Sketch N Stash #148

Morning all, well here I am for this fortnight's Sketch N Stash Challenge for which we have TWO sponsors again.
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!

For the very first time, we are being sponsored by the fabulous Rick St Dennis
who offers our first winner either 2 digis or a discount coupon from Zibbet for his store.
Here is a little bit of information about Rick:  

Rick St,dennis MFA has been an artist, designer, stage designer and instructor for over 45 years, you can find his full Bio here. His digital stamp images can be found on Zibbet or Etsy . 

Inspiration projects from the Rick St.dennis Elite Design Team can be found on the Sparkle and Glitter blog, or for the darker images on the Airless Chambers blog.

Rick also has a personalblog  and on Facebook there is the RickSt.dennis Digi fans and friends group, showcase your cards and other projects using RSD images there to be eligible to win prizes.

The other company is Crafty Devils one of our regular sponsors, and they are offering our second winner a £10 voucher to be used in their store.

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)
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.
The colours seem to have changed slightly on this scan, in real life the aquas and pinks match perfectly!

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'
Do you like the funky colour palette? It's OK if you wear your sunglasses ha ha!
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.
The colouring on both cards was done with my beloved Promarkers (of course!)

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.

A First Attempt

Morning all, it's not often I'm here on a non Sketch N Stash day is it?
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.

The lovely papers are Melissa Frances' 'C'est La Vie' I just love the delicate, vintage look of these.

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 here)

Sketch N Stash #147

Morning all, here we go again for another fab challenge at Sketch N Stash and we have TWO sponsors this time.

The first is Crafty Individuals who are offering another of their gorgeous prizes

and the second is Craft Classes Online who have a seat on one of their online workshops up for grabs, so TWO chances to win a fabulous prize, what are you waiting for, get crafting!

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.
I LOVE 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!)
I used papers from my stash again, so not sure what company, but they are very old and neglected.

Take a trip to the challenge blog and just see what my team mates have produced and don't forget to join in.

 

Sketch N Stash #146

Morning all, time for another Sketch N Stash challenge.

We have a brand new sponsor today and they are Sparkle N Sprinkle
 

Made of deeply-etched rubber, our exclusive rubber stamp line is comprised of images designed by several artists, enabling us to offer a variety of image styles and themes to crafters.  We also carry hundreds of digital images. With more than 200 unique, hand-blended embossing powders and over 100 distinct, hand-blended glitters, the majority of our colors are exclusive to Sparkle N Sprinkle. We have been perfecting our methods over the past decade and have created several unique formulas which often contain glitter and other ingredients, giving our products that unique characteristic for which we are internationally known.  We are proud that our products are all created and packaged here in the USA.

They are offering our winner 4 digis from their SNS Exclusives Line as the prize.

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.
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?

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.

Sketch N Stash #145

Morning all, I'm here to share my card for the latest Sketch N Stash challenge. We are being sponsored by Delicious Doodles who are offering 4 images of the winner's choice as their prize. I have used their image called Tropical Masquerade for my card.

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.
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?

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.
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.
 

Sketch N Stash #144

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.
Anyway, enough of my waffling it's time for another Sketch N Stash challenge where our regular sponsor A Day For Daisies is with us again and, as usual, they are offering our lucky winner a voucher for use in their store.

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.
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.
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!)

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.
I hope you enjoyed having a month for the last challenge but we're back to just two weeks again now.

Midway reminder for Sketch N Stash

Morning all, just popping by to remind you that there are another 2 weeks to go before this challenge ends, so still time to get your entry in for the chance to win one of TWO fabulous prizes.
Our wonderful sponsors are:
Stitchy Bears who are offering a prize of $10 to spend in their store

and Buttons For Brains whose prize is £10 to spend in their store

For my card this time I have used BB Kakes -  4 You Boy & Girl 2 Pc Set 
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.
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.

Sketch N Stash #143

Morning all, well another fortnight has flown by and here we are again with a new challenge at Sketch N Stash Challenge 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.
I chose Sketch #92 but rotated it 90' in order to fit my image better.

This time we are being sponsored by 2 companies again and they are:

Stitchy Bears who have a $10 voucher up for grabs

 and Buttons For Brains who are offering a £10 voucher
Two prizes definitely worth winning so join in and see if you're lucky!

For my card I have used the gorgeous 'Beach Huts' image (Delicious Doodles

Beach Huts) from Stitchy Bears
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!

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.

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.

Sketch N Stash #142

Morning all, just popping by to share my card for this fortnight's Sketch N Stash Challenge.
We are being sponsored by Crafty Individuals

 and Delicious Doodles

so another chance to win one of two fabulous prizes, check out the blog for more details.

I have again used the stunning 'Vase of Roses' from Delicious Doodles, this has to be one of my favourite images. The papers are 'La Blanche' and I have used some rose and border peel offs to complete the sketch.

We'd love to see your takes on this sketch if you could join in with us, and just take a look at what the other members of the DT came up with!

 

Sketch N Stash #141

 Morning all, here's today's DT card for the Sketch N Stash Challenge where this fortnight we're being sponsored by Inky Impressions who are offering our winner $10 to spend in their store.

I don't quite know what happened to the colours in my picture as in real life the blue dotty background paper matches the blue in the image, ah well.
I've given the sketch a bit of a LIM look as I haven't added any embellishments other than the ribbon and sentiment (yes, I'm still in my 'plain jane' phase folks!)
The dotty papers are freebies downloaded ages ago, I think they were from Jak Heath and I have them in more colourways than you can shake a stick at.
The image was another freebie, this time it was from a set of baby images and I think was from Charmed Cards, however they don't seem to have it anymore.

We'd love it if you could join in with our challenge and if you joined us last time, don't forget to check the blog to see if you were our lucky winner or one of our Top3.

Birthday Humour

Morning all, I thought it was time to enter some more challenges. I'm hoping I may be lucky enough to win one soon!! ha ha!

This was a card I made for a dear friend, obviously she has a fabulous sense of humour or I would never have dared. She also has a love of all things sparkly, hence the glittery rollers and slippers.
I'm lucky enough to have 2 fabulous best friends who live near me. We started off as just neighbours when I moved here about 3 years ago, but it's turned into 'best friendship' as we all enjoy the same sort of things, mainly a wicked sense of humour and a love of 'girly days out'

The card was designed in CAP2 and uses one of the fabulous Rick St Dennis images. I love his work and find it perfect for the cheeky cards I like to make for my friends.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Girls - Challenge 19 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge 41 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge 58 - Anything Goes

Sketch N Stash #140

Morning all,and welcome to another Sketch N Stash Challenge. The team would love it if you could join in with us. I rotated the sketch this time so that I could fit my sweet image in properly.
I've used the beautiful 'Pearls In My Hair' for this card, I just love the delicate look of her,don't you? I finished the card off by doubling up my butterflies and using vellum embellished with glitter for the top layer, along with some pearls and gems.

We are being sponsored by A Day For Daisies and they are offering our lucky winner £10 to spend in their store. Such a wonderful prize as I just love their beautiful images.

Don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog to see if you won last time or were picked as one of our Top 3 and check out the wonderful cards from the DT if you are in need of any inspiration.