Whiff of Joy Challenge 16

Good afternoon, hope you're all having a lovely weekend. The weather here in Ireland is quite mild and not raining, I can even see a bit of blue sky, lol.

I've made this card for this weeks challenge at Whiff of Joy which is Valentines!!!

The image I've used is Melinda Holding a Heart and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The dp is papermania and the flowers I made myself. The sentiment is from my pc and the brads are from my stash.

TFL xx

Cute Card Challenge 45

This is the card that I’ve made for this weeks challenge on Cute Card which is Valentines. The image I’ve used is from the lovely Chris at http://sketchingstamperdigi-stamps.blogspot.com/. I’ve coloured him in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The papers I’ve used are by Fancy Pants and the sentiment is from my pc.

Hope you all have a good weekend

Michele xx

Ohhh I’ve Got Another Lovely Award

I received this award yesterday from the lovely Tab, thanks very much hun. If you haven’t done already you must pop over there to have a look at her delish creations. Now I have to chose 5 lovely blogging buddies.

Kim, Donna, Jakki, Nikki and Marlene

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 36

This is the card that I’ve made for the challenge this week over at Spoon Full of Sugar, which is
Love is in the Air
They would like you to create a card or a gift for someone special, so I’m going to give this to my hubby. The image I’ve used is Melinda from WOJ and I’ve coloured her using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The papers are a mixture of Papermania and Fancy Pants. The flowers I made myself and the sentiment is from my pc.

Hugs Michele x

Basic Grey Challenge 19

This is the card that I’ve made for the challenge over at BasicGrey. For the challenge this week, they would like you to follow a recipe. You can add more embellishments etc to your creations but just to make sure to use all of the ingredients in the recipe on your creations. Also not forgetting to use at least one item from BasicGrey. These are the ingredients that you have to include in your creation

Ingredients
2 Patterned papers
1 Button
1 Ribbon and Bow
3 Brads

The image I’ve used for the card is Josh from the Grab-a-doodle-do digital download collection. I’ve coloured him in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The papers are a mixture of BasicGrey and Dovecraft. The sentiment is from my pc and the brads and button are from my stash. I didn’t use a ribbon on this card but I used orange mesh from a bag of onions instead (yes Chris the Recycling Queen is back, pmsl)

I also want to thank Rach for telling me about Windows Live Writer. This is a fantastic software for uploading onto your blog and it’s soooo easy.

Exciting News

Ohhhhhh I can’t hold it in any longer, but I’ve got some exciting news to share with you. A couple of weeks ago I entered a Guest Designer call for Whimsy Stamps and guess what, they chose my card, yippppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! This is the card that I entered and to be honest I didn’t think that I would stand a chance as there was some gorgeous cards entered.

I just want to thank Denise and her DH for choosing me as GD for February, I feel very honoured :0)

Another Fab Award

I've received this lovely award from the very talented Tara!!!. Thank you sooo much for passing this award onto me Tara.

The rules to accepting my award are as follows:

A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!
B) Pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.

Okay...so the 10 HONEST things about me are:

1. I can be really impatient

2. I love chinese food

3. I was on the Big Breakfast (UK tv programme) one morning with Lily Savage Line Dancing

4. In the 80's I was obsessed with Madness, the group not my mind, lol

5. I hate window shopping. I only go if I have something specific in mind, but if it's craft related then it doesn't count, lol.

6. I love crisps and chocolate

7. I really wish that I could sing. Sometimes I think I can, but then I see the look on DH's face then I realise I can't, lol.

8. I'm allergic to fruit. If I eat kiwis' & melons' my tongue swells up and gets really itchy. Also if it touches my lips I end up looking like Mike Jagger, lol.

9. I can be quite messy, which really annoys my DH at times.

10. I wish that I never gave up my ballet lessons for batman when I was younger, as I could have been the next Darcy Bussell (well actually before her but you know what I mean, lol)

I hope this was interesting enough, but I did try to dig deep,lol!!!!

