CD Sunday - Sketch

Good morning and welcome to another Sunday which of course means another challenge from CD Sunday, it is my turn this week to choose the theme and I've chosen to use a very simple sketch.  My card is following the sketch to the letter but as you know you can use the elements and make something totally different as they are just guides really.

I needed to make a card for someone who is leaving our office after two years so this is an 8x8 to allow plenty of room to sign it.  I used Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures cd and found it a lovely change as I don't use it very often.

I do hope you'll come over and join us, the rest of the team have come up with some fabulous work.

CD Sunday - Delicious Damask

Over on CD Sunday this week our challenge is Delicious Damask, I have chosen to use a digi image from Saturated Canary  coloured with both Copics and Promarkers, the backing paper has come from the Artylicious cd decadent brocade.

I am sorry to be so late posting this but I've been away for the weekend getting wet in the Lake District, our company had two teams taking part in the 24 peaks in 24 hours challenge. The weather was awful but they managed it and up to date have raised over £7000 for charity, I am now totally shattered but glad to have been a part of it.

I do hope you can come over to our challenge and join in with us, I think it's a lovely challenge this week.

Anything goes with Saturated Canary

Here's another card made with the digi's I bought from Saturated Canary, I've loved colouring them in and thought that with the weather we've been having this image was perfect, one of my workmates has a birthday tomorrow so I think she'll be getting this one.

I am entering this into the challenge this week over on the Saturated Canary challenge blog. I once again used copics, Tria markers and Promarkers to colour her and the paper is yet another sheet from the stack of Basic Grey that I have. i have used the same paper to make the flowers, the ribbon and pearls are coloured with the same pen as the dress and boots.

Pan Pastels - Fathers Day/ Boys

At last I've managed to get a card done in time to join in with the Pan Pastels challenge, I have only recently bought some pastels and I am slowly learning how to use them.

This week the theme is Fathers Day or boys, now as my lovely dad is no longer with us I decided to do something to suit any guy, up to now I have avoided using the flags and bunting and all the red, white and blue but have given in and gone with the union flag background and then I have used an old bus stamp which I have coloured with the pan pastels and Promarkers.  The photo makes it look brighter than it is but you get the idea and I've used some card candy to finish off.

As there are lots of challenges at the moment with the masuline theme I have chosen to enter this into the following as well;

The Stampman /Make it for a Man
Creative Craft Challenges - A Patriotic Colour Challenge
ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything goes/ Fathers Day

CD Sunday - Beautiful Ballerinas

This week over at CD Sunday the theme is Beautiful Ballerinas, this card is made with an image from the Dreams of Tranquility cd from Ooh La La, I put it together in Craft Artist because I was having trouble with my printer and needed to get it finished.

The team have made a varied set of cards this week so please pop over and have a look, it may persuade you to join us, the full team have joined in this week so plenty of choice and I'm sure you'll find something to inspire you.

Saturated Canary - Anything Goes

I've just found the challenge blog from Saturated Canary and from there found the site where I could get the digi's so as it's my first time using these images I thought I'd join in.

This little lady is called Honey and she is one of the ones I bought, there are also a couple of freebies so I've had play with those too but I'll save them for another post.

The paper is from Basic Grey and I've had it quite a while but couldn't bring myself to use it but have now had a word with myself and I'm starting to use all these lovely papers and other things that we tend to hoard. I've coloured the image with a mixture of Copics, Tria markers and Promarkers, the flowers are from the die set Bitty Blossoms and the douiley is from Marianne Designs, I haven't added a sentiment yet as I'm not sure who it's for yet.

CD Sunday - Gorgeous green

Over on CD Sunday this week Wendy P has chosen Gorgeous Green as her topic, I decided to use this sage green background from the Artylicious CD  - Decadent Brocade. I have sprayed it with the spray and sparkle glitter, added a green ribbon and bow, and a few green and white pearls.
The topper is a digi stamp from Mo's digital pencil, she is called Christmas Fairy Holly. I have coloured her with Promarkers and decided against adding any glitter to her, instead I added the glitter around the the outside of the sentiment.

I hope you can come over and join us as we have a couple of new faces this week and we'd love you to meet them.

The Great Outdoors

Over on Happy Scrappers the theme this month is The Great Outdoors and as I have been playing with Craft Artist recently and sorting out some of the hundreds of photo's that we take and then just hang on to, I thought I'd enter with my squirrel layout which is an 8x8.  We had a day out at a local National Trust property and the squirrels were quite happy with everyone around, this one stayed still long enough to get quite a few pictures.

Pan pastels - 1st time use

I have just treated myself to some Pan pastels so I could see what all the fuss was about, I did wonder if I really needed anything else but just had to give in and have a go.  This is my first attempt at using them and have to say they are just as good as everyone has said.

The background is done with Hansa Yellow Shade and Permanent Red Shade, the die cuts are pink but coloured with the pastels. I had these cut out and thought I'd try to colour them and see if they go anything like the colour I wanted. The stamp I've used is one I bought from Caroline when I was at Port Sunlight, it is one of a duo of cosmos. I have added deco beads in the middle of the flower for a bit of interest, I may see if I can colour them with a promarker as I would rather they were black.

CD Sunday - Old MacDonald had a Farm

This is my card for our challenge over on CD Sunday, the theme this week is Old MacDonald had a Farm. I chose to use a lamb as my farm animal and this comes from the Plush Pals DVD by Ella's Designs.
I do hope you can come over and join us and give the team a bit of support.

