Sunday Sketch & Stamp 34 and Passion for Pro-Markers 65

This weeks Sunday Sketch & Stamp is a great sketch which I have combined with the Passion for Pro-Markers challenge ''Blue Christmas''.

Just Magnolia 67 & Passion for Pro-Markers 64

This card has been created for 2 challenges, Just Magnolia 67 - Acetate and Passion for Pro-Markers 64 - Music. Card is made of acetate from a fill your own box at the Kanban outlet shop in Bradford, Music paper from stash, Image is Magnolia coloured with Pro-Markers, flower is made with the new Magnolia die. Sentiment is Tim Holtz. The little bling gem pins were from the lovely Anne.

Friday Sketchers & Winter Wonderland Challenges.

Phew haven't been around for a week!! Its been pretty hectic, the kind of hectic where you do loads but actually look like you have done nothing at all. So I sat in bed last night watching Dirty Dancing on the telly and coloured this lovely image I bought from the Harrogate show ages ago.

I am entering this into 2 challenges, firstly Friday sketchers challenge 105 which provided the fab sketch, love simple clean elegant ones like this and secondly the Winter Wonderland challenge which is love at Christmas. Image is coloured with pro markers and papers I have no idea where they came from. Not sure who makes the stamp it doesn't say on the side, but I think I bought it from the stamp addicts stand at the show.

Jigsaw Piece

Janet asked if anyone would like to decorate one of her huge jigsaw pieces for her with a theme of ''home''. I love this sort of challenge so jumped at the chance, but when it actually arrived I was abit stumped and did just look at it for a couple of days. While trying to get a box from the top of a cupboard a stamp set hit me on the head, annoyed at first but then the light bulb went off. The plate was full of owls and little houses and tree branches so tah-dah!! Coloured with ProMarkers and 3D'd the branch and house, background actually has loads of layers starting with a book page, gesso and loads of stamping. Stewart Gill yummy byzantia paint to edge it and then covered with distress crackle paint in rock candy - now here's where the trouble began. The crackle paint smudged all my green ink that were leaf stamps and sucked the colour of the pro-markers up into the layer of crackled then once dry the crackle fell off where the pro-marker colouring was so I had to put on another layer very thinly and prey it stuck, which it did. Very odd indeed I shall remember this next time I use the crackle paint.

As I used ProMarkers for this I am entering it into the Passion for ProMarkers anniversary week challenge.

Janet very kindly made me this little plaque as a thank you for decorating the jigsaw piece, isn't it gorgeous!!! It currently has pride of place on my wall.

Friday Sketchers & Just Magnolia

Cutting it real fine here but I have had a manic week!! This card is being entered into Friday Sketchers and Just Magnolia. Image Magnolia. papers Papermania. Short and sweet!!

Its that time again!!

Its that time again!!! Katharina is holding her bi-monthly guest designer call. This time the challenge is to use orange, red and one other colour (black and white being allowed). So I chose to use orange as the predominant colour and red with green as background colours.

Papers: My minds eye
Ribbon: Doodlebug Designs
Flower: New stock in from Crafty Feeling (these are awesome)
Image: Whiff of Joy, coloured with ProMarkers
Ink: Wild Honey Distress Ink



This was my little helper today, Woddewick eating sticks while I took the photo of the card, isnt he cute! well he was for about 30 seconds then he bit me!

Whiff of Joy & Stampin' for the Weekend Challenges

This weeks challenge at Stampin for the Weekend is to make a card for a male. Being my Nephews birthday in a few weeks I though perfect time to get my thinking cap on, I never know what to do for him and usually cop out and buy a card instead, cardinal sin I know! The Whiff of Joy part of the card is the sketch turned on it's side, in place of the girly flourish I put the Sinbad character and tried to keep it clean and simple, it was very hard!

Winter Wonderland & Friday Sketchers Challenges

Friday Sketchers is celebrating its 101st sketch with a fab sketch and a blog hop with loads of prizes along the way so make sure you go take a lookie!!

This card has been made with the sketch from Friday Sketchers and the theme from Winter Wonderland which is ''cute creatures''. I actually dont have that much in the way of christmas backing papers so I made this one myself from tumbled glass distress ink and a very large creative expressions stamp. The reindeer image is from whipper snapper and coloured with my trusty promarkers.

Sketch Saturday Challenge 101

Wow Sketch Saturday is on its 101st challenge, how cool is that!! So I am entering this pretty kitty into the challenge. Image is from Dimensions Fourth, papers and organza ribbon is Papermania. I shall be celebrating my 100th blog post very soon so watch this space for alittle candy.

Friday Sketchers Challenge 100 & I Love ProMarkers Challenge 13

This weeks sketch for Friday Sketchers is their 100th sketch!! I really had fun making this for this challenge. I am also entering it into the I Love ProMarkers challenge 13 which is ''wings'' I really do love Magenta stamps, this set has to be one of my favorites but very hard to colour with pro markers. I really had a struggle with the flowers, they are from Prima and are some sort of gauze type material, they rip as soon as you look at them and all in all get a 0/10 rating from me, pretty crappy flowers, nightmare to try glue down too.

Paper: Once Upon a Time stack, DCWV
Image: Magenta
Flowers: Prima

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge & Winter Wonderland Challenge

Sunday Sketch and Stamp is celebrating its 1st year, the challenge is to create a project from one of the past sketches that was your favorite. This one is mine.