Here are the 7 bloggers that I would like to pass this on to Donna, Linda, Rina, Kim, Rach, Joey and Debby

Stamp Something & Friday Sketchers Challenge

This week on Stamp Something the challenge is Recipe Somethings. You have to create a project about recipes. It can be a favorite food recipe, a recipe for a perfect day, or whatever the word "recipe" brings to mind. On Friday Sketchers is a lovely sketch to follow by Beatrix.

The DP that I've used for this card is DCWV and the image is from WOJ. I've coloured in Melinda using my promarker pens and added the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

I googled the recipe for chocolate chip cookies (not my own, lol).

Sketch Saturday 35

This week on Sketch Saturday there is a lovely sketch to follow and on Saturday Challenge the theme is 1,2,3. So this is the card that I've made for both challenges. My son Liam has to go to a party this afternoon for one of his school friends and I thought this lovely little image would be perfect.

The image I've used is from Grab-a-doodle-do and I've coloured him in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The DP is from Papermania and the rocket image is from Google. What do you think of my doodle of planet earth, me thinks of becoming an artist, lol.

The sentiment is from my pc and the stars are from my stash.

TFL x

Whiff of Joy Challenge Number15

Hi all, hope you are all having a good weekend. It's a bit hectic here at the moment, as I've got my MIL, FIL, BIL & SIL over from Holland. But I've managed to sneek away to make this card for WOJ, lol.

This week on Whiff of Joy there is a lovely sketch you have to follow by the very talented Katharina.

So here is the card that I made following the sketch provided by Katharina. The papers I've used are BasicGrey Ambrosia and the image is 'Melinda Holding Heart'. I've coloured in the beautiful image with my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The flowers I got from blog candy which I won ages ago from Nicky. The orange mesh is from my bag of onions, lol and the metal tag is from my stash.

TFL x

Ohhh Another Lovely Award & I've Been Tagged

Ohhhhh look what I got today. A very pretty and yummy award from the lovely Ann. Thank you sooo much for passing this lovely award onto me. It always makes my day when someone choses me for an award. I now have to chose 5 other people to pass this onto and these are Mel, Tab, Poppet, Jacqui and Joey.

I've also been tagged by Val and Bev. The instructions are to navigate to where you keep your pictures, choose the 6th folder then choose the 6th picture and tell about it. Well this is my photo which was taken July last year. This is my FIL who was over from Holland and this is my little Caitlin who was 1 1/2 years old. As you can see it's still in the morning as Caitlin is still in her jammies. Wow time goes so quickly as she has changed quite abit and is now a little madam, lol.

1. Navigate to where you keep your pictures, select the 6th folder, and the 6th picture in that folder.
2. Post the picture on your blog with an explanation about the picture.
3. Tag 6 others to do the same, and let them know they have been tagged!

Ok the six people that I'm tagging are Debbie, Sally-Ann, Dawn, Tara, Linda and Donna

A Spoon Full of Sugar

This week on A Spoon Full of Sugar the challenge is to create a card for a new baby, mum-to-be, new mum or pre-schooler. So this is the card that I made for this challenge.

The papers I've used for this card is 'Eva' by BasicGrey and the little cute image is from Grab-a-doodle-do. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkksentials pen. The ribbon, flower and button is from my stash. TFL x

Pollycraft Monday Challenge

This week the theme on Pollycraft Monday Challenge is "Flowers & Ribbon".

So this is the card that I made for this challenge

The papers I've used are a mixture of Papermania and DCWV. The image is Milly Fairy from Pollycrafts and I've coloured her in using my promarkers and added the white highlights with my inkssentials pen.

The flower I made up myself and the ribbon is from my stash. TFL x

Whimsy Guest Designer Call

Good afternoon everyone, hope you are all well. Denise of Whimsy Stamps is looking for a Guest Designer for the month of February and I thought that I would give it a go.

