tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34211661093102997662024-03-13T10:26:03.333+00:00Time For MeChrissie's Card CreationsChrissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15521092910316627505noreply@blogger.comBlogger477125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421166109310299766.post-7639449955659490602016-02-17T14:10:00.002+00:002016-02-17T14:10:43.416+00:00Valentine CardsMorning all,<br />
I can now post pictures of the Valentine cards I made for my sons' partners.<br />
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Two very different commissions, one wanted something cute "'cos I'm cute!" The other wanted something that would suit the tastes of his girlfriend, suffice to say her likes are different to the normal 'lovey' images.<br />
Can you guess which is which? ha ha!<br />
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Love and hugs to all those in need of them. <br />
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Thought I'd enter this card for the <a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/">Fab 'n' Funky</a> challenge of 'All creatures Great and Small'. I actually made this a while back but never posted it and thought it fitted the bill.<br />
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The raven is actually made using the words from Poe's famous poem, how brilliant is that! Perfect for a certain lady who happens to be a massive Poe and Raven fan. I also used my cute Joy crafts 'Vintage Flourish Birds' die and My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found' papers on this.<br />
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Love and hugs to all those in need,<br />
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Long time no see (I know, my bad!)<br />
I just felt in the mood for some crafting, which is very unlike me recently so I thought I'd celebrate by entering a couple of challenges.<br />
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<a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Passion for ProMarkers</a> - Show us your favourites.<br />
Well these fabulous ladies from Artstamps are certainly my faves, I bought loads of these as they are perfect for girlfriend cards (for ladies of my age anyway)<br />
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I absolutely DO love ProMarkers. Colouring brilliant digis with these is half the joy of cardmaking for me.<br />
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I really seem to have lost my mojo for cardmaking since moving up here and it totally died once the Sketch N Stash challenge blog closed. However, it seems there is a craft club starting up in our little village in March and I've signed up to it. I'm really hoping that joining in with fellow crafters will inspire me to start crafting again as I used to enjoy it so much. I'm also hoping to learn new skills and start scrapbooking properly. Who knows, I may even be able to blog regularly like I once used to.<br />
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Love and hugs to all those in need,<br />
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No, you're not imagining things, I really AM posting a card!!!!<br />
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Anyway, it was my birthday recently and my
lovely hubby bought me a couple of adult colouring books as part of my
present, after deciding to colour a couple of images it made me realise how much I'd missed it so here I am...
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This card is for my youngest son Gareth, whose birthday is today. Hopefully he'll like it as he's very into super heroes (films and books) and he's also been training very hard recently and developed one heck of a six pack so I thought this would be quite appropriate for him, ha ha!<br />
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I'd love to give credit for this brilliant image but (despite scrolling through over 10,000 Spidey images on DeviantArt) I could no longer find the drawing or artist.<br />
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This is the original image so if anyone knows who it is by please leave a comment and I'll happily add the artist's name to this post.<br />
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Love and hugs to all those in need of them,<br />
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My eldest son, his partner and her 2 youngest children (aged 7 and 9) went home yesterday after spending a few days with us. Alan and I are exhausted, we're not used to children anymore, ours are now 39 and 37 so we're out of the habit of little ones.<br />
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We decided last year that we would redo our kitchen this spring, we'd been putting it off since moving in about 4 years ago and it was the final 'big' job to do in our new home. Alan then had the bright idea of starting it just before Christmas instead of waiting, I'm sure you can imagine how lovely our house looked over the holidays!!<br />
I thought I'd share some photos of it now (and one of how it looked when we bought the house) in case any of you were interested in seeing it.<br />
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This was the original kitchen before we bought the house (courtesy of the estate agent's brochure)<br />
Do you like the brass wall sockets? and I can't begin to tell you how inconvenient that island was!<br />
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This is the new kitchen from a similar angle. You can't see it very well but I've now gone back to my ceramic sink again (I hate stainless steel ones!) and my beautiful new cooker.<br />
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Moving around slightly to the right of the last picture and showing my only wall unit over my drink making area and fridge.<br />
