ABC Challenge and WOYWW

This week's ABC challegne is S for Sparkle ... so go mad with those stickles, glitters and bling!!
 I have made a step card using a couple of my Tildas that have yet to see ink ...

I coloured the images in using my Prismas (slowly getting the hang of them LOL!!) and then cut them out. I liberally stickled their stirts with frosted lace, and the balloon with stardust stickles. I made a simple step card, just using 1 paper from DCWV Pocketful of Posies pad.  I punched flowers and added gems to their centres, and finally added some flat backed gems.  The sentiment recipe is from LOTV.

I am rubbish at photographing these cards .. so here is the view from the front ...

 ... and a close up of the sparkly girls!!

 I am entering it into these challenges:
Just Magnolia - Happy Birthday
Cute and Girly - cute and girly

Now its wednesday so time to pop over to Julia's for the weeky mooch round her desk, and lots of other crafters.  Here is my desk ...

A bit of making in the process!! I am in the process of maknig a card for a couple of challenges, and my new Sassys from Sugar Nellie arrived yesterday ... they are inked up, just need colouring.  .  In the background you can see an image I coloured with my prismas ... not sure I am going to use it as the shading isn't quite right, and another Sassy ready to colour.  I am slowly getting the hang of these pencils .. .not as easy as watercolouring me thinks!!  The ipad is there, but closed - not in a music mood, and the cat is absent ... far to warm to be in, lots of rodents to torment!!

If you have a moment or two to spare could you pop across to my little girls' blog and leave a comment on the cards they have made for the Simon Says Stamp challenge for children.  Ellie's cards are here, and Beth's cards are here.   Thank you.

 

Papertake Weekly Challenge GDT

This week's Papertake Weekly Challenge is Spots and stripes ... you can use either spots, stripes or both.

Now I have to admit to have a little soft spot for Sugar Nellie's Maggie and Hamish range (and they no longer sell them :().  I coloured Splashing Maggie in using my prisma pencils, I am still trying to get the hang of them!, and then glossed the puddle, boots and umbrella.  The dp is MME Wild Asparagus, and I added some spotty ornage ribbon and this fab Inkadinkado sentiment.  The flowers were created using a Marianne Creatible die.


Challenges:
Sketch Saturday - sketch (sentiment flipped so it fitted ... hope that is OK)
Cute Card Thursday - weather
Stamp Something - April Showers
Totally Papercrafts challenge - Springtime
Crafty Calendar Challenge - April Showers bring forth May flowers
Fab n Funky - All spotty and dotty
Craft Your Passion -You've Been Spotted


If you have a moment or two to spare could you pop across to my little girls' blog and leave a comment on the cards they have made for the Simon Says Stamp challenge for children.  Ellie's cards are here, and Beth's cards are here.   Thank you.

 

Easter Bunnies

Another quick post for me while the little girl I mind has a catnap ...

 I love House Mouses and the Happy Hoppers,but haven't really got any Easter ones.  Lols sent me this image ages ago and I have finally decided to colour it up (I always like to use the coloured image on the block to help me!).  I coloured the bunnies using prisma pencils, and I think I am getting the hang of them slowly!!!, and then cut them out.  The dp is Doodlebug, and I used a Marianne Creatible die to create the circle.  I added some ribbon and a knot ... no flowers as they didn't look right, and no sentiment as I haven't any Easter stamps!

Challenges -
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
House Mouse and Friends - Easter
Stampin for the Weekend - Easter
For Fun - colour combo , pink, blue, purple, yellow, green
Totally Papercrafts challenge - Springtime

C.R.A.F.T. - Easter
Delightful Challenges  - Easter

Die Cut Dreams - Easter

Creative Inspirations - Easter
 

Sassy's and sketches x2

Its a glorious day here, and the gardening has been done, and the washing brought in, so a little crafting was in order before the ironing is tackled!!

I coloured these images last night ... so just needed to put them on a card.

 As some of you may know ... I LOVE my Sugar Nellies and especially the Sassys ... even bought set 6, just waiting for my postie LOL!!  I coloured Artistic Godess in using my promarkers.  I decided to go for a mainly monochrome card, with just a bit of colour ... her hair is rather colourful LOL!!!  I embossed the panels of white cardstock using a couple of embossing folders.  The black flower was a white one that I coloured in using my black promarker, and layered it up using flowers from my stash, finally adding an organza bow.  I followed the sketch over at the Simply Sassy blog, and am entering this into their GDT.  They have also got a blog hop runnig until Tuesday, I'll be hopping in a bit.

I love Romantic Dreamer, love her look, and that skirt! again she is coloured in using my promarkers, and i have been having another play with different colours.  The dp is Basic Grey Wisteria, and I followed the sketch over at I Love Promarkers.  I added some flat backed pearls nad black ribbon to finish it off.  I added some black faux stitching, which is this week's Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge theme.


 

Anyone for Strawberries?

 Every Sunday on the Facebook Sugar Nellie page Fiona posts a challenge .. this week's was a photo inspiration challenge using ... a strawberry pavlova ... it looks mouthwatering!!!

 I love my Sugar Nellies, and the new mangas are fab ... this is Strawberry Patch.  I coloured her with my pens, shading isn't brill, but I have a ganglion on my hand that is currently affecting the feeling in 3 of my fingers and my wrist ... makes holding pens and colouring painful.  I followed the sketch from the Allsorts challenge, and used gingham papers from Pink Petticoat.  I cut the image out and put her onto this scalloped circle made with a Marianne Creatible die.  The flowers are punched and I added card candy and flat backed pearls.