This is the card that I made following her lovely sketch

The papers I've used are a mixture Fancy Pants and Papermania. Unfortunatley I don't have any Whimsy stamps, so I used the really cute image from Grab-a-doodle-do instead. I've coloured the little cutie with my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The sentiment is from my pc and the flowers, ribbon, brads and charm is from my stash. TFL x

Wow Another Lovely Award

I have received this lovely award from the very talented Bev. Thank you very much for passing this lovely award to me, it really means a lot to me :0)

Here are the rules:

Post a link of the person who gave you this award. Nominate 5 other people and give a link to their sites. Let your nominators know that they got an award from you. Put a logo of the award on your blog. There are so many that I would like to pass this on to, but here goes:

Mel, Sue, Amanda, Tara and Kim

Friday Sketchers Challenge 35

This week on Friday Sketchers is a lovely sketch to follow by Murielle. While the glue on this card was drying I locked the office door and put the key in my pocket, lol. If you're wondering what on earth am I going on about please read the previous post, where it will all makes sense.

The papers I used are Fancy Pants and the image is from Grab-a-doodle-do. I coloured in the image using my promarker pens. The embellies I made up myself by using my bigshot, sizzix dies, very thick cardboard and white cardstock. I coloured in the hearts and sentiment with my promarker pens and then embossed them with clear powder.

Sugar Bowl Challenge 2

This week on The Sugar Bowl the theme this week is 3. You have to use three different design papers and three different types of embellishments on your cards!. This is the second card that I've made for this challenge as my 3 year old got into the office this morning and I don't think he liked the card.

People with a nervous disposition please look away now

This is the second card that I made for this challenge

The papers I used are a mixture of Papermania and BasicGrey. I've coloured in the Sugar Nellie image with my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The flowers I made myself using my bigshot. The gems and ribbon is from my stash. TFL x

Cute Card Thursday - Have a Giggle

This week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is have 'Have a Giggle'. Well it's my dads' birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make a funny card for him, as he always tells jokes and thought this would fit right in with this challenge.

The design papers are BasicGrey and Dovecraft. The image is Scruff from Dottie's World and I've coloured him using my promarker pens. The joke I got from Google.

Whiff of Joy Challenge 14

This week over at Whiff of Joy the challenge is a colour theme, which is purple and green.

This is the card that I've made for this challenge. The papers I've used are Dovecraft and the image is 'Melinda Blowing Kisses'. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and added the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The flower is a sizzix die which I ran through my sizzix embossing folder to give it a bit of texture and then rubbed my embossing tool around the edges to roughen the edges a bit.

The purple gems that I used are Papermania and they are exactly the same size as the hearts on the stamp, so I added one there also. The ribbon is from my stash. TFL x

Two Lovely Awards

I've received these two fabby awards from the very lovely and talented Lynsey. Thank you soooo much Lynsey for passing these two awards onto me. I now have to pass these on to 7 people. Those are Sally-Anne, Gill, Chris, Jeanette, Debbie, Jacqui and Tab.

It must be my lucky day today not only do I receive these lovely awards but I've also won the prize on Friday Sketchers 34 yipeeeeeeeee.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Michele x

Papertake Weekly - Dawnys Sketch Number 6

This week over at Papertake Weekly, Dawny has come up with another fabulous sketch to follow.

For this card I've used the really cute digital download images from Grab-a-doodle-do and a mixture of BasicGrey and Dovecraft papers.

I've coloured in the image with my promarkers using the new technique that Gill posted on her blog a few days ago. I would love to know what you think of the way I've coloured in the image as I'm still practising with these pens.

The anchor and ship's wheel is clipart which I got off the net (pardon the pun, lol) and then coloured them in The sentiment is from my pc. Oh almost forgot the sword I embossed with silver dollor powder to give it a bit of texture. TFL x

BasicGrey Challenge - Chipboard

Hi there, hope you all had a fantastic weekend. This week on BasicGrey Challenge the theme is "Chipboard". But if you don't have any chipboard you can do a bit of recycling by using thick cardboard instead. Simply cut some shapes from it, decorate it how you please.

