Friday Sketchers

This week on Friday sketchers is another fab sketch to follow with some fab blog candy up for grabs kindly donated by Helene at Alota rubber stamps

Supplies: All patterned card is by basic grey

Image Iwas kindly sent by Heather,

Buttons from stash.

Cute card Thursday

This week at Cute card Thursday they are asking you to use patterned paper on your card in honour of there fabulous blog candy donated by Andrea of Kaboodle Doodles. She is offering one lucky winner, chosen at random next week, some fabulous downloads.

supplies : DP- Dovecraft Retro floral prints.

Cardstock -papermill

Stamps- Hanglar & cuddly buddly

Friday Sketchers & Papertake Weekly

I have entered this card for 2 challenges First is Friday Sketchers they have a great sketch to follow and some fab blog candy up for grabs.

Second challenge is papertake weekly. We have Fathers Day coming up, here in the UK so this weeks challenge is to make a mans card! The card can be for any occasion as long as it's for a man! lol

supplies used : DP Dovecraft Masculine

Image I was sent by my good friend Deb

Dad is a rub-on from stash

coloured in with watercolour pencils.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 1

For this weeks 1st challenge on A Spoon Full of Sugar we have asked you to make a card using a Summer theme, We have a gorgeous lily and milo stamp donated by the lovely Nikki up for grabs. you can see a picture of it in the challenge post for this week, it is so cute!
While you are there take a peek at the DT's cards, they are so amazing, then pop in to check out the blogs and the fantastic cards they make.

Supplies: Basic grey cardstock, DP- dovecraft Retro florals,

Stamp: Elisabeth bell Sweet Ebony Range -Flowers -bought from Funky Kits.

Flower: Flora Doodle,

Sentiment from Deb

Ribbon from stash

Tilda & co Challenge 21

Tilda & co Challenge 21
Would love to see your Torn work,This could be a simple little tear on a part of your work or the main focus, Have fun and just go crazy! Tare your wonderful Papers get them used!For this card I have used,DP- Urban Lily Moody Blues collectionImages Kindly sent to me by my good friend Deb.All stickers are Doodlebug Boys will be Boys. Also Zoe who is only 8 and is the daughter of the very talented Nikki has her own blog now she would be over the moon if you pop over to her blog and leave her a message.

New challenge site

Hi everyone
I will be launching a new challenge blog called A Spoon Full Of Sugar on tuesday 27 may, for all out there who love sugar nellie stamps. I hope you will all come and visit us for this exiting new adventure. I have some great Dt members on board, hope to See you all tuesday, The blogs address is http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/

I hope all my blogging friends and visitors to my blog will join in this fun challenge. Those who join in next week will have a chance to win a Sugar Nellie stamp

Cute card thursday

Challenge 11

This week over on Cute card Thursday They have 4 gorgeous Maggie stamps which Sally from Bootiful Stampz has kindly donated, to give away to 1 lucky randomly selected person.

Katharina's Sketch

This weeks challenge is to make a card based on this fabulous sketch by katharina

For this challenge I have used- DP-K & Company Cassic McKenna , Image - Hanglar, ribbon from stash, Sentiment was free with the new Elisabeth bell stamps, Brad from stash.

Circle of friends Award

I am honoured to have been given this award by the fab Beth .Since I started blogging in march I have never had so many friends, its truly great I would like to pass this award on to my new Design team at A Spoon Full of Sugar
you are all amazingly talented ladies .

Papertake weekly challenge

This weeks Papertake challenge is another of Katharina's sketches and it's another great one!

For this challenge i have used - K & company Hopscotch Dp
Hanglar Stamp -Thanks brad from stash -Buttons from stash.

Kreativ Blogger Award

The Lovely Natalie has given me this award, Thank you very much it is much appreciated.I now have to pass it on to 3 people which i found very hard as you are all an inspiration to me when i visit your blogs. After a lot of thought I would like to pass it on to Tracie (pinkangel), Beth (My little card Blog), and Kathy (Distressed Stamper).Please check out their blogs as they all make fab cards.

Friday Sketchers & Stamp something

I have managed 2 challenges in 1 again with this card
The 1st is forFriday Sketchers challenge 2. This week we have a great sponsor: My Favorite Things. Some of you might know My Favorite Things as it is a pobular USA based company. Kim Vandersanden will donate a wonderful stamp set called „Can Ya' Dig it?”. All you have to do is follow this great sketch by Beatrix

The second is for Stamp something all you have to do is create a little something to say thank you. It's a phrase we say all the time, but sometimes you just need to show people you really mean it. It can be a card, a gift, a scrapbook page or what ever. Just a little something to say thank you!

Supplies: DP Laura Ashley, Inca Stamp- The Zinnia Fairy, ribbon from stash, Flora doodle flower, Thanks is a sticker from stash.

