Good news x 2!

Good news 1: Discovered this morning I'd won the goodies for my sparkly blue snowman card from the One Stop Craft Challenge so some Christmas embellishments are coming my way. Just what I need too, as I don't really have many Christmas embellishments and I'm sure you're sick of looking at my Tesco snowflakes! LOL

Goood news 2: Lorraine from Coldwaters2 blog sent me this lovely flower award which I haven't seen before. Thanks very much Lorraine! Be sure and visit her blog and see her gorgeous creations!

ETA: I've just noticed I have to nominate five people that I would like to pass it onto plus five things I like to do:
1. Crafting (...duh statement of the obvious!)
2. Chocolate
3. Visiting my bloggy buddies
4. Gardening (but NOT weeding!)
5. Holidays (...did I mention I'm off to Rome in a few weeks!)

I'd like to pass this award to
1. Pat
2 Pinky
3. Nilla
4. Riet
5. And ..you! If you haven't already got this award, please help yourself!

Summer time!

Oh dear, she should been on her summer-time diet! And a bit of fake tan wouldn't have gone amiss either!

Coloured with copic markers and pink stickles added to her bikini.
Dovecraft paper

Sketch from Stamps and Smiles SASSC27


Papertake Weekly challenge is to make a card for a season ... this lady would most definately only be seen on the beach in summer (I think that was one week last month!)

Three Clovers Designs challenge 25 is also Super Summery

Scrappy Frogs challenge 10 is Summer Fashion - I've included a little silver charm of flip-flops

Introducing .... Sonni

This card looks so much better in real life! I just can't get the colours to photograph properly! The image - Sonni - is another of Pjay's own range of stamps

Sketch from Sweet Sunday

Daring Cardmakers challenge this week is Bejewelled Bliss - I added loads of orange glitter to Sonni's top and pink stickles to the heart and the flower in her hair. Blue stickles added to her party shoes and little orange gems also added.

Crafty Creations challenge #27 is Buttons

Creative Inspirations challenge #20 is Doodling - I doodled the borders

Die Cut Dreams challenge #8 is Fashion Frenzy - there seems to be a colour fashion this summer of 'clashing' colours - so I gave little Soni and orange and pink top!

Buona serata!

Copic Buzz Colouring Challenge

ETA 11 Aug 09: I won the Copic Buzz goodies with this card - a gorgeous stamp and some ribbon!


Buonasera!
We just booked our holiday today for Rome. We go at the start of October and I'm sooooo excited! Just need to brush up on the lingo now!

Anyway, made this card last night for the Copic Buzz challenge #8 - colouring on clothing. I won this Sugar Nellie stamp a few months back when Linda had some blog candy. I like how my jeans turned out, but I think I got the light source a bit wrong on the top.
I also coloured the primas with my Copics to match the girl's top.

Cheap as Chips!

ETA: I won the Sketch and Stash download for this card!
I'm still in Christmas card mode (keep going while the going's good!)

I've found a new challenge blog (well new to me anyway) - DewDrop Craftz. This month's challenge is Cheap as Chips - To make a card, layout or other creation as cheaply as possible, not counting the card blank!! My image is a freebie download from Dustin Pike's site; my ribbon is also a freebie cut from the inside of clothing; and my silver snowflakes were table confetti from my local supermarket a couple of years ago and cost just 50p. I suppose the most expensive thing about the card is the embossing folder but if you work it out as 'cost per use' it must be in the minus figures by now I've used it so much!



Sketch from Sketch and Stash #16 (my new stash being the freebie download)



The Cuttlebug Spot challenge #42 is to use your favourite embossing folder, and the snowflake one is definately mine!

A very Pink Thank You!

Isn't Little Lotte just adorable - Pjay very kindly sent me a few of these images - go visit her blog to see her wonderful creations and her range of these stamps!

Sketch from Sketch Saturday #62 - took me a while to get my head round it but I quite like how it turned out.

Allsorts Challenge #12 is a recipe - 3 flowers, 2 papers, 1 ribbon.
My 3 flowers are a brad, a gem and a charm.
The 2 patterned papers are freebies from http://www.thehybridchick.com/

Coloured with watercolour pencils.

Winter Wonderland

Don't know what's happened me today ... the sun is shining and its really warm, but I'm in a Christmas mood!

This sketch is from Winter Wonderland #10. I ran out of room for my sentiment, so put it up the side instead (silver peel off)

Stamp from Pink Gems Designs. Silver snowflakes from Tesco's a couple of years ago ... think its supposed to be table confetti and was a total bargain at 50p! Coloured with copic markers. Black Stickles added to snowman and Diamond ice to the little boys hat and boots. Snow writer used for the snow on the ground. Watercoloured the BG slightly for the sky - looks better in real life, makes the snowman pop a bit more.

Thank you Cow!

High Hopes challenge #42 is Go for the Gold- so I used gold EP for my Penny Black cow and the sentiment, gold peel off borders and little gold gems in the centre of all the flowers.

Sketch from Create4fun challenge #31 (though I've just noticed I forgot to put the ribbon on ... Doh!)

Pile it on #9 is to use at least 3 flowers (I watercoloured some white primas to match the cow's flowers)

Penny Black Saturday challenge #60 is Summer, and summer to me says 'flowers'!

And finally Our Creative Corner is to use purple as the main colour.

Baaaa humbug?

I was looking through my box of Christmas stash and found this little sheepey that I'd forgotten I'd bought months ago!

Simon Says challenge this week is : Let's Get Distressing! I'm no good at distressing edges and nearly didn't enter, but thought I should get a bit of practice. I roughed up my edges on the central panel and then smudged in some green ink. Not sure if I'm happy with it or not!

C.R.A.F.T. challenge #10 is Pink & Green

Sketch from Weekend Sketch Challenge #91

Copic Buzz challenge #7 is Animal Antics - include some type of animal in your creations (I know there's not much colouring on this - I used Cool Grey C3, Blush R20 and Cerise RV06)

Sheep coloured with copic markers; snow added with Snow Writer (mine is so thick and gloopy its so hard to work with, I just sort of ladle it on with a cocktail stick); diamond ice stickles added to hat.

FTL53 Watch out for the Mosquitos!

My friend is going to Croatia for her holidays and has heard that the mosquitos are lethal where she's staying. She's been eating Marmite on toast for the past week (someone told her it kept the mosseys away?!), and just discovered that she'd actually been eating Bovril! Yeugh! I found this stamp when I was making another card and just couldn't resist making her this!

Sketch from Clean & Simple #53
Stamps from Stampin Up 'Under the Stars'