This is the card that I came up with. I used the same sketch as last weeks on BasicGrey. The papers I used are BasicGrey Ambrosia and the heart shape is a quickutz die which I cut outtwice, once with thick cardboard and again with BasicGrey paper. The scroll background and sentiment I've created on my pc. I'm not quite happy with this card as there's no pretty flowers or ribbon. I wanted to make a masculine card and I don't think flowers would go very well, lol. Oh well it's done now.

Lilie of the Valley & Sketch Saturday

Happy Sunday everyone and hope you're all enjoying your day. I've entered this card into two challenges Lili of the Valley and Sketch Saturday. I've had these adorable diecuts for ages which I won in Nickys fabulous blog candy but haven't got round to using them until now. Also this week is another lovely sketch to follow on Sketch Saturday.

The dp are papermania and I've coloured in the flowers using my pastel pink promarker pen. The image is a die-cut from Lily of the Valley which I layered onto my nesties. The sentiment is from my pc and the ribbon is from my stash.

TFL x

Elzybells & Friday Sketchers

Good morning everyone, hope you are all having a good start to the weekend. Well the weather here in Ireland is wet and windy, makes a change, lol. So good excuse to stay in and do LOADS of crafting, yippee.

This week on Friday Sketchers is a lovely sketch to follow by Kristine and I've also managed to combine it with the theme this week on Elzybells which is the colours pink, green & blue.

This is the card that I made for both challenges

The papers I've used are DCWV Christmas Stack and the image is from Elzybells. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens (oh I love these) and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The sentiment is from my pc and cut out using my nesties. I then coloured them in again with my promarkers and ran the scalloped circle through the sizzix using one of the embossing folders. The flowers I made myself using my cuttlebug dies. The gems and ribbon are from my stash.

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Michele x

A Favour To Ask - It Only Takes A Minute (Breast Cancer)

I got this in an email just now from a friend of mine and I thought instead of sending it to ten people why not post it on my site where more people will see this. I'm sure that everyone who reads this has been affected one way or another by this horrible illness, including me. This is what the email said .........

A favour to ask, it only takes a minute....

* I * 6 * Y Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

Thank You

Whiff of Joy Challenge 13

It's the first challenge for 2009 over at Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog and there is a gorgeous sketch to follow by the very talented Heather.

This is the card that I made following Heathers' Sketch.

The papers I used are DCWV Christmas Stack. The image is Melinda from WOJ and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

For the silver embellishments, I used four pink buttons and then embossed them with silver dollar embossing powder.

The sentiment is from my pc.

TFL Michele x

A Spoon Full of Sugar & I Got Eye Candy

Firstly I just want to say how excited I was yesterday to find out that I was given the Eye Candy award from the Sugar Bowl. I'm so chuffed that they chose my card out of so many beautiful creations that I've seen, it really made my day.

On Spoon Full of Sugar this week is a lovely simple sketch to follow. This is the card that I came up with.

The papers I've used are Fancy Pants by Michelle Coleman. The cute mouse is a digital download from Grab-a-Doodle-Do. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The hearts I cut out from the dp and layered onto black cardstock. The sentiment is from my pc and then coloured in with my promarker pens. The ribbon is from my stash. TFL x

Sketch and Stash & Pollycraft Monday Challenges

This week is another new challenge blog that I've entered. It's called Sketch and Stash and they have a lovely sketch to follow. I've also entered this card on the Pollycraft Monday blog and the theme this week is doodles. This is the sketch to follow

And this is the card that I made

The papers I've used are Dovecraft and the image is from Pollycraft which is a digital download. I've coloured in Milly and her horse with my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkksentials pen. The flowers I cut out using my cuttlebug die and then coloured them in with my promarker pens. The metal spacer I made by using my crop-a-dile and then crushed the eyelet and bobs your uncle, you have a metal spacer. The gem and ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment has been created on my pc and the edges inked up using my promarker pen (the chunky side). Nearly everthing has been doodled on this card, even the dp paper, lol. TFL x

A Lovely Award

Just another quickie post today as I wanted to show you this lovely award that I got from the equally lovely Rina. Thank you sooo much for thinking of me, it always makes my day when someone picks me for an award. Well anyway enough waffle, now the hard part

In order to get this award you need to:

1). Post a link of the person who gave you this award.

