Just Christmas and Birthday Cards week 26

Morning girlies! Hope you're all having a Happy Monday! I am looking forward to this week as I have most of it off.....bliss lol. It's week 26 over at JCBC and this weeks sketch is by the lovely Mada. This week I wasn't as busy so managed to make both cards, and I loved making both of them.

My Christmas card is made with a lovely tilda image that I got from Tina yesterday, coloured with promarkers, the paper was a gift so no idea where its from, ribbon etc from stash.


I carried the sketch through to the inside of the card too :o)

The birthday card is using one of the Gorjuss girls that Tina also stamped for me. Again she is coloured with my beloved promarkers. The card stock and paper is all from SU! the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley, the ribbon slider is cut on the cuttlebug.



I hope you have fun with Mada's great sketch this week :o)

Stamp With Us Challenge

Morning gorgeous girlies, hope you're all enjoying a lovely Sunday ~ I spy a bright yellow ball in the sky .....anyone know what it is??? it is certainly making me feel good so whatever it is I likes it lol

There's a new challenge blog called Stamp With Us. It's a challenge for fans of Stampin Up products and at least one SU! product has to be used for each challenge. To celebrate the launch there is a sketch to follow. My card is made with my brand new SU! order that arrived on Friday morning. The paper and turquoise card stock are from the brights range. the ribbon is also SU as is the stamp. the only thing not SU is the wee gem lol I must admit I loved using the products, so nice to have card stock, papers and ribbon that all tone together without me having to think about it lol

Watch this space tomorrow for some more SU! stuff on my dt cards ;o)

My first time entering at Colour Create

The challenge over at Colour Create is Lilac and Blue. I made this wee tin which in fact started life as a large Coffee Mate tub (hubby goes through a tub a week so expect to see a few more of these lol) The image is a Sugar Nellie one, coloured with promarkers, ribbon is SU! flowers are from stash and the jewelled brads are dovecraft. Not sure where the paper is from it was a gift.

Here's a pic of the top :o) I can show this now as I have given it to its recipient...............Tina We finally got our day together today, it was so lovely to see her again and meet Andrew and the gorgeous Poppy dog :o) We had a lot of fun inking up some new stamps..........what a lassie she brought me a Gorjuss Girl stamp as a gift and she stopped in at the Sugar Nellie shop to get me a couple of stamps I had asked her for so you can bet your butt there's going to be a few cards in the near future that feature them lol

Hope you're having a fabby weekend girlies I certainly am :o)

more of the gorgeous ribbons

With the huge amount of ribbon that comes from the Crafty Ribbons challenge I felt that two items wasn't enough lol so I spent last night setting myself a challenge of my own. I wanted to make a card with nothing but ribbons, no papers to detract from the ribbons!! As I was looking through the challenge blogs I came accross the fabby sketch over at Spoonfull of Sugar and seeing as the ribbons are quite wide I thought it would look great :o) of course with the lush colours of the ribbons it also fits for the Citrus Colours challenge over at Cute Card Thursday

Image is my fave Daisy by Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers and cut with nesties (Labels 2), sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley, charm, hearts and buttons from stash and ribbons are all from Crafty Ribbons of course!

Now time to pack up my crafty ribbons bits and get them in the post, my turn to be last I think lol

Daring Cardmakers and Friday Sketchers

Last of the cards I made last night using the Warren download (from Tinker & Co) again and following the sketch over at Friday Sketchers and the theme of "Bunnies and Chicks" at Daring Cardmakers.

Papers all from download, tag embossed with divine swirls, the mat embossed with Argyll folder. Ribbon is SU! organza ribbon. Greeting is a peel off which I don't like using much nowadays, but as I don't have an Easter stamp I thought it was better than my handwriting!!

Another wee bunny inside :o)

Wow three cards and a whole evening's crafting and not a promarker or a stamp in sight!!! How did I manage? have I got withdrawal symptoms?? you betcha roflmao

sketch and stash meets the pink elephant

The challenge over at The Pink Elephant is to make an Easter card and there is a fabulous sketch over at Sketch and Stash so how could I reisist?? The new stash on this card (and the next one) is a set that is free to download at Tinker & Co You really have to get over there and get it girlies it is just a gorgeous set, the papers are lovely, the colours are fab and the images come in 3 sizes so perfect for any card :o) I really fell in love with the wee bunny (he's called Warren by the way lol) The mats were cut with Nesties Label 2 set, embossed with Divine Swirls, papers and image all from the set. I loved the papers so much I decorated inside too

I think Ms Mojo has come home :o)

I had a lovely evening crafting last night so I am happy to report that Ms Mojo seems to have come home, whether it's for a quick pit stop or for a longer stay I have no idea but while she's here I'll make as much uise of her as I can.................get her to paint my bathroom, wash up that sort of thing lol

This card is actually for my step son's birthday which is today..............poor lad he's had 25 years of joke presents, pretending we've forgotten etc! Now what kind of card can you make for a 25 year old lad? BEER!!!! I have had this beer die cut for ages, a friend sent it to me more than a year ago and I knew it would come in handy at some point! (I'm just amazed I could find it after all this time heehee) The papers are by Dovecraft as is the chipboard tag, the beer glass has some glossy accents on. scalloped circle cut with nesties and embossed with the Argyll embossing folder. I used the Inspirational Card Sketches sketch to make it. It also qualifies for the Cute Card Thursday challenge which was to make a card for a member of the family.