Another too late for the challenge

This card is based around the sketch and stash challenge sketch but although I had it made intime it didn't get entered.

Base card is Craftwork Cards as is card I have stamped the image on, papers are all Basic Gey Gipsy,think you need a bit of brightness sometimes. Image is Lili of the Valley coloured with Promarkers and brads are Making Memories.

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A bit last minute

So about 3.30 on Tuesday he comes up to me and says, I keep forgetting to ask so I'm in trouble with the other half but can you make a card for Jades birthday. Ah, you'll need that for tomorrow then says I,and I couldn't refuse because I had made a card for the other 16 year old in the family, so I put aside the tiredness and got my head around a fairly non girly card at around 9pm and this is the result.

I've used an 8x8 elegant card from Craftwork Cards along with some of their paper. I have stamped onto the base card with some stamps from the same Kanban set that the tree is from in Peacock Brilliance ink. Tied a bit of ribbon round which I had hanging around and added a Little Claire sentiment.

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December already

I am really behind with my Christmas this year. I made 5 cards of this design on Sunday which brought me up to a total of 19 made so I had better get my finger out for the other 25 or so people who I want to send a handmade card to. The rest will have a bought one this year I am afraid.

This Penny Black Image belongs to one of my friends at craft group, I'm pretty sure it is Ginettes but apologies if it isn't and I have offended anyone. I coloured it in with Promarkers then followed the PBSC sketch from last week which I loved but never had time to play with.

Papers are by Dovecraft. card from my collection has been embossed with a cuttlebug folder and the snowflakes are from a sizzlit and an X cut punch cut from some glitter paper which I found in my glitter and mirri box.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts and the base card is by Craftwork Cards. The red card was bought at the november show at the NEC around 8 years ago from the Scrapbook House.!

Thank you for looking and for your comments, I'll try not to leave it so long next time.

Edited to add: Apologies and grovels Carole, but on the plus side it's not too far away when I need to borrow it again ha ha!

Card for my father in law

It's my father in laws birthday today and here is his card. It's quite simple but for some reason took a bit of thinking about.

The base card which you can't see is a turquoisy blue colour and I've matted another piece of patterned card picked up at Kanban on top then a bit of Formula One decoupage, I tend to alternate between Formula One and Rugby League for my fil.

The dad was cut out (using some plasma letters which I had from Craftwork Cards some time ago ) from some metallic textured card which also came from Craftwork Cards a while ago. I coloured the letters with an Aegean Promaker.

The whole thing is finished of with cards candy and a Craftwork cards sentiment. So a real Made in Yorkshire card

Very purple

Here's a card I made for a birthday a week ago, it was very much to the wire as I had little or no mojo at the time.

The stamp is by Little Claire coloured in with Promarkers, patterned paper is Basic Grey Kioshi and the other paper I picked up at Once Upon a Stamp, I've overstamped it with a stamp from the Aspects of Design Fancy Flourishes set. Matt has been punched with a Martha Stewart punch. Ribbon flowers and brads are all from my collection and the base card is a Craftwork Cards back to basics and the sentiment is Craftwork Cards rescue words.

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Card for a music fan

Well it's been nearly a month since I last posted and to be honest I've not done much but a couple of cards from a few weeks ago and a couple I've made today should fill a few days nicely.

Todays card is one I made for a colleague at work.

I've used some card and a topper which I picked up at the kanban sale day that we ent to, the orange dotty is some Crate Paper, the music was picked up at the GNPE in September and coloured with som distress ink.

The base card, card candy and brown matting card are from Craftwork Cards and the sentiment is by Woodware

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Another stickeroo

I made this card from the bits that were still out from the Saturday Challenge card and used the sketch from a few weeks ago that I never got time to play with at the time.
So all the details are pretty much as before except that the overstamping is with Judikins Mince Flourish on this one and I have had the flowers for so long that I can't remember where they came from.

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A loose sketch

This card is based on the middle bit of the sketch on Lili of the Valley this week.

The main image is by Lili of the Valley, another thing bought in March and not yet inked, terrible, and coloured with watercolour pencils.

The sentiment is a Personal Impressions design by Paula Pascual and has been stamped with Memento ink.

Buttons and paper string are from my box and the paper is by Crate.

