card for several challenges

This is a card for several challenges. I have made it using the my paper world sketch for this week.

The Tilda and Co challenge was to use beads - I have strung some beads on silver elastic down the left hand side of the card.

It also qualifies for sbs18 challenges as it for my mum - I just hope she likes it!!

CCT/Friday Sketchers card

I have not been doing much crafting over the last few days - lots else going on in my life. As time is in short supply I have combined 2 challenges into 1 this week. Cute Card Thursday's challenge this week is to create a card with a vacation/travel theme. They are offering a fab Tilda stamp as a prize.
The Friday Sketcher sketch this week has proved quite a challenge for my tired brain. I have really struggled getting stuff straight - everything is slightly slanted - a bit like me at the mo!!!

My older daughter (3 years old) thinks Tilda is stood in front of Blackpool Tower - so this is card is really titled Tilda does Blackpool (not Paris)!!

Hope you like it.

Ismaki Sketch 19 and other cards.

I decided to have a got at doing the Ismaki sketch this week as the layout is well out of my comfort zone - not keen on diamonds!

Thanks to the papertake challenge I am in a lime/green and lilac/purplie mood so my card would qualify for that challenge (but I've already done one!). I also managed to get a sparkly bit on the card, fulfilling the extra on the isamki challenge.









I have use Papermania's Pastel papers and Olivine Elegance papers as the backgrounds, and mounted a K&Co Grand Adhesion glittery flower onto K&Co papers. I have used some small glittery flowers on the points of the diamond.

Maths is not my strong point so getting the dimensions for the diamond right was quite hard - lots of altering!






I have been a little stamp happy over the last few months and not really used embellishments as a focal point for my cards. When I saw these grand Adhesion embellishments I just had to have them. They work really well with the Creative Tones papers from Papermania and pastel coloured pearlised card. I have just finished the detail off by adding gems.

Sadly they are 3D so they didn't scan into too well.





















Hope you like them,

Tilda and Co challenge

Challenge 19*
It's time for a bit of black and white theme, ideally no other colours to be used on you work.
(but if you are struggling with this then your magnolia image ( or 1 of if using more than 1 )may have 1 more colour of your choice.

I loved this challenge - it gave me the opportunity to use these papers from DCWV Glitter Stack. I have been struggling with what to do with these papers!!

I have used 3 papers and layered them to create a flowers and stars and a path.

I chose 2 Tildas - Summery Tilda and Tilda with Flower (in Wellies). I have given them black hair - can't make my mind whether I like them with black hair! and shaded their dresses/flowers/wellies.

I stuck a thin satin black ribbon onto white organza and made a bow.

I am amazed at how effective this card looks.

Hope you like it.

PS - not sure I like Tilda's feet - they look just a bit big to me!!

Papertake weekly challenge.

This weeks challenge is another colour combination!

Luscious Lime and Lilac - or any shades of green and purple!

The challenge this week is sponsored by Katty at SkattyKats.

I really enjoyed making this card - its a while since I used embellishments rather than stamps, and made a card that didn't have a cute image!!

I love these Creative Tones Papers by Papermania. I have used paper from the Amethyst Infusion as a background and cut corners out of the Olivine Essence papers. The glitzy flowers are from K and Company. They are layered and have lovely gems at the centre.

Sadly scanning the card has not done it justice as the gems didn't allow the lid to shut properly.

Hope you like it.

1st ATCs

Not the best pic ever - but these are the 1st three ATCs I have ever made - thanks to Jaqui, Ella Bella and Samantha.

I can't believe how hard they were to make - there is no space to put all the little fiddly bits! The challenge now is to find smaller images - yes I am going to make more.

Image -Tilda with heart present

Papers - Papermania Retro Floral

DCWV Pocketful of posies

Quilling- fromVicky - I took it off a topper that I was unhappy with - not Vicky's quilling, just

what I did with it!! It looks better on this.

What do you think?

Friday Sketcher's Challenge

friday sketchers is a new challenge blog - it is their first challenge this week. Up for grabs is a fabulous stampset called Gretchen.

This is the first sketch. And I love it.

