Sketch Saturday #205

Good Morning! 

It's time for a new challenge at Sketch Saturday, and this week we're sponsored by

Here is the sketch

and my card

I actually made this a while ago for my brother's birthday at the beginning of April. He loved it! :) The image is X-Box from Ladybug Crafts Ink, is coloured with Promarkers and the papers are, I think, Pink Petticoat and Pixel Scrapper. Or maybe Shabby Princess...I forgot! I must make a note to make a note of what I use on a card when I make them so far in advance lol! Oh and I decided to sut my circle out so that my papers look like wallpaper and carpet! :)

Challenges

Crafty Emma's- Button It!

Crafty Boots - No Girls Allowed

Divas By Design - Buttons and/or Bows

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthday

Paper Makeup - Birthday

Stamptacular Sundays - Loaded With Layers

Totally Gorjuss - Boys Toys

Ok, ta for looking and can't wait to see your entries!

Lizy x

Less Is More -

Good Morning LIMettes!

Well I have yet another busy weekend ahead of me...Keiran's party is this morning, then we're off to my friend's 30th birthday party this evening! Can't wait!

Anyway, I just had time to make a card for the Less Is More challenge this week and it is

A SKETCH

You can use either of the sketches above, so here is my card...

This is made using a Sizzix flower die from Stampin Up!, and I just used a pearl brad in the centre. Very simple...very effective! I must admit, I made the flower on Tuesday when Jen popped round, but I didn't quite know what to do with it, so now it's no longer 'stash'! 

Well thanks for looking...hope you all have a fab weekend! :)

Lizy x

Shopping at 30!

Good evening!

Here is a card I just have made for a friend's 30th Birthday tomorrow. After Keiran's party, we'll be getting all glammed up and heading to her surprise party! Good job she doesn't visit my blog! 

I have kept it quite simple with my Ladybug Crafts Ink image, Promarkers and Papermania papers. I have to say, I quite like it!

Challenges

Sketch 'n Stash - Sketch #86

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthdays

Paper Makeup - Birthdays

Stamptacular Sundays - Loaded With Layers

Goodnight...I shall be back tomorrow with my Sketch Saturday DT card, and hopefully a Less Is More card before Keiran's Party! :)

Lizy x

A Crafty Raggamuffin!

Hello peeps!

Oooh...3 posts in 3 days! lol!

I have been meaning to make this card for ages now...the image has sat, coloured on my desk, even made a trip to Jen's and got water dribbled on her (hence why she's cut out!), and back again! And now here she is, in all her glory! :)

This is the very sweet Crafty Ragamuffin from Saturated Canary, coloured with some not very well used Promarkers...the colours I mean! Everything else is just from my stash! Oh the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl I think! 

I am particularly pleased with my colouring of her hair! :)

Challenges

CPS Card Sketches - #262

The Ribbon Girl - Orange, Pink and Aqua

Creative Card Crew - Ribbon

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthdays

Paper Makeup - Birthday

Passion For Promarkers - Cut it out

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes!

Stampalot Challenge - Happy Birthday

Stamptacular Sunday - Loaded With Layers

The Crazy Challenge - Feminine/Girly

Thanks for stopping by...Have a fab day! :)

Lizy x

Christmas Challenges {with a sketch} GDT card

Good morning!

Here is my GDT card for Christmas Challenges {with a sketch} for this fortnight. We are sponsored by 

Here's my card...

This is using the gorgeous Puppy Post and a sentiment from Lili of The Valley and is coloured with Promarkers. I have used a snowflake embossing folder, a Memory Box snowflake die, my distressing tool and some glitter to bring the card together.

Challenges

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Snowflakes

Crafty Hazelnuts - Lots of Layers (at least 3)

Passion For Promarkers - Die Cuts

Stamptacular Sunday - Loaded with Layers!

We're all looking forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your fab creations!

Bye for now!

Lizy x

Yo Ho Ho!

Good evening everyone!

Ok no post since Saturday...sorry! I really am so busy with life these days. I am hoping that once the next few weeks are over, I can get back on track somewhat!

