Sketch Challenge Cards

The Sketch 

My Challenge Card

 Beth's Challenge Card (Hazel)

 Brenda Hopkins Challenge Card

 Cheryl's Challenge Card

 Hazel's Challenge Card

 Hazel's 2nd Challenge card

 Janet's Challenge Card

Janet's 2nd Challenge card

Jeans Challenge Card

 Jess's Challenge Card

 Lilian's Challenge Card

 Lynda's Challenge Card

Margaret's Challenge Card

Maria's challenge Card

Michele's challenge card

Myra's Challenge Card

Sonia's Challenge Card

Lynda's Grandson Harry

Good Morning Ladies,

Another fantastic range of cards for this weeks challenge, thank you ladies for taking the time

to be involved, I love seeing what amazing cards you create from a basic sketch.

Beth, your card is fabulous once again, I love the colours of card that you have used and the butterfly just finishes the card of perfectly, thank you for taking part, I look forward to seeing your next card xxx

Brenda, your card is a fabulous Man card, that striplet die does lend itself really well for both male and female cards, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy week to make your card xxx

Cheryl, I love your 'Gorjuss' card, this brand works well for girls from 6 to 26 ! Muted colours with a 'pop' of pink, looks fabulous, thank you for making time to take part Cheryl, I really do appreciate it xxx

Hazel, two cards !! both fabulous, one male and one female, I love that Lilli of the Valley image, useful so many of those 'pesky' male cards.  Your girly card is so pretty, all pink flowers and lace, 

LOVE that paper you have used.  Thank you Hazel for always making time to take part xxx

Janet, two lovely cards from you too, both equally as beautiful, I love the lace you have used on the top card, the flower with with ribbon tails looks like a rosette, love,  You have made a great Man card too! I love those vintage paperd you have used. oh next weeks (if you have time) will be from France!! I always like to think that you have much more time to craft when you are out there, thank you so much for taking part each week Janet, have a safe journey my lovely xxx

Jean, a very pretty card from you this week, I love those stamped flowers, its surprising how much difference adding the stamping to the die cuts makes, it almost brings them to life.  Don't you just love those flourishes too, I have a few of those Becca Feekin spellbinders as I just love the design, she has just bought out Somme new ones I believe.  Thank you so much for making time to take part each week Jean xxx

Jess, I love those Silhouette images, they always look striking, but still very feminine, lovely monochrome card, I love that punched border you have created too, thank you for taking part each week Jess.xxx

Lilian, I love your man card, that car is just fantastic, the cogs you have used , both die cut and embossed really work well together, an amazing 'Man' card, great inspiration for everyone, thank you too for taking the time to make cards each week xxx

Lynda, love the colour of your card, the pearl strip just sets of the border and the gorgeous little butterflies add just the right amount of embellishment, I do hope that you are starting to feel better, 

you only need to look in that gorgeous boy's eyes to bring a smile to your face, thank you for taking part in the challenge and for cheering us up with that gorgeous photo of a very cheeky looking Harry xxx

Maria, lovely girly image on your card this week, can't go wrong with bags and shoes!  That side border works really well as does your beautiful flower, the perfect finishing touch for your tag, thank you for taking part each week, I really do appreciate it xxx

Margaret, amazing Anna Marie design papers are always a winner for me, love your design, stamped perfectly too! I do like that sentiment stamp, thank you for taking part each week xxx

Michele, love your super cute Easter card, such pretty papers too, that stripey paper reminds me of the brushed cotton bed sheets we had as children!!!
Your Easter bunny is just too cute, have you noticed that some of them look scarey,
tattered lace had a cd rom with a rabbit character that looked really Scarry!
Thank you for taking time to make a challenge card each week, I know its hard sometimes after a long day at work. Xxx

Myra, oh I do love that Striplet die, lots of lovely detail. Also love the combination of die cuts
for your focal element.  Your bow is very cute too, finished with one of your signature flowers xxx

Sonia, OMG, how cute are those Bee's, love that image, you have given them the perfect background too, that striplet die makes a great border, love that pretty back ground paper too,

lovely colour scheme, thank you so much for taking part  xxx

Such a fantastic assortment of cards this week, every one different, you are all amazing! x

I am off to find a 'Sketch' for tomorrows card.  I hope the weather is as beautiful today as it was yesterday.

Love and Hugs

Sandra

xxxxx

Mixed Crafts Saturday

 Angela's Beaded Snowflake

 Stanley's Nursery Rhyme Cross Stitch (Cheryl)

Sue's lovely Poppy Scene Cross Stitch

Hello Ladies,

Welcome to another Mixed Craft Saturday,

First up we have Angela's delightful Beaded Star ornament, I love the colours you have chosen Angela!  

Angela made this beautiful ornament at a Workshop at Farnborough, you would never have guessed it was your first one Angela, thank you for sharing with us, it would be nice to see some of your tissue box covers too! Xxxx

Next up we have Cheryl's absolutely amazing Nursery Rhyme Cross Stitch, made for Stanley, it must have taken you ages, so much gorgeous detail,  from Mother Goose to Jack and the Bean Stalk, even Stanley's birth details are included.  What an absolute heirloom, it will be a proud family keepsake for many generations, thank you so much for sharing Cheryl xxxx

Last but not least Sue's fabulous Poppy Field scene Cross Stitch, it is an absolutely stunning scene so poignant when we stop and think what the poppy symbolises!

