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Good afternoon another card from me today. Are you on facebook. If you are why not pop over and seek out passion for promarkers they are having a party and there are prizes on offer. Here is my interpretation of Ida's gorgeous sketch. It is also my entry for the DCM challenge which is "Away with the fairies". The image is whiff of joy, the swirls are Basic grey the papers are K&co and the image is distressed with distress inks. I used my cool grey 1,2 and 3 to colour the image.

Whiff of joy and Simon says stamp

I have combined the Whiff of joy theme which is to use piercing on your card and the Simon Says stamp challenge which is to use Summer fruits. I used my gorgeous whiff of joy orange tree. I used some alcohol inks to create a background and then stamped an image on after. I then used green pen to colour the leaves and a clear sakura pen on the rest of the image to create an embossed feel. I used a basic grey swirl around the image.
I pierced around the edges of the image and layered it onto some card and added some backing paper by K&co and some ribbon flowers and stickles.

Friday Sketchers

I have followed the sketch at Friday sketchers for this card. The stamps are from Whiff of joy. I thinks she is beautiful! I got the papers recently from Bunny Zoe's crafts they are by K&co and are stunning. Hope you like it. I am off to Southwark festival in Southwark Park if the weather holds out. My friend who is a songwriter and artist is playing. The Batchelors, The Blockheads and Alexander O Neal are also on.

Whiff of Joy challenge- Katharina's sketch

Hello here is my entry for the Whiff of Joy challenge a sketch by Katharina. It is a beautiful sketch so I used the beautiful wedding collection stamps. I am awaiting a few more stamps from this collection so I cannot wait to play with them.

Whiff of Joy _ Recipe

Whiff of Joy have given us a recipe this week to follow. It is 3 patterned papers, I paper pieced the dress and used two contrasting papers on the background, 3 flowers and one ribbon. I used my new bride and greetings stamps. If you haven't invested in some of these from Whiff of joy do, they are just a dream to play with.

Creative Card Crew meets Colour Create!

Hi I am home from the heatwave in Bognor. Who needs to fly to Spain or Greece for your hols. Pick the best weather week of the year and stay in England. I had a fab time. It was glorious weather everyday and I feel so relaxed. Hated returning to the hussle bussle today. My son has terrible toothache so we dashed to the dentist and he is on antibiotics. Otherwise all is well.
I have made this card with one of the stamps awaiting my return. The theme over at Creative Card crew is weddings and I have combined it with the colours from Colour create. These are grassy green, apple green, lemon and sunflower yellow. I didn't use the optional extra which is to decorate inside and out.

Hello a quickie before I go. Colour create - pistachio, aqua and powder pink

I have nearly packed and I have cleaned the bathroom and kitchen thouroughly. Just time to sit down and make a quickie card before I finish.
Immediately when I saw the colours at colour create I knew I had to make a card for a baby. These are all pastelly shades perfect for a baby card. Well an excuse really to get my WOJ stamp out again really.
I got a delivery of some lemonade papers this afternoon so I used these. I made the flowers by stamping on 3 of the papers adding stickles to the centre. I made the journalling box using a rubber stamp an oval template and then drawing lines on. I coloured with copics to match the image. I then added rub-ons for the text. I added stickles to accent. I coloured my image and I added a rubon ribbon to the bottom of the card and stamped my sentiment.
I may off gone off slightly from the colours but I think this matches them reasonably well.

Whiff of Joy - Heathers Sketch

Hi there this is my entry for the Whiff of Joy challenge. It is a marvellous sketch by Heather . I have to thank Joey for lending me her Summer Kit to have a play with. Mine is currently caught up in the postal system. I love the stamps they are beautiful to work with as are all Whiff of Joy stamps. I should be packing or cleaning but could not resist a quick play.
I used the apple accessory stamps to make a window scene. Just so hooked on scene making. I made some curtains using fabric pens and the bowl stamp. I matched the papers which are from Basic grey. Going to be quick today as I have to get on as I have an hour spare to get something done. My two youngest had there BCG today so I am watching for side effects although they say it is much better these days.

