ANOTHER ATC!

When Deb sent me a beautiful ATC I don't think that she realised that she was going to get me completely hooked on them!
For this ATC, I've used a Precious Moments stamp, which I'm ashamed to say that I've had for quite a long time and never inked up until now!
( Why is it, that I have lots of stamps that I just HAD to have, and never inked, yet I still want more?!!! )
I coloured her in using my watercolour pencils, the sentiment is by Hero Arts and the teeny yellow flower was from a pack of flowers that Turid sent me.
A HUGE thanks to everyone who has left me a comment in the past few days , I really appreciate you taking the time to visit. I am not going to have time to catch up with you all tonight, but hope to do so over the next few days.

SWEET BUNNY

This cute bunny was another of the gorgeous images that Deb sent me! I coloured her with watercolour pencils.

I also used a hero arts "thinking of you" sentiment stamp, and the beautiful patterned paper was sent to me in a PIF from Bernie.

I still havent organised my own PIF yet, as I've been so busy, but I will do it soon.

ALWAYS FRIENDS

Here is a card that I've made using another one of the Sweet Ebony images that Deb kindly sent to me.

I coloured her in with my watercolour pencils, and the stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts.

I tried to give it a distressed look, not really sure that I got it quite right, I need to practise some more, but I did enjoy it!

I also used some more of my raffia, and the pretty yellow flower was from Turid!

MY FIRST EVER ATC!

I have been meaning to try an ATC for a while now, and Deb's gorgeous ATC that she sent me (see my post below) inspired me to try one at last!

The cute Sweet Ebony image that I used was one of the fab images that Deb sent to me, which I coloured in with my watercolour pencils.

and the pretty buttons were sent to me by the very lovely Kristy, I tied them on with coloured raffia.

I am working on a card that I hope to share with you tomorrow! I'm trying really hard to get back into the swing of blogging regularly! It does seem harder now that I've had quite a long break!

THANK YOU DEB!

I'm such a lucky girl! I recieved another fab RAK! This one is from the very talented Deb!

As well as this gorgeous ATC, she also sent me some beautiful stamped images!

I've had so much fun with them already!

Thanks a million Deb! I'm sure that you all know Deb already, but if you haven't met her yet, go take a peak over at her blog and take a look at her gorgeous creations!

THANK YOU NATHALIE!!!

Well it seems like absolutely ages since I last blogged! I missed visiting all your blogs so much!
I hope to be able to share a card with you soon, but in the meantime I have this gorgeous Rak that I received from Nathalie to show you.
As well as lots of gorgeous embellies, she also sent me this beautiful card, made using one of my sketches! how cool is that!
and also this stunning wooden door hanger which has been hand painted and decorated by Nathalie!, I absolutely love it!

AND!!! Nathalie also sent me this masterpiece, which I had admired on her blog! It's her "Trash Arch" which was made for a gothic arch challenge using trash! Can you believe that something so beautiful was made from trash??!! The mesh part was from a fruit net! It's just so creative, and vibrant, I am THRILLED to own such a stunning piece of art! I LOVE this so much!! and it was such a lovely surprise to receive it!

Thank you so much Nathalie for being so generous! I love ALL the beautiful things that you sent me!

If you haven't discovered Nathalie's blog yet, you are missing out! Go check it out right now! xx

WEDDING CARD

I am SO sorry that I haven't been able to return comments to everyone. Things have been really hectic here!

We are also going to be having guests staying with us for a week, so I am still not going to have time to visit you all! I promise I will make it up to you all soon!

Here is a quick card that I managed to make , there's no stamping! The patterned paper was from the pick and mix section from Crafts central, the sentiment was printed on the computer and the fibres are from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! and hope to catch up with you all as soon as I can!

Hugs! xx

STRAWBERRIES

Well since it's the weekend, I did manage to make one card! and here it is!

The strawberry stamp is SU, and was coloured in with watercolour pencils. I also added some piercing, ribon from my stash and the "just a note" stamp was sent to me in a set by Tina.

I am hoping to get some time to craft this week!, I have a whole pile of scraps that need to be used up!

Hope you all had a great weekend! xx

THE WINNER OF SKETCH # 10 IS SHARON!

Thank's so much to everyone who entered a card for sketch # 10! There were also two more entries by Milawi and Angie. Please take some time to drop by their blogs and check out their gorgeous contributions.
I entered everyone who participated, into a draw to select a random winner, and the name that I pulled out was Sharon! Congratulations Sharon, I will be contacting you shortly!

FASHIONISTABELLA

Sorry I haven't been around, I have just been so busy, I am going to have a break from the sketches for a while, until things get back to normal. I will still be posting when I can, so I hope that you will still come back and visit!

Here is my latest card sample for sketch # 10, ( I finally got around to mounting another Bella! )

This one is called Fashionistabella, and I coloured her with my watercolour pencils.

I will still be accepting entries for sketch # 10, up until around midday tomorrow.

