Crafts 4 Eternity - Sketch Challenge

Yippee, it's Friday! Which means, not only does the weekend start today :~) but it's also time for another fab challenge a Crafts 4 Eternity where we have a fab sketch for you.

This card was for a friend at work who complained to me about the lack of cards available with dark skinned images. She was thrilled with this (thank goodness!) & I have to say I think she is rather beautifu myself. She's a digi called Tabia, by the fab Mo Manning. I coloured her with Promarkers & the papers are the divine GCD Studios - Ella Blue. I used a Cuttlebug die for the corner florishes & the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Big waves to my D-Teamies at Passion For Promarkers. I thought I'd pay along with their girly 'Sugar Rush' challenge this week.

Please pop on over to the Crafts 4 Eternity blog to see the fabulous creations of my lovey D-Teamies there too.

Have a great day! I'll be back tomorrow with my first Secret Crafters DT card!

Thanks for looking,

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #42

Good Evening! Is everyone always as glad as I am to get to the weekend! It's Friday evening & we have another fab challenge for you at C4E this week. We want you to,

1. Use the sketch

2. Use Coffee & Cream colours

3. Incorporate a bingo card.

I don't mind admitting being a bit stumped as to what image I was going to use with a bingo card for this challenge. Then I remembered this lovely Mo Manning image called Mummu. I think she looks like she just got lucky at Gala & won the jackpot!!

She's coloured with Promarkers & the DPs are Basic Grey Cappella. The lace & buttons are from my stash.


I've kept this pretty simple & faithful to the sketch. I just love the image. It is such a pleasure to colour.

So I hope you will now hop on over to the C4e blog to check out the gorgeous work of my fellow D-Teamie. It looks like they had as much fun as I did with this sketch. Their cards are all wonderful. I hope you'll play along this week & you could win a set of Michele's super digis.

Wishing you all a brilliant weekend. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

Passion For Promarkers - Numbers!

Tuesday once again & we have another fab challenge for you at Passion for Promarkers. It's Denise's turn to through down the gauntlet & she asks that, this week, you include numbers on your card. That may be in the image, your embellishments or design papers. You may have a friend of family member who does not want their age advertising. This would be the perfect opportunity to embarass them, LOL!

To spur you on yet further, the lovely Karen at Sugar Nellie has generously donated this week's fabulous prize!

I have to say, I had a lot of fun with this week's challenge. The numbers thing was not inspiring me at first until I found this DP from Basic Grey - Oh Baby Boy! After that, things came together nicely. I downloaded this Mo Manning image ages ago & this is the first time I have coloured it. I used so many pens I can't possibly list them all, but please contact me if you want to know more. This is not the weather for this image. I was nearly sweating colouring in his jumper!




I did have a bit of a disaster with this however, I decided to distress the image a little to fill the big empty space on the LHS. Let's just say my technique left a lot to be desired & it looked awful. Scissors in hand I bravely set about hacking away, which was fine until I got to the flowers. I got a little stressed at that point & nearly cut the flower pot out altogether!

The rest of the card is quite simple. The circle date stamp from Catslife Press fits the numbers theme well. It was all really well planned & thought through. Actually it was an afterthought to fill the gap, but I'm pleased with how it came out! I hope you'll now check out the superb creations of my fellow PFP D Teamies. They are excelling themselves week on week.

There are a couple of other challenges I'd like to enter my card into.

At Mo's Challenge Blog, 'Anything Goes',

I tried to make my colour scheme fit the challenge at Colour Create as well. I hope the DT will approve!

Thanks so much for looking. Hope everyone is having a great week & has gotten over England's defeat. Come on Andy Murray!!

