Wherever you go - there you are

I had a purple and blue moment today.  I coloured without thought to matching it to paper.  Pleased with the finished image I began searching the stacks of papers I seem to have purchased.  What complete luck to stumble on just the paper for the job, in an unopened pack of paper I had forgotten about.  I am rather impressed with the final card.
The image is courtesy of Krista.  The sketch is from Sketch Saturday.

 So this one is going in to Sketch Saturday's challenge of course...and the following too:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Scrap Creations - something new (the paper)
Simon Says - something new




Thanks for stopping by.

Love is like a flutter-by

Happy New Year my card making friends.
One of my most favourite images to kick this year off - courtesy of Krista.  The theme over at her challenge blog is a card inspired by a song.  So easy - Love Is Like a Butterfly.  It's a Dolly Parton song but for those English amongst us - it is best remembered as the theme tune to the lovely comedy series Butterflies.  So thank you Krista for the inspiration and memories that tune brings.

I'm entering this in to the following challenges too:

Simon Says - something new (that's those white snowy fern pieces which were a half price Christmas decoration)
Paper Take Weekly - anything goes
Scrap Creations - something new
Cute Card Thursday - something new
Totally Papercrafts - something new
Sweet Stampin' - seeing double (2 wings)

Bum in gear girl !

Oh my - I've just seen the last time I posted.  That's so bad.
I needed to make a card for a local competition at Busy Bee Garden Centre and so I picked up Sketch Saturday's sketchtastic sketch for this week.  A nice simple design - I likey.
And I love this little design from Tiddly Inks.  I played about with the PNG image and got rid of the frog.  Do you like my small green stars?  Get this - they are from a nail art kit from the 99p shop.

 Anyway - wish me luck for the Busy Bee card comp.  As well as Sketch Saturday - this one's going in to Dream Valley's non traditional Christmas challenge

Ice Cream Sundae

I was asked to do a 10th wedding anniversary card.  10 years is tin and I was left uninspired.  I guessed the next best thing to do was ask the person who wants the card which design she liked.  She picked the image from one of my favourite places...Kenny K.  The card just screamed ice cream sundae colours.  So it's a little a bit off the tin theme....but ssssh...don't tell them ! The lovely Kenny K is also the sponsor over at Fashionista Challenge.  It's an anything goes challenge.  It's my first time with them after I fell across their challenge blog the other night.  Looks like a hoot over there so I hope to be a regular visitor to that one.
Sketch is from Sketch Saturday.  Oh you guys - I do love thee.  OK - it's not an exact match....but we're not telling anyone...right ?!
It's not my best...but I'm learning all the time...and hey it would be no fun if I was totally great all the time.

You know how we're not telling anyone ?  Well there's a think pink theme over at Kenny K's Krew.  Do you think I might just scrape through with this one ?  Well if I don't it doesn't matter because pink makes you think...and it has reminded me of my loved ones that have suffered from breast cancer.

As clean as it gets

Oh I really should get my bum in gear - I used Sketch Saturday's sketch and then didn't enter it in time.  The weather was too nice to be playing about with the blog and challenges.  I am in time for Passion for Promarkers with their Clean and Simple challenge, and I Love Promarkers' challenge of Occupations.

My friend's daughter is soon to be 18 and wants to be a vet nurse.  I found the ideal image at PJG Scrapbook Heaven.

Life's a Beach

Another leaving card to do for work.  Gosh seems to be the year for it.
I fell in love with the digital image by Hannah Lynn some time ago.  It's one of those pictures that reminds me of school and colouring between the think bold lines.  I coloured her for well over 2 hours.  How glorious is that - to love colouring so much you just lose 2 hours in thoughtless freedom.
The sketch is courtesy of Sketch Saturday.  Thank you - it's a lovely base as always.

 As well as entering Sketch Saturday I am entering this in to I Love Promarkers for this week - an anything goes week.

G'Day !

I was asked to create a card this week for a family that is just about to gain Australian citizenship.  There's not many Australian digi stamps around I can tell you.  I did find this one over at Make it Crafty...and the rest of the card followed.  The sketch is courtesy of...as always...Sketch Saturday.

I wish the Wollacott family good luck.