My final Guest DT for Daring cardmakers :(

Hello I will be on my way to Butlins right now so I have scheduled this post. I hope you all had a good week. This is my final Guest DT for Daring Cardmakers . I have really enjoyed my stay. Of course I will continue to enter the challenges each week as they are so unique. I am so glad I got to participate in this one though. This week the dare is set by Sue and it is to make a childrens card. A special childrens card to be sent to a child through Post Pals . If you have not heard of post pals please pop over to there site it is a very worthy cause.
I made this scene card using my crafters companion, cute companion summer stories outside set of stamps. I have used no less than ten stamps on this card. I did not mask ,cor can you imagine that. I stamped and cut out. I coloured with a mixture of copic pens, promarkers and watercolour pencils.
I made the windbreaker from cocktail sticks some linen and then stamped the image on randomly and coloured with fabric pens. I added pearls and dewdrops to the shells to give more texture. These cards are often used to distract children whilst they have treatments or medication so I thought that it would be great to have a lot going on to distract them. Texture is lovely on a card especially if you are tactile which children often are.

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.

Simon Says Stamp combined with Truely scrumptious

Hello I have made this card using 2 challenges Simon says stamp has a theme of Happy Mail. Please pop over there as they are asking us to make a card for post pals a very worthy charity that you must go and checkout.
The sketch is from Truely scrumptious who also ask us to dig out old stash and stamps to make our cards.
I used my cute Messy rabbit stamps by Joanna Sheen (had those a while and not used them) . I used an old Basic Grey paper " Cupcakes", some old buttons got used too.
I kept the card quite bright as it will be for a child. Now just need to put this on the challenge blog then off to pick a recipient.

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.

Sketch Saturday

Hello we have been to a place called Coram Fields today it is a lovely park by Great Ormond Street. We met some friends and we had a lovely day. The kids all ran around and had such fun, my eldest was at Hampton Court Palace with her Brownie troupe. I really had a lovely day.
I came home and I made this card for the sketch Saturday challenge. Sorry about the picture but it is not good light here. I glimmermisted the background and stamped on the vine. I then stamped my bird image and my flowers and leaves onto glossy card. I coloured with promarkers and copics and added my sentiment and ribbon.

Simon Says Stamp challenge - Brown and Pink

I have been promising Lorraine I Will try and join in with the Simon says stamp challenge for a couple of weeks. Last night I had a few moments so I managed to make this card. I used my new stamp from the Hope and Grace set by the Greeting Farm. The bow is from Pretty Hat set. I used Papermania papers. She was coloured with a mixture of copics and Promarkers. I added a sentiment from the set and inked some flowers with my pens.

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.

High hopes challenge

I made this card today for the high hopes challenge which was to make a card with no square corners. I treated myself to this adorable image and sentiment. I used promarkers and copics to colour in and I used basic grey papers.

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Take Five

Hello I have made this card for the challenge over at Daring Cardmakers . The challenge is "Take Five". It is to use 5 of the same things in one card. My prize from High hopes stamps arrived the other day and so I used 4(the cow, the sentiment, the pig and melons) of those and 1 other one(farm background). So I used 5 stamps by high hopes as my "Take 5".
The paper is Basic Grey sugared collection. I used copics and promarkers to colour I really had fun with this one. Sorry if it looks like I combined some of the previous challenges into the card it wasn't intentional (farm and music).
We have just got back from a lovely barbeque at my sister in laws and the kids are exhausted after playing in her garden all afternoon. So just got to get ready for school tomorrow now.

Sketch Saturday - Happy Birthday one and all!!!!

Hello everyone I have been out today to the Fountains by Tower bridge. The kids love to cool off by running in and out of them. We had to get home to watch the footie. I started making this, this morning but have finished it just now. It is Sketch Saturday's birthday they have some celebration giveaways,so pop over and take a peek. One of my favourite sketch blogs so I had to join in.
I used my new sunshine Miss Anya I think she may be my favourite at the moment. I created a little beach scene. She is a surfer dudette and she is just checking out the surf. I made a palm tree from a punch and paper. The sentiment reflects the feeling I get joining in this challenge every week!!!

Cute Card Thursday - Bling

Hi Everyone the weather is not making it's mind up today so stayed in and could of gone out (apart from taking youngest daughter to speech therapy). I have made this card for cute card Thursday. I used fireman Ian from the greeting farm. I love fireman. Had a dream come true when I was rescued by some when a lift got stuck. They were hunky ones which was even better.
I made a little scene by cutting out some paper. I stamped the cats head from pretty hat anya set and drew a body. I then added the sentiment. The bling elements are the cats collar tag (a gem) and the mirror card. I punched the stars and scalloped some card.

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.

Creative Card Crew - Pretty Flowers

Good evening I have made this for the creative card crew challenge which is to make a card and use pretty flowers!!! I like to think I use pretty flowers on most of my cards so I just used it as an excuse to ink up my new Miss Anya. I made a little beach scene. I used the dog from the Pretty Hat anya set and I used the flower from this set to layer up my flowers. Papers are Marakesh by basic grey. I am gutted for MD showdown I thought they should of gone through in Britains Got Talent.

