3 challenges makes 1 card!

Hello I have made this card for card for 3 challenges. Colour create asks us to use blue and white and vintage on our cards. Cute card Thursday asks us for christmas in July and The sugar bowl asks us to use Gayles sketch and ribbons and bows.
My youngest daughter who is 4, wanted to colour this image in and ended up taking my precious memento black ink pad and is covered in it,oops.
I have had my eldest two at home today. We had their school open day and reports. They both did really well so I am the proudest mummy today.

Stamptacular Sunday challenge - Christmas

Hi I made this card for the Challenge at Stamptacular Sunday blog. It is to make a christmas card
I used a sugar nellie stamp that I received in my lucky bag and added an angel to her stick. I used my DCWV papers and I added some embellishments from my stash.
I am nervous as I have to go and plead my case to my MP today and am not sure where to start as there are so many issues that I need resolved, the mold ,a move, repairs, and so many more.
I have to go and wake up Max in a minute so I can give him lunch and get ready so have a nice day I have made a card for another challenge so will be back later with that one.

The Sugar bowl - Judys sketch and Sparkle theme

Hello I am home this morning. Yesterday morning I had to take my eldest son Harry to the dentist as he had excruciating pain on holiday. He is going to have to have two teeth extracted under sedation. I am a little panicky about it he is calm as anything. I will get a letter from the dentist today.
I am also a bit annoyed, I am annoyed that our council has no contingency plan for emergency's. As you will of seen on the news there was a major fire in Camberwell. Over 100 people need to be housed so they are going to use the properties off the homesearch list which means that we are being shoved back to the bottom of the pile again. Grrr...rant...grrr.
I have to mention how touched I was by the Michael Jackson Memorial service. His family came across as genuine and very real. I felt the emotional highs and lows.
I wish his family well and am keeping them in my prayers.
Onto the card, this one is for The Sugar Bowl challenge which is to follow Judy's lovely sketch and include some sparkle. I have used my sparkle spray by crafters companion on my backing papers and added some gems.

Winter Wonderland - Week #4 I'm dreaming of a Blue Christmas

Hello everyone ,so it is already week 4 of the Winter Wonderland challenges. It has been so delightful visiting everyones blogs and seeing their christmas cards. It is also so good that everyone is having such a good time whilst joining in each week.

we have a fabulous giveaway too which will be sent to one lucky player who's name is drawn randomly - check back next Saturday to find out who!! The kit includes some stamped images of the one's used on Anne's projects this week, including a fabulous snowman stamp very kindly donated by Funky Kits!



This week the team would like to see you use Blue in your christmas projects or cards.

I decided to use my gorgeous sugar nellie stamp to make this card. I brought her with the intention of making christmas cards. So here is my first christmas card using her.
I am into making scene cards at the moment so here is a little christmas scene. I used a brayer to make the night sky and window. I masked off the frame and the moon and then used blue inks on my brayer to ink the sky. I then used a snowflake stamp inked with versamark to create snowflakes in the ink. The versamark takes the ink away.
I then made some mini curtains using some linen that I coloured with fabric pens. Then I stitched them with my sewing machine, a good way to practise stitches. I made a curtain rail from card and gems ,to hang them on. I added a christmas backing paper as the wallpaper and a strip of card as the skirting board and pale blue paper as the carpet. I placed my girl walking past the window to place her present under the tree.
Can't wait to visit all your blogs to see your christmas creations.

The Sugar Bowl - Lillian's sketch

Hi there this is my entry for the sugar bowl challenge where you can win gorjuss girls set 3, wowee that is a fantastic prize.

I made this card using my Duda Daze bunny stamp. I do not have any kraft card and so I used browns and creams. The flowers are basic grey stamps as is the stamp I used to create the border. I kept this very simple.

I had a ball yesterday taking part in the Sugar nellie bloghop on Friday and if you hopped onto my blog and left a comment I really appreciate every single one. Hugs Pascalex

Sugar Nellie Blog hop - Meet Duda Daze Bunny!

Hello and I can't tell you how excited I am to be able to post this on my blog. The new Duda Daze stamps ,from Sugar Nellie ,available from Funkykits are being showcased by some talented bloggers who love Sugar Nellie. These stamps have been designed by Diane Duda a very talented artist from the states.
I got sent this stamp which is called "Bunny". Isn't it wonderful! Remember this is the first time that these stamps have been seen so make sure you visit all the blogs in the blog hop so you do not miss out on the wonderful designs.
You should of arrived here from Vanja's blog. Please visit her if you have not already. For full details of the blog hop pop over to the sugar Sugar Nellie blog where you can find the full list of blogs to visit.
I decided to make a card using techniques that I enjoy and some that I have not tried before. I stamped the stamp onto card stock and coloured with promarkers. I then paperpieced her dress onto the image. I love paperpiecing. I then cut out the rabbit from another stamped image and pieced it on top. I used water colour pencils to create my shadow and the background. I then distressed the edges with a nail file and added acrylic paint to stiffen them, you should use gesso but I did not have any to hand. I then inked the edges of the paper with an ink pad (copper), I did the same with each of the layers. I then stitched them all together. I added some pearls. I made the rosette flower using the same technique as the paper. I also added some flowers using neutral tones.
Please hop over to Elaines blog Quixotic cards to see another wonderful creation using Duda Daze stamps. Enjoy your blog hop!!!!

