Good Luck

I love this cat and I can't believe its taken me so long to colour him in. I knew the Cosmo Cricket Happily Everafter papers would suit him but had to wait till I had used it for Pilar's book now thats done I've quite a bit left.
The Good Luck cat is from dream2stamp and there's some really cute winter stamps due out soon. The sketch is Everybody Art Challenge this week from Tina and a big congratulations to the new DT members especially pleased for Leonie and April Rose who I've been following for some time.
I'm having a tough time with embellishments at the moment, when I put them on the card I don't like it so I'm having to go with the simple look at the mo.
Another blog I follow is Jacque and look at her amazing candy, wouldn't you love this arriving at your door.

A Sunday Double

Over on Just Magnolia the challenge is to make your own flowers, I very often use various punches to make flowers simply because to get the right shade of a brought flower to match papers is really difficult. I tried to make some flowers that was on the link on someones blog, of course now I can't find it but you had to spritz them with water, well I tried it but on my cheap cardstock it didn't work too well but I did like how when all the funky flowers were put together. So it was the inspiration for these flowers.
The papers Making Memories and my MS Doily punch for the border. Remember me saying I had to buy a new one cos I wore the old one out, what you don't realise soon after I had a bit of clear out and threw out the wrong punch so on some landfill site is a brand new Doily punch and my purse is quite a bit lighter now that I had to buy yet another.
The sketch on Friday Sketchers this week is sponsor by dream2stamp and it just didn't seem right to use anyone elses stamp when I'm on their DT not that I had to but it was a brilliant excuse to use this turtle stamps. I still trying to think a card for a man not sure if it worked this time but I do love the colours which match the image. They're are Daisy Bucket papers and the sentiment is Clever cut.
Ok this is schedule post cos I'm off to Scrapbuddies at Mychett Community Centre in Surrey.

Pumpkin Cat

On A Spoonful of Sugar there is a brilliant sketch from Nikki and I can't resist a sketch and Stephany from dream2stamp as sent me some of her fabulous cute stamps and this chap is one of them. He's looking pleased with himself cos I haven't coloured him in mouse colours, I was only going to 3D him but had to 3d he's head as well because somehow he got an awful black spot on his chin. The papers are a mixture of My Minds Eye and some scraps, flowers out of my stash.
It's all quiet here just waiting not so patiently for my Henry stamps.
When I got the link for dream2stamp I've notice that Stephany has 10% off at the moment.

Stamp with Fun

I love the sketch on Stamp with Fun and its definitely going to be one to use again. I've used a dream2stamp bridal mouse but I've paper pieced her dress so she's more Bridesmaid than Bride. I've been really good and not over do the punching and used the funky flower punch like the one in my candy (see here) and the swirl punch. The papers are Stampin Up, so is the sentiment stamp and the punches to match. Punching is so much better when the card not too thick. I've used some stickles for her wings and the bouquet
Karen sent me this, thanks Karen . I can't possible choose just a few blogs, everyones are beautiful and I'm constantly adding myself as follower to new bloggers.
Off to check out all the entries on Simon Says Challenge don't miss tomorrows challenge its one of my favourite type of challenge!

Smile

WOW at some point yesterday I hit 100.000 truly amazing thank you for all visiting my little blog. Looking forward to buying some candy at Newbury of course I will have to buy two cos I'm not giving away something I haven't got.
Back to the cards, this little darling is from dream2stamps and the papers are Stampin Up and the sentiment is Hero Arts clear designs. The sketch is from Carols sketch fun and its perfect for this size card I think its called C6 card but if Do-crafts collect for Marie Curie next year this one will be ready to go.
If by concidence Dawny's Sketch on Papertake Weekly shouted to me to make the same size. The cute pair are from Simon Says Stamps We are Family and the sentiment is from the simply the best words. The papers are BG Marrakech pack (hoping to pick the new packs of BG at the weekend). Another for the Marie Curie box.
Ok I'm going to say it, I've refrain from saying it before because of the rubbish summers we've had lately but IT'S TOO HOT.

