Friday Sketchers sketch # 60

All this weeks cards were made on my day off on Tuesday...

I managed to make a couple of cards following the Friday sketchers challenge this week.

Here is their sketch...


and here are my cards ...




Thanks for looking... one more day till the weekend - YAY!!!!

Charmed are doing it again...

Charmed Cards & Crafts have yet again teamed up with Graphics Direct Ltd and just look at the fabulous prize they are offering....


You can FIND out more at Karen's blog here!
I am linking to my card I just posted Here where I have coloured in a dowload... with Copics, black and colourless blender, red and the hair is a BIC marker as I had no suitable hair colour in the Copics.

VIva La France

Whooo!!! I am FINALLY getting to post an entry in the Dottie's World challenge again! yay!
I've been working on a little project with the lovely Pixies but I will show you that another day!

The current Challenge at Dottie's World is in honour of Bastille Day this week... so - I made this card on Bastille day. Louise wrote:

"The 14th of July marks the French public holiday of Bastille Day so to join the French in their celebrations I would like us to make something with a French feel. It could be the image, it could be a french sentiment or it could just make you say Oh La La! It might even be just in the colours of the French flag (red, white and blue), it's up to you! Just have fun! Oh and don't forget to use one of the Charmed downloads!"

So here is my card:



Ingredients:
I used a stamped image of the Eifel tower from my sister and the "Madison Oh la la" image from the Madison and Holly download package available at Charmed Cards and Crafts
Ribbon is from Spotlight and cardstock is from office works, I also used the Swiss dots embossing folder with my cuttlebug!

Merci, Au Revoir!

The Sugar Bowl :: Judy's sketch

Here is my entry for the current Sugar bowl challenge.
This one follows a sketch by Judy.
The other requirement was to include some sparkle.. I'm
hoping that the little gems will suffice :)



I used a Sugar Nellie - Leanne Ellis image for this card!

Happy BIRTHDAY K!!

Saturday was the birthday of a friend of ours from Bible Study/ church/ Guy's work.
Here is the card that I made for her :)



Recipe: Misc cardstock,
I used some paper which I purchased from Bizzy Becs,
the image is available from Charmed Cards and Crafts as a digital download and
I used the Swiss dots embossing folder,
flowers and brads from my stash.

last Tuesday Guy came home from work with some flowers for me... isn't he lovely!
Here is a photo of them yesterday (they are lasting well in the cold weather :)

Thanks for looking!
Sammi
xxx

The Cuttlebugspot.com :: 1000 followers, $1000

The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest entitled

"The Journey to 1,000"!

They are trying to reach 1,000 followers by the end of July and need help...

you could win a $1,000 gift certificate to Custom Crops POP on over NOW and check it out at www.TheCuttlebugSpot.com

To enter all you have to do is sign up as follower on their site and complete a few easy steps.

The Stamp Spot

My blogging buddy Marcia has opened her own webstore!!
How exciting! Check it out here:

Marcia is running a Design Team call for the Stamp Spot - click on the link to find out more.
--- this is only open to Australian residents at the moment.

This is the card I made to enter the DT call..

I couldn't show you until today as I added a HAPPY birthday on as I
wanted to give it to 'S' for her birthday today!
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Creative Memories
Paper: Kikki K + sheet from Bizzy Becs.
Creative Memories Star shape maker
Stamp: Hanna Stamps - Cafe Hanna
Coloured with Copics + bic markers + Kikki K white gel pen.

thanks for looking!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

It's my (older) younger sister's Birthday today!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

This is the card that I made for my parents to give her - I drew the
snowboarder on my graphics tablet... as my sister 'S' LOVES
snowboarding!



Have not been very active this past week... been a difficult-ish one... still not feeling very well!

Motivet stamps

How cute are these??? Would you like to win them?? then click the picture to find out more...

another mean streak... I mean sneak peek

OK OK - I know you think I'm a tease... but I wanted to show you another of the latest images.... this is a 'BIG' peek at the last of the sister images.... They will be available tomorrow at Crafty Muse... BUT we still need names for these lovelies... See yesterdays post!




Pop on over to Crafty Muse tomorrow for the latest challenge... the DT creations have been coming in and they are pretty good :)

*sniff* I've been rather sick.. flu/ cold etc.... almost feel human again now - yay!
Looking forward to getting around your blogs over the weekend!!

We need a name please

These two ragdolly sisters (or friends) are the latest images to be coming out from Crafty Muse. They will be available this Friday to purchase ....

BUT .... These lovely ragdollys need NAMES!!!



Leave your suggestions here and whoever suggests the names that are chosen will receive a copy of the sisters ragdolly downloads. 4 images (colour + B&W + some sentiments/ quotes.)

Magnolia Down Under :: colour challenge

The current challenge at Magnolia Down Under is a colour challenge...either:

• Pink, Brown and Cream/White
• Orange, Brown and Cream/White
• Blue, Brown and Cream/White.

Loving all those combinations and being a "hopeless decision maker" I decided to make THREE cards and try all combinations.... so here are my cards...







