An Opps and a card for a few challenges ...

 Firstly ... opps!!  I totally forgot to post my Magical Mondays card ... either here or on the challenge blog!!  So here it is .. .the theme is love.

 I used one of my LOTV fairies, Garden Wish, and replaced the star with punched hearts.  A very simple card, just embossed cardstock that i brushed with my ink pad to highlight some of the hearts, and a ribbon.  I coloured the image in using my Promarkers, and a blender pen.

Now a card to tick off a few challenges ... I do love it when they all have the same theme :)

 Here's one of my new Kenny Ks ... I really like this range that he does, not as keen on the more risque ones!!!  Anyway I coloured her in using my promarkers and dotted the background.  The dp is Basic Grey Boxer papers, and I have run the red spotty one through my heart embossing folder, just doesn't show very clearly in the pic.  I added some lush satin rinbbon, a bow and a single red rose.

Can you see the heart embossing now?!

 OK and the challenges:
Basic Grey Challenges - Hearts
Kenny K Krafty Girlz challenge - photo inspiration
Cupcake craft challenge - Love
Stamp with Fun - love
A Spoonfull of Sugar- - love
Papertake Weekly - Have a heart
Passion for Promarkers - let there be love
Everybody-Art-Challenge- valentine

Some challenges ticked off

I haven't done much crafting this week, well none really since Tuesday, due to lots of other things going on.  So I escaped for a couple of hours this morning and hid in craft room.

My first card is very clean and simple  ...

I love this Stempleglede stamp, and she makes gorgeous simple cards.  I matted her onto pink and black card stock, and very bravely stamped the sentiment straight on the card blank ... and that was it!!!
It fits these challenges:
Less is more - pink/black/white
Charisma Cardz - no embellishments
Paper Play- Stamp it out

And my 2nd card is for hubby for Valentines .. I really don't do slushy cards for him!!

 Love these LOTV ickle people, they are adorable!  I coloured the image using my promarkers and them matted it onto blue cardstock.  I used Basic Grey Capella paper, and a doily, and just added some flowers and ribbon.
It fits these challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - brown, blue and white
I love Promarkers - anything goes
Fab n Funky - chocolate and blue
Friday Sketcher - sketch
Lili of the Valley - Romance
Paper play - stamp it out
Totally Papercrafts - friendship
Stampin' for the Weekend - Valentines
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the air

Dutchdare Card Challenge

This week's DuctchDare Card Challenge is buttons.  We have a fabulous new sponsor to share with you this week and that is Di's Digis!

 Diane has kindly sponsored our challenge this week and we have available for one lucky winner, your choice of 5 digis!! 

 I used one of my new Simply Sassy stamps.  She is coloured in using distress inks, and then I distressed and inked the edges.  I made a step card, and added some ribbon, flowers with buttons in and a yellow heart button.  the sentiment is from Sugar Nellie.

I am entering it into these challenges:
Colour Create - lemon, green and white
Simon Says Stamp - love is in the air (hearts and flowers)

Opps ...

 I,ve got some much going on i forgot to post the InStyle  Stamps Sketch challenge for February, so here it is.

We would love to have you play along with us this month! The keyword for this challenge is ISSSC02. You have until Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST to enter. Leave your link below (directly to your entry, please) and remember to comment after you play! You could win TWO digi images from our store if you play along and use an InStyle Stamps image. If you don't use one of our images, you could win ONE digi image from us.

A couple of CAS cards

 Her are a couple of cards I have made just for the fun of it ... both are Clean and Simple and use my SN stamps .. love poor ickle Donald sitting in his puddle,

 And this has got to be my FAVOURITE snowman ever!!

Windswept

We have had a busy morning tidying and cleaning ... sent hubby out to buy some more storage units for the girls' toys.
I did find some time to ink up and colour one of my new Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy's - windswept.

I coloured the image using my promarkers, and then distressed the edges in milled lavender and stamped the swirl in dusty concorde.  The edges of all the cardstock and dp is brushed in starlight black ink, and the white cardstock is embossed using my D'vine swirls folder.  I added some gorgeous lace from my lovely blogging buddy Ali, (thank you sweetie, it broke my heart to cut it!!!), some ribbon, a bow, and a flower with a button centre.

It fits these challenges:
I Love Promarkers - lavender and lace
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Favourite things - Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy stamps, my promarkers, crafting!!
Creative Inspirations - buttons and bows
Friday Sketcher - sketch
Totally Gorguss - As you like it

And being brave having seen everyone else's entries, a final go at the Simply Sassy GDT call.