The doors house the larder and airing cupboard.<br />
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Moving a bit further around (this is the front of the house)<br />
The large cupboard houses my boiler at the top, the other shelves hold all the big rarely used things like bread makers, toasters, vases, glass bowls etc. so convenient! My freezer is under the work unit.<br />
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Finally coming full circle (the glass door on the right leads through to the conservatory) Not a brass socket in sight!<br />
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To say I'm pleased with the end result is the understatement of the century, I absolutely LOVE it!<br />
We moved the washing machine and tumble dryer into the conservatory and made a small utility area out there with matching units. We now have masses of cupboard space (I even have a whole empty one at the moment)<br />
Alan did the majority of the work himself we just had a plasterer, plumber and electrician in for the skilled jobs. I'm so proud of him as I think he's made a wonderful job of it.<br />
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I've been away for ages, purely due to having no mojo at all, I can't remember when I last spent time in my craft room playing.<br />
I've been feeling very low so far this year and have really just wanted to escape into books, although there isn't any reason why I should be blue. I'm back today because I wanted to enter <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Mo's DP2 challenge</a> with this card.<br />
It was commissioned by one of my friends for a 17th birthday and I thought it would fit the bill for the optional challenge of 'For Teenz Only' My friend's gift to her great niece was a set of driving lessons, hence the design.<br />
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I do hope that my missing mojo will soon return and that I'll be back with loads of ideas and enthusiasm for crafting again. I am still visiting my favourite blogs (although naughtily I haven't always left comments)<br />
Love and hugs to all who are in need of them.<br />
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I just love these 'girls' from Art Impressions and have quite a few of their stamp sets, so perfect for my friends' cards these days as we are all now quite 'mature' Ahem!!<br />
I thought that this colour palette and image fitted the summer theme quite well.<br />
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I haven't been about too much as we are still in the depths of having (lots of) electrical and plumbing jobs done, plastering walls, painting and fitting flooring in the kitchen prior to putting in the new units and cooker etc. All this plus going down with colds and hacking coughs, don't you just love winter (NOT!)<br />
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I've actually made a start on some cards for next christmas too -I know, don't faint! Every year I say that I'll start early on making xmas cards and I never do, so I'm trying really hard this year, 8 made so far, hopefully more to come.<br />
Now I just need to enter them into some xmas challenges and that will be 2 birds with the proverbial one stone.<br />
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Now that I've made a start with this challenge I'm hoping I'll be able to get back into the swing again and revisit my blogging and crafting pals very soon.<br />
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Morning all, well where did that year go??? <br />
A huge<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #990000;"><u><b>THANK YOU</b></u></span></span> to all of our sponsors at <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> for their continuing support this year.<br />
For our final challenge of the year we have another 2 sponsors again,<br />
firstly <a href="http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/">Delicious Doodles</a> are offering a lucky winner 4 images of their choice<br />
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This lovely company is closing after 31st December so we wish Teri luck in whatever path she chooses next.<br />
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Our second sponsor is another of our regulars, the wonderful <a href="http://www.ooh-la-la-creations.com/Pages/default.aspx">Ooh La La Creations</a> who are offering a second winner a CD of their choice from their store.<br />
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For my card I have used Delicious Doodles gorgeous 'Holly & Rosehip Wreath' image, coloured with Promarkers. The papers are from Papermania, the dies are Memory Box and Spellbinders and the sentiment is from Crafty Bitz.<br />
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Sadly this will be the final challenge for <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> and as I have been a DT member from the start I know I shall miss being part of this lovely team, but all good things come to an end.<br />
Thank you to all of our SNS participants and sponsors for their support.<br />
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It just remains for me to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy 2015 <br />
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Afternoon all, I'm here with another card today.<br />
I purchased this image ages ago but had never got around to colouring it up until now. I love Mo Manning's digis and especially her 'Blanche' ones.<br />
She is coloured with my Promarkers as usual and I've added some Stickles Stardust for lots of sparkle, although it isn't showing up too well in the photo I'm afraid.<br />
