Kenny K, Dotty and a Sketch

Oh my gosh two posts in one night, I'm on fire hehe!! Started this card on Saturday for the I ♥ Promarkers (Go Dotty) and Friday Sketchers Challenge and somehow I managed to make it fit the Kenny K Challenge (use aquamarine) Used the fab Bling Baby from Kenny K and coloured her with promarkers, papers are from an old pack by 7gypsies, the ribbon was actually white but used my promarkers to colour it to match her trousers, MS punch and LOTV sentiment and label. Made this card for a friend at work and didn't think I would use any of my new stash I brought on Friday from the NEC, but I used my new Tim Holtz destress ink, Broken China for the edges added my new liquid pearls for her beads and on her glasses and all the flowers are new oh and the actual card is a from a new pack of 8 x 8 cards which I just love :) Hope you like her :)

Friday Sketchers

Finally managed to make a card, don't know why I have had such a tough time making cards lately, but when I finally pulled this one together I really enjoyed making it.

Followed the fab sketch over at Friday Sketchers and used a lovely LOTV image that my wonderful blogging pal Rosie stamped up and sent me. She is coloured with Promarkers and I have added a bit of glitter. Papers are from my new Polkadoodles cd called sugar birdies. Orange roses and buds were given to me by another wonderful lady i know through work and the others I think came from Hobbycraft. Have also added some stitching and beading :)

And look I even did the inside :)

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend and the sun has been shinning as it has here :)

Babies & A Sketch

This week at I ♥ Promarkers the theme is babies. Have had this image for ages from Charmed Cards & Crafts. Got a little frustrated trying to colour her hair so ended up paper piecing it and used promarkers to add the shading. The babies blanket is also paper pieced again shading with promarkers.

Followed another great sketch from Friday Sketchers and used papers from Paper Cellar. Machine stitched all the layers and decided to add some beads which I have seen the fabulous Alison do many times on her cards. My only problem was I couldn't find a needle slim enough to thread the beads so had to keep taking off the needle adding the bead and then re threading the needle so only did one corner! Added some hand made flowers and some glittered Marianne dies :)

Hope everyone has had a fab weekend and ready to start a new week :)

Stitch & Sketch

Finally managed to get a card completed and blogged. Had the week off for half term and have no idea where it has gone. Anyway made this card for someone at work and followed the fab sketch over at Friday Sketchers, which btw they have managed to get Rachel Jakes to help them with their challenges. I have followed Rach's blog for a while now and I adore her cards, she is amazing so this is fantastic news :) Have used a stamp from Moments in Time collection (am determined to make cards using all these stamps!) She is coloured with Promarkers, so am also entering the I ♥ Promarkers challenge which this week the theme is Stitching and I have machine stitched around the backing papers, I know a bit safe but I just wanted to get a card finished hehe. Papers were a freebie with my cuttlebug and the patterned paper is from Dovecraft. White flower from Wild Orchid and everything else is from my stash.

Off now to hopefully get a Kenny K card done for their challenge, which Rach has done the sketch for (she gets every where! hehe)

Have a fab Sunday and don't forget to leave a comment as I love to read them :)

Paper Piecing

Yay I got another card finished!!

This week at I ♥ Promarkers the challenge is for paper piecing. Have only done this once before and was really unsure on an image to use. Love this digi from Charmed Cards & Crafts and thought the umberella would be ideal for paper piecing.
Have paper pieced the umberella and the girls boots with paper from Country Companions the sentiment is from country companions as well. Coloured the rest of the image with promarkers. Backing papers are from g.c.d not really sure about the flowers on this card don't think they are the right colour but anyway some are from Wild Orchid and others are from my stash. Followed a fab sketch from Friday Sketchers.

Off now to feed the kids, but will hopefully get around some blogs later and look at your lovelly creations :)

Lavender & Lace

This week at I ♥ Promarkers the challenge is Lavender & Lace. Haven't got much lace and the piece I decided to use must be the hardest piece to stick and to stick on to!! Pinflair glue came into it's own on this card although I did get into a bit of a mess with it.
Followed another great sketch at Friday Sketchers and the image is from Sarah Kay and this is the first time I have used it on a card. Coloured with promarkers, but I did use Tim Holts distress ink to colour his dungarees, first time I have used that method and pretty pleased with the result. Paper was a freebie with a magazine, butterfly punch - MS and LOTV sentiment.

Had a fab time last week visiting everybody who had entered the I ♥ Promarkers challenge, had some fab new people join my blog, which I really appreciate, so off now to do some blog hopping :)

Kenny K & a sketch

Oh my this card for some reason has taken me forever to put together! I have cut out so many circles in so many different combinations of blue, silver and white and to be honest I am still not overly happy with the end product................. anyway...............

Kenny K's challenge is for blue, white and silver, which I thought would be really easy as I love using those colours and followed a fab sketch over at Friday Sketchers.
Have used the fab Harley Ryder and coloured her with copics & promarkers, die cuts are from Marianne and nestie circles, papers are bits and pieces I found in a box. Not sure where the sentiment came from, I have got a folder full of them that I have downloaded from somewhere hehe.

Right need to get this post on the Kenny K site before the challenge closes, left it soooo late again hehe.

Love You

Finally managed to get a card finished for a challenge! Kenny K's challenge is 'Love You' and followed a fab sketch from Friday Sketchers.
I love these Kenny K images and have used Devastatia for this card coloured with Promarkers and Copics.