Passion for Promarkers - Meadow Green and Lemon

Hello I hope you are all having a good week I am babysitting my washing machine and tumble dryer trying to get all my sheets washed and keep on top of the washing before we go away on Friday.
I made this card for the Passion for promarkers challenge. I was having a play making a card for a friend and used a similar design and loved it so this is my second attempt but both are very different.
The colours to use are Meadow Green and Lemon. I used Ivory, Olive and Apple on the clothes and hair too. Skin colours I used Blush,coral and Dusty Pink.
I paperpieced the Alota stamps armchair with HOTP papers, the carpet is these papers too. The wall paper is K&co papers. I coloured in some calico with the lemon pen and stamped it with a Basic Grey stamp. I then used my sewing machine to make a blind is it roman style I am not too sure. Wouldn't mind some like this when I move (if we ever get somewhere). I used cocktail sticks too. I am rubbish at sewing so don't think it is hard to do if I can do it anyone can.
Remember all those hours pacing the living room at night!!!! I think I still do sometimes but hopefully not for much longer!!!!

Sketch and Stash

Hi there I was extremely pleased this morning to find out I won the prize for last times sketch and stash . I have made a card for this weeks challenge which is the sketch and the optional extra of using animals from your old or your new stash.
Well mine is made using quite a bit of new stash. I used my Tilda with her kitten which is a new stamp, my rope swing by Whiff of joy a new stamp, my new Martha Stewart punch. I also used my new flower soft to accent the flowers on the rope swing and on the flowers at the bottom which are a penny black stamp.
The image is coloured with copics and promarkers and the papers are cardstock and K & Co.

Whiff of Joy - Paperpiecing

Been ages since I have made two challenge cards in one day but managed to do that today. I made this one for the Whiff of joy challenge which has paperpiecing as it's theme. It is also on the look out for new members for their design team and there are some great prizes to grab.
I used Oakly for this challenge and my cloud stamp from the whiff of joy accessories collection. I used a wall stamp from high hopes. I coloured the image with promarkers. I paperpieced his trousers, the teashirt with the argyle part and the trainers.
I layered up my background and I added some buttons and my sentiment.

Daring Cardmakers Guest Designer card - Weather

Hello I am so happy to show you my first Guest designer card for Daring Cardmakers challenge blog. I was asked by the team to join them as a Guest designer for June. I was totally privaliged to be asked ,as they are all so talented, so to be able to showcase my cards alongside theirs is a privalige. Please pop over to their blogs to find out more about their individual cards.
I made this card for this weeks challenge which is "Weather". I used my "rain","shine" and "snow" Miss Anya's to make this card. I stamped and masked the images to create a trio of Miss Anya's. I coloured them with promarkers and copics and paperpieced the outfits. I added felt to the snow Miss Anya. I added gems to the outfits too. I then made a cloud (whiff of joy stamp), a sun and a snowflake to sit above each image and added the sentiment "Rain,shine, snow you make my heart glow". I hope you like it and if you can find some time pop over to the Daring cardmakers blog and join in.

Simon Says stamp challenge - Animals

Well I hope this counts for the Simon says stamp challenge. I sneaked a bird and a cat into the scene. There is a human too. I received my new Rain, sun and snow Miss Anya's yesterday and so had to have another play. I made this little card. I used Basic grey papers. The tree is by High hopes stamps and the picket fence is die cut. I coloured Miss Anya with copics and promarkers. Kept the layout and embellishing simple to make the scene standout. The clouds are from whiff of joy.

Whiff of Joy - card for a friend

This is my entry for the whiff of joy challenge this week. We are asked to make a card for a friend. I made this last night and have been ultra busy today. So only just posting it!!!! I had to take my daughter to speech therapy and then I had to go to my church group and then picked up the babes and finally I have sat down to post this. I love this image so assume all my friends would too!!!

