sketch 123, Melon and Red

I am still inking up the stamps that Hubby bought me at Ally Pally this year, this is another of the LOTV xmas stamps he chose and I think she is adorable.

Challenges

The Playdate Cafe Colour combo Melon and Red
Friday Sketchers Sketch

Peach, Dark Peach and Lemon

Well this card has definetely been a challenge for me and not least the taking of the photos. I started this card yesterday morning and have only just finished it.

The original inspiration came from the Jorunn at the WOJ Inspirtation Blog and I suggest if you want to see it done well you should hop on over there!

This card was a whole host of 1st's for me (and probably lasts lol.
The gorgeous images are all from Whiff of Joy 1001 Nights and this was the first time I had inked them.

Now as you may know yesterday the sun was shining and it was a too good a day to spend it indoors, so I decided to craft outside in my bikin (Good job I have very high fences lol) but there I hit my first problems it was too hot to use my copics they bled like mad - and my watercolours were drying too quick to do any sort of shading so I tried to do some colouring with Derwent pencils and blender pencil - looks like I need loads of practise. (although they look a bit beter IRL probably cos its no so close up and enlarged).

I then thought I would be well clever and use a sewing machine on the papers Umm not too clever obviously - that was soo hard to keep the papers straight in the machine they kept sliding off in every direction hence lines that are just sooooo not straight and these ones are about the 10th try! Something else to practice?
The flowers are also part of the set from WOJ which I stamped and coloured loads of times sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist and then shaped and layered them. Have to say I was pleased how they turned out.


These gorgeous swirls I cut on my CraftRobo and were a freebie from Lisa Jane at Filekutz and the papers are a mixture from Raspberry Road and Donna at Bearly Mine Designs

Challenges
Play Date Cafe Peach DK Peach and Lemon
Totally Papercrafts More than one Fold
Charismacardz Flowers

Thanks for looking

Beccy x

6 in 1

I used these cute Sugar Nellie Snowman for the Delightful Sketches Challenge which is a really great sketch this week.
This card also fits into the Simon Says Challenge Oh So Charming,the Lots To Do Challenge Snow and the The Play Date Cafe Challenge which is a colour challenge of Forest Green, White and Burgundy and Quixotic Paperie" which is also Charms. Oh and forgot the Copic Creations which is snow people.

BY THE WAY YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO ENTER THE CUTE DAISY MAY BLOG HOP, where you will find prizes on all the DT blogs.

Beccy x

Fall, Orange Yellow and DK Brown

This is my entry for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge which this week is Fall.

I have used a Sugar Nellie Stamp from the Autumn collection. I made the backing papers with distress inks and a Sheena Douglas Swirl Stamp. and the smaller piece was made using the 'Caught in Crystal' technique. I embossed the leaves with Clear embossing powder to make them stand out a bit more.

I just realised I can enter this card into the Play Date Cafe challenge which is the colours Orange Yellow and Dark Brown - the Dark Brown is on the embossing.
Beccy x

GDT project for Stampin for the Weekend - Halloween

I am soo glad Friday has arrived so I can show you what I have created as a Guest Designer for the Stampin for the Weekend Challenge which this week is 'Halloween' and is being sponsored by

Donna is giving away this fantastic CD to the winner this week. If you havent seen her CD's before check them out Here you wont be disappointed, Donna's papers are gorgeous.

I have never made Halloween things before and I guess you will be able to tell I had great fun and maybe got a little bit carried away!!!!!!!!!
Sending Halloween cards in the UK is not the norm, but every year we have a couple of little chinese girls trick or treating in their withches outfits and they are so cute, so I thought I would make some special treat holders for them.

The treat holders were made from patterns which I got from Martha Stewart.com and altered just a bit. I found the gorgeous little girl witch at Digital Ink Co. called I Wanna Go Too isnt she just adorable. I coloured her with Copics and attached her to my small treat holders.
The sitting witch, and ghost are from Victoria Case.
Sweets are from Sainsbury's and I am going to try and be good and not pinch them!



I then got completely into the Halloween 'Spirit' and made a card anyway.
Once again I used 'I wanna go too' and the backing papers and insert are from Designer Extreme III. the added cat and bat I cut out from another sheet of Donna's backing paper.

The haunted house is another digi image by Victoria Case and the Boo is Digital Ink.

I have to show you this last photo as I had this great idea that the treats would look really good if I took the photos with a lighted pumpkin, so I made my Baby Boy (he's 24) carve a pumpkin for me, which looked brilliant in the dark, but the treats didnt show up as well as I hoped, but after all his work I felt he deserved the recognition.



Thanks for looking and I am really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with for the challenge.

I going to enter the card into the The Play Date Cafe Challenge which is a colour challenge and the holders into the Saturday Spolight Challenge which is treat holders and the The Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge which is Orange and 1 other colour.
Crafty Creations All Hallows Eve and Creative Inspitations Halloween
Beccy