DOUBLE DT....STAMP WITH FUN & CUTE DAISY MAY.

Hi...it's Monday so that mean's ive two cards to share with you,both DT...firstly Stamp With Fun,where this week the theme is "TURQUOISE & BROWN",gorgeous colour combo i'm sure you will agree.I've used Sugar Nellie Home Grown "Macbeth" from Funkykits,coloured with Distress Inks,matted and layered onto a round nestie and then a shapeabilities nested flower.the two smaller flowers have been cut out using these same dies.The papers are Funky Fairy's "Hope Collection".The lighter turquoise panel i've embossed using the Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" folder,which i've also doted some small self adhesive pearls onto.The scalloped brown trim as been done with a Martha Stewart punch,ribbon from stash.

The second card i've got to share with you is for Cute Daisy May...the theme this week is "AS YOU LIKE IT!" in other words do what you want,and there's a fabby prize up for grabs this week,you must go check it out :0).I've used two sheets this week to create my card,the well which i think is a really useful image is from "SHEET 37" and the girl is from "SHEET 19",these along with many more gorgeous images can been found HERE,great value for money too.I've coloured mine using Promarkers and Prisma's.The textured card is DCWV,the sentiment is computer generated using "Bradley Hand" font.Flowers are Prima's,everything else from stash.

Would like to thank all of you who joined us last week on either of the challenges,or in some cases both of them...hope to see you back with us again this week.

Have a great day whatever you're up to...

Take care

San x

DT FOR DU2DS #13....SKETCH BY KIM....

Well it's that time of the week again..it's Friday.it's 5 to 5 and it's Crackerjack,couldn't resist that...lol,and if you're as old as me you'll know where i'm coming from! no it mean's it's time for another dare at DU2DS....this week we have a lovely sketch for you to follow by one of the DT Kim,thanks Kim i enjoyed working with this :0).

I've used one of Chris's (Sketching Stamper) images "Perfume Bottles),you can purchase this along with many other lovely images from HERE.When i first saw this image i knew exactly what i wanted to do with it,i think that happens with some images and it's great when it does!,i didn't want to add colour to it so just went over the lines and shading with a black Prisma,then cut the image out and raised it from the nestie panel with silicone gel.I've added glitter to two of the bottles,a pearl and adhesive gems to the others.I've used DCWV glittered card "The Alphabet Stack",the sentiment is WOJ and the tulle,hatpins and roses all from stash.

Well that's about it folks,hope you will all come and join us this week,and thanks to all who took up the dare last week,you all created some fabulous scene's.....have a lovely day,

Take care,

San x

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY,ABC CHALLENGE & PASSION FOR PROMARKERS....

Hi everyone...one card to cover three challenges,Papertake Weekly where this week the theme is "DELIGHTFUL DOWNLOADS",well i've used one of my new pixie download images from Charmed Cards and Crafts,coloured with promarkers which allows me to enter Passion For Promarkers,the challenge this week to use the colours "LEMON & MEADOW GREEN",gorgeous combination and last but no means least ABC Challenge "T IS FOR TWO TONE".

The papers are HOTP and flowers are a mixture from Poppicrafts,the rest odds and ends from stash.The corners have been cut with a Ek Success corner punch.I nearly forgot the gorgeous lace came in some blog candy i recieved from the very talented Bev...thanks hun.

I must say i'm happy with this one,hope you like it too...

Have a lovely day,will be round later to see what you've all been up to,

Take care

San x

DT FOR STAMPAVIE AND MORE....

Morning all....yet another week's passed and time once again for a new challenge at Stampavie and More,this week we have a sketch for you to follow by one of our DT...BA,lovely sketch to work with,thank you BA :0).

I've used one of my much loved Sarah Kay stamps "Time For Apple Pie" coloured with distress inks cut out using circle nesties and raised from the base card on dimensional tape.All papers and textured card are Cosmo Cricket,which i've also used to make the flowers,they have been punched out using Ek Success sml,med and large "Retro Flower" punches.The raffia lace is from Hobbycraft and pearls from stash.

Hope you will all come and join us this week...thanks to all who took up the challenge with us last week..

Have a lovely day whatever you'll be doing,

Take care

San x

DOUBLE DT....4 CHALLENGES.