Stampcular Sunday challenge

Hi there i have made this card for the Stamptacular Sunday challenge. The challenge is to make a special card for your Dad so I made a fathers day card. The image is sugar nellie the papers are basic grey.

Winter Wonderland #3 - Let it Snow

Hi I made this card for our third challenge at Winter Wonderland which is "Let it snow". We want you to incorporate snow in your card or project for christmas.
I made a card. I used my sugar nellie image from gorjuss girls set one. I heat embossed the image and then coloured her with H2o's. I used my cuttlebug snowflake cut and emboss folder to make the large snowflake and highlighted with H2o's. I then used it as a stencil for the large snowflakes on the top of the card. I added some small heat embossed snowflakes. I cut out the sentiment from my dovecraft christmas papers and mounted onto embossed card. I also used some paper from this pack for the bottom of the card.
We are having a blast making cards for christmas in June so why don't you pop over and have a little peek at Winter Wonderland.

Creative Card Crew _ Geometric patterns

The theme at Creative Card Crew is to use Geometric patterns and shape.I hope I have forfilled the challenge. I used diamonds as my geometric shape and the paper (K&co) is not overly patterned but has Diamonds on it as does the cuttlebugged card shadowing the images.
I used Three gorjuss girl images and coloured them with promarkers. I used some flowers also coloured with promarkers and a charm too.

The Sugar bowl - Lia's sketch and Blue and green

Just got back from seeing the film " A night at the museum 2" it was action packed and really good. So far fetched it made it even better. We all went and the baby slept. My 4 year old kept going I want to go home but we made it through the film in the end.
I made this for The sugar bowl challenge . A beautiful sketch by Lia and the challenge to include blue and green. I used pastel blue, apple and Lime promarkers to colour Annies ( leanne Ellis stamp available at funkykits sugar nellie collection) outfit in. Her face is coloured with blush, ivory, blossom and pastel pink promarkers and her hair is cinnamon and henna.
The papers are by Dovecraft. I tried to keep the bird theme throughout the card. folder and on the backing paper. I used my cuttlebug I haven't used the stamp for a while and it was fun to do this card.
Just seen on the sugar nellie blog that the gorjuss girl collection three has been decided upon so watch out for more news on that, sneaky peaks at the end of the month, how exciting!

Passion for Promarkers - Apple and Pastel Pink

A very good morning everyone, the weather is again superb here in London. I will venture out for a little while after posting this. I have made this card for the Passion for Promarkers challenge. The colours this week are APPLE GREEN and PASTEL PINK. A perfect combination.
I used my Gorjuss girl and I used cosmo cricket papers to compliment her. I used blush and vanilla and Pastel pink for her face. For her hair I used cinnamon, and henna. For her outfit I used pastel pink and blossom and Apple Green and Lime. For the flowers I used pastel pink and apple green to match them to the image and papers.

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!

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!!!

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.

Daring Cardmakers Challenge -The Sound of Music

I am entering this card into the Daring Cardmakers challenge which is "I want you to design a card which is 'Musically inspired'. Anything goes, whether you use musical paper, or an image of instrument - or even song lyrics."
I love this new gorjuss girl and I wanted to use the lyric in a previous card but didn't quite know what to do. I wanted to show that a sympathy card does not necessarily have to be plain and simple. Forgive me if you believe that they should be.
I used the gorjuss girl from set two. I used H20's and copics to colour. I added a frame with the lyrics in. I stamped the hearts with some foam stamps I made. I added the paper and ribbon.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Hi the challenge at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge is to use the sketch. The only other requirements are that you use a stamped image and do not use your card for any other challenge. I used this sugar nellie image for my card. I brought him last week having realised my male stamp stock is not huge. I really love him as he is easy to colour and so adaptable. I used red and white. I mounted him on blue and green card to create a scene. I added Goal as my sentiment. I also added some handrawn lines to mirror the lines on his shorts. The sketch is a simple on but I think these are often harder to interpret. I loved working with this sketch. Thanks guys.

The Sugar Bowl - Marlenes sketch

The challenge at The Sugar Bowl this week is to use Marlenes sketch (a fab one!)and buttons on your card. I used my new country cousins stamp as she is just so beautiful. I used blue and yellow as my colour theme. I loved using the sketch it is brilliant.
I had a busy day yesterday so I did not manage to blog any cards so be prepared to see lots today!!! I had speech therapy for my youngest daughter and I had to attend two connect groups for church as I am currently changing groups. I was exhausted. My son is teething and he does not do it well and that is taking it's toll too. On the housing front no good news as yet but I am hopeful that the right thing will happen at the right time. I got some more great news too but I will share that with you all at a later date!!!! I am a happy bunny!

Creative card Crew challenge - Embossing

Hi guys I am a little less rattled today! I am looking to the future, picked myself up dusted off the rubble and ready to face another day. I made this card for the Creative card crew challenge. My first time for this challenge. They asked us to emboss so I heat embossed my image and sentiment and cuttlebug embossed the circle with my swiss dots folder. I have to leave my church connect group as I am joining another group so I am making cards for each of the group to say I love them all. I will definately use this one. I am enjoying a quiet time and slow cooking lamb shanks with rosemary garlic and tinned tomatoes, with roasted new potatoes,carrots and runner beans. I love multi tasking! I think I can here the gang so I will quickly finish posting this and serve up.