MAKE IT SPARKLE!

Hey Everyone

I hope you are all having a good week - hasn't the weather turned cool and so quickly too 

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and the theme for the challenge this week is "Make it Sparkle".

We have a generous sponsor for the challenge - none other than the fabulous Ribbon Girl so if you you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend in their store then get your entries in over at Paperake Weekly and as always, make sure you check out what the lovely DT ladies have made for your inspiration.

Here is my card:

Now I have to confess that I made this card an absolute age ago, but I still love the simplicity of it and I really enjoyed the paper piercing.

I made it that long ago I have no recipe for the card except the digi images and digi paper was from Pink Petticoat.  Now unfortunately I think some of these images are in retirement, but do check out Liz's Pink Petticoat site as there is just an abundance of digi stamps, papers and sentiments which are just fabulous to work with.

Thank you all for popping by, I hope you will join in the fun with us over at Papertake Weekly.

Have a great week.

Toodles

TOTALLY GORJUSS - CHALLENGE 176 - SOMETHING BORROWED

Hello to You All

How are you keeping?  Just how cold is it - brrrrr - come on sunshine it's time for you to make an appearance - pretty please ;o)

"Hello" to my new follower - Christine Collins - thank you Christine for choosing to follow me, I am very flattered and really appreciate it.

It's Saturday again and its challenge time over at Totally Gorjuss and this weeks challenge is "Something Borrowed" and our generous sponsor is the one and only Ribbon Girl.

So, if you want to be in with a chance to win £10 to spend in the on-line store then get your entries in over at Totally Gorjuss and as always don't forget to check out what the lovely DT ladies have made for your inspiration.

Here is my little creation for the challenge:

Now, I can see some of you looking at it and thinking "what's borrowed about that" ;o) well, the story goes I saw someone making something similar to hold chocolates in but the card was sideways on if you know what I mean - or maybe not - heh heh and I wanted to create something to enter the Cardmaking & Papercraft "Cardmaker of the Year" competition back in 2010 and this is what I came up with for the Lili of the Valley section (apologies for the pictures, but I did take these three years ago).

So you see, the idea was "borrowed" ;o)  a little tenuous I know, but I'm sticking with it.

Wow, so much waffle - sorry.  The recipe for the little tissue pack holder thingy (can't think of a name for it!), is:

Stamp:  Lili of the Valley - Get Well Bunny (I so love this little bunny)

Digi Papers:  Pink Petticoat - Little Gingham and Doodle Dots

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

The image was coloured with Copics:

Bunny:  C3 C2 C1 C0 C00 / R20 (feet and nose)

Grapes:  V09 V17 V25

Medicine Bottle:  YR08 YR04 YR02

I used V01 and the Blender Pen to outline the image

Here is a picture of what the back looked like:

And there you have it.

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Toodles

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 107 - Swirly Whirly

Hi Y'all

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.

Thanks so much for all your fabulous entries on last week's Totally Gorjuss challenge which was Christmas Traditions; there were over 200 beautiful creations for us all to admire!

So, without further ado, onto this week's challenge:

This week at Totally Gorjuss we want to see all your creations with some swirls and whirls on it.  Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Simon Says Stamp so make sure you hop on over to the Totally Gorjuss blog to see all the different and fabulous creations the DT ladies have made and get your entry in for a chance to win a voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp store.

Now I created a card that is something totally different for me - I have managed to break away from my beloved pens (even if I did break out in a sweat - lol) and decided to do a little paper piecing and wanted to keep my card really simple, so here is what I have created:

See, I told ya - real simple but quite effective I think.

I am so sorry about the horrible picture, these darker days are just rubbish for taking pictures and I hate using my light tent but can see that I'm gonna have to get it out - YUK!

So onto the short, but sweet recipe for my card:

Digi Stamp:  Pink Petticoat "Simply Delightful"

Papers:  Pink Petticoat "Doodle Swirls"

Ribbon:  From My Stash

Adhesive Pearls:  The Hobby House

As normal, I have copied the layout through to the inside of the card:

And that's it!  I love Pink Petticoat papers and images, and you get so, so much for your money - a proper bargain!

So that's it from me for the weekend - I'm off to watch the new Twilight Breaking Dawn film with my friend this morning - can't wait - it seems to have taken ages for it finally to hit the big screen.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thank you for all your lovely comments.

Cheerio for now.

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 103 - Pastel Christmas

Hi Everyone

I hope you have all had a fabulous week.  I'm back from the NEC and I am absolutely cream crackered!  I think this weekend is going to be spent snoozing and just chillin' out.

