Back for good

Well i've been a bad blogger just lately, but hopefully i'm now back and ready to get down to crafting. We have been looking after the grandchildren in the school holidays, and had a great time, but they do wear us out, so I have taken an extra weeks rest, and am now raring to go. This card is a friendship card, for the docrafts swap

                                                

image is from pink gem designs, coloured with copics

first edition papers, from summer breeze pad

flowers wild orchid

butterfly, marianne creatables

white ribbon, coloured with copics to match image

challenges entered

wildorchid   ch 58 layer it up    x

divasbydesign   ch 51 friendship   x

dreamvalley ch 40 something old, something new    x

(old item papers, new  butterfly die)

Well, off to link up to the challenges, then get the dinner on, and will be back later to visit some blogs, then got a few birthday cards to get started on, see you soon

Friendship

Well I haven't done much crafting so far this month, as been looking after the grandchildren, but here 's the card that i've made for the friendship swap over on Docrafts.

The image is from LOTV coloured with copics, papers are Bo Bunny,
flowers Wild Orchid, and ribbon from Country Baskets.
I am entering this card in the following challenges

divasbydesignchallenge    ch 47 for a female
dreamvalleychallenges.            ch 38 die cuts and punches
ccmonthlychallenge       ch27 best friends

Well thats it for now, a large pile of ironing awaits, be back later to visit a few blogs, bye .                                   

Pink and Sparkly

Here is a birthday card for a friend, i've followed the sketch at http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ the stamp is one I have had for a few years, so thought i'd give it an airing, isn't she gorgeous? she is coloured with copics and prisma pencils, then art institute glitter was added to her dress and necklace.

The backing paper is from a MCS cd and the flowers were a gift from one of my docraft buddies.                                                       
Challenges entered
sketchandstashchallenge.
pennyblackatallsorts. summer blooms
divasbydesignchallenge.  happy birthday
cardmakinmamas.   recipe (image, designer paper, embellishments)
movingalongwiththetimes.  pink, pearly and pretty

Right off to link my card up, and then an evening of blog hopping I think,
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, see you soon

Another Friendship Card

Well with family birthdays, looking after grandson, who has suddenly become very mobile, and making DT cards,I haven't had much time to myself, but have finally managed  the time to make this months friendship card for the swap over on Docrafts forum.

I used a nitwit stamp, coloured with copics, which was free with simply homemade magazine, the papers are also free nitwit papers from simply cards and papercraft, and I used the same papers to make the flowers.I followed Gemma's sketch from http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/    x
I am also entering the following challenges
disdigidesignschallenge.    pile on the flowers  x
pennyblackatallsorts.    summer blooms 
Well am hoping to find more time for crafting, but with the schools breaking up soon, that may be difficult, but will do my best
Thanks for visiting my blog xx                                                    

                                                     

Friendship Card

Well what a week, what with the weather, and being ill most of the week, I haven't got much to show , but I did manage to make a card for the friendship swap over on Docrafts. I saw that papercraft essentials mag, had some cute whimsy stamps as the free gift, and just loved one of the sentiments, so had to buy it, and here is the card I made

Papers are First Edition 'summer breeze'
Image coloured with copics
Flowers wild orchid
Ribbon and lace from stash

                                                            
Challenges entered

pennyblackatallsorts  my favourite things--- copics, ribbons, flowers and friends  x

divasbydesign  to die for    x

crafters companion  time to embellish     x
 Well just time to visit  a few blogs before dinner.

Anniversary card

Well they say things come in 3s, and after having to buy a new computer monitor, on Mon morning we had no power to all the electric sockets upstairs, so we had to call out an electrician, who i'm glad to say found the fault, and got power back on, but as it was a bank holiday, cost an arm and a leg, then had problems with phone line, luckily I sorted that with no expence, but all in all a very expensive week. Anyway on to crafty things, here is a card for our daughter and sil, who are celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary tomorrow,

The image and backing paper are from a MCS CD
Embossing folder is Cottage Floral from craft concepts
evering thing else from stash
challenges entered
sketchandstashchallenge   x
                                                 
Right off to visit a few blogs, and then got 2 birthday cards to make

Panic Over

Happily surfing the web on Weds, looking at craft sites of course, when all of a sudden, a black screen, couldn't sort it out, and had to turn computer off by unplugging, not good. So trip to computer shop, and after 2 days got a call to say it couldn't be mended, big panic, till he told me it was only the monitor that had a fault, and it would be cheaper to buy a replacement, than fix it, but he couldn't get me a replacement till next Weds. Well as I had cards to finish, and needed to print some papers, not good, but a trip to Argos  last night, got me sorted , and i'm up and running again, and here is one of the cards that I finally finished this morning.

It's for the birthday of a friend, who has fireworks at most of his parties, so thought this image would be appropriate.
Image is Newton Bear coloured with copics, found background paper on internet, added bakers twine and a button.

I am entering it in the following challenges
dreamvalley.  challenge 33 humour   x
herecometheboys  challenge 28 anything goes   x
That's all for now, will be back later to visit some blogs,