Made this card into an easel with a twist, which I saw on Create and Craft last week. The hearts are from Crafty Bits, which I glittered and then covered with 3D gloss. Papers are a mixture of printed from a Debbi Moore Cd, some black and white paper which I coloured with Promarkers to match the image and some plain pink card which I stamped with a swirly stamp. The flowers are from the Pound shop.

Thank you for stopping by :)

A Christmas Carol

This week at I ♥ promarkers the theme is 'A Christmas Carol/Song'. I brought this fab stamp a while ago from LOTV and not had chance to use it, so thought it was definatley time it was inked up!
Have used memento ink to stamp the image onto Neenah Classic card and coloured with promarkers. Glittered the image up with diamond sparkles. Used my fab new die 'Fancy Shape' from Whiff of Joy and stamped it with one of their season's greetings. Papers are by Papermania, which Osbornes were selling off so brought two packets :) Punched out the flower, leaves and snowflakes and added a bit of sparkle and a couple of gems.

Followed another fab sketch from Friday sketchers, which I realised when editing the photo for the website, I have stuck two of the back papers round the wrong way so you cant really see one of the layers - oops

Anyway thank you for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment as I love reading them :)

Snowmen & A Sketch

This week at I ♥ Promarkers the challenge is for Snowmen. I used my one and only snowman stamp for last weeks challenge and didn't really want to use it again so had to go hunting for another image. Luckily Charmed Cards & Crafts came to the rescue and I remembered I had Dottie & George Christmas collection.
I used the fantastic sketch over at Friday Sketchers, coloured Dottie and her snowman in with promarkers (used a white glitter on the snowman - makes him look fluffy in RL hehe) The papers are from Nitwits, but were free with a magazine :)

Am also going to enter this card into the 2 Sisters Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment as I love reading them :)

Icy Colours and A Sketch

This week at I ♥ Promarkers the challenge is for Icy Colours and I followed another great sketch from Friday Sketchers.

Dug out a really old stamp for this card, which I brought years ago when I first took an interest in card making, but was never able to stamp it up properly until now. I love using digital images but there are so many beautifull stamps out there, which I have recently been buying, and through trial and error i can now, fingers crossed, get these stamps to work for me. I must thank Rachel Jakes, who makes the most stunning cards, who uses Neenah Classic card and Memento Ink to stamp her images. So off I went to The Hobby House web site and purchased myself some of this card and all I can say is WOW, it work wonders, soooo I have been having ago with all my stamps old and new :)

Anyway back to the card, snowflake paper was a freebie with a magazine, probably from last year and the sentiment is from TLC. Oh and the image is coloured with Promarkers :)

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment as I love reading them :)

Anything Goes and a Sketch

This week the challenge at Catch The Bug is 'Anything Goes'. Sooo I have been dieing to use JJ from Bugaboo Stamps, which I won a couple of weeks ago for coming in the top 3 :)

Here she is coloured with promarkers. Used a fab sketch from Friday Sketchers. The papers are a freebie that came with my Quick Cards magazine yesterday. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, managed to stick them down better this time as well (Thank you Paul for pointing me in the right direction :))

Thank you for stopping by.

A good cause & A sketch

This week at Catch The Bug Challenge they want a card for a good cause. I know to many people that have fought breast cancer, thankfully most have survived but some have sadley lost that fight.
I got my fab prize off Tammy the other day and I had picked one of the pink ribbon gals Twyla so just had to use her for this card. Used another fab sketch from Friday Sketchers, papers are from Dovecraft and freebie from Cardmaking & Papercraft.

Think Pink and a Sketch

This week over at I ♥ promarkers they wanted PINK as it is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
I found this kitten in my digi downloads folder and had no clue where I had got it from until I went over to check out the Friday Sketchers challenge and there it was! A free digi from Motivet. So I decided to use the image for the Friday sketch challenge.
This image reminded me of my little cat Molly when she was a kitten, have coloured her with promarkers and used Forever Friends papers.

This is a picture of my very spoilt cat Molly.

Thank you for stopping by today :)

Friday Sketchers

This is the first time I have made a halloween card. I thought this image was cute but no idea where I got her from, downloaded it from somewhere hehe.
Followed another fab sketch over at Friday Sketchers and coloured her with promarkers. Papers are from my stash.
Thank you for stopping by :)

Friday Sketchers

Followed another great sketch over at Friday Sketchers for this card.
I actually dug out a very old Penny Black stamp for this as I all my cards recently have been made with digi downloads. I brought the swirly embossing folder today so had to use that :) Thank you for another fab sketch.

Embossing and a Sketch

This week I am really late entering the Kenny K challenge, I do not know where this week has gone!
The Kenny K challenge wanted some embossing and as I only brought myself a Cuttlebug last month everything is getting the stippled effect :)

For this card I followed another great sketch over at Friday Sketchers, used the fab Delores D'ammage from Kenny K and coloured her with ProMarkers. Papers were free with my Cuttlebug.
Thank you for stopping by :)

Travel & a sketch

This week at I ♥ Promarkers the theme is travel. I used a Charmed Cards & Crafts download from the Mikey collection and as my nephew has just put in for his driving test I will hopefully be able to use this card for him :)

Mikey is coloured with promarkers and the papers are from K&Co. I am also entering this card into the Friday Sketchers challenge as I used their sketch to make this card.
Thank you for stopping by :)

Swirls & Pearls and a Sketch

This week over at Kenny K's the challenge is for Swirls & Pearls, I also found a sketch challenge (while lurking on Tines blog) at Friday Sketchers so thought I would have ago at that as well.
Used one of the fab Kenny K's downloads Kitty Katastrophe, papers were a freebie with a cardmaking magazine. Rest of the bits are from the stash.
Thank you for stopping by :)