In the nick of time

Here is my card for this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 challenge. I made the top 3 with my card entry last week, it was lovely to be chosen thank you.

I have used a Lili of the Valley image from the Party and Cake Art pad which I added colour to with my copics.

  My papers are from the Refreshers collection from Craftwork Cards, and I made the bow by using on of the sheets from  their bow pads as a template.

The ribbon is from a reel I bought from the Great Northern Papercrafts show when it was still at the Royal Armouries, so my friend Kath will know how long ago that is lol!

When I clicked on to post tonight I noticed that I have had 10000 page views on my blog so I'll do a draw from all my comments for this card and send a little gift to whoevers name comes out of the pot as a thank you for your support for my blog.

xx

More Blush

It's another lovely sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 this week and here's my card using it

This is the sketch

I still had the Basic Grey Blush papers on my desk from the layout I had made so I teamed them up with this lovely topper from one of the Lili of the Valley artpads which I have embellished with Flower Soft..

Flowers and red card are from American Crafts.

Die cut corners are Cheery Lynn and the sentiment is a polka doodles stamp.

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For Remembrance Sunday

A simple layout using Basic Grey papers from the blush range, a postcard of the John Mc Crae poem In Flanders Fields and a photo of his grave at Wimereux Communal Cemetery in the Pas-de-Calais.It's an unusual cemetery in that all the gravestones lie flat because of the sandy soil.

Back with a bit of orange

I've been missing in action from blogging for a few weeks, too much work equals too tired for crafting on an evening / can't be bothered to come upstairs to the craft room.

Anyway after a lovely day out yesterday on a tour of Lili of the Valley and then Craftwork Cards (who were open for a sale day with lots of lovely bargains to be had) I came home and after Strictly managed to make this card for this weeks challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

This is the sketch

And the twist because it is the last challenge of the month is to use some orange.

Supplies are as follows

Image - Elisabeth Bell from The Hobby House

Papers - Potting Shed pad from Craftwork Cards

Cardstock - American Crafts

Leaf Punch and Flowers - Woodware

Ribbon, lace and pearls from stash

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Relax......

Here's a card I have made for my brother-in-law. I've used this weeks sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

Here is the sketch

and here is my card.

I've used an image from Lili of the Valley and papers from My Minds Eye On the Bright Side, ribbon is from the jar and the branch is cut from a memory box die.

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Three b's

Crafty Cardmakers and more have a 3 B's challenge this time around and as this card I made recently for a good friends 50th birthday hadn't been blogged yet I thought it was a good a reason as any to do so.

The list to choose from is 

Butterflies
Blue
Birthday
Banners
Buttons

and I have used butterflies, blue and it's a birthday card so that is my 3.

The card is a tent card (which my late night picture doesn't show) that I was inspired to do following a make and take at Whichcraft a few weeks ago, the lattice aperture is cut with a Spellbinders die and the butterfly and flowers are spellbinders too as is the label. The leaves are sizzix.

Papers are Lili of the Valley and the ribbon and pearl brad have been in my stash for a while.

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Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge

 Here's my entry for this weeks challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2. It's the end of the month so as well as this sketch

there is a twist of coffee.

Please don't tell anyone but I suspect that the character in this Lili of the Valley Hello Cupcake image may actually have a cup of tea in her hand but I have used coffee and cream coloured papers as well as the pink ones that came from Craftwork Cards some years ago.

I punched the flowers from the same papers and used a small circle punch just to shape them a bit - here's a close up

The pearls are from my stash and the oveal is die cut from American Crafts cardstock using my new just arrived yesterday Spellbinders Floral Ovals. I have been wanting this set for ages and when they came up on Amazon at about £12 they were too good a bargain to resist so this sketch was perfect to have a play with them too.

Hope you like my creation

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