Fetch A Sketch Challenge 26

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge and here is Jenny's sketch:

 

She really does do fab simple sketches!  And here is my sample.  I've used two rather large blooms that were given to me some time ago by the lovely Alex and I've been looking at them, knowing I'd be able to use them one day!  I've layered them up and added seed beads to the centre.  

The papers are Echo Park - Be Mine and I've cut a cross in the centre of the spotty paper and folded the corners back - I printed on both sides for a contrast.  We've got a special Guest Designer joining us for June - you'll have to pop over to Fetch A Sketch to see who it is!!

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following:

Sir Stampalot:  Bingo (Lilac / Purple - Polkadots - Bling (seed beads)

Crafty Ann's:  It's A Girl Thing

Pixie Dust Studio:  3 or More Patterned Papers

• Papers:  Echo Park, Be Mine
• Flowers:  Alex
• Everything Else:  My stash

Robot

It's been another busy weekend - all to do with karting!  Jacob, on Saturday, finished fourth (again!) in the Formula Bambino championship at Daytona Manchester.  And this morning Samuel had two practice sessions back to back (we are cruel parents!) and he smashed his personal best lap record and set a new time of 25.618 - you can have a read about it on their karting blog!  Feel free to leave them a comment - you could be the first!!  There are a few videos on the blog too so you can see how fast Samuel goes and the noise!  I'm now used to the smell of diesel lingering on me all day after we've been there for a few hours!

Anyway, back to earth and crafting!  Once again (I am still blaming the new Blogger layout!) I've not blogged the new release digi stamp from Jellypark!  It's this rather fab little robot who comes with a blank sentiment tile (I've handwritten the sentiment).  He's been coloured with Promarkers and I've used papers from Cosmo Cricket - Cogsmo along with my fab X Cut star dies.  I've just released that this card is the image that accompanies the digi stamp on the Jellypark website!!!

I don't know if you can see them, but I've made some fake black brads - a dot of black pen (either a fineliner or Sharpie marker) and then dab a dot of glossy accents over the top - quick and fab!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Great Impressions:  Die Cuts or Punches
Platypus Creek Digitals:  For The Boys
Pan Pastels:  Fathers Day / Boys
The Crafty Pad:  Lets Hear It For The Boys
Di's Digi's:  Male Inspired
Delicious Doodles:  For The Fellas

• Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Cosmo Cricket:  Cogsmo
• Dies:  X Cut stars
• Everything else:  My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 23 - Lots of Flowers

It's Friday and that means its time for a Polkadoodle challenge!  The theme this week is:

Lots of Flowers

I've gone back to an old favourite - Paper Boutique Vol 1 and used the A5 template, cut out all the elements and layered them however I wanted (because you can do that!)  I glittered the edges of the flowers and added seed beads to the centres.  I added some die cut letters to one of the tags plus I used up some oddments of ribbon to tie around the top.

A really quick and easy card to make and I like doing cutting out stuff when watching tv as its really the only time I get to watch tv!

Good luck with the challenge!  For more details, pop over to the challenge blog.

I'd like to enter the following:

Crafters Companion:  Time To Embellish
My Heart Pieces:  Flowers
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop:  Lots of Layers
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Flowers and Ribbon

• Template:  Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 1
• Dies:  Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet dies
• Everything else:  My stash

Simply Create Too Challenge 15 - Dad's / Father's Day

It's time for another Simply Create Too challenge!  And with Father's Day just around the corner, the theme for the next two weeks is:

Dad's / Father's Day

I've used a digi image by Gordon Fraser - bought from here - and coloured it with Promarkers.  It's been cut out and I've made a double stepper card with an old Get Funky freebie cloud paper plus some greens from my stash.  I've actually used a Marianne Creatables icicle die but to me it looks a lot like grass when used the other way up!

I've got an Ellison die that has the little golf ball on so I cut that out a number of times and added them to the grass.  The word 'Dad' has been cut with my Sizzix Round A Bout alphabet dies and I made the golf flag (the word fore is crossed out and a 50 added).  This is for my brothers' girlfriends Dad and I hope he likes it!