Do I need to say that the base card is by Craftwork Cards.

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Sketch and stash no 47

Another challenge card this time for Sketch and Stash. This one is for someone I have worked with for 12 and a half years and she is retiring on Friday. She likes to garden so I chose this well loved Sarah Kay stamp for the main image and couloured it with Promarkers. The sentiment is from my new Woodware set.

The Prima flowers and ribbon are from my collection, the flower centresare from Hobby House and the brads are by papermania.

I bought the paper at the GNPE in March this year and this was the first time I had cut into it.

Base card is by Craftwork cards and the pink card is some bazzill.

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Penny Black Saturday week 125

The challenge over at Penny Black Saturday this week is zig zags or triangles.

I have used a stickeroo with a zig zag edge from the garden poems sheet which I have matted onto some pink bazzill cardstock.

The background papers are from the Basic GreyKioshi and Porcelain ranges. I have overstamped them with a Magenta stamp in Memento Potters Clay and then gllttered with a quickie glue pen and some bright pink glitter from the Art Institute Rio set.

The sentiment is from Woodware, and the lovely zig zaggy velvet ric rac is Ithink by Maya Road.

Base card is by Craftwork Cards

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Another workshop

This is a card I amde on a workshop with Julie Hickey at Craftwork Cards in the summer and I've been saving it for my hairdresser whose birthday is tomorrow as she likes Cath Kidston style so these Vintage Rose papers fitted the bill.

Everything on this card is from Craftwork Cards.

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Handbag with a difference

Here's a card I made for a friend at work last week. She likes hedgehogs and autumn colours.

I copied the design of the card from one I had done on a workshop at Which Crafts in Doncaster a few weeks ago and it uses one of their small hanbag cards.

The main image is a Penny Black slapstick which I have coloured in with watercolour pencils, and the sentiment is from a woodware set. I went around the edge of the circle with some printworks ink, the papers on the back panel are My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow and the ribbon is from my 'slightly smaller' collection

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Down to the wire

My nephew gets married today and I have finally managed to make a card last night, the insert has been sorted this morning!

Main image is Curly Wedding cake by Denami and has been stamped onto Craftwork Cards silver ice card with Brilliance Graphite Black and coloured with a periwinkle Marvy le plume marker. I have embellished it with crystals which you can just about pick out if you look closely.

Sentiment is by Woodware and part of a very useful sheet.

Paper came out of the box I picked out at the kanban sale day, blue card is pearlised Bazzill and the base card is silver ice size 6. Brads are making memories and ribbon is from my little collection.

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Another LOTV Topper

I am usually much further ahead with my Christmas cards but this year I am so far behind that it is unlikely that everyone will get a made one. When I saw these toppers at the Harrogate show they were great value for money and also will save me at least 40 lots of stamping and colouring in so into my bag they went.

For this card I have delved into the Hot of the Press kit again for the paper which I have embellished with a Denami stamp which I think is called Holly Swirl but it could be flourish.

Blue card has been through the cuttlebug, green card was from Papermill shop at Mansfield before it shut and the base card is by Craftwork Cards.

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Happy Birthday Paul!!!

It's my nephews birthday today and he has been an avid Liverpool fan since he was knee high. I made this card and then heard that they were near the bottom of the table at the moment, oops. He shouldn't hold it against me.

Stamp is by Lili of the Valley and coloured with Promarkers, paper is American Crafts, sentiment is Hot Off the Press which has been hanging around for ages and the base card and the black card are by Craftwork Cards

Brads are Papermania, and layout is by ME!

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Sketch and Stash

I have had this sketch and stash sketch on my clipboard for a while now and was playing with this stamp and some memento inks on Sunday afternoon and the shape just fitted.

Remembered that I had these papers from Stampin Up as yet uncut, a bit of green Bazzill from the scrap bag, a couple of papermania brads, Craftwork Cards base card and there it was done.

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A bit of Christmas

Here's a simple card I made at the last craft group night.

The main image is a Lily of the Valley topper highlighted with a brad from a Hot of the Press kit which I have from a few Christmasses ago, the patterned paper is from the same place.

Red ribbon is from my collection and the base card, greeting and red card are from Craftwork Cards.

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WOOF!!!

