ORIENTAL BLOSSOM.....

Well over at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp we have a new challenge for you,this week our theme is "DISTRESSING"....now this can be torn edges,sanding...etc and you must include one digital image.

I've used Chris's (Sketching Stamper) image "Oriental Blosssom" which i've coloured with Copics.The main image ive triple embossed and IRL looks like a glazed tile,i've been wanting to try this for awhile and thought this image was perfect for that technique.I've coloured some extra flowers and then glazed them with glossy accents.The papers i've had forever and don't now know where i got them from,sorry.The three black panels are Black Magic Core'Dinations "Potion No9"which i recently recieved along with so many fab goodies in some RAK from my blogging buddy VICKY.I've used a cuttlebug folder to embossed them and then sanded them down to reveal the colour beneath...it's a perfect match colour wise to the bottom DP.Lastly i've added some self adhesive pearls,these are Kanban.

From this week the challenge will be changing to fortnightly,so we will have a new challenge for you every two weeks,the next challenge then will be 14th August.We are also starting to have on board a Guest Designer each month...this month we have with us the very talented JEN.And each month we will be picking a new GD from our regular challenge entrants.Hope you will all join us for our new DARE this week and a big thank you to all who took up the challenge with us last week.

I haven't been around much lately leaving regular comments,i've left comments mainly for people entering the challenges i'm on the DT for,sorry it's been a bit hit and miss....my mom's not been well again for afew weeks and as ended up back in hospital this week,my head's been all over the place and must admit i haven't had much interest which sounds really bad....i've struggled to even get my DT cards done due to time as well as lack of interest,i don't really want to give my Dt posts up because up untill now have really enjoyed being on those teams,so for now will try to plod along...i'd made up my mind not to post anything about my mom on my blog but decided i needed to explain why things have been the way they have for awhile now.

Have a lovely weekend all...

Take care

San x

OFF TO SCHOOL.....

Hi....i'd like to share with you today my DT card for Stampavie And More,where this week we have the theme of "SCHOOL".I'm not too sure whether i actually like how this card as turned out....one minute i do,next i don't...i've used alot more colours on this than i would normally and i think maybe i've sort of turned them into little clowns,i wanted to use all the colours in the papers which are a NitWits download "Live'n Learn"....maybe i'll live and learn not to use too many colours...lol,oh well i suppose it is a kids card after all!

The image is Precious Moments and i've used Copics and Prisma's as my colouring medium,the blackboard,box of crayons and apple embellishments are all from the same NitWits download.

The textured card is Core'Dinations "Roy G Biv" and i've used Papermania dome sticker numbers,paperclip from stash.

Would like to thank each and every one of you who joined us last week for the challenge and hope to see you all back again this week.

Well hope you all have a lovely day,

Take care

San x

STAMP WITH FUN , CUTE DAISY MAY & FRIDAY SKETCHERS

Hi....it's Monday again so that mean's i've two cards to share with you.Firstly Stamp With Fun where this week we have the theme "PEARLS".I've used a new Motivet stamp "Doraline Surprise",one of three i won over at Friday Sketchers two weeks ago,i hadn't got any of these stamps and was so happy to find i'd won that week!.I've coloured Doraline with Copics and Prisma's,my favourite colouring medium at the minute,i've added alittle glamour dust and tiny pearls to the image.The papers are all BG "Euphoria" and the sentiment is from the "Just Sayings" set by Inkadinkado.I've followed the sketch over at Friday Sketchers which this week as been supplied by Jacque...thank you Jacque great sketch to work with!

Just a close up of the fab image....must get some more of these stamps,i love them!

My second DT card is for the Cute Daisy May challenge,this week again we have a theme for you "FRIENDSHIP"...now this can be interpreted any way you wish,a card or a project for a friend,not necessarily a birthday card.

I've used one of Linnie's new bride images...these are gorgeous,go take a look you won't be disappointed,you'll find these and many more must haves HERE.

I've used Prisma's to colour the image i wanted a more ivory rather than white dress.added a touch of glamour dust here and there and some "Heather Mix" flower soft to her bouquet and headdress.She's then been cut out and 3d mounted using silicone gel.The gorgeous embossed paper i've had for awhile,not too sure where from,but i think maybe Crafters Companion.I've used two of my new dies "Fleur De Lis" and "Lattice" pendant,sentiment was computer generated...sorry forgot to note down the name of the font,must try to find it i rather like it!Lace,brads and pearls all from stash.