Hi everyone....it's that time again,Monday,which means double DT time.My first card is for Stamp With Fun,this week we have a sketch for you to follow by one of the DT Bea (Megastamper).For mine i've used a Sugar Nellie Leanne Ellis stamp"Moon Beams" purchased from Funkykits,coloured with distress inks,i've added glamour dust to the moon,the sparkle's not showing very good in the photo.I've used two Cuttlebug embossing folders "Swiss Dots" and "Stylized Flowers" to give some texture to the three bottom semi circles.The background paper is from Designer Digitals,the sentiment is a Magnolia stamp and the flowers are a mixture of Prima's and punched out Retro flowers using Ek Success sml,med and large punches.Buttons,ribbon,gems and pearls all from stash.

The second DT card i've got to share with you is for Cute Daisy May,where the theme this week is "ANIMALS",i've used this cute little cow from "Sheet 26",this along with so many other cute images can be purchased from HERE.I've used Promarkers and Prisma's as my colouring medium,i've then cut the image out and raised it using silicone gel onto a rectangle nestie which as also been raised using dimensional tape.The paper is a freebie from Linnie which you will find HERE and i think works well with this image.Flowers Prima's,sentiment computer generated and everything else from stash.

Hope you will all come and join us again this week on both challenges...we had a good response last week,some fabby creations...so thank you to those who joined us and hope to see you all again this week.

I'm also entering this card into two other challenges...the layout i used is from this weeks sketch at FRIDAY SKETCHERS,great sketch to work with,thank you Bea.

And STAMP SOMETHING where the theme is "Black,White and one other colour".

Well that's about it for now,hope you all have a good day

Take care

San x

DU2DS DT CARD....."MAKE A SCENE".

Hi....today i'd like to share with you my DT card for DU2DS....this week the dare is "MAKE A SCENE".I've created mine using all digital images,the background is from the"Girl About Town"download set from Charmed Cards And Crafts,i've used Chris's (Sketching Stamper)"Vicki Shops" and the topiary and sentiment are from a Cuddly Buddly download "Doodletown".....all images have been coloured using Promarkers and Prisma's.Vicki and the topiary have been cut out and raised using silicone gel to give some dimension to the scene.Brads are Cosmo Cricket,gem's and ribbon from stash.Alittle glamour dust as been used on Vicki's butterfly broach and hair bands.

Well that's about it folks....hope you will all come and join in this week on the dare and a big thank you to everyone who joined us last week,we had a good response and some gorgeous creations...

Have a lovely day

Take care

San x

DT FOR STAMPAVIE AND MORE.....PENNY BLACK.

Morning everyone....today i've got my DT card for Stampavie and More to share with you,our theme this week is "NUMBERS",somewhere on your card/project we would like to see a number.

I've used a PB stamp "Lovely Bubbly",i wanted to kill two birds with one stone...the theme over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge is "CELEBRATIONS" so i'm entering my card into that too.This all fell just right for me the girl next door is 21 next week so i needed to do a card for her and for once i'm infront...lol.

I've coloured the image using Promarkers and Prisma's...i love Penny Black stamps i think they're so easy to colour.The papers are DCWV "Christmas Stack",as is the textured card.I've cut the stars freehand and they are mounted at different levels with silicone gel to give alittle dimension to the card,i've added glamour dust to the dots on the paper to give some sparkle but this is not showing too good in the photo.

To finish i've used a "Threading Water" Fiskars punch for the trim with some ribbon from stash.Numbers are Doodlebug rub-ons.

Hope you will all come and join us this week for the "NUMBERS" challenge and a big thank you to all who joined in last week we had some great takes on the sketch...

Well thats about it...have a lovely day,

Take care

San x

DOUBLE DT...SWF & CDM...

Well it's Monday again and that mean's i've two DT cards to share with you...firstly Stamp With Fun,this week the theme is "DOT'S",i've used a Sugar Nellie,Leanne Ellis stamp "Life Is A Journey" coloured with distress inks cut out and layered onto nesties.The paper is Pink Petticoat "His 'n' Her's",brads Cosmo Cricket and ribbon from stash.