I'm having such fun playing now that the pressure of making my xmas cards is over and I'm actually managing to join in with some challenges for a change too.<br />
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I would like to enter this into the following challenges:<br />
<a href="http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.co.uk/">Tuesday Morning Sketches</a><br />
<a href="http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Passion for ProMarkers</a> - I've gone for Punches, Glitter, Blooms<br />
<a href="http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/">Cute Card Thursday</a> - Sparkle<br />
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I'll be back tomorrow morning with my regular DT card for Sketch N Stash, so see you then.<br />
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Morning all, here's another little card made to celebrate finishing my christmas cards.<br />
I have long admired the beautiful Aurora Wings digis but had resisted temptation until a couple of days ago. My willpower gave out and I purchased 2 images from them, I'm pretty sure it won't be my last visit!<br />
This gorgeous image is called 'Pearls' (although as I stickled them 'diamonds' is probably a more apt name for the card) it was coloured, as usual, with my Promarkers and then I fancy cut the image and layered it onto a Spellbinders die-cut.<br />
Unfortunately neither the sparkle nor the vibrant colours show up too well here so it actually does look better in real life, although judging from the mess I made of her hair I definitely need to sign up for a colouring class as my christmas present from hubby.<br />
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I'm entering this into the following challenges:<br />
<a href="http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/challenge-10-all-that-glitters.html">Aurora Wings Challenge</a> - 'All that Glitters' <br />
<a href="http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/challenge-250-anything-goes.html">I Love Promarkers</a> - Anything Goes<br />
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Afternoon all, just popped in to show you my latest card.<br />
At last I've finished those pesky christmas cards for this year and about to make a start on next year's (yeah, I know incredible ain't I?) but thought I'd have a bit of a play first.<br />
This card uses another of <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949">Rick St Dennis</a> digis. Now I love all of his stuff but his vintage style images are my favourites, especially his ladies in hats range. This little beauty is called 'Forget Me Nots' and I really enjoyed colouring her up with my Promarkers.<br />
I've made another couple of cards as well which I'm hoping to show you over the next couple of days.<br />
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I'm entering this into the following challenges:<br />
<a href="http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/challenge-250-anything-goes.html">I Love Promarkers </a><br />
<a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2299">Simon Says Stamp</a><br />
<a href="http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Divas by Design </a><br />
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Morning all, here I am, all present and correct for this fortnight's <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> challenge where we are being sponsored by another TWO companies.<br />
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The first is <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949">Rick St Dennis</a> and he is offering one winner 2 digi images. <br />
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Our second sponsor is <a href="http://www.liveandlovecrafts.com/">Live and Love Crafts</a> who are once again offering our winner a £10 voucher to spend in their store.<br />
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For my card I used Rick's 'Frenemies' image, isn't it just fabulous? I love his digis!<br />
The papers are a mix of DCWV and Joanna Sheen, the dies are Nestabilities, the sentiment is computer generated and the embellishments are from my stash<br />
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Please pop over to the blog and check out my teamies cards, we'd love it if you could join in with us too.<br />
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Morning all, time for another sketch from us here at <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> where this time we are being sponsored by:<br />
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I have used A Day For Daisies 'Vintage Slip' image for my card it was coloured with Promarkers and I designed the rest of it in 'Serif Craft Artist 2' to match our sketch.<br />
I really need to find time to read up on this software package as I love using it but don't know how to do half the things properly. Why is it that I seemed to have masses more time when I was working than I do now I'm retired?<br />
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I hope you can make time to join in with us and take a look at the gorgeous creations from our DT on the challenge blog.<br />
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Morning all, <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> is back again for another challenge using sketches from our archive.<br />
I think I may have taken a few liberties with this one, I moved the corners slightly and did away with one of the embellishments and the sentiment (I'll add that when I need to use the card) but hopefully you can still see the original sketch.<br />
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We have <u><b>two</b></u> sponsors again this fortnight and they are:<br />
