Sketch Saturday #397

It is Saturday and time for another Sketch Saturday Challenge.  This is the fifth Saturday of the month so that means you can pick any sketch 215 - 396 this week!  Please include an image of the sketch you chose on your post.  Look under Past Sketches on the challenge blog to find a sketch.

We have a fabulous sponsor this week.  It is The Paper Shelter.  They have lots of cute digis and papers too.  They are offering the winner a $10 gift certicate!

I have used an image from our sponsor.  This is Casual Boy.  Isn't he great?  I think I might use this card for my grandson's 15th birthday coming up.  The sketch I used is Sketch #298.  

I used Bazzill cardstock and the designer paper is from Paper House Color Ways 6x6 pad.  My die cuts were SB Square and MFT Die-namics Stacking Stars.

Here are the Copic Sketch markers that I used: B21, B23, B24, B26, C1, C3, C5, C7, E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E37, E40, R01, W3, W5, W7.

I have entered this card in these Challenges:

Crafty Catz - #309 - Kids
QKR Stampede - #176 - One for the Kids
Always Playing With Paper - #58 - Masculine Inspiration Challenge

The Design Team has some really great projects for you.  So, head on over to Sketch Saturday and have a look.  While you are there find you a sketch to enter the challenge.  Thanks for dropping by and have a great week.

Sakura Maiden

There is a new challenge starting today at The Crafty Addicts.  The theme for this challenge is Elegance or Anything Goes.  Our sponsor is MoonFlower Digi Stamps.  The winner will receive a $10 voucher to their store.

I have used Sakura Maiden from the sponsor.  I started with a cardbase of SU Primrose Petals.  The rest of my papers came from my paper stash.  I don't know about you, but I tend to be a bit of a paper hoarder.  So, I have loads of designer papers.  I layered my papers and cut two rectangles with the SB rectangle die cut.  These I layered on opposite side and ends of the card.  I made two die cuts of the SB Floral Oval.  One from some of the designer paper and other was used to cut out my image. I layered the image just off center of the other one.  My flowers are from Michaels and the pearls are from my stash.  

I colored my image with these Copic Sketch Markers: E000, E00, E11, E50, E51, E53, R20, R81, R83, R85, RV10, Y00, Y02, Y06, YG11, YG13, YG23, YG25.

I am entering my card in these Challenges:

Fan-tastic Tuesday - #120 - Anything Goes With a Twist-Make It Girly
Inky Chicks - #61 - Anything Goes
Unicorn Challenge - #5 - Get Your Glad Rags On
Crafting From the Heart - #95 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - #295 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - #70 - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - #159 - Anything Goes w/Opt Twist - Create a Stylist and Elegant Card
Cupcake Inspiration - #343 - Around the World
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #26 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - #23 - Anything Goes

The rest of the Design Team has created some gorgeous projects. So, go check them out at The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog.  Thank you everyone for stopping by and have a very crafty week.

Sketch Saturday Challenge #395

It is time for another Sketch Saturday Challenge.  We have a great sketch for you this week.

We also have a fabulous sponsor.  It's Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

The prize this week is £10.00 to spend in the

 Bunny Zoe's Crafts Store

Card Recipe:

Cardstock - CS is SU Pretty in Pink and the DP is Art by Miran With Love Digital Papers

Stamps - Image is Angel of Hearts by Art by Miran and Sentiment is from SU P.S. I Love You set

Die Cuts - SB Rectangle and MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax

Ribbon - From my stash

Copic Sketch Markers Used:

C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, E30, E31, E33, R01, R20, R22, R27, R29, R81, R83, R85, RV10, Y26

Check out the rest of the designs from Team A at Sketch Saturday.  Now let us see your take on the sketch.  Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful week.

January Blues Challenge and Blog Hop

I Got The Blues!  This happens to most of us after the holidays. There is such a build up to the holidays and with all the excitement and celebrating, we tend to feel a bit down when it is all over.  So, we are giving away extra prizes this challenge.   Welcome to our January Blues Challenge and Blog Hop at The Crafter's Cafe.  So, along with our normal challenge prizes, there will be four hop prizes as well.  A total of six prizes in all.

