Carol's Sketch Fun #20

Carol has designed another beautiful sketch for us to play with over at Carol's Sketch Fun:-

I missed the last one due to me thinking there was another week left doh! I'm not missing this one though and I thought I'd go a bit girly after all the black and red of late.

My card:-

Image - Miss Anya (Dressy Collection)

Stamped with Memento Ink and coloured with Copics

DPs from my Scraps Box

Nestabilities

Bazzill Card Stock

Flower Punch

Card Candy from Craftwork Cards

Computer Generated Sentiment

Melissa Frances Rub-Ons

Lynda xxx

Daring Cardmakers - Have a Heart!

Valentine's Day is looming so we thought we'd share the love this Friday at Daring Cardmakers:-

Have a Heart

We'd like to see cards with hearts on them. You can use as many hearts as you like and they don't need to be "obvious" so if you want to use a heart shape to make the petals of flower, strawberries on a cupcake or apples on a tree that's fine by us.

They don't have to be Valentine Cards either - anniversaries, weddings, or just "Hello" cards for a good friend whatever the reason add a heart to your card and show you care.

My Card:-

Card Blank - Craftwork Cards

Heart Nestabilities

Xcut Heart Punch

DP from my Scraps Box

Circle Punch

Bazzill Card Stock

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Leaf - Hero Arts Cling Stamp (Blossoms)

Computer Generated Sentiments

Hand Cut Stems

Lynda xxx

C.R.A.F.T.W.O.R.K. competition - T for Templates

The C.R.A.F.T.W.O.R.K. challenge over at Craftwork Cards has reached T for Templates. Pop over to their blog to get all the details for the competition and if you want to enter the competition all you have to do is e-mail a photograph of your card to info@craftworkcards.com and they will do the rest - you don't have to have a blog to enter!

My Card:-

Craftwork Cards Products:-

Card Blank

Judith's Frames (coloured red using Copics)

Judith's Frames Template

Papers - Allsorts Collection

Sentiment

Other Items Used:-

Bazzill Card Stock

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Flower, Circle and Photo Corner Punches

Tiny Faux Pearls

Lynda xxx

Winter Wonderland - Baby's 1st Christmas and/or a Sketch

Well you certainly kept us all busy this last week over at Winter Wonderland and I'd like to thank everyone who took the time out to join in with our very first Blog Hop. I've really enjoyed popping over and looking at all your fabulous creations.

There's a list of all the winners on the main blog but I'd like to announce that the winner of my own candy, the My Mind's Eye 'Ooh La La' Paper Kit, is........

Michelle (Thistleblue)

Congratulations Michelle

If you could e-mail your address details to me (you will find it in My Profile) I'll get your prize off to you asap!

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So onto this week's challenge...

which is being sponsored by our very own Teri at Delicious Doodles

Winner will recieve three digi images of their choice

The theme is Baby's First Christmas and/or you can follow Anne's fabulous sketch - I did both!

Anne's sketch:-

My Card:-

Image - Pink Petticoat

Copics

Nestabilities

Snowflakes - Spellbinders Shapeabilities

Bazzill Card Stock

Gingham Paper from a free download (can't remember where from, sorry!)

Stickles

Gems

Lynda xxx

Daring Cardmakers - Amethyst

This week at Daring Cardmakers we're continuing with our monthly theme of birthstones as follows:-

For the February Birthstone challenge we'd like to see cards with an Amethyst theme, this could be the colour, or maybe something to do with the meaning and mythology around the stone.

You can use anything you like be it papers, gems, buttons, whatever comes to hand as long as the Amethyst stone is the theme

We're also welcoming back two previous Guest Designers , Natty (Kool Kitty Musings) and Asia (Crafty Asia) for a whole 2 months so it's going to be great to see their fantastic creations adorning the Daring Cardmakers Blog once again.

Also this week we have the added bonus of offering a prize - yes it doesn't happen very often but it is rather a special prize so if you want to know more about that pop over and have a look for yourselves. The prize has been offered by the lovely Brenda and David from Craft Obsessions and all I can say is I WANT ONE!

This is my card:-

Nestabilities - for the card base, oval sentiment and small butterfly

Hero Arts Cling Stamps 'Blossoms'

Stampin' Up 'En Francais' background script stamp

Distress Ink Pad - Dusty Concord

Bazzill Card Stock

Flower and Leaves stamped onto scraps of DP

Sentiment - Cloud 9 Clear Quote Sticker

MS Butterfly Punch

Faux Pearls from Stash

Stickles

Lynda xxx

Brenda's Sir Stampalot Challenge

This is my card entry for Brenda's fabulous Mega Blog Candy to celebrate Sir Stampalot's move to larger premises. Have you seen the pictures of the shop on Brenda's Blog - Wow you could spend a week there and still not see everything!

I've had this Stampin' Up 'Neighborhood' Stampin' Around Stamp for ages and never used it until a few week's ago - I absolutely love it!

I've stamped the image with Memento Ink and then coloured with Copics, added Diamond Glaze to the Windows and Stickles to the clouds. I mounted it onto card stock that has been edged using MS Picket Fence Border Punch but left just the edges showing so that it looks like train lines and that the houses are 'moving' along!

For the Sentiment I used Microsoft Word and set the margins at 14 x 14 cms then typed the sentiment, using my favourite font at the moment - Scrap Twiggy from ScrapNFonts, at the top and bottom and printed it off onto DCWV Textured card stock.

Just a case of simple matting and layering of all the elements and then I added two punched out hearts just to finish off.

Off the join the Blog Hop now and find the missing letters!

Lynda xxx

F is for Flowers!

It's time for the fourth letter of the C.R.A.F.T.W.O.R.K. challenge that is being held over on the Craftwork Cards Blog - F for Flower. The challenge is to incorporate any Craftwork Cards Flower products on your card or project. If you don't have a blog to link your card/project simply E-mail a photograph of your entry to info@craftworkcards.com and your entry will be uploaded onto their blog and you'll then be in for a chance of winning some very lovely goodies. Good Luck!

My card:-

Craftwork Cards Products used:-

Card Blank and Plain White Card

Background Paper - 'Lots of Dots' Richie collection

Textured Card Stock

Poinsettia Flowers

Card Candy

Build a Bloom Clear Stamp Set (leaves and sentiment)

Swarovski Crystals

Other items used:-

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Chalks

ColorBox Chalk Ink Pads

Nestabilities

MS Butterfly Punch

Tiny Flower Punch

Stickles

Lynda xxx