Passion for Promarkers - Anything goes!!!

Hi everyone, the sun has finally popped his hat on here in London. It has been a miserable morning. I took my son to have his chest listened to today and he is being refered to a chest clinic still a slight wheeze. My eldest daughter has been given an inhaler too!!!!!
I have made this card for Passion for Promarkers challenge. I adore my new Leanne Ellis stamp so I had another play with her. I paperpieced her dress with these gorgeous K&co papers. I then created a shrug and decoupaged it. The shrug is coloured with ivory promarker and dull ivory copic and lionel gold copic. I coloured in the stripey arms and the hair embellishment and flowers with maroon promarker and lionel gold copic. Her hair is coloured in with cinnamon, Shale and henna promarkers and again decoupaged. I coloured in the face and arm with Ivory, vanilla, blush and pastel pink promarkers.
I used watercolours to create the shading around the image. I then made bouquet using some dried flowers and leaves. I added a sentiment some ribbon and a charm too.
Why don't you pop over to check out the challenge this week. Below are some good reasons why.

As you know our first challenge is "anything goes" so you can use any colour promarkers you may have (even if you only have one) but please can you tell us which colours you have used on your post. Now for the first challenge (and the first challenge only) we are offering mega prizes from our four sponsors, therefore we will not allow you to combine our challenge with any other challenge, but only for this week.

The amazing prizes are:
Angela at Angel Crafts is offering 3 ribbon kits
Joanna Sheen is offering an amazing 92 ProMarkers, that is the whole set!
Tracy at Dies to die for is offering 2 gorgeous stamps
Daisy May Digi Stamps is offering 5 sheets of downloads!

sketch Saturday meets Colour Create

I combined the sketch at sketch saturday with the colour combo and theme at colour create for this card. I used my new Leanne Ellis stamp from sugar nellie. The sketch I rotated to fit in my image. The colours this week are Lemon, Pink Sorbet and chocolate. The theme is shabby chic.

I coloured my image with a mixture of promarkers and copics. I then did a background with watercolours. I tore around the edges to create a shabby chic look to the image. I then layered the card using K and co papers and the sketch from sketch saturday. I made my flowers from shop brought and paperpunched flowers. I added spacers and a gem to them. I then doodled to emulate the image. I added some lace to create a shabby chic feel again. I hope this fits the criteria for the challenge.

The Crafty Pad

The challenge this week at The crafty Pad is to follow the awesome sketch by Debbie. This is my second week as a Guest designer and I had a lot of fun with this sketch. I used Belinda goes shopping for the cards main image and the border stamp set for all the details on the card. I have used no patterned papers at all. I heat embossed the borders and cut them out and then coloured in the flowers with sakura stardust pens and added gems to their centres. I also stamped the card behind with the second border in the set. I use some of the leftover flowers to add to the image as further embellishment. I coloured Belinda with a mixture of copics and promarkers and I used watercolour to do the background.

Cute card Thursday - a sporting chance

Hello my baby boy Maxie ate his dinner all up! He has been living on yoghurt for a week. I am really happy that he did this he also nicked a carrot and a potato off my plate!
I am really happy that I also got to make this card for Cute card Thursday . The theme is a sporting chance so I used my football stamp from sugar nellie and created a turf using a stamp from crafters companion. I then chalked over it. I used papers by basic grey and I made a scalloped border. I added some pebbles and a sentiment too.

Colour Create - Sky blue, Tan ,Ecru

What a brilliant colour combination at colour create this week!!!! I love it!!! I also love the additional challenge ( not compulsory) to use glitter, glaze or such like on your card. I used Miss Anya (again) I coloured her with copics and paperpieced her top I sprayed a varnish on top of her. I used K&co papers I used some stitching on my new machine and I glittered the roses in my floral embellishments. I made the sentiment tag and that is it.
I am so fustrated today as I watched the season 5 finale of Lost and just want season 6 to begin next week. It was a cracking finale and it opened a whole new can of worms to be answered. GRRR Jack looked very gorgeous last night too, even more gorgeous than usual, very rugged!!!!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Pink |Green and Brown

This is my card for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge . The theme is pink, green and brown. I used a gorjuss girl from set two. I used up some scrap Basic grey papers (eva and two scoops) to make a patchwork background (I had previously done a similar thing for Daring cardmakers challenge ) I like this patchwork better. I made a sentiment tag and stuck it on and then stuck on my gorjuss girl and left it there as that is all it needed.

I 'll make that sewing teacher eat her words!!!!

I hated needlework at school and the sewing teacher disliked me. I never managed to produce a decent garment. Well teacher (cannot even remember her name she was that memorable) I have managed to wind me bobbin up insert it and thread my machine all by myself using You Tube tutorials na na na na na!!!! I thank the LORD for You Tube as i learn by watching others. I find instructions hard to follow so I either watch someone or just go for it out of my crazy creative imagination. I hope to make the teacher eat her words by making a bag. Keep watching should get it done in the next couple of weeks. It isn't too adventurous as it will be a first piece.
Oh yes I made this card for Sketch Saturday . I used free papers, copics to colour and Stampativity stamps.