Well it's been a while but heres a card which is hot off the press but will be winging its way over to Australia tomorrow. Hope the plane is super quick as I'm a bit late doing it. (ooops)

Stamped image is Woof (you don't say) by Little Claire and has been coloured in with promarkers.

Card is from Craftwork Cards, paper is Daisy Bucket, blue card is from my box and the green dots were punched out of a scrap of green bazzill with my screw punch.

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Last of the lifts....

....for now anyway (insert laughing smiley).

This one uses that Judikins stamp in the background and on the card panel again, it's Mince flowers and leaves. The main image stamp is a Magenta stamp coloured in with H2Os.

I made the base card myself from some cream A4 cardstock. Paper is Basic Grey Lily Kate, flowers are Prima Got Flowers and the pearls are from the Hobby House. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards from years ago and the ribbon is from my collection.

Thank you as always for looking, I really appreciate your comments xx

Bit wonky

This is another layout from that Craft Stamper. I really enjoyed doing this although it seemed to take me hours.

Image is Sarah Kay, base card is by Craftwork cards as is the pink Starlights card which I have overstamped with a Kay Carley flourish stamp. paper is My Minds Eye, I think the ribbon is by American Crafts. Punc is Martha Stewart and the green flourish is from a sizzlits die, brads are Queen and co, sentiment is Craftwork Cards and flowers are from my collection.

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Card lifts/sketches

There were a few layouts in a recent issue of Craft Stamper that I really liked and this is one of them.

Base card is by Craftwork Cards as is the sentiment, main image stamp is by Anya and courtesy of Carole, background is a judikins stamp. Purple paper isby Kate Knight and was a mag freebie, pearls are from Hobby House, flowers are Prima and ribbon are from my collection.

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Fairies

This isn't the best picture but as one of the purposes of this blog is to record the cards I make then it will have to do.

The stamp is by Lili of the Valley, flowers are by Prima, papers and lace are by WRMK, brads came from Hobby House and ribbon is from my collection.

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It's been a while

It was craft group last week and as I had been away I just grabbed my box of Christmas stuff, along with one or two other bits and that with me.

This is one of the cards I made, stamp is by Penny Black and courtesy of Kath, papers are by Dovecraft, card sentiment and card candy are by Craftwork Cards, other embellishments are from my collection.

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Taste of Egypt

This is not the best scan as there should be an even white surround to the beige background but I had to get the card in the post so imagine the scene if you will and perhaps also the punctuation in this sentence.

I have use the Judikins Egyptian cube and stamped with Memento Cottage Ivy onto some beige bazzill cardstock.

The main image has been made from a few layers of UTEE and a few layers of gold embossing powder which I have then stamped into. It's been matted onto green and gold card from my scrap bags and then stuck over the mesh and a few brads to finish it off.

The sentiment came from Craftwork Cards some time ago

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Word verification

Is now off!! Sorry I forgot all about it.

Well here's a card for my friend to send to his brother who wil be 65 next week.

Main image is by Stampin up, papers are dovecraft, the cardstock and sentiment are from Craftwork Cards and the brad and ribbon are from my collection.

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Card number 2

I made this card on Sunday for one of the many nephews we have between us.

I have used the Safari cube by Judikins for the main image and the background. It has been coloured with Promarkers and I have used various colours of memento inks throughout.

The greeting is a rub on by pebbles inc and I think that all the card has come from Craftwork Cards at some time

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Happy Yorkshire Day

Crikey 3 weeks since I posted and to be honest I have only made 2 cards in those 3 weeks.

I have made this card using the sketch from the Lili of the Valley challenge but didn't have a stamp that fitted so fell back on this old favourite from Sarah Kay. Papers are also soome of my favourite from Basic Grey, the Lily Kate collection, flowers have been resting in my collection for some time, the ribbon is from the same place but has not lingered as long, and the brads are by Making Memories with stickles added for a bit of a lift.

Sentiment stamp is by Denami.

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Papertake weekly challenge

I picked up this stamp when I was over at the Hobby House a couple of weeks ago, I've liked it for a while so it was an easy choice. It is Daisy, a Sugar Nellie design by Elisabeth Bell and the size of it seemed to be made for this sketch.