The second one is for Cute Daisy May,the theme this week "CIRCLE'S",i've used the lastest sheet(35) of Linnie's...some lovely fairy images on this sheet,this along with so many other lovely images can be purchased from HERE.I've coloured mine using Promarkers and Prisma's,cut out and raised on silicone gel from the nestie circle which as also been raised from the base card on dimensional tape.The sentiment is WOJ,ribbon and adhesive pearls from stash...alittle glamour dust added to her wings and wand.

Would just like to thank everyone who joined in the challenges last week and hope to see you all again this week,

Have a lovely day

Take care

San x

SKETCH SATURDAY #55...."CHILLAXING".

Morning everyone...haven't entered the Sketch Saturday challenge for such a long time,well to be honest don't get to enter many challenges now other than the one's i'm on the DT for....too little time :0(.

I needed to make a couple of the dreaded men's cards and when i saw this weeks sketch it was perfect for the image i wanted to use on one of them...had to go for it!

The image is from Victoria Case Art Design's "Chillaxin"...i love her work!,coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's...not much colouring actually i wanted to paper piece the chair,i've cut it out and raised it using dimensional tape.The papers are Pink Petticoat "His 'n' Hers" and the sentiment i've done with Doodlebug "all mixed up"rub-ons,button's from stash.Not alot to it...but just how i wanted it!

Well hope you all have a good Sunday

Take care

San x

TERRY'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE.....NO SAN'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE!!!

Well the theme this week at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp is "CHOCOLATE-ORANGE",gorgeous colour combo...for my DT card i've used one of Chris's (Sketching Stamper) images "Rosebuds",lovely image to work with and can be purchased HERE along with so many more fabulous ones.Iive coloured mine using Promarkers and Prisma's and then added some glamour dust to afew of the petals....the papers are all handmade and i think i've had them since the year dot!,i got them from Ebay when i first started crafting and never used them...well i forgot i'd got them untill i went looking for something else...lol.The double layer butterfly was cut using a Spellbinders die,the sentiment is by Personal Impressions...everything else ribbon,brads,gems and doily from stash.

We had a great response last week for our "Ribbon" dare...thanks to everyone who joined us,we all so enjoyed visiting your blogs and hope to see you all again this week...just alittle reminder you need to use one digi image on your project but this can be any companies image :0)

That's about it folks...have a lovely day,i'll visit you all tonight to see what you've all been up to,

Take care

San x

DT FOR STAMPAVIE AND MORE...

Well it's Wednesday again and that mean's we have a fresh challenge for you at Stampavie and More...this week we have a sketch for you to follow by our GD Stempel-Ulla.I've used a Sarah Kay stamp "First Kiss" coloured with distress inks and matted and layered using oval nesties.The papers are a download from Designer Digitals called "Manchester".The sentiment was computer generated and cut out using the ribbon tags die.I used a cuttlebug embossing folder "Heart Blocks" for two of the panels and for the heart and corner i used a spellbinders die....self adhesive pearls Kanban and ribbon from stash.

Hope you will come and join us this week and a big thank you to those of you who joined us last week,

Have a lovely day,

Take care

San x

DOUBLE DT...STAMP WITH FUN & CUTE DAISY MAY.

Well it's Monday and that mean's i've got two DT cards to share with you again,the first is Stamp with Fun,which this week we have a sketch to follow my Mumur,thank you Mumur a lovely sketch to work with.I've used a Sugar Nellie stamp "Letter Box",coloured with distress inks and cut out using nesties.The papers are all K&Co "Sparkly Sweet",and the sentiment is Papermania "Clare Curd's sentiment set".Flowers are a mixture of Prima,Flora Doodles,Papermania,Hobbycraft and a crochet flower from the very talented Bev...thanks Bev.Self adhesive pearls and brad from stash....

Just a close up of the image,i've added glamour dust to a few of the flowers,but it's not showing in the photo.

The second DT card i've got to share with you is for the Cute Daisy May challenge...this week the theme is "PINK & GREEN",i've used this adorable image from "Sheet 31" i think she as the most beautiful face,you can purchase this along with so many other gorgeous images from HERE.I've coloured her using Promarkers and Prisma's,i've then cut her out and raised her using silicone gel from the oval nestie panel,i've actually 3d'd her hat and bag but that's not showing to good in the photo.The papers are Funky Fairy's "Tiny Daisies" and i think these work so well with the image.Sentiment is from a Personal Impressions cute characters set,flowers are Prima's,brads are Papermania.

