will leave starting the challenge cards till tomorrow........it's bed time :)

It's a man's world!!

It was my turn again to set the challenge for this week on the DewDrop Craftz blog and this is it! Now.. onto this fornights challenge..It's a mans world.. (we'll let them think that anyway..) So what does that mean for the challege?? Mens cards.. or other projects.. something for the men in your lives.. I want to see your 'male' creations over the next fortnight.. as we all find it more difficult to make for them it will be great to see what you guys come up with, especially with Father's Day looming not far round the corner..So root through your stash for those masculine papers, dig through your ribbon for those twills and ropes and see what you can astound your man with. Looking forward to seeing the entries.. and the winner will receive 3 new Pebeo Metal Touch tubes in Gold, Pale Gold and Copper and a full set of 4 Carl Torrosian sophisticated nudes stamps (both Sandrine and Angelique)
The image on the top card is Eric the dinosaur and is another by Sally-Ann which has been turned into a stamp, now for sale in the DewDrop Craftz shop The green paper on the top is one of Kirsty Wiseman's from the Patti cd and the striped paper is from my box of off cuts.

The image on the second card is also from DewDrop and I think he is just so cute. He has been coloured with my trusty PMs. The sentiment circle is from Stamps Away.

We can't wait to see your creations :)