Whiff of joy - Heathers sketch

Hello everyone it is a gorgeous day ,that i have not made the most of been washing and cleaning!!!! I made a yummy curry with our leftover chicken and made this little card too. I coloured the image a couple of weeks ago as I wanted to play with scene making and thought he would fit the sketch perfectly. I used a variety of papers from box so can't remember who they are by. I coloured in using a mixture of promarkers and copics. I used a stitch template to place the bling and made some rosette flowers. I have been very understated as the image is the fussy part of the card.
There is a whiff of joy Charlie knight stamp on offer this week so go over and have a peek.

Whiff of joy! Black and white and a hint of colour

Spare a thought for the hillsborough 96 today it is 20years since this terrible tradegy happened. 96 people were crushed to death. For those of you who don't know too many people entered a football match back in 1989 and it meant 9 I have been a Liverpool FC fan since I was 6 so I have just watched a very moving memorial service on TV.




I made this as I watched and I think these colours so suit a thinking of you card. I have used musing Melinda from the Whiff of joy collection of guardian angels. I have also been decorating my daughters nails with pink glittery nail varnish how fun is that. I am deciding whether to do orange of blue. My shoes are blue and my top is a mixture of colours that I am wearing for the wedding any advice will be appreciated. I have dyed the mop a lovely chestnut brown and I am having it cut into a bob on Friday. I need a radical change!!!! I am getting quite excited now.

Whiff of Joy challenge

Hello I have had a good day up until I got home!!! I went to the shops and we stopped at the park. Met a friend in the shops who said they were going to the park too so I went back to the park and bumped into 5/6 friends. Like buses don't see any for ages then they all turn up at once. A couple hadn't even seen Max ( he is 13 months this week)!!!

Well we came home and as I was just about to make lunch the door went it was the building officer man from the council, he just turned up no appointment how unproffessional is that. Anyway he says that we must put all our stuff in storage we must pay for it ourselves and then the repair men will come, hello I pay my rent so I am entitled to have you repair my home, I have four kids I can't put all the stuff in storage just to make it convenient for you. Where are we all supposed to sleep. Are they super thick or what!!!!! Perhaps I should stop paying my rent and see what they think then. Oh sorry guys have to get it out better out then in! As you can see by my writing I find it hard to take a pause whilst speaking!!! You have to be a good listener to be mates with me, which I am sure yous all are!

I made this card for the whiff of joy challenge . I used my whiff of joy guardian angel stamp, I love her! I used inks to colour and distressed around the edges.

Whiff of joy challenge - Lets get dirty!! ( distressing)

Hi what a beautiful day we are having so warm I have had the windows open and have done some spring cleaning!!! Jimmy has taken the kids to the park after school so I am having a craft. I made this for Whiff of joy challenge blog . I used this beautiful image from the spring kit. She is just adorable. i used blue and brown as my colour choice and decided to use no patterned papers for this one. I distressed the coredinations card with an emery board. I screwed up the blue paper and again distressed with an emery board. I added some co-ordinating flowers and made a sentiment.

Papertake Weekly - 123

This is for the papertake weekly challenge which is to use a recipe. The recipe is 1 circle the ribbon slider, Two ribbons, and three stamped images. loved the challenge right up my alley. Feeling a bit down as I really let rip at my son today, he just pushed a little too far and now he is at school and I feel really down as I shouldn't of got so angry. Have to make it up to him tonight.

Magnolia vs Stampavie - colour challenge

It's a colour challenge at Magnolia vs Stampavie challenge . I used Tilda and paperpieced her and my whiff of joy stamp ( basket). I am into making little scenes so I added the bench too. I scalloped the edges of the card with a template I kept the matting and layering minimal as the colours are quite dramatic. I added Happy Easter as I thought this would make a good original easter card