one of 'those' cards...

Do you ever get 'second hand' card orders??

LOL!!

By this I mean, do you ever have an order for a card, but don't get the information regarding whats needed on said card from the person ordering??

I've only recently been brave enough to send my hubby into work with some cards to sell...fortunately they are going down a storm (yey me!!) unfortunately my new found fame is now resulting in hubby coming home with orders for cards...

all well and good if I had an idea what the card was for, what they wanted on it, when they wanted it by etc...

but my hubby being my hubby, I get...

'I need a card making for someone at work.... she's 82!'

'who's 82?? the person its for, or the person ordering!! is it for a Birthday?? arrrggghhh.......'

LOL... you get the picture!! this was one of those cards...

after sending hubby back for further details I found out it was a card for someones mum, for her 82nd Birthday... and I got the brief: old fashioned, and horses...

okay, I don't 'do' old fashioned, and didnt have a horse stamp... problemo!!

Still, i'd been eyeing up the whimsy carousel horses for a while, and when I spotted the proud momma one... I had a 'bingo' moment...

 old fashioned was the hard part...

This was my third attempt...LOL!! and I still havent been told if its okay...

or recieved the cash for that matter..... hmmmmm, think I need a word with hubby!!

anyway, enough waffle... my card...

I've coloured the beautiful Whimsy horses with just 2 promarkers, and a brown crayon... I cut them off the 'pole' (does it have a technical name?...i don't know!)

hand cut 2 little clouds to use as masks for the chalked background...

The cardstock is all stampin up, and i've embossed the white card using a cuttlebug folder...

The sentiment stamp is from Do crafts

and the 'mum' is a sizzix die...

flowers,ribbon and charm are from stash...

It looks SO much better in real life, but the photo had to be taken quickly before hubby rushed it in to work...

anyways.... I'm entering this into the following challenges...

Creative Card Crew ~ Blooming Marvellous

Crafty Calendar ~ Birthdays

Paper sundaes ~ Something from your stash

Thanks for looking!!

Friday Sketchers, Sister card...

Good Afternoon all!!

Yes, its Thursday, and i'm posting!! LOL!

don't read too much into it, I've just been feeling a bit more creative than normal, so sat down to make a few cards... (can't show the rest yet though)

For this one I followed the  fabulous Sketch over on Friday Sketchers...

I really think this is one of my Favourite images from Belles and Whistles...

Its so beautiful!!

I've coloured it with promarkers...

Papers are MM and Prima

I've handwritten the SISTER

The flowers are from stash, and the pearls are made using the Viva Decor pens from Quixotic Paperie...OMG I love them!! need some practice with them though...lol!

Think thats me for today, still in shock at posting, so off for a lie down... ;)

Thanks for looking!!

Sketch Saturday #123 sponsored by ME!

Good Morning, and a very happy Saturday to you!!!

This week over at Sketch Saturday its my turn to provide the sketch...

and here it is... hope you like it??

AND not only am I hosting... BUT I'm also sponsoring!!

You can get your hands on some yummy goodies from Pollycraft... (me!)

 Heres whats on offer:

A ten pack promarker set, plus 10 Digi stamps of your choice...

Its also my turn to pick our guest designer for October...

I chose the AMAZINGLY talented Kathy... AKA distressed stamper

I'm sure you all know Kathys work, but incase you don't please go visit her blog for some inspiration...

Thanks Kathy for agreeing to join us!

Here's my card....

I've used 'Devotion' from the Winter Elves range...

Which you can now get your hands on in DIGI format...

coloured with promarkers...

papers are MME

sentiment computer generated...

rest from stash

Tomorrow its been 1 year exactly since my very first post as a DT member for Sketch Saturday!!

and whats weird is... I sponsored then too!!!

its been a fab first year, and yes...I'm still pinching myself to be on such a talented team!

Thanks for visiting today!

Sketch Saturday #122 sponsored by The Craft Barn

Good Morning all!!

And HAPPY SATURDAY!!

Time for another fabulous sketch from JO over at Sketch Saturday!!

Heres my DT card...

I used Amelia from the Greeting Farm... aint she a cutie?

Shes coloured with promarkers

the papers are MME, and a bit of Kraft

Sentiment is Amy R summer sentiment set (CC designs)

Ribbon from stampin up..

mix of flowers and pearls from stash

'5' and name were handwritten/cut

This is my Nieces Birthday card, ready for next month!!

well done me for being ahead!

do pop over to SS to see the gorgeous work from the rest of the team...

and to see what prize we have in store from The Craft Barn

Thanks for looking!!

Sketch Saturday #123 Sponsored by Ah! la carte

Good Morning all!!!

Happy Saturday!!

Looks set to be a sunny day here, so I'm up early to try to get some washing done...

Over at Sketch Saturday this week we are sponsored by Ah! la carte who have offered a brilliant 10% discount to all SS readers!! how fab is that??

and the lucky winner of this weeks sketch gets 2 super cute wild rose studio stamps...

Its a fab sketch again this week (thanks Jo! xx)

Heres my DT card...

This is my absolute fav image to colour... I bought her last year to make Christmas cards (I cut her out, and removed her hat, and then had her catching snowflakes!)

and she's been sitting in a box since then...

I've coloured her with Promarkers, and cut half of her out with my oval nesties...

The papers are all MME ooh la la

Couple of bits of ribbon from my stash et voila!

Not as happy with this as I thought I would be, but I'm still getting back into making cards again, AND... I've now run out of DS tape!!.... grrrrrrr!!

well, off to put the washer on!...

Thanks for looking!!

Sketch Saturday #120 DT card...

Good Morning!!!

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Well, it must have been over 5 weeks since I last made a card...

So the new sketch from the fabulous Jo for Sketch Saturday this week was the perfect way to get my creative juices flowing again...

its a really fun one this week....make sure you check it out

Heres my DT card....

I've used the gorgeous Elise from Sugar Nellie

coloured with my promarkers

The papers are a mix of MME and Sassafrass

I doodled the star and heart, cut 'em out and then just added a heart button and a few pearls...

and thats about it....

This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

And the lucky winner can get their crafty mits on an AWESOME $25 voucher!!

What are you still doing here?

Thanks for looking!!

Late Sketch Saturday Cards...

Phew, its been a  while eh?

well, as you will know if you are a 'regular' ...we've been on our Hols....

We were meant to have internet access while we were away, but we didn't, so I couldn't post my Sketch Saturday DT cards for the last 2 weeks....

So, a little bit late... here they are...

I did manage to add them to the main SS posts, so you may have already seen them.... but thought I should add them here nevertheless...

I'm still catching up with things elsewhere...so didnt get chance to join in with Jeanettes fab sketch for this week.... but pop over and see the rest of the teams AWESOME work...

hope to have something new to show you soon...