Challenging!!!

Hi

It is not such a nice day today here in Yorkshire, it keeps raining and is really quite cold - I have just turned the heating up a bit!

I have a card for you today that is a little bit different.

I saw the idea over on Monica's blog and thought I would have to have a go at it.

It is a twisted easel card.

Being a bit senile as I am, I ended up sticking it on the wrong way round and had to prize it off again as I had already made the maid part of the card ready to stick on to the easel bit - if you follow me!

Unfortunately I then ran out of ink on my printer and haven't been able to get to the shop for another so, being in a rush to enter my card in the Just Magnolia Challenge, I have photographed it as it is without sticking the sentiment part onto the bottom half of the card - this is getting quite hard to explain but I am sure you will understand.

Here is the Just Magnolia Sketch

and here is the main bit of my card

and this is the rest of it...

I know it does not look anything special just left like that but at least you get the gist of what it is supposed to look like.

I think I need a cuppa now!!!

Thank you for looking.

Totally Gorjuss

Happy Tuesday everyone...I hope you have had a lovely weekend.

On Saturday my husband got a game of rugby (we were short) and he actually managed to score a try - brilliant - the first time in a couple of seasons.

At the end of last season he broke a couple of ribs.

I got a load of abuse from the other team's players because I told them, very nicely, that they had just been beaten by a 55 year old. They told me to shut up and stop mouthing off - which I wasn't doing, just stating a fact.

Back to the subject in hand -I have done a card for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge which is this sketch.

and here is my card - again using James the Bear.

I am sorry, I hope you are not getting too bored with James but he is so useful. I wonder what is in his cracker??

The papers are digital downloads and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Thank you for looking - I must really try and get some cards done now.

I have had too many distractions the last few days so now I must catch up.

Truly Scrumptious...

......that is what I think of James the Bear

Here is the sketch for this week's Truly Scrumptious Challenge

which I have followed but forgot to put any petals, pearls or pins on the card - mind you the little white blobs look a bit like pearls don't they??

Here is my card, which I have to say I was quite pleased with.

I seem to be quite drawn to the colour and I have already set about making some more of these to send out.

As you all know by now the stamp is from Lili of the Valley and I have coloured James with Copics.

The papers are Digital ones.

That is all for now as I have to go and tackle a pile of ironing.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Add a bit of Sparkle

I have just got back from shopping at Boots - taking advantage of the spend £50 and you get £12 of points on your card.

I have bought 2 lovely gifts which were 1/2 price. They are a set of drawers filled with Sanctuary products. I think they are well worth the money, but of course it was the set of drawers for keeping craft products in that took my eye first rather than the bath products inside them!!

I am well pleased with myself - I like a bargain.

Anyway here is my card for today.

Once again I have used a Lili of the Valley Stamp - I just love James the bear - especially with the cracker.

The papers are digital ones and I have coloured the image with Copics.
I have to say that I do like the turquoisey colours although my hubby prefers the traditional red and green.

Here is a close up of the Snowflakes - which are made using a Martha Stewart Punch and glittered with Glamour Dust. Then I have added a spacer and a brad.

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Friday Sketchers Challenge - which is the sketch I have followed.

The Crafty Pad Challenge - the theme of which is Christmas.

The ABC Challenge which is G for Glitter.

The Simon Says Challenge - which is Punches.

A Spoonful of Sugar - which again is Punches.

Thank you for looking - if I'm not back tomorrow, I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Purple, Aqua & White....

.....these are the colours to be used for the Colour Create Challenge.

I had already stamped this little Milton bear

and started my card following a sketch from another challenge when I realized, as you do, that the image isn't one you can use on that challenge!!

So I adapted the layout and came up with this card.

The Snowflakes are from Marianne Dies and a Martha Stewart Punch and I have glittered them with Glamour Dust and added a brad and spacer.

The papers are downloads and I have coloured the image with copics.

It is a very miserable day here and I am just going to walk down to the rugby - but I doubt if I will get many photos if the rain keeps up.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend - I am looking forward to going to The Dome on Sunday - hope my hubby has some money for me to spend!!

Late Again!!

Just a quick post - I am last minute again!! I just had to show you this card for the

Creative Inspirations Challenge because I really like it - it isn't often that I do.

The Challenge was the sketch below

and here is my card...

I love the colours but my husband prefers the Red and Green.

Thank you to all the people who have left me comments - it is very much appreciated.

Two in One

Back again with another quick post.

Here is a card I made which I thought would fit both the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge - which is Sparkle and Shine, and the Cute Card Thursday - which is make your own embelishment. As I have made the poinsettia I thought that would qualify for this challenge.

I really like these James the Bear Stamps from Lili of the Valley - in fact I love all their stamps.

Isn't if funny how our tastes change - last year I used quite a few Whiff of Joy stamps as well as Magnolia. This year it is mainly LOTV and Magnolia.

Well thank you for looking - I hope to be back again soon (when I have managed to make another card!!

Papertake Weekly Challenge.

Hi everyone,

just a very quick post as my hubby is on his way home with a Chinese (takeaway!!)
First of all I have had to nip to Casualty with my son who came off injured at rugby - he has sprained a ligament or something - anyway he is well enough to be at the pub.

I made this card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge but I am not really keen on it - I don't know why. Also I am not sure which week the sketch was.
I thought I would still enter it though and see what you think?
My husband seems to have become quite an expert on cardmaking lately (not!!) and his opinion (for what it is worth) is that it doesn't look right because the polar bear doesn't look like a proper polar bear. It's head is the wrong shape.
Perhaps I should contact Lili of the Valley and ask them if they can change the shape of the bear's head!!!
Why do I bother asking him his opinion?


Anyway I will have to dash now. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Just Magnolia Challenge

How strange it was today.

I was at my local craft shop and Liz who works there came across to talk to me and another woman. The other woman asked if I was Eileen and I said Yes.

She said she was Diane from Pink Sunflower - we follow each other's blogs!! I couldn't believe it and I couldn't believe that she recognised me either - because I hadn't recognised her. It was lovely to actually meet her especially as she lives in the same town as me.

Just in with this one by the skin of my teeth - that's a bit of a silly saying really isn't it because teeth don't have skin??

Here is my card for the Just Magnolia challenge but it has been a rush and I am not sure what I think of it.

In fact I have made a few cards this week that I have liked as I have been going along but when I have finished them I am not so keen on them.

I bought the stamp a couple of years ago (I think) but never really liked colouring it. The Poinsettia was done in a rush and it is from a Marianne Die which I got last week at the Craft Box at Hoyland.

The papers are downloads which I really like and I think I will be using them quite a bit. I have already got two other cards lined up with them.
Have to dash now.

Making meat & potato pie for tea.

Lili of the Valley Challenge

Can you believe the amount of rain that we have been having - it absolutely bounced down today but then at tea time it was quite nice.

Tomorrow my son, daughter in law and granddaughter are coming up to have some professional photos taken - not by me obviously!!

Just thought I would show you the card I have done for this week's Lili of the Valley challenge - although I don't think I have just got all the sketch in - but I thought I would still enter it.

thank you for looking