Your Challenge Cards

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

I hope you all enjoyed this Sketch Challenge,  you have certainly made some incredible cards, lots of different styles too, from Vintage to Christmas. 

Talking of Christmas  have you see Sue's latest launch?  I know the craft tv channels are gearing up for 'Christmas in June' too, personally I'm not ready to start thinking about Christmas just yet, we need to enjoy a little bit of summer first!!

Here are your amazing cards....

Maria

Maria has made a beautiful feminine card, using  lovely shade of pink, I love how you have linked your pretty floral topper to your sentiment with the Ivy die cut.

Thank you for designing such a beautiful card for this Sketch Challenge Maria xxx

Karen

Karen chose butterflies as her theme for ber SketchChallenge card, I love the colour you have used Karen. 

Karen has used John Lockwood Butterflies for her card and Distress Oxides ( i think) 

A lovely challenge card Karen, you will be making loads of challenge cards this week as you love making backgrounds like our Lynda, thank you so much  my lovely xxx 

Lynda

Lynda has used some beautiful shades of pimk for her Sketch Challenge card, those paperd you have used a so pretty Lynda and you have coloured your doilly to match too. Some lovely handmade flowers finish Lynda's lovely card.

Thankyou so much for taking part Lynda XXX 

Janet

1. My first card is made using papers from a 12x12 pad 'IT'S A MAN'S WORLD' by Craft Creations. The topper is from LA BLANCHE.

2. My second card made up using papers and topper from a STAMPERIA 12x12 pad called  'WONDERLAND'. All the papers/toppers are so beautiful to look at and gorgeous to use.

3. My third card is made using paper/jute from my stash. The topper and other embelishments are from LA BLANCHE. This company never fails to please and their products are a delight to use.

Thank you so much Janet for 3 'stunners'!! You are not helping me though, I am trying so very hard to NOT buy any of the Stamperia paper collections, Lilian's cards started my addiction and I have just about managed to sit on my hands, now you have joined in with temptation I am doomed!! 

Only kidding my lovely,  your cards are amazing as always and grateful for the time you take to make them xxx

Michele 

Michele chose Christmas as her theme for this weeks Challenge, I will add her description below.

"Two challenge cards for this weeks  sketch Challenge.   I used papers + toppers from a very old issue of Making Cards magazine and some Diecuts."

Thanks so much Michele I know it's not easu for you to join in right now, which makes me even more grateful my lovely xxx

Lilian

Another stunning card from Our Lilian, beautiful papers once again Lilian, dare I ask who's papers they are, that border strip you have used is just such a pretty vintage floral design and works so well with the music paper in the background and that stunning topper, I am thinking that you have coloured that pretty die cut doily to match your colour scheme. 

Thank you so much Lilian, I absolutely love opening your emails each week to see what delight is waiting within.  Thank you once again for your time and inspiration. xxx

Thanks ladies, once again, Sundays just wouldn't be the same without you, I think that this is the most viewed day of the week for us, quite a few people look in for the inspiration, particularly for the specific Sketch and TicTacToe Challenges we do, it's quite a nice feeling to think that your work could be inspiring somebody elses.

I know that some of you struggle both mentally and physically to keep our Sunday blog post filled with amazing cards, so please believe me when I say that I am truly thankful to each and every one of you amazing, inspirational friends XXXX

Phew wasn't yesterday a scorcher!!! We were going to do garden jobs but (a) it was too warm & (b) Matt is using the fences we were using as gates to use to pen the sheep in as it's Shearing time, it's hard to see him struggling with some of those large Ewe's, it's easy to forget how bad his arthritis is as he never complains about it but he has it in his neck, shoulders, elbows, knees, spine, ankles (pretty much everywhere), he looked in agony when he came in on Friday evening, Paul had been to help him but couldn't really help handle the sheep because it was matt that needed to hold them to shear.  I gave him some anti inflammatory and told him to go take a warm bath and get an early night, as it's his best friends wedding today and he is one of the Groomsmen, then today it's back to finishing the shearing and then possibly moving the sheep to another field, so a busy day ahead.

So we decided to abandon the chores and go for a drive and we ended up at Evesham, we went to a little Retail Village and stumbled across a very large Crafters Companion store (BONUS)!  Although we had a good browse around I didn't buy much apart from a couple of Pigment stains (cosmic shimmer) and some little finger protectors for the glue gun.  (I could have spent a lot more)!  

There was a garden centre there too, so Paul was pleased, although still no Cucumber plant!  To help his disappointment we went and had Tea and cake, which was yummy and sat outside in the sunshine.

I hope that you all have a lovely Sunday, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx