Sugar Bowl 20... Gayles Sketch and Paper Piecing

Hi all....

Theres a wonderful sketch by Gayle over at the Sugar Bowl this week.... and they would also like to see paper piecing.....
hmmmmm...... Got to say I've only ever tried paper piecing once before.... and didnt really get the results I was hoping for..... well thats an understatement actually..... it was a disaster!! lol!!

but I'm quite pleased with the results on this one, and I even got the thumbs up from hubby, who rarely shows an interest in anything craft wise!!....

heres my card....

STUFF:

Images ~Sugar Nellie windswept and Butterfly from the whiff of joy spring kit.

Coloured with- promarkers

Papers~ BG dasher BG figgy pudding DCWV oldworld

paper pieced areas~ DCWV oldworld

Ribbon ~ making memories

Flowers ~ woodware and paper punched centres

light doodling round the image with promarkers and accents added with rainbow glaze

Sentiment - 'just' done with rub ons, and 'because' handwritten

Thank you for looking!!!

Paula xxx

Put your sunglasses on......

... This one is a bit bright!!

I'm entering this card for 2 challenges....

The fabulous sketch is from a spoonful of sugar and has been designed by Nikki..., I'm really enjoying these multi layered sketches at the moment...

and I've followed the 'buzz off' theme from cute card thursday where they want to see you use the colours black and yellow!!! not a colour combo I can honestly say i've ever used before... BUT I had this image coloured ready last night.... (I must have a sixth sense).... and when I saw the challenge this morning I just had to join in....

so.... sunglasses at the ready, heres my card....

Stuff: Leanne Ellis stamp (sugar nellie)

coloured with promarkers and colouring pencils

Papers Basic Grey junebug and scraps which I think were DCWV

Flowers american crafts

handwritten sentiment and doodling with black pen, and silver spots...

rest from stash....

I hope its okay that I used orange too??

Thanks for looking...!!

Paula xxxx

Sketch Saturday DT call Final 12!!

Yep, I know what you are thinking, and nope, I don't believe it either!!....
I am a finalist in the Sketch Saturday DT call!!!.... How mad is that??
Okay, I'll be honest, on the day I entered I was having one of those ' I can do anything I set my mind to' days (we all have them right?) ... and then the following day I thought...ahhhh what have I done? so I thought I'd just keep it quiet and hope nobody noticed.... lol!
I never for a second thought I'd make the final cut!!! (I mean have you seen the other 11!?!)
Ladies, you have no idea how much this means... THANKYOU!!

So... for the second part of the call, we have to pick a sketch from the last 3 months, and create something using it....
I went for one I didn't get chance to join in with originally....

SKETCH #57

And, here goes...no going back now..... this is my card...
I've rotated the sketch to fit my image better...

Close up of the gorgeous image!
Another close up...

Image -Noelle bearing gifts (mos digital pencil)

coloured with promarkers and colouring pencils

Papers - DCWV oldworld BG sugared and K&CO dictionary

'NOEL' cut with sizzix 'tina thinks youre cute' dies

Flower Prima 'got prints'

Metal swirls- Making Memories

Recycled elements - Ribbon from a clothes tag... and the card stock is watercolour paper torn from a pad, I used the torn edge for the strip across the top of the dictionary print, and wrapped some around the flower.

Rest is from stash....

Well I suppose all thats left to do is pop over to Sketch Saturday and get linked up!!! OMG I'm so nervous!!!

Thanks again ladies for this oppurtunity... and good luck to the other 11 amazing finalists!!

Thanks for looking!

Paula xxxx

Whiff of joy Challenge *48*

Well this is the very first time I've joined in on the Whiff of Joy challenge.... I felt like stretching myself today... and this sketch was well out of my comfort zone!! I wouldn't normally use this many layers on a card.... but I did enjoy this.... and managed to use some papers that perhaps I wouldn't have used up otherwise, some of the papers from the basic grey junebug stack are a little too bold!! but slotted in behind others they work really well ....
anyway this is my effort...

stuff:

Willow Sitting Stamp

coloured with promarkers

Basic grey junebug papers

flowers making memories/american crafts

Rest from stash

Handwritten sentiment

Thanks for looking!