I've stamped it in Black stazon onto some watercolour paper and decided to give my aquatones an airing to colour it in although I used a stampin up watercolour wonder for the skin tone.

Papers are Quite Contrary by My Minds Eye, all the other bits and bobs are from my collection and the base card is as ever by Craftwork Cards although this one is softies for a change.

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Penny Black Saturday Week 108

The challenge at Penny Black Saturday this week is Red White and Blue. Most of my Penny Black stamps are away with a crafting friend at the moment but my clear sets stayed at home. I have used images from the hugs set to make up the main image and coloured then in using Marvy le Plume pens and added sparkle to the hearts with a copic spica pen. Papers are from the Anglomania collection by Craftwork cards as is all the cardstock I have used, brads are Queen & Co and flowers are from my collection.

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Lili of the Valley Challenge

The Lily of the Valley challenge this time around is a sketch challenge. This is the first time I have entered this challenge but had to make a card for someone at work and so thought I would combine the two and enjoyed the play.

The main image is by Lily of the Valley and is stamped onto the digital super smooth cardstock by craftwork cards and coloured with promarkers. Sentiment is from a 99p dovecraft set.

Papers are basic grey kioshi, flowers are prima and the pearl brads were bought form the hobby house when we were over in Tetney a couple of weeks ago. Ribbon is from my collection.

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More Christmas

I made this card thee other week when I was over at Peggys, I have a few cards ready with the paper squares on now but need to get cracking with the stamping and colouring.

I really like this Penny Black Santa as he looks quite European and I decided to colour hiom in blue to match the papers, I think he is traditionally in blue in some countries but don't quote me on that , it is a "think".

Papers are still from that Dovecraft pack, image is stamped onto Craftwork Cards Cardstock, I need to stock up actually, and coloured with promarkers. Sentiment and base card are also Craftwork Cards.

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Card for the other half

Martin ended up with a very simple card this year. It is 9 squares of Papermania Hampton papers edged with brown ink mouted onto a Craftwork Cards back to basics size 6 card. Then I have stamped a Lili of the Valley image and coloured it with Promarkers to match. He likes this kind of colour scheme so was happy with the result. Sentiment is by Craftwork cards

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Penny Black Saturday 107

It's been a few weeks since I entered anything in the PBSC, life and crafting got in the way of crafting for a bit.

Anyway, it's may sisters wedding anniversary on Saturday and as they go fishing this Penny Black image fitted the bill perfectly.

The image has been coloured with promarkers and then matted onto some Bazzill. The patchwork background is made up of Spring Whimsy papers by Nitwits collections and the joins have been stamped with a Hero Arts stamp in Brilliance Starlight Black.

Brads and ribbon are from my collection. Base card (which the scan hasn't picked up) and card for stamped image is from Craftwork Cards. Sentiment is by Woodware.

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Fathers Day

Here's the card I made my father-in-law. It uses one of the new Lili of the Valley stamps which I have stamped onto Craftwork Cards digital cardstock and coloured with promarkers.

Base card is also from Craftwork Cards as is the oval sentiment, patterned paper is from the Papermania Hampton range and green card is Bazzill swiss dots.

String is from the art shop in the next town and button from my collection has been coloured with promarkers.

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It's been a little while

.....since I last posted, not created very much although I did make a start on Christmas cards when I was over at Peggys for her birthday.

Here's the first one, stamp is by Sarah Kay and is coloured with promarkers, papers are by Dovecraft, £2.99 for 72 sheets, bargain, well it is if you use them of course, and the sentiment and base card are by Craftwork Cards.

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Card for Peggy

This is a dreadfully wonky scan, I did mean to rescan it before I gave it to the recipient, ooops, but at least it looks straight on her shelf.

Papers are Basic Grey, stamp is from the Penny Black flowers and wishes set stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with Marvy pens. There is some brown velvet ribbon across the middle but its not that visible, and some overstampingwith Judikinns mince flourish stamp to pull it all in.

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Rest of never ending card

Still not made anything new so here are some more images of my never-ending card.

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and thank you for looking

Never ending card

I've not much else to show at the moment so I will share this.

At the April card club Kath set us a challenge to decorate a never ending card. I decorated mine with the Sugar and Spice papers and diecuts from Craftwork Cards. This is the front of it. The rest is on the craftwork cards blog as I was encouraged to send it to them and they liked it!

