Dream Valley Challenge #07

Time for a new challenge over at Dream Valley .... and this fortnight we want to see your new (and old!) stash!  We're sponsored this week by Digis with Attitude, so play along and you could win some new fun images.  You can make anything you like (card / scrapbook layout / jewellery / etc) and you've 2 weeks to join the challenge.
Upload your Something old and something new creation at Dream Valley Challenges, and check out the fab creations from the DT while you're there for some inspiration.

For my card, my 'new' is one of Digis with Attitude images (Fortune Teller Tween) and my 'old' is some ancient DP and an oddment of ribbon from my stash.  The silver stars were a purchase from my garden centre (think they're supposed to be table confetti) and I've also embossed some stars on the blue BP.

Other challenges:

• Sketch from The Pixie Cottage #69
• Crafty Creations #118 - anything goes

Mmmm chocolate

Just a quickie post as The Apprentice is on, closely followed by Vampire Diaries (I think tonight is the only decent TV night all week!)
This wee card took aaaaaages to make, no idea why!  It's another oldie stamp, can't even remember who the maker is!  Coloured with promarkers, clear gloss added to his glasses and smooch illuminate to his tie and papers.  Couple of wee pink pearls to finish.

• Sketch from ICS#114
• Wee Memories #55 - CRAFTS - I used colour, twine and stamps
• Cute Card Thursday #163 - Chocolate

Bathtime for baby ...... and me, Greg and Ruby too!

I haven't got any baby cards in my stash, so thought I'd get this cutie out!  I've had this wee scrap of baby paper for about a year now, so thought I'd better use it too before it gets too crumpled and gets dumped!  I managed to slice through my ribbon ends when I was tying on my wee button, and as it was a wee scrap too it had to do!  I had another oopsie when I was paper piercing my top corner and went a bit wonky!  (I'm blaming it on the weather ... see below!)  Added some frosted lace stickles to the bubbles and some wee pink gems to my Martha Stewart punched butterflies.  Stamp from Art Go Wild

• Simon Says Stamp ... Paper Piecing or Piercing
• My Mum's Craft Shop #4 - cute and girly
• Papertake Weekly - fancy a punch
• Use it Tuesday - use your bling

How's this for a fabulous cloudy sky?! (I always feel sorry for folk who live in cities or built up areas who can't see the sky properly!)  About 3 seconds after I took this pic there was a huge crack of lightening and an enormous rumble of thunder and then the heavens totally opened!  So me, Greg and Ruby all got an unexpected drenching and the quickest walk home ever!!  (Oh, and YES I was standing under a tree at the time I took this ... EEK!)

Under The Sea ...

Right, now that you're all singing Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid !!! ....
This is my Anniversary card for my brother and sister-in-law (I've already warned her I'm posting this on my blog, so YOU BETTER NOT BE PEEKING Andrea!) 

It's my first play with the card boxes that Claire very kindly sent me (thanks Claire!) 
I thought it was a good shape to have some hanging images, so as my DB and SIL are big fish fans, out came my oldie Stampin Up Fishy Friends set.  Coloured with promarkers and highlighted with some orange stickles.  The big orange button has been in my stash for a couple of years, but never looked quite right on anything (until now!)

• Try it on Tuesday - Something old (my stamps) and something new (my card box)
• Crafty Creations #117 - Anniversary
• I love Promarkers #64 - song title
• ABC Challenge - T is for Two or more images

Stampin Bunny

How's this for a CAS card on quite a complicated sketch!  Once I got my head around it, it's quite a good one for using up all your wee scraps.  Image from Lili of the Valley, coloured with a mixture of promarkers and copics.  Martha Stewart butterflies, a couple of gems and that's it basically!

• Sketch from Crafts 4 Eternity R#18
• Lili of the Valley #95 - animal antics
• Sweet Stampin - childhood memories (I always loved 'colouring in' when I was a child, I think it's why I like card making so much!!)

Taaaa Daaaa!

Here's another wee stamp (from High Hopes) I haven't used for ages (I'm on an economy drive and trying to use my oldies more often!)   Coloured with copics / promarkers. though I'm not happy with how his trousers turned out, I'll have to examine the High Hopes blog to see how the professionals colour him!   Smooch illuminate added to his blue dicky bow and accessories and clear gloss to his shoes.  The bunny in the hat and the one leaning on his shoe are popped up on dimensionals.  Added some silver stars to my starry DP and some clear gems to the birthday ticket.

• Cards for Men #9 - circles
• Kaboodle Doodles #65 - something beginning with B (Bunnies)
• Stampalot May challenge - Magical Worlds
• High Hopes #108 - anything goes

• Sketch from The House that Stamps built M411

Thought I'd share this pic of the goodies that Audrey (a.k.a. HippieAud) sent me ... I came runner up in one of her recent giveaways and got this fab box of goodies (there were also a couple of embossing folders, but I forgot to include them in this pic)  I think the winner must need a fork lift truck to get their goodies through the door!!!  Thanks Audrey! (She has another giveaway on the go at the minute ... link in my sidebar ----> )

A guilty cat and an even guiltier dog!

I thought I'd get my Shirley's 2 Girls stamps out as they haven't seen ink for a while, but I managed to mess this sketch up a bit and totally forgot about the wee bit of ribbon or whatever sticking out of the image.
Coloured with a mixture of copics / promarkers, the cat is decoupaged and stickles added to his spots and to the feathers.  Martha Stewart fence punch and cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder.

• Sketch from Mojo Monday #189
• Cupcake Craft - something beginning with C (cat)
• Creative Inspirations #110 - embossing
• Fab'n Funky #71 - no DP's

• Do you Stack Up #18 - purple

And the guilty dog who had a ripping good time earlier .....
Good job it was just junk mail!

Priscilla's candy

Wow, have you seen Priscilla's amazing giveaway? ..... I'd love to get my sticky little fingers on one of these!!
Click HERE for more deets

Funky green!

Wow, there's a lot of green going on here ... got a bit carried away with myself! And just in case there wasn't enough, there's a green tulle ribbon behind my image - AND I had a little end left over so stuck it down the side too! 

Coloured image (Kenny K digi) with copics and coloured gems red to match.  

Back to work tomorrow after our extra long weekend Boo Hoo!  We had a wee BBQ tonight, but it was a tad windy and I think the burgers were more ash flavoured than BBQ'd!!   

• Simon Says Stamp ... anything goes
• Sketch from Papertake Weekly #55
• Colour combo from Play Date Cafe #79 (my green should have been more limey, but this was as close as I could get)
• Sarah Hurley challenge #39 - butterflies
• One Stitch at a Time #60 - emboss it

Dream Valley Challenge #06

Our new challenge at Dream Valley is Flowers ... and there's a fab prize up for grabs from One Stop Card Crafts!  So play along and you never know your luck!  Check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the DT when you're uploading your card HERE.

Can you tell the sun was shining and there was a bit of heat in the air when I made this card ... all those lovely hot colours!  I've used a stamp set from Stampendous 'Happy Flowers' and coloured with copics.  A couple of the flowers are popped up on 2mm dimensionals, and the flower centres on 1mm.  I had intended to add some frosted lace stickles to the flower centres, but my tube ran dry, as did my pink marker - I only just managed to scratch enough out of it to colour the flower centres ... I think my crafty supplies are conspiring against me again!!

Other challenges ....

• Simon Says Stamp .... anything goes
• Paper Cutz #89 - anything goes
• My Mum's Craft Shop #3 - flowers
• Sparkles forum challenge #10 - anything goes
• Do you stack up #17 - make it pop