Having a spring break!!!

As you may be able to tell from previous posts i'm a little bit of a humbug when it comes to christmas...

So when my brand spanking New Release MABEL'S arrived it really brightened my day... This one in particular is just the cutest ever

It's called 'Nature's Little Helper' and is 1 of 3 new mabels released today @ The Artistic Stamper

I coloured the image by lifting ink straight from my versa colour mini cube pads with a waterbrush.. which worked ok.. gives quite a nice creamy watercolour finish, and it made a nice change from my usual copics.

I made my own background paper by using the AS Dotty background stamp. I also made my own flowers using the flower power plate and the Mini Lattice stamp.

I used my MS doily lace and SU oval and scalloped oval punches. And finished with several gems to add that little bit of sparkle!

The sketch i used is this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.

Creative Inspirations has a 'Sparkle' theme and

Creative Card Crew is 'Strings Attached'
Thanks for stopping by...

♥ HUGZ ♥

Autumn is here...

This is my card for the Just Gorjuss stampers challenge.. the theme being

AUTUMN

... it also fits in with not 1 or 2 but 4 other challenges!

Allsorts#20,

Creative Inspirations#28,

My Time to Craft#78 and Stamp with Fun#25

Are all celebrating the fact that Autumn is well and truly on its way!

I'm not 100% as to wether i like this card,

it didn't quite come out how i wanted.. what do you think?

♥ HUGZ ♥

SB #16, Pile it on #8 & 9 and more...

Finally i got around to joining in with The Sugar Bowl, there is a fabby sketch {as always} this time by Marlene with the extra prompt to use doodling on the piece.... and it just so happens you also have to use doodling over at Creative Inspirations #20... Pile it on #9 is to use at least 3 flowers and actually i'm a bit late but it also fits in with last weeks pile it on #8 which was watercolouring... and last but by no means least this is my entry for this weeks stamper challenge over on the Just Gorjuss forum which is a Get Well Soon.

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Materials used: MME papers, gorjuss from set 2, distress inks, watercolour pencils

:sticky ribbon, nestie bloom die, prima flowers, silver charm spacers
: label maker

♥ HUGZ ♥

A collaboration of 5!

I managed to squeeze 5 great challenges into this ickle card which were

Pile it on ~ Mostly Orange

Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Swirls
Copic Colour Challenge ~
Creative Inspiration ~ Distressing
Truely Scrumptious ~ Sketch by Heather

Materials used: Slice for the swirls and the word, bg papers, mulberry paper, core'dinations card, faux stitching with daisy d rub -on rollers, copics, sugar nellie daisy stamp, prima flowers, paper rose, leaf punch, wool lace.

♥ Thanks for visiting ♥

CI #17 & CCT #69

You had to use Stitching on your card this week over at CI, and for the first time i got out my sewing machine and had a go.. i'm so chuffed with the look i'll definitely be stitching more paper i can tell you! Also CCT had the theme Xmas in July.. well seeing as i'm in need of more christmas card this was perfect.

While surfing the web i came across Dustin Pike... i'd not seen his work B4 and i'm not really a big fan of the digi download {stamping is more fun} but i just couldn't resist a couple of his generous freebie images, this santa being one of them.. isn't he just darling!

He's been coloured with copics {do i own anything else! you wouldn't think so i know lol}

The paper is BG and i've also used some scraps of textured card.

Finished with some paper blooms squidged with gold stickle centres and a die cut foiled sentiment.

xx Hugs xx

Sugar Bowl #14 & Creative Inspiration #16

Today i finally managed to upload the pic of my card for the latest Sugar Bowl challenge, a fab sketch and the prompt to use Sparkle & Bling.

Creative Inspirations had Gems & Pearls as there prompt,

and what do those 2 things create, yep a bit of sparkle and bling so i've entered my card in both

Thanks for stopping by, it really means alot you took time out to visit me and my cards xx

Materials Used: Shimmer paper, CB embossed glitter card, BG paper scraps,corragated card, Gorjuss girl coloured with copics,inkssentials white pen for highlights, TH ticket, lots of sticky gems, bling and pearls.

Anya Chic/ Creative Inspirations #6 & #7 {sort of}

There is a great comp happening over at Club Anya in readiness for the new realises of Miss Anya's {I SOOOOO NEED THESE}

The challenge is

Club Anya Couture: Spring Fashion Show 2009

Anyway....

As you may have guessed i am totally addicted to sketches, and thought i'd combine the 2 as over at Creative Inspirations there was a fab sketch....

{I've just gone and looked now to find what i had thought was this weeks.. was actually last weeks and it obviously wasn't updated when i logged on this morning LOL}

Oh well it's done now... and the new theme is Green, Red and Blue.... well i'm nearly there as mines Green PINK and Blue!!!!

I used some papers from my bit box, cuttlebug embossed some pink card, and the strip of green card is an MS punch. I inked round the edge of each piece using coordinating distress inks to highlight. I used an assortment of chipboard pieces and some BG brads to embellish.

Any young girl getting ready for the summer has to pamper herself, and thats just what i did for young Miss Anya, if you hadn't noticed i've given her a bit of a hair cut! She's coloured with copics, giving her shiny silver boots {promarker} and i added a hand made silver rose band to her head... I just learned how to make thse roses from ribbon, its way cool.

I hope this Anya is Chic enough for the fashion show... i can't wait for the 14th

xx Thanks for stoppin by

Hugs for all xx