CD Sunday Challenge - Easy Elegance

Good morning all, it's Sunday and time for another challenge over on CD Sunday, this week it's Easy Elegance so I chose to use my Debbi Moore Venetian Collection. I wanted something bright as a contrast to the greys of the topper and backing paper so decided on this striking turquoise, I embossed the top piece with a folder from Papermania. I recently bought the bitty blossoms dies so used a bit of the backing paper to make the flowers, although they do look a different colour once they are rolled up, the leaves are a Marianne die.

I hope you can come and join us and don't forget we are looking for a new team member so if you fancy joining us then pop over and send us an email.

Rainbow Lady - Let's get Inky

Over on Rainbow Lady this week the challenge is to get inky, I have used Tea Dye distress ink for my background this was direct to the card, I then stamped the images in Vintage Photo,
my topper is done in Versafine and inked then sprayed with mica spray.

I do hope you can come and join us.

My new Lavinia stamp

I went over to the Port Sunlight stamp show yesterday and one of my purchases was this beautiful stamp from Lavinia, I have loved this stamp for quite a while but wasn't sure I'd get a lot of use out of it but yesterday I gave in and bought it. This is a six inch card so you can see how large the stamp is but when I need something quick she will be perfect. The BP is from a pad from Crafty Individuals.

CD Sunday - Reflections

Good morning all from a beautiful sunny Wigan, it's so good to see blue skies and sunshine and I just hope it last throughout the day.

Onto this weeks challenge over on CD Sunday and we have chosen reflections for you all to work with, for my card I have made and easel card with a little used cd from Cupcake Crafting called Cotton Ball Capers, now I think they have redesigned this cd and it comes under a different name now but it is full of bunny images with them all doing various things.
My bunnies are playing at dressing up and using mums mirror to see what they look like.

The format of the cd gives the basics for easel cards so it's really easy to make sure everything matches. I only had white pearls so I coloured them with my trusty promarkers in pink so that toned in better.

We are also having a DT call so if you fancy joining us pop over and let us know, you will have to own a few cd's of course.

Rainbow Lady Challenge - 'AGE'

Over on Rainbow Lady this week the challenge is a sponsored one and as we are being sponsored by Pinflair then you will understand where the the idea for the challenge came from.  You could choose pyramage, decoupage or any 'age' you can think of and that gives you plenty of scope.

For my card I stamped the same image several times and cut them out with my nesties to give a reducing image.  I stamped the background of the card with another La Blanche stamp and used distress inks to colour it all. It is good to get time to play with ink as it does make a change from cd crafting and gives such a different look.

I do hope you can come and join us.

CD Sunday - Trees and Shrubs

Over on CD Sunday this week we want you to use Trees and shrubs as your inspiration. When we first chose this theme I was thinking I didn't have anything to use and then my brain kicked in and of course there are so many things with trees and shrubs on them that I was spoilt for choice.

I have used a cd from Joanna Sheen that I have had for an age and barely touched so had a look throught it and thouoght this image was a perfect choice.  I do hope you can come and join us, we love to see what our ideas inspire you to do.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Memories

Over on Rainbow Lady this week  Cynthia has chosen Memories as the challenge theme so I have used a couple of old photo's of my mum's brother and made a scrapbook page in Craft Artist.

I have coloured everything to match the tone of the photo's and have taken elements from several different kits.

I hope you can come over and join us.

CD Sunday - Chocolate, cream and one other

Good morning all, it's another week for the CD Sunday challenge and this week is a colour one, Christine has chosen chocolate, cream and one other colour of our choice. For my other colour I have used pink, my cd element is the backing paper from Decadent brocade by Artylicious, I like this cd and use the papers quite a lot.

I have used some distress ink to add a bit of colour to the paper as it wasn't quite creamy enough, the borders are from one of my latest purchases and this one is the persian accents, I really liked this border so have now ordered the motifs to go with it.  The teddy is from a set of stamps a friend bought at the QVC outlet shop, there are four sheets of fairly small teddy designs and they were on offer at £1.99, now that's what I call a bargain!

The bow is done with another of my recent purchases the mini bowdabra and this is the first successful one, I have had this ribbon for ages and really like it so as you all know we don't like to give these things away but as I bought a roll of it I thought I could spare a bit here, the rose is from wild Orchid.

I hope you can come and join us and check out the other team members blogs, they have some great stuff.

On the Street where you live - Rainbow Lady Challenge 202

Hi folks, I'm here again with another scrapbook page, this time it's my contribution to the challenge over on Rainbow Lady this week which is 'On the Street where you Live', I have taken this literally and done apage with my OH and my dog. All this is done in Craft Artist.

I do hope you can come and join us and show us what the title inspires you to do. We love to come and visit and the DT have done some amazing samples.

Good morning all, over on CD Sunday this week our challenge is Sweets for My Sweet as chosen by Carol. I have used the Fashion Boutique cd from Joanna Sheen and this image is one of a set of four, I think it would be good to make up a set of notelets using one of each of the images.

The card is a 6x6 and I have used a bit of green mirri as my matt, I decided not to cover the whole of the card with the backing paper and set the piture a little higer than normal and off to the left, the flowers in the corners are some I got so long ago I don't know where they came from and I have added a small pearl in the middle. A fairly simple card this week but it's another one for the box,.

i hope you can come over and join us, you know we love to see you.