So it was my gorgeous, wonderful son Keiran's 4th birthday today! My goodness...where have the last 4 years gone?? He's had quite a fun day, I think! Presents and a picnic before pre-school where he had a tea party and cake, then off to Pizza Hut for tea with myself, his Dad, and his Nana, Grandma and Auntie! Oh and more presents! Bless him! He is fas asleep now, shattered but happy! :)

Anyway, what kind of Mum would I be if I didn't make him a card? So here it is! I was up til almost 10pm last night finishing it though lol!

He is having a Jake and The Neverland Pirates themed birthday party on Saturday so I themed his card to match! I found each of the characters on a colouring page on Google and coloured them with Promarkers. The background is also created with Promarkers. I hung Skully (the parrot) on acetate so it looks like he is flying!

Challenges

Cards For Men - Texture

Here Come The Boys - Cards For Tiddly Peeps

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthdays

Paper Make-up - Birthdays

Shopping Our Stash - Starts with a 'B' (beach, boys, bird...)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes!

Totally Gorjuss - Boys Toys

Well I'm shattered too so I'm off to bed...night all!

Lizy x

How Charming!

*if you are looking for my Sketch Saturday DT card, please scroll down*

Good morning LIMettes!

I have an invasion of friends to my house this weekend, so this will be the only crafting I will get chance to do! I cleared out my craft room yesterday, and I'm hoping my mojo is around here somewhere...it's been on holiday and it's time it came back!

Ok so here is a slightly late card for this week's

HOW CHARMING!

challenge at Less Is More

I simply embossed a panel using the free folder that came with my Texture Boutique all that time ago, and added a charm to the ribbon...simple!

I'm slightly late because Keiran's Dad turned up to pick Keiran up 10 minutes early, for a change....just as I was about to post my card!

Anyway, have a fab weekend everyone!

Lizy x

Sketch Saturday #204 with Pages Of Memories

Good morning Sketch Saturday fans! 

For this week's sketch, we are sponsored by 

and the lucky winner will receive 2 Nikki & Friends stamps of their choice...how fab is that?!

So...here is the sketch

and my card

The image is from Sliekje's blog and is coloured with Promarkers. I simply used plain card for the background and some ribbon and Card Candi from my stash. It was from Keiran to my brother, earlier this month.

I'll be back later to enter it into some challenges! :)

Lizy x

Pampered Pets!

Good afternoon all! 

I have had such a busy day today! I had a bunch of errands to run this morning, then I popped in to see how Jen's kitchen is getting on...you don't want to know lol! And then, after chatting to Jen, I decided to have a craft room sort out and clear out! I have got rid of a lot of bits that I've been hanging onto for some time, with no real intention of ever using them lol! So blog candy, blog hops and charity shops beware!

Anyway, here is a card I made the other night and forgot to post!

It is all made using freebie Pampered Pets goodies from a magazine ages ago! I jazzes it up with some Spellbinders dies and 2 handmade flowers, made from 'blind' fabric!

Challenges

Frosted Designs - #16

Charisma Cardz - Shabby Chic

Craft Your Passion - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Right I better get to the train station to pick up the first of my guests for this weekend! I have 5 people staying with me from Rochdale, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Madrid and Holland! It's gonna be a great weekend! See you in the morning for my Sketch Saturday DT card and my Less Is More card (hopefully!)  :)

Lizy x

Anything but a card for Crafting for all Seasons!

Good afternoon!

What a miserable, wet Wednesday it is! Keiran and I have finished all our errands this morning, and after I have posted this, we are going to curl up on the sofa and watch Wall-E, and eat crisps and chocolate! Cheaper than the cinema! 

Ok so it's new challenge time at Crafting For All Seasons and this fortnight it's

ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

And we are sponsored by

who is generously offering a $10 gift gift card to our winner!

Here is my offering...

I decided to make clocks for my project as I have had the mechanisms in for months now and not got round to using them! I have used 8x8 mount board and various rub ons and a Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Oh and some gems! 

Some close-ups...

I really enjoyed making these and I shall definitely be making more! 

