One Stop Craft Challenge

The challenge this week at One Stop Craft Challenge is 'Optimistically Pink'. Now I don't need any encouragement at all to make a pink card!! in fact once I'd started this I went on to make another 3 the same. I just lurve pink!!

The image is from Pink Petticoat & is very popular for little girls cards, so pretty. The lace is from Click-on-Crafts, the papers are Papermania Retro & the card is Stampin Up.

The cream 'tulle' was in with the goodies Bernie sent me a couple of weeks ago & the little flower is punched with the new Nellie punches. These are great (although a little hard to punch out, you need muscles if you're going to use these punches) & come in a set with a punch & an embosser. You punch out the flower & then put it in to another little contraption that looks like a punch but this embosses it (hope that makes sense!!!) The tiny gems are 2mm rhinestones from here, they come in different sizes & lots of colours.

Thanks for looking.

Love Is In The Air

The 'L' word has benn the theme for quite a few challenges this week & while I don't usually combine challenges I'm going to enter this card in both Cute Card Thursday & Simon Says Challenge .

The image once again is the gorgeous Manga Dreamy coloured with copics & cut out using my Nesties circle & then liquid pearls around the edge. The papers are Basic Grey Eva & Sugared & the cardstock is Stampin Up. The hearts are Heidi swap sent to me by my buddy Bernie as were the flowers. The flower centre & daisy ribbon are from my stash. The sentiment is computer printed & punched out using the SU word window punch.

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Sugar Bowl Challenge

Over at the Sugar Bowl the challenge until 24th Feb is a fab sketch by Tiets. I looked at this sketch at least twice before I decided to have a go as I really struggle to do the more complicated ones (I waste more paper trying to get the components the right size!) but once I started to work with it it was really easy & I'll definitely be using it again. The 'Please Include' is 3 flowers 2 brads & one button which I have plenty of lol!!.

The papers are yummy Basic Grey Nook & Pantry which my good friend Bernie sent to me at the weekend. Think I'll have to treat myself to some of this!!. The stamp was also a gift from Bernie & is the gorgeous Sugar Nellie Manga 'Dreamy' which was a joy to colour with my copics. Yes I did remember how to use them after all this time but am not so sure about her hair!! She looks as though she's had a bad highlights job!! The brads are from my stash & the flowers are punched from the same Basic Grey paper & finished with a little pearl bead in the centre.

Thanks for looking.

Sir Stampalot Challenge & Bloghop

I spent a very enjoyable hour or so this morning hopping around the DT blogs for the Sir Stampalot blog who currently have a challenge running to celebrate the opening of their new shop. The first prize is mega!!! & includes a Big Shot (pick me me me!!!) along with lots of other fab prizes but you'll have to pop along to Brenda's blog & read all about it.

The challenge is make a card or project with the theme of moving which can be interpreted however you want. I have made a card using the carousel horse which I bought from Whimsy Stamps to help raise money for the Red Cross & their Haiti appeal. The horse is the moving part as a carousel moves round & round & round lol!! dizzy yet!! & also the dangly 'hope' charm is moveable.

The DP is from Stampin Up as is the white ribbon & cardstock. The flowers & leaves have been punched from the same card. The image has been coloured with copics. The charm & lace are from my stash & the sentiment is from a Stampin Up stamp set.

Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday - Spots & Dots

The challenge over at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Spots & Dots'. I had this image from Pink Petticoat already printed & wanted to do a card for my youngest daughter to take to a party yesterday. The pink 'net' is from the fab stash my good friend Bernie sent me yesterday (read the post below) & the rest of the card is made from bits & pieces I had in my stash. The sentiment & name are computer printed using my favorite font at the moment which is Kingthings Wrote.

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Look at my lovely SURPRISE!!!!

Just look at the fabby goodies my special blogging buddy Bernie sent me. I've been complaining since Christmas that I had serious Mojoitis and had done very little card making since before Christmas. I kept going & having a look at all my crafting stash & really not knowing where to start. I'd picked my copics up more than once & put them down again as I couldn't remember where to start with an image!! Bernie decided to take the bull by the horns (well I am a Taurean lol!!) & give me a proverbial kick up the arris. All these lovely goodies dropped through my letter box yesterday & within an hour I had put some of the pink 'net' (not sure of the correct name for it!) to use on a card for a party my youngest was going to (posted above).

Don't you just love this new Manga Dreamy stamp?? I'm going to ink her up this afternoon & see if I can remember how to use my copics.

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou Bernie, for always being there when I need to have a moan & for always making me laugh. One day I hope we'll meet.

Bet you all wish you had a friend like Bernie.