We will start with our regular challenge.  Our theme is For a Male. And we have two sponsors for this challenge.  These will be randomly chosen winners.  First is Moon Flower Digi Stamps.  The prize is $10USD or 10 Euro worth of digi images.

Next we have Angie's Cards and Digis.  Winner will receive 3 images from the store.

Now onto the blog hop.  There will be four winners for leaving comments on each Design Team members blog with the words "January Blues".  This is the special password that has to made with each comment to be eligible for these prizes:

1st prize - Gina K stamp set Spoon Me

2nd prize - Gina K stamp set You Make Me Smile

3rd prize - Stampendous - Vintage Ladies

4th prize - Stampendous - Charmed Art

The commenting prizes will be shipped worldwide, so everyone can enter.  Here is the order of the blog hop.

Alex
Alicia

Barb

Cass

CG

Fiona

Gale (You are here)

Heather

Rebecca

Theresa

Tina

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog

I have created a card using Bear in a Boat by Angie's Cards and Digis.  

Card Recipe:

Cardstock - CS is SU Garden Green and DP is MME Oxford Lane

Sentiment - SU Remembering Your Birthday

Die Cut - Spellbinders

SU Candy Dots

Copic Sketch Markers:

B21, B23, B34, B37, E23, E25, G16, G17, W7, Y13, Y15, Y23, Y26

Challenges:

Craft Rocket - #6 - Happy Anything
Creative Knockouts - #124 - Card for a Child
Moving Along With the Times - #11 - Spots and Dots
Fab n Funky - #287 - For a Child
Cardz 4 Guyz - #102 - Happy Birthday
613 Avenue Create - #158 - Anything Goes w/Twist-Birthday or Anniversary
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes w/Patterned Paper

We are so glad you have joined us for this hop.  Don't forget the password "January Blues".  And good luck everyone.

Mid-Challenge at Creative Ladybirds Creations

This is my card for the mid-challenge post at Creative Ladybirds Creations.  They expanded their design team and I am now a member of Design Team B.  The theme is always Anything Goes. This month's challenge has a great sponsor, SLS Lines.

For my card I have used Fairy Girl With a Mask.  I had a lot of fun working on her.  Here is a close-up of the image.

Card Recipe:

Cardstock - CS is SU Rose Red and DP is from Silhouette Antique Damask

Die Cuts - SB Florish Trim and Garden Weave; MFT Die-namics Rounded Banner Stax; Die-namites Spring Corner; Sizzix Little Leaves

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Bling - Recollections Bling on a Roll

Copic Sketch Markers:

BG70, BG72, E000, E00, E11, E21, E23, E25, E50, E51, E53, E55, G43, G46, R01, R83, R85, Y17

Challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz - #13 - Something New (New die cuts)
Crafting With an Attitude - #11 - Anything Goes
In the Pink - #85 - Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Crafter's - Something Old, Something New (Old-Flowers, New-Die Cuts)
Deep Ocean Challenge - #120 - Something New (Die Cuts)
Inky Chicks - #61 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Unicorn Challenge - #5 - Get Your Glad Rags On
Live and Love Crafts - #43 - Something New (Die Cuts)

It is not too late to enter the challenge at Creative Ladybirds Creations.  There is still 2 weeks left.  So join us in the fun.  Thanks for dropping by and have a blessed day.

Snowflakes

I am back with a new challenge from Creatalicious.  We have decided to become a bi-monthly challenge blog. Challenges will still be on the 15th as before, but a new challenge will start on the last day of the month also.   I am on Team A so, I will always be posting the challenge starting on the 15th. Our theme for this 1st challenge of 2016 is Snowflakes.  We have a great sponsor, Happy Little Stampers Shop.  The prize is a $15 Gift Certificate for the winner.

