Sketch & Stash #79

Happy Monday everyone. Time for another fab sketch challenge at Sketch & Stash. This week my uber-fab D-Teamie, Julie, has created another wonderful sketch for you to follow.

I love this cute little Gorjuss girl. She's coloured with my new love, Prismas & the papers are MME - So Sophie, Graceful, which I also love. Lots of love going on there!

I don't often make cards without a full backing paper & frame. But in this case, it just looked right. I would also have centred the image in front of the circle as per the sketch, but I couldn't find a big enough circle that didn't swamp the card. I should have chosen a smaller image perhaps. I don't like taking liberties like this with a sketch, but it was either this or ending up with a card I just would not have been happy with.

I am also entering this Simon Says Stamp, where the challenge is 'Spots &/or Stripes'.

I hope you'll now pop on over to the Sketch N Stash blog to see the fabulous creations of my wonderful D-Teamies. We are sponsored this week by My Mum's Craft Shop. Our lucky winner will get a £10 voucher to spend there.

Finally I have to ask. Did anyone watch the last episode of Sherlock? Is there going to be another series? There just has to be. I so annoyed, we are only half way through January & one of my favourite programmes has already finished. Anyway, Mad Dogs, with 3 more of my favourite actors, starts on Thursday so I guess I'll get over it fairly quickly.

Hope everyone is happy & well. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Secret Crafters - Embossing!

Big WHOOP WHOOP for the weekend! Time for a new challenge at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. It's the turn of my lovely D-Teamie, Beate, to choose this week's theme & she has picked

EMBOSSING

I used one of the new Gorjuss Girl stamps for this one, together with Bo Bunny, Gabrielle papers. She's coloured with Distress Inks & I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the blue(ish) paper.

I really like this image, but to be fair, I'm not sure who I would give this card to. Sometimes it's fun to create something, just because...

My wonderful Secret Crafter D-Teamies have beem excelling themselves once more. Check out their fabulous cards here.

For now though, I hope you are having a good weekend.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #31

Friday night & time for a new challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity. This week we want you to

1. Use the sketch

2. Include a teddy

3. Use some ribbon

I rooted out an old Gorjuss girl for this challenge. I couldn't believe I could only find 2 stamps with teddy bears on in my collection. *Note to self, must remedy that situation!!

The papers were a freebie with a stamping magazine, but are MME & the ribbons are from my stash. She's coloured with Distress Inks & the sentiment is a Catslife Press stamp.

Well there you go. Not really much to report on this one. But if you hop on over to the C4E blog, you will find some fabulous inspiration from my lovely DT colleagues. You can also see the gorgeous digi image, designed by Michele, that is up for grabs as this weeks prize.

Well WooHoo the Bank Holiday weekend is upon us! Shame the weather looks bobbins! Not to worry, I hope everyone has a good one!

Thanks for looking,

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Sketch #47 - Buttons

Wow it's Sunday again. Another week gone & C4E time once more! Michele as created another wonderful sketch & this week's optional theme is to use buttons on your card. I've gone for a bit of in your face colour this week. I'm hanging on to the summer with these shades. Whatever happened to the BBQ summer we were promised. It never really happened up here in Manchester. I live in Sale, & if you ever hear someone call it 'Sunny Sale', rest assured they are being ironic!!

Not much to tell you about my card. Gorjuss Girl is coloured with Distress Inks & the DPs are Fancy Pants. I created the border with the Martha Stewart flourish punch & the arcs in the top corners are embroidered. Wish I'd done it in all 4 corners now. The yummy bright buttons are available at Bizzy Becs & the tulle is from CraftsULove.

Hope you are enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend & will join us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week. Pop over & see the fabulous creations of my fellow DT members. There is an opportunity to win a fabulous set of sentiment stamps, designed by our very own Suzette. I should be able to finish painting my kitchen over the next couple of days. Then you better watch out! I'm going to be catching up on all the crafting I've been missing out on while I've been busy!

Hope life is treating you all well.

Hugs,

Andie xx

Creatalicious DT Sketch Challenge

At last its here!! A challenge blog where you need never miss a challenge. The uber-talented crafting babes Bizzy Becs & Cheryl are setting up their own challenge blog. But as it will be a monthly challenge you will have heaps of time to perfect your entries! Sounds just my cup of tea. I try & stay loyal to the challenge blogs I enter, but there are so many, I never have time to do all the challenges I want. And the name of this new blog, Creatalicious Challenges. Doesn't it sound yummy!! So here's my entry for the DT challenge. The girls have provided a lovely simple sketch which I would definitely use again. I used one of the latest Gorjuss Girls from Sugar Nellie. I tried to echo the flowers in the image with the lollipop flowers I love making. She is coloured with distress inks & the DPs are Everafter by Cosmo Cricket (am loving these). Must go as it is time for work, but it's Friday, Hurrah!! Plus I am off next week, Yippeee!!

Have a great day,

Regards,

Andie xx

Sugar Bowl - Challenge 12, Lia's Sketch

I'm back from my hols & eager to get back to to my card making, slightly less keen to have gone back to work, LOL! I have only been away a fortnight & it feels like I have missed so much! I have done some visiting, but there has been so much to see, I have not had time to leave any comments, so a big Hello to you all! I have followed Lia's wonderful sketch over at the Sugar Bowl. Now I thought I was also following the green & blue colour challenge too, but these gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers, sent to me by the awesomely talented Dena, turned out to be more turquoise & green in daylight. Last night when I was making this card, they looked more blue in artificial light. There is blue in them I can assure you, but you have to squint a bit to see it! I have coloured my Gorjuss girl, also sent by Dena (what a star!) in green & blue too. Anyway, I leave it up to the lovely Sugar Babes to decide if my card qualifies for entry into the prize draw. I have not seen them yet, but I know I am really going to want/need those Diane Duda stamps! Not much else to tell you about this card, except she was coloured with my trusty distress inks, & the gold spacer on the flower is from the Hobby House.

Hope everyone out in Blogland is happy & well & having a great weekend!

Regards,

Andie xx

Creative Inspirations meets Stamptacular Sunday

A big Thank You to to the lovely & fabulously talented Dena who sent me this Gorjuss image all the way from Texas. These girls sure are well travelled! I love the sketch over at Creative Inspirations this week. It is one of those you would turn to again & again. I have combined it with Stamptacular Sunday who are running a colour combo challenge this week where the palette is brown, green & pink. Hope you are all enjoying you weekend so far, looks like it could be BBQ time! I am off to visit my Mum & Dad, & see my sister & beautiful niece Emma, who are over from France, & whom I do not see nearly enough.
Whatever you are doing this weekend I hope you have loads of fun!

Regards,
Andrea xx

Gorjuss does SOS & Creative Inspirations

It's a bit last minute, but I spent so long musing over what to put on my touchy feely card for A Spoonfull of Sugar this week I nearly missed the challenge altogether! I am also entering this card in for the Creative Inspirations challenge this week, which is red, green & blue. I used these Flower-Ful papers from Junkitz that I have had for ages. Yay, using up more stash, only I've still got loads left! It is hard to see on the photo, but the blue background paper is textured & I put Papermania Stones at each point where the splashes of colour narrow. I used my distress ink pads to colour the felt ribbon, it does look a bit more red in real life, honest! I love the paper flowers. I can't remember which blog I saw them on first, but they are really effective & really easy to make. I love these Gorjuss girls more & more. They are so easy to colour & always look fab!
I am now making another request for your support. I will be running the 10K in Manchester this weekend. While I will be running for The British Heart Foundation, I hope that some of you might show your support by making a donation to a charity of your own choosing. Many thanks to those of you that do. By the way, is anyone else doing the run? All the best if you are!

Hope you have all had a good day,
Regards,
Andrea xx

Hope We Have A Gorjuss Spring!

I don't have much need for Easter cards, so I thought this Gorjuss girl would be perfect for the Spring option on the Sugar Bowl challenge. I really love these Gorjuss images, they are fab to colour. I wonder if there are likely to be any Gorjuss boys in the pipeline? If money was no object I would be putting in my pre-order for the second set of Gorjuss girls right now, but I guess I will have to wait till they are available singly again. There are so many stamps, stash & tools I want just now, my boys will just have to go hungry, LOL! There you go, it's official, I am a crafting addict!

FYI, the DPs are from the Phoebe range by Basis Grey, & the sentiment is from Whiff of Joy. I used a Woodware embossing punch to make the flower & the raffia lace is from Hobbycraft.

Hope you are enjoying the Spring sunshine. We had our first BBQ of the year today, though it was not quite warm enough to actually eat it outside! Hope it is the first of many!

Regards,

Andrea xx

Gorjuss Girl does Colour Create

I wanted to make this my entry for the lilac & blue, Colour Create challenge this week. I do not know where the week has gone, as I fully intended to have my card ready long before now! I have based my layout on the sketch idea in this months Craft Stamper. Hope this does not count as combining, as I would dearly love to win those super sassy Miss Anya stamps. I was waiting till pay day to buy them for myself, but everywhere has sold out! I hope someone will be getting restocks in soon. They so remind me of my sister, she is very chic & always looks immaculate too! Wish I could say the same about myself, though I do have curly hair & love shopping, so I could maybe pass for one of the three, however, with my tree trunk legs, I could never wear a skirt that short, LOL!
Hope you are having a good weekend.

Regards,
Andrea xx