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<a href="http://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk/">Crafty Individuals</a> and they are donating another gorgeous prize from their store to a second winner.<br />
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I used the gorgeous 'Pansy Ring' image from Sparkle N Sprinkle for my card, together with HOTP papers and Die-Namic corner and Spellbinder rectangle dies. <br />
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We'd love you to join in with us (and maybe win one of these prizes)<br />
Pop over to the challenge blog and just take a look at the inspiration offered by our gorgeous DT cards.<br />
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Morning all, I thought I'd pop in and share a card that I made for a family birthday. Francesca is 14 and a really 'girly' girl so I thought this image from <a href="http://mosdigitalpencil.com/">Mo Manning</a> was just perfect for her birthday, it's called 'Roxy'<br />
I really don't know how I'd survive making teenage cards if it wasn't for Mo's fabulous images, she captures this awkward age so well.<br />
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I've coloured this with Promarkers and also used the MS butterfly punch and Spellbinders ornate square die, together with lots of sparkle.<br />
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At the present time I'm busy trying to get some xmas cards made. Now, those of you who know me will realise what a big deal this is as I HATE making xmas cards, but this year I don't want to have my normal mad rush a week before the day!<br />
I thought I'd try a modern, CAS style this year. We'll see how that goes as I'm not always successful at CAS despite loving the look of everyone else's cards. I'm using some more Mo Manning images for them so I'll pop them on to share once I've completed them.<br />
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Morning all, this fortnight's <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash challenge</a> card is also my birthday card for my youngest son (who is an avid reader and tea drinker)<br />
I've slightly changed a couple of things from the original sketch but hopefully you can still see the inspiration.<br />
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We are being sponsored by <a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/">Stitchy Bears</a> once again and I have used their 'cgc postcard 2' image on my card. <br />
Take a trip over to the blog to check out my teamies fabulous creations and our winners and Top 3 from the last challenge.<br />
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I'm sorry I haven't been around much but I picked up a cold and cough which have just laid me flat, I can't shift this cough at all. Hopefully I'll be back as soon as I feel normal again.<br />
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Morning all, time for another challenge from <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> where we have two sponsors again (so 2 chances to win!)<br />
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This time we have the fabulous <a href="http://www.ooh-la-la-creations.com/Pages/default.aspx">Ooh La La Creations</a> offering a CD of the winner's choice <br />
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and <a href="http://buttonsforbrains.blogspot.co.uk/">Buttons For Brains</a> have a £10 gift voucher to spend in their store.<br />
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I've chosen to use one of my favourite images for those 'hard to make' men's cards. This is the Just Inklined 'Cheers Chalkboard'<br />
It's a fabulous image but unfortunately not looking it's best here, due to my dodgy picture.<br />
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Please pop over to the challenge blog and see what gorgeous creations the other DT have come up with.<br />
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Morning all, well here I am for this fortnight's <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash Challenge</a> for which we have TWO sponsors again.<br />
I just couldn't resist making 2 cards this fortnight as I really enjoyed
working with this sketch and I have to take the opportunity before my
Mojo goes MIA again! <br />
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For the very first time, we are being sponsored by the fabulous <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949">Rick St Dennis</a><br />
who offers our first winner either 2 digis or a discount coupon from Zibbet for his store.<br />
Here is a little bit of information about Rick: <br />
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St,dennis MFA</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">has
been an artist, designer, stage designer and instructor for over 45
years, you can find his full Bio </span></span></span><a href="http://rickstdennis.blogspot.ca/p/bio_30.html"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">here</span></span></span></a><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">. His
digital stamp images can be found on</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.zibbet.com/Rick1949"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zibbet</span></span></span></a><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">or </span></span></span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RickStdennis"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">Etsy</span></span></span></a><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Team can be found on t</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">he
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or for the darker images on the </span><a href="http://airlesschambers.blogspot.nl/"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">Airless Chambers blog</span></a><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rick