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For my card I have used Snowflakes and Girl by Art by Miran.  My cardbase is SU Mossy Meadow. My designer paper is from my Christmas scraps.  I have used SB Circle and Large Scalloped Circle die cuts.  I also used MB Frostyville Border and MFT Die-namics Let It Snowfake. My sentiment is one that I had called Winter Sentiment 2, but it doesn;t say who it is by.  I punched it out with SU Oval punch and layered it with SU Scallop Oval punch.  My ribbon is SU Mossy Meadow and the snowflake button is from Bo Bunny.  My glitter is Stardust Stickles and I put a little distress ink on the snowflakes which was Bundled Sage Distress Ink. And I used the SU Home for Christmas Enamel Dots

Copic Sketch Markers:

E000, E00, E11, E40, E42, E50, E51, E53, E55, R01, R20, YG91, UG93, YG95, YG97

Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner - #54 - Buttons and Bows
Fresh Brewed Designs - #2 - Anything Goes
A Snowflakes Promise - #14 - Anything Goes Christmas or Winter
Crafty Sentiments - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Crafty-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes With a Bow
Craftin' Deert Divas - Let It Snow
Melonheadz Friends - Snow/Snowflakes
Come and Get It - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Art by Miran - #49 - Anything Goes

Thank you for dropping by and I hope you have a great week.

Valentina

I'm back today to show off this gorgeous stamp.  This is Valentina by Art by Miran.  You can purchase her in the Art by Miran Etsy Shop here.  Here is a close up of the image.

Card Supplies:

Cardstock - Card base is SU Smoky Slate and DP is Authentique Essentials Collection

Stamps - Image is Art by Miran and Sentiment is SU Remembering Your Birthday Set

Die Cuts - SB Circle and Large Scallop Circle; MFT Die-namics Layered Rose; Suzzlits Little Leaves

Pearls - From my Stash

Copic Sketch Markers Used:

C00, C1, C3, C5, E000, E00, E11, E35, E37, G43, G46, R01, R22, R24, R27, YR20, YR24

Challenges:

Get Creative - #30 - Something New! (Stamp Valentina)

Ooh La La - #195 - Girlie

Our Crafty Corner - #5 - Anything Goes

Where the Heart Is - #5 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - #158 - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist Birthday/Anniversary

A Gem of a Challenge - #160 - Female Birthday

Crafty Friends - #22 - To Use Something New (New stamp Valentina)

Art by Miran - #49 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - #306 - Flowers

Jo's Scrap Shack - #120 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I love it when you do. Wishing everyone a blessed week.

Celebrate!

It is a new year and time for a new challenge at The Crafty Addicts.  But, we have a surprise.  The Crafty Addicts is going to bi-weekly challenges this year.  So, you can play along with us every two weeks now.

The theme for this challenge is Celebrations / Anything Goes.  We have two fab sponsors for this challenge.

Lacy Sunshine

Morgan's Art World

For my card I have used an image from Morgan's Art World.  This is Rowan Last Enchanter.  I started with cardstock from SU Early Expresso.  My designer paper is The Paper Studio's Affinity. I used SU Eyelet Border punch and the SU Lattice Punch.  For this I used SU Soft Suede cardstock.  I also used a Corner Rounder Punch.  My flower is by Prima.  The sentiment is from SU Celebrate Today set and stamped in Momento Expresso Truffle.

Copic Sketch Markers:

BG11, BG13, E000, E00, E11, R01, R20, R22, W1, W3, W5, Y17, Y21, Y23, Y26, YG23, YG25, YG91, YR20, YR21, YR24, YR27

Challenges:

Lemon Shortbread - #6 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - #93 - Anything Goes
Where the Heart Is - #5 - Anything Goes
Quirky Crafts - #1 - Let's Quirky Celebrate
Paper Creator's Crafts - #43 - Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #7 - Anything Goes

The rest of the Design Team has some awesome projects to show you.  So head on over to The Crafty Addicts and have a look.  And don't forget you can play along with us every 2 weeks now.  We look forward to seeing you.  Thanks for dropping by and I will see you in 2 weeks.

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  Now that it is over, I'm ready to get back into the routine of things.  I have more exciting news.  I am now happy to be a part of Team A Design Team for Artistic Inspirations.  This is my first challenge and the theme is Anything Goes/Twist of Winter Blues.  And we have a great sponsor, Stitchy Bear.  

I have used a stamp from our sponsor on my card.  This is Hot Chocolate.  I colored the image with Copic Sketch Markers and paper pieced the cup with some of the designer paper.  Here is my card.

