Lets Get Stamping- 27th February

Yesterdays sketchie was set by Rosie and the twist was to include digi images or papers- something digi at any rate! There is a special prize offered this week- one of Sharon Armstrong's great downloads from Willow Designs. Hence the aim was to think creatively.

I couldn't get on the internet last night and so had plenty of time to make this card. The image is a digi one from Pollycraft, which I got last week. I tried to make the card a bit special by making a shaker out of the image and using handmade paper roses. The sketch has been rotated by 90 degrees too.

(I don't normally make many wedding cards, but a friend asked if I would make some for her to give this year and so decided to make a start.)

PDS- Challenge 10

This weeks challenge was to 'think birthday'. This is my second entry this week. I started making this card based on the Willow Stetchie Challenge sketch, but have changed bits to make it fit. It is for my Grandma, who is 85 in a few weeks time. I have made several cards already that I was thinking of giving to her, but then I found out she is 85, and so had to make another special card!

WSC 25th February, Pixie Dust Studio 10

This weeks WSC sketch was set by Karen and had lots of layers in it. I liked trying out the layout and have quite a few special birthday cards I have to make at the moment and so used this sketch to make one for a friend who is 30 soon. I will enter it for this weeks Pixie Dust Studio Challenge too, which is to create a birthday themed card. I discovered today that you can get craft stuff from Oxfam too! The sentiment on the card is from there and is printed on hand made paper from Nepal.

I love Promarkers Challenge 3

This week the challenge was to follow the sketch, which included two images and to use stitching (faux, machine or hand) on the card. I made two cards (as usual- had two ideas and made too many stitched flowers to go on one card and so had to make the second to use them up!). They both have flowers hand embroidered using the outline sitckers you can get and one has some faux stitching round the images. I also added some glossy accents, to make bits shiny.
I will also enter the Easter card into the Die Cut Dreams challenge this week, whoes theme is Easter.

JS Prize

I got my prize from Joanna Sheen yesterday for the I love Promarkers challenge last week. It was a great prize as they sent the gift voucher in a handmade card!

Lets Get Stamping- 20th February

This weeks sketch was set by Han (GDT) and the twist was to include animals. I had this great dragon free download which i wanted to use on a card (maybe stretching it a bit with the animals?) and made another with a Pink Petticoat Easter chick, from which I have cut off the greeting a made a birthday card.

WSC 18th February

This weeks challenge was set yesterday and it was the first week with Lauren and Rosie on the Willow Sketchie DT. They have done some fab cards for the LGS group on Craftbubble and so can't wait to see their cards for WSC too!

I made a couple of cards using this sketch- which was great to use. I have tried to make some A6 cards this week so that I can put them in the Cancer Research bags.

I love Promarkers Challenge 2

I won last weeks prize for the first challenge of the new look I love Promarkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am very excited and have already had a look at Joanna Sheen's website to see what I would like to buy with the prize.

Yesterdays challenge was to follow the sketch and use the theme of spring. I made two cards. The first uses a daffodil image which I was sent in an image swap on Craftbubble. I really like daffodils- they must be my favourite flower, and there is nothing more spring like than daffs!

The second card uses the free papers inside the latest issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft, which says they are spring papers. They have got little pretty flowers all over them, but are more pastel than the bright daffodils.

Pollycraft Monday Challenge 34

This weeks challenge for Pollycraft Monday was to 'double up'. This meant using two different images on one card. I thought this 'righted the balance' a bit after Lauren banned stamped images from this weeks Lets Get Stamping sketchie!

I found this harder than I thought to make the card and so am not that pleased with the result, but will enter it anyway. The images are from Papermania's Stamp Duos last year.

ECP Challenge 6

This time the challenge was to follow a sketch set by one of the DT. It is quite a detailed sketch and I think would probably suite a scrapbook page better than a card. I managed to fit most of the items on (all except the title) but i made it a bit more minimal than usual by not doing much matting and layering. The image is one sent to me in the image swap on Craftbubble. I think it is cute. (I decided to make the circle out of a ring of beads and glitter glue rather than a different piece of paper, for a change.)