Sundae in Autumn

The heating went on in our house at weekend and although its got a lot colder in recent weeks, there is still time to enjoy a Dr Digi Sundae!

I've used offcuts of Echo Park Be Mine papers that I've had in my stash for ages.  The image has been coloured with Promarkers and I found some half pearls too.

I'd like to enter the following:

Watercooler Wednesday:  Feminine
A Bit More Time To Craft:  Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore:  Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Studios:  Black and Pink

Daring Card Makers Challenge - World Tourism Day

Time for a new Daring Card Makers challenge and the theme this week is

World Tourism Day

So make something featuring another country.  I've made this cute card using up scraps of Echo Park Be Mine papers (they really were scraps and I had to be very creative with how I used them!)  I've used Oriental Girl from All Dressed Up Stamps and coloured with Promarkers.

The half pears are all from my stash along with the layered card around the image.  Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Crafty Catz:  Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude:  Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts:  Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs:  Anything Goes

Pink Rose

The image is from Createful Heart Digis and is a freebie for those who join in with the monthly  Facebook sketch challenge.  I've coloured it up with Promarkers and the papers are all oddments that I found in my stash - Echo Park, Be Mine.

I've had to be really clever to make it look like there are no joins as some of the bits were really quite small.  And I still have some left over for another day!

The heart pearl slider I found in the jam jar of bits n bobs I have on the table (usually because I find something and can't be bothered putting it away!) and the half pearls are from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart:  Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs:  No More Than 3 Colours
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  Anything Goes
Crafty Friends:  Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft:  Anything Goes

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 34

It's time for another challenge at Fetch A Sketch and Lou is our hostess this fortnight!  The sketch she has drawn is below and because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month we are also asking for your creation to show some pink!

I do like nice and simple sketches and also ones where you don't always need to add an image!  I've used Echo Park Be Mine Papers along with some wide satin pink ribbon from my stash, some silver cord and a dangly blingy gem!  The silver cord and gem are from a ribbon spool from Lidl which I bought in the January sale - the spool actually has 3 different ribbons intertwined on it along with some gems and beads!

The half pearls are from my stash.  Good luck with the challenge and don't forget the pink!  For more details on the challenge and for more inspiration, pop over to Fetch A Sketch!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges:  Go Pink
Link Up For Pink:  2nd Annual Link Up
Pink Gem:  For The Girls

Papers:  Echo Park, Be Mine
Ribbon:  My stash and Lidl
Gem:  Lidl
Everything else:  My stash

This Is How I Learnt To Type!

Here we go, late as usual with the first of the two new release digi stamps from Jellypark:

This one is called (appropriately enough!) typewriter.  And I've coloured it with Promarkers and some liquid pearls.  It reminds me so much of the totally ancient and weighing a tonne typewriter that I learnt to type on at school.  No, I'm not that old, just the equipment was and it was in the early days of word processors.  Yeah, I probably am showing my age now!

Papers are from Echo Park - Be Mine digital paper pack and I've added some very fine sparkly thread and half pearls from my stash.  As you can see I'm trying to be very good and use up scraps!

We've had a rather exciting weekend - Jacob set his fastest lap time yesterday in the Formula Bambino round and came 4th overall - not yet on the podium but he's close!  And then today, Samuel knocked a very impressive 0.5 seconds off his fastest lap time which actually broke the track record or it would have done if it had not been broken just a few minutes earlier by another driver!  Samuel is actually the second quickest driver on the track beating other Cadets, Juniors and adults - not bad for a nearly 9 year old!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time:  Anything Goes
Challenge Up Your Life:  Anything Goes
Crafty Catz:  Anything Goes
Art Impressions Stamps:  Any Sentiment
In The Pink:  50 Shades of Pink

• Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers and liquid pearls
• Papers:  Echo Park, Be Mine
• Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Everything else:  My stash

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 27

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge! I am the hostess this fortnight and here is the sketch:

We are sponsored by Bugaboo and the winner of this sketch will get $21 gift certificate to spend in the store!  I've used a fab Bugaboo image and sentiment and coloured it with Promarkers.  Papers are Echo Park - Be Mine and I've added some ribbon from my stash.

I've also added a dotted pink line around the edge of the image (cut with a fancy X Cut die) with a gel pen and also a faux running stitch around the edge of the card.

Good luck with the challenge - for more details, pop over to Fetch A Sketch!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts:  Girls, Girls, Girls
Great Impressions:  Die Cuts or Punches
Sentimental Sundays:  Cute and Girly plus Colour Challenge (pink, white and grey)
Allsorts:  Any Die Will Do
Di's Digi's:  Spotty and Dotty

• Image and sentiment:  Bugaboo, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Echo Park, Be Mine
• Dies:  X Cut
• Everything else:  My stash

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

Get Them Checked!

I have a badge in my sidebar to the Link Up For Pink blog - if you've not yet clicked on it do so!  They have started a fortnightly challenge, and the first one is an awareness theme - get them checked, kinda thing!

I've used this wonderful Saturated Canary image which is especially for the cause.  She's been coloured with Promarkers plus a little bling in her hair and on the tshirt symbol.  Papers are Echo Park - Be Mine which I've cut with my new circle Nesties (no more wonky circles for me!) plus a little inking and doodling around the edges.

Pink organza ribbon has been added (The Stamp Man) plus some pins and pearls and I've used the fab May sketch from Kathy's Waffle Sketch File.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Link Up For Pink:  Checking Reminder plus Pink
Kathy's Waffle Sketch File:  Sketch Followed
The Squirrel and the Fox:  One For The Girls
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Feminine plus Ribbon
2 Sisters:  Anything Goes
Crafty Mess:  Pink and Cute

• Image:  Saturated Canary freebie, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Echo Park, Be Mine
• Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities and corner rounder punch
• Ribbon:  The Stamp Man
• Everything else:  My stash

Simply Create Too Challenge 5 - Love Is In The Air

**Edited to add - I am such a muppet! I set the wrong month for this post to be published and I've only just realised! Doh!!

It's time for another Simply Create Too Challenge and its a nice and easy theme this fortnight, just right for an event on the horizon:

Love Is In The Air

I've made a valentine card that is not too girly! The paper is Echo Park - Be Mine and I've used a really old stamp which was a magazine freebie from ages ago - the embossing powder is even older! The ribbon and charm are from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments: Love
Crafty Ribbons: Love Is - Red and Black
Card Makin' Mama's: Something Old (Stamp and embossing power - had for AGES!)
Wags n Whiskers: Valentines / Love

• Papers: Echo Park - Be Mine
• Stamp: Freebie from a magazine ages ago
• Everything else: My stash