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Valentines Double Header

OMG where has the week gone? I've just realised it's been a whole week since my last post. I have not even been round much to comment, so I must apologise & I will be trying to rectify that over the next few days. I do have a couple of cards to show you today, both for Valenties Day. The first I made for my Dad to give my Mum & I used this weeks sketch & recipe at Crafts 4 Eternity where we want you to

1. use the sketch

2. use polka dots

3. use chipboard

I must ring my Mum to see if she likes her card. I've left it entirely up to my Dad to add the sentiment, but I think the image should pave the way for him quite nicely!

There is not really too much to tell you about the card. My Mum/bombshell is coloured with distress inks & the DPs are Crate Paper. The heart was a blank chipboard shape I covered in paper & inked round the edges to neaten it up.


Exciting things are afoot at C4E. Michele is offering a gorgeous mini card kit for our winner this week. We still have our lovely GDT member Sandra sharing her fabulous creations & this week welcome the equally wonderfully talented Keeley into the fold. I hope you will join in with the fun this week & check out their work & that of my other brilliant DT colleagues.

My second card is the one I made for my dear Hubby. I used a Mo Manning digi image to show what we will look like in another 30-40years time together! I think the idea might be a bit daunting for him. You get less for murder, LOL!!



I coloured the image with Promarkers & am entering this at Papertake Weekly as I have used their fabulous sketch for my layout. At Creative Inspirations this week they have asked us to use leftovers. My DPs are Basic Grey Blush that I have had for ages & I am still using them up. But that's OK because I really like them! The heart pins, conversely, are brand new from one of my favourite shops, Quixotic Paperie. Where Elaine always offers great service.

There are a few more romantic challenges where this also fits the bill. At Simon Says Stamp, they are asking 'What's Love got to do with It?' Well, everything if you ask me! Seeing as I made this card 'In the Name of Love' I'm entering it at Cute Card Thursday too!
At Lili of the Valley, the theme is Valentines. I could enter both these cards in there!
My colour scheme is based on the yummy colour pallette of red, white, pink & chocolate

at Colour Create this fortnight. They are celebrating their birthday. Congratulations girls, thank you so much for the fab inspiration over the last 12 months. Long may it continue!!

I don't think I've ever entered so many challenges at once, & if you've stuck with me this far you deserve a medal! Thanks so much for looking & whatever you are up to on this beautiful day I hope you have fun.

Big Valentines Hugs,

Andie xx

Happy Birthday Dena!!

Here's a card that holds a special place in my heart, because I made it for a very special lady! I discovered her blog just under a year ago, when she was new to the world of Blogland like me. At first, I was bowled over by her beautiful cards, but very quickly I came to find she is quite simply, a warm, kind & generous friend too.

DENA!

This one's for you, by best blogging buddy!!

Today is Dena's birthday, so I hope this has reached her OK. It is a Mo Manning stamp, coloured to fit this fortnights colour combo at Colour Create, where incidentally, Dena is on the DT.

Now I have a favour to ask. I would like everyone who sees this post to hop on over to Dena's Stamping Corner & leave her a special birthday message. If you haven't been there before, you're sure to be in awe of her amazing talent & inspiration. She's just FAB!

So there you go.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENA!
Have a Wonderful DAY!!

Big, extra special, Birthday Hugs,

Andie xx

Setting the Record Straight!

It's a common misconception that fairies are all slim & pretty. Mo Manning has proved otherwise with her images of fairies who are, shall we say, a little overweight. I'm not sure how this one gets off the ground, but she's nonetheless graceful in flight!

I based the card on the fab sketch at Sketch & Stash this week. I'll definitely use this again. My new stash is the Mo Manning stamp, & I've used Basic Grey Wisteria DPs I've had for some time now, but I never get tired of them.

There are quite a few other challenges out there this would fit in with. However, I've probably missed the deadline for Quixotic Paperie where the challenge is to use a butterfly on your card. Passion 4 Promarkers want to see cards with 'all creatures great & small'. The butterfly fits this category, but it also got me thinking. Is a fairy a creature or a person? Discuss!! Finally at Cute Card Thursday they want you to use flowers on your cards, easy!!

Well I hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx