Two challenges...

..one card. I'm entering this card into the Sketch Saturday challenge (which is a sketch) and the Passion For Promarkers challenge (and the colours this week are cool aqua and cocoa)

Materials: paper - Wild Asparagus (My Mind's Eye), image - Flowers Sugar Nellie coloured with Promarkers, 

flowers - Prima and everything else from stash

I've just noticed that Sugar Nellie is sponsoring the PfP challenge......I really must start reading properly!

I'm now going to make a cup of coffee and make my hats etc.

Back soon.

Under The Boardwalk

This week's sketch is by Jacqueline on the Friday Sketchers Blog

This time, as the paper is already printed with flourishes, I decided not to stamp over them and let the paper 'do the talking'. paper is another Under The Boardwalk, image is Hamish by Sugar Nellie from Funky Kits and the ribbon and brads are from my stash. The greeting was done on the computer.

Friday Sketchers & Colour Create

I used the sketch for the colour challenge this week which was We are being very gentle with you this week, using a tried and tested colour combination with an extra option you're sure to like. You see, we don't make it difficult every single week, lol! So here is the colour combination

For this week's extra option we would like you to use lace and pearls, but please remember that this is not compulsory.

The sketch and my card

Sugar Nellie stamp from Funky Kits

Promarkers from Secret Crafter

Prima flowers

SA pearls

Velvet ribbon from Ribbon Oasis
Cake image from Kirsty Wiseman's freebie

evrything else from my stash

Sketch Saturday #35

I'm just about up to date with the challenges I usually take part in so I thought I would get them all up loaded now as tomorrow must be a wedding stationery day! I've managed to wing it for a couple of days as I'm waiting for a large order needed to start two of the orders I've got and have been waiting for the proofs back for this one. The confirmation came this morning so I need to get on with it now.

Anyway I digress! Sketch Saturday this week is another great challenge and I need to make some birthday cards (as well as everything else!) for one of the salons I supply.

The papers are from Pink Petticoat, the image is Dress Up Maggie from Sugar Nellie coloured with ProMarkers, velvet ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis, Prima flowers and brads are from my stash.

Bye Bye

I had a leaving card to do for DH's boss, from the office, so it had to be a big one to fit all the signatures on. I knew what I wanted to do but putting it into practise was a different matter. The card is so simple but it took me ages and I finally finished it a 2.45 yesterday morning. DH has nown since August that his boss was leaving and said he would find me something to go on the front of the card................He actually sorted it on Tuesday evening and the card had to go into work yesteday. He did this with the last leaving card I made them so I've told him that the next time he does it I won't make one! Men!!!
I used two A4 sheets of card fastened together with Doodlebug brads. DH found the train ticket online and messed around changing the destination etc in Photoshop so I decided to make a wallet to put on the front. I used brown leather effect card and acetate.

I then decided that as train trave can be boring with delays etc I would change the ticket into a little book instead of just leaving it flat!

I found some free train colouring pictures and a dot to dot on the internet and bound them together with my Bind It All. The boss hasn't seen it yet but it's a hit with the rest of the office :))
I was also commissioned to make some more Post it Note holders and a 'second' birthday card.

Assorted papers, ribbon, die cuts and charms are from my stash.

I decided to make this one into a shaker card and used some more of the Sprinkles from Debbi Moore's web site. Paper is K & Co, ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis the Sugar Nellie image was stamped for me by my friend Andrea (thank you!) and I coloured her (the image, not Andrea LOL) with my super new ProMarkers from Wendy at Secret Crafter, die cuts are all Quickutz, 2 was cut on the Robo and the sentiment was generated on the computer.

I've got another couple of commissions to do today and I must also try to start my own cards (!) I also need to make a couple of Christmas prezzies so I can get them in the post and we are braving town today to try to finish off the last bits of gift shopping. I shouldn't moan really as I've done most of it online :)

Take care and TFL xx

Double dare

This card incorporates the DCM Little Extra which states

We want to see your Crafty Christmas Presents ! Make a card using a new toy you had for Christmas, or in fact any crafty goodies that you received. Its a great chance to try out all your new toys/papers/embellishments! We'd love to see what crafty presents Santa dropped into your stocking....

and the second January challenge at Just Bex which is

Ok so a Card Challenge for you all to play along with. This is a new idea for a challenge so we will see how / if it works! This is all about using the shapes you are given somewhere on your card. They can be any size but you MUST use all the shapes somewhere. You can add additional embellishments etc as much as you like. So the shapes you have to incorporate into your card are

and here is my masterpiece!!

Santa didn't actually drop the stamp into my stocking but he did leave me an envelope with some money in so I could buy something I needed (so I decided that I needed some more of the Sugar Nellie stamps ;) ) This one is Dress up Maggie. She is coloured with the pearly paints from The Works. Backing paper on the corners is K & Co and the brads are Doodlebug. For the challenge on JB the four triangles are at the corners, two circles are the brads, two rectangles are the large image mat and the greeting and finally the three squares are the card, the image and the square image mat!