Sketch N Stash DT & my Heartfelt Thanks

Good Morning! It's the start of a brand new week & a brand new challenge at Sketch N Stash! This time around, it's my gorgeous D-Teamie, Jen's turn to design the sketch.

I used another cute Wryn image from Tiddly Inks & coloured her with Prismas. The papers are MME - Wild Asparagus again. I added a charm onto the Divine Twine & created a flower of sorts from various dies & a ribbon flower. You can just see the Glossy Accents I added to the cherry to make it more shiny. Can't help thinking she needs a little something else though. I might revisit her with a little doodling around the edge of the image.

So here is Jen's fab sketch for your delectation

This week we have not one, but two wonderful sponsors. Dies To Die For are offering one winner a £10 voucher to spend at the store.

Mei Flower are giving our other winner a £20 voucher to spend there, WOW!

So I hope you'll pop on over to the Sketch N Stash blog to see the wonderful creations of my fellow D-Teamies.

I am also entering this at Totally Gorjuss, where the theme this week is 'Charmed'

Yesterday, I completed the Manchester 10K in a time of 1hour 17minutes & 22 seconds. That was over two minutes faster than last year so I was very pleased. I woke up this morning feeling pleasantly surprised at how little I ache, that was until I came down the stairs & discovered my knees are killing me!! Fortunately we've got lifts at work, so I might have to cheat for today!

I also want to thank those of you that gave me messages of support. It really helped motivate me to keep running around the course. Some of you very generously sponsored me too. I just can't thank you enough. I was running in aid of Brain Tumour UK who help fund research into Brain Tumours. They also offer support to families affected & work to raise awareness of this disease. As I said in my last post. I was inspired to run for Brain Tumour UK by the story of the neice of a good friend of ours.

Billie's brain tumour is inoperable & she has been receiving treatment, but her prognosis is not good. The bravery of this gorgeous little 5 year old girl is an inspiration to us all.

You can read more about her fight at her blog here & about the important work that Brain Tumour UK do here. If you can, please make a donation to help fund the research to find a cure. Thank You so much.

Well that's all from me for today.

Thanks so much for looking & listening!

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Sketch N Stash DT

Yay for Bank Holiday Monday & double YAY! for the fact it's time for another challenge at Sketch N Stash. This time around it's my turn to design the sketch.

I coloured this gorgeous LOTV image with Prismas. The papers are ages old K & Co. Go me for using up old stash!! The butterflies were cut with a Tim Holtz die, but they look a bit flat.

This is my sketch to inspire you

This week we are sponsored by Pink Gem Designs

Prize....4 Digis of Winner's Choice

Here is a bit of info about us :-

We design and stock a wide range of cute and whimsical clear polymer craft stamps and digi download products for paper crafting and digital scrapbooking and along with other crafting essentials including acrylic blocks for stamping,craft inks, cutting & embossing dies and craft embellishments

I hope you'll now pop on over to the Sketch N Stash blog to see the fabulous inspiration of my fellow D- Teamies.

I am also entering this at Lili's Little Fairies, where this week, 'Anything Goes'.

I hope everyone is enjoying the Bank Holiday Weekend. Yesterday it was fine & lovely to sit outside in a bar in Manchester. Albeit still rather cold. Today, we're forecast rain, well it is a bank holiday afterall!! Whatever you are doing, have a lovely day.

Thanks so much for looking,

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Sketch N Stash DT

Happy Monday! Time for another challenge at Sketch N Stash. This time it's the fabulous Doreen's turn to design our sketch.

I used Lemon Pepper from the Whimsy Little Cottage Cuties range. She's so gorgeous & definitely my favourite from the range. I coloured her with Prismas. The papers are K & Co Julianna. I went for a distressed look on this one & love how she turned out

I hope you'll now pop on over to the Sketch N Stash blog to see the fabulous creations of my fellow D-Teamies. This is wonderful sketch Doreen designed for your inspiration.

I would also like to enter this at Stamptacular Sunday where the challenge is loaded with layers. I hope there are enough to qualify!

So that's all from me for now. I hope you are all ready for the new week ahead. Have a great week, whatever you are up to. Is it not the weekend yet?!!

Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Sketch & Stash DT

Helloooo! Hope everyone is have a happy Easter. Have you had enough chocolate yet? Having given it up for Easter, I'm still enjoying stuffing my face, LOL! However, I just paused long enough to write this post to let you know about the new Sketch N Stash challenge that launches today.

For this card I've inked up another Tiddly Inks, Wryn image & coloured her with Prismas. Have you seen the fab new images that have just been released & the fab celebrations happening over at the Tiddly Inks blog? I love them all! I used Echo Park papers with this & a Stampavie sentiment.

This week we have the wonderful Kevin to thanks for our fab sketch. Check out the gorgeous inspiration of my fellow D-Teamies at the Sketch N Stash blog. Play along with us & you stand to win a fab prize.

Our very own Jill has most generously sponsored us this week with a gorgeous Joanna Sheen stamp. Play along with us this fortnight to be in with a chance of winning it.

Happy 2nd birthday to the lovely ladies at Tiddly Inks where their theme this time around is indeed 'Birthdays'.

At Truly Scrumptious, they want you to use lace on you creation. I used pink across the centre behind the image, but the photo doesn't pick it up all that well.

So that's all from me for now. We've got to go home from my Mum & Dad's today in preparation for work again tomorrow. You should have seen Ben's face when he thought he wasn't getting a Lindt gold bunny for Easter this year. He crawled under my bed & cried for a good 10 minutes. It took me ages to persuade him to go see Grandma, because I knew she had come up trumps!

Well I hope you enjoy what's left of your Easter break. Thanks so much for looking.

Big Hugs,
Andie xx

I can't believe Monday always comes around so fast, but today's a good one as I've taken the day off work & it's time for a new challenge at Sketch N Stash - Yippee!

This week we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter & I have used one of their gorgeous images for this card. She's coloured with Prismas & the papers are Echo Park - Springtime. The flowers were cut with a Martha Stewart border punch & added a bird charm from Bunny Zoes to finish it off.

This is my wonderful D-Teamie, Jill's fabulous sketch for you to follow. Nice & straight forward, just how I like them!

 I hope you'll play along this week for a chance to win a $20 gift Certificate to spend at The Paper Shelter. Please pop on over to the Sketch N Stash blog to see the fabulous inspiration of the SNS DT.

So thanks so much for looking.
Big Hugs,

Andie xx

Sketch N' Stash

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Happy Monday, especially so as it's time for another Sketch N Stash challenge! This week you've got free choice from our extensive sketch catalogue. You've got loads of fab layouts to choose from!

This is the card I made for a colleague at work who retired last week. I am soooo envious of him, LOL! But I'll just keep plugging away with the lottery. This is a Chocolate Baroque image. I also found my inspiration to paper piece & glitter the birds on their web site, but I can't find the card there again. The papers are Basic Grey - Curio.

I used sketch number 72 for this one. Something simple seemed appropriate as it's such a busy image. 

I think this card fits at Papertake Weekly where the challenge is happy highlights. If anything the birds are bit over prominent!

So I hope you'll pop on over to the Sketch N' Stash blog to see more inspiration from my awesome D-Teamies. Our lucky winner this week will win a selection of fab digis generously donated by our sponsor, Cuddly Buddly.

So here's to the start of another working week. Roll on the weekend, LOL!!

Thanks so much for looking. Have a great week. I'll be back tomorrow.

Big Hugs,

Andie xx