Will's 6th Birthday

Oh brrrrrr, its such a cold night and blowing a gale and now starting to rain.  I'm foundered already and I have to go out soon - think I'd rather get my PJs on and stay home!
(... if you're not from Northern Ireland 'foundered' means 'freezing' LOL!)
This card was a commissioned one ... I HATE making special order cards, but I like how it turned out!  It was one of those that I wasn't sure what way it was going until it was finished!
Coloured my High Hopes alien with promarkers and coloured some stars to match.  I didn't have any suitable markers for the microscope so ended up paper piecing it.  Silver peel off letters and a bit of bling to finish.

• High Hopes #123 - numbers
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches #142
• Lexi's Creations #54 - one for the lads
• Alota Rubber Stamps November challenge Alota71 - dots
• Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #83 - make it masculine

Butterfly thanks

*Scroll down for my Dream Valley DT post*

ETA - This wee card was in the Top 3 at Monday Lunchtime Sketches!

I was rooting through my stamps earlier when I rediscovered my one and only Hanglar & Stanglar stamp, much neglected unfortunately!  Coloured her with copics - though I kinda wish I hadn't given her green tights ... not sure if I'd pass any fashion awards with those!!

• Catered Crop - your favourite Thank You card ... well my favourite is usually the most recent one LOL!  I like the CAS style of this one, my fabulous Paper Smooches sentiment and the gorgeous bright DP
• The Pink Elephant #126 - give thanks
• Use it Tuesday #20 - giving thanks
• Crafty Creations #145 - give thanks / gratitude
• My Mum's Craft Shop #33 - things with wings
• PaperPlay Challenges #47 - Being Thankful
• Make it Colourful #41 - colouring white (I used C0 and C1 to add some shading to my envelope)
• Sketch from Monday Lunchtime TSSC201 - though I stuck one of my horizontal panels down wonky, so I intentionally put the central panel at an angle to make it less noticable .. I think it works!

Dream Valley Challenge #21

It's challenge time again over at Dream Valley and this week it's

Sparkle!

So it's perfect if you haven't got all your Chrissy cards made, or if you just wanna bling up a wee birthday card like me!  I added some clear gloss and Glamour Dust glitter to my little mouse's balloon and the card candy, and then I blinged up my bling by adding red stickles to some clear gems.

And what could you win??  Well, my lovely team mate Mags has kindly donated TWO Lili of the Valley stamps (times like this I wish I could play in the challenge LOL!)  You've 2 weeks to play along, and don't forget that you can make anything you like, just as long as it sparkles (max. 3 entries).  And if you're stuck for inspiration, pop over to Dream Valley Challenges to see the fab creations from the DT!

Oh, and the Design Team call ends on 28 November, so you'd need to be quick!

Bunny in flight!

I haven't played with my big eared bunnies for a while, so thought I'd stamp him up for this week's sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday.  Coloured him with promarkers and popped up on dimensionals.  I doodled a border and then added wee 'scratch' marks on my image and clouds to match.

• Sketch Saturday #183
• Stamp TV Free for all Friday - cut it out
• I Love Promarkers #93 - anything goes
• Penny Black at Allsorts November challenge - all creatures great and small

Mad Bunny!

ETA: I won at Do You Stack Up ... a $10 spending spree at Stitchy Bear Digis!

Oh, brrrr, its another cold wintry day here ..I've had the kitchen light on almost all day!  I've been off work the past couple of days and managed to get most of my Christmas shopping done, just need to get my act together and get some Christmas cards made now!  

This wee card uses the fab mad bunny from Paper Smooches ... I always seem to end up paper piecing these little dudes.  I've had this gorgeous DP in my stash for YEARS and could never seem to get it used, so the inspiration pic from the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge was just perfect for it!  And I had a total Homer Simpson moment when I was punching my grass with my Martha Stewart punch and I realised (after owning it for over a year) that the sides of the punch flipped down into a proper sized punch.  DOH!  I did wonder why it had such a small punch area and hardly ever used it because of that!!

• Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge - inspiration pic ... I used the colour combo and the pretty flowers for my inspiration
• Sketch from Cute Card Thursday #192
• Do You Stack Up #47 - grass
• Fab'n Funky #100 - Birthday

Paper Smooches new release ...

Just giving you the heads up that Paper Smooches have a new release of SUPER CUTE stamps.  There's a blog hop on at the minute with the chance to win them!  Race you there....!

Go Team!

Sorry, couldn't get a decent pic of this card, I'm very much an 'auto focus' girl and my poor wee camera didn't know what to look at first on this card!

Image from Sugar Nellie; Stampin Up sentiment; coloured with copics; clear gloss and glitter added to her pompoms and highlights on her outfit.

Don't forget you've another week to play along with our stitching challenge over at Dream Valley ... and if you fancy joining our Team, there's a mini DT call on at the minute.  Pop over to the blog for more deets (you've only got till the 28th!)

• Sketch from The Sugar Bowl #72
• Tuesday Throwdown #75 - lots of circles
• Sweet Stampin - Birthday
• One Stitch at a Time #89 - anything goes
• ABC Challenge - D is for Dazzle

Xmas card #15

Oh dear, I'm sooooo behind in my Christmas cards this year!  I think I might have to buy some ... gasp!

I saw a beautiful snowflake edge somewhere in blogland recently so thought I'd have a go at a DIY one!  I embossed a strip of red and then some snowflakes.  Coloured my little High Hopes monkey with promarkers and added clear gloss to his skis and flower soft for snow.  The black dots are actually little silver pearls but couldn't get them to photograph properly.  Paper Smooches sentiment.

Oh and by the way, I didn't win the Lottery ... well there's always next week!

• High Hopes #122 - snowflakes
• Sketch from Midnight Madness #130
• Oldie but a Goodie - Let it snow
• ABC Christmas W is for Winter Sports
• Sarah Hurley's challenge #54 - buttons
• Crafty Catz #109 - snowflakes
• Winter Wonderland - awww what a cutie
• JUGS #111 - red, green, white
• Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - embossing

A good day!

I've had a great day today!  First our car passed it's MOT this morning (hooray!!) Then I was full of energy, got loads of housework done, had time to knock out a couple of cards, and then I found my missing Paper Smooches 'happy birthday' sentiment that mysteriously vanished last week .... and where was it?  Stuck to a copic marker!!
I'm also waiting patiently on the Lottery being drawn ... 2 people have dreamt recently that I've won big money!!!  So if I win I'll post a pic of me in the Bahamas!!

Image from Lili of the Valley; sentiment Paper Smooches; coloured with copics; silver gems; clear gloss; stickles

• Simon Says ... thanksgiving / thanks
• Creative Card Crew - thankful
• Sketch from CASual Friday CFC29
• Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Week #82 - Black, white + 1 other

Bug eyed snowmen!

(Ohhhh, if you find my mojo please post it back to me!!)
I had the bright idea of giving my snowmen little enamel eyes, but a little bubble in the mix popped so they ended up with BIG eyes instead LOL!  I also blinged up the tall dude's moustache (its not every day you hear that expression!) with some black stickles.  Added a fancy metal corner and some gold peel offs to finish.

• Paper Smooches Christmas challenge
• Sketch from Monday Lunchtime #200   (I've no idea how Mary Jo can even imagine that many different layouts, I've bother even making one single card without a pre-designed sketch!!)  Play along and you could win a $25 Stampin Up spending spree!
• Cards for Men #23 - it's nearly Christmas
• My Time to Craft #166 - Take 2
• Fab'n Funky #99 - Baby its cold outside

• Sweet Stampin - Going Gorgeously Gingham