papertake weekly sketch 33 - my first GDT card

I was asked to be a GDT for PTW its a 4 week post and i was delighted to do it, this is my first challenge card and its a sketch,

there is a fab prize of $25 from simon says stamp for one lucky winner,

To make this card i used;

• collossal papermania papers
• martha staust scallop embossed punch
• greetin farm stamp
• coloured with beloved promarkers
• card candy from craftwork cards
• fabric flowers
• dovecraft gem brads
• white sakura pen
• purple holograhic card
• assorted gems from ebay
• sentiment from local craft show
• ribbon punch from woodware
• ribbon from a trimmie swap

I hope you like my card i had loads of fun making it, its a 6x6 in easel card.

pretty pink papertake

This card has been made for this weeks PTW challenge which is as it says pretty and pink, here is the card i made for my friend who had just had her first child last night (congrats leigh-ann) as you can guess it was a girl lol,

To make this card i used the following stash;

• pink card stock
• corrugated with my hand held little corrugating thingy lol (sorry no idea what this thing is called lol)
• pink glitter rub on flower
• nestie scallop circles
• large gems
• cuttlebug die cut an emboss set
• pale yellow glitter card

I am actually going to add the babies name and weight to this card at a later date, hope she will like it as this was a hard sketch to follow.

4 challenges in one

Here is a card ive just made and it fits 4 challenges which are;

1. creative card crew - punch it
2. spoonful of sugar - lots of layers
3. sketch saturday - the sketch
4. passion for promarkers - any colours but girly

i hope you like my attemp at all these challenges.

To make this card i used the following bits and pieces;

• papermania amethyst collection
• stamping up papers
• gorjuss girlz sitting stamp
• promarkers for colouring
• silver glamour dust
• sakura pens
• daisy punched flowers
• woodware buttond
• hobbycraft pigment ink
• green and purple card stock
• corner punch
• 5x5 card blank

papertake weekly meets one stop craft

Ive followed 2 challenges to make this card, the lighting was really bad when i took the photo im sorry about that,

the challenges are;

1. one stop craft challenge - fancy edges or corners
2. papertake weekly - sketch

i quite liked this one, and as i havent gone with on of my beloved stamps its a bit out of the norm for me lol.

to make this card i used;

• papermania amethyst collection
• purple gems
• martha stewart embossed scallop punch
• dufex stickers matted onto purple and silver holographic card
• computer generated sentiment
• white ribbon
• sakura pen
• white flower brads

CCT pink and grey combo

For this weeks challenge over at cute card thursday i decided to make a note book, i know its quite plain but i quite liked the papers and didnt want to make the front too busy, hope you like it, i really enjoy having a go at notebooks,

CPS 149 part 4

here is my take on this weeks sketch over at cps, i have recycled bits from old shop bought cards and added a few things from my own stash, i hope that is ok? my motto is waste not want not lol.

some photos to make you smile :-)

I just had to share this with you, i bought these too t shirts of skeggy market but thought they were adorable, alex my 4 year old thinks its great to wear same tshirt as his baby bro, his says big brother and kyles says little brother....how adorable lol they will hate me when they are older lol,

also here is a picture of my eldest trying to make his first snowman remember he is only 4 bless him,and finally thier preschool photo which made me cry when i saw it.

well there you go did i make you smile lol

charisma,s anything new challenge

ive been on a bit of a roll lately and managed 2 or 3 cards this week, which is really good for me as i struggle for crafting time, this card i made at our local craft group and this stock came in a goody bag so is new lol,

i sat for what seemed like hours to try get some ispiration for this card and here is the end project hope you like it? im entering it into charismas challenge,

To make this card i used ;

• sakura pen for doodling
• corrugated card
• ribbon
• backing papers provided by good friend so not sure where they are from sorry
• gold coloured gems
• peel off sentiment
• gold coloured brads

and thats it.... have a lovely dat guys xxx

mojo monday challenge 121

This is my take on the sketch over at mojo, ive not used this image for a while so thought i better give it some air, ive made this for a family birthday,

To make this card ive used;

• stamping up backing papers
• daisy and dandelion image
• die cut sentiment from nec
• lace ribbon from pear tree yard
• paper flowers from local craft shop
• button from MME collection
• sakura for doodling

this card is very pink and feminine i quite like the simplicity of it, hope you like it.

a card for 3 challenges

This card is for my mum, ive netered it into 3 challenges;

1. a spoonful of sugar - a recipe
2. totally gorgeous - a sketch
3. cute card thursday - all new.....(the papermania stuff is all new so is the stamp)

to make this card i used the following gorgeous stuff ...the new papermania capsule collection in sunshine which includes,

• papermania polka dot buttons
• papermania paper petals
• papermania backing papers
• papermania ribbon
• orange souffle sakura pen
• image is called no pain no gain, from craft fairy i think
• nestie scallop circle in white card and orange mulberry paper
• promarkers for colouring
• sentiment of pc

what do you think???........i think she is gorgeous lol

colour creat challenge 35

Here is my colour create challenge card which is called lemon and lime, now the picture for this isnt great i just coulodnt get the light right as its naturally very dull outside here today, the inner part of the card is covered with lime (green) paper and the ribbon has some green thread in it,

to make this i used the following;