also has a </span><a href="http://rickstdennis.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">personalblog </span></a><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">and
on Facebook there is the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-St-Dennis-Mfa/100001352417852"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></a><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">RickSt.dennis Digi fans and friends group</a></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">,
showcase your cards and other projects using RSD images there to be
eligible to win prizes.</span></span></span></span></div>
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The other company is <a href="http://www.craftydevilspapercraft.co.uk/">Crafty Devils</a> one of our regular sponsors, and they are offering our second winner a £10 voucher to be used in their store.<br />
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My first card uses one of Rick's images called 'Lady St John Smythe shopping at Harrods' isn't she fabulous? I just love those minks around her neck, I remember my grandmother having some (not quite as many as this though)<br />
The papers are from my stash and are some I've had so long I can't remember who they're by. Lady Smythe is finished off with some diamond stickles for a bit of sparkle on her jewellery and her doggie's collar.<br />
The colours seem to have changed slightly on this scan, in real life the aquas and pinks match perfectly! <br />
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For my second card I decided to use one of the gorgeous Uptown Girl images by Stamping Bella, this one is called 'Clarissa & Camille Coffee'<br />
Do you like the funky colour palette? It's OK if you wear your sunglasses ha ha!<br />
I matched this up with some papers from my stash (I think they are K & Co) and finished off by punching some butterflies out of the same papers. The punch is Martha Stewart 'Monarch Butterfly' and the final touch was the pink gems decorating the bodies of the butterflies.<br />
The colouring on both cards was done with my beloved Promarkers (of course!)<br />
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If you pop over to the challenge blog you can check out what my lovely teamies have done this time and see who won the last challenge and who were voted our Top 3.<br />
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I've been well and truly inspired by a lady who makes the most beautiful 'criss cross' cards and I really wanted to try one, so this is my first attempt (be gentle with me) and I'll be sending it to a dear friend for her birthday later this year.<br />
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The lovely papers are Melissa Frances' 'C'est La Vie' I just love the delicate, vintage look of these.<br />
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Be prepared to see more of these cards as I think I need lots more practice! I've got such a long way to go before I come anywhere near the standard of the inspiring Teresa Allday (just take a look at her beautiful creations <a href="http://craftingalldayscards.blogspot.co.uk/">here</a>)<br />
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Morning all, here we go again for another fab challenge at <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash</a> and we have TWO sponsors this time.<br />
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The first is <a href="http://www.craftyindividuals.co.uk/">Crafty Individuals</a> who are offering another of their gorgeous prizes<br />
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In order to get my stamps to fit I rotated the sketch 180 degrees this time as I wanted to use one of my Art Impression stamps for this card, this one is called Picture Perfect.<br />
I <b><u>LOVE</u></b> these and have an ever growing collection, they are perfect for cards for my friends (as I'm now a lady of a certain age!) <br />
I used papers from my stash again, so not sure what company, but they are very old and neglected.<br />
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Take a trip to the challenge blog and just see what my team mates have produced and don't forget to join in.<br />
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Morning all, time for another <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash challenge</a>.<br />
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We have a brand new sponsor today and they are <a href="http://sparklensprinkle.com/">Sparkle N Sprinkle</a><br />
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image styles and themes to crafters. We also carry hundreds of digital
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They are offering our winner 4 digis from their SNS Exclusives Line as the prize.<br />
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I used one of their lovely images called 'Wine Tableau' for my card. My main paper is K & Co and the image was coloured with Promarkers.<br />
I thought this would be a nice image for a friend's card and would suit either male or female. It's not often you can make that claim is it?<br />
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I hope you can find time to join in with us, our wonderful DT have some fabulous inspiration for you again on the challenge blog.<br />
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Morning all, I'm here to share my card for the latest <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash challenge</a>. We are being sponsored by <a href="http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/">Delicious Doodles</a> who are offering 4 images of the winner's choice as their prize. I have used their image called Tropical Masquerade for my card.<br />
