Sketch Saturday #540...A Day for Daisies..

Hey,

Happy Saturday to you, Hubby and I arrived in Las Vegas last night and I have no doubt that as you read this, we are sleeping off whatever mischief we got into last night ;)

Welcome to the latest sketch for the Sketch Saturday challenge.

Our sponsor this week is A Day for Daisies and they are offering a $12 gift certificate to their store.

Here's the sketch by me!

I love ADFD stamps, they are one of my absolute fave digi stamp companies. I fell in love with the Aloha Petals image and had to use her for this challenge.

I had this idea in mind about how to use an oval die (stitched ovals by MFT), but have the lady's hand poking out.. much research later and I FINALLY got it right (3 attempts).. I coloured the image using promarkers and added some detail to her swimsuit.

I used all paper scraps for this card. The heart papers are by Lawn Fawn and the sparkly blue paper is an offcut from a bigger sheet. The birthday banner is a random embellishment that I had on my desk and it had a longer sentiment, but I didn't want that, so I cut it down.

It's so bright and cheery, it made me long for Summer..sigh.

I can't wait to see what you do with the sketch, but first check out what the rest of the DT have made over at Sketch Saturday.

Challenge ends November 23rd 7pm GMT / 2pm EST

Cx

Sketch Saturday #500.. Let's get our celebration on!!!

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Happy Saturday.

Today is celebration time, as the Sketch Saturday team are celebrating our 500th sketch challenge!!

Awesome.

Kindly a lot of our regular sponsors have donated prizes -

A Day for Daisies - $16 Gift Certificate
Crafty Sentiments - 3 digis
Digi Stamp Boutique - £10 Gift Certificate
Fred She Said $10 Gift Certificate
Kitty B - 1 digi
Lemon Shortbread - 1 digi
MMendel Illustrations - digi prize pack
My Besties - 3 digis
Sasayaki Glitter - 1 digi
The Paper Nest Dolls - 3 digis

More info about the prizes and challenge rules can be found on the Sketch Saturday blog post today.

Here's the sketch..

We could choose to use any of the sponsors for today's 500th sketch celebration. I chose A Day For Daisies. I love the 'Skinny Maiden' stamp it is so versatile, sadly I believe it is retired.

I coloured the stamp using Promarkers and added tons and tons of Nuvo Crystal Drops to her dress for some extra special celebration sparkle.

Last year, I bought a second-hand set of really cool sentiment quote stamps by The Ton Stamps and I thought the Coco Chanel one worked really well here.

Both papers I used are scraps and were 'precious'...no more of that in 2018.. Tis the year to use the patterned papers.

Now it's your turn to show us your interpretation of the sketch and join in the celebrations. Don't forget to go over to Sketch Saturday and check out what the rest of the DT have made.

Challenge ends on Friday 2nd February at 7pm GMT / 2pm EST.

Cx

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: Pearls in my hair...

Hey,

Happy February!

Super late post for me today. I have been busy running errands, at the gym and making homemade pizzas with Hubby!!

I made my card for Cupcake Inspirations current challenge last night and I really didn't want to miss the deadline.

They are being sponsored by A Day For Daisies, I love their digital stamps and I have quite a few of them.

I thought the colours would work really well in watercolour with Pearls in my Hair.

I love the watercoloured stamp, it's so pretty - sadly my birdies don't look as cream as they do IRL.

I layered black and cream patterned papers as a base for the watercoloured panel, I am trying to use as much of my patterned papers in 2018 as I can, so it was great to be able to use the cream patterned paper that I have had for a long time.

I was a bit stuck for the sentiment, but recently I won a huge batch of Unity Stamp Co sentiment stamps and I found the one you see on my card in the bag.

It works perfectly and I'm thrilled with the end result.

Cx

Sketch Saturday #498: A Day For Daisies...

Hey,

Happy Saturday.

Today we have another fun sketch for you from the Sketch Saturday team.