• K an co backing papers from the daisy range
• fabric flowers in pale shades of yellow
• dovecraft gem brad
• woodware button
• computer generated greetin
• ribbon from craft central
• scallop nestie oval in pale yellow glitter card
• pale green paper for layering on front of the card

hope this is deemed suitable for the challenge lol

a card for 2 challenges and first for 2010

It was my friends birthday a few days ago so i had to make a card for her,i am strugggling a little at the moment with mojo and time so im quite surprised that i like this one,

I made this for 2 challenges too which are;

1. ABC- l is for layering
2. 365 cards - metal mania

to make this card i used:

• image recieved from a friend but think it may be a greeting farm one
• dcwv all dressed up matt stack
• pink rik rak
• pink paper flowers
• black pearl gems
• promarkers to colour image
• metal butterfly charm on some illuminous string from nec
• ek success punch
• cuttlebug embossing folder, not sure of name sorry
• sakura pink souffle pen for doodling

And thats it, hope she liked it...

also want to wish everyone a fantastic and crafty 2010, may all your dreams come true, xxxx

happy new year everyone and a photo

Well i just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year, i hope 2010 will be everything you want it to be, hope there wont be too many bad heads in the morning lol.


Also its my beautiful baby boys 4th birthday tomorrow so
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX

mummy and daddy love you soooo much, thought i would share this photo with you as its one of my faves from pre school, he is having his first proper party at our local indoor play centre on the 2nd, he is super excited about it bless him.

charisma challenge blog hop and card

Charisma are having their first birthday today...congrats girls, so in honour of this they are having a blog hop, so pop over and have a peek there are loads of prizes up for grabs,

Here is my entry for the charisma challenge this week which is called celebrations, its a card i have made for a teenagers birthday, hope they like it,

To make this i used;

• rockstar matt stack
• papermania ribbon
• dovecraft brads
• dark green shimmery paper
• computer generated sentiment

and thats it folks this one was a really simple yet effective card to put together i hope you like it?

OCC - food or drink

Here is my take on the OCC theme this week which is food or drink, i made this card for a good friends birthday, and im really pleased with the outcome of this,

To make this card i used;

• coffee kiki from cc designs
• metallic matt stack from dcwv
• gem brads from dovecraft
• printed sentiment from my computer
• circle nesties
• purple card stock
• promarkers
• silver gems
• white sakura pen
• 5 x 5 card blank

hope you like this one xxx

Also want to add a belated merry christmas and happy new year to all my blogging buddies, ive been exceptionally busy as you can imagine with 2 small children and christmas things to do, its my eldests birthday new years day bless him so still have things to do,

cupcake challenge 71

Over at cupcake craft challenges the theme this week is called a time for celebration, i chose to do a moving house card as my good friend donna has moved to her new home with her partner and i would say thats a celebration

To make this card i used;

• sugar nellie image
• coloured with promarkers
• nesties label 3 i think
• brads
• lace
• papermania pastels collossal paper pack
• dl card blank

C.R.A.F.T challenge 30 - free for all

Over at C.R.A.F.T the challenge is called free for all, here is my card that ive decided to enter with,
To make this card i used ;

• deck the halls papermania bps
• green/red/silver holographic card
• parcel handmade with card and ribbon
• green ribbon from craft central
• white sakura pen for doodling

blog candy

Kellie has a lovely candy on offer over on her blog in the form of a personalised stamp, it ends on the 19th of december so get on over there and take a peek lol,

my first easel card

I know these have become very popular and as this was my first one i can see why, i loved making this and have made about 4 now, i used my 6x6 card blank for this,

To make this i used;

• deck the halls BP's from papermania
• decoupage image from local craft shop
• ek success border punch
• swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder
• dovecraft brads
• holographic snowflakes

Get ready to see more of these lol.

challenge 4 over at creative craft challenges

Thank you to everyone that entered the last challenge there were some great entries and the winner of that challenge, chosen by Random.org was number 4 ...........................Jude

Congratulations Jude If you could please email us HERE with you name and email address we

will get your prize of to you.

Ok now for challenge #4 This weeks theme is................... Waiting for Santa, We would like you to make a card or project that includes a Santa somewhere on it.

The prize this week is:

And here was my dt challenge card

charisma and dreaming of summertime

This is my card for the theme dreaming of summertime over at charisma,

I chose bright and breezy colours for this, i know some of you perhaps would never put these colours together but i set myself a challenge to make a card with odd colours and see what came out of it.....and here it is,

To make this card i used;

• stamping up papers
• paper flowers
• dovecraft brad
• swiss dots cuttlebug folder (i love this folder)
• nestie circle scallops
• cc designs image
• coloured with promarkers
• white sakura pen
• yellow ribbon

Also on charisma there having a dt call so why not pop over to here and have a peek i might try my luck.

charisma and anything christmas

This card is for charisma which is anything christmas, this card was a little experimental but looks ok,

To make this i used,

• dcwvxmas paper
• silver metallic ribbon
• merry christmas brad
• pink pearl gems
• sakura pen for doodlin
• images coloured with promarkers
• images themselves was in a swap so not sure who they from
• 6x6 card blank

allsorts meets SCSC

This card fits the criteria for 2 challenges i made it at my local craft group recently.

1. allsorts - buttons
2. secret crafter saturday challenge - christmas trees

To make this card i used;

• backing papers/tag and image were downloaded and given as part of a goody bag at local group so no idea where they from,
• green organza ribbon
• pink/ green buttons
• pink brad
• 6x6 card blank