InStyle Stamps Blog Hop

Its time for another InStyle Stamps blog hop.  The theme this month is Valentine's, and there is a $25goodie bag up for 1 lucky person who votes for their favourite project on the InStyle Stamps blog.  If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from Kristine, if you have arrived here from elsewhere and want to join in the hop you need to go back to the InStyle Stamps blog.

Here is my project ....

I used the gorgeous Valentine Ava ...

 

I made a little gift bag and matching card.

 The gift bag was made using red cardstock .. Taylor posted a similar bag on the InStyle Stamps blog, you can find it here.  Mine has open sides that I pinch in.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped edge.

 Ava is coloured using copics and then cut out, and her wings stickled.  I used a Marianne Creatible die to cut the circles out, and drew a heart, covered it in glitter glue and then glossy accents and cut it out.  I punched a couple of holes to make it look like a button.

 I used  Valentine Ava for the card, just making her a bit bigger.  I coloured her in using the same pens.  I embossed the cardstock using my CB hearts folder and made the large heart in the same way as the one on the box, but used crackle accents rather than glossy accents.  I added some ribbon to the card and the heart, and a sentiment.  
 
Now you need to keep hopping, so you need to go to Sandie's blog to see her fabulous creation.

And it fits these challenges:
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Valentine
My Time to Craft - emboss, emboss, emboss
Fab n Funky Challenge - delight in your digi
CHarisma Cardz - Valentine/love

Recipe:
Stamp(s):  Valentine Ava
Colouring Media: Promarkers (sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, burgundy, cardinal red, ruby, vanilla, walnut, chestnut, cocoa, cinnamon)
Papers: none
Embellishments: from stash

Frilly frills!!

Just a quick post from me tonight ...
I made this card this morning in a crafting session with Beth.  She asked about the TH distressing tool I have, and then distressed all the papers for me ... she loves it!!

 I coloured the SN Simply Sassy image in using my distress inks ... I do find that skirt challenging LOL!!!  I embossed some white cardstock, and Beth distressed it all and then helped ink it all up.  I lavender ribbon and a heart doily finishes it off.

I used the sketch from the Sugar Bowl ... and the other challegnes I will add later, when i find the list!!!

Found it!!
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Valentine
My Time to Craft - emboss, emboss, emboss
CHarisma Cardz - Valentine/love

We have had a busy afternoon ....
Beth went in to have grommets fitted as her hearing is rubbish and she is constantly having infections.
Here she is after her op ...  the knittedc bunny is from Gayle ... it is now called Lily :)

 And here are her cards ....

 (Gayle, Debby, Pops, Lorraine, Linda, Jan, Pippa)

 (me(!!) Ali, Ellie, sarah)

Thank you to everyone who made/sent her cards, she loved opening them and it kept her distracted during that awful waiting time.

Now I just need a good night's sleep to recover from it all!!

 
 

WOYWW and InStyle Stamps sketch challenge

 Here's my desk today ... pens out, image to colour for a get well card, oh and lots of choccies ... need them at the mo!!

 And don't forget there is still time to enter this month's InStyle Stamps Sketch challenge ... here is the sketch ...

 And my card ...

 I used Dandelion Chloe and coloured her using my promarkers, before cutting her out.  I used my current favourite BG papers, Marjoliane, and added some spotty ribbon.  I can't remember where I got it from, but i need more as it goes so well with these papers.  I added some card candy as a finishing touch.

Beth is off into hospital tomorrow, so very little crafting ahead for me.


Recipe: 
Stamp(s): Dandelion Chloe from InStyle Stamps
Colouring Media: Promarkers (true blue, sky blue, pastel blue, forest green, bright green, leaf green, sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, walnut, chestnut, cocoa, cinnamon)
Papers: Basic Grey Marjoliane
Embellishments: from stash

Valentine Chloe

 I don't really do Valentine cards, but I do love Chloe, so I decided to have a go at making a vampish Valentine card using Heartful Chloe from InStyle Stamps.  I don't even have any romantic style papers .. do I really need them?!

I coloured her using my promarkers and cut her out.  I embossed some red cardstock using my CB Hearts folder, and sat Chloe on a doily heart.  Some white ribbon, a glittered and glossed heart, some gems and stickles complete the card.  She looks a bit Mortica -ish ... perhaps just too cute a face :)

 It fits these challenges:
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - add a heart
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Valentines card
PollyCraft Challenges - black, white + 1 colour
Passion for Promarkers - let it shine
Papertake Weekly - sketch

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Heartful Chloe from InStyle Stamps.
Colouring Media: Promarkers (sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, burgundy, cardinal red, ruby, cool grey 5, ice grey 5-1)
Papers: none
Embellishments: from stash