A couple of cuties

I've been colouring a couple of the new Tilda's so they were nice a ready for a challenge. I've used this Tilda for the new sketch #57 on Friday sketchers well it started off with the sketch and then it went its own way. Not sure if I would stamp the corners again not convinced it looks right but I do love the sentiment button and what no flowers.
This is one of the new DT stamps I got from dream2stamp and the card almost made itself, I know I wanted to cut out the inside of the window and to use acetate for the windows. I also knew I wanted the shape to be an oval the trick was to find one that would fit. The papers is papermania Blueberry Hill and rest is out of my stash.
I have some DT work to do that I won't be able show yet but there's something happening on Sunday on the Simon Says Challenge.

Sketch Thursday

Before I went on my hols I received my new DT stamps from dream2stamp, I've already used the yummy cake and this is the cute mouse that I asked Steph to be included in my pack. I've used the sketch on Sketch Saturday and BG Marrakech, the corners are sizzix die, the swirls are Quickutz. Peels off for the sentiment and I used the stampin up punches, the flower is made with various punches and nestabilities.
I'm not going to admit to shopping at the Glitter Pot but I could be back later with a card for my Son's birthday who happens to be a Leo.

Wedding cake

I have to apologise for the quality of photo for some strange reason the white looked blue and I tried inside and out of house to photo it so in the end I pushed the icon to colour correct and the white went really bright.
This is the new cake stamp from dream2stamp it shouted wedding cake. The pearly icing is actually liquid pearls white opal that I didn't realised I had but it worked brilliantly the trick is to use it the night before and walk away, do not touch it to see if it dry else you have to do it again, trust me this tip is from my own experience.
As you can see I only partial embossed one side of the card and the score lines I used the scoring board I use to make cards with, the sentiment is PC genearated and the I used the stampin' up oval punches.

Owl Anniversary

These cute owls stamps are dream2stamp and I love paper piecing them, the branch is from the template from Craftwork card but the leaves are from the same owls stamp. I've used BG Wisteria again, sorry but I love those papers. This card will work brilliantly for A Spoonful of Sugar challenge to make a celebration card and congratulations to the team at Spoonful too who celebrate their 1st Birthday.

This sketch is the fabulous one that Iris set for us at Simon Says Challenge blog, just thought you might like to see it.

New Home

I need a New Home card and I decided on using this stamp from dream2stamp love how the ribbon works for W, I've used the DCWV latte pack but its photo a bit dark, I used Friday Sketchers #51 but the image is a bit large and hides must of the details. At least it look OK in real life.

I had hoped I would have recovered from the weekend by now but struggling a bit at the moment which is typical when I've some deadlines coming up soon.

A Cute Bank Holiday

This is the cute bird stamp that I won from Everbody Art challenge, aren't they cut, I've seen a couple of birds coloured in Pink and Blue and I thought they would be perfect for doing that. The papers are Papermania, that Clare Curd showed me on Saturday and I've used the sketch on Friday Sketchers.

This was the first card I did yesterday, I was having trouble getting back to the crafty flow and I was EZ mounted the word stamp from Crafty Individual and thought it would work for the CPS 114 sketch and once I chosen the BG Eva papers it really went its own way, though I was going to use a small bird instead of the dream2stamp Owl but I think he works better.

Life is returning to normal, hubby is fine now and Mum is still in hospital but seems to be on the mend.

Spring Wedding

When I first saw this dream2stamp I thought Wedding but with the birdhouse I could only think of new home, so I managed to mask the house out and using some rub on's for the letters. Then when I saw Bea's sketch on her blog, I thought this would work well with them, the patterned paper is SEI and I bet the camera hasn't picked up the glitter. I checked out the Cute Card Challenge before doing this post and discovered its for Citrus Colours, how spooky is that, this card is perfect for that challenge too.

I had this imaged coloured in already and decided to use if for the sketch on sketch and Stash challenge. Its a great sketch and you can choose where you want you embellishments but I've kept it very simple.

Many thanks to Karen for this fab award, so sweet to think of me.

Just a couple of Cards

Its been a few weeks since I've done a card using the sketches on 2sketches 4you but when I saw this weeks, the idea of Owls came to mind. I've used various BG Eva papers and the owls are a Dream2stamp, the branch is from a template from Craftwork cards, I was orginally going to use the owl template but I liked these stamped owls best. Oooh look those fancy quickutz corners have returned.