I got carried away last night and did several cards using this sketch.


As the cards are in pink they also qualify for this week's Pink challenge at thank god its friday


I used a Penny Black stickeroo for this card. The cardstock is all from The Papermill Shop. I used a Cuttlebug ebossing folder for an extra layer on the background. I used Anits's sticky ribbbons and finished it off with Papermania's adhesive gems.



I then had a go at rotating the sketch onto a DL card- again in pink (my SBS sister Sue with be very proud of me!!). I have used papermaina papers and cardstock, Anitas Sticky ribbons and Papermaina flower gems. The image is Tilda and present.
Hope you like them.

Cute Card Thursday

Challenge 9

Gems and Jewels

This week our challenge is to use gems or jewels on your card, it's as easy as that!

This is my entry for this week's challenge - I love using gems so it was a good one for me.

The image is Penny Black's Sweet Slumber - that mouse is such a cute little thing! I have watercoloured the image and matted it not red and orangy-yellow card. I have used a larger piece of the red and layered everything onto spotty papers by the English Co.

I added a sticky ribbon to the red card and finally 7 star gems.

I have used the adapted Ismaki Sketch that I have been playing with.

I am pleased with the result (particularly as I am sleep deprived as older daughter has tonsillitus!).

Got some mo-jo back!

Thank you very much to my SBS 17 sisters for their kind words and advice. I have had a go tonight at adapting some sketches that I have seen and am really pleased with the results.
I have used some images given to me by Vicky.


This is Dala Tilda - I wasn't sure about her to start with - I think I expect Tilda to have long hair!! However having coloured her I think she's lovely.

I have never mounted an image onto an aperature before - but have seen it done lots, particularly with Tilda so I thought I'd have a go.

Tilda is sat on the edge of the circle and I used foam pads to lift her off the background.

The green backing is from Papermania's Colossal pack and the flowered papers from DCWV's Pocketful of Posies matt stack.

Having done it I'm not sure the 2 floral papers work together, but I'm pleased with the overall effect.


I went well out of my comfort zone for this one and used PINK! I have adapted an Ismaki sketch slightly.

This is Tilda in a heart dress - the overskirt is coloured a very pale pink.

I mounted her onto pastel pink cardstock and then pink daisy paper. I used the same pink cardstock for the matting panel and placed all of it on Papermania Colossal paper.

The fringing is from a ribbon I got in a swap - I tried to be clever and stick it with DST - spent about 20 minutes peeling all the fronds off the DST!!!

The flower and button were also freebies.

The pink panel looked a bit lonely so I added 3 pink gems (Papermania).

I can't believe how many shades of pink I have used and yet there doesn't seem to be any clashing - phew!

Just a note on my last posting - the brown ribbon has been banished to the box.
Hubby thinks the pussy cat in the black bra is a bit saucy and suggestive - not sure which planet he's on!!

Lots of inspiration - but lacking mo-jo

I am spending a lot of time browsing everyone's fantastic blogs and getting ideas from all over the place - however I am just not translating them into anything. For example I had a go at Katharina's tutorial on a fancy border using Fiskars shape cutter and punch - its in the bin!!

I seem to be producing the same types of cards - I need and want to step out of my comfort zone.

I have tried to do this tonight and I have produced these 2 cards. Both use backing papers in a bolder or different way to which I generally do.



I love this Penny Black stamp - Uplifting Occasion. That pussy cat is soooo cheeky. I have done the bras in loads of different colours.

However in honour of the "lovely" little pussy cat that chooses to use my prize flower bed as her toilet (!) I have used a black and red scheme for the bra. I have coloured the cat as close as to my furry "friend" as possible.

I have matted the image onto red and black card stock and used papers from Papermania's black tones to finish. The ribbons are Anitas sticky's.



I love this Tilda stamp - I have watercoloured her and matted her onto three layers of Papermania's Retro Floral papers. I have used Papermanaia metallic brads in the corners.

As a different aproach to the backing papers I have used Papermanias Retro Floral papers to create a large stripe effect.



I am tempted to add a thin strip of brown ribbon to the bottom - not sure yet.




What do you think??