I did not have the right colour blooms for all the cards and so I changed their colours with my copics - worked quite well!

Thanks for looking.
Sammi

Copic colour challenge

I finally get the enter the Copic Colour Challenge again! :)

their colours this time are:

BV00 - tick - (just realised I used this on a different pixie... will show her tomorrow)
G00 - tick
RV02 - don't have that one...
so I used RV04 minimally (along with the colourless blender) + used a pink whisper pen on top.
I also used a couple of skin tone colours + yellows for the hair. Here is my card:




I used one of the adorable little pixie downloads available from Charmed Cards and Crafts!
Ain't she lovely?

And whilst on the subject of Pixies I thought I'd show you my first card using these gorgeous images, so here it is (made for my sister and sent via air-mail)




You can get your own pixies HERE!

no MOJO

I've kind of lost my Mojo!

But I have been colouring in... although I must admit I'm not exceptionally happy with them.


the Magnolias are for the current Magnolia Down Under challenge (just gotta find my Mojo so I can make them into cards) and the lovely little Pixies are from Lou and Karen's new collections at Charmed Cards and Crafts, you can get yours here

Crafty Muse :: Sketch challenge

the NEW Crafty Muse challenge is to follow this sketch:

Here is my card... I used one of the "pre-coloured" bouquets
from the Marriage download package. Decided to practice my stitching too!



Pop on over to Crafty Muse for the sketch .. to see the other Design teams fabby creations AND to see the new Design team people :)

The winner of this sketch will receive a set of the latest downloads ... here's some sneaky peeks for you ....





Thanks for looking - have a wonderful weekend!

Sammi

Whiff of Joy stamps

Oooh... there is a REALLY gorgeous new set of Whiff of Joy stamps
being released on June 14th!!

Pop on over to Whiff of Joy and CHECK it out!! they are sooo gorgeous!

Just Christmas and Birthday cards challenge

I got another card made during the past week.. yay!

It was following the current sketch at
Just Christmas and Birthday cards



I love this Bizzy Becs stamp - such a little cutie!!
Thanks for looking!

I'll be doing the blog hop tonight :)

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Materials/ tools used:
Bizzy Becs Little Joe stamp
Copics
Creative Memories - shades of blue paper
misc ribbon, CS and brads from stash.
CM circle shape maker

Magnolia down Under :: All about a Boy...

Whoo! I am finally getting my Magnolia down Under card in early'ish in the challenge...

This challenge is:
"All about a Boy"

so here is my "boy" card!! Hope you like it :)



I missed out on the last challenge... did not get my card onto the computer in time... but I thought I'd show it to you anyway... this was made with the "Moving to the Country" theme in mind...

I used a photo taken in Orange for the bacground (the pic of the card is a bit dark - sorry)

Hazel's 40,000 hit candy

Hazel has had 40,000 hits on her blog!! Whoo! Well done!
She is celebrating with this lovely candy...

Sarah's Birthday candy

My blogging mate Sarah is giving away some very lovely looking candy for her
special birthday coming up!!

CHECK IT OUT!

Crafty Muse :: freebie image challenge

This is my card for the latest Crafty Muse challenge .... This time we are giving away a freebie image to all participants... pop on over to Crafty Muse and get your image today!!



the image did not photograph exceptionally well due to the sparkling glitter (which looks a little green in some areas)!

Thanks for looking!
Sammi
xxx

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week is:

Bit o' Bling
Bring out your bling, any jewels, gems, pearls on your creations!

Well here is my card....



I used my new Hippy Girl Jewels stamp from Bizzy Becs.
I used some bling on her hairpiece and the buttons on her pants... oh and some sparkly glitter paper!

hope you like it!

Sammi

My 1st "Bizzy Becs" stamp card

Here is a card I made using my new Bizzy Becs Stamp "Candy Kisses"



I used some Basic Grey paper, lace ribbon from Spotlight, blooms and card from my stash...

Oh, and I coloured the little darling in with my copics!

What do you think??

Magnolia Down Under - Under the Sea

Well It seems I am too late for the Magnolia down Under Challenge... as it s supposed to be in by midday Sat - It's now 1.10pm.. oops!!

The challenge was " under the sea"!

Well - I thought I would show you my card anyway.... I did not have any appropriate "sea" Magnolia stamps.. So I thought I would turn this pretty Tilda into a mermaid!



I've been feeling very UNMOTIVATED.... work has been busy and I just don't really feel like crafting (I think my Mojo ran off somewhere anyway)! But I received my Bizzy Becs stamps
this week and I love them!!! so....



come back later and I "just might" have some cards to show!

Stamping out Alzheimers

Have you checked out the Stampin out Alzheimers link at the side of my blog??

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Anything that can be done here is worthwhile... Alzheimers is such a horrible disease... I watched it eat away at both my grandfathers (so sad!!) I wish that no one had to go through such a horrid ordeal ... praying they find a cure soon!

I created this cupcake for a challenge on the Stampin out Alzheimers site!




the cupcake is a template from Kelleigh and she has more templates at her store - Digichick
How fun!! :)

Thanks for looking... now I seem to be having troubles with:
1. blogger - keeps quitting/ not letting me leave comments! sporadically it does let me!
2. My wireless connection is dropping in and out all over the place... ahhhhhh!!!