Good luck with the Simply Create Too challenge - for more details on how to enter, pop over to the blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge:  Male
Digi Doodle Shops Best:  Male Card
Dutch Dare:  For Dad
Little Miss Muffet:  Rainbows, Clouds or Wings
Paper Crafting Journey:  Colour It Up
SJ Crafts:  All About The Boy

• Image:  Gordon Fraser, coloured with Promarkers
• Printed Paper:  Retired freebie from Get Funky
• Dies:  Marianne Creatables, Ellison and Sizzix
• Everything else:  My stash

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 17 - Decorations

It's time for another Crimbo Crackers challenge!  The theme for this fortnight is:

Decorations

If you want to know more about the challenge, pop over to Crimbo Crackers!  I'm sponsored by Bugaboo and have used one of their images in my sample:

I've used Ruby - Christmas Ornaments on my card and coloured her with Promarkers with some rather fab glittery lime green hair!  I've added glossy accents to her specs but you can't see (no pun intended!)  Papers are from Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting cd and I've had them in my stash for ages and are left over bits from previous projects.

I've added a faux stitch around the edge of the star papers and a dotted line around the edge of the X Cut die shape (which wasn't big enough for the image so Ruby's hair overhangs!)  Ribbon is from my stash and I've added a layered snowflake to hide the join.

Good luck with the challenge and I hope you'll join in - for more details pop over to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday:  Sketch Followed
ABC Christmas Challenges:  K is for Keep It Simple
Waste Not Wednesday:  Use Forgotten Scraps
Squigglefly Challenge:  Make Me Laugh

• Image:  Bugaboo, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers:  Funky Hand, Twelve Crafters Crafting cd
• Everything else:  My stash

Dude Time Doodles - Boys and Their Toys

It's a new challenge time at Dude Time Doodles and this week it is a theme:

Boys and Their Toys

I've gone for an old favourite - Rocco Soccer with a large and small ball.  I've enlarged the football so its the actual card base and added a little shading with Promarkers.  The image is coloured with Promarkers and is a retro 1965 Manchester City kit as this card was for a big Man City fan.

Rocco is attached to the card base with a spring so he wobbles around a little and the sentiment was printed from my pc.

Hope you can join in with the challenge this week - for more details go to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge:  Birthday
Digital Tuesday:  Anything Goes
Incy Wincy:  Blue and Black with Sentiment for a Male
Kaboodle Doodles:  Manly Men
Lexi's Creations:  Man / Boy

• Images:  Dude Time Doodles, coloured with Promarkers
• Sentiment:  PC

Get Well Soon!

Now this is the card I should have blogged over two weeks ago!  I don't know if it is the new blogger layout that is confusing me ever so slightly because I can't really see things as easily (I draft all my posts as I've made my DT commitments so that I know I've done it and the photo is there, and then once I've written the post I schedule it.....) but anyway, here it is, only a smidgin late!

And for some reason my card looks out of focus - its not - the photo is perfectly ok but blogger is being a bit of a pest!

Isn't this a cute image?  It's from Jellypark and I've coloured her with Promarkers.  The sentiment comes with the image and I've used one of my Nesties for the oval - no more wonky ovals for me now I have these dies!!

I've added a faux stitch around the edge of the papers and also the image and I've actually used a bandage across the centre!  Papers are from Funky Hand (retired) and I've used my fab X Cut star die.

