23 February 2009

Exciting News!!!

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As you probably know that I've been guest designer for Whimsy Stamps for Jan/Feb, but guess what the lovely Denise has asked me if I want to join them full-time, YIPPPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Thank you sooo much Denise

22 February 2009

Don't Forget Wednesday 18th Feb

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Don't forget to join us on Wednesday 18th February when we will be launching our brand new challenge blog 'Truly Scrumptious'. Come along and join in the fun.

See you then

20 February 2009

Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call

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This week on Whiff of Joy there is a fabulous sketch by Katharina to follow. But that's not all, they are looking for a guest designer for a couple of months. I know that I don't stand a chance because there is sooooo many talented crafters out there, but hey I can dream can't I.

I took out my very favourite papers for this occasion which are DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies stack. I know they are from last year, but I can't bear to use them, I just like to look at them, lol.

The image is Melinda Hugging Heart Cushion and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The flowers I made myself, including the roses (see previous post for link on tutorial).

The ribbon and heart charm are from my stash.

TFL and hope you all have a lovely weekend xx

DT Card for Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 39

DSCF5837This week on Spoon Full of Sugar is a lovely sketch to follow by Debbie.

The image I've used for this card is Knight Connor from Whimsy Kids Collection. I've coloured Connor in using my promarker pens. The armour I embossed with silver dollar powder to give it a metallic look.

The design papers are Ambrosia from BasicGrey.

I didn't have black gems to go with this, so I got 3 green ones and embossed them with black sparkle powder.

The button I made myself, the sentiment is from my pc and the ribbon is from my stash.

TFL xx

19 February 2009

Magnolia Vs Stampavie Week 14

DSCF5836This week on Magnolia Vs Stampavie the challenge is to use the colours brown, blue and green.

The image I've used is of course tilda and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The design paper is DCWV blossoms and butterflies.

The flowers I made up myself using the spellbinders scalloped circle and the roses are made up using a daisy punch. I saw this fantastic tutorial on how to make them and you can see it here http://poppetsathome.blogspot.com/2009/02/friday-sketcher-challenge-39.html.

The ribbon and charm are from my stash.

TFL xx

18 February 2009

DT Truly Scrumptious Challenge 1

Well the wait is finally over and our new challenge blog Truly Scrumptious has launched today. We can't wait to see all your cards which you create for the first challenge.

This is the sketch that you have to follow

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And here is the card that I've made for the first challenge

DSCF5797The image I've used is a digital image from the very talented Chris at Sketching Stamper Digi Stamps. I've coloured it in using my promarker pens.

The design papers are Dovecraft.

The flowers, ribbon and charm are all from my stash.

TFL xx

17 February 2009

Guest Designer Card For Whimsy & Sketch Saturday Challenge 38

DSCF5822 This week on Sketch Saturday is a lovely sketch to follow and I had so much fun putting this card together.

The image I've used is the very cute Knight Connor from Whimsy Kids Collection. I've coloured him in using my promarker pens. For the armour I used silver dollar embossing powder to give it a metallic look.

The design papers I've used are a mixture of DCWV and Papermania.

The sentiment is a stamp and the button and gems are from my stash.

TFL xx

15 February 2009

Friday Sketchers Challenge 39

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This week on Friday Sketchers is another lovely sketch to follow by Heidi.

The images are Tilda & Edwin and they are coloured in using my promarker pens.

The design papers are a mixture of Papermania and Dovecraft.

The flowers I made up myself using the spellbinders scalloped circle die templates and x-cut.

The sentiment is from my pc and the ribbon is from my stash.

TFL x

Whiff of Joy Challenge 18 - A Recipe!!!

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Good morning everyone. Hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day yesterday, I was quite spoilt. My DH bought me some tilda stamps, promarker pens, lingerie and chocolates, yummy.

This week on WOJ the challenge this week is a recipe! They want you to use 3 patterned papers, 2 flowers and 1 button or brad. So this is the card that I've made following the recipe, I've also used Donaldas' sketch from last week.

The images are Melinda Blowing Kisses and Fall Grass. I've coloured in the images using my promarker pens

The design papers are a mixture of DCWV and Papermania

The flowers I made myself using a mixture of spellbinders scalloped circles and an x-cut die.

TFL x

12 February 2009

Magnolia Vs Stampavie

DSCF5803 This week on Magnolia Vs Stampavie is a lovely sketch to follow by Donna. The papers I've used from Dovecrafts but I've forgotten the name.

I haven't used this tilda image in such a long time that I thought that I would let her see the light of day. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and added Making Memories Spotlight glitter to her wings.

The flowers I made up myself using the left over papers and the ribbon is from my stash.

TFL xx

11 February 2009

Basic Grey Challenge 21 - Let's Mix It Up

DSCF5800This week on BasicGrey the challenge is to mix things up. Which means that they would like you to use at least two different BasicGrey ranges in your creations, for eg Blush papers and Boxer Brads or Archaic chip stickers, Sultry papers and cupcake fibers. As I've only got BasicGrey papers I've used two different papers Ambrosia and Eva, I hope this counts.

The image I've used is from the Whimsy Animals Collection and is coloured in using my promarker pens. The sentiment is also from Whimsy Stamps.