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Penny Black Saturday week 103

The challenge over at Penny Black Saturday this week is In the Garden. I'd a few stamps to choose from but settled on this trailing clematis image from the flowers and wishes set. I stamped it out 4 times and used the extra set to 3d the flowers on the centre panel. The sentiment is from the Critter Party set.

The papers are by My Minds Eye from the Quite Contrary range, I thought the leaves on the green one fitted the challenge theme well.

Punch for the edging is by Fiskars and brads are from my collection.

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Penny Black Saturday 102

The challenge at Penny Black Saturday this week is lots of dots so I hope that my dotty paper, brads and ribbon meet the brief. I also found this stickeroo with dots on the parcel for the Penny Black image.

So base card is Craftwork Cards, Papers are Basic Grey Blush collection (an oldie but a goodie), dotty and letter brads are all Queen & co and ribbon is American Crafts. Papers have been edged with Pearlescent Poppy Brilliance ink to pull it all together.

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Sketch and stash take 2

Here's another card from the sketch and stash sketch. I coloured this owl oval in when I coloured the other oval in and as I liked the sketch thought I'd use it again.
Papers on this ones are Craftwork Cards Richie and Susie which I have inked around the edge with Graphite Black Briliiance Ink. Pink band of card is Bazzill, everything else is from my collection.
Only one piece of ribbon on this one, I wouldn't want to run out
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Sketch and Stash Challenge 35

Here's my entry for the sketch and stash challenge.

New stash is the dotty sugar and spice paper from Craftwork Cards and the 'for you' stamp from the Aspects of Design sheet 58-Fancy Flourishes.

Dotty paper has been overstamped with a stamp from the Aspects of Design sheet 41, Daisy Displays.

Main image is a Craftwork Cards Ovaland the base card is also from there as is the square of dotty vellum.

Brads and ribbon are from my collection.

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Penny Black Saturday week 101

The Challenge over at Penny Black Saturday this week is flowers.

I have stamped Whispers onto Craftwork Cards Back to Basics card and paper pieced the image with Bloom and Grow Papers by My Minds Eye. Backgound paper is from the same range but has been overstamped around the edges with a flourish stamp, and the dotty vellum is also from Craftwork Cards as is the base card. Ribbon is from my collection, I think it might be Bo Bunny but I'm not 100% sure.

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Same stamp

Here's a card using the same stamp as yesterday. I made this a little while ago and hadn't posted it so thought that I would share.

Papers are by Craftwork cards, I have overstamped them with one of their stamps in blue and also used this stamp around the image to pull it all together.

3 pieces of lace/ribbon and the flowers are Prima and some from my stash which have been coloured with promarkers.

Card for a mate

Here's a card I made last night for my friend to give to his colleague, or as he refers to her, his 'work wife'. I'd directed him to this blog and he liked the easel card from the Francoise class and this Sarah Kay stamp which I had used on another card so I have combined the two along with some My Minds Eye papers which were freebies in a mag and a few Prima flowers and sparklies.

I will now send him an e mail so that he can give it the once over.

Card lift

I've not made much recently so nothing much to show.

Here's one I made yesterday design is copied from one in the February issue of Craft Stamper, I have changed the colours and the greeting. The main image has been glittered but not sure how well that shows up.

Base card Craftwork Cards coloured with Adirondack ink Pool, the coloured card is liberty sunday coredinations. Stamps are all by Kay Carley for The Stamp Man, brads are Doodlebug Tuxedo, they are sparkly too. Image has been coloured in with chalk pencils.

Scrapbook Sunday

Went for my usual look at the Penny Black Saturday challenge yesterday and was thrilled to see that my friend Kath was this weeks winner.

Here's another layout featuring some online scrapping friends when we me up a while ago for a great long weekend up near York.

Papers are Basic Grey Phoebe, felt is Queen and Co, title is American Crafts Thickers.

Well I ended up giving the card I was going to show today and then forgetting to scan it as when I wanted to scan it the scanner was playing up. So anyway here is a card I made back in February for my friends teenage daughter.

Image is Penny Black, papers are Sandylion, base card is craftwork cards other bits are from my collection.

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