Well all that's left to say is a big thank you to all who joined us last week on the challenges and hope to see you all back with us this week.

Have a lovely day

San x

DU2DS...CHALLENGE 10...RIBBONS.

Challenge 10 at DU2DS...where have the weeks gone! this week our theme is "RIBBONS",so somewhere on your project we would like to see ribbon....well what a challenge :0),the only thing i could think of doing was making a bow...lol,then my little brain came up with this idea of using ribbon for curtains,so cut away the curtains from the image and voila....the image i've used is "Pretty Window" by the very talented Chris (Sketching Stamper),this along with many gorgeous images can be purchased from HERE.

I've coloured the image using Promarkers and Prisma's,all cardstock and paper is DCWV from the summer collection as is the corner...the paper i thought looked abit pebbled-ash.Ribbon from Hobbycraft,button and adhesive gen from stash,

Sentiment computer generated....all the stamps i've got and hadn't got a New Home one!

Well all that's left to say is thanks to everyone who joined us last week for Donna's sketch...you made some amazing cards,and hope you will all join us again for this weeks DARE! all we ask is you use a digital image on your project (this can be any company)and this week ribbon.Look forward to seeing what you come up with,

Take care

San x

STAMPAVIE AND MORE....CHALLENGE #46 SKETCH BY GIO.

Today is Wednesday and that mean's we have a new challenge for you over at Stampavie and More,we have a lovely sketch for you to follow this week by Gio...thank you Gio great sketch to work with.

I've used Sarah Kay "Best Friends Forever" stamp coloured with Distress Inks,cut out and raised using silicone gel.The papers are Cosmo Cricket,the sentiment is from a free stamp set off a magazine,the flowers i've cut using a Ek Success "Retro Flower" punch,button from stash.The gorgeous lace came in some blog candy i won off Bev...thanks sweetie!

Well that's about it...would just like to say thank you to all who joined us last week and hope to see you all again this week,you made some beautiful cards.

I would also like to thank each and everyone of you who visit my blog and leave such kind comments...i so appreciate this,times precious to us all these days!

Have a lovely day...the weathers not so bright here today,maybe as well i've got to do mom's gardens today...will visit you tonight to see what you've been up to,

Take care

San x

DOUBLE DT....STAMP WITH FUN & CUTE DAISY MAY.

Two DT items to share with you today...first Stamp With Fun where this week the challenge is "Not A Card"...i decided to make a Birthday/Event reminder,it was going to be displayed in a CD case,but i've 3d'd it and think it looks so much better on the easel anyway.I've used WOJ "Sitting Summer Willow! coloured with Distress Inks.The cherry paper and calendar are from a Funky Fairy's download and the stripped paper Pink Petticoat.Ribbon and adhesive gems from stash.Because the squares are too small to write in i've used large adhesive gems to mark the dates,the same colour gems are used on the back to index the dates....i've used Ben's and my moms birthdays to show you an example,not that i'm going to forget their birthdays...lol.

The second one is my DT card for Cute Daisy May...the theme this week "Let's Emboss".When Linnie sent us all some new sheets to work with i knew i just had to use one of the images from the Christmas sheet "No 27",i know what you're all thinking....i've lost the plot,thinking of Christmas with the weather we're having at the moment...lol,well it's never too soon to start!I've coloured her using Promarkers and Prisma's cut out and raised her from the Cuttlebug"Lace Tree" using Silicone gel,the papers are DCWV Christmas stack.The alphabet i've used for the bunting is K&Co which was cream,i coloured it using a promarker.The parcels are from a See'D stamp set also raised using silcone gel (these i added after i sent my photo to Linnie,so the one showing on the challenge blog as no parcels...naughty..lol),i cut the star,coloured it again with a promarker and covered it in glamour dust which i've also added to parts of the backing paper for some extra sparkle...but not showing too well.Everything else,tiny bows,flat backed pearls and gems to decorate the tree from stash.

Well sorry for the long post today...thanks to everyone who joined us on the challenges last week,hope to see you all again this week,can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Have a lovely day...no excuse not to the weathers gorgeous!i've got alot planned for today hope i can fit it all in,but no crafting involved :0(,

Take care

San x