So there you have it.  It's also rather late for me - I can't sleep tonight - its something that is quite rare as I do like my sleep so I thought I'd use my time wisely without child or husband interruptions!  Therefore, if something in this post does not make sense, its cos its early hours!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges:  Red, White and Blue
Passion for Promarkers:  Red, White and Blue
Craft Your Days Away:  Red, White and Blue

• Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Funky Hand
• Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities and X Cut stars
• Everything else:  My stash

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 25 - Midway Extra

It's time for the Midway Extra over on Fetch A Sketch.  We have two sponsors this fortnight - Jellypark and Funky Hand and for more details on the prizes pop over to Fetch A Sketch.  To have a browse in the online stores just click on the banners below:

And here is a reminder of the sketch:

I've used Funky Hand papers from Twelve Crafters Crafting plus one of the banners from Jellypark plus the snowman.  I've paper pieced the banner and layered it onto an offcut of printed card and then added the embroidery thread bows at the ends.  You can't quite see it, but I've also added some stickles around the edges of the banner.

If you like a sale then quickly go over to Jellypark - Claire is having a sale over the Jubilee Weekend - all digi stamps are only 60p!!  BE QUICK!!

The snowman has been coloured with Promarkers and I've used my fab X Cut dies for the shapes behind him plus three sparkly snowflakes that Jenny sent me ages ago (thank you!)

Good luck with the challenge - for more details pop over to the challenge blog.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Here Come The Boys:  Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time:  Use a Digi
The Squirrel and the Fox:  Winter or Summer

• Papers:  Funky Hand - Twelve Crafters Crafting
• Images:  Jellypark - bunting and snowman
• Dies:  X Cut
• Snowflakes:  From Jenny
• Everything else:  My stash

Jellypark Challenge - Boy Crazy!

I think I'm having one of 'those weeks' - I just don't know what I'm doing half the time and I'm so behind with blogging stuff!  It probably started on Sunday when Samuel won the Cadet class in Karting - not that we don't think he can win it, it was just a shock that he did win it with some fantastic racing! The week has sort of taken on a bit of a cotton woll feeling!  So I'm sorry that this is late, and I've just realised that I've not blogged the last Jellypark release!  Eek - I'll do that this weekend!

Anyway!  It's time for a new Jellypark challenge and the theme this fortnight is:

Boy Crazy!

I've used something a little different this time - Party Printables from Jellypark!  I've used the cupcake cases and the toppers from the Pirate Set and Samuel and I made the cakes!  That is about as close as I get to real cooking!

The cake cases were easy to make - print two sheets, cut them out and then stick the tab together.  The toppers I used a circle die to cut them out and then layered them with a scalloped edge Netie for a bit of extra strength and used some cocktail sticks.  The boys thought they were wonderful!

Good luck with the challenge!  For more details, pop over to the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Digi Doodles Shops Best:  Get The Bunting Out (Party Time for me!)

Delightful Challenges:  Red, White and Blue

Moving Along With The Times:  Red, White and Blue

Paper Crafting Journey:  Anything For Kids

Die Cutting Diva's:  Anything Goes

Everybody Art:  Anything But A Card

• All paper based items:  Jellypark, Party Printables
• Everything else:  My kitchen (or rather now eaten by the kids!)

Simply Create Too Challenge 14 MIDWAY EXTRA - Wedding

It's time for the Midway Extra part to the current Simply Create Too challenge!  The theme is:

Weddings

And I'm sharing a card I was asked to make for a Pagan Wedding.  Two of the main colours were white and Cadbury Purple for which I had to buy (just had to!) some ribbon from Meiflower!



I researched some of the symbols and came across the one I've used which represents the Celtic knot which has no beginning or end - the circle of life.  I've used my X Cut fancy dies for all the layered shapes as I wanted something a bit more detailed than a square.

The card is from my stash but originally came from The Paper Mill shop and its a lovely white linen effect perfect for Wedding cards.  I printed the text and added a laced effect to the side of the card as many Pagan Weddings have a binding of the hands theme and also the gowns are brightly coloured and are laced bodices.  Half pearls from my stash.

Good luck with the challenge - there is still time to enter!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crop Stop:  Pretty Pearls

Sarah Hurley Challenges:  New Beginnings

Southern Girls:  Die Cut or Punch

Cooking It Up With Katie:  Celebrate, Ribbon and Die Cut

Fab n Funky:  Celebrations

• Ribbon:  Meiflower
• Dies:  X Cut
• Everything else:  My stash