Not a flower in sight!!

Hi, I hope you are all having a lovely lazy Sunday! I dont know where the day has went, got up tidied up and before i noticed it was 3pm! 

Here is a LOTV card with one of their new stamps. How cute are these images?! I just love their little feet dangling crossed over....too cute! I coloured them in with promarkers. The sentiment comes with the image. 

The sketch i followed is from the LOTV challenge this week. Its a fab sketch and is a good one for keeping it simple which is the challenge for the I love Promarkers challenge! I found it so hard to keep my hand out my flowers pot! Not even a gem or swirl in sight either. I used 3 buttons and the ribbon...thats it! The papers are from the Daisy and Dandelion pad that i have had for ages and its lay at the bottom of my drawer. Its got some good matching papers in there. I have also inked the edges very slightly with Dusty Concord distress ink. 

This is the challenges i want to enter this card into;

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

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Keep it sweet and simple

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Buttons

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ - Polka Dots - (I was 10 mins too late!!)

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

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Spots/dots (Paper and Swiss dots embossed layer)

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Its a couple thing!

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Cute

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

Thanks again for looking and for the kind comments that you leave each time. It really is appreaciated!

Spots and Stripes!

Hi, Today we woke up to the deepest snow i have seen for years! David went out to see if he would get his car out and it was up over his knees all the way along the road...he had no chance, totally snowed in! Its so beautiful to look at but the kids are out and in because the schools are all closed and there is wet clothes and boots everywhere! They are having great fun though! They are making a full size igloo later seemingly!

Anyway onto the card i made as i sat at my desk watching the snow get deeper and deeper! The sketch i followed is from the LOTV challenge blog. I love this image i have used, she looks so different every time i colour her with a different colour scheme! I have used Promarkers to colour her and the white i have used flocking, not that you can see much if it in the picture. The colour scheme came about from the Daring Cardmakers challenge, they are asking for Spots and Stripes. The DP is "Jolly Happy Xmas" from Dovecraft. I have also entered the Passion for Promarkers challenge. They have a challenge and a blog hop running for 2 weeks. The Theme is "Old and New". Well this card really fits the challenge, The flower i have on my card i have had since i started out card making a good few years back. So old it had lost the green leaves from the back of it! The new things is the DP's and the charm and chain. I have seen a few people use a few links of chain to dangle charms from lately but the first time i seen it was on Bev's blog, "All The Things I Love".  The Crafty Catz Challenge is "Christmas" and Stampin B's challenge is to make a holiday card and the Paper Cutz challenge is Anything Goes this week so i am entering these challenges too.

Heres is the links to all the challenge blogs;

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

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ - Spots and Stripes.

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Old and New (Blog Hop too!)

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

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas.

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Holiday Card.

Hope your all enjoying the snow..if you have any! 

Thanks for looking!

Xmas Bling!

What a miserable, wet and dark day. The perfect day for crafting!! Heres my card that i made for a few challenges. The colour scheme was meant to be for the Totally Tilda challenge but i never got it finished yesterday morning so i was too late with it! Just my luck. Fortunately the Totally Gorjuss challenge this week was Non Traditional Christmas colours so my favourite icy blue scheme goes well. The Paper Cutz challenge is Christmas with Bling so i used new gems that i got that are just plain but shiny silver. I really love them, just that bit different to the gems i use all the time. The photo doesnt show them off that well. I have also played along with the Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club which is anything Goes this week.

I know this image is not a Xmas stamp but i thought it fits well and i coloured her with Promarkers. The snowflakes are from my Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge.

Heres the links to the challenges i have entered; 

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ - Not so Traditional

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas using lots of Bling

http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes!

As always thanks for looking at my cards and leaving such lovely comments.

Cupcakes...Yummy!!!

Another day, another card! This card was made for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge which is "Not a Square". The base card was cut from my Cricut Wild Card Cartridge and the top scallop was from the Story Book Cartridge. The cupcake paper is from Trimcraft. I love the colours of these papers.The image is from LOTV and one of my favourites, very cute! I have coloured the image with promarkers. I am also playing along with "Fab n Funky challenge which is Yummy, Yummy, Yummy and "I Love Promarkers" challenge which is Cupcakes. Papercutz challenge is Anything goes this week so i have entered the challenge there! The flowers, ribbon and pearls are from my stash. 

Heres the links to the challenge blogs i played along with;

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ -Not  a Square.

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Cupcakes.

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes!

Thanks you all for looking and the kind comments!

Teddy Bears Picnic!!

This is my second post of the night as i have just finished this card. The sketch i used is from the Flutter By Wednesday challenge. You must also use either a butterfly, fairy or angel on the birthday card for it to count so i used a butterfly stamp i had in my stash. The challenge at Passion for Promarkers is "Teddy Bears Picnic" so i used this LOTV stamp and coloured it with promarkers. The papers are both from the Lush Collection from My Minds Eye. I just had to have them when i seen them! The ribbon is one i bought when i was on holiday from a lovely little farm shop that sold organic and home grown/made produce. The ribbon was expensive but worth it. The camera doesnt show it well.  I used used 3 pink brads which were the perfect colour for my papers and fits with the Party time Tuesday challenge which is a Birthday card with brads. I am going to also enter into the Paper Take Weekly Challenge. Their challenge this time is "Just The One" so i used one colour theme, Vintage Pink. I could also use just the one metal wire heart charm! The sentiment was just one i had in my stash from a pack of clear stamps.

There are a few other challenges i am entering into also so heres links to them all;

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-63-soft-shades-of-vintage.html - Shades of Vintage.

 http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Material world (Used my lovely ribbon!)

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Teddy Bears Picnic

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ - "Just the One"

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/ - Birthday card with Brads

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ - Birthday with Sketch and butterfly.

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Metal. (i used brads and a metal wire charm.)

Thanks for looking! Thats me off to bed, Good night...well its officially morning now!