31 March 2009

Whimsy DT Card - A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 45

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This week on Spoon Full of Sugar there is a fantastic sketch to follow by Lim.

I'm not entering into the challenge as this week, Whimsy Stamps are the sponsors. And as I'm one of the DT members I just wanted to play along.

The image I've used is the adorable 'Rainy Day Emma' from the Whimsy Kids Collection. I've coloured Emma in using my promarker pens.

The DP are a mixture of DCWV and the flowers I made up myself using various punches.

Everything else is from my stash.

TFL xx

29 March 2009

Whiff of Joy Challenge 23

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The challenge this week at Whiff of Joy is a lovely sketch to follow by the very talented Donalda.

I've coloured in Willow with flowers using my promarker pens.

The DP is a mixture of DCWV paper stacks.

The flowers I made myself using various punches and the heart charm is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a lovely day.

27 March 2009

New Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog DT Call

Really exciting news everyone, in a few weeks time Whimsy Stamps will be launching their very own challenge blog. Denise has announced today a DT call for designers for the new challenge blog and this will run until 5th April. So what are you waiting for, go over there now and check out the details here.

Oh almost forgot with the excitement, but we'll be doing a fun Whimsy blog hop starting 5th April until 8th April. It will start and finish at Denise's blog.
So pencil in the date and join in on the fun.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a lovely day

26 March 2009

Papertake Weekly Challenge 11

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This week on Papertake Weekly there is a lovely sketch to follow by Dawny.

For this card I've used this adorable little fairy download which is a freebie from Nicole at Inky Impressions (which I've got through to the second round of the DT call YIPEEEEEE). If you like this little cutie follow the link and you'll be able to download her. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The DP is BasicGrey and the actual name of the range has gone completely out of my head, must be my age, lol.

The flowers I made myself using various punches and dies.

Everything else is from my stash.

TFL xx

25 March 2009

Some Exciting News & Two Awards

First off I've got really exciting news. Weeeeel last week I entered a DT call for Inky Impressions and guess what, 'lil old me has got through to the next stage. I can't believe it, I'm sooooooo happy. Thanks once again Nicole for choosing me for the next round.

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I got this award last week from the very lovely and talented Sandra. Thank you soooo much for thinking of me Sandra, I really appreciate it.

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I got this award a few weeks back from the very lovely Tara. Thank you very much for thinking of me Tara, I really appreciate it.

These are the lovely ladies that I'm passing this onto

Bev, Nikki, Kim, Jacqui, Deb, Denise, Jeanette, Rach, Chris & Debbie

TFL xx

23 March 2009

Magnolia Vs Stampavie

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This week the challenge over at Magnolia Vs Stampavie is 'Get in Shape'. They would love to see some shaped cards/projects. Anything goes as long is it's not square or rectangular.

So for this challenge I've made my very first tag card, thanks Jacqui for the inspiration. I couldn't believe how easy it was to make this.

For this card the image I've used is Sitting Tilda and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The DP is the yummy Making Memories Vintage Hip Collection.

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

TFL xx

22 March 2009

Stampin' Chic & Secret Crafter

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Phew, you can tell what I've been doing this Mother's Day, lol. My DH took charge of the kids and I've been busy crafting all day, yay. But the only thing is I've now got a pain in my backside from all the sitting, LOL.

This is my first time entering the challenge over at Stampin' Chic and they have a lovely sketch to follow by the very talented Clare. Also this week on Secret Crafter the challenge is 'Favourite Colour". Well as you can see, that my favourite colour is PINK, lol.

The image I've used is from the Stampin' Chic range of clear stamps which I won a few weeks back when there was a blog party. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The yummy DP are 'A Hint of Pink' by Dovecraft.

The flower I made myself by using various die cuts. A couple of people have asked what papers I use and I just use ordinary white printer paper, which I then colour using my promarker pens.

The glitter photo mounts I made myself using one of my dies and K & Company Glitter Paper Packs.

The ribbon and pearl beads are from my stash.

TFL xx

BasicGrey Challenge 27 - Texture

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For this weeks challenge at BasicGrey they would like to see some texture on your creations.

The image I've used on this card is the adorable Duck stamp from the Whimsy Animals Collection and I've coloured him with my promarker pens.

