smile..it`s your birthday dear friend

 

it was so nice to be making  a "girly" card again ..only a 6x6 today, which i find hard now most of my cards are 8x8 these days, anyway for this card i have used the sketch over on:~

FEELING SKETCHY#78

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used bo bunny paper, "precious moments" foam stamp, coloured with promarkers, quickutz corner die, papermania ribbon and gems, die cut square with wording from my stash, finished with stickles glitter.

this image takes me back to my childhood ..and my dear friend gilly sent me four of these foam stamps, which i had tried to buy years ago but they sold out ..wish there was more... happy days !!

girly "happy birthday"

 

for this birthday card i have followed the sketch challenge over on :~

SKETCH SATURDAY#264 ~"WHERE IS IT I HEAR YOU SAY?" i have chosen to use sketch#224 8th of september 2012 (have broken the line across, so you can see the full image)

DIGI HAVEN ~FUN WITH FLOWERS

STAMPIN` FOR THE WEEKEND #ANYTHING GOES

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used bo bunny papers, saturated canary image, coloured with promarkers, crafts~too flower swirl die, quickutz leaf die, papermania gems.

oh dear ..another grey day today..but after all the ironing etc , i did get some time for crafting... that brights up any day !! hope you have had a good weekend !

as special as you

 

trying to do 6x6 cards is getting so difficult for me , as i am so used to doing 8x8...and having lots of space!! anyway. maybe a little squashed, (but ), for this card i have used the sketch over on:~

CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES ~C4C190 

used bo bunny papers, coloured image with promarkers, elzybells word stamp, nestabilities oval dies, sizzix swirl die , stampin` up scalloped edged punch, card candy, flower and flower brad from stash.

it`s your day, be dazzling...

 

 well, today i am using a digi stamp from MAKE IT CRAFTY, i won on SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY, (last week), thankyou girls for getting me on the road of digi stamps!!

for this card i used the sketch by SALLY over on:~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#210

CHARISMA CARDZ#23 ~DIGIS ONLY

FAB N FUNKY#175 ~BIRTHDAY

used bo bunny papers, make it crafty digi stamp, coloured with promarkers, crafter`s companion word stamp, nestabilites label dies, american carfts ribbon, card candy.

don`t know what i am doing wrong but my pictures never look the same as the cards i make , the colours are so different .... and my colouring looses it`s detail!!

a little bird told me...

 

 oh back to girly cards... at last.. for this birthday card i  used ANNE~MARIE`S SKETCH over on:~

SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP #157 

CRAFTY CATZ (weekly) ~3~2~1 ..used 3 embellishments, 2 circles, and one stamped gorjuss image

A B C CHALLENGE ~N ~NOT JUST ONE EMBELLISHMENT  (used flower/brad/swirl)

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used bo bunny papers, gorjuss stamp, coloured with promarkers, high hopes word stamp, nestabilities circle dies, cheery lyne swirl die, flowers and brad from my stash, finished with stickles glitter.

just love these stamps, really need to ink up some more....so nice to use flowers and glitter again, and colour in long hair etc!!

in a one~horse open sleigh

 just love these paintbox poppet stamps~so loved inking it up and using it!!used the sketch over on :~

STAMP WITH FUN#184

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#172~THEME~PETS

I LOVE PROMARKERS#140~CHRISTMAS IS COMING

FAB N FUNKY#144 #ANIMALS

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used bo bunny and heltz cuppleditch  papers, paintbox poppets "sleigh ride" stamp, coloured with promarkers, whimsey word stamp, nestabilities oval dies,sizzix tree and fence dies, marianne holly die, flower and pearls from my stash. finidhed with a little stickles glitter.

christmas is coming.....

 well surprise, surprise my first christmas card has been made .... don`t think i will be making many of these this year (shock,horror i will be buying most of mine this year)..but loved this stamp and just had to buy and stamp it up!!

used the sketch over on :~

SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY #171~103

CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE #41~STARS

A B C CHRISTMAS ~R IS FOR RECYCLING ~used ribbon from some clothing( they add inside to hang onto hanger)

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used bo bunny xmas papers, michael howell xmas stamp, coloured with promarkers, nestabilities square dies, quickutz star dies,  word label from my stash, ribbon from clothing ~ finished with stickles glitter.

day full of happiness

firstly could i say a big thankyou for all the kind comments on my last creation ~i was really touched..now onto my birthday card today ~which is for my husband Paul, (his birthday is on valentines day, so makes it difficult, and means two cards!!)

used another wonderful sketch over on
SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY#87
PASSION FOR PROMARKERS#85 #inspirational photo (brown/blue colours)
ABC CHALLENGE ~ N IS FOR NESTABILITIES
COOKING IT UP #47 ~ I NEED 2 BROWN METAL PAPERS ( use metal, add brown, 2 papers)

used bo bunny papers, magnolia tilda stamp, country companions door stamp, lili of the valley circle words stamp, circle nestabilities, heart brads from my stash


looks like a lovely day out there today.... really enjoyed the walk to school this morning , lewis and myself played eye-spy..... great start to the day!!
hope you have a good day and some crafting time ..and maybe a thought to those people in egypt ~so heart breaking...... i cannot watch the news anymore, so sad.