Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges

As soon as I seen the new head for the Sew Easy Tool - Pennant Banner. HELLO!! So, truth is, it ain't all it's cracked up to be. In fact, I found that unless you make the line of pennants perfectly straight, then the triangle of holes ain't even?! WTH? Maybe it was just the way I was using it. But aside from all of that kerfuffle - I conquered it and in the end I created a template of three banners at a slight angle to use on my project for today! :)

Full credit goes to my boyfriend for stitching this tag while I sat and coloured the image. I think he's made a brilliant job, don't you? Don't compliment him too much, his head will explode. Needless to say he was very happy with himself! LOL.

Anyway, I bet you're saying.. WELL WHAT TAG?! Well, MY TAG FOR THE NEW TPS CHALLENGE, of course!!

This week we want to see..

WHITE ON WHITE WITH A COLOURED IMAGE

This challenge is only open to TPS images.

I found this really tricky! LOL. I just don't get it. So I went with extremely CAS!! I was gonna add some white roses from WOC, but then I thought hell, why take more attention away from those perfecto banners?! LMAO!!

I have used the gorgeous Lil' Birthday Pinkette Coraline - you know the Pinkettes are my fave, so this new release is just right up my street. A girl's gotta have a stash of Birthday paraphernalia, right?

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Art Impressions Stamps - Make a Tag or Bookmark

× Charizma Cards - In Stitches

× Digi Stamps for Joy - Think Pink

× Stampotique Designers Challenge - Tag Time

 

Head on over to the challenge blog now and see what the other awesome ladies, both established and brand new have got for ya! ;) If you're like me you might need a lot of inspiration for this challenge! LOL.

Happy Vampy

Good morning Quixotic-ers! :) Sorry this project is going up a little later here on my blog, it was up on Quixotic yesterday evening - I hope you had a chance to look! :)

I've used a cute? if you can call it that, Halloween stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie - Happy Vampy.. nothing but sheer delight on their faces!! A bit like me nearer Halloween. I love it. I wish the UK made a big deal of it like the US - it would be fab-o-lous!!

I've coloured these two characters using a mix of ProMarkers and Copics. I felt like going for an unusual hair colour and Halloween is the perfect time for some bright green do's - so there ya have it! I've used a strip of lime green cardstock to stamp the sentiment, also from the Happy Vampy set to tie in. I've used a square punch on each end to create a banner. My usual doodling and distressing ties the pieces together.

I hope you have a great day, whatever you're doing - despite the weather. I'm off to work in about 20 minutes and then I'm off to the doctors later on for my flu jab. THEN I gotta come home and (have a nap) get cracking with my DT work.

I finished my order of tags for Floating Vintage Design's next jewellery collection - Make, Do and Mend!! Yippeee. I had great fun doing them, all 20! :) Pictures to follow soon. Kate is in York tomorrow, so if you could stop by and check her out she would really appriciate it! :)

No rest for the wicked, as they say! ;)

Sentimental Sundays

A FOND FAREWELL.

Earlier this week I decided that it was time to step down from this wonderful team. It was a really tough decision and I've been too-ing and fro-ing with it for weeks. What with my job and my DT stuff going on both in the public eye and behind the scenes I knew it was time to step back a little and stop stressing over so many DT commitments.

I am on a few teams which have regular new releases as well as new up and coming products which need to be showcased so to speak. I also get regular over time at work which I always welcome, so that eats into my craft time too.

A lot of you may know that Ann Vento recently stepped down also, and the ladies over at the challenge blog have worked extra, EXTRA, hard to keep this challenges up and running and for that I take my hat off to them!! Thank you all SO much for having my along for the ride - I really have had a blast. I remember when I applied for the DT position, I honestly didn't think I stood a chance. But thanks to the lovely Ann and a great friend, Susan, I got in!! :) You girls ROCK!!

Anyway, enough of the soft talk!! Here is my project for my last ever challenge which is one we all love.

ANYTHING GOES

Some more Christmas goodness for ya! ;)

Really clean and simple, these are part of a commission. They're only small square cards, the exact size of them escapes me right now. I've used a gorgeous stamp from a Waltzing Mouse stamp set which I have embossed in silver. The SU! Real Red cardstock has been cut using a labels four die. The card base has been embossed using an embossing folder from Sizzix and the olive grosgrain has been in my stash forever. A good cover up between the embossed and none embossed area of the card! ;)

I would like the enter this card into these challenges:

× CES Challenges - Seeing Red

× Little Claire - Christmas

× Floweret - Christmas

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen; SU! Real Red 

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse - Compliments of the Season, Vintage Labels Four

Ink: Versamark

Tools: Sizzix - Holly EF; Papermania Heat Gun

Dies: Nesties - Labels Four

Embellishments: Olive grosgrain

Misc: silver embossing powder

Thank you to everyone who has followed me on my Sentimental Sundays journey, and I hope you keep checking in on my blog for new creations!! Lots of love.