Our sponsor this week is A Day For Daisies and they are offering a $12 gift certificate for their store.

Here's the sketch..

I love ADFD stamps and have quite a few, so it was fun to choose another one to play with and I went with 'A Lap Full of Kittens' it's SO cute.

I thought it would work perfectly in the circle. I coloured the stamp using Promarkers and added a bit of Nuvo clear glitter aqua flow pen here and there.

The patterned paper is by Stampin' Up and the yellow piece is a scrap. I am determined to use more patterned papers this year!

I have always disliked the banner die I used here, but for some reason it worked out perfectly this time!! The sentiment is by MFT.

Super simple card, but super cute.

Now it's your turn to show us your interpretation of the sketch. Don't forget to go over to Sketch Saturday and check out what the rest of the DT have made.

Challenge ends on Friday 2nd February at 7pm GMT / 2pm EST.

Cx

Fun commission...

Hey,

So recently JT became an Auntie (her Niece is gorgeous), which is lovely, I love being an Aunt.

Her Sister got in touch and asked me to make a 'Will you be my Godmother?' card.

I was intrigued by this concept (a Google search tells me it's very popular) and so obviously said yes.

I decided that I would use a stamp by A Day for Daisies and rooted through what I had and looked at their website. I think their stamps are really sweet and fit the theme of this card perfectly.

I gave Dana a few choices and the image that you see is the one she chose.

I printed the image and the text out on my computer and coloured it using Promarkers, I added a shadow around the fairy girl and some Nuvo Crystal drops for sparkle.

I thought it would be nice to mount it on a Lawn Fawn spotty card blank.

I LOVE it, I did make a different version, which was going to have the text as a banner -

But I didn't love my colouring, the stickles on the wings or the die-cut...so basically I disliked the entire card.

It didn't go to waste though, I cut a load of banners and sentiments and sent it to Dana along with the main one and a few other blank cards, then if she loves it she can use it for something else.

I do like a surprise commission, it's fun to make cards that bring someone's idea / thought to life.

Cx

Sketch Saturday #448...A Day for Daisies..

Hey,

This week's Sketch Saturday challenge is sponsored by A Day For Daisies who are offering a $12 gift certificate to their store.

Here is this week's sketch -

I fell in love with the Flowers in a Teacup digi stamp by ADFD when I saw it and I loved working with it, such a lovely stamp to colour (I used Promarkers).

This sketch instantly had me reaching for my Lil Inkers wonky dies and I die-cut the shape twice, once in the lilac and once in the blue. I trimmed the blue piece down to get that nice frame to match the sketch.

All the papers are by Recollections and I love these paper packs, they do ones that have all different shades of one colour and I can ONLY buy them when I have used all of the sheets..

I added a sentiment by Jilibean soup and a couple of Neat & Tangled sequins to complete my card.

I love it so much I don't want to give it away LOL.

Your turn to show us what you can make with the sketch but first go over to Sketch Saturday and be inspired by the rest of the DT makes.

Challenge ends 3rd February 7pm GMT / 5pm EST.

Time for a Dog Walk...

Hey,

I was reading some blogs and generally poking around when I came across Passion for ProMarkers, it's a challenge I like a lot and haven't played in a while.

This weeks inspiration image and sponsor made me think of a new image that I just bought from A Day For Daisies (sponsor of the challenge this week).

You have to use at least two of the colours.

I went with the pale and dark grey, the yellow and the red.

The image is called Vintage Dog Walk and it made me smile a lot, so I bought it! I printed it out on to watercolour paper, so that I could use aquamarkers and a aquabrush - I felt like 'watercolouring' I went over part of the dress with a Summer Sun Promarker, because it was a bit pale.

I thought she would totally have red hair!

The sentiment (Nothing you say, can shock me honey!) was a gift from a friend and I am not sure who it is by, as she stamped a bunch of them for me, but I thought it worked with the vintage feel of the lady.

I kept it all simple, no over embellishing to detract from her beauty!!

Cx