There's also a sketch on Everbodys Art which I've had to turn so I could use the stems daffoldils, not sure of the papers, look since cut off the manufacture strip and another Dream2stamp stamp.

Taking it easy at the mo, after a couple of rubbish days and losing an hour sleep doesn't help, well that my excuse.

Duet of cards

I was checking the CPS blog for some inspiration for their latest sketch CPS107 and noticed they were using word stamps which reminded me of the fab word set I got from Butterfly Kisses so I decided to use this one and to add a butterfly its been a while since I used one, then as I was starting to choose BG papers I remembered Basic Grey challenge was for rounded corners which inspired the rest of the card. I believe the papers are Sugared but most was loose I know they're BG but it could be from another set.

So this is the card that gave me such a headache yesterday, I wanted her to have a shining Umbrella but the glossy accents wouldn't leave the bottle, only in tiny blobs so I binned it of course I probably wouldn't have if I didn't know that I had a brand new bottle. Which after I used it on the umbrella and I moved the piece of paper it was on to a safe place while it dried, it flipped over, so I then had to either repair it or do it all over again. Eventually I managed my shining umbrella but it you noticed its cracked a little that was not leaving well alone till it properly dried. Luckily the new bottle worked well and I managed my raindrops. The stamp is dream 2 stamp and I've used Sketch and Stash sketch although I turned it upside down, I could be cheeky and say the little heart gem on the flower to break the plainness was for Spoonful of Sugar challenge but I won't.

Here comes the Girls

There's a fabulous sketch on Papertake Weekly and its perfect for these sweet Japanese girls, the stamp is dream2stamp. I've masked them for the challenge on Secret Crafter but then I wanted to paper piece them so wouldn't actually see that I've masked them. So here's the before.

I used Basic Grey papers Urban Prairie and the flowers are a punch and from Poppicraft. I've tried to keep it simple the girls were quite large together but it was hard and I'm still thinking its too simple

Pockets

The challenge at Basic Grey Challenge is for pockets and Jo made a fabulous tag pocket card using Claudia's fab tutorial on SCS which I thought would work with the new tree stamp. So using some old BG Urban Couture, I made a nearly all white card because it wasn't doubleside so I flipped everything the other way but it means the pockets are the wrong way round. The fabulous tree is from Stamps Away from clevercut, I was going to just buy the large one but Nikki mentioned the little on would work on tags so basically this card is her idea. Funny enough I've only used the little tree and those cute Owls are the ones a brought from Dream2stamp and paper pieced.

I've followed the front onto the tags.

Transport

First I would like to apologise for calling PB Bunny a mouse, yes I checked out all my PB mouse cards and they all have round ears, I have no excuse I blog in the morning stone cold sober and I was wearing my glasses or at least I think I was.

Isn't it great when you find a challenge and an idea immediately pops into your head, well that's what happened when I found out that the Secret Crafter Challenge was for transport. I knew I wanted to use this Dream2stamp girl with her bicycle, I also knew I wanted to have a go at this type of card but do you think I could find a template or a tutorial, luckily it was easy to work out. I used acetate for the centre of her wheels and for the balloons so they didn't flop over, not sure on the papers I've had them a while.
So what was you doing 31 years ago, I was getting married and here we are still celebrating together.

Birds and Butterflies

Who broke Blogger, there I was happily checking out blogs and they disappeared, I know people had problems commenting but I couldn't open blogs. So I gave up which is a shame but I did make a couple of cards. The first are these fabulous birds which is a dream2stamp, I tried to colour the birds like the Great Tits that feed in my garden but they're never around when you want them. I used the sketch 75 on Mojo Monday, the papers are Imaginesce and the sentiment stamp is Hero Arts but the words are peel offs.

While I was looking for something the Scrapagogo kit fell on my head, I had forgotton I had put it there and while Valentine has been and gone, I liked some of the papers and wanted to use them this is one of the cards I made, the card is made following the CPS104 sketch and the sentiment is from Butterfly Kisses isn't it sweet and I had planned for three small butterflies but they were bigger than I thought so you only get one. Nearly forgot the papers are SEI.

Just when I thought all my new rubber was mounted the Gorjuss girls dropped through my letterbox, now I not sure about these girls, I love the actual girls but for me to colour and use them, that was until I saw what Rachel had done with one of the them in a lovely peach colour too.