Crafty Muse :: Black, White and ?

The current challenge on Crafty Muse is to use: Black, White and ??
I chose PINK as my "other colour"!

I decided to make a digital card this time ... for something new!

I used the bride and groom and a quote that are both part of the new Marriage download package!

Thanks for looking... Hope you like it!

Sammi
xxx

Mawwiage

The new Marriage digital stamps are NOW available at Crafty Muse.
Pop on over and grab yours now.
They are only $12AUD (~6.71EUR // ~5.91GBP // ~9.37USD)

I am going to give one away as a prize..... First person to leave a comment telling me the movie that the following quote is from will receive the new download set for Free!

"Mawwiage..is what bwings us togebba today...
.... That bwessed awwangement...
....That dweam, within a dweam"

Here's a photo of the new downloads.....

Exciting new Blog

Have you heard about it yet???
If not QUICK - pop on over to the Next Level and EXCITING new blog that Dawn and Ann (Madge) are starting! It sounds fun and inspiring :)
oh... and they are having some candy to celebrate the opening!

not a lot of crafting BUT lots of drawing

I'm still working on a yummy package of images for you....The Marriage downloads are ALMOST done... I thought I'd give you another peek!!!

Not being MEAN this time... I am showing you the whole thing :) Hope you like it!!
Drop by Crafty Muse on Friday for the release of the new images!

We had our church camp on the weekend... was pretty good but I was an organiser and am exhausted... will get on top of blog things tomorrow :) And I'll come back with a photo of the new craft I learnt!

Happy Birthday Dottie's World!!!!

Oooh... how exciting... Dottie's World is celebrating Birthday # 1 this month!!

And what a wonderful year it has been too...
lots of lovely images from the wonderfully talented Louise!!

why not pop over to Dottie's world now and see for yourself!!




here's a piccie of what could be won... what are you waiting for get over to Dottie's World NOW!!!

Kellie's scrummy candy

Kellie is celebrating LOTS of hits (20,000 - whoo - go girl!!)
and she is offering some candy to one very lucky person!!

Pop on over to Kellie's blog and check out her wonderful work!!!

Papertake Weekly Challenge :: Sketch challenge

The Papertake weekly challenge this week is a sketch by the fabulous Dawny

It's a great sketch... here is my attempt at making a card using the sketch:



I coloured this image that my mate Tina sent me some time ago.. and I wanted to keep it rather focal so I did not add in any extra embellishments etc! I think it works! I love the fairy anyway :)

Check out the Papertake Weekly Challenge.. there are some awesome creations there from the Design Team!

another peek

Well.... I am madly finishing up images for the TWO new download sets I've promised,
(available soon at Crafty Muse)

You have seen one whole image from one of the sets....that was quite some time ago now.... so, Here is a peek at a part of another image in that set...



I will give you a peek at another part of this image/ set during this week...

The good news is... both the new sets will be available at the end of the current CM challenge :)

Crafty Muse :: May Day Challenge

Well it's a couple of days late but I wanted to wait until Mothers Day to post my card!

at CRAFTY MUSE
The challenge this time is to create a project inspired by May Day!

love, flowers, romance....

I took the love and flowers side and decided to make a Mother's Card... so here it is:



I used Angelique sitting and also a Celtic stamp I am looking after whilst my friend L is overseas!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! to all you Mum's out there!
and a big thanks to my Mum for all your love and care over the years!

MDUC # 10 :: Mother's Day

The challenge this week at Magnolia Down Under is to make a Mother's Day card,

Here is the card that I have made for the challenge (and posted off to my MIL from DH and I)!



OK, I'm having a shocker with photos right now! I need to track down the card reader and batteries for better camera... until then I'm sorry but have to make-do with these camera phone pics!

Bizzy Becs Whiff of Joy challenge

Bec from Bizzy Becs is running a Whiff of Joy Challenge on her blog...

I thought I'd make a card and join in the fun:

"The requirements of the Challenge are one card entry per person - You Must Use

• Whiff Of Joy Stamp
• Lace - whether it is real lace, lace trim or punch lace is fine."

I did not have any real lace handy and so I made some out of a lacey looking punch!I think it works ok.


thanks to Teen for the image and Tegz for the water drops!!

some sneaky peeks

Well.. Just checking in... I'm still here... just have not been able to do any crafting and have not been blogging either... op went rather well on Mon - thanks for your thoughts and prayers... however I got rather ill on Tues and went back to hospital... Home again Wed arvo and then just taking time to recover.. slower than I would like!

Have no energy... a bit sore and just feel :P most of the time. Just need to be patient I guess...

I am hoping to get around to comment on all your blogs soon! IN the next few days...

I have drawn a couple of images lately (last week) ... these sneaky peeks below are all I can give you for now....






What are these images for?? HINT :: I'm rather late with a project that I should have sent off around the world to some SBS ladies some time ago ... things are started.... one day they will arrive.