Sketch Saturday 69 ~ Gorjuss in silver

Hi again... back for another post today!!!
Hubby and my little fella both went to bed early tonight, so I had chance to craft...yippeeee!!
Heres my entry for this weeks Sketch Saturday.... my heart always sinks everytime I pop over and the sketch has an oval shape in it.... I dont have anything to cut ovals!! :(
HOWEVER...I had an ingenious solution today.... we had some old photos out on the desk that we had been showing to my son... of me when I was at school.... arggghhhh... well you know how all the old school photos came in those brown cardboard frames?? one of them had an oval shape cut out..... whooohoo!! so out comes the photo, in slips gorjuss.... draw round the edge... et voila!!
I amaze myself sometimes.... lol!!
I was going to show you the photo but.... well ....no!
anyway, enough waffle heres my card...... You can't see it very well, but I've painted her dress silver.....

You can just about make it out on a close up....

Stuff:

Stamp: Just a girl

Coloured with promarkers and silver paint

Papers Bo bunny and BG

X cut flower punch

craftwork cards candy

handwritten sentiment

rest from stash

Thanks for looking!!

Paula xxxx

Sugar Bowl ~ Marlenes sketch (Pink and Brown)

Over at the Sugar bowl there is an awesome sketch to follow from Marlene. With the 'please include' option of PINK and BROWN.....
I couldn't wait to ink up my new 'Miss Clause' Stamp......aint she gorgeous?? I bought this without my hubby's knowledge, and 'Mr Stocking' also fell into my basket too.... I managed to keep it a secret for 2 days!! but this morning I just had to tell him.... he probably would never have found out....but still....
right.... the card....
I probably havent used as much brown as is required for the challenge, but I'm keeping everything crossed..... I had loads of scraps on my desk from an earlier card, and just thought the green worked so well.....
This is a different style of card for me.... I think I'm having an 'experimental' day....

Stuff:

Miss Clause ~Sugar Nellie

promarkers and colouring pencils

BG sugared papers / DCWV oldworld papers

Snowflake punch / X cut Circle cutter

rest from stash

Pop over to the Sugar Bowl for some amazing inspiration from the fabulous Design Team....

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula xxx

Sketch Saturday #68 falling in love again!

Hi!
Heres my entry for this weeks Sketch Saturday... I loved this sketch but I did struggle a bit with the elements down the left hand side... I tried, flowers, buttons, brads.... but everything just looked plonked! like they didnt really flow with the card......

I decided in the end, to punch circles out of the same paper as the background, and then just doodled on them, and raised some of them to make them stand out...... I'm not totally happy with it, but it definately fits together better than anything else I tried.....
The card is for my hubby for our 10th Anniversary.

And I've been so good lately, I'm sure I'm the same as everyone else when I say that there are so many new stamps coming out to fall in love with, and my wish list is getting longer everyday.... but I thought it was about time I played with some of the stamps I fell in love with a long time ago and have probably only used once!! so I inked up this Rachelle anne Miller beauty!!

Image Stampavie coloured with promarkers

Papers Basic grey Eva

Ribbon American crafts

Thanks for looking!

Paula xx

Secret Crafter....Hearts and Flowers

This weeks challenge over at Secret Crafter is...Hearts and Flowers.... I wanted to make a card for an old friend from work who has recently lost her mother.... I didnt send a sympathy card as I don't really know the family that well... but really wanted to let her know I'm thinking of her...
Heres my entry......
I decided to surround her with the flowers, so it looks like she is sitting among them.... and my hearts are the little charm, and some tiny doodled ones...

Image ~ Gorjuss sitting

coloured with promarkers and derwent colouring pencils

Papers DCWV oldworld and BG sugared

Xcut flower punch

American crafts ribbon

card candy

Martha stewart doily lace punch

charm from stash

handwritten sentiment, and doodles....

Thanks for looking!!

Paula xxx

wooohoooooo..........

Well I'm not sure I quite believe it ...but I've just found out I'm in the top 5 passionista at Passion for ProMarkers!!!!