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Glee, Kim, Louise, Lulu, Sharon, Emma, Ann, Shelly and Annelies.

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

MY FIRST HAMISH CARD!

I'm back! I had such a great bank holiday weekend, that there was no time to blog! Thanks so much to everyone who left me a comment/email. I will try and catch up with you all a.s.a.p!

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 10, please correct me if i'm wrong, but I think that this cute chap's name is Hamish, he was sent to me in a PIF from Bernie. I will be holding my own PIF sometime soon, so don't forget to check back!

I coloured him in with my watercolour pencils and added some buttons from my stash.

You still have until saturday 31st to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 10 blog candy draw!

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by

Smriti

Bernie

Marjolijn

Kim

Drop

Anne

Nessy

Louise

Tracie Jane

Paylin

Jane

Anna

Debby4000

Joanne

Debby

Tracy

and

Rachel and daughter

(if I have missed anyone out, please let me know!)

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

LITTLE PRINCESS

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 10. I have used Princess Tilda again! I do have LOTS of Tilda stamps! but always seem to use the same ones!

I coloured her in with my watercolour pencils, and added a "little Princess" chipboard embellishment from my stash.

You still have until Saturday 31st to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 10 blog candy draw!

and if you would like more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Richelle, Lisa and Mariecrea.

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

DINGBAT DINOSAUR

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 10. The dinosaur is a dingbat which I downloaded from http://www.dingbatdepot.com/ . I coloured it in with my watercolour pencils, and added some paper leaves which I found in my stash.

You still have until Saturday 31st to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 10 blog candy draw!

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these great entries by Melanie, Carole, Susie, Valerie, Bev, Nikki, Benga, Lisa, Peet and Minerva.

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

LADY FLORA

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 10. Some of you may recognise this stamp! ( LOL! )

It's one of my faves! I coloured her in using watercolour pencils and added flowers from my stash. The bling brad centres were sent to me by the very lovely Vickie.

You still have until Saturday 31st May to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 10 blog candy draw!

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Heather, Karin, Anita, Jenn, Diane, and Joanne.

Femke has also made another card using sketch # 5, you can see it HERE!

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

DOGWALKABELLA

Here is today's card for sketch # 10. I really love the Bella stamps, but I have been a little lazy in mounting them, so some of them are still in their packets! The orange flower and piece of ribbon were from Kristy, I added a button tied with raffia to the centre. ( I bought a bag of lovely rainbow coloured raffia for just 99p at Crews Hill at the weekend )
You still have until Saturday 31st to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 10 blog candy draw!
and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Giulia, Anne, Michelle's 9 year old son, Beth, Leann, Cathy and Pink Sunshine.
Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!
And also a huge thanks to Bernie for my great PIF! she sent me lots of lovely goodies, that I will show you soon, I'll also be holding my own PIF sometime next week.

BEACH BABY

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 10. The stamp is by Stamps Happen, I've had this stamp for a while, you know, one of those stamps which I just HAD to have, but have only just got around to using!

I coloured her in with watercolour pencils, and I had some really cute plastic shell embellishments that I wanted to glue on, but I couldn't find them, so I had to settle for the button instead! ( I tidied up today, and yes, you guessed it, I found them!-I knew I had them somewhere!) Oh well never mind! I'll save them for the next beach themed card!

You have until Saturday 31st May to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 10 blog candy draw!

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Ria, Ilonka, Becky, Lynn, Michelle, and Jeannette.

Femke has also made two cards which you can see HERE! and HERE!

Glee has made a card using sketch # 3, and Ila and Julie have both made cards using sketch # 9.

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

SKETCH # 10

Here is sketch # 10, a day early! As you may have noticed I haven't had as much time as usual to create, so I made this sketch super easy!
Please feel free to jazz it up a little, as long as the main design is there, I'd love to see what you come up with!
As usual you have two weeks to get your cards made, this challenge will end on Saturday 31st May.
Here is my first card sample using sketch # 10, I can't wait to see what you create! Don't forget to leave me a comment, so that I can come and check out your cards!
I will enter everyone who makes a card for sketch # 10 into a draw to select a random winner. The winner will recieve 10 stamped Tilda images and some felt flowers.
If you already have Tilda stamps I will send you some different images.

SWEET BABY

Here's another variation on Tina's cute card. Thanks for the inspiration Tina!

I used a bargain 99p wooden Studio G stamp to stamp the sentiment, and the flowers, ribbon and paper were found in my stash.

Talking of cute cards! why don't you check out this cute card

that Debby made using sketch # 9.

Thanks for stopping by! xx

MORE GOSSIP!

I haven't really got any gossip for you! I've just used my "Can I interest you in some gossip?" stamp by Crackerbox Palace again!

I cased this cute card by Tina, who always inspires me and has a great blog!

I used some dotty paper, dotty ribbon, paper flower and mini brads from my stash.

I had the day off work today! Yipee! and spent my day enjoying the lovely sunshine!

