T'was the night before Christmas ...

Another Christmas card today.  I bought this lovely Sarah Kay image - Noel Peace -  last year and never used it.  I think it is so sweet.

I have coloured this lovely little angel with Copics, and she is peeking out from behind the curtain at the night sky - hence all the crystals added to it.  My papers are from the Basic Grey Figgy Pudding range, and sadly this is the last of this particular one.  I edged all round the patterned paper with a versamark embossing pen and  dipped the edges into Starlight embossing  powder.  I have also done the same with the snowflake border towards the bottom.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and I have removed the centre of the Christmas rose and replaced it with a brad.  The lush satin ribbon is an ebay purchase.  The acetate snowflakes are covered with Glamour Dust. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Twas the night before Christmas
Crazy Challenge - Wings
Kaboodle Doodles - Make it Vintage
Lexi's Creations - Anything goes
Ladybug Crafts Inks TLT - Ribbon
Crafty Calendar - Snowflakes
One Stitch at a Time - Winter Wonderland
Paper Sundaes - Let it Snow
Charisma Cardz - With love at Christmas
Paper Romance - Everything but the kitchen sink!
Stamp Insanity - Punches
Freshly Brewed - Anything goes + optional sketch
ABC Christmas - W for Winter Wonderland
Oldie but a Goodie - Distressing

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Get your sunglasses out!

Time flies, and I have another card.  Again I have used a lovely Sarah Kay image, Spring is Back, but I think it evokes summer  with her pretty suntop.  However, I am slightly out of my comfort zone with the colours I have chosen, just because I wanted to use these lovely MME Market Street papers.  I have sparyed the papers with Glimmer Mist Irridescent Gold to give a summery shimmer.

Cute Card Thursday have a sketch to follow, which has been put together by the very talented Claudia.

I have coloured with Copics.  The ribbon across the middle is from stash, and I have used flowers from Wild Orchid crafts - which I seem to have gone over the top on!  These have been edged with Stickles.  The pearls are from stash.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #117 - followed the sketch above
Paper Sundaes Challenge #23 - Pretty as a Princess
Meljens Designs #12 - Fibre, ribbon or lace - I have used ribbon
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #35 - Sugar and Spice
Charisma Card Challenge #24 - All about bling


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Summery and Girlie ...

No shade in my garden at the moment, so I am writing this post to go with my summery and girlie card.  I know I often say that 'oh - this is my favourite' something or other - but Sarah Kay images come in the tops as well for me.  They are so pretty and offer so many colouring possibililites, and I like the hats!

My  lovely lady - Isabelle with puppy Coco - is my card for today.  I have used Copics for colouring, and have given it bright summery pinks.  The papers used are ScribbleScrabble, and two different types of Bazzill - Bling and Swiss Dot.  The ribbon is Stampin Up' and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, liberally doused with crystal Stickles, and some fern leaves made with a punch.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Stamp Something - Summery
Cutie Sunday #97 - Summer
Bunny Zoe's Craft's Monthly Challenge #1 - Nice and Girlie


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One Stop Craft Challenge - DT Card

Good morning everybody

I hope it is not pouring with rain, like it is as I write this.  No more garden time for me if it is.  It has been lovely pottering these last few days, and lots of stuff coming into flower.  In fact it has been really difficult to do any crafting with the sun shining outside.

This is my first DT card for the One Stop Craft Challenge - the theme being swirls and pearls, which was chosen by the lovely Suzi.

The is the first inking of a Sarah Kay image I have had for a while (along with quite a few others!).  It is Olivia with her Kittens.  The image is stamped on to 300gsm watercolour card with Versafine Ink, and is coloured with Distress Inks, which I have not used for a long time.  My papers are Prima Flights of Fancy, with both sides being used.  I have stamped a couple of swirls, and placed pearls on them.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves are punched with Le-Em punches.  The lace is from stash, rubbed over with distress ink.  The base card on this is dark brown, and the leaves dark green, byut both seem to have come out looking black in the photo.

I am also entering this card for a number of challenges:

• The Crafty Calendar Challenge - The great outdoors
• ABC - V is for Vintage
• The Creative Cottage - Blooming Charmin'
• Simon Says Stamp - Use pink or blue with green and brown
• Creative Inspirations - Distressed
• Inky Impressions - Flowers, with the addition of something else, according to the theme specified, I have used lace and pearls
• Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Add a pearl
• Flutter by Wednesday - freestyle, but must have wings, ie. a fairy, angel or butterfly
• Stamptacular Sunday, - Pearls and Swirls

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3 in 1

Well - I was beginning to think I had lost my mojo,  but perhaps it is coming back.  I have made this card for the following challenges

• Papertake weekly challenge, 32, based on a sketch provided by Dawny P
• Craftz Catz, 15, in which they ask for a birthday card
• Crafty Cardmakers, 12, What's new?

I have used a Sarah Kay image, coloured with Prisma Pencils, with papers from Basic Grey, and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, which has been spritzed with glimmer mist.  The edges are punched with a Martha Stewart punch.


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3 in 1

I love this Sarah Kay stamp - he could be a gardener - but it makes me think of a little boy coming home from the fields after a hard day's work. He looks so purposeful in the way he is walking as if he is going home to his supper.

So this is a three-way challenge entry for me:

• I have used the sketch from Friday Sketchers, Week 72, who are sponsored by Dream2Stamp, for which I am entering this card.


• I am also entering it for Challenge 49 at the One Stop Craft Challenge where the theme is Autumn, and for me this is the dusty bronzes of the leaves turning colour, and the skies which are no longer that bright brilliant blue, but more subtle tones of bluey grey.


• The third entry is Crafty Creations Challenge 35, for which the theme is Autumn as well.

The image is 'Gardens need many helpers' which I have coloured with Prisma pencils. The papers are Basic Grey and the plain bluey/grey is from a DCWV pack which I have had forever. Embellishments are Basic Grey buttons.

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Sketch Saturday, call for new DT members

Sketch Saturday are on the look out for new DT members. I would love to be part of this team, so here is my entry.

The DT call will is running in 2 parts. The first part will be to make a card as illustrated in the sketch above, with any theme / colours / extra embellishments. The design team will then choose their favourites and and 12 people will go through to a second round of the challenge.

All the papers I have used are Basic Grey Wassail, and the image is Sarah Kay, Christmas Magic. The image is coloured in Prisma pencils.

Wish me luck, and thanks for stopping by.

3 in 1

It is a while since I posted, and my apologies - I have been catching up on a variety of things, and just have not had time to stamp.

My offering this evening is a Christmas card, and is for three challenges:

- Mojo Monday, Challenge 102, and I followed their sketch

- Stamptacular Sunday Challenge, and their challenge is Scallop Mania and the scallops are used around the greeting and snowflake

- Pile it On - the requirement is for something round, and this is the embossed and glittered snowflake

I have again used a Sarah Kay stamp, and coloured with Prisma pencils, which I am now loving. The greeting is a Stampin' Up, and the snowflake is Hero Arts, which I have had forever. The background paper is, I think, Basic Grey, but it is no longer a pad, just loose sheets, so cannot be sure.

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