Well that about wraps it up! thank you to all who joined in on the challenges last week,as always some stunning work,hope to see you all back with us again this week :0),

Have a lovely day whatever you're up to!

Take care

San x

DU2DS...SKETCH BY LARISSA

Well where are the weeks going?,we are now onto challenge 17 at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp and this week we have a lovely sketch for you to follow by one of the DT Larissa,thank you Larissa a dream to work with!
For my card i've used the "Heart Of Hearts" image by Chris(Sketching Stamper) which can be purchased along with so many other digi images HERE.I printed the image off and coloured it completly with distress ink "Antique Linen"and then used a Cosmic Shimmer Mist "Rich Gold"sprayed lightly over the top,not showing too good in the photo but lovely and shimmery IRL,i've done the same to the sentiment after printing it off on the computer using "Chocolate Box" font.
For the centre panel of the card i've used some handmade paper which also as a slight shimmer and sparkle to it,again not showing up too good in photo,over the top i've used acetate which i printed the heart of hearts image onto,i firstly reduced the image size and then tiled it to give me an all over pattern,i've then added black dew drops to sort of seperate the hearts.
I wanted to finish off with metal corners,but do you think i could find them,so had to us peel-offs which i added tiny pearls to each of the corner ends.Peel-offs i can hear you saying...yes i know i haven't used any since i first started card making,but to be honest i don't think they look that bad!
Everything else ribbon,faceted hearts and gems from stash.
Well thats all folks,hope you will come and join us again for this weeks dare and thanks to all who joined in last week!
Take care
San x

BIG WISHES......STAMPAVIE AND MORE & SKETCH AND STASH.

Well it's time for another challenge at Stampavie And More,and this week we have a lovely theme for you "SUMMER".Well i knew right away what stamp i'd be using,love this fun Kadoodle image by Sandra Dry,"Primrose"which can be purchased from The Craft Barn.

I've coloured her using Copics and Prisma's,and have added glossy accents to her ice-cream and an adhesive pearl to the flower middle on her hat.The paper is BG "Cupcake" just perfect for the image.The large ice-cream is an iron-on applique you would use on clothes from Hobby Craft and the sentiment is computer generated using "Cafe Rojo" font.Dew drops from stash.

The layout is this weeks sketch at Sketch And Stash,so will be entering it into that challenge also,my new item is my stamp,great sketch to work with Becky,thank you i will use it again.
Well that's about it,hope you will all come and join us this week and thanks to all who took up the challenge last week.

Hope you all have a lovely day

Take care

San x

STAMP WITH FUN AND CUTE DAISY MAY....

Well yet another weeks rolled round and time for me to share two DT cards with you....firstly for Stamp With Fun where this week there's a sketch to follow by Maria Bell,and i must say a lovely sketch too,thank you Maria.I've used Sarah Kay "Can I Tell You A Secret?" coloured with Copics and Prisma's,cut out and 3d'd using silicone gel onto oval nesties which is also raised using dimensional tape.The papers are all K&Co "Hopscotch" and have all been distressed around the edges with "Peeled Paint" distressing ink.The flowers are Prima and Papermania.The sentiment which as been cut out using Spellbinders Double Ended Tags is by MFT.The corner was done using a Ek Success corner punch,ribbon,buttons and adhesive pearls all from stash.

You can see in the close up that i've changed his flowers,i messed up when cutting the image out so i punched some really tiny flowers from a Dovecraft border punch,i like the effect,something i wouldn't have done if i'd have cut the flowers out perfectly,i suppose a happy accident!

My second card is for Cute Daisy May,where we have a sketch for you to follow....Linnie's done some gorgeous new sheets and this image is taken from one of those "Sheet No 53".You can purchase this along with so many others HERE..i tell you well worth a look!,and a free image to get you started,what you waiting for :0).

I've coloured mine using Copics and Prisma's and then glamour dusted the skirt part of her dress.The paper is Papermania "Simply Elegant",the flowers are a mixture of punched out ones using a Woodware flower punch and flowers from Poppicrafts.Sentiment is CC Designs cut out using the ribbon tags die,brad,pearls and dew drops all from stash.

Just a close up of this gorgeous image.Hope you will all come and join us again this week on both of the challenges...thanks to all who joined in last week,we had a good response and some beautiful work,i must say some very talented people out there!,

Hope you all have a good day

Take care

San x

ON THE PHONE....