Daring Cardmakers

The theme for this weeks challenge over on Daring Cardmakers is Animalia, all you have to do is create a card using Animals ,so i decided to use my whipper snapper Kitty litter stamp. I have coloured it in using watercolour pencils, The patterned card is play,Spirit,and Enjoy all from the color me silly range by Basic Grey. Ribbon is from my stash

Cute card Thursday

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 10

This week their is another wonderful stamp donated by one of the design team members, this time it is Paris Tilda from the Magnolia Shabby Chic range, just recently released! To be in with a chance of being randomly selected to win this stamp all you have to do is join in with this week's challenge. The theme this week is
Vacation/Travel
For this card I have used DP- PM Venetian skies, Stamp is Collecting sea shells byStamps Happen, Inc ,coloured using watercolour pencils and chalks, Flower by Flora Doodles.

Tilda & co

Challenge 19
It's time for a bit of black and white theme, ideally no other colours to be used on you work.
(but if you are struggling with this then your magnolia image ( or 1 of if using more than 1 )may have 1 more colour of your choice.
I decided less is more with this card so i simply stamped Rufus in Blk ink and cut him out with nestabilities, The happy birthday is a cuddly buddly stamp, DP are DCWV, Ribbon from stash.

Friday Sketchers & Stamp something

I have managed 2 challenges in 1 with this card, The 1st is for Friday Sketchers You can win a fabulous stampset called "Gretchen" at the end of this first challenge week all you have to do is follow the sketch. The 2nd challenge is for Stamp something the challenge this week will be "First Somethings." first birthday, a first baby, a first house, a first car, or any other first you can think of. Both of these challenges are brand new this week. My card is called First Love. DP are by Stacy Claire boyd-Stella Collection -Ring around the posie-Picnic Plaid. Stamped Image is Lily& Milo First Love coloured in with watercolour pencils.I have added some Gems to the flower centers, ribbon from stash.

Wow look what I received in the post at the weekend, a gorgeous card filled with Images Off Natalie none of which i have so thanks Natalie.

I also received a fab PIF Off Heike

Thanks again Heike

Cute card thursday

Challenge 9Gems and Jewels

This week the challenge is to use gems or jewels on your card, it's as easy as that!they have a fabulous prize for one randomly chosen person, a selection of Zoomz which Kay from The Stamp Galaxy has very kindly sent to them.

supplies: DP basic Grey-colour me silly,Dovecraft Retro Florals.

Hanglar Stamp

Gems from stash.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week's challenge is an easy one .. ..

just show us your bugs!
The Design Team have come up with some stunning ATCs to inspire you with much prettier little bugs - butterflies, bees, dragonflies and ladybugs. As long as you have at least one Magnolia stamped image on your ATC you can join in the fun with Them, so your bugs could be brads, stickers or paper embellishments if you don't have any of the Magnolia cuties.
I have had so much fun doing this one, For my ATC I have stamped Edwin onto the card then masked him off and stamped the shabby chic fence behind him,I then stamped martha's snail and tildas bird and 3D them onto the card, All images are coloured with watercoloured pencils.

Mojo monday wk 36

Well this was a quick card today for mojo mondays sketch challenge as for once the weather has been glorious here.
Paper is by the paper company-Floral stripe, Bazzill cardstock Flower is a flora doodle, ribbon from stash, words are from a kit I bought from QVC last year.

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG

If you would love a new challenges, you should definitely check out this new blog.Starting on Friday 9th, there will be a weekly challenge to inspire and motivate us to stamp! The design team will also provide examples.Another reason to look forward for the weekend!
http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/

Tilda & co and Arty girlz challenges

Tilda & co

EYE EYE ITS A NATURAL FEELING....

For this week's challenge it's abit of a double up,They Would like to see you use Eyelets if possible ( if you do not own them, then you can leave that part out or use brads)Along with anything Natural, Could be fibres, Leaves, Straw, Twigs, Papers etc as long as it is Natural with Eyelets ( if you have them )

for this card i have used Laura Ashley contemporary papers, Flower power tilda and some string i found in my box , eyelets are from stash.

Arty Girlz Challenge

The theme for this challenge is 'Open Theme' so you can create whatever you like for Arty Girlz this week.
There challenge is sponsored by Trimcraft who contacted Arty Girlz as they are about to launch their exciting new website on 1st May .

So for this challenge i decided to make a Door hanger for hannah's room (she loves it),I have used a new shabby chic tilda , the hanger was cut using my Cricut- bags tags and boxes with the design studio , the flowers were also off the cricut using george and basic shapes, paper is by the paper company Basic dots.

Cute Card Thursday

This week at cute card thursday it's a nice easy theme, anything to do with gardens. Could be people gardening, having fun in the garden, a garden scene or perhaps some little animals you might find in the garden.

For this card i have used a Hanglar stamp coloured in with watercolours, flora Doodle flowers and the paper is Dovecraft Retro floral Prints.

Birthday cards

These birthday cards are for 2 very special children who will be 8 on monday,

I have used my new Hanglar & Stranglar stamps,papers are PM- simply Elegant,

dovecraft-Masculine, ribbons from stash.coloured in with watercolour paints and sakura glaze pens.