 I am having a crafty weekend ... with how long it is taking me to colour I need plenty of time to get ahead with some of my DT work.  Dave has taken the girls away for the weekend to give me some peace ... he is insisting I catch up with some sleep as I am losing quite a bit with the sore hand.  Craft/sleep ... hmmmm wonder which will win lOL!!

 

Less is More

 I think I am a glutton for punishment!!!  I have joined in each of the Less is More challenges ... but they are not getting any easier ... in fact Chrissie and Mandi are doing a fab job of 'forcing' me to address the areas of crafting that are trully out of my comfort zone.  This week's challenge is acetate ... ACETATE!!!

So I have taken a deep breath and had a go at making an acetate card ... only ever made one before and it was a disaster!!!

 I have kept it all reaslyy simple ... just using 1 stamp.  I stamped the image in  black versafine not white cardstock and matted it onto black.  I made a white and black mat the same size to go inside the card for the message.  Using black cardstock I punched the detail that hopefully adds support so the card stands up!!!  I stamped the image again into the corners of the card using white stzon, then assembled the card ... finally adding a gingham ribbon.

Then I breathed!!!  No smudging that I can see ... bigger challenge was getting a photo of it!!!

I am also entering this into this week's Totally Gorguss challenge ... no patterned papers.

Off to recover with a cuppa!!!

 

Basic Grey Challenge

This week's Basic Grey Challenge is Easter/Spring.

We are sponsored by Heidi from Simon Says Stamp who is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore, just think of the goodies you could treat yourself to with that !!

 I love this cute Penny Black duckling, and it is fab for Easter/springtime cards.  I coloured it using my pens, and then cut it out using my nesties.  The dp is Basic Grey Oh Baby Girl ... I LOVE these papers!!!  I added some lilac raffia lace and a yellow gingham ribbon, loves me gingham too!!!  Finally some flat backed gems to finish it.

Challenges:
Stampin for the Weekend - Easter
For Fun - colour combo , pink, blue, purple, yellow, green
Totally Papercrafts challenge - Springtime
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Easter

C.R.A.F.T. - Easter
Delightful Challenges  - Easter

Crazy Challenge - Easter
Die Cut Dreams - Easter
My Partner in Crafting Crime  - Layer it up
Ooh La La Creations  - Happy Easter
Pink Elephant  - Easter
Pollycraft  - Easter
Stamps R Us  - Easter

Creative Inspirations - Easter

I let the linky thing draw my candy ... the results can be found here ... You already know who you are!!!!!  Congratulations!!!  I just need your address hunni to post it out to you xx
 

Melissa

 I have a really poorly hand at the moment, so crafting is slow and rather painful.  I coloured this gorgeous Sugar Nellie digi, Melissa, last night, and put the elements together this morning.

 She is coloured in using my promarkers, and I decided to keep it neutral and vintage, so just used cool and warm greys, caramel, tan and apricot ... oh and cocktail pink for the flower.  I distressed all edges and inked them using vintage photo.  I used kraft papers, and embossed some using my D'vine swirls folder, and matted it onto pink cardstock.  I used my Stempleglede Grunge set to stamp the detail round the edge of the kraft paper, and to make the flowers, which I stamped, cut out and scrunched within an inch of their lives!!  I added some gingham ribbon, flat backed pearsl and a Tim Holtz ticket.

Challenges:
passion for Promarkers - make your own embellishments - flowers
Trully Scrumptious - Vintage
Creative Craft Challenge - embossing
Simon Says Stamp - Card for a child


 

I AM a Princess!!

The family visitors have departed back to the South West, where it is hopefully sunnier than it is here, and I got chance to put together a card I have had in the making for ages!!!

For regular WOYWW'ers you may have caught a glimpse of this image over the last month ... ype I have had it coloured for a month, and matched the papers ... just needed the sentiment!!  It arrived while we were on holiday, so last night was the first chance to complete the card!!  I  love this LOTV image, fab attitude, and very like a little girl I know (and you may well be opening this on your birthday LOL!!)!!!!  She is coloured in prisma pencils, and I cut her out, and moved the present slightly.  The dp is Basic Grey Phresh and Phunky, and I added ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Challenges:
 Simon Says Stamp - card for a child
 Lili of the Valley - birthday
 Everybody-Art-Challenge - sketch

 I will be announcing my blog candy winner later on today, if I can inlinkz to find my collection ... grrrrrrr!

 

WOYWW

I can't believe it is already Wednesday and time for another snoop around everyone's desks over at Julia's!!! We came back from holiday on Sunday, and have had family up from Devon for the last couple of days ... so no crafting for me until tonight ... However .. .the postie has been and delivered my ickle parcel from Simon Says .. so this is what is sitting on my craft table waiting for me!!!

 I LOVE my house mousies, although the bead stamp is HUGE!!!  And I have been coverting the Inadinkado sentiment stamps for a while!  Got a handful of Mini Magnolias to compliment the big ones and some paper.

No cat today ... she is off mousing again ... 10 days in the cattery has fed her need to torture small rodents!!

Happy Wednesday everyone ... I am looking forward to a crafty evening later xx