Thanks so much for dropping by! xx

NO NEW SKETCH YET

Just to let you know that I will be having a weeks break from the sketches, the next sketch will start on Saturday 17th May.

I will still be posting (hopefully) everyday, maybe doing a series of "quick cards" but wont be setting a new challenge until the 17th.

Here is the first of my "quick cards" to share with you. The beautiful flower images were already stamped and cut out by Anna who included them in my RAK. It was bliss having all the hard work done for me!

I thought that the flower embellishment would look perfect with one of my dotty brads and this pretty paper! I also added some blue ribbon and flat paperclips from my stash.

THANK YOU ANNA!

Yesterday I got in from work to find a parcel waiting for me, and inside it was this beautiful card from Anna! and lots of gorgeous goodies!

My photography skills can't quite capture the wonderful shimmer on this card! but as you can see it's absolutely gorgeous!

You can read how Anna made this card HERE! and some of you may have noticed that Anna made this card using my sketch # 8, how cool is that!

If you haven't visited Anna's blog yet you really NEED to! She is very adventurous and loves to try new techniques and has lots of great ideas that she kindly shares with us!

Thanks so much Anna! I love all the wonderful things that you sent me and have used some of them already!

THE SKETCH # 9 WINNER IS DIANE!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered! I put all the names of the participants into a draw to select a random winner and the name that I pulled out was Diane!

There are also 3 more gorgeous entries for you to check out by Shelly, Paylin and Sharon.
Thank you ladies, and just to let you know that you all made it on time and I did include you in the draw.

SORRY!

I'm sorry guys! my computer keeps freezing out! I've only managed to leave a message on Rachels blog. Vicki and Joanne, thanks so much for using the sketch, I'll try and and get back to you later or tomorrow! xx

GREEN AND BLUE PRINCESS TILDA

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 9. I coloured sweet Tilda in using my watercolour pencils. ( Of course you knew that already! ) some of you will remember when I wasn't a stamper!!! and although I now LOOOOVE stamping! I just haven't been adventurous with my colouring techniques!- just give me another year or so! and I might get around to trying something different LOL!

The gorgeous big flower was sent to me by Turid, and the "just a note" sentiment was a stamp sent to me by Tina.

and I'm such a lucky girl, today I also received a great RAK from Anna, which I hope to be able to photograph and share with you tomorrow.

I will still be accepting entries for the sketch # 9 blog candy draw, up until Midday tomorrow.

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Rachel, Vicki May and Joanne.

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

TURTLE NOTECARD

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 9. I just about found some time to make this card! Do you remember this lil fella? I think he was one of my first stamps, and I used to use him a LOT!

He was quick and easy to colour, which is perfect for me right now, as I have been so busy lately. The "just a note" sentiment is a stamp from a set that was sent to me by Tina.

I cut some of the leaves from the paper to use as embellishments, as none of my flowers looked quite right there!

You still have until Saturday 10th to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 9 blog candy draw!

and if you would like some more inspiration, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Bernie, Slender Octopus, and Moosisk. Michelle has also made a card using sketch # 6, which can be found HERE!

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

AND!! If you are reading this, thanks so much for visiting! I'm so sorry if I haven't managed to visit your blogs this week, I am going to do my best to catch up at the weekend! Hugs! xx

POLKA DOTTY!

Here is today's sample card for sketch # 9. As I am finding that I have less and less time to create, I am having fun using these quick - no need to colour stamps!

This "I'm dotty about you" stamp is by Do Crafts, I have also used some of my favourite blue polka dot paper again and some cute buttons.

You still have until Saturday 10th to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 9 blog candy draw!

and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out this gorgeous entry by Jeannette. Anne has also made some beautiful spring cards using sketch # 8.

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

SWEET BABY

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 9. I had such fun making this card as it was so quick!

The "sweet baby" sentiment is a bargain 99p Studio G wooden stamp, and all the other items are from my stash.

You still have until Saturday 10th May to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 9 blog candy draw!

and if you would like more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Brigitte, and Viv has made two cards which you can see HERE! and HERE! and Yvonne has also made two cards which can be seen HERE! and HERE!

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

PINK AND BLUE TILDA NOTECARD

Here is today's card sample for sketch # 9, The card base is fushia pink, not sure you can tell that from the photo!

I coloured Tilda in with watercolour pencils, the paper, flowers and brads were found in my stash, and the "just a note" stamp was from a set that Tina sent me.

You still have until Saturday 10th to get your cards made and be entered into the sketch # 9 blog candy draw! and if you would like some more inspiration on how to use the sketch, then please take some time to check out these gorgeous entries by Tchou, Gill, Vicki May, Michelle, Glee, Tracie Jane and Nessy.

Nicola has also made two cards you can see them HERE! and HERE!

Don't forget to leave them a comment if you visit! I'm sure that they would love to hear from you!

MICHELLE'S BLOG CANDY!

Michelle has some gorgeous purple blog candy up for grabs! Read all about it HERE!