Sketch Saturday #196 wee little birdies...

Morning all!

yep, I know, I've done it again!! I'm a day late!!

shhh though, I don't think anyone noticed... ;)

We were up and about late yesterday, and had loads to catch up on while hubby was off work...

and we spent the evening with his Mum and Dad, as we didn't get to spend long with them Friday on their Wedding Anniversary...

lazy day today though, fingers crossed!! Lovely chicken casserole for dinner, and hopefully a bit of crafty time...

Heres my DT card for this weeks Sketch Saturday... and my MIL and FIL's 44th Anniversary card.

using another FABBY sketch from Jo

The supercute lil birdies are from Wee Stamps... thought they were absolutely perfect...

I've coloured them with promarkers, and cut them out, so I could attach their little swing to a bit of bakers twine...

the papers are all sorts... mostly some that the lovely Maria has sent me...

I've used a Marianne designs frame die, cut in half, to add a bit of detail to the main image mount.

Added some flowers to the swing, and a rub on and some doodled letters for the sentiment...

doodled the edges, and an couple of hearts and thats about it... 

pop over to Sketch Saturday to see the GORGEOUS work from the other Saturdays

we are sponsored this week by the Craft Barn... and theres a FAB £15 voucher up for grabs!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Paula 

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Sketch Saturday.... on a Sunday...

Yep, I've been back a week, and already I'm late... LOL!!

You know me by now...

its been a nightmare week here with one thing and another... everything seems to have broken all at the same time! BOTH the main pc, AND the laptop have decided to give up on us! then yesterday I couldn't get the camera to work, this morning the bloomin' mouse wasn't playing!! GRRRR so its amazing that I'm posting anything at all!!

oh, and on top of all that the car is in the garage YET AGAIN!! but thats not unusual this year, its there more than it is here... sigh...

right...moan out of the way, I'll quickly share my Sketch Saturday (on a Sunday) card with you...

The photo is pretty poor I'm afraid.... its either been too dull, or too bright where I normally take pics... and the camera doesn't seem to have saved any of the settings I normally use....

still, its marginally better than the one I originally posted on the Sketch Saturday blog...

I'll try harder next week, I promise... ;)

The GORGEOUS image is Butterfly Girl from funky kits (I can't see her on the site at the mo... not sure if she's OOS, or if I'm just being a bit stoooopid)

The papers are echo park and MME, and the main BG is Kraft...

Sentiment is from The Greeting Farm..

rest from stash....

Do pop over to Sketch Saturday to see the AMAZING samples from the 'Saturdays'

this week we are being sponsored by Stamp Fairy, and some of the girls have made GORGEOUS cards with the super cute Stamp fairy digis...

Catch you later

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Surprise!!!! .....Guess who!?

Is there anybody there???

Blimey its been a LOOOOOONG time since I've posted isn't it? Sorry for just dissapearing like that, things just went a bit weird here for a while....

anyway, I don't really need to talk about it, and you don't really want to read about it, so lets leave that where it is and move on...lol!

All that matters is.... I'm BACK!!!!

okay, before I show you some cardage... I'd like to just apologise to a couple of people....

Maria, and the Simply Sassy girls... I feel awful for having to just desert you the way I did, I got the BEST chance ever to join such an AMAZING team, and ended up letting you down... :(

Maria... I know you understand though, and thanks for being so great!

And... Jo, and the Sketch Saturday girls... Sorry for being away for so long....

 Jo, thanks for all your support and understanding, and thanks so much for just being you!

Sketch Saturday is SO important to me, and I love being a part of it, I'm SO pleased to be back!!

So... after all that waffle, here is my DT card for this weeks BRILLIANT sketch from Jo...

Now, I havent made a single card for 5 months, so I am a little out of practice... and me being me, decided to return on a rather tricky sketch.... lol!

but all things considered, I'm fairly pleased with how this turned out!

The gorgeous little Cherry bug is from Tiddlyinks (CUTE!)

She's coloured with promarkers

Most of the papers are from the Echo park Happy Days pad

and... did you notice what I used for the 'happy'? yep... the letters from the title on the front of the pad... CLEVER????

stamped 'birthday' below it, not sure where the stamp came fom...oops

added a few buttons, a bow, a bit of enamel accents, and some doodling (boy have I missed doodling!)

and thats it...

Hope you likey?

we ae sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp, and thees a MASSIVE $25 up for grabs...

what are you waiting for?...

Thanks for visiting me!! be sure to come back soon... I hope to have some more crafty offerings to show you, AND I have some EXCITING news!!!