The papers are Ambrosia from BasicGrey.

The buttons have been made by using thick cardboard cut out with my nesties. Then coloured in with my promarkers and then embossed with clear powder.

Everything else is from my stash.

TFL xx

Sketch Saturday 43

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Hope you are all having a lovely and relaxing/crafting Mother's Day.

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

The image I've used is George from Dottie's World and I've coloured him in using my promarkers.

The DP is DCWV Christmas Stack.

The small squares I made by using thick cardboard and embossing powder.

TFL xx

21 March 2009

Friday Sketchers 44

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Hope you're all having a fab Saturday. Weather here in Ireland is again gorgeous today.

This week on Friday Sketchers there's another fab sketch to follow this time by Beatrix.

The image I've used is George from Dottie's World and I've coloured him in using my promarkers.

The DP are a mixture of Papermania and DCWV.

The buttons and stars I made myself, by using thick cardboard.  I coloured them in using my promarker pen and then used clear embossing powder to give it a shiny effect.

TFL xx

20 March 2009

Inky Impressions 1st DT Call

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Nicole from Inky Impressions has just started up in business and is looking for a Design Team. The images I've seen are just adorable so that is why I thought I'd enter this call. To enter the Inky Impressions DT call you have to create a post on your blog with 2 of your best cards and use Inky Impressions 1st Design Team Call as the title of your post. So the above two cards, I have chosen as my best.

I'm keeping everything crossed.

TFL xx

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 6

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This week on 'The Sugar Bowl' the theme is Mother's Day. As my mother passed away in Dec 07, she won't physically receive it but I hope that she can see it and knows that it's for her.

The image, which I received in an image swap is coloured in with my promarker pens.

The DP is DCWV Spring Glitter Stack.

I wanted to show off the DP so I didn't want too much detail covering it, so I just made up 3 flowers by hand.

The butterfly charm is from my stash.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and for the mothers out there hope you get really spoilt :)

I've just noticed on Stamp Something that the theme this week is 'Think Spring', so I'm going to enter this card onto this challenge also.

TFL xx

19 March 2009

Triple Challenge

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For this card I'm entering it into three challenges. The first one is Sketch Saturday where there is a lovely sketch to follow. The second challenge is the ABC challenge and this week it's the letter F - for Flowers. And the third challenge is WOJ where this week the theme is the colour green.

The image is Melinda from WOJ and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The DP is DCWV The Spring Glitter Stack.

The flowers I made up myself following this tutorial http://ann-louice.blogspot.com/2009/02/varblommor.html

The ribbons and charm are from my stash

TFL xx

18 March 2009

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 3

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This week on Truly Scrumptious we have a fabulous sketch to follow by Beth and for this week the chosen theme is 'Something Shiny'. For this week our sponsor is Pink Gem Designs

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For my card I've used the just released 'Rainy Day Emma' stamp from the Whimsy Kids Collection (isn't she adorable) and I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The DP are Making Memories Vintage Hip Collection.

The flower I made up myself and the button, brads and ribbon are from my stash.

The sentiment is 'Simply Said' from Whimsy Sentiments Collection.

The 'Something Shiny' is my buttons and brads.

17 March 2009

Whimsy DT Card/Cute Card Thursday Challenge 51

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This week on Cute Card Thursday there's a fantastic sketch to follow by the very talented Katharina.

The adorable image I've used is 'Baseball Connor' from the Whimsy Kids Collection. Isn't he a handsome little devil. Psst come a little closer I've got a little secret to tell you. If you want to get your hands on this little cutie, he's currently on special offer. Don't say that I told you, lol.

I've coloured Connor in using my promarker pens and the DP are the delish DCWV 'The Spring Glitter Stack'.

The tag is sizzix and the sentiment is from the DP DCWV, which I cut out using the circle nesties.

Oh and the background I just used green and blue chalks.

TFL xx

15 March 2009

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 42

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Firstly, I just want to apologise for not being around much these last few weeks. I've been so busy with orders for confirmation cards, that I've not had much time to come and visit you all.

This week on Spoon Full of Sugar there is a lovely sketch to follow by Michelle.

