The Sugar Bowl

I have made this card for The sugar bowl challenge . I followed the sketch and the added extra was pearls so I added a swirl of pearls and a few pearls to the image. I used this Leanne Ellis image as she has been sitting in my stamp drawer for a little while so I thought she should come out for a play. I heat embossed the image coloured with promarkers and twinkling H20's. I cuttlebugged some white cardstock and added some twinkling H20's. I made the flowers with my nesties and some roses and I added a small sentiment. I have had hardly any sleep this week and feel rather jet lagged!!!

Creative card crew - Minimal

Hello I have had a busy day. I sent off my card I made for the post pal today and having looked at the website I think I am going to send a few more off. I also trimmed my baby's wispy bits of hair and it makes him look so much older, a real boy!!! Mind you having seen Kim's grandaughter, in a picture, he looks massive!
Oh and I made this card for the Creative Card Crew challenge . I used a circle card as the theme is minimal and I normally make my circle cards minimal. I used an image by creative expressions and I heat embossed it and painted with H20's and decoupaged the middle and added some leaves. I cut out a circle shape and layered it. I added some pearls and a ribbon and that is it.

Colour create - Red, chocolate and cream

The challenge over at colour create is to use red, chocolate and cream on your card. I don't have many backing papers in this colour so I created my own using a punch and some plain coloured papers and cardstock and some gems. I used the only gorjuss girl from set two ,who I hadn't inked up last week. I used copics and sakura stardust to colour in the image and water pencils to create the shadow behind her. I used some ribbon which is the optional extra for the challenge behind my sentiment and made a little bow to sit at the bottom of my framed image. My photography has let me down here but I struggled to get a good photo today. I always do with shimmery cards.

I made another card but I am not too sure I want to show it as it is just not quite there for me. My mojo is hiding and I can't seem to find it. I have a friend who is a songwriter and singer and he suggested I look under the sofa as that is where his often is. I looked but I don't think it is there. I am taking it easy with cards this month as I have a couple of other projects under way more news on that soon!
We have had a great day we went shopping in Lewisham (hi Joey) to spend the kids birthday vouchers and then had a picnic in Greenwich park. We went into the maritime museum and then came home. We are all coughing.... eek swine flu.... alert!!!!
Look at babes 2 and 3 below.

High hopes - Distressing

Hi High hopes challenge this week is to use distressing. I love this technique so I went all out to distress as much as I could. I used my knight stamp as he is oldy worldy and that is what distressing makes me think of. I used another stamp to create the backing paper. I added lots of ink and texture stamps after filing the edges of my paper with an emery board. I really loved the challenge.

sketch saturday meets Colour Create

Having been to the wedding bash yesterday I am a bit behind with challenges so I have had to start combining them today. Well first post today is for fave sketch blog Sketch Saturday I decided to combine it with Colour create whose challenge is Pink, white and black and to incorporate polka dots if you wish too. Now I have been quite radical here and I flipped the sketch and popped it on a circle card.

I felt a buzz of creativity this morning following a bit of country goodness yesterday! Th beautiful surroundings of yesterday just perked me up no end. I have had a restful morning watching the Shanghai Grand Prix and Jimmy has taken the babes out so I can have a few hours peace!!

The card is coloured with copics and I also coloured in my dots with copics on the ribbon. I used doodlebug papers and cuttlebugged some bassil bling card stock. The image is a download ( holly and Madison) available at charmed cards and craft.

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.

Truely scrumptious - sketch

A gorgeous sketch you must take a look at the Truely scrumptious challenge this week. I love the layers. I wanted to use another of my Dotties world ( available at charmed cards and crafts ) downloads. I am going to give this to my sister who has a birthday next week. I fancied the distressed look for this sketch. I coloured in my image (from the Holly and Madison download) I then chose my papers from the paper mania simply elegant colossal paper pack. The images are just so cool. I added some flourishes made using my sizzix dies and some bling! Oh I have just noticed I didn't forfill the card for a child criteria DOH!!!!!!!