Paula

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I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake weekly - Anything goes

Birthday sundaes - Birthday card

Simply Sassy Blog Hop winner...

The lucky winner of the gorgeous 'Tiffany' from the Simply Sassy blog hop is...

Dominique

Congrats!!

please contact me with your address...

Paula

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Simply Sassy Blog hop!!

Hiya... Great to see you!!

I'm SO EXCITED to be posting this today!

Its my first Simply Sassy Blog hop, and let me tell you... these new images are AMAZING!!

You've been seeing sneek peeks over on the Simply Sassy blog this week, but you havent seen all of the images yet....

and today I'm showing you, your very first glance at 'Tiffany'

 And I'll also be giving her away to one Lucky winner courtesy of Funky Kits... (More about that later)

If you didn't start at the The Simply Sassy blog... head back there to start the hop...

If you've been there already, then FAB... you are in the right place!

And now...... The gorgeous Tiffany!

I've coloured her with promarkers... and added her some Kraft 'wings' (Stamped with the large butterfly from the Greeting Fram Spotlight set)

The papers are allsorts... Prima, Basic Grey, Echo Park...

The sentiment stamp is from Whimsy Stamps... (Its actually a postage stamp, but I just stamped the text)

I used a stempelglede grunge scroll to ad a flourish at the top...

The large heart is cut from Basic Grey paper, and glazed with crackle glaze...

I've created the 'grass' with swirls from a hot chocolate stamp...

The mesh is from an old top

The metal 'wish' is a charm with the loop cut off...

a few heart buttons and doodling, and thats it....

The next stop on the hop is.....

Kathrin

But before you go... be sure to leave me a comment if you'd like to WIN 'TIFFANY'

I'll pick ONE lucky commentor, who will win the stamp I've used....

You have until Monday 19th Noon (GMT) to leave a comment, and I will announce the winner the following day!

Good Luck!!

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Sketch Saturday #172 Hello you!

Good Afternoon all...

Yeah...I'm late again! You'd be worried if I wasn't ;)

Its Sketch Saturday time again...and Jo's come up trumps with another FAB sketch! 

I'll be honest, I was dreading this sketch... not sure why...

I'm starting to wonder if I have a problem with symmetry...  (perhaps cos I'm a bit odd! ;))

anyways... in the end I didn't struggle as much as I thought I would... and I quite like the outcome...

Apologies for the rubbish photos, I made this card quite late yesterday... an there was NO light at all!

anyway... 

The gorgeous stamp is one of my favourites from The Greeting Farm... Dahlia

I've coloured her with promarkers...

The papers are Echo Park Summer Days and Happy ays Available from Crafty Emmas Store...

The Brackets are a stamp from The Greeting Farm Spotlight set... You can get this fro a fab price at the mo from Quixotic Paperie

The 'hello' sentiment is made using individual letters from a mix of different stamps... some stamped directly onto the card, and some raised with foam pads on white card.

The 'You' is part of a sentiment from the greeting farm spotlight set...

To finish I've added some clouds cut from an Echo Park paper, and some doodled 'stems' with heart button 'flowers'

Thats about it...

Thanks for visiting today!!

Paula 

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Here for you...

Hiya peoples...

Sorry I'm not posting much at the moment... 

As well as trying to get the house back in to 'some sort' of order after the summer holidays... and lots of 'behind the scenes' crafting, I'm also a bit preoccupied with family stuff and my MOJO has taken a bit of a beating...

I'm sure I'll be back to normal soon... 

anyhoo... I do have something to share with you today....

Yesterday was my turn to share some inspiration on the Simply Sassy blog... but I was having trouble with blogger, and didn't manage to post on here... 

so, a day late...here's a card featuring the SOOOO gorgeous Luv a Latte from Sugar Nellie...

I've coloured her with promarkers and pencils...

The papers are a mix of MME and Prima...

The tabs at the bottom are just circles punched from Kraft, cut in half ...

I've stamped a teeny heart onto each one for a bit of interest... the stamp is from an old elzybells set 

(Thanks Jane)

the little swirls are also from this set... and are actually from a hot chocolate mug... I just stamped the bit I wanted...

The 'here for you' is the text from one of the whimsy stamps postage stamps sentiment set... 

doodling, flowers, ribbon and enamel accents.... and thats it!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges...

Gingersnap Creations... Gal pals

Deep ocean challenges - Hearts

My Time to Craft- Just between Friends

Sentimental Sundays - Thinking of you/Sympathy

Thanks for visiting today!!

Paula

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