Boy oh Boy!

Hi, Hope your enjoying your weekend! David is off to the Rugby in Edinburgh and i have been trying to get bits and pieces of DT work done. I did say trying because every time i get my paper lined up, ruler just in the right place one of the kids shout on me for something!

Anyway i made this card a few days ago for someone and thought i might as well get it posted and enter a few challenges.

Recipe

Papers - MME lost and Found

Image - The DigiStamp Boutique (TJ)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

Sentiment - MME Lost and Found Glittered Die Cut.

Die Cuts - Scalloped Square Nestibilities and Stars from Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cart.

Misc. - Brown ink for distressing edges and Swiss Dots Embmossing Folder.

Heres the challenges i am entering with this card;

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - One for the boys

http://creativecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Card for a Teen

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Dude Time!

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ - Distressing

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Hope you enjoy whats left of your Sunday!

Thanks for visiting!

                    

What a Week!

Hi, well i have had the busiest week! The boys were off school with a bug and Ryan, the oldest, ended up with a chest infection. Carrie, my six year old has had a few hospital appointments this week because she is going in tomorrow for a operation. She has Auto Immune Liver Disease, this is where her own immune systems attacks her liver so she is going for another Liver Biopsy to see how her liver is doing She is also having grommets put back in for her hearing and her adenoid taken out again. They were taken out a few years back but her immune suppressant medication has caused them to grow back!! Strange but thats the theory! I am not looking forward to the the operation but it has to be done and better that they do it all at one time instead of two different operations which was the first plan!

Anyway here is my card for the Lili of the Valley Challenge. Great sketch as usual! I am running so late with this, i have 1 hour to get this posted!! I coloured my image with my promarkers. I love this image, so far one of my favourites. I have a feeling when i get my new stamps i might have a new favourite!

The sentiment is from my cricut wild card cart and onto a punched tag. The papers are ones i have had for so long that i cant remember. I think they are maybe DCWV ones but not sure!

The flower is again, homemade and inked with a pink ink pad. The gems and ribbon are from my stash.

I am entering into these challenges;

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch by Lena

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Punches (i punched the scalloped border and tag also got diecuts on the card)

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Thank You

Thanks for visiting and will be back online at the weekend. I will be staying in the hospital with Carrie overnight. Away to pack our bags!

Take Care

Black and white!

Hi There,

I hope you have all enjoyed the snow. We now have the deepest snow here since 1964, according to our council anyway! Its actually so deep my 6 year old cant really go out to play in it because its up to her bottom  in places so wellie boots are just not doing the job!! we are also snowed in and the schools are shut till Monday at least. There goes my Christmas shopping tomorrow and not sure about doing it online because roads and motorways have been closed on and off and we have not even post never mind large lorries with parcels! We are meant to have another 20cms tonight again, I am now getting a bit fed up with it.

So here is my card that i made the other day. The sketch is from the Just Magnolia Challenge. My Tilda was coloured with promarkers. As you can see i decided to try and do her all in "black and white." Had fun messing with all the grey shades, its not exactly how i wanted her to look but was running out of time. The colour scheme came from the Allsorts challenge which is Monochrome. The paper i used, the black one, has lots of lovely flocking on it. This card was hard to get a good photo off, the white just kept bouncing back at the camera. Its not a cheap camera i use, maybe its just me not using it properly. I decided to add Pearl Paper Effects, glitter and gems onto the corners. This fits with the Paper Sundaes challenge of "Adorn Those Corners". The Die Cut Dreams Christmas Clubs challenge is to use Die Cuts and i used plenty on this card with the Nesties and the swirls and flower from my Cricut Machine. The Craft Your Days Away Challenge is to add texture to your card. The flocking on the paper, embossing and lace counts for this. I am also going to play along with Tip Top Tuesday which is anything goes.

Heres the challenge blog links!

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Monochrome

http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/ - Die Cuts

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ - Adorn Those Corners

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Texture

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Thank you for having a look and your kind comments!

Tilda in Lilac and Lace!

Just a quick post today to show my latest card that i have put together for some challenges. The challenge over at Totally Tilda is "Lilac and Lace" and the Just magnolia special monthly challenge is "Anything Goes".

I used my Jam Tilda stamp and coloured her with Promarkers. The paper is from Best Creation. This paper is lovely because it is very slightly embossed and full of glitter so i am playing along with the challenge at Craft Your Days Away which is "Girly n Glitter". I just cant resist a really girly card!  I embossed the circle with my cuttlebug folder and the swirls are cut from a sizzix die i have. The flowers i made myself from scratch. I love making them, then covering the petals in Glossy Accents and MS white glitter. The other challenge i am playing along with is Stamping B's. The theme is to use a charm so i used a little butterfly one.

The sentiment i used is just from ym stash, i think it may be a Forever Friends sentiment but not totally sure!

The lace, ribbon and gems are from my stash and just finish the card of nicely.

Heres the links to the challenge blogs i played along with today,

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://totallytilda.blogspot.com/ - Lilac and Lace

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Girly n Glitter

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Use a charm

Thanks for looking and hope you had a great weekend!