Thank you Sue for sharing your work xxxx. (Please tell Chris the ladies would love to see his cakes) x please x

I hope you have enjoyed our little craft show today, please feel free to send me any photos of crafts you'd like to share with us.

Have a good weekend,

Love and hugs

Sandra xxxxxx

Tri-fold Star card

Tri-fold Star Card

Inside of card

Good Morning ladies,

I fancied creating a different style of card for today's card, after a quick browse on pinterest I decided on the Tri fold star card, it has an unusual look, I really like the shape and dimension,  you new a 12 x 12 piece of card or 30 x 30 centimetres, or you can use the size A3.  

I used decorative paper that was double sided to make this card, you can use a plain piece of card and decorate the layers and sections.

I added some cream lace and some pretty peachy pink pearl string, I then added some little roses in complimentary colour and a tiny bit of foliage, some pinflair glue gel to stick the flowers on too!

The inside is just decorated with the same flowers but smaller and the sentiment is one of Sue's oval sentiment dies.

What do you think ladies ??  Would you like me to do a quick tutorial on how to make this card design? I would be happy to if you want! Just let me know below.

Have a good day ladies,
Hugs
Sandra xxxxx

Margarets Gorgeous Blue card ,Guilty Secrets and Happy Birthday Jess,

Margaret's Beautiful Blue Card  

 Hazel's Gorgeous storage

 More of Hazel's Storage buys

 Janet's Spellbinder Collection

Lilian's Kumihimo Disc & Beads and Embossing folder 

Lynda's New Paper pad

Bargain New Stamp

Lynda's New Die & Stamp set

Michele's New Die

Myra's purchases

Three pictures of patterns in Sue's new paper pad

Beautifully packaged kit

My unpackaged kit, so gorgeous x

Happy Birthday Jess

Good Morning Ladies

Firstly I would like to wish Jess a very Happy Birthday, I hope you have a lovely day xxx

I couldn't wait to share Margaret's gorgeous blue card with you, I can't get my head around the

fact that you have only been making cards a couple of months!  I would be very proud to call this card one of my own, thank you so much for sharing with us xxxx

Now onto the Guilty Secrets.........

Hazel's purchases a both beautiful and very useful, I absolutely love how pretty they are Hazel, storage is often so plain and boring, these are just a pleasure to look at.  Where did you get them from Hazel, where they expensive? they look like they would be! thanks for sharing xxx

Janet, oh you lucky girl, what a gorgeous range of Spellbinder dies, they all look like they would work together and that border is gorgeous, I can't wait to see what you create with them, thank you so much for sharing xxxx

Lilian, I have a Kumihimo disk and I have made a few bracelets with it, they are beautiful when finished, you will love using it, a good tip is to hang a weight from the bottom of your braid to help pull it through the disk with tension.  That embossing folder is very pretty too, thank you for sharing your buys with us xxxx

Lynda has been lucky enough to grab some real bargains this week, the Shoe stamp and Die combo was £9.99 on eBay, the other shoe stamp £6.99 and she then treated herself to the matching paper pad, all paid for by her Paypal money made from selling on eBay, so she no Guilt!!! Lucky Lynda !  So pleased you got such a bargain
My lovely, I have fancied this collection for a while, cant wait to see your cards thanks for sharing. Xxxx

Michele I love your new signature Collection Die, that is going to make so gorgeous edges on cards,

I look forward to seeing your creations, thank you for sharing xxxx

Myra, what a lovely Collie tion of Creative Expressions goodies, some lovely chipboard tags and Sue's lovely new paper pad, the colours are very subltle and pretty! Thanks for the close ups Myra ! Water brushes are a very useful additions to your craft tools! Thanks for sharing Myra xxxx

My purchases are all lovely lace and trims, and a little MDF storage caddy or 2 to decorate, my laces came from the kindest, loveliest lady called Amanda 'Scrimpys craft boutique' on Facebook, she sent my a beautiful kit of gorgeousness!! You can have one made to your budget! Xxx

Thank you very much for taking part today ladies.

Have a lovely day ladies,
Love and hugs
Sandra xxxxx

Something a little different today

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you are all OK, there seems so many of you missing right now xx

Today's card evolved from my Create and Craft voucher purchase arrived, I ordered a whole pack of different Kraft cards from Kanban, it seems really good quality too, I haven't had anything from them for years, since they last went out of business actually.
Anyway I took a piece of Kraft card and die cut some ribbon banners from a My Minds Eye 6 x 6 pad, I have quite a few they are one of my favourites!!
I stamped one of the Creative expressions 'Happy Birthday' sentiment stamps with coffee ink in the bottom corner, added some hemp string and a Spellbinders Butterfly.
Hope you like it.