2). Nominate 5 other people and give a link to their sites

3). Let your nominators know that they got an award from you.

4). Put a logo of the award on the blog.

I always find it sooo hard to choose only 5 people, but here goes:-

Chris, Sally-Ann, Bev, Tab and Lynsey

Secret Crafter Challenge

This week on Secret Crafter there is a lovely sketch to follow. This is the sketch

And this is the card that I came up

The papers I used are a mixture of BasicGrey and Papermania. The cute mouse image is a download from Grab-a-doodle-do, I then coloured him in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkksentials pen. I also used my new nesties and embossed a grey piece of scap paper with my Sizzix embossing folder. The sentiment is from my pc. TFL x

Sketch Saturday & Dottie's World Challenges

This week on Sketch Saturday is a lovely sketch to follow and on Dottie's World the theme this week is" 'ave a laugh". If you enter this weeks challenge you are going to get your lucky mitts on the fabulous Scruff in his bath as a free download. This is the sketch to follow

And this is the card that I came up with.

The papers I used are Dovecraft and the image is Dottie from Dottie's World. I've coloured her in using my Promarker pens and white inkksential pen for the highlights. The flowers are cut out using Cuttlebug asterix dies and then coloured in using my promarkers. The sentiment I created on my pc and added it to the image before I printed it out. TFL x

Penny Black & BasicGrey Challenges

This is the first time that I've been able to enter Penny Black and BasicGrey challenges, thanks to the lovely Chris for sending me some images and santa who bought me some BasicGrey paper pads. This week on BasicGrey there is a lovely sketch to follow and on Penny Black the theme for this week is 'Embossing'.

And this is the card that I came up with

The papers I used are BasicGrey Eva and the image is Penny Black. I've coloured it in using my Promarker pens and white inkssentials pen. The flower is a cuttlebug die, coloured in using my promarker pens and then embossed with clear powder. The ribbon and gems are from my stash. TFL x

Stamp Something & Roses on Paper Challenges

Hope you all had a good start to 2009. We stayed in on New Year's Eve (with 3 little ones it was easier just to stay in). We tucked the kids in bed at 8.00pm and then opened up a bottle of wine and some snacks and watched a film, then saw the New Year in and went to bed.

This week on Stamp Something the theme is Something New - it can be made with new products(maybe some goodies you received under the tree!!) it can be using a new technique or something for a new occasion (baby, house, job.....) I've also found a new challenge site called Roses on Paper and there's a lovely sketch to follow, so I thought that I'd give this one a try to.

So this is the card that I came up with.

Almost everything on this card is new, the papers, the Tilda image, the pens I coloured the image with and the nesties (I must have been a very good girl, lol). The papers I used are the yummy Basic Grey Eva and the image is Tilda. I've coloured her in with my new fantastic Promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkksential pen. The hearts have been cut out using my quickutz dies and then coloured them in with my promarker pens. I then embossed them with clear powder to give them a shiny finish. I also did the same with the sentiment and then cut out using my new nestie. The ribbon and heart gems are from my stash. TFL x

The Sugar Bowl Challenge #1

This is a brand new challenge blog called The Sugar Bowl that is starting today. The first challenge is a fabulous sketch by Tiets. The DT have come up with some gorgeous ideas to inspire you, so follow the link to have a look.

There is also a prize this week and it's three sets of Letraset promarkers.....that's 30 pens...

Here is my card that I made following Tiets fabulous sketch. Unfortunatley this is the only stamp I have of Sugar Nellie, so I'll have to keep using this one until I get some more. I have coloured her in using my new promarker pens and added highlights with my white inkssentials pen. The papers I used are a cocktail of Basic Grey, Dovecraft and Papermania. The sentiment has been printed from my pc and then cut out using the smallest nestie. I then chalked round the edges with black to soften it a little. The flowers I made myself by using my cuttlebug asterix dies, then coloured them in using my promarker pens and then embossed them with clear powder. TFL x