Hi....today it's Dare U 2 Digi Stamp challenge day,and the dare this week is "ANYTHING BUT A CARD",that could be a box,bag,ATC,bookmark,etc...the list's endless,just let your imagination run away with you...lol.The only thing we ask is you us a digital image on your project.For mine i decided to alter a really cheap address/phone book i picked up for the grand sum of 49p from Home Bargains...I used Chris's (Sketching Stamper)image "On The Phone" which i thought was just perfect for this project....you can purchase this along with so many other gorgeous images from HERE.....and i'll warn you when you see her new Butterfly Fairy's you'll want them all...lol.I've used Copic markers and Prisma's as my colouring medium and then used glamour dust over her top.The leather look paper/card really looks and feels like the real thing,i'm not too sure where i got this from,i think i had it from the NEC and it maybe MIC.I've threaded a ribbon througth the spine of the book and added some black faceted beads.Ribbon,ribbon slider and large flat backed pearls from stash.

The above photo shows how the book looked before i started altering the cover,the back of the book as also been altered but i haven't taken a photo,it's just been matted and layered like the front and ends on a leather look layer.I stuck with the same colours as the book started with due to the fact the pages inside are patterned like you see on the front with pink and black.

This just show's a close up of the image...love her!

And lastly i've been given an award by the lovely Sue (Scoopysstuff)....thank you Sue it's so kind of you to think of me :0),i so appreciate this and honoured to recieve it, but at the minute not really worthy of it,i've been a bad and lazy blogger of late,sorry everyone,i don't want to get all heavy on you but i've been alittle down and have struggled to really do anything.I hope this all soon passes and i can get back to my usual self,perhaps midlife crisis...lol,whatever i wish it would go!

I would like to pass this onto the following two people who have come to my blog on a regular basis and left me very kind and encouraging comments...VICKY and DONNA...thank you girls i so appreciate them more than you will ever know :0).

Well that's about it...sorry for the extra long post today,hope you will come and join us on the dare this week,and there's a prize up for grabs....take yourselfs over to the challenge blog and see whats on offer!,

Take care,have a lovely day and i hope a fantastic weekend!

San x

YOU GO FIRST.....

Hi....another weeks rolled round which mean's it's time for another challenge at Stampavie and More,we have a colour theme this week for you to work with "RED and BLUE",this is not really a colour combo i would normally work with and wasn't sure if i would even have any DP suitable,but my DCWV Christmas Stack came to the rescue.

I've used a Lelo stamp this week "You Go First",how cute are these stamps,i've only got a couple of these but must invest in a few more :0).I've coloured the image using both Promarkers and Prisma's,cut out using nesties and then 3d'd it using dimensional tape onto the layered DCWV DP.Buttons are from stash.

I've followed the sketch over at Friday Sketchers which is by one of the DT Heidi this week...great sketch to work with,thank you Heidi,so will be entering this challenge also.

Well that's about it folks...hope you will come and join us again this week at Stampavie and More,and look forward to seeing what you create :0),

Have a lovely day,

Take care

San x

PROFESSOR HOOTY & THREE OF A KIND.....

Hi....it's Monday,which means it's double DT time again.Firstly Stamp With Fun where this week the challenge is to use "SHAPES OR PUNCHES".We are being sponsored this week by Wendy(aka Louby Lou)from Digital Delights,and the DT got the chance to pick one of the lovely images to work with...i went for "Professor Hooty",great image,thank you Wendy.I used Copic markers and Prisma's as my colouring medium and then cut him out 3d'd him using silicone glue onto nesties labels one.The papers are "Hoot" a download from Designer Digitals which i've printed onto textured card,i've cut the leaves freehand and the sentiment i've done using Doodlebug rub-ons.I'm also going to enter this into Delightful Sketch challenge 2,a lovely sketch to work with and one i will use again...thank you.

My second card is for Cute Daisy May...this week the challenge is "THREE OF A KIND",this can be three images,flowers gems etc...but they all must be the same.I decided to use three of the teddy images from "Sheet 31" how cute is this bear,this along with so many more of Linnie's gorgeous images can be found HERE.My colouring medium was Copic markers and Prisma's,i've then cut the bears out and 3d them using silicone glue onto square nesties.The paper,well cardstock is from DCWV "Nanna's Kid's" and the number and letters have been cut with a Quickutz "Metro" die.Glamour dust and adhesive gem from stash.

Well thats about it...hope you will all come and join us on the challenges,thank you to all who joined us last week,as always some gorgeous creations :0).

Have a lovely day,

Take care

San x

PINK,BLACK AND WHITE....