Card Recipe:

Cardstock - CS is SU Crumb Cake and DP is Nitwit Collections Little Mittens Collection

Stamps - Image is Stitchy Bear and Sentiment is Digital Delights

Die Cuts - SB Square and Scallop Square

Punches - SU Scallop Oval

Snowflakes - Recollections

Challenges:

Glitter n Sparkle - #169 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #25 - Anything Goes

Pile It On - #98 - Anything Christmas/Winter

Robyn's Fetish - #297 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - #172 - Feathers and Fur

As You Like It - Anything Goes

The rest of the Design Team have some projects to show you.  So, head on over to Artistic Inspirations and check them out.  We hope to see you playing along with us in the challenge.  Thanks for dropping by and have a great week.

Snow Day!

Happy New Year!

I am now a Saturday Girl at Sketch Saturday.  I just love using sketches.  Here is the sketch we are using for this challenge.

And here is my card based on the sketch,

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sami Stamps.  The prize this week is $12.00 to spend in her store.

 

I have used a stamp from our sponsor called My Snowey Friend. My card base is SU Midnight Muse and my designer paper is from Bo Bunny Blitzen.  I used SU Real Red for the lattice.  This was punched out with a SU Lattice punch.  I used the Martha Stewart Crafts Snowflake punch to make the snowflakes.  My glitter is Stardust Stickles and the gems are from my stash.  I colored my image with Copic Sketch markers.

Copic Sketch Markers Used:

B0000, B23, B24, C5, E000, E00, E40, E42, E44, E47, R27, R29, YR04, YR07

Challenges:

Crafty Time - Make It Sparkle
CCC Digi Creations - #60 - Anything Goes

The Saturday Girls have been busy this week making a card with their interpretation of the sketch.  So, head on over to Sketch Saturday and take a look.  We hope to see you playing along with us this week.  Thanks everyone for dropping by and have a blessed week.

Winter Fun!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe another year has come and gone.  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.  I know I did.  It is time for our monthly challenge at Crafty Calendar.  The theme is Something New.  We have two great sponsors this month.

All Dressed Up

The prize is 2 digis, winners choice.

Wild Orchid Crafts

The prize is a £10 Gift Voucher.

I have used an image from All Dressed Up.  This is Little Skater.  You can buy her here.  My something new is the Snowflake charm.

I used Georgia Pacific as my cardstock base.  I cut the scalloped edges on my Cameo with a SVG cut from Silhouette.  My designer paper is from Digital Delights Snowflakes Digital Paper Pack.  I framed my image with SB Luscious Labels One.  I have used SU Circle Punches to punch out my sentiment which I just typed up on my computer.  The twine is from The Twinery and my snowflake charm is one I bought from my local craft store..  The glitter is Stardust Stickles.

Copic Sketch Markers:

C00, C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, E50, E51, E53, E55, R01, YR21, YR23

Challenges:

Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Left of Center Challenges - #111 - All Things New
Polkadoodles - #51 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - #279 - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - #122 - All Things New
Inspiration Destination - #66 - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - #103 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Go on over to the Crafty Calendar Challenge and see what fab projects the rest of the DT has created.  Thanks for stopping by and having a look.  I love it when you do.

Faery of the Snow

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and here we are today at 2016.  Time sure seems to fly by.  It is the first of the month and time for a new challenge at The Crafter's Cafe.  The theme for this challenge is Square Cards.  That should be easy enough.  So, I hope you will all join in.  Here is my card.

We have two great sponsors for this challenge.

Alicia Bel

Robyn's Fetish

I am using an image by Alicia Bel.  This is Faery of the Snow.  Here is a close-up of her.

My base cardstock is Georgia Pacific.  The DP is some from my Christmas paper stash.  I used MB Frostville Corner die and SB Majestic Circles.  The snowflakes are punched out with Martha Stewart Snowflake punch.  The glitter is Stardust Stickles and the gems are from my stash.

Copic Sketch Markers:
B0000, B00, BG11, BG13, BG70, BG72, E000, E00, E11, E50, E51, E53, E55, R01, R81

Challenges
2 Crafty Girls - #9 - Winter Blues/Anything Goes
As You Like It - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. - #344 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - #305 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - #52 - Anything Goes
A Snowflakes Promise - #13 - Winter/Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown - #274 - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - #92 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Snow and Sparkle
Crafty Cardmakers - #154 - Snow

The rest of the DT have some awesome projects to show you.  So, head on over to The Crafter's Cafe and check them out.  Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting.