Passion For Promarkers - At the Zoo

My goodness. I didn't know when I was going to get this done. All the Halloween festivities at the weekend sure took a big chunk out of my crafting time. Well at least the kiddies had fun! So on to this weeks challenge at Passion For Promarkers, chosen this week, by my wonderfully talented D-Teamie & new Mum, Emma. If you like cute baby photos, go see her gorgeous baby daughter on her blog & give her some love. Back to the challenge. Emma wants to see cards inspired by what you would see

AT THE ZOO

Apologies for the dreadful quality of these photos. There is not much colour in the MME Andrea-Victoria papers I used, but it looks all washed out. The image is a very old High Hopes stamp called Camilla Gorilla. I was not seeing much of her girly charm, so I made this card for a man. Actually my son Jack loves it & wants it for his birthday in April! The sentiment is High Hopes too.


My lovely D-Teamies at Passion for Promarkers look like they really enjoyed this challenge. Pop on over & check out their awesome creations. This week we are generously sponsored  by the lovely people at Joanna Sheen crafts. Our lucky winner will get a £10 voucher to spend there.





I used the fab sketch at Cute Card Thursday for my layout this week. 


At Papertake Weekly 'Anything Goes'


At Stamp with Fun, their theme is 'Buttons'


So there you go. Hope you all had fun on Halloween. Thanks so much for looking.


Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Passion For Promarkers - Babies!

It's Tuesday once more & this week my lovely D-Teamie, Emma, has set the  Passion For Promarkers theme. Our challenge for you this week is to create a card for

BABIES

I don't have many baby stamps, but I like this one. I guess it doesn't need to be for a baby, but that's what i've always used it for. I'm not sure, but I think it's from High Hopes. The papers are ancient, by Paper Adventures. Go me for using old stash! The embellishments are also bits & bobs I acquired when Jack was born, with the intention of scrapbooking with them. Cardmaking however, took over. I will go back to scrapbooking one day.

This week we are thrilled to be sponsored by In 2 Stamps. Our winner gets to chose 2 stamps from their fantastic collection.

I hope you'll pop on over to the PFP challenge blog to see the fabulous creations of my lovely D-Teamies.

I used the fab layout at Sketch Saturday for this card. So I would also like to enter this there.

Thanks somuch for looking. Have a great week.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity - Doodling

As you read this I will be heading down the M6 with my wonderful blogging pal Dena. We're off to the NEC& boy are we excited!

We've got another fab challenge for you at Crafts 4 Eternity, starting today. Lovely Michele has designed another great sketch & this week's theme is to include some doodling. I chose this super cute High Hopes image for my card, as in the early hours of Thursday morning Daniel James Everett entered the world, & this card is for him!

I've coloured this with Aqua Markers. I created the frame with a Martha Stewart punch & the papers are very old, from Paper Adventures. The sentiment is a peel off & I added a button from an ages old QVC kit to cover the join in the frame.

So there we go. Please don't look too carefully at the doodling round the edge of the image!!

I hope you'll join in with us at C4E this week & pop on over to see the wonderful creations of my fabulous D-Teamies. 

If you're at the NEC today or tomorrow, please stop & say Hello if you see us. I'm so excited I couldn't sleep last night! It was like being a kid again & waiting for Santa!

Thanks so much for looking. Whatever you are up to have a great weekend.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #32

Friday night, C4E time once more! We have another fab challenge for you. This week we want you to,

1. Use the sketch

2. Use a quote

3. Use some wood.

Well, I don't mind admitting this one really stumped me! I scoured the house for something wooden to use. With a little inspiration from a friend I decided to use cocktail sticks. I planned to put my quote on a flag, but it didn't fit. so instead I broke up the flag pole to make a floor for my tiger to sit on.

As for my quote. The inside reads, 'You make my heart sing' from the fabulous Troggs classic, 'Wild Thing'. I love that song!!

My image is by High Hopes & has not seen ink for ages. Well done me for remembering that the oldies are still goodies!! He's coloured with Promarkers & the DPs are Melissa Frances. Now it's time to stop by my the C4E blog & check out the fabulous creations of my DT colleagues. They have all managed much better cards than me!

So there you go. Is everybody ready for the weekend? I sure am. I'm off to a wedding tomorrow, & really looking forward to seeing my boys throw some shapes at the disco tomorrow. Their fave is Beyonce's 'Single Ladies'. That should be funny!! Ben is a real little groover!

Thanks so much for looking. Have a great weekend.
Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Bird Bath at Friday Sketchers

I love High Hopes images, but have not used any for ages. I had this image, ready painted, knocking around for ages, just begging to be made into a card. Problem is, every time I get a new stamp I want to play with that instead. Last Sunday I was watching the Masters, painting some images to use this week, but I not only left them, but my beloved Distress Inks too, at my parents house. How annoyed was I?! But the silver lining is this little cutie was all ready to step up to the plate. At Friday Sketchers this week, Jacqueline has done a lovely sketch to follow, so he is my entry.
FYI the DP is by Imagination Project & the sentiment by Whiff of Joy. The swirl stamp, which is hard to see, is by Prima & the flowers from my stash.

I have not had chance to leave many comments lately & there are a few people I want to say Hi to. Namely Jenny, Sarah & Dena! I have been looking & your cards are just gorgeous, as always. I am in awe of you fabulously talented ladies!! Just take a look for yourself. By the way Dena, I have not forgotten, I will e-mail you early next week!

This has been quite a long post & if you have made it this far, hope I've not sent you to sleep!! Looking forward to the weekend, only one more day to go, Yippee! & Jack comes home tomorrow. He has been staying with grandparents over the Easter break. I can't wait to have him back! He is also having his birthday party this weekend, though that I can wait for!! Wish me luck with that one!

Hope you are well
Regards,
Andrea xx