WOOOOHOOOOO!!! I'm SO shocked!! I think I may need a lie down now......

Heres the card I entered.....

Thanks Caryn for picking me!!!!!

Paula xxxx

Sketch Saturday COCO'S Sketch....

Over at Sketch Saturday COCO has done a really unusual sketch.... I like them when they are a little bit more tricky... its more fun that way...THANKS COCO xxxx

I rotated the sketch, and went for a NOT square card, which is very unlike me!!......

Here's my entry.....

And a close up....

Image whiff of Joy Willow with basket

Coloured with promarkers and colouring pencils

Papers BG 'Eva'

Sentiment cuddly buddly

rest from stash...

Doodles around image...my own hand...

I'd like to give a huge 'congratulations' hug to Sketch Saturdays guest designer for September Emma lockley ...you SO deserve it hun!! woohooo!!!

I hold Emma entirely responsible for getting me into blogging, and Emma has become such a Fab Friend.....

Emma has given me this award......

Thank you SO much Emma!!!!

Now, the rules are something like this..... (I've forgotten, and I can't be bothered to go back and look...LOL!!)

1. Show the award on your blog and link the person who awarded it to you (check, did that earlier!)
2. list 5 things you like to do
3. pass the award on to 10 people (or as many as you like)

I'm really rubbish with awards and never follow the rules properly, but I'll do my best......

The five things I like to do are: (not neccesarily in this order!)

1. Craft!...really, could I have said anything else?
2. Draw/paint..... You'll more often than not see doodles in my card making attempts...
3. Sing...lol...really, i sing all day while i'm crafting..... I'm not sure I'm any good!
4. Blog... I've made some true friends through blogging, and I love every minute of it!
5. Cook...although my hubby won't leave me to it, so I get fed up (he used to be a chef and thinks he knows best.....)

I figured spending time with my family was obvious... so didnt include that!

I really hate passing on these awards because I hate to leave people out..... I would pass it on to everybody!!!

so, as it says 'as many as i like' I'm cheating and passing it back to Emma...... I wouldn't even be typing this now if it werent for you hun, and you know how much I have to thank you for without me needing to say it....

Right, thats me I think.........

Thanks for visiting!!!

Paula xxx

Sketch and Stash goes glittery and girly....

Heres my entry for 2 challenges..... Sketch and Stash and Passion for Promarkers
There is another amazing sketch to follow over on sketch and stash... and Becky.... you will be so proud of me.... I've used up loads of neglected stash.... the papers were all bits of old 12 x 12 papers that were in a big box in the back of a cupboard.... along with the glitter card... I'm not normally a fan of glitter, but thought as it fit with the theme at passion for promarkers, that would come in handy too....
and I've had the large brads for an age......
The box of scraps is staying out and I'm made a promise to use it up....... so watch this space!!
Passion for promarkers asked for girly and glittery.... I thought this was a perfect opportunity to make a 4th Birthday card for my niece ready for next month....
heres my card...

and a lil close up...

I love this cutie so much!!! She's called Kiki La Rue and its Rias fault I had to buy her...

Image ~ Kiki La Rue all that scraps

coloured with ~ promarkers

Papers ~ scraps from stash

Brads ~making memories

Flowers~ prima (got prints)

No '4' hand cut... sentiment and doodles...my own fair hand...

Thanks for looking!!

Paula xxxxx

Sketch Saturday are looking for new DT members!

Hi Everyone!!
I'm sure you all know by now...but pop over to Sketch Saturday if you are interested in becoming one of their new DT members, they are on the look out now!!.....

I spent a long time last night mmmmmming and arrrrrring about wether I should have a go... and then this morning I figured, why not?
So here is my entry......
For the first part of the DT call you have to follow the sketch over on the Sketch Saturday blog...
I rotated it because I prefered it that way....

And heres a lil close up.....
Image~ A little hug (Sugar Nellie)

coloured with promarkers

Papers/card ~ K&co, DCWV and coredinations

Martha Stewart doily lace border punch

sentiment ~ cuddly buddly

rest from stash....

Good luck to everyone else entering!!! and keep your fingers crossed just a lil bit for me......

Thanks for looking!

Paula xxxx