Whiff of Joy Challenge 5

This weeks challege at Whiff of Joy is a sketch by Heather which was great to follow.

I've used the Whiff of Joy Charlotte decorating the Christmas tree which is a gorgeous stamp & so easy to colour. I've used inks for the first time, the tree, stool & Charlottes hair are all coloured with SU inks, the skin tones are Ranger Distress ink & the rest is coloured with Whispers pens. I've added Stickles to the tree & star & Anitas 3D Gloss paint to the baubles to give them a 3D effect.

The papers are Papermania Naughty & Nice & the charm was bought from Marlene. The sentiment & little pink Christmas tree are from the Brenda Pinnicks Christmas TSV from last year. Everything else is from my stash.

Elzybells Birthday Celebrations

After seeing some beautiful cards on Shary's blog using Elzybells stamps I popped across to have a look & found that they are having a birthday celebration & are offering free worldwide postage & a daily draw.

Well . . . . . . . . it would have been rude not to join in the celebrations wouldn't it lol!!!. I couldn't resist & placed an order for 5 of the stamps. That was on Thurs afternoon & my lovely postman dropped them through my letter box yesterday morning. How's about that for a speedy turnaround !!!

They also have a reward scheme where you get a sticker for every £5 you spend. This goes on a reward card & when it's full you get £10 to spend in the shop. How clever is that!!

All in all a great company so although I haven't had chance to play with my new stamps yet I just wanted to share this with you.

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 33 - The Stars at Night

Well I had great fun making this card. After seeing lots of fab stitching on so many cards I've been very close (a few times) to buying a Janome Mini sewing machine but just couldn't justify the £50. Then I remembered I bought a sewing machine years & years ago so set to in the loft (which is also where I have my craft area) to try & find it. Buried under loads of boxes for electrical goods we've bought over the last few years was a very old & very dusty Janome sewing machine!!. It's certainly not mini & weighs an absolute ton but it works & better still I remembered how to thread it so after working out the different stitches I put it to use on my card for this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge & this week where they would like to see some stars.

I've used a downloaded image from Cuddly Buddly called Giggles Nativity which have to be some of the cutest nativity images available.

I've had a go at stitching round the image . . . now please don't look closely LOL!! I'm working on the basis that it's a childs nativity scene so should look as though a childs had hold of a sewing machine!!!

I've made s shooting star type bead thingy & attached a Cuddly Buddly sentiment stamp.

The DP is Papermania christmas paper.

I really enjoyed making this card although it brought back painful memories of managing to sew through my index finger in a sewing lesson in high school lol!!!

Thank you

What a lovely surprise to get this award from Steph & Alex. Thank you so much, it means alot, especially as I've found it difficult fitting in blogging around work & card orders. I would like to pass this on to

Janet
Debs
Kerry
Vicki
Stacey
Karen

these ladies have all been blogging friends right from day ones of me setting up my blog as they were my Docraft buddies.
Hi to you all!!
Hugs

Friday Sketchers - Sketch 24

Another great blog if you enjoy following sketches is Friday Sketchers. This weeks sketch was so easy to follow I managed to do it from memory so I will be definately using it again. There are some great stamps donated by this weeks sponsor Unik Hobby so why don't you pop over & have a look.
Don't you just love this cute little chap, how many boys does he remind you of? This is Charlie & he is available from Whiff of Joy (for those of you who have been on the moon for the last few months lol!!!)
I've coloured him using Whispers Brush Pens & the snowman is filled in with Sparkles glitter glue & they are standing on Anita's 3D Paint. The paper is from Sandylion & I found it yesterday at my local craft shop Click-on-Crafts the snowflakes were also from there & are sold by the metre. The ribbon across the card I picked up from Wilkinsons today, they have a great selection of Christmas ribbons & all just £1.50 a roll. The cardstock at the back of Charlie has been run through the cuttlebug using the snowflake folder.
I've already coloured another 3 Charlies ready to redo this design but I think I might add something to the bottom right corner as I think it looks a bit bare.
Thanks for looking

Whiff Of Joy

This weeks challenge at Whiff Of Joy is a sketch, which as I've already said, I will be using time & time again.

I absolutely love this image & if you still haven't bought any of the Whiff of Joy stamps take my word for it, they are a joy (parden the pun) to use. They stamp so clearly & have so much detail.

The DP is from a Brenda Pinnick Christmas kit from last year. The poinsetta is from Papermania & the ribbon is from my stash.

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 31 - Buttons & Bows

Well, I liked the layout of this weeks Whiff Of Joy Challenge Sketch so much that I've used it on my Cute Card Thursday card for this week. This is a layout I'll definately be using again as it's ideal for using all those strips of DP we all keep (go on, own up, you know I mean YOU!! lol!!)

The challenge this week was to have buttons & bows on your card. Well, I found the button part easy & made a bow from green ribbon but just couldn't decide where to stick it (now now ladies!!!) then I realised that the cute little girl in my Sarah Kay image has a lovely bow in her hair. Hope that's allowed!!

The DP is Papermania & the cardstock is Bazzill. The crochet flower I've made with my own fair hands & the button, ribbon, charm & pearls are from my stash.

I'm on a roll !!!!

Well I think my MOJO might be back thanks to SU lol!!! I went to my craft room to have a bit of a tidy & couldn't resist making a few cards, actually 4 in total.

The Happy Birthday card is stamped using SU Close To Cocoa & is from a See D set. The DP is SU Close To Cocoa Prints Designer Series which is retired so only available while stocks last. The ribbon, flower & brad are from my stash.

The From Me To You card is stamped using SU Old Olive & is again from the See D set, this is then mounted on a piece of SU Rose Red cardstock. The DP is SU Old Olive Prints Designer Series & is also retired. The ribbon is Dovecraft & the blong is Papermania.

Can you tell I'm loving my SU bits & pieces lol!!! If you have any queries on Stampin Up products visit Julies blog.

Don't Faint !!!!

I've actually made a card !!!! (Well I've made a few cards this week but they were for orders & I used my old faithfull designs so they didn't take much brain power.)

I went to my friend Jules, who is also my local Stampin Up Demonstrator, to collect my Stampers 10 order & the new Stampin Up catalogue (you really have to get one!!! & you can get it from Jules)

While I was there, drinking tea & munching on the Danish pastries I'd brought to spoil her diet lol!! she pinned me down & MADE me make a card (well actually she said would you like to make a card & I said yes lol!!) and the result is this creation.

The Stampin Up products are really fab & great quality & if you like you cards to colour co-ordinate then these are the products to use as the card, stamp pads, ribbons etc all co-ordinate.

I'm going to be ordering the stamp set I've used here which is the True Friend set & the card ribbon & stamp pad used are all in chocolate chip colour.

Jules is the most organised person I've met & really gives 100% to her Stampin Up customers. If you have any questions about Stampin Up drop her an email.

Where did the time go ?????

I can't believe we're nearly half way through September & I haven't posted for a month !!!!!!

My last post was just before I went on holiday to Ireland & I think my Mojo was washed away with the rain LOL!!!

I just can't seem to get myself motivated & haven't been near my craft room for a couple of weeks!!! The Whiff of Joy stamps I ordered in August are still unopened & worst of all . . . . . . now sit down for this . . . . . . I haven't bought any craft items for over a month !!!!!!!!

I started back at work on Monday after a 5 year career break & my crafting seems to have taken a back seat at the moment.

I'm still checking out your blogs & getting lots of inspiration but just can't seem to put it into practice at the moment.

My blog may stay quiet for a little while but I'll be back lol!!!!