This week's challenge over at Totally Gorjuss is Pastel Christmas and our sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley.  So get your creative juices flowing and make a Christmas card in nice pastel colours.  If you need any inspiration nip over to the Totally Gorjuss site and see what the talented DT ladies have created.

For this challenge I decided to go with pastel pink and created this card for you:

I'm glad we had a Christmas challenge this week as I am already sooo behind with making my Christmas cards, but at least this is another one that I can add to my very small collection :os

The recipe for the card is:

Stamp:  Lili of the Valley "Dropping the Shopping"

Papers:  Pink Petticoat "Snowflake" and "Ribbon" collections

Sentiment Stamp:  Whimsy Stamps "Winter Letter Seals" from The Hobby House

Rhinestones:  The Hobby House

Flowers:  My Stash

The image has been coloured with Copics:

Skin:  E11 E00 E000 R20 R30

Dog & Hair:  E37 E35 E34

Coat:  RV10 RV00

Scarf:  E41 E40 RV10

Boots:  C7 C5 C3

Shading:  C1 C0

I have used Spun Sugar Distress Ink around the edges of the card and the flowers have had a good dosing of Stardust Stickles.  For the main image I have highlighted all her fluffy bits with Glamour Dust.

So that's it from me for this weekend.  I'm off for a lie down and some more sleep.

Hope you have a great weekend whatever you may be doing.

See ya all later.

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 101 - Oooh La La

Hey Everyone

Saturday is here - again!  I know I keep saying it, but the weeks are just whizzing by at the moment and before I know it Ill be breaking out in a cold sweat thinking how on earth I'm going to get all my Christmas cards done in less than a couple of weeks!  ;o)

So on to this weeks cheeky little challenge at Totally Gorjuss

The theme for this week is "Oooh La La" and is sponsored by the fabulous Crafter's Companion.  So to be in with a chance to win a Crafter's Companion voucher to spend on their web site, make a card using the theme and enter in through Mr Linky on the Totally Gorjuss blog.  If you need some inspiration go and check out what all the wonderful girlies created - fantastic as always.

Here is the little creation I made for the challenge:

How cheeky is she?

For the card I have used:

Stamp:  "Maid" from May Chu's "Digital Chu"

Papers:  Pink Petticoat "Lola's Boudoir" (I don't think you can get this collection any more though - sorry - but do check out Liz's collections - they are awesome!)

Ribbon:  My Stash

Rhinestones:  The Hobby House

As usual the image has been coloured with Copics as follows:

Skin:  E11 E00 E000

Hair:  E55 E31 E30

Dress & Hairband:  C9 C7 C5 C4 C3 C1 C0

Shading:  C1 C0 C00

Everything has been edged with Black Soot Distress Ink

Here is a picture of the inside of the card - as normal I always try to follow the same layout as the front and will leave it blank until I send the card to someone where I then add my verse:

That's all from me for now folks - I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Thank you for all your lovely comments.

Cheerio for now.

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 96 - Sketch

Hello Everyone

The weekend again - where is time flying too?

It's Saturday and it's time for another challenge over at Totally Gorjuss where this week we have a sketch for you to follow.

I love working with sketches as it means I don't have to think too hard ;o)

This weeks sponsor is the wonderful Joanna Sheen so get creating and pop on over to be in with a chance to win.  Make sure you check out what all the wonderful ladies have created - they are so talented even if I do say so myself - lol.

Here is the card I created with the sketch:

The stamp is from one of the fabulous digital sets from Pink Petticoat which you can find here.

Recipe for the card is:

Stamp:  Pink Petticoat "Lola Rose"

Backing Paper:  Digi Paper from Scrappity Doo Dah "Just Because"

Pink Card:  Core-dinations from Crafter's Comapnion

Die Cut Swirls:  Magnolia Doo Hickey

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls:  The Hobby House

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edger Punch

I have coloured the image with Copics:

Skin:  E11 E00 E000

Hair (Bride):  E37 E35 E34

Hair (Groom):  E29 E27 E25

Groom's Suit:  N7 N5 N6 N4 N3 N2

Groom's Shirt:  E42 E41 E40

Flowers & Groom's Tie:  R85 R83 R81 YG67 YG63

Shading:  W5 W3 W1

Outline:  N1 N0 Blender Pen

I completed the image by giving her veil a good dousing with Glamour Dust.

I've just finished a couple of commissions so I am free free free to get myself busy with crafting and getting a few more posts on the go rather than the one a week I am giving you all at the moment.

I will be back later in the day to show you something that has just been delivered to me that I am really excited about.

Thanks for all your wonderful comments.

See ya later.