PINK.BLACK and WHITE...that's our dare this week at Dare U 2 Digi Stamp,yes another Friday's rolled round,doesn't time fly when you're having fun!We had a great response last week for the embossing challenge,so thanks to all who joined us we so enjoyed visiting your blogs :0)and hope to see you all back with us again this week.
For my card i've used one of Chris's (Sketching Stamper) images "Tulip Bowl",i love this image and so useful for so many occassions,this along with loads of other gorgeous images can be found HERE.I've used Copic markers and Prisma's as my colouring medium and have cut the image out using round nesties.The textured card is DCWV,and the white card i've embossed using "Swiss Dots" embossing folder.Everything else...ribbon,self adhesive gems and black dew drops from stash.
Not alot to this card really,i wanted a plain and simple card and that's what i've got....i'm happy with how it's turned out :0).
Hope you all have a good day...and an even better weekend,take care everyone,
San x

DT FOR STAMPAVIE AND MORE...SKETCH BY VALERIE.

It's time for another challenge over at Stampavie And More...this week we have a sketch for you to follow by one of the DT Valerie,great sketch to work with thank you Valerie.

I've used a Sarah Kay image coloured with Copic markers and Prisma's,cut out using oval nesties and raised using dimensional foam pads.The paper,which i love is Designer Digitals "Spunky",hence the colour scheme.The sentiment is CC Designs,the flowers i've punched out with a Woodware punch,the raffia lace,ribbon and flat backed pearls all from stash.I used glamour dust on the flowers,which you can just about see in the photo.

Hope you will all come and join us for the challenge and a big thank you to all who joined us last week,you made some fabby cards :0),

Have a lovely day

Take care

San x

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

Hi.....today i've got two DT cards to share with you,firstly Stamp With Fun which this week we have a sketch for you to follow by one of the DT Tina,lovely sketch to work with thank you Tina, and a DL card instead of a square which make's a nice change.I've used "Shy Willow" from the WOJ Summer 2009 kit,coloured with Distress Inks.The papers and card are Cosmo Cricket,from a TSV from QVC.The flowers are Prima's,brads are also Cosmo Cricket,ribbon,flat backed self adhesive pearls and gems are from stash.

My second DT card is for Cute Daisy May where this week we have a theme "HOT,HOT,HOT" we would like you to use bright colours...pink,orange and yellow.I've used a lovely image from "SHEET 37",which along with so many more gorgeous images can be purchased from HERE.I've coloured mine using Copic Markers and Prisma's,she's then been cut out and raised using silicone gel.The papers are all Making Memories "Maddi",the chipboard letters are K & Co which were cream and i've coloured with Copics and then glamoured dusted to add some sparkle.The flowers have been cut using Woodware flower punches,self adhesive gems from stash.

Thats about it....hope you will all come and join us on the challenges,and thank you to all who took up the challenges with us last week,we all enjoyed visiting your blogs.

Have a lovely day

Take care

San x

DT FOR DU2DS.....EMBOSSING

Another week gone by and that mean's it's time for another dare at DU2DS....this week we have the theme "EMBOSSING",now this can be dry or heat embossing or both,i've used both.The image is by Sandra Dry "Rosabella Sitting",coloured with Copics and then i've glamour dusted on top.The dry embossing is on the frame Rosabella's sitting on which was cut using a Spellbinders frame die.The sentiment which as been heat embossed is by Personal Impressions.The butterfly was cut using a Martha Stewart punch,ribbon,hatpins,flower embellishment and flat backed pearls all from stash.

Well short and sweet...hope you will all come and join us again this week,thanks to all who took up the dare last week :0),

Have a lovely day

Take care

San x

DT FOR STAMPAVIE AND MORE....BIRDS.

Hi....another new challenge for you this week at Stampavie and More,we have a theme of "BIRDS",so somewhere on your card we need to see a bird.

For mine i've used a Sugar Nellie Leanne Ellis stamp "Fly Free" from Funkykits,coloured not so good with Copic markers,haven't used these for awhile,need to get back into the swing of these again.Sentiment is MFT,and the tab which is as been stamped on was done with a Woodware punch.Flowers are from Poppicrafts,and small pink ones i've punched using another Woodware punch.,lace brad and adhesive pearls from stash.

I'm also entering this into My Time To Craft...the theme this week is no patterned paper.Hope you will all come and join us this week,and a big thank you to those who took up the challenge last week.Well i'll love and leave you,have a lovely day

Take care

San x