This week's Clean And Simple challenge over at Splitcoaststampers is to make your card sparkle and I thought the layout from Card Positioning Systems #122 tied in nicely.
d gems added.
I didn't quite manage to finish this card - it's a special request from a workmate, but I can't remember the name of the girl its for or whether she's 30 or 40! (...so I'll just have to finish it in work tomorrow if the boss isn't looking...LOL!)
m Pat. Coloured with watercolour pencils and stickles added to the bubbles, their noses and to the champagne.
drops; white organza ribbon; circular nestabilities; white gel pen; olive green and white cardstock
I treated myself to a couple of Magnolia stamps and I just love this little girl! I also 'rediscovered' my Sizzix flower dies and ran them through a cutttlebug folder to give a bit of dimension.
Supplies: Magnolia stamp 'Cherry Tilda'; swiss dots embossing folder; dimensionals (for main image); sizzix flower dies; white gel pen; stickles (for baubles on her hair and the cherries on her top); copic markers
Well this was a new type of card for me - using a window. I know it doesn't look like it, but the Get Well sentiment is actually on the insert inside the card (and it also looks a bit straighter IRL!)
Another little snowman... this time for the Winter Wonderland challenge #4 - Blue Christmas. I love this challenge blog - its great actually feeling as if I might not have the usual last minute slog of making Christmas cards this year!
The Sweet Stop have a sketch with a spin on it this week - you must use red, white and blue along with the sketch.
ain!
Isn't this little Butterfly Tilda just the cutest! (Another one from the lovely Pat!) Coloured with Copic markers and loads of blue stickles added for some bling. Hand doodled border.
butterflies just to be sure!
This week's High Hopes challenge #36 is to use up your scraps - I had the stripey bit and the spotty bit left over in my Papermania 'Sweet Nothings' pile. 
Needed a baby card but didn't know if its a boy or a girl yet and thought I'd make it to the Unscripted Sketches #11 challenge.
tamp from Kars & Co, silver peel off lettering, paper from Rubber Soul, red gems
This is the first time I've played in the Sugar Bowl challenge - luckily Pat has sent me a couple of Sugar Nellie images, and she also sent me this lovely chipboard flower, amongst loads of other goodies! It wasn't quite the right colour, so I gave it a touch with my copic markers and hey presto, a matching flower!
s, cuttlebug embossing folders, gold gems and multi coloured gems (for the flowers in her hat), brown ribbon, gold peel off greeting
Three Clovers Designs challenge #18 is to create a one-layer card with no patterned paper.
This is actually a get well card for my uncle who dropped an axe on his foot and broke his toe... ouch! I don't have any pics of axes but found this little hammer in my stash. The inside reads 'Dropping tools on toes can cause injury' ... I must admit I was laughing when I made this card, hopefully Derek will too when he gets it in the post!
The new monthly challenge over at Just Magnolia is to alter a container. I've never 'altered' anything before so thought I'd have a go at jazzing up my button box. In a previous life it was a tub of jelly beans which my SIL gave me (...unfortunately the jelly beans are long gone!) The top flips open and there's a little silver shovel inside which is just perfect for digging out the button at the bottom of the box!
Die Cut Dreams are having their first challenge this week - Green Fingers. I thought this little bunny would be perfect as we have a very small vegetable plot for the first time this year and we definately don't want any rabbits munching on our carrots!
oloured with copics and carrots and fence mounted on dimensionals. Stamped carrots on green background with Versamark clear ink.
Wh
en I first saw this sketch from Card Patterns #19 it made me think of a circus tent, but I think I should really have used stripey paper.
I had a rummage through my stash today and 'rediscovered' this old lady stamp ... isn't she fabulous! Coloured her with watercolour pencils and mounted on dimensionals.
I've treated myself to a Birthday Week off work, so expect plenty of uploads this week as the weather is supposed to be a bit pants!
round and coloured the little devil with my Copic markers. I blended yellow and orange and ended up with a devil that's the same colour as my backing paper ... entirely on purpose of course! (not!)
Another really quick card - think it took about 10 minutes, which is a new record for me! Added black stickles to the focal doggy's nose and mounted on dimensionals.
I haven't added a greeting to the tag yet, but I think its going to be a 'Happy Birthday' card for my sis! Coloured with watercolour pencils - I went a bit wrong when I was colouring the raffia on the tag so it looks a bit odd to me! Added loads of bling, and mo
unted central frame on dimensionals.
This week's Winter Wonderland challenge #3 is Let It Snow - I got this cute lil' guy in a swap last year. Added diamond stickles to his hat for a bit of bling and mounted the central panel on dimensionals. A really quick card to make - no colouring or faffing about!
I won the High Hopes challenge for this card!
Took me a while to get used to my Copic markers, but I'm finding it a bit easier now that my collection is growing a bit (I joined GinaK's monthly club, but I'm always so impatient to see what next month's set is!) 
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won this little stamp from the Crafty Pad's recent giveaway, so thought I'd have a play in their challenge this week! Coloured with copic markers and little gems added to the butterfly and to the bow in her hair.
This week's challenge at Three Clovers Designs is Cards for Men.
I've had this Penny Black stamp almost since I started stamping and think its my most used stamp ever!