The papers are a mixture of BasicGrey (Ambrosia/Eva) and Dovecraft.

The flowers I made myself and the brad, ribbon and charm are from my stash.

TFL x

10 February 2009

Cute Card & Friday Sketchers

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The challenge this week over on Cute Card Thursday is a very simple one. You have to use some metal on your card i.e. charms, wire, spacers, eyelets, metal coloured card, fabric or paper etc.

The challenge over on Friday Sketchers this week is another lovely sketch to follow by Claudia.

So this is the card that I've made which covers the two challenges.

The image I've used is Giggling Tilda and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The papers are DCWV Christmas stack.

The flowers I've made myself and the ribbon/charm is from my stash.

07 February 2009

Sketch & Stash Challenge 3

DSCF5792This week on Sketch & Stash is another lovely sketch to follow. This is the other card that I've made for my friends son. The colours I've used on this card represent our County Galic Football Team which is Kerry.

The image, which is a new digital download from Grab-a-Doodle and is coloured in with my promarker pens.

The coloured papers are also new and are from a shop in Holland (MIL brought them over)

The gems are from my stash and the buttons I made myself.

Sentiment is from my pc.

Hope you're having a lovely weekend and TFL xx

06 February 2009

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 37

DSCF5791The challenge this week on A Spoon Full of Sugar is a lovely sketch to follow by the very talented Tina.

My friend has asked me to make a couple of cards for her sons' birthday for next week, so this is one of them. I'm not overly keen on this as it's got no flowers and ribbons but I don't think a thirteen year old boy would appreciate it, lol.

The image I can't remember who it is as I got this in blog candy which I won a few months ago. I've coloured in John Doe, lol, with promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

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

TFLxx

05 February 2009

GD Card For Whimsy Stamps & Mojo Monday Challenge 72

DSCF5785 This weeks challenge over on Mojo Monday is a sketch to follow and I had so much fun putting this card together. I've started making larger rectangle cards and this sketch fitted it perfectly.

The image I've used is the seal from Whimsy Animals Collection by Whimsy Stamps. And I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The design papers are Papermania

The sentiment is by Whimsy Stamps

The flowers, charm, ribbon and brads are all from my stash.

TFL xx

A Big TOOT TOOT From Me

Ohhhh I've been bursting to tell you this, but it's now official. I'm one of the DT members of the new and exciting challenge blog Truly Scrumptious, yay me.

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I am so thrilled and delighted to be working alongside talented crafters and can't wait to get to know them better.

The first challenge will start on Wednesday 18th February and will be every fortnight after that. So pencil in that date on your diary and join in the fun.

Pssst there's also prizes, but don't say that I told you :0)

See you then Michele xx

03 February 2009

Just Christmas & Birthdays Challenge 17

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Ok don't panic I haven't gone off my rocker, but after last December and the mad rush to get cards done, I thought that I'd be clever and start making them early.

On Just Christmas & Birthdays challenge blog, there is a lovely sketch to follow and also a lovely prize for the lucky winner.

The image for this card I've used WOJ Charlie and I've coloured him using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The dp is DCWV Christmas stack.

The sentiment is also from WOJ and the ribbon and gems are from my stash.

The star embellie is a quickutz die that I ran through my Bigshot with very thick cardboard.

TFL xx

First GD Card For Whimsy Stamps - Basic Grey Challenge 20

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I received my gorgeous stamps yesterday from Denise - Whimsy Stamps for my Guest Designer post for the month of February and I couldn't wait to start inking them up.

This is the first card that I've done and I'm entering it into the BasicGrey challenge, where there is a lovely sketch to follow.

The image is the seal from Whimsy Animals Collection and I've coloured in this little cutie with my promarker pens.

The sentiment is from Whimsy Sentiments Collection - Animals Love

The dp is BasicGrey Ambrosia

The button and tie embellishment is from my stash.

TFL xx

Sketch Saturday Challenge 36

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This week on Sketch Saturday is another lovely sketch to follow.

As I have a load of confirmation cards to make, I thought that I would kill two birds with one stone and enter them into the challenges.

The Celtic cross and dove images are from Google which I printed out. I coloured them in using my promarker pens.

The flower I made myself and the sentiment is from my pc. The ribbon and gems are from my stash.

The dp is DCWV Christmas stack.

TFL xx

01 February 2009

Stamp Something & Friday Sketchers Challenges

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I've made this card for two challenges Stamp Something & Friday Sketchers. One of my friends sadly lost her closest sister last night and I wanted to make a sympathy card for her, just to let her know that we're thinking of them in this very sad time.

I used this gorgeous digital image from the very lovely and talented Chris at Sketching Stamper. I coloured the image with my promarker pens.

The dp is BasicGrey.

The sentiment is from my pc and the ribbon is from my stash.

TFL xxx

Sugar Bowl Challenge 3 - Love & Romance

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This is the card that I've made for the Sugar Bowl Challenge this week which 'Love & Romance'.

As this is the only Sugar Nellie stamp that I've got I had to use this one. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens and did the highlights with my white inkssentials pen.

The papers I've used are by Papermania.

The sentiment is from my pc, the flower I made myself and the ribbon/brads are from my stash.

TFL xx