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This sketch is a great one whether you want to dress it up or keep it simple. As you can see, I've ditched the CAS this time and gone for a 'sunglasses required' look instead ha ha! I tried to keep the background as monochrome as I could to counter balance it.<br />
This was WAY outside my comfort zone as I usually tend to stick to pastel and muted shades and leave the vibrant colours alone, but hey, it's supposed to be good to challenge yourself now and then isn't it?<br />
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It was my turn to select the Top 3 this time and you certainly gave me
some difficulties. The entries were gorgeous and I had a hard job
choosing my final 3. <br />
We'd love it if you could join in with our challenge and if you're in need of some inspiration, why not take a look at what the other DT girls have come up with.<br />
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Morning all, gosh where is the year going? Have you noticed that the older you get the faster the time flies by? I can't believe we're in August already.<br />
Anyway, enough of my waffling it's time for another <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash challenge</a> where our regular sponsor <a href="http://adayfordaisies.com/">A Day For Daisies</a> is with us again and, as usual, they are offering our lucky winner a voucher for use in their store.<br />
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I do love the delicate look of these images, feminine with a touch of vintage, my favourite style. I have to admit I had a hard job choosing my image as I wanted ALL of the 'Fashion' digis but I ended up selecting 'Fashion Shopping' I hope you like it as much as I do.<br />
Again, I have raided my much underused stash for my papers, I think they may have been in a Papermania pad (but I could be wrong) Anyway, I wanted this card to be a very neutral colour palette in conjunction with black.<br />
As you can see I'm still in a CAS mood but I think that the simpler cards have more impact (well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it lol!)<br />
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Please take a look at what the other girls have come up with, they are SO clever! We'd love it if you could manage to join in with us for our challenge.<br />
I hope you enjoyed having a month for the last challenge but we're back to just two weeks again now.<br />
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Our wonderful sponsors are:<br />
<a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/">Stitchy Bears</a> who are offering a prize of $10 to spend in their store<br />
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and <a href="http://buttonsforbrains.blogspot.co.uk/">Buttons For Brains</a> whose prize is £10 to spend in their store<br />
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For my card this time I have used BB
Kakes - <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_109&products_id=3031" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"> 4 You Boy & Girl 2 Pc Set </span></a></span></u><br />
I 'flipped' one of the two digis for this design to give a mirror image and used some of the Do Crafts 'Portobello' papers and I chose Sketch #42 from our archive this time.<br />
Don't forget, you have the choice of which sketch you'd like from our archive, just make sure you post a copy of the sketch you've used.<br />
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Morning all, well another fortnight has flown by and here we are again with a new challenge at <a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Sketch N Stash Challenge</a> and you have a choice of sketches from our archive, so couldn't be easier! Just don't forget to say which sketch you used and add a photo of it on your post.<br />
I chose Sketch #92 but rotated it 90' in order to fit my image better.<br />
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This time we are being sponsored by 2 companies again and they are:<br />
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<a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/">Stitchy Bears</a> who have a $10 voucher up for grabs<br />
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and <a href="http://buttonsforbrains.blogspot.co.uk/">Buttons For Brains</a> who are offering a £10 voucher <br />
Two prizes definitely worth winning so join in and see if you're lucky! <br />
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For my card I have used the gorgeous 'Beach Huts' image (<a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_54&products_id=566">Delicious
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I've got a bit of a 'thing' for beach huts actually and I also thought this would be a lovely image for a male OR female card, not often you can make that statement is it? I really like these 'sketchy' images too as the shading is already there when you colour, so, easy peasy. I made it look like a bit of an overcast day, well I'm in the UK so these are the type of summer days we're used to here lol!<br />
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My papers are from my unused stash and have been there so long I have no idea where they originally came from and the little chipboard flower matches a set of papers I have which (I think) were Laura Ashley. The image was, as always, coloured using my beloved Promarkers.<br />
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Please pop over to the challenge blog and see what the girls have come up with. There are not so many of us this time as some of the team opted for a break, but you know what a glutton for punishment I am, so I decided not to join them.<br />
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