I am combining this challenge with Winter Wonderland which has a theme of anything goes this week. Drat I am too late to add my entry to winter wonderland ahh well this is what i would have entered!!


Paper: Paperartsy rum and raising collection stamped and embossed with a large snowflake stamp from Personal Impressions.
Charm & ribbon: Crafty Feeling
Image: Stampavie

Sketch Saturday Challenge 100 & Whiff of Joy Challenge 77

I have made this card for one of my niece's whose birthday it is next week, she is a very girly girl who loves pink so I hope she likes it (not giving her a M&S voucher, that's just for the photo). I am entering this into 2 challenges, Sketch Saturday's 100th Challenge which is a fab sketch and Whiff of joys 77th challenge which is to make a money/gift card.

Image: Whiff of Joy
Paper: Papermania exquisite collection (quite and old one)
Velum: Papermania exquisite collection (quite and old one)

Just Magnolia, Friday Sketchers & Tuesday Taggers Challenges

Finished this card today with my new Magnolia images that arrived yesterday. Love the pirate theme, but I did get stuck on how to colour the anchor LOL!. I am entering this into 3 challenges today.

Friday Sketchers: The sketch
Just Magnolia: Theme - ''Anything goes''
Tuesday Taggers: Theme - Childhood memories Sponsored by ''The Craft Barn''

You may be wondering how this fits into the theme of ''childhood memories'' well I have a partly fond memory of being taken to Disney Land Paris by my Grandma, While in the pirates themed area a very French pirate came up behind me and went ''Booo'' in my ear, I screamed, everyone laughed. I wasn't impressed at all!!

Main image and background is Magnolia, sentiment is from butterfly kisses, paper is from DCWV Once Upon a Time stack.

Whiff of Joy & I Love ProMarkers Challenges

Not sure that I like this creation, the papers aren't doing it for me since I photoed it. Anyhow I am entering it in 2 challenges, Whiff of Joy Challenge 76 which provided the fab sketch and I Love ProMarkers Challenge 11 which is to use black white and 1 other colour - pink in my case.

Image: Whiff of Joy
Papers: Papermania cotton paper with flocking
Flowers: Crafty Feeling.

Mojo Monday & Stampin for the Weekend

This weeks Mojo Monday is a fab sketch!! Think i will use this one again and again. I am also entering this card into the challenge at Stampin for the Weekend which is your to take inspiration from your favorite book.

Papers: Papermania
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ribbon: Crafty Feeling
Image: Spesch Designs

Tuesday Taggers, Whiff of Joy and I Love ProMarkers

This card I must say I had great fun with. I am entering it into 3 challenges.

Tuesday Taggers: Cake
Whiff of Joy: Yellow, green + 1 other colour (brown)
I Love ProMarkers: Sketch

Tuesday Taggers is sponsored this week by Emma whose birthday it is, so pop on by and say happy birthday!!

Papers are K&Co, image Whiff of Joy, coloured with ProMarkers. Ribbon is Crafty Feeling.

Just Magnolia Week 49 Challenge

This weeks Just Magnolia Challenge is to use more than 1 fold on your card, so I borrowed a template from my mum and this is what the end result came out like. I can honestly say I am never having the ''brilliant idea'' of cutting out all the flowers ever ever ever again!!

Stamps: Magnolia
Butterfly's: Martha Stewart stamp n punch
Sentiment: Printed on computer
Card: no idea it was in a box

4 Challenges 1 Card!!

Phew what a challenge!! I wanted to challenge myself even furthur and combine at least 5 challenges into 1 card, 5 was pretty impossible this week but 4 was spot on! so we have

Whiff of Joy Challenge 73: A recipy of 1 ribbon, 2 buttons and 3 papers
Passion For ProMarkers week 45: Theme of 2 images
Friday Sketchers Challenge 96: A Sketch
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 36: Theme of Ribbons and Bows, with an optional extra challenge of 3 papers, 3 embellishments and a charm.

Both images are Whiff of Joy, Papers from My Minds Eye, Ribbon and buttons from Crafty Feeling and the metal charm is K&co. Inked around the edges with Espresso Adirondack dye based ink.

Tuesday Taggers & Just Magnolia Challenge 48

This weeks Tuesday Taggers challenge is sponsored by The Craft Barn ''Its a Bugs Life'', Perfect excuse i thought to bring out my favourite Magnolia stamp and have a go with my new ProMarkers. I combined the theme with the sketch from Just Magnolia, but the sketch went slightly wrong as the flowers i wanted to use didn't look right in the sketches position so i had to modify it a little! only a little tho, hope its ok.

Sketch Saturday & Stamping for the weekend challenge combined

Had abit of time today to play with my new ProMarkers and i must say i am really enjoying them. I combined the fab sketch from Sketch Saturday with the theme from Stampin for the Weekend, then i don't know what possessed me i added a happy birthday sticker instead of happy Easter like the theme should be, hope its ok tho it does have an Easter bunny on it!! Oops!!!

Papers: Papermania (old old floral stack i found in the bottom of a drawer)
Ribbon: From local craft shop, think it was papermania not sure
Image: Hobby art stamps (got it on the weekend at the Harrogate show from Butterfly Kisses)