Challenges

Craft Your Passion - Die Cuts and Punches

Divas By Design - Anything But A Card

2 Sisters - Flowers

Anything Goes - Time or Steampunk

Thanks for stopping by...of to watch our film now! :)

Lizy x

Sketch Saturday #203 with Simon Says Stamp!

Ooops! I'm the latest I've been posting my Sketch Saturday DT card....so sorry...as I said earlier, I'm just not with it at the moment...I have so much going on!

I did get some good news this morning though. Keiran got an offer of placement at the school I wanted him to get into! So that's one thing less to worry about! :)

So onto my card for this week's challenge at Sketch Saturday, and this time we are sponsored by 

How cool is that?!

So here is the sketch...

And my card...

I actually made this card for my friend to give to her God Daughter. The image is Luna Rocks from Pollycraft, and she is coloured with Promarkers. I then used paper from Pixel Scrapper and ribbon and a mini cd from my stash.

Challenges

Digital Tuesday - Birthdays

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Shapes

My Mum's Craft Shop - It's A Celebration!

One Stop Crafts - 3 Circles (cd and two for the sentiment)

Sir Stampalot - Birthday

Stamptacular Sunday - Freebie week (anything goes!)

Thanks again for stopping by! :)

Lizy x

Fairy Birthday Postcard

Hello everyone!

What a gorgeous Monday...sun is shining, even if it is a little chilly!

Ok, first of all, sorry for not being around much. I have a lot on my plate at the moment, but also, I'm just not liking this new Blogger Interface. I can't navigate it as easily as the old one and I seem to miss an awful lot of stuff! And it's just not as much fun when you can't find things as easily. I will get there I guess...eventually!

Well today is the start of a new challenge over at Ooh La La and this week our theme is

BOLD & BRIGHT

Here is my card...

I have used images and papers from the newest cd-rom, Fairies & Blooms, and the Card Candi and ribbon are from my stash, and that's it!

Challenges

2 Sisters - Flowers

Crafty Cardmakers - Fantasy

Flutterby Wednesday - Birthday Card with Butterfly, Fairy or Angel

My Time To Craft - Fairy Nice

Cheers for popping by...hopefully I will bback to my usual crafting and blogging self soon!

Lizy x

Doodling for Less Is More!

Good morning LIMettes!

This morning our challenge is

DOODLING

so here is my card...

The flowers are rub-ons from Lux - There's the Rub. The sentiment is handwritten (my doodling) and I added a few gems for a little bling...after spilling them all over my desk lol!

Right...veerrry busy day at work...it's the Grand National today! I fancy According To Pete...

Good luck if you're having a flutter and have a fab weekend! :)

Lizy x

Pearl Anniversary

Here is another commission card order I got on Saturday at my market...

Obviously, it's for a Pearl wedding anniversary. I created the sentiment in Word, printed it on Jen's laser printer, then foiled it on her Foil It machine. Mounted onto silver Mirri, then finished with Memory Box swirls, white roses and pearls. Very elegant! I also made a box for it, but forgot to photograph that!

Challenges

Dream Valley Challenges - Wedding/Love

Crafty Emma's - Swirls and Pearls
Crafty Catz - CAS
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - Just Die-Delicious

Thanks for popping by! :)
Lizy x

Vintage at Ooh La La

Good morning! And happy Monday!

Although it was chilly here, it was a lovely bright weekend here, for the most part :)

So today brings a new challenge at Ooh La La and this fortnight it's

VINTAGE

Front

 Inside

This wonderful image is Powder Blue from Passion For Fashion. The only added extras are the lace, the knot 'clasp' and the pearls. I left it very clean on the front as I wanted the inner to be the main event.

I can't wait to see what you come up with as I need vintage inspiration lol!

Have a lovely Monday!

Lizy x

Sketch Saturday with Tiddly Inks #202 - Paula's Sketch!

Hey everyone!

Well I'm here with this week's card for Sketch Saturday, and this week's it's Paula's sketch.

And we are sponsored by 

Here is my card...

I have used a Tiddly Inks image Going Swimming (Girl) and coloured her with Promarkers. The paper is My Mind's Eye and the rest is from my stash :)

Challenges