La La Land Crafts Dots & Spots

It's all about the Spots and Dots over at La La Land Crafts this week. Team Friday coming at ya! ;) This is my second post for LLLC and I'm having a BLAST so far. All of the girls are just awesomely inspirational, I can just tell these two months are gonna go by far too fast!!

Anywho, this time round I wanted to make a boy card. I don't know if you seen my Pollycraft post earlier this week, but I gotta stop being a push over and get those male themed cards in my stash built up!! Fisherman Luka was the perfect answer.

I paired this cutie up with some Pink Paislee papers which arrived in my GDT kit earlier this week. Seriously.. Irina ROCKS! One of the reasons I hold back doing boy cards is because you can't embellish them so much. But I dunno, I ain't done half bad with this!! I've added some interest around the image panel using a detail stamp, added some ribbon as well as a snap and some brads!! Heyyy! ;)

Head on over to LLLC now to check out what the rest of the Friday Team have got for ya! ;)

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Southern Girls - Slugs, Snails and Puppydog's Tails

× Crafts and Me - Use a Digi

× Fab 'n' Funky - Dies and Punches

× Ruby's Rainbow - For The Boys

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen; Bazzill Kraft;

Patterned Papers: Pink Paislee - Old School

Digi/Stamps: La La Land Crafts - Fisherman Luka; LOTV - Mixed Circular Sentiments; Stempelglede - Grunge Collection

Colour: Copics - Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, E02; Hair: E57, 59

  ProMarkers - Shirt: Putty, Tan, Cinnamon; Reds: Cardinal Red, Burgundy; Greens: Holly, Forest Green, Pear Green; Greys: Cool Grey 3, 4, 5

Ink: DI - Frayed Burlap; Versamark

Tools: Seeing Spots EF; Fiskars - scallop edge punch; WRMK - Crop-a-dile

Dies: Nesties - STD Circles LG

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - 9mm white spot organza; Papermania - neutral brads, glazed brads, jumbo snaps

Misc: brown fineliner; white embossing powder

I'll be finished work at 1:30PM today, YIPPEE!! A whole day of craftyness ahead, cannot WAIT! But FIRST I gotta get my ass into gear and find something to wear for my boyfriends nephews christning on Sunday - good lord!! Wish me luck! ;)

Some Odd Girl Sketch Challenge

Good afternoon ODDies!! How's your week been so far?! I've got a long day at work today, and early tomorrow and then I'm off all weekend. Hallelujah. I am knackered with a CAPITAL K!! I'm not really one to suffer from headaches but BOY they've been getting me real good this week. I'm not really one for taking tablets either, not because I don't/can't - just because I'd rather stick it out and then my body won't be bloody immune to them in times of greater need. Know what I mean?! I'm waffling. Sitting glued to the laptop when I have DT projects and orders to get on with won't help much either, but you guys are so entertaining, and don't even get me started on that FB lark!!

Let's get to what you're here for. Time for a new challenge over at Some Odd Girl Challenge Blog!!

This week we've got a little something for ya in the shape of a SKETCH!!

Ohhhh yeah, totally Kristy's style, right?! I had such fun with this as it's not something I would usually work with. Definitely a keeper though.

Here is what I came up with using 70'S KAYLEE from the September Digi Release. I needed to take a break from Christmas cards and this sweetie was the perfect remedy. I paired her up with a Thank You sentiment from a PTI set, just because she looks sorta shy and 'thank you-ish' :)

I don't think I could have stuck to the sketch any better!! I had a right ordeal tryna get an interesting edge for my bottom layer, though. In the end I took a die cut negative from a sheet in a Kaisercraft 6x6 pad I had and traced it then fussy cut it out. I hope you can't tell!! LOL!!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Anything Goes - Die Cuts/ Punches or BOTH

× Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

× Shopping our Stash - Thanksgiving or Thank You

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill - Kraft, Vellum; Papercuts - Baby Pink

Patterned Papers: Echo Park - Victoria Gardens

Digi/Stamps: Some Odd Girl - 70's Kaylee; PTI - Sending You, Butterfly Dreams

Colour: Copics: Skin - YR000, YR00, E11, R30, Hair - E50, E51, E53, R00 ProMarkers: Cornflower, China Blue, Midnight Blue, Cocoa, Henna Walnut, Honeycomb, Sprice, Ginger, Baby Pink, Salmon Pink, Cocktail Pink, Pastel Gree, Soft Green

Ink: SU! - Sage Shadow; DI - Antique Linen

Dies: Nellie Snellen - MF020 Flower; Nesties - Big Scalloped Circles LG

Tools: Fiskars - Scallop border punch

Misc: brown fineline; Sakura white souffle pen

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and leave the other awesome ladies some love, you know they love reading it! :)