Have a good day
Love and hugs
Sandra xxx

Sue's Challenge card and a Lovely View !!!

 Sue's Super Cute Challenge Card

Ainsdale Beach Blackpool

Good Morning Ladies, 

Just loom at how cute and gorgeous Sue's Challenge card is...!  

Little Humphrey or is it Lottie, all snuggled up, Sue I love the pretty pink papers you have used, that embossing folder is really sweet too,  that little pink Classic Bow from CE just sets the card off perfectly and I love that super cute ribbon! A totally gorgeous card Sue, I will excuse its lateness as it was a bit of an oversight (Sue sent the card to Margaret instead of me)! Oops !!  Thank my lovely for sharing your card xxxx

Now take a deep breath of that lovely clean sea air, Michele sent us this photo of Ainsdale Beach today, looking out to the lake District, it looks lovely Michele, so sunny too, I hope you both had a lovely afternoon beach combing, that sea air is as good as a 'tonic'!  Thank you for sharing your photo with all of us xxxx

Hazel and Lynda, wishing you both better very soon your 100 days must soon be up ! Xx

Janet so pleased to hear that Nicky has found a new job, sounds like she is ready for a change. I am very much looking forward to seeing your new 'Proggy' Minagery, particularly 'Proggy Piggy' he sounds super cute! 

Oh by the way there were two mini hand warmers at the bottom of the soup pot today, so not sure you should leave anything 'portable' around those Huggles , its that wee Hughie, he's a bad influence! Xxx

Michele where will your travels take you today, enjoy wherever It is xx

Jean, sorry to hear 'Arthur' has been causing you problems, maybe try and take it easy for a few days, you have been doing too much xxx

Maria, you are probably going to be very sore today, just have a lazy day, I hope you aren't too bruised!  How fab of your son too give you some money for Ally Pally, that's usually what I get, they last much longer than a bunch of flowers!! I am so looking forward to meeting up xxx

Pat, glad your home safe, how lovely to get an extra mothers day gift, I imagine it was hard to leave Bet knowing that she will be struggling, hopefully they can get a care package in place quickly!  

Now if you manage to get your FIRST challenge card done this week I will give it a red carpet treatment!  Looking foward to seeing you this week xxx

Myra hope after school club wasn't too much of a challenge, please don't wash the windows, you'll just make it rain!!!  Sit and craft instead xxxx

Brenda, hope you had a lovely catch up with your friend and a new hairdo too xxxx

Brenda H. Lovely to see you, sounds like you are keeping yourself way too busy my lovely, i am pleased your craft classes are a success, but it sounds like it is making a huge dent in your spare time, you may have to start to say No !! Be nice to see some of the things you have been making too xxxx

Sonia, what design did you go for the 50th Cake ?? I am sure you could have had a go you are very artistic! Xxxx

Margaret, maybe forward any photos that Sue sends you on to me, but sensor them first please! Xxxx

Hugs to our absent friends, you are very much missed xxxx

Have a lovely day everyone,

Love and hugs

Sandra 

xxxxxxx

Monday Sketch Challenge

The Sketch

My Sketch Challenge Card

Good Morning Ladies,

Its that time of the week again, these Mondays roll round so fast!

I did think that this was a really easy Sketch until it came to making my card!

Not really, haha, it took a bit of thinking but that's why its called a 'challenge',

Some of the sketch look like our everyday cards, others are a little more involved.  Today's sketch is 'middle of the road' as far as difficulty goes.

I think it just makes you look differently at the cards you make, for instance I went through a stage of using nothing but  8 x 8 cards, now I try and chose a different base,the only trouble with that is it takes even longer to decide what I am going  to do.

I hope that you are all still enjoying the challenges, it looks as though you are if your fabulous challenge entries are anything to go by, I absolutely love getting your Emails with your challenge cards attached, it makes it all so worth while.

This weeks card I made using Anna Marie patterned card, layered with White card to make the base and layers, I used Sue Wilsons Australian Collection Melbourne Die to make the circular focal element, I also used the Scandinavian Collection Border die to add interest to the side panel, both of these dies are made by Creative Expressions.  I added complimentary coloured pearls down the border, around the Melbourne die and in the corners of the card to add thee finishing touches.  I was going to add a bow and some flowers but time ran out, I think it looks fine without!  

I look forward to seeing what designs you all come up with, will any of you beat Hazel to be first past the post with your challenge card?!

What did you all do yesterday?! We had a quiet day I ended up suffering a bit as I had a little stumble at 4 in the morning after I got up to see what was wrong  Milo and Bella, so I was a bit stiff and sore, I was moving about well enough by the afternoon, it was lovely to have everyone home for a lovely roast dinner, cooked by Paul, perfect Mother's day treat for me, I love having everyone together.
I am looking for some Doilies, cotton (not paper), so we might go to look at a local Antique centre today to see if they have any a reasonable prices, I looked on line and some people are charging a fortune, I just want some to use with my 'Altering' projects, if any of you know of any please let me know. Xx

I am off now as Paul has bought me a lovely cup of tea.
I will catch up with you all later,
Love and hugs
Sandra xxxxx