The image I've used is one of the gorgeous digital downloads from the very lovely Chris at Sketching Stamper Digi Stamps. I've coloured in the flowers with my promarker pens.

The dp are Papermania and the strips of cardstock was white and then I chalked and inked them up with distress ink. I then stamped some scrolls and flowers with more distress ink.

The little flowers I made using scraps of the cardstock and the larger flowers are Prima Mulberry Paper Flowers.

The 'With Love' sentiment is from the Whimsy Sentiments Collection - Simply Said.

The heart charm and brads are from my collection.

TFL xx

10 March 2009

Double Challenge/Whimsy DT Card

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This week on Sketch Saturday is a lovely sketch to follow by Ria and the theme this week on Stamp Something is 'Favourite Something's'. On this card I've used everything that is my favourite.

The image I've used is the adorable 'Pajama Time Emma' from Whimsy Stamps. I've coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The papers I've used is I brand that I love which is 'Sugared' by BasicGrey.

The flowers I made up myself and the gems, brads and charm are from my stash.

The sentiment is from the 'Sugared' BasicGrey pack.

TFL x

09 March 2009

Friday Sketchers 42

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This week on Friday Sketchers is a lovely sketch to follow by Murmur.

The images I've used are giggling Tilda and Edwin. I've coloured them in using my promarker pens.

The design papers is by Fancy Pants.

The swirl background I created using swirl stamps from Dovecraft and chalks.

The heart embellishments I made up using my sizzlits dies.

The ribbon and sentiment is from my stash.

TFL xx

07 March 2009

Mojo Monday 76 & WOJ Lavender & Lace

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This week on Mojo Monday there is another fabulous sketch to follow, so I just had to enter it. Also this week on WOJ the challenge is lavender & lace.

The image I've used is Melinda blowing kisses and I've coloured her in using my promarkers.

The design papers are a combination of Papermania & Dovecraft.

The flowers are prima and the brads are papermania. The heart charm is from my stash and the sentiment is from my pc.

TFL xx

04 March 2009

Sketch Saturday No 40

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This week on Sketch Saturday is a fabulous sketch to follow.

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This is the card that I came up with following the sketch.

The image is George from Dotties World and I've coloured him and the baby in using my promarker pens.

The design papers I don't know where I got them from as I've had them for ages.

I used brown chalk all around the edges and the gems are from my stash.

The sentiment is from my pc.

TFL x

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 2

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Wow what a response we had for our first challenge at Truly Scrumptious. I just want to say thank you to everyone who took part and I had a great time visiting all of your fabulous blogs.

For Truly Scrumptious challenge this week, Sharon has come up with another fabulous sketch to follow. There is an added extra onto this challenge which is to use buttons, but only handmade ones.

Our sponsor this week is the very talented Chris from Sketching Stamper.

For my card this week I've used one of Chris's fabulous new digi designs and coloured her in using my promarker pens.

The design papers are Sugared by BasicGrey.

The flower I made myself using one of my flower die cuts. The button I made myself using the small circle die template from spellbinders and then punched some holes with my crop-a-dile. I then embossed it with clear powder to give a shine to it.

The sentiment is from my pc and the butterfly charm is from my stash.

TFL and have fun making your buttons xx

02 March 2009

Knight Conor Enters Friday Sketchers 41

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Yay at last I've been able to do a challenge. I've been soooo busy making Confirmation cards that I haven't had time to do any challenges, I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms, LOL.

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This is my first official DT card for Whimsy Stamps since I've become full-time. The image I've used is the adorable Knight Conor from the Whimsy Kids Collection. I've coloured him in using my promarker pens and also a gold gel pen for the armour.

The dp is Dovecraft (I think).

In my huge stash of buttons I found these ones and I thought that they would go perfectly with my card as they have a shield design on them.

The sentiment is a stamp that I've had for donkeys years but never really used. The scroll background that I created is by using a scroll stamp, clear embossing stamp pad and chalks.

TFL xx

01 March 2009

Whimsy DT Call - NOW CLOSED

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Denise at Whimsy Stamps is looking for a full time designer to add to their expanding design team! If you are interested in joining this fantastic team (definitely recommend it), then check all the details here.

Better be quick, this is open until 1st March