Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursda challenge this week was 'In the Water'. I spent ages wondering what stamps I had for this one, then I decided to actually go rummage through my stamp box and thats when I remembered Nessie!!
So here's my card:


For this card I used: Funstamps Nessie stamp, Impress inkpad, Pro Markers, white gel pen, Papermania adhesive gems, cuttlebug swiss dots card, blue bazzill basics paper on a white card blank.

An award!

My lovely SBS sister Joey has given me a fab award!



I love everyone else's blogs soooooooooo much that I've decided to give this award to all of you! Every blog I come across is full of gorgeous projects.

I won!!!!

I'm so excited! I won the blog candy over at Stamp Something Challenge ! Its a fab $15 gift voucher for The Coconut Scrapshop - the only problem is there's sooooooooo much gorgeous stuff I can't decide what to buy!

Stamp Something Challenge

I like the Stamp Something challenge this week - its quite broad 'Birthday Somethings' but it gave me the chance to use another Whipper Snapper stamp (god I love them!) that I hadn't managed to use yet.
So here he is, 'Birthday Beagle' :



I find with the Whipper Snapper stamps that on the whole they are quite large and so I find it works best to keep the card simple.
I coloured Birthday Beagle with Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen. Hes matted onto purple vellum. Then onto cuttlebug embossed card onto a purple card blank. The sentiment is from my stash.

Thank you Kristin!

Well today I've been given a FAB award by my blogging buddy and SBS sister Kristin



The rules for this award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

So my seven nominees are:
1. Jo
2. Lindsey
3. April
4. Anne-Marie
5. Carol
6. Anne
7. Michelle

Some of you may have been nominated before (I did try to make sure you hadn't but I might have slipped up!) but I just wanted to give everyone a chance to see some of your amazing work!!

And thanks again for the award Kristin!

Cute Card Thursday

Another fab challenge from Cute Card Thursday, this week is bright colours. Fab cards from all the DT as usual.

This is mine:


Isn't he gorgeous?! My little angel is a Whipper Snapper stamp coloured with Pro Markers - I liked the idea of quite a poignant message with a bright and cheerful coloured image. Matted and layered on bazzill basics card stock. Its quite a simple card but I think the little angel boy has to take centre stage!!

Sketch Saturday Challenge

Over at Sketch Saturday this week you will find another fab sketch:


Jo is also asking this week for people to apply to join her Design Team. To do this you have to make two projects using her sketch, one of which must be a Christmas theme. I ended up making three cards using this sketch (and I'm sure I'll end up using it again soon!) but here are the two for my entry to the DT call:





For Tilda I used: Tilda stamp, Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen, paper from a stack by QVC, cuttlebug swiss dots card, light blue card from my stash, adhesive gem stones and a 'yummy birthday' rub on from DoCrafts.

For Rodney the Reindeer: Whipper Snapper stamp, Pro Markers, gel pen and glaze pen, black and red card, paper from a Dovecraft 'Tis the Season' paper pack, Happy Christmas peel off and adhesive gems.

More Blog Candy!!

Juliet is giving away some FAB blog candy here: http://julietspaperpalace.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-candy-alert.html Just because she feels like it, we don't mind of course. Her blog is also fab...check it out now!

Friendship Image Swap

Took part in my first friendship image swap on Trimcraft this week. My swap partner let me know today that she received it so I know its safe to post!
Here's the card I sent to my swap partner:







I'm not sure why the pics all have a bluey tinge...! Anyway its red cardstock, scored and folded using my fab Wonderboard! Image is Sugar Nellie, kindly sent to me a buddy on Trimcraft. The paisley is cut from a K&Co sparkly sweet paper. I then stuck gems on to the pattern. The sentiment is Dymo.

More Pro Marker fun!

Well I have to say I LOVE MY PRO MARKERS!I'm just about to order some more from Silly Monkey Crafts (who have 10% of everything right thru Bank Holiday Weekend by the way!) because I just cannot get enough of them. I think I might ask for the whole set of 92 for Christmas...!

So anyway I've been using my PMs at every opportunity so here's some cards I made last night using my beautifully coloured images (if I do say so myself, lol)







The top one is a Hamish stamp from Sugar Nellie, with cuttlebug embossed card and a printed sentiment. (I've just noticed Hamish isn't stuck down properly, off in a sec to fix that!)

The middle one is a Whipper Snapper stamp 'Best Friends' and a 'Hugs n Kisses' stamp, cuttlebug embossed card and gems from my stash.

The bottom one is an Elzybells stamp (can you see the shiny glaze I put on ducky??! I love this stamp, its soooo adorable!), blue card stock, glitter card from DCWV, Dymo sentiment and gems from stash.

Also wanted to say thanks to all the visitors to my blog and those of